Take Me Somewhere Wild a road‑trip romance with teeth & tenderness

Written By James Goss

Opening
Seatbelt click. Playlist low. State lines ahead. Take Me Somewhere Wild is a road‑trip romance where trust rides shotgun and heat handles the map—James and Jamie burning slow until the sky teaches them how to move.

What it’s about

They’re not a meet‑cute so much as a meet‑mess: a favor run that turns into a detour, a detour that turns into a dare. Motels with bad art, pie at 2 a.m., thunderstorms that want to be metaphors. Somewhere between mile markers and confessions, the slow burn tips.

Why you’ll love it (tropes)

  • Road trip · playlist flirting · gas‑station sacreds

  • Slow burn → wildfire

  • Only one bed (of course)

  • Grump × sunshine with soft centers

  • Hands (the language) · aftercare on the page

A small taste

we pull off where the stars get a say
you set the thermos on the hood / I set my nerves on it too
“tell me if this is still okay”
“it is keep going”
the sky listens / and the truck does not judge

(Quote lightly online and toss a link back here—thank you.)

Heat & boundaries (Spice Scale)

Call it Hot (Level 3) with a few Feral (Level 4) sparks, every scene negotiated, checked in, and followed with warmth. Explicit language, character‑first.

Content notes: consensual intimacy (explicit), mild peril/weather, late-night driving fatigue, a little swearing, alcohol (brief).

Soundtrack (starter pack)

  • “Night Drive” — Theories about you, me, and the next exit

  • “Violet Hour” — slow‑dance in a motel parking lot

  • “Thunderhead” — storm‑kiss tempo

Behind the scenes

This one was born on a Wyoming backroad, coffee too strong, lightning too close, and a note in my phone that just said: hold hands first. The rest of the book is me keeping that promise.

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James Goss
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