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Winner Announcement for the Birthday Bash

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Well, I was going to take a picture of the boxes before I gave them over to the post office... Sorry, I became completely sidetracked. This shipping stuff out is no joke and I'm not quite half way done. I spent almost three hours at the post office this morning with only 14 packages. I still have another 17 to prep for shipping. I'm out of shipping supplies so I have to go to the store. Ha! The post office has stuff, half of what I sent today came from them, and oh buddy!!! I'm going to add a couple more !! because !! I'd forgotten you pay for that convenience. *gulp* Definitely going to the store. :)

Tonight, I'll start emailing out tracking information. I need to eat and go to the store and box up more stuff. I'm hoping that tomorrow morning at the post office isn't another three hours. Wish me luck! :)

In the end, I just hope that everyone had a good time with the Birthday Bash even if you had to listen to me read aloud. ;-P


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This week went by quickly. The post office and I are great friends. I've been editing, editing, and editing. Devil's Heart is back in my coauthor's hands. Death Mask is back in the publisher's hands, and I'm on to finishing the first round of edits for Darksoul. I really want to write some new words. Really. N.E.W. Words. And read something other than what I've written. I'm going stir crazy.


Title: Less Than Dead
Series
Author(s)Adele Gardner, Alex Stitt,   B.A. Huntley,   Cora Walker,  Dmitri Dene,   Helena Maeve,   Kara Race-Moore,   Meredith Katz
Length: 120k
Publisher: LT3 Press

Genre:   Anthology / Asexual /Bisexual / Gay / Historical /Lesbian / Paranormal / Trans /Urban Fantasy /

Notes Releases October 25th, just in time for Halloween!

Blurb: There's nothing quite so terrifying as a corpse that moves, a creature that even death can't stop. It's all the worse when the living dead is someone you love...



Dove in the Window by Kara Race-Moore—In 1930's Appalachia, Cecilia McGurk is just beginning to recover from the fact that the first love of her life, Pearl, has died. Then Pearl shows up one night and crawls into bed with her, bemoaning that she can't sleep.

Only Human by Meredith Katz—When Saul learns that his sudden bought of sickness is actually a curse, he's referred to a necromantic specialist. But the ordeal is made moderately better by the cute receptionist, Theo, who is exactly Saul's type—aside from the fact that he's dead.

Lavish are the Undead by B.A. Huntley—It's another day at the gym for Mick, working out and listening to her DJ girlfriend, until she steps outside and finds the world under attack by strange, doll-like creatures—and her girlfriend trapped at the top of a building on the other side of town.

The Eighth Tree by Alex Stitt—Banished to no man's land after an attempt to hide their relationship is mistaken for insurrection, Edward and Daniel swiftly find that a German minefield is the least of their problems, as a strange yellow mist starts bringing dead soldiers back to life.

Orion Shone Right Through by Dmitri Dene—Marcus's career hits a snag when the Stock Exchange is wiped out by zombies. He quickly finds himself amidst an epidemic that feels just like the movies, but the weirdest part may be getting along with the last three people in New York; namely, the one he just divorced.

A Witch in Arkham by Cora Walker—Lexa is going about her daily work of speaking to the dead when she receives a mysterious warning from a deceased former lover. Then the Magi come asking for help, and Lexa has little choice but to agree, and soon finds herself dragged into a much bigger problem than anticipated.

Zoey Loves Zombies by Adele Gardner—Indigo wants to leave, and Zoey wants to stay where they're relatively safe from the undead. In the midst of their argument, tragedy strikes, and Indigo is turned. But Zoey refuses to give up, willing to do anything to keep Indigo at her side.

Noble Pursuit by Helena Maeve—After weeks of erring around the countryside at the mercy of the hordes, Ephram should breathe a sigh of relief when he is rescued by the dashing Lord Delaney. But Delaney hides a secret of his own and his obligations may only serve to put Ephram in greater danger.



Title: Labyrinth
Series
Author(s): Alex Beecroft
Length: 35k
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Genderfluid? / Fantasy /

Notes release: Nov 21, 2016

Blurb: Kikeru, the child of a priestess at the sacred temple of Knossos in ancient Crete, believes that the goddesses are laughing at him. They expect him to choose whether he is a man or a woman, when he’s both. They expect him to choose whether to be a husband to a wife, or a celibate priestess in the temple, when all he wants to do is invent things and be with the person he loves.

Unfortunately, that person is Rusa, the handsome ship owner who is most decidedly a man and therefore off-limits no matter what he chooses. And did he mention that the goddesses also expect him to avert war with the Greeks?

The Greeks have an army. Kikeru has his mother, Maja, who is pressuring him to give her grandchildren; Jadikira, Rusa’s pregnant daughter; and superstitious Rusa, who is terrified of what the goddesses will think of him being in love with one of their chosen ones.

It’s a tall order to save Crete from conquest, win his love, and keep both halves of himself. Luckily, at least the daemons are on his side.



Title: Code Name Jack Rabbit
SeriesThe Vampire Guard Book 1
Author(s): Elizabeth Noble
Length: 211 pages
PublisherDSP Publications; 1 edition (July 12, 2016)

Genre:   Romantic Elements / Gay / Paranormal / Fantasy / Urban Fantasy /

Notes 

Blurb: Meet the newest members of the Vampire Guard, where legend and myth meet science and technology.




Jonas Forge, vampire. Once a spy and soldier, now a cop, Forge enjoys the life he’s built with his friends in Flint, Ohio.

Blair Turner, PhD. Blair, a vampire and computer hacker with exceptional skills, shares a powerful empathic bond with Forge, his soul mate.

Declan, vampire, ex-pirate, ex-fur trapper, thief, and con man. Declan is Forge’s former lover and soul mate to Lucas Coate.

Lucas Coate, MD, Flint’s medical examiner. A werewolf living among vampires, Lucas is also one of Forge’s best friends.

Their lives become complicated when an impending presidential visit throws them headlong into a world of high-tech vampire spies and espionage. Recruited into the Vampire Guard by the secret society of the Akhkharu Nasaru, they uncover a werewolf terrorist organization known as the Qiguan.

Together they must thwart a murder attempt on the open waters of Lake Superior while tracking a previously unknown biological weapon controlled by the Qiguan—a weapon that may very well mean death for one of them.



Title: Burning Up Flint
SeriesCyborg Seduction Book 1
Author(s): Laurann Dohner
Length: 177 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Sci-Fi / Cyborgs /

Notes I've never read this author before but I like the blurb and all the covers in this series speak to me. :) I figured I'd at least give it a try.

Blurb: Flint is tall, gorgeous and dangerous. He’s a cyborg – the absolute alpha male. He takes what he wants and holds what is his. Mira is his now. He takes her aboard his ship and has her branded with his mark. He captured her, owns her, and she will serve his every need.




Mira is instantly drawn to Flint, fascinated by his seductive appeal. The sex between them is smoking hot. Until she finds out he is a breeder, contracted to a dozen cyborg women, and she is no more than a possession.

Mira won’t share her cyborg and she belongs to know on – not even to a man who has captured her heart. She doesn’t know if cyborgs feel…anything. Can Flint love her? Mira is determined to find out, no matter how much trouble she makes for the big guy.



Title: His Prickly Predicament
Series: Puppyville Pack, 9
Author(s): Fel Fern
Length: 60 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Were-hedgehog /

Notes 

Blurb: Who doesn’t want a sexy man who can make a wicked calzone? But stuffed pizza isn’t the only thing baking in Cal’s oven.




Cal’s my kind of guy. Domineering and mysterious, Cal’s wolf is the perfect fit to my prickly beast. A roll in the woods would do the grumpy wolf some good too, except I’m not here for some harmless fun. Hiding secrets, lying about his past—Cal’s been one naughty wolf, but he doesn’t need to worry.

This little werehedgehog’s out to save his furry ass.



Title: Slave for Two
Series: Soul Match, 1
Author(s): Morticia Knight
Length: 182 pages
Publisher: Pride Publishing

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Poly / Sci-Fi / Aliens /

Notes 

Blurb: What is destined cannot be changed.




Chris has had a monumentally bad month. First, an aggressive band of aliens invaded the Earth, conquered the world, and now he’s fighting for survival in the mountains with his family and the neighborhood bigot. Just because he’s barely out of his teens and a bit on the scrawny side doesn’t mean he can’t watch out for his mom, sisters and younger cousin. Chris keeps searching for the brighter side of things, but his humor is wearing thin. Fear can do that to a guy.

Lasar and Nary are a soul matched pair of warriors from Alashar. Lasar is Nary’s Ahna, the one who dominates him, and Nary is the Nasha, or submissive, to Lasar. Every Alasharian, regardless of orientation, needs the balance of the power exchange to exist peacefully within their lifelong soul match bond. When Lasar is awarded a war prize, he sends Nary to look over the recent arrivals.

Chris and his cousin Morgan are captured and sent to the slave cages where they discover from the other imprisoned young men that they are destined to be sex toys for alien pairs. When one of those aliens saves Chris and his cousin from being abused by the slave master, Chris hopes that the seemingly kind alien won’t be too horrible an owner.

Lasar and Nary are finally alone together with their new sex slave, ready to enjoy their reward. However, in the middle of their playtime a shocking event occurs that not only disrupts Chris’ world even more than it already has been, but also challenges everything that Lasar and Nary have always held dear. As Lasar searches for answers, he begins to question the reasons behind the Earth invasion and where his loyalties should really lie. As their Ahna, he must be the one who decides whether they will all be safer together, or apart.



Title: Merlin's Moon
SeriesThe Sun Dragon Book 2
Author(s): Annabelle Jay
Length: 155 pages
PublisherHarmony Ink Press; 1 edition (July 28, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Fantasy / Dragon / Young Adult /

Notes 

Blurb: Mani doesn’t know much about his powers except that he turns into a blue dragon every night. His adopted mother Allanah has told him he hatched from an egg. He’s half-human, half-dragon, and she found him after his dragon mother died.




When his best friend and crush witnesses his transformation, Mani flees to the wizard Mansion, where he finds a group of fellow creatures called the Animal Guard. They assume that Mani has also been transformed by the sorceresses, and they enlist him in their quest to find the evil women and bribe them to turn the Animal Guard back into their human forms. Mani decides to help after he falls for one of the Animal Guard’s members, a wolf-boy named Lup, but little does he know that his own blossoming powers will soon come between them. Mani must keep the sorceresses from using their greatest weapon, the North Star, while struggling to find out where he belongs in the rapidly changing world of magic.

Title: Freeing Zane
SeriesBarretti Security Series, Book 4
Author(s): Sloane Kennedy
Length: 349 pages
Publisher

Genre: Romance / Gay / Contemporary /

Notes 

Blurb: Zane doesn't do relationships and Connor is definitely the kind of guy who does...




Criminal defense attorney Zane Devereaux is on the verge of having everything he's worked his entire life for. He's on track to become his firm's youngest managing partner and he has enough money in the bank to ensure he'll never have to be at the mercy of anyone ever again. He's left his past exactly where it belongs and refuses to look back. And he sure as hell isn't going to risk a repeat of his former mistakes by letting someone as sweet, sexy and endearingly vulnerable as Connor Talbot into his life. His bed maybe, but not his life.

Connor Talbot has no regrets about serving his country, even if it did cost him more then he'd imagined. Two years after an IED took his leg and left him with permanent brain damage, Connor is still struggling to put his life back together, but he's managed to find a makeshift family in Seattle that helps ease the pain of losing his own at a young age. Unfortunately, a string of bad relationships and an abusive ex have taken their toll on Connor and he's given up on finding the lifelong partner he'd always envisioned he'd have. But a chance encounter with a man he has absolutely nothing in common with except for an intense, white-hot chemistry has him thinking that maybe a no strings, physical relationship is exactly what's called for.

What begins as two men meeting each other's needs between the sheets turns into something neither one was prepared for but the wounds of the past run deep and both men will have to decide if a future together will cost them too much or if what they could have together is worth fighting for.



Title: Mad Lizard Mambo
Series: The Kai Gracen Series, 2 
Author(s)Rhys Ford
Length: 255 pages
Publisher: DSP Publications

Genre:   Romantic Elements / Pansexual / Fantasy / Urban Fantasy /

Notes 

Blurb: Kai Gracen has no intention of being anyone’s pawn. A pity Fate and SoCalGov have a different opinion on the matter.

Licensed Stalkers make their living hunting down monsters and dangerous criminals... and their lives are usually brief, brutal, and thankless. Despite being elfin and cursed with a nearly immortal lifespan, Kai didn’t expect to be any different. Then Ryder, the High Lord of the Southern Rise Court, arrived in San Diego, and Kai’s not-so-mundane life went from mild mayhem to full-throttle chaos.

Now an official liaison between the growing Sidhe Court and the human populace, Kai is at Ryder’s beck and call for anything a High Lord might need a Stalker to do. Unfortunately for Kai, this means chasing down a flimsy rumor about an ancient lost Court somewhere in the Nevada desert—a court with powerful magics that might save Ryder’s—and Kai’s—people from becoming a bloody memory in their Merged world’s violent history.

The race for the elfin people’s salvation opens unwelcome windows into Kai’s murky past, and it could also slam the door on any future he might have with his own kind and Ryder.



Title: Dragon Detective
Series: Supernatural Consultant, 4
Author(s): Mell Eight
Length: 30k
Publisher: LT3 Press

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Urban Fantasy /

Notes releases October 18, 2016

Blurb: Nickel might be a water elemental dragon, but even he has limits—and the sudden rain storms, hail, and snow in mid-summer are way over the line. Luckily, he works for Dane's Supernatural Consulting firm and can use those resources to figure out who keeps mucking with the weather and get them to stop.




It doesn't take long for Nickel to realize he isn't the only one searching for the weather worker: the enemy he has been hunting for ten years has finally reappeared, and it's a race to see which of them will reach the weather worker first. Nickel isn't certain he'll win, or even survive, the attempt, but he'll do whatever it takes to save the dragons.



Title: Wild Retaliation
Series
Author(s): Ethan Stone
Length: 121 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal /

Notes 

Blurb: Chief of Police John Dakota is in a world of trouble. His peaceful town of Seaside, Oregon, has been rocked by a wave of unsolved murders. The bloody deaths are eerily reminiscent of ones that occurred in Seaside years ago. Back then John worked hard to make sure the truth about the killer was never revealed. Now he’s afraid the past is coming back to haunt him.

Trevor English, the nosy reporter who occasionally shares John’s bed, is demanding information about the crimes. He also wants more of John’s affections. But John can’t afford to give in to either demand without risking the revelation of Seaside’s biggest secret: the town is a haven for shifters, and John is one of them.

To solve the crime—and prevent more victims—John must delve into the past. Many members of Seaside’s shifter community are involved, but it’s becoming harder and harder to tell which residents can be trusted. Even John’s family isn’t above suspicion. The body count is rising, and it looks like John is the killer’s next target.



Title: Potnia Theron
Series: Urban Dragon, 4
Author(s): JW Troemner
Length
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Lesbian / Urban Fantasy / Paranormal /  

Notes 

Blurb: For as long as Arkay can remember, Rosario has always had her back. But in the aftermath of her war with Paternoster, Arkay is left alone to face a harsh new reality. Devastated and betrayed, she's unprepared for what's coming.

Because there are monsters worse than dragons in the world, and now they have her in their sights.


Title: Time Lost
SeriesOut of Time Book 2
Author(s): CB Lewis
Length: 384 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Sci-Fi / Time Travel .

Notes 

Blurb: What began with a dead intruder and a missing scientist quickly becomes the most perplexing case of Detective Inspector Jacob Ofori’s career. Nothing about it makes sense, from the incredibly advanced technology found on the intruder to the scientist’s mysterious workplace, the Temporal Research Institute. Jacob’s gut tells him the TRI is hiding something, and the questions keep piling up: Who would abduct Sanders? What is the strange gate in his basement laboratory? How does it connect to similar gates in the TRI?




TRI engineer Kit Rafferty only wanted one night with the sexy older policeman, but Kit’s mouth tends to run away with him when he gets excited, and nothing gets him more excited than cutting-edge tech—like the intruder’s cybernetic eye. Suddenly Kit is pulled into the investigation—and into a relationship that could jeopardize both of their lives. Kit hates lying to Jacob, but he cannot reveal what really goes on at the TRI—time travel. Faced with time-jumping criminals but unable to share that knowledge with Jacob, Kit turns to a man who knows time travel firsthand: Janos Nagy.



Title: Logan's Need
Series: Escort, 3
Author(s): Sloane Kennedy
Length: 320 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Contemporary / Gay / 

Notes 

Blurb: "I feel like I've been wearing blinders for my entire life and now they've been ripped off and everything's too bright - too harsh. Part of me wants them back so I only have to see what's right in front of me." --Logan

After Logan Bradshaw's dreams go up in smoke, he's left broken and haunted by a cruel betrayal from his former business partner, a man he once thought of as a friend. His life as a professional escort helped pay for his future once, so maybe a few more jobs can give him back what he's lost. And if that means being a third for one night for a wealthy couple living out a ménage fantasy, then so be it. It might just be the final payout he needs to get his life back on track.

Dominic Barretti has everything money can buy, but it can't save his beautiful young wife as cancer steals her away from him. He also can't deny her one last request - a ménage encounter with another man. It's the perfect excuse to meet the man who's been haunting his dreams. On paper, Logan is the perfect choice to give his wife what she needs, but he doesn't expect his own fierce desires to flare up when the young man enters their lives.

Dom and Logan don't know it, but Sylvie Barretti has decided to play matchmaker from beyond the grave. Unfortunately, getting two broken men to find each other makes dying seem like the easy part.

Logan can't deny his attraction to Dom, but the surprise desire for another man has left him reeling and questioning everything he's ever known about himself. But when a threat from the past surfaces, will Logan be able to let go of the life he knew and embrace the one he needs?




Title: Gideon
Series: Order of the Black Knights
Author(s)Ashe Barker
Length: 199 pages
Publisher

Genre: Romance / Gay / Contemporary / Secret Societies / Action Adventure / Suspense

Notes Coming Oct 5, 2016

Blurb: Gideon Maybury enjoys a life of wealth and privilege, not to mention the advantages his position offers him in his career as a merchant banker and in his less public life as a high-class, skilled, and very well-paid assassin for Her Majesty’s government. When his brother dies unexpectedly, he becomes the Duke of Westmoreland.


Michael Mathison has hated Gideon since they were at university together. He’s convinced Gideon had a hand in the death of Michael’s college lover, Christopher, and that he had something to do with the death of his own brother. So he gets a job as Gideon’s driver, enabling him to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the elder Maybury sibling. At first his suspicions seem to be confirmed, but clues come to light that suggest all is not as it appears at Maybury Hall.

As the mystery deepens, so does the attraction between the two implacable enemies. Each has reasons not to trust the other, but neither is averse to a bit of kinky play. Gideon and Michael end up owing each other their lives, and it results in consequences neither could have imagined.

Order of the Black Knights

Every century has seen its knights, but they are not always seen. Some of them do what must be done—getting their hands dirty when no one else is willing. Assassins and antiheroes who work from the shadows, they are called the Black Knights. From the time of the society’s creation in the 1100s, these men are cursed to repeat their lives of bloodshed. But for each knight, there is one who can bring out the man that waits inside and break the cycle. The question is whether or not the knight will kill his true love before he figures it out.



TitleKill Without Mercy
Series: Ares Security, 1
Author(s)Alexandra Ivy
Length: 368 pages
PublisherZebra (December 29, 2015)

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Secret Societies / Action Adventure / Suspense

Notes 


Blurb: From the hellhole of a Taliban prison to sweet freedom, five brave military heroes have made it home—and they’re ready to take on the civilian missions no one else can. Individually they’re intimidating. Together they’re invincible. They’re the men of ARES Security. 

Rafe Vargas is only in Newton, Iowa, to clear out his late grandfather’s small house. As the covert ops specialist for ARES Security, he's eager to get back to his new life in Texas. But when he crosses paths with Annie White, a haunted beauty with skeletons in her closet, he can't just walk away—not when she’s clearly in danger…

There’s a mysterious serial killer on the loose with a link to Annie’s dark past. And the closer he gets, the deeper Rafe’s instinct to protect kicks in. But even with his considerable skill, Annie’s courage, and his ARES buddies behind him, the slaying won’t stop. Now it’s only a matter of time before Annie’s next—unless they can unravel a history of deadly lies that won’t be buried.



TitleHidden Huntress
SeriesMalediction Trilogy Book Two
Author(s): Danielle L. Jensen
Length: 464 pages
PublisherAngry Robot (June 2, 2015)

Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Action Adventure / Suspense

Notes 


Blurb: Beneath the mountain, the king's reign of tyranny is absolute; the one troll with the capacity to challenge him is imprisoned for treason. Cécile has escaped the darkness of Trollus, but she learns all too quickly that she is not beyond the reach of the king's power. Or his manipulation. 

Recovered from her injuries, she now lives with her mother in Trianon and graces the opera stage every night. But by day she searches for the witch who has eluded the trolls for five hundred years. Whether she succeeds or fails, the costs to those she cares about will be high.

To find Anushka, she must delve into magic that is both dark and deadly. But the witch is a clever creature. And Cécile might not just be the hunter. She might also be the hunted.



TitleShadow Warrior
SeriesDelrio Warrior, 1
Author(s): Loribelle Hunt
Length: 177 pages
PublisherAngry Robot (June 2, 2015)

Genre: Romance / Poly / Bisexual / Sci-fi /

Notes 


Blurb: Love that breaks all the rules…
Every culture has its secrets, some surprising and some horrifying, and Delroi is no different. When Sergei Trace, half Delroi half Earthling, arrived on his father’s home planet he expected some culture shock. He’s used to living in the shadows, on the fringes of life. On Delroi he’s thrust into the light.

Kayna Idis has a serious problem. She’s in love with the wrong man. Razor Deriq is everything she always wanted. Strong and steadfast. Sexy and fun. Then Sergei enters her life just as compelling in his own way. He’s dark and mysterious. Hard and unflinching. And she wonders if she can have them both.

Razor is determined to keep them both, but first he needs to find and eliminate the warriors threatening Kayna. Pairing up with Sergei for the task gives him the perfect opportunity for seduction, but will Sergei ever lower his shields enough to let him and Kayna in?



TitleSinner
SeriesSpace Gypsy Chronicles
Author(s): Eve Langlais
Length: 177 pages
PublisherAngry Robot (June 2, 2015)

Genre: Romance / Sci-fi /

Notes releases 11/24/2016


Blurb: All he remembers is how to survive.

Waking up not knowing his name probably isn’t the worst thing that ever happened to him. I think. With no memories, he can’t know for sure, and while he chases the thin threads of recollection, he must fight for his life in Lac’uus.

Also known as the pit, Lac’uus is where those with vices come to play. Except he’s not one of the buyers. Sold to pay a debt, Oblivion must fight if he wants to survive and prove cunning if he wants to escape.

Or…he could just stay.

There is no denying the intoxicating adrenaline of the fights, the females offered as prizes alluring. And he might have been content with his lot in life if not for the new concubine who glares at him with such accusation.

The female, a human from Earth, acts as if she knows him. Responds with soft gasps to his touch. She claims they share an intimate past, a past he doesn’t remember but has certainly betrayed with his sins.

But he won’t apologize for what he’s done. The rules are different in the pit, and Oblivion does what he must to survive until the day his memories come smashing back and the sinner must face his past.



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This almost didn't get set up. I received some terrible news from my best friend and since then I've been a little spacey... still am actually. I'll probably blog about when I can get my thoughts put together, but until then, a little distraction is needed.

Title: Candy Boys
Series
Author(s): Jo Raven
Length: 365 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Bisexual / Contemporary / Poly /

Notes I read some chatter on this and I couldn't resist buying since it's only $0.99.

Blurb: Joel and Jethro. Roommates. Total hunks. Inseparable friends. Hot as hell.

Meet my fantasy boyfriends. Aren’t they just the sexiest, cutest thing? I know, right? They totally are. They are hot, too hot for a quiet—and obsessed with them—girl working in a bookshop.

That’d be me, by the way.

There’s also the tiny problem of Joel wanting another girl. And as for Jethro, well… he doesn’t do girls. Or maybe he doesn’t do relationships. He certainly doesn’t do boys, so he isn’t doing his best and very male friend… right? Much less his male friend and me at the same time.

So it’s fine to crush on them. And write a serial story on my blog in which we are together. All three of us.

Whew.

I mean, it’s okay. It’s perfectly safe. They’ll never even know I exist, much less find out about my blog and my secret fantasy about them.

Right?

...Yeah, that’s what I thought, too.

Warning: This book contains two super-hot boys and a nerdy, funny girl who has the hots for them.

Warning 2: This book may set you on fire. Handle with caution.

Warning 3: This book is funny, and dark, and angsty. It is NOT a love triangle. It is a relationship between three people with a happy ending.



Title: Blood in the Water
SeriesAn Act of Piracy Book 1
Author(s): Tami Veldura
Length: 101 pages
PublisherOldewolff Alternascents; 1st edition (December 19, 2014)
Genre:   Romance / Historical / Pirates / Fantasy /

Notes 


Blurb: Kyros Vindex, treasure-hunter, has a problem. He's carrying a torch for a fellow pirate with the sexual awareness of a teaspoon. Rumors say the man has killed hundreds. He's determined to knock some sense into the work-a-holic that captains the Midnight Sun, but damned if he knows how.

Eric Deumont has more pressing concerns than the treasure-obsessed Kyros. There's a creature inked into his chest that no witch in the seas will lay hands on for all the gold in the world. He knows it gives the Midnight Sun a cursed reputation and that doesn't make living any easier. He has heard stories of spirits trapped for lifetimes inside spelled puzzle jars. Eric tracked down three of the pieces for such a jar with a lead number four. The fifth is still out there.

Even then, the spirit of vengeance that lives in Eric's skin has no intention of giving up such easy access to the mortal realm. It craves blood and the light of the moon allows it to wreak unchecked havoc. Cursed is an insult. This is madness.



Title: Champion of the Scarlet Wolf Book One
SeriesThe Cadeleonian Series 3
Author(s): Ginn Hale
Length: 454 pages
PublisherBlind Eye Books (December 31, 2014)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Fantasy / Historical Fantasy /

Notes Lord of the White Hell books one and two are the first two books in the Cadeleonian series.


Blurb: Five years after abandoning the Sagrada Acedemy, Elezar Grunito has become infamous in the sanctified circles of noble dueling rings for his brutal temper and lethal blade. Men and women of all ranks gather to cheer and jeer, none of them knowing Elezar’s true purpose. But a violent death outside the ring marks Elezar as a wanted man and sends him into hiding in the far northern wilds of Labara. 

There, creatures of myth and witchcraft—long since driven from Cadeleon—lurk in dark woods and prowl the winding streets. 
Soldiers and priests alike fear the return of witch-queens and even demons. Elezar soon learns that magic takes many forms, some too alluring to resist, others too terrible to endure. But just as he begins to find his place in this strange new country, the past he left behind along with his school days returns to challenge him once again.


Title: The Undying Legion
Series: Crown & Key, 2
Author(s): Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith
Length: 338 pages
PublisherDel Rey (June 30, 2015)

Genre:   Historical / Urban Fantasy / Romantic Elements / LGBTIAQ Character(s)/ 

Notes 


Blurb: With a flood of dark magic about to engulf Victorian London, can a handful of heroes vanquish a legion of the undead? 

When monster-hunter Malcolm MacFarlane comes across the gruesome aftermath of a ritual murder in a London church, he enlists the help of magician-scribe Simon Archer and alchemist extraordinaire Kate Anstruther. Studying the macabre scene, they struggle to understand obscure clues in the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics carved into the victim’s heart—as well as bizarre mystical allusions to the romantic poetry of William Blake. One thing is clear: Some very potent black magic is at work.

But this human sacrifice is only the first in a series of ritualized slayings. Desperate to save lives while there is still time, Simon, Kate, and Malcolm—along with gadget geek Penny Carter and Charlotte, an adolescent werewolf—track down a necromancer who is reanimating the deceased. As the team battles an unrelenting army of undead, a powerful Egyptian mummy, and serpentine demons, the necromancer proves an elusive quarry. And when the true purpose of the ritual is revealed, the gifted allies must confront a destructive force that is positively apocalyptic.



Title: Welcome to the Pack
SeriesMidnight Rodeo Book 1
Author(s): BA Tortuga
Length
PublisherOmniLit / All Romance eBooks LLC (September 1, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Cowboys /

Notes 


Blurb: He lost his twin, but he intends to keep his pack.

Midnight Rodeo, #1

When head bullfighter Denton is killed by a demon bull, his twin, Denver, comes back to take his place. Denver was gone for years, working mundane rodeos and missing his twin. He’s not sure the pack can heal him since the other bullfighters challenge Denver at every turn. All except Blaine, who’s an outcast himself, and who knows Denver is like no one he’s ever met.



Title: The Black Fin Case
Series
Author(s): AT Weaver, AM Burns
Length: 163 pages
PublisherMystichawker Press (September 15, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Contemporary / Paranormal / Dragons? /

Notes 


Blurb: For several months, Detective Greg Williams and his partner have been trying to catch the Black Fin gang. Their latest intelligence is good, so they go on their most risky raid yet. But things go horribly wrong. While recuperating from the wounds he received during the botched raid, Detective Williams and his captain realize there might be a leak in the Portland police department. When they begin digging, things get worse for Williams.

At the urging of his captain, Detective Williams heads into the mountains, hoping a little distance from the department will give the Black Fins and their police informants the opportunity to slip up. His working vacation soon takes turns he could never have imagined when he meets the reclusive writer, Ken Draiag, next door, who turns out to be more than Greg ever imagined. But the Black Fins aren't about to let Detective Williams rest, they soon track him down, but with Ken's help, Greg manages to stay alive and fight back as forces he never knew existed reveal themselves to be working against him. Will Greg survive the Black Fins' ultimate plot?



Title: Protected
Series: Diablo Lake, 2
Author(s): Lauren Dane
Length: 352 pages
PublisherCarina Press (December 1, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Paranormal / Contemporary / 

Notes Releases December


Blurb: Tensions are building in Diablo Lake as the two main rival Packs vie for control, and the town is divided along lines of Pack loyalty. Aimee Benton and Mac Pembry are on opposite sides and he seems to find excuses to spar with her daily. He's infuriating—not to mention charming, gorgeous and oh-so-lickable.

Mac can't resist pushing Aimee's buttons. She's always been incredibly sexy, and the wolf in him craves a female with fire in her belly. When a heated argument ends with a sizzling kiss and Mac gets a taste of her, he craves more—and she can't seem to get enough of him, either. The forbidden nature of their attraction stokes their desires until they're secretly hooking up whenever they can.

But then Mac's clan goes too far, and Aimee shuts him out. She's hurt and angry—but that's nothing compared to the rage Mac is feeling toward his own Pack. A fight is brewing that will plunge the whole town into chaos, and someone will have to cross Pack lines to keep the town's fragile peace from breaking apart for good.

Book two of the Diablo Lake series

This book is approximately 90,000 words



Title: Fight the Tide
SeriesKick at the Darkness Book 2
Author(s): Keira Andrews
Length: 225 pages
PublisherKA Books (July 24, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Contemporary / Dystopia / Zombies / Paranormal /

Notes 


Blurb: Adrift in a post-apocalyptic world, they only have each other. Is it enough?

A virus that turns the infected into zombie-like killers spreads through a burning world thrown into lawless chaos. Lovers Parker and Adam have escaped to the open sea when they hear a message over the airwaves from a place called Salvation Island—a supposed safe haven.

Orphaned as a child, werewolf Adam has always longed for a pack. He’s eager to investigate the island, but Parker doesn’t think for a nanosecond that the voice on the radio can be believed. He doesn’t trust anyone but Adam and is determined to keep it that way. They don’t need anyone else complicating their struggle to survive. Or do they?

Danger on the high seas can surface in a heartbeat, and if Parker and Adam aren’t careful, the current will drag them under.

This gay romance is a dystopian adventure featuring a werewolf, his boyfriend, and their struggle to find a place to call home.




Title: Rise from the Ashes
SeriesThe Fated Book 1
Author(s): Candy Crum
Length: 204 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Young Adult / Teen Fantasy / Action Adventure / Greek Gods /

Notes 


Blurb: Zeus, king of the gods, has been stubborn and arrogant in his refusal to reconnect with humanity. Because of this, the gods’ have been forgotten and grown weak.

An ancient prophecy foretold of Cronus’ rise, after being entrapped for eons by his sons, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. The titan has vowed to claim both Olympus and Earth as his own – even if he must reduce all to ashes to do so.

The Olympians are faced with an impossible choice. Do they trust in themselves as they always have, or place their fates in the hands of their human descendants? With this one decision, they will either save all, or pave the way for Cronus to Rise from the Ashes.



Title: More Than Friends
Series: More Than Friends, 1
Author(s): Aria Grace
Length: 91 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Bisexual / Contemporary / Friends to Lovers /

Notes This book is free at this time so is the box set vol. 1-3 (304 pages), plus it has a reduced audible price ($1.99).


Blurb: Tired of moping around after the breakup of his long term girlfriend, Ryan knew he needed a hookup to get him out of his funk. When he met Drea, he hoped she might be the one. But when he felt more chemistry with her gay cousin Zach, Ryan was more confused than he had ever been in his life. He wasn't gay but he wanted to be with Zach. How could it possibly work?


Title: Locke and Blade
SeriesLocke & Blade of Waterford Patrol Book 1
Author(s): Lynn Lorenz
Length: 105 pages
PublisherMLR Press, LLC (August 5, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Urban Fantasy /

Notes 


Blurb: When Locke and Blade must work together to solve crimes, but will dislike turn to attraction in the heat of fighting their enemies?

Christopher Locke is a man with a tarnished reputation. When he's transferred to Waterford Station to serve as inspector, he meets Jonathan Blade, his new partner. Jonathan thinks Christopher is a brute. Chris thinks Jonathan is a snob. Both think the other is more than attractive, which might be more dangerous than the enemies they must face.

This title is a re-release.



Title: The Autumn Prince
Series
Author(s): Sadie Sinn
Length: 118 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Fantasy/ 

Notes 


Blurb: Forced to cross an elf-infested forest on the worst night possible, Eaves Sheridan's journey grows more deadly when he comes across Tiernan, the Autumn prince. Injured, drugged, and furious, the freshly rescued elf prince is determined to find out just who Eaves is and if the human is the true villain behind his abduction.

Eaves has been hiding from the fae that live in the forest around his village, knowing if his secret is discovered, they'll kill him. With a Truthseer on the way and guards all around, his chances of escape are slim.

Tiernan is to be wed that very night and Eaves is left at a crossroads. Return to the life he was certain he only ever wanted or give into the wildness he feels every time he hears the prince's heart beat.



Title: Fire and Brimstone
Series: Neighbor from Hell, 1
Author(s): RL Mathewson
Length: 336 pages
PublisherRerum Industries, Inc. (August 23, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Urban Fantasy/ Angels & Demons / Contemporary / Humor /

Notes 


Blurb: What happens when a Bradford with questionable OCD, a temper and a reputation for making his employees cry falls for the woman that refuses to accept the fact that he’s fired her and was terrifyingly more of a Bradford than he was?Well, we can’t share that here, because it would be seriously inappropriate, but we’re sure that you can see where this is leading…

To the altar or a stint in the slammer, either one is possible when it comes to the Neighbor from Hell Series.


Author’s Note: This book along with the rest of the series is intended to make you smile, let you relax and forget the drama and stress that plagues our lives even if its just for a little while. This is a drama free book. My goal is to put a smile on your face and I hope this book does that.



Title: The Moon
Series
Author(s): Sean Michael
Length: 70 pages
PublisherOmniLit / All Romance eBooks, LLC (September 1, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay/ Paranormal/ Shifters/

Notes 


Blurb: The first full moon is always the hardest.

Danny McMann has been busy on pack business for weeks and just wants to spend the upcoming full moon deep in the woods with his pack—running, hunting, napping and generally goofing off. The last thing he wants to hear is that they’ve got another man on their hands who’s been bitten and about to turn with the arrival of the full moon.

Hammond Argyle was bitten by his assailant in a bar fight a few weeks ago. He’s been in a foul mood ever since and it’s only getting worse. As is the way his skin itches and feels like it doesn’t fit him anymore. When someone starts lurking round, following him, it’s about all he can take.

Will Danny be able to help Hammond through his first change and beyond?

Includes a preview of Sean Michael's book, A Private Hunger.



Title: Dancing on the Head of a Pin
Series
Author(s): Kiernan Kelly
Length: 153 pages
PublisherDreamspinner Press; 2 edition (September 14, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay/ Paranormal / Angels /

Notes 


Blurb: 2nd Edition
When a demon saves an angel’s life, he wins the chance to stay out of Hell and walk the earthly plane until the End of Days.

Cael wasn’t aware of the loophole when he spared the angel Malak, but he plans to exploit it. All he needs to do to earn his freedom is convince Malak to give up his virginity. Three thousand years should be plenty of time. But Malak isn’t interested—not in having sex with Cael and not in being exiled from Heaven as a result.

Time is running out, and if Cael fails, his punishment will be unspeakable. With only days left, Malak realizes he can’t let that happen—not to the demon he’s come to love.

But the End of Days is coming sooner than either anticipated. Lucifer has found a way to unleash the Four Horseman and end all existence. If Cael and Malak want to stay together, they need to seek out all four Horsemen and stop them from bringing about the Apocalypse.



Title: Immortal Watch
SeriesGodsbane Prince Book 2
Author(s): Olivia Helling
Length: 216 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Dark Fantasy / 

Notes 


Blurb: Bonded soul mates. Shocking secrets. Protecting the one he loves could destroy everything…

Ilyas defeated the Dark God and won the spoils of a lifetime: a new kingdom, a new soulmate, and a chance at revenge. Just when he has the chance to humiliate the brother who sold him out, Ilyas learns a closely-guarded secret. He has a son, and now he’ll do everything he can to protect him.

Jem’s life was pure loneliness before he met Ilyas. But with the Dark God thwarted, Jem is completely powerless. When Ilyas begins to devote his full attention to the baby, Jem becomes determined to win his soulmate back.

After allying with a powerful secret society, Jem conspires to deliver an uninhabited world where Ilyas’ young son can truly be safe. But Jem didn’t realize that his new alliance comes at a high price, one that may cost him the love of Ilyas forever.

Immortal Watch is a spellbinding LGBT dark fantasy novel. If you like rich world-building, captivating storytelling, and edge-of-your-seat action, then you’ll love this story of love and horror from Olivia Helling.

Title: Tall Order
Series
Author(s): Irene Preston
Length: 74 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Contemporary / New Adult /

Notes 


Blurb: Chef Dylan Trevino screwed up bad, and he knows it. When he left Texas, his job, and his boyfriend behind, Dylan was confident Aston would follow him to New York. Now he’s back home and working for the worst caterer in Austin just to pay the rent. Being head chef at a party thrown by a famous rocker doesn’t make up for serving bland tacos while dressed like a dime-store cowboy. Thank god his ex can’t see him now.

Aston Winkler’s steampunk guitar mods are all the rage with musicians and he’s got invites to every hot party in town. Too bad he’d rather be listening to garage bands than networking in a penthouse. From his 6’7” vantage point, Aston has no problem spotting Dylan at the crowded SXSW party. Getting his boyfriend back? That’s a tall order.



Title: Stripped with the Vampire
SeriesAustin Immortals Book 1
Author(s): Jax Garren
Length: 325 pages
PublisherValkyrie Books (March 11, 2015)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Dark Fantasy / Vampire /

Notes 


Blurb: A vampire who's shut out the world

Shy outsider Charlie never intended to see Vince again after the bad boy human broke his heart. But when Vince turns up beaten and marked for sacrifice to an Aztec God, Charlie will do anything keep him safe...anything except rekindle the love that had once been his whole world.

A man living full tilt

Vince has never forgiven himself for the lie that ended things with Charlie. The spark between them is as hot as ever, and Vince would do anything to make it a fire again. But as they hide deeper in Austin’s supernatural society—a world of deep prejudice, dark magic,and warring immortals—he finds the path to reconciliation more twisted than he’s ever imagined.

In a world of dark spells and blood ties, love is the most powerful magic of all.

When the Aztec cult threatens the souls of all Austin vampires, Vince and Charlie team up with a Viking prince and a human witch to save the immortals of the city. With a traitor in their midst and Vince's impending sacrifice as the key to the cult's plan, Charlie and Vince must risk their lives and follow their hearts to save Charlie's soul from being ripped out and Vince's body from the cult's obsidian knife.



Title: Stripped Bounty
Series
Author(s): Dorothy F. Shaw
Length: 298 pages
PublisherRed Queen Publications (August 9, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Contemporary / MC Romance /

Notes 


Blurb: Protecting her isn’t an option. It’s a requirement.

Badger finally got Rosie in his bed, but in order to keep her there, he has to figure out how to save her life.

After her drug-running husband gets himself killed, Rosie Santini figures Phoenix is a fine place to get a fresh start. Deuce’s strip club isn’t too fresh, but the money’s easy. As she works the pole, the only gaze she can’t ignore belongs to the club’s head bouncer, Badger Baxter. But Rosie’s seen her fair share of tall, dark, and dangerous, and no way is she heading down that road. Not even for a hot hunk of muscle like Badger.

When he’s not bounty hunting, Badger runs security at Deuce’s. Rosie should be just another piece of fresh meat in the club’s stable of pole jockeys, but all her sexy parts add up to a ride Badger would like to test drive. Trouble is, Badger likes his women submissive, but not broken. She’s definitely got baggage he wants no part of. But when her husband’s killer shows up looking for stolen cash, she fits naturally under his protection—and it isn’t long before she’s hooked deep into his heart.

So deep, losing her now would make him bleed in more ways than one.

Warning: This book contains violent situations due to physical altercations and gunfire. Be on the look out for D/s sexual play, which may cause drooling and might have you reaching for the nearest man or battery operated boyfriend.



Title: Stowaway
Series: Alpha Planet
Author(s): Elliot Cooper
Length: 80 pages
Publisher: Evernight Publishing 

Genre:   Romance / Bisexual / Sci-Fi / Poly / Aliens /

Notes 


Blurb: Thalia dreams of being rescued and claimed by handsome Alphan warriors. But her Xyran captor sets terrible traps for her potential saviors. When she takes matters into her own hands by stowing away on an Alphan ship, Thalia doesn't expect her welcome on Alpha to be contested by anti-human Purists or come with a deadline. Despite the help of her new friends, if she can't secure a bond in one week's time she'll be sent back to a dying Earth.

Be Warned: menage sex (MMF), double penetration, m/m play


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Release Day Tour: Full Circle by Victoria Sue #interview #giveaway

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Welcome all!


Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Victoria Sue author of Full Circle

Hi, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background?


I’m an English girl who got transplanted to Florida six years ago. Ive always “dabbled” at writing but started properly nearly three years ago. I write what I love to read so that’s mainly MM and usually paranormal.

What were you like at school?

Not great. I hated school and couldn’t wait to leave. I wasn’t popular or in the “in” crowd so I pretty much kept my nose in a book for twelve years


So, what have you written?

Full Circle is the seventh and last in the series Sirius Wolves. The series has a lot of back story and it’s not very stand alone so it was time to finish.

I have another two series I write with Shannon West, and a BDSM series - Pure

Where can we buy or see them? (* include American, European and any other relevant links.

This is the link to my Amazon page. All my books are available on All Romance and Smashwords.

https://www.amazon.com/Victoria-Sue/e/B00OSTTZ0K/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1476302693&sr=8-2

What are you working on at the minute?

I’m finishing One Step Sideways which is the sequel to Five Minutes Longer. Five Minutes Longer gets published by Dreamspinners in December. Here’s the blurb.



Talon Valdez knew that when he transformed into an enhanced human, his life and his dreams were finished. Reviled, mistrusted, and often locked away, the enhanced are viewed as monsters, despised by the public, and never trusted to serve in the military or any law enforcement agency.

Years later he gets a chance to set up a task force of enhanced to serve in the FBI, but with one proviso: each enhanced must partner with a regular human.

Finn Mayer dreamed of joining the FBI since he was fourteen and made every possible sacrifice to make it happen, including living with his selfish mother and bullying homophobic brother and never having a boyfriend. But his undiagnosed dyslexia stopped his aspirations dead in their tracks. His last chance is to partner with Talon, an enhanced with fatal abilities who doesn’t trust regular humans with their secrets and wants Finn to fail.

Four weeks to prove himself to the team. Four weeks for the team to prove itself to the public. And when another group threatens their success—and their lives are at stake—four weeks for them to survive.


How much research do you do?

A huge amount (or so it seems) The Innocent Auction and The Innocent Betrayal are set in England 1810. Huge amount of research required even down to the layout of Newgate Prison! Speech, clothes, food. (They used rose oil for lube!)

Five Minutes Longer is about people with supernatural abilities but these aren’t magical abilities; I actually provide a scientific reason behind the character’s I’ve used so far. Google is my best friend.

I also decided because I was writing about people shooting guns (FBI) I’d better know what I was talking about – so I had lessons.


If this book is part of a series, tell us a little about it?

The basis for my book is that the Egyptian goddess Sirius (the dog star) created werewolves in her own image to save mankind. All the books are set in present day but they have a definite mythological background. The first six books are based on two groups of four. Orion’s Circle starts with three Alphas finding and mating their psi omega. Books three to six involve Marcus, a human ex-military amputee who becomes the first human Alpha of a werewolf pack.

I can’t say how many are in book seven because it would spoil the surprise!




AboutTheBook

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TITLE:Full Circle

SERIES: Sirius Wolves #7

AUTHOR:Victoria Sue

PUBLISHER: Dark Hollow Press

COVER ARTIST: Dark Hollow Press

LENGTH:50,000 words

RELEASE DATE: October 18, 2016

BLURB:“Win the love of the wolf with the hardest heart.”

Faced with eternal banishment to hell, Anubis, god of the underworld, has found a loophole in one of the oldest laws which will allow him to unleash his evil on an unsuspecting human world. Orion’s only hope to stop him is to accept his challenge: send a champion to win the love of the wolf with the hardest heart. It will take someone with a pure heart to soften a closed one, so faced with the threat of losing not only the werewolves, but the destruction of the human race, the gods can only do one thing — send Adam, one of their own.

Adam quickly realizes that the werewolf whose love he must win is Jed.  Wounded after the loss of his wife and son, Jed promised he would never love again or be responsible for someone else’s happiness. Adam has been given a near impossible task.

Anubis is eager to see Adam fail, and unbeknown to everyone takes matters into his own hands to make sure of it. Everything happening now is part of his master plan, and finally it has come full circle.

Even if Adam succeeds and wins Jed's heart, will that love survive when Jed discovers the whole thing was nothing more than a bet? Or when Adam does the one thing he mustn’t and falls in love himself, will he not only break Jed’s heart but completely destroy his own?

Excerpt


Jed gentled his hand as Adam mewled in the back of his throat, both of Adam’s hands surrounding his neck and pressing tightly with an overwhelming urge to simply hang on.

They shared kisses. Shared air. Jed swallowed every reaction from Adam because it was precious. Finally, he wiped his hand and their bodies clean on the sheet and drew Adam in closer.

His heart beat loudly in his ears. Jed didn’t want to think about what they had just done, and let reality intrude on the bliss that seemed to wrap them both up. It wasn’t the whole fucking a guy thing, even though he was still in shock about that. It was the need inside of him, the nameless urge that transcended sex or narrow bigoted views of what made other people happy. In a lot of ways, it wasn’t even the fact that Adam was human and Jed was not.

It was his unshaking doubt that as soon as Jed trusted, as soon as Jed let in a little belief, as soon as Jed started thinking in terms of forever… That’s when it would happen. That’s when his forever would be ripped away. It had with his family. The day his father hadn’t returned from the hunt because of a human’s bullet. The day they’d fled their home because the forest was cleared to make a human town, and his family had no idea how to live in one. The day he was out scrounging for food to fill their empty bellies because it was winter and they should have been warm and safe in their homes, and his little sister had been attacked by a rogue. The rogue had been insane, half-mad with whatever injustice had caused him to attack a pup, and his mom had died trying to defend her.

And then he had trusted once more. Raye had waltzed into his life and danced his objections away. Then it had happened again, as surely as Jed feared it would.

He clutched Adam tighter, knowing his hold wouldn’t last, knowing Adam would be ripped from him like everyone else…

He no longer had any dreams that could be taken from him. He’d accepted long ago that the pack would be his life, but he would go home alone every day. He almost didn’t mind because he knew it wasn’t a matter if Adam would realize he was a pathetic old man and would leave.

It was simply a matter of when.

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AuthorBio
Has loved books for as long as she can remember. Books were always what pocket money went on and what usually Father Christmas brought. When she ran out of her kids' adventure stories, she would go raid her Mom's. By the age of eight she was devouring classics like Little Women, and fell in love with love stories.

She's still in love with them. Any size, any shape, any creature - love is love, no matter what it says on the box.

In fact if they don't fit very neatly into any box she loves them even more!

She has a very patient husband and three wonderful children. In 2010 in search of adventure they all moved from the UK to the US and are happily settled in Florida.

In 2013 after reading love stories for so long she decided to write her own.


You can also email Victoria at - victoriasueauthor@gmail.com

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What Am I Up To? #DeathMask #Darksoul #amediting

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What am I doing? Writing guest posts for the Death Mask blog tour that will begin November 14th. There will be at least two (2) rather long flash fiction pieces (2k each). I'm thinking about writing one or two more but it depends on time. 

I got lucky. I completely spaced that I should set something up for Death Mask's release. When I asked on Facebook if anyone minded hosting me, I received several replies back. The tour is one week and my hope was for five volunteers. I received eleven (11) which was completely awesome. So there are three interviews, two flash fictions, and five guest posts that I'm going to be putting together. The guest posts are the hardest, in my opinion, because I have to make sure that I don't give away spoilers while talking about elements of the story. 

The flash fiction never stays below 1k or less for me, which shouldn't surprise me because I can't write the short stuff. Flash fiction isn't any different. But while writing the first one, Opium and Lung, I suddenly wanted to drop everything and write another installment of Black Harbingers. The story that came to mind wasn't even one I've been considering writing for the MC. 

This is me throwing a fit because I just can't right now. I have to finish this stuff for the blog tour and then move back to the edits for Darksoul--which are taking forever.

You don't even know how much I want this story off my plate. I'm so tired of looking at it. If I don't hurry up I'll end up commissioning a new cover which would make the money I spent on it earlier this year a waste. I should just quit complaining and get back to work because it will be finished soon. I am considering turning this one into an audiobook... maybe... perhaps... it just all depends on the sales. 

But once I get this off my desk then I can truly start on Bespoken. Freaking finally. With the exception of the flash fictions and I haven't worked on a new story, put down new words since I finished Releasing Chaos in July. That's a freaking long ass time to be doing edits. Since then, I've worked on edits for Werewolf's Tale, Death Mask, Darksoul, Devil's Heart, and organized and wrote materials for two blog tours. (And there was the week-long Birthday Bash.) Here in the next couple of weeks I'm expecting the galley for Death Mask, so there will be a additional round there, too. 

Of those projects listed above, Werewolf's Tale is released. Death Mask will be released soon. I'm hoping Devil's Heart will be good enough to send out to beta readers (I just might torch that ms if I have to do anymore edits on it). And that leaves Darksoul currently on my desk. 

I'm so tired of edits that last night I dreamed of spending the next year writing stories in a house out in the middle of nowhere. All I did was write. If I'm dreaming about it, I'm in agony. Something's gotta give.

Thank you for stopping by and reading!!

What's On The Reading Radar #WishList #TBR

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How is the weekend already here? I just might read every hour of it...  :)

Edit: Well, I won't be reading all weekend because I received noticed that I'm Author of the Day today (Saturday). So, I'll be hanging out there and chatting.  (See Here)


Title: All Hallow's Eve
Series
Author(s): Annabelle Jacobs
Length: 248 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Halloween /

Notes 

Blurb: Will a centuries-old broken heart ruin the promise of new love?

Dominic Ashworth is descended from a long line of witches, although the family practice of witchcraft died out generations ago. Forever connected to a dark history, the house he grew up in remained in the Ashworth family for generations until his estranged father sold it.

On a mission to check out the new owners, Dominic runs into Caleb Jones and gives the gorgeous man his phone number—but getting a date should be the last thing on Dominic’s agenda.

Caleb and his best friend, Zach Briceworth, are oblivious to the heartache and magic tied to the foundations of their new home. When strange things start to happen, the truth emerges and surprises them both, especially as everything revolves around Caleb’s new love interest.



Title: Cowgirls vs. Aliens
Series
Author(s): Vanessa Vale, Grace Goodwin
Length: 230 pages
PublisherKSA Publishing (October 2, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Fantasy Sci-Fi / Aliens / Western /

Notes How was I supposed to ignore a title like that?


Blurb: I've come to Earth to hunt down a killer, not find a mate. 

But then I see her and all I can think is...MINE.
Just one dangerous problem—My enemy knows she's here...and he wants her for himself.

Cassie Anderson has been an orphan since the age of four. Left on her own, she grew up a hard-working, pragmatic woman of the Montana Territory, her steady employment at the Selby boarding house the only life she knows. When strange, sensual dreams drive her from her bed at night, her body heavy with desire and the scar on her palm burning, Cassie isn't sure what to think. When the handsome stranger tempting her each night with stolen kisses and irresistible caresses suddenly appears in the flesh, she believes she's truly lost her mind.

Maddox of Everis was born a Hunter. Second son to a powerful ruling family, he volunteers for the dangerous mission to a far away, primitive planet called Earth. His mission? To track down an evil foe responsible for his twin sister's death. He's come ready for the hunt, prepared to kill, if necessary, but he is not prepared for the mating mark on his hand to burn with sexual fire. Shocked but desperate to find his mate, Maddox will do whatever it takes to protect her from his enemy. He expects to find a mate eager to welcome him into her bed and her heart. But Cassie is an Earth woman, an orphan who has no idea who or what she is... not a simple cowgirl, but a descendant of ancient warriors who once colonized Earth.

Cassie is a powerful shock to his system, a woman he will do anything to possess. But when he tells her the truth, that he's an alien bounty hunter and she's his marked mate, she refuses to believe him. That is, until the dangerous madman he's traveled across the galaxy to hunt finds her as well. Suddenly it's not just Maddox's skillful kiss forcing Cassie to rethink everything she thought she knew, but an evil alien bent on possessing her for himself. She'll have to trust Maddox with both her life and her heart if they're going to survive.

Title: Stealing His Mate
Series: Dragon Shifters In Space 3
Author(s): Marcy Jacks
Length
Publisher: Siren Publishing

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Fantasy Sci-Fi / Dragon Shifter / Wolf Shifter / Mpreg /

Notes I've read the first to books in this series. Nice relaxing reads. This one sounds more tense than the other two. In truth, I'm really looking forward to the 4th one. This is the only book (so far) that has mpreg.


Blurb: Omega wolf Adam was kidnapped by slavers. He is to be sold to a rich, old shark shifter who has some strange tastes, including giving his new property to be used and abused by the rest of the crew.

Setana is a dragon warrior, and he is weeks away from earning his freedom. He has no intention of letting anything get between him and his goal, but when he gets wind of Adam's scent, everything changes. Setana is put in charge of Adam's care, and he won't let anyone else on the crew near him, but now he has a new problem: how to rescue his mate without getting the both of them killed.

Adam can't believe he mated with a member of the crew, and when his pregnancy complicates things, he's not sure if he and his mate will be able to get off this ship alive, especially when his real owner finally comes to take him away.

Title: Rising from the Ashes
Series: Eternal Flame 2
Author(s): Cree Storm, Maggie Walsh
Length: 458 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Magic / Dragon Shifters / Hurt-Comfort / 

Notes 

Blurb: Crystal, Colorado Fire Investigator Angelo Carbone loved his job and his friends, but ever since that fateful night when he was raped at the young age of seventeen, he has felt a piece of him missing. Until he meets his mate in a sexy as hell dragon shifter.

Angelo’s visions help him do his job, but recently his visions seem to be lying to him. They are telling him that a man he knows to be dead is committing the new fire’s that plague Crystal. The confusion over what his visions are telling him causes Angelo great anguish when he also sees this supposed dead man harming a boy.
Angelo has sworn that he will never allow another to be bullied or suffer as he had all those years ago, if he could stop it.


When he and his new found mate, Morgan, run off into the night following one of Angelo’s visions, they never expected to find what they did, or to suddenly find themselves with a family.


As the fires escalate, people get killed, and their new ward Manny goes missing, Angelo and Morgan must count on their friends to help them figure out this puzzle before Manny’s bully kills him. But a new foe in town brings back memories that Angelo wishes he could forget. These memories not only threaten his mating, but also his gift.


Can Morgan save Angelo and Manny in time? Or will he lose them both to evil forces?



Title: It Takes Two to Tango
SeriesFur, Fangs, and Felines Book 3
Author(s): M.A. Church
Length: 259 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Domestic Cat Shifters /

Notes 


Blurb: Can two very different men find the love they need to survive?

Remi Ginn’s an easygoing werecat with a love of snarky T-shirts. He would be perfectly happy with a human mate. Is that what the goddess Bast gives him? Of course not. Instead she gifts him with Marshell, a Vetala, a snakelike nonshifter who drinks blood to survive. A man who’s just as toppy as Remi—and even more powerful than the West Falls Clowder’s Alpha and heir apparent.

While Remi is deciding whether he can handle the fates’ choice, hunters attack Marshell. Afterward, in an explosion of passion, Remi and Marshell mate and Remi declares Marshell his. Now they have to figure out how to make their relationship work as they dance around each other.

The clowder is in turmoil, and Remi’s acceptance of Marshell rocks the very foundation of the insular group. The consequences will be far-reaching. And if that isn’t problem enough, the situation with the hunters is far from resolved… as proved by the appearance of an Alpha werewolf.



Title: One True Mate
Series: Shifter's Sacrifice 1
Author(s): Lisa Ladew
Length: 317 pages
PublisherHeat Publishing LLC (August 22, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Paranormal /  /

Notes Blurb says it's different kind of shifter story. Challenge excepted.


Blurb: An all wolf-shifter police force has been the only thing between humans and an unknown evil for centuries, but the pack is in danger of dying if they don't find their promised mates soon.

Trevor Burbank is a shifter cop in a world of humans who don't know the evil that wants them dead. If he does his job well, the humans will never need to know, but he feels like he's working against the clock, because his pack is about to die. The females have all been killed, and the half-breeds they make when they mate with humans aren't usually skilled or strong enough to fight.

Gabriela Carmi has lost almost everything that means anything to her way too fast and now she feels like she’s losing her mind too. On a quest to find something that won't reveal itself to her, she feels as if she’s pining for someone who may not exist. So when an evil presence begins to follow her, she isn't sure if her mind is slowly falling apart, or if the impossible is actually coming true. And when an instant attraction sparks between her and the dangerously sexy police officer sent to help her, it makes matters worse and better at the same time.

It's a race against time to find the angel/human hybrid One True Mates that the pack's spiritual leaders say truly exist. Saving the all the shifter clans is on everyone's mind, except for the chosen, the One True Mates, most of whom don’t even know who or what they really are, or why they seem to be slowly losing their minds.

Steamy. Light swearing. High heat. You've NEVER read a shifter romance, or a fated mates romance like this before.




Title: The Joined Realm
Series
Author(s): Robert Vane
Length: 268 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Non-Romantic / High Fantasy / Paranormal / Epic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery /

Notes ... because of the cover


Blurb: "Control the water, control the world"

From inside the lush expanse of the Inner Realm, the Ghosbane family and their fellow waterlords rule the Joined Realm through their mastery of the ancient aqueducts that feed the vast Drylands beyond their domain. After being accused of a terrible crime, Arlon Ghosbane, the inheritor of a secret legacy of the vanquished overlords of the Joined Realm, is forced to flee from his family and the only life he has ever known. Guided by a renegade howler intent on freeing his race, Arlon discovers that a world far different than one he had been taught about lies beyond his water-rich homeland. The fate of humanity will be determined by the decisions of a young fugitive and a former slave as they fight for the future of the Joined Realm.



Title: A-Viking
Series
Author(s): Kiernan Kelly
Length: 62 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Time Travel /

Notes 


Blurb: What’s a Viking to do when he ends up on a Florida beach, surrounded by a world he doesn’t understand, with a hyperactive stockbroker as his only guide? Go back to Chase’s hotel, naturally. Chase thinks Bjorn is eccentric at best, a lunatic at worst, or just maybe the real thing: a Viking from the days of yore. It isn’t easy for Bjorn to admit, but he needs Chase’s help to navigate the confusing modern age. While Chase is trying to clean Bjorn up and help him fit in, Bjorn’s sworn enemy also makes the trek through time. Jorund is eager to plunder this new land and finish the job of killing Bjorn’s family line, all in one blow. Bjorn and Chase will have to set aside their vast differences and work together if either of them wants to survive.

2nd Edition


Title: Champion of the Scarlet Wolf Book Two
Series
Author(s): Ginn Hale
Length: 568 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Fantasy / 

Notes 


Blurb: Five years after abandoning the Sagrada Acedemy, Elezar Grunito has become infamous in the sanctified circles of noble dueling rings for his brutal temper and lethal blade. Men and women of all ranks gather to cheer and jeer, none of them knowing Elezar’s true purpose. But a violent death outside the ring marks Elezar as a wanted man and sends him into hiding in the far northern wilds of Labara.

There, creatures of myth and witchcraft—long since driven from Cadeleon—lurk in dark woods and prowl the winding streets. 
Soldiers and priests alike fear the return of witch-queens and even demons. Elezar soon learns that magic takes many forms, some too alluring to resist, others too terrible to endure. But just as he begins to find his place in this strange new country, the past he left behind along with his school days returns to challenge him once again.
Title: Double or Nothing
Series: The Bedlam Butchers Club
Author(s): Ruby Dixon
Length: 71 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Motorcycle Club / Contemporary / MFM /

NotesThe first book featuring Beast, Shy, and Muscle is Double Trouble, the second is Double Down


Blurb: EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE

I’ve found a fragile happiness with my two men, Beast and Muscle, Warlords of the Bedlam Butchers. Our threesome works so well that I can’t imagine a day without them…or a night without both in my bed.

But a rival MC has decided that what’s in the past shouldn’t stay there. With loads of blackmail information on the line, Beast might be going back to prison unless we can make a deal. But what the other club is asking for is nothing less than me, in a stranger’s bed.

And Beast is going to sacrifice himself for me unless I find a way to save him…


***
DOUBLE OR NOTHING is a complete novella of 19,000 words and the third featuring Beast, Shy, and Muscle. No cliffhangers—only hot and sexy romance. The Motorcycle Clubs series is romance for readers who want all of the heat and emotion, but who don't have all of the time.



Title: Double Dare You
SeriesThe Bedlam Butchers Club
Author(s)Ruby Dixon
Length: 171 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Motorcycle Club / Contemporary / MFM /

Notes 


Blurb: Becka isn’t the daring sort. She’s a chemistry nerd on vacation from college. She certainly wasn’t supposed to be stolen by a rival MC and sold as a plaything. Now, she needs a hero…or two.

Locke and Epic might be ride partners, but they’re not yet friends. Epic is freshly patched and Locke’s carrying a lot of baggage from the betrayal of his last partner. But when they’re given a new task – find Becka and bring her home – the men have to work as a team to protect her.

And, as the threesome spend time alone, they realize that not only are they better together, but that a few teasing dares just might bring them closer…in a lot of sexy ways.



Title: The Painted Crown
Series: Unbreakable Soldiers, 2
Author(s): Megan Derr
Length: 89k
Publisher: LT3 Press

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Fantasy / 

Notes *happy wiggles* Releases 11/16


Blurb: Prince Istari has spent his life reviled: his parents wish he had never been born, the royal court of Belemere avoids him for fear of angering the king, and everyone else is kept away by his notorious reputation as a deadly sharpshooter. Now a hostage of peace in Tallideth, he is subjected to their hatred as well—even that of Regent Vellem, who once considered him a comrade in arms.

Unexpected solace comes in the form of Lord Teverem, a sad, quiet lord who assumed the title when his brother was killed in the explosion for which Istari's father is to blame. He is kind and sweet and a sorely needed bright spot in Istari's life—until Istari meets his family and learns of a dangerous family secret with unexpected ties to Istari's past, a secret that could drag Tallideth and Belemere right back into war...



Title: Changing Worlds
Series
Author(s): Cari Z
Length: 266 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Sci-Fi / Alien /

Notes I've heard rave reviews about this story. I'm really excited to get my hands on it. Release date is 10/24


Blurb: Their love will either inspire change in the world or tear it apart.

Former starship captain Jason Kim and his lover, Ferran, are starting a life together on Ferran’s native planet. The Perel matriarchs reluctantly allowed their marriage in the hopes of securing better diplomatic relations with humanity, even though the decision ignites anger from traditionalists. Ferran’s family accepts Jason and the love the two men have found, but other influential families are less accommodating and much less willing to welcome an outsider to their isolated, subterranean world. Some of their enemies are willing to go as far as eliminating Jason permanently. Tensions are quickly building toward a breaking point that might push Perelan into a bloody civil war.

If Jason and Ferran have any hope of surviving the coming conflict, they’ll have to rely on their devotion to each other more than ever before. But that won’t be easy when a figure from Jason’s past reappears to make them question everything.


2nd Edition


Title: Bitten by Mistake
Series
Author(s): Annabelle Jacobs
Length: 341 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Wolf Shifters /

Notes 


Blurb: From animosity to searing passion in a lunar cycle… but can their bond survive? 

Wolf shifter Nathan Kohl’s pack is his whole life. Arrogant and handsome, he avoids commitment to anything or anyone outside of his pack. He works hard, plays hard, and pursues humans as lovers because there’s little to no chance of him forming a permanent bond. However, when Jared Taylor comes into Nathan’s life, every rule is broken.

After a bad experience, Jared vowed to never get involved with another shifter, no matter how much they got under his skin. Despite being physically attracted to Nathan, who’s all kinds of hot, Jared only sees an arrogant, domineering bastard.

A disastrous case of mistaken identity throws Nathan and Jared together until the next full moon. Forced to spend the next twenty-eight days in close proximity, they can no longer ignore the powerful attraction between them. Passion ignites, and their relationship takes a turn neither of them wanted.

But when the full moon comes, everything might change again.



Title: Shift out of Luck
SeriesBear Bites Book 1
Author(s): Ruby Dixon
Length: 99 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Paranormal / Bear Shifter /

Notes Because I like Ruby's writing.


Blurb: There are few things that are off limits to the were-bears of Pine Falls, but humans are one of them. Which is a real pain, because I’ve had it bad for curvy Adelaide Laurent ever since she sashayed into town. The fact that she’s forbidden fruit just makes my fantasies all the sweeter.

But when she signs up to go on a weekend camping trip with the town’s biggest player, it’s time for a bear to step in and claim his mate.

I don’t care if it breaks the rules. She’s mine, and it’s time she knew it.



Title: Touch Me Not
Series
Author(s): Genna Donaghy
Length: 167 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Fantasy / Cowboys / BDSM / Alternate World /

Notes 



Blurb: Soulmates, mind magic, and cowboys.

In an alternate universe, where gender is less important than how dominant a person is, Jake Alric is the odd man out. While other subs spend their days trying to find their one true mate, Jake goes out of his way to avoid dominants. He's seen the dark side of soul bonds, and all he wants is to be left alone to tend his small Montana cattle ranch in peace.

When an oil company starts buying up land all around town, Jake comes under increasing pressure to sell. A chance encounter brings him into contact with one of his potential mates, Henry Waterstone, son of the man trying to buy Jake’s ranch and a handsome dominant who pushes buttons Jake didn't know he had.

For the first time, Jake is tempted by the true pleasure of being a submissive. But as Jake and Henry grow closer, a new player in the oil company rises up and threatens to sever their fragile connection. Suddenly the person Jake was most afraid to find becomes the one he’s most terrified to lose.


** Note**: This book contains adult, sexually explicit content in a fictional BDSM universe. The book is approximately 50,000 words in length and features a happy ending.



Title: The Courage to Love
Series: Brothers In Arms
Author(s): Samantha Kane
Length: 200 pages
Publisher

Genre:  Erotic Romance / Bisexual / Poly / Historical / MMF /

Notes Oi! I've been waiting for her to get her right back before I took a look at this series. She has and is re-releasing them all.



Blurb: Kate Collier is still recovering from a vicious rape and trying to make a success of her dress shop when Jason Randall and Anthony Richards return to London from the Continent, intent on winning her. She's known them for years, ever since they served with her late husband in the Peninsula against Napoleon. She'd been in love with them for almost that long. To discover they feel the same is a shock, but Kate isn't ready to turn her life back over to any man.

Jason and Tony prove hard to resist, however, especially when their close friendship blossoms into desire for each other as they make Kate's body burn with passion. The combination of their insatiable desire for her and their journey into a sexual relationship with one another is irresistible to Kate.

The past haunts them but, despite violence and censure directed at their menage, the three long for a life together and they will not be denied.

Title: Simon's Cat
Series
Author(s): Lotus Oakes
Length: 36 k
Publisher: LT3 Press

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Fairy Tale / Fantasy /

Notes releases 11/16



Blurb: When Simon's father dies, he leaves his oldest brother the business, his middle brother the house, and Simon, the youngest, his beloved Pet, Cat.

While his brothers quarrel about what to do with the remains of their father's estate, all Simon wants is for his family to go back to the way it was. He's sure money will help. And clever Cat has an idea of how to get it.



Title: Neil
Series: Uncompromising 2
Author(s): Sybil Bartel
Length: 329 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Contemporary / Motorcycle Club / 

Notes Says it can be read as a standalone. The first book in the series is Talon.



Blurb: Ex-Danish Military Special Forces, built like a legend, and uncompromising in every way--Neil Christensen didn't walk into my life. The Viking-sized warrior crashed it like a hurricane.
The moment he showed up at my strip club, my life fell apart. South Florida's most ruthless motorcycle gang, the cops, the Feds--they all want something I don't have, something the Viking took from me.

I thought I could run, but the motorcycle gang caught me. Now the only thing standing between me and an unmarked grave is a warrior I don't trust.

I'm not afraid to die, but I am terrified of weathering the storm. Because when a Viking decides to unleash his fury, no one is going to come out unscathed.

Warning: This book contains alpha heroes, offensive language, violence and sexual situations. Mature audiences only. 18+

NEIL is a full-length, standalone novel with an HEA.



Title: The Captain's Promise
Series: Adrift, 4
Author(s): TJ Land
Length: 61 pages
Publisher: Ninestar Publishing

Genre:   Erotic Romance / Poly / Sci-Fi / 

Notes 



Blurb: Now that the crew of The Prayer have settled down on an uninhabited alien world, their captain intends for them to forge a new life for themselves. But Khurshed's plans are interrupted when the ship receives a distress call from a nearby planet. While most of his lovers are excited by the prospect of making contact with their new neighbors, First Officer Antoine argues that responding might endanger the crew. As it turns out, his fears are well placed…


Title: Buried Desire
SeriesSoulbonded 1
Author(s): AE Wasp
Length: 208 pages
PublisherKelpie Press (May 10, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Contemporary / New Adult? / 

Notes 



Blurb: The vengeful ghost of a murdered girl stalks the innocent. A forbidden passion ignites in the dark. Secrets of the past that doom the present rise with the dead at Eden Lake. 

For Nikolai and Alexei, their camp counselor jobs were supposed to be a break from real life, a last deep breath of freedom before returning the arranged marriages waiting for them at home. But the peace of the summer is shattered when the ghost of a brutally murdered girl begins to kill.

As the boys struggle to put the spirit to rest before it kills again, they find it harder and harder to deny the passion burning between them.

But Alexei, gifted with the sight, has known since childhood that something dark hunts for Nikolai. Even the ghosts are warning him. Will their love save them or damn them?

The choice may not be theirs to make.



Title: The Key of Behlisheth
SeriesThe Sun Child Chronicles Book 1
Author(s): Lou Hoffmann
Length: 296 pages
PublisherHarmony Ink Press; 2 edition (September 11, 2014)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / New Adult / Urban Fantasy /

Notes 



Blurb: On his way to meet a fate he'd rather avoid, homeless gay teen Lucky steps through a wizard's door and is caught up in a whirlwind quest and an ancient war. He tries to convince himself that his involvement with sword fights, magic, and interworld travel is a fluke, and that ice-breathing dragons and fire-breathing eagles don't really exist. But with each passing hour, he remembers more about who he is and where he's from, and with help, he begins to claim his power.

Lucky might someday rule a nation, but before he can do that, he must remember his true name, accept his destiny, and master his extraordinary abilities. Only then can he help to banish the evil that has invaded earth and find his way home—through a gateway to another world.

1st Edition published as Beyond the Wizard's Threshold by Marion Margaret Press, November 2010



Title: Vespers
SeriesHours of the Night Book 1
Author(s): Irene Preston, Liv Rancourt
Length: 295 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Halloween /

Notes 



Blurb: Thaddeus Dupont has had over eighty years to forget...

The vampire spends his nights chanting the Liturgy of the Hours and ruthlessly disciplines those unnatural urges he's vowed never again to indulge. He is at the command of the White Monks, who summon him at will to destroy demons. In return, the monks provide for his sustenance and promise the return of his immortal soul.

Sarasija Mishra's most compelling job qualification might be his type O blood...

The 22-year-old college grad just moved across the country to work for some recluse he can't even find on the internet. Sounds sketchy, but the salary is awesome and he can't afford to be picky. On arrival he discovers a few details his contract neglected to mention, like the alligator-infested swamp, the demon attacks, and the nature of his employer's "special diet". A smart guy would leave, but after one look into Dupont's mesmerizing eyes, Sarasija can't seem to walk away. Too bad his boss expected "Sara" to be a girl.

Falling in love is hard at any age...

The vampire can't fight his hungers forever, especially since Sara's brought him light, laughter and a very masculine heat. After yielding to temptation, Thaddeus must make a choice. Killing demons may save his soul, but keeping the faith will cost him his heart.

Vespers is a complete novel with no cliffhanger. It can be enjoyed as a standalone or read as the first book in the Hours of the Night series.



Title: Raven's Rest
Series
Author(s): Stephen Osborne
Length: 199 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / 

Notes 



Blurb: Michael Cook has left his abusive lover and settled in the small town of Banning, Illinois. Having nowhere else to go, he checks into the Raven’s Rest Inn and soon learns that the haunted reputation of the hotel is well deserved. Michael gets a job at a local café, where he meets Trey Ramsey. Though Michael has misgivings about starting up a new relationship, Trey seems to be the complete opposite of Michael’s controlling ex, so he decides to give Trey a chance.

Life at the Raven’s Rest becomes increasingly frightening when the ghost of Coleman Hollis appears in Michael’s room. Coleman seems to want something from Michael, and the mystery deepens when Michael discovers he’s the spitting image of Coleman’s lover from years ago. Together, Michael and Trey must discover why Coleman’s spirit is drawn to the Raven’s Rest—and to Michael.



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The paranormal world fears them, 

but one man will endeavor to be their champion.

The day has come! Werewolf's Tale and a Druid's Sword released today. It is the 2nd book in the I.O.N. series. While we still follow Beck and Diego as side characters, the heart of the story belongs to Jude Zell, Beck's little brother. 

Kicked out of his parents home, Jude was picked up by Beck and taken across the content to live in San Diego. Jude is struggling to leave behind his first love as well as attempting to trust Beck with secrets he's been harboring for years... then things get crazy. 

Everything Jude, Beck, and Diego thought they knew is being questioned. Beck is dealing with the changes Diego is going through in order to come into his abilities. At the same time, he's worrying himself sick over Jude and his reckless behavior. 

If Beck can't step back and allow Jude to come to him and if Jude doesn't accept who he is, all could be lost... even Hector.

The Blog Tour for Werewolf's Tale and a Druid's Sword starts tomorrow, September 1st. There is exclusive content for each of the blog stops. You can also read exclusive excerpts (nice long ones) at Molly Lolly, BFD Books, and Prism Book Alliance. The giveaway will close on the 17th and you'll be able to enter everyday. Enjoy!



Title: Werewolf's Tale and a Druid's Sword
Series: #2 of I.O.N.
Author: Lexi Ander
Cover Artist: Aisha Akeju
Categories: Gay, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
Length: 67,000 words
Release Date: August 31, 2016


Blurb:

After he's kicked out for being gay, still reeling from being abandoned by the man he loves, Jude goes to live with his brother Beck, who thankfully is more than happy to take him in. But Jude has other secrets he's yet to share, for fear that even Beck will reject him, leaving him well and truly alone.

Then he draws the attention of werewolves, and discovers that everything he thought he knew about Levi, the man who abandoned him, is a lie. But one lie leads to another, ending in a vast conspiracy that threatens to destroy everything Jude loves—and that doesn't even begin to include the challenges that Beck is facing.


  Buy Links: LT3 Press | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | All Romance | Bookstrand |


Excerpt:

Jude had never been to a gay dance club before. He wasn’t interested in what went on inside the clubs, but his brother, Beck, had been nagging him to get out of the house. He’d moved to San Diego six months ago, and the only place he went willingly was to his college classes. Any other time, Beck or his partner Diego hauled him out of the house.

He regretted telling his brother about his brief… thing… with Levi Hammond. Beck watched him carefully, and Jude knew why. He should’ve been over the short-term love affair by now, but his heart disagreed. Regardless of what others believed, just because Levi no longer loved Jude didn’t mean Jude could simply turn his feelings off. But in order to get Beck off his back, Jude had said yes when a couple of friends invited him to go dancing.

He imagined he had that tourist look when he stepped inside the club’s doors. The thump of the music actually caused the pant legs of his jeans to tremble in time with the pounding bass. He tried not to gawk, but he’d never seen the likes of what played out before him anywhere. After the shock wore off, his first impression was sex. Men writhed on the floor, emanating sensual appeal. He felt like prey walking into the lion’s den, and all he could do was watch with astonishment at the gyrating bodies.

Jude had been to a couple of high school dances over on the east coast. The comparison between the two scenes was like pitting apples against pineapples. High school dances were, well, high school and not like the movies where all the kids had rhythm and could contort their bodies to do amazing moves. Jude snorted to himself. No, there where hawk-eyed chaperones, and most of the students danced with a jerky stiffness or sat off to the side watching. Here, everybody moved fluidly, as if their bodies were boneless. The air smelled of sweat and sex, half-hard cocks prominently displayed in everything from leather to colorful mesh jockstraps.

Following his friends through the writhing mass, he was petted and groped enough he’d have bruises on his ass. His friends seemed oblivious to his discomfort as they pushed through to the middle of the dance floor, pulling him along behind them. For a split second, he contemplated leaving, swamped with the wrongness of it all. His mind whispered his place was with Levi, not here among grabby strangers.

That internal voice pissed him off. Levi had left—disappeared—and broken his promise, leaving Jude devastated and living like a monk. Twice, Jude had hooked up only to come away carrying enough guilt to make him sick to his stomach for days—over someone who had chosen to no longer be a part of his life. He was tired of being alone. Of sitting in his room wondering what Levi was doing. Of yearning for someone who would never come back for him.

With newfound determination, he quit resisting, raised his hands in the air, and let go. He danced. The movement, the energy, was cathartic. The stress left his body, and for once, he placed the ache in his soul on the back shelf and buried it. He blocked the negative emotions so he could, just for the night, be himself. He didn’t believe he asked for too much. He only wanted a few short hours without the heartbreak, pain, or the memories that continually threatened to drown him.

Jude moved to the beat. He didn’t care how awkward he appeared. He tapped his feet, shook his ass, and cleared his mind. He danced until sweat poured off him, soaking his clothes and hair. Slowly, ever so slowly, he began to feel wonderful—alive. A shirtless Adonis approached him. The man was golden everywhere, his skin, shoulder-length hair; he even had golden-brown eyes. Jude caught his breath because he’d never seen anyone so handsome. Well, handsome was relegated to the rugged attractiveness. No, the man dancing with Jude with the sleek quality of a cat was beautiful. He sucked in his breath as the stranger drew near with an uncertainty that was a contradiction to his appearance, and Jude recognized something of himself in the person approaching him.

Jude found the man’s hesitancy endearing and threw him a bone. Wrapping his arms around wide shoulders, they swayed together with the music. His large, liquid eyes drank Jude in as the Adonis matched him move for move, hands gliding and stroking, hips swaying in counter to Jude’s. For the first time in a very long time, Jude felt sexy and wanted.

“Come home with me,” the Adonis whispered in Jude’s ear between songs.

Because Jude was flying high on a rare night of happiness, he did the one thing he hadn’t done since he’d moved to San Diego.

“Yes.”

Jude envisioned a long night of hot sweaty sex that would sustain his fantasies for weeks to come. The drive took mere minutes. Adonis hadn’t put his shirt on when they left the club, and Jude watched it sway in his back pocket as he climbed the stairs to the apartment. The guy’s hands trembled when attempting to fit the key into the lock. Jude didn’t think, just acted, grabbing the blond by the elbow. The man’s golden gaze raised from the doorknob to Jude’s hand, and something dark rippled over the surface of his eyes.

“Let me help,” Jude offered to break the silence. “My name’s Jude, by the way.”

He reached for the key, and in a quick move, Jude was plastered with his back against the door. A hard body pressed up against him, the hard line of the man’s erection pressing into him.

“Aw, shit,” Adonis moaned, pressing his nose into Jude’s skin. They both were covered in sweat, and Jude could only imagine what he smelled like. It must not have been terrible because a warm broad tongue licked up the line of his neck. “Stephen… Stephen Thornstein,” he said before his fumbling opened the door and they practically fell onto the apartment entryway.

After Stephen had slammed the door closed behind them, Jude repaid the favor and slammed Stephen against it. There wasn’t any finesse to the kiss he laid on Stephen. He ignored the rising whispers in the back of his mind noting how Stephen didn’t taste like Levi or that his lips were too plump. He viciously shoved the comparisons away. Jude was starving, so very hungry for touch, for a connection, and he tried to devour Stephen’s pouty lips. The niggling voice admonished him for his roughness, but the throaty growl Stephen gave him shut those thoughts down completely. Jude was just beginning to get lost in the feel of Stephen’s skin against his own when a hand pressed down on his shoulder.





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Lexi has always been an avid reader, and at a young age started reading (secretly) her mother’s romances (the ones she was told not to touch). She was the only teenager she knew of who would be grounded from reading. Later, with a pencil and a note book, she wrote her own stories and shared them with friends because she loved to see their reactions. A Texas transplant, Lexi now kicks her boots up in the Midwest with her Yankee husband and her eighty-pound puppies named after vacuum cleaners.




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Welcome all!


Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Victoria Sue author of Full Circle

Hi, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background?


I’m an English girl who got transplanted to Florida six years ago. Ive always “dabbled” at writing but started properly nearly three years ago. I write what I love to read so that’s mainly MM and usually paranormal.

What were you like at school?

Not great. I hated school and couldn’t wait to leave. I wasn’t popular or in the “in” crowd so I pretty much kept my nose in a book for twelve years


So, what have you written?

Full Circle is the seventh and last in the series Sirius Wolves. The series has a lot of back story and it’s not very stand alone so it was time to finish.

I have another two series I write with Shannon West, and a BDSM series - Pure

Where can we buy or see them? (* include American, European and any other relevant links.

This is the link to my Amazon page. All my books are available on All Romance and Smashwords.

https://www.amazon.com/Victoria-Sue/e/B00OSTTZ0K/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1476302693&sr=8-2

What are you working on at the minute?

I’m finishing One Step Sideways which is the sequel to Five Minutes Longer. Five Minutes Longer gets published by Dreamspinners in December. Here’s the blurb.



Talon Valdez knew that when he transformed into an enhanced human, his life and his dreams were finished. Reviled, mistrusted, and often locked away, the enhanced are viewed as monsters, despised by the public, and never trusted to serve in the military or any law enforcement agency.

Years later he gets a chance to set up a task force of enhanced to serve in the FBI, but with one proviso: each enhanced must partner with a regular human.

Finn Mayer dreamed of joining the FBI since he was fourteen and made every possible sacrifice to make it happen, including living with his selfish mother and bullying homophobic brother and never having a boyfriend. But his undiagnosed dyslexia stopped his aspirations dead in their tracks. His last chance is to partner with Talon, an enhanced with fatal abilities who doesn’t trust regular humans with their secrets and wants Finn to fail.

Four weeks to prove himself to the team. Four weeks for the team to prove itself to the public. And when another group threatens their success—and their lives are at stake—four weeks for them to survive.


How much research do you do?

A huge amount (or so it seems) The Innocent Auction and The Innocent Betrayal are set in England 1810. Huge amount of research required even down to the layout of Newgate Prison! Speech, clothes, food. (They used rose oil for lube!)

Five Minutes Longer is about people with supernatural abilities but these aren’t magical abilities; I actually provide a scientific reason behind the character’s I’ve used so far. Google is my best friend.

I also decided because I was writing about people shooting guns (FBI) I’d better know what I was talking about – so I had lessons.


If this book is part of a series, tell us a little about it?

The basis for my book is that the Egyptian goddess Sirius (the dog star) created werewolves in her own image to save mankind. All the books are set in present day but they have a definite mythological background. The first six books are based on two groups of four. Orion’s Circle starts with three Alphas finding and mating their psi omega. Books three to six involve Marcus, a human ex-military amputee who becomes the first human Alpha of a werewolf pack.

I can’t say how many are in book seven because it would spoil the surprise!




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TITLE:Full Circle

SERIES: Sirius Wolves #7

AUTHOR:Victoria Sue

PUBLISHER: Dark Hollow Press

COVER ARTIST: Dark Hollow Press

LENGTH:50,000 words

RELEASE DATE: October 18, 2016

BLURB:“Win the love of the wolf with the hardest heart.”

Faced with eternal banishment to hell, Anubis, god of the underworld, has found a loophole in one of the oldest laws which will allow him to unleash his evil on an unsuspecting human world. Orion’s only hope to stop him is to accept his challenge: send a champion to win the love of the wolf with the hardest heart. It will take someone with a pure heart to soften a closed one, so faced with the threat of losing not only the werewolves, but the destruction of the human race, the gods can only do one thing — send Adam, one of their own.

Adam quickly realizes that the werewolf whose love he must win is Jed.  Wounded after the loss of his wife and son, Jed promised he would never love again or be responsible for someone else’s happiness. Adam has been given a near impossible task.

Anubis is eager to see Adam fail, and unbeknown to everyone takes matters into his own hands to make sure of it. Everything happening now is part of his master plan, and finally it has come full circle.

Even if Adam succeeds and wins Jed's heart, will that love survive when Jed discovers the whole thing was nothing more than a bet? Or when Adam does the one thing he mustn’t and falls in love himself, will he not only break Jed’s heart but completely destroy his own?

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Jed gentled his hand as Adam mewled in the back of his throat, both of Adam’s hands surrounding his neck and pressing tightly with an overwhelming urge to simply hang on.

They shared kisses. Shared air. Jed swallowed every reaction from Adam because it was precious. Finally, he wiped his hand and their bodies clean on the sheet and drew Adam in closer.

His heart beat loudly in his ears. Jed didn’t want to think about what they had just done, and let reality intrude on the bliss that seemed to wrap them both up. It wasn’t the whole fucking a guy thing, even though he was still in shock about that. It was the need inside of him, the nameless urge that transcended sex or narrow bigoted views of what made other people happy. In a lot of ways, it wasn’t even the fact that Adam was human and Jed was not.

It was his unshaking doubt that as soon as Jed trusted, as soon as Jed let in a little belief, as soon as Jed started thinking in terms of forever… That’s when it would happen. That’s when his forever would be ripped away. It had with his family. The day his father hadn’t returned from the hunt because of a human’s bullet. The day they’d fled their home because the forest was cleared to make a human town, and his family had no idea how to live in one. The day he was out scrounging for food to fill their empty bellies because it was winter and they should have been warm and safe in their homes, and his little sister had been attacked by a rogue. The rogue had been insane, half-mad with whatever injustice had caused him to attack a pup, and his mom had died trying to defend her.

And then he had trusted once more. Raye had waltzed into his life and danced his objections away. Then it had happened again, as surely as Jed feared it would.

He clutched Adam tighter, knowing his hold wouldn’t last, knowing Adam would be ripped from him like everyone else…

He no longer had any dreams that could be taken from him. He’d accepted long ago that the pack would be his life, but he would go home alone every day. He almost didn’t mind because he knew it wasn’t a matter if Adam would realize he was a pathetic old man and would leave.

It was simply a matter of when.

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AuthorBio
Has loved books for as long as she can remember. Books were always what pocket money went on and what usually Father Christmas brought. When she ran out of her kids' adventure stories, she would go raid her Mom's. By the age of eight she was devouring classics like Little Women, and fell in love with love stories.

She's still in love with them. Any size, any shape, any creature - love is love, no matter what it says on the box.

In fact if they don't fit very neatly into any box she loves them even more!

She has a very patient husband and three wonderful children. In 2010 in search of adventure they all moved from the UK to the US and are happily settled in Florida.

In 2013 after reading love stories for so long she decided to write her own.


You can also email Victoria at - victoriasueauthor@gmail.com

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October went by so quickly. I swear yesterday was only the 3rd.

I'm still deep in edits but I can now see a light at the end of the tunnel. I have 30 more pages to go with Darksoul before I give it another read through before returning it to the editor. Then I can edit the flash fiction pieces I wrote for the Death Mask blog tour. With luck, I can be back to writing Bespoken by the end of next week. *knock on wood*

Until then...


Title: A Taste of Honey
Series
Author(s): Kai Ashante Wilson
Length: 160 pages
PublisherTor.com (October 25, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Fantasy /

Notes Seriously love this cover. I've never read The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps and I wonder if this can be read as a standalone.

Blurb: Long after the Towers left the world but before the dragons came to Daluça, the emperor brought his delegation of gods and diplomats to Olorum. As the royalty negotiates over trade routes and public services, the divinity seeks arcane assistance among the local gods.

Aqib bgm Sadiqi, fourth-cousin to the royal family and son of the Master of Beasts, has more mortal and pressing concerns. His heart has been captured for the first time by a handsome Daluçan soldier named Lucrio. In defiance of Saintly Canon, gossiping servants, and the furious disapproval of his father and brother, Aqib finds himself swept up in a whirlwind gay romance. But neither Aqib nor Lucrio know whether their love can survive all the hardships the world has to throw at them.

A Taste of Honey is a new novella in the world of Kai Ashante Wilson's The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps.



TitleGood With Dragons
Series
Author(s): Hollis Shiloh
Length: 34 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Dragons /

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Blurb: Lyle races dragons for a living—if you can call it living, being a slave. Then he meets Saul. A slave has no rights, but that can't stop him from falling in love. Even though maybe it should.


Title: Dark Communion
Series: Godswar Chronicles, 1
Author(s): CH Perry
Length: 209 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Epic Fantasy / Lesbian / Paranormal / 

Notes 

Blurb: A cursed line of Minotaurs has kept Ayla’s people enslaved for 200 years. With nothing left to live for and a death sentence in her womb, Ayla trades her soul to a dark goddess for a chance to break the curse that keeps her people in chains. Armed with only her faith, Ayla and her brethren lead a revolution against an army of half-beasts led by the immortal son of the Goddess Herself.


Title: Shackled
Series: Imprisoned, 1
Author(s): Victoria Vallo
Length: 79 pages
PublisherTwisted E-Publishing, LLC; 1st edition (August 14, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Sci-Fi / Futuristic /

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Blurb: If you commit a crime on Vaharis 6, there’s more than one way to work off your sentence…

Matthew knows today is his last chance. If he doesn’t get an offer to work off his sentence outside the prison’s walls, he’ll be sent deeper into the hellish place and left at the mercy of the other prisoners.

Varan only wants someone to do his grunt work for him, but when he sees Matthew, something from his past takes hold of him again. He wants to make the man submit in every way, and the prison warden’s greed makes it possible for him to buy the chance to do exactly that.

So Matthew is saved at the last possible moment… only to find himself bound to a man who seems determined to break and possess him, body and soul.



Title: Mitch
SeriesBaine Family Series, Book One
Author(s): Dakota Rebel
Length: 209 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Fantasy /

Notes I think that I've read this but its been a long time. I want to read book two but I need a refresher.


Blurb: When mortal Bounty Hunter, Mitch Baine, decides to spend one night breaking all the rules with a sexy masked vampire, he has no idea that the stranger is Jarrod Axlerod, lead singer of the famous band Heartstrings, or that he will be contracted to kill Jarrod the very next day. Mitch has been trained to believe that the only good vampire is a dead on—a lesson cemented into his brain after years of killing them on contract for the US Army.

But his feelings toward the creatures begin to change after spending an incredible night at the masked ball. When he receives his newest contract, he is horrified to see that the vampire he has been hired to kill is none other than Jarrod Axlerod, the sexy vampire he has just broken every one of his personal rules with.

**Publisher's Note** This is an extensively revised and re-edited version of a previously released title.



Title: Bride of the Trogarians
Series
Author(s): Ava Sinclair
Length: 102 pages
PublisherStormy Night Publications (September 23, 2016)

Genre:   Erotic Romance / MFM / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Mail Order Bride-ish / BDSM elements /

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Blurb: As the nations of Earth collapse into chaos amid a steadily worsening environmental catastrophe, Iris makes the choice to leave her dying world behind and seek refuge on the far-off planet of TraoX39, where human females are in high demand as brides. But upon her arrival, she soon realizes that her new life will be far different than she was led to believe.

Though she was promised the right to refuse any match, when Iris dares to reject a rich, decadent oaf who fancies her, she finds herself in deep trouble. After a humiliating public punishment, she is brought to a remote settlement inhabited by the rugged, battle-hardened Trogarian tribe and given as a gift to their chieftains.

The two huge, handsome Trogarian warriors waste no time in making it clear that Iris is to be their obedient, submissive bride, and when she defies them she quickly discovers that there are punishments much more shameful than a mere bare-bottom spanking. Yet in spite of everything, their mastery of her body sets Iris on fire with passion in a way she has never experienced, and before long she is delighting in being shared by her fierce, dominant mates.

But the Trogarians have powerful enemies, and soon her adopted people are caught up in the scheming of foes as cunning as they are evil. Can Iris help set things right and save the men she has grown to love before it is too late?

Publisher's Note: Bride of the Trogarians includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.



Title: The Conquering Dark
Series: Crown & Key, 3
Author(s): Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith
Length: 354 pages
PublisherDel Rey (July 28, 2015)

Genre:   Paranormal / Fantasy / Historical / Steam Punk / Victorian / 

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Blurb: The Crown and Key Society face their most terrifying villain yet: Gaios, a deranged demigod with the power to destroy Britain. 

To avenge a centuries-old betrayal, Gaios is hell-bent on summoning the elemental forces of the earth to level London and bury Britain. The Crown and Key Society, a secret league consisting of a magician, an alchemist, and a monster-hunter, is the realm’s only hope—and to stop Gaios, they must gather their full strength and come together as a team, or the world will fall apart.

But Simon Archer, the Crown and Key’s leader and the last living magician-scribe, has lost his powers. As Gaios searches for the Stone of Scone, which will give him destructive dominion over the land, monster-hunter Malcolm MacFarlane, alchemist extraordinaire Kate Anstruther, gadget geek Penny Carter, and Charlotte the werewolf scramble to reconnect Simon to his magic before the world as they know it is left forever in ruins.



Title: Bastia The Early Years
Series
Author(s): Anastasia Vitsky
Length: 132 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Alternate World / Fantasy / On The Flip Side /

Notes 


Blurb: What if heterosexuality were a crime?

In the world of Bastia, like must marry like. Basti, the supreme deity, has decreed so. Any deviation results in sanctions, imprisonment, torture, or even death. But how did this society come to be? How can a religion be based on hatred?

In these early chronicles of Bastia, we discover good intentions behind the benevolent theocracy gone wrong. Meet the founder of modern day Bastia, Altrea. Placed in a polygamous marriage to enrich her father, she finds love with one of her sister wives. Their husband’s reaction is swift and brutal. As Altrea struggles to make sense of the violence, she dreams of a world in which one woman can love another.

In this new perfect society called Bastia, justice reigns supreme. No one is above the law. The state will provide for all equally. But as Altrea quickly finds out, nothing is simple. Basti is love. Bastia is founded on love. So what went wrong? How did a land of idyllic happiness turn into the dystopian regime that persecutes a young woman for loving a boy?

Come and meet Karielle and Soris before they reeducate the criminal who dared to love the wrong gender, and ask yourself one question.

Why is love a crime?



Title: A Dragon's Dream
Series: Itayu Lake, 1
Author(s): AM Halford
Length: 131 pages
Publisher: Siren Publishing

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Fantasy / Dragons /

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Blurb: Jason has been verbally abused by most of his family his entire life. Believing he's unworthy and a disappointment to the people he loves he runs from the prophetic dreams that promise to lead him to his destined mate. Michel is a dragon prince and can't understand why his mate is hiding. Frustrated after years of searching, he's grown tired. A chance meeting at Jason's brother's new diner allows them to meet and for fate to finally take its course. Nothing is that simple though and Jason's own fears and insecurities about mating start rising to the surface. Michel needs to find a way for Jason to see the worth he holds and accept who he is. These matters are complicated by his mate's own family and the damage they've inflicted. Still, Michel refuses to give up and wants nothing more than to show Jason he's loved and wanted.


Title: Murder Between the Pages
Series
Author(s): Josh Lanyon
Length: 144 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Contemporary / Mystery /

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Blurb: Felix Day, author of the Constantine Sphinx mysteries, and Leonard Fuller, author of the Inspector Fez mysteries, are bitter rivals and the best of enemies. Both happen to present when a notorious author of roman à clef is shot by an invisible assailant during a signing at historic Marlborough Bookstore.

Even if they weren’t both suspects, it’s the perfect opportunity to match wits and sleuthing skills.

If only the murderer was equally amused.



Title: Brontide
SeriesThe Tempest Series Book 1
Author(s): TD Cloud
Length: 310 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Fantasy /

Notes 


Blurb: Lost in a dark woods and far from his familiar stomping grounds, Corbet put little stock in myths and legends of the Aos Sí. But when he is happened upon by a man claiming to be a faerie king, he finds that superstition holds more sway than logic among the Sidhe.


Title: Discovering the Legacy
Series: Time Lord Series, 1
Author(s)
Length: 360 pages
PublisherCHBB Publishing (November 6, 2015)

Genre:   Romantic / Sword & Sorcery / Fantasy / Elves / Time Travel /

Notes Book Three introduces LGBT characters with romance, from what I can see. I'm willing to see where this goes.


Blurb: An orphan with unknown powers could save her world from darkness…

Katelyn was raised as an orphaned Time Traveler at the School of Endless Time. She’s willing to do anything, even repress her natural abilities, to fit in among the other students. All she wants is to graduate so she can go out on her own.

Tukil has hunted Gargoyles since one killed his twin sister. With no surviving family, he only has vengeance and hatred in his heart. An accident during a hunt leaves him in the power of slavers. When a mysterious male in a black cloak rescues him, Tukil learns how to accept friendship again.

After a horrible revelation, Katelyn flees from the school and into Tukil’s arms. Their attraction to each other is instant, but their secrets force them to fight it. However, in order for Katelyn and Tukil to become powerful enough to defeat a sly enemy, they must accept their bond and work together to seek those who wield magic mighty enough to help them.

But evil follows the pair wherever they go, and it is out to destroy them both. Can they accept their destiny before their secrets tear them apart?



Title: Defiant Revival
Series
Author(s): L. Rockwood
Length
PublisherDreamspinner Press; 1 edition (October 28, 2016)
Genre:   Romance / Gay / Bisexual / Paranormal / Fantasy /

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Blurb: To free the kingdom from the depravity of Cardinal Aldrious, Prince Micah Helvendeere must take his rightful place as ruler.

Unfortunately, the prince has been dead for a year.

Billiam Grimhart, former page to the prince, knows Micah’s assumption of the throne is the last chance to purge Casperland of the cardinal’s corruption. And for that to happen, the prince must be revived. Only one person stands a chance of achieving the nearly impossible: exiled enchantress Shemmy DuBois, a raunchy bog witch with an affinity for corpses and a heart of gold. Billiam sets out to coax Shemmy to their cause, despite what wading through piles of bodies will do to his favorite shoes.

If he can accomplish it, Billiam might finally get to consummate his love for the prince—something Shemmy is keen to witness. But first, they’ll need to steal Micah’s body, brave a land inhabited by vicious faeries, and accept the help of accomplices as vile and perverse as their enemies. They might be far from typical heroes, but sometimes those are the only people who can get the job done.

If you like dark and edgy high-concept fantasy that’s not for those with delicate sensibilities, join Billiam, Shemmy, and their Faelock allies as they stage their revolution.



Title: Demons Don't Dream
Series: Demonic Tales
Author(s): Hannah Walker
Length: 348 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Sci-Fi /

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Blurb: Being the Terran ambassador assigned to Kenistal, the Demon home world, is not a particularly easy posting. Caris Dealyn wants nothing more than to get this assignment done so he can continue searching for his missing Avanti friends. But first, he needs to solve the mystery surrounding the last ambassador’s disappearance, while navigating the Demon court with all its whisperings of plots and betrayals. It's not such a bad job, if he could keep his attention on work and not on the prince who seems to distract him just by being near.

Prince Dasalin Kan’erkit is busy running the kingdom in his father's absence, but not so busy he doesn’t notice the new Ambassador. Caris gets under his skin like no one else before, which is quite a feat considering Dasa’s demonically tough scales. 

The attraction between them is undeniable, and when events throw them together, sparks fly. They can't get enough of each other. But there are forces at work that wish to keep them apart. In a fight for their survival, the two must figure out which demonic faction is behind the plot and protect not only themselves, but the people they have both vowed to serve.



Title: Big Bear, Little Bear
Series: Midnight Rodeo, 3
Author(s): Julia Talbot
Length: 78 pages
PublisherOmniLit / All Romance eBooks, LLC (September 1, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / 

Notes 


Blurb:Little bear comes into his own.

Midnight Rodeo, #3

Ben Ursa has been out of the Midnight Rodeo game for a while, recovering from a terrible head injury. When he comes back, he finds a whole new place in the pecking order, his trained horses in high demand.

He also finds rodeo clown and grizzly shifter, Ozzie, who rejected him for being too young before. Now Ozzie thinks he's just right, even if he is a little black bear. Can Ben really recover and become Ozzie's mate, or will his family scheme to keep him "little bear"?



Title: Dare to Love Forever
SeriesNew Vampire Justice: Book One
Author(s): Jake C. Wallace
Length: 275 pages
PublisherDreamspinner Press; 2 edition (September 26, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Vampire /

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Blurb: With pain and loss in their pasts and evil threatening their futures, two vampires will find a love that lasts forever… if they dare.

Carson Locke is dangerous, even by vampire standards. A rare Tabula Rasa vampire, he can wipe the minds of those he bites—human or vampire. Because of this, he’s lived his entire life in isolation. When his family is murdered, Carson runs from those who want him dead. Injured, starving, and about to be executed, he meets Commander Lincoln Samuels, an officer in the New Vampire Justice police force.

Lincoln, a Sanatore vampire, possesses the gift of healing. The moment he encounters Carson, broken and terrified, trying to steal blood to survive, he is compelled to help the other man—despite the risk to himself. Their bond creates something the world has never seen, but others have plans for Carson, and his destiny was written long before he was born. He’ll either become a tool to control the vampire world, or, with Lincoln by his side, find the courage to fight and become its savior.

First Edition published by Amber Allure, 2014.



Title: Barbarian Mine
Series: Ice Planet Barbarians, 4
Author(s): Ruby Dixon
Length: 184 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Sci-Fi / Alien /

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Blurb: The ice planet has given me a second lease on life, so I'm thrilled to be here. Sure, there's no cheeseburgers, but I'm healthy and ready to be a productive member of the small tribe. What I didn't anticipate? That there'd be a savage stranger waiting nearby, watching me. And when he takes me captive, the unthinkable happens...I resonate to him.

Resonance means mating, and children...but I don't know if this guy's ever been around anyone before. He's truly a barbarian in all ways, right down to clubbing me over the head and claiming me as his own.

So why is it that I crave his touch and hunger for more?



Title: Skye's Trail
Series: The Angelini
Author(s): Jory Stroing
Length: 192 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / MFM / Paranormal / Vampires / 

Notes ARe tags: mfm menage, vampire menage, vampires



Blurb: For Skye Delano, the hunt and the kill are sometimes inexorably tied together.

Her origins shrouded behind an impenetrable wall of mental pain, Skye has survived and evolved into a tracker, a hunter who metes out justice to those who prey on the helpless. Alone but not lonely, she's been content with her life. But now her body is changing and there's an underlying craving that's left her restless. She needs to take a mate—or rather, two mates…

Detective Rico Santana wants and needs Skye—for himself, and to track a couple of kids who have gone missing.

In all the centuries that Giovanni Banderali has been alive, he's never desired any woman enough to bind her to him as a companion. That changed the moment he saw Skye. She's a threat to the fledgling vampires he's searching for, but nothing will stop him from claiming her—not even the Angelini blood that flows through her veins.

Adversaries, natural enemies—dangerous allies—the bond that links them is stronger than lust, more powerful than love. When an Angelini chooses a mate, no man can resist.



Title: The Jewel and Her Lapidary
Series
Author(s): Fran Wilde
Length: 96 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Lesbian / New Adult / Fantasy /

Notes 



Blurb: The kingdom in the Valley has long sheltered under the protection of its Jewels and Lapidaries, the people bound to singing gemstones with the power to reshape hills, move rivers, and warp minds. That power has kept the peace and tranquility, and the kingdom has flourished.

Jewel Lin and her Lapidary Sima may be the last to enjoy that peace.

The Jeweled Court has been betrayed. As screaming raiders sweep down from the mountains, and Lapidary servants shatter under the pressure, the last princess of the Valley will have to summon up a strength she’s never known. If she can assume her royal dignity, and if Sima can master the most dangerous gemstone in the land, they may be able to survive.



Title: Man & Beast
Series: The Savage Land, 1
Author(s): Michael Jensen
Length: 307 pages
PublisherBuddha Kitty Books (November 29, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Western / Historical /

Notes 



Blurb: What is the line that separates man from beast?

The year is 1797, and 24-year-old John Chapman is lost on the American frontier with winter falling fast. Near death, he stumbles upon a lone cabin, and the owner, a rugged but sexy frontiersman named Daniel McQuay, agrees to let John winter over.

John and Daniel quickly find themselves drawn to each other, the sex between them unlike anything John has ever known. But as the weeks turn into snowbound months, Daniel begins to change into someone brutish, and the line between man and beast disappears.

With the arrival of spring, John flees, eventually finding refuge in the company of a group of frontier outcasts, including a brash young settler named Palmer. But in the wilds of this savage land, love is not so easily tamed, and John soon finds himself calling upon the raging animal within him to save the man he loves.

Man & Beast, which The Advocate calls “equal parts romance novel and history lesson, heaped with sex and violence,” is the first book in the Savage Lands, a series that celebrates the untold gay history of the American frontier. Man & Beast is for fans of Harper Fox, Jerry Cole, K.J. Charles, and Mary Renault, as well as anyone who enjoys pulse-pounding suspense and romance.



Title: Not Your Average Man
Series
Author(s): Edward Kendrick
Length: 133 pages
PublisherJMS Books LLC (October 22, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Gay / Contemporary / Assassins /

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Blurb: I was an average man, not at all violent, until a bastard tricked my best friend into killing my lover, Mick. When that happened, with my best friend in prison for life, I took things into my own hands and killed the bastard.

Not too soon after, a man contacted me. The man Mick had worked for -- as a vigilante. He convinced me to take Mick's place, once I'd been trained to do what Mick had done.

I did. Now I'm a not so average man who might, just might, be falling in love with another vigilante. Coop Frost, to be exact. That is, if we can survive what comes next.



Title: Embracing Derek
Series
Author(s): Nicole Stewart
Length: 540 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / MMF / Contemporary / Bisexual / Poly /

Notes 




Blurb: Secrets Kept. Expectations Met. True Love Tested In The Grip of Mortality.

Owen Henderson's life is scripted it for greatness.

Palatial bachelor's pad? Check. Record-shattering sales figures on the job? Definitely. Bevy of girlfriends? According to the rumors, yes. And he's not about to stop the gossip mill from spinning, because his steamy menage a trois relationship with his best friend Derek and their blazing hot girlfriend Adelaide is nobody's business, and neither is his bisexuality.

But with Owen's desire to keep them a secret, Derek sees trouble ahead, especially when Owen decides to throw an anniversary party for his parents. What could go wrong? How about Owen's parents staying with their son instead of a hotel?

Now Owen has to keep up the charade of being single, which only makes his mother more determined than ever to see him paired with the perfect match. It's Adelaide's job to plan the anniversary party, but Mrs. Henderson has someone else in mind: Owen's striking ex- girlfriend Scarlett. Adelaide faces stiff competition.

Derek and Addie worry that Owen's playboy reputation will tank their relationship, but Owen panics at the idea of his family learning about his sexuality. Can this trio live with the inconvenient lie? Or, will their love go down in flames when the truth comes out?



Title: Unholy Pursuits
Series
Author(s): Suzanne Rock
Length: 204 pages
PublisherElectric Ink Press (July 27, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Paranormal / 

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Blurb: Darien let his guard down once, and Alysanne stole the demon stone out from under his nose. Now he has to get it back, no matter what the cost. It doesn’t matter that the feisty redhead calms the demonic voice in his head, or that her body tempts him beyond reason. Only the stone will ensure his survival. As he tries to seduce it away from her, a connection starts to form between them. Now he must decide whether to save his sanity, or his heart.

The more Darien showers her with kisses, the more Alysanne’s heart softens to his cause. She knows she won’t be able to resist his charm for much longer. Despite the temptation, she knows she must keep the stone safe, because if the demon in his mind claims it, an unholy force would destroy everything she had ever loved—including him.

Interview of Alicia Nordwell for the Blog Tour of her New Release: On Fire

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Welcome all!

Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Alicia Nordwell author of On Fire

Hi Alicia, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background?



What were you like at school?
A: Remember that kid who everyone gave a hard time whenever they were proven wrong because they almost never were? Yep, that was me. I went to a really small school, though, so everyone knew everyone. Teasing me came at their own risk—I didn’t help anyone who ticked me off. 

Do you read much and if so who are your favourite authors.
A: I read all the time, and my kindle or a book is always in arm’s reach. My son just told me this morning he knows my happy place is when I’m reading. I would say that’s very perceptive of him, but I become a raging meanie when I lack time each day to read. I’m an eclectic reader, to say the least. Since I was a kid/teen I’ve loved Shakespeare (The Tempest), L.M. Montgomery (Green Gables), Anne McCaffrey (Pern), Diana Gabaldon (Outlander) Frank Herbert (Dune), Collen McCullough (Morgan’s Run). I can’t even begin to name all my favorite gay fiction authors, but topping the list is M.A. Church, Cardeno C., Angel Martinez, Cody Kennedy, Bailey Bradford, Lyn Gala, and of course Lexi Ander. winks


So, what have you written?
A: My writing is as eclectic as my reader. I adore speculative fiction, so I tend to gravitate more toward science fiction and paranormal work, but I like to try a bit of everything. My other eBooks with Dreamspinner are part of a sci-fi series, but I’ve also self-published a mix of genres. On top of that, I admin/author on a site called GayAuthors, and I have well over a million words of fiction on there. Some have been pulled to be published, but most of it is completely free. I began writing after joining GA, and I write mostly for that audience. Publishing is definitely a bonus, though, and I adore working with the Dreamspinner staff. They are so professional, but not at the expense of being approachable and helpful to authors on all levels of the process.


Give us an insight into your main character. What does he do that is so special?
A: Scottie is the ‘main’ character, though I alternate the point of view between him and Jax. I think I resonate more with Scottie because his passions are photography and hiking, two things I love to do. In fact, I’m providing a lot of images for this tour that I took in Washington that I took. I’m very lucky to live in Washington where it’s so easy to follow those passions, and I tried to infuse that in Scottie’s character as well.

How can readers discover more about you and you work?
A: Here, there, and a little bit of everywhere. I mentioned GayAuthors, which definitely has the most complete mix of my free work. I primarily post on Facebook for social media, and since I’m open about who I am and what I write to friends, family, and strangers alike, I encourage people to friend my primary account. You can find links to everything on my blog, and that is where I focus most of my published work information. I tend to run contests with every release, and I have a big one coming up, so make sure you follow me now (hint, hint: Do you have an Amazon Fire? You might if you keep an eye on my updates!)



Blurb:

Nothing beats getting out of the concrete jungle and into the quiet of the forest. Website designer Scottie Ness is taking a well-deserved vacation from the grindstone, and he plans to spend it in the solitude of Washington’s Gifford Pinchot National Forest around Mt. Adams. He’s prepared for everything—except the lightning storm that traps him in a wildfire.

The firefighter who rescues him sustains serious injuries and ends up in the hospital. Jax Quintero might be abrasive, but the guy saved his life, and Scottie wants to thank him. As they spend time together during Jax’s recovery and exploring the state’s landmarks when he’s released from the hospital, Scottie discovers there’s more to Jax than a smart-ass adrenaline junkie. Jax reassesses his opinion of Scottie as an arrogant city boy who has no business in the mountains. Though Jax’s wounds prevent them from taking things as far as they’d like for a while, they can’t deny the heat building between them—and this is one fire they don’t want to put out.




Buy Links: Dreamspinner Press / Amazon /  ARe / B&N / 


Excerpt:

Chapter One

“WHAT EXOTIC tropical locale are you going to spend your vacation drunk in?” Carter leaned back in his chair so he could see into Scottie’s cubicle. He smirked. “Or are you hitting the casinos in Vegas to make your fortune and leave all of us to toil away in the trenches alone?”

“Neither. Hiking and camping in the Gifford Pinchot around Mt. Adams.” Scottie adjusted a line of code, and the website header widened. “I’m all set to go in the morning.”

“Seriously? You have a week off in August, and you’re going to waste it trudging through the dirt and pine trees when you could be lounging on the beach somewhere?” Carter shook his head. “Wouldn’t catch me doing that. Aren’t there bears and cougars up there?”

Scottie shrugged one shoulder. “I might see a bear, if I’m lucky. Cougars are actually pretty shy.”

“You want to see a bear?”

“It’d make a great picture.” The website he was working on needed to be visually appealing on both computers and mobile devices, and he was having a hard time focusing. “It’s Friday. Don’t you have some reason to duck out and start the weekend early?”

“Nope. Miranda, Tark, and I are all going out for happy hour at Corrigan’s, but not until six. Don’t try to change the subject. You know you can take pictures at the beach, right? White sand, crystal blue water, and palm trees swaying in front of the setting sun.”

“Dime a dozen. I like living in Washington because we have so many places where I can take beautiful nature photos. Coastline, rivers, lakes, mountains, even the desert, all within a few hours’ drive. Besides, I’m still paying off my student loans. I don’t have money for expensive vacations.”

“Two words. Credit cards.”

Of course. Carter wore name-brand shoes with his fancy suits and never brought a lunch, preferring to order takeout. He’d graduated a year before Scottie, so it wasn’t like he made that much more money. “One word. Stupid.”

Carter rolled his eyes. “Whatever, man. When I take my week off next month, I’m going to Hawaii. Hotel on the beach, coconut drinks, and chicks in bikinis. Any women you come across in the campground will probably be covered in pitch and pine needles.”

“I’m not going to stay in the campgrounds. I’m hiking and camping off the trails, and for the most part, I won’t see any people at all.”

A look of horror crossed Carter’s face. “Seriously?”

He nodded. “I used to go camping with my family all the time growing up. We’d hike, fish, roast hot dogs and marshmallows over the fire. It’s peaceful.”

“Whatever, man. When you get munched on by a bear, can I get your chair?”

It was Scottie’s turn to roll his eyes. “I’m not going to get eaten by a bear, and your chair is the same as mine. Why would you want it?”

“I spilled fish sauce on mine earlier this week, and now it smells funny.”

“Well you can’t have my chair, and I’ll notice if there’s a fish funk on mine when I get back, so don’t even try to switch them. Don’t you have a project to finish? I have to get this done before I leave.”

“Fine, fine.” Carter rolled back to his desk. “Have fun communing with wildlife.”


SCOTTIE ROLLED up his backpacking tent with an extra tarp and fastened it to the bottom of his pack. His sleeping bag, a change of clothes, survival kit, portable stove, water filter, and food fit inside. The rest of his camping gear was piled along the wall, taking up most of the living room floor in his postage stamp of an apartment. He plopped down on the couch with a beer and opened his laptop.

Using a red highlighter, he outlined the trails he planned to take and marked his base camp as well as his possible overnight camping sites before printing out two copies. Picking up a pen, Scottie scribbled his full name, the dates of his trip, and what kind of vehicle he was driving on the back of one map. He’d drop it off at the ranger station before he stopped in Trout Lake for some sandwiches. No idea what they did to make them taste so great, but they were way better than anything he could make. He’d have to stop by the ATM on the way out of Vancouver to pick up some cash.

Now that he had all the nitty-gritty survival stuff out of the way, he had to get his photography equipment in order. Scottie didn’t spend much money on himself, but he had a nice Canon camera, lenses, a flexible tripod for his hiking pack, and a bigger telescoping tripod in its own bag. Using a polishing cloth from his cleaning kit, Scottie went over every piece of glass in his camera bag, making sure all the lenses and filters were spotless. Photography might be just a hobby, but he took pride in getting that one shot that made all the hard work worth it.

He’d finished his beer by the time he had the last memory card and battery stowed, and he waffled on what he wanted to do. He’d been up since six, worked a full day, and finished getting all his camping gear ready to load in the morning, but he wasn’t tired enough to go to bed. The weather report he checked promised sunny days and clear nights—though it wouldn’t be nearly as warm around Mt. Adams as it would be in Portland.



Author Bio:

The number one question folks ask Alicia when she shares she's a MM romance author: "Why gay fiction? Why write men when you're a woman?" and her answer is: "Why the hell not!" Alicia Nordwell is one of those not so rare creatures, a reader turned writer. Striving to find an interesting story one day, she decided to write what she wanted instead. Then the voices started... Yep, not only does she talk about herself in the third person for bios, she has voices in her head constantly clamoring to get out. Fortunately, with the encouragement of her family and friends, she decided for her own sanity to keep writing.

Now you can find her stories both free and e-published. When she’s not on the computer typing away, she's a wife and a mom of two in the dreary, yet ideal for her redhead complexion, Pacific Northwest. Except for when she disappears into one of the many worlds in her head, of course! She can also be found quite often at her blog, where she has a lot of free fiction for readers to enjoy or working hard, or maybe hardly working, as an admin on GayAuthors.org under her online nickname, Cia.

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Plans With My Best Friend

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I've been struggling to find the words for the last couple of weeks and it's not that they don't come but that I get overwhelmed with them. My best friend has stage four, inoperable cancer. She has eight months without chemo and maybe 18 months with.

She thinks I have this ugly cold because every time we talk I'm nasally. I don't want her to know that I'm crying because she doesn't need the burden of my sorrow. She needs me teasing her and treating her as if it's just another day. The other day I was in the grocery store and I stopped in front of the pomegranates and cried like an idiot because they are Molly's favorites. I bought one and I don't even eat the things but it's sitting in my fridge, there for me to see when I open the door.

Making friends, has always been very hard for me. I remember when I was in my mid twenties and I called my mom complaining that I didn't have close friends. I'm friendly with people. I know if I'll like them within minutes of meeting. But letting someone close to know me, the real me, not the one I show family or the world. Those are few and fear between. 

Today, I have more, a handful of people I would drop everything for and go to if need be. People who know much of who I am and I'm comfortable being myself with. But Molly is on the same level as my husband. Those two know everything about me.

When I met Molly, it was like meeting an old friend I hadn't seen in a long while. We clicked so quickly and seamlessly I tried to pull away and found that I couldn't. Molly is one of those people who never met a stranger. Good lord, going grocery shopping with her was like a social event. I'm hanging out at the cart waiting and she's talking to every employee she passes. She knew their significant other, children, health, extended family. She has a way of drawing people out.

A couple of years ago, she came to live with us for a while. I kept trying to get her to move into the better bedroom and she kept saying no, she wasn't going to be with us that long--almost three years later she moved. For my 15 year wedding anniversary, Molly stayed with me in the emergency care center because I almost lost the tip of my finger to the mandolin slicing onion without the guard. We were there for hours while Jason entertained our guest at this huge party I'd arranged. When the doctor came in to give me a tetnis shot and whipped out that needle, I burst into tears and called for Molly. Yes, I was a complete wuss. When her mother passed away, my husband and I went to North Carolina with her. She and I walked everywhere hand-in-hand because that is how we are. We garnered many side-eyed stares. He brother asked my husband if we were a threesome. Molly and I laughed until we cried. When my grandmother died. Jason couldn't come to the funeral with me and she came in his stead. My dad and one of my uncles asked if she, Jason, and I were in a "relationship". We touch a lot and they assumed intimacy from what I gathered. The thing is, if I touch you and allow you to touch me or hold my hand, I trust you. I consider that person safe. My dad said she came everywhere with Jason and me. And he wasn't wrong. She did. We thought nothing of it but others did and we didn't care. She's family to me. 

Nothing what I said so far has conveyed how special she is to us. How knowing her has made me want to be a better person. And in an hour, I'm going to leave to spend the weekend with her. She'll find out I don't have a terrible cold and I have to figure out how to wear my happy face for her. I hate that I live four hours away. I hate that she's trying to give me heirlooms as keepsakes. She keeps asking me what I want from her house and I keep telling her the only thing I want is her. I fucking hate that she's dying and there's not a goddamn thing I can do about it!!!!!!!!!!


I cleaned a bunch of projects off my plate so that I could spend this weekend with her and I'm going to see about going over a couple of weekends a month. I didn't have time to build the Saturday Reading Radar post. I had a special one for menage's finished that I moved into it's place.

So, I'm off to see my best friend. Her brother (the one who thought we were a "thing") and his wife will be there, too. *evil laugh* Which is good because then John will be have someone to talk to while I steal his wife. 

Y'all have a great weekend.

Thank you for stopping by and reading!!

What's On The Reading Radar: Menage Edition #TBR #WishList

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As you may know, I like reading all kinds of books but menage has a special place in my heart, especially bisexual romances. I started collecting info on my finds and have included some of them in my regular Reading Radar posts. But I like to keep that diverse so I thought I would do a post just for the menage finds. There are so many that it would take months listing one or two in the regular Radar posts. 

So here is it. I have to say right now that I really like ARe's tagging system. It helped sorting the MFM and MMF reads. Amazon is very inflexible and I have to rely on the titles giving away the type of romance involved between the three people. (i.e. Embracing Derek: MMF Bisexual Romance)

While I'm thinking about it. If you have any favorite menage romances, any variation--MFM, MMF, MFF, FFM, FFF, MMM--please comment with title and author so I, too, can acquaint myself with the book! :)

This post will have a variation of the list above but it will mostly be MMF since that is what I've been searching for. If the title is available on ARe and the publisher added tags I will include them. 


Title: Love Under Siege
Series: Brothers In Arms, 2
Author(s): Samantha Kane
Length: 199 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / MMF / Bisexual / Poly / Historical /

Notes As much as I would love to list all the books in the Brother In Arms series, I'm not going to. There are like 13, I think. I listed the first book in this series in the regular post two weeks ago. There is also a 0.5 book that I haven't listed before. Plus, in the middle of the series there is one M/M.

Blurb: Phillip Neville and Jonathan Overton have been best friends since childhood. When they return from the war they enter the marriage market. It doesn't take long for them both to fall deeply in love with shy, awkward, beautiful Maggie Trueheart. Phillip and Maggie marry, but Phillip and Jonathan do not tell her about the menage a trois marriage the two men hope to have. When Maggie finds out, it takes the persuasive power of both men to convince her that this threesome was meant to be.

In the process of helping Maggie discover the sexually aggressive woman inside herself, Phillip and Jonathan realize their love for one another is more than friendship.

Before the two men can consummate their relationship, however, a brutal attack on Maggie and Jonathan's self-recriminations drive the lovers apart. It will take all the love and determination the three possess to achieve their happily ever after.



Title: Reagan
Series: Baine Family series, 2
Author(s): Dakota Rebel
Length: 129 pages
PublisherResplendence Publishing, LLC (December 2, 2013)

Genre:   Romance / MFM / Paranormal / Shifters / Vampires / 

Notes 

Blurb: Reagan Baine works for a special forces unit of the US Army. Her first kill was at the tender age of eighteen when she took a contract on her boyfriend, who had turned out to be a serial killer half werewolf, half vampire.

When the object of her current manhunt discovers that she’s after him, he draws her back to Detroit Michigan, where she will have to face her past again, but this time she won’t be alone.

Though she has worked for years to distance herself from relationships, she finds that she is drawn to the two men escorting her back home. And they aren’t about to let her go without a fight.

With a vicious arms dealer on her trail, she finds herself having to learn to trust the monsters she’s spent years fighting and discover that opening her heart again may not be as painful as she’d always believed it would be.



Title: Dark Warrior
Series: Delroi Warrior, 2
Author(s): Loribelle Hunt
Length: 167 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / MMF / Poly / Sci-Fi / Aliens / Paranormal / 

Notes ARe tags: alien invasion, alien world or planet, alpha male warrior or soldier, fated mates, pregnancy, telepath or psychic

Blurb: Angie Crews has secrets. Lots of them. Coming to Delroi and meeting two men who want her to break all her rules is not happening, no matter how tempting they are.

Vidar Stian can't come to terms with his past, and finding two mates he's driven to protect, no matter the danger, isn’t helping. Especially when they refuse to be protected.

Somehow Marek Naveen has to convince them to give a relationship a chance because there's no way he's letting either one of them go.



Title: Beth's Acceptance
Series: Destiny's Trinities
Author(s): Tracy Cooper-Posey
Length: 97 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / MMF / Poly / Bisexual / Paranormal / Vampire / Urban Fantasy /

Notes It's free on ARe and Amazon, I'm not sure where else. ARe tags: free vampire books for adults, mmf, mmf menage romance novel, mmf threesome romance, threesome romance free books, urban fantasy romance, urban fantasy romance adventure magic, vampire menage urban fantasy romance

Blurb: Can she accept the destiny being thrust at her?

For weeks, the darkly sinful Zachariah, her favourite customer at McGinty’s, has been raising NYC student Beth Siegel’s pulse, driving her crazy with need.

Neither can she keep the tall, blue-eyed mysterious Luke who haunts the library stacks at her day job, out of her mind or her sweaty, desperate fantasies.

Fate hands Beth a startling destiny: to bond with both of them—a bond formed via sex. Sex with either one of them would have been fabulous. Together? Irresistible.

But fate is a two-edged sword and the bond comes at a price. Luke and Zack are not what they seem, and the world as Beth knows it not quite the real deal. Can Beth accept the price the bond will ask of her?

Warning: This short MMF vampire romance features two super hot alpha heroes, multiple sex scenes, including anal sex, MM sexual play, and MMF sex. Do not read this book if frank sexual language and sex scenes offend you. 
No non-humans were harmed except for large numbers of Grimoré, who died with satisfactory squeals…

This book is part of the Destiny’s Trinities series:
Book 1.0: Beth’s Acceptance
Book 2.0: Mia’s Return
Book 3.0: Sera’s Gift
Book 3.5: The First Trinity – Novellas 1-3
Book 4.0: Cora’s Secret




Title: The Right Men for the Job
Series
Author(s): Saskia Walker
Length
Publisher

Genre:   Erotic Romance / Poly / Bisexual / Contemporary / Mechanics / MMF /

Notes Releases 11-28-2016


Blurb: They want to service her every need...Car mechanics, Deacon and Vico, are both lusting after sultry Astrid Jacobs. Her sleek chassis and curvy lines have them panting for more. And now she's cruising over to their workshop, looking for a good mechanic. Never let it be said these two aren’t ready, willing and able to please a customer. Forget about who will get to ask Astrid out, this calls for teamwork.

And they’re the right men for the job…
Astrid would rather do anything than attend her Ex’s engagement party, but not going means he wins. And he already took too much from her. Her pride was the only thing she had left. Well, that and her1968 MG Roadster. But when that breaks down Astrid is ready to give up. Until Deacon and Vico make an offer she doesn’t want to refuse. They'll take her to the party, and show her Ex what he's missing.

Puttin’ in overtime for some after-hours body work…
However, the flirting doesn't stop at the party, and they are soon engaged in a sizzling ménage a trois. But can it last, or will they crash and burn, ruining friendships and lives forever?



Title: Triple Trouble
Series: Found In Oblivion, 2
Author(s)Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott
Length
PublisherRainbow Rage Publishing (November 18, 2016)

Genre:   Erotic Romance / Poly / Bisexual / Contemporary / Rock n Roll / MMF /

Notes Releases 11-18-2016



Blurb: She wasn't looking to fall in love with one man. Never mind two.

Juliet Reece grew up in the shadow of her seemingly perfect older sister, Margo Reece. While Juliet's wealthy, blue-blood parents dealt with infidelity, Juliet fought for normalcy. Now she's the bassist in Warning Sign, a band on the rise, and she finally feels like she's making space for herself in the world. It's her time to shine, and she's ready to have fun and focus on her career.

Until Randy "Sparks" Pruitt nearly blows up her life. Literally.

She can't stand the guy. She definitely hasn't fantasized about gripping a handful of his hair and - no. Not happening.

Then there's Tristan Eves, Sparks' new friend. He's the exact opposite of Sparks. Playful. Naughty. Arousing.

Suddenly, she's on the verge of something wilder than she's ever experienced before. Two seductive men, hers for the taking - if she can handle the heat.

If double trouble is dangerous, watch out for the power of three...




Title: Her Stepbrothers Are Werewolves
Series
Author(s)Trinity Blacio
Length: 76 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / MFM / Paranormal / Werewolves / Step-Brothers / 

Notes 




Blurb: Lucy Ballard’s life sucked. First her father was killed in a boating accident, then some nut job she thought would be her husband, took something from her that left a hole in her heart the size of a watermelon. She was convinced that no man would want her now –she wasn’t whole. The one thing she had dreamed of all her life–to have a big family–was now physically impossible. 

Duke and Nolan Masters were brothers, even though Duke was now the alpha of their pack. They shared everything else, including women. So it was no surprise that their mate would be one and the same, but they never imagined it would to be their new stepsister, Lucy Ballard. Not to mention the fact that she can’t’ have children, and the reaction of the pack to this would bring serious trouble.

Could the three of them come together? Would the pack accept her as their new alpha bitch even though she was damaged? Duke and Nolan were about to make sure of it, because otherwise there would be only one choice–to step down as alpha and move away from everything they knew.



Title: Unholy Cravings
SeriesImmortal Hungers 2
Author(s)Suzanne Rock
Length: 226 pages
PublisherElectric Ink Press (July 27, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Poly / Paranormal / MFM? /

Notes The first book in the series is Unholy Pursuits (MF) from last week's post. 


Blurb: When Soren and Donar escape their hellish prison, their memories are erased and an evil taint threatens to consume all the goodness inside them. They both find solace in the same woman, a healer who has lost faith in her powers, and the respect of her people. As the men spend time with her, their personalities change, and each takes on certain characteristics of the monsters inside of them. They try to resist but when the healer’s life is threatened, their darkness entwines with their human side, transforming them both into sexually charged beings who crave much more than a healer’s soothing touch.

Tara knows that she should be wary of the darkness inside Donar and Soren, but she is fascinated. She craves their erotic interludes, only feeling complete when surrounded by both men and monsters. She wants to help them both control their inner darkness but can only offer peace to one, dooming the other for a life of torment. Which should she choose to save? With each erotic encounter, it becomes more and more difficult for Tara to decide…

Title: In Danger and Under Fire
Series
Author(s): AR Moler
Length: 129 pages
PublisherJMS Books LLC (July 30, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / Poly / MMF / Contemporary / Military /

Notes ARe Tages: action, adventure, ar moler, b / t / q, bisexual, elite fighting force, jms books, l / g / b / t / q, law enforcement, male / female / male, male / male / female, menage a trois, military, multiple partners, pansexual, polyamory, solider, special forces, triad


Blurb: Mike Rousseau works for Navy Intelligence, Kurt Halstead is a Senior Chief Petty Officer and a SEAL, and Maggie Degginger is an agent for Homeland Security. Mike and Maggie meet during an operation, and the resulting heat between them is scorching but brief. Shortly thereafter, Mike and Kurt are assigned to be working partners.

Then life throws them a curveball. Mike gets seriously hurt. Mike and Kurt finally give in to their attraction, but Kurt is double-crossed in-country and gets left behind, wounded. He manages to let Mike know that their chain of command is compromised. Mike needs help and reaches out to someone he knows in Homeland, who in turn assigns Maggie. One rescue mission, in progress.

Traitors aside, it isn’t that Kurt doesn't know about Mike's previous fling with Maggie. He does. So when the three of them get together, the heat is so high, they all three just might burn.



Title: Master Cleary's Boys
Series: Irish Runaway, 2
Author(s): Brina Brady
Length: 253 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Poly / MMM / Contemporary / BDSM /

Notes 


Blurb: Desperate to escape the clutches of an increasingly sadistic and abusive Dom, Kevin and Jack seize their opportunity to escape and runaway to Galway. They shave their heads and do their best to avoid being detected while searching for a new Dom who is prepared to take them on as package deal. Their running leads them to Cleary's Pub—a bar full of leather-clad Doms and subs, owned and run by Master Cleary...

Master Cameron Cleary was in need of a new sub—it had been far too long since he'd had a boy in his life. Each night as he ran his pub filled with leather-clad Doms, accompanied by their Subs, he became more aware of how solitary his life had become. That is, until two young cousins turned up one night looking for work, a place to stay, and more intriguingly a Dom who would take them both. Something about their recently shaved heads and skittish demeanor stirred his interest and protective nature. But did he want two subs, and was he prepared to deal with whatever trouble these boys were hiding?


Can be read as a standalone.



Title: Night of the Dragon
Series: Berserker Mates, 1
Author(s): Alexandra O'Hurley
Length: 78 pages
PublisherTwisted E-Publishing, LLC; 2nd edition (March 21, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / MFM / Paranormal / Shifters / Viking Lore / 

Notes ARe tags: cisgender, double penetration, erotic, male / female / male, mating bond, menage a trois, mfm, multiple partners, mythopoeia, paranormal, polyamory, shifters, shifters / multiple partners, 


Blurb: Ryden and Rayne are Berserkers, immortal warriors wrought of Odin’s lightning. They are cursed to walk the Earth for one thousand years without finding love. And then they smell her...
Karli is a manager for an amusement park, and during her daily tour, she runs across the most incredible men she has ever laid eyes on. The erotic visions swirling in her head push her to the edge, and she cannot ignore the two virile men.

But can anything develop between the Berserkers and their mate with a hunter sworn to keep them apart?



Title: Phoenix Running
Series
Author(s): Nicole Stewart
Length: 309 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Poly / Bisexual / Contemporary / MMF /

Notes See the next one for addition information on the sequel.


Blurb:Would You Risk Everything You've Worked For In Exchange For True Love?

Phoenix Briton was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, bred for political office since day one. During his time as mayor, he has enjoyed considerable success and gained the approval of his city. However, his success has come at the cost of hiding who he truly is for fear of alienating his constituency. And he's not about to give that up, even if it's for a relationship that could fill the emotional hole that has plagued him for as long as he can remember.

Cora-Lynn Carson is a headstrong, deeply independent woman with a head for computers. While she works as a Public Relations expert for her Uncle by day, by night she is developing a revolutionary new technology that will redefine social networking. If anyone is skeptical about compromising what they've worked for in favor of a relationship, it's her. Especially when her prospect is the cocky young mayor of her city. He seems interested in sex and little else, and she's not about to settle for being someone's arm candy.

Ashley Terrence is an up and coming Australian pop music sensation who is touring the US, as wild and free spirited as he is desperately homesick. The sudden nature of his success has thrown him for a loop, and he has spent the better part of a year flailing about, not sure where to expend his energy. But when he meets an impossibly sexy young politician and his gorgeous Public Relations advisor, casual fun turns into so much more as love takes hold and threatens to derail all three of their lives in a way that could make or break them for good.

Enjoy this novel full of heart ache, strong personalities, a dash of blackmail and deceit, and some of the spiciest lovemaking you will ever read.

This is a standalone MMF Bisexual Romance Novel with an HEA ending and no cliffhangers!



Title: Phoenix Searching
Series
Author(s): Nicole Stewart
Length: 201 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Poly / Bisexual / Contemporary / MMF /

Notes At the end of the blurb it says you can get both books by buying Phoenix Searching...


Blurb: Demons inside. Demons outside.

Phoenix, Cee Cee and Ashley have had an interesting past, to say the least. After meeting under extremely contentious circumstances over a year ago, they successfully navigated the rocky waters of a three way relationship.

Three alpha personalities all vying for a level of success that entailed countless sacrifices: A powder keg waiting to explode.

Thankfully, the strength of their love (and sheer physical passion) won out over professional desires, and they landed softly in a beautiful new home where they have spent every free moment making love and sharing the most beautiful relationship they've ever experienced.

But the unquenchable desire to prove themselves still lies dormant, waiting to spill over into the idyllic existence that they've carved out for themselves in their new home.

And there are other dangers, too. Twisted people, bent on revenge and with seemingly nothing to lose, are always waiting to disrupt and ultimately destroy what our happy trio has worked so hard to build up.

Follow these three brave lovers once again through a story of dramatic tension, intensely sinful lovemaking and more than one close brush with mortality!

The two books included here combine into a complete MMF Bisexual Romance set with an HEA ending and no cliffhangers! There is no need to buy anything else to get the complete experience.


Title: Safe Haven

Series

Author(s): Caitling Ricci
Length: 171 pages

PublisherPride Publishing (November 8, 2016)


Genre:   Romance / Poly / MMMM / Feel-Good-Read / 


Notes 


Blurb: Being alone was what Blake had always needed before his new team of bodyguards arrived. Now things might be very different.

At seven years old, Blake’s life was destroyed when he and his parents were abducted and he watched them being murdered. Now, twenty years later, he refuses to leave the house and he lives in a constant state of fear. He has a bodyguard around the clock, a housekeeper who has never seen his face and an uncle who checks on him often but isn’t all that close to him. Blake likes his isolation where only his cat really knows him.

His bodyguard of eight years is ready to retire, leaving his life in turmoil again. Blake isn’t good with people in general, and new people are the worst. But he needs someone in his house all the time to make him feel safe. His uncle hires a team of bodyguards to replace his old one—Malcolm, CJ and Rex. They come highly recommended, and they’re good at what they do.

They’re also together and it’s a relationship that Blake is instantly fascinated by. He’s never been interested in another person before, and he hasn’t had a real friend since his parents died, because he has refused to leave the house. But with the three of them trying to be there for him, he begins to want a life he has been convinced up to now would be completely impossible.





Title: Slave For Two

Series: Soul Match, 1
Author(s): Morticia Knight
Length: 182 pages

Publisher Pride Publishing (September 20, 2016)


Genre:   Romance / Poly / MMM / Sci-Fi / BDSM / 


Notes 


Blurb: What is destined cannot be changed.

Chris has had a monumentally bad month. First, an aggressive band of aliens invaded the Earth, conquered the world, and now he’s fighting for survival in the mountains with his family and the neighborhood bigot. Just because he’s barely out of his teens and a bit on the scrawny side doesn’t mean he can’t watch out for his mom, sisters and younger cousin. Chris keeps searching for the brighter side of things, but his humor is wearing thin. Fear can do that to a guy.

Lasar and Nary are a soul matched pair of warriors from Alashar. Lasar is Nary’s Ahna, the one who dominates him, and Nary is the Nasha, or submissive, to Lasar. Every Alasharian, regardless of orientation, needs the balance of the power exchange to exist peacefully within their lifelong soul match bond. When Lasar is awarded a war prize, he sends Nary to look over the recent arrivals.

Chris and his cousin Morgan are captured and sent to the slave cages where they discover from the other imprisoned young men that they are destined to be sex toys for alien pairs. When one of those aliens saves Chris and his cousin from being abused by the slave master, Chris hopes that the seemingly kind alien won’t be too horrible an owner.

Lasar and Nary are finally alone together with their new sex slave, ready to enjoy their reward. However, in the middle of their playtime a shocking event occurs that not only disrupts Chris’ world even more than it already has been, but also challenges everything that Lasar and Nary have always held dear. As Lasar searches for answers, he begins to question the reasons behind the Earth invasion and where his loyalties should really lie. As their Ahna, he must be the one who decides whether they will all be safer together, or apart.





Title: Shared for Love

Series: The Royal-Kagan Wolves, 6
Author(s): Nancy Corrigan


Length
Publisher: Samhain Publishing


Genre:   Romance / MFM / Paranormal / MMF / 


Notes
 
ARe Tags: menage and multiples, mfm, mmf, shapeshifters, werewolves



Blurb: Their bond is heaven on earth...but it could tear their pack apart.

Ethan Jager is forced to hide behind a false identity as his pack mates suffer under Michael Tanner's rule. It's not his choice; he was born broken, without the primitive urge to breed driving him to pick a mate.

While his wolf sleeps, his heart has chosen for him: Noah, widower and fellow pack dominant.

Everything changes the day Hannah Kagan smiles at him. Lust awakens his wolf--a first. Hannah is beautiful, loyal, kind, everything an alpha male should want. And mating her will allow him to reclaim his pack. It will also leave his soul with a giant hole when he's forced to rip Noah out of his life.

Hard choices are required of alpha males, but choosing which lover to let go is one Ethan refuses to make. The alternative will not only change the pack, but transform their world...if he can keep his mates alive long enough to claim them both.
NOTE: Contains an alpha male whose wolf doesn't like to share his toys, a dominant female who's nobody's plaything, and a beta male who doesn't roll over for anyone. Also: speed dating, werewolf style. Band-Aids required.



Title: Mastered By Her Mates

SeriesInterstellar Brides Book 6

Author(s): Grace Goodwin

Length: 208 pages
PublisherKSA Publishers (August 30, 2016)


Genre:   Romance / Poly / Mail Order Bride / Sci-Fi ish / MFM? / Spankings / Female Spy /


Notes Picked this series off ARe but they weren't listed as a series. When I searched Amazon, this one came up as #6 but the blurb says it can be read as a standalone.


Blurb: Amanda Bryant has been a spy for five long years, but when aliens suddenly appear claiming a deadly enemy threatens Earth's very survival, Amanda is asked by her superiors to accept the most dangerous mission of her life...volunteer to be an alien's bride, to share the strange warrior's bed and then betray him.
Accepting the assignment, Amanda is processed as the first Interstellar Bride and transported halfway across the galaxy to her new mate's battleship where she awakens to discover she has been matched to not just one huge Prillon warrior, but two.

Shocked by her craving for the touch of two dominant alpha males, Amanda attempts to hide her body's immediate reaction to Commander Grigg and his second, Rav. Resistance is futile as her new mates expect to control every aspect of her life, and her pleasure, and neither will hesitate to deliver a thorough and embarrassing spanking should she disobey their sensual commands, or resist a complex and deeply arousing series of medical exams designed to ensure her sexual readiness for their claiming.

Seduced and cherished by two alpha alien warriors who hide nothing from her, Amanda quickly comes to realize that the threat to Earth is very real. When she witnesses a battle with the enemy and the resulting death of a highly respected warrior, she knows she must tell her mates the truth and hope they can forgive her for her duplicity before it's too late.

Loyalties will be tested as Amanda fights the most important battle of her life. How can she protect the warriors she has grown to love and save the people of Earth from making a terrible mistake? Will her human contacts believe her when, with every touch, every look, they will see just how thoroughly she has been mastered by her mates?

Publisher's Note: Mastered by Her Mates is a stand-alone prequel novel set in the same world as Assigned a Mate, Mated to the Warriors, Claimed by Her Mates, Taken by Her Mates, and Mated to the Beast. It is an erotic romance novel that includes sexual scenes, spankings and more and is intended for an adult audience. If such material offends you, please do not buy this book.



Title: Prince of Cats Claims a Mate

Series: Milson Valley
Author(s): Jo Penn
Length: 162 pages
Publisher: Siren

Genre:   Romance / Poly / MMM / Paranormal / Shifters / Vampires / 

Notes 


Blurb: Keeley James is a wary human but he adores his stunning mate, Vampire Lord Xavier Dalton.When out of nowhere a huge Shifter pounces, claiming Xavier as his mate, Keeley reels. Confused, he runs. Lord Xavier Dalton is a Vampire on a mission. Always. He is an important, valued member of his Coven and the High Council. He makes and breaks kingdoms, dotes on his little dreamy eyed human mate, and allows the big Feline to claim him, as is the paranormal way.But the Tiger will have to prove he's not just all roar to capture this icy Vampire's heart. Feline Crown Prince Drake Sanchez is not letting his little human wiggle out of his paws, nor allowing his stunning Vampire to pull the renowned Vamp chill on him, shutting Drake out while keeping secrets.Both are his.They'll get use to it, he's real good at getting creatures to purr.This Tiger loves nothing more than protecting, heavy petting and cuddling. 

Note: This book contains dubious consent.





Title: Kam And Dak

Series
Author(s): Jory Strong
Length: 153 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Poly / MMF / Bisexual / Fantasy / 


Notes
 
ARe tages: 
bisexual menage, destined mates, fated mates, menage, menage mmf, mfm menage, mmf menage, mmf romance, scifi romance




Blurb: 

On the harsh desert planet of Adjara, Kam and Dak have little hope of acquiring a mate—until Naya arrives with her brother. Thinking she and Warrick are smugglers, they agree to a bargain.


But Naya is no smuggler, and she’ll do anything to save her brother’s life—including surrendering herself to Dak and Kam. But in trading her freedom for her brother’s health and escape from Adjara, she might well cost her two lovers everything they value.
Bonus content! Included with this novella-length story are previously published short stories Passion’s Song (Ellora’s Cave, Jewels of the Nile III anthology) and The Joining (Ellora’s Cave, Dreams of the Oasis I anthology). Please be aware that both short stories include male-male sexual interaction.





Title: Conquered Bride

Series
Author(s): Grace Goodwin
Length: 174 pages

PublisherKSA Publishers (June 1, 2016)


Genre:   Erotic Romance / Poly / Historical / Western / Cowboys / Mail Order Bride / MFM? /


Notes
 
ARe tags: bdsm historical western, cowboys, erotica, grace goodwin, historical, multiple partners, polyamory,western





Blurb: This mail-order bride was meant for another... but nothing will stop these two sexy cowboys from claiming her, even if it means impersonating the groom.

The Wild West of 1890s Montana is about to get a little wilder...

Elizabeth Lewis was born out of wedlock and although her mother later married, Elizabeth lived her entire life branded by her mother's single night of reckless passion. Her life takes a turn for the worse when her stepfather dies, leaving her fate, along with that of her two half-sisters, in the hands of a cruel and judgmental uncle. Rather than accept an arranged marriage to a man three times her age, Elizabeth decides to take her chances in the Montana Territory as a mail order bride. It couldn't be any worse, or could it?

Ford Ellison and Logan Smythe are heading west after long years of service on foreign soil. A twist of fate lands them at the poker table across from a vile man by the name of Samuel Jenkins. He and his grown sons are bragging to all who will listen about how they plan to share the unsuspecting woman who's responded to their advertisement for a bride. When their virginal, perfect bride arrives by stage, she'll be in for quite a horrible surprise.

Ford and Logan take one look at the lovely Elizabeth and know they can't allow that kind of evil to touch her, even if it means telling a little white lie. The only way to save her is to marry her themselves, and the only way to convince beautiful, honorable Elizabeth to go along is to assume the identity of one twisted, evil man by the name of Samuel Jenkins. Ford and Logan are convinced all they need is time, time to conquer Elizabeth's body and to win her heart.

#1 Amazon Bestseller Grace Goodwin joins USA Today Bestseller Vanessa Vale in Bridgewater, Montana: Where menage meets marriage.

Publisher's Note: Their Conquered Bride is a stand-alone book set in the same world as Vanessa Vale's Bridgewater Menage Series. It is an erotic romance novel that includes spankings, sexual scenes, dominant cowboys and more. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.





Title: Wolf Betrayed

Series(Talon Pack Book 4)

Author(s)Carrie Ann Ryan

Length: 255 pages
Publisher


Genre:   Romance / Poly / 
Multicultural & Interracial / MMF / Bisexual / Paranormal / Shifters / 


Notes:
ARe tags:  
menage, mmf, redwood pack, shifter, talon pack, triad, werewolf, wolf. I don't know if it can be read as a standalone, but I always try. :)



Blurb: The Talon Pack continues with the daughter of a traitor, the man who can never be her lover, and another man she should never want…her enemy.

Charlotte Jamenson was born to the Pack that threatened the world, but grew up in the one that saved it. She’s spent her entire life repenting for lies and faults that were never hers to bear. When she falls for her best friend, Bram Devlin, she thinks she’s finally found forgiveness for the blood in her veins; only a mating bond never came.

Bram knows there’s something missing within his mating with Charlotte, but there’s nothing he can do about it. Their Pack is in danger, and it’s his duty to protect their Alpha—even if it means sacrificing his life. When he’s put in charge of protecting a new member of the Talon Pack, he realizes he and Charlotte may just have a chance at something more than heartache.

Shane Bruins sacrificed his life and his future to protect the Packs from the men he worked for. Now, thanks to circumstances beyond his control, he’s not quite who he was before, and his life is on the line yet again. Only this time, he isn’t alone, and the two wolves in his path might be the only things that can calm the beast inside.

The war isn’t coming, it’s here, and the Talon Pack will have to rely on three souls who know they aren’t what each other wants—but exactly what they need—to win.



Title: Double Down

Series: The Drift, 1
Author(s): Susan Hayes
Length: 276 pages

PublisherBlack Scroll Publications Ltd (July 12, 2016)


Genre:   Romance / MFM / Sci-Fi / Aliens / Cyborg / 


Notes
 
ARe tags: alien romance, aliens, alpha male, aviator / pilot, clones, cyborg, cyborgs, male / female / male, menage,mfm, multiple partners, polyamory, science fiction, spaceship, steampunk, susan hayes, the drift, veteran,war 





Blurb: When it comes to love, sometimes the best bet is to double down.

Kit and Luke Armas are cyborgs created for one purpose, battle. Now that the war is over, they must fight to carve out a place for themselves in a universe they were intended to die for but never be a part of.

Cargo pilot Zura Watson came to the edge of civilized space to start over. The Drift is a haven for the hunted, the lost, and those seeking second chances. It was also the last place in the cosmos Zura expected to find love.

When the shadows of the past threaten to eclipse this trio’s future, they’ll have to fight for their chance at love and the life they’ve always dreamed of.

**Publisher's Note: All books in The Drift Series are stand-alone stories, but for full enjoyment, we recommend reading them in release order.





Title: All In

SeriesThe Drift, 2
Author(s)Susan Hayes
Length: 290 pgs
PublisherBlack Scroll Publications Ltd (July 12, 2016)

Genre:   Romance / MFM / Sci-Fi / Aliens / Cyborgs / 


Notes: ARe Tags: 
 
business owner, club, cyborg, male / female / male, menage a trois, military, multiple partners, polyamory,science fiction, soldier, space opera, steampunk, susan hayes, the drift, triad,
veteran




Blurb: When love is the prize, the only way to win is to go all in.
The Resource Wars may have ended, but for the cyborgs created to fight in them, the battle for acceptance is far from over. Former soldiers Toro and Jaeger have been on the move since they left military service. They’re looking for more than their next payday; they want to find a place to call home.

Cynder Armas co-owns the Nova Club with her two cyborg siblings. The club is more than her business; it’s her home— filled with everyone she cares about. Life on The Drift isn’t easy, but it is profitable, and it keeps her too busy to dwell on the losses in her past.

When these three battle-scarred warriors meet, there’s no denying their attraction, but it takes more than a spark to keep a fire burning. To hold onto each other, they’ll have to find a way to let go of their old lives and embrace the future, together.





Title: Erstwhile

Series: Jekh Saga, 1
Author(s): HE Trent
Length: 496 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Poly / MMF / Bisexual / Aliens / BDSM / Sci-Fi / 


Notes
 
alien, alien romance, alpha female, bdsm, bisexual romance, mmf, mmf romance, near future, science fiction





Blurb: As an adamant opponent of Terran settlement on the planet Jekh, Owen McGarry made his family name synonymous with “traitor” on Earth. Lobbyists standing to profit from off-world colonization hinted that the Jekhans were preparing to declare war. Nearly twenty years after Owen’s supposed death, his granddaughter Courtney wants to learn the truth—even if she has to travel to the far-flung colony to do it.

Court soon learns that not only was her grandfather right about the Jekhans, but that conditions on their world are far more hostile than she feared. Terran forces decimated the population of the resident human-alien hybrids, and the people who remain seem to be all out of fight. That is, except for the pair of men Court finds hiding in her basement.

Fugitives Murki and Trigrian see a future in Court. On a planet where so few women remain, she has the potential to be the mate the lovers need. And more, she could become the advocate for their people that her grandfather didn’t get the chance to be.

When the corrupt local government seeks to punish Court’s friends and family for her actions, she has no choice but to make a stand. If it takes a riot to make the people on Earth see that they were misled about Jekh, she’s more than willing to start one. After all, her reputation couldn’t possibly get any worse.
___

ERSTWHILE is a romantic adventure set in the near future that contains dark humor, some violence, and a very needy pair of extraterrestrials. 



Title: Crux

SeriesJekh Saga, 2
Author(s)HE Trent
Length: 361 pgs
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Poly / MMF / Bisexual / Aliens / BDSM / Sci-Fi / 


Notes ARe Tags: adventure, alien, alien romance, bdsm, bisexual romance, invasion, menage, mmf, mmf menage, mmf romance, saga. The 3rd book in the series, Salvo, is out on Dec 20th. 






Blurb: Erin McGarry fears she’s becoming the very thing she hates. She traveled to the planet Jekh to get her big sister, Courtney, out of a jam, and now Erin has become a colonist, too. In spite of the planet’s unstable political environment and ongoing rioting by the native Jekhans, Erin fears that retreating to Earth would mean she’d never see Courtney again. 

To complicate her ordeal further, as one of very few women on a planet of desperate men, people expect Erin to pick a lover—or two—and settle down. With the Jekhan race having nearly been obliterated by Terran colonists, Erin refuses to help further dilute their culture. But at least two men think Erin’s objections don’t hold water.

They may have been enemies at first sight, but Esteben Beshni and Headron Jiro intimately bond over a common goal: making Erin their mate. Just when they think they’ve made headway with convincing her, the men’s efforts are choked by the reemergence of Erin’s long-missing grandfather and by unsettling revelations about the abductors who created the Jekhan hybrid race. If they can’t convince Erin that a mixed-culture ménage is the intergalactic ticket to happiness, they may miss their chance to have children.

How can they help rebuild Jekh if the one woman who wants them both is too idealistic to commit?
_____

Each Jekh Saga story can be read as a stand-alone MMF romance, but for maximum series enjoyment, read ERSTWHILE first.



Title: Jacked Up

Series: Birmingham Rebels
Author(s): Samantha Kane
Length

PublisherRandom House LLC, Loveswept (January 31, 2017)

Genre:   Romance / Poly / Bisexual / Contemporary / Former Military / Sports / Best Friends to Lovers /


Notes Released Jan 31, 2017. This is the one that caught my eye on the coming soon list. At first I thought the first two books were MF but as I was posting this, it looks like they are both MMF. Hell yeah! Broken Play and Calling The Play.



Blurb: Linebacker Sam Taylor feels like a ticking time bomb. He left the army with emotional wounds as fresh as the scars on his back. Sam’s been living like a monk, but his best friend, defensive lineman King Ulupoka, wants to get him laid. Easy for him to say. The larger-than-life Samoan is a hard-bodied, tribal-tattooed fantasy. Sam agrees, under one condition: King stays to watch.

ER nurse Jane Foster is done being a good girl, and nothing says wild like picking up two of football’s sexiest players and bringing them back to your hotel room. Trouble is, she can’t decide which one she wants more. Sam is hot, sweet, and vulnerable. Jane’s more than willing to ride him into oblivion. But King’s intense gaze from across the room promises that the best is yet to come.

Sure, King has had his choice of girls and guys in the past. That doesn’t mean he’ll jeopardize his relationship with Sam over a case of locker-room lust—until a naughty nurse pushes them both out of their comfort zones. Seeing Jane and Sam together turns King on more than he ever imagined. If they’re game, he’s ready to tackle a three-way play.

Don’t miss any of Samantha Kane’s steamy Birmingham Rebels novels: 
BROKEN PLAY | CALLING THE PLAY | JACKED UP





Title: The Horse Mistress

SeriesThe Horse Mistress, 1
Author(s): RA Steffan
Length: 217 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Poly / Bisexual / Transgender / MMT / Fantasy / Paranormal / Shifter / 


Notes This is sorta cheating because I've already read this book and LOVED it. It's a four book series. The 1st book is free.


ARe Tags: alpha male, b / t / q, bdsm, bisexual, bisexual romance, comfort, erotic, fantasy / multiple partners, fantasy romance, gender, gender identity, genderqueer, hurt, identity, l / g / b / t / q, male / female / male, male / male / female, male/male sexual practices, menage a trois, menage romance, mmf romance, multiple partners, pansexual, paranormal, paranormal romance, paranormal/horror / multiple partners, polyamory,power exchange, r a steffan, shifters, shifters / multiple partners, shifters / wolves, the horse mistress,transgender, transgender romance, triad, violence, war, warrior, wolfshifter, wolves




Blurb: Carivel was born female, but she has been secretly living as a boy for years in her adoptive village of Draebard. The last thing she needs is to fall for not one, but two unattainable men—a dominating warrior and a reluctant wolf-shifter with a horrific past. Now, the Alyrion Empire is poised to invade, and Carivel must choose whether to keep her secret or reveal it—not only to the men she loves, but also to the powerful female ruler whose army could help protect Draebard during the coming war.

Series: Quick & Sexy Wolves
Author(s): Zoey Thames
Length: 14k
PublisherEutopia Press

Genre:   Romance / Poly / Bisexual / Paranormal / Former Military / Sports / Best Friends to Lovers /

NotesARe Tags: alpha, b / t / q, big beautiful woman, billionaire, bisexual, bodyguard, cisgender, city, erotic, erotic romance, erotic romance / multiple partners, gay paranormal shifters, l / g / b / t / q, limo, m/m/f, male / female / male, male / male, male / male / female, male male love, male/male sexual practices, menage, menage a trois, new york, new york city, pansexual, paranormal, paranormal erotic romance, paranormal romance, paranormal/horror / multiple partners, quick and sexy wolves, rubenesque, rubenesque / multiple partners, shapeshifters, shifters, shifters / multiple partners, shifters / wolves, short stories, threesome, wealthy, werewolves, wolves, zoey thames 

Blurb: Two alpha wolves on the prowl for curves... 

BBW Vicki Thompson drives a limo for a living, working for a high-end limo company in New York that specializes in catering to the needs of wealthy paranormal VIPs. Tonight she's taking billionaire Davidson Kenner from a private airport to Central Park—but what she doesn't expect is for him to bring along his sexy, heavily muscled bodyguard Mick. Or how turned on she'd be at the first sight of Davidson's piercing blue eyes. When she catches a glimpse of Davidson kissing his bodyguard, she just might explode with lust...one way or another. So much for keeping a cool and professional demeanor, especially around werewolves who can scent her arousal. Vicki has always kept her distance, but tonight these two incredible men might finally drive her over the edge of her inhibitions and into something wild.

Billionaire alpha wolf Davidson Kenner is looking to blow off some steam. He's in the City That Never Sleeps with his best friend and bodyguard Mick, and they are both ready to cut loose. Shifting, fighting, love—they are up for anything and everything. The pretty limo driver immediately catches Davidson's eye, and Mick is always up for a threesome. But he knows there's always a challenge to a woman, and Vicki is more special and intriguing than anyone he's come across in a long time. He intends to have both the curvy beauty and his powerful bodyguard. Have his cake and eat it too? Exactly.

Reader discretion: contains m/m/f, ménage elements, BBW and billionaires, and male male love

Series: Beloved Bloody Time, 1
Author(s): Tracy Cooper-Posey
Length: 56k
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Poly / Bisexual / Historical / Time Travel  / Paranormal /

Notes: Free on ARe and Amazon. There are six books in this series. The in-between installment novellas look as if they are MF. 
ARe Tags: free vampire romance for adults, futuristic paranormal romance, menage romance mfm with mm, paranormal menage romance series for adults, scottish time travel romance historical, time travel free books, time travel menage

BlurbIn the early 23rd Century, vampires learned how to travel back in time, and created a time-tsunami that threatened life as we know it, until they corrected their mistake. They created the Chronometric Conservation Agency, which is tasked with preserving history and therefore protecting humanity’s future. The Touring arm of the Agency offers trips back into the real past, with vampire guides, called travellers.

When Natalia (Tally) Marta, vampire and traveller, takes her client to visit the siege of Stirling Castle in 1314, she is caught and held hostage for ransom by Robert MacKenzie, a Bruce clansman. Rob finds himself drawn to the wilful, stubborn and very different English lady he has captured and the relationship becomes an intimate, highly-charged sexual pairing. Swiftly, Tally and Rob realize their bond is more than sexual, that the emotions stirring their hearts are true.

Christian Lee Hamilton, vampire, one of the last true southern gentlemen, and Tally’s ex-lover, knows the 1314 time marker enough to jump back and help Tally return home. His arrival at Bannockburn adds complications, for Christian finds himself drawn to Rob MacKenzie as much as Tally is. But neither of them can stay in the past forever. To do so means certain death.

WARNING: This book contains two hot, sexy alpha heroes, frequent, explicit and frank sex scenes and sexual language.
It includes heart-stopping sexual scenes between the aforementioned sexy heroes, menage scenes, and anal sex.
Do not proceed beyond this point if hot love scenes offend you.
No vampires were harmed in the making of this novel.



TitleGame Misconduct
Series: The Dartmouth Cobras, 1
Author(s): Bianca Sommerland
Length: 351 pages
Publisher

Genre:   Romance / Menage / Bisexual (as tagged at Amazon) / Contemporary / Sports / BDSM /


Notes: Free on ARe and Amazon. There are 8 books in the series and from what I can tell, all are MMF. The Blurb for this one isn't clear for me. I had to rely on tags from both Amazon and ARe.
ARe Tags: anal play/sex, apparel / uniforms, apparel / uniforms sports gear, athlete, bdsm, bdsm erotic, bdsm multiple partners, bdsm romance, bianca sommerland, blackmail, bondage, co dominant, domination / submission, double penetration, edge play, erotic romance, erotic romance / multiple partners, erotica, exhibitionism / voyeurism, female submissive, gym / locker room, heavy play, hockey, impact play, interracial / multicultural, interracial / multiple partners, male dominant, male dominant and female submissive, menage, multicultural / multiple partners, multiple partners, multiple partners / polyamory, multiple partners bdsm, pain play, polyamory, romance, romance / multiple partners, sex toys, sports, sports gear, sports romance, the dartmouth cobras

Blurb: 

The game has always cast a shadow over Oriana Delgado's life. She should hate the game. But she doesn't. The passion and the energy of the sport is part of her. But so is the urge to drop the role of the Dartmouth Cobra owner's 'good daughter' and find a less...conventional one.


Playmaker, Max Perron, never expected a woman to accept him and his twisted desires. Oriana came close, but he wasn't surprised when she walked away. A girl like her needs normal. Which he can't give her. He's too much of a team player, and not just on the ice.

But then Oriana's father goes too far in trying to control her and she decides to use exposure as blackmail. Just the implication of her spending the night with the Cobra's finest should get her father to back off.

Turns out a team player is exactly what she needs.

Warning

This ebook contains material not suitable for readers under 18. In also contains scenes that some may find objectionable, including BDSM, ménage sex, bondage, anal sex, sex toys, double penetration, voyeurism, edge play, and hockey equipment being used inappropriately.

This ebook contains a complimentary sneak peek at the next Dartmouth Cobras book, Defensive Zone, a short excerpt from The Dom Who Loved Me by Lexi Blake, and a short excerpt from Eliza Gayle's Midnight Playground.



Title: Belle Starr
Series
Author(s): Belinda McBride
Length: 283 pages
Publisher: Loose ID

Genre:   Romance / Menage / Bisexual  / Science Fiction/ Paranoraml / Shifter /


Notes: ARe Tags: epic finalist, m/m/f menage, menage, science fiction, space opera, werewolves

Blurb: Marshal Annabelle "Cowgirl" Oakley is the best law enforcement officer in Interstellar Coalition Enforcement. With her wolf Tucker at her side, Belle is clearly the best man for the job. Unfortunately, the job comes with hazards, and one of those hazards comes in the shape of tall, mysterious Armand.

Armand de le Croix is a werewolf with amnesia. He has no idea how he came to be living in Coalition space, he doesn’t know where his people are, or why his inky black hair is now snowy white. He just knows that the tall dangerous redhead is all that he wants, and he means to have her regardless of what he must do to win.

When they meet, it's magic. When they part, it's mayhem.

Publisher’s Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual content, menage (m/m/f with m/m content), sex while in shifted form, violence.



TitleKara's Wolves
Series: Wolf Masters, 1
Author(s): Becca Jameson
Length: 234 pages
PublisherHartwood Publishing (January 8, 2015)

Genre:   Romance / Poly / Bisexual  /  Paranoraml / Shifter /


Notes: Free on ARe and Amazon. 
ARe Tags: menage, multiple partners, paranormal romance, shifter, were, werewolf, werewolves, werewolves/shifters, wolf, wolves

Blurb: The first installment of bestselling paranormal author Becca Jameson’s beloved Wolf Masters! 

Two friends and wolf shifters have always shared…everything. What if one small woman manages to break that bond?

Kara Shepherd is about to compete in her last gymnastics meet and graduate from college. A week before graduation, her roommates drag her out to a country bar to live a little before entering the real world. She has no idea the course of her future is about to take a sharp turn.

Justin Masters and his lifelong friend, Trevor Shields, share everything from their home to their women. At twenty-eight years old, neither has met their mate, nor are they in a hurry to find a woman who will end their long-standing arrangement with each other. Their dairy farm, a few miles outside of town, allows them the luxury of shifting to their wolf form any time they want in relative seclusion.

Justin’s world tips when Kara walks into the bar on a random Friday night. Immediately recognizing her scent as that of his mate, he is drawn to her by forces beyond his control. Nervous about sharing the news with Trevor, Justin is relieved to realize Kara is also his best friend’s mate. Now all they have to do is convince Kara she belongs in a permanent ménage and track down a stalker who seems hell-bent on taking Kara for himself.

This book is a rerelease of an older title—it has been re-edited and expanded from the original version.



TitleThe Pleasure Hound
Series: The Complete Serial
Author(s): Ines Johnson
Length: 270 pages
PublisherHartwood Publishing (January 8, 2015)

Genre:   Romance / Poly / Bisexual  /  Paranormal / Fantasy /


Notes:

Blurb: Five hundred years after mankind ravaged the earth, women grasped the reins of the planet and set the world aright.

Chanyn grew up in isolation in the ruins of the Great Destruction. All her life she’s wanted to find her one true love. When she encounters the dashing Lord Dain, with his kind eyes and pure heart, she believes her dreams of love are finally coming true. Until she meets with the roadblock that is her betrothed’s bondmate.

In a world where men outnumber women ten to one, Khial never thought he’d have to contend with a woman entering his bond. He gave his heart to Dain when they were just boys and has been by his side every day in sickness and health. These days it's mostly in sickness as Dain’s health deteriorates. Though his attraction to Chanyn increases with every encounter, Khial can’t help but resent the young woman who comes into his love story to play the hero, but marriage to her may be the only way to save the man he loves.

To prepare Chanyn for her union with the two males, Lord Dain hires a Pleasure Hound, an ancient order of monks tasked with instructing new husbands, who have little to no contact with women, in the art of female pleasure. Years ago a scandal left the Temple of the Pleasure Hounds near destitute. The young monk responsible for the scandal is given a chance to redeem himself and the temple when he is called upon to train the bonded triad in the orgasmic arts. What starts as a simple ritual soon turns carnal when the monk’s heart begins to yearn for Chanyn, and hers for his.



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Okay, that's like 33. There are still a ton more in my folder. I'll have to do another poly post sometime but for now, this is it. Hope you enjoyed it. Have a great weekend!


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Roughhouse Raider Collection Coming Soon

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As you perhaps already know. I little over a year ago I pitched a sub call to LT3 Press for an urban fantasy motorcycle club. I wanted to read the theme of badass people riding motorcycles, perhaps with some leather pants involved, and... just something other than contemporary. 

So August of 2015 the Roughhouse Raiders sub call went up and here in a couple of days, on November 9th, all the submissions will be released. And I cannot wait to read them. I've been patient for so long, y'all just don't know.

Instead of adding them to my Saturday's Reading Radar, I've created a separate post for them. FYI, if you purchase them through the publisher before the release date, you get 15% off and access to them the night before release. Just sayin'. :)

Here you go in alphabetical order!



Changes

Author(s): Raye Henry
Categories: BisexualGayRoughhouse RaidersUrban Fantasy

Blurb:

Relationships are precious, but also constantly changing. Phin finds he doesn't like this as his best friend, Kishan, moves to the big city. Alone for the first time, Phin decides to take off after Kishan—and discovers he might not have known his friend as well as he thought. Their relationship will have to change again if it hopes to survive, and Phin has to decide what it is exactly that he wants from Kishan.

Death Mask 

Author(s): Lexi Ander
Categories: Fairy TalesGayRoughhouse RaidersUrban Fantasy
Series: #1 of Black Harbinger MC

Blurb:

Grim Misery, the President of the Black Harbinger Motorcycle Club, discovers a wounded warlock and four werepups aboard the club's LSD shipment. And the news kept getting better and better. Not only is the warlock sitting on the edge of death, he's illegally bonded to the werepups, which could trigger a war with the werewolves—and he turns out to be Misery's estranged husband.

Years ago, Griffin turned Misery away to be with another warlock by the name of Marcheso Aldo. Misery left everything behind, even his family, but couldn't shake the heartbreak Griffin caused. With Griffin thrust back into Misery's life, he discovers things aren't as they seem... and everything is about to get much, much worse.


Elemental Ride

Author(s): Mell Eight
Categories: GayPolyRoughhouse RaidersUrban Fantasy

Blurb:

Rawley isn't the type to crush hard and fast on anyone, but he's somehow helpless when it comes to the new mailman. Even his bikes and his job as enforcer for a local motorcycle gang, the center of his world, don't compare to his interest in Reign. Unfortunately, Reign doesn't seem to be as interested—but secrets and magic have a way of turning everything upside down.


Hellbeasts 

Author(s): Katya Harris
Categories: GayRoughhouse RaidersUrban Fantasy

Blurb:


When restlessness drives Shadow out of his MC's clubhouse and into the night, the last thing he expected was to find a half-dead werewolf. Shadow has never been known for his altruism, but he takes the wounded man back to his motorcycle club, the Hellbeasts.

Rand doesn't know who attacked him, but suspects at least one person from his own pack is involved. But even that might not be as bad as waking up in the midst of a group of misfit weres who don't seem to like him. Especially Shadow, the man charged with taking care of Rand, as compelling to Rand as he is frightening.

But before he and Shadow can work out what exactly they are and want to be to each other, Rand's attackers show up to finish the job.

Just Us and the Road 

Author(s): J. Hepburn
Categories: BisexualLesbianRoughhouse RaidersUrban Fantasy

Blurb: 


When riders die, somebody needs to watch and remember, so nobody has to die alone. Some of those who die perform this service for others, moving from town to town to bear witness wherever they are needed. It is a lonely existence, even when the camaraderie is strong, and the urge to find companionship and more among the living can be overwhelming. When Alexia lets herself fall prey to that urge, she becomes involved in darkness even she cannot recognise, and discovers she has a much more important duty than she had realized...

Raven's Call 

Author(s): Matthew Angelo
Categories: GayGenderqueerRoughhouse RaidersUrban Fantasy

Blurb:


Late one night, cruising through the streets of New York City, Ren hears a cry for help—in his mind. Investigating the cry, Ren finds an Esper under attack by the very motorcycle gang hunting Ren. Despite the risk, Ren risks everything to save the Esper and manages to get them both away.

But doing so has brought the full weight of the motorcycle gang down on them, and it's going to take a lot more than their combined magic if they hope to escape once and for all and see if they could be more than strangers united by strife.

The House of the Scarred Backs 

Author(s): B.A. Huntley
Categories: GayRoughhouse RaidersUrban Fantasy

Blurb:

The House of the Scarred Backs has held their territory for six generations. Few dare to challenge them, and those few foolish swiftly regret it—assuming they survive the mistake. Alkeides is a proud Brother, happy and honoured to do whatever is asked of him to look after the Scarred Backs. When he is called upon to track down a possible traitor and murderer in their midst—a vile shifter who may have infiltrated their ranks—Alkeides doesn't hesitate.

But a simple hunt for a traitor has unexpected consequences, leaving Alkeides wondering who he really is and what he really wants.

The Shock of Survival 

Author(s): Nicole Field
Categories: BisexualLesbianPolyRoughhouse RaidersUrban Fantasy

Blurb:

In the wake of the final battle against The Oppressor, Benedict, Ophelia and Dylan face their magical community in triumph. But that triumph rapidly loses its shine as they realise the war is not so easily left behind. Returning to, and relearning, the lives they had before proves to be more difficult than even they had anticipated.


The Spirit of the Stairwell 

Author(s): Eve Francis
Categories: LesbianRoughhouse RaidersUrban Fantasy

Blurb:

Jessika Harrison is one of the best Replicators in the country. She's so successful she now has an entire floor to herself in the heart of downtown Montreal, the techno-witchcraft centre of Canada. Her job is secured by the Magical Union, she gets endless referrals for clients, and there's even a cute girl named Skylar who comes by on her power cruiser motorcycle to deliver Jessika all her important packages.

Everything seems perfect, especially when Skylar finally asks Jessika out on a date. Then a former customer, Ralph Curtis, returns to taunt Jessika and steal her trade secrets. But following a series of attacks, missing inventory, and a frigid winter, Jessika's business is in trouble—and it's Skylar, not Ralph, who seems to be the culprit.


The Wild Hunt

Author(s): Stephanie Rabig
Categories: GayLesbianRoughhouse RaidersTransUrban Fantasy

Blurb:

Peter is anticipating a peaceful ride up to his Aunt Jackie's house for Christmas. Carlos is anticipating some time at his parents' to recover from an unexpected breakup. But when he's nearly at his aunt's cabin, Peter hits a deer. Carlos, who was driving behind him, stops to help... and both men are floored as the injured deer morphs into a woman...


Wildling Rider 

Author(s): Helena Maeve
Categories: BisexualLesbianRoughhouse RaidersUrban Fantasy

Blurb:

Jetting off to the Highlands to find a woman she's never met isn't something Abigail ever thought she'd do, but the disappearance of Candice Sharpe has brought back memories of a past life Abigail barely understands.

The town of Gormsey has a low tolerance for strangers, and it isn't long before Abigail's questions land her in hot water with the local werewolf motorcycle gang known as the Wildlings. Her only potential ally is her former lover, but Kayla is also a member of the Wildlings.

Between divided loyalties and strange happenings, it soon becomes clear that investigating a disappearance few seem to want resolved could well mean death for them both.

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Release Day for Death Mask!!

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So first, I have to thank Alicia Nordwell for the awesome graphic she made. It's fantastic!

Today is the release day for Death Mask, my urban fantasy motorcycle club book. It's a fun story with a little bit of angst and some kicking butt. The blog tour starts on Monday, November 14th, where there will also be a giveaway for some paperback copies. 

In the meantime, here's a little about the book. Enjoy!


Title: Death Mask
Series: Black Harbingers MC
Author(s): Lexi Ander
Cover Artist: Kirby Crow
Categories: Gay, Urban Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Roughhouse Raiders
Length: 43,000 words
Release Date: November 9, 2016

Blurb:

Grim Misery, the President of the Black Harbinger Motorcycle Club, discovers a wounded warlock and four werepups aboard the club's LSD shipment. And the news kept getting better and better. Not only is the warlock sitting on the edge of death, he's illegally bonded to the werepups, which could trigger a war with the werewolves—and he turns out to be Misery's estranged husband.

Years ago, Griffin turned Misery away to be with another warlock by the name of Marcheso Aldo. Misery left everything behind, even his family, but couldn't shake the heartbreak Griffin caused. With Griffin thrust back into Misery's life, he discovers things aren't as they seem... and everything is about to get much, much worse.




Excerpt:

Chapter One

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live." ~Norman Cousins


"Prez, you're gonna want to take a look at this." Nightingale, Sergeant in Arms of the Black Harbingers MC, called to me from the tail end of the box truck that recently arrived from the docks. The products the vehicle carried included the much-awaited shipment of LSD for the city's elder vampires. The goods were late by one week, and I had some agitated parasites on my hands. If someone so much as fucked with the shite, they would be in a world of hurt, because I had no qualms feeding the arseholes to the bloodsuckers.

The clubhouse for the MC was a repurposed three-story library. The block had been slated for demolition after World War II to make way for a strip mall or some such. I loved the building, with its Grecian columns, marble floors, and the liberal use of dark woods. She had character, and after I greased a few palms, she became our clubhouse, our home.

On the ground floor, to the rear of the building, were two bay doors. Semis could back up to one of them, allowing people to walk into the bed without using a ramp. The second bay, vehicles drove directly onto the dock. Granted, unloading the boxes was harder, but we didn't have to worry about prying eyes and for this shipment, we needed complete privacy.

By the tone of Night's voice, I wouldn't like what I'd see. One of the prospects had been sent to retrieve the truck from the docks. Not quite members of the MC, prospects were initiates working through the probationary period. Simply put, they were the club's gofers. They did anything and everything the brothers asked of them. They guarded the bikes in public places, manned the doors at the parties, and made sure no one unauthorized entered the clubhouse. If a brother's old lady needed to go somewhere, a prospect escorted them. The list of shitty duties was endless. At the end of the probation period, the brothers voted the prospect in or out, but until then, the prospect did what they were told, without complaint. Our newest prospect, Tinman, who'd picked up the box truck, stood off to the side looking concerned, but not afraid.

"The truck was where you'd said it'd be, Misery. There weren't any problems and no one followed me," he said, without prompting.

When I rounded the rear of the non-descript vehicle, the door was rolled up, exposing the back of the compartment, stacked with boxes. Nightingale stood with his arms crossed over his chest, his cut hidden by the muscular bulk of his arms. At one time, he'd been a Noble Fae. From which court, I'd never asked. When most preternaturals came looking to join the Black Harbingers, they left behind who they once were. The brothers only cared about the here and now, content to leave whatever hell they'd escaped in the past. We all carried secrets best left undisturbed, and we let sleeping dogs lie, so to speak.

Those who didn't know of Nightingale's origins wouldn't have believed he belonged to that waif-like race. He'd shed his litheness, becoming a motherfucking powerhouse of strength and muscle. Even his unnaturally-white hair, which many people assumed the poor bastard had gone gray early, didn't soften his appearance. Most bikers didn't have facial piercings because they stumbled into too many fistfights, but not Night. He wore a ring in the right nostril and two in his bottom lip that he fiddled with when something bothered him, like now. When he met my gaze, his green eyes were troubled. Then the scent hit me.

Blood.

When I went to ask what the fuck he was waiting for, Night placed a pale finger over his lips, biding me to listen. The sound was faint, but the soft whines of some kind of dog or… Well, fuck me sideways.

"Someone find Hog and Lalios." My request was made in a low voice, but the brothers jumped to it as if I'd yelled. Perhaps they felt my tension or they, too, scented the blood wafting from the back of the truck, now that the door had been raised.

More than one person drew a weapon. Grabbing the handrail on the side of the door, I readied to climb into the back.

"Misery," Night called to me softly, but I ignored him.

Even if werewolves had hidden in the truck, I didn't worry about my safety. The sound of the pitiful, tiny snarls and growls intensified when my heavy boots struck the bed. Pausing to listen, I couldn't hear an adult voice among the pups. With the scent of blood heavier in the confines of the cabin, I surmised the parent was severely injured. A werewolf in pain was a dangerous creature, more animal than man. Blinded by the agony, instinct would take over, and he, or she, would attack first to protect their young. If that were to happen, then I was the one equipped to handle the werewolf. Sure, I could be hurt like anyone else, but I was hard to kill. Living for almost two hundred years had proven that.


Listening intently, I heard three, perhaps four distinct voices, which was surprising. Nowadays, werewolves lived longer than they did five hundred years ago. When they became the stuff of folklore, people stopped hunting them. Since they lived a more peaceful existence, the number of litters they birthed dropped off to where pups were now born singly to couples every hundred years or so. The young were precious to the packs and there being four here made my skin crawl with foreboding. The day kept getting better and better.

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Blog Tour: Honeymoon Their Way by Morticia Knight

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TITLE:Honeymoon Their Way

AUTHOR:Morticia Knight

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

COVER ARTIST: Alexandria Corza

LENGTH:113 Pages

RELEASE DATE: November 2, 2016

BLURB:Chad has pined for Raudel since high school, but he’s been avoiding him ever since Raudel caught him in an excruciatingly embarrassing moment. So when Chad’s sister invites Raudel to join them for her weeklong prewedding celebration at Lake Tahoe, Chad is horrified. He brainstorms his escape, until reality crashes down and he discovers he’s bunking with Raudel in the last available bedroom at the lakeside retreat.


Thrown together by the bridal party from hell, Chad and Raudel unite and attempt to survive Chad’s bridezilla sister, a crazy grandmother, an overbearing mother, and the search for the perfect chocolate fountain. Despite the little time they have together, they reconnect when unexpected discoveries come to light. Love may find a way amid the nuptial chaos, but it’s unlikely to be exactly the way they expect.

Excerpt


Chad noted that Raudel had made it out of his car with a messenger bag flung over one shoulder. He glanced up the driveway. Chad ducked his head, then marched forward and within a few long strides, skirted the front of the Suburban, placing the behemoth of a truck between him and Raudel.

“Raudel Cruz! Is that you?” Chad’s mother called out, her voice shrill to his ears, but he acknowledged that it might only be due to the current state of fear assailing him. “Chad! Come here, it’s Raudel. You remember Lindsey’s friend?”

In ways you can’t imagine.

Chad froze, still shielded from Raudel’s probing gaze by the heavily tinted glass his father had had the foresight to opt for on the Suburban. Chad knew it had only been added as protection against the searing heat of their little Nevada town, but he fantasized that it’d actually been meant to save him. Or at least offer more in the way of essential stalling opportunities. He let his head fall back as he stared up at the sky. His avoidance tactics were swiftly disappearing.

“Chad? Did you hear me?”

Yup, I’m toast. “Yeah, Mom. Just grabbing the fountain real quick.”

“Oh, don’t worry about that. You can get it later. Come say hello to Raudel.”

Seriously?

Chad wrestled the fountain loose from the backseat anyway, then wrapped his arms around the box as he lifted it up in front of him. If he peered around the side, he could still see where he was going. Sort of.As he tentatively stepped forward, he used the frame of the truck to guide him. He made it around the first headlight, then hazarded a peek.

He jerked his head back behind the safety of the box.

Still hot as fuck. Dammit.

His mother jabbered on about “how long has it been?” and “your mother must be so proud” and “aren’t you graduating soon?”

The sound of Raudel’s smooth voice and soft laugh filled the air as he responded to his mother’s obligatory questions and observations. Since no one had acknowledged Chad’s presence yet, he figured he’d chance meandering to the left, around Lindsey’s Toyota parked in front of the truck and into the safety of the house.

He’d almost cleared his mother when she grasped his upper arm, pulling him back with surprising strength for someone who was supposed to be recovering from a back injury.

“Chad, for heaven’s sake. Where are you going?”

He tried to extricate himself from her grip, but she only dug her fingers deeper into his flesh. “Ow.” All hope of avoiding Raudel was lost, and he again peered around the boxed fountain, his muscles beginning to strain from the effort of holding it up for so long.

“Hi, Chad.”

Raudel flashed the same perfect smile that Chad had once jacked off to all the time, and on occasion thereafter. It was pure genius that he’d saved his yearbook.

And stole the pic from Lindsey.

“Hey. How’s it going?” Chad tossed the words out as if Raudel’s presence had zero impact on him, that he was merely being the polite brother of his sister’s best friend and nothing more.

“Doing well. It’s great to—” Raudel let out a small chuckle. “—almostsee you.”

Chad tried for an offhand chuckle as well, but it came out more maniacal. Raudel extended his hand, and anxiety wreaked havoc with Chad’s nervous system. Socially mandated touching hadn’t been part of his Raudel-avoidance strategy. Chad was operating in the dark. Dashed to pieces was his hope of having all possible scenarios involving potential interaction planned out before Raudel’s arrival.

In an attempt to prevent the moment from becoming too drawn out and awkward, Chad juggled the unwieldy box onto his other hip, then reached out to take Raudel’s offered hand.

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Author Morticia Knight spends most of her nights writing about men loving men forever after. Even though she’s been crafting her naughty tales of romance for more years than she’d like to share – her adventures as a published author began in 2011. Since then, she’s been fortunate enough to have several books on bestseller lists, along with two titles receiving recognition from the Rainbow Book Awards. Once upon a time, she was the lead singer and songwriter in an indie rock band that toured the West Coast and charted on U.S. college radio. Morticia currently resides on the beautiful northern Oregon coast, and when she’s not fantasizing about hot men, she takes walks along the ocean and occasionally annoys the local karaoke bar patrons.


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Procrastination and Stress

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Usually, I start building Saturday's Reading Radar blog post on Monday. It's labor intensive and can take a couple of days if I can't finish it in one sitting. I was rocking the world building for Bespoken and put the task off until Wednesday... and you know what happened then.

My heart hurts.

The reasons are well listed, you only have to open social media to see them. To distract myself, I buried myself in my work, putting off working on the post because every time I logged in I couldn't keep from checking the Twitter and FB feeds. The pain rolling off all the posts took my breath away and I felt helpless to do anything about it. And I hate that. I'm a big sister, built to want to fix things for others and this isn't something I can fix. And it's killing me. I took a lot of long walks with the dogs because the walls were closing in.

Now it's Friday night, an hour before midnight, and I'm staring at the screen trying to dredge up the energy to get the task done. I love doing the Saturday post, but I simply have no energy. Besides Wednesday being craptastic, my best friend is still in the hospital. She was admitted the morning after her last chemo treatment. She has an infection they can't pinpoint. They say that it's the infections that kills people who have cancer. I believe it. But those two aren't the only issues I have with this week. November 12th my father died of cancer. So Saturday's the 2 year anniversary of his death.

I have been fighting so hard not to cry this week and I looked at the calendar tonight and noticed Saturday's date and 'there she blows'. So, no Reading Radar post this weekend. I just can't. I've spent the week putting on a good face, being supportive, and being motivated --if not for my sake then for others. If there is any lesson to be gleaned from this week is that nothing comes easy. And perhaps, when you give up after a battle you've lost the war. But for now, I'm going to put all of that aside. I need a day or two to put my pieces back together and allow myself to morn my dad's passing. Perhaps I'll even throw up some furtive prayers. For Molly, I hope she finds peace in these final months, and I hope she'll be pain free. And maybe another prayer or 100 that Trump will be as impotent as President Eisenhower who spent the last two years of his presidency playing golf everyday because everyone in DC ignored him. Wouldn't that be nice.

I'm giving myself a time limit though. I have to get my act together by Sunday because I need another blog post to kick off the Death Mask blog tour come Monday, November 14th. I have a couple of graphics I want to share that Alicia Nordwell made for me. (I tried to make my own... D.I.S.A.S.T.E.R.)

Y'all enjoy your weekend. Do something to relieve stress and I'll see you on Monday. There's some flash fiction coming next week you'll not want to miss.

Oh, and in case you didn't know already. I'm a safe place. I'll be wearing my safety pin.

Peace.

Death Mask Blog Tour Kick Off #giveaway

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Monday kicks off the blog tour for my new release, Death Mask! A huge thank you to Alicia Nordwell for the fantastic banners and graphics. I love them!

I've attached a tour schedule and a list of the topics for each stop. Just in case you missed it, the week of 10/31 I wrote a prequel flash fiction for Hearts on Fire Reviews. Check it out HERE.

While I'm touring this week, Alexis Duran there will also be a guest on the blog on the 15th, so don't miss that interview and giveaway. 

**I'll update the links everyday.


November 14

Alicia Nordwell - Interview
Jamie Lynn Miller - Guest Post: Why the Theme of Death.


November 15

M.A. Church - Flash Fiction Part One: Opium and Lung
Anne Barrow - Interview


November 16

L.M. Brown - Character Interview
Elizabeth Noble - Guest Post: Writing With Purpose


November 17

Crystal's Many Reviewer - Flash Fiction Part Two: Fistacuffs and Rye Whiskey
Prism Book Alliance - Motorcycle Club Romance


November 18th

Tali Spencer - Guest Post: Top 5 Things Not To Do
Sharita Lira - Guest Post: Little Red Riding Hood
Bonkers About Books - Guest Post: Werepups
Iyana Jenna - Exclusive Excerpt



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Blog Tour: Alexis Duran's Matthias #giveaway #interview

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Welcome all!

Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Alexis Duran, author of Matthias

Hi Alexis, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background?


-Were you good at English? I actually kind of sucked at English. I still can't diagram a sentence to save my life. I was always several grades ahead on reading and could finish the list for the year in the first month or so, but when it came time to analyze the pieces of story, taking it apart like a mathematical equation made of metaphors, symbols, foreshadowing, irony, etc. etc. I really struggled. Storytelling always came to me intuitively, but I couldn't explain it. One year I received an A plus in the writing part of advanced English, and a D in the grammar, diagramming, analyzing part. I decided that those things must not matter and it wasn't until my writing hit a wall many years later that I had to admit I'd limited my skills and needed to learn me some grammar.

-Where do your ideas come from? This question is both easy and hard. I could just say, everywhere, but that's not terribly helpful. The truth is, ideas do come from everywhere and anything I might run across; a one paragraph newspaper clipping, a snippet of song, a weird historical fact, a funny anecdote overheard in a coffee shop, a dream. Ideas are plentiful and awesome and fun to play with. The hard part is coaxing an idea into an actual story. That's where synergy comes in. I have this swirling chaos of ideas in my head, and I have characters who I've also gathered and pieced together from life. At some point the idea and the right character collide and voila, the story begins to take shape.

-Do you work to an outline or plot or do you prefer just see where an idea takes you? I'd rather eat worms than write an outline. I find that getting too detailed in my planning kills the juice that powers my storytelling. For me the joy of writing comes from the excitement of discovery and the amazing things that happen when you let your subconscious have its way. That said, I have to admit that with the stories I choose to actually make into novels, I've usually imagined a good deal of the story in my mind. Structured daydreaming, you might call it. If my daydream is compelling and coherent enough, it becomes my next novel. I've been working this way since I was a kid and as you can imagine, was well known for being "absent-minded". Absent in another world, most of the time.

Do you read much and if so who are your favorite authors? I used to be a voracious reader but now that I'm writing three or four books a year and being published—which means tons of editing and promotional work on top of the EDJ (Evil Day Job)—I have much less time to relax with a book. However I do try to read a little every night. My current new-to-me favorites are Jordon Hawk, Astrid Amara and Rhys Ford. My forever, dear to my heart favorites are John LeCarre, Tom Robbins, Amy Tan, and a long list of others. I tend toward magical realism, historical fantasy and stories from other cultures. John LeCarre is a bit of an anomaly, being a writer of espionage thrillers, but I've adored his elegant style since I was a kid.

-What is your favorite motivational phrase? "What you can do, or think you can do, begin it, for boldness has Magic, Power, and Genius in it." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

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Title: Matthias
Author: Alexis Duran
Series: Order of the Black Knights #2
This is a multi-author series and all books can be read as standalones.
Release Date: November 2nd 2016
Genre: Contemporary MM Romance


BLURB

From Louisiana swamp rat to revivalist huckster to skilled con artist, Matthias Krall clawed his way out of poverty using his natural gifts of grift and manipulation to become the leader of an exclusive retreat center. Exploiting the guise of spiritual guru, Matthias seduces the rich and powerful into turning over their lives and fortunes to his control. But wealth and a small cadre of loyal followers can’t protect Matthias from the betrayal he knows is imminent. Everyone wants what Matthias has, except for one man who wants to destroy it. Dylan Connelly is a reporter who’s determined to prove the charismatic recluse is not only a fraud but a murderer.

Irresistibly drawn to Dylan despite the warnings in his gut, Matthias lures Dylan to his island retreat, determined to destroy his enemy once and for all.


Buy Links: Amazon US | Amazon UK | DSP | All Romance
Find Matthias on Goodreads
Find Order of the Black Knights series on Goodreads


EXCERPT

Dylan pulled the first folder off the stack and flipped through it. When Amanda had recruited him to do some legwork for her Matthias Krall piece, his heart had skipped several beats, but he’d tried to convince himself it wouldn’t be the same man. Now he knew otherwise, and the unsettled feeling returned, along with the quickening of his breath and tightening in his gut.

He glanced up and found himself staring into Matthias’s mesmerizing eyes. Not that a pixelated photo could do them justice. Still, Dylan felt like Matthias could reach right into his soul and rip out all the juicy bits. Dylan wasn’t the only who felt that way. From what Amanda could glean from the very few Rising Star members willing to talk, Matthias led private guided meditations that unlocked a person’s potential and sent them back into society even more successful and shiny than before.

Dylan snaked his hand out and clicked away from the image. Instinct told him to drop the whole thing. The story was dead. But instinct also told him Amanda was on to something. Rising Star felt every bit like a high-end cult.

And his body told him any chance to get close to Matthias was worth the risk.

No really, Dylan, didn’t we learn this lesson ten years ago?

“God, I am hopeless.” He sighed and planted his elbows on the desk, running his fingers through his hair. Back in college he’d convinced himself he was in love with Matthias even before they’d exchanged two words. He’d confused infatuation with love. At least he’d figured out that much eventually, but he’d never rid himself of the punch-to-the-gut desire he experienced whenever Matthias invaded his memories.

Matthias had run with the richest of the rich kids. Like the photos, he never seemed to be in front of the pack but always firmly in the middle, surrounded by wealth and privilege. Men and women both fawned over him, deferred to him, ogled him when he wasn’t looking. Even the professors. Dylan knew he was at the end of a long line of suitors. He had nothing to offer that Matthias didn’t have in droves. Gorgeous, rich, intelligent partners rotated on and off his arm. Dylan found it both fascinating and sickening to watch.

But young, horny Dylan couldn’t help fooling himself into believing he had a chance. Matthias had given him the look, after all. That unmistakable “I see you, and I want you” look. Dylan had been on the receiving end of the look many times from other men, but he’d never felt so powerful a tug as when it came from Matthias.

Because he was a sucker for punishment, Dylan brought back the photo of Matthias to his computer screen and allowed himself to delve deeper into the memories.


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About the Author

Alexis Duran was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. At the University of Oregon, her fascination with people and relationships led her to major in Sociology, but her main love has always been creative writing. She's worked in museums, finance, film production and for several performing arts organizations. Her favorite job so far has been inventorying the collection of a haunted Victorian Mansion. She is the author of the Masters and Mages and Edge of Night m/m fantasy series as well as several stand-alone romances. Her fiction has won several awards including the Rupert Hughes Award from the Maui Writers Conference and First Runner Up from Love Romances Cafe. She lives with one dog and four and a half cats. She is always working on the next novel and has several new ideas brewing at all times.


Links: Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads



Blog Stops:


November 7th: MM Good Book Reviews

November 8th: Drops of Ink | All in One Place

November 9th: Bayou Book Junkie | Nerd Girl Official

November 10th: Prism Book Alliance
November 11th: The Purple Rose Tea House | MJs Book Blog and Reviews

November 14th: Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents

November 15th: Loving Without Limits

November 16th: Happily Ever Chapter

November 17th: Alpha Book Club

November 18th: Velvet Panic | Outrageous Heroes


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Cover Reveal: Operation Better Tomorrow by Brandi Evans

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Been gone for several days so I missed putting this up on time. But here we go! Better late than never. :)

Title:Operation Better Tomorrow

Author:Brandi Evans

Release Date: November 29th 2016

Publisher:Loose ID


Genre:MM Romance



BLURB

The interview of a lifetime.

When Aaron Strickland’s assigned to write a feature article on Caleb Douglas, the first openly gay soldier to receive the Medal of Honor, he’s over-the-moon. Meet a sexy, real-life hero? Yes, please. And in the weeks leading up to their interview, the former soldier becomes a recurring player in Aaron’s fantasies.

A man Caleb can’t forget.

Years earlier, lost in the throes of depression and PTSD after an ambush left his body and soul scarred, Caleb was on the brink of giving up when a magazine article changed his life forever—an article written by Aaron. Emerging from the depths of his pain, Operation Better Tomorrow—part homestead, part halfway house for those down on their luck—was born.

Tragedy lurking on the horizon.

As the days pass, Caleb and Aaron’s tragic pasts bind them in ways they aren’t prepared for, but it also leaves them vulnerable. Pushing forward means breaking down walls they’ve built to protect themselves, and just as they’re poised on the precipice of happiness, a darkness descends on the homestead, a hatred that will leave one man clinging to life and the other willing to risk everything to save him.


EXCERPT

Aaron’s dick tightened, and he took a step toward Caleb. “I’ve learned a lot about homestead operations today, but I want to know more about you. Tell me, Sergeant Douglas, what inspired you to begin Operation Better Tomorrow?”

Caleb scrubbed a palm over the back of his neck. “That’s kinda embarrassing, actually.”

“I don’t believe that. How can the origin story of a place like this be embarrassing?”

Another minuscule step closer.

“Because of you, Aaron.”

“Me? How do I fit in?”

Caleb looked down, hands fisted low on his hips in a masculine mirroring of Aubrey. “Things got really low for me about six, seven years ago. The physical therapy was torture, and I was in pain all the time. The PTSD and depression didn’t help matters either. I was sick and fucking tired of it all.”

Was that code for wanting to commit suicide? Aaron wanted to ask, but he held back, letting Caleb finish.

“Then, one day, I was sitting on the couch, a bottle of pain pills in one hand and a bottle of Jack Daniels in the other, when a magazine on the coffee table caught my attention. To this day I don’t know how it got there, but a title on the cover caught my attention. So I started reading. Everything the woman in the article was going through, her physical and emotional pain… Change a few things, and it could have been written about me. And by the time I finished, I was in tears.” The left side of his mouth tipped up in a haunting smile. “Although, I’d appreciate it if you’d leave the crying part out of the article. I do have a reputation to maintain.”

“Totally off the record.” Aaron held up his three middle fingers and stepped closer. “Scout’s honor.”

Caleb nodded. “It’s hard to put into words, but the article struck a chord deep inside me. It was one of those life-changing moments where everything becomes clear. The past, the present, the future. And I saw this place in my head. Operation Better Tomorrow, a way to turn my pain into someone else’s better tomorrow.”

“Wow. That’s just… Wow.” Something about the words Caleb used were familiar, but Aaron couldn’t quite place them. “As a writer, that would be the greatest compliment a person could give me, to tell me my words were the bridge they needed to get from a painful past and into a brighter future. I think I would literally fall over from pride.”

Caleb closed what little distance remained between them. “Is that your subtle way of telling me I should be prepared to catch you?”

“Be prepared to catch me?” The question escaped seconds before realization bitchslapped him. Oh, Sweet Baby J. He’d written the article that had saved Caleb’s life.


About the Author

Brandi Evans was raised by a caravan of traveling Gypsies. She spent her days learning the ways of her people and her nights lost in legends as old as time. Okay, not really, but that's way more interesting than the truth!

In reality, Brandi grew up the oldest child of an ordinary family. Grade school, middle school, high school. Nothing extraordinary happened until she left the nest. She joined the military, went to college, got married, and became a mom. And somewhere along the way, she discovered she liked to read—and write!—stories hot enough to melt eReaders.

These days, she calls The Natural State home where she lives with her hubby, two beautiful daughters, two dogs and a cat who has yet to realize she doesn’t own the place. Soldier. Wife. Mom. Multi-published smut writer. Brandi's life might not be "traveling Gypsy" interesting, but she's had fun. And in the end, isn't that all that really matters?



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One More Week to Enter: Death Mask Blog Tour #giveaway

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Happy Monday! I know grumble-grumble need more coffee for the evil day job. :)

Last week was the blog tour for Death Mask and for most of it I was out of town, managing what I could from my iPad. (the Blogger app s.u.c.k.s BTW) I spent the week with a sick friend trying to cheer her up. Bad timing, I know, but some things you just can't put off not matter what you have planned that can't be changed. 

I've spent the morning trying to catch up on all the comments ont he tour stops, so bear with me. :)

So! Just in case you missed anything, I've listed all the stops and what the guest post content was for your convenience. All the articles I wrote, tells you something about Death Mask, like the behind the scenes snapshots. While I like all of the guest posts, my favorites are the Top Five Things Not To Do for Tali Spencer's blog and the flash fiction pieces.

The one thing that I hate is that when I'm distracted I miss simple and obvious editing things. It's like after you hit send and then find five mistakes in spelling and grammar and the only thing you can do is bang your head on the desk in consternation. So apologies for all of the mistakes.



Bonus: Hearts on Fire Reviews exclusive pre-tour flash fiction: Rejected 

Alicia Nordwell - Interview

Jamie Lynn Miller - Guest Post: Why the Theme of Death.

M.A. Church - Flash Fiction Part One: Opium and Lung

Anne Barrow - Interview

L.M. Brown - Character Interview

Elizabeth Noble - Guest Post: Writing With Purpose

Crystal's Many Reviewer - Flash Fiction Part Two: Fistacuffs and Rye Whiskey

Prism Book Alliance - Motorcycle Club Romance

Tali Spencer - Guest Post: Top 5 Things Not To Do

It's Raining Men - Guest Post: Little Red Riding Hood

Bonkers About Books - Guest Post: Werepups



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