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Music Box Danseur
Roman
Legend of the Mediterranean and The Illusive Lord of the Sea (A double book set)
The Celestial Selenite Scry
APOSTASY - Book II of The Moon God Trilogy

On Sale - Novels for $2.99 ea

Until the end of February 2013. Novels Roman and Music Box Danseur by Author, Marlene K. Slade will be selling for $2.99 each on Amazon.com Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nookbooks

Roman by Marlene K. Slade
This novel tells the story of a male of natural born beauty & innocence, which an agency giant will claim & mold into a mega superstar model with an unfading portfolio of work.
This novel contains mature subject matter and is not for readers under 18 years of age.
This novel is part of an entertainment series of books that will be released under Autumn Colors, but all books in this series will be created as stand alone stories.
Tags: celebrity-fiction, entertainment-industry, fashion, fiction, gay, gay-fiction, gay-love, gay-romance, high-fashion, mm, mm-fiction, mm-romance, model, modeling

Music Box Danseur by Marlene K. Slade
Music Box Danseur profiles the intimately dramatic and profoundly tragic on and off stage love story between two male dancers.
This novel contains intense subject matter and is not for readers under 18 years of age.
Music Box Danseur received Honorable Mention in the Gay Category at the 2010 San Francisco Book Festival.
Tags: ballet, dance, dancing, drama, gay-fiction, gay-romance, gay-sex, mm, mm-fiction, performing-arts

Roman
Music Box Danseur

Extending Holiday Price until end of Feb 2013

In celebration of romance the special holiday price for novels Music Box Danseur and Roman will remain in effect until the end of the romantic month of February 2013. Both novels are On Sale on Amazon.com Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nookbooks.

Music Box Danseur
Roman

Entire 2010 Winner's and Honorable Mention List for the SF Book Festival

Was a great honor to have Music Box Danseur set upon this list under the Gay Fiction category

NON-FICTION

WINNER: “Wrong,” David H. Freedman

RUNNERS-UP:

“In Cheap We Trust,” Lauren Weber
“Connected,” Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler
“Cold,” Bill Streever
HONORABLE MENTION:

“Just Food,” James McWilliams
“Creature Comfort,” Meredith Kennedy
“The Age of the Unthinkable,” Joshua Cooper Ramo
“Crow Planet,” Lyanda Lynn Haupt
“Balance is a Crock,” Amy Eschliman and Leigh Oshirak
“Escape from Dubai,” Herve Jaubert


FICTION

WINNER: “Model Home,” Eric Puchner

RUNNER-UP: “The Blue Orchard,” Jackson Taylor

HONORABLE MENTION:

“Seen The Glory,” John Hough, Jr.
”Shanghai Girls,” Lisa See
“Into The Beautiful North,” Luis Alberto Urrea
“Men and Dogs,” Katie Crouch
“This Wicked World,” Richard Lange
“Alice I Have Been,” Melanie Benjamin
“Moonlight in Odessa,” Janet Skeslien Charles
”The Guilty Client,” Roberta Rogow
“The Language of Bees,” Laurie R. King
“Blackbelly,” Heather Sharfeddin
“It Never Stays in Vegas,” Lindy Hughes
“Under The Table Books,” Todd Walton
“White Seed,” Paul Clayton
“Manifest Destiny,” Rick Robinson


COMPILATIONS/ANTHOLOGIES

WINNER: “Belief: Readings on the Reason For Faith,” Francis S. Collins

HONORABLE MENTION:

“Second Grace,” Candace Leigh Coulombe
“Akademia Cartonera: A Primer of Latin America Cartonera Publishers,” edited by Ksenija Bilbija and Paloma Celis Carbajal
“Silhouette: Bold Lines and Voices from WriteGirl,” edited by Keren Taylor


CHILDREN’S

WINNER: “I Wish All Your Wishes and Mine,” Vaeta Zitman

RUNNERS-UP:

“My Bag and Me,” Karen Farmer, illustrated by Gary Currant
“Quiet Bunny,” Lisa McCue
HONORABLE MENTION:

“Safe For Life,” Katherine Reynolds
“Friends with a Difference,” Ellen Dittman Pope, illustrated by Carol Dixon
“Curio A Shetland Sheepdog Meets The Cat,” Jeanette A. Griver and Phyllis L. Milway
“Just A Walk,” Jordan Wheeler
“Chuck in the City,” Jordan Wheeler
“Nick and Slim: The Legend of the Falcon Mine,” Pamela Henn
“Hooray for Heroes,” Mollie Ostroski
”Viola Vincent Reporting,” Anna Kenna


BUSINESS

WINNER: “The One Page Business Plan for Women in Business,” Jim Horan and Tamara Monosoff

HONORABLE MENTION: “Bad Bosses, Crazy Coworkers & Other Office Idiots ” Vicky Oliver

POETRY

WINNER: “In Praise of Falling,” Cheryl Dumesnil

HONORABLE MENTION:

“Mystique,” Clara Hsu
“Love and Strange Horses,” Nathalie Handal

GAY

WINNER: “The Lost Library,” edited by Tom Cardamone

HONORABLE MENTION:

”Music Box Danseur,” Marlene K. Slade
“Gay San Francisco: Eyewitness Drummer,” Jack Fritscher
“XOXO Hayden,” Chris Corkum


BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY

WINNER: “Letters to Zerky,” Bill Raney and JoAnne Walker Raney

RUNNERS-UP:

”Birth of a Psychedelic Culture,” Ram Dass andRalph Metzner with Gary Gravo
“Portrait of an Addict As A Young Man,” Bill Clegg
HONORABLE MENTION:

“Sinner Takes All,” Tera Patrick with Carrie Borzillo
“The Art of Making Money,” Jason Kersten
“In Hanuman’s Hands,” Cheeni Rao
“That Bird Has My Wings,” Jarvis Jay Masters
“Children of Dust,” Ali Eteraz
“Deathreats: The Life and Times of a Comic Book Rock Star Drew Hayes,” edited by Mark. C. Bellis
”Take Me With You,” Carlos Frias
”Street Shadows,” Jerald Walker
“Rosie’s Daughters,” Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett
“Lighting Out For The Territory,” Roy Morris, Jr.


SCIENCE FICTION

WINNER: “Winward Passage,” Jim Nisbet

HONORABLE MENTION: “Tau 4,” VJ Waks


SPIRITUAL

WINNER: “An Altar in the World,” Barbara Brown Taylor

RUNNER-UP: “God, The Universe and Where I Fit In,” Laurie Ann Levin

HONORABLE MENTION:

”Sacred Wisdom,” H. Schroder
“It’s All Thought,” Terry L. Neal
“Breathing in the Buddha,” Alan Brigish
“The Garden That Grew Her,” Leslie Bradford


HISTORY

WINNER: “Unbound,” Dean King

RUNNER-UP: “The Tattooed Lady: A History,” Amelia Klem Osterud

HONORABLE MENTION:

“Broadway North Beach,” Dick Boyd
“What Would Jane Say?” Janice Metzger


COOKBOOKS

WINNER: “400 Sensational Cookies,” Linda J. Amendt

HONORABLE MENTION:

“Get Cooking,” Mollie Katzen
“Recipes From Camp Trillium,” Louise Gaylord
“How To Lower Your Cholesterol with French Gourmet Food,” Chef Alain Braux


TEENAGE

WINNER: “Nonna’s Book of Mysteries,” Mary Osbourne

HONORABLE MENTION: “Deadly Loyalties,” Jennifer Storm

How to:
WINNER: “Your Money Ratios: 8 Simple Tools for Financial Security,” Charles Farrell

HONORABLE MENTION:

”Parenting Without Stress,” Dr. Marvin Marshall
“Dr. Greg’s Dog Dish Diet,” Greg Martinez, DVM
“The Fairway Within,” Peter Lightbown and Cecilia Croaker
“Slob Proof!” Debbie Wiener


WILD CARD:

WINNER: “187 Iz An Art,” Richard L. Brown and Mikal H. El-Amin

HONORABLE MENTION:

“Tales of the Express,” Ellen Wight
“The Ice Cream Theory,” Steff Deschenes
“Autism ABC,” Dr. Sherry L. Meinberg, pictures by Rachael Mahaffey


PHOTOGRAPHY/ART

WINNER: “People of the Land,” Aaron Nelson-Moody, Debbie Sparrow, Deborah Jacobs, Gary Fiegehen, Johnny Abraham, and Zach George

HONORABLE MENTION:

“In This My Beautiful Egypt,” Natalie Hoogasian, Sandra Lehti-Culjak
“Opening the Gates of the Heart,” Carolyn CJ Jones
“Diamonds, Gold and Ice Road Truckers,” Vanessa M. Truter


AUDIO/SPOKEN WORD

WINNER: “Spa Deadly,” Louise Gaylord

HONORABLE MENTION: “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry & Music,” Janet Grace Riehl


UNPUBLISHED

WINNER: “Gone,” Dana Ellingwood

HONORABLE MENTION:

“Unruly,” Jennifer Caloyeras
”Dog Eat Dog,” Josiah Ogholi

Music Box Danseur selling at a Special Holiday Price for a Limited Time.

Special Holiday Price

My novel Music Box Danseur is selling at a special holiday price of $2.99 on Amazon.com Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nookbooks. The special holiday price for this novel will be available for a limited time only.
Music Box Danseur

Roman selling at a Special Holiday Price for a Limited Time

My novel Roman is selling at a special holiday price of $2.99 on Amazon.com Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nookbooks. The special holiday price for this novel will be available for a limited time only. Roman

A snippet from Music Box Danseur

I idolized Sebastian Seymour. He was an accomplished performer with tremendous range. I never caught sight of him while I was cruising around London for sex, and I had yet to see him perform live. But I faithfully followed his career and that of many other principal dancers since primary school. It was perfectly clear to me that Sebastian was older than me by ten years, for I had read of his turning twenty-eight this year. The decade apart did not matter in the least. He was the man that I prayed to be partnered with on and off stage. I had a full-length poster of him pasted to my bedroom wall at our last residence that I couldn’t take with me when we moved less it be destroyed. I cried over leaving his image behind. I collected new material and information on him when my mum and I settled into our new flat. I tried to research more about his personal life from tabloid articles and paperback booklets. Next to nothing was revealed. His privacy was well guarded and greatly whispered about. His professional relationship with Patti Desterhauser was well documented, but little else was known about their partnership. He was paired with her in several classic ballets spanning more than half of his brilliant career. Patti was his leading lady on stage. Many wondered if she was his leading lady in life. I envied Patti. I wanted to be her and be with Sebastian. I dreamt of dancing with him throughout time everlasting and never awakening. I never imagine that my dream would become my fondest wish come true.

Music Box Danseur on Barnes & Noble Nookbooks

I have decided to remove Music Box Danseur out of the exclusive program KDP Select on Amazon and reopen the sales for this novel on Barnes & Noble Nookbooks. Music Box Danseur can still be obtained on Amazon.com Kindle.
Music Box Danseur is a novel that contains excessive and explicit sexual content and violence. This novel is not for readers under 18 years of age. Music Box Danseur also contains a great deal of Ballet terminology. The steps are in French with English translation.
Music Box Danseur

A repost of this mini excerpt from Legend of the Mediterranean and The Illusive Lord of the Sea.

Mini excerpt from Legend of the Mediterranean and The Illusive Lord of the Sea: {He came to me amidst my darkest hour. His presence was both fearsome and familiar. He said nothing as he came closer. Short of panic! I stood against the wall, just under the high window. Fear had gripped me! I was seeing at first only the shadow of his towering form. In the darkness he appeared to be every ounce the sinister slaughterer that he was carved out to be. In the glow of the moonlight he was my master fantasy.} This novel is On Sale on Amazon.com Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nookbooks.
Legend of the Mediterranean and The Illusive Lord of the Sea (A double book set)

It's all in the title

Music Box Danseur - Danseur = A man who is a ballet dancer.

Legend of the Mediterranean and The Illusive Lord of the Sea - Illusive = not real, although seeming to be.

The Celestial Selenite Scry (Book II of The Moon God Trilogy - Celestial Selenite Scry = A view of the future through the magical make of the moon.

APOSTASY (Book II of The Moon God Trilogy) - Apostasy = Abandonment of one's religious faith, one's principles, or a cause.

Music Box Danseur
Legend of the Mediterranean and The Illusive Lord of the Sea (A double book set)
The Celestial Selenite Scry
APOSTASY - Book II of The Moon God Trilogy