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February 5, 2013
Guest blogging
Today I'm visiting Hayley B. James. I'm talking about The Good Part, and there's a Venetian Masks excerpt too. Come say hello! http://www.hayleybjames.com/2013/02/guest-post-kim-fielding.html?zx=d3d493c6b337256
February 4, 2013
Please welcome M.A. Church
For today's guest post, I'm pleased to welcome the talented M.A. Church!
What if the gods walk among us?
Cupid (Latin, cupido, meaning "desire") in Roman mythology is the god of desire, affection, and erotic love. His Greek counterpart is Eros, but Cupid is also known in Latin as Amor ("Love").
Many names for one person, right?
Eros appears in Classical Greek art as a young-looking, slender-winged youth who is often depicted as being mischievous, but during the Hellenistic period he’s increasingly portrayed as a chubby boy. It was during this time he acquired the bow and arrow that remains a distinguishing attribute; a person, or even a deity, who’s shot by Cupid's arrow is filled with uncontrollable desire. But he also has arrows that could fill someone with hate.
But… what if the gods do walk among us?
What if Cupid is more than what the mythology tells us? What if he isn’tmarried to Psyche, and insteads stumbles across a human male who is destined to be his mate while in Las Vegas at The Palms, shooting his arrows to meet his quota? Heavenly day, what if Cupid wants to take human form and age himself so he can attract the interest of this man?
What if we humans have no idea just how badly we’ve messed up the pantheon?
And finally, what if there’s a side to Cupid we’ve never heard about? The dark, obsessive side of love that’s caused more than one war throughout time; an alter ego known as Jealousy that even the god of all gods, Zeus, fears? Can the love of the human known as Jeff control Jealousy? Can he tame the beast?
Can Jeff be…
DsP: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3530
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-The-Gods-Series-ebook/dp/B00B4VEWCG/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1358975347&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=9781623803131
ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-perfect-1047144-140.html
Sequel to Priceless
The Gods: Book Two
http://youtu.be/q50GEjdliWo book trailer for Perfect
Blurb:
Jaded billionaire Jeff Mayfield loves only what his money and power can buy, but the Fates have plans for him. First a player in Jeff’s casino hits a huge jackpot and things turn hectic. Then, in the middle of the chaos, Jeff lays eyes on the unbelievably sexy Cam Smith—Cupid in his human form.
Seized by lust, Jeff makes a move, only to find himself on the receiving end of a blistering wave of sexual intent. Cam disassembles Jeff’s self-image and puts it back together upside down. But Jeff isn’t the only one struggling with control. Cam’s alter ego is Jealousy, and if he loses his composure, the consequences will be deadly.
Excerpt:
Jeff backed Cam into the door and brushed his lips across Cam’s. Heat flared between them as Jeff lost himself in the feel of Cam’s soft lips and scratchy five o’clock shadow. He enjoyed the kiss, but something was missing. He raised a hand and rested it on Cam’s neck. His strong, quick pulse thudded under the silky skin.
Cam slid his hands around Jeff’s waist and suddenly turned them around. Surprised, Jeff broke the kiss. He opened his mouth to say something but Cam leaned into him, backed him up against the door, and attacked his mouth. Desire roared out of nowhere, knocking Jeff off stride as Cam took over again.
Jeff’s head spun with pleasure as Cam ground against him. Shock waves of pleasure raced through his body. Shaking from the intensity, he moaned as Cam led him down a whole new path; he was actually concerned he’d come in his pants… from a kiss. Breathing harshly, they broke apart.
“I need to go inside.” Cam ran his thumb over Jeff’s wet bottom lip.
“Let’s go.”
“I’m going inside; you’re going back to your friends.”
Confused, disappointed, and aroused to the point of pain, Jeff ran his hands through his hair.
“Are you…? Do you mean to tell…? Dammit, Cam.” Jeff rested his head against the door. “I’m dying here. You really aren’t going to invite me in?”
“‘Fraid not. I told you, I don’t fuck on the first date.”
“Jesus God help me,” Jeff mumbled, trying simultaneously not to get angry and calm his raging body. “Do you have any idea what you do to me?”
“I have lots of ideas of what to do to you, but not right now.”
A shiver ran up Jeff’s spine.
“Take my number, and call me when you’re ready to meet in the morning,” Cam said. “I’ll be waiting.”
“You sure I can’t change your mind?”
“I’m sure.”
“Okay, fine.” Jeff struggled to keep the disappointment off his face. Cam really was serious. “Give it to me.”
Cam barely hid the grin that teased his lips. Oh, he intended to, and it was gonna blow Jeff away.
M.A. Church
M.A. Church lives in the southern United States and spent many years in the elementary education sector. She is married to her high school sweetheart and they have two children. Her hobbies are gardening, walking, attending flea markets, watching professional football, racing, and spending time with her family on the lake.
But her most beloved hobby is reading. From an early age, she can remember hunting for books at the library. Later nonhuman and science fiction genres captured her attention and drew her into the worlds the authors had created. But always at the back of her mind was the thought that one day, when the kids were older and she had more time, she would write a book.
By sheer chance she stumbled across a gay male romance story on the web and was hooked. A new world opened up and she fell in love. Thus the journey started. When not writing or researching, she enjoys reading the latest erotic and mainstream romance novels.
Links:
Blog http://machurch00.blogspot.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/nomoretears00
Facebook: M.A. Church http://www.facebook.com/pages/MA-Chur...
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5141393.M_A_Church
DSP author page: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/index.php?cPath=55_650
What if the gods walk among us?
Cupid (Latin, cupido, meaning "desire") in Roman mythology is the god of desire, affection, and erotic love. His Greek counterpart is Eros, but Cupid is also known in Latin as Amor ("Love").
Many names for one person, right?
Eros appears in Classical Greek art as a young-looking, slender-winged youth who is often depicted as being mischievous, but during the Hellenistic period he’s increasingly portrayed as a chubby boy. It was during this time he acquired the bow and arrow that remains a distinguishing attribute; a person, or even a deity, who’s shot by Cupid's arrow is filled with uncontrollable desire. But he also has arrows that could fill someone with hate.
But… what if the gods do walk among us?
What if Cupid is more than what the mythology tells us? What if he isn’tmarried to Psyche, and insteads stumbles across a human male who is destined to be his mate while in Las Vegas at The Palms, shooting his arrows to meet his quota? Heavenly day, what if Cupid wants to take human form and age himself so he can attract the interest of this man?
What if we humans have no idea just how badly we’ve messed up the pantheon?
And finally, what if there’s a side to Cupid we’ve never heard about? The dark, obsessive side of love that’s caused more than one war throughout time; an alter ego known as Jealousy that even the god of all gods, Zeus, fears? Can the love of the human known as Jeff control Jealousy? Can he tame the beast?
Can Jeff be…
DsP: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3530
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-The-Gods-Series-ebook/dp/B00B4VEWCG/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1358975347&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=9781623803131
ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-perfect-1047144-140.html
Sequel to Priceless
The Gods: Book Two
http://youtu.be/q50GEjdliWo book trailer for Perfect
Blurb:
Jaded billionaire Jeff Mayfield loves only what his money and power can buy, but the Fates have plans for him. First a player in Jeff’s casino hits a huge jackpot and things turn hectic. Then, in the middle of the chaos, Jeff lays eyes on the unbelievably sexy Cam Smith—Cupid in his human form.
Seized by lust, Jeff makes a move, only to find himself on the receiving end of a blistering wave of sexual intent. Cam disassembles Jeff’s self-image and puts it back together upside down. But Jeff isn’t the only one struggling with control. Cam’s alter ego is Jealousy, and if he loses his composure, the consequences will be deadly.
Excerpt:
Jeff backed Cam into the door and brushed his lips across Cam’s. Heat flared between them as Jeff lost himself in the feel of Cam’s soft lips and scratchy five o’clock shadow. He enjoyed the kiss, but something was missing. He raised a hand and rested it on Cam’s neck. His strong, quick pulse thudded under the silky skin.
Cam slid his hands around Jeff’s waist and suddenly turned them around. Surprised, Jeff broke the kiss. He opened his mouth to say something but Cam leaned into him, backed him up against the door, and attacked his mouth. Desire roared out of nowhere, knocking Jeff off stride as Cam took over again.
Jeff’s head spun with pleasure as Cam ground against him. Shock waves of pleasure raced through his body. Shaking from the intensity, he moaned as Cam led him down a whole new path; he was actually concerned he’d come in his pants… from a kiss. Breathing harshly, they broke apart.
“I need to go inside.” Cam ran his thumb over Jeff’s wet bottom lip.
“Let’s go.”
“I’m going inside; you’re going back to your friends.”
Confused, disappointed, and aroused to the point of pain, Jeff ran his hands through his hair.
“Are you…? Do you mean to tell…? Dammit, Cam.” Jeff rested his head against the door. “I’m dying here. You really aren’t going to invite me in?”
“‘Fraid not. I told you, I don’t fuck on the first date.”
“Jesus God help me,” Jeff mumbled, trying simultaneously not to get angry and calm his raging body. “Do you have any idea what you do to me?”
“I have lots of ideas of what to do to you, but not right now.”
A shiver ran up Jeff’s spine.
“Take my number, and call me when you’re ready to meet in the morning,” Cam said. “I’ll be waiting.”
“You sure I can’t change your mind?”
“I’m sure.”
“Okay, fine.” Jeff struggled to keep the disappointment off his face. Cam really was serious. “Give it to me.”
Cam barely hid the grin that teased his lips. Oh, he intended to, and it was gonna blow Jeff away.
M.A. Church
M.A. Church lives in the southern United States and spent many years in the elementary education sector. She is married to her high school sweetheart and they have two children. Her hobbies are gardening, walking, attending flea markets, watching professional football, racing, and spending time with her family on the lake.
But her most beloved hobby is reading. From an early age, she can remember hunting for books at the library. Later nonhuman and science fiction genres captured her attention and drew her into the worlds the authors had created. But always at the back of her mind was the thought that one day, when the kids were older and she had more time, she would write a book.
By sheer chance she stumbled across a gay male romance story on the web and was hooked. A new world opened up and she fell in love. Thus the journey started. When not writing or researching, she enjoys reading the latest erotic and mainstream romance novels.
Links:
Blog http://machurch00.blogspot.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/nomoretears00
Facebook: M.A. Church http://www.facebook.com/pages/MA-Chur...
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5141393.M_A_Church
DSP author page: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/index.php?cPath=55_650
February 2, 2013
Mental vacation needed
One more week until Venetian Masks releases! On the same day, my story "No Place Like Home" comes out in the Snow on the Roof anthology. And of course, the Venetian Masks contest begins.
Im the meantime, I am writing a report for work. In the immortal words of my children, I don't want to. The report is long and tedious and excruciating to write. The process is made all the more painful by the thoughts that keep straying through my head of all the fiction I want to be writing instead. I have considered just handing in one of my stories. It would definitely be more entertaining to read, but I'm guessing the committee members and administrators would be Not Amused.
My muse isn't happy either. She's pacing angrily inide my head, flicking her whip and cursing under her breath. She has no interest in writing work reports.
I think my muse and I need a quick mental vacation. Here we go:
Aaaahhhh. Much better.
Im the meantime, I am writing a report for work. In the immortal words of my children, I don't want to. The report is long and tedious and excruciating to write. The process is made all the more painful by the thoughts that keep straying through my head of all the fiction I want to be writing instead. I have considered just handing in one of my stories. It would definitely be more entertaining to read, but I'm guessing the committee members and administrators would be Not Amused.
My muse isn't happy either. She's pacing angrily inide my head, flicking her whip and cursing under her breath. She has no interest in writing work reports.
I think my muse and I need a quick mental vacation. Here we go:
Aaaahhhh. Much better.
January 30, 2013
Upcoming guests
I have a whole bunch of fantastic guests visiting this blog in the next couple of months.
February 4--M.A. Church
February 8--Tali Spencer
February 12--Charlie Cochet
February 21--Skylar Cates
March 3--Chris Kat
March 5--Andrew Gordon
March 12--Cate Ashwood
March 14--DJ Serani
March 18--Gus Li
March 27--LJ LaBarthe
April 30--Jessica Davies
I'm really looking forward to these visits. Make sure and stop by here often. And on February 11 I'll post the Venetian Masks contest.
February 4--M.A. Church
February 8--Tali Spencer
February 12--Charlie Cochet
February 21--Skylar Cates
March 3--Chris Kat
March 5--Andrew Gordon
March 12--Cate Ashwood
March 14--DJ Serani
March 18--Gus Li
March 27--LJ LaBarthe
April 30--Jessica Davies
I'm really looking forward to these visits. Make sure and stop by here often. And on February 11 I'll post the Venetian Masks contest.
January 24, 2013
Prize peek
This is a little tease.
My new novel Venetian Masks releases February 11. To celebrate, I'll be holding a contest. First prize will be a box full of goodies from Venice and the other places in the book. The value of the goodies is approximately $100, and some of them are difficult or impossible to find in the US. I'll also include a signed print of the book cover, which is gorgeous. So here's a pic showing just a few of the items that will be included in the prize:
I'll post the contest, along with rules, on Feb. 11. I hope you'll have fun with it! Oh, and second prize is an e-version of your choice of my books.
My new novel Venetian Masks releases February 11. To celebrate, I'll be holding a contest. First prize will be a box full of goodies from Venice and the other places in the book. The value of the goodies is approximately $100, and some of them are difficult or impossible to find in the US. I'll also include a signed print of the book cover, which is gorgeous. So here's a pic showing just a few of the items that will be included in the prize:
I'll post the contest, along with rules, on Feb. 11. I hope you'll have fun with it! Oh, and second prize is an e-version of your choice of my books.
January 21, 2013
Change and hope
Today's message is about change and hope.
When I was in 5th grade--when dinosaurs roamed the earth--my family moved and I started at a new school. Right at the beginning, some of the kids drew me aside and told me two things. First, I shouldn't play with a girl named Nancy because she was dirty and she smelled. And second, I shouldn't play with a boy named Todd because he was gay.
I remember being faintly bewildered by these instructions. I had no idea what "gay" meant (this was 1976). And Nancy seemed clean enough to me. It didn't dawn on me until some years later that Nancy was the only African American kid in the class. As for Todd, he'd had an early growth spurt. He was tall, slightly pudgy, and awkward.
I eventually became friends with Nancy, who turned out to be a quiet, smart girl with a great sense of humor. Todd moved away.
Now, I'm not stupid. I know prejudice hasn't magically disappeared over the past decades. But I'm pretty sure things are getting better.
This weekend my 13-year-old daughter had a friend over. They were watching Merlin and cooing over how cuuuuuuute Arthur and Merlin were together and Look how that hill behind them totally looks like a heart! When I was a teenager, none of us spent our sleepovers shipping m/m.
And yesterday my 9-year-old announced that there would be no school today because of MLK's birthday. And MLK, she explained, was a man who fought for equal justice. Because people used to have to use different bathrooms or sit at the back of the bus because of the color of their skin, and duhhh! Everyone's created equal.
Last year, both of my kids raged at the injustice that their aunt couldn't legally marry her girlfriend. How stupid! said the younger one. You're supposed to be able to get married if you love each other.
I live in a conservative part of California (a very red pocket in a blue state), and I teach a university class where we talk about prejudice. We start out discussing the history of racial and ethnic prejudice in this country, then talk about religious bias. My students are ethnically and religiously diverse. About half of them are immigrants or the children of immigrants. They've often experienced these biases themselves and they feel passionately that they're wrong. Then we turn to homophobia. I begin with a thought experiment: I ask the straight men in the class to imagine they're at a bar and a woman who's totally not their type hits on them. What do they do? The guys laugh. Some say they'd be flattered. Some of them say if it's late enough, they'll buy her a drink. Some say they'll see if she'll buy them a drink.
Okay, I say. Now suppose you're at that bar and a guy hits on you. What do you do?
Here's where it gets interesting. The guys used to make horrible noises. Some of them looked angry. A few of them even admitted they might hit the man, or at least call him names. Several said they'd be really upset that someone thought they were gay.
But I've been teaching that class for 18 years now, and in recent years I've been getting very different reactions. Now, most of the guys shrug and say they'd tell him they weren't interested. Several say they'd be flattered. Some say they'd see if they can get a free drink out of him.
I think this is progress.
I know plenty of people are still treated like Nancy and Todd were. As I said, prejudice is a subject I study academically, and it's also something I've experienced personally. I've heard plenty of stories from my students too--like the kid who came to that class one day with a swollen black eye and the aftermath of a concussion because he and his boyfriend had been jumped outside a gay bar.
But you know what? I hope things are getting better.
When I was in 5th grade--when dinosaurs roamed the earth--my family moved and I started at a new school. Right at the beginning, some of the kids drew me aside and told me two things. First, I shouldn't play with a girl named Nancy because she was dirty and she smelled. And second, I shouldn't play with a boy named Todd because he was gay.
I remember being faintly bewildered by these instructions. I had no idea what "gay" meant (this was 1976). And Nancy seemed clean enough to me. It didn't dawn on me until some years later that Nancy was the only African American kid in the class. As for Todd, he'd had an early growth spurt. He was tall, slightly pudgy, and awkward.
I eventually became friends with Nancy, who turned out to be a quiet, smart girl with a great sense of humor. Todd moved away.
Now, I'm not stupid. I know prejudice hasn't magically disappeared over the past decades. But I'm pretty sure things are getting better.
This weekend my 13-year-old daughter had a friend over. They were watching Merlin and cooing over how cuuuuuuute Arthur and Merlin were together and Look how that hill behind them totally looks like a heart! When I was a teenager, none of us spent our sleepovers shipping m/m.
And yesterday my 9-year-old announced that there would be no school today because of MLK's birthday. And MLK, she explained, was a man who fought for equal justice. Because people used to have to use different bathrooms or sit at the back of the bus because of the color of their skin, and duhhh! Everyone's created equal.
Last year, both of my kids raged at the injustice that their aunt couldn't legally marry her girlfriend. How stupid! said the younger one. You're supposed to be able to get married if you love each other.
I live in a conservative part of California (a very red pocket in a blue state), and I teach a university class where we talk about prejudice. We start out discussing the history of racial and ethnic prejudice in this country, then talk about religious bias. My students are ethnically and religiously diverse. About half of them are immigrants or the children of immigrants. They've often experienced these biases themselves and they feel passionately that they're wrong. Then we turn to homophobia. I begin with a thought experiment: I ask the straight men in the class to imagine they're at a bar and a woman who's totally not their type hits on them. What do they do? The guys laugh. Some say they'd be flattered. Some of them say if it's late enough, they'll buy her a drink. Some say they'll see if she'll buy them a drink.
Okay, I say. Now suppose you're at that bar and a guy hits on you. What do you do?
Here's where it gets interesting. The guys used to make horrible noises. Some of them looked angry. A few of them even admitted they might hit the man, or at least call him names. Several said they'd be really upset that someone thought they were gay.
But I've been teaching that class for 18 years now, and in recent years I've been getting very different reactions. Now, most of the guys shrug and say they'd tell him they weren't interested. Several say they'd be flattered. Some say they'd see if they can get a free drink out of him.
I think this is progress.
I know plenty of people are still treated like Nancy and Todd were. As I said, prejudice is a subject I study academically, and it's also something I've experienced personally. I've heard plenty of stories from my students too--like the kid who came to that class one day with a swollen black eye and the aftermath of a concussion because he and his boyfriend had been jumped outside a gay bar.
But you know what? I hope things are getting better.
January 14, 2013
Geographical puzzle
My fiction-writing life is much more glamorous than the rest of my life. Yesterday I received the galley proofs for Venetian Masks, and today I spent a couple hours at San Francisco's Caffe Trieste, reading them over. Which was perfectly appropriate, since a portion of the novel takes place in Trieste, Italy.
But I'm still left with a puzzle. Last fall, I was discussing Caffe Trieste with some Croatian friends who've been there. Now, Croatians know the city of Trieste very well. It's only a few miles from the Croatian border, and during the Yugoslav days, many Croatians went to Trieste to shop for things they couldn't get at home. In fact, upon learning that my grandfather was from Trieste (Trst in Croatian *g*), more than one Croatian told me I'm practically an honorary Croatian myself. Anyway, these particular friends claimed that the mural in the cafe depicts not Trieste, but rather the city of Rovinj. Located on the Istrian peninsula, very close to Trieste, Rovinj was once part of Italy but is now Croatian. I've been to Trieste but not Rovinj. But looking at this photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rovinj_old_town.jpg I think my friends do have a point. That harbor does more closely resemble the one at the cafe than does the one in Trieste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Triest_1885.jpg). Here's the mural; what do you think?
But I'm still left with a puzzle. Last fall, I was discussing Caffe Trieste with some Croatian friends who've been there. Now, Croatians know the city of Trieste very well. It's only a few miles from the Croatian border, and during the Yugoslav days, many Croatians went to Trieste to shop for things they couldn't get at home. In fact, upon learning that my grandfather was from Trieste (Trst in Croatian *g*), more than one Croatian told me I'm practically an honorary Croatian myself. Anyway, these particular friends claimed that the mural in the cafe depicts not Trieste, but rather the city of Rovinj. Located on the Istrian peninsula, very close to Trieste, Rovinj was once part of Italy but is now Croatian. I've been to Trieste but not Rovinj. But looking at this photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rovinj_old_town.jpg I think my friends do have a point. That harbor does more closely resemble the one at the cafe than does the one in Trieste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Triest_1885.jpg). Here's the mural; what do you think?
January 12, 2013
Two new releases in one day!
At some point the other day it finally occurred to me that I have two new releases on February 11. As I've mentioned already, my new novel Venetian Masks comes out that day. Here's the link for preorders: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3568 . In addition, Dreamspinner will be releasing the anthology Snow on the Roof, which contains my short story "No Place Like Home." Here's that link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3561
And as I promised, I'll have a contest running February 11-25. It's a sort of bookish scavenger hunt.
Here are my daughters' culinry adventures this weekend. The older one developed a taste for haggis during a visit to Edinburgh. We found her canned haggis here in the states. Here she is yesterday, with her late-night haggis-on-tomatoes-and-toast.
The younger one is less adventurous. She's been making Pac-Man out of potato chips and then insisting I take photos.
Tomorrow I'm running away from home. I'm escaping the family and fleeing to San Francisco for a couple of days. I have a lot of work to do for the day job, and doing it there involves fewer interruptions and less self-pity, since I can reward myself with fun breaks. I'm hoping to also make some headway on my current novel-in-progress.
January 11, 2013
Venetian Masks is Coming Soon
Venetian Masks is now on the Coming Soon page, which means it can be preordered. Here's a link to the e-book, but it'll be available in print too. http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3568
January 8, 2013
Blurb and news
Just a few updates for you this evening.
I have a release date for Venetian Masks: February 11. Yay!I have a blurb for Venetian Masks too:Jeff Dawkins’s last partner left him with a mortgage he can’t afford and nonrefundable tickets for a month’s vacation in Europe. Despite a reluctance to travel, Jeff decides to go on the trip anyway. After all, he’s already paid for it. He packs a Kindle loaded with gay romance novels and arrives in Venice full of trepidation. There he meets the handsome and charming expat Cleve Prieto, who offers to serve as his tour guide. Jeff has serious misgivings—he wasn’t born yesterday, and something about Cleve doesn’t sit right—but anything is better than wandering the canals alone.
With Cleve’s help, Jeff falls in love with Venice and begins to reconcile with his past. For the first time, Jeff finds himself developing strong feelings for someone else. But he can’t be sure who that person is because Cleve’s background remains a mystery embroidered with lies.
Then a dark figure from Cleve’s past appears, and Jeff must choose whether to let Cleve flee alone or to join him on a desperate run through central Europe. Maybe Jeff will finally be able to see behind Cleve’s masks—if he survives the journey.I'm going to run a fun contest to coincide with the book release. The prize will be a big box of souvenirs from Venice and other locations in the book--with a value of nearly $100. Stay tuned for details!I've opened a Twitter account. Come follow me @KFieldingWritesIn February and March I'll be hosting a bunch of fantastic authors here.
I have a release date for Venetian Masks: February 11. Yay!I have a blurb for Venetian Masks too:Jeff Dawkins’s last partner left him with a mortgage he can’t afford and nonrefundable tickets for a month’s vacation in Europe. Despite a reluctance to travel, Jeff decides to go on the trip anyway. After all, he’s already paid for it. He packs a Kindle loaded with gay romance novels and arrives in Venice full of trepidation. There he meets the handsome and charming expat Cleve Prieto, who offers to serve as his tour guide. Jeff has serious misgivings—he wasn’t born yesterday, and something about Cleve doesn’t sit right—but anything is better than wandering the canals alone.
With Cleve’s help, Jeff falls in love with Venice and begins to reconcile with his past. For the first time, Jeff finds himself developing strong feelings for someone else. But he can’t be sure who that person is because Cleve’s background remains a mystery embroidered with lies.
Then a dark figure from Cleve’s past appears, and Jeff must choose whether to let Cleve flee alone or to join him on a desperate run through central Europe. Maybe Jeff will finally be able to see behind Cleve’s masks—if he survives the journey.I'm going to run a fun contest to coincide with the book release. The prize will be a big box of souvenirs from Venice and other locations in the book--with a value of nearly $100. Stay tuned for details!I've opened a Twitter account. Come follow me @KFieldingWritesIn February and March I'll be hosting a bunch of fantastic authors here.
