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March 18, 2012
Carina m/m week blog tour
A glance at the six books coming out from Carina this week makes me amazed at the scope of our corner of the romance world. The settings span centuries, from long ago in Ava March’s 1822 London story of class boundaries stretched and Erastes’s evocation of light and art in Florence in 1875, to not so long ago, with Larry Benjamin’s chronicle of young love in the 1970′s and 80′s and all the way to Kim Knox’s story of passion in dystopian 2050. Dev Bentham’s story is set in the present with love finally found, as is KC Burn’s tale of a relationship rekindled. Our protagonists are artists and aristocrats, pickpockets and soldiers, all steaming hot.
Check out all the stops along the tour. (There’ll be great giveaways!) http://carinammweektour.blogspot.com/
3/19 – Dev Bentham at Fiction Vixen http://www.fictionvixen.com
3/19 – Ava March at The Macaronis http://historicromance.wordpress.com/
3/20 – Larry Benjamin at Joyfully Jay http://joyfullyjay.blogspot.com/
3/21 – Kim Knox at Rarely Dusty Books http://www.rarelydustybooks.com/
3/22 – Erastes at The Macaronis http://historicromance.wordpress.com/
3/23 – KC Burn at Babbling About Books, and More http://www.kbgbabbles.blogspot.com/
The books
A Brush With Darkness by Erastes
Brook Street: Thief by Ava March
Moving in Rhythm by Dev Bentham
Bitter Harvest by Kim Knox
First Time, Forever by KC Burn
What Binds Us by Larry Benjamin
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February 26, 2012
Carina Press first ever m/m week!
Six great m/m releases coming soon from Carina during their first ever m/m romance week (March 19-23). Erastes, Ava March, Kim Knox, KC Burn, Larry Benjamin and me. Check it out
February 14, 2012
My Valentine’s dog
Okay, so he won’t buy me flowers or chocolates and I’m always having to deal with his shit. Still, I love my dog. Valentine’s or any other day, he’s the first to greet me when I get home and I’m convinced no one could love me like he does. Of course, his conversational skills are minimal and his kisses are slimy and gross. But he’s a great listener and a better cuddler.
So while I’m hoping for candlelight and roses from my sweetie, I’ll be sure to share a special Valentine’s treat with my best friend.
Dogs play a big part in my debut novel, Moving in Rhythm, due out from Carina March 19th
Are dogs a big part of your love story?
January 10, 2012
Lessons and Kisses
Photo by Ross Goodman
“God says, “Here’s a lesson and a kiss / You can walk though fire or crawl through this” / But that’s the price you pay for temptation / There’s no other way through temptation.” Rosanne Cash
I’ve been thinking a lot about Rosanne Cash’s definition of temptation – a lesson and a kiss. I write erotic romance, so temptations (and kisses) are my stock in trade. But isn’t this what we all want? Passion so compelling it’s worth walking through fire and crawling through Hell? It’s not the pink, light sweet love of Valentine’s candy – Be Mine – but hot, melting craving, pure need. The stuff of fantasies. Of course, whether that’s workable in real life?
In the 90′s I had a friend who kept finding herself having two or three perfect dates with someone and then POOF! he was gone. She decided that the way to identify a commitment phobic man (does anyone still talk about them? They were al l the rage back then) was that only they were as present, confident and wholly perfect as a romantic hero. I wonder if that’s true.
It seems to me that there’s something incredibly romantic about the lover standing by your bed when you come out of surgery or who holds you when your dog dies. Those are the fires we really crawl through during life and those are the kisses worth keeping.
