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October 6, 2015
BOOKS ‘n COZY SPOTS BOOK REVIEWS – Soulmate for Sin by Izzy Van Swelm
BOOKS ‘n COZY SPOTS BOOK REVIEWS – Soulmate for Sin by Izzy Van Swelm
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It is truly difficult to tag this story as no one key word does it justice. So I will approach my impressions by thinking of it as contemporary fiction embracing a lovely gay romance and a breath of the supernatural.
In an interesting change of pace, the contemporary story opens with a tale as old as time and as long as eternity, about the origins of a soulmate, in all its representations. Legend proposes that once joined with one’s other half, both halves are destined to be reborn together throughout eternity. Almost a harbinger of things to come, a random if ominous question is posed: what happens then, should one fail to meet one’s other half? Read more >>>
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October 2, 2015
COVER REVEAL! – Authors Shira Anthony and Aisling Mancy
Authors Shira Anthony and Aisling Mancy have teamed up to write a red-hot action-packed thriller!
A Solitary Man coming from Dreamspinner Press November 6th!
Excerpt:
Evan pressed the button on his phone to connect. “Freddy? What did you find out?”
Fred laughed. “For this, I’m going to exact a price.”
“You mean the keg I sprang for at graduation doesn’t get me a freebie?” Evan shot back.
“We’ve been out of law school for how many years now? Eight?”
“Nine this year,” Evan corrected.
“Credit’s no good anymore,” Fred answered. “I’m thinking dinner at Ivy at the Shore next time you’re in LA. On you, of course. Including a bottle of Veuve Clicquot.”
“For that,” Evan said with a chuckle, “this had better be good.”
“It’s good. And it was hell to get.”
“Okay, okay. Dinner on me. Assuming you and Margie put me up for the night,” Evan replied. “I’m looking forward to seeing your McMansion.”
“Deal. Took a little digging. Seems your mystery man did some undercover work for the FBI.”
“And?”
“My buddy in the US Attorney’s office wouldn’t give details, but word is Constantine got fed up with the bullshit after a case went bad somewhere down in South America.”
“Drugs?” Evan asked.
“No. He dealt with human trafficking. Specifically, child sex trafficking. My friend says the guy’s good. He tried a few cases where Constantine was the government’s key witness. Knows his stuff. Works his ass off and gets into his work. I got the impression sometimes he gets a little too close.”
Now that was interesting. “Why?”
“Seems the guy’s rabid about protecting kids.”
“Any idea why?”
“Nothing anyone would tell me,” Fred replied.
Evan leaned back in his chair. At least Xav wasn’t a slacker, but it didn’t make Evan feel any better about the prospect of bumping into him at work. “Anything else?”
“Constantine grew up in LA, went to school in Boston.”
“Boston?” Even more interesting. So much for his initial assessment of Xav as a broceanographer.
“Yeah, you’ll love this.”
Evan could almost hear Freddy’s grin over the phone.
“He did undergrad at MIT. Mathematics major. Master’s in criminology from U Penn with an emphasis in cryptology. The FBI was probably falling all over itself to recruit him.”
No shit. This just got better and better. “What the hell’s a guy with that kind of background doing in North Carolina?”
“I could ask you the same question,” Fred shot back. “Of course, if you decide you want your own McMansion….”
“You couldn’t pay me enough to come to work for you,” Evan joked. Fred was serious—they’d had this discussion a half-dozen times before.
“Try me.” Fred paused for a moment and then asked, “This personal?”
Evan had no intention of telling Fred he’d slept with Xav. “Not personal.”
“’Cause word has it he’s gay,” Fred said. “Out but not advertising.” When Evan didn’t take the bait, Fred added, “But you already knew that, didn’t you?”
Evan shook his head and sighed theatrically. “Don’t even go there, Freddy. You know I don’t mix business and pleasure. I just want to know what I’m dealing with. That’s all.”
“You can’t bullshit a bullshitter, man.”
“Thanks for the help,” Evan said, foreclosing the topic. “I’ll let you know next time I’m out your way. Tell Margie she’s a brave woman.”
“Always do. Laters. And make sure you get your sorry ass out here soon.”
“Will do.” Evan disconnected the call and rubbed his mouth. Mathematics major at MIT and a master’s from U Penn? No wonder the FBI had recruited him. And he’d pegged Xav for a surfer! What the hell are you doing in Dare’s Landing, Xavier Constantine?
About A Solitary Man
Sparks fly when Chance meets tall, sexy Xav at a Wilmington bar and they have the hottest one-nighter of their lives. But Chance doesn’t do repeats, Xav seems detached, and they go their separate ways without a word. Two months later, when closeted Assistant District Attorney C. Evan “Chance” Fairchild meets Dare’s Landing’s newest deputy sheriff, Xavier “Xav” Constantine, Evan isn’t only wary. He’s irritated as hell.
Xavier is a former FBI agent turned deputy sheriff who is hot on the trail of a South American child prostitution ring. Evan is fighting to put an end to rampant cocaine trafficking and chafing under the thumb of an election-hungry boss. When someone tries to kill the thirteen-year-old witness who holds the key to both their investigations, they’re forced to work together as they put their lives on the line to protect him. As Chance and Xav collide in heat of a sweltering North Carolina summer, dodging bullets and chasing bad guys isn’t the only action going on.
Pre-order A Solitary Man from Dreamspinner Press!
About Shira Anthony
Shira loves a great happily-ever-after and never writes a story without one. She’s happy to write what her muse tells her, whether it’s fantasy, sci fi, paranormal, or contemporary romance. She particularly loves writing series, because she thinks of her characters as old friends and she wants to visit them even after their stories are told.
In real life, Shira sang professionally for 14 years, and she currently works as a public sector attorney advocating for children. She’s happy to have made writing her second full-time job, even if it means she rarely has time to watch TV or go to the movies.
Shira writes about the things she knows and loves, whether it’s music and musicians, the ocean, or the places she’s lived or traveled to. She spent her middle school years living in France, and tries to visit as often as she can.
Shira and her husband spend as many weekends as they can aboard their 36′ catamaran sailboat, “Lands Zen,” at the Carolina Coast. Not only has sailing inspired her to write about pirates and mermen, her sailboat is her favorite place to write. And although the only mermen she’s found to date are in her own imagination, she keeps a sharp lookout for them when she’s on the water.
Shira looks forward to meeting you at Gay Rom Lit!
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About Aisling Mancy
Aisling is an author who lives, most of the time, on the West Coast of the United States. Aisling writes adult fantasy, adult LGBTQIA romance, and fiction for gay young adults (C. Kennedy).
Raised on the mean streets and back lots of Hollywood by a Yoda-look-alike grandfather, Aisling doesn’t conform, doesn’t fit in, is epic awkward, and lives to perfect a deep-seated oppositional defiance disorder. In a constant state of fascination with the trivial, Aisling contemplates such weighty questions as If time and space are curved, then where do all the straight people come from? When not writing, Aisling can be found taming waves on western shores, pondering the nutritional value of sunsets, appreciating the much maligned dandelion, unhooking guide ropes from stanchions, and marveling at all things ordinary.
Aisling looks forward to meeting you at Gay Rom Lit!
Find Aisling on blog, Twitter @AislingMancy, Facebook, Goodreads, and
Aisling does respond to emails because, after all, it is all about you, the reader
Talking Kink & Seduction – RELATIONSHIP LABELS
RELATIONSHIP LABELS
I have mentioned before that there are times my Dom/husband needs me to flirt with other people. I’ve mentioned that there are some of our friendships that we hold near and dear with other people and other couples and groups involve sex. What I realize I haven’t mentioned is what all of this means to U/us as a couple. Because we are a couple, first and foremost. He is my husband and my Dom. He loves me and I love him. What we don’t have Read more>>>
October 1, 2015
Books ‘N Cozy Spots Book Reviews – AFTERGLOW by Kora Knight
4.5 ~ Stars! ~ Review of ~ AFTERGLOW by Kora KnightNow this is going to be hard to do without any spoilers so you may have to bear with a few unfinished thoughts, but hopefully you will get my meaning.
Way to go Tad! I have to admit you had me a little worried… Read more »
September 30, 2015
AFTER GLOW by Kora Knight – Release Blitz Blog Tour
Buy Afterglow on Amazon
Author: Kora Knight
Series: Upending Tad #6
Genre: M/M Erotica
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Synopsis
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With his secret out and uncertainty behind him, Tad finds himself in this new, incredible place. A place where, finally, he can just be himself. Which means no more over-analyzing every feeling Scott stirs inside him.
Because now Tad has the confidence to act on them instead. To be with the guy that he’s head over heels for in every imaginable way.
In public.
In private.
Without any reservations.
An internal freedom he never knew existed until Scott came and unlocked the door. Experience their story’s epilogue installment, filled with playfulness and promise, laughter and love.
And, yup, some of that hot stuff, too.
Excerpt
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“Text me?” Tad asked. “Between clients or something?” Coming to a stop in front of his Jeep, he really didn’t want to go. All that sex had made him sleepy and now he wanted to… spoon.
“Sure.” Scott smiled. “Though I’d rather call.”
Tad rested his backside against the door. “Then call. Just make sure it’s during my—” His words dropped off as Scott caged him in, hands bracing beside his head. “During my, um, lunch break. Don’t wanna… get me fired.”
“I don’t?” Scott murmured, easing closer. “Kinda actually thinking I do.”
Fuck, Tad loved that look in his eyes. All feisty and possessive and… yeah. Grinning, he leaned back and shook his head. “No way. Just started my awesome new internship.”
“Intern for me. I’ll show you awesome.”
Tad laughed. “Doing what? Stocking towels?”
“How ‘bout personal assistant.”
“Ah. So back to being gofer. Not exactly sweetening the pot.”
Scott smiled and closed the gap between them. “That’s ‘cause you haven’t heard the perks.”
Tad hmm’d as soft lips settled over his and started to move like sex. The lazy kind, though— not the frenzied stuff—that people had after the storm. Because even in the afterglow, atop tangled sheets, they still needed more. Of each other.
“Screw it,” he decided. “I’m in. Why not. Who needs a stupid career.”
Scott chuckled against his lips. “So overrated.”
“Lamest frickin’ concept ever.” All joking aside, though, it was getting late. And Tad really needed to—
“Stay,” Scott murmured. “Crash here. Don’t go.”
Grab the ENTIRE series
Click on the images below for links to Kora’s entire series.
Giveaway
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ABOUT KORA:
Born and raised in the Northern Virginia, I’ve always loved to read, but it wasn’t until my preteen years that I discovered my deep-seated love for writing. Though, with published literary teachers and play writers in the family tree, that really shouldn’t have come as a surprise.
Starting with my involvement in social book forums, I then tried my hand in literary role playing. Which, in turn, led to my becoming a fervent online independent writer. Since then, I’ve endeavored to share with the world my impassioned stories of love, adventure and sensual wonderment, my most recent delight being that of m/m erotica.
Now that Afterglow is complete, I will be continuing on with a handful of other projects, including the novel-length story spin-offs to the Up-Ending Tad series for Max & Sean and Breck & Kai, on target to be released as early as next year.
Catch up with Kora Here:
KORA’S WEBSITE
KORA ON GOODREADS
KORA’S AMAZON PAGE
September 29, 2015
BOOKS ‘n COZY SPOTS BOOK REVIEWS – HEAD GAME by Harper Jewel
~ 3.5 Stars ~ Review of HEAD GAME by Harper JewelThere is coming-of-age and then there is…Adam Darling. Invited to leave home before finishing high school by Jurassic-era parents when they discovered him in flagrante delicto, Adam found “work” that fed his self image if barely his body, and certainly not his soul. Read more »
September 28, 2015
September 27, 2015
IVAN vs IVAN Available Now on Pre-Order!
But you can pre-oder your copy now !!
IVAN vs IVAN
Mature – Gay Romance/ Industrial Blue-collar / Erotic Romance-Adult Content
Out here in the North Sea love usually passes a man by like a ship in the night. So it’s a nice surprise when the captain of the ship hired to transport Ivan’s platform rig into port for the winter might actually offer some unexpected non-business type amenities as well.
Ivan Voloshyn owns and operates the Marianna Shoal, a deep sea oil rig. It’s hard work and long days out in harsh weather. And he loves it that way. Because that’s what he knows. Seabeds— rigs— oil— and bad weather. He’s also about to find out the Norse Gods have a sense of humor. For who should it be to come riding in on the Sea Dock Heavy Lift ship? Another Ivan.
Captain Ivan Blažević knows who he is and what he wants, problem is he also know he can’t have it. Just because the rest of the world is coming out of the closet doesn’t mean every gay man can or should. Out here on the seas, the weather can change in an instant. He needs to trust his crew to do their job, and their hostility towards gays would get in the way of that if he was ever found out.
Ivan-the rig-owner’s very presence threatens Blažević’s closet doors, nevertheless it’s hard to turn that away, because he wants him to.
Out here, the North Sea can change a man’s life— but hatred can take it away.
THE TEDDY BEAR COLLECTION
Their Plane from Nowhere
Big Spoon & Teddy Bear
Ivan vs. Ivan
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