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Gay Romance, Training Season Series (#1 and #2) by Leta Blake Now Available on Kindle Unlimited! #kindleunlimited #mmromance

For the next 90 days, the Training Season Series will be available for the summer on Kindle Unlimited!

If you’re a Kindle Unlimited Member, that means you can access both books until September 4th! Training Season was nominated for Best Book of the Year 2014 and it’s follow up, Training Complex, has received rave reviews from fans of the first book. Get ’em while you can!

“Does Training Season by Leta Blake live up to all it’s crazy hype? IT SO DOES!” – Breann, Boy Meets Boy Reviews
“A tale told with such flair and tenderness, and with such insight into the two main characters that I will read it over and over again.” – Susan Mac Nicol, The Romance Review
Site “If you are looking something real with passion that leaps off the pages, read this book. Now. You will NOT be disappointed.” – Mama Kitty Reviews
“I am stunned. I am shocked. What did I just read? A wonderful story? A gorgeous tale of love, hope, loss, acceptance, forgiveness? All of the above? You bet your sweet ass.” – The Risque Redhead Reviews
“I loved it in pretty much every way it’s possible to love a book and its characters.” – Lisa, The Novel Approach

“I don’t think any fans of Training Season will be disappointed in [Matty & Rob’s] continued journey. Leta Blake is a story goddess!” – 3 Chicks After Dark Reviews
“I just can’t get enough of Matty and Rob and love them so much.” – Jay, Joyfully Jay Reivews
“These two love like no others. Leta brings that all consuming, old fashioned, From Here to Eternity feel to the love they have. Of course on a hotness scale it just explodes. SO HOT!” – Diverse Reader Reviews
“This sequel gave me a book hangover of the best kind!” – Rainbow Gold Reviews
“If you loved the first book you will love this one too!” – Prism Book Reviews
“Training Complex is a lovely and highly recommended follow-up to a book and characters I love.” – Lisa, The Novel Approach Reviews

“I couldn’t stop reading!” Review: Smoky Mountain Dreams by Leta Blake

“Touching storyline with realistic situations. Not as far fetched and fantasy driven as some m/m fiction. I couldn’t stop reading. I would love a sequel with Jesse and Chris navigating the challenges of the kids, business and finding time for passion!”

via Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Smoky Mountain Dreams.

Sometimes holding on means letting go
Christopher Ryder and Jesse Birch are two men hanging on to the past. While Christopher has let go of his failure as a country singer in Nashville, he’s still trying to please his narrow-minded, non-accepting family. His beloved Gran loves him the way he is, but Christopher feels painfully invisible to everyone else. He’s happy enough performing at the Smoky Mountain Dreams theme park in Tennessee, but even when Christopher is center stage he aches for someone to see the real him.
There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to bisexual Jesse. He’s raising two kids and fighting with family after a tragic accident took his children’s mother. There’s no room in his life for dating, his kids are his priority, and he doesn’t want more than an occasional hook-up. He sure as hell doesn’t want to fall hard for his favorite local singer, but when Christopher walks into his jewelry studio, Jesse hears a new song in his heart.

Smoky Mountain Dreams is available now at:

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“Training Complex is literally everything I wanted from a sequel!” Review of Training Complex by Leta Blake #gay #bdsm

“*insert all the flails*

If Training Season was a roller coaster of feelings for you–as it was for me–you’re not going to want to wait before you jump onto this ride. Training Complex is literally everything I wanted from a sequel. It also has my favorite trope ever ever everrrr. (I won’t give it away here BUT IT GAVE ME ALL THE FEELINGS. ALL OF THEM.)

Also, I heart Rob. A lot. I want one.

ETA: OH, and Elliot needs a book. Right now.”

via Goodreads | Indra Vaughn’s review of Training Complex.

Available at:

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“Le retour de Leith est un de nos coups de cœur de l’année.” Blue Moon #gay #mm

Nominé dans la catégorie des meilleures romances MM contemporaine en 2014 par les lecteurs de Goodreads, Le retour de Leith est un de nos coups de cœur de l’année. Nous sommes plus que ravies que cette auteure à la plume si poétique ait décidé de faire traduire cette superbe romance dans notre langue. — Blue Moon

La mémoire est tout.
Après une blessure sur le ring, le boxeur amateur Leith Wenz se réveille pour découvrir que ses plus récents souvenirs ont trois ans de retard. Déconnecté et luttant pour affronter sa nouvelle réalité, Leith doit de nouveau faire face à des révélations douloureuses sur sa famille. Son frère est là pour le soutenir mais c’est le visage familier de Zach, un homme qu’on lui présente comme son meilleur ami, qui lui fournit le calme dont il a besoin. Jusqu’à ce que la présence de Zach commence à attiser des sentiments que Leith ne peut pas expliquer.
Pour Zach, être oublié par son amant est atroce. Il cache soigneusement la vérité à Leith pour les protéger tous les deux d’une douleur supplémentaire. Son désarroi réprimé trouve un exutoire dans le vlogging – un blog qui utilise des vidéos numériques au lieu de texte – où il avoue ses craintes et sa douleur à un Internet sans visage. Mais quand Leith commence à s’ouvrir à lui, les choix de Zach reviennent le hanter.
Au bout du compte, Leith doit poser à son cœur les questions auxquelles sa mémoire ne peut plus répondre.

“To live through the zombie apocalypse they have to survive each other first.” Kick at the Darkness by Keira Andrews

Leta Blake:

Seriously, I love this book so much!

Originally posted on The Written Voice of Is:

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Received: Own
Publication Date: May 28th, 2015
Publisher: KA Books
Point of View: Third Person (Parker)
Genres & Themes: MM Romance, LGBTQ, Zombies, Apocalypse, Paranormal, Shapeshifters

BLURB:  To live through the zombie apocalypse they have to survive each other first.

College freshman Parker Osborne is having the worst day ever. He humiliated himself trying to pick up a cute guy, he hasn’t made any friends at school, and his stupidly hot jerk of a TA gave him a crappy grade on his paper. He’s going to drop Adam Hawkins’ film class and start fresh tomorrow after he’s had a good sulk.

But Parker’s about to find out what a bad day really looks like—if he can survive the night.

A virus is unleashed, transforming infected people into zombie-like killers. After these quick and deadly creepers swarm campus, Parker only escapes thanks…

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Review: Training Complex by Leta Blake

Leta Blake:

As an author, I love every review of any of my books. I always feel really lucky and touched that someone took the time to read and to send their reaction out into the universe in some way. I even love the “hated it” reviews because at least someone out there took the time to leave feedback, you know?

But sometimes there’s a review that I just can’t even deal with because it just really captures what I felt about the novel myself. So when The Novel Approach Reviews posted this review today, I might have legit cried a little, and then printed out the review to roll around and cry in.

Thank you for this beautiful review, Lisa. It made my entire week!

Originally posted on The Novel Approach :

Amazon USTitle: Training Complex (Training Season: Book Two)

Author: Leta Blake

Publisher: Self-Published

Pages/Word Count: 345 Pages

At a Glance: Training Complex is a beautiful continuation to a story and characters I love.

Reviewed By: Lisa

Blurb: Buckle up – Matty’s back!

Figure skater Matty Marcus didn’t capture Olympic gold, but he won rancher Rob Lovely’s heart.

After Rob sold his ranch and Matty hung up his skates, they started a new life together in New York City. Now Matty has taken on a fresh challenge as a figure skating coach, and Rob’s second career as a physical therapist should be everything he’s dreamed of. But in the brutal heat of their third summer in the city, Rob yearns for the wide-open country, and the intensity of city life awakens Matty’s demons.

Matty asks for increasingly intense BDSM scenes, and his disordered…

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GUEST POST & GIVEAWAY: “Kick at the Darkness” by Keira Andrews

Leta Blake:

This book is so awesome. The most fun you’ll have reading this summer, tbh. :)

Originally posted on "Boys in Our Books"...:

Boys in our Books welcomes back Keira Andrews with a guest post about her new release “Kick at the Darkness”. ZOMBIES, everyone…ZOMBIES!!!!

Top Five Things I’d Miss in a Zombie Apocalypse

In my new book, Kick at the Darkness, a terrifying virus is unleashed on humanity, turning normal people into killers. While not technically undead, they are zombies in spirit. My heroes, college student Parker, and the TA he hates, Adam, are thrust together when life as they know it goes to hell in a handbasket.

Many hardships await. Here are the top five things I’d miss in a zombie apocalypse:

My friends and family, of course. That really goes without saying, but just for the record! I have so many long-distance friends, and we’d very likely never see each other again or have a chance to say goodbye.

My clothes. I’m no fashionista, but struggling for survival would…

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Book Review: Training Complex by Leta Blake

Leta Blake:

Enjoyed this review from The Blogger Girls! :D 4 Stars. “I was so thrilled when the opportunity presented itself for both of them to get what they wanted. If these two teach you anything, it’s to never give up on your dreams. The impossible is always possible if you both put the needs of the other first.”

Originally posted on The Blogger Girls:

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Training Complex
Author: Leta Blake
Series: Training Season #2
Heroes: Matty/Rob
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 345 Pages
Publisher:Leta Blake
Release Date: May 11, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf:Goodreads

Blurb: Buckle up – Matty’s back!

Figure skater Matty Marcus didn’t capture Olympic gold, but he won rancher Rob Lovely’s heart.

After Rob sold his ranch and Matty hung up his skates, they started a new life together in New York City. Now Matty has taken on a fresh challenge as a figure skating coach, and Rob’s second career as a physical therapist should be everything he’s dreamed of. But in the brutal heat of their third summer in the city, Rob yearns for the wide-open country, and the intensity of city life awakens Matty’s demons.

Matty asks for increasingly intense BDSM scenes, and his disordered eating and…

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“One of the best gay romance novels I have read.” – David Johns’ Review: Smoky Mountain Dreams by Leta Blake #gay #romance

“This is one of the best gay romance novels I have read. The story line and multiple plots are very well done, and there is a bit of mystery as well. There is also a notable theme about the ever changing anti gay movement among ignorant individuals. An excellent novel.”

via Amazon.com: David Johns’ review of Smoky Mountain Dreams.

 

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“I don’t think any fans of Training Season will be disappointed!” Training Complex (Training Season #2) by Leta Blake | 3 Chicks After Dark #amreading #mmromance

“Matty and Rob prove their love and devotion to each other in so many way in this sequel. I don’t think any fans of Training Season will be disappointed in their continued journey. What a treat to get so much more from them. Leta Blake is a story goddess!”

via Training Complex (Training Season #2) by Leta Blake | 3 Chicks After Dark.

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