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November 4, 2014
Free Read from Tempeste O’Riley – Truth in Lace
Truth in Lace
by Tempeste O’Riley
Desires Entwined, #3.5
Gay, Gender fluid, Contemporary, Coming of Age
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 5, 2014 (ebook)
Length: Short / 24 pages
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Description:
When Alexander James Noble looks in the mirror, he sees a freak looking back at him. Despite his high grades and plans for culinary arts school after graduation, his parents would hate him if they really knew him.
Forced on a shopping trip with his twin sister, Lyric, and her friends, Alex eyes the girls jealously, longing to be able to dress like them—to be them. The constant struggle of being “gender fluid,” wrestling with an identity that seems to change daily, begins to wear on Alex. But all those questions and fears seem more manageable when his sister gives him his first skirt and lace panties.
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Praise:
“I found it a beautiful tale of unhappiness changed to romance and then love with a happy ending.”
—Rainbow Book Reviews, on “Designs of Desire”
“Tempeste O’Riley clearly has designs on our attention with Designs of Desire, a story as heart breaking as it is heart warming.”
—Sensual Reads, on “Designs of Desire”
“The writer did an excellent job with the characters, they are likable and perfect. Not perfect in the way that they have no flaws, but in a way that they grab you and complement each other.”
—Love Bytes Reviews, on “Temptations of Desire”
About the Author:
Tempeste O’Riley is an out and proud pansexual gender fluid whose best friend growing up had the courage to do what she couldn’t–defy the hate and come out. He has been her hero ever since.
Tempe is a hopeless romantic that loves strong relationships and happily-ever-afters. Though new to writing M/M, she has done many things in her life, though writing has always drawn her back–no matter what else life has thrown her way. She counts her friends, family, and Muse as her greatest blessings in life. She lives in Wisconsin with her children, reading, writing, and enjoying life.
Tempe is also a proud PAN member of Romance Writers of America®, Rainbow Romance Writers, and WisRWA. Learn more about Tempeste and her writing at http://tempesteoriley.com.
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November 2, 2014
Dear Me, Is It November Already?
Time seems to fly buy lately. Maybe it’s because I can’t stop ‘lil q from growing up and getting bigger every day. Or maybe it’s because I’ve been so busy and I have so many deadlines to ‘meet.’ But wow. It’s November. With Halloween in the rear view mirror (pictures to follow soon) and the leaves turning (maybe pictures of that, too) it’s time to look ahead – less than 55 shopping/decorating/baking/whatever days til Christmas (sorry, had to toss that in).
A couple interesting things happened writing wise (other than going to my first GRL). Yesterday I found out that The Last Grand Master made the October Recommended Reads list on Prism Book Alliance. I even get this snazzy badge I can permanent place on the book page:
The recommendation is timely in that a) book two – The Eye and the Arm – is in the editing phase; b) book three – Kings of Lore and Legend - is being turned from a draft into a manuscript as you read this and c) I have a prequel that Dreamspinner is planning to release soon – and maybe a second prequel if I can get it written in time. If you haven’t read it yet, now might be a good time to give it a go.
Also, go have a look at the post because if you leave a comment you could win one of the recommended books on the list. Yep, just leave a comment to win.
Thank you Brandilyn and the rest of the Prism Book Alliance Crew for the vote of confidence.
The other thing is I was notified today that A Closed Door made the Bestseller List on ARe. I got a nifty little badge for that too (thought not as cool as the PBA one):
And with that, I’ll settle down and go write. Enjoy the weekend.
-AQG
October 31, 2014
Free Fiction Friday: Second Shot – The Senior Year – 39
Second Shot – The Senior Year: Chapter 39
“He can’t do this.” Dean paced back and forth. “It’s not allowed.”
Darryl swallowed a mouthful of water and nodded vigorously. “What Little T said. Just talk to campus housing.”
“They might kick him out of school if I do that, Darryl.” Blake struggled with why that thought bothered him. This was Brett’s issue, not his. Wasn’t it?
Dean raised his hands above his shoulders in a shrug and leaned forward. “And we should care that Graydon will have one less douche bag on campus, why?”
“It’s not that simple.” Blake turned his head to avoid Dean’s stare. “We’re… we were friends.”
“Friends don’t act like that.”
“Let it go, Dean.” Jason said as he walked back into the living room. He had two cups of coffee and stopped in front of Blake and held one out. “Black, two sugars. Right?”
Lifting his eyes, Blake managed a thin smile and nodded. “Yea. Thanks.”
“Jase?” Dean moved closer to his brother. “How you can take that D.B.’s side?”
Grateful that Jason took the focus off of him, Blake took a sip. The truth was, he should have gone straight to campus housing and requested a transfer—for Brett. But he couldn’t shake the guilty feeling that this was his fault.
“I’m not taking Brett’s side, just saying lay off for a bit. Until you live it, you don’t understand.”
“Live it? You’re saying I have to be gay to understand he’s violating the non-discrimination rules of campus?”
“No,” Jason shook his head and put his cup down. “I’m saying, I understand what Blake is feeling better than you. Brett’s still a jerk, but I get that Blake doesn’t want to make a scene.”
Peter descended the staircase, wearing a loose fitting Graydon soccer sweatshirt, shorts and no shoes. The first time Blake had met Peter he couldn’t see what Jason saw in his boyfriend. Of course back then, Blake had a huge crush on his team captain and used to compare himself to Peter to see what he had that Blake didn’t. Right then, however, he could see the attraction.
“Your bed’s made up, Blake.” He took the seat in front of where Jason stood. “I put some clean towels in there as well.”
“Thanks, Pete.” Another twinge of guilt flooded Blake’s body and he met Peter’s gaze for less than a second. Every time Peter did something nice for him, Blake regretted how jealous he had felt when they first met. He suspected Peter knew, and that made it worse.
Dean looked around Jason. “Pete, will you please tell my brother that keeping quiet is the wrong thing to do?”
Tucking his left leg under his right knee, Peter rubbed his foot. “No.”
“What?” Darryl looked up from his phone. “You think it’s okay to just let this go too?”
The odd dichotomy of where ‘the house’ fell on his issue surprised him. When he arrived, he didn’t expect support from Peter.
“No, I didn’t say that.” Peter glanced up at Jason. “I think that this is Blake’s decision. What I, or anyone else, might think best isn’t the determining factor. He’s the one who has to feel comfortable with what he does, not us.”
“Right, but what about letting Brett get away with this?” Dean asked. “I mean if he does this to Blake and no one calls him out, he can do it to someone else.”
“Do what to who, Dean?” Blake watched as everyone turned back to him as if they’d forgotten he was in the room. “What’s he done other than say he’s not comfortable around me? He didn’t tell me to go, I left.”
“So when are you going back to your room then?” The challenge in Dean’s words pricked Blake’s skin.
“Why are you being such a tool about this?” Blake stared at his friend. “What’s in this for you that you’re in my face?”
Jason slipped between the two before Blake could stand up. “Calm down.” He shifted his attention from Dean to Blake and back. “Both of you.”
Dean never altered his gaze. The anger Blake saw confused him. He searched Jason’s face for an answer, but he seemed just as lost as Blake.
“Maybe Matt was right.” The muscles in Dean’s face twisted and his expression turned stony. “You do let everyone else do the heavy lifting.”
“You’re outta line, Dean.” Everyone turned toward Peter’s voice. “And you’re also wrong.”
“What?” Peter’s rebuke banked the fire of Dean’s anger. “Why are you defending him?”
“When I was seventeen, I got outed when I was caught kissing a guy at a martial arts tournament. No one at my school knew the guy so he dumped me and was able to skate free without being found out. The few friends I had left told me I needed to out him. To go online and plaster his name as the guy who was kissing me. I didn’t.”
“Okay,” Dean pointed toward Blake. “What does that have to do with Blake and the D.B.?”
“Being a dick back doesn’t make the rejection sting any less.” Peter stared at Dean until he nodded. “This isn’t the same as being bullied or harassed. Brett didn’t complain to campus housing or tell Blake to get out. He just told him that he didn’t feel comfortable sharing a room with a gay guy. It sucks, it hurts and it makes Brett kinda a dick, but it’s not something you go and ruin his life over.”
“So that’s it? He gets away with it?” The venom was gone from his voice as Dean turned from Peter, to Jason, and finally focused on Blake.
Blake got up and walked around Jason. He held out his hand to Dean who looked at it for a moment before accepting the offer.
“I guess.” Blake shrugged. “But thanks for sticking up for me even when you though I was trying to hide again. I appreciate that you have my back.”
They shook for another second before Dean pulled him into a hug. “Sorry, Blake. I guess it just bugs the shit outta me when dickheads like him get away with this shit.”
“So what are you going to do next?” Darryl asked.
Despite the words, Darryl’s real question went unasked, but Blake heard it loud and clear.
“I’m going to give it a couple days. Ethan and I were staying here this weekend anyway, so I’ll talk to him about it.” He already knew Ethan agreed with Dean. “I won’t be here long, D. Promise.”
“That’s not what I mean.” The denial sounded forced and Blake noticed everyone else staring at Darryl. “I just meant, what are your plans if you decide to leave the dorm?”
“Don’t know, yet, but I’ll figure it out.”
* * *
Sitting on the bed that already started to feel more familiar than his, Blake considered his options. Darryl didn’t want him to stay, so moving into Jason’s spare room wasn’t an option. Despite how much easier it would have been if he could, Blake understood why it wouldn’t work. The dynamics of the house didn’t need another player. The problem was, the only way to effect an immediate transfer would be to tell housing what had happened.
Even if he tried to clean it up as much as possible, he expected the school would conduct an inquiry. They almost had to after what had happened to Peter. And with Blake being friends with Peter and Jason, it all but ensured Housing’s investigation would be thorough. Very thorough.
Shifting his legs, he stood up and retrieved his books. He wasn’t sure how much he could focus on schoolwork, but he couldn’t afford to get behind. Placing his English Literature book on the table, he moved a couple of Jason’s papers aside and was reminded how much his staying at ‘the house’ disrupted his friends’ lives. No wonder Darryl wanted to know how long he’d be staying.
Cracking the book, he stared at the pages for a few seconds and tried to move his eyes across the page. The fog in his brain refused to lift and he kept reading the same lines over and over.
“Fuck.” He shut the book and leaned back. Digging into his pocket he found his phone. Maybe Ethan had come back from his meeting. He tapped his foot as the phone rang. “Please, pick up.”
On the fourth ring he was about to hang-up when Ethan answered. “Hey, handsome. How’d it go?”
The upbeat, hopeful tone made Blake regret calling. Ethan expected a better result. “I’m staying at Jason’s tonight.”
“Oh shit, babe. What happened?”
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Free Fiction Friday: Second Shot – The Senior Year – 38
Second Shot – The Senior Year: Chapter 39
“He can’t do this.” Dean paced back and forth. “It’s not allowed.”
Darryl swallowed a mouthful of water and nodded vigorously. “What Little T said. Just talk to campus housing.”
“They might kick him out of school if I do that, Darryl.” Blake struggled with why that thought bothered him. This was Brett’s issue, not his. Wasn’t it?
Dean raised his hands above his shoulders in a shrug and leaned forward. “And we should care that Graydon will have one less douche bag on campus, why?”
“It’s not that simple.” Blake turned his head to avoid Dean’s stare. “We’re… we were friends.”
“Friends don’t act like that.”
“Let it go, Dean.” Jason said as he walked back into the living room. He had two cups of coffee and stopped in front of Blake and held one out. “Black, two sugars. Right?”
Lifting his eyes, Blake managed a thin smile and nodded. “Yea. Thanks.”
“Jase?” Dean moved closer to his brother. “How you can take that D.B.’s side?”
Grateful that Jason took the focus off of him, Blake took a sip. The truth was, he should have gone straight to campus housing and requested a transfer—for Brett. But he couldn’t shake the guilty feeling that this was his fault.
“I’m not taking Brett’s side, just saying lay off for a bit. Until you live it, you don’t understand.”
“Live it? You’re saying I have to be gay to understand he’s violating the non-discrimination rules of campus?”
“No,” Jason shook his head and put his cup down. “I’m saying, I understand what Blake is feeling better than you. Brett’s still a jerk, but I get that Blake doesn’t want to make a scene.”
Peter descended the staircase, wearing a loose fitting Graydon soccer sweatshirt, shorts and no shoes. The first time Blake had met Peter he couldn’t see what Jason saw in his boyfriend. Of course back then, Blake had a huge crush on his team captain and used to compare himself to Peter to see what he had that Blake didn’t. Right then, however, he could see the attraction.
“Your bed’s made up, Blake.” He took the seat in front of where Jason stood. “I put some clean towels in there as well.”
“Thanks, Pete.” Another twinge of guilt flooded Blake’s body and he met Peter’s gaze for less than a second. Every time Peter did something nice for him, Blake regretted how jealous he had felt when they first met. He suspected Peter knew, and that made it worse.
Dean looked around Jason. “Pete, will you please tell my brother that keeping quiet is the wrong thing to do?”
Tucking his left leg under his right knee, Peter rubbed his foot. “No.”
“What?” Darryl looked up from his phone. “You think it’s okay to just let this go too?”
The odd dichotomy of where ‘the house’ fell on his issue surprised him. When he arrived, he didn’t expect support from Peter.
“No, I didn’t say that.” Peter glanced up at Jason. “I think that this is Blake’s decision. What I, or anyone else, might think best isn’t the determining factor. He’s the one who has to feel comfortable with what he does, not us.”
“Right, but what about letting Brett get away with this?” Dean asked. “I mean if he does this to Blake and no one calls him out, he can do it to someone else.”
“Do what to who, Dean?” Blake watched as everyone turned back to him as if they’d forgotten he was in the room. “What’s he done other than say he’s not comfortable around me? He didn’t tell me to go, I left.”
“So when are you going back to your room then?” The challenge in Dean’s words pricked Blake’s skin.
“Why are you being such a tool about this?” Blake stared at his friend. “What’s in this for you that you’re in my face?”
Jason slipped between the two before Blake could stand up. “Calm down.” He shifted his attention from Dean to Blake and back. “Both of you.”
Dean never altered his gaze. The anger Blake saw confused him. He searched Jason’s face for an answer, but he seemed just as lost as Blake.
“Maybe Matt was right.” The muscles in Dean’s face twisted and his expression turned stony. “You do let everyone else do the heavy lifting.”
“You’re outta line, Dean.” Everyone turned toward Peter’s voice. “And you’re also wrong.”
“What?” Peter’s rebuke banked the fire of Dean’s anger. “Why are you defending him?”
“When I was seventeen, I got outed when I was caught kissing a guy at a martial arts tournament. No one at my school knew the guy so he dumped me and was able to skate free without being found out. The few friends I had left told me I needed to out him. To go online and plaster his name as the guy who was kissing me. I didn’t.”
“Okay,” Dean pointed toward Blake. “What does that have to do with Blake and the D.B.?”
“Being a dick back doesn’t make the rejection sting any less.” Peter stared at Dean until he nodded. “This isn’t the same as being bullied or harassed. Brett didn’t complain to campus housing or tell Blake to get out. He just told him that he didn’t feel comfortable sharing a room with a gay guy. It sucks, it hurts and it makes Brett kinda a dick, but it’s not something you go and ruin his life over.”
“So that’s it? He gets away with it?” The venom was gone from his voice as Dean turned from Peter, to Jason, and finally focused on Blake.
Blake got up and walked around Jason. He held out his hand to Dean who looked at it for a moment before accepting the offer.
“I guess.” Blake shrugged. “But thanks for sticking up for me even when you though I was trying to hide again. I appreciate that you have my back.”
They shook for another second before Dean pulled him into a hug. “Sorry, Blake. I guess it just bugs the shit outta me when dickheads like him get away with this shit.”
“So what are you going to do next?” Darryl asked.
Despite the words, Darryl’s real question went unasked, but Blake heard it loud and clear.
“I’m going to give it a couple days. Ethan and I were staying here this weekend anyway, so I’ll talk to him about it.” He already knew Ethan agreed with Dean. “I won’t be here long, D. Promise.”
“That’s not what I mean.” The denial sounded forced and Blake noticed everyone else staring at Darryl. “I just meant, what are your plans if you decide to leave the dorm?”
“Don’t know, yet, but I’ll figure it out.”
* * *
Sitting on the bed that already started to feel more familiar than his, Blake considered his options. Darryl didn’t want him to stay, so moving into Jason’s spare room wasn’t an option. Despite how much easier it would have been if he could, Blake understood why it wouldn’t work. The dynamics of the house didn’t need another player. The problem was, the only way to effect an immediate transfer would be to tell housing what had happened.
Even if he tried to clean it up as much as possible, he expected the school would conduct an inquiry. They almost had to after what had happened to Peter. And with Blake being friends with Peter and Jason, it all but ensured Housing’s investigation would be thorough. Very thorough.
Shifting his legs, he stood up and retrieved his books. He wasn’t sure how much he could focus on schoolwork, but he couldn’t afford to get behind. Placing his English Literature book on the table, he moved a couple of Jason’s papers aside and was reminded how much his staying at ‘the house’ disrupted his friends’ lives. No wonder Darryl wanted to know how long he’d be staying.
Cracking the book, he stared at the pages for a few seconds and tried to move his eyes across the page. The fog in his brain refused to lift and he kept reading the same lines over and over.
“Fuck.” He shut the book and leaned back. Digging into his pocket he found his phone. Maybe Ethan had come back from his meeting. He tapped his foot as the phone rang. “Please, pick up.”
On the fourth ring he was about to hang-up when Ethan answered. “Hey, handsome. How’d it go?”
The upbeat, hopeful tone made Blake regret calling. Ethan expected a better result. “I’m staying at Jason’s tonight.”
“Oh shit, babe. What happened?”
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October 30, 2014
New Release: Heart, by Garrett Leigh – Book Blast and Giveaway
Heart, by Garrett Leigh
Blurb:
Cornish pastry chef Seb Wright dreads the summer tourist season. The cash injection to his artisan fudge pantry is more than welcome, the extra work, less so. Then one summer, a shadowy Good Samaritan catches his eye. Irish Traveller Dex is bewitching, a beautiful sullen enigma who turns Seb’s world upside down until he disappears in the night, vanishing like a mystical summer rain.
Twelve months later Dex is in the midst of a dark storm. A slave to his master, ‘Uncle’ Braden, he spends his days cleaning caravans and his nights working in Braden’s other businesses. His short summer with Seb seems a lifetime ago. Lost in the savage violence of the murky underworld, he doesn’t dare dream he’ll ever find his way back, until one night, a brutal crime opens the door for a chance escape. A new life beckons, old faces emerge, and immersed in the heady vibe of London’s East End, new love begins to heal his fractured heart.
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: G.D. Leigh (Blackjazzpress.com)
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SEB TOOK a drink of his beer and set it down again with undue care. “You can’t read, can you?”
“Can.”
“I don’t believe you.”
Dex slid off his stool and shoved his hands into his pockets. He wasn’t sure what he’d expected when Seb had ambushed him, but it wasn’t this. So what if he couldn’t bloody read? It wasn’t like he’d ever been to school to learn.
Seb caught his arm. “Don’t go, Dex. I’m sorry, okay? I won’t tell anyone. I promise.”
Seb’s hand engulfed Dex’s wrist, his touch as charged and heated as it had ever been. Dex felt his resolve melting, ebbing away until it was all he could do to fall back onto the bar stool. “I can read some,” he said mutinously. “I can read numbers, and names. Knew the name of your shop, didn’t I?”
“Can you write?”
“Never tried.” Dex looked down. Lying to Seb felt all wrong. He’d heard the name of Seb’s shop on the street, and the only name he could read was his own.
Seb was silent for a moment, then without warning, Dex felt his fingers brush through his shower-damp hair. “It really is brown. I thought it was just wet.”
Dex fought for the strength to shy away from the soft gesture, but nothing happened. “The bleach grew out.”
“It was dyed?”
“Couldn’t you tell?” Dex had forgotten his brief stint as a blond was all Seb had ever known of him.
“No, not at all. You look totally different now. Not sure I would’ve recognized you without the scowl. You just about shocked the shit of me. I… I thought I’d never see you again.”
Author Bio:
Garrett Leigh is a British writer and book designer, currently working for Dreamspinner Press, Loose Id, Riptide Publishing, and Black Jazz Press. Her protagonists will always be tortured, crippled, broken, and deeply flawed. Throw in a tale of enduring true love, some stubbly facial hair, and a bunch of tattoos, and you’ve got yourself a Garrett special.
When not writing, Garrett can generally be found procrastinating on Twitter, cooking up a storm, or sitting on her behind doing as little as possible. That, and dreaming up new ways to torture her characters. Garrett believes in happy endings; she just likes to make her boys work for it.
Garrett also works as a freelance cover artist for various publishing houses and independent authors under the pseudonym G.D. Leigh. For cover art info, please visit blackjazzpress.com
Author Contact:
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Tour Dates: October 31th, 2014
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October 27, 2014
New Release: To Catch a Threeve, by Alexis Duran – Book Blast and Giveaway
To Catch a Threeve, by Alexis Duran
Blurb:
Axel Blackwood catches a thief and is astounded to see that he closely resembles Liam Alloway, the love he lost seven years ago in an attack by the evil woodland folk known as threeves. Axel suspects he’s fallen prey to dark magic, but can’t help becoming infatuated with his prisoner. He’s overwhelmed with the hope that he can at last bring his lost lover home, despite everything that warns him it’s all a diabolical trick.
Bryn Darrow, the half-threeve, half human orphan sent to trick Axel and rob him of much more than a simple gem finds himself equally as fascinated with his handsome human captor and the lure of someplace to call home, but he knows deep down that the constable is in love with a dangerous illusion. When he’s commanded by the threeves to murder Axel and steal a witch’s powerful grimoire, he’s forced to decide between the only family he’s ever known and the one person who might rescue him from a life of isolation and pain.
Will Axel and Bryn be forced into a deadly confrontation before they can discover the truth?
Publisher: Loose ID
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde
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“What are you, Bryn Darrow?” Axel asked.
“Wish I knew,” Bryn answered, shaking his head and chuckling. “You can go on pretending I’m this Liam person if you want.”
“If you ever try to act like Liam again, I’ll let Drummond lop your head off. He’s itching to, you know.”
“You started it,” Bryn snapped. “And now you’re getting friendly again.”
Axel jerked his hands away from Bryn’s back as if he’d been burned. “I’m looking for your clan sign. Why’d you remove it?”
“Looking with your fingers instead of your eyes? Don’t get me wrong. I don’t mind it.” Bryn looked over his shoulder with that annoying, delectable smile. Only the memory of being spelled senseless stopped Axel from resuming his exploration of Bryn’s skin, kissing his neck, pushing him down into the grass—
Author Bio:
Alexis Duran was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. At the University of Oregon, her fascination with people and relationships led her to major in Sociology, but her main love has always been creative writing. She’s worked in museums, fashion, finance and film production. Her favorite job so far was Administrative Assistant in a haunted Victorian Mansion. She’s had several short stories published in the mystery, horror and literary genres and is the author of the Masters and Mages erotic fantasy series. Her fiction has won several awards including the Rupert Hughes Award from the Maui Writers Conference. She lives with one dog and four and half cats. She is currently working on the next Masters and Mages novella and several other erotic novellas.
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Tour Dates: October 28th, 2014
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October 26, 2014
GRL ’14 and Me – In Pictures
J.P. Found a new way to draw attention to me. It was. . .interesting to have this happen all the time. :D
Seeing Amy Lane at the signing, well, we got a bit carried away.
If there was a better way to end GRL, I can’t think of what it would be.
October 25, 2014
Wayward Ink Publishing is Having a Halloween Sale!
No tricks, Just treats
Wayward Ink Publishing is celebrating Halloween with a book sale and they’ve got nothing but treats for you! Everything on the WIP website is 30% off for eight days. This sale applies to both published titles and those in the Coming Soon section of the website, so make sure to check them all and buy your favorites!
Male sure you take advantage of this Halloween book sale from Sunday, October 26th to Sunday, November 2nd. The extra days after Halloween are for those of you too busy with their costumes and parties.
WIP buy pages to check
WIP releases: http://www.waywardinkpublishing.com/shop/
WIP coming soon list: http://www.waywardinkpublishing.com/product-category/coming-soon/
My Wayward Ink Titles include:
A Closed Door
Outted at thirteen, Orin Merritt left home after high school hoping to escape the hell his life had become. Ten years later when a tornado destroys his childhood home and kills his parents, Orin finds himself in an entirely new nightmare. One he can’t run away from.
Blaming himself for failing the two people who always loved and supported him, he returns home and confronts his past in the person of his one-time best friend, Thomas Kennett. Thomas not only rejected him when Orin came out, he led the group that tormented Orin into leaving.
As he struggles to deal with his grief, Orin also labors to fulfill the pledge he made to his parents before their death. In the process, Orin learns that sometimes when you go away to find yourself, you leave the answers you’re looking for behind.
Love, Loss, Laughter & Lust
We’ve all loved.We’ve all laughed.
Sadly, we’ve also probably all known loss in one form or another.
And, yes, we at Wayward Ink are sure we’ve all experienced lust!
In Love, Loss, Laughter & Lust, you’ll experience one or more of the “L”s as we take you on a roller coaster of emotions.
Whether you like to sigh over the sweet, cry for the broken-hearted, enjoy a good laugh, or get a little hot and bothered; there’s something for everyone in this collection.
October 23, 2014
Video Interview With Kim Fielding.
Bone Dry—book 3 in the Bones series—available now!
Brute—French translation!—available now!
Standby—in the Stranded anthology—available now!
The Dance—in the Bones anthology (Gothika vol. 2)—available now!
The Festivus Miracle—releases November 1—all proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders—available now for preorder!
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October 22, 2014
Cover Reveal: Hook, Line and Sinker, by Piper Vaughn
When they were teens, Castor McCormick was the bane of Blake Kowalski’s existence. Their mutual animosity led to summers filled with rivalry. Now, nearly two decades later, Cas is moving back into the neighborhood to live in his grandmother’s old house. Blake tells himself he isn’t interested in seeing how snarky little Cas grew up, but when his mother dupes him into visiting his former nemesis, he finds out “pretty” can evolve into “sexy as hell” on the right man.
Cas didn’t think he wanted to see Blake again. No one has ever pushed his buttons like the arrogant boy he remembers from their youth. Turns out, the adult version of Blake still gets him hot under the collar—and everywhere else. With Blake on leave from work to nurse an injured leg and Cas taking time to move and unpack, they form a tentative friendship that turns into a sexual affair neither man can deny. But when Cas’s job sends him out of state to deal with a difficult client, their new relationship will be tested, and if they fail, Blake’s broken leg might not be the only thing to end up scarred.
Publisher: Dreamspinner
Press Cover Artist: Paul Richmond
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Excerpt:
Blake’s mother didn’t live on a busy street, but being summer, the kids were out in full force. The occasional shout or burst of laughter broke the monotonous silence. And then there were the comings and goings of a certain new neighbor whom Blake had absolutely no interest in watching, even if he found his gaze frequently straying in that direction. He’d caught glimpses of the moving truck over the weekend, along with a dark blue Prius, which made him snort. No doubt the driver of a hybrid would hate his gas-guzzling Ford F-150. For some reason, it seemed fitting. He could picture the old Cas growing up into the tree-hugging, granola type.
Idly, he let himself wonder what the adult Cas might be like. When they’d first met as teenagers, the kid had reminded Blake of a scrappy little Irish chimney sweep, minus the accent. The pale skin, the freckles, that mop of messy dark hair. Put him in a newsboy cap and some wool trousers, and he could’ve been an extra in Oliver Twist. Blake had constantly ragged on him about it too. That is, until the following year, when postpuberty Cas showed up. Gone was the scrawny, gangly limbed half-pint from the previous summer. In his place stood a boy with the lithe, wiry body of a distance runner and a face like something out of a goddamn Botticelli painting. Only his smartass mouth had stopped Blake from falling to his knees in worship—though it certainly hadn’t prevented a wet dream or three.
Blake couldn’t lie. His mother’s mentions of Castor had made him curious despite himself. But he didn’t intend on giving in to her badgering about going over there. What the hell would he even say? Welcome to the neighborhood? Here’s a fruit basket. Let’s be friends? He could only imagine Cas slamming the door in his face in response. Blake chuckled and shook his head. Not going to happen. Not in a million years. No matter how much his mother pestered him.
Author Bio:
Piper Vaughn wrote her first love story at eleven and never looked back. Since then, she’s known that writing in some form was exactly what she wanted to do. A reader at the core, Piper loves nothing more than getting lost in a great book—fantasy, young adult, romance, she loves them all (and has a two thousand book library to prove it!). She grew up in Chicago, in an ethnically diverse neighborhood, and loves to put faces and characters of every ethnicity in her stories, so her fictional worlds are as colorful as the real one. Above all, she believes that everyone needs a little true love in their life…even if it’s only in a book.
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Tour Dates: October 22nd, 2014
Tour Stops: Parker Williams, Hearts on Fire, Rainbow Gold Reviews, Multitasking Mommas, Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, Love Bytes, Andrew Q. Gordon, LeAnn’s Book Reviews, Prism Book Alliance, Inked Rainbow Reads, The Hat Party, It’s Raining Men, Michael Mandrake, Cate Ashwood, Sinfully Sexy, Amanda C. Stone, Fallen Angel Reviews, Rebecca Cohen Writes, MM Good Book Reviews, Boy Meets Boy Reviews, Smoocher’s Voice, Wake Up Your Wild Side, Carly’s Book Reviews, BFD Book Blog, Queer Town Abbey, Book Reviews, Rants, and Raves, Wicked Faeries Reviews
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