Raine O'Tierney's Blog, page 3
July 6, 2015
All the Things! All the Stuff!
Sitting here with Sion, playing Fallout: New Vegas and updating my website for the first time in an age. @_@
For fans of Under the Table and Into His Heart and/or Sweet Giordan, Please Remember I've put the 1K post-HEA ficlets I wrote for Dreamspinner Press last year on my new free fiction page. I think you'll like these little hints o' sweetness, though I will say, you might want to check out the stories first before you read them just for spoiler's sake.
Debbie McGowan and I finished our first draft of Where the Grass is Greener yesterday. This is the second Leaving Flowers novel though it is completely stand-alone and has a much different tone and feel than Leaving Flowers. I'll give you a hint: sexy, sexy cowboys.
Who'd like to see the cover and blurb?
Mistakes were made, that’s for sure. But was it the night of passion? Or walking away afterward? That’s the question Seamus Williams must face when he gets a late night phone call from someone he never expects to hear from again.
“I miss you, Shay.”
Chancey Bo Clearwater is a cowboy through and through. He spends his days finding work on whatever ranch will take him and his nights at the pool hall. He’s always done what needed doing and never thought much about what he wanted. ’Til that drunken night with Seamus.
A world of problems now stand between Seamus and Chancey exploring what might have been, the least of which being the Atlantic Ocean. On one side there’s Chancey’s daughter who mood swings from angel to demon in two seconds flat; on the other there’s the new lodger, hogging Shay’s telly and his cornflakes, and making private Skype time hard to come by.
Is this relationship doomed before it ever begins? Or can a surprise announcement from Seamus’s brother be enough to help the two find their second chance?
Where the Grass is Greener is book two of the Leaving Flowers Series, but can be read independently of the first novel.
~ ~ ~
Debs and I are already planning book three of the Leaving Flowers Series, and we also have another novel almost 100% completed, as well as a slew of other collaborative things brewing. The McTierney/O'Gowan Collaboration Power-Hour has really turned into something grand. (Well, it always was, but I think Ms. McGowan and I are in this for the long haul.)
So what else is new? WELL! My TOTALLY FREE novella Sing Me Your Love Song (part of the GR M/M Romance Group's 2015 DRitC event) is coming.............................soon. Yeah, I can't say *when* exactly for...reasons. (Secrecy reasons!) But it might do to stay tuned! Soonish-ly tune? <3
I've also picked up a second DRitC prompt that someone else dropped. But that will be a long time coming as I haven't even finished the draft yet.
For fans of Under the Table and Into His Heart and/or Sweet Giordan, Please Remember I've put the 1K post-HEA ficlets I wrote for Dreamspinner Press last year on my new free fiction page. I think you'll like these little hints o' sweetness, though I will say, you might want to check out the stories first before you read them just for spoiler's sake.
Debbie McGowan and I finished our first draft of Where the Grass is Greener yesterday. This is the second Leaving Flowers novel though it is completely stand-alone and has a much different tone and feel than Leaving Flowers. I'll give you a hint: sexy, sexy cowboys.
Who'd like to see the cover and blurb?
Mistakes were made, that’s for sure. But was it the night of passion? Or walking away afterward? That’s the question Seamus Williams must face when he gets a late night phone call from someone he never expects to hear from again.“I miss you, Shay.”
Chancey Bo Clearwater is a cowboy through and through. He spends his days finding work on whatever ranch will take him and his nights at the pool hall. He’s always done what needed doing and never thought much about what he wanted. ’Til that drunken night with Seamus.
A world of problems now stand between Seamus and Chancey exploring what might have been, the least of which being the Atlantic Ocean. On one side there’s Chancey’s daughter who mood swings from angel to demon in two seconds flat; on the other there’s the new lodger, hogging Shay’s telly and his cornflakes, and making private Skype time hard to come by.
Is this relationship doomed before it ever begins? Or can a surprise announcement from Seamus’s brother be enough to help the two find their second chance?
Where the Grass is Greener is book two of the Leaving Flowers Series, but can be read independently of the first novel.
~ ~ ~
Debs and I are already planning book three of the Leaving Flowers Series, and we also have another novel almost 100% completed, as well as a slew of other collaborative things brewing. The McTierney/O'Gowan Collaboration Power-Hour has really turned into something grand. (Well, it always was, but I think Ms. McGowan and I are in this for the long haul.)
So what else is new? WELL! My TOTALLY FREE novella Sing Me Your Love Song (part of the GR M/M Romance Group's 2015 DRitC event) is coming.............................soon. Yeah, I can't say *when* exactly for...reasons. (Secrecy reasons!) But it might do to stay tuned! Soonish-ly tune? <3
I've also picked up a second DRitC prompt that someone else dropped. But that will be a long time coming as I haven't even finished the draft yet.
May 5, 2015
NEW RELEASE: All That Shimmers from Piece Us Back Together Antho!
My tenth release! @__@ I can hardly wrap my mind around that. People have said, "WOW, you write really fast!" and I think I do write at a somewhat speedy pace...but really, when you write in secret for ten years, hoarding all your stories for yourself, it's easy to polish them up and put them out one right after other.
All That Shimmers does hold a very special place in my heart. (I know, I know...everyone says that about every book) but it really does. I'd asked the girls (Cate Ashwood and L.J. LaBarthe) if they wanted to do an anthology together. They enthusiastically agreed and together we came up with the theme of "Healing."
I needed that in my life, healing.
I chose to write about two very broken characters-- Beau, paralyzed from the waist down, and Niksa-- beyond suicidal. It was a struggle sometimes, especially dealing with Niksa's darkness which mirrors some of my own--but worth it.
So far the reviews have been mixed. Some people are really moved by what I wanted to accomplish, reduced to tears even, and some people think it's total drivel or far too dark. For some reason the reviews have hit me a bit hard on this one, probably because of how much of myself I put into this story. That said--I do appreciate the people who took the time to read and review. (Yes, even the 1*s) ;) I've even had a couple of peeps ask about a sequel.
I'm always like *mind blown* when someone likes something I wrote enough to ask me about a sequel.
If you check it out, let me know what you think--good, bad, or indifferent!
--Raine
Release Date: May 6th, 2015Goodreads Links: All That Shimmers | Piece Us Back Together | Publisher: Dreamspinner PressCover Artist: Paul Richmond
Blurb(s):
Piece Us Back Together:Life can seem bleak for people suffering devastating injuries or illnesses of the mind and body, and every day can be a struggle. But sometimes, when hope seems in short supply, they find a reason to keep up the fight. The men in these stories face some of the most difficult challenges imaginable, but fortunately they won’t be facing them alone, because when everything seems darkest, a point of light appears. With compassion, understanding, and love, these hurt souls have a chance to piece the broken parts of their lives and themselves into something strong and beautiful. Love might even be able to mend the most serious wounds of all—those of the heart.
All That Shimmers by Raine O’Tierney
Beau Bell is a former Olympic hopeful, left paralyzed from the waist down after a car accident. He has every reason in the world to be pissed off and miserable, yet he’s training for the Paralympics Men's 100m—S6 division. The chair? Just a part of who he is now. Beau's attitude is golden. If only he could contend with this one little issue: errant erections and no way to relieve them!
Nikša Meríc is a lonely scientist and really bad poet living underneath the old building where he does his research. Every night he watches his neighbor through his basement window as he undresses in his wheelchair. Although there is no apparent reason for Nikša to be unhappy, he’s struggled with depression his whole life and has tried to kill himself on multiple occasions.
When Beau proposes that his “voyeur” come over and help him experiment with the erections he can’t actually feel, the relationship they build is a sexual one. But the relationship they need is one that will heal each other’s heart as well.
Available May 6th, 2015
Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Sales Links:Piece Us Back Together Anthology:http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6413
All That Shimmers:http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6340
All That Shimmers does hold a very special place in my heart. (I know, I know...everyone says that about every book) but it really does. I'd asked the girls (Cate Ashwood and L.J. LaBarthe) if they wanted to do an anthology together. They enthusiastically agreed and together we came up with the theme of "Healing."
I needed that in my life, healing.
I chose to write about two very broken characters-- Beau, paralyzed from the waist down, and Niksa-- beyond suicidal. It was a struggle sometimes, especially dealing with Niksa's darkness which mirrors some of my own--but worth it.
So far the reviews have been mixed. Some people are really moved by what I wanted to accomplish, reduced to tears even, and some people think it's total drivel or far too dark. For some reason the reviews have hit me a bit hard on this one, probably because of how much of myself I put into this story. That said--I do appreciate the people who took the time to read and review. (Yes, even the 1*s) ;) I've even had a couple of peeps ask about a sequel.
I'm always like *mind blown* when someone likes something I wrote enough to ask me about a sequel.
If you check it out, let me know what you think--good, bad, or indifferent!
--Raine
Release Date: May 6th, 2015Goodreads Links: All That Shimmers | Piece Us Back Together | Publisher: Dreamspinner PressCover Artist: Paul Richmond
Blurb(s):
Piece Us Back Together:Life can seem bleak for people suffering devastating injuries or illnesses of the mind and body, and every day can be a struggle. But sometimes, when hope seems in short supply, they find a reason to keep up the fight. The men in these stories face some of the most difficult challenges imaginable, but fortunately they won’t be facing them alone, because when everything seems darkest, a point of light appears. With compassion, understanding, and love, these hurt souls have a chance to piece the broken parts of their lives and themselves into something strong and beautiful. Love might even be able to mend the most serious wounds of all—those of the heart.
All That Shimmers by Raine O’Tierney
Beau Bell is a former Olympic hopeful, left paralyzed from the waist down after a car accident. He has every reason in the world to be pissed off and miserable, yet he’s training for the Paralympics Men's 100m—S6 division. The chair? Just a part of who he is now. Beau's attitude is golden. If only he could contend with this one little issue: errant erections and no way to relieve them!
Nikša Meríc is a lonely scientist and really bad poet living underneath the old building where he does his research. Every night he watches his neighbor through his basement window as he undresses in his wheelchair. Although there is no apparent reason for Nikša to be unhappy, he’s struggled with depression his whole life and has tried to kill himself on multiple occasions.
When Beau proposes that his “voyeur” come over and help him experiment with the erections he can’t actually feel, the relationship they build is a sexual one. But the relationship they need is one that will heal each other’s heart as well.
Available May 6th, 2015
Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Sales Links:Piece Us Back Together Anthology:http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6413
All That Shimmers:http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6340
Leaving Flowers is Available! PLUS: Who here wants to win an Amazon.com #giftcard??
It has been such a blast doing this tour with Debbie McGowan for our Leaving Flowers release that I...er...sort of forgot to announce on my own blog that the book had come out!
Um, well, the book is out! ^_^
And if you'd like to follow along with the tour and enter for your chance to win a $20.00 Amazon.com giftcard, all the links are available below.
~ ~ ~
Author Name: Debbie McGowan & Raine O’TierneyBook Name: Leaving FlowersRelease Date: May 1, 2015
Pages or Words: 67,000 wordsCategories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Goodreads Publisher: Beaten Track PublishingCover Artist: Debbie McGowan
Blurb(s):
Shy and awkward since childhood, Aidan Degas is now a man lost. His twin—Aidan’s other half, Nadia—died tragically young, leaving him with nothing to get him through his days but his job at the prestigious Grand Heights Luxury Apartments and the flowers he lays upon her grave. When Aidan is assaulted on the job by a tenant, it’s the graveyard he turns to for strength and solace.
Patrick loves being assistant groundskeeper at the sprawling cemetery where he tends graves and offers a bit of comfort to mourners. When he sees a sad young man lingering over an old grave, his curiosity is strangely piqued for reasons he doesn’t understand. He’s never done this—struck up a friendship with a mourner. But soon that friendship blossoms into a romance.
It’s not going to be easy for the pair. Aidan is so damaged, like petals crushed in an angry fist, and even with Patrick’s warm heart and Irish charm, it might not be enough to bring him back from the edge.
Excerpt:
Somehow, in spite of the need to go home and shower off the grottiness of digging earth for half a day, Patrick didn’t feel he could take his usual subtle approach. Nadia’s passing was not recent; her grave was not new; yet here was this young man, kneeling at her feet, his eyes closed, hands resting in his lap, oblivious to the sun’s slide from the sky, the increasing briskness of the breeze, Patrick’s presence…
“Hello there,” he said quietly, stopping on the path a few feet away. The man was too far into his own mind to startle. Instead, he slowly came to, his shoulders lifting slightly as he twisted to see what had disturbed his meditation. Patrick smiled. “I’m afraid we’re locking up for the evening.”
“So soon?”
“It’s going on for seven o’clock, sir.”
“Seven…” The man’s voice petered away, his expression indicating he had no idea how long he had been kneeling there. If he doubted Patrick’s word, the confirmation came when the man tried to stand, and staggered, numb-legged. He automatically reached out to steady himself, catching hold of the front of Patrick’s coveralls, and then almost collapsed again, unable to bear his own weight.
Without a second thought, Patrick quickly grasped the man by the forearms to steady him. “There’s no rush now. You just take your time. All right?”
The man nodded and swallowed hard. “Thank you. I only came to leave the tulips.” He gestured toward the vase of closed tulips in front of the grave and in the midst of the red and white carnations.
Patrick kept his hold on the man and looked down at the flowers. “They’re beautiful,” he said. “Really lovely.”
“Thanks. Nadia loved flowers so much.” A glimmer of a happier time lit up the man’s features for just a second, before it was blotted out once more by the heavy cloud of sorrow.Patrick felt that sorrow in his heart. He wanted to offer comfort, warmth, security, to soothe with his touch, his kiss… Oh my—no, no, Patrick. You’re way over the line. You’re standing at the grave of this man’s wife, and all you can think of is kissing him? But it wasn’t that sort of kiss he had in mind. It wasn’t about passion, or lust; just a desperate desire to take away the pain.
The man seemed a little more steady on his feet and Patrick gently released him. “OK now?”
“I think so.” He took a long, deep breath and exhaled slowly. “Thank you for your patience. I’m sure you’re eager to go home. It can’t be fun working here.”
Patrick shrugged and smiled. “I love my job. Fresh air, peace and quiet—”
“But it’s a cemetery.”
“Well, yeah,” Patrick said, the slightest hint of a chuckle in his words. It was enough to prompt the other man to lift his head. For the first time, his eyes met Patrick’s, and something bloomed inside, a heat radiating from somewhere he couldn’t quite pinpoint. It rose up through his chest, into his throat, filling his mouth and his nose, as he gazed into those incredible steel-gray eyes. There was so much pain there, and loss—anger—and yet there was more, so much more, that Patrick could almost hear the emotion, like a distant cry for help from someone who was drowning.
Available from: Beaten Track Publishing | Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | All Romance eBooks | Smashwords | Barnes & NobleAbout the authors:
DEBBIE MCGOWAN is an author and publisher based in a semi-rural corner of Lancashire, England. She writes character-driven, realist fiction, celebrating life, love and relationships. A working class girl, she ‘ran away’ to London at 17, was homeless, unemployed and then homeless again, interspersed with animal rights activism (all legal, honest ;)) and volunteer work as a mental health advocate. At 25, she went back to college to study social science— tough with two toddlers, but they had a ‘stay at home’ dad, so it worked itself out. These days, the toddlers are young women (much to their chagrin), and Debbie teaches undergraduate students, writes novels and runs an independent publishing company, occasionally grabbing an hour of sleep where she can!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/writerdebmcg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DebbieMcGowanAuthor and http://www.facebook.com/beatentrackpublishing
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/deb248211
Tumblr: http://writerdebmcg.tumblr.com
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/writerdebmcg
Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DebbieMcGowan
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4401329.Debbie_McGowan
Website: http://www.debbiemcgowan.co.uk
RAINE O’TIERNEY lives outside of Kansas City with her husband, fellow author, Siôn O'Tierney. When she's not writing, she's either playing video games or fighting the good fight for intellectual freedom at her library day job. Raine believes the best thing we can do in life is be kind to one another, and she enjoys encouraging fellow writers! Writing for 20+ years (with the last 10 spent on gay romance) Raine changes sub-genres to suit her mood and believes all good stories end sweetly. Contact her if you're interested in talking about point-and-click adventure games or about which dachshunds are the best kinds of dachshunds!
Homepage: Raineotierney.comLGBT Author Interviews: http://raineotierneyhatparty.blogspot.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RaineOTierneyAuthorTwitter: https://twitter.com/RaineOTierneyGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7770350.Raine_O_Tierney
Tour Dates & Stops: 1-May BFD Book Blog My Fiction Nook
4-May Inked Rainbow Reads Velvet Panic
5-May MM Good Book Reviews Foxylutely Book Reviews Up All Night, Read All Day
6-May Hearts on Fire
7-May The Novel Approach Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words
8-May Cate Ashwood Bike Book Reviews
11-May Bayou Book Junkie
12-May The Fuzzy, Fluffy World of Chris T. Kat Charley Descoteaux
13-May Love Bytes EE Montgomery
14-May Amanda C. Stone Vampires, Werewolves, and Fairies, Oh My
15-May Prism Book Alliance Wicked Faerie's Tales and Reviews Boy Meets Boy Reviews
Rafflecopter Prize: $20 Amazon gift card
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Um, well, the book is out! ^_^
And if you'd like to follow along with the tour and enter for your chance to win a $20.00 Amazon.com giftcard, all the links are available below.
~ ~ ~
Author Name: Debbie McGowan & Raine O’TierneyBook Name: Leaving FlowersRelease Date: May 1, 2015Pages or Words: 67,000 wordsCategories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Goodreads Publisher: Beaten Track PublishingCover Artist: Debbie McGowan
Blurb(s):
Shy and awkward since childhood, Aidan Degas is now a man lost. His twin—Aidan’s other half, Nadia—died tragically young, leaving him with nothing to get him through his days but his job at the prestigious Grand Heights Luxury Apartments and the flowers he lays upon her grave. When Aidan is assaulted on the job by a tenant, it’s the graveyard he turns to for strength and solace.
Patrick loves being assistant groundskeeper at the sprawling cemetery where he tends graves and offers a bit of comfort to mourners. When he sees a sad young man lingering over an old grave, his curiosity is strangely piqued for reasons he doesn’t understand. He’s never done this—struck up a friendship with a mourner. But soon that friendship blossoms into a romance.
It’s not going to be easy for the pair. Aidan is so damaged, like petals crushed in an angry fist, and even with Patrick’s warm heart and Irish charm, it might not be enough to bring him back from the edge.
Excerpt:
Somehow, in spite of the need to go home and shower off the grottiness of digging earth for half a day, Patrick didn’t feel he could take his usual subtle approach. Nadia’s passing was not recent; her grave was not new; yet here was this young man, kneeling at her feet, his eyes closed, hands resting in his lap, oblivious to the sun’s slide from the sky, the increasing briskness of the breeze, Patrick’s presence…
“Hello there,” he said quietly, stopping on the path a few feet away. The man was too far into his own mind to startle. Instead, he slowly came to, his shoulders lifting slightly as he twisted to see what had disturbed his meditation. Patrick smiled. “I’m afraid we’re locking up for the evening.”
“So soon?”
“It’s going on for seven o’clock, sir.”
“Seven…” The man’s voice petered away, his expression indicating he had no idea how long he had been kneeling there. If he doubted Patrick’s word, the confirmation came when the man tried to stand, and staggered, numb-legged. He automatically reached out to steady himself, catching hold of the front of Patrick’s coveralls, and then almost collapsed again, unable to bear his own weight.
Without a second thought, Patrick quickly grasped the man by the forearms to steady him. “There’s no rush now. You just take your time. All right?”
The man nodded and swallowed hard. “Thank you. I only came to leave the tulips.” He gestured toward the vase of closed tulips in front of the grave and in the midst of the red and white carnations.
Patrick kept his hold on the man and looked down at the flowers. “They’re beautiful,” he said. “Really lovely.”
“Thanks. Nadia loved flowers so much.” A glimmer of a happier time lit up the man’s features for just a second, before it was blotted out once more by the heavy cloud of sorrow.Patrick felt that sorrow in his heart. He wanted to offer comfort, warmth, security, to soothe with his touch, his kiss… Oh my—no, no, Patrick. You’re way over the line. You’re standing at the grave of this man’s wife, and all you can think of is kissing him? But it wasn’t that sort of kiss he had in mind. It wasn’t about passion, or lust; just a desperate desire to take away the pain.
The man seemed a little more steady on his feet and Patrick gently released him. “OK now?”
“I think so.” He took a long, deep breath and exhaled slowly. “Thank you for your patience. I’m sure you’re eager to go home. It can’t be fun working here.”
Patrick shrugged and smiled. “I love my job. Fresh air, peace and quiet—”
“But it’s a cemetery.”
“Well, yeah,” Patrick said, the slightest hint of a chuckle in his words. It was enough to prompt the other man to lift his head. For the first time, his eyes met Patrick’s, and something bloomed inside, a heat radiating from somewhere he couldn’t quite pinpoint. It rose up through his chest, into his throat, filling his mouth and his nose, as he gazed into those incredible steel-gray eyes. There was so much pain there, and loss—anger—and yet there was more, so much more, that Patrick could almost hear the emotion, like a distant cry for help from someone who was drowning.
Available from: Beaten Track Publishing | Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | All Romance eBooks | Smashwords | Barnes & NobleAbout the authors:
DEBBIE MCGOWAN is an author and publisher based in a semi-rural corner of Lancashire, England. She writes character-driven, realist fiction, celebrating life, love and relationships. A working class girl, she ‘ran away’ to London at 17, was homeless, unemployed and then homeless again, interspersed with animal rights activism (all legal, honest ;)) and volunteer work as a mental health advocate. At 25, she went back to college to study social science— tough with two toddlers, but they had a ‘stay at home’ dad, so it worked itself out. These days, the toddlers are young women (much to their chagrin), and Debbie teaches undergraduate students, writes novels and runs an independent publishing company, occasionally grabbing an hour of sleep where she can!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/writerdebmcg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DebbieMcGowanAuthor and http://www.facebook.com/beatentrackpublishing
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/deb248211
Tumblr: http://writerdebmcg.tumblr.com
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/writerdebmcg
Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DebbieMcGowan
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4401329.Debbie_McGowan
Website: http://www.debbiemcgowan.co.uk
RAINE O’TIERNEY lives outside of Kansas City with her husband, fellow author, Siôn O'Tierney. When she's not writing, she's either playing video games or fighting the good fight for intellectual freedom at her library day job. Raine believes the best thing we can do in life is be kind to one another, and she enjoys encouraging fellow writers! Writing for 20+ years (with the last 10 spent on gay romance) Raine changes sub-genres to suit her mood and believes all good stories end sweetly. Contact her if you're interested in talking about point-and-click adventure games or about which dachshunds are the best kinds of dachshunds!
Homepage: Raineotierney.comLGBT Author Interviews: http://raineotierneyhatparty.blogspot.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RaineOTierneyAuthorTwitter: https://twitter.com/RaineOTierneyGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7770350.Raine_O_Tierney
Tour Dates & Stops: 1-May BFD Book Blog My Fiction Nook
4-May Inked Rainbow Reads Velvet Panic
5-May MM Good Book Reviews Foxylutely Book Reviews Up All Night, Read All Day
6-May Hearts on Fire
7-May The Novel Approach Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words
8-May Cate Ashwood Bike Book Reviews
11-May Bayou Book Junkie
12-May The Fuzzy, Fluffy World of Chris T. Kat Charley Descoteaux
13-May Love Bytes EE Montgomery
14-May Amanda C. Stone Vampires, Werewolves, and Fairies, Oh My
15-May Prism Book Alliance Wicked Faerie's Tales and Reviews Boy Meets Boy Reviews
Rafflecopter Prize: $20 Amazon gift card
a Rafflecopter giveaway
March 21, 2015
COVER REVEAL: Leaving Flowers by Debbie McGowan & Raine O'Tierney! #MMRomance
There are a million ways to birth a collaboration. For myself and Debbie McGowan it involved this little back and forth:
"I love your stories!"
"I love your stories!"
"We should collaborate!"
"Agreed! But when? We're both so busy."
"Yes, we must be sensible and stick to our deadlines."
///A month an a half later--BAM--story is done!///
During our time collaborating, Debbie and I discovered more than our mutual admiration--we found we shared similar beliefs about the world and that our voices were really quite one in the same (even if our accents differ wildly.)
We are so excited to present to you Leaving Flowers! This full-length novel debuts on May 1st.
~ ~ ~
LEAVING FLOWERS by Debbie McGowan & Raine O'Tierney
Shy and awkward since childhood, Aidan Degas is now a man lost. His twin—Aidan’s other half, Nadia—died tragically young, leaving him with nothing to get him through his days but his job at the prestigious Grand Heights Luxury Apartments and the flowers he lays upon her grave. When Aidan is assaulted on the job by a tenant, it’s the graveyard he turns to for strength and solace.
Patrick loves being assistant groundskeeper at the sprawling cemetery where he tends graves and offers a bit of comfort to mourners. When he sees a sad young man lingering over an old grave, his curiosity is strangely piqued for reasons he doesn’t understand. He’s never done this—struck up a friendship with a mourner. But soon that friendship blossoms into a romance.
It’s not going to be easy for the pair. Aidan is so damaged, like petals crushed in an angry fist, and even with Patrick’s warm heart and Irish charm, it might not be enough to bring him back from the edge.
Available from Beaten Track Publishing | Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Barnes & Noble | All Romance eBooks | Smashwords
You can read Debbie's cover reveal here .
"I love your stories!"
"I love your stories!"
"We should collaborate!"
"Agreed! But when? We're both so busy."
"Yes, we must be sensible and stick to our deadlines."
///A month an a half later--BAM--story is done!///
During our time collaborating, Debbie and I discovered more than our mutual admiration--we found we shared similar beliefs about the world and that our voices were really quite one in the same (even if our accents differ wildly.)
We are so excited to present to you Leaving Flowers! This full-length novel debuts on May 1st.
~ ~ ~
LEAVING FLOWERS by Debbie McGowan & Raine O'Tierney
Shy and awkward since childhood, Aidan Degas is now a man lost. His twin—Aidan’s other half, Nadia—died tragically young, leaving him with nothing to get him through his days but his job at the prestigious Grand Heights Luxury Apartments and the flowers he lays upon her grave. When Aidan is assaulted on the job by a tenant, it’s the graveyard he turns to for strength and solace. Patrick loves being assistant groundskeeper at the sprawling cemetery where he tends graves and offers a bit of comfort to mourners. When he sees a sad young man lingering over an old grave, his curiosity is strangely piqued for reasons he doesn’t understand. He’s never done this—struck up a friendship with a mourner. But soon that friendship blossoms into a romance.
It’s not going to be easy for the pair. Aidan is so damaged, like petals crushed in an angry fist, and even with Patrick’s warm heart and Irish charm, it might not be enough to bring him back from the edge.
Available from Beaten Track Publishing | Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Barnes & Noble | All Romance eBooks | Smashwords
You can read Debbie's cover reveal here .
March 5, 2015
RELEASE DAY! My Very First YA~~~ plus #Giveaway!
I know, I know...it's been a LONG time since I put up a blog! I need to start doing that. (It's still insane to me that people are curious what's going on with me.) If anything, I'd like to get back to my positivity posts! :)
But more on that at a later date because today is...
*~*~*~RELEASE DAY!~*~*~
And with release day comes a blog tour with PRIZES! <3 This time we're giving away a $25.00 Amazon.com giftcard and a copy of I'll Always Miss You.
There are multiple ways to enter, so make sure you stop by each blog on the tour for your chance to win!
MAR-4 : MB Mulhall
MAR-5 : Cate Ashwood
MAR-6 : Will Parkinson
MAR-7 : Dreamspinner Press Chat! <3 (5 p.m. - 7 p.m. CDT)
MAR-9 : Chari Green
MAR-10 : Mia Kerick
ISBN-13: 9781632165244Pages: 256 pagesCover Artist: Bree ArcherCategories: Young Adult | Bisexual | Coming of Age |
BLURB:
Isa Zaman might forgive his parents for taking in a friend’s son if only he wasn't the most boring teenager in the universe. Macklin "Mackie" Cormack’s only interests are reading and the outdoors. Yeah, right. Isa's convinced Mackie is either a pyro or a klepto. Plus, as a white kid, Mackie looks ridiculous in the Zamans' Arab American household. Forced to share a bedroom, the boys keep butting heads until an absurd fight finally breaks the tension between them.
Isa’s just starting to figure life out: this new houseguest, his cultural identity, school, and even girls, when the entire family is uprooted from their home for reasons Isa can't understand. They move from their tiny city apartment to a giant, old house in a small town, hours away from everything he's ever known. Oh, and the new house? It's probably haunted, or so says the blank-faced ten-year-old next door. As if things weren't weird enough, Isa's friendship with Mackie suddenly takes a strange turn down a path Isa's not sure he’s ready to follow. It turns out Mackie Cormack isn’t nearly as boring as Isa once imagined.
EXCERPT:
And that’s when I realized that my friends had become jerks.
I don’t know what it was, staring at their backs, that made me realize it, but they had.
And I was a jerk too.
Because I hadn’t stood up to them, and I’d put Mackie in this position again, when I knew he didn’t want to be there.
I turned immediately to go.
I knew we couldn’t abandon them, but that didn’t mean I had to stay inside to wait for them. I bumped into a couple dancing and somehow avoided the long-nailed grasp of a very drunk woman who wanted me to dance with her, and then I was near the door. I waited only until the people coming in had moved, and then I charged out of the club. I even told the bored guy with the stamp to kiss my ass.
A couple of girls near the front of the line giggled when they saw me, but I ignored them. I ignored them, and I went to find Mackie and the car.
He sat with his hands on the steering wheel, staring straight ahead. No, glaring straight ahead.
I opened the passenger side door, and I climbed in.
“That was qui—”
I didn’t let him finish his sarcastic remark. I just grabbed his shirt and I pulled him across the seat to me, and I kissed him. Long and hard and good. I was fifteen years old, and I really, really, really didn’t want to be at a bar in Kansas City.
“Let’s go see the library,” I told him.
“Okay,” he replied dumbly.
“Right now, let’s leave those idiots and go see the library.”
“Okay,” he said, putting the car in gear. “Yeah, we’ll come back for them.”
“We’ll come back for them,” I agreed. “But right now, just you and me. Let’s go. Take the car and drive.”
Available from Dreamspinner Press | Amazon | All Romance eBooks | Barnes & Noble
a Rafflecopter giveaway
But more on that at a later date because today is...
*~*~*~RELEASE DAY!~*~*~
And with release day comes a blog tour with PRIZES! <3 This time we're giving away a $25.00 Amazon.com giftcard and a copy of I'll Always Miss You.
There are multiple ways to enter, so make sure you stop by each blog on the tour for your chance to win!
MAR-4 : MB Mulhall
MAR-5 : Cate Ashwood
MAR-6 : Will Parkinson
MAR-7 : Dreamspinner Press Chat! <3 (5 p.m. - 7 p.m. CDT)
MAR-9 : Chari Green
MAR-10 : Mia Kerick
ISBN-13: 9781632165244Pages: 256 pagesCover Artist: Bree ArcherCategories: Young Adult | Bisexual | Coming of Age |BLURB:
Isa Zaman might forgive his parents for taking in a friend’s son if only he wasn't the most boring teenager in the universe. Macklin "Mackie" Cormack’s only interests are reading and the outdoors. Yeah, right. Isa's convinced Mackie is either a pyro or a klepto. Plus, as a white kid, Mackie looks ridiculous in the Zamans' Arab American household. Forced to share a bedroom, the boys keep butting heads until an absurd fight finally breaks the tension between them.
Isa’s just starting to figure life out: this new houseguest, his cultural identity, school, and even girls, when the entire family is uprooted from their home for reasons Isa can't understand. They move from their tiny city apartment to a giant, old house in a small town, hours away from everything he's ever known. Oh, and the new house? It's probably haunted, or so says the blank-faced ten-year-old next door. As if things weren't weird enough, Isa's friendship with Mackie suddenly takes a strange turn down a path Isa's not sure he’s ready to follow. It turns out Mackie Cormack isn’t nearly as boring as Isa once imagined.
EXCERPT:
And that’s when I realized that my friends had become jerks.
I don’t know what it was, staring at their backs, that made me realize it, but they had.
And I was a jerk too.
Because I hadn’t stood up to them, and I’d put Mackie in this position again, when I knew he didn’t want to be there.
I turned immediately to go.
I knew we couldn’t abandon them, but that didn’t mean I had to stay inside to wait for them. I bumped into a couple dancing and somehow avoided the long-nailed grasp of a very drunk woman who wanted me to dance with her, and then I was near the door. I waited only until the people coming in had moved, and then I charged out of the club. I even told the bored guy with the stamp to kiss my ass.
A couple of girls near the front of the line giggled when they saw me, but I ignored them. I ignored them, and I went to find Mackie and the car.
He sat with his hands on the steering wheel, staring straight ahead. No, glaring straight ahead.
I opened the passenger side door, and I climbed in.
“That was qui—”
I didn’t let him finish his sarcastic remark. I just grabbed his shirt and I pulled him across the seat to me, and I kissed him. Long and hard and good. I was fifteen years old, and I really, really, really didn’t want to be at a bar in Kansas City.
“Let’s go see the library,” I told him.
“Okay,” he replied dumbly.
“Right now, let’s leave those idiots and go see the library.”
“Okay,” he said, putting the car in gear. “Yeah, we’ll come back for them.”
“We’ll come back for them,” I agreed. “But right now, just you and me. Let’s go. Take the car and drive.”
Available from Dreamspinner Press | Amazon | All Romance eBooks | Barnes & Noble
a Rafflecopter giveaway
January 27, 2015
New Release!! Alchemy Ever After by Raine & Siôn O'Tierney~ Blog Tour + #Giveaway! #Steampunk #MMromance
It's here! It's here! It's here!
This one has been a long time coming. Siôn and I worked incredibly hard to bring you a beautifully crafted steampunk world with some super steamy ice golem sexytime! <3 We hope you're impressed with it! :) (We're sorta impressed with ourselves.)
Ah! Enough yammering, Raine. Where's the tour?! Where's the prizes?! Whoa! Okay :)
So, here are the stops on the tour--make sure you swing by and read about our adventures in being a married couple writing M/M. As for prizes? For one lucky winner we've got a copy of Alchemy Ever After and a $10.00 Amazon.com giftcard! <3 Good luck.
Jan-28: Grace Duncan | Bike Book ReviewsJan-29: Amanda C. StoneJan-30: JC WallaceJan-31: The Hat PartyFeb-1: Dreamspinner Press FB ChatFeb-2: Prism Book AllianceFeb-3: Cate AshwoodFeb-5: Love BytesFeb-6: Rainbow Gold Reviews
--Raine
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December 22, 2014
Grab Xmas Cake for 99c along w/these other awesome titles!! #MMRomance
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December 7, 2014
Bowl Full of Cherries is an ARe #Bestseller! #MMromance! #Blushexplosions!
So, while I was at the Author's Fair on Saturday meeting some amazing folks in the community and selling a couple of copies of Most Beautiful Words I received an email telling me that Bowl Full of Cherries had hit the All Romance eBooks Best Seller List.
My mind blanked--I couldn't believe it! This came on the heels of hitting #35 in Gay Romance on Amazon.com?! Me? Really? There was no way. I showed Morgan who was working the table with me. She took a photo of the email and promptly put it on twitter.
When I got home and all was quiet, I opened up the email again and downloaded the icon...
This 100 x 100 pixel icon means THE WORLD to me. I know a million other authors have received it, but this is the first time for me. I've lost my "Bestseller" virginity on DSP, ARe, and Amazon.com. Happiness overload.
My mind blanked--I couldn't believe it! This came on the heels of hitting #35 in Gay Romance on Amazon.com?! Me? Really? There was no way. I showed Morgan who was working the table with me. She took a photo of the email and promptly put it on twitter.
When I got home and all was quiet, I opened up the email again and downloaded the icon...
This 100 x 100 pixel icon means THE WORLD to me. I know a million other authors have received it, but this is the first time for me. I've lost my "Bestseller" virginity on DSP, ARe, and Amazon.com. Happiness overload.
December 5, 2014
Bowl Full of Cherries Release Day! #MMRomance #Christmas #Giveaway
Today is an incredibly special day for me! My M/M Romance-Christmas-Body Positive story Bowl Full of Cherries has been released and it's on the Dreamspinner Press Bestseller list. This is a first time for me! (No, I promise not to walk around saying "Best selling author, Raine O'Tierney..." Haha.)
But you didn't come here to hear me brag about that, even if I do it with a wink. You came for...dare I guess...prizes??
TODAY ONLY... I am over at the Dreamspinner Press blog having a Christmas Extravaganza Blog Release Party which chances to win ebooks! So make sure you stop by there.
I'll also be on a blog tour for the next week. You can find all the stops listed below and each stop gives you another entry into the grand prize drawing of a $25.00 Amazon.com giftcard!
Tour Dates/Stops:
5-DecBFD Book Blog | Louise Lyons | Molly Lolly | Velvet Panic | Carly’s Book Reviews
8-DecHearts on Fire | Fallen Angel Reviews | Multitasking Mommas | Prism Book Alliance | Rainbow Gold Reviews
9-DecUp All Night, Read All Day | The Blogger Girls | Because Two Men Are Better Than One | Book Reviews, Rants, and Raves | Inked Rainbow Reads
10-DecElisa - My Reviews and Ramblings | Wicked Faerie's Tales and Reviews | Love Bytes | Iyana Jenna | Cathy Brockman Romances
11-DecCrystal’s Many Reviewers | MM Good Book Reviews | Queer Town Abbey | Full Moon Dreaming
12-DecParker Williams | Amanda C. Stone | 3 Chicks After Dark | Cate Ashwood | Rebecca Cohen Writes | Michael Mandrake
But you didn't come here to hear me brag about that, even if I do it with a wink. You came for...dare I guess...prizes??
TODAY ONLY... I am over at the Dreamspinner Press blog having a Christmas Extravaganza Blog Release Party which chances to win ebooks! So make sure you stop by there.
I'll also be on a blog tour for the next week. You can find all the stops listed below and each stop gives you another entry into the grand prize drawing of a $25.00 Amazon.com giftcard!
Tour Dates/Stops:
5-DecBFD Book Blog | Louise Lyons | Molly Lolly | Velvet Panic | Carly’s Book Reviews
8-DecHearts on Fire | Fallen Angel Reviews | Multitasking Mommas | Prism Book Alliance | Rainbow Gold Reviews
9-DecUp All Night, Read All Day | The Blogger Girls | Because Two Men Are Better Than One | Book Reviews, Rants, and Raves | Inked Rainbow Reads
10-DecElisa - My Reviews and Ramblings | Wicked Faerie's Tales and Reviews | Love Bytes | Iyana Jenna | Cathy Brockman Romances
11-DecCrystal’s Many Reviewers | MM Good Book Reviews | Queer Town Abbey | Full Moon Dreaming
12-DecParker Williams | Amanda C. Stone | 3 Chicks After Dark | Cate Ashwood | Rebecca Cohen Writes | Michael Mandrake
November 23, 2014
Adventures in writing for an anthology plus #Giveaways! (Act Fast! Ending 11/27)
I am so tremendously PROUD to be part of this anthology. I was approached by the fantastic Debbie McGowan earlier this year and asked to submit to the (then unnamed) anthology. I can't tell you what that meant to me...to have someone reach out to me and ask me to sub. That had never happened before, and I was honored. Our theme was stories of hope and I took an old Christmas story I had written years ago and completely re-wrote it, infusing it with all my love and hope and excitement.
Proceeds from the sale of the anthology are going to the Trevor project--which is absolutely fantastic charity. I hope you'll take the time to check out my little story and read more about our anthology (now named) Boughs of Evergreen!
Make sure you check out the Goodreads Giveaways in this post~~~
Authors: S.H. Allan, Larry Benjamin, Rick Bettencourt, L.L. Bucknor, K.C. Faelan, Hunter Frost, Ofelia Gränd, Kathleen Hayes, Hans M Hirschi, Laura Susan Johnson, Terry Kerr, Amelia Mann, Debbie McGowan, Shayla Mist, Raine O'Tierney, Ava Penn, Jonathan Penn, Amy Spector, L.M. Steel, Al Stewart and Claire Davis, J P Walker, Matthias Williamson, Alexis Woods
Language: EnglishPublished: 21st November, 2014Publisher: Beaten Track PublishingISBN: Vol 01: 9781909192898; Vol 02: 9781909192911No. of pages: Volume 1 - 402: Volume 2: 396Category: Fiction Genre: Young Adult Fiction, LGBT, History, Romance, Fantasy, Women's Fiction, Short Stories, Humour, Contemporary Fiction, Holidays and Celebrations
Boughs of Evergreen is a two-volume collection of short stories celebrating the holiday season in all its diversity. Penned by authors from the UK, the USA, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, these are tales of the young and the not-so-young from many different walks of life.
Themes of family, friendship and romance take readers on a journey through some of the major holidays, both past and present, including Thanksgiving, Advent, St. Lucia Day, Hanukkah, Eid, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice, Yule, Christmas and New Year. In each we find at the very least hope, and often love, peace and happiness.
Each story will also be published individually as ebooks on 1st December, 2014.
Proceeds from sales of this anthology will be donated to The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization [USA] providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.
For more information, visit: www.thetrevorproject.org.
THE STORIES: (links go to samples and author biographies)
Volume One"A Friend for Christmas" - JP Walker
"A Midnight Clear" - Debbie McGowan
"From All of Us to All of You" - Ofelia Gränd
"Homme for the Holidays" - Jonathan Penn
"Kiss Me At Kwanzaa" - LL Bucknor
"Lion's Hero" - Alexis Woods
"One Nightstand" - Rick Bettencourt
"Shiny Things" - Amy Spector
"The Bard and his Boyfriend" - Kathleen Hayes
"The Christmas Present" - Larry Benjamin
"The Invasion of Tork" - Al Stewart and Claire Davis
"X-Mas Cake: A Modern Fairytale" - Raine O'Tierney
Volume Two
"A Christmas Tale" - Hans M Hirschi
"A Family Christmas" - Terry Kerr
"A Good Word" - L.M. Steel
"A Little Christmas Magic" - K.C. Faelan
"Always Have, Always Will" - Amelia Mann
"An Angel in Eyeliner" - Hunter Frost
"Boyfriend Goes Home" - Laura Susan Johnson
"Christmas Commitment" - Shayla Mist
"Coming in from the Cold" - Ava Penn
"Holidays with Drum and Bell!" - Matthias Williamson
"Te Amo, You Mushrooms" - S.H. Allan
Cover Design by Tami Veldura (http://coverthepages.blogspot.com), protected under a creative commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Boughs of Evergreen by Larry Benjamin Giveaway ends November 27, 2014.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Goodreads Book Giveaway
Boughs of Evergreen by S.H. Allan Giveaway ends November 27, 2014.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win
Proceeds from the sale of the anthology are going to the Trevor project--which is absolutely fantastic charity. I hope you'll take the time to check out my little story and read more about our anthology (now named) Boughs of Evergreen!
Make sure you check out the Goodreads Giveaways in this post~~~
Authors: S.H. Allan, Larry Benjamin, Rick Bettencourt, L.L. Bucknor, K.C. Faelan, Hunter Frost, Ofelia Gränd, Kathleen Hayes, Hans M Hirschi, Laura Susan Johnson, Terry Kerr, Amelia Mann, Debbie McGowan, Shayla Mist, Raine O'Tierney, Ava Penn, Jonathan Penn, Amy Spector, L.M. Steel, Al Stewart and Claire Davis, J P Walker, Matthias Williamson, Alexis WoodsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 21st November, 2014Publisher: Beaten Track PublishingISBN: Vol 01: 9781909192898; Vol 02: 9781909192911No. of pages: Volume 1 - 402: Volume 2: 396Category: Fiction Genre: Young Adult Fiction, LGBT, History, Romance, Fantasy, Women's Fiction, Short Stories, Humour, Contemporary Fiction, Holidays and Celebrations
Boughs of Evergreen is a two-volume collection of short stories celebrating the holiday season in all its diversity. Penned by authors from the UK, the USA, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, these are tales of the young and the not-so-young from many different walks of life.
Themes of family, friendship and romance take readers on a journey through some of the major holidays, both past and present, including Thanksgiving, Advent, St. Lucia Day, Hanukkah, Eid, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice, Yule, Christmas and New Year. In each we find at the very least hope, and often love, peace and happiness.
Each story will also be published individually as ebooks on 1st December, 2014.
Proceeds from sales of this anthology will be donated to The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization [USA] providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.
For more information, visit: www.thetrevorproject.org.
THE STORIES: (links go to samples and author biographies)
Volume One"A Friend for Christmas" - JP Walker
"A Midnight Clear" - Debbie McGowan
"From All of Us to All of You" - Ofelia Gränd
"Homme for the Holidays" - Jonathan Penn
"Kiss Me At Kwanzaa" - LL Bucknor
"Lion's Hero" - Alexis Woods
"One Nightstand" - Rick Bettencourt
"Shiny Things" - Amy Spector
"The Bard and his Boyfriend" - Kathleen Hayes
"The Christmas Present" - Larry Benjamin
"The Invasion of Tork" - Al Stewart and Claire Davis
"X-Mas Cake: A Modern Fairytale" - Raine O'Tierney
Volume Two
"A Christmas Tale" - Hans M Hirschi
"A Family Christmas" - Terry Kerr
"A Good Word" - L.M. Steel
"A Little Christmas Magic" - K.C. Faelan
"Always Have, Always Will" - Amelia Mann
"An Angel in Eyeliner" - Hunter Frost
"Boyfriend Goes Home" - Laura Susan Johnson
"Christmas Commitment" - Shayla Mist
"Coming in from the Cold" - Ava Penn
"Holidays with Drum and Bell!" - Matthias Williamson
"Te Amo, You Mushrooms" - S.H. Allan
Cover Design by Tami Veldura (http://coverthepages.blogspot.com), protected under a creative commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Boughs of Evergreen by Larry Benjamin Giveaway ends November 27, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Goodreads Book Giveaway
Boughs of Evergreen by S.H. Allan Giveaway ends November 27, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win
