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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Like People R.A. Padmos

Like People R.A. Padmos
Gay - Historical
File Size: 2326 KB
Print Length: 63 pages
Publisher: Manifold Press (August 1, 2016)
Publication Date: August 1, 2016
Amazon: Like People R.A. Padmos

April 1945. The Russians are shelling what remains of the 9th army of the Wehrmacht. Obergefreiter Karl Meisner has survived five years of a war he didn’t want, but now it seems he won’t reach his 26th birthday. Taking on responsibility for one of the new young recruits gives Karl a reason to keep going – and soon their war is over, as they surrender to the Allies at Tangermünde. Eventually Karl is placed in a prison camp in England – and it’s there that his life unexpectedly blooms. For it’s there that Karl meets Nathaniel Cyfer – a sergeant in the British army and an expatriate German Jew.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: The Bones of Our Fathers Elin Gregory

The Bones of Our Fathers Elin Gregory
Gay - Contemporary Romance
File Size: 2050 KB
Print Length: 215 pages
Publisher: Manifold Press (August 1, 2017)
Publication Date: August 1, 2017
Amazon: The Bones of Our Fathers Elin Gregory

Malcolm Bright, brand new museum curator in a small Welsh Border town, is a little lonely until – acting as emergency archaeological consultant on a new housing development – he crosses the path of Rob Escley, aka Dirty Rob, who makes Mal’s earth move in more ways than one.

Then Rob discovers something wonderful, and together they must combat greedy developers and a treasure hunter determined to get his hands on the find. Are desperate measures justified to save the bones of our fathers? Will Dirty Rob live up to his reputation? Do museum curators really do it meticulously?

Answers must be found for the sake of Mal’s future, his happiness and his heart.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: A Time to Keep Morgan Cheshire

A Time to Keep Morgan Cheshire
Gay - Historical
File Size: 1943 KB
Print Length: 213 pages
Publisher: Manifold Press (August 1, 2017)
Publication Date: August 1, 2017
Amazon: A Time to Keep Morgan Cheshire

It’s 1909, and on leaving the workhouse young lovers Ben and Matthew must find their places in the world. Luck brings jobs and somewhere to live, but their security is short-lived when England begins to prepare for war. Ben can’t wait to go to France and fight for his country, and it isn’t long before Matthew receives the news he’s dreaded. Ineligible for military service Matthew must stay at home, his life disintegrating – until, years later, the arrival of a stranger helps him learn to live for the future again.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: The Alpha King (Kingdom of Askara #1) Victoria Sue

The Alpha King (Kingdom of Askara #1) Victoria Sue
Gay - Fantasy Romance
Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (January 16, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1542592143
ISBN-13: 978-1542592147
Amazon: The Alpha King (Kingdom of Askara #1) Victoria Sue

The Kingdom of Askara has been torn apart by conflict for centuries, where humans exist as subservient beings to their werewolf masters. Legend says it will only be able to heal itself when an Alpha King and a pure omega are mated and crowned together, but a pure omega hasn’t been born in over a thousand years. Luca is an Alpha-heir eagerly awaiting the choosing ceremony on his twenty-fifth birthday and the gifts granted by whichever omega he mates. His small pack is destitute due to the decisions of its ruling council, but being only an Alpha-heir, he has no authority to challenge them. Not until now—this moment he has waited a long time for. Kit grew up as a street-rat, an unlicensed human who would never be more than a slave for whichever master owns him. Then one day he came across a young Alpha-heir, attacked and dying of poison, and found out their fates were suddenly entwined. Luca needs to take over his pack and save his people. He cannot afford to be distracted. But when he meets Kit, he develops abilities indicating he is not just a pack Alpha, but the King his world has needed for a thousand years. Is Kit really the cause of Luca’s newfound power, the true mate he needs? How is it possible when the young man isn’t even a werewolf, and as merely a human, a mating is not only forbidden, but for Kit, a sentence of death?

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Death Dancer (Dangerous Dancers #2) Tara Lain

Death Dancer (Dangerous Dancers #2) Tara Lain
Gay - Romantic Suspence
Series: Dangerous Dancers
Paperback: 228 pages
Publisher: Pride Publishing (November 29, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1786860880
ISBN-13: 978-1786860880
Amazon: Death Dancer (Dangerous Dancers #2) Tara Lain

A tattooed dancer and a by-the-book detective dance with death in the ego-fueled halls of ballet.

Bad boy of ballet Valentin ‘Val’ Aalto stands poised on the verge of huge success—except for one big obstacle. Influential lead dancer Harry Hardesty hates Val and cheats him out of the lead in Romeo and Juliet.

When Hardesty winds up dead, Val looks like a prime suspect—and gets thrown under the detailed and methodical inspection of the handsome NY detective with the stick up his butt, Andrew Preston. At first, Preston believes Hardesty may be the victim of the chilling Dancer Killer who’s struck three victims, but evidence stacks up against Val.

Still, Andrew can’t seem to keep his hands off his suspect and when the Dancer Killer starts stalking Val, Andrew is forced to choose between his dedication to a job he loves and his growing passion for his beautiful dancer. Together Val and Andrew discover that chaos can be beautiful, one should choose desserts wisely, and love can even trump death in the rehearsal halls of ballet.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Uncommon Ground (Aliens in New York #1) Kelly Jensen

Uncommon Ground (Aliens in New York #1) Kelly Jensen
Gay - Sci-Fi / Futuristic
File Size: 4637 KB
Print Length: 147 pages
Publisher: Kindle Worlds (June 20, 2017)
Publication Date: June 20, 2017
Amazon: Uncommon Ground (Aliens in New York #1) Kelly Jensen

Dillon Lee’s grandfather was a conspiracy theorist. Every summer he’d take Dillon on a tour of New York City while entertaining him with tales of aliens. Fifteen years later, after a phone call from a lawyer, Dillon is carrying his grandfather’s ashes from landmark to landmark, paying a sort of tribute, and trying to figure out what to do with his unexpected legacy. When someone tries to steal the ashes, a guy Dillon has barely met leaps to the rescue, saving the urn and the day.

Steilang Skovgaard is a reclusive billionaire—and not human. He’s been living in Manhattan for over twenty years, working on a long-term plan to establish a safe haven for his people. For seven years, his reports have gone unanswered, however, and he is the only surviving member of his interstellar team. The connection he forms with Dillon soon after meeting him is something he’s missed, something he craves.

But after someone keeps trying to steal the ashes, it looks as though Dillon’s grandfather was involved in more than theories—and might not have been exactly who everyone thought he was. Steilang doesn’t know how close he can get to the truth without revealing himself, and Dillon is running out of people to trust. Can these two work out what’s going on before the thieves set their sights higher?

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Block and Strike Kelly Jensen

Block and Strike Kelly Jensen
Bisexual - Contemporary Romance
Paperback: 266 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (January 6, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1635332281
ISBN-13: 978-1635332285
Amazon: Block and Strike Kelly Jensen

Jacob Kendricks is three months out of prison, estranged from his daughter, and ready to get his life on track. Taking care of the bum curled up on his doorstep isn’t part of the plan. When he realizes the man has been assaulted, Jake takes him to the hospital, where he learns that Max is his downstairs neighbor… and that he could really use a friend. Keeping Max in the friend-zone would be easier if he wasn’t so damned cute.

Maxwell Wilson has been bullied for years, and the only person who ever cared lives too far away to come to his rescue. Now his upstairs neighbor is offering support. Max remains cautious, suspecting he is little more than a project for the handsome Jake. When he learns Jake has had boyfriends as well as girlfriends, Max has to reevaluate his priorities—and muster the courage to take a chance at love.

Just when a happy future is within their grasp, life knocks them back down. A devastating blow leaves Max lower than ever and Jake wrestling with regret. They both have to find the strength to stand on their own before they can stand together.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: The Nate and Cameron Collection Kevin Klehr

The Nate and Cameron Collection Kevin Klehr
Gay - Contemporary Romance
Paperback, 200 pages
Expected publication: August 28th 2017 by NineStar Press
ISBN13 9781947139671
Edition Language English
Amazon: The Nate and Cameron Collection Kevin Klehr

Nate and the New Yorker

Nate once had the love of his life, but he’s met Cameron, a New York millionaire with an eccentric cross-dressing butler.

Cameron is keen to share his world of classy restaurants, Broadway shows, and fabulous parties, and while Nate’s friends see the makings of a fantasy romance, it’s Nate who has to learn how to open his heart again.

But is Cameron simply second best?
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Nate’s Last Tango

Nate’s life couldn’t be better. He’s living with his rich boyfriend, Cameron, in New York while being wined and dined all over the city.

But when Nate decides to visit his friends back in Sydney, Cameron suggests they break it off for a while. Cam’s cross-dressing butler is not impressed, and with the help of his lesbian aunt, they drag Cameron down-under to sort out his relationship and take in the sights of Mardi Gras!

With Nate at a loss to what went wrong, he faces the dim reality that love may have run its course.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: House of Fate Barbara Ann Wright

House of Fate Barbara Ann Wright
Lesbian - Sci-Fi / Futuristic
Paperback: 312 pages
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books (August 15, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626397805
ISBN-13: 978-1626397804
Amazon: House of Fate Barbara Ann Wright

Judit has one duty: to guard the chosen one, he who will unite two warring, star-spanning houses in marriage. Simple, if she wasn’t already in love with the bride-to-be. As far as anyone knows, Annika has been raised to be the perfect bride and future matriarch. Secretly, she’s an assassin ordered to usurp the chosen one’s mind and kill anyone who gets in her way.

When the political landscape shifts, murders and abductions threaten to tear the galaxy apart. Judit and Annika race to uncover the source of the strife. It must be someone powerful and bold enough to risk throwing whole star systems into ruin, someone who could change destinies and bring two lovers together, if they survive.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Daimonion (The Apocalypse #1) J.P. Jackson

Daimonion (The Apocalypse #1) J.P. Jackson
Gay - Alternative Universe/Reality
Series: Apocalypse (Book 1)
Paperback
Publisher: Ninestar Press, LLC (July 10, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947139363
ISBN-13: 978-1947139367
Amazon: Daimonion (The Apocalypse #1) J.P. Jackson

Dati Amon wants to be free from his satyr master and he hates his job--hunting human children who display demon balefire. Every hunt has been successful, except one. A thwarted attempt ended up as a promise to spare the child of a white witch, an indiscretion Dati hopes Master never discovers.

But Master has devilish machinations of his own. He needs human-demon hybrids, the Daimonion, to raise the Dark Lord to the earthly realm. If Master succeeds, he will be immortal and far more powerful.

The child who was spared is now a man, and for the first time in three hundred years, Dati has a reason to escape Master's chains. To do that, Dati makes some unlikely alliances with an untrained soulless witch, a self-destructive shape shifter, and a deceitful clairvoyant. However, deals with demons rarely go as planned, and the cost is always higher than the original bargain.

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