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2016 Rainbow Awards: Gun to My Head by Dira Lewis (226-07-26-2016)

Gun to My Head by Dira Lewis
Bisexual Paranormal Romance
Paperback: 354 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (July 13, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620047896
ISBN-13: 978-1620047897
Amazon: Gun to My Head
Amazon Kindle: Gun to My Head

Sin is a vampire at the end of his rope. Having escaped forcible conversion by a vampire cult, he temporarily kills himself and rises again only to immediately imprint on a human: eighteen-year-old Dominic. Thanks to the cult's conditioning, Sin can't bite Dominic, but because of the imprint he also can't leave him alone. Protecting Dominic from a local vampire named Oriana puts Sin between a rock and a hard place. With nowhere else to turn he does his best to convince Dominic to like him—but finds himself becoming just as attached to Dominic, which definitely isn't making his life any easier.

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GRL Featured Blog: Eden Winters

How to Go From Anxiety to Anticipation in Six Easy Years (Or Why I Love GayRomLit)

First year, you tremble and shake and sometimes get downright lightheaded when one of your favorite authors walk by. Too scared to talk to anyone unless you’re drinking beer, then you meet lots of wonderful folks. Come back with a new tattoo.

Second year, look behind to make sure you’re the person they’re talking to when an attendee squeals, “I LOVE your book!” Suitcase falls apart, talk a kind soul into taking you to the nearest Walmart (which might be in another time zone.) Recognize folks you hung out with the year before. Drink beer. New friends take you out to see the city. Come back with a new tattoo.

Third year, squeal for two straight days while you get reacquainted with THE BEST FOLKS EVER! Work up the nerve to read a scene involving two characters debating sex and bacon to an audience. Dance with lots of folks. Drink beer. Show the friends you’ve made in the past two conventions around the venue because it’s in your stomping grounds. Introduce roommate to the wonders of tattoos. Hug everyone within reach and cry when you have to leave.

Fourth year, visit Chicago for the first time, dance with lots of folks, drink beer from a wine glass because drinking from the bottle doesn’t quite go with your formalwear. Come back with a new tattoo. Roommate does too. Miss everyone until the next year.

Fifth year, despair because scheduling conflicts mean you can’t attend. Friends bring you back swag.

Sixth year, keep checking the calendar, asking, “Are we there yet?” and counting the days until you can be with your tribe once more. Planning next tattoo.

Wow! I can’t believe six years have gone by—six years of friends, good times, and happy memories. And here I am getting together books and swag to once again head for my favorite convention. This year I’m taking a few more vacations days from my day job to have more time to hang out.

The great thing about GRL is that I get to be both writer and fangirl, and the friends I meet there don’t stop being friends once we all go home. Now, we stay in touch via e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, and smaller regional meetups.

And all kidding aside, although there are great parties (and tattoos if you want), the heart of GRL is a group of individuals who love books, love our genre, and share an immediate bond. Stepping into the hotel each year for this event feels like coming home—even if you’ve never before been to that venue.

So if you’ve never attended GRL before but plan to this year, put your nerves to rest. We’re a big happy family who’ll be overjoyed to see you. If you’ve never attended, I’d like to encourage you to do so. So, “Hey y’all” to both those I’ve attended with before and friends I’ve yet to meet, and if you’re there this year, prepare to be hugged.

And check out my new tattoo.

This year will be a bit different for me because several of my novels have now been published in different languages. Duet is now available in English, Italian, French, and on August 28, German. It’s also an audiobook!

Although it won’t be published by October, I’m hard at work on the sixth Diversion novel: Reunion. The first book in the series, Diversion (Diversion 1) has been released in English, French, and Japanese, so I hope to have translated copies with me in Kansas City.

Diversion was originally intended as a standalone, but the characters had stories left to tell. I’m planning at least two more after the current work in progress. More Lucky and Bo!

There are good guys, bad guys, and then there’s Lucky.

Former drug trafficker Richmond “Lucky” Lucklighter flaunts his past like a badge of honor. He speaks his mind, doesn’t play nice, and flirts with disaster while working off his sentence with the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau. If he can keep out of trouble a while longer he’ll be a free man–after he trains his replacement.

Textbook-quoting, by the book Bo Schollenberger is everything Lucky isn’t. Lucky slurps coffee, Bo lives caffeine free. Lucky worships bacon, Bo eats tofu. Lucky trusts no one, Bo calls suspects by first name. Yet when the chips are down on their shared case of breaking up a drug diversion ring, they may have more in common than they believe.

Two men. Close quarters. Friction results in heat. But Lucky scoffs at partnerships, no matter how thrilling the roller-coaster. Bo has two months to break down Lucky’s defenses… and seconds are ticking by.

Find the English version of Diversion at Amazon:

US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LIC5J00/?...
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LIC5J00...
DE: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00LIC5J00/?t...
FR: http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00LIC5J00/?t...
SP: http://www.amazon.es/dp/B00LIC5J00/?t...
IT: http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00LIC5J00/?t...
JP: http://www.amazon.jp/dp/B00LIC5J00/?t...
CA: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00LIC5J00/?t...

Find the French translation at MXM Bookmark:
http://www.mxm-bookmark.com/produit/d...

Diversion in Japanese translation:
http://www.amazon.jp/dp/440356027X/?t...



About the Author: You will know Eden Winters by her distinctive white plumage and exuberant cry of “Hey, y’all!” in a Southern US drawl so thick it renders even the simplest of words unrecognizable. Watch out, she hugs!

Driven by insatiable curiosity, she possibly holds the world’s record for curriculum changes to the point that she’s never quite earned a degree but is a force to be reckoned with at Trivial Pursuit.

She’s trudged down hallways with police detectives, learned to disarm knife-wielding bad guys, and witnessed the correct way to blow doors off buildings. Her e-mail contains various snippets of forensic wisdom, such as “What would a dead body left in a Mexican drug tunnel look like after six months?” In the process of her adventures she has written fourteen m/m romance novels, has won several Rainbow Awards, was a Lambda Awards Finalist, and lives in terror of authorities showing up at her door to question her Internet searches.

When not putting characters in dangerous situations she’s a mild-mannered business executive, mother, grandmother, vegetarian, and PFLAG activist.

Her natural habitats are airports, coffee shops, and on the backs of motorcycles.

Visit me at:
Blog: www.edenwinters.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdenWinters

See y’all at GRL, and thank you, Elisa, for having me on your site today.





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2016 Rainbow Awards: Wolf, WY by A.F. Henley (224-07-26-2016)

Wolf, WY (Wolf #1) by A.F. Henley
Gay Paranormal Romance
Series: Wolf
Paperback: 260 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (August 30, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620046199
ISBN-13: 978-1620046197
Amazon: Wolf, WY (Wolf #1)
Amazon Kindle: Wolf, WY (Wolf #1)

There's nothing like a fresh start, and for Randy, still nursing wounds left by a cheating ex and harboring a deep mistrust for all things corporate, Wolf, Wyoming seems like the perfect place to start over. Secluded, quiet, and self-sufficient, Wolf is bound to not only inspire, but to bring Randy the peace he needs. The view's not bad, either. Vaughn O'Connell and his family are Randy's only neighbors for miles, and while Randy knows it's somewhat unlikely that a man with three kids is gay, it doesn't hurt to look. When a misunderstanding brings Randy face to face with both Vaughn and his eighteen year old son, Lyle, Randy's not sure what to feel about either of them. But things are not what they appear in Wolf, and the closer Randy gets, the stranger the O'Connell family seems...

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2016 Rainbow Awards: We Go Forward by Alison Evans (224-07-26-2016)

We Go Forward by Alison Evans
Bisexual Contemporary Romance
Paperback: 166 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (March 16, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620047268
ISBN-13: 978-1620047262
Amazon: We Go Forward
Amazon Kindle: We Go Forward

Christie travels to run, to forget. She has no place to call home, but desperately wishes she did. Roslyn has never been overseas and fears getting stuck in one place. If she's never left Melbourne, how does she know that's home? A crossing of paths in Berlin, wine, and wifi leads to the two traveling together, and as they travel the two find some things they were looking for, and maybe something they weren't...

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Under the Knife by Laurin Kelly (223-07-26-2016)

Under the Knife by Laurin Kelly
Gay Contemporary Romance
Paperback: 366 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (June 20, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620047853
ISBN-13: 978-1620047859
Amazon: Under the Knife
Amazon Kindle: Under the Knife

Season three of TV's hottest cooking competition, Under the Knife, is gearing up, and Nate is equal parts excited and terrified that he's one of the twelve competitors. But the prize is a quarter of a million dollars, and that's worth a few weeks of being stressed and afraid. It may not, however, be worth weeks of putting up with Zachary, the cold, snotty competitor who definitely thinks he's better than everyone else. The man can cook, and he's the hottest man Nate has ever seen, but every time he opens his mouth Nate hates him all over again. He came here to be driven crazy trying to prove he's the best chef in the world, but if Nate can't learn to block Zachary out it won't be the competition that pushes him to the breaking point.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: To Terminator, With Love by Wes Kennedy (222-07-26-2016)

To Terminator, With Love by Wes Kennedy
Bisexual Sci-fi / Futuristic
Paperback: 164 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (March 25, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620047470
ISBN-13: 978-1620047477
Amazon: To Terminator, With Love
Amazon Kindle: To Terminator, With Love

Dexter Wu's life is hectic, but he's managing--mostly. He's on the verge of finishing grad school, and that means putting the final touches on his number one project: HAL, a social robot and children's storytelling companion. But his best friend is leaving the country for good, his birthday's coming up, he's swamped with studying for finals, and he hasn't slept in days.

He's also going to destroy the world.

At least, his robot is, according to the possibly untrustworthy Agency, an organization whose mission is to protect the world at all costs. After his birthday party turns into a fight for his life, Dexter's simple life of fast food and Netflix binges is replaced by a glitchy oracle, the world's douchiest secret agents, and an ever-increasing chain of conspiracies.With the help of Andre, a mysterious and disenchanted young agent turned rogue, Dexter sets out to plead his case to the Director in an effort to get his life back to what counts as normal--but he should know by now nothing is ever so easy.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Tantalus by Albert Nothlit (221-07-26-2016)

Tantalus by Albert Nothlit
Gay Sci-fi / Futuristic
Paperback: 194 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (April 13, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620047632
ISBN-13: 978-1620047637
Amazon: Tantalus
Amazon Kindle: Tantalus

In the aftermath of a nasty fight after being jumped by four youths, faced with a mother desperate to get rid of the son she's ashamed of, Kyle is forced to leave home to take up an apprenticeship he doesn't want and can't wait to be finished with. On another planet. Upon arrival, though, a nasty surprise awaits. The position he was hired for no longer exists and he's going to be left standing around until Dr. O'Brien, the man he was to work for, can find him a new job. Following a strange compulsion, Kyle leaves the compound, only to nearly get himself killed out in the alien atmosphere. Kyle is told he's too reckless to stay and fit only for the mining colonies, where he'll be little more than a slave. Distraught but helpless, Kyle counts down the days until his departure. He's distracted from his misery, however, by the same compulsion that first drove him from the compound, a presence in his mind that seems to be coming from the local lifeform being kept in Dr. O'Brien's lab...

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Supernatural Consultant, Vol 1 by Mell Eight (220-07-26-2016)

Supernatural Consultant, Vol 1 by Mell Eight
Gay Paranormal Romance
Series: Supernatural Consultant
Paperback: 340 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (May 24, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620048019
ISBN-13: 978-1620048016
Amazon: Supernatural Consultant, Vol 1

DRAGON CONSULTANT - The FAA has been struggling with dragons attacking their planes, and hire Dane, a supernatural consultant, to look into the matter. What Dane finds in the woods is not quite the problem he expected: a group of dragon kits and their sick father. When he learns the real reason the family was in the woods, his case only grows more dangerous, and while Dane is plenty experienced at watching his own back, taking care of baby dragons and their handsome, distracting father almost makes danger look easy. DRAGON DECEPTION - A life full of children and mysteries to solve doesn't leave much time for relaxation or each other, something Lumie wants to help fix for Dane and Mercury by way of arranging a picnic. But good intentions and life rarely cooperate, and Dane knows it's only a matter of time before all hell breaks loose. Hell turns out to be someone using Quicksilver's name to destroy buildings, but there's no way to tell whether the enemy is an impostor or a trap—and only one way to find out. Hopefully it won't mean missing the picnic. DRAGON DILEMMA - Dane doesn't get along with his parents. He hasn't spoken with his mother in years and he's never met his father. Somehow his mother finds out about Mercury and the kits anyway, and it's difficult to throw one's mother out when she happens to be a powerful, dangerous witch. She isn't the only uninvited guest either, and these ones are even less likely to take no for an answer—and much more likely to leave everyone dead if they don't get what they want.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Souls Entwined by Caitlin Ricci (219-07-26-2016)

Souls Entwined by Caitlin Ricci
Lesbian Fantasy Romance
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (October 3, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620047055
ISBN-13: 978-1620047057
Amazon: Souls Entwined
Amazon Kindle: Souls Entwined

Emmaline has spent the past year as the companion to the emperor's son, and knows she will soon be cast out for failing to produce a child. Though it should be a source of shame, all Emmaline feels is relief that she will finally be able to go home and resume the life she was forced to leave behind. The emperor, however, has other plans. Instead of sending her home, he orders Emmaline across the sea to a foreign country she's only ever heard of, there to become the spouse of a woman who proves to be unexpectedly appealing. She is further charmed by the woman's young son, but just as Emmaline begins to settle happily into her new life as wife and mother secrets, fear, and violence threaten to tear it all apart...

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Sharing a Pond by Alex Whitehall (218-07-26-2016)

Sharing a Pond by Alex Whitehall
Gay Paranormal Romance
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (October 21, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620046407
ISBN-13: 978-1620046401
Amazon: Sharing a Pond
Amazon Kindle: Sharing a Pond

Brent shows up on Corey and Shane's doorstep in the dead of winter needing a place to stay—and hopeful his mates will provide it, and not mind he's a frog shifter. Being a shifter is nothing new to Corey and Shane, but neither is being mates. They've been together since before they first met Brent ten years ago—back when Brent was Brenda. Bringing a third into their relationships is more than a little complicated, but they're willing to try. But change is always easier said than done, and Brent wonders if he ever really stood a chance at being happy with the men he has always loved and admired.

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