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Blog Tour: Heart on the Run By Lee Brazil & Havan Fellows

Heart on the Run (A Hearts of Parkerburg 2) by Lee Brazil & Havan Fellows
Publisher: Appleton Publishing Avenue (November 14, 2015)
Amazon Kindle: Heart on the Run (A Hearts of Parkerburg 2)

Blurb: Charles Darwin Millsworth, Chaz to one and all since infancy, has no wish to live up to the grandeur of his name. Fortunately, his Southern belle mama isn’t at all inclined to push her son into a career that won’t make him happy. She thinks he needs to loosen up and enjoy life. After all, that’s the whole point of being independently wealthy, isn’t it?

Chaz can see her point, but his father died in his forties as did his father before him. As far as Chaz is concerned, he has limited time on this earth to make his dreams come true. And he refuses to leave anyone weeping over a wasted life.

Sprocket Moretti is a simple guy. He loves his job, enjoys college, lives in his beloved childhood home—why worry about the little things when the big stuff looks so good. Unfortunately one of the little things he tries not to stress over is a broken friendship with a very hot and bewildering sous chef. They were pals, hung out and had fun. But one night they stepped over that invisible line, and the next morning Chaz kicked Sprocket out of his bed and his life.

Now, no matter how much Sprocket tries to charm Chaz, the guy has no desire to return to their pre-sex playful bantering ways. And if Sprocket stays true to his motto, this little thing—Chaz—should be written off and never worried about again.

If Sprocket had known one night of reality altering orgasms would endanger their easygoing friendship… How do you finish that sentence when all your mind wants is its friend back and all your body wants is another taste?

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Meet the authors:

Lee Brazil: Somewhere in a small town in up-state New York are a librarian and a second grade teacher to whom I owe my life. That might be a touch dramatic, but it’s nevertheless one hundred percent true.

Because they taught me the joy of reading, of escaping into worlds crafted of words.

Have you ever been nine years old and sure of nothing so much as that you don’t belong? Looked at the world from behind glasses, and wondered why you don’t fit?

Someone hands you a book, and then you turn the page and see… There you are, running from Injun Joe in a dark graveyard; there you are fencing with Athos; there you are…beneath the deep blue sea- marveling at exotic creatures with Captain Nemo.

I found myself between the pages of books, and that is why I write now. It’s why I taught English and literature for so many years, and it’s why my house contains more pounds of books than furniture.

If I’d had my way, I’d have been a fencer…or a starship captain, or a lawyer, or a detective solving crimes. But instead, I am a writer, and I’ve come to realize that’s the best thing in the world to be, because as a writer, I can be all those things and more.

If I hadn’t learned to value the stories between the pages, who knows what would have happened? Certainly not college…teaching…or writing.

Havan Fellows: I annoy, love, respect, scare, seduce, hurt, anger, infatuate, frustrate, flatter, envy, amuse and tolerate everyone. I just do it better in writing thanks to a little thing called…edits.

Okay no, seriously…I'm a simpleminded person who enjoys the escape from real life through a book. I write with the group Story Orgy and hope to continue doing so for a long time. I also am privileged to be with the Pulp Friction writers, creating intermingling books in a world all our own.

I recently took the drastic step of quitting my EDJ (evil day job) and am now living in the gorgeous desert in Arizona making a go at this writing stuff full time…and I can’t see me regretting this decision ever.

Just like every other red-blooded human—I get a little bouncy when I get mail (any kind too…email, comments, private messages…you wanna do it, do it with me *winks*). So feel free to drop me a line—whether it's on my blog, twitter, PInterest, or you track me down on FaceBook or Google +…it's easy to catch someone who wants to be caught.

Hey there *raises coffee cup in salute*. Thanks for having us over. (Us being Lee Brazil and Havan Fellows—the dynamic duo in *cough cough* charge of this quaint small town called Parkerburg)

We’re here to put our two main characters from Heart on the Run in the hot seat...give them a quickie for you, the readers.

The main men in Heart on the Run are Charles Darwin Millsworth (aka Chaz the hot ginger sous chef) and Sprocket Moretti (the not so bad boy with tats and piercings).

Now, Chaz and Sprocket, the rules are simple...you both have to answer. See easy. Oh, and don’t be afraid to poke the other one if you feel it necessary. *wink wink*

Let the quickie begin…

Most likely to eat in bed.
Chaz: Sprocket.
Sprocket: I’m not confined to the bed, it all depends on where Chaz is...

Name a place that is strictly off limits for nookie.
Chaz: The kitchen.
Sprocket: HA! Tell that to your kitchen...or mine. There are no off limit spots.

Name a food that works as an aphrodisiac for you.
Chaz: Food. All food. If Sprocket is eating it.
Sprocket: I can honestly say all food is sexier when Chaz makes it.

Most likely to be found barefoot.
Chaz: Sprocket
Sprocket: True, as soon as I enter my house the shoes come off.

Most likely to find a stray kitten and bring her home.
Chaz: Me. If Sprocket was going to bring a kitten home, he wouldn’t wait for one to cross his path.
Sprocket: He’s got a point there.

In a silly battle of wills...most likely to refrain from masturbating the longest.
Chaz: Uh…
Sprocket: I’m sorry, Chaz...what was that?

One word to describe each other.
Sprocket: Amazing
Chaz: Beloved

Name the song that best describes your story.
Chaz: Ugh.
Sprocket: Never heard of that song...sing it for me?

Color that best describes your personality.
Sprocket: Tie-dyed
Chaz: Blue

What would your Facebook status be right this very second?
Chaz: “If you could describe my love story in a song, what would it be?” What? I’m stumped. I need help.
Sprocket: And that’s all they wrote.

Thank you Elisa – My Reviews and Ramblings for having Chaz and Sprocket over. If you’d like to read more about the great people of Parkerburg check out their books Christmas in His Heart and Heart on the Run…with more to come too! Because the Hearts of Parkerburg are enough to make you go woo woo.

Where to find the authors:
Lee Brazil:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lee.brazil
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/leebrazilauthor
Twitter: @leebrazil
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/leebrazil/
Newsletter Signup: http://eepurl.com/qBhBb
Havan Fellows:
Blog - http://havanshawthaven.blogspot.com
Twitter - @havanfellows
Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/havanfellows/
FaceBook - http://www.facebook.com/HavanFellowsauthor?fref=ts
Google + - https://plus.google.com/100539863028704367957/posts
FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/crawlinbedwithlee/

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Selling the story you want to buy

Big warning before I start this post: I’m not preaching. This is my opinion, and I wanted to share it with you all. I hope to be able to discuss this, but this is not a lesson. After reading and discussing, I will still have my position and you will have yours, and both are good since it’s up to the single individual to choose their own stance.

People is complaining about authors in the M/M community impersonating a character, and they are saying, why is happening now, why is so common in this community, this is bringing bad attention to the community…

First of all, remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde: "There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

Second, I want to tell you a story: in 1962 a newbie author by the name of Rosalind Erskine published a novel, The Passion Flower Hotel. The story concerns a young girl going to an English girls' boarding school. In the dormitory, the girls discuss losing their virginity and decide that the best way is to set up a "service" for the local boys' school situated across the lake from them. It was adapted as a musical in 1965 and as a movie in 1978. It was a huge success and it became a “loosely” Lesbian classic. Loosely since the story wasn’t really targeting the Lesbian readers, but that was what happened and many young Lesbian girls around the world started to send fan mails to Ms Erskine (and I know for sure since one of those young lesbians told me she did), and she replied to them with advices and good words. She gave them sometime hope, sometime pleasure. But if various fans, from various genre of literature, checked carefully, they would have found an odd coincidence: Ms Erskine shared her mail address with Scottish historical novelist Laura Black, spy thriller novelist Ivor Drummond, mystery thriller novelist Frank Parrish, black comedy about dysfunctional families’ novelist Domini Taylor and even other two smaller authors, Megan Barker and Grania Beckford. Plus sport writer Roger Longrigg. Was this a sort of literary agent who was working for many authors? Was he collecting the fan mail for all his clients? When Mr Longrigg died, the truth came out: Mr Longrigg adopted different styles and pseudonyms to suit different audiences. But it wasn’t just a question of using pen-names, he replied to his fan mail as Ms Erskine, he accepted awards for emerging writers as Domini Taylor, he released interviews as Queen of Gothic Romance as Laura Black… was he deceiving his readers or was he giving them what they wanted?

Now I want, for once, take my position: if you are a man and want to write with a female pen-name since you think romance readers will trust you more (Roger Longrigg/Laura Black, Tom E. Huff/Jennifer Wilde, Nick Bienes & Rhea Gallaher/Judith Gould, William Maltese/Willa Lambert) or if you are a woman and want to write with a male pen-name since you think readers of Gay romance will trust you more, that is up to you. I sincerely do not care. I care for your books. I personally think Jennifer Wilde’s books were too much, I did not like the romance in it, the sex was good, but the romance was so and so… was that since Jennifer was in reality Tom? Maybe. Sure you are deceiving your fans, who believe what you say you are, but in the end, if you let “speak” your books, the stories in the books, and what you are only faking is the name of the author on the cover of the book, then, again, I do not care. I’m buying your book, not you; the story is good? The money I spent are well spent.

But if you are a thirty something female author, faking to be a male teen prostitute to be able to catch the interest of a notorious male gay novelist so that he will sponsor you with his publisher (J.T. Leroy anyone? Do you remember that story?) and when you manage to do so, you use the teenager sister of your husband to impersonate the supposed gay teen prostitute, and you sold his fake personal life other than your real fictional books… well, then maybe you went a little over. People is not only buying your books, you decided also to sell yourself, and sorry, but I want to obtain what I decided to buy: if I want to buy fake bijoux I go to Wallmart, if I want to buy diamond I go to Tiffany, if Tiffany sold me fake bijoux than they are deceiving me.

Personally I do not think the readers should associate too much their personal life with their fictional dreams, cause in doing so, they are, from my point of view, eradicating the reason of being reader. Let me explain: once they asked me why I read Gay Romance, and I told them, me, as a working woman, was not able to identify with the female heroine. That is partially true, but it doesn’t explain why I was reading heterosexual romances before gay romances. But there is an important detail: when I was reading heterosexual romances, my favorite genre was Historical Romance or Paranormal Romance; now that I’m reading gay romances, my favorite genre is Contemporary Romance. Do you see the connection? I like to read about dreams. I’m a romantic reader, I want the romance, I want the dream, I do not want the reality. Again please, be careful, this is ME and not for everyone. If I read contemporary romance with an heterosexual couple, that could be me, and I do not want to read about me, so I prefer historical romance, because I cannot live in the past. If I read contemporary romance with a male gay couple, I’m good, since I’m not male and I’m not gay, and I do not want to be male and/or gay. So to the previous question of why I read Gay Romance, my answer should not have been, “I’m not able to identify with the female heroine” but better “I do not want to identify with the female heroine”.

So, when I’m reading gay romance, I’m reading fiction, and in a way, I do not care if the author is a woman or a man, I care about the fiction. But if I’m a man, and gay, and I read a gay romance, I probably care about the author, cause I’m probably identifying with them. And if the author appropriates my identity, of gay man, he is hurting me: AIDS, rejection, fear, and many other scares, they didn’t live them, and therefore, they can write fiction about it, but they cannot pretend to have gone through them in real life.

Another point is when the reader, female or male, other than caring for the books, start to care for the author, pushed or not by the author themselves. Again I think the fault, if fault you want to find, lays on both side: as a reader you are buying the books, you should not “buy” the author. You want to help the community? Buy the books to help spreading the acknowledgment of the community, and then pick a shelter near to you and help there; there are plenty of LGBT young people needing your help, and they are probably living just a block from you, or worst, they are homeless and dying just a block from you. And if not youth shelters, there are organizations who help AIDS patients, old people, people with disability, veterans… change the world starting from your own home. You want a list? I have hundreds of links to LGBT organizations.

But let’s say you trusted that author, believing he needed your help since he was a runaway, homeless, a former prostitute, a veteran, living with AIDS or whatever, and in the end she was not… yes, she was wrong. But remember, she sold you the story you wanted to buy.

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Book Blast: Love in Uniform Anthology

Love in Uniform by Editor: Paige Prince, Authors: Angora Shade, Kay C. Sulli, DC Juris, Jean Wolfe, Shannen Malone, Kassandra Lea, Dale Cameron Lowry, Louise Blaydon, and Aiden McKenna
Amazon Kindle: Love in Uniform

Blurb: There’s just something about a man in uniform…whether it’s the delivery man bringing a special package to your door, the airline attendant taking care of your every need, or the cop with a set of handcuffs on his belt and a gleam in his eye, Love in Uniform provides fodder for every fantasy.
The Encounter - Hoping to escape the hot dance floor at a crowded club, a pilot finds himself wandering a dark secluded hallway. He’s pleased to see a table, but he’s startled when a shadow moves. Suddenly face to face with his ideal man candy, the pilot discovers the beauty of strangers and the thrill of sex in public places.
Wishing on the Perseid - Zach Johnson went looking for an adventure in the Rocky Mountains before settling into grad school. Little did he know Park Ranger Ryan Jenkins was exactly what he was looking for.
Special Delivery - An unexpected phone call turns Camden's boring day off into a potential disaster when he ends up taking his cousin's delivery shift with Axel, the tattooed hunk he dreams about. But Axel's got a plan...and a special delivery that'll leave Camden wanting more.
Westward Avenue Matchmaker - EMT Peter is getting tired of being called to Westward Avenue again and again for Mrs McKinney’s kitchen fires, but the chance to flirt with an attractive fireman makes it all worthwhile.
On the Wing - Traveling the world for work doesn’t leave a lot of time to find love on the ground. But maybe on the wing.
Let it Hurt - All Leo Shelton wanted to do was patch things up with his boyfriend Caleb Hart. When an accident threatens to take it all away the two realize just how much they need one another.
Loggerhead - Soon after they fall in love, Jake makes Eric a promise inspired by an old track uniform. But demanding work schedules at Jake’s four-star restaurant and Eric’s newspaper keep them from following through. Six years later, they take the honeymoon they never had, heading to the Florida coast in search of sea turtles—and rekindling their passion for each other in the process.
The Night Shift - Jonas Kelshiker works the night shift in the Evidence Room at the police depot, where the crimes have become monotonous and the policemen unremarkable – until the night Dan Harris shows up at his window.
Roadside Assistance - When Robert sees flashing lights in his rear view mirror, he doesn't know just how wild a turn his night is going to take. With the threat of his first speeding ticket imminent, he tries to use his clever mouth to get him out of trouble. But this cop won't let him get off that easy.

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Meet the author:
Angora Shade: Angora Shade is an American author living in what she lovingly refers to as "Sheep Shit Nowhere" Europe. In an attempt to add some spice to her small town life, Ms. Shade began writing explicit erotica as a form of self-entertainment. Exploring the boundaries of acceptable sexual literature, she often seeks to create stories that not only entertain others, but also expose and push against the negative stigma surrounding sex in modern day society. She believes that sex in literature, art, personal thought, and physical nature, should be celebrated and expressed openly and as easily as any God-given freedom. Her favorite themes in writing include revenge, self-discovery, alternative materials for love play/BDSM, as well as anything that produces a good tingle, sizzle, or laugh. When not writing, Ms. Shade enjoys red wine, travel, dancing, classic cartoons, baking, and creating fine art.
Kay C. Sulli: Kay C. Sulli is a queer asexual writer often found scribbling in the wilderness. She writes from the heart with a passion for history, nature, and the American West.
DC Juris: Romance author, sci-fi fan club Captain, cosplayer, reigning Queen of Monkeyland, and random menace. Yep, we're talking about DC Juris. She’s a cupcake making, football watching, rubber duck collecting, drag show loving, full of fabulous with a Capital F kinda gal. She's also an Ordained Minister and an amateur photographer. She lives in Upstate NY with her husband, three dogs, and two cats. When she's not writing, you can find her in her favorite chair watching "Star Trek" and "Supernatural" repeats on Netflix, or surfing the web for porn. Er...research. Surfing the web for research. She may speak softly but she lives and loves loudly. Just ask the neighbors.
Jean Wolfe: Jean Wolfe would really rather go hide under a rock somewhere than have to fill out author bios.
Dale Cameron Lowry: Dale Cameron Lowry is a writer and editor living in the Midwest with a partner and three irritable cats. This is Dale’s second story for Torquere Press.
Shannen Malone: Shannen Malone is an Irish student studying English, in the second year of her degree. When not scaling the monolith of her required reading list, Shannen can be found in her blanket nest, writing all things queer.
Kassandra Lea: Kassandra Lea has been writing for far longer than she cares to admit. She lies in southern Wisconsin with her mother, a gang of furry little monsters, and a ghost lovingly dubbed Bob.
Louise Blaydon: Louise is an academic, editor and writer. She primarily writes m/m and f/f fiction, and has published a number of novels and novellas and many short stories. She lives in England and has too many cats.
Aiden McKenna: Aiden McKenna is a writer and editor living in the dirty south. When not bent over the writing desk, she enjoys time spent with family on her farm and relaxing on the porch with a strong drink and a good novel.

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Blog Tour: Love is Found (Only If Series #1) by R. Paone

Love is Found (Only If Series #1) by R. Paone
Publisher: R. Paone (November 16, 2015)
Amazon Kindle: Love is Found (Only If Series Book 1)

“Love is Found” is the moving story about coming-of-age in suburban New York and discovering the broad concept of sexuality and love.

Based on true events of love, the story’s protagonist, Robert, finds himself thrown into the realization that upon entering graduate school he is beginning a new chapter in his adult life. Comfortable with being gay, he yearns for love but dwells on the ideal of being alone while being consumed by the world of academia. Upon starting a new job he meets a coworker, whom he begins an unlikely relationship with considering this man identifies as straight.
When sex is introduced and emotions run amok, the routine of Robert’s life is thrown into chaos with unexpected outcomes. Little does he know if his heart can survive the overwhelming desire and how this man will alter the course of his life just not now, but for the next decade.



The first novel in the debut “Only If…” series by R.Paone introduces the heartbreaking portrait of one young man finding love in all the wrong places while exploring themes of one’s sexual identity, passion, and nostalgia.







About the Author: R.Paone started on this writing journey in June, 2014. From events that were beyond his control, he decided to start this new path in his life before my 30th birthday. It has been quite the journey mapping out this story arc. He has learned so much writing a novel in that it has been therapeutic and also eye opening as it evolves. He hopes everyone will enjoy what is to come from the "ONLY IF" series as I want this to be something anyone could reach for and say "that could happen to me." Stay tuned! Three fun facts about him is: he live in NYC, has a vast horror movie collection and has a great appreciation for Enya.



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Book Blast: 959 Brenton Street by Thianna Durston

959 Brenton Street (Men of Falcon Pointe 1) by Thianna Durston
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (November 20, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1623807409
ISBN-13: 978-1623807405
Amazon: 959 Brenton Street (Men of Falcon Pointe 1)
Amazon Kindle: 959 Brenton Street (Men of Falcon Pointe 1)

Blurb: Trent Farnsworth moves to Falcon Pointe to get as far away from his controlling family and religion as he can. While his conservative upbringing makes it hard for Trent to admit he’s gay, he accidentally outs himself in front of his four new roommates. None of the men living at 959 Brenton Street are what the world would consider normal, but all four accept him for who he is. And when Trent falls for his much older landlord, Dr. Cory Venerin, he’s as surprised as anyone, but discovering Cory feels the same makes Trent realize he’s truly in the right place at the right time.

Until he tells his family he’s gay. His father uses any resource at his disposal to destroy him, including Trent’s love for Cory. As his father schemes to send Trent to a hospital whose sole purpose is to rip the gay out of him, Cory battles to save not only Trent—but also the possibility of a future together.

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Meet the author: Thianna likes to say she’s eclectic, fun, and just a bit naughty. She can also add, subtract, multiply, and divide in her head, but if people ask her to do it at parties, she isn’t impressed. While she would love to say there wasn’t a genre she had read that she didn’t enjoy, it would be a lie. For some reason, she keeps skipping to the ends of mystery books to find out who done it.

The creator and acquisition editor for the Corbin’s Bend Romance series, she wants to know: Who else wants to be safe, secure, and spanked in Colorado?

Where to find the author:
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/ThiannaDurstonAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThiannaDurston
Website: http://mm.thiannad.com/
Blog: http://blog.thiannad.com/
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27266137-959-brenton-street?ac=1

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Book Blast: What Happens At Christmas by Jay Northcote

What Happens At Christmas by Jay Northcote
Amazon Kindle: What Happens At Christmas

Blurb: When two friends pose as boyfriends, could what happens at Christmas turn into something more?
Justin is recently and unhappily single. Christmas is coming, and he doesn’t want to face his ex alone at their office party. So Sean—Justin’s best mate and long-time secret crush—volunteers to go with him and pretend to be his new flame.

Sean has always lusted after Justin from afar, but there’s never been a good opportunity to ask him for more than friendship. Posing as Justin’s boyfriend isn’t a chore, and if Justin wants to rebound onto him, Sean’s more than willing. At the party pretence and reality blur, and a kiss on the dance floor leads to a night of passion.

In the aftermath, they both assume it was a one-time thing until fate intervenes. Stuck together in London over the holidays, they give in to temptation again. But what happens at Christmas stays at Christmas... right?

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Meet the author: Jay lives just outside Bristol in the West of England, with her husband, two children, and two cats.

She comes from a family of writers, but she always used to believe that the gene for fiction writing had passed her by. She spent years only ever writing emails, articles, or website content. One day, she decided to try and write a short story–just to see if she could–and found it rather addictive. She hasn’t stopped writing since.

Where to find the author:
www.jaynorthcote.com
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

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Book Blast: I Have You By Grein Murray

I Have You by Grein Murray
Paperback: 146 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 4, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1518883419
ISBN-13: 978-1518883415
Amazon: I Have You
Amazon Kindle: I Have You

Blurb: Kyle and Christopher’s world is about to change. The couple have hidden their relationship to keep Kyle safe from his strict parents, but eventually they find out. Both Kyle and Christopher don’t want to give up the other, it’s just not an option. Kyle is ready for a new start when faced with having to break up with Christopher. Christopher comes up with a plan, but the catch is that they have to leave everything behind. The job Christopher has lined up for them may be crossing the line with Kyle. Will they both do whatever it takes to stay together?

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Meet the author: When I'm not writing I like going to concerts. Music is a big part of my life, I've played bass guitar since I was a teen. I love nature and enjoy hiking and working with causes that help protect our planet and wild animals.

I have loved books all of my life and have always enjoyed escaping the ordinary world by getting lost in a good book. I read a lot of different genres of books but have fallen in love with MM. I support the gay community and hope one day people will see that love is love and that it is a beautiful thing no matter your gender, race or religion. Joshua and his story have been in my head for years but I never took the time to write it.

With encouragement from some fellow authors and friends I took the leap and now all of you can get to know my characters and I hope you love them as much as I do.

Where to find the author:
My FB author page is https://www.facebook.com/Grein-Murray-959815800704931/timeline/
My FB regular page is https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009477305727
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27418745-i-have-you?ac=1

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Blog Tour: Flesh Market by Kate Lowell

Flesh Market (Bodies and Souls Book 1)
Publisher: Loose Id LLC (November 9, 2015)
Amazon Kindle: Flesh Market (Bodies and Souls Book 1)

Blurb: Special Agent Leo Gale is up a creek. A year and a half of deep cover is about to go up in flames. He needs help – something, someone to salvage the operation and save the lives of untold numbers of trafficked teenagers.

But he wasn’t expecting the partner they sent, or his own gut-punch of a response to the man.

Julian worked hard for that FBI Honors Internship. It was supposed to be a foot in the door. He’d never expected it to catapult him into the middle of a major undercover operation. Yet here he is, sleeping on a filthy mattress and using every trick in the book to avoid torture—and worse. He’s never felt so scared, or so alive, in his entire life, and he’s not sure if it’s the danger, or Leo, that’s making his heart race.

There’s no time to think about it, though. The operation is heating up, and Leo and Julian are running out of time and options. As choices become more difficult, they must find a way to take the traffickers down, or risk becoming just another set of organs for sale.

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Meet the author: Kate lives on the east coast of Canada, in an old farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. She has one horse now, who still has medical issues, and three cats, all of which still have mental issues. She still refuses to get a dog, because who knows what would be wrong with it?

Kate loves to read and write. She also likes playing with computers and is going back to school to do a programming degree, just for giggles. Or the opportunity to take over the world. (Oh, who are we kidding? Think of all the work that would mean.) She also likes pictures of pretty men and keeps many of them on her computer. (The pictures, not the men.) She would dearly love a cabana boy to mow her lawn and maybe rub her shoulders after a long day of making men fall in love with each other, then cackling evilly and raining frustration and danger on them.

1) Why do you write?
I’ve always told stories—mostly inside my head. It’s almost a relief to get them out onto the page, like it makes room for the rest of my life. I’m must more fun to be around when I’m writing, because my brain can breathe.

2) Which of your books was the most difficult to write?
No contest—it was Flesh Market. This book dug its claws into me and wouldn’t let go. It was a difficult topic, and the story required me to write some scenes that brought me to tears as the words spilled onto the page. Those scenes, and ones to come in the sequels, are still hard to live with.

3) Give us an insight into your main character. What does he/she do that is so special?
Julian is smart. Like, gifted smart. He’s driven to succeed, for reasons which will come to light in later books, but his childhood wasn’t the idyll some might suspect it was. Like most gifted kids, he’s not accustomed to failure—he’s used to deciding to do something, and then just doing it. Flesh Market will be a test, and a learning curve that will change Julian forever.

4) How much research do you do for your books?
Depends on the book. The Wolves and Witches series doesn’t need much research. Christmas Goes Analog needed a bit more, though most of that could be accomplished by asking my brother questions about what went on in his workplace. Flesh Market was probably the most research-intensive book I’ve written so far.

5) Who designs your covers?
The publisher provides a cover artist for books that are sold through them. My cover artist for Flesh Market is April Martinez, who has done other covers of mine. The base image of the two men came from the Spanish photographer called Varian Krylov. For my self-pubbed works, I did the covers myself, more or less successfully. 

Where to find the author:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008313548018
Twitter: @Kate_Lowell
Website: www.katelowell.com
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27273838-flesh-market

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Cover Reveal: Moment of Silence by Karen Stivali

Moment of Silence (Series: Moments In Time) by Karen Stivali
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Blurb: Growing up, Jason Stern led a charmed life complete with devoted sisters, a father who was one of Brooklyn’s most respected rabbis, and a mother who made the world's best babka. He headed to NYU ready for anything—except falling for the wrong guy, coming out, and getting disowned by his once-loving family. In spite of that, Jason managed to graduate with honors. He's got friends who treat him like family, and he's proudly running the largest LGBTQ teen shelter in Manhattan. Life is good, but he's still falling for the wrong men.

When charming, sexy Quinn Fitzpatrick begins work at the shelter, Jason falls hard and fast. Quinn is tall, blond, funny—damn near perfect. Only if Quinn’s gay, even he doesn't seem to know it. If he does, he's not telling anyone. And he's about one ceremony away from becoming a Catholic priest.

Long hours of work turn to long nights of talking and laughter, and Jason dares to hope this time he's falling for the right guy. But Quinn's got a past to deal with and major decisions to make about his future. When Quinn leaves for a silent retreat, Jason knows the silence may change everything.

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About the author: Karen Stivali is a prolific writer, compulsive baker and chocoholic with a penchant for books, movies, and fictional British men. She's also the multiple award-winning author of contemporary and erotic romances. She writes novels about love...like real life, only hotter.
Karen's lifelong fascination with people has led her to careers ranging from hand-drawn animator, to party planner, to marriage and family counselor, but writing has always been her passion. Karen enjoys nothing more than following her characters on their journey toward love. Whether the couples are m/f or m/m, it’s guaranteed that Karen's novels are filled with food, friendship, love, and smoking hot sex—all the best things in life.
When Karen isn’t writing (and often when she is), she can be found on Twitter attempting witty banter and detailing the antics of her fruit-loving cat, BadKitteh.

Where to find the author:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/karenstivali
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karenstivali
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/karenstivali/
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Blog: http://karenstivali.com
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2015 Rainbow Awards - Cover Contest - Round 2

Cover Contest is still open till end of November. You can access the vote page here: www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/covers.php

At today we count 18.611 votes from 1.346 persons who took the poll.

Below the 100 covers which go to round 2:
























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