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GRL: Cody Kennedy

Starting from June 1, 2015, I will daily feature authors attending the three conventions I will join, Euro Pride in Munich (July), UK Meet in Bristol (September) and GRL in San Diego (October).

For the GRL in San Diego, October 15-18, 2015, today author is Cody Kennedy: Raised on the mean streets and back lots of Hollywood by a Yoda-look-alike grandfather, Cody doesn’t conform, doesn’t fit in, is epic awkward, and lives to perfect a deep-seated oppositional defiance disorder. In a constant state of fascination with the trivial, Cody contemplates such weighty questions as: If time and space are curved, then where do all the straight people come from? When not writing, Cody can be found taming waves on western shores, pondering the nutritional value of sunsets, appreciating the much maligned dandelion, unhooking guide ropes from stanchions, and marveling at all things ordinary. Visit my blog with comments, questions, or simply share what’s on your mind.

Further Readings:

Slaying Isidore's Dragons by C. Kennedy
Paperback: 350 pages
Publisher: Harmony Ink Press (April 9, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1634760018
ISBN-13: 978-1634760010
Amazon: Slaying Isidore's Dragons
Amazon Kindle: Slaying Isidore's Dragons

Follow the burgeoning love of two teens during the worst year of their lives. Irish-born Declan David de Quirke II is the son of two ambassadors, one Irish and one American. He is 'out' to his parents but to no one else. French-born Jean Isidore de Sauveterre is also the son of two ambassadors, one Catalan and one Parisian. His four half brothers have been told to cure him of his homosexuality. Both teens have lost a parent in a London car bombing.

Declan and Isidore meet at the beginning of their senior year at a private academy in the United States. Declan is immediately smitten with Isidore and becomes his knight in shining armor. Isidore wants to keep what is left of his sanity and needs Declan's love to do it. One is beaten, one is drugged, one is nearly raped, one has been raped. They are harassed by professors and police, and have fights at school, but none of it compares to running for their lives. When the headmaster's popular son attempts suicide and someone tries to assassinate Declan's mother, they are thrown headlong into chaos, betrayal, conspiracy, allegations of sexual coercion, even murder. And one of them carries a secret that may get them killed.



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John Seton & Nicholas Morton

On the wall of the Venerable English College (the seminary for England and Wales) chapel in Rome, close to the altar, is a memorial to "the Reverend Nicholas Morton (died after 1586), priest, Englishman and celebrated doctor of sacred theology". The inscription proclaims that it was "his wish to be buried in the same tomb with the Reverend John Seton (c.1498 - July 20, 1567) with whom he fled from England for the same cause, that of religion, and who came to Rome at the same time". The two priests died twenty years apart, but Morton's love and determination on joint burial had survived the interval.

John Seton D.D. (c.1498–1567) was an English Roman Catholic priest, known as the author of a standard logic text.

Born in or about 1498, Seton was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1528. Soon afterwards he was elected a fellow of St. John's, and graduated M.A. in 1532, B.D. in 1541.

Seton taught philosophy in his college, and gained a reputation as a tutor. He belonged to the "conservative humanist" group associated to St John's, a college sharply divided by the Protestant Reformation, with others of similar views including John Christopherson and Thomas Watson. He was also a good friend, however, of Roger Ascham who was one of the reformers there.

After being ordained priest, Seton became one of Bishop John Fisher's chaplains, and attended him the Tower of London. In 1542 he was one of the fellows of St John's who signed an appeal to the Visitor against John Taylor, the Master. In 1544 he proceeded D.D., and about that time was appointed one of the chaplains to Stephen Gardiner, at that time bishop of Winchester and chancellor of the university, who collated him to the rectory of Hinton, Hampshire; at Gardiner's trial in 1551 Seton gave testimony in his favour.


On the wall of the Venerable English College chapel in Rome, close to the altar, is a memorial to "the Reverend Nicholas Morton, priest, Englishman and celebrated doctor of sacred theology". The inscription proclaims that it was "his wish to be buried in the same tomb with the Reverend John Seton with whom he fled from England for the same cause, that of religion, and who came to Rome at the same time". The two priests died twenty years apart, but Morton's love and determination on joint burial had survived the interval.

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2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: A Question of Counsel by Archer Kay Leah

A Question of Counsel (The Republic 1) by Archer Kay Leah
Lesbian Fantasy Romance
Series: The Republic
Paperback: 184 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (May 27, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620045451
ISBN-13: 978-1620045459
Amazon: A Question of Counsel (The Republic 1)
Amazon Kindle: A Question of Counsel (The Republic 1)

Life hasn't been easy for Aeley since she arrested her brother, and her role as a political leader leaves her feeling isolated and lonely. Days before her brother's trial, she meets Lira, a quiet and modest scribe who makes Aeley want more than just a professional relationship. When she attends the trial and leaves with a marriage contract, Aeley doesn't know what to do. She must choose one of two brothers, marrying into a family she doesn't know. Then she discovers that Lira is part of the same family—a sister to Aeley's suitors and the family's disgrace. And not at all opposed to an intimate relationship. Except random acts of violence against her people test Aeley's ability as a leader, and a web of lies and deceit threaten not only her chance at happiness, but her life...

2015 Rainbow Awards Guidelines: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2015.html

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2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: The Heart of the Kingdom by Sasha L. Miller

The Heart of the Kingdom (The Kingdom Curses Book 1) by Sasha L. Miller
Bisexual Fantasy Romance
Paperback: 314 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (October 15, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620044471
ISBN-13: 978-1620044476
Amazon: The Heart of the Kingdom (The Kingdom Curses Book 1)
Amazon Kindle: The Heart of the Kingdom (The Kingdom Curses Book 1)

All Cenric wanted was a necklace to gift to his lady love, in the hopes it might persuade her to actually become his lady love. Instead of love, however, Cenric is informed of her engagement to someone else, wakes up to find his house burning down around him, and is dragged away by a man who might have saved him, but won't say much about why one necklace has Cenric running away from someone willing to kill to get it back.

2015 Rainbow Awards Guidelines: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2015.html

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2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: Geek Out by Samantha M. Derr

Geek Out by Samantha M. Derr
LGBT Anthology / Collection / Contemporary Romance
Paperback: 454 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (January 28, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 162004529X
ISBN-13: 978-1620045299
Amazon: Geek Out

Gamers. Cospayers. B-Movie Lovers. Otaku. Comic Book Enthusiasts. History buffs. Animals. Coffee. we all geek about something, and nothing quite rivals the passion displayed by geeks for the things they love. There's no limit to what can be geeked over, and no rules about who is allowed to geek about what-and No telling when and where those geeks will fall in love. Defying Convention Double Take Horse Crazy Long Macchiatos and Monsters Love Rampage Manifest Of Anime and the Baeci Sext Based Adventures

2015 Rainbow Awards Guidelines: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2015.html

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GRL: Hank Edwards

Starting from June 1, 2015, I will daily feature authors attending the three conventions I will join, Euro Pride in Munich (July), UK Meet in Bristol (September) and GRL in San Diego (October).

For the GRL in San Diego, October 15-18, 2015, today author is Hank Edwards: Hank Edwards’ humorous erotic novel, Fluffers, Inc., which introduced his Fluffers, Inc. characters, is available from Lethe Press in both print and e-book format, along with the sequels A Carnal Cruise and Vancouver Nights. His Up to Trouble series of suspense novels include Holed Up, Shacked Up, and Roughed Up. He has also published the gay marriage romantic comedy Plus Ones, all available from Loose Id in e-book format. His noir gay romance novella Hired Muscle is available from Silver Publishing.

All three books of his paranormal Venom Valley Series are now available from Wilde City Press: Cowboys & Vampires: Venom Valley Book One, Stakes & Spurs: Venom Valley Book Two, and Blood & Stone: Venom Valley Book Three. The series follows Josh and Dex who battle vampires and zombies in the American Old West as they realize just how deep their feelings for each other reach.

He also has self-published two short story collections, A Very Dirty Dozen and Another Very Dirty Dozen, each of which contains 12 sizzling short stories, along with a number of "Salacious Singles," erotic short stories, and his medieval time travel romance Destiny's Bastard.

Hank is a member of the Story Orgy writing group, and has published several short stories written based on prompts: With This Ring, Mistletoe at Midnight, Cross Country Foreplay, A Gift for Greg, and Bad Boyfriends: The Cheapskate. Find his blog at www.hankedwardsbooks.com/hankerings.

More than three dozen of his short stories have appeared in various gay erotic magazines and anthologies, find the complete list on his website. He lives in a suburb of Detroit with his very patient partner of many years and their two cats who distract and inspire him on a daily basis.

Further Readings:

Wetlands (Salacious Singles) by Hank Edwards
Publisher: Hank Edwards Books (December 27, 2014)
Amazon Kindle: Wetlands (Salacious Singles)

When Gordon Westbrick learns the park he jogs through is being considered for the site of a new shopping mall, he joins a group intent on putting a stop to it. He volunteers to spend a night in the park to insure the corporation does not conduct any unseemly acts, and is assigned to partner up with Ivan, one of the conservation group founders. Gordon expects Ivan to be much older, he is a group founder after all, but when he arrives at the park on his assigned night, Gordon is pleasantly surprised to find that Ivan is a hot stud his own age, who not only enjoys nature, but doing what comes naturally when out in the wilds.



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UK Meet: Allan Jay

Starting from June 1, 2015, I will daily feature authors attending the three conventions I will join, Euro Pride in Munich (July), UK Meet in Bristol (September) and GRL in San Diego (October).

For the UK Meet in Bristol, September 11-13, 2015, today author is Allan Jay: "I write about men falling in love. The romance, the sex, the scary emotions and the occasional silly moments that go with it."

Further Readings:

Trick Tease Treat: A Fisher City Story by Allan Jay
Kindle Edition, 21 pages
Published October 26th 2014 by Cool Beans Publishing & Editing
ASIN B00OXW6GRC
edition language English

Drew, newly single and unsure of what to do, has friends who are looking out for him. When they take him to a Halloween party to cheer him up and get him 'out there' he's reluctant at first - who's hiding in amongst the costumed revelers? The ex he doesn't want to bump into again, or someone more charming.
When a hot ghost starts flirting, Drew doesn't know whether to ignore the ghost or flirt back. Can he even remember how to flirt?
And his friends being more kooky than spooky, aren’t helping.





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2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: The Errant Prince by Sasha L. Miller

The Errant Prince by Sasha L. Miller
Transgender Fantasy Romance
Paperback: 154 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (February 18, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620045109
ISBN-13: 978-1620045107
Amazon: The Errant Prince
Amazon Kindle: The Errant Prince

Myron's task is easy enough on the surface: locate the runaway Prince Tamsen and bring him home. But Tamsen is not merely a talented wizard, he's an exceptionally stubborn one, and dozens of others have already failed at the task. When he manages to find the cabin where Tamsen is hiding, Myron isn't foolish enough to mistake the find for a victory. Instead of attempting to drag the prince home by force, Myron tries a different tact: patience. He might not be able to best Tamsen magically or physically, but Myron can certainly out-stubborn him. He's nothing if not used to doing what other people say he can't. But neither prince nor soldier expected stubbornness to be the crack in armor they've both become adept at wearing...

2015 Rainbow Awards Guidelines: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2015.html

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2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: Chained in Darkness (New Haven 1) by Nicholas Bella

Chained in Darkness (New Haven 1) by Nicholas Bella
Gay Anthology / Collection / Erotica
Publication Date: April 23, 2015
Amazon Kindle: Chained in Darkness (New Haven 1)

Follow Noel, a captured rebel of the human Resistance, as he endures his punishment at the hands of his supernatural enemies, the vampires. See where his fate lies. Highly erotic and extremely dark and twisted. Prepare yourself .

I’ve been betrayed by someone I trusted. Because of him, I was captured by my loathed enemy: The vampires. Right now, the sun is still high in the sky, but I know when it sets, I’m as good as dead. They can’t wait to get their fangs into me. I guess some would say I have it coming. I did raise a lot of hell with my Resistance crew, and I was planning on raising a hell of a lot more at dawn before I was sold out by Jonah. The vampires, werewolves and dragons, have been trying to track me down for months and I’d always been two steps ahead of them.
*Laughs* I guess my number is up. I just hope they make it quick. You see, the vampires in my reality aren’t the romantic lot you read about in books. They don’t sparkle or hang out at high schools with their teenage girlfriends. Hell no, vampires are brutal, calculating, sadistic and bloodthirsty. As a matter of fact, all of the monsters are! That’s how they were able to take over the world so easily and change an entire civilization to suit their needs. Whatever happens, I know it’s not going to be pretty, so I’m preparing myself for the worst. May God help me.

2015 Rainbow Awards Guidelines: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2015.html

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2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: In the Middle of Somewhere by Roan Parrish

In the Middle of Somewhere by Roan Parrish
Gay Contemporary Romance
Paperback: 350 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (July 10, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1634762126
ISBN-13: 978-1634762120
Amazon: In the Middle of Somewhere
Amazon Kindle: In the Middle of Somewhere

Daniel Mulligan is tough, snarky, and tattooed, hiding his self-consciousness behind sarcasm. Daniel has never fit in―not at home in Philadelphia with his auto mechanic father and brothers, and not at school where his Ivy League classmates looked down on him. Now, Daniel’s relieved to have a job at a small college in Holiday, Northern Michigan, but he’s a city boy through and through, and it’s clear that this small town is one more place he won’t fit in.

Rex Vale clings to routine to keep loneliness at bay: honing his muscular body, perfecting his recipes, and making custom furniture. Rex has lived in Holiday for years, but his shyness and imposing size have kept him from connecting with people.

When the two men meet, their chemistry is explosive, but Rex fears Daniel will be another in a long line of people to leave him, and Daniel has learned that letting anyone in can be a fatal weakness. Just as they begin to break down the walls keeping them apart, Daniel is called home to Philadelphia, where he discovers a secret that changes the way he understands everything.

2015 Rainbow Awards Guidelines: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2015.html

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