A Sweet End to The Year
HONEY RED, a Menage for Real Life novel releases on 12/30/12. It is already a Pre order Best Seller on AllRomance Ebooks and has wracked up several 4 and 5 star ARC reviews. I am very proud of this book, as it represents the culmination of an idea I had for nearly a year--one of three people who are struggling to overcome various personal challenges, from a blind vet suffering from PTSD, to a single dad trying to come to terms with his new role in life, and finally to a woman who looks up after nearly 7 years of heads-down focus on her master's degree to find herself completely alone.
My publisher, Tri-Desinty, let me go in a different direction with the cover as well, having my brewery's art director design it, based on a beer label that is at the heart of the story.
BLURB:
Two men suffering from visible and invisible wounds meet by chance circumstance.
Nick Traynor and Ian Donovan spend a lot of time and effort keeping it very hot, only physical, and purely superficial. But when their resolve starts to slip, a woman is tossed into their midst.
Hannah Williams wants nothing more than to do her job until something better comes along, but is forced to own up to her visceral reaction to Ian, her new boss, and later to Nick, his sometimes lover.
Lust has a funny way of turning into companionship, and eventually evolving into a deeper connection. Faced with the internal and external complications of their potential three-way relationship, they begin to heal and trust, to consider that it might work. Then life tosses them a hardball, forcing them back into their respective corners, where each must choose what is most important.
Three people determined not to commit, thrown together by fate and undeniable attraction--their nights heat up and emotions run high in spite of a claimed mutual desire to "keep it simple." In the process of honest self-discovery, can they learn that while love is never simple, it is definitely worth fighting for?
ONE SEXY EXCERPT: Alyssa knelt down beside him, took his hand. “We’re going to a movie. You okay here with Ian?” she whispered. He nodded but was very much not sure that he would be. The dog whimpered.“Later brother,” Gavin called out. “Talk soon Nick. Good luck next week with the new job.”Ian walked into the house with the couple, leaving Nick alone with his swirling thoughts and pounding skull. Brutus repositioned to Nick’s left, between him and the chair Ian had just vacated. He put his huge head on Nick’s hand. “Dude,” Nick said softly. “I think I just figured out why you’re upset. And let me just tell you now, it’s okay. I’m okay. I’m … agitated, but it’s normal.” He patted the dog’s nose, then leaned back and stretched his legs out in front of him, relieving the pressure building once more under his jeans.He heard Ian rummaging around in the kitchen, opening and closing the fridge. Nick took a long, deep breath and made a decision. He smiled when Ian pressed the cold water bottle to his shoulder and took it, but then set it on the table that he knew was to his front right, where it always was. His mind kept roiling but he kept a lid on his urge to suck in a breath when he sensed Ian pulling a chair up on his other side, avoiding the guard dog. “I don’t think he likes me,” the man declared.Nick put a hand on Ian’s leg.. He heard the other man’s breath hitch, and would swear on a stack of procedure manuals he heard his heartbeat increase. Don’t be ridiculous, you can’t hear a heartbeat. But he smiled, and leaned back, leaving his fingers trailing along the denim covering Ian’s thigh. “Oh he’s fine. But I think I figured out how in tune to me he actually is.”“Oh?” Ian touched his fingers, brushed the back of Nick’s hand once, then again, making him shiver.“Yeah, I think he senses how god damned horny I am. Since he has no frame of reference for it, it’s making him nervous, protective.”“Wow,” Ian leaned over and Nick could feel the other man’s lips near his throat. “Impressive,” He said, putting his hand over Nick’s erection.“Yeah,” Nick croaked out, suddenly nervous. “So, I’m typically not…”“Shh…” Ian’s hand left his cock, made its way up his torso, and wound around the back of his neck. “You are pretty amazing.”“No, not really. Just blind. Without a real job. Living in my sister’s house.”“But you look damn good doing all that, trust me.”“You make a point of seducing blind guys you just met?”“I didn’t just meet you. I remember you from a few months…before.”Nick shivered again. This whole thing was somehow right and wrong at the same time. He needed a physical connection, bad, but was unsure if it should be with Ian Donovan. This, of course coming from his now humming and thankfully pain-free brain while his body screeched at him to grab the guy and kiss him.Nick sighed when Ian’s fingers twined in his newly grown hair. He hadn’t had hair this long in over ten years. He’d forgotten what color it was. He sighed, raised his face to the cooling night breeze when Ian’s lips found his jaw and made their slow way down his neck, then up. “You are…very attractive.” Ian’s words made their presence known, curling in and around Nick’s amped up libido and making him grit his teeth.
I'm on tour, as you might expect but we have some FUN posts planned including a couple about beer (by my alter ego: The Ann Arbor Beer Wench) and several character interviews. We start today with a 5- Star ARC review on a new and very cool review site: Shh Mom's Reading.
And the rest of the tour looks something like this:
Site
DateWebsiteShh Moms Reading
12/26/2012 www.shhmomsreading.com 4 My Reading Obsession
12/28/2012 http://4myreadingobsession.blogspot.com/ Reviews by Molly
12/29/2012 http://reviewsbymolly.com Erzabets Enchantments Blog Spot
12/29/2012 http://erzabetsenchantments.blogspot.com/ Tsk Tsk What to Read
12/30/2012 http://tsktskwhattoread2.blogspot.com/p/ Read Our Lips
1/3/2013 http://readourlipsblog.blogspot.com/ Bad Barbs Reviews
1/4/2013 http://badbarbsreviews.blogspot.com/ Not Now Mommy's Reading
1/6/2013 http://www.mommysreading.com/p/ The Risque Redhead Reads
1/6/2013 http://therisqueredheadreads.com/ Sinfully Sexy Books
1/7/2013 http://sinfullysexybooks.blogspot.com/?m=0 Writer Space (moderated by Bad Barb)
1/7/2013Delphina Reads Too Much
1/8/2013 http://www.delphinareadstoomuch.com/ Hesperia Loves Books
1/9/2013 http://www.hesperialovesbooks.com/ Breath of Life
1/10/2013 http://looking-for-a-breath-of-life.blogspot.com/ The Book Wranglers
1/11/2013 www.thebookwranglers.com Mary Whispers Blog
1/11/2013 www.marywhispers.blog.com Harlie's Book Blog
1/13/2013 http://www.harliesbooks.com/ Wicked Readings By Tawania
1/14/2013 http://wickedreadingsbytawania.blogspot.com/2012/ RomFan Reviews
1/15/2013 www.romfanreviews.com Kindle Hooked
1/16/2013 http://kindlehooked.blogspot.com/p/ Flirty Dirty
1/17/2013 http://flirtyanddirtybookblog.com/who-we-are/ Three Chicks and their Books
1/17/2013 www.threechicksandtheirbooks.com Twinsie Talk Book Reviews
1/18/2013 http://www.twinsietalk.blogspot.com/
CHEERS! Happy reading....Liz
My publisher, Tri-Desinty, let me go in a different direction with the cover as well, having my brewery's art director design it, based on a beer label that is at the heart of the story.
BLURB:
Two men suffering from visible and invisible wounds meet by chance circumstance.
Nick Traynor and Ian Donovan spend a lot of time and effort keeping it very hot, only physical, and purely superficial. But when their resolve starts to slip, a woman is tossed into their midst.
Hannah Williams wants nothing more than to do her job until something better comes along, but is forced to own up to her visceral reaction to Ian, her new boss, and later to Nick, his sometimes lover.
Lust has a funny way of turning into companionship, and eventually evolving into a deeper connection. Faced with the internal and external complications of their potential three-way relationship, they begin to heal and trust, to consider that it might work. Then life tosses them a hardball, forcing them back into their respective corners, where each must choose what is most important.
Three people determined not to commit, thrown together by fate and undeniable attraction--their nights heat up and emotions run high in spite of a claimed mutual desire to "keep it simple." In the process of honest self-discovery, can they learn that while love is never simple, it is definitely worth fighting for?
ONE SEXY EXCERPT: Alyssa knelt down beside him, took his hand. “We’re going to a movie. You okay here with Ian?” she whispered. He nodded but was very much not sure that he would be. The dog whimpered.“Later brother,” Gavin called out. “Talk soon Nick. Good luck next week with the new job.”Ian walked into the house with the couple, leaving Nick alone with his swirling thoughts and pounding skull. Brutus repositioned to Nick’s left, between him and the chair Ian had just vacated. He put his huge head on Nick’s hand. “Dude,” Nick said softly. “I think I just figured out why you’re upset. And let me just tell you now, it’s okay. I’m okay. I’m … agitated, but it’s normal.” He patted the dog’s nose, then leaned back and stretched his legs out in front of him, relieving the pressure building once more under his jeans.He heard Ian rummaging around in the kitchen, opening and closing the fridge. Nick took a long, deep breath and made a decision. He smiled when Ian pressed the cold water bottle to his shoulder and took it, but then set it on the table that he knew was to his front right, where it always was. His mind kept roiling but he kept a lid on his urge to suck in a breath when he sensed Ian pulling a chair up on his other side, avoiding the guard dog. “I don’t think he likes me,” the man declared.Nick put a hand on Ian’s leg.. He heard the other man’s breath hitch, and would swear on a stack of procedure manuals he heard his heartbeat increase. Don’t be ridiculous, you can’t hear a heartbeat. But he smiled, and leaned back, leaving his fingers trailing along the denim covering Ian’s thigh. “Oh he’s fine. But I think I figured out how in tune to me he actually is.”“Oh?” Ian touched his fingers, brushed the back of Nick’s hand once, then again, making him shiver.“Yeah, I think he senses how god damned horny I am. Since he has no frame of reference for it, it’s making him nervous, protective.”“Wow,” Ian leaned over and Nick could feel the other man’s lips near his throat. “Impressive,” He said, putting his hand over Nick’s erection.“Yeah,” Nick croaked out, suddenly nervous. “So, I’m typically not…”“Shh…” Ian’s hand left his cock, made its way up his torso, and wound around the back of his neck. “You are pretty amazing.”“No, not really. Just blind. Without a real job. Living in my sister’s house.”“But you look damn good doing all that, trust me.”“You make a point of seducing blind guys you just met?”“I didn’t just meet you. I remember you from a few months…before.”Nick shivered again. This whole thing was somehow right and wrong at the same time. He needed a physical connection, bad, but was unsure if it should be with Ian Donovan. This, of course coming from his now humming and thankfully pain-free brain while his body screeched at him to grab the guy and kiss him.Nick sighed when Ian’s fingers twined in his newly grown hair. He hadn’t had hair this long in over ten years. He’d forgotten what color it was. He sighed, raised his face to the cooling night breeze when Ian’s lips found his jaw and made their slow way down his neck, then up. “You are…very attractive.” Ian’s words made their presence known, curling in and around Nick’s amped up libido and making him grit his teeth.
I'm on tour, as you might expect but we have some FUN posts planned including a couple about beer (by my alter ego: The Ann Arbor Beer Wench) and several character interviews. We start today with a 5- Star ARC review on a new and very cool review site: Shh Mom's Reading.
And the rest of the tour looks something like this:
Site
DateWebsiteShh Moms Reading
12/26/2012 www.shhmomsreading.com 4 My Reading Obsession
12/28/2012 http://4myreadingobsession.blogspot.com/ Reviews by Molly
12/29/2012 http://reviewsbymolly.com Erzabets Enchantments Blog Spot
12/29/2012 http://erzabetsenchantments.blogspot.com/ Tsk Tsk What to Read
12/30/2012 http://tsktskwhattoread2.blogspot.com/p/ Read Our Lips
1/3/2013 http://readourlipsblog.blogspot.com/ Bad Barbs Reviews
1/4/2013 http://badbarbsreviews.blogspot.com/ Not Now Mommy's Reading
1/6/2013 http://www.mommysreading.com/p/ The Risque Redhead Reads
1/6/2013 http://therisqueredheadreads.com/ Sinfully Sexy Books
1/7/2013 http://sinfullysexybooks.blogspot.com/?m=0 Writer Space (moderated by Bad Barb)
1/7/2013Delphina Reads Too Much
1/8/2013 http://www.delphinareadstoomuch.com/ Hesperia Loves Books
1/9/2013 http://www.hesperialovesbooks.com/ Breath of Life
1/10/2013 http://looking-for-a-breath-of-life.blogspot.com/ The Book Wranglers
1/11/2013 www.thebookwranglers.com Mary Whispers Blog
1/11/2013 www.marywhispers.blog.com Harlie's Book Blog
1/13/2013 http://www.harliesbooks.com/ Wicked Readings By Tawania
1/14/2013 http://wickedreadingsbytawania.blogspot.com/2012/ RomFan Reviews
1/15/2013 www.romfanreviews.com Kindle Hooked
1/16/2013 http://kindlehooked.blogspot.com/p/ Flirty Dirty
1/17/2013 http://flirtyanddirtybookblog.com/who-we-are/ Three Chicks and their Books
1/17/2013 www.threechicksandtheirbooks.com Twinsie Talk Book Reviews
1/18/2013 http://www.twinsietalk.blogspot.com/
CHEERS! Happy reading....Liz
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