Release Blitz + Giveaway: Defiance (Rebellion #2) by Annabelle Jacobs
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Length: 72,000 words approx.
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Returning to their pack was always going to be dangerous, but is the fight for freedom worth the cost?
Cole and Logan return to London, ready to execute their plan of connecting with the human resistance. But with both of them blamed for the deaths resulting from Cole's escape attempt, they receive a less than warm welcome from the McKillan pack.
Cole gets a second chance, but it's not without restrictions, and he must toe the line and do whatever it takes to fit in. But earning the trust of his alpha and fellow shifters comes at a price.
For Logan, being close to Cole and unable to touch him is a daily torment, but watching from the sidelines while Cole learns what it means to be a McKillan enforcer is pushing him to his limits.
Both men must play their parts to perfection if they want Cole to be accepted into the pack, and that means doing what's asked of them, no matter the cost.
Defiance is an angsty MM paranormal romance, featuring established relationship, secrecy and intrigue, and all the pining.
Annabelle Jacobs lives in the South West of England with three rowdy children, and two cats. An avid reader of fantasy herself for many years, Annabelle now spends her days writing her own stories. They're usually either fantasy or paranormal fiction, because she loves building worlds filled with magical creatures, and creating stories full of action and adventure. Her characters may have a tough time of it—fighting enemies and adversity—but they always find love in the end.
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Labels: Angst, Annabelle Jacobs, established relationship, Giveaway, Paranormal, Pining, Release Blitz, Second in a Series, Shifters, Signal Boost Promotions
Blog Tour: Falling Awake IV: Retribution by Kristoffer Gair
Author Kristoffer Gair and Gay Book Promotions share today's blog tour stop for thriller, Falling Awake IV: Retribution! Read more about the latest from the suspense series!
Book Title: Falling Awake IV: Retribution
Author: Kristoffer Gair
Cover Artist: Kris Norris
Release Day: June 19, 2021
Genre/s: M/M Suspense, Thriller
Trope/s: The hunt begins now.
Themes: Loyalty, friendship, sacrifice, love
Heat Rating: 1 flame
Length: 74 000 words
There are three prior books, Falling Awake, Falling Awake II: Revenant, and Falling Awake III: Requiem which need to be read first.
"Some people are so low, they gotta look up to see Hell."
The death of Thomas Reis continues to ripple through the lives of those connected to his case fourteen years later. Andrew O'Donnell and Lawrence Boggs have already fallen, but three more pick up where the others left off, and each for his own reason.
One believes in justice, the second loyalty, and the third desperately seeks a reason to live. All three, however, share the same final end game; Retribution.
The hunt begins.
"I'm glad I caught you before you left then. I'm truly sorry." He bowed his head. "I held your husband in the highest regards."
"He respected you, too. Can I get you something to drink? I'm afraid I don't have much. I'll be leaving in the next day or two, but I think I have some orange juice, and I just made a fresh pot of coffee."
Norrma led him into the kitchen and sat down at the table, one of the few pieces of furniture left behind until the day she left. Various paperwork lay in little piles on the table, some it from the landlord, and others from the movers, bank, and relatives who'd sent cards.
"Lawrence's funeral was this past weekend, then I insisted the kids head back to school. I know they wanted to stay with me and help out here, and maybe it was cruel to send them away, but I think staying busy and being around their friends will help them more than being here right now." She sniffed. "Lawrence would have insisted they get on with their lives as soon as they could. 'Death,' he told us many times, 'is a natural part of things. Living is for the now. Mourning can always be done later.' He always made sure we knew exactly how he felt. None of us had to guess whether or not he loved us."
Joe nodded. "His directness is something I appreciated immensely."
She took a sip of coffee. "The police came, had a look at his case files, and couldn't really make heads or tails out of them." Norma chuckled. "Lawrence always had a unique way of organizing things in life that sometimes only he understood. I packed up what they didn't take. Honestly, I think they confiscated a few things here and there just so it looked good in their report. I don't believe they'll ever find anything, though. Nobody really understood what Lawrence worked on, not in the big picture way."
Joe grinned. "I know the type. Law enforcement through and through. Takes one to know one, I guess."
"That's what I was thinking." She peered down at her cup. "Do you know what might have happened to him?"
"Maybe." Joe leaned in. "I sent somebody down here from Iowa, a young man named Andrew, who was looking for a case file I'd loaned Lawrence. Honestly, I figured things would go one way, and Lawrence would swat the boy on the ass and send him back home. Turns out the kid had a way about him, and I think they started working together. This tells me Lawrence was already working on a case and they somehow connected, or he found a use for Andrew.
"The problem is, I don't have a lot to go on. Something isn't feeling quite right. The parts aren't adding up, only I'm not getting a big enough glimpse of the picture." Joe leaned back in his chair. "I need a bit more."
"Would these help?" She reached under the stack of folders and paperwork, pulled out two large envelopes, and handed them over.
Anybody who knew Lawrence would recognize his handwriting in a heartbeat. Same perfectly shaped letters. Same size. Unmistakable. And the words written on the front? JOE MURPHY.
Joe's head cocked to the side. Curiosity? Disbelief? Both? And then she saw something else, a tensing in the man's posture and narrowing of the eyes.
The predator senses prey?
Joe hefted the two envelopes in his hand. "Lawrence left these for me?"
The lump in her throat returned. "That's why I was hoping you'd come. I think he knew what he was working on might not end well, and he once told me if anything ever happened to him, you're the only one he trusted to look into it."
She watched the man run his fingers across the surface of the envelopes, across his name.
"You didn't give these to the locals?" he asked. "Or show them?"
She shook her head. "Lawrence trusted you. I'll put my trust in you before them, too."
"I don't know what's in these." Joe patted the top envelope. "I can't promise anything."
"Don't expect you to." Norma sat up straight. Strength. Maybe a little pride. "Maybe one promise. Someone took away my husband, my children's father. Someone took our love, my happiness, and future. Whoever it is ain't no better than a roaming, rabid dog, and those kinds of dogs get put down."
He stared at her. He stared long and hard. "Yes. Yes, they do."
Kristoffer Gair grew up in Fraser, MI and is a graduate of Grand Valley State University. He is the author of 8 novels—some written under the pseudonum Kage Alan—been a part of 6 anthologies, and currently lives in a suburb of Detroit.
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Guest Review: Unapologetically Me (Offbeat Shifters #3) by Colette Davison
Austin Steele is my idol. He's also the guy I can't get enough of.
Everyone thinks they know who I am—one of pop's biggest divos. They don't know me at all. Austin Steele makes me want to me the real me, only there's some problems:
We're both omegas, he's nineteen years my senior, he's nursing old wounds, and he wants to keep what's happening between us a secret.
I thought a one night stand was all I wanted. Now it's becoming so much more. But how can we look to the future when we can't let go of our pasts?
Unapologetically Me is the third book in Offbeat Shifters, an m/m paranormal romance series with a continuing storyline. This book includes a misunderstood and unapologetic Arctic fox shifter, a caring capuchin monkey shifter, and a HFN ending. While it's set in an alternate universe where omegas give birth, there are no pregnancy or birth scenes in this book.
Reviewer: Shee Reader
This series was new to me, and in wanting to read and review book four I was offered this book first, and I really needed it to make the next book more meaningful. The author is one I love but this book took a really long time to get me hooked. At first I didn't like Charlie and Austin. At all. Charlie was playing the divo and was really good at it. Austin seemed to be needlessly punishing himself for mistakes made when he was a young man. Still, I stuck with it and grew to love both men for who they really were. Austin was trying to make amends to his son, even though he had long been forgiven.
Charlie's health condition overshadows everything and revealing it to Austin was a risk, but Austin was decent enough about it. I wasn't happy with Austin trying to avoid Charlie after they hooked up, though it was his low self esteem that couldn't really accept someone as lovely as Charlie could really be interested in him. I think we've all been there. Amiright??
Once they got over the initial hump *snort* and started communicating with each other we could really see the potential for lasting love. The parallels between society's expectation that two omegas couldn't be together and homophobia and transphobia in our world was vivid.
The relationship did get going and that leads us to book 4…
I received a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Posted by Boy Meets Boy Reviews on Friday, June 25, 2021 No comments:
Labels: A/B/O, Age Difference, Colette Davison, Guest Review, illness, men with kids, Omega, one night stands, Paranormal, part of a series, Pop Star, Shee Reader, Shifters
Blog Tour + Giveaway: The Mayor of Oak Street by Vincent Traughber Meis
It's the final blog tour stop for coming of age tale, The Mayor of Oak Street! Author Vincent Traughber Meis and IndiGo Marketing share book info, an exclusive excerpt and host a giveaway! Good luck!
Title: The Mayor of Oak Street
Author: Vincent Traughber Meis
Publisher: NineStar Press
Heat Level: 2 - Fade to Black Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 88400
Genre: Contemporary, LGBTQIA+, age-gap, coming-of-age, coming out, college, political, friends to lovers, period piece, reunited
In the 1960s, Midwestern boy and Boy Scout, Nathan delivers newspapers and mows lawns. Nathan uses his cover to move about yards and sneak into the homes of his neighbors, uncovering their secrets.
In high school, one of the local misfits introduces him to diet pills, which help him overcome his shyness. In an amphetamine high, he meets Cindy, who he hopes will steer him along the "morally straight" path of the Boy Scout Oath he swore to.
Nathan is infatuated with a young doctor down the street, Nicholas (Dr. B), who embodies all the things his mother would love him to be. On one of his secret forays in Dr. B's house, he hides in a closet and witnesses his idol having sex with man while the wife is out of town. Dr. B's affair leads to tragedy, forcing the doctor to leave town.
At college in New Orleans, Nathan meets a group of rebels and expands his drug use. Marc, a bisexual Cajun charmer becomes Nathan's first male sexual experience, but promptly leaves town.
Nathan has a chance encounter with Dr. B, who has moved to New Orleans. Dr. B is in a relationship, but still closeted. Frustrated by Dr. B's cool reaction, Nathan goes on a six-month binge of amphetamines and anonymous sex. On one night of debauchery, he overdoses and ends up in the emergency ward.
Nathan's near death rallies Dr. B and Nathan's other friends to force him into rehab. On the way home from work, Nathan witnesses the gruesome aftermath of the 1973 Up Stairs Lounge fire that devastated the gay population of New Orleans. As a result of the fire, Dr. B's live-in boyfriend leaves town, freeing Dr. B to explore his feelings for Nathan.
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The Mayor of Oak Street
Vincent Traughber Meis © 2021
In his room, the three of us fell on his bed, me in the middle. We lay on our backs, staring at the ceiling. "It feels like the bed is moving," said Sherry.
Marc waved his hands in the air. "It's the Earth. This bed is like a microcosm of the planet, spinning around, tilting toward and away from the sun, holding millions of people. It's a wonder we don't fall off as we move through space."
"The traveling through space scene was so intense in the movie," said Sherry. "I glanced at you, Nate, and you were not of this Earth. Gone, gone, gone."
Marc rose on his elbow and looked at me. "He speaks."
"Oops, gone again."
Sherry got up to go to the bathroom.
"I think we better follow Meredith's example and take a Quaalude," said Marc.
I reached in my pocket and pulled out a couple of pills wrapped in a square of toilet paper.
"Well, look at you. You came prepared."
"I'm a Boy Scout."
He burst out laughing. "Me, I was too. Can you believe it?" He took one of the pills and fed it to me, his fingers touching my lips, smelling of oranges.
"Ick! It tastes horrible." I took the other and put it to his lips.
"I share in your suffering, me. Yes, it's bad, bad. Want I get some wada?"
"Too late now." I had swallowed, but the metallic taste kept popping around my tongue.
"Poor babies." Sherry was standing at the door watching us.
"There's one on the dresser for you. They're from Mexico, so I don't know if they're as good as what you high-class people get from the health service."
Sherry took the pill, but she had brought a glass of water from the bathroom to wash it down. "Water anyone?"
Marc reached for the glass. "Please." He took a sip and passed it to me.
Sherry lay back down. "You guys are too cute."
I passed the water glass to Sherry, and when my hand fell to the bed, it landed on Marc's. He moved his hand, but not to take it away. He rested it on top of mine and adjusted our fingers so that they were interlaced. "Your hands are cold, cold," said Marc.
Sherry let out a sound, something like, "Ah."
I was hyperaware of everything around me. I smelled the leather of his pants, the night coming in the open window, the soap Sherry had washed her hands with, the expectation of my own breath.
"Would you guys do something for me?" said Sherry.
Marc released my hand and again rose on his elbow, looking across me at her. "I'm inclined to say yes. Maybe you better tell us quick before we think about it too much."
"I want to see you guys kiss."
"Oh, that's easy." He leaned down and planted his lips on mine. It was only a moment, but the whiskers of his chin brushed mine. My heart bumped against my ribs.
"I mean a real kiss, damnit."
He tilted his head slightly as if asking my permission, and I nodded almost imperceptibly. He moved his body half on top of me, put his hand on the side of my face, and brushed his lips over mine before planting his mouth solidly. I put my arm around his back and pulled him close. I tasted the bitter Quaalude and the sweetness of the fruit he had eaten before. I tasted love and caring. My experience in kissing was limited. I imagined his was not. We let it happen, let tongues go where they wanted, let lips nibble without any sense of time or social constraints telling us what we could and couldn't do.
"Now that's more like it." We might have felt bad for Sherry except we knew intuitively she allowed us this indulgence, encouraged it. "I'm going to leave you two alone."
Marc disengaged long enough to say, "You don't have to. This is as far as I go on a first date, me." And then he dove back in, our legs now entangled. I loved touching his hair, pulling on a curl and letting it spring back into place. He ran his finger along the ridges of my ear. The drugs running through our bloodstreams loosened the inhibitions, but for my part, and I was inclined to believe on his, it was something we wanted. After a time, he pulled back again. "Air break."
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Vincent Traughber Meis started writing plays as a child in the Midwest and cajoled his sisters to act in performing them for neighbors. In high school, one of his short stories won a local contest sponsored by the newspaper. After graduating from college, he worked on a number of short stories and began his first novel. In the 1980's and 90's he published a number of pieces, mostly travel articles in publications such as, The Advocate, LA Weekly, In Style, and Our World. His travels have inspired his five novels, all set at least partially in foreign countries: Eddie's Desert Rose (2011), Tio Jorge (2012), and Down in Cuba (2013), Deluge (2016) and Four Calling Burds (2019). Tio Jorge received a Rainbow Award in the category of Bisexual Fiction in 2012. Down in Cuba received two Rainbow Awards in 2013. Recently stories have been published in three collections: WITH:New Gay Fiction, Best Gay Erotica Vol 1 and Best Gay Erotica Vol 4. He lives in San Leandro, CA with his husband.
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Release Blitz + Giveaway: Kline Agency (Kline Agency #5) by Ana Raine
Author Ana Raine and IndiGo Marketing celebrate the Changeling Press release, Kline Agency (Kline Agency #5)! Discover more about the erotice contemporary romance and enter in the $10 Changeling Press gift code giveaway!
Title: Kline Agency
Series: Kline Agency #5
Author: Ana Raine
Publisher: Changeling Press LLC
Heat Level: 4 - Lots of Sex
Pairing: Male/Male, Male/Male Menage
Genre: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Gay, Action Adventure, Multiple Partners
Manhattan -- urban center of metropolitan New York. Home of the Kline Agency, where a young man can earn his fortune -- or find his love.
Chilled Champagne: Micah's job as an escort is to be whatever his client wants him to be. But Daniel won't stop exploring until he knows all Micah's dangerous secrets.
Levi: Levi is content in his life as an escort at the Kline Agency -- until he meets a new client, Wesley. Can Levi and Wesley escape their haunted pasts and learn to love -- and trust -- again?
Avery: Avery expects to work as an escort at the Kline Agency long enough to help fund his younger brother's college tuition. A chance meeting with an artist changes everything. But Milo loses his sponsor, he can no longer afford Avery's services, and Avery is forced to choose between a relationship with Milo or the rich clients of the Kline Agency.
Next To You: Twins Alexei and Vasily fulfilling fantasies for customers of the Kline Escort Agency. Kane was once Vasily's lover, though Vasily doesn't remember, due to a head injury sustained at the hands of the vicious Noch gang. As his memories slowly return, Vasily becomes determined to end their debt to the Noch Gang -- a decision that may cost them all more than they're willing to pay.
Copyright ©2021 Ana Raine
Excerpt from Chilled Champagne
Lance was staring at Micah, his toned arms crossed over broad pectorals. At forty-one, he was still handsome and built. Everyone around the Kline Agency knew he was called Loose because he used to put out for his clients. All of that had changed when he'd met the man who was now his lover.
Micah didn't often hang out at the Kline Agency offices like some of the others did.
"How did it go?" Lance wrapped his arm around Micah's still chilled shoulders and led him back to his office.
"Did Mr. Patrick have a complaint?" Micah asked hesitantly.
"Why would you say that?" Lance laughed, his eyebrows shooting upward.
"I wouldn't put out," Micah replied. He'd said this so often he barely blushed anymore.
Lance didn't seem surprised. "I figured as much. All the same, he wants to know when he can see you again."
"He called back already?"
"Yes. A few minutes ago."
Micah felt his stomach doing a tug of war. He felt flattered he'd made such an impression, but at the same time, he wasn't going to change his mind. Painfully, his cock kept captive in his pants reminded him how turned on he was. Flushed, he gathered his thoughts before speaking. "What does my schedule look like this week?"
"You're open for tomorrow." Lance glanced at his computer, clicking his mouse. "Then you have an appointment with a Mr. Hart."
Micah was surprised. "I don't remember Mr. Hart."
"He's new. Requested the most beautiful escort we have."
Micah covered his laugh with a cough. "Didn't he bother looking at the website?"
"Sounded like he decided to get an escort last minute," Lance said, clicking some more. "He didn't want to take the time to look through pictures."
One thing Micah loved about The Kline Agency was that while most escort services posted full body shots and bios on their websites, Kline posted only profile shots, no faces. Potential clients had to register first. Full-face pictures only went out to email after Lance ran a background check. Micah couldn't hide if his picture was blasted all over a high volume website.
Lance sighed. "Get some sleep."
"Yeah, I'm tired." Micah unclasped the hair clip. "Is Candace back yet?"
"She's with her favorite client. But she said you could keep the clip. Something about how that color looks better in dark hair than red."
Micah nodded, replacing the clip before grabbing his bag. He would change when he got home.
Candace's hair clip stuck to the side of his head, pressed tightly because he'd worn a knit cap. His gloves had a hole in the right index finger, reminding him he had to buy a new pair before winter came and New York got seriously cold. The Kline Agency office was in a good part of the city. The streetlights were always working at every corner, and the cars lined up were clean without a scratch.
His studio was nice enough, considering how quickly he'd had to move and the funds he'd had available at the time. Unlocking the door, he kicked aside a pile of mail. He recognized letters from his mom, and his ex... they only brought back the terrible decisions he'd made.
Kisaki, a kitten he'd rescued, was waiting, rubbing his head affectionately against Micah's leg. "Hey baby," Micah cooed, dropping his bag on the table. "Hungry?" He held Kisaki with one hand while sifting through his cupboard for a fresh can of cat food. "I'm hungry too."
The scent of wet food had barely hit Micah's nostrils when he heard his phone buzzing from his bag. "Hello?"
There was a pause before a familiar voice made Micah cringe. "Don't hang up this time."
There was no way Micah was staying on the line. Breathing heavily, Micah slid to the floor, pressing the end button before resting on his side, one hand on Kisaki's back as he lapped up his food. He'd have to get his number changed. Again.
The warm fur beneath his hand and then against his chest made Micah's throat tighten. He was too tired to stay awake. And he definitely didn't want to deal with the phone call. His ex was supposed to stay in his past. If he found him now, after four years, Micah was sure his strong resolve would crumble. And what was worse was that Micah didn't think he'd get so lucky in his next attempt to run away.
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Ana is still figuring out what she wants to do with her life, although social work seems to be the most likely. Her best friends are a box of chocolate and her kitten who always sit beside her while she writes. When Ana was in high school, she often wrote about the LGBT community, but now her work is less...innocent. Ana enjoys writing anything and everything, including BDSM, dragons, shifters, magic, and more.
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Release Blitz: The Phisher King 4: Honeypot by Clancy Nacht & Thursday Euclid
Authors Clancy Nacht & Thursday Euclid, along with Gay Book Promotions, host today's release blitz for Honeypot (The Phisher King #4)! Read more about the latest romantic suspense!
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Book Title: The Phisher King 4: Honeypot
Author: Clancy Nacht & Thursday Euclid
Publisher: Eine Kleine Press
Cover Artist: Clancy Nacht
Genres: Contemporary M/M Romantic Suspense/Thriller
Trope/s: Daddy/boy, mercs with hearts of gold.
Themes: Hurt/comfort
Heat Rating: 4 flames
Length: 72 000 words/279 pages
It Is not a standalone story.
Is Dark Sun an olive branch from Barnes to the men he betrayed,
or is this the honeypot that will secure their demise?
It's been a long road to recovery since FBI Agent Cal Riggs and his hacker boyfriend Hunter Walsh's last showdown with the treacherous Justin Barnes. His betrayal during False Flag left Cal and Hunter scarred and shaken. As their friends Sam Dupre and Rob Crawford dealt with domestic terrorism in Olympia during Penetration Test, Hunter and Cal fought to regain a sense of normalcy that never materialized.
The Bureau under the Trump Administration takes a punitive attitude toward Cal's passion of fighting white nationalism, and his employment there grows less tenable by the day. Meanwhile, Hunter deals with the uncertainty of Barnes's continued freedom by taking extreme steps to enhance the security of the condo he shares with Cal. No part of their lives has escaped Barnes's poisoned touch.
When a shady corporate lawyer shows up on the doorstep while Cal's at work, Hunter takes the meeting and discovers Barnes's plan B: In his absence, he wants to bequeath his mercenary company, Dark Sun, to his former FBI partner and lover, no other than Callum Riggs. But what is Cal going to do with Barnes's mercs? Can he really leave the Bureau he's been part of since graduation? Well, if Hunter has a say, that's exactly what Cal will do.
But life in the private sector is dangerous, too. Enemies hide in plain sight in Dark Sun's every office, and there's no knowing who still supports Barnes and his deadly extremist agenda. Is the mercenary company an olive branch from Barnes to the men he betrayed, or is this the honeypot that will secure their demise?
CW: Violence, brief sexual violence (not between MCs; no rape), white nationalist terrorism
"Feet. Off. The. Furniture," Cal gritted out, something sparking behind his dark eyes.
"What, you're the boss for one day and you think you can just start ordering people around?" Hunter pouted and squirmed down, pushing his feet farther onto the table.
"I've been the boss of you a lot longer than that." Cal's flat delivery and the challenge in his expression lit a fire in Hunter. It was honestly surprising they hadn't just fucked over his seriously uncomfortable desk right in front of everyone this afternoon.
Before Hunter could act, Cal dropped Bruiser on him and then leaned down and physically knocked Hunter's feet off the coffee table.
Hunter caught Bruiser, but quickly released him onto the couch so he wouldn't get stuck in the middle of everything. The force with which Cal pushed Hunter's feet turned him sideways, and he barely caught himself so he didn't topple to the floor.
"You gonna work out some aggression on Mike Hunt?"
"You and your frakking pranks." Cal grabbed Hunter around the waist and shoved him back on the luxurious sofa, pushing him into a corner and pinning him there with a hand on his shoulder and another on his inner thigh.
That sculpted face and its fading scars loomed inches from Hunter's nose as Cal stared him down. "You do this crap on purpose, I'm convinced. Mike frakking Hunt. It's like you're begging for it. Do you have any idea how difficult it was for me to be professional today?"
"I was trying to be good. I didn't even drop anything so you could see how my ass looks when I bend over to pick it up. Didn't matter, though. I saw you checking me out. Wonder what Rory thinks you're hiring me for."
Hunter had removed his jacket when he'd gotten home, leaving him in a snug black t-shirt and the stretchy jeans. "You gonna give me a full-time job, Daddy?"
"If you play your cards right, you little brat."
Together, Texans and platonic life partners Thursday Euclid and Clancy Nacht write queer novels that span genres, with intense romances and a seamless shared narrative voice.
They published their first co-written novel, the m/m rock star romance Black Gold, in 2010, and now have over a decade of award-winning collaborations under their exquisite belts. Recent titles include the twisted romance His Fake Prison Daddy and the Phisher King series, in which an uptight federal agent and a bratty hacker go from enemies to lovers while solving a hate crime.
Though Elder Millennial trans man Thursday and Gen X gender outlaw Clancy live three hours apart, they are inseparable. Their friendship is a perfect example of the Grumpy/Sunshine trope, which makes Thursday very happy. Clancy thinks it's all right.
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Release Blitz + Giveaway: Perfectly Mismatched (Pine Wood Falls #4) by Sarah Havan
Join author Sarah Havan and Gay Book Promotions as they celebrate the release of Perfectly Mismatched (Pine Wood Falls #4)! Find out more about the mpreg romance and enter in the $10 Amazon gift card giveaway!
Book Title: Perfectly Mismatched (Pine Wood Falls #4)
Author: Sarah Havan
Publisher: Sarah Havan Books
Cover Artist: Sarah Havan
Genres: Mpreg, Non-shifter Mpreg romance
Tropes: Frenemies to lovers
Themes: Recovering from trauma, starting a new life
Length: approx. 80 000 words
It is part of a series but can be read as a standalone.
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They're fated even though they can't stand each other.
Dekker Baines decides he wants to start a family, but he doesn't have an alpha, so he goes to one of Pine Wood Falls get-togethers. It's where you go if you need someone to mate with, but his evening goes sideways when a few alphas don't take no for an answer.
Ryder Remington is Dekk's business partner, and when he gets a call that Dekk is in trouble, he runs to his rescue and comes across a scene that makes his blood boil. A month after the attack, when Dekk goes into heat again, Ryder tells him he'll be the father of his children. Dekk is reluctant at first but can't fight his urge to be with child.
Now they're starting a family, but the thing is, they can't stand each other. They are as mismatched as two people can get. Together they have to navigate recovering from trauma, try to tolerate living with each other, and get ready for quintuplets. If they can manage all of that, they might get their happy ending, but things never go according to plan.
BALLING MY FISTS AT MY SIDE, I TOOK IN A DEEP BREATH. It was one of those moments where I wondered why I went into business with this man. Ryder Remington was very punchable, but like I could have ever punched him, he towered over me.
"There's no way in hell we're naming the bar that." He scratched the dark stubble on his jaw and shook his head.
I crossed my arms over my chest and smiled. "Why? It's cute, a play on words."
"Bars aren't supposed to be cute," he grumbled.
"Not everything has to always be macho and manly." I sat at the bar with my laptop in front of me.
"Macho. Who uses that word? You know who? Someone who likes cute. For now, the bar is staying named bar." He couldn't even be bothered to capitalize it. The sign above the door outside seriously said bar. From where he squatted on the floor, he bore his dark-brown eyes into me, pressing his lips together. It was his go-to I'm an alpha, and you're going to listen to me look.
"But The Ballet Bar has such a nice ring to it."
I stuck my nose up in the air. "Fine, always so grouchy."
"I'm not grouchy," he said, snarling his lip.
"Gruff." A perfect word for him. Demeanor and looks. He was a six-foot-five wall of muscle with light tan skin and a head of thick wavy hair. He always wore dark jeans and a black T-shirt and seemed to favor the perfect amount of stubble. And if I didn't know him and was in a dark alley with him, I'd turn and go in the opposite direction. He always looked like he wanted to harm somebody.
"Aren't you supposed to be doing some kind of work?" he asked as he emptied the box of bottles next to him.
"Aren't you?" I flicked my wrist in his direction, and besides, I was doing work. Someone had to keep our business affairs in order. I had just finished placing an order for a new local craft beer we were going to try.
"How did I get talked into opening this place with you?" He stood and folded up the now empty box.
"You saw the brilliance behind my plan." Basically, I was able to front half the money to open the place. Pine Wood Falls offered a lot of assistance if you opened a business there, like land or a storefront, but there were plenty of other things needed to open a business that required capital. I had moved back to the area about half a year before and wanted something new in my life. Plus, being my own boss sweetened the deal, and my friend Lucas told me he heard about how Ryder was looking for a business partner.
He furrowed his brow and began to wipe down the counter. "And you know what?"
"You know what I know? You're still trying to come up with a response."
"You're supposed to be the business end. In the back, doing the books."
"Do you know that running a business entails more than some money and doing the books as you say?"
He ignored me and continued to wipe the counter.
"And I put up half the money, too, so I should have just as much right naming the place. You're the one that makes the drinks, but it doesn't make you special." He thought since he was the alpha, he got to call the shots, but we were in it fifty/fifty. Therefore, even if he only saw me as some little omega, I still had an equal say, and I was not ready to give up my fight on naming the bar, but for the day, I let it go.
"It does. I'm so goddamn special."
"You precious little peach you."
"Said the ballerina."
"Said the college dropout."
"I went and tried. Did you ever take a college course? No."
Well, he had me there. "I was at an elite dance academy."
He put his hands on the edge of the bar and leaned in toward me. "For high school."
"I was actually there until a year after high school," I said.
"See, and you're making fun of me. I'm a proud college dropout. You, it seems, was held back at your fancy pants school." He smirked and threw the towel he wiped down the counter with over his shoulder.
Sarah Havan writes all kinds of LGBTQIA+ romance, loves watermelon flavored candy, and has a vast flannel shirt collection. When not writing, Sarah loves to read and watch shows about murder.
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Release Blitz + Giveaway: Courting Nightfall by Amanda Meuwissen
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Book Title: Courting Nightfall
Author: Amanda Meuwissen
Publisher: JMS Books
Cover Artist: Written Ink Designs
Genres: Paranormal, High Fantasy, Horror, Dark M/M Romance
Tropes: Reincarnation, vampires, enemies to lovers, his first time, blood play
Themes: Self-acceptance, redemption, love means letting go
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Zen had only—literally only—ever dreamed that someone would want him this much…
Zen is a half dark elf in a world that hates him, protected by being raised by the Order of the Sun to become a priest. He longs for a different life with a mysterious, beautiful man he only glimpses in dreams. After encountering an adventuring party, Zen is drawn to accompany them to destroy a fabled vampire lord, but the pull he feels toward those lands might be more fated than he realizes.
That night, before falling into an exhausted sleep—in his tiny, wooden bed with minimal padding and coarse blankets—Zen gently touched the scar that ran full circle around his neck. He tried ignoring it during the day, hidden by the high collar of his vestments, but in bed, out of his robes, his fingers often strayed there.
He didn't know what had caused the wire-thin line. He'd had it all his life and often wondered if it had been a failed attempt to kill him as an infant. Like Father Lewis had said, he'd been abandoned on the steps of the temple.
No one wanted a darkling child.
Zen's existence, his life, was most people's nightmare, which was why it amazed and yet soothed him that he never experienced nightmares himself. His dreams were sweet. There he had no scars. In his dreams, he was whole and wanted.
Desired, even.
A warm, human hand trailed slowly across Zen's unmarred neck and down his naked body. Here his bed was plush and opulent, or perhaps it belonged to the man he imagined himself with. Zen had never met anyone like him in waking life, yet every dream he'd had since he first knew he desired men starred the same mysterious figure.
Zen never saw his face clearly, but he was still a vision of noble beauty. Skin pale as cream with soft color in his cheeks, neatly trimmed black hair that occasionally fell into his eyes—and oh, his eyes. Some might think them haunting or eerie, being such a rich, ruddy brown that they almost looked red, but Zen adored them. He adored the smooth, flawless form laid out beside him, trim but well-muscled, and as naked as he was.
Still, all those features painted an incomplete picture that he could never quite bring into focus.
The man's sex was impressive though, no doubt conjured from Zen's most carnal fantasies, as ruddy as his eyes, swollen and leaking wetness onto the sheets. Zen had often longed to know the feel of it in his hands, his mouth, and deep inside him, but his dreams never allowed more than a tease.
Zen didn't know the man's name and had never made one up, but he thought of him as an angel, giving him pleasures where real life never could.
"You are a beautiful crystalline snowflake, my love, silver and blue and pure blinding white." He kissed Zen's cheek, his fingertips tracing mischievously down Zen's stomach. His other hand ran blunt nails through Zen's short white hair.
That wasn't right. Zen kept his snowy-white locks tied back, but his hair fell well past his shoulders. Like the missing scar, he was different here in the dreamworld.
"I miss you," his angel whispered and bent to kiss Zen's lips.
Then touch me, Zen thought, pressing upward and opening his mouth to connect them more deeply, while instantly wanting more.
He didn't know why his mind created a human man instead of someone more like him. Maybe because humans were all he'd ever known. The man was stunning regardless and saw Zen the way he'd always wished someone would.
"Come, my love."
Zen wanted to—
"Come to me. Come for me, my beautiful darkling, but come to me as well."
Zen didn't understand. How much closer could they get? His angel was between his legs, warm hand curling around him and squeezing with promise. Still, for all the lust that stirred in Zen, it was the intimacy of another kiss to his cheek that filled him with the most want.
"Please, love, come to me. Come…" He stroked Zen firmly while licking up along one of his pointed darkling ears, inducing a deep shudder from low at the base of Zen's spine. "Come… my Zenos."
That wasn't—
Zen's eyes snapped open as if triggered by a spring, his sheets sticky and damp atop him from how he'd come before waking.
Damn it. He rarely did that, usually waking hard and unfulfilled, and then taking himself in hand. Today he'd made a mess, and it wasn't even morning.
Amanda Meuwissen is a bisexual author, with a primary focus on M/M romance. As author of the paranormal romance trilogy The Incubus Saga and several other titles with various publishers, Amanda regularly attends local comic conventions for fun and to meet with fans, where she will often be seen in costume as one of her favorite fictional characters. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her husband, John, and their cat, Helga.
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Release Blitz + Giveaway: The Way to a Man's Heart (Kingdom of Corazón #1) by Ann Marie James
Author Ann Marie James and Other Worlds Ink promote new Pride Publishing release, The Way to a Man's Heart (Kingdom of Corazón #1)! Find out more about the contemporary romance and enter in the Amazon gift card giveaway!
Ann Marie James has a new contemporary gay romance out: The Way to a Man's Heart. And there's a giveaway!
The heart wants what the heart wants…
Christian Diaz grew up as the best friend and unofficial bodyguard to the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Corazón. After an incident left him questioning his place in the castle, Christian joined the military and didn't return for ten long years.
Now he's been assigned to the castle as Royal Military Liaison to investigate the source of some recent threats against the crown. The annual Midsummer's Ball is the perfect place for the anti-monarchy group to make their next move, so that's where Christian will be too. If it gives him a chance to reconnect with his friends in the castle and make a play for the man he has compared all others to, it's even better.
Max Ramirez is now the head chef for the castle. He started as a sous chef at age twenty when Christian was just an awkward teen. Now that Christian's back at the castle, all grown up and interested in Max, the chef is determined not to let an opportunity with Christian pass him by.
When someone tries to sabotage the Midsummer's Ball, Max and Christian need to work together to track down the people determined to make this event their last.
Warnings: This book contains mentions of drug use, obsession, references to parental abuse, drink spiking, violence, attempted rape, and attempted murder.
There's evil brewing on the Island of Corazón. While the ruling monarchy is almost universally well loved, both at home and abroad, there are rumors of a group who believe the monarchy needs to be eliminated, by any means necessary.
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The royal family of the Kingdom of Corazón greeted their guests for the Midsummers Ball as Christian watched. He ran a hand down the front of his dress military uniform to straighten it while he waited for his turn to be announced. This was his first formal duty as the newly appointed Royal Military Liaison, and he needed to make sure he looked his best. He shifted his feet to find some relief for his ankle, which was still sore from him standing for a long time. His last mission had not gone to plan, and a broken ankle had been the result. Although the cast had come off a couple of weeks prior, it still wasn't one hundred percent.
"Royal Military Liaison Lieutenant Diaz," the herald announced. Christian caught the eye of Crown Prince Sebastian toward the end of the greeting line and his best friend's eyes widened in surprise before his face lit up with happiness at seeing him. As the only child of the Castle Commander, Christian had grown up here, but he'd been in the service away from the castle for ten years. At thirty, Christian was the same age as Crown Prince Sebastian. They had been best friends from the time they had been in diapers, and even though Christian and the prince still got together when their schedules allowed, it wasn't the same as seeing and being with him every day. Christian had missed him fiercely.
The royal children of the kingdom were usually paired with a young playmate from the age of about ten. Christian had started earlier than age ten as Sebastian's companion, since he was always with him anyway. As Castle Commander, his father was the head of the guard slash castle security. He'd taken the companion idea a step further and trained Christian to be as good as he could be in martial arts and marksmanship. In his father's eyes, Christian was to act as another line of defense for the Crown Prince. While Christian had not carried a gun—that was the role of the actual bodyguards—he was trained in case he ever had to use one.
With a nod to the herald, Christian stepped forward to greet the Queen of the Kingdom of Corazón. Queen Tania reached out both hands to Christian, and he clasped them and raised them to his lips while bowing over them. "My Queen… It is a pleasure to see you. You haven't changed a bit."
"Lieutenant Diaz, it is a pleasure to see you as well. Ten years is way too long. We have missed you."
"I apologize for the lengthy absence, Your Highness. I needed a change, but I am assigned here for the foreseeable future, so you will have time to get sick of me again."
"So my husband has told me. I am excited to have you home, although in a different capacity as the Royal Military Liaison. I look forward to catching up."
"As do I."
The queen turned a stern eye on her eldest daughter, who was standing to her right. "Princess Zia, isn't it wonderful that Christian will be back with us for a while?"
Christian tried to mask his sneer as his gaze went to Zia, who was not at all happy this evening. Of course, she wouldn't be, since she wasn't the center of attention. She wasn't a very nice person and never had been. She was also part of the reason he'd left and joined the military. What she did… No, he wasn't going to think about it. It was in the past. He was stronger and even more deadly now. It was time for him to face his demons. The military had finished the training his father had started, turning him into a true weapon. At twenty-eight, Christian had hoped Zia would have grown up and stopped being so self-absorbed, but the affliction seemed to have gotten worse instead of better in the time Christian had been away.
Christian gave Princess Zia a shallow bow. "Princess Zia." That was all he could manage. He wasn't going to lie and say he'd missed her.
Princess Zia tossed back her hair and gave him her haughtiest look. "Mr. Diaz."
"It's Lieutenant Diaz, actually, Your Highness." Christian didn't wait for her to respond, instead turning to greet the king of the Kingdom of Corazón. A striking man, even in his fifties, King Raul Hart exuded a sense of calm authority that Christian had always admired, making him seem larger than life. "King Raul." Christian bowed low in front of the man. When he straightened, Christian was shocked to realize that he was now taller than the king. When they had met briefly the day before, the king had been busy on a phone call and had just waved him into his office and into a chair. Christian had experienced another surprise growth spurt after he had joined the military at age twenty and was now six-three, but he hadn't realized that made him taller than the king.
"Hello again, Royal Military Liaison Lieutenant Diaz." The king's eyes twinkled at him as he ignored protocol and pulled Christian into a hug. "I didn't get a chance to do that when we met yesterday. I wanted to correct that error."
"Yes, sir." Christian returned the hug before stepping back and offering him a crisp salute. "Lieutenant Diaz reporting for duty, sir."
"As you were, Lieutenant. Now I think there's someone here who can't wait to greet you. It was hard keeping this a secret from him."
"I know. I talked to him earlier, and I almost spilled the beans."
Christian moved down the line and tried to keep a stern expression on his face as he saluted before grinning at one of his best friends. "Crown Prince."
"Why didn't you tell me you were being assigned to the castle as Royal Military Liaison?"
"I thought you would like the surprise of it. It just happened a few days ago." Christian once more ran a hand down the front of his military uniform. "First mission, the Midsummer's Ball. It's a very tough assignment."
Ann Marie James is fluent in two languages, English and sarcasm. She believes that you will never learn anything new if you don't read as much as you can, and/or talk to every stranger you meet. She always looks for the best in people and to treat people the way she wants to be treated. Above all Ann Marie believes in love, whatever form it takes. Relationships are hard, love is the glue that keeps it together.
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