Release Day Book Blast ~ Maddy Christmas Anthology ~ (Reviews, Excepts + Giveaway)
Author Names:
Harper Jewel
S.A. Garcia
Meg Bawden
Chris McHart
Book Name: Maddy Christmas
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Blurbs:
Santa's Naughty Elf by Harper Jewel:
Playing Santa in the local department store should be an easy way to make a few extra bucks, shouldn’t it? That’s what Brock Daniels, a victim or corporate downsizing, thought when he took the job at Larson’s. Once he finds out a handsome ginger—his one weakness—will be playing Santa’s elf, easy becomes complicated, even if it’s an enjoyable snag.
When Paul Martens discovers who’ll be playing Santa to his elf, déjà vu of an unforgettable night that took place almost two years ago comes crashing down on him.
The attraction between Brock and Paul grows to fevered levels while a runaway teen pulls at both men’s heartstrings. Will they be able to put aside their ardent attraction and channel some holiday magic in order to grant everyone’s Christmas wish, or will their stockings be filled with nothing but coal?
*Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by author/publisher via Pride Promotions in exchange for an honest review.*
Paul and Brock (otherwise known as Papa Bear) had a heated one-night stand two years ago. One neither of them has been able to forget. When Paul discovers who the new Santa is, he is more than happy to remind Brock who his elf is. Their attraction to each other is sizzling and they grow closer, especially when a runaway teen who pulls at their heartstrings, but are they willing to make more of this than a holiday romance?
I really enjoyed this story. It was a nice Christmas romance with a touch of BDSM. It has the qualities that I prefer in this kind of stories, the men being equals even if they enjoy some kink in their bedroom, but leaving room for some hot, sexy vanilla loving, as well. Add to that the side plotline of the runaway teen and you have yourself a fast-paced, sweet, hot, hopeful story that I was delighted in reading!
Rating: 4.5 Stars!!!
Paint Your Balls by Chris McHart:
The lives of the heavenly beings that have a one-day-a-year job can become a bit dull. But when Santa’s reindeer fall ill on Christmas Eve, his life becomes anything but, so he reluctantly turns to the Easter Bunny for help.
Bunny harbors a long-time, secret crush on Santa and decides to take advantage of the request for help by offering an exchange. He wants Santa in his bed. Little does he know, Santa has discreetly lusted after him, but the man in red decides to teach the attractive Bunny a lesson he won’t soon forget.
Who will make the next move, and how will both men play the game? Will they be naughty or nice? In the end, could both men finally get what they desire?
*Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by author/publisher via Pride Promotions in exchange for an honest review.*
When one of Santa's reindeers falls ill on Christmas Eve, he turns to the Easter Bunny for help. Only Bunny puts a price to his help, seeing as he's been crushing on Santa for a long time and doesn't see any other way to get his attention otherwise. Santa is not all that happy about the blackmailing, especially since he's been harboring his own secret crush on Bunny and wants more than just a tryst.
This was a bit on the odd side, but no less enjoyable. I found myself rooting for Bunny to get his man, err, Santa. He was just a little misguided, but he also didn't think he'd be able to capture Santa's interest without the blackmailing. This was a sweet and short, hot and intriguing little story that was nice to read!
Rating: 4 Stars!!!
Catching Santa Claus in the Act by Meg Bawden:
It's Christmas Eve and Rowan Wayne has the task of babysitting his nieces. While he’d rather be out partying and having a one night stand with a sexy footballer, his nieces have always come first.
The last thing he expects is a thief entering his brother’s house in the middle of the night. Except the thief claims that he isn’t robbing the house, rather delivering the presents because he’s Santa Claus. Rowan thinks the reasoning is absurd, until he discovers this Santa Claus is the sexy guy from college, Christian Kringle.
Finding it hard to fight his attraction to the handsome Santa, Rowan isn’t sure what to believe. What will he do when he finds out Christian is equally attracted to him?
5 Stars
*copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by author/publisher via Pride Promotions in exchange for an honest review*
While babysitting his triplet nieces, Rowan encounters hunky college classmate, Christian in his brother and sister-in-laws living room. Christian claims to not be a stealing the gifts, but will Rowan believe him?
Awe... This was a sweet, sexy and funny story. It was just adorable, as were Christian and Rowan. They had great chemistry and the sex was smoking hot. Even though this was a short story, it felt complete and left me satisfied. I'll definitely have to look at this authors other books, I loved her writing style!
Awe... This was a sweet, sexy and funny story. It was just adorable, as were Christian and Rowan. They had great chemistry and the sex was smoking hot. Even though this was a short story, it felt complete and left me satisfied. I'll definitely have to look at this authors other books, I loved her writing style!
The Duke of Dickdom's Desert Sojourn by S.A. Garcia:
Porn star Jason Rapier, aka “The Duke of Dickdom,” is suffering a dreadful day. Romantic rejection, deer assault, and career chaos are topped by his Porsche dying in the desert on Christmas Eve. Happily a special present guaranteed to inject the ho-ho-ho back into Jason’s holiday season is a mere service station away.
3 Stars
*copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by author/publisher via Pride Promotions in exchange for an honest review*
Jason, an aging porn star has to cut his Christmas vacation short to rush back to L.A. to audition for a part in an upcoming film. He leaves Utah and speeds down the interstate, but his car breaks down in the desert, and he is rescued by a "little desert stud".
This was a short, entertaining and spicy Christmas read.
This was a short, entertaining and spicy Christmas read.
Pages or Words: 43,000 words
Categories: BDSM, Contemporary, Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Excerpts:
The Duke of Dickdom’s Desert Sojourn by S.A. Garcia:
Jason gazed out the window watching the snowflakes drift on the strengthening breeze. He snuggled down deeper against the expensive mattress and male warmth. A quiet after-sex cuddle felt perfect. Sweaty on-set sex never involved cuddles unless a sensitive writer included the concept in the script.
A sensitive porn writer was a rare beast.
Xavier’s muscular body radiated heat against Jason’s right side. Mmmm. His fuck buddy’s raspy breathing sounded close to sleep again. After Jason arrived at Xavier’s last night, they ate a quick sushi dinner, hopped into bed, and fucked each other on and off, supplementing sex with naps. This morning a snooze appealed to him. Still watching the snow through half-shut lashes, he nuzzled against Xavier.
A vicious thud filled the air. A large black bird—Jason couldn’t tell a raven from a vulture—swirled away from its slam against the picture window. The ebony shape contrasted against the snowflakes. A few feathers stuck to the wet glass.
Xavier jerked awake, staring at Jason with crossed-eyed irritation. “Wafuckwas that?”
“Some huge black bird bashed into the window. How freaky.”
“Weird. It must have misjudged because of the snow. Too many stupid turkey vultures around here. Geesh, I’m tired. You wore me out, bitch.”
Paint Your Balls by Chris McHart:
“Please, you have to help me! I can’t do all the work alone. It’s not my fault the reindeer have such bad colds. They’ve always played in the snow, how was I supposed to know they were freezing? I’ve had them for years, and they were never sick.”
Bunny listened to Santa’s pleas, not really concerned. It wasn’t his problem the man had sick reindeer. Bunny would need to do his job again in a few months, and he’d have to do the work all alone. He also managed to look after his chickens without them getting sick.
It was stressful enough to deliver presents and Easter eggs to all the kids around the world once a year. He’d be nuts if he’d do it twice, especially when one of these events simply wasn’t his responsibility.
Besides, Santa usually ignored him, not even giving him the time of the day. But now that the man in seductive red velvet needed him, he suddenly showed up. Why should he help him? He didn’t see a reason. It was simple as that.
“Please, I’ll do anything,” Santa tried again as he paced nervously back and forth on the cloud they stood on. They were outside in the sun, close to the reindeer stables and next to the room belonging to one of the Archangels.
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Meet the authors:
Meg Bawden: Meg Bawden was born and raised in North Queensland, Australia. She’s loved stories since before she can remember and has always enjoyed creating characters of her own, even if it did begin with drawing faces on toilet rolls and giving them names. Writing has always been a passion of hers and she’s loved the M/M genre since 2004, the first book she read being Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez.
Writing M/M since 2007, Meg has never had the confidence to attempt publishing her own stories, but in 2015, she decided that it was all about to change thanks to the amazing friends she’s made in the M/M genre and their support and encouragement. So watch out, world, Meg Bawden is coming out to have some fun!
S.A. Garcia: Thirty-nine years ago, I started writing gay male romance. My writing remained a secret lest my friends thought me a freak. Writing about men inserting tab A into slot B didn’t seem the norm for a suburban female teenager. Reading Gordon Merrick, John Rechy, and Larry Kramer helped me fill in the informational gaps. No wonder I read those books in my bedroom.
As the years progressed, this lesbian still wrote gay male romance, although the stories moved from lurking in notebooks to hiding on the computer. I wrote fantasies, contemporaries, bodice rippers—I chugged along following Diva Faboo, my drunken, ornery muse.
Five published novels, assorted novellas, and spicy short stories have turned my life into a fun quandary of too many stories hindered by my slow typing skills. I accept the challenge and blunder onward into more trauma, drama, and humor. Once I train my wicked men to stop ruining my plots— face it, that will never happen. They refuse to listen!
Chris McHart: Chris McHart lives in Germany, with her husband, slave, Dom, partner in crime, and muse (all in one person, not even she's that kinky!). She loves her husband, men in kilts and Scotch Whisky. Her idea of a perfect evening is to curl up with her laptop and write (the other options are not suitable to post in public).
Visit her blog or friend her on Facebook, where you can join her author group.
Harper Jewel: Harper Jewel lives in northeast New Jersey with her husband and 18-year-old daughter. She has three cats, enjoys reading, and taking trips to Walt Disney World. With her outgoing personality and vivid imagination, she is able to create characters and plots that are believable as well as memorable.
Although she began writing male/female romance/erotica, she has finally found her niche in Gay Romance. She thoroughly enjoys her male characters as they speak to her quite loudly while proving love is love. Being the first M/M author accepted at Lush Publishing is an honor she’s very proud of.
In addition to her writing, she uses her college education and background in English and Language Arts to work as an independent editor. She’s also expanded her skills to include formatting for Smashwords Premium Catalog, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Amazon, & All Romance Ebooks.
In September 2015, she created Slippery Fingers Press & Publishing Services and plans to use the company name for self-publishing as well as her editing and formatting jobs.
To find out more about Harper Jewel, visit her website at www.harperjewel.com.
Where to find the authors:
Harper Jewel:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harper.jewel/
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/HarperJewelAuthor/
Twitter: @harperjewel1
Blog: www.harperjewel.com
Meg Bawden:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meg.bawden/
Blog: www.authormegbawden.com
S.A. Garcia:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sagarcia/
Twitter: @SAGarcia_Writer
Blog: http://oscarsbruisedpetals.blogspot.com/
Chris McHart:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008256641886
Facebook Author Page: www.facebook.com/chrismchart
Twitter: www.twitter.com/chris_mchart
Blog: http://www.chrismchart.com
Facebook Author Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/882598865132498/
Publisher: Rawmance Publishing
Cover Artist: Meg Bawden
Tour Dates & Stops:
Parker Williams, Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, A.M. Leibowitz, Bayou Book Junkie, Havan Fellows, BFD Book Blog, Book Lovers 4Ever, Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents, My Fiction Nook, Happily Ever Chapter, Jessie G. Books, Wicked Faerie's Tales and Reviews, EE Montgomery, Divine Magazine, Bonkers About Books, It’s Raining Men, MM Good Book Reviews, Cheekypee Reads and Reviews, Inked Rainbow Reads, The Hat Party,
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Sound great, going on the TBR list.
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