Release Day Reviews ~ Joy by C.S. Poe (Giveaway)

Release Day Reviews ~ Joy by C.S. Poe (Giveaway)

Title: Joy

Author: C.S. Poe

Release Date: April 5, 2017

Category: Contemporary

Pages: 69

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Down on his luck is Gideon Joy’s default state. He doesn’t know why he expected anything different on his cross-country trip, but not surprisingly, the hits keep coming—literally this time. Gideon strikes a moose with his car in New Hampshire, not only totaling his own vehicle, but damaging one belonging to local construction worker Silas Bright. He has no choice but to stay in Lancaster and take a job that’ll pay for the repairs. And in a town so small, Gideon’s always running into Silas. What starts as annoyance between them soon blooms into something much more romantic. But when Gideon’s notorious bad luck rears its head yet again, how many disastrous dates will Silas be willing to weather before realizing Gideon’s not worth it?

Despite Gideon’s desire to remain in the quaint community that has accepted him as one of their own, past fears of inadequacy threaten the very joy he left Los Angeles to discover. If he’s to find a happily ever after with Silas, Gideon must learn that sometimes it’s okay to not be the best. And true happiness might be waiting in a small town nestled among the great White Mountains.

States of Love: Stories of romance that span every corner of the United States.

Virtual Book Tour ~ Home Fires by Kate Sherwood (Giveaway)

Virtual Book Tour ~ Home Fires by Kate Sherwood (Giveaway)

About Home Fires

Trouble comes to Mosely, Montana, from the outside world. When the residents of Mosely are left on their own, they can make things work. Sure, there’s always been a militia operating up in the hills, but they were small-scale—just survivalists doing their thing—until organizers came in from out of state. Now Jericho Crewe and the rest of the sheriff’s department are facing down a heavily armed band of fanatics, and the feds are busy elsewhere.

The odds are hopeless, but Jericho swore an oath to serve and protect the citizens of Mosely. He won’t walk away from that, even if Wade Granger’s begging him to run away somewhere and finally be together the way they always should have been.

But this time, it’s Jericho who refuses to leave Mosely, even if staying kills him.

Now available from Riptide Publishing. http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/home-fires

Blog Tour ~ Broken Bastard by A.L. Simpson ~ (Excerpt + Giveaway)

About the Book

Title: Broken Bastard

Series: Broken Series, Book 1

Author: A.L. Simpson

Publisher: A.L. Simpson

Cover Artist: A.L. Simpson

Release Date: Feb 26, 2017

Romance Genre(s): Contemporary, M/M (non-erotic)

Pages: 176

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Blurb

Present Day

My name is Tyler Maxwell Alexander. I'm twenty-eight years old. A few months ago, I had it all. An executive job in a prestigious investment firm owned by my father. Ha! Yeah, right - father. I'll explain about that later. I lived in a waterfront apartment overlooking the harbor and drove a Mercedes convertible.

Then, in the blink of an eye, it was gone. All of it. Everything, except the clothes on my back. I was broken. A bastard. Did I mention, I'm gay? No? Oh well, I have now.

This is the story of how my fairytale life turned to shit in the blink of an eye.....

Excerpt:

Cover Reveal: Dirty Side Down Boxset by Phoenyx Slaughter

Title: Dirty Side Down Boxset

Series: Iron Bulls MC #1-3

Author: Phoenyx Slaughter

Genre: MC Romance

Release Date: April 14, 2017

Their fling was only supposed to be a one-time afternoon distraction. Dante is older, dark, dangerous, and the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Iron Bulls MC. Instead, Karina finds herself falling for the raunchy, dirty-talking biker who’ll kill to protect her.

Dante’s way too old and twisted for a beautiful, innocent girl like Karina. Doesn’t matter, he wants her anyway. Somehow she melts his stone-cold heart and the two of them fit together like pieces of one screwed-up puzzle. He’s not giving her up for anyone or anything. 

Dirty Side Down, includes the first three books of the Iron Bulls MC series: Asunder, Disconnect, and Entwined as well as a never-released bonus scene. 

Blog Tour ~ Retaliation (A Twisted Mayhem MC Novel) by Cat Mason (Review)

Blog Tour ~ Retaliation (A Twisted Mayhem MC Novel) by Cat Mason

BLOG TOUR

Retaliation

Cat Mason

Release Date: March 31st 2017

When Roanne Frazier is thrown into a dangerous world she knows nothing about, the only one she can count on is the only person who has ever let her down.

Blood and bullets are part of the game for Jensen Stone. Being President of the Twisted Mayhem MC means sometimes business requires bloodshed and Stone has no problem getting his hands dirty. Known for being fearless and ruthless in his tactics, his main goal is doing all he can to better his club and his town. Though it is easy to be reckless when you have nothing to lose.

The world as they know it is about to be turned upside down. The pain of their pasts collides with the chaos of the present and sends the tension building between them into overdrive, proving that some things don't fizzle out with time. Secrets are revealed, lives are changed, and the small town of Legion Falls, Tennessee will never be the same.

Will Ro and Stone find a way to hold onto each other while everything comes crashing down around them? Or will they be torn apart good by their need for retaliation?

AotM ~ Absolution & Salvation by Sloane Kennedy (Reviews + Giveaway)

Please join us in welcoming our Author of the Month for April, Sloane Kennedy! I hope you all enjoy the posts and giveaways we have planned throughout the month as we feature Sloane's books! <3

Title: Absolution (The Protectors Book 1)

Author: Sloane Kennedy

Cover Artist: Jay Aheer

Pages: 356

Published: April 1, 2016

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Blurb

After four years abroad, artist Jonas Davenport has come home to start building his dream of owning his own art studio and gallery. But just as he’s ready to put the darkness of his past behind him forever, it comes roaring back with a vengeance.

The only thing keeping ex-cop Mace Calhoun from eating his own gun after an unthinkable loss is his role in an underground syndicate that seeks to get justice for the innocent by taking the lives of the guilty. Ending the life of the young artist who committed unspeakable crimes against the most vulnerable of victims should have been the easiest thing in the world. So why can’t he bring himself to pull the trigger?

After years of fighting in an endless, soul-sucking war, Navy SEAL Cole Bridgerton has come home to fight another battle – dealing with the discovery that the younger sister who ran away from home eight years earlier is lost to him forever. He needs answers and the only person who can give them to him is a young man struggling to put his life back together. But he never expected to feel something more for the haunted artist.

Cole and Mace. One lives by the rules, the other makes his own. One seeks justice through the law while the other seeks it with his gun. Two men, one light, one dark, will find themselves and each other when they’re forced to stand side by side to protect Jonas from an unseen evil that will stop at nothing to silence the young artist forever.

But each man’s scars run deep and even the strength of three may not be enough to save them…

Release Day Review ~ Loose Cannon by Sidney Bell

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Blurb:

Don't miss this brand-new male/male romance series from Sidney Bell, author of Bad Judgment 

Released after five years in the system for assault, streetwise Edgar-Allen Church is ready to leave the past behind and finally look to his future. In need of a place to crash, he's leaning on Miller Quinn. A patient, solidly masculine pillar of strength and support, Miller has always been there for him—except in the one way Church has wanted the most.

With his staunchly conservative upbringing, Miller has been playing it straight his whole life. Now with Church so close again, it's getting harder to keep his denial intact. As they fumble their way back to friendship after so many years apart, Miller struggles to find the courage to accept who he really is. What he has with Church could be more than desire—it could be love. But it could also mean trouble.

Church's criminal connections are closing in on the both of them, and more than their hearts are at risk. This time, their very lives are on the line.

Release Blitz ~ Renaissance by Lillian Francis ~ (Excerpt + Giveaway)

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Village Love Series
Resonance (Village Love) - Currently FREE! Smashwords | Payhip
Resistance (Village Love #1) - On Sale for 99c/99p Amazon US | Amazon UK | Payhip

Cover: Garrett Leigh

Length: 72,000 words

Blurb

Smudge really needs to get laid, if only to stop himself wondering about the softness of Raleigh’s curls and why he keeps running away.

After his tumultuous teenage years, Smudge has settled into his quiet life in the sleepy English village of Slopy Bottom. He’s his own boss with the time and space to indulge his artistic creativity. And he has friends. He’s happy. Satisfied. Lonely. And the pool of potential soulmates is almost non-existent. His friends, Rick and Mal, flush with their own happy romance, keep trying to set him up with the most incompatible men, and he's never finding true love on Grindr. Hell, he's not even going to manage a hook up based on the kinky messages he’s been getting recently. He'll just have to slake his desire to find his own HEA in the pages of bosom-heaving romance novels.

Raleigh is the darling of Slopy Bottom’s blue rinse brigade: church organist, mobile librarian, and apparently wedded to his trademark cardigans. He seems to be the polar opposite of the artistic Smudge, whose brightly coloured mohawk and piercings should be a red flag to Raleigh. Yet he’s yearning for company too. It’s just that Raleigh has less expectation and definitely less courage to chase after it, for reasons that he keeps very close to his chest. Reasons that don’t stop him from being drawn irresistibly to Smudge.

Smudge is sure that the way Raleigh runs from him whenever he sees him is cruelly deliberate. A reflection on his bad boy looks and his disdain for Raleigh’s precious church. So why can’t he stop thinking about the softness of Raleigh’s curls and his delicate body? Then Raleigh offers an olive branch of sugar and caffeine, Smudge’s favourite combination, starting them on a road to an awkward truce. And when they are conned into working together on a community project at the local hospital, the proximity ignites a spark that can’t be ignored. But navigating the murky waters that could take their relationship beyond tentative friendship all depends on whether Raleigh can release his secret fears – and whether Smudge is the man to share and allay them.

Excerpt

Release Day Review ~ An Unexpected Shot by Caitlin Ricci and A.J. Marcus

Release Day Review ~ An Unexpected Shot by Caitlin Ricci and A.J. Marcus

Author: Caitlin Ricci, A.J. Marcus

Category: Romance

Genre: Contemporary

Word Count: 14100

Sex Content: Explicit

Pairing: MM

Orientation: Bisexual, Gay

Identity: Cisgender

Tags: age gap, bisexual, gay, law enforcement, private investigators

Buy Link: NineStar Press  Amazon  Goodreads

BLURB:

Darius has just retired as a police officer and opened his PI business. He expects to help people and continue the exciting life he had while on the force, but most of his cases center around cheating spouses. That is until a young boy comes into his office one afternoon.

Parker insists that his parents are missing, and not believing him, Darius calls the people on the boy’s phone to find one who is willing to pick him up. Rick, a family friend, comes to get him. As a thank you for watching over Parker, Rick invites Darius to his house for dinner. Their connection is instant, but their romantic night together becomes complicated when men break into Rick’s house and start shooting.

Blog tour ~ Patience (Dublin Virtues #1) by Helena Stone (Guest Post + Giveaway)

Blog Tour ~ Patience (Dublin Virtues #1) by Helena Stone (Guest Post + Giveaway)

People’s Art on Stephen’s Green

There are worse was to spend a dry and sunny Sunday afternoon than exploring the artists displaying their work on the railings surrounding Stephen’s Green. On average six ‘People’s Art’ weekends take place in that location every year, and they provide artists with a wonderful opportunity to display their work to a larger audience than they might otherwise reach.

I have to admit that I’m not sure I would be persistent enough to chance the always unpredictable Irish weather if I had works of art to display. I tend to agree with Xander when he reflects:

“Besides, displaying art in the open air in Ireland is a nightmare most of the time. Today may be sunny, but most days you spend more time covering and uncovering your work than you do selling it. What’s more, this time of year sunny doesn’t equal warm. You could freeze your balls off standing still all day while waiting for potential, but more than likely elusive, buyers.”

But when the weather does cooperate, looking at original art while strolling in the sunshine, probably with buskers playing music in the background, can be a pure delight. And because Stephen’s Green is located right in the centre of Dublin, this artistic treat can easily be combined with a shopping spree, visits to museums, or just a leisurely walk through the hustle and bustle of Dublin, if that takes your fancy.

As for the quality of the art on offer on those railings…. I guess that is pretty much a matter of personal taste. I’ll post a link to a YouTube video shot during a ‘People’s Art on Stephen’s Green’ weekend below and leave it up to you whether or not you agree with Troy’s sentiments about what’s on offer.

“The mixture of rubbish and sheer talent will never cease to amaze me.” 

Blog Tour ~ Separation by Louise Lyons

Blog Tour ~ Seperation by Louise Lyons

Separation

Release date: March 31, 2017

Length: 45,000 words

Cover design: Simon Searle

Blurb

Matthew Langford is told on his twenty-first birthday that he has a twin. After the initial shock, he quickly realizes this is why he always felt part of him was missing. His search takes him 200 miles to Devon, UK, where he meets fraternal twin, Tremaine Wheal.

The pair discover many things in common, and quickly become as close as if they’d never been separated. But when they share a moment in a nightclub, each realizes there is more between them than having shared a womb. Panic sets in and they part. Once again their separation brings loneliness and pain.

Eventually, unable to stay away from each other, they tentatively move forward together as lovers. But secrets don’t stay secret for long, and discovery and questions threaten their happiness.

This is a taboo story featuring twins.

Release Day Tour ~ Touches (Four Short Stories) by Alina Popescu (Exclusive Excerpt + Giveaway)

Release Day Tour ~ Touches (Four Short Stories) by Alina Popescu (Exclusive Excerpt + Giveaway)

Touches is a collection of four contemporary gay romance short stories following the same cast of characters. They can be read in any order, but to better immerse yourself in the characters’ lives, reading them in order is advised.

Synopsis

Sometimes a single touch is enough to change everything. Physical or emotional, a touch can tilt the world on its axis and shift your entire life. It can lead to hell, or it can lead to paradise, but things will never be the same…

A TOUCH OF GLAMOUR

Tudor has big plans for New York City.

Ditch his homophobic colleague. See a musical. Definitely check out the go-go boys.

Meeting one Phantom on Grindr wasn’t in the script.

Tudor gets caught up in a whirlwind when his favorite musical character steps off the stage and into his life.

A TOUCH OF PARADISE

Hauled to work in Hawaii, Tudor has little time to enjoy the island paradise.

His obnoxious friend Radu has it much easier, using his free time to set Tudor up, dangling a willing Hawaiian beauty in front of him.

Having been burned by long-distance relationships before, Tudor stubbornly resists Kahoni’s advances.

But can Tudor be worn down enough to enjoy a touch of paradise?

A TOUCH OF KINK

Release Blitz ~ Dirty Games by Barbara Elsborg

Release Blitz ~ Dirty Games by Barbara Elsborg

Buy Links: Amazon US | Amazon UK

Length: 108,000 words

Blurb

Let the games begin.

When you play dirty, mud gets in your eyes. And when your vision clears, it might be too late to say sorry.

Linton Williams is moving up in life, he’s secured a great job, he’s living his dream - until it all comes crashing down, courtesy of a brother who’s hooked on cocaine and owes money to dangerous people. When Linton’s offered enough cash to pay off his brother’s debts and send him to rehab, he can’t say no.

But there’s a catch. To save his brother from the hell of addiction, Linton makes a deal with the devil. His job? To teach film star Thorne Morrisey a public lesson in humility that might just destroy Thorne’s acting career for good.

When Thorne and Linton meet, sparks fly, and one kiss sets into motion a chain of events that could destroy them both. By the time Linton decides the price is too high, it’s too late. He’s fallen hard. And now he’s trapped between destroying his lover or his brother.

Game over.

Release Day Review ~ Tall, Dark and Deported by Bru Baker

Release Day Review ~ Tall, Dark and Deported by Bru Baker

Title: Tall, Dark, and Deported

Author: Bru Baker

Release Date: April 1, 2017

Category: Contemporary, Dreamspun Desires

Pages: 236

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Crossing the border into love.

Snap decisions and misguided ideas bring Portuguese national Mateus Fontes and businessman Crawford Hargrave together at the Canadian border crossing.

Mateus is caught in a catch-22. With his almost-expired tourist visa, entrance to Canada is denied, but the US won’t let him back in either. Crawford thinks he’s solved things when he tells the border agent they’re engaged, and it works—except now they have to actually get married before either of them can get back into the United States. But Crawford has been burned by marriage once, and he’s determined not to make that mistake again.

Neither of them expects real feelings to bloom out of their fake marriage, but they do. And the two of them have to learn how to be honest with each other to make things work, which is especially hard when their entire marriage is based on lies.

Audio Tour ~ A Walk Through Fire by Felice Stevens (Review)

Audio Tour ~ A Walk Through Fire by Felice Stevens

A Walk Through Fire

Through Hell and Back Series, Book 1

Felice Stevens

M/M Romance

Cover Design: Reese Dante

Cover Photo: Alejandro Caspe

Narrator: Kale Williams

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BLURB

Years after running away from an abusive foster family, Asher Davis still struggles with the guilt of leaving his foster brothers behind. He's climbed to unimaginable heights as a ruthless, high-powered attorney, creating a life of power and control.

Blaming himself for the death of his parents, Dr. Drew Klein retreats into a shell of loneliness, merely going through the motions of life. After a disastrous, short-lived marriage, Drew leaves his lucrative medical practice to set up a clinic for abused young men and women. The decision has more repercussions than Drew could ever imagine when the dark and sensual Ash Davis volunteers to help.

Although Drew isn't gay, Ash is inexplicably drawn to him. He vows to simply bed him and forget him like he's done with every other man. However, Drew's sweet and caring nature and unexpected passion both stun and frighten Ash, who questions his right to any happiness at all. And when Ash befriends an abused young man who unwittingly draws the clinic into danger, threatening Drew's safety and that of his beloved grandmother, Ash discovers that there is nothing he won't sacrifice to protect the love he never thought he'd find.

Release Blitz ~ Nuts About You Charity Anthology

Release Blitz ~ Nuts About You Charity Anthology

The Nuts About You charity anthology has stories from 18 different authors, 15 of which are BRAND NEW romance stories all written from a male POV wrapped up in one amazing anthology! 

There is something for everyone in this romance anthology, including comedy, contemporary, MC, M/M, erotica, BDSM and more.

It's not for the faint hearted.

All profit will benefit the Male Cancer Awareness Campaign and Worldwide Cancer Research.

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Also available in paperback on Amazon

Release Day Tour ~ Sexy to Go Gay Romance Anthology

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