Saturday, February 20, 2016

What is on the Reading Radar #WishList #TBR

Whoot! Another weekend has arrived! I'm still looking for sci-fi stories. LOL! I can't seem to find what I want, you know? I need aliens and anthropomorphic characters. Anyone?


Title: The Rescue
Series: Guns of Colorado, 1
Author: Michael Barnette, Auburnimp
Publisher: Fireborn Publishing
Length: 234 pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Historical / Western



Notes:

Blurb: 


When Yvonne Blackthorne and her traveling companions, Kaede Naito and Jose Delgado, are kidnapped, it sets in motion a chain of events that will forever alter the small town of Aspen Grove, Colorado. 


Determined to rescue his sister, Constantine Gaylord Blackthorne sends Rei Naito--brother of Kaede--to find a well-known bounty hunter, Arizona Slim, to help rescue both girls.

But things are a lot more complicated than any of them expected and before it's all over with, they will need all their skill to track down the vicious Tanner Gang and see them brought to justice.




Title: The Curse Merchant
Series: The Dark Choir, 1
Author: J.P. Sloan
Publisher: 
Curiosity Quills Press (September 14, 2014)
Length: 256 pages
Genre: Urban Fantasy / Paranormal / Dark Fantasy / Occult



Notes:

Blurb:


Dorian Lake spent years cornering the Baltimore hex-crafting market, using his skills at the hermetic arts to exact karmic justice for those whom the system has failed.
He keeps his magic clean and free of soul-corrupting Netherwork, thus avoiding both the karmic blow-back of his practice and the notice of the Presidium, a powerful cabal of practitioners that polices the esoteric arts in America. However, when an unscrupulous Netherworker interferes with both his business and his personal life, Dorian’s disarming charisma and hermetic savvy may not be enough to keep his soul out of jeopardy.

His rival, a soul monger named Neil Osterhaus, wouldn’t be such a problem were it not for Carmen, Dorian’s captivating ex-lover. After two years’ absence Carmen arrives at Dorian’s doorstep with a problem: she sold her soul to Osterhaus, and has only two weeks to buy it back. Hoping to win back Carmen’s affections, Dorian must find a replacement soul without tainting his own.

As Dorian descends into the shadows of Baltimore’s underworld, he must decide how low he is willing to stoop in order to save Carmen from eternal damnation… with the Presidium watching, waiting for him to cross the line.




Title: Spirit of the Dance
Series:
Author: Mardi Alexander
Publisher:  
Bold Strokes Books (December 14, 2015)
Length: 312 pages
Genre: Romance / Lesbian / Contemporary / Cowgirls / 



Notes:

Blurb: 


Major Sorla Reardon, wounded in Iraq, returns home to the family farm in Australia to heal both her body and her soul. She pushes herself to rebuild her family’s legacy while battling the PTSD that threatens to overwhelm her. 


Local saddler and horse trainer Riley Johnson knows that to get along in a small town, one simply has to make the best of what life hands out. Riley’s philosophy is to keep life as uncomplicated as possible. And falling in love with Sorla is as complicated as it gets.

As Sorla’s dream is realized, Riley’s predictable, safe world begins to unravel. Secrets are revealed as prejudice and ignorance run wild. Having only ever walked through life alone, Riley must now learn to trust another, as danger dances ever closer.




Title: Soul's Blood
Series: The Maverick Heart Cycle
Author: Stephen Graham King
Publisher: 
Bold Strokes Books (January 18, 2016)
Length: 240 Pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Urban Fantasy / Suspense / Science Fiction / Action Adventure



Notes:

Blurb:


Equal parts troubleshooters and troublemakers, Keene and Lexa-Blue, along with the sentient ship, Maverick Heart, have been known to solve a problem or two. For the right price, that is. Even so, they aren’t prepared for a summons from a love Keene thought long past. Daevin Adisi is now the Technarch of Brighter Light, one of the greatest corporate colony states in the Galactum, which is on the brink of war with Sotari, descendants of a people changed by nanogenetic experimentation. Seeking only to live a quiet, simple life free of the technology they blame for the worst part of their history, Sotari has struggled to co-exist with Brighter Light, which to them represents the worst of their own history. And now, the uneasy truce has finally crumbled. In his last-ditch attempt to save their world, Daevin has called upon Keene to help him finally bring peace.



Title: The Dragon in the Stone
Series:
Author: Doris O'Connor
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Length: 152 Pages
Genre: Romance / Het/ Paranormal / Dragons /



Notes:

Blurb: 


~Editor's Pick~
Several centuries ago, Drorgan was cursed into stone. Every twenty five years he is given one night and one day to find a woman willing to accept him in both forms.

It's the price to pay for his past behavior.

As a lost, lonely little girl Rhonda Butterbaugh was rescued by the dragon in the stone and she has never forgotten her fierce protector. It sparked her fascination with all things dragon. If only they were real. There are no such things as fairy tales, however.

When she is attacked on her way home, and wakes up in a cursed magic castle, complete with a fierce dragon shifting lord, her life takes a turn for the surreal.

Determined to break the curse and rescue Drorgan and his kin, she hasn’t counted on Drorgan’s resistance.

Dragons aren’t supposed to be noble.




Title: Transformation
Series: The Green Man, 3
Author: Leona Carver
Publisher: LT3 Press
Length: 151 pages
Genre: Romance / Lesbian / Science Fiction / 



Notes:

Blurb: 


Katja Olesk, doctor of botany and supervisor of the Velikaya Knyazhna's park—the acres of forest they are transporting to terraform their new world—wakes at the end of the ship's journey to discover that one of the park laborers had died, seemingly of old age after a lifetime in the park. Consumed by rage and paranoia, Katja loses her status on the ship.
Two years later she is exiled to Yuri Gagarin, a tiny colony on a hostile world, and demoted to simple gardening. There she enlists the aid of Des, a boisterous terraformer, to continue the research she's no longer allowed to do. But the research leads to horrifying discoveries of what the colony leaders have been hiding, and when a devastating illness strikes, Katja must face her greatest fears and return to the park...

Note: Book 2 of The Green Man series, Survival is included in the Keep the Stars Running anthology. These books can be read stand-alone.




Title: Submitting to the Clan
Series: Master of Dragons, 1
Author: Caitlin Ricci
Publisher: 
eXtasy Books (February 8, 2016)
Length: 37 pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Dragons / 



Notes:

Blurb: 


As a clan whore Avery knows where his place is in the dragon world; at the very bottom. He’s grown used to that and to being expected to be available to anyone in the clan who wants him. But when he’s thrown out of his clan and left to fend for himself he becomes lost in the world. While searching for a new clan to belong to he comes across Donovan, a powerful dragon unlike any he’s ever met. 


Donovan doesn’t allow whores in his clan because to him everyone should be equal, but convincing Avery that he’s worth more than what he’s always been told he is turns out to be a frustrating task for both of them. Avery doesn’t want to be a whore anymore, but he has never known anything else, and Donovan refuses to treat him like that. They’ll have to heal the scars of Avery’s past abuse if they hope to ever have a future together.




Title: Love Stoned
Series:
Author: Mya Lairis
Publisher: Self-Pubbed
Length: 383 pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Multicultural / 



Notes:

Blurb: 


When Farhad discovers the bodyguard known as Bulletproof, he recognizes Devron for exactly what he is- an immature gargoyle. Unable to bring such a youth into the fold without his full height, power, and armaments, Farhad guides the whelp into the Scylla, an organization of supernatural s charged with protecting Earth. Praying that Devron will grow stronger with every day, Farhad can only hope that Devron becomes strong enough to endure what is to come. 


Devron understands little of what and who he is. He is dependent on Farhad's guidance, but when it comes so sparsely, he suspects that there may be a grave reason behind the elder's avoidance. With the sparks of attraction igniting every time they meet, Devron knows that Farhad is far more than a tutor. How much may be more than both of them can handle!




Title: Shadows & Light
Series:
Author: Cari Z
Publisher: Pride Publishing
Length: 183 pages / 70k
Genre: Erotic Romance / Gay / Fantasy / Historical / 



Notes:

Blurb: 


A fight to the death against his former master turns into a chance for Rafael, an assassin denied the immortality he lived to achieve, to learn the shocking truth about the fate he was spared.



Rafael wanted nothing more than to serve his immortal master, Xian, a High One of Clare, who taught him from an early age how to be an assassin. But after failing the final test, Rafael was turned out into the Lower City, abandoned by the one person he thought he could count on.

Years of hatred and thoughts of revenge have fueled Rafael’s quest for vengeance, but when the time comes to strike at Xian, he hesitates and is taken prisoner. Rafael expects to die, either at Xian’s hand or at the hand of Myrtea, his sadistic mistress.

Instead Xian heals him, spares him a brutal interrogation and tells him the dark truth driving the ruthlessness of the High Ones—the source of their immortality is spent. Soon the city will devolve into chaos as High Ones battle one another and the rebelling denizens of the Lower City for power and resources. Xian wants to spare Rafael that pain, just as he spared him the pain of becoming a High One a decade earlier.

Their only chance for survival is to escape Clare before civil war breaks out. Even if they make it out of the city, though, there’s no guarantee that Xian will live through the agonizing process of becoming human again. The only ones they can rely on are each other…if Rafael can bring himself to once again trust his former master, the only man he’s ever loved.



Reader Advisory: This book contains mentions of blood-drinking, blood magic, blood-play, knife-play, addiction and withdrawal, as well as flogging and whipping. This book also refers to pain and blood-play as coping mechanisms.

Publisher's Note: This book has been released elsewhere. It has been revised and re-edited for re-release with Pride Publishing.

General Release Date: 15th March 2016



Title: Eye of Scota
Series:
Author: Serena Yates
Publisher: DSP Publications
Length:
Genre: Romantic Elements / Gay / Science Fiction / 



Notes: Release Date: March 29, 2016

Blurb:


In 845 a group of Gaels fleeing the Vikings stumbled through the mystic Eye of Scota and found safety on a planet they named Dalriata. Seven centuries later, the arrival of the Crìosdaidh religion changed everything. Fugitives stopped appearing, and the newly established Council of Priests used the energy of Slànach Stones to enforce their religious laws. But by 2500 the Stones’ power is dwindling. The High Priest is desperate—none of the warriors sent to find more Stones have returned.

Cináed MacAlpin, a young healer priest, is chosen to undertake another attempt. He hopes that new Stones will reduce the pressure to heal only those deemed worthy by the priests. But his task is not easy. Cináed must travel to the land of Bunádh and find the Eye that is the source of the Stones. Once there he meets Tadeo Banderas, a spaceship captain exploring the newest Earth-like planet discovered by the Solar Exploration Fleet. Cináed and Tadeo soon find out that the spark of energy between them may hold the key to Dalriata’s future.




Title: Reaping Havoc
Series:
Author: AJ Rose
Publisher: 
The Grim Writer Press; First Edition edition (November 10, 2015)
Length: 282 pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Urban Fantasy / 



Notes:

Blurb: 


No one asked Mitch Seeker if he wanted to be a grim reaper. He didn’t sign up for the rumors, the lack of friends, or the erratic schedule. He doesn’t want to go through life watching people die. Especially not a man he loves. Mitch’s solution is simple—don’t fall in love. He’ll never have to explain why he doesn’t age or why he’s around death so often. Most of all, he will never be a widower.

But when his head is turned by world-class skier Nate Koehn, Mitch believes he may have the answer. If the soul attached to Nate is any indication, Mitch has found himself another reaper, in which case, his undeniable feelings don’t have to be suppressed. However, the spectral tag-a-long is only the beginning of Nate’s burdens. After a catastrophic loss, Nate is no stranger to grief and the hole it leaves behind.

The question they both must answer is loud and clear: is the pain of losing love worse than the pain of never having loved at all?




Title: Traveling Light
Series:
Author: Lloyd A. Meeker
Publisher: DSP Publications
Length: 240
Genre: Romantic Elements / Gay / Paranormal / Suspense



Notes:

Blurb: 


An eye for an eye….

Ian McCandless is a hospice nurse, training to become a shaman. When his mentor orders him to make peace with his estranged family, Ian reluctantly agrees, anticipating another conflict-filled visit. On their way from the airport, Ian’s older brother Will interrupts a convenience store robbery and is shot. As he dies in Ian’s arms, Will begs Ian to avenge him.

Ian uses his shamanic abilities to track down the killer, but his quest soon becomes a hunt for revenge—forbidden to any shaman. His actions jeopardize his relationship with the spirit-world, endanger the lives of those he loves, and threaten to banish him from the path that gives his life meaning. Ian must choose between vengeance and service to community as the root of his shamanic covenant. Evil or noble, every choice is sacred to the Great Web, and every choice has consequences.




Title: Happy Birthday
Series:
Author: BD Roca
Publisher: 
Dreamspinner Press; 1 edition (January 13, 2016)
Length: 69 pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Contemporary/ Motorcycle Club / 



Notes:

Blurb: 


Jake Rushman is on the run, but it’s too late. He’s being tracked by an expert. 


Motorcycle Club Enforcer Nick is tough, but even he has a conscience. It’s slowly destroying him, together with memories of his parents’ ugly deaths. Nick eliminates the guilty, but Jake Rushman is the innocent witness to a murder. It will be one kill too many.

Determined to find redemption, Nick plans to trade his life for Jake’s. Neither man counts on the fierce, powerful bond that the collision of their opposing worlds brings, and Jake refuses to let Nick sacrifice himself. He offers Nick the one thing he's never had: hope.

But with a violent past tracking them, Nick might be forced to do the one thing he promised himself he never would—kill again.



Title: Earthshatter
Series:
Author: Albert Nothilt
Publisher: DSP Publications
Length: 530 pages
Genre: Romantic Elements / Gay / Science Fictions / Mystery / Thriller



Notes:

Blurb: 


The world is gone. All that’s left are the monsters.

The creatures attacked Haven VII with no warning. An AI named Kyrios, a nearly omnipotent being, should have protected the city during the Night of the Swarm.

Except It didn’t.

No one knows why It failed, or why It saved eight specific people: the Captain, the Seer, the Sentry, the Messenger, the Engineer, the Alchemist, the Medic, and the Stewardess. They have no idea of the meaning behind the titles they’ve been given, why they were selected and brought together, or what Kyrios expects from them. When they awake from stasis, they find their city in ruins and everyone long dead. They’re alone—or so they think. But then the creatures start pouring out from underground, looking for them. They don’t stand a chance in a fight, and with limited supplies, they can’t run forever. All they know is that the creatures aren’t their only enemies, and there’s only one place they can turn. Kyrios beckons them toward Its Portal, but can It be trusted? In Its isolated shrine in the desert, they might find the answers they need—if they can survive long enough to reach it.




Title: Coming Back
Series: Ink and Chrome, 3
Author: Lauren Dane
Publisher: 
Forever (December 8, 2015)
Length: 316 pages
Genre: Romance / MMF / Contemporary / 



Notes:

Blurb: 


The men of Twisted Steel are great with their hands.


And they're not afraid to get dirty.

Mick Roberts, the newest partner at Twisted Steel's custom hotrod and motorcycle shop, looks like a man with everything. But secretly he still craves the connection he lost when his best friend Adam and the love of his life Jessilynn walked out. Then, he wasn't ready for the pleasure they promised. Now, things have changed.

Rich, powerful, and insatiable, Adam Gulati is used to getting what he wants. And there's nothing he wants more than Mick and Jessi. He hasn't seen either in over a year, but the second he sets eyes on them again his memories-and his desires-can't be denied.

After trying to live without them, Jessi Franklin realized no one else can satisfy her like Adam and Mick. The three of them need one another-in more ways than one. It's time to stop pretending and submit to the hunger they all share. But once they go down this road, there's no turning back. As deeply devoted as they are, no one knows what great bliss their forbidden fantasy will find-or the price they may pay . .




Title: Sharkorilla
Series: Spliced, 1
Author: Sarah Masters
Publisher: Sexy Snippets
Length: 15k
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Shifters / Non-wolf, Non-cat /




Notes:

Blurb: 


Sharkorilla – Mason has been tasked with the job of helping his fellow shifters escape from the compound. Two techs need his help to ensure the breakout goes smoothly. One of those techs, Brennan, has a thing for Mason—and Mason has a thing for Brennan too.
Once Mason and his three friends are out of the compound, running for their lives across the expanse of the Yorkshire Moors, Mason wonders whether they’ll manage to be free for more than the time it takes to speed farther than a few feet. Freedom—the feeling of it is addictive, and Mason wants more of it. He isn’t prepared to give it up without a fight.

With Brennan by his side, Mason knows he can accomplish anything. There is one burning question, though. Can Mason really accept who he is? Can he learn to love himself as half shark, half gorilla? If he doesn’t, he has a feeling life won’t be all roses, despite being free of the compound.

So, he’ll just have to give his new life his best shot, won’t he?




Title: Releasing Rage
Series: Cyborg Sizzle, 1
Author: Cynthia Sax
Publisher: Self-pubbed
Length: 191 pages
Genre: Romance / Het / Science Fiction / Cyborg / Dark /




Notes: Yeeeesssss. Cyborg...

Blurb: 


Half Man. Half Machine. All Hers.


Rage, the Humanoid Alliance's most primitive cyborg, has two goals--kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that's all he's been programmed to experience.

Until he meets Joan.

Joan, the battle station's first female engineer, has one goal--survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice.

When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage's priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg's heart for both love and revenge?

Releasing Rage is Book 1 in the Cyborg Sizzle series and is a STANDALONE story.


It is also a dark BBW Cyborg SciFi Romance.



Title: How Not To Summon Your True Love
Series:
Author: Sasha L. Miller
Publisher: LT3 Press
Length:
Genre: Romance / Asexual / Urban Fantasy / Panromantic / Solitary Travelers




Notes: releases 3/15

Blurb: 


Though it doesn't really come as a surprise, Cy is still crushed when he's dumped. His relationship with Alex had lasted longer than all previous attempts, and started promising when Alex had proclaimed he was perfectly okay with Cy being asexual.


On impulse, convinced no one will ever really see him as worthy relationship material, Cy turns to a book that belonged to his late mother, a grimoire of magic spells that obviously won't work. It's a stupid idea, and even if magic was real there's no way a true love summoning spell would work for him...



Title: Song of Song
Series:
Author: LJ LaBarthe
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Length: 291 pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Science Fiction / 




Notes:

Blurb: 


It is the year 2275, and though some consider Earth a paradise, for most people on the planet or her outer-world colonies, it’s anything but. 


Dex is a Boxie—a genetically engineered human created for the sole purpose of caring for wealthy bio-humans. His best and only friend is an AI cat named Manx, a secret Dex keeps from all around him. While he knows little about his sexuality, he’s attracted to Song.

Song designs ships that traverse deep space and has created the first fully sentient vessel called Fa’a. When he hears of a plot to capture Fa’a for nefarious purposes, Song flees Earth with a small band of misfits. Meanwhile, Dex’s fear of losing Manx drives him to take the cat and escape on a transport.

Song and Dex are brought together by chance. Just as their relationship blossoms from cautious and shy to romantic and erotic, new dangers threaten to destroy not only their love but also Fa’a, their friends, Manx, and all they care about.



Title: The Cybernetic Tea Shop
Series:
Author: Meredith Katz
Publisher: LT3 Press
Length: 22k
Genre: 
Asexual / Homoromantic / Science Fiction / Solitary Travelers



Notes:

Blurb: 


Clara Gutierrez is a highly-skilled technician specializing in the popular 'Raise' AI companions. Her childhood in a migrant worker family has left her uncomfortable with lingering in any one place, so she sticks around just long enough to replenish her funds before she moves on, her only constant companion Joanie, a fierce, energetic Raise hummingbird.


Sal is a fully autonomous robot, the creation of which was declared illegal ages earlier due to ethical concerns. She is older than the law, however, at best out of place in society and at worst hated. Her old master is long dead, but she continues to run the tea shop her master had owned, lost in memories of the past, slowly breaking down, and aiming to fulfill her master's dream for the shop.

When Clara stops by Sal's shop for lunch, she doesn't expect to find a real robot there, let alone one who might need her help. But as they begin to spend time together and learn more about each other, they both start to wrestle with the concept of moving on...



Title: Prince of Seas
Series: Three Brothers Fair, 1
Author: Emily Carrington
Publisher: LooseId
Length: 77 pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Water Shifter /




Notes:

Blurb: 


What’s the worst thing about being a water demon? You can’t tell your husbands apart. Of course, it doesn’t help when your newest mate-to-be disguises himself as his brother to win your hand.


Prince Felimid wants nothing more than to have a kelpie in his family so that his own race will have some stronger blood to mix in and have a hope of keeping water demons from dying out altogether. What he gets is a shy, sneaky, and virginal kelpie whose seed has yet to be proven. Initially furious that he’s been tricked, Felimid can’t deny the courageous and lusty husband he’s accidentally won.



Title: Monsters, Science, and Fanatics
Series: 
Cecilian Blue-Collar Chronicles Book 4
Author: Hayden Thorne
Publisher: JMS Books
Length: 121 pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / 




Notes:

Blurb: 


It’s been a while since Sheridan’s spent time with Yuli Soulweaver, who, in the last moment before he left Sheridan’s side, appeared to have been drugged or caught in a terrible spell that left the prince ill and barely functional. With wish-granting knight Clonia also out of the picture, Sheridan’s left floundering for answers. Then, after what should have been a nice, relaxing time with his little brother, Sheridan’s world goes into a tailspin when Adley’s kidnapped by Sheridan’s tormentors and held hostage. 


The demand is for Sheridan to bring Yuli back, which means Yuli has vanished from the land of the dead, and no one -- especially Sheridan -- knows his whereabouts. Now Sheridan, Milo, and Grandma Janet are forced into a race against time while the door between the two worlds opens farther, and Cecilia’s Earthling colony is suddenly attracting the wrong kind of underworld attention.




Title: Going Deep
Series: Fitting In, 4
Author: Silvia Violet
Publisher: 
Silvia Violet Books (February 22, 2016)
Length: 175 pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Contemporary / MMM / Poly




Notes:

Blurb: 


Book 4 of the Fitting In series Previous Book: Burning Up

Gray, Jack, and Mason are back. Their threeway relationship keeps growing stronger, and Gray 's feelings for his partners run deeper than he ever thought possible. While he’s learned to be romantic at home, at work, he’s still a big tough cop that nobody wants to cross. When the murders of several young prostitutes falls to him to solve, and he has no suspects and no motive, his confidence takes a hit. Every dead end, every day that goes by, adds to the urgency he feels to find the murderer.

Gray desperately needs a break, with the case and for himself. He excels at taking care of both his men, in bed and out, but when it comes to accepting comfort in return, he shuts down, even with everything at work going to hell. Jack and Mason want him to take a vacation when the case ends, but Gray knows he sucks at down time unless it’s spent in bed.

With his case weighing on him and his partners trying their best to help, Gray is going to have to figure out how a high-handed man like himself can let go.




Title: Salt and Iron
Series:
Author: Tam MacNeil
Publisher: 
Dreamspinner Press; 1 edition (March 7, 2016)
Length: 201 pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Mystery / Thriller




Notes:

Blurb: 


James van Helsing is the youngest son of the famous monster-hunting family—and the family’s big disappointment. He’s falling in love with Gabe Marquez, his oldest friend and son of the family the van Helsings have worked alongside for years. Things get even harder for James when he becomes what he and everyone else despises most—a magic user. 


He didn’t mean to evolve into such a despicable person, and he knows using magic is illegal, but there’s nothing James can do about it, no more than he can stop himself from loving Gabe. Just when things can’t seem to get worse, he and Gabe are called to help nab a network of magicians who are changing destiny. Not just any destiny, but the destinies of the van Helsing and Marquez families. James foresees a terrible fate, one in which monsters emerge from the cracks, along with his dark secret. And that’s when people start to die.



Title: Homesick at Space Camp
Series:
Author: Francis Gideon
Publisher: LT3 Press
Length: 23k
Genre: Romance / Gay / Science Fiction / Pansexual /




Notes:

Blurb: released 2/23


The planet Zaffre is known for two things: blue sand deserts and the fact it's number one in robots mechanics and AI software development. Eastyn Ptolemy, a human worker from Earth, patrols Zaffre's main loading docks during his night shifts. Ever since coming to Zaffre with his sister, Genna, his life has been easier—but also far too quiet.


To break up the monotony on one of his shifts, Eastyn listens to the local radio station where DJ Milo does all-night requests. After many late nights spent with Milo on the phone, Eastyn realizes he is actually Milo Struthers, former guitarist and backing vocalist of the band Lightning Years. Only now, after a bad accident, Milo has been reduced to a sophisticated AI that runs the radio station, struggling for a proper body and autonomy...





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Monday, February 15, 2016

Coming Soon: Ruby Red Booty Shorts and a Louisville Slugger

I have a new release coming up on Wednesday, March 2nd. Ruby Red Booty Shorts and a Louisville Slugger already has it's first 5 Star pre-release review from Inked Rainbow Reviews. Yay!

Ruby Red is an contemporary Urban Fantasy with a hero who grew up rough and took those lessons with him. Like the reviewer said, there is violence. Unlike a police periodical or a spy story where a certain amount of violence is expected, here it might surprise readers who aren't familiar with the original book. LOL! I'm blaming my husband. He helped me develop Diego, and of all the characters I've created so far, Diego is Jason's favorite. You aught to see him when I mention Ruby Red or Diego. He practically does this fist pump thing and always says Diego is the best.

For those of you who read the original story that was only 22k, it has been revised and doubled in length. The heart of the story is the same, the kinky sex scene is still there, but events have been reordered. The book starts out when Diego is a pre-teen and instead of all the telling I did in the original, here you get to see what happened to make Diego pick up the bat. You get to see how he discovered his kink, when he met Beck, get to know his best friend, Denise. Lots and lots of showing, y'all, and the story is so much better for it. I'm so immensely pleased with the finalized version. And really, the COVER. I just want to say that I love the cover to pieces.

Currently, Ruby Red is up for pre-order at Less Than Three Press's Website at a discount. I'll leave you with the blurb. I'll have a suitable excerpt for next week's posting. :)

Blurb:

Eager to escape the shadows of a tragic loss, Diego built a new life with his best friend, Beck. When he finally decided one night to admit that he's in love with Beck, that new life takes a new, hot and happy turn. But happiness is easily shattered, as he's learned all too well, and this time it's ruined by the arrival of a mysterious package and then men bent on violence.

Memories of a dead brother and an untouchable drug lord rise inevitably to the surface, and Diego dreads that the man he loves is mired in the world that Diego tried to escape. But Beck's secrets aren't so simple, and neither is the world in which Diego has been living...


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Saturday, February 13, 2016

What is on the Reading Radar #WishList #TBR



Yay! My post is up two weeks in a row.  :D

Title: Line of Sight
Series: Covert Investigations #1
Author: Wolf Spector & Clara Coyle
Publisher: Self Published
Length: 418 Pages
Genre: Romantic Elements / Gay / Paranormal / Mystery / Thriller

Notes:

Blurb: RUSS CALLAHAN is a private investigator. His job is to expose other people’s secrets, and when he gets an assignment to uncover the wrongdoer in Accelera Pharmaceutical Labs, it becomes clear Daniel Langston is a man of many secrets. Not only that, but Daniel seems to always be one step ahead of Russ, and knows more about him than anyone should.

Russ quickly uncovers a plot that could ruin Accelera, ruin him, and put everyone he’s ever loved in danger. If he doesn’t act, the bad guys could walk away, but if he exposes Daniel, he exposes his own secrets. How far is Russ willing to go, to keep those secrets buried?

Title: Blood and Clockwork
Series:
Author: Katey Hawthorne
Publisher: LT3 Press (3/16/16)
Length: 21k
Genre: Romance / Steampunk / Sci-Fi /
Asexual / Fantasy / Gay / Homoromantic/ Solitary Travelers/


Blurb: Alistair Click set out to lay to rest the superstitious fears about the Mad Prince's clockwork tower. If that meant he might bring the ghost city of Avalonia back to economic life, connecting the western kingdoms once again, so much the better. So what if no adventurer who'd entered the tower in the last century of desolation had ever re-emerged? They didn't have his skill and wit. He could do better.

The tower turns out to be far more than Alistair expected, however. Not only are there clockwork puzzles to open every door, but one of them drops a boy from a strange world into his lap—figuratively speaking, if only just. Marco Murphy was just gaming in his New Jersey apartment, and now he's stuck in what feels like a never ending LARP nightmare.

The deeper they delve into the Mad Prince's tower, the darker the secrets they uncover. They're not entirely sure they'll ever be able to get out again, either. It'll take all Marco's charm and Alistair's cleverness, plus the strange bond growing between them, to get them out together... and alive.


Title: Dragon Claimed
Series: Kindred Fate, 1
Author: Misha Paige
Publisher: Self Published
Length: 105 Pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Poly / Fantasy / Dragons

Notes:

Blurb: When Josiah defies a powerful man to save his sister, he is left as a sacrifice to the mountain dragon. To his shock, instead of being killed, he is given a chance of a new life.
Drawn to the dragon, Alaric, Josiah yearns for more than friendship and finds it could be possible. He could be part of triad mating with Alaric and his mate, Krystos, who is away serving as guard to the dragon king.

When Krystos returns, a tragic misunderstanding almost shatters them before they begin, yet Josiah will not give up the opportunity fate has offered.
But how can they claim him, a human?

Except, Josiah could be more than he appears. When Alaric is threatened while Krystos is pulled back into royal duty, it will be up to Josiah to save him.

If Josiah is strong enough to embrace what sleeps deep within his blood.


Title: The Temple Road
Series: Scarlet & the White Wolf, 5
Author: Kirby Crow
Publisher: Self Published
Length:
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Epic Fantasy /

Notes: Coming Soon!
Blurb: 


Title: Breakfire's Glass
Series: The Zhakieve Chronicles, 2
Author: A.M. Valenza
Publisher: LT3 (3/16/2016)
Length: 41k
Genre: Romance / Asexual / Fantasy / Pansexual / Solitary Travelers


Notes: Oh, fuck yeah! Loved the first book!

Blurb: Finally back in Zhakieva with her demon-siblings in tow, Darkrow Katerini wants only to spend the rest of Lonely Winter resting in the capital. Instead, however, the Blue Emperor sends her on an insane mission: climb the formidable Svarinard mountain range in the height of Lonely Winter and bring back the missing Darkrow of Zhakieva.

As if circumstances weren't bad enough, Katerini is partnered with the Blue Emperor's heir, the strange and infuriating Darkrow Nikolai, who seems more interested in spinning away his magic recklessly than in the actual mission.

Title: Inversion Point
Series: Chaos Station, 4
Author: Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen
Publisher: Carina Press
Length: 216 Pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Sci-fi / Action & Adventure /

Notes:

Blurb: Zander and Felix's relationship has been to the brink and back: the Human-Stin War, imprisonment and an actual death/resurrection. Zander's death, to be specific, and the experience has left him…changed. The mysterious race known as the Guardians chose to revive him and appointed him as their emissary. A high honor, but he could do without the group of would-be cultists following him around the galaxy.

When a recently discovered species destroys a stin probe, Zander's new role soon commands all of his time and focus. The human ambassador—Felix's ex-lover, much to Zander's annoyance—pulls them into strategy talks aimed at preserving galactic peace. Soon everyone is relying on Zander's Guardian tech to telepathically communicate with the strange aliens.

Only Felix seems concerned with the strain piling up on Zander, but he has his own resolve tested when the very stin that imprisoned him show up to a summit. Zander and Felix will both have to find a way to face their doubts and preserve their love—while preventing another galaxy-wide war.

Book four of Chaos Station


Title: Alpha Shaman
Series: Bad Oak Boys, 2
Author: Erin M. Leaf
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Length:  Pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Mpreg / Shifters


Notes:

Blurb: The world isn’t ready for a rock star werewolf, but Josh Oakley can’t stop biology. When his brother sends sexy wolf shaman Gerwulf to help him, instinct is too mild a word for how he feels. Gerwulf calls to his animal in a way that defies logic.
Gerwulf knows Josh is his mate the moment they meet, but he doesn’t like guys and he doesn’t intend to bond with anyone. He’ll help the musician control his wolf, but getting too close isn’t his intention. Besides, he wouldn’t know what to do with a man in his bed.

Of course, shifters can’t dodge fate—a crisis forces Josh and Gerwulf to accept their connection just in time to save Forst Pack from an old enemy. When biology ties them together beyond even a mating bond, will they be able to move past their fear and into a future that holds more than they ever expected?



Title: At The Edges
Series:
Author: 
Alden Lila Reedy
Publisher: LT3 Press (3/23/2016)
Length: 30k
Genre: Asexual / Homoromantic / Lesbian /Sci-fi / Solitary Travelers 


Notes:
Blurb: 

Joan and her starship crew are in the business of slaves—specifically, rescuing as many as possible from the oppressive Empire. After dropping off their latest passengers and resupplying, Joan and her second-in-command, Luana, decide to ferry out citizens looking to escape imperial clutches. It means they risk taking on spies, but when the first meeting goes well, they decide to chance it.


But a trip that starts well soon turns sour, between problems with the ship, passengers asking uncomfortable questions, and a confession from Luana that Joan fears will only end in disappointment and destroy the friendship they've already built.

And before they have a chance to sort their problems out, the whole journey abruptly goes from bad to worse...




Title: Blood Slave
Series:
Author: Caitlin Ricci
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Length: 169 pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Urban Fantasy / Vampire

Notes:

Blurb: Prince Jai, a merciless vampire warlord, has taken up a crusade to stop the enslavement of the humans and werewolves by his own kind. He’s heard tales of the time before a comet came and changed the world, and though they may just be stories told by an old human woman, he finds hope in them. After months of killing the other vampires, he’s nearing his goal of taking the king’s throne for himself. It’s the only way to bring peace to everyone, and he won't stop until he sees that happen. 

However, his men are tired, and when one clan proves to be too much for him, he agrees to a temporary peace treaty. To sweeten the deal, Jai is given the use of a blood slave, Ash. Jai detests the use of blood slaves and wants nothing to do with them. But when he realizes Ash could be another weapon in his arsenal, he spends the months training him to be everything his master has ever feared.



 Title: For all the Gold in the Vault
Series:
Author: Jasmine Gower
Publisher: LT3 Press
Length: 20k
Genre: Romance / Gay / Steampunk/

Notes:

Blurb: Arturo is on the run for murder, and trying to survive in the wild west. He was creeping by undetected until he was snagged by Ezekiel Estridge, a sinister man who has need of Arturo's talents as a thief to steal back a collection of inventions created by his father and stolen by a traitorous friend.
But Arturo isn't the hardened criminal his wanted posters claim, making him less than ideal for the job. For one, he's not actually a cold-blooded killer, and refuses to become one for Ezekiel. The payment, however, is enough gold to pay off the price on his own head, so he agrees to the job. But theft and avoiding murder are easier said than done, and the growing attraction between him and his strange employer doesn't help matters.


Title: Moonstruck
Series: Lucky Moon, 3
Author: M'J O'Shea & Piper Vaughn
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Length: 187 Pages
Genre: Romance / Gay / Contemporary / Rock & Roll /

Notes:

Blurb: Surya Patel is the drummer for the massively popular band, Moonlight. When his label suggests a collaboration with Luck, the band Moonlight toured with the year before, he should be all for it. Except he slept with Luck’s manager during the tour and then bolted in the dead of night. He’s regretted leaving ever since, but he knows being around Em will only lead to disaster. Unfortunately for Surya, the person the label sends to sweet-talk him into the collaboration is none other than Emmanuel himself. 

Emmanuel Cortez has spent months trying to forget the hottest night of his life—the night he slept with Surya. It’s been a year, but not even the death of his beloved grandmother and the subsequent family drama could keep the memories away. Now his job is to convince Surya to collaborate with Luck, and he has to be professional. But a day spent together leads to another passionate night. This time Surya is the one to wake up alone.

It only takes Em’s departure for Surya to realize he’s had a change of heart. The heat between him and Em burns too brightly to be let go. Surya isn’t satisfied with just one night anymore. He wants forever.



Title: Slayer
Series: Demonica Universe #5
Author: Pelaam
Publisher: Fireborn Publishing
Length:
Genre: Romance / Gay / Paranormal / Mystery / Thriller

Notes:
Blurb: 

Alexus' role in life as a Slayer is to remove or eliminate preternatural beings. When his lover, Josiah, is attacked, Alexus goes after his abductors and uncovers the true evil. But in trying to save Josiah, will his own life be forfeit?

Alexus' role in life as a Slayer is to remove or eliminate preternatural beings, as dictated by his town’s bishop, Mathias. He is deeply in love with Josiah, the town apothecary, who also creates weapons and protective garb for Alexus. When dealing with the latest supernatural threat to the town, however, Alexus quickly realizes that the real threat is something far darker and more deadly than it first appears.

When Josiah is attacked, Alexus goes after his abductors and uncovers the true evil. But in trying to save Josiah, will his own life be forfeit?

CONTENT ADVISORY: This is an extensively re-edited and expanded re-release title.

NOTE: This story is a Demonica origins story.




Title: Moon Bayou
Series: Samantha Moon Case Files, 1
Author: Rod Kierkegaard, Jr.
Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press (May 13, 2015)
Length: 198 Pages
Genre: Romantic Elements / Mainstream / Mystery / Thriller / Paranormal

Notes:

Blurb: From the author of the Vampire for Hire Series, J.R. Rain, comes a brand new Samantha Moon spin-off story co-written by bestselling author of The Dead Detective and The Department of Magic, Rod Kierkegaard Jr. 

Samantha Moon loses everything - her kids, her beloved, the very unlife she knows - when a powerful curse catapults her backwards in time, to Louisiana during the days of Marie Laveau.

Though she pines for the familiar world of the present, Samantha must move fast - the superhuman vampiric abilities she relied on in prior cases have been compromised by the curse, leaving her vulnerable to a new kind of lurking evil...

Now, her talents as a private investigator will be ever more critical. Can Samantha Moon unlock the key to the past and return to her present, or will she forever remain ancient history?



Title: Stinger
Series:
Author: Katya Harris
Publisher: LT3 Press (3/16/2016)
Length:
Genre: Asexual / Heteroromantic / Sci-fi / Solitary Travelers


Notes:
Blurb: 

Kara was born and raised on the cold mining planet of Reach, and has dreamed her whole life of being somewhere else. Stuck with an abusive mother and a dead end job, she longs to experience the worlds she only sees on the vid-screens.
Then those other worlds come to her by way of a stranger, when she saves his life the night he arrives. From a planet called Haven, Sarit is a breed of human created to survive the unhospitable planet and who are now seen by many as less than human.

Though it causes resentment and brings her new trouble, Kara defends Sarit against abusers and builds a friendship with him that soon becomes the best part of her world. Try as she might though to enjoy the time they have together, even with the danger they face, it's impossible to forget that eventually Sarit will return to traveling the stars and she'll be left more alone than ever.




Title: Spirit Board
Series: (Arcane Imaginarium Book 1)
Author: Erzabet Bishop
Publisher: Etopia Press
Length: 99 pages
Genre: Romance / Poly / Paranormal / MFM / Shifters

Notes:

Blurb: Arcane Imaginarium Book One
Two mates are better than one...

Vanessa lives vicariously through the romance heroines in her overflowing bookshelf. No real man can ever measure up to the sultry, shapeshifter heroes with their feral smiles—or so she thinks until a creepy costume shop and a chance encounter with a fortuneteller shake up her ordinary life. When Vanessa's best friend brings her to a sexy costume party, she realizes more than fur is going to fly.

Rick is an Alpha cat shifter and co-owner of the Imaginarium. When he scents the luscious Vanessa, he has no intention of letting her slip away. But Rick isn't the only man searching for his one true love. Cian is a former Captain of the Winter Court in Faery, wielder of shadows and magic. When Fey enchantment and shifter might collide, more than mere hearts are caught in the crossfire. And as a threat looms closer with the turning of the season, both men may be the keys to Vanessa's heart—and her survival.

Reader note: contains BBW heroine, ménage, spanking, light BDSM, and erotic romance elements


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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Guest Post: Iyana Jenna's Where the Heart Belongs

Welcome, Iyana, to the blog today! Congratulations on your new release, Where the Heart Belongs!


Released as a part of Forbidden Love line from Torquere Press, Where the Heart Belongs tells the story of two brothers Zach and Drew with their unnatural relationship. When something terrible happens to Zach, an African American FBI Agent, Eugene Harris comes into the picture adding more complications. This is #1 of the Triangle Series.

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Where the Heart Belongs

By: Iyana Jenna 
Published By: Torquere Press 
Published: Feb 03, 2016
Word Count: 8,200 Heat Index
 
Blurb

His brother slash boyfriend, Drew is leaving him. It makes Zach unaware of his surrounding and a hate-crime psycho takes him off guard. He is kidnapped and tortured. Zach is saved by the FBI and as a surviving witness, he is brought to stay with FBI Agent Eugene Harris. Gradually, Eugene gets to know Zach. He should have been disgusted, but instead, all he wants is comfort Zach. 

 Will Zach accept that Drew is not coming back? Will Eugene finally have the gut to tell Zach how he feels?
 
Excerpt

“Come with me, Zach.” 

 "Hush..." Zach whispered. He wanted to treasure the moment as much as he could but it was him who pulled back first. “Let’s go,” he said harshly. “You will miss your bus.” His heart bled at how Drew stared at him in confusion, hurt in his eyes. But he knew he had to let go now or he would never be able to. 

 He helped Drew with his bags and grasped Drew’s jacket sleeve, hugging him tight and kissing him again, not caring who might be watching. Drew clung onto him just like he used to during those cold nights whenever they were alone in a motel room, and squeezed him for the last time, pulling back. Their eyes met. 

 “I’ll come back for you.” Long after the bus was gone, Zach was still standing at the bus station, his heart heavy. Drew was his brother and his lover. Zach realized the unnatural nature of their relationship, but he couldn't bring himself to care. They only had each other in their lives. 

Zach remembered one night. He had been nine at that time and Drew had been five. Rain had been pouring down the Earth for like hours now but there was no sign of stopping from the sound of it. Zach shot a wary gaze to the wide window and the thin lacey curtains covering it—a useless thing in his humble opinion—they could not stop him and Drew from staring right through the rain, let alone from the thunder and lightning that cracked almost every five minutes. 

 Alone only with little Drew in their small apartment—their father had yet to return, Zach did not dare shut his eyes even for a second. Not in this weather. Not when closing his eyes meant letting Drew out of his sight, although the kid was curled up right here with him, never far from his embrace.
 
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