Saturday, December 17, 2016

What's On The Reading Radar: Menage Edition #WishList #TBR

What am I doing? Working hard on Bespoken. Loving the snow. Hating that my car is in the shop and may cost me $1200 to fix. (*&&^%&^%$%$^) That's been my week in a nutshell. The blog has had a guest everyday this week with several giveaways still active. So check those out.

So, for today, it's poly relationships for the Reading Radar. It's a selection of MMM/MMF/MFM/FFM/FMM/ from contemporary, historical, fantasy, and sci-fi. What I really want and can't find is poly aliens. So someone out there reading, please write me some poly aliens. That would be super freaking awesome. Just saying.

Some of these are free or discounted and I noted that while building the posts. :) Bon appetit!



Title: Something Sparked
Series: Sparks in Texas Book 2
Author(s): Mari Carr
Length: 298 pages
Publisher: Carried Away Publishing (September 1, 2015)

Genre:   Romance / MMF / Bisexual / Poly / Contemporary /

Notes:  The book cover has changed since I first saved this. This series is predominantly MF with the exception of this and book 4, No Other Way, which is also MMF

ARe Tags: abuse, abuse / physical abuse, alpha male, apparel / uniforms firemen, arson, arsonist, attack, b / t / q, bisexual, bisexual / pansexual, comfort, contemporary, cowboys / farm hands / ranchers, delta / triad, erotica, erotica bisexual / pansexual, erotica multiple partners, erotica westerns/cowboys, erotica westerns/cowboys multiple partners, firefighter, firefighters, gay, l / g / b / t / q, male / male, male/male sexual practices, menage, menage a trois, multiple partners, multiple partners westerns / cowboys, mystery / suspense / thriller, past, physical abuse, polyamory, protection, recovery, suspense, violence, western, westerns / cowboys

Blurb: 

Jeannette's life is...nice. Great job in the family restaurant, cute house, sweet cat. All very nice...and boring...and maybe a little lonely. But she'll suffer that price for the safety she desperately covets. Now, if only something could keep her safe from the temptation that is Luc and Diego. The gorgeous firemen are a danger to her libido, if not her heart.

Lovers Luc and Diego have had a hunger for the pretty cook at Sparks Barbecue since they rolled into town three years ago. But everyone knows Jeannette doesn't date, so the men's lust seems destined to go unslaked, no matter how much they want her in their bed. If friendship is all she's willing to offer, Luc and Diego will greedily take it.

That changes quickly when an arsonist throws Jeannette in harm's way, forcing her to find security and comfort in Luc and Diego's arms. But the trio's simmering heat is barely a flicker before the men learn Jeannette has secrets that run dark and deep...presenting them with a challenge unlike any they've yet to face.

This book contains a scene of abuse from 16-year-old Jeannette's past.



Title: Elemental Pleasure
Series: The Trinity Masters
Author(s): Mari Carr, Lila Dubois
Length: 193 pages
Publisher: Farm Boy Press (January 17, 2013)

Genre:   Romance /  Poly / Contemporary / Paranormal / Romantic Suspense /

Notes:  At the time of this post, this book was free on ARe and Amazon. There are 7 books in this active series. I can't tell from the blurb or the tags if it's MMF. My rule of thumb is you can't tell then more than likely it's MFM.

ARe Tags: delta, delta/triad, erotic, erotic romance, erotic romance / multiple partners, menage, menage a trois, military, multiple partners, multiple partners / polyamory, mystery, mystery / suspense / thriller, mystery/suspense/thriller / multiple partners, polyamory, romance, romantic suspense, secret society, short stories / multiple partners, suspense, triad

Blurb: A dangerous Marine. A tech genius. A brilliant scientist.
When Carly Kenan joined the secretive Trinity Masters in college, she received entrée to an exclusive club that gave her access to wealth and power. But there’s a price all members must pay—they accept an arranged marriage, between not two, but three people.

Ordered to return to the Trinity Masters’ headquarters in Boston, Carly meets Marine Lance Glassco, a mathematician for DARPA, and Preston Kim, a dangerously intelligent chemist.


Though on the surface they have nothing in common, it’s clear the Grand Master thinks that together the three of them can do something amazing. And that’s why he’s declared that Carly, Lance and Preston must marry.

Though the physical attraction is instantaneous and incendiary, Carly is unprepared for the emotional intensity of the ménage relationship. Pushed beyond her limits, Carly runs from Lance and Preston. What she doesn’t understand is that she now belongs to them, body and soul…and they belong to her.

When Lance uncovers a dangerous crime at Preston’s company, Carly is caught in the crossfire and the struggling lovers are forced to move beyond desire…to trust. For the Trinity Masters, there is passion and power in three.



Title: Double or Nothing
Series: (Double the Fun Book 3)
Author(s): Marie Carnay
Length: 165 pages
Publisher: 

Genre:   Romance / Poly / MFM / Brothers / Contemporary /

Notes:  When I grabbed this cover, I didn't realize this was a part of a series until I was building the post. But this says its a standalone, so...

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Blurb: Two billionaire brothers, one curvy jewelry designer, and a week in sin city. This time, two of a kind is the winning hand.

Hank and Trenton might be heirs to the biggest casino empire in Las Vegas, but they’ve never been lucky in love. On the verge of giving up their fantasy of finding one woman to satisfy both their desires, a curvy beauty catches their eye. She’s only in town for a week, but they’ve got more than a fling in mind.

Willa came to Vegas to reboot her life. She’d work the jewelry trade show, dance the night away, and find a cute guy to kiss. Winding up in bed with two sexy-as-sin brothers was the last thing on her mind. When she finds herself falling for Hank and Trenton, she’s torn.


A threesome is a high-stakes gamble, but Willa’s not leaving Vegas until the brothers lay all their cards on the table… and against the wall… and on the bed…

Double or Nothing is the third novel in the standalone, steamy MFM romance series Double the Fun. Series can be read in any order. No cheating, HEA guaranteed.



Title: Curves 'em Right
Series: (Paranormal Dating Agency Book 4)
Author(s): Milly Tiaden
Length: 186 pages
Publisher: Latin Goddess Press (November 25, 2014)

Genre:   Romance / MFM / Poly / Paranormal / BBW / Shifter /

Notes:  I've read a couple of these and they can be read as standalones. Each has had it's own contained plot.

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Blurb: Paranormal Dating Agency Book 4 - STANDALONE

Daniella Flores is looking for a good man. A man who will accept her as she is and go crazy for her curves. So far she’s had no luck in the romance department and is worried she might never find the right one. When Mrs. Wilder of the PDA offers to help, Dani is all for trying anything. Mrs. Wilder promises to find her love, romance and hot sex. What woman in her right mind would say no to that?

Kane and Blake have been searching for a mate to complete their Alpha triad. There’s just one problem: they’ve yet to find a woman they both want. Not to worry, Kane’s mother comes to the rescue and brings in the PDA. Unfortunately for them, Mrs. Wilder has something up her sleeve and it’s not a bra. When they meet their mysterious date, they know she’s the woman they need.

A masquerade ball brings Dani and the shifters together. The two men who are really good friends with Dani’s overprotective older brother. She’ll get one chance to finally live the fantasy night she’s always wanted with the wild wolves. Besides, it’s not like they could really want her for a mate. It will take some maneuvering for Kane and Blake to keep Dani, not lose their friend and their pack, and prove her curves are the only ones they want.

Reader Warning: This book contains panty-melting sex (the kind that makes you need fudge and a cold shower), adult language (we like some freaky dirty talk), and violence. If this is not the kind of stuff you like to read, skip this book. However, if you like dirty, raunchy sex with two men on one curvy sarcastic girl, then this is right up your alley. Enjoy!



Title: Love After Heartbreak
Series: 
Author(s): Maxene Novak
Length: 98 pages
Publisher: 

Genre:   Romance / MMF / Bisexual / Poly / Contemporary / Transgender /

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Blurb: Jaxon Turner doesn’t look for love, not after high school. When his best friend, Maxwell Porter, kicked him out of his life it ruined Jaxon. Max had been Jaxon’s first true love, and lifelong friend, and after Max turned his back on Jaxon he had no one. That is until Max comes back into his life at the same time he finds the woman of his dreams, Carly Sage.

When Max's childhood best friend, Jaxon, kissed him their senior year of high school Max ran from Jaxon. Now Max won’t stop until Jaxon is his, but Max is also falling for Carly, Jaxon’s new girlfriend, someone neither of them will give up.

Carly runs her own animal clinic, having chosen a career with the animals she loves over men. She never really dated, finding her love of animals more alluring than any man she’d ever met. When she meets Jaxon and Max she is immediately drawn to them both. Unable to choose, Carly agrees when they propose she dates them both.



Title: Turks Cay
Series: 
Author(s): Kirby Crow
Length: 89 pages
Publisher: 

Genre:   Romance / MMM / Poly / Contemporary / BDSM /

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Blurb: What's it like to be a resident on a tropical island that's known as THE gay party place to be? For Ethan and Kit - workers in the Cay's BDSM scene - trying to make a living in the place you call home requires more than just partying. 

Enter Vincent; a handsome, mysterious client who turns out to be more than just a player. In just a few weeks, Ethan finds himself falling for the masterful Vincent, but complications arise when Kit turns jealous and throws a wrench into Vincent's plans to make Ethan his own.

*This HEA story contains scenes of sex work, bondage, and domination between men.



Title: Hard Shelter
Series: 
Author(s): Nicole Stewart
Length: 188 pages
Publisher: 

Genre:   Romance / MMF / Bisexual / Poly / Contemporary /

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Blurb: Burning hot desire and unquenchable love might just bridge the gap between a bad boy billionaire, a brilliant artist and a hard working woman.

Lochmann McCaughey, a sexy street artist, needs more than a roof over his head; he needs a lucky break. But his attraction to the manager of The Healing Hut shelter is an unexpected development for a guy who got kicked out of the family home for being gay. Zoe Willis is far too smart and too beautiful to be interested in him. So, why can’t he convince her of that?

Zoe Willis has a heart of gold to match her rose-colored glasses. Unfortunately, she has no head for business, and she’s running her late father’s homeless shelter into the ground. She needs a bail-out from sexy celebrity benefactor, Daxton Kerr, who can’t seem to keep his hands off her or Loch. The situation intensifies when a close working relationship with both men develops into so much more. While she may be reaching new heights of sexual satisfaction with the bad boy and the artist, she may also be losing focus of the task at hand.

Hollywood bad boy actor Daxton Kerr is only out to rejuvenate his failed career. A famous bad boy with a history of breaking hearts and forgetting names, Dax is filming a documentary of his transformation of The Healing Hut, and he has plans for the place that don’t necessarily include providing shelter for the poor. He’s in it to help himself. Dax knows audiences love a good villain, but falling for Zoe and Loch could get in the way of his ability to use them for his own gain. The last thing this millionaire alpha male wants to do is develop true feelings for two lovers, but he may not be able to avoid it.

Three drastically different people from three totally different walks of life are in for the ride of their lives as they find emotional fulfillment and the most intense sexual connection of their lives in this spicy hot novel from bestselling author Nicole Stewart!

Hard Shelter is a very steamy, ultra high heat standalone bisexual menage romance with explicit MF, MM and MMF scenes and a not-to-be-missed HEA ending!



Title: Vanessa Unveiled
Series: 
Author(s): Jodi Redford
Length: 
Publisher: Samhain

Genre:   Romance / MMF / Bisexual / Poly / Paranormal / Bounty Hunter / Shifter /

Notes:  

ARe Tags: bisexual romance, bounty hunters, erotic romance, fantasy romance, m/m/f, menage, paranormal romance, pookas, shapeshifters

Blurb: Resisting two magical mischief makers definitely wasn’t in the job description.

Vanessa Darby, a bounty hunter and tracker for the Veil Alliance League, figures things can’t get any crappier than her car breaking down on a deserted highway. Until the two dimension-hopping renegades she’s been assigned to capture lure her to their magical love nest in the woods and entangle her in a web of seduction.

How the hell is she supposed to resist a pair of gorgeous male pookas who possess a wicked talent for bringing the sexy?

Rand and Braeden have searched more than three centuries for their one true bond mate. Now that Vanessa’s been dropped into their arms, they have no intention of giving her up. Even if it means agreeing to her terms: If they can’t persuade her within forty-eight hours that the three of them belong together, they’ll give themselves over to the authorities. But convincing a woman who doesn’t believe in love, or the concept of forever, is no easy feat. Particularly with one doozy of a dirty secret from their past waiting to trip them up.

Warning: Two hotter-than-should-be-legal pookas sexin’ it up with each other and the stubborn woman they love. One magical hotel in the woods that isn’t exactly what it seems. And a unicorn who will forever tarnish the image of the species.



Title: Hers To Command
Series: Verdantia, 1
Author(s): Patricia A. Knight
Length: 343 pages
Publisher: 

Genre:   Romance / MMF / Bisexual / Poly / Futuristic / Royalty / Assassin / Arranged Marriage /

Notes:  At the time of this posting, this book was marked down to $0.99 at Amazon. There are 5 books in the series. This one and the 5th book is also MMF. It seems these can be read as standalones.

ARe Tags: future romance, futuristic erotic romance, male on male, menage, paranormal, rerelease, threesome, trio

Blurb: For some, existence without their mate might seem like the end of their world...

...for the members of Verdantia’s Tetriarch, it would be.

Conte Camliel Aristos deTano, Ari, has long spurned the marriage forced upon him. His contractual bride, Princess Fleur Constante, the beautiful future queen though young and inexperienced, is willing to risk everything, including her own sanity, to save her planet.

The inhabitants of the sentient planet, Verdantia, are poised on the precipice of extinction following a brutal invasion by an off-world, nomadic horde. Verdantia’s capital, Sylvan Mintoth, must have its failing energy shield restored, or the planet is doomed. The Elders know the shield can draw energy from only one thing-a very arduous and grueling coupling of two specific people who were pre-chosen by the planet Herself and promised by prearranged marriage contract.

Verdantia draws strength from the duo, but the sentient planet whispers to Ari that a third is necessary ~ Ari’s aide de camp, Visconte Doral deLorion, an angelically handsome, skilled assassin who silently surrendered his heart to Ari long ago.

The trio struggles to make this surprising partnership harmonious, pushing through pride, scars of past abuse, fears of inexperience and distrust. To save Verdantia, they must overcome their individual weaknesses and realize their full potential. Only the tetriarch and their combined synergy, can harness Verdantia’s immense power to shield its citizens from invasion.




Title: Beyond Jealousy
Series: (Beyond, Book 4)
Author(s): Kit Rocha
Length: 382 pages
Publisher: 

Genre:   Romance / MMF / Bisexual / Poly / Dystopia / 

Notes:  There are 9 books in this series, with the last one coming out on 12/13. The box set with the first three books is free. The box set with 4-6 is $9.99. This is the only one that is MMF, with most MF. The 7th one, Beyond Ruin, MMFF... yes, please. I don't know if they can be read as standalones.

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Blurb: She's been looking for the perfect man. She found two.
When Rachel Riley sacrificed a life in Eden to protect the O'Kanes, she earned her place in the powerful Sector Four gang. But the former crime princess is tired of being everyone's sweet little sister . It's time for her to get wild, to embrace her fantasies as only an O'Kane can--with a delicious exiled soldier and the gang's wickedly sinful tattoo artist.

A saint...

Lorenzo Cruz is a warrior, taught by his commanding officers in Eden that involvement equals distraction. Emotion is a liability, and desire a sin. In Sector Four, he finds decadence, shameless sex--and his own dark urges. No battle strategy prepared him for how Rachel makes his heart race...or the way his rival for her affections sets his blood on fire.

...and a sinner.

Ace Santana has a dirty reputation and a mind to match, especially where his new lovers are concerned. He's eager to help Cruz embrace his dominant side, and to explore the lines between pleasure and pain with Rachel. But corrupting them quickly becomes an obsession, a need he can't deny--and a love he never imagined.

Three hearts on the line means a hundred ways their ménage a trois could go wrong. After all, even O'Kanes do forever two-by-two. One of them could be the missing piece that makes them all whole...or a temporary diversion destined for a broken heart.



Title: Ice
Series: Dragon Clan
Author: Skye Jones
Length: 142 pages
Publisher:

Genre: Romance / Bisexual / Poly / Woman Cage Fighter / Dragons / Paranormal / Shifters / 

Notes: I'm so excited for this one. Cage Fighter...

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Blurb: When a tough, ice-cool cage fighter meets her match in two hot as sin dragon shifters, the sparks fly.

Ice is a tough cage fighter who has spent her life closed off and mostly alone. As a child, she experienced moments where she burned others with a mere touch. These strange experiences terrified and confused her, but she knows if she keeps her emotions under control the burning doesn't happen. This iron self-control has made her a fearsome opponent in the ring.

When two sexy as sin strangers enter her life, telling her they can shed light on her mysterious 'gift', her world is turned upside down.

Nathan, leader of the Scottish Dragon clan, is shocked to find Ice, a dragon female, living in the human world. Not only is she unaware of her heritage, she is also a match made in heaven for Nate and his bonded male, Dom.

When Nathan calls him to the city to meet their mate, Dominic is immediately smitten. As Ice spends time with the two males, it becomes clear they all share a mutual desire but are too scared to act on their feelings.

Can their heady, lust-filled nights lead to a lasting commitment and happiness for all three?

Ice can be read as a stand alone. It is a MMF, shifter menage novel. HEA guaranteed.


**This book is a re-release of a book first released as part of the Flight of Dragons boxset with added scenes and chapters**



Title: Frostbitten
Series: 
Author: Charlotte Stein
Length: 94 pages
Publisher: Riptide Publishing

Genre: Romance / Bisexual / Poly / Vampire / Paranormal /  

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Blurb: Shy nurse Cora both dreads and lives for the moments she sees Zeke, an orderly at the hospital where she works. Zeke is too handsome, too compelling, too much, and seems totally unaware of Cora. But before she can bring herself to his attention, an explosion rips through the hospital Christmas party.

Zeke has noticed Cora — in fact, he’s so irresistibly drawn to her that he saves her from the explosion by turning her into a vampire, much to the jealousy and resentment of his partner, Merrick. Zeke hates being a vampire, and now that she’ll live, doesn’t want Cora to suffer his fate. If they can both resist the overwhelming instinct to bond, joining their bodies as Cora draws her maker’s blood, she might be able to return to her normal human life.

As Merrick uses every erotic trick to keep Zeke distracted from the blood passion, Cora becomes more and more drawn to both of her reluctant captors. And more and more happy to abandon her old life in exchange for an eternity with two hot immortal lovers. All she has to do is convince Merrick and Zeke that being a vampire isn’t all that bad.



Title: Road Hard
Series: 
Author: Nicole Stewart
Length: 
Publisher: 

Genre: Romance / Bisexual / Poly / MMF / Contemporary /  Motorcycle Club /

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Blurb: Speeding toward ecstasy with two insanely hot alpha guys and one strong woman who is struggling to keep it all together...

CORA MILLS

For Cora Mills, keeping her family out of trouble is a full-time job. Her family is a mess and she's always been the one to bail them out. She longs for an escape. Two gorgeous men from her past offer just that.

Her high school boyfriend Jet is now the president of a motorcycle club which has been known to dabble in criminal activity. Her old friend Leo is the town sheriff. The two men are as different as night and day, but both of them make Cora burn with desire. If she can’t choose one...

JET KERR

A crime spree has the county on edge. Authorities think the local M.C. is behind it, and Jet must prove not only his own innocence, but that of his brothers in the club. But his craving for Cora is a distraction. His complicated friendship with Sheriff Leo is a problem, too. His heart races for them both. They can’t outrun desire.

LEO STONEY

Leo is certain Jet and Cora know more about the crimes than they let on, but his lust for them can’t get in the way of doing his job. Is he in bed with the enemy? If he doesn’t restore law and order, everything he stands for will be put at risk, but love threatens to conquer all.

Road Hard is an extremely steamy, ultra high heat standalone bisexual menage / motorcycle club romance with alpha bad boys, explicit MF, first time MM straight to gay and MMF scenes and an explosive HEA ending!



Title: A New Resolution
Series: 
Author: Ceri Genelle
Length: 194 pages
Publisher: Loose Id LLC (December 29, 2014)

Genre: Romance / Bisexual / Poly / MMF / Contemporary /  

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Blurb: New Year’s Eve represents a time of promises and new beginnings, but for Lore Beyer it will always be the night her family fell apart. Seventeen years later, Lore appears to be a successful and confident woman, but on the inside her emotions and fears are wrapped up so tightly she might burst from the pressure. She made a resolution when she was a young girl to never allow herself to become anything like her father, no matter the cost.

Kieran always noticed the raven-haired beauty in his yoga class, and when his boyfriend Nolan notices her as well, Kieran decides it’s time to bring his fantasy of their threesome to life. The undertaking is harder than the men imagined, as Lore claims she is better off when in complete control of her temperament and shutting the world out. But Nolan and Kieran see an unbridled spirit just itching to be released from within her prim and proper facade. In order for their relationship to flourish Lore must make a new resolution to overcome the scars of her past and fully realize the woman she was meant to be.



Title: The Heart of Falcon Ridge
Series: (The McLendon Family Saga Book 1)
Author: DL Roan
Length: 194 pages
Publisher: Loose Id LLC (December 29, 2014)

Genre: Romance / Poly / MFM / Contemporary /  Cowboy / Western /

Notes: This series is a mix of MFM, MFMM, MM, and MMF. - And this one is currently marked down to free on Amazon and ARe. I don't know how long that will last.

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Blurb: Three hearts beat as one, for one. Always.

"Everything inside him ached for Claira in a way that was completely unfair to the memory of his wife." ~ Grey McLendon

Six years after losing their wife, the McLendon brothers are focused on running their family ranch, Falcon Ridge, and raising their rambunctious twin boys. They've never believed they could find another woman with which to share their hearts and family.

When Matt and his twin, Mason, meet their sons' classy new teacher, hope and love aren't the only things that spring back to life. Matt is convinced she was Heaven sent to heal their family. Mason hopes he's right, but knows they have a bigger problem than convincing Claira to take a chance on their unconventional family; a much bigger, surly, older brother kind of problem.

After their wife died, Grey McLendon planned to live the rest of his life comfortably numb from the neck down, even if it killed him...and it just might if he can't reconcile his guilt, and desire for Claira, before her treacherous past catches up with her.

GENRE: Western Romance, Menage Romance, MFM, MFMM, Contemporary Cowboy, Romantica, Family Saga

Title: Blue Moon House
Series: Blue Moon House, 1
Author: Angela Dawson
Length: 144 pages
Publisher: Naughty Nights Press (August 31, 2012)

Genre: Romance / Poly / MFF / Paranormal / Vampire / Interracial / MM / FF / BDSM /

Notes: this is free on Amazon and ARe

ARe Notes: anal sex, bdsm, blue moon house, bondage, burning, challenge, consensual, control, cutting, degradation, domination, erotica, gay, gay encounters, gblt, historical, humiliation, isbn #, kink, kinky, lesbian, lesbian encounters, lgbtq, lifestyle, limitless sexual pleasure, male on male, multiple partners, paranormal, pleasure, power exchange, pure passion, raw lust, romance, s, sex, sexual pleasure, spanking, submission, tpe, twentieth century, unadulterated desire, vampire, vampires, whipping


Blurb: Julia has the chance to become one of the vampires of the Blue Moon House. Before being accepted, however, she must prove herself to each of the vampires, and each has their own exacting cost.

Ranging from lesbian, to being forced, to physical torture, she is pushed to her breaking point time and again. Eventually, her perseverance pays off and she crosses from submissive, to dominant and vampire.



Title: Heart of the Forest
Series: Arwin's Gift, 1
Author: Christina Quinn
Length: 281 pages
Publisher: LooseId

Genre: Romance / Poly / MFM / Paranormal / Fantasy / Elves / Shifters / Witch /

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ARe Notes: #areblast, abandoned wood, amnesia, arwins gift, bandits, christina quinn, cisgender, collars, criminal, criminals, cunning women, elves, enemies, enemies to lovers, erotic, fantasy, fantasy romance, forbidden, forbidden love, forests, heterosexual, historical, historical fantasy, love, magic, male / female, male / female / male, multiple partners, mystic, outlaw, outlaws, paranormal, persecution, polyamory, shifters, slavery, supernatural, town of lyr, witch, witches, wood, woods


Blurb: In Ersland, you stay out of the forests, and you stick to your own kind...

It’s common knowledge elves steal human women in the middle of the night to be their whores, or worse. According to The Dawn, elves are the agents of the dark and to be avoided at all costs.

As a Cunning Woman, Valentina has never really cared too much about The Dawn or its racist tenets--it probably has something to do with the fact that they burn healers as witches. So when a desperate group of elves bring their wounded leader Aneurin to her door, Valentina agrees to treat him. As his wounds heal, their hearts entwine and they fall in love.

However, Aneurin has a powerful secret which threatens to tear them apart more than racism of Ersland ever could. And Yorwrath, Aneurin’s brother, is there waiting for their bond to break...with a slave collar with Valentina’s name on it.



Title: Northern Exposure
Series: Compass Brothers, 1
Author: Jayne Rylon, Mari Carr
Length: 140 pages
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (August 2, 2016)

Genre: Romance / Poly / Bisexual / MMF/ Contemporary / Cowboys / Best Friends / 

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ARe Notes: #areblast, abandoned wood, amnesia, arwins gift, bandits, christina quinn, cisgender, collars, criminal, criminals, cunning women, elves, enemies, enemies to lovers, erotic, fantasy, fantasy romance, forbidden, forbidden love, forests, heterosexual, historical, historical fantasy, love, magic, male / female, male / female / male, multiple partners, mystic, outlaw, outlaws, paranormal, persecution, polyamory, shifters, slavery, supernatural, town of lyr, witch, witches, wood, woods


Blurb: All roads lead home when that’s where you’ve left your heart.

Compass Brothers, Book 1

Silas Compton always had his eye on Lucy, the veterinarian’s daughter. He was even content to wait for the girl of his dreams to grow up before getting anywhere near her with his family’s double-edged legacy.

Waiting around led to fooling around with his best friend—and an impulsive eruption of desire that Lucy’s innocent eyes weren’t meant to see. Figuring Compton Pass wasn’t big enough for either the three of them or the pain he’d caused, Silas let loose his tightly reined wanderlust and headed for Alaska.

Ten years later, when an oil rig accident sends him home, he braces himself for the reopening of old wounds. Instead he finds himself in the care—and welcoming arms—of Lucy and Colby, whose marriage has plenty of room for the man they both still love. And forgive with all their hearts.

As things start to unravel at Compass Ranch, Silas must dig deep for the strength to assume his rightful place in the Compton family…and lay the foundation for a future with his lovers. If he can forgive himself.

Warning: This book is overflowing with sexy cowboys who like to saddle up and ride each other as well as the woman of their dreams. The likelihood of becoming addicted to their ranch family is high. With three more stories yet to come, beware. You won’t be able to read just one!



Title: Strength In Numbers
Series: Strength In Numbers, 1
Author: Reagan Hawk
Length: 37 pages
Publisher: The Raven Books (December 3, 2013)

Genre: Romance / Poly / Bisexual / MMF/ Futuristic / Aliens / Space / 

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Blurb: M/F/M and M/M/F Sci-fi Alien RomanceShort Story

Strength in Numbers Book One was previously released under the author name Mandy M. Roth

Born to please men, Sempia believes her fate is sealed. She never dreamed her childhood sweetheart would resurface in her hour of need. Now a seasoned warrior, Eterin is nothing like the boy she remembers—he’s all man and wants to possess her at all costs. But much has changed in the years they’ve been apart. Eterin has a new man in his life—one who wants to share them both. Sempia finds herself at the mercy of two incredibly hot intergalactic outlaws who are dangerously close to stealing her heart.

Strength in Numbers Series

Strength in Numbers
Space Pirates’ Bounty
Bounty Hunters’ Captive



Title: Water From Stone
Series: (Elemental Witchcraft Book 1)
Author: Kaitlin Maitland
Length: 132 pages
Publisher: Etopia Press (January 23, 2016)

Genre: Romance / Poly / Bisexual / MMF/ Paranormal / Witch / Shifter / Vampire /

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Blurb: Elemental Witchcraft Book One

Power ignites through the love of one woman and two men.

Raine thought she knew everything about magic. An acolyte in the coven at Haven, she's part of the inner circle with a sexy shifter named Sebastian to call her own. Then she begins dreaming of a darkly sensual stranger who makes her feel things no acolyte should feel...

Sebastian is a shifter torn between two desires. The loyalty to the witch who is his mistress, and his knowledge that his own magic could be so much more. When Sebastian and Raine collide with an outsider who wields incredible Power, their lives will never be the same.

Long ago Maximus Canonach walked away from his coven and his lovers. Now after years of loneliness, fate has thrown the threesome back together just as the magical world stands on a threshold of Power and violence. But Raine and Sebastian have no memory of their lives together with Max. Sebastian might be willing to forgive and choose to share his magic and his bed with Max, but it will take every bit of seductive charm the sexy shifters can muster to convince Raine to give their love a second chance.

Reader note: contains bisexual m/m/f ménage erotic romance elements including male/male love



Title: His Alpha's Alpha
Series: 
Author: Casey Cameron
Length: 116 pages
Publisher: Etopia Press (January 23, 2016)

Genre: Romance / Poly / MMM/ Contemporary / Alpha-Omega / Knotting /

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Blurb: Ethan has been flirting with Nick, the hot alpha photographer who visits his coffee shop, for a few weeks when they make an accidental connection that throws Ethan into an early heat. With an alpha at his side, dealing with his heat should be a simple matter, but there's just one problem: arrogant alpha Corey Masters, real estate heir, reality TV star, tabloid regular...and Nick's boyfriend.

Nick wants Ethan, and Ethan wants Nick. Corey wants nothing to do with omegas, but there's no way in hell he's going to leave his lover alone with a stranger. Could there be a future for the three of them, or will two alphas be too many for Ethan to handle?

This is a non-shifter M/M/M menage romance with the heat level turned up to 11, featuring knotting, male pregnancy, and a happily-ever-after ending with no cliffhangers. *Please Note:* This is a revised edition of the book, which contains the bonus epilogue previously only available from the author's web site.



Title: Shirts vs Skins
Series: 
Author: Victoria Cabot
Length: 379 pages
Publisher: Cabot Press; First edition (October 18, 2016)

Genre: Romance / Poly / MMF / Contemporary / Sports / Bisexual /

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Blurb: Take two of the most notorious bad boys of pro football and add one bad girl. The game will never be the same.

Ethan Blake and Colt Stackford rule the gridiron each week - amazing audiences with their record breaking conquests both on and off the field. But underneath it all simmers a deep seeded rivalry...

Until it explodes.

Now, with their careers on the line, the one person in the entire league who can save them may be more of a badas$ than both of them combined. Curvy Julianna Heaton, the youngest team owner in the league, chews up bad boys for breakfast and spits them out before lunch.

But is there room for both of them in her…lineup?

As Ethan and Colt compete for the ultimate prize, a tantalizing new possibility presents itself - one that will change their lives forever, if it doesn't destroy them all first.

Come cheer for this sizzling standalone MMF bisexual ménage romance - filled with brooding bad boy alpha males and the one woman who can tame them! No cliffhangers, but it’s a scorcher with super-steamy scenes of MF, MM, and MMF. Happily Ever After? You know it. As an thank you, also included is a bonus Victoria Cabot billionaire romance.


Title: Dragon Blues
Series: Immortal Dragons, 1
Author: Ophelia Bell
Length: 246 Pages
Publisher: 

Genre: Romance / Poly / MMF / Fantasy / Dragons / Bisexual / Paranormal /

Notes: This title is currently discounted (50% off) on both Amazon and ARe. There is a non-romantic prequel to this series that sets up the background to the nemesis. It was on the regular Reading Radar post but in case you didn't see and were interested, here it is--Dragon Betrayed. It is also marked down from 4.99 to 0.99 at both retailers. 

ARe Notes: alpha male, bdsm, bisexual, dragon shapeshifter, fated mates, love at first sight, menage mfm threesome, paranormal romance



Blurb: Even immortal dragons can have crazy exes.

Three thousand years ago, immortal blue dragon Belah and her old lover took their kinks just a step too far, and she's been trying to get over it ever since. The problem is that her ex is still out there wreaking havoc on her world, while Belah spent the last three millennia in hiding.

With her race's world changing, it's time for Belah to show her face again. Finding a new mate should be easy for a dragon as powerful as her, but "baggage" is an understatement when your ex is your race's mortal enemy, and he's just let you know he wants you back.

Determined to move on, Belah finds Lukas and Iszak North--not one, but two gorgeous, musically talented, and especially kinky brothers from one of the dragons' sister races. The pair are perfect for Belah. Their race of falcon shifters mate for life--one look at Belah, and both North brothers know she's their One. The problem is, they have baggage of their own, and Belah's old lover is at the center of it. The brothers can't help but love her in spite of her past, and when Belah answers their mating call and gives herself to them completely, they would do anything to keep her, even forgive her connection to their enemy.

When Belah's old lover calls in a promise, she and her new mates learn there is more at stake than love, and it might take more than fancy knots and an adeptly wielded whip to find true happiness.




Title: The Secret's Out
Series: Hawks MC: Caroline Springs Charter, 1
Author: Lila Rose
Length: 208 pages
Publisher: 

Genre: Romance / Poly / MMF / Contemporary / MC Club / Bisexual / Hurt-Comfort / Australia / 

Notes: Currently $0.99

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Blurb: ***NOTE: This novel is on the serious side compared to Lila's usual work because Josie, Pick and Billy have had a hard life. It also contains m/m/f relationship and a little m/m***
For 18yrs and over!

Moving to Melbourne for university, Josie Alexander knew the transition would be hard. She didn’t realise just how difficult it’d be until things turn ugly. Damaged by a past that leaves her struggling with physical contact, her brave move to start afresh, soon turns into a nightmare.

Afraid and vulnerable, Josie’s fragile independence threatens to unravel around her. That is until the two men who refuse to leave her thoughts show up in Melbourne.

Caden Adams, “Pick” to his biker brethren, has had a hard life. His only light is Josie, who he loses when she leaves Ballarat for Melbourne. Dealing with day to day life without his heart is hard, especially with the darkness threatening to consume him. When MC President, Talon, informs him that Josie’s in trouble, he’s determined to make sure he’s there to protect her. Only, he won’t be doing it alone.

Eli “Billy the Kid” Walker has never experienced love, not even from those who should have cared the most. Only Josie and Caden have ever come close to infiltrating his hardened heart. With Josie gone, he pushes Caden away, unwilling to take a risk, even if it’s something he wants.

When given with the opportunity to prove to each other how they really feel, will they all be able to have the courage to fight for what their hearts desire? Above all else, will they survive the fallout when their secret’s out?



Title: Pulled From All Sides
Series: Roughstock, 6
Author: BA Tortuga
Length: 237 pages
Publisher: Pride Publishing

Genre: Romance / Poly / MMM / Contemporary / Cowboys /  

Notes: Not sure if this can be read as a standalone...

ARe Notes: bullriding, cisgender, cowboy, cowboys, erotic, gay, gay / multiple partners, l / g / b / t / q, love triangle, male / male, male/male sexual practices, menage, multicultural, multiple partners, pansexual, polyamory, pride publishing, romance, roughstock, western, westerns, workplace




Blurb: Balta is all fire and fury, Joa is his haven. What happens when Raul becomes their third?

Joa is an anomaly on the bullriding circuit—he’s Brazilian but grew up in Texas, so he’s not sure where he fits in. Champion Brazilian rider Balta knows just where he wants Joa to be, both in his life and in his bed.

Raul is new to the bullriding circuit and needs their help learning the ropes. From the start, Raul knows that Joa belongs with Balta, but he also knows that Balta’s career is on its way down and the world is ripe for another champion from Brazil.

When Balta decides that Raul is just what he and Joa need to even out the balance of power, they have to find common ground—professionally, publicly and, most importantly, personally.


Title: The Outlaw Lovers
Series: (The Outlaw Lovers 1 &2)
Author: Jan Springer
Length: 267 pages
Publisher: 

Genre: Romance / Poly / MMF / Outlaws / Dystopia /

Notes: This is marked down at both Amazon and ARe.

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Blurb: A fast-acting virus has killed a majority of the world’s female population. With so few women on Earth, a new law is created. The Claiming Law allow groups of men to stake a claim on a female—as their sensual property. The Outlaw brothers are returning from the Terrorist Wars fully intent on declaring ownership of the women they love…and they’ll do it any way they can.

Jude Outlaw

When Cate Callahan learns Jude is coming home from the Terrorist Wars and is ready to claim her under the new law¬¬—with the help of his four brothers—she steals their boat and escapes to the high seas. Unfortunately, her runaway bid for freedom doesn’t last long.
Quickly capturing his lover, Jude rekindles the flames and seduces Cate back into his bed. But Jude holds a secret that could make him lose Cate forever…

PLUS

The Claiming


Seeking refuge from the Claiming Law, Callie Callahan hides in a deserted cabin in the Maine woods and is shocked when her ex-flame finds her. She's always craved being in Luke Outlaw's arms. Tasting him. Touching him. Taking him deeply within her. So, what's a girl to do but to delve into the sinful delights he offers.
Luke has finally reunited with the love of his life. He knows there is only one way to keep Callie safe and with him forever. He'll do it with the help of his three brothers and an assortment of naughty toys.


Rekindling the flames between them, he unleashes Callie's sensual side, taking her in ways she never dreamed possible, all with the ultimate goal of introducing her to the Outlaw Lovers and The Claiming.

THE OUTLAW LOVERS SERIES
The Outlaw Lovers ~ amazon.com/dp/B00V9OGIJI (Books 1&2)
Colter's Revenge ~ Book 3~ amazon.com/dp/B0190NALQU
Tyler's Woman Book 4 ~ amazon.com/dp/B01LM2W3YK
Resistance ~ Book 5 ~ amazon.com/dp/B01LMBASES
Pleasure Bound ~ Book 6 ~ Coming Soon


Title: Captain Kate
Series: Galaxy Elite Fleet, 1
Author: Sophie Angmering
Length: 65 pages
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing (April 9, 2012)

Genre: Erotic Romance / Poly / MMF / Space / Sci-Fi / Bisexual / 

Notes: I slipped this one in after posting Nell because I couldn't bring myself to post a series out of order.

ARe Notes: aliens, aliens / alien sex, aviator / pilot, captain, diplomats, erotic, erotic romance, fantasy, fantasy / multiple partners, fantasy romance, futuristic, galaxy elite fleet, menage a trois, multiple partners, multiple partners / polyamory, multiple partners / science fiction, novella, off planet, outer space / planet, paranormal / horror, polyamory, pride publishing, romance, science fiction, science fiction / multiple partners, science fiction romance, scifi, sophie angmering, space opera, spaceship / space station




Blurb: Captain Kate Thorn makes a habit of bending the rules to suit her purposes, but then she meets two men who simply break them to get what they want.

Captain Katherine Thorn has one of the toughest reputations in the Galaxy Elite Fleet. Her problems start when she mistakes two powerful diplomats for Rim pirates, and attempts to ensure their silence regarding their rescue by using sexual blackmail. But Kate has never come across anyone like these two men before, two men who are prepared to use every method at their disposal to ensure payback, and they want to get her back in their power and in their bed.


Title: Nell Thorn
Series: Galaxy Elite Fleet, 2
Author: Sophie Angmering
Length: 99 pages
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing (April 9, 2012)

Genre: Romance / Poly / FMM / Space / Sci-Fi / Bisexual / Action-Adventure /

Notes: 

ARe Notes: action, action/adventure / multiple partners, adventure, erotic, erotic romance, erotic romance / multiple partners, far future, futuristic, love, love story, menage a trois, multiple partners, novella, pride publishing, romance, romance / multiple partners, romantic, romantica, rubenesque, rubenesque / multiple partners, science fiction, science fiction / multiple partners, scifi, space opera, threesome




Blurb: Book two in The Galaxy Elite Fleet Series

Who ever said Rim Lords were easy?

Mouthy, brassy blonde bombshell Helena Thorn is the oldest daughter of one of the most established and influential Galaxy Elite Fleet dynasties. Ambitious, focused, she is fast tracking herself to Sector Command by running covert missions for a clandestine group within the Fleet. Her latest orders involve locating a sex slave on the planet of Egalita Prime, buying him, and then relocating him without anyone finding out about what she has done.

Simple...

Except the sex slave turns out to be a powerful Rim Lord, who has been drugged and betrayed as part of a faraway coup.

Not so simple...


Reader Advisory: This book contains scenes of M/M intimacy and F/M/M ménage sex. This book can be read as a standalone title but may be best appreciated read in sequence as part of a series.
Title: She Whom I Love
Series: Treading the Boards , Book 2.0
Author: Tess Bowery
Length: 281 pages
Publisher: Samhain

Genre: Romance / Poly / FFM / Historical / Lesbian / Bisexual /

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ARe Notes: actor, actor / media personality / entertainer, actors, actress, actress / media personality / entertainer, b / t / q, bisexual, bisexual book awards, british, cisgender, delta / triad, delta/triad / menage a trois historical regency, england, english, erotic, erotic romance, erotic romance / multiple partners, female / female, female / female / male, ffm, friends to lovers, historical, historical / multiple partners, historical regency, l / g / b / t / q, lesbian, london, london / england, love triangle, menage and more, multiple partners / polyamory, multiple partners / polyamory historical regency, pansexual, polyamory, queer, regency, romance, romance / multiple partners, samhain publishing, tess bowery, treading the boards, triad, united kingdom




Blurb: Love would be simpler if it came with a script.

Treading the Boards, Book 2

Marguerite Ceniza dies on the London stage each night, but her own life has barely begun. The ingénue is on the prowl for a lover, but while she burns with desire for Sophie, a confession could ruin their decade-long friendship. In the meantime there are always men vying to be her patron, and square-jawed, broad-shouldered James Glover can’t help but catch her eye.

Sophie Armand has been a lady’s maid for too long, and she’s sick of keeping secrets. Her hidden scripts and the story of her birth are only the beginning. Her nights are haunted by desperate thoughts of the beguiling Marguerite, and of James, the handsome tradesman who whispers promises of forever into her ear.

James has the kind of problem a lot of men would kill for—two women, both beautiful, both sensual, and both willing. Sophie wants marriage, while Marguerite’s only in it for fun, and choosing between them isn’t easy.

What’s the worst that could happen if he secretly courts them both?

Their romantic triangle is complicated in the most delicious way, until a shadowy figure from Marguerite’s past threatens to destroy the budding relationship—and their lives.

Warning: Contains a lady’s maid with secret desires, a corset-maker who knows his way around a woman’s body, and an actress who never has to fake it. Rated for adult audiences only.


Title: Love At First Bight
Series: (Book 1 in the Deep Space Mission Corps series)
Author: Tymber Dalton
Length: 290 pages
Publisher: Siren Publishing

Genre: Romance / Poly / MMMF / Space / Vampires / Bisexual / Paranormal / MM / MMM /

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Blurb: Dr. Emilia Hypatia is recently-graduated and looking for adventure. She's an Alpha-ranked healer, has a degree in psychology, and empath training. Fresh out of a bad relationship with a cheating ex, her five-year assignment to the Deep Space Mission Corps vessel, Tamora Bight, seems ideal. Especially when she meets the three handsome crewmen she'll spend her time caring for--in more ways than one.

First Officer Caphis Bates is playful and rowdy. Mate Ford Caliban is her intellectual and emotional partner. But it's Captain Aaron Lucio who is an enigma; passionate, with a deeply wounded and carefully guarded soul.

While sharing their communal bed is a scorchingly sensual experience, Emi soon learns the three men suffer a shared grief, their "crew story." She patiently works to unlock their secret past, but space exploration is cold--and cruel. Will time run out for all of them before she can heal their hearts?

** A Siren erotic romance

The correct reading order for the series is as follows:

Love at First Bight
Bightmares
Spider Bight
Out of Bight, Out of Mind


Title: The Lion Mistress
Series: The Lion Mistress,1 & The Horse Mistress, 5
Author: R.A. Steffan
Length: 389 pages
Publisher: 

Genre: Romance / Poly / Epic Fantasy /  Bisexual / Ace / Paranormal / Shifter / 

Notes: I saved this one for last. Was really exited to see this go up. These are different main characters than The Horse Mistress.

ARe Notes: asexual character, bisexual romance, lgbt fantasy romance, lgbt romance, lion shifter, menage romance, mmf romance, poly romance, shifter romance




Blurb: Kathrael is a nobody—an escaped Rhytheeri slave with a face disfigured by an acid attack and a giant chip on her shoulder. Despite being alone in the world, with no possessions other than the clothes on her back, she has vowed to lead a rebellion against the brutal overseers who once owned her. First, though, she’s going to murder the cowardly bastard of a shape-shifter who was prophesied to save them all, and didn’t.
The man who destroyed her life.

She’s fully prepared to die along the way, if that’s what it takes. But falling in love with both a eunuch priest and a scruffy, itinerant lion-shifter? Well... admittedly, that part she really didn’t see coming.

Favian is content with his life as a pagan priest. After finding and losing a forbidden love, he has devoted himself to helping others as best he can. When a starving, desperate girl takes him hostage at knife point, he has no glimmering of the kind of journey that will follow. He'd convinced himself that love was for other people—not for the likes of him. And the one he lost? It turns out that when the gods are kind, what is lost can sometimes be found again.

As a lion-shifter, Ithric knows that his feline nature tends to get him into trouble. This time, though, he might be in just a hair deeper than usual. After he and Favian broke each other's hearts over a stupid misunderstanding, Ithric decided that relying on other people was a fool's game. Of course, that was before he ended up collared and locked in a cage. Now, some outside help would be just a teensy bit useful... even coming from a decidedly unexpected source.


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Friday, December 16, 2016

Book Blast! Dev Bentham with Tarnished Souls #giveaway



Welcome to the book blast for Tarnished Souls by Dev Dentham!


Title: Tarnished Souls

Author: Dev Bentham

Release Date: December 16th 2016

Genre: Contemporary MM Romance




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Tarnished Souls is a series of contemporary romance novels centered around Jewish holidays:

Life can be hard. Hard enough to leave two men tarnished and hopeless.They might be too damaged to see the truth in each other, but just maybe finding their bershert, their true love, will finally make them shine. 



BOOKS IN THE TARNISHED SOULS COMPILATION

Learning from Issac

It’s hard to break out of a rut. For years, Nathan submerged himself into his job at St. Genevieve’s. He enjoys teaching, hates faculty meetings, loves his science and has committed himself to the cycle of college life. Along the way, he's become resigned to being a gay man in a straight culture, a Jew among Catholics, and single in a world of couples. Then the brilliant Isaac Wolf appears in his classroom. Isaac’s a few years older than his fellow students, gorgeous, self-composed and Jewish.

Isaac has his own secrets, which Nathan finds out at the racy new club downtown where the boys who dance out front can be bought in the back room. Nathan thinks he’s about to get a lap dance, but behind the beaded curtain the man on his knees turns out to be Isaac. Nathan's mind isn't the only thing Isaac blows. Afterward, Nathan can't stop thinking about that night. The question is whether Nathan can let himself fall in love with a student, much less someone with Isaac’s checkered past. Is it too late for a student to teach his professor the true nature of love and respect?

Publisher's Note: This book contains graphic imagery of men having sex together. And enjoying it. However, the story is primarily a romance. Don’t be disappointed if you read pages and pages and pages without encountering acts, organs or orgasms.



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Fields of Gold

Life is full of compromises. That's what Avi Rosen tells himself. He's a yeshiva boy turned historian, working on his dissertation and stretching his meager stipend by moonlighting as a closeted politician's houseboy. Their relationship used to feel like a real affair. Lately it seems more like a job.

It isn't until he meets someone decent that he realizes how corrupt his life has become. Pete is a tall blond farmer who charms Avi with his dazzling smile and his straightforward life. But even if he can believe this refreshingly honest man doesn't have his own political agenda, will Avi find the strength to emerge from the dark life he's chosen and find a future in the sun?


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Sacred Hearts

Life's a gamble--and lately David Schwartz's partner has been losing so much that David must close their restaurant, the hippest little place in Portland. He sells everything and moves back home, but at thirty-five, he's not eager to sleep alone in his childhood bedroom or to be supported by his father for the second time in his adult life.

David's had enough. He needs to start over, maybe with someone like the elusive man he's been seeing in his dreams. An old friend offers him a job catering a movie set in Puerto Vallarta. It's been years since David's alcoholism spun out of control along the highways of Mexico. Determined to experience Mexico sober, he stuffs his few remaining possessions in a backpack and takes the next flight down.

As Mexico prepares for Christmas, David lights Hanukkah candles, celebrating the return of the sun and wishing for true love. On the first night of Hanukkah, David meets a tall, dark stranger who rocks his world in a secluded moonlit cove. Is this the mystery man of his dreams--the answer to David's prayers? And what must David sacrifice to make his dreams come true?


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Bread, Salt and Wine 

Some wounds never heal. George Zajac grew up in a religious family with a father who beat “the swish” out of him. At thirty-eight he's a troubled man. Escaping his miserable life as a banker in New York, he moves across the country to start again in Los Angeles as the catering chef for a prestigious French Restaurant. Kenny Marks, a writer who’s currently waiting tables, is everything George cannot be—flamboyant, proud and sexually confident. Enthralled by Kenny, and against his own better judgment, George agrees to a date. Sparks fly. The sex is amazing. But even after the two get close, George is crippled by humiliating sexual hang-ups. Still haunted by his childhood, he lingers in the closet and can’t commit to a relationship with Kenny.

Love is the great healer, but is it enough? George’s emotional scars could drive Kenny away, and with him, George’s last chance at happiness.
The book in the Tarnished Souls series can be found on Goodreads



EXCERPT 

(from Learning From Issac)

One Monday, Isaac looked up at me from under those impossibly long lashes, his smile slow and sexy, as I dropped the nearly perfect, graded midterm on his desk. The night before I’d added brilliant to the growing list of adjectives strung in my head beside his name. Which didn’t help. Smart was sexy. And in the morning, I’d woken from a dream so vivid I was surprised to find myself alone. My lips tingled with the fantasy of his beautiful collarbone beneath them. Now I looked down at that same spot peeking from beneath his unbuttoned stark white shirt. For a moment I stood mesmerized by his cider-colored skin against the white.

My eyes met his for an instant. Every year at least a couple of the young women flirted with me, usually shyly, but occasionally more overtly. Once before I’d had a male student awkwardly express his interest. But this was different. Every cell in my body was on high alert. Isaac’s half smile and the hot brown light of his eyes let me know I’d been discovered. He knew I wanted him. The shift in power between teacher and student was palpable.

I gave the briefest of nods. “Well done, Mr. Wolf.”

Isaac’s smile widened. “Thank you, Dr. Kohn.”

His smile and the promise it contained followed me around the room as I delivered the bad news of the first graded test. It left my heart pounding, whether from terror or anticipation, I couldn’t tell.



GIVEAWAY: Win a paperback copy of Nobody’s Home by Dev Bentham






About the Author

I write contemporary gay romance. My characters are flawed and damaged adult men who may not even know they’re looking for true love, but when they meet their bershert, their true love, their lives are transformed. My stories are set in the real world where gay men have gay friends, families who do or don’t accept them, personal histories they’re not necessarily proud of and a myriad of experiences that have made them who they are.

I live in Northern Wisconsin with my Boston Terrier and Chicago spouse. I’ve published short stories, poetry, newspaper articles and academic papers and have worked in nearly every profession from restaurants to retail to open-water diving and now write m/m romance out of my fascination with love, courage and gender.

Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Amazon | Goodreads


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Thursday, December 15, 2016

Blog Guest: Lane Swift, More Than Christmas

Welcome Lane Swift to the blog today! She released her holiday story, More Than Christmas, the a last minute.  It the first book in her Michigan Seasons series. :)



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Keeping life simple can be a complicated business.

High-flying young British executive, Nick Harris, knows exactly what he wants out of his two-year American assignment—a bigger salary, a promotion and some no-strings fun. How convenient then, that his gorgeous hunk of a next door neighbour, Dale Hepburn, is friendly, single and bisexual?

But Dale has had his fill of casual and he’s holding out for love that will last. Knowing that Nick’s stay in America is temporary, he welcomes him into his life as a friend; they train together in his garage gym, hang out and watch television, and dress up for the neighbourhood kids at Halloween.

Then the first snow falls, and with Christmas approaching and temperatures plummeting, Nick finds he increasingly yearns for the warmth of Dale’s arms—only he’s worried that pushing Dale for more heat in their relationship will land him outside in the cold.

Nick’s long-term future in America may not be certain, but if he wants a future with Dale, he must find a way to persuade him they can be more than Christmas.

A heartwarming romance with a satisfying HFN
~32,000 words



Buy Links: Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU






Title: More Than Christmas
Author: Lane Swift
Series: Michigan Seasons #1
Release Date: December 10th 2016
Genre: MM Romance, Holiday



EXCERPT

The weather was still warm. I stretched, scratched, and ambled downstairs in my boxers. Sleepy-eyed, and stiff-necked from too many hours in the car, I shuffled into the kitchen, heading straight for the kettle. I hadn’t shut the blinds across the patio doors the night before, and through them I had a crystal-clear view. The lawnmower I’d heard was in my garden, and Dale was pushing it.

He hadn’t seen me. He was almost at the back fence, about to turn. I could have gone upstairs and put on some clothes before I introduced myself, but I’m not shy, and this was my turf, so to speak. After scrubbing my face with my hands, I slid open the patio door, walked onto the deck and, hands on hips, waited for Dale to notice me.

The second he did, the buzz of the lawnmower withered and died, along with his fierce expression of concentration. His jaw dropped. He looked away, and lifted his hand, like he was trying to shield his eyes from the sight of me in my undies. He seemed so shocked, that I looked down to see if my dick was hanging out. (It has been known to happen, once or twice; though that’s another story.)

‘I didn’t think you were home,’ he said to the back of his hand. ‘I knocked but there was no answer.’

‘I got back late last night. I was knackered—must have slept through it.’

The temperature was cooler than it looked from inside the house. My nipples tightened. But that was the chill air, and had nothing to do with Dale in a white T-shirt tight enough that I could see the outline of his nipples and the shape of his pecs through the fabric.

‘Sorry,’ he said. ‘Did I wake you?’

‘Nah.’ He already looked guilty and embarrassed enough; to add to it would have been cruel. ‘Can I get you a drink?’

‘Ah, yeah. Sure.’ Dale clutched at the back of his neck and his ample bicep bulged. He had quite a grip. ‘I’ll have whatever you’re having.’

‘That would be tea. With milk.’

For a moment, it looked like the beginnings of a smile played at the corners of his mouth. I wasn’t sure. His face was still partially turned away from me.

‘If you have ice,’ he said, ‘I’ll take mine cold, no milk. Two sugars.’

He must have known I had ice. The refrigerator he’d installed in the kitchen had a water and ice dispenser. I must have really flustered him. Who’d have guessed my five-foot-nine of fairly average could be that disarming?


About the Author

Lane Swift is a fiction writer, mainly of contemporary romance, sometimes featuring a mild dash of paranormal.

She lives in Hampshire, England, between the sea and the South Downs, with her husband, two children, and two guinea pigs. She can often be found running the roads and trails in her local area, or at her beach hut, imbibing coffee and dreaming up happy-ever-afters for her heroes and heroines.

Over the years, she’s worked as a waitress, a lab technician, a science teacher, and a telecommunications consultant. She’s also played rugby, climbed one mountain, and run one marathon, but has never managed to learn how to whistle.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: Website | Facebook | Twitter


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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Blog Tour: Saving Silas Audiobook #giveaway



Congratulations to SJ Himes on the release of her audiobook for Saving Silas!!


Title: Saving Silas
Author: SJ Himes
Audiobook Release Date: November 30th 2016
Genre: Contemporary MM Romance, Novella
Length: 3 hours 38 mins
Narrated by: Derek McClain




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*Previously Published as part of Home For The Holidays, A M/M Holiday Anthology, Nov. 29th, 2015.*

Haunted by his years at war, Boston paramedic Gael Dominic spends his time saving other people’s lives. An empty house, a single friend, and living at work, Gael is not content with his existence, but he’s close. Gael was expecting his overnight shift on Thanksgiving to be the same as always—manic crowds, heart attacks...until catastrophe strikes, and Boston’s streets run with blood.

On the run from an abusive and politically powerful father, Silas has been on the cold, mean streets of Boston for days, injured, hungry and alone. When he wakes up in the middle of a nightmare, he expects to die in the same alley he was calling home.

Brought together by tragedy, Silas and Gael can’t resist their attraction. Gael may have saved Silas, but it’s his alleyway angel who brings Gael back to life.

As Christmas approaches, Silas and Gael learn how to love, despite their pasts. And as Silas' past closes in, Gael learns the greatest gift he could ever give isn't something bought in a store, but freely given from the heart.

Novella~32k words. MATURE CONTENT. Warning: Violence.

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EXCERPT

There were a lot of things he was doing he never expected. Standing in a cold, damp, smelly excuse of an alley hiding from his father’s henchmen so he wasn’t dragged back into Hell kicking and screaming wasn’t in his plans a week ago. Or was it longer than that?

He leaned on the wall, shivering. Arms wrapped tight around his torso, Silas closed his eyes, shoulders drooping. He was so tired.

The roar of a large engine echoed down the alley, and Silas opened his eyes, stilling as he listened. It was hard to tell from which end of the alley it was coming from, and he didn’t want to end up walking into their open arms if it was his father’s men. The sound grew louder in the direction he’d come, and Silas winced as he pushed off from the wall, feet sinking to the ankle in the icy cold puddles as he went further away from the source.

It was Thanksgiving night. Everyone else was at home, eating until they wanted to burst, watching football, and arguing with loved ones. He was hiding on the back streets of Boston, beaten, sore, and colder than he’d ever been in his life, and he was being hunted like an animal.

All because he was caught kissing a guy.


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About the Author

I’m a thirty something bisexual cisgendered woman with way too big an imagination, but that comes in handy when I’m writing. I have been writing since I was a child, when I took a four page assignment on what I was going to do on summer vacation and turned it into a 100 page fantasy epic all written by hand…in crayons. No joke.

I work a day job, but I can’t share for who, since the Old Man isn’t as liberated as the people who read my books. I’m married, I have furbabies, and I live with loved ones. I adore a certain show about a British consulting detective and his grumpy army doctor, and that spawned an addiction to Johnlock fanfiction, which then evolved into me writing it. Gawd, that’s embarrassing. Put this down in the TMI section of my Bio, okay? I enjoy martial arts, movies where things blow up, and I wish I lived in a Marvel movie.

I live in the beautiful and lonely Berkshire County in Massachusetts, and I see way more wildlife than I care to on a daily basis (bears!). My perfect day is reading surrounded by friends and family who don’t think it’s odd I want to hang out but not talk, and my favorite scent of all time is a cool fall evening with leaves burning….less a scent, and more of an experience.

My writing is focused on gay and lesbian people, who are more than interesting side characters that hang out with the heterosexual MCs. My wish for the future is that when people ask me what I do for a living, I can say, “I write gay romance,” and NOT get weird looks.

My alter ego is Revella Hawthorne, and I'm writing the Bred For Love series under that name.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Blog Tour: Operation Better Tomorrow by Brandi Evans #giveaway



Joining us on Character Chat today is Aaron Strickland, journalist for Humanity United and one of the heroes from my upcoming Loose Id release, Operation Better Tomorrow. I'm so honored Aaron and his sexy soldier beau, Caleb, trusted me to tell their story. It was quite the rollercoaster ride to work on, let me tell you, but I’m so glad they allowed me to chronicle their breathtaking relationship. So without further ado...

Brandi:

Welcome Aaron! Thank you so much for dropping by. I had such an incredible time telling yours and Caleb's story. You two made quite the pair! And your story…wow, talk about an emotional battlefield!

Aaron:

Battlefield? Yeah, that about sums it up. Dangerous but, ultimately, being with Caleb has been a journey I couldn’t imagine not going on. Meeting him has, by far, been the most amazing experience of my life.

Brandi:

Even despite the—no, wait, I don’t want to give too much away. I’ll just say “the incident”.

Aaron:

Yes, even despite that. Caleb is such an amazing, giving man, even after the shitty hand he was dealt. Both with what happened to him in Afghanistan and with his ex-fiancé. He took all that pain and turned it into a passion to help others. He helped me too. I hesitate to think about where I’d be if I’d never met him.

Brandi:

That’s so beautiful! I know I’ve said that before, but it’s still true. I could listen to you two talk about each other all day. The love in your voices… *sigh* …let’s just say I think readers will remember your story for a long time.

Aaron:

Here’s to hoping. *Aaron grins, blue eyes sparkling*

Brandi:

So, Aaron, with so many great books out there, what do you think makes yours and Caleb’s story stand out? Sum it up for us in one sentence.

Aaron:

You mean something besides, “Because Caleb’s amazing”?

Brandi:

*giggles* Not that that wasn’t a fantastic answer, but yeah, I was looking for something a bit deeper.

Aaron:

That’s a tough one. *taps index finger to lips for a long moment* Okay, okay, I got it. “Operation Better Tomorrow: come for the Sexy Cowboy and stay for the haaaaawt sex scene in the wildflowers.”

Brandi:

Yes, perfect! Everyone will get that after they’ve read the story.

Aaron:

Yup. *winks*

Brandi

Well, thank you so much for stopping by. I don't want to keep you away from your man any longer. I know you're busy, but before you go, any last words for readers?

Aaron:

*grins* You mean besides, “Caleb’s amazing”?

Brandi:

*shaking my head* Well played, Aaron. Well played..




Title: Operation Better Tomorrow
Author: Brandi Evans
Release Date: November 29th 2016
Publisher: Loose ID
Genre: MM Romance


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The interview of a lifetime.

When Aaron Strickland’s assigned to write a feature article on Caleb Douglas, the first openly gay soldier to receive the Medal of Honor, he’s over-the-moon. Meet a sexy, real-life hero? Yes, please. And in the weeks leading up to their interview, the former soldier becomes a recurring player in Aaron’s fantasies.

A man Caleb can’t forget.

Years earlier, lost in the throes of depression and PTSD after an ambush left his body and soul scarred, Caleb was on the brink of giving up when a magazine article changed his life forever—an article written by Aaron. Emerging from the depths of his pain, Operation Better Tomorrow—part homestead, part halfway house for those down on their luck—was born.

Tragedy lurking on the horizon.

As the days pass, Caleb and Aaron’s tragic pasts bind them in ways they aren’t prepared for, but it also leaves them vulnerable. Pushing forward means breaking down walls they’ve built to protect themselves, and just as they’re poised on the precipice of happiness, a darkness descends on the homestead, a hatred that will leave one man clinging to life and the other willing to risk everything to save him.


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EXCERPT

Resisting the urge to follow Aaron, Caleb unlatched the wicker picnic basket from the left saddlebag, grabbed the thick blanket from the right, and traipsed deep into the waist-high colors. Blues, purples, and yellows dotted the greenery and swayed in the late-summer breeze. The meadow smelled sweet and made him think of peace and tranquility. The area, along with Aaron’s article and daily meditation, were the best anti-depressants Caleb had ever had.

He set the basket and Aaron’s bag down and unfolded the blanket. Considering the height and density of the flowers, laying out the cloth was an exercise in frustration management. A step-and-tug here, an expletive or twelve there, he inched the material down until he created a makeshift hideaway.

Before taking his seat and disappearing into the overgrowth, he glanced around until he found Aaron. The other man was zoomed in on a yellow bud, and Caleb smiled. He liked the idea of sharing this place with Aaron. It was the perfect backdrop to delve into his pain.

He unclipped his walkie and set it on the corner of the blanket before dishing food onto the thin, floral plates that had come with the basket. Thick turkey sandwiches with blue cheese and fresh tomatoes, fruit salad, and oven-baked green bean crisps—green beans drizzled with olive oil, salted, peppered, and then baked until they were crispy. To complement the meal, he’d chosen a Château Timberlay Bordeaux. It wasn’t a full-on red, but it had a deep, lush flavor he really liked.

He uncorked the bottle, removed one of the wineglasses fastened to the inside of the—

“Oh, God, Caleb. Don’t move.”

Caleb froze, Aaron’s soft command triggering an ingrained response from his Army days. When a commander told you to freeze while on patrol, you fucking froze. Period.

No debate. You obeyed or you could die. But what danger was there out here? Had the other man seen a snake or something?

“Don’t move a muscle.” Click. Click, click. “It’s breathtaking.”

Caleb breathed a sigh of relief. Aaron was just taking pictures. “Aaron—”

“Shh.” Click, click. “Not even a muscle. This shot’s gorgeous. You’re fucking gorgeous. I can’t… Your profile’s…” Click, click. Click. Click. “Oh my God, look at yourself.”

Caleb turned toward Aaron’s voice as the other man emerged from the flowers and crawled onto the blanket in an awkward “three-legged” motion, holding out his camera. Blades of grass and broken flower petals stuck in his perfectly messy hair, and his smile was eight times more breathtaking than any Caleb had ever seen. The intensity, the passion on Aaron’s face, matched what was stirring inside him.

Aaron settled beside Caleb and held the camera so they could both see the screen on the back, but Caleb couldn’t take his eyes off the man beside him, watching Aaron as he looked at Caleb’s image on the screen. The pleasure on Aaron’s face, as cliché as it was, stole Caleb’s breath, and when Aaron turned his head, Caleb captured that incredible mouth in a quick, hard kiss.

Caleb pulled back and drew his thumb over the bottom lip he’d just claimed. “Thank you.”

Aaron’s eyebrows drew together. “For what?”

“Just…thank you.” Caleb tapped his lips to Aaron’s again and then forced himself to pull back before the moment spun out of control. He wanted Aaron, but doubt was malevolent, constant. The idea of exposing himself at all was terrifying, but here, in the open, in the light of day, it positively petrified him. Not out here. Not like this. But if ever there was someone to take a chance on…



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About the Author

Brandi Evans was raised by a caravan of traveling Gypsies. She spent her days learning the ways of her people and her nights lost in legends as old as time. Okay, not really, but that's way more interesting than the truth!

In reality, Brandi grew up the oldest child of an ordinary family. Grade school, middle school, high school. Nothing extraordinary happened until she left the nest. She joined the military, went to college, got married, and became a mom. And somewhere along the way, she discovered she liked to read—and write!—stories hot enough to melt eReaders.

These days, she calls The Natural State home where she lives with her hubby, two beautiful daughters, two dogs and a cat who has yet to realize she doesn’t own the place. Soldier. Wife. Mom. Multi-published smut writer. Brandi's life might not be "traveling Gypsy" interesting, but she's had fun. And in the end, isn't that all that really matters?


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