I was looking through Amazon's recommendations for me, which is diverse because I read everything. Anyway, on my lists are a lot of books with "Alien" in the title. Is this a thing? To waste a part of the plot or blurb on the title? I'm guessing its a search thing which is sad. If so many are using titles like that then there needs to be a category. For me, if there is a giveaway in the title, I automatically skip it. Seriously, nothing about those titles are enticing to me.
I also saw weird shifter titles that were out of the the norm shifters. Yeti (yes, you read that correctly) and crocodiles kept popping up, not that there are a ton just the same two books everywhere. Amazon doesn't make it easy to find or browse their categories. It's like they are pushing their algorithm buy lists and I hate that as a reader. Please Amazon, make you're list easily accessible so that if I want to find gay science fiction or lesbian fantasy I don't have to do a cavity search. If I have to know the title of the book in order to find it quickly, then that is a fail on the retailers part and why I would go to All Romance first.
Once I found the best seller list, it didn't help me one whit because low and behold there was all their recommendations. Business wise, I understand that. As a reader, it wasn't what I wanted. I don't read much contemporary and I wade through those to find my sci-fi/fantasy gems. Here's another thing I find hard to believe. That out of 30+k books of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender combined category, that there was under 4k in the science fiction/fantasy sub category.
After all of that searching I was no longer interested in reading anything.
When I get frustrated enough, I end up putting together a world and storyline for what I would like to read and to later write myself. Now, if I only had the time to turn all those ideas into books. I would be a happy girl.
It was situation like this were I just wanted something to read in the little time that I had, only to spend that precious time looking for a book. Then, some how through my inner dialogue, my grumblings lead me to contemplate the idea of writing a blog story--again. (I know, one doesn't easily connect to the other but roll with it.)
My mind was like, "Hey, how hard can it be to write 300-500 words a week?" *insert loads of sarcasm* This after the most nerve wracking summer that I've had so far in my writing career. But there is a part of me that still thinks this is an excellent idea.
Then I wondered what could I write as a blog story? I have all these ideas that are already connected to stories I planned to write soon.
So I need virgin ideas.
That is where you come in. Who has a story prompt? It needs to be Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Paranormal. As much as I would like to write contemporary, it isn't the genre for me. I don't write dub con, slave fic, or anything similar because I'm tempted to murder the MC.
So there are my limits. What are your ideas?
Friday, August 21, 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015
The Homecoming by J Scott Coatsworth
Being a published author has been my
lifelong dream. Or at least one of them
- the other one was to be an astronomer… but there was waaaay too much math.
Oh, and there was the whole rock star thing, but I found out that I didn't have
the voice for it.
I got the writing bug early. My Mom put
a copy of the Lord of the Rings into my hands when I was in second grade.
Within six months, I finished the trilogy, and I had decided that it's what I
wanted to do.
About the same time, Star Wars came out.
I was maybe nine years old, and I begged every relative I could get a hold of
to take me to see it. I saw it seven
times in the theater. And I was so jealous when my cousin got the Millennium
Falcon for Christmas, and I only got an
x-wing fighter.
I started out by writing a short story.
I won a contest to have my sci fi story placed in the University of Arizona
library (illustrated in crayon and everything). Soon I began drawing maps of
new worlds…. Pages and pages taped together with scotch tape.
By high school, I was writing a novel on
an old manual typewriter – this was the early eighties, after all. I took the first page to my Junior year
English teacher, and asked her to read it. I sat back, expecting her to rave
about it.
She handed it back to me, smiled, and
said "it's a good start."
I completed my first novel when I was
about 28, and sent it out to ten mainstream publishers. It took a year, but
every one of them eventually rejected it. So I gave up.
I tried to get going again a few times,
but it never took. One day two years ago, I was complaining to my husband,
Mark, that yet another thing had derailed my writing. He looked at me and said "The only thing
that's stopping you from writing is you."
It lit a spark under me. I got back to it for the fifth or sixth time.
But this time I did a little every day, I started with some stories I'd written
before, freshening them up and sending them out. Then I responded to some
anthology calls from Dreamspinner. The first couple were no-goes. But then I
wrote one especially for a "bear" anthology called A Taste of Honey –
and BG Thomas and Anne Regan plucked me from obscurity.
Now a year later, I have not one but two
stand-alone novellas coming out – "Between the Lines", a modern day
romantic magical realism piece set in the political world of Sacramento,
California, and "The Homecoming", my wolfman-spaceman piece which is
partially set in one of those worlds I created in maps so many years ago.
My dream has become a reality. And I
can't wait to write the next chapter. :)
Author: J. Scott Coatsworth
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Cover Artist: London Burden
Length: 20,000 words
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Length: 20,000 words
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Blurb: When his own world is destroyed, Aldiss and his crew barely manage to escape, leaving friends and lovers behind. What was meant to be an exploratory trip back to the home world turns into a mad dash for survival.
When they awaken from stasis on Earth, which was abandoned by humanity five centuries before, they must quickly learn about their new home. While exploring the region around the ship, Aldiss meets Hari, a shape-changer, whose people harbor secrets that might cost the crew their lives.
When they awaken from stasis on Earth, which was abandoned by humanity five centuries before, they must quickly learn about their new home. While exploring the region around the ship, Aldiss meets Hari, a shape-changer, whose people harbor secrets that might cost the crew their lives.
Hari reached the edge of the woods just
in time to see Neru crouching to leap at the two-legs. Young fool.
He gathered himself and jumped after
Neru, knocking him aside as his teeth reached for the two-legs' throat.
Neru turned and snarled at him, backing
away toward the woods.
Hari stood firm, ears back, hackles
raised, and drew the corners of his mouth back to reveal his teeth. Back off, Neru.
The whelp shook his head and grinned
with the brashness of youth, until Hari leaped at him and nipped his ear. With
a surprised yelp, Neru turned his head, deferring to Hari's strength. As you say, brother. There was a
cockiness to Neru's look that unsettled him.
The other wolf backed up slowly then
turned to disappear into the woods.
Hari caught a glimpse of Mavi watching
from the shadows. The old wolf snarled, and slunk off after her son.
What do you seek, old mother?
Hari wondered, watching Mavi's silver-tipped tail flicker into the darkness. It
was clear where Neru's courage and cunning had come from.
Hari turned back toward the two-legs.
He was holding a strange stick, not unlike the one that Hari's grandmother had
shown him in the wolf dream.
But it was his face that caught Hari's
eye. He knew that face. The two-legs'
eyes were white-gray, and his jet-black hair was swept to the side.
Despite the danger, he shifted in the
manner only a few of the clan are able to do in the cold. He grew quickly
taller and less hairy but no less muscled, and stood naked before the two-legs.
They stared at each other for a long
moment. Hari felt an immense attraction washing over him. He saw in his summer
form that this two-legs was beautiful. His own body responded to this… man… in
an unexpected way, seeing and feeling things his winter form could not. Hari
leaned forward and sniffed the stranger, drinking in his musk. It smelled
enticing. Strangely familiar.
He sensed the two-legs stiffen, and to
reassure, him, Hari licked the man's neck.
The two-legs was trembling now like a
young whelp, so he tried something else. He took the stranger's face in his
hands and kissed him.
The shaking slowed, and then the man
was kissing him back. Hari was hungry for him, like a starving wolf at the end
of a long, hard winter.
It is not the time for this,
the keh whispered in his ear.
He broke contact and turned away,
ashamed that he was betraying his Clan, and for lust. An emotion of his summer
form.
"I'm sorry," he said to the
two-legs, without looking back. "It won't happen again." Even he was
not sure if he meant Neru's attack, or the kiss.
He shifted back into his winter form and loped off
into the woods after his pack mates.
Scott
has been writing since elementary school, when he and won a University of
Arizona writing contest in 4th grade for his first sci-fi story (with
illustrations!). He finished his first novel in his mid-twenties, but after
seeing it rejected by ten publishers, he gave up on writing for a while.
Over
the ensuing years, he came back to it periodically, but it never stuck. Then
one day, he was complaining to Mark, his husband, early last year about how he
had been derailed yet again by the death of a family member, and Mark said to
him “the only one stopping you from writing is you.
Since
then, Scott has gone back to writing in a big way, finishing more than a dozen
short stories – some new, some that he had started years before – and seeing
his first sale. He’s embarking on a new trilogy, and also runs the Queer Sci Fi
(http://www.queerscifi.com) site, a support group for writers of gay sci fi,
fantasy, and supernatural fiction.
Winner’s
Prize: E-copy of The
Homecoming.
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Blog Tour Winners and Other News ^_^
Congratulations to the winners: Sara, Madonna, Katie, Mary, Laura and AHPG! Whoot!
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Can you believe that I'm already planning the next blog tour for Dragon's Eye? It's tentatively scheduled for release on October 7th. I have some great plans for giveaways and there will be some special deals but I'm not spilling the beans--just yet.
Meanwhile, this Week:
J. Scott Coatsworth will be a guest on the blog in a couple of hours so make sure you stop by and take a look at his new release, a paranormal shifter sci-fi story.
On Wednesday, August 19th at 5:00 p.m. eastern time I'll be participating in Anastasia Vitsky's Taliaschild Release Day Party! (And Spoonmas!). Please join us. There is a great group of authors involved.
On Thursday, August 20th I'll post some Sumeria's Sons ficlits that I wrote of a couple of blogs. So some of you may have already read them already.
I'm also thinking (again) about writing a blog story. I'm not sure that I have time to do it but how hard is 300-500 words a week? I don't know. But I might give it a try.
Following that vein of thought, I'm thinking about writing a blog post asking for writing prompts. So give it some thought. What would you like to see me write? Do you have characters in mind? A scenario? Think about it and get back with me on Friday, August 21st. I'll post an inquiry here on the blog and collect story prompts for 5-7 days and I will choose one.
Thank you for stopping by and reading!!
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Revella Hawthorne's New Release: The King's Command w/Giveaway
Welcome to Revella Hawthorne to the blog for her new release on August 15th for The King's Command, the second installment to her Bred for Love series.
Title: The King’s Command
Series: Bred For Love #2
Author: Revella Hawthorne
Release date: August 15th 2015
Blurb: Percy is pregnant. He is overjoyed, and Prince Edward, his master and owner, is just as happy. Both men are content, and are enjoying the simple life at Hartgrove, Prince Edward's country estate. There they stay in pre-baby bliss, until the christening of the Cassian Dynasty's newest princeling approaches. Prince Edward decides to risk King Henry's wrath, and brings Percy back to the capital to attend his nephew's christening, putting his and Percy's unconventional relationship front and center in the media and the court. Greed and betrayal combine to place Percy and their unborn child in danger, and the capital, once a place of power and strength for Prince Edward, becomes a prison. Percy is confronted by the reality of his social status and what exactly it means to be the collared consort of a Cassian blood prince--and how dangerous that place of honor can be.
Caught between the orders of King Henry and the dangers to be found in Court and city, Percy and Edward strive to protect themselves, their love, and their unborn child.
Links: Goodreads | Amazon
He pulled the sheet up to Percy’s chin, and smoothed it down over his chest and stomach. He rested his hand on Percy’s abdomen, amazed as he always was when he thought about it, that his child grew inside his mate. A child, his and Percy’s.
Percy was a breeder, and Edward mourned for a brief second that his mate’s ice-blue eyes or sweet smile would never be gifted to a child of theirs, his consort’s DNA only minimally transferrable to any offspring he may have. The vision of a little girl, with Edward’s dark hair and Percy’s bright eyes flashed for a moment in his mind, but he pushed it away. Percy would gift their child only enough DNA to be viable and grow, and his smile or entrancing eyes would never be handed down to a new generation.
Yet it was enough that there would be children; Percy had a tender heart, and a need to love. Edward wanted sons and daughters, the more, the merrier, and he knew Percy would want and love each child with everything in his small frame. This first child of theirs would not be the last. Hartgrove Court was a huge estate, a working farm and manor, and large enough to support a big family and plenty of staff. It had been gifted to Edward through his late mother’s dowry upon her death, property given to all her children not in the direct line of succession. Edward was thankful his mother knew him well, since the manor and farm went to him and not his more urban-centered siblings. Edward felt a pang of grief, faint now after all these years that his mother, the late Queen of Cassia, would never know her future grandchildren.
Edward made himself leave Percy’s side, the doctor’s words to him about how Percy’s pregnancy may come with complications worrying him. Since Percy was a first-generation design, crafted by the late Master Cartwright of Heritage Breeders, there was no blueprint of sorts in place for how Percy would handle pregnancy. Cartwright had made Percy for himself, though Edward was selfishly glad that Cartwright died before Percy was mature enough for breeding. Percy was his now, forever, and the only touch he would know would be Edward’s.
Title: The Prince's Consort
Blurb: In a world where humans are genetically designed, altered and sold for sexual pleasure and breeding, a young prince of the powerful Cassian Dynasty decides to take a mate and sire heirs. Not wishing to saddle himself with royal and meddlesome in-laws, and a wife he would have no desire to bed, Prince Edward goes to Heritage Breeders, and finds far more than just a warm body to sate his lust and carry on his lineage.
Percy is the result of a master DNA architect designing himself his own personal sex slave and breeder. Yet when his creator and Master dies, leaving Percy alone at the mercy of the callous stable masters and the new owner of Heritage, he fears his future. Afraid he'll be bought by a wretched old man or a deviant monster, Percy is terrified when he is dragged from his cell and presented to the most prestigious client Heritage has ever welcomed...a Cassian Royal.
Prince Edward is immediately infatuated with the shy, nervous and enchantingly beautiful Percy, and claims him for his own. Yet not everyone is pleased by a royal purchasing a breeder, especially one like Percy, and tensions rise both in Heritage and in the palace.
Torn between desire, duty, a king's command and the innermost desires of their hearts, Edward and Percy are set on path that is anything but easy. Can Percy trust Edward with his heart as he does his body? Can Edward keep an angry king and unseen enemies away from the young slave who is steadily stealing his heart?
And what happens when Nature takes its course, and sex leads to more than just pleasure?
A 50k+ word novella, 160 pages, book one in a series. 18+ adult readers, contains sexual situations of male/male sex. Lots of sex. Collaring, master/slave.
*Updated and Revised*Links: Goodreads | Amazon
Blurb: Percy is pregnant. He is overjoyed, and Prince Edward, his master and owner, is just as happy. Both men are content, and are enjoying the simple life at Hartgrove, Prince Edward's country estate. There they stay in pre-baby bliss, until the christening of the Cassian Dynasty's newest princeling approaches. Prince Edward decides to risk King Henry's wrath, and brings Percy back to the capital to attend his nephew's christening, putting his and Percy's unconventional relationship front and center in the media and the court. Greed and betrayal combine to place Percy and their unborn child in danger, and the capital, once a place of power and strength for Prince Edward, becomes a prison. Percy is confronted by the reality of his social status and what exactly it means to be the collared consort of a Cassian blood prince--and how dangerous that place of honor can be.
Caught between the orders of King Henry and the dangers to be found in Court and city, Percy and Edward strive to protect themselves, their love, and their unborn child.
Links: Goodreads | Amazon
The King’s Command Excerpt
He pulled the sheet up to Percy’s chin, and smoothed it down over his chest and stomach. He rested his hand on Percy’s abdomen, amazed as he always was when he thought about it, that his child grew inside his mate. A child, his and Percy’s.
Percy was a breeder, and Edward mourned for a brief second that his mate’s ice-blue eyes or sweet smile would never be gifted to a child of theirs, his consort’s DNA only minimally transferrable to any offspring he may have. The vision of a little girl, with Edward’s dark hair and Percy’s bright eyes flashed for a moment in his mind, but he pushed it away. Percy would gift their child only enough DNA to be viable and grow, and his smile or entrancing eyes would never be handed down to a new generation.
Yet it was enough that there would be children; Percy had a tender heart, and a need to love. Edward wanted sons and daughters, the more, the merrier, and he knew Percy would want and love each child with everything in his small frame. This first child of theirs would not be the last. Hartgrove Court was a huge estate, a working farm and manor, and large enough to support a big family and plenty of staff. It had been gifted to Edward through his late mother’s dowry upon her death, property given to all her children not in the direct line of succession. Edward was thankful his mother knew him well, since the manor and farm went to him and not his more urban-centered siblings. Edward felt a pang of grief, faint now after all these years that his mother, the late Queen of Cassia, would never know her future grandchildren.
Edward made himself leave Percy’s side, the doctor’s words to him about how Percy’s pregnancy may come with complications worrying him. Since Percy was a first-generation design, crafted by the late Master Cartwright of Heritage Breeders, there was no blueprint of sorts in place for how Percy would handle pregnancy. Cartwright had made Percy for himself, though Edward was selfishly glad that Cartwright died before Percy was mature enough for breeding. Percy was his now, forever, and the only touch he would know would be Edward’s.
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Have you read the beginning? Do you know where the series started?
Series: Bred For Love #1
Author: Revella Hawthorne
Release date:April 21, 2015Blurb: In a world where humans are genetically designed, altered and sold for sexual pleasure and breeding, a young prince of the powerful Cassian Dynasty decides to take a mate and sire heirs. Not wishing to saddle himself with royal and meddlesome in-laws, and a wife he would have no desire to bed, Prince Edward goes to Heritage Breeders, and finds far more than just a warm body to sate his lust and carry on his lineage.
Percy is the result of a master DNA architect designing himself his own personal sex slave and breeder. Yet when his creator and Master dies, leaving Percy alone at the mercy of the callous stable masters and the new owner of Heritage, he fears his future. Afraid he'll be bought by a wretched old man or a deviant monster, Percy is terrified when he is dragged from his cell and presented to the most prestigious client Heritage has ever welcomed...a Cassian Royal.
Prince Edward is immediately infatuated with the shy, nervous and enchantingly beautiful Percy, and claims him for his own. Yet not everyone is pleased by a royal purchasing a breeder, especially one like Percy, and tensions rise both in Heritage and in the palace.
Torn between desire, duty, a king's command and the innermost desires of their hearts, Edward and Percy are set on path that is anything but easy. Can Percy trust Edward with his heart as he does his body? Can Edward keep an angry king and unseen enemies away from the young slave who is steadily stealing his heart?
And what happens when Nature takes its course, and sex leads to more than just pleasure?
A 50k+ word novella, 160 pages, book one in a series. 18+ adult readers, contains sexual situations of male/male sex. Lots of sex. Collaring, master/slave.
*Updated and Revised*Links: Goodreads | Amazon
The Prince’s Consort Excerpt
“I would prefer a male, smaller than me, handsome, with a degree of intelligence and personality. I’m not interested in having sex with someone who’s no more than an attractive machine that bends over on command, so please take intelligence into account. Although, I do prefer some obedience, as I will be breeding my prospective mate often, so having to seduce or force holds little appeal. I have no need for my mate to have fertile sperm, as I will not be the one carrying the offspring, of course. And I don’t feel like explaining to my staff why my breeder is mounting the maids when I’m not around.”
Edward listed off his requirements, watching as Mr. Wimble slowly stopped typing, and began to stare at him in some consternation. Edward wasn’t going to apologize for that last statement, either. He’d seen the results of an unruly and fully fertile male breeder decimate the staff at one of the estates neighboring his out in the country, knocking up several of the maids and female upper staff that had contact with him. His neighbors eventually had him removed after it was discovered what was going on, and Edward never found out exactly what was done to the breeder, but he could guess he wasn’t at some farm working the fields. Castration and slavery, or death. That type of breeder was one of the very rare, non-child-bearing male breeders, called ‘sires’, who were hyped up with testosterone and temperamental, usually used by the breeding houses to continue the in-house stock lines. Edward wondered at the time how the breeder ended up out in the country at a noble’s family estate, but the current Court was full of fools, so he really shouldn’t be surprised.
He had strict needs he wanted met. Any potential mate would be the parent of his future children, so slacking on the finer details wasn’t an option. Not for a royal, and not for him.
“I have several candidates that may fit your needs, Your Highness. Are you interested in viewing today? I can have them pulled from the stables within the next hour for your inspection if you care to wait. Shall I summon a maid for luncheon?”
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About the Author
Revella Hawthorne is an erotica author and fanfiction addict who enjoys putting the naughty visions in her head down on paper, and then giggling feverishly while watching people read them for the first time. (The initial reaction NEVER gets old!) Thank goodness for her betas, otherwise she'd have no barometer for just how delicious her stories actually are.
Where to find her: Amazon | GoodReads | Facebook
Thank you for stopping by and reading!!
Friday, August 14, 2015
Did Someone Request a Sumerian Pantheon?
I was reading reviews for Surrounding by Crimson and there were a few that wondered if there was somewhere they could find the Sumerian Pantheon. Who were good gods to rally behind and bad gods to hiss and boo at? There is a glossary in the back of the books but it doesn't draw those lines to keep from giving away spoilers to new readers of Sumeria's Sons.
For the blog tour for Dragon's Eye, I will be writing a series of guest posts that will help with the genealogy of the gods. I'll explain the Igigi War, who is the Simurgh, give the lore behind Mithra and his protector, Verethragna, and so many other things that will hopefully be helpful.
A couple of things to keep in mind, 1) I'm not a historian so the guest posts will be prefaced with a warning that I'm talking in generalities. 2) When the material was vague, I took liberties with the mythos--which shouldn't come as a surprise since the series was about children born to Enkidu and Gilgamesh. ^_^
Wish me luck because there are a lot of guest posts to write!
Thank you for stopping by and reading!!
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Reading is My Drug of Choice: Sharing the Pain/Love of Book Browsing
Why do I keep collecting titles that look interesting when I still have a ton of books on my ereader that I haven't even cracked open? I can't help myself, I see a book cover or hear chatter over a story and I have to look. Then I begin to want.
Honestly, looking through books is a type of therapy for me. It's a weird kind of decompression that allows me to relax. Weird, right? If you follow me, you might already know that I read everything. All romantic pairings: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, all assortment of Menage (MFM, MMF, MFF, MMM, FFF, and more), mainstream romance, and non-romantic Urban Fantasy and Sci-Fi. So what have I found lately? I'm so glad you asked! (LOL). Please, share my pain with me.
Oh! And do you have any reading suggestions?? ^_^
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Series: Mermen & Magic, 2
Author: L.M. Brown
Publisher: Pride Publishing
Genre: M/M, Fantasy
Blurb: Bound by a curse, two mermen find the greatest love of their lives, but can they keep it?
Justin is a merman who has been raised on land. He hates his fins and wants nothing to do with his heritage.
Lucas is an ambitious merman who has lived his whole life in Atlantis. He has spent his adulthood hiding his sexuality because homosexual relationships are forbidden in the underwater city. Now he has been sent on a mission by King Nereus to locate his oldest son and bring him back to Atlantis to take his place as the heir to the throne.
Although his mission seems impossible, Lucas finds help from the Atlantean Goddess of Love, little knowing that she has her own reasons for bringing Lucas and Justin together.
Justin is no stranger to immortals, having been raised by two of them, but he has no idea of the consequences of angering the Goddess of Love. When he insults her, she curses him to find love only to lose it forever shortly after. As the love ‘em and leave ‘em type, Justin isn’t overly concerned, at least until Lucas enters his life and he sees how the curse will end.
Together they could have the greatest love of their lives, but only if they can appease the furious goddess before their time runs out.
General Release Date: 1st September 2015
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Series: The Chronicles of Logres
Author: Phillip Ambrose
Publisher: Wilde City Press
Genre: M/M, Fantasy
Blurb: Students Marcus and Toby are stranded in the parallel kingdom of Logres, a world of treachery and intrigue, sinister puppet masters pull the strings of ambitious noblemen. Who can they trust?
In the shadows, an ancient evil is rising again and the two lads seem fated to have to face it. Yet, how can they hope to defeat an enemy of such power?
As they explore their deepening love for each other and with only each other to trust, Marcus and Toby must find a path through an unfamiliar world, as the fate of the kingdom rests in their hands. Will their love draw them together or will their destiny drive them apart?
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Series: J.A. Rock
Author: J.A. Rock
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Genre: F/F, Fantasy
Blurb: Know this: I am not a warrior. I am a disease.
When I was six, my parents died.
When I was sixteen, I was locked away in Rock Point Girls’ Home. Nobody wants to deal with a liar. An addict. A thief.
Nobody except Alle. She is pure, and she’s my friend in spite of all the rotten things I am.
There was once another girl like me—long ago. A cast-off daughter. A lying little beast who left a red stain across the land with her terrible magic. She’s imprisoned now in a maze high up on the cliffs. They say she’s half woman, half bull. They say she dines on human tributes and guards a vast treasure. They say she was born wicked.
But I know her better than the history books or stories do. She and I dream together. Our destinies are twisted up like vines.
Except I’m not going to turn out wicked like she is. I can save myself by destroying her. I’m going to break out of this place, and I’m going to enter the labyrinth and take her heart.
And once I’m redeemed, maybe Alle will love me.
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Series: Dragons of New York, 1
Author: Terry Bolryder
Publisher: Self-Pubbed
Genre: M/F/M Urban Fantasy
Blurb: They're hot as fire, and if you mess with their mate, you're bound to get burned.
Draven and Ran are dragon shifters, the fire-breathing enforcers of the shifter world. The ones they call when things go wrong. Strong, sexy and wealthy, the only thing the two partners are missing is a mate to share it all with. But that's tricky in the dragon world and after years of searching, the dragons have basically given up. That is, until a sexy, reckless human librarian lands in their path during a mission.
Melissa knows she would have been in hot water had the two handsome, powerful and mysterious men not showed up to save her butt from a group of violent men. Still, when her rescuers take her back to their New York loft, she's confronted by a mystery she never expected. Dragons and other shapeshifting creatures exist. And these dragons are definitely hotblooded.
But as the sexy dragons show Melissa all the perks of being their mate, Melissa is also uncovering the dangerous secrets of the dragon world. If she isn't willing to risk everything, their chances at a happily ever after might just go up in flames.
Warning: Double Dragons is a standalone novel with no cliffhangers and two sexy, stubborn dragons who might just light your fire. However, it also contains adult-level sexiness and some intense action scenes and is meant for mature readers only. Enjoy!
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Series: Craft Sequence, 1
Author: Max Galdstone
Publisher: Tor Books
Genre: Fantasy, Mythos, Necromancy
Blurb: A god has died, and it’s up to Tara, first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethres, Albrecht, and Ao, to bring Him back to life before His city falls apart.
Her client is Kos, recently deceased fire god of the city of Alt Coulumb. Without Him, the metropolis’s steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot.
Tara’s job: resurrect Kos before chaos sets in. Her only help: Abelard, a chain-smoking priest of the dead god, who’s having an understandable crisis of faith.
When Tara and Abelard discover that Kos was murdered, they have to make a case in Alt Coulumb’s courts—and their quest for the truth endangers their partnership, their lives, and Alt Coulumb’s slim hope of survival.
Set in a phenomenally built world in which justice is a collective force bestowed on a few, craftsmen fly on lightning bolts, and gargoyles can rule cities, Three Parts Dead introduces readers to an ethical landscape in which the line between right and wrong blurs.
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Series: Kagan Wolves, 1
Author: Nancy Corrigan
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Genre: M/F Fantasy, Shifter
Blurb: Follow his head, he breaks her heart. Follow his heart… he breaks his pack.
From the moment he was born, Nic Kagan’s future was sealed. He’ll accept a mate, have kids, and eventually take over his father’s role as pack alpha. There’s just one problem.
Long ago, his heart settled on Riley, the pack’s human doctor and honorary member. Except only half of him can have her. The other half—his wolf—won’t give a weak non-shifter female a second sniff.
No one—human or shifter—has left a mark on Riley’s soul like Nic. But with his father hospitalized, any hope things could work out between them is slipping away. Yet Riley understands something else about pack life. Power isn’t always a physical gift; love is just as strong. What she and Nic have is worth fighting for.
With rival threats mounting, Nic realizes he can’t simply turn his back on Riley. Though his wolf could tear his heart out for it, he must fight for what he wants before he loses his mate. His pack. Maybe even his sanity.
Warning: Contains a reluctant alpha with only one roadblock between his heart and the woman he loves—biology. And a woman who isn’t giving up on him, even if it means risking her life to fool Mother Nature.
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Title: Ride Steady
Series: Chaos, 3
Author: Kristen Ashley
Publisher: Forever Publishing
Genre: M/F Outlaw Motorcycle Club
Blurb: The ride of her life . . .
Once upon a time, Carissa Teodoro believed in happy endings. Money, marriage, motherhood: everything came easy---until she woke up to the ugly truth about her Prince Charming. Now a struggling, single mom and stranded by a flat tire, Carissa's pondering her mistakes when a vaguely familiar knight rides to her rescue on a ton of horsepower.
Climb on and hold tight . . .
In high school, Carson Steele was a bad boy loner who put Carissa on a pedestal where she stayed far beyond his reach. Today, he's the hard-bodied biker known only as Joker, and from the way Carissa's acting, it's clear she's falling fast. While catching her is irresistible, knowing what to do with her is a different story. A good girl like Carissa is the least likely fit with the Chaos Motorcycle Club. Too bad holding back is so damned hard. Now, as Joker's secrets are revealed and an outside threat endangers the club, Joker must decide whether to ride steady with Carissa---or ride away forever . . .
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Series: The Heart of All Worlds, 1
Author: Charlotte Ashe
Publisher: Interlude Press
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Blurb: Since his childhood, Brieden Lethiscir has admired The Sidhe, the beautiful and magical beings native to the Faerie world outside his homeland of Villalu. Though he grew up in a culture accepting of Sidhe enslavement by Villalu’s elite, Brieden finds that he can no longer tolerate the practice when he becomes a steward to Prince Dronyen, who is viciously abusive of his sidhe slave Sehrys. Captivated by the handsome and mysterious sidhe slave, Brieden vows to free and return Sehrys to his homeland.
As they escape the capital and navigate a treacherous path to the border, Breiden and Sehrys grow close. Breiden soon learns both the true power of The Sidhe, and that the world that he thought he knew is not what it once seemed. If they survive to reach the border, he will have to make a choice: the love of his life, or the fate of his world.
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Series:
Author: Becky Black
Publisher: Loose ID
Genre: M/M Murder Mystery
Blurb: Ash Bowman is lost. Two years ago he and his cop partner, Evelyn, walked in on a murder in progress that left her dead and him maimed. He left the force and became a private investigator, but business is suffering because of his obsession with mapping the Core of the space station Fraxin Yari, where Evelyn’s ghost haunts him as he prowls the dark corridors.
Journalist Gabe Whitfield is on a mission to learn the truth behind that same murder. He doesn’t expect to stay on Frax after he finishes the job. But meeting Ash Bowman changes his plans. He came to the station a man without ties. He isn’t going to leave the same way.
Despite initially mistrusting him, Ash can’t resist his attraction to the fiery Gabe. Gabe responds, though knows he shouldn’t when Ash is one of the subjects of his investigation. But they come to trust each other and join forces to find the answers Ash had almost forgotten he was still seeking. If they are to have any chance of happiness, Gabe must help Ash lay the ghosts calling him back again and again to the deep darkness of the Core.
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Series: Tale of the Werewolf Tribes
Author: Alina Popescu
Publisher: Wayward Ink Publishing
Genre: M/M Shifter, Fantasy
Blurb: After being abandoned by his mates, Shiki Kirishima, beta of the Dragons of the Fang werewolf tribe, returns to his home in Tokyo.
Crippled by grief, Shiki decides to end it all by going into the territory of the Siberian Killers tribe and challenging them to a battle to the death.
His death.
Ganzorig, beta of the Siberian Killers, however, sees the potentially disastrous consequences of having Shiki die in battle.
Instead, he saves him.
Having suffered loss himself, Ganz takes it upon himself to help Shiki deal with his pain.
Blake, Shiki’s best friend since childhood, is as determined to show him there is life after a wolf’s ultimate loss.
Could there also be something ‘more’ for them after friendship?
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Series:
Author: Pelaam
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: M/M Shifter, Fantasy
Blurb: Lyall knows he's the epitome of the bad boy that every good girl, or boy, is warned against. He needs the aggressive appearance, and lives up to it. You don't mess with him, or his pack family.
When his wallet is stolen, it starts a chain of events that turns his solitary life upside down.
How can he consider a feline mate? How can he consider a mate at all? Yet Niko is everything Lyall could want.
When their life is torn apart by another alpha shifter, they will both fight tooth and claw to be reunited.
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Series: Blue's Boys, 1
Author: Erin M. Leaf
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: M/F/M Contemporary, Cops, Friends to Lovers?, two more follow this one.
Blurb: When you're a thief, your dating options are limited. When you're a cop, it's even worse. So what happens when a burglar and two lawmen are trapped together during a heist gone wrong?
Blue has been a thief for years, but she's never been in a situation quite like this. When you're crammed into a tiny space with two sexy detectives, things can get very dicey. Shockingly, instead of arresting her, Matt and Liam ask for a kiss. Blue is happy to oblige. Anything to keep the handcuffs off, right?
Matt and Liam never expect to end up cornered with a gorgeous thief. Liam has sworn off women and Matt can't find anyone he likes better than his partner, so their love lives are nonexistent. When they meet a woman who keeps the same crazy hours as cops do, maybe her criminal career choice isn't the deal breaker it should be?
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These next four are a part of the LT3 Press's Intertwined collection that focuses on poly romances, which is right up my alley. :D
Series: Zhakieve, 1
Author: A. M. Valenza
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Asexual, Bisexual, Fantasy, Pansexual, Poly, not yet released.
Blurb: A century has passed since warlock Alexey arrived in Kalinstad, chased across the ocean and dying from fever. His memories of what brought him to such a state were lost; since then he passed his days quietly, buried deep in the snowy mountains in a place rarely visited by outsiders.
His life of peace is brought to a sudden halt with the arrival of two Darkrow, sent by the Blue Emperor to unravel a mystery they will not explain. More than mere Darkrow, they are demons, dangerous and cold, but also beautiful and fascinating in the way they touch and cling and silently watch.
When they offer Alexey a chance to become a Darkrow, he accepts—and his whole world falls apart.
Series:
Author: Stephanie Rabig
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Bisexual, Paranormal, Poly, Urban Fantasy
Blurb:
Eli is an angel sent on a routine assignment: help prevent a young woman with depression from taking her own life. But he's received complaints about the way he's dealt with previous cases, and so this time he has a supervisor, Adam, watching his every move.
Then they meet Samantha, the woman they've been assigned to help, and even Adam cannot easily say that rules should always be followed.
Series:
Author: C. J. Munoz
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Bisexual, Contemporary, Poly, Gay
Blurb: Nicolas has worked with Pierce almost his whole life, and they've come far together, currently Co-CEOs of one of the largest companies in the United States. As they keep on heading toward bigger and better dreams, only one fear casts a shadow over Nicolas: Pierce falling in love.
Nicolas tells himself it's for the company, for their shared goals and dreams. He can't let Pierce get sidetracked, so he does his best to make sure it never happens—including keeping all the cute interns well away. Then Lynn shows up, attractive, eager, practically perfect.
But it's not Pierce that Nicolas should be worrying about this time.
Series:
Author: Mel Bossa
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Bisexual, Contemporary, Poly, Gay
Blurb:
Declan spends most of his life trying to forget his violent past, but now that his brother Valens is out of jail his efforts at a quiet existence are about to be turned upside down. On top of that, his best friend Rhys is leaving for Poland—right as Declan was ready to confess his feelings.
Overwhelmed, he turns to his friend Felix for support, only to find himself falling for Felix while still being in love with Rhys—who also happens to have feelings for Felix, leaving Declan with a present at least as complicated as his past, and a highly uncertain future. *~*~*~*~*
Title: Making The Cut
Series: Selected Sinners MC, 1
Author: S.D. Hildreth
Publisher: Eralde Publishing
Genre: M/F Contemporary, Outlaw MC,
Blurb: Selected Sinners Series BOOK I - Stand Alone, HEA, no cheating, no sex outside the relationship.
Determined to escape the rules and regulations of her overbearing religious parents, Avery escapes to college and is determined to make it on her own. Working as a bartender, and mere weeks before her college graduation, she finds herself face to face with thirty members of an Outlaw Motorcycle Club.
She had no idea when the President of the club walked in she’d go weak in the knees for the gorgeous tattooed biker.
Axton (aka Slice) is the President of the Selected Sinners MC. At the onset of a huge gun deal with a notorious prison gang, he has no time or desire to have a woman in his life. Abused by his Hell’s Angel father as a child, and wronged by every woman in his past, Axton has one devotion - the MC.
After finding out he needs Avery’s education in Criminal Justice and her linguistic skills to assist in making the gun deal a success, Axton reluctantly approaches her to act as his interpreter.
Hoping to win Axton over, Avery attempts to turn off her smart mouth, turn on her charm, and become his female interest; even if it means sacrificing a level of independence she’s grown accustomed to.
But when the gun deal goes to hell in an hand basket, both Avery and Axton are left wondering what their next move may be.
*WARNING*
This book is a stand-alone love story. It does have tremendous violence, explicit language, sexual situations, and the intricacies of being in an Outlaw Motorcycle Club depicted. All sexual partners in this book are over the age of 18.
*NOTE TO READERS*
Stand alone love story. HEA. No cliff hanger.
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Series:
Author: Lore Graham
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Fantasy, scheduled for release 11/18
Blurb: Provoked by yet another argument with his rival, Ian sets out to prove he's capable of serious black magic by summoning a demon. Instead of a hulking, red-skinned brute, however, he winds up with the handsome incubus Alistair. Now, Ian must cope with a wily and seductive matchmaker who insists his rival may be more than just an adversary.
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Series: The School for Good and Evil, 1
Author: Soman Chainani
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult,
Blurb: The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But if at first the choices seemed random, soon the pattern became clear. One was always beautiful and good, the child every parent wanted as their own. The other was homely and odd, an outcast from birth. An opposing pair, plucked from youth and spirited away.
This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all the lost children go: the fabled School for Good & Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. As the most beautiful girl in Gavaldon, Sophie has dreamed of being kidnapped into an enchanted world her whole life. With her pink dresses, glass slippers, and devotion to good deeds, she knows she’ll earn top marks at the School for Good and graduate a storybook princess. Meanwhile Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks, wicked pet cat, and dislike of nearly everyone, seems a natural fit for the School for Evil.
But when the two girls are swept into the Endless Woods, they find their fortunes reversed—Sophie’s dumped in the School for Evil to take Uglification, Death Curses, and Henchmen Training, while Agatha finds herself in the School For Good, thrust amongst handsome princes and fair maidens for classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication.. But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are…?
The School for Good & Evil is an epic journey into a dazzling new world, where the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through one.
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Series: Men of Inked, 1
Author: Chelle Bliss
Publisher: Chelle Bliss
Genre: M/F Contemporary
Blurb: Suzy’s a control freak and has her life mapped out - work hard, find a man with a stable job, and live happily ever after. She’s content with the status quo, but her plan comes to a screeching halt when he enters her life and turns it upside down.
City gave up on love when his heart was crushed in college, preferring to be the typical bachelor. He spends his nights hopping from one bed to another and his days working at his family tattoo shop, Inked. A chance encounter on a dark road makes him question what he had sworn off forever – a relationship.
A night of passion and lust causes them to question everything. Is City the knight in shining armor to the damsel in distress? Can their relationship survive when a fantasy falls apart and a secret comes out that changes everything?
This is the first book in the Men of Inked Series
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Series:
Author: Brandon L. Summers
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: F/F, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Short Read 10k
Blurb: Cameron and Jocelyn have been together for eight months, and when Jocelyn suggests a camping trip as their first big outing together Cameron can't bring herself to say no. Camping isn't her first choice, but there's nothing she likes more than seeing Jocelyn happy—and the time alone together isn't bad either.
When they arrive, all seems better than they could have hoped. The locals are friendly, the area is beautiful, the only odd bits are old blood stains on the floor of the cabin and the strange mark that seems to pop up everywhere, and that's easily ignored in favor of their romantic escape...
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Series: Forbidden Glades, 1
Author: Liberty Lace
Publisher:
Genre: M/M, Contemporary, Taboo, Twins, Short Read 12k,
Blurb: Tristan Rose has never seen eye-to-eye with his twin brother Thaddeus. Growing up together, the pair thrived on being the bane of each other’s existence. Estranged for the past ten years, Tristan and Thad both knew that only a tragedy would reunite them. And so, when news comes of their parents’ deaths in a light plane crash in Bermuda, destiny forces the twins back into each other’s lives.
However, what was supposed to be a brief reunion to bury their parents, becomes a trial that will test their tolerance and willingness to compromise when the twins discover their parents’ last wish is for Tristan and Thad to make peace with each other and live together for the duration of one year in the guesthouse of Forbidden Glades, the family’s plantation mansion deep in the heart of Louisiana.
And while Tristan is initially willing to live in the same house as his twin… discovering Thad’s secrets and long-hidden desires is something that will unravel everything Tristan has ever known, not only about Thad… but about himself.
As the long, hot year begins to unfold, the breeze of the bayous will blow back the Spanish moss like curtains to reveal a love so dangerous, so scandalous, so taboo, it could only belong in Forbidden Glades.
Warning: This Book Contains Consensual and Explicit Sexual Activity between Twin Brothers
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Series: Broken Pieces, 1
Author: Riley Hart
Publisher: Self-Pubbed
Genre: M/M/M, Contemporary,
Blurb: Can three broken pieces make a whole?
Josiah Evans is the orphan who lost both his parents. He’s sweet, shy, and all heart. He wants nothing more than to be loved.
Mateo Sanchez is the son of a gang leader. He’s seen it all, and never hesitates to do what needs to be done, no matter what it is.
Tristan Croft is the wealthy attorney who clawed his way up from the bottom to rule his own world. He’ll never depend on anyone but himself again.
Three men who couldn’t be more different…and yet, as their lives intersect they find an uncommon balance that calms the storms inside each of them, and ignites fires hotter than they ever thought imaginable.
Told uniquely in three parts and spanning over ten years, BROKEN PIECES is a journey of healing for three fragmented souls, finding love in the unlikeliest of places—with each other.
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When I spotted this I didn't know that it was the third in the series. The Faire Fugitive and The Faire Protector come before this one. All of them seem to be gay romance.
Series: The Faire, 3
Author: Madeleine Ribbon
Publisher: Loose ID
Genre: M/M, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal
Blurb: Rosewood, the magical Renaissance Faire's psychic and one of the business partners, has been single for over ten years—ever since he accidentally revealed his psychic abilities to the love of his life and lost him. He has devoted himself to the Faire and the magic within ever since. The last thing he expects when hiring a new business manager is for Oscar—the "one who got away"—to walk back into his life as the most qualified applicant.
While Rosewood tries to deal with Oscar as his new business partner, his abilities start going haywire. He senses danger coming, and it's somehow tied to Oscar's dark past. They will have to work together to recover Rosewood's abilities, help Oscar heal, and save the Faire itself.
And if they can do that, then maybe, possibly, the "one who got away" will become his greatest catch.
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Series: Battles in the Dark, 1
Author: Kimberly Clark
Publisher: Publicious Publishing
Genre: Urban Fantasy, romantic?
Blurb: Kira, a huntress plagued by dreams of fire and pain has worked tirelessly to rid her city of the scourge that has nearly destroyed it…nostvores, mythlend creatures with dark and vast appetites for blood and sex. She does this not only because they had killed so many people in her life, but also because she has an edge that no other human had…she has their abilities. The problem was, these abilities were killing her and she feared time was no longer on her side.
So the moment she found out that Darius, a nostvore leader was threatening to awaken an indestructible species to help him enslave all humans and mythlends, and that she may be the key to his plan, she knew her only choice was to risk her life with the little time that she had left and join her enemy to find out why, and to make sure his plan failed.
If that wasn’t dangerous enough, the more time she spends with the Vanatre nostvore Emmerich, and the mooran Kuron, who she brings with her for protection, the less she wants to kill them. Instead, she feels an unexplainable attraction towards them both, and she fears surrendering to such desire with either is a deadly game to play, for she would not only be risking her life, but quite possibly her heart.
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Opps! Again, 3rd in a series. Burning Desire and Fueled by Deception are both labeled as New Adult (LOL) M/F Romance. If their as naughty as I think they are, this just changed my perception of "New Adult."
Series: The Ultimate Power, 3
Author: Samantha Potter
Publisher: JK Publishing Inc.
Genre: M/M/F, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal,
Blurb: In book three of the Ultimate Power: Mystique was born into a world where her future was undecided. The inability to control her own body made her personality unpredictable, causing chaos. With a Guardian as her father and a witch as her mother, her power and future sent fear through those who loved her most.
Ethan and Darius, warriors trained to fight and protect Mystique at all costs, question their own ability to keep her safe. Their hearts beat for her, their desires building within, their untamed lust driving them insane as they fight their urges in an attempt to complete their mission.
The three find themselves fighting for the survival of their kind as they battle the elders to prove there is good in everyone—if the right path is chosen. The future of everyone’s existence rest on the shoulders of the one whose life was ruled a mistake of nature. However, Mystique and her men set out to prove fate was right and the power she holds within her belies all odds that not only will the survival of everyone proceed; it will bring choices to a few who were destined to never know the love of a mate.
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How could I resist wondering with a title like that. Although, I typically don't fall for titles that give away the plot of the story, I read a review that convinced me to consider this one seriously. ^_^
Series: My Stepbrother is an Alien, 1
Author: Sterling Rivers
Publisher: Self-Pubbed
Genre: M/M, Sci-fi?, Fantasy,
Blurb: They came to Earth to secure their species' future... and found the urge to mate too tempting to ignore.
Apollo Antonopoulos was bred from birth to serve his race's agenda. As Captain of the Kansas Operative, it is his duty to ensure the Harram have enough food for the journey to their new planet. After his hybrid-brother, Zeus secures a marriage with a wealthy woman, Apollo plays the dutiful son. But as a human-alien hybrid, he secretly harbors an attraction to his new human stepbrother. Torn between his oath to his people and his attraction to Devin, he must decide which he cherishes more.
Devin is suspicious of the Antonopoulos family from the beginning. After his father's affairs came out in the divorce, he vowed to never let his mother be hurt again. Spying on Apollo leads him to a briefcase loaded with what appears to be drugs. Determined to protect his mother, he follows Apollo to a remote field, but he never expected to find aliens putting down roots... literally. Apollo convinces Devin to keep their secret and a night out in an effort to get to know each other leads to other things. He knows he shouldn't get involved with an alien with questionable motives, but he can't help himself.
NOTICE: This 25k novella contains situations between two men that is only suitable for a mature audience.
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Series:
Author: Mary Holland
Publisher: Self-Pubbed
Genre: M/M, Fantasy,
Blurb: All Jamie Pel wants is a quiet life in his demesne and someone to share it with. As the secondary heir—the spare—of the Magne of Pel, his uncle, he’s avoided the pomp and ritual other Magnes and their primary heirs seem to relish. But with talk of a nascent slave trade circulating in Gallia, the Magne of Pel recruits Jamie to join an observation mission to the Scour, the blasted, burned-out territory where people sell themselves into slavery to get out.
With nothing but good intentions and a desire to steer clear of drama, Jamie obliges, but while he’s out-demesne, his uncle and beloved cousin—the primary heir—are both killed, elevating Jamie to a powerful position he’s spent his life trying to avoid. Returning home, he discovers traitors and thieves under his own roof and a tinderbox of ambition and intrigue about to explode among his fellow Magnes. With Magic afoot and a vicious power struggle stretching to every corner of Gallia, Jamie doesn’t know who to trust or where to turn. But if he doesn’t rise to the occasion—and soon—all of Gallia could be absorbed by the blighted Scour, and everything—and everyone—Jamie loves could be destroyed.
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Series: Anthology
Author: Jordan Catillo Price, Rhys Ford, Ginn Hale, Nicole Kimberling, Jordan L. Hawk, Charlie Crochet, Lou Harper, Andrea Speed, Astrid Amara
Publisher: JCP Books, LLC.
Genre: M/M Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
Blurb: Magic takes many forms. From malignant hexes to love charms gone amok, you’ll find a vast array of spells and curses, creatures and conjurings in this massive collection—not to mention a steamy dose of man-on-man action. Charmed and Dangerous features all-new stories of gay paranormal romance, supernatural fiction and urban fantasy by ten top m/m paranormal authors.
Rhys Ford - Dim Sum Asylum
For Detective Roku MacCormick, working Arcane Crimes is his passion. Now cleared of any wrongdoing for shooting his last partner, MacCormick is given back his badge… as well as a new case and partner. Trent Leonard isn’t exactly what he’d expected, but then nothing in San Francisco’s Chinatown ever is.
Ginn Hale - Swift and the Black Dog
When Jack Swift killed a tyrant and won the revolution he became a national hero. But someone in the new government prefers dead heroes to living, swearing, cynical wizards. Caught between bullets, revenge and desire, Jack had better be swift indeed.
KJ Charles - A Queer Trade
Apprentice magician Crispin Tredarloe returns to London to find his master dead, and his papers sold. Papers with secrets that could spell death. Waste paper seller Ned Hall can’t resist Crispin’s pleading—and appealing—looks. But can the wasteman and the magician prevent a disaster and save Crispin’s skin?
Nicole Kimberling - Magically Delicious
Occult attacks against NIAD agents aren’t remotely Keith Curry’s department. But when his lover, Gunther, is assaulted, Keith refuses to just sit back and fill out paperwork. He’s on the case—even if that means enraging powerful mages, crossing leprechaun picket lines, or braving dinner with Gunther’s goblin parents.
Jordan Castillo Price - Everyone's Afraid of Clowns
Psychic medium Victor Bayne can spot a ghost any day of the year, but Halloween holds some special surprises. His psych-groupie boyfriend Jacob coaxes him to the location of an old spirit sighting, but they can’t ghosthunt without enduring a cheesy “haunted house” that’s even more disturbing than they realize.
Jordan L. Hawk - The Thirteenth Hex
Hexman Dominic Kopecky doesn’t understand why dashing crow familiar Rook wants his help investigating murder by patent hex. For one thing, Dominic isn’t a witch. For another, the case is already closed—and someone is willing to kill to keep it that way.
Charlie Cochet - The Soldati Prince
Riley Murrough goes from serving lattes to being chased by demons. If that wasn’t bad enough, he bears the mark of a shapeshifter king from a magical realm. Riley’s determined to get answers, but if the demons out for his blood don’t kill him, the urge to strangle the arrogant king might.
Lou Harper - One Hex Too Many
Veteran detective Mike Mulligan is an expert on violent crimes—of the occult variety. He might even be cursed. Detective Hugh Fox is eager to partner up and prove himself, but Mulligan is accustomed to flying solo. Can they trust each other enough to track a killer who’ll stop at nothing, not even summoning a demon?
Andrea Speed - Josh of the Damned vs. the Bathroom of Doom
It's a boring night at the Quik-Mart for Josh and his friend Doug. Until a vampire with a grudge—and the most adorable backup ever—crashes the store. Can Josh survive the Bathroom of Doom?
Astrid Amara - The Trouble With Hexes
P.I. Tim Keller has a problem. And the only person who can solve it is his ex-boyfriend, Vincent, whose job as a hexbreaker was the reason they broke up. It’s hard admitting he was wrong, especially when coughing up organs. But there’s a missing person to find, a hexmaker to hunt down, and a romance to repair before Tim breathes his last.
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Series:
Author: Yolande Kleinn
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Bisexual, Gay, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
Blurb: As a child, Caleb was helplessly drawn to the woods behind his family's house—a deep forest that became a friend, a sharer of secrets, even a protector. On the night Caleb was stranded by a blizzard, a mysterious figure saved his life and kept him from harm.
But all too soon his family moved away, and Caleb set the mysterious stranger aside as a figment of his imagination. Now, more than fifteen years later, Caleb returns to the woods he left behind and encounters a familiar face...
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Series: Sequel to Taliasman
Author: Anastasia Vitsky
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Genre: F/F, Fantasy
Blurb: Six years after the mysterious talisman brought Queen Vina to Talia, it chooses a new owner in Sonna, a child of the streets. Deserted by her amputee father and beaten by her mother for failing to bring home scraps for the family to eat, Sonna runs into the self-assured Kira, daughter and heir to Vina’s queendom.
Weary of endless rules and duties involved in training to become the future queen, Kira leaps at the chance to escape with a new friend. She places the priceless talisman around Sonna’s neck, but neither can remove the jewelry.
Alarmed at losing the talisman’s protection, Vina and Talia take drastic steps to protect the princess. In the process, the entire earth descends into chaos.
Five years later, nineteen-year-old Sonna forages for two-day-old fish heads while dodging street pimps. The talisman leads her to the mysterious Nicodemus, who offers one command:
Go to Kira. She needs you.
Baffled, Sonna embarks on her journey. What can a pauper offer a spoiled princess? Will the street girl end up surprising them all?
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