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Boxed Set of 52 First Dates Winner!

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And the winner of an eBook copy of the Boxed Set of 52 First Dates by A. Lusch is… Continue reading

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Waiting for Rain: Promo + Giveaway!

Waiting for Rain by Susan Mac Nicol

Blurb: The village of Stamford, the quintessential chocolate box English scene, seemed an impossible dream for foster kid Toby Prentiss. Now he’s found a home among the haystacks and village fairs as the general manager for the Duck and Drake Hotel. With the fears and demons from his youth hidden away in this bucolic oasis, he’s very protective of who he lets in. Until he stumbles across shirtless carpenter Rain Engel building the hotel’s new custom-designed bar.

Working in the countryside, Rain prepared to face his biggest fear: sheep. He didn’t expect to deal with his second biggest fear: commitment. Toby’s controlled tough guy façade coupled with his “find happiness where you can” optimism calls to Rain like nothing before. While Rain may be an exhibitionist, his romantic history forces him to hold his emotions close. As their relationship develops, secrets from their pasts drive a wedge between them: the ex-boyfriend who tore apart Rain’s trust and Toby’s history with the law. But can the secrets hiding among the quirky villagers bring them together? With missing sheep, pole dancing at the winter festival, and a crippling drought, everyone is waiting for Rain.

Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, All Romance eBooks & Barnes and Noble

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About the Author

Susan Mac Nicol was born in Leeds, UK, and left for South Africa when she was eight. She returned to the UK thirty years later and now lives in Essex. Her debut novel Cassandra by Starlight, the first in a trilogy, was published earlier this year by Boroughs Publishing Group in the US. Sue’s latest story, Saving Alexander is her second m/m romance.

Sue has written since she was very young, and never thought she would see herself being a Romance writer, being a horror/psychological thriller reader all her life. But the Romance genre is now something very close to her heart and she intends continuing the trend.

Sue is a member of the Romance Writers of America and the Romantic Novelists Association here in the UK.

To learn more, visit Susan on her website and blog on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads and Pinterest.

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This giveaway is a little different than usual. Susan Mac Nicol is hosting a blog tour-wide giveaway via Rafflecopter.

So, click on the link below and enter to win one of the multiple prizes being offered up!

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Don’t forget to check out Susan65’s review of Waiting for Rain to see what she thought of it!

Good luck to everyone!

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Don’t Forget…

Boxed Set…today’s the last day to sign up for the giveaway to win an eBook copy of the Boxed Set of 52 First Dates by A. Lusch!

The giveaway ends at 11:59 pm EST TONIGHT so don’t forget to go to the giveaway post and comment with your email address to be put into the drawing.

Winner will be picked after the giveaway closes and announced tomorrow morning (Wednesday, February 26th, 2014).

So, what are you waiting for? Go sign up!

And good luck!

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Honorary Blogger Heidi Cullinan – Writing Las Vegas + Giveaway

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TBG: Today’s Honorary Blogger Girl is no other than the amazing Heidi Cullinan! Yay! We are excited to have her because we just adore her to pieces. As the release date for her novel, Double Blind, is next week (March 4th), she’s going to talk a little about her adventures in writing about Las Vegas. Enjoy!

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Writing Las Vegas

by Heidi Cullinan

In 2011, I was interviewed for an article in Canada’s Globe and Mail, and one of the first questions was, “How long have you lived in Las Vegas?” It took a full five minutes to get the reporter to believe me when I said I’ve barely been there.

Sad as that statement is, it’s very true. I’ve been to Las Vegas exactly twice. Once in 1980 on a family trip to California. We drove through the Strip, and then my mother and sister got violently ill and we had to stop at a stranger’s house to get help. The other time was in 2009 on the way home from our California trip. We arrived at 10PM, checked into our room, rode to the top of the Stratosphere, took a cab ride down the Strip, went to bed, went to the buffet for breakfast and got back on the road home.

In two trips I haven’t managed a full day there collectively, and I think I have at best seven hours of consciousness in the city to this day. Despite this deficiency, I’ve written two novels and a novella set in the city.

When I set out to write Double Blind, my first novel set there, it was September 2009. I tried like crazy to get there in person, conniving in every conceivable way to take even a weekend trip. It was impossible on so many levels—health, family, money. Dan, who is always very game to let me ride the crazy to an objective, said, “Heidi, it’s just not going to happen.” Yet I still had to write this novel, which means I had to learn Las Vegas.  (I had to learn poker too, but that’s another blog post entirely.)

As I intended to write the novel as a NaNoWriMo novel, I couldn’t start until November 1, and so I used the time before my start to research like crazy. I think I’ve watched every movie ever set in Las Vegas. I’ve watched probably forty hours of documentary footage about the city, read many, many books. If there was a video of it on YouTube, I watched it.  I took virtual tours of the town on Google Maps, looked at real estate listings for houses. If you dropped me in that city, I think I could reasonably get around, I know it so well.

Hands down, though, my favorite bit of research for Double Blind was the documentary called Vegas: The City the Mob Made. Dan found it in a bargain bin at Walmart, and we watched it together over the course of the week. Four times as long as it has a right to be, it’s possibly the best argument for an editor I’ve ever seen in my life. We still joke around the house about “the lucrative skim,” a phrase they repeated so often if you watched this as a drinking game you’d be completely hammered before you left episode one. (There are ten. Ten episodes!) We still speak fondly of it, in fact, and talk about watching it again just to laugh. I did learn a lot from the series, but man.

Tough Love features Vegas heavily once again, with about half the novel set there, but this time I didn’t even attempt to visit. I keep thinking I want to go there someday, though. Maybe someday we’ll all go together for a convention or even just because Vegas sounds like fun.

Sadly, I have to warn you—I’m not half as good at poker as Randy, because I’m as risk-averse with money as Sam, and holy crapmonkeys, just thinking about the top of the Stratosphere makes me weak in the knees. But if somebody finds out Herod’s really exists? I’m there. I’m so there.

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About Heidi:

Heidi Cullinan head shotHeidi Cullinan has always loved a good love story, provided it has a happy ending. She enjoys writing across many genres but loves above all to write happy, romantic endings for LGBT characters because there just aren’t enough of those stories out there. When Heidi isn’t writing, she enjoys cooking, reading, knitting, listening to music, and watching television with her husband and ten-year-old daughter. Heidi is a vocal advocate for LGBT rights and is proud to be from the first Midwestern state with full marriage equality. Find out more about Heidi, including her social networks, at www.heidicullinan.com.

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DOUBLE BLIND

Book Two in the Special Delivery Series

Know when to show your hand…and when to hedge your bets.

Randy Jensen can’t stand to just sit by and watch as a mysterious man throws money away on the roulette wheel, especially since Randy’s got his own bet going as to the reason this guy is making every play like it’s his last day on earth. The man’s dark desperation hits Randy right in the gut. Half of him warns that getting involved is a sucker’s bet, and the other half scrambles for a reason—any reason—to save the man’s soul.

Ethan Ellison has no idea what he’s going to do with himself once his last dollar is gone—until Randy whirls into his life with a heart-stealing smile and a poker player’s gaze that sees too much. Randy draws Ethan into a series of wagers that leads to a scorching kiss by midnight, but he isn’t the only one with an interest in Ethan’s vulnerability. Soon they’re both taking risks that not only play fast and loose with the law, but with the biggest prize of all: their hearts.

Warning: This story contains high-stakes poker, gangsters with a weakness for kittens, foursomes, and kinky consensual sex.

Available March 4, 2014 from Samhain Publishing and wherever books are sold. This book has been previously published and has been revised from its original release.

Buy links: Samhain, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

Excerpt on Heidi’s website

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In honor of Heidi’s re-release, she’s graciously offered to give away one eBook copy of Double Blind! The giveaway starts now and will end next Sunday, March 2nd, 2014, at 11:59 pm EST. After which the lucky winner will be randomly picked.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment below with your email address and you’re in!

Make sure to follow the blog for the winner’s announcement post or check back next Monday, March 3rd, 2014, to see if you’ve won!

Check out Nikyta’s reminisce review of Double Blind to see what she thought of Randy and Ethan!

Good luck!

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You Can See Me Winner!

And the winner of an eBook copy of You Can See Me is… Continue reading

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February Author Week + Recap!

Well, now we’ve got a busy post today!

Last month we mentioned our desire to dedicate one week to a certain author each month. By mutual agreement, we all agreed that Heidi Cullinan would be February’s Author! Yay!

Since she is re-releasing the second book in her Special Delivery series, Double Blind, this week, we thought it would be a great idea to pimp out a few of her other books at the same time 😀

In addition to our regular reviews, we’ll be having a giveaway and even a uniquely different type of review (which was totally Heidi’s idea and we aren’t afraid to admit it :P) so stick around for it all!

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Now, with that out of the way, let’s talk about Challenge Week. We all enjoyed our picks (thanks Coug and the voters!) so it wasn’t too bad of a week! Here’s a quick recap of what was picked:

Susan65 picked:

Beyond Complicated by Mercy Celeste for Heather C (3.5 stars)
A Casual Weekend Thing by A.J. Thomas for JustJen (4 stars)
A Reason To Believe by Diana Copland for Nikyta (3 stars)

Voters’ Pick for Susan65:

The Fall by Kate Sherwood (4 stars)

Not a bad week, all in all! Keep a look out for a new poll coming out to help pick JustJen’s challenge book for next month!

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Last but not least! Today is the last day to sign up for the giveaway to win an eBook copy of You Can See Me by A.E. Via!

The giveaway ends at 11:59 pm EST TONIGHT so don’t forget to go to the giveaway post and comment with your email address to be put into the drawing.

Winner will be picked after the giveaway closes and announced tomorrow morning (Monday, February 24, 2014).

So, don’t forget to sign up!

And good luck!

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Seeing DOUBLE: Promo + Giveaway

Seeing DOUBLE by Algenon Lusch

Blurb: The man-hunt is under way, and David’s keen to a snag a husband without having to complete every date of his 52 First Dates challenge. With several successful meets behind him, there’s a growing feeling of confidence that his search could actually work. But now that the novelty’s worn off, finding the motivation to keep going is about to become harder.

David finds himself trying to juggle meeting new men and providing a shoulder to cry on his to battered and pregnant friends. And, with a plethora of hotties vying for his attention, things are about to get more complicated.

Seeing DOUBLE is a 13,000K SHORT STORY, or about 37 pages.

Available at: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance eBooks, Smashwords & Google Play

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The boxed set contains all three books already released in the series, The Man PLAN, Friends and FRENCHMEN, and Seeing DOUBLE.

Available at: Amazon, All Romance eBooks, Smashwords & Google Play

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About the Author

A. Lusch lives in London and has been though much of the same path as David – in fact – this series is based around true events.

Of course, there is MUCH more to come in the tale, but, don’t worry, now the scene is set, there’ll be many more dates per book. Is there a happy ending in sight? You’ll have to keep reading to find out.

A. Lusch fully believes in never settling, always striving for the perfect match, and never giving up on your man once you’ve found him – oh, and eating A LOT of donuts!

You can find A. Lusch on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon & Smashwords

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A. Lusch has generously offered to give away the Boxed Set of 52 First Dates!

The giveaway starts now and will end next Tuesday, February 25th, 2014, at 11:59 pm EST. After which the lucky winner will be randomly picked.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment below with your email address and you’re in!

Make sure to follow the blog for the winners’ announcement post or check back next Wednesday, February 26th, 2014, to see if you’ve won.

Don’t forget, 52 First Dates is now available on multiple sites (links above) and be sure to check out JustJen’s review to see what she thought of the series!

Good luck!

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You Can See Me: Promo, Excerpt + Giveaway!

You Can See Me by A.E. Via

Blurb: Renowned Chef Prescott Vaughan was at the height of his career when a car accident leaves him completely blind. His fiancée leaves him in a state of desperation and depression. Prescott pines for love and happens to find it in his neighbor; male neighbor Dr. Rickson Edwards. Prescott never considered himself gay, but when Ric saves him, Prescott begins to view his rescuer differently. However, when Ric and Prescott have problems, Prescott seeks comfort from an escort but was unprepared for the sexy, southern, hotness that is Blair McKenzie. Prescott now has to choose between his two men…or does he?

Warning: A sexy surgeon, a world renowned Chef, and a smokin, southern escort are as opposite as can be, but when they come together, grab a cold drink cause it’s about to get extra hot!

M/M/M Gay Erotic Contemporary, 78,200 words

Available at: Amira PressAmazon

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Ric leaned his head back against the elevator paneling and watched the numbers light up all the way to floor ten before his eyes drifted shut for the rest of the way. When the doors opened, he came face-to-face with Prescott’s Texan.

Fuck me.

Instead of the gorgeous prick getting on the elevator and leaving, the cocky bastard took a couple steps back and leaned against the wall on the opposite side of the hallway and stared openly at him as if he hadn’t a care in the world. His hazel eyes scanned Ric up and down, taking in his disheveled, stressed-out appearance.

“Do you have a fucking problem?” Ric growled, refusing to pretend to be cordial to the man even though he was a complete stranger and had done absolutely nothing to him.

The man had the nerve to smirk at him and shake his head as if pitying Ric, or perhaps throwing it in Ric’s face that he’d definitely had a better night than he had. Ric did try to hide his anger at knowing the man had slept with his Pres. Why the hell else would he be leaving at five in the damn morning? Unless he delivered newspapers or milk, he had absolutely no reason to be on this floor this time of morning. Bastard.

“No, I don’t have a problem,” he drawled slowly, making sure to put extra enunciation on the “I” part of his sentence. “But, obviously, you do. Or else you wouldn’t be scowling at me for no reason.”

“Fuck you,” Ric snarled, stepping just a little closer. He wanted to tear the man’s lips off for talking with that accent. Then he wanted to rip his hands off for daring to touch his Prescott. The man’s probably a male gold digger.

“Did you enjoy taking advantage of Prescott? Did you get what you came for?” Ric growled like a rabid animal three inches away from the man’s face, but he’d be damned if the asshole didn’t even flinch at his showcase of fury. No reaction whatsoever.

The Texan had one hand casually tucked in his jeans pocket, kicking back one side of his stylish blazer, while he lazily rubbed his other hand over his taut chest and washboard abs that showed through the thin material of his untucked dress shirt. Ric hated to admit it, but the man looked well fucked, and he wore it well.

“How could you do that to someone like him?” Ric fumed, and it took everything in him to control his rage.

If I hit him, no one would know. There’s no one around, no witnesses. It’d be his word against mine.

“I knew I’d peg you in less than five minutes.” The man spoke with one dark brown eyebrow cocked up. He ran his fingers through his bed-tousled dark brown hair and let out an exasperated breath.

“Excuse me?” Ric blinked.

“Now I know why you were too stupid to hold on to Prescott Vaughan. You were too busy feeling sorry for him. Instead of you seeing a brilliant man, a world-renowned, accomplished chef who happens to be one of the most talented men to ever set foot in a kitchen, you see a needy, helpless man. Ahhh. Now it makes perfect sense.”

“Don’t try to act like you know me because you don’t,” Ric growled, still trying to be mindful they were in the hallway of the floor that he lived on.

The Texan pushed off the wall and closed the few inches between them. His six feet, two inches of height had him eye to eye with Ric, and the man showed no fear. His handsome face was now a mask of furious anger.

“I saw you treat him like shit on the bottom of your shoes last night. I watched him beg you for five fuckin’ minutes of your time, and you spat in his face. Now, you have the audacity to say I’m mistreating him? Fuck you,” he snarled right back at Ric.

Just as fast as the man’s anger came, it disappeared, and he composed himself to reveal that smirk that Ric selfishly rejoiced Pres couldn’t see, because it was sexy as fuck…and the man knew it.

Ric watched his competition push the elevator button as he rubbed his hand over his morning stubble before speaking again. “You know what they say, don’t you, Doc? One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and Prescott Vaughan is definitely a rare, precious treasure.”

The Texan inched in even closer, which surprised the hell out of Ric since they were practically nose to nose. Ric was smacked in the face with a faint soap-and-water fragrance that made his eyelids flutter and his own dick jerk to life. Ric’s half-lidded eyes were riveted to the Texan’s plush lips as he leaned in and whispered directly into Ric’s open mouth.

“If you don’t pull your head out of your ass and claim Prescott Vaughan like he wants, I won’t stop until I’ve fucked the sexy strawberry ten ways to Sunday and there’s not a single trace of your existence left in his mind, because with or without you, he needs love, and I was the one there last night to lick his sweet tears when you walked away.”

The elevator doors opened at his final words, and the smooth Texan took a few graceful steps backward into the elevator and gave Ric a sexy wink right before the doors closed.

Fucking asshole, Ric thought.

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About the Author

A.E. Via is the new best-selling author in the beautiful gay erotic genre. Her writing embodies everything from spicy to scandalous. Her stories often include intriguing edges and twists that take readers to new, thought-provoking depths.

When she’s not clicking away at her laptop, A.E. runs a very successful paralegal-for-hire business and in her spare time, she devotes herself to her family – a husband and four children – her two pets, a Maltese dog and her white Siamese cat, ELynn, named after the late great gay romance author ELynn Harris.

While this is only her second novel, she has plenty more to come…so sit back and grab a cool drink, because the male on male action is just heating up!

You can find A.E. at her Website, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads or her publisher’s site, Amira Press.

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A HUGE thank you to A.E. Via for offering up an ebook copy of You Can See Me, her newest release from Amira Press!

The giveaway starts now and will end next Sunday, February 23th, 2014, at 11:59 pm EST. After which the lucky winner will be randomly picked.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment below with your email address and you’re in!

Make sure to follow the blog for the winners’ announcement post or check back next Monday, February 24th, 2014, to see if you’ve won.

Don’t forget, You Can See Me is now available from Amira Press and be sure to check out JustJen’s review to see what she thought of it.

Good luck!

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Paradox Lost Winner!

Paradox Lost

And the winner of Paradox Lost by Libby Drew is… Continue reading

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Caitlin Ricci Backlist Winner!

Rescuing Jack by Caitlin Ricci eBook

And the winner of a reader’s choice from Caitlin Ricci’s backlist is… Continue reading

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