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Cover Reveal: Mending the Rift by Chris T. Kat + Exclusive Excerpt and Giveaway!

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Mending the Rift

by Chris T. Kat

Blurb: In a future where man’s ability to reproduce is severely compromised, humanity has adapted to survive. Breeders—male and female—have become precious commodities, and they are strictly guarded and subject to limitations.

Luca Walker is a breeder. Though he knows what’s expected of him as the youngest son of the Northern Confederacy’s Vice President, he’s held out against the pressures of an arranged marriage because he longs to marry for love, not duty. But he’s been promised to Colonel Liam Smith and there’s little he can do about it, no matter that Luca is secretly in love with his bodyguard, Marcus Gray.

When Luca finds himself pregnant with Marcus’s baby, Smith is furious and vows to take what is his—by force, if necessary. Now Luca must fight for his life and the life of his unborn child… as well as the love of Marcus and the happily ever after he’s always dreamed of.

Mending the Rift is scheduled to release March 14, 2016!

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Honorary Blogger Lynn Kelling: Inspiration for Loving the Master + Giveaway!

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Inspiration for Loving the Master

by Lynn Kelling

Loving the Master is the story of David and Shea—a wealthy, powerful Dominant and a clumsy, geeky, near-homeless teenage waiter—how they met and what happened after they did. These two first came to life in the novel, Bound by Lies. They were secondary characters adding seductive mystery to the life of Jenner Parrish, a former high school football star turned bar owner, who also happens to be a deeply closeted Dominant using a web of lies to maintain absolute privacy. David was the rich, charismatic older man who trained Jenner in the art of BDSM and domination. Shea was David’s fiercely protected collared submissive and long-time partner. In Bound by Lies, we briefly met David, but not Shea. We knew, however, that David and Shea had both enjoyed intimate closeness with Jenner during his training, and that Manse, David’s privately owned and operated gay club and BDSM playground, was a world Jenner couldn’t help but go back to explore over and over again.

Writing Bound by Lies left me wanting to know more about David and Shea. With David’s money, power and status, what kind of man would he choose to devote himself? Who would capture David’s heart so desperately that he’d do anything to keep this mystifying submissive safe, living for years as the most cherished and secreted-away part of David’s vast world?

Next, I wrote the novella, Learning from the Master, prequel to Bound by Lies and sequel to my new release, Loving the Master. There we finally got a look at David and Shea’s dynamic, as well as how Jenner was chosen as David’s protégé, yet it didn’t tell their story as completely as I knew it needed to be told.

Loving the Master is a tale of opposites – a young, headstrong CEO with the world at his fingertips faced with an awkward comic book geek with a heart of gold. As much as Shea loves his superheroes, it was the fairy tale Cinderella that most directly inspired this story. That was just the starting point, though. Whether he likes it or not, David has been cast in the role of Prince Charming, with everything that entails to live up to. He has an image to uphold and an empire to run, when all he really wants is someone waiting for him at the end of his very long days without any hidden motives, wondering how he’s doing and ready to hold his hand without any mind paid to David’s titles or legacy. He’s searching for someone who will appreciate him as a person, first and foremost. Shea, on the other hand, is an unlikely Cinderella. He’s not after money or fame. He’s not particularly good at anything or a spectacular physical specimen. All he wants is for his long streak of bad luck to run out so he can finally get his feet firmly planted under him. There is no magical transformation that will smooth out all of Shea’s flaws. There’s only the pair of these two young men in vastly different extraordinary circumstances, seeking quite sincerely to find some very basic things in order to attain a shockingly normal kind of happiness.

I wrote this story while working on a few others with particularly dark themes, and while dealing with some traumatic events in my personal life. David and Shea helped me find a happy escape from all of that. They made me laugh and fall in love. In a strange, unforeseen and heartbreaking turn of fate, between writing this book and editing it, I lost my youngest brother. However, David and Shea had both already endured the loss of a sibling. As I read back through the story, I found them giving me advice on how to cope and showing me how to pick myself up to keep going. It was a little bit of magic for which I’ll always be grateful. These two guys are near and dear to my heart. I hope my readers enjoy them as much as I have.

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About Loving the Master

27294701Billionaire Dominant David Davenport needs a break from the loveless isolation imposed by wealth, responsibility, and the stress of running the Manse, his private gay club. While at lunch with an old friend, David finds himself enchanted by the charming and submissive nature of Shea Whittier, their young waiter. David offers to help the young man out with his personal troubles, never suspecting the danger he’s putting them both in.

Available at: Forbidden Fiction & Amazon

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About Lynn Kelling

Lynn Kelling began writing in order to tell stories that aren’t afraid of the dark, don’t hold anything back and always strive to be memorable, forging lasting attachments between character and reader. Her inspiration comes from taking a closer look at behaviors and ideas lurking at the fringes of life—basically anything that people may hesitate to speak of in mixed company, but everyone wonders about anyway. Her work is driven by the taboo in order to expose the humanity within it. Lynn is an artist, designer and lover of any form of creative self-expression that comes from a place of honesty and emotion, whether it’s body art or opera. She has had multiple novels published, has written over seventy works of erotic fiction of varying lengths, and always has several novels in progress.

Find out more about Lynn on her WebsiteFacebookTwitterGoodreads or email her at lynn@lynnkelling.com

 

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As part of this blog tour, Lynn is giving away 1 set of paperbacks of both Bound by Lies & Loving the Master!! To enter, just click the link below!

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Loving the Master by Lynn Kelling

Loving the Master

by Lynn Kelling

Giveaway ends February 23, 2016.
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Please be aware that the only way to enter the giveaway is to click the Rafflecopter link above. Any comments on this post will not count towards entering the giveaway unless otherwise stated but are still welcome anyway.

Don’t forget to check out JustJen’s review of Loving the Master to see what she thought of it!

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Author Q&A: Victoria Sue + Excerpt & Giveaway!

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Please welcome Victoria Sue author of The Promise. Tell us a little bit about what started you writing, and your current book.

Hi, I’ve always been a voracious reader – anything from romance to high fantasy – Lord of the Rings type stuff. I got bought a kindle for my birthday in 2013 and that introduced me to hundreds of books you don’t tend to find in your local store. I remember complaining bitterly to my husband about the ending of one book – it wasn’t a happy ever after! I seem to remember saying I could have done a better job myself (I was drinking red wine and should have known better.)

He got sick of me complaining and dared me to do it. If you asked him today, he would probably say it was a big mistake. After my last self-imposed deadline he said he’d forgotten what I looked like…or at least I think he would say it was a mistake.

The Promise is the fourth book in the Sirius Wolves series. This is the first book that features a human, a bilateral amputee combat veteran, as one of the main characters.

The Promise is ménage. M/M/M/M. What’s the hardest thing about writing ménage?

Eight legs, eight arms, and four dicks! The trick is so the reader knows where everyone is and what they’re doing, without it becoming either a biology or a geography lesson.

You’ve also got plenty of POV’s to choose from. Because the characters will continue into other books, I never choose all four POV’s for the first one. I like to be able to get into my characters heads and introduce more when the first or second is established.

What’s your next project?

I’m currently working on book five of the series – the Dilemma. I’m also writing my next historical mm love story – The Innocent Betrayal.

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About The Promise

28487054The time of Anubis is at hand. Working together against him, the goddess Sirius and the god Orion have helped mankind prepare by uniting Blaze, Conner, Darric, and Aden to fight the evil in the world. But in the war to come, the werewolves will need more allies, and this will extend beyond werewolf kind.

Marcus, an ex-Marine who’d lost both his legs in a landmine accident, is now Human Liaison Officer for Blaze’s pack. Having lost his lover too when the man couldn’t bear to live with “a cripple”, Marcus never expected that he’d fall in love again, let alone with the werewolf Kellan who seemed to be universally hated by the pack.

The Winter Circle is moving, and a psychopathic pastor has abducted Nate, one of the wolves from Hunter’s pack. For once the wolves cannot rescue him — it has to be a human — and now Marcus must save the wolves from their biggest threat: one of their own.

If Marcus succeeds, he will bring in a new era in mankind’s battle against the power of evil, starting with a simple promise and ultimately mending four broken hearts.

Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble

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An Excerpt from The Promise

Marcus inhaled appreciatively as he eventually made it to the top of the steps. He loved Aden’s pack house. The upstairs floor was Aden’s and his mates’ living quarters. He was incredibly lucky to be here, and one of the only humans who had been trusted to live with werewolves. Not just any werewolves, thought Marcus with a grin at his own joke. Blaze, Conner, and Darric were the Supreme Alpha triad who had been blessed by the goddess Sirius when they were born over seven hundred years ago. Marcus grinned to himself — didn’t that just roll off the tongue! It was one of those things that even when he’d seen it with his own eyes — first with his buddy in the army, and then here — it was still a truly fucking incredible thing. Werewolves. Thinking of every film in the movies, none of them came even close to how amazing it was, and how goddam lucky he was to be here.

It had only been because of his dad’s friend, Bud Mason, that he’d gotten this gig in the first place. Marcus was a newly washed up Marine with two bum legs. Career finished. Then Bud — Senator Mason — had called him. He knew Marcus was aware of werewolves. Marcus and his unit had been out on patrol, eyes on a swivel as always, but it had been quiet for days. Craig was scouting up front where he liked to be and a sniper had taken him out first.

Marcus had thought he was done for, until the most incredible thing Marcus had ever seen happened in front of his eyes. Craig shifted into a wolf as he lay on the ground.

Marcus had kept his cool, and even though the firefight grew up in earnest, and had pulled Craig to safety. Craig had later explained everything — how werewolves were known about by the government, but not in the main by the general public; that he had shifted because when injured it’s a natural thing for wolf shifters to heal themselves. Marcus had been enthralled. Unfortunately, Craig had been sent home by panicked generals who didn’t realize it wasn’t Craig’s training so much as his incredibly strong shifter sense of smell that was locating the landmines and keeping their asses safe.

The next day after Craig had gone, their Humvee rolled straight over one. Three Marines lost their lives and Marcus lost his legs. The left one above the knee and the right below.

A few of the wolves glanced up smiling as Marcus limped into the café area at the front of the pack house. Friendly guys, and girls. Lilly greeted him. “Morning, Alpha.”

Marcus had wanted to die of embarrassment when she’d first called him that. Apart from the obvious fact he was a human, he was pretty sure it was against some wolf protocol or something. In fact, Ricoh was standing with Aden one of the first times last year when Lilly had called him that, and he’d seen the shock on Ricoh’s face.

Aden though had explained Lilly meant it as a mark of respect as Marcus had ended up being one of their biggest supporters, and Blaze certainly didn’t mind. Marcus supposed if it didn’t offend their Supreme Alpha, he didn’t need to get all bent out of shape about it.

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About Victoria Sue

Has loved books for as long as she can remember. Books were always what pocket money went on and what usually Father Christmas brought. When she ran out of her kids’ adventure stories, she would go raid her mom’s. By the age of eight she was devouring classics like Little Women, and fell in love with love stories.

She’s still in love with them. Any size, any shape, any creature – love is love, no matter what it says on the box.

In fact if they don’t fit very neatly into any box she loves them even more!

She has a very patient husband and three wonderful children. In 2010 in search of adventure they all moved from the UK to the US and are happily settled in Florida. Finally, after reading love stories for so long, she decided to write her own.

Find out more about Victoria on her WebsiteTwitter.

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As part of this blog tour, Victoria is giving away winner’s choice of eBook from her backlist!! To enter, just click the link below!

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Please be aware that the only way to enter the giveaway is to click the Rafflecopter link above. Any comments on this post will not count towards entering the giveaway unless otherwise stated but are still welcome anyway.

Don’t forget to check out JustJen’s review of The Promise to see what she thought of it!

Good luck!

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Right One 4 Diesel by Talon P.S.: Exclusive Excerpt + Giveaway

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by Talon P.S.

“I don’t want him.”

“Who do you want, Paris?” Diesel leaned in until his breath washed over Paris’ cheek.

Paris kept his eyes squeezed shut as he tried to prevent his physical reaction— and enjoyment— from the hot mouth wrapped around his cock.

He fought it, knew he shouldn’t confess it, but he couldn’t deny it any longer either. “I only want you.”

“Anyone else?”

“NO.” Paris slammed his head back against the wall, hoping the pain would quell everything else.

“Not even the Dominus?”

“That’s a trick question.” Paris threw the accusation back at him. “Since the two of you share everything.”

“You’re right it is, my apologies. But will you answer it?”

Paris sighed. He couldn’t deny that one, but he’d only take Trenton as a pair. “If you brought him to our bed, I would not refuse, but you would have to be with me.”

Diesel pulled the slave from Paris and guided him back. “Return to Blaine and tell him I said you’ve earned your pleasure. One of your choice.”

“Thank you, Sir. I choose to serve Paris.”

“Go now or I’ll send word to have Blaine beat you instead.” Diesel snapped at the slave. “Paris is mine. No one can have him.” And he watched as the man left without further issue. Only— when Diesel turned his attention back to Paris, he was met with Paris’ fist straight across his jaw.

Diesel took a step back, having been caught completely off guard. He shot an angry glare at Paris. “What the fuck was that?”

“MY FUCKING SAFEWORD!” Paris shouted.

“I didn’t give you a safeword!”

“It doesn’t matter! I’m calling red!” Paris would have done just about anything Diesel asked of him, except act as a pawn in one of his sexual games. Something inside him couldn’t have handled the pain if this was all he was to Diesel— a puppet.

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Diesel was about to belch out yet another argumentative statement but caught himself. There was valid pain expressed behind the anger in Paris’ eyes—

And then he stormed out.

Oh hell no. This is not how it’s going to go, he thought and started after him.

“Let him go!”

Diesel spun around, ready for a fight, glaring at the man who had dared to give him orders—

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About Right One 4 Diesel

51sw-Q9Q8aL._SX370_BO1,204,203,200_Diesel Gentry knows exactly want he wants. Like his brother, he wants a Unicorn, a life slave to surrender her every desire and need to him— who is, in essence and body, the very same woman his brother, Trenton Leos, already possesses. He also wants Paris Dalqeaute.

He had the sexy Fallen Angel in his domineering grip once before, but Diesel purposely let him slip through his fingers. Being a Master of Doms within the BDSM lifestyle, Diesel knew he had to set Paris free— thinking and hoping Paris would eventually come back to him, to submit to Diesel willingly, and not just because Paris’ job description required it of him. After all, Paris had been hired as the director for the fetish and BDSM events down at the island resort Diesel and his brothers owned. Except Paris never did return; while he proved his value to his title, he has also been using his work to hide from Diesel.

It’s been a year now and Diesel’s bed and life have remained empty ever since. It’s time the running stopped.
Finding Paris wasn’t going to be the hard part— breaking down his walls to trust the two of them to commit to a life together was going to be the real challenge.

But even if Diesel succeeds, there is a problem with their future— what’s to come threatens the lives of everyone Diesel loves— and he doesn’t even know it yet.

Available at: Amazon

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About Talon P.S.

We Came— We Saw— and then we made it sexy.

And that’s pretty much how the Twins came to write Erotic Romances and Dark Fantasies. Both Talon P.S. and Princess S.O. have been writing together since they were kids, always challenging and competing with each other, and always each other’s biggest supporters.

Writing has always been an affair creating Fictions of Dark Apocalyptic Fantasy and Film Scripts in the Action/Drama and a few Sci-Fi’s. It wasn’t until they began an ancient history tale that the works turned to the Erotic Genre and they’ve been hooked ever since.

After a life time of gathering experiences, and honing their story telling skills, they have finally started putting them to novel size tales. Sadly, Talon passed away in 2012 leaving the books he started with his twin, entrusting her as his ghost writer, making her promise to see them completed before joining him.

Find out more about the Twins on their Website, Goodreads or Facebook.

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The prize in this blog tour is a print edition of Right One 4 Diesel, 3 ebook copies of Right One 4 Diesel and a $10 Amazon gift card! To enter, just click the link below!

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Honorary Blogger Jack L. Pyke: Backlash: Behind the Scene Book Tour – Author’s Reader Corner + Giveaway!

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Authors’ Reader Corner

by Jack L. Pyke

Huge – huge thanks to the Blogger Girls for agreeing to host me on this BDSM, psych thriller book tour!!!

Over 9 days, with 10 stops, we’re going behind the scene to Backlash, (Don’t…book 4), with loads of Backlash e-books to win along the way, as well as a paperback copy up for grabs! For a full list of tour dates and prizes, please see here at Forbidden Fiction Publications. http://forbiddenfiction.com/backlash-book-tour/

Today I’m hijacking a few Don’t series readers to see what they’d like to know about the Don’t lads from a behind-the-scenes perspective. Backlash is the 4th novel in the Don’t… series, and I can tell the ride hasn’t been easy for these lovely lads and ladies who have stepped forward with a question. The first comes from Nicole Colville (author of Saving Samuel and Discovering Dalton), but also just such a lovely and bubbly person to talk too!

Jack L: What’s your question, Nicole?

Nicole: Where did the idea of Don’t… come from, and did you plan it out, take ages weaving the threads of the plot through your mind, or did it just spill out onto the page? It’s probably one of the most unique plot lines I’ve read, and the series has such a deep range of characters. I’ve always wondered how much research and details went into it.

Jack L: I have to admit that my eldest lad is OCD, and as a mom I’ve been there at two, three, and four of the morning as he finds the new antibacterial hand wash I’ve bought. I’ve also had friends from my childhood who had a father with OCD. Transferring that into an environment such as a garage always played on my mind with just how well someone would cope with OCD, so it wasn’t really hard to give Jack Harrison his career choice as a mechanic.

As for the main psychological thriller theme that handles Conduct Disorder, especially surrounding controlling how a person reacts to the word Don’t…. Oh boy, tell any kid don’t and they only grin at you and do the opposite just for kicks. Yet saying something like that to my older lad as he reached for the soap a fourth time, seeing that need to bypass the order, that conflicting ‘playful rebellion’, it showed a more serious side of being caught in a loop you can’t escape from, and it became such a powerful draw for me. My lad can have such a dual personality at times, with that aggression kicking in, and the leap from Jack to Jack’s dissociative identity disorder over the creation of Martin crept in too.

When it then comes to the main romance element, the psychological implications over someone finding that weakness and exploiting it for their own sexual gain seemed hard not to cover. Especially when it came to seeing how loved ones cope with a lover being exploited in such a way, and the damage it causes to them over the years that they cope with the fallout.

Thank you, Nicole! The next question comes from the stunning Joseph Lance Tonlet (Author of The Brothers LaFon). Hi, Joseph!

Joseph: Who IS Jack Harrison? Meaning, is Jack simply a coping mechanism (born out of necessity to deal with immense psychological trauma) and the ‘real’ person is Martin, or vise versa? Or neither? Or a combination? Or…?

Jack L: Great question! And I think this ties back into Nicole’s question on where the idea for the series comes from. For the most part, Jack exists in his bubble, but that crumbles at times, and when he can’t cope, Martin comes in. Antidote and Breakdown touch on this dual personality, but in all honesty, I think that with a life without his disorders and complications, Jack would be so much closer to how Martin is, and probably behind bars. But with those disorders, the vulnerability splits him for the better, so that by the end of Backlash, there’s only one possible outcome: there’s never really any cure, just coping mechanisms for everyone concerned.

Thanks, Joseph! The next author question comes from the gorgeous Eileen Griffin (author of Dinner For Two).

Jack L: Hi, Eileen!

Eileen: Which scenes are more difficult for you to write: the emotionally painful ones or the physically painful ones? Why?

Jack L.: Oh boy. Antidote in general had to be the most difficult novel I’ve ever written. With the physical damage, Vince and the psychological reconditioning scenes toward Jack and Jan had to be done in small chunks, with so many breaks. But in all honesty, I hated the catalyst for seeing Jack and Jan walk away from Gray, just before Vince came into play. I knew how the series would end, what they’d go through in the following novels, and it hurt to put all of that in play and see Gray pull away from Jack, for Jack to hurt and walk away, and for Jan to be taken through hell for it. So definitely the emotional turmoil is harder to write for me. It’s why I need to see these guys catch a break with each other and just be able to get through the night. But the emotional side is harder, though, because I’m a mum, and knowing what my lad goes through with OCD, thinking anyone could twist and make an already intense condition harder to live with is… well, one very sick individual. I didn’t much like a certain someone in Antidote.

I just want to say a final thanks to all three authors who took time out to ask questions. Also to the Blogger Girls for hosting me! Thanks also to everyone for stopping by for a look at some of the behind the scenes decisions to Backlash! Tomorrow’s tour takes us to KathyMac Reviews, where I’ll be interviewing my BDSM consultant, Dilo Keith, who’s helped fashion my BDSM world: want to know who helps Gray make the choices he does? Check us out tomorrow and enter the Rafflecopter there for more chances to win Backlash in paperback. There’s also still chance to enter the Rafflecoptor with yesterday’s Book Tour stop over at Prism Alliance, plus also the chance to find out just how Gray Raoul came to work for the Masters’ Circle.

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About Backlash

27418455In the aftermath of Jack Harrison’s release from the psychiatric unit, Gray Raoul’s first instinct is to take brutal revenge on the one responsible for financing Jack’s and Jan’s torturous psychological reconditioning. However, that person is a plays the game dangerously well, knows exactly how to manipulate everyone in Gray’s life. To help negotiate this delicate situation, Gray contacts Trace and his ex-Diadem Dom, Gabriel Hunter. But the more Gray seems to regain control, the clearer it becomes that there’s something not quite right about Jan Richards. Jan quickly unravels, taking Jack and Gray with him, and bringing out one particularly deadly player, Gray’s left with one last defence: break Jack down in order to partner up with his alter ego, Martin. But once freed, Martin has plans of his own, and he wants to make it personal with Gray. Complete trust between Master and sub, between Gray and Jack, will be tested to the absolute limit.

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About Jack L. Pyke

Jack L. Pyke blames her dark writing influences on living close to one of England’s finest forests. Having grown up hearing a history of kidnappings, murders, strange sightings, and sexual exploits her neck of the woods is renowned for, Jack takes that into her writing, having also learned that human coping strategies for intense situations can sometimes make the best of people have disastrously bad moments. Redeeming those flaws is Jack’s drive, and if that drive just happens to lead to sexual tension between two or more guys, Jack’s the first to let nature take its course.

Find out more about Jack on her Website, Facebook or Goodreads.

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As part of this blog tour, Jack is giving away a paperback copy of Backlash!! To enter, just click the link below!

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Please be aware that the only way to enter the giveaway is to click the Rafflecopter link above. Any comments on this post will not count towards entering the giveaway unless otherwise stated but are still welcome anyway.

Don’t forget to check out JustJen’s review of Backlash to see what she thought of it!

Good luck!

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Gone Away by Elizabeth Noble: Excerpt & Giveaway!

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Excerpt from Gone Away

“Hungry?” Mason poked at the campfire he’d started. This spot was a popular one. There was already a fire pit rimmed with rock and stone, set against an outcrop and facing a small stand of trees. Whoever constructed it had clearly thought out the location well. The trees were far enough away to be of minimal danger from the fire, yet close enough to be convenient for hanging food from. Their fire was protected by the outcrop and the shallow pit.

Riece turned and studied Mason and their camp. He grinned and raised his camera to take a few more pictures. “You photograph very well.” Riece walked over and sat beside Mason. “Want to see?”

“Sure. If I don’t like them, do they get deleted?”

“No,” Riece said and rolled his eyes. He settled on the ground beside Mason and leaned against him while going through the photos he’d taken that day.

Without thinking, Mason lifted one arm and put it around Riece, tucking him close to his side. “Those are pretty good. Even the ones with me in them.” Both of their actions seemed natural and easy.

Riece snorted and pulled the micro-memory chip out. “Of course they are. I have excellent technique.”

Mason laughed and handed Riece his bag. Riece extracted a plastic case, slipped the chip into one of the slots, and put a new one in the camera. “What’s on the menu?”

“Chicken burritos—well, my version. I threw some potatoes on to bake too, and the all-time campfire favorite of s’mores.”

“Oh, nice. I haven’t had those since I was a kid. My mom used to make them for me over the stove.”

“You haven’t had s’mores until you’ve had them made over an open fire,” Mason said.

Riece tucked his camera away, and they set about assembling and eating their dinner. Mason squeezed shredded chicken from foil pouches onto tortilla wraps. They added shredded cheese, some salami, and dried fruits and spices to the mix. Mason rolled them in foil and set them on the hot embers from the fire to warm up. Dried power-drink mix to add to their water completed the meal. It was completely dark by the time Mason loaded skewers with marshmallows for roasting.

“That was pretty good.” Riece leaned against his pack and gazed up at the sky.

Mason laughed. “What were you expecting, squirrel meat?”

“I was worried about what we were going to eat. I’ll admit I had visions of freeze-dried food packets. I didn’t really pay attention when you were packing. I was afraid to look too closely,” Riece confessed.

“Tomorrow we’ll be near a river, and we can score some fresh fish and use our water filters to refill our bottles. I’ll show you how to spear fish.” Mason stood and stretched. When he began collecting their food stocks and garbage, Riece immediately joined in, helping him. “Anything like toothpaste or mouthwash we’ll store in our sack as well. That stuff smells good to wildlife too.”

“We can keep the lube with us, right?”

That made Mason laugh. “I wouldn’t dream of having it any other way. It’s nice enough out tonight. I can set the tent up, or we can sleep without it.”

“If you don’t mind, and if the wildlife will cover their eyes, I’d like to be able to see the open sky.” Riece sat cross-legged near the fire and pushed his hands against the ground. “Sort of hard and lumpy.”

“You’re such a city boy,” Mason said with a chuckle. “That’s what I brought a sleeping pad for.”

“Now who’s being a city boy? I was thinking more along the lines of how comfortable you are to sleep on.”

Mason smiled, rolled his eyes, and shook his head before he went about completing the task of getting their sleeping area readied. Riece packed their food in the bear bag they would use to secure it high enough off the ground it would be safe. Using a rock and some utility cord, Mason showed Riece how to rig it between two trees.

“We’ll use this as a base camp, hike farther out tomorrow, and come back here to sleep before heading to the next area you need to go to,” Mason explained. He’d spread the map out and traced their path with one finger.

Riece looked over his shoulder. Mason could feel his warm breath on the back of his neck and how he nodded every few seconds. Eventually Mason spread the sleeping pad out, and Riece inflated it before arranging their bedrolls over it.

The temperature dropped fast after the sun went down. Riece was lying on his back, arms bent under his head, looking up at the sky. They’d hiked quite a way that day, and Mason was getting tired. He spent a few minutes watching Riece. He’d folded his clothes and neatly placed them in his backpack, which made Mason smile. Even in the wilderness, there were some things Riece would do to follow his routine, and there was no stopping him. Mason had learned long ago trying to make Riece give up too many of his habits too quickly would cause him to close off and withdraw. Something Mason wanted to avoid at all cost.

Mason stripped off his clothes before he slid into the bedroll with Riece and wrapped one arm around his waist. Despite the cool night air, he was warm in seconds with Riece’s body against his.

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About Gone Away

GoneAwayMason Arquette isn’t one for mincing words. In fact, he often rubs people the wrong way—with the exception of Riece Burrell. Riece came with his own set of social issues, but he saw right through Mason’s tough exterior, and they made a perfect couple. Or so Mason thought… until Riece abruptly ended their relationship without much explanation.

Years later, Mason and Riece are thrown back together. As a US Forestry Service photographer, Riece is sent on assignment to the Black Hills, where Mason works. When Mason is tasked with guiding Riece around the territory, old feelings are quickly rekindled.

But nothing is ever easy. Just as Mason and Riece begin to work things out, they’re targeted by people with motives so vile and twisted they defy imagination. In a desperate race for their lives, they must depend on one another and take a big step out of their personal comfort zones to find their way back to safety—and back to love.

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About Elizabeth Noble

Elizabeth Noble started telling stories before she actually knew how to write, and her family was very happy when she learned to put words on a page. Those words turned into fan fiction that turned into a genuine love of M/M romance fiction. Being able to share her works with Dreamspinner is really a dream come true. She has a real love for a good mystery complete with murder and twisty plots as well as all things sci-fi, futuristic, and supernatural and a bit of an unnatural interest in a super-volcano in Wyoming.

Elizabeth has three grown children and is now happily owned by an adorable mixed breed canine princess named Rosie, and two cats, Murphy and Yeti. She lives in her native northeast Ohio, the perfect place for gardening, winter and summer sports (go Tribe!). When she’s not writing she’s working as a veterinary nurse, so don’t be surprised to see her men with a pet or three who are a very big part of their lives.

Two of Elizabeth’s books have received Honorable Mentions in the Rainbow Awards.

Find out more about Elizabeth on her WebsiteFacebook or Twitter.

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As part of this blog tour, Elizabeth is giving away an eBook from Elizabeth’s extensive backlist to one lucky winner!! To enter, just click the link below!

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Don’t forget to check out Nikyta’s review of Gone Away to see what she thought of it!

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Honorary Blogger Louis Stevens: The Appeal of Tighty-Whities – Fetishizing Underwear + Exclusive Excerpt & Giveaway!

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The Appeal of Tighty-Whities – Fetishizing Underwear

by Louis Stevens

I have a readers’ group on Facebook. I’m not bragging about it, but using it in support of my views discussed in this post. As many members of the readers’ group know, I have an unabashed and passionate love affair with hot guys in white underwear. Does this count as a fetish? A tighty-whities fetish? Well if it does, then I’ll wear that badge proudly.

There are so many kinky and plainly ‘out-there’ fetishes out there, that tighty-whities shouldn’t even feature on anyone’s radar. But it seems it does. So instead of speaking for everyone else, allow me to explain why I find underwear so appealing.

Walking around in a mall, or in a parking lot, in the gym or even at church, you are likely to see a hot guy who is attractive to you. If you are anything like me, your eyes will shoot to his package and butt instantly. The eyes, hair, face, jawline, chest…all of that comes after the ass and package are inspected.

Many times (though never enough) you are blessed with finding the hot guy is wearing pants that are just-just too small, or fits snugly around a beautiful bubble butt, and your mind starts racing. There are few times in life that you actually come across a perfect bubble butt encased in stretched pants that actually outlines the briefs. When you do, please appreciate it for the rest of us.

This is the pinnacle of attraction to me. Seeing the outline of the underwear pushing through the pants material is enough to do my head in right there, and force me to sit down and hide a growing woody **goofy grin**

The point is that seeing that intimate part of a person I’m attracted to, knowing that that material is so close to the intimate parts that flash through anyone’s mind when confronted with a person they find attractive, just bowls me over. I want to hold it in my hands, I want to be as close to that underwear as it was to the perky ass that color my dreams.

My writer buddy and insanely talented and endearingly sweet friend Joseph Lance Tonlet has to pull me back from the brink many times and reel me in, as I tend to go off the rails in exploring my fetishes, likes and damn near obsessions on the page. But thankfully he let me slip this part into our new story, Quillon’s Covert, and I hope you’ll all thank him with me.

Next time you see a hot guy walking in front of you and the outline of his briefs are visible, shoot a prayer to the gods of underwear everywhere and do like this guy if you can. Only if you can! And share it with the world if you wish. We all need more hot butts and tight underwear in our lives.

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About Quillon’s Covert

27400631Martin is a guy’s guy, one who enjoys the simple things in life: baseball games with his son, family days, barbecues, and date nights with his lovely wife.

Once a year for two weeks, Martin takes his son, Marty, to Quillon’s Covert, a rustic family cabin secluded in the beautiful California mountains. Since before those long days of learning to play ball, Marty has loved his dad, but as Marty matures, Martin starts to see something else settle in his son’s uncertain gaze. What’s there lingers a little more than it should, and it seems far more appraising than it once was.

As Marty shows every sign of taking the lead, Martin is faced with the tough choices most parents never see: lose his son by being a father, or try to balance what’s best for their relationship by being something… more.

But with another trip to Quillon’s Covert on the horizon, has the point of no return already begun?

Available at: PayHipAll Romance EbooksSmashwords

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An Excerpt from Quillon’s Covert

“You’ve been embezzling my underwear again, haven’t you?” Martin asked, interrupting the silence.

Marty’s jaw dropped and he scrambled for something to say.

“I swear, after every one of your visits, I have to make a trip to JC Penny before Mom notices my tighty-whities are missing. The least you can do is wash and return them after you’re done. You know, swap clean ones out for my freshly spunked-up ones.”

“Jesus, Dad. Sh-sh-shut the fuck up,” Marty said and ducked his chin.

Martin chuckled at Marty’s obvious mortification. “Hey, I’m kinda flattered, Scout.” His father leaned closer and lowered his voice. “Sometimes I wear the same pair for a couple of days when I know you’re about to visit.”

“What? Why?”

He brought the coffee cup he’d been sipping on up to his lips, and then offered an abashed shoulder shrug. “I don’t know…I guess…” Marty watched with curiosity as Martin stared into the fire, his features growing more serious. “I just know you enjoy it, and I wanna give you something to…ya know, hold you over until we get up here again.”

Marty smiled at the ruggedly attractive man opposite him.

“Sometimes it feels like a lifetime between trips,” Martin added.

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About the Authors

JOSEPH is a born and raised Southern Californian—with a twenty-year stint of living in the Midwest. He loves the laid-back lifestyle of San Diego and considers himself lucky to live where people dream of vacationing. 

A lifelong reader of m/m fiction, he began his writing career one night sitting at his MacBook and has never looked back. He writes to bring the characters he dreams about to life.

Find out more about Joseph on his Website.

LOUIS is a gay romance author born and raised in South Africa. He was a shy outcast who had few friends in school; generally feeling excluded and on the fringe of society. However, when he discovered gay romance and erotica in 2007, at the age of seventeen, his mind and world opened up.

He wrote his first story, A Better Life, longhand in a 197 page spiral notebook, on his bed every night with a pillow curled under his chin. Although the book wouldn’t be published until 2011, with the now defunct Silver Publishing, he found the experience entirely liberating. He’s considered himself a writer ever since.

Find out more about Louis on his Website.

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As part of this blog tour, Joseph and Louis are giving away these prizes: Kindle Fire 7, signed copy of Quillon’s Coverti, signed copy of Twice the Hands to Hold, signed copy of Grif’s Toy, eBook copy of Making It, eBook copy of Brothers LaFon and reader’s choice of five single Credit Audible books! To enter, just click the link below!

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Don’t forget to check out JustJen’s review of Quillon’s Covert to see what she thought of it!

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Author Q&A: Parker Williams + Excerpt & Giveaway!

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My name is Parker Williams (or Will Parkinson if you prefer). I live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with my husband, our four dogs, and three cats.

Haven’s Creed is a huge departure from anything I’ve ever done in the past. Haven is not a nice man. He’s an assassin whose job it is to protect the innocent when he can, and avenge them when he can’t.

When did you write your first story/book? How old were you?

I was 14 years old. I wrote the story of Grant and Rusty, two gay high school students who were coming out in the 80s. In my story, they didn’t even hesitate. They did it because they were in love. It’s the only story I have that survived the purge after my father told me I shouldn’t waste my time with writing, because it was never going to amount to anything.

Are you a plotter or pantser?

I’m a pantser. I tried plotting, but the characters always seem to know better, and I figure I might just as well go with the flow.

BUT! When I work with K.C. Wells, we tend to work out a timeline at the very least. We think it helps us to stick to a plan….until the characters tell us we’re not doing it right, then they want something different.

Men. Can’t live with them, can’t sell them for parts.

What do you think makes your book stand out from the crowd?

In Haven’s Creed there are a few things that are different from a lot of books. Haven isn’t a nice man. He does things that would turn most people’s stomachs, but he does it for a good reason. The thing is, after so many years of doing it, cracks are beginning to show in his armor, and he’s afraid the only way out for him is by swallowing his gun.

Then into his life comes Samuel, who is going to show Haven the good he’s done, and why he needs to keep fighting the good fight.

How do you find or make time to write?

That’s tough lately. I own Pride Promotions, and we’re busy at this time of the year, so I squeeze in writing when I can. K.C. Wells and I are working on ‘Endings and Beginnings’, the final book of the Collars & Cuffs series, and in order to do anything, I write scenes that we try to slot into the book. I love watching K.C. work. She takes what I’ve given her, and turns it into this lush, amazing story that flows so beautifully.

What do you like to read in your free time?

What is this ‘free time’ you speak of?

I love shifter stories. Silvia Violet does some of the most amazing ones, and she’s also got one of my favorite characters in Wes from the Wild R Farms series. He’s a pure human, but he’s so damned alpha that you can’t help but shiver when he’s on page. He’s paired perfectly with Tristan, a horse shifter, who longs for Wes to break him, but isn’t going to make it easy for him.

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About Haven’s Creed

HavensCreed-400x600An act of violence destroys his family and ends the life he knows. To escape his haunted past, he joins the military, where, as a sniper, he is trained to kill with precision and detachment. When a covert organization offers him a new purpose, he becomes Haven, an operative devoted to protecting the innocent when he can and avenging them when he cannot.

After ten years of battling the evil in the world, the life no longer holds the attraction or meaning it once had, and he’s ready to walk away. Then he meets Samuel, a young man forced from the age of twelve to work as a sex slave. If ever a man had a need for Haven, it is this one.

Yet nothing about this growing relationship is one-sided. Sammy gives Haven a stability he’s never known, and Haven becomes the rock upon which Sammy knows he can depend.

When Sammy reveals something about the enemy Haven has been hunting for months, Sammy fears it will destroy what they’ve built and he’ll lose his home in Haven’s heart.

Available at: Amazon

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An Excerpt from Haven’s Creed

When I was fifteen, I killed my first man. Every time Arnie, the guy my mother was shacking up with at the time, drank, he got it into his head she was cheating on him. He’d start slapping her, and that turned into full-fledged beating within a few months. When he was done, he’d start on my sister.

There were nights she’d crawl into bed with me, sobbing. For the longest of times, she wouldn’t tell me what happened, but when I found blood on her pajamas, I knew. I’d tried to stand up to him, but he beat me badly enough that I couldn’t go to school for two weeks until the bruises faded. But I got off lucky. The things he did to Chrissy gave me nightmares. I’d hear her cry out and knew there was nothing I could do but hide in my bed, my pillow covering my head. He was bigger, meaner, and stronger than me, and he reminded me of that fact constantly.

The old lady never said boo about it. She always forgave him and tried to justify what he did by telling me how much stress he was under. How he was a good man and didn’t mean it. It was just the drinking, she swore. It was more like he was a bastard and she was his meal ticket.

I came home one night and found him whaling on her, my sister’s body crumpled in a heap, her head smashed in. The son of a bitch had a gun in his hand, slick with blood, and he threatened to kill them both, screaming he wouldn’t let her leave. She slapped him. It wasn’t hard, but it shocked him enough that he dropped the gun. I picked it up. He sneered at me and called me a weak-willed fag.

I looked at the gun I held in my hand. The instrument of my revenge. The means to saving my sister.

“Give me the gun, you fuck. It’s not a dick, you wouldn’t know what to do with it.”

The bullet I put in his forehead showed him how wrong he was. He lay on the floor, blood bubbling from the wound, and his eyes locked on mine as he took his last breath. I wanted that fucker to know it was the weak-willed fag who had done this to him.

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About Parker Williams

Parker Williams believes that true love exists, but it always comes with a price. No happily ever after can ever be had without work, sweat, and tears that come with melding lives together.

Living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Parker held his job for nearly 28 years before he decided to retire and try new things. He enjoys his new life as a stay-at-home author and also working on Pride-Promotions, an LGBT author promotion service.

Find out more about Parker on Twitter, Facebook or his Website.

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As part of this blog tour, Parker is giving away a $30 Amazon Gift Card!! To enter, just click the link below!

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Don’t forget to check out JustJen’s review of Haven’s Creed to see what she thought of it!

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Honorary Blogger Olley White: Evoking the Christmas Spirit + Giveaway!

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Evoking the Christmas Spirit

by Olley White

Hi, Blogger Girls. Thank you so much for having me on the blog today.

I wanted to talk about evoking the Christmas spirit today. Ha! That sounds like I’m going to have a séance, but I promise I’m not! What I actually want to talk about is the essence of Christmas that makes holiday books so comforting.

I don’t know about you guys, but I am addicted to seasonal stories (and films). I devour them as quickly as that huge tin of chocolates I’m going to get through over the Christmas break. The stories tend to leave me with more of a glowy happy feeling in my belly than the chocs do, even though the ingredients can be as sweet.

There are certain things that can be added into a story to sum up that seasonal feeling: snow, trees, Santa, mistletoe, gifts and roaring fires. Sleigh bells and carols. The scent of pine and cinnamon. Really though, it’s all about love; love of family, love of friends, love of a lover—this needs to be at the heart of Christmas stories, because it is what is at the heart of Christmas. Or at least, it is for me. I think that is why we strive so hard at this time of year to try and create a perfect scenario…

…except; love isn’t perfect. It’s messy and it hurts sometimes…and yet it’s the most beautiful thing on the planet. The downfall of real Christmas is often that refusal to accept that it doesn’t have to be perfect. If Uncle Jim is drunk, or the turkey is burnt, or Aunt Julie and mum are wearing the same outfit and not talking to each other again, those are the kinds of negatives that people can focus on. But to me, all of those things don’t matter, because humans are not robots. We are wonderfully flawed and unique. We have the capacity to love despite of, or because of, the imperfections. It’s so worth remembering this at Christmas and not having high expectations that cannot be reached.

That’s what I love about Christmas books… the story doesn’t run smoothly.  The characters accept or overcome their limitations or adapt the situation and they find their Happily Ever After. I’m pretty sure our Happily Ever After is there to find too, if only we’d just stop trying to reach perfection.

I will concede though that their tree might be just that bit more Hollywood…

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and that you enjoy reading about Rhys and Toby’s Christmas miracle as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Olley White x

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About For Want of a Christmas Miracle

27301063When one down-on-his-luck gardener and one garden centre owner meet, neither could predict the attraction they’d feel towards each other. Toby is just about turning round the business he’d inherited from his dad, and it’s all going well—until a risk he took looks like it might not pay off. Rhys’s employment at Toby’s garden centre is temporary, just to cover the Christmas sales, and frankly he’d much rather be outside gardening. And avoiding Christmas.

When an accident means Toby can’t be at work at a crucial time, it’s time for Rhys to step up to the mark. But can the Christmas Scrooge make the difference required for the man he’s starting to love?

Available at: NineStar Press

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About Olley White

Olley White is the alter ego of Lori Powell. Her home is in England with her husband, children and animals. She uses the fenland where she lives as inspiration for her writing. She loves romance in stories – boy/girl, boy/boy, girl/girl…if they’re in love she loves them.

Find out more about Olley on her Website, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads or email her at pglicp@googlemail.com

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As part of this blog tour, Olley is giving away a $10 Amazon gift card & NineStar book credit!! To enter, just click the link below!

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Honorary Blogger Rhys Ford: Comfort Food Recipe + Giveaway!

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Comfort Food Recipe

by Rhys Ford

Skip to the recipe if you’ve already seen this part. *grins*

When I first thought about writing Fish Stick Fridays, it was a lot darker than it turned out. I know. I’ll let you have a moment to be shocked and amazed. But then I wrote it and its innards changed, softening a bit. A lot of that change had to do with building a relationship between Deacon and his niece, Zig and then adding Lang into the mix.

I went round and round on the title. Nothing was working. They were decent titles. Hell, Mary Calmes even stole one of them for her own book but nothing was fitting the story. Then I said… why the hell aren’t I calling it what it is? Fish Stick Fridays.

That might seem a random, odd title and kind of off. But see, it’s not so much about the actual fish sticks or Fridays. It’s about what Fish Stick Fridays represents. For Zig and Deacon, it’s about being together, in a home. An actual home. Where Fridays means no vegetables but cups of hot cocoa and maybe eating in front of the television. It means a place to come to and find a family—their family.

Of course, this doesn’t mean Deacon knows how to cook gourmet meals but he can cook. So for this blog tour, it’s all about cooking out of the pantry—cheap, relatively easy and cobbling together meals from fresh, canned, and jarred food.  So much of Deacon’s cooking on the fly really is about how to maximize time and using what’s in the pantry. We don’t have a lot of time in our lives. That’s a fact. But we can make do. Making do is so very much a kitchen life hack.

So for this tour, I am sharing some comfort food recipes even Deacon can make and it took him a bit to get the fish sticks and blue box macaroni & cheese right.  Follow all of the blog tour stops and get a new comfort food recipe every day. Recipes include:

  • Fried Chicken
  • Beef Stew
  • Portuguese Watercress Soup
  • Nutty Mushroom Pasta
  • Fried Rice
  • Lasagna
  • Kalua Pig
  • Mac Salad / Loco Moco
  • Pad Thai
  • Shoyu Chicken

Also, if you want a gluten free way to thicken soups and stews… and soupy potato salad, use instant mashed potato flakes. You’ll see me say that time and time again through the blog tour. It also adds a layer of flavour. I sometimes grab the garlic and herb instant potato packets and just keep them for when I need to thicken a stew.

And now, for what’s next in Deacon’s recipe book.

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Lasagna is a dish that can take hours to prep, assemble and then cook. Not denying it’s a fantastic long-haul dish with plenty of payoff if you’ve the time and inclination to do everything from scratch. However, there are also fast and dirty ways of making lasagna. This might take you half an hour of prep time and half an hour of baking time. Feeds a hell of a lot of people.

Lasagna

(use 13x9x2 or deeper pan)

1-1.5 lb hamburger (can also use some loose Italian sausage meat)

        (For vegetarian, use soft tofu and the optional ingredients.)

1 med onion, chopped

4 T garlic, minced

Italian seasoning

Salt Pepper

Optional for hamburger but necessary for tofu:

1 C chopped brown or white mushrooms

1 small bag frozen spinach (run under hot water to thaw then squeeze all the water out)

1 bottle spaghetti sauce

1 large (32 oz) cottage cheese, drained (use a sieve, colander or cheese cloth).
          I prefer large curds. Using this instead of ricotta. You CAN use ricotta.

4-6 C shredded mozzarella cheese

1 box lasagna noodles
         (I use Barilla’s flat noodles but whatever you like)

Parmesan cheese

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Brown hamburger, onion, garlic (and optional items) in skillet with a touch of olive oil. Or no oil if using non-stick. Drain liquid, then salt, pepper and Italian seasoning to taste.

Take off the heat and add spaghetti sauce. This will be your meat-sauce mixture. We are going to be making two layers so we’ll be using half of the pan for each layer.

Get your lasagna pan. Put down a single layer of uncooked lasagna noodles. They can overlap just don’t double layer. Cover the bottom of the pan.

Spoon half of meat-sauce mixture on noodles and spread out evenly until all of the noodles are covered.

Spoon half of cottage cheese over meat and spread out. Helps if you put dollops evenly in spots then spread outward. Doesn’t have to cover.

Spread mozzarella cheese over cottage cheese.

Now, place another layer of uncooked noodles. Press the noodles down firmly into the pan so there is a light pack. Don’t get crazy, just press them down. You can overlap noodles’ edges.

Repeat meat, cottage cheese, and mozzarella layers then top with parmesan cheese and sprinkles of Italian seasoning.

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About Fish Stick Fridays

25832741Deacon Reid was born bad to the bone with no intention of changing. A lifetime of law-bending and living on the edge suited him just fine—until his baby sister died and he found himself raising her little girl.

Staring down a family history of bad decisions and reaped consequences, Deacon cashes in everything he owns, purchases an auto shop in Half Moon Bay, and takes his niece, Zig, far away from the drug dens and murderous streets they grew up on. Zig deserves a better life than what he had, and Deacon is determined to give it to her.

Lang Harris is stunned when Zig, a little girl in combat boots and a purple tutu blows into his bookstore, and then he’s left speechless when her uncle, Deacon Reid walks in, hot on her heels. Lang always played it safe but Deacon tempts him to step over the line… just a little bit.

More than a little bit. And Lang is willing to be tempted.

Unfortunately, Zig isn’t the only bit of chaos dropped into Half Moon Bay. Violence and death strikes leaving Deacon scrambling to fight off a killer before he loses not only Zig but Lang too.

Available at: Dreamspinner PressAmazon and Barnes & Noble

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About Rhys Ford

headshot_Rhys FordRhys Ford was born and raised in Hawai’i then wandered off to see the world. After chewing through a pile of books, a lot of odd food, and a stray boyfriend or two, Rhys eventually landed in San Diego, which is a very nice place but seriously needs more rain.

Rhys admits to sharing the house with three cats of varying degrees of black fur and a ginger cairn terrorist. Rhys is also enslaved to the upkeep a 1979 Pontiac Firebird, a Toshiba laptop, and an overworked red coffee maker.

Find out more about Rhys on her BlogFacebookTwitter or her books can be purchased, folded and first chapters read at Dreamspinner Press.

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What’s the Giveaway? Because there is ALWAYS a giveaway… Leave a comment or enter the Rafflecopter if the blog uses one and hopefully win the right to tell me where to send a set of childrens’ books to a library or charity of your choice. Book sets will randomly be chosen from a list and cost between $20 and $50 USD and donated in your name. The giveaway starts now and ends December 7th at 11:59 p.m. To enter, just click the link below!

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Don’t forget to check out Morgan’s review of Fish Stick Fridays to see what she thought of it!

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