Published in 2014

Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh: Excerpt + Giveaway!

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An Excerpt from Rock Addiction

Fox hadn’t become the lead singer of one of the best-selling rock bands in history by being a shrinking violet. No, he went after what he wanted, no holds barred. And the raw promise he could feel between him and Molly? He had to know where it would lead, the need so strong he hadn’t felt anything like it since the day he’d figured out that music was his escape, the air in his lungs.

Which was why he was leaning against the wall beside Molly’s apartment at five that afternoon, a guitar by his side.

The elevator doors opened at a quarter after the hour, Molly going motionless two steps outside of it, the doors closing silently at her back. Yeah, she hadn’t expected him, but Fox was ready to work with that. Waiting patiently as she took a deep breath and completed the trek down the corridor, he drew in the scent of her, his gaze lingering on the fluttering pulse in her neck.

“How did you get past security?”

Fox smiled slowly at the blurted-out question, wondering if Molly knew how bad she was at hiding her emotions. He liked it, liked that he saw the real Molly, not an illusion she’d created to tempt him—not that she had to do anything but smile to tempt him. “I told you the security sucks.”

Unable to resist, he reached out to run his finger down one creamy cheek flushed with a mix of surprise, passion, and, he was certain, sweet, hot feminine anger. His guess was borne out when Molly unlocked her door with jittery hands and put down her handbag on one corner of the bench, her fingers trembling before she curled them into her palms. “You’re breaking the rules.”

“What rules?” Closing the door, he leaned back on it and willed her to face him. Much as he loved the shape of her from the back, he liked watching those expressive eyes whisper her mood to him.

Shoulders tight, she turned. “This was supposed to be a one-night stand.”

“Ah.” Folding his arms over the plain black of his T-shirt, he said, “How about a one-month stand instead?” He knew he had to play this exactly right. Molly was wary of him, and yeah, he could understand why. To have her in his life beyond a fleeting instant, he’d have to win her trust.

She jerked up her head. “What?”

“Why not? I like you. You like me.” He smiled—because the reason Molly had needed to jerk up her head was that she’d been staring at his chest. “Admit it.”

Sitting down on the bench, she began to unzip her boots, very obviously not looking at him. “You’re okay for a rock star.”

He wanted to bite her, then pet her until she was limp and languid in his arms. “We burn up together.” Deliberately modulating his voice—his instrument—for maximum effect, low and bedroom rough, he saw her fingers stutter on the zipper. “I’m here for a month. It’s an easy equation.”

When the words “Let me think about it” fell from her mouth, he thought she might’ve been as startled as he was, her lips parting on a slight gasp—as if to call back the declaration.

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About Rock Addiction

Rock Addiction (Rock Kiss #1)A bad boy wrapped in a sexy, muscled, grown-up package might be worth a little risk…

Molly Webster has always followed the rules. After an ugly scandal tore apart her childhood and made her the focus of the media’s harsh spotlight, she vowed to live an ordinary life. No fame. No impropriety. No pain. Then she meets Zachary Fox, a tattooed bad boy rocker with a voice like whiskey and sin, and a touch that could become an addiction.

A one-night stand with the hottest rock star on the planet, that’s all it was meant to be…

Fox promises scorching heat and dangerous pleasure, coaxing Molly to extend their one-night stand into a one-month fling. After that, he’ll be gone forever, his life never again intersecting with her own. Sex and sin and sensual indulgence, all with an expiration date. No ties, no regrets. Too late, Molly realizes it isn’t only her body that’s become addicted to Fox, but her heart…

Available at: Amazon, Kobo and iBooks

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About Rock Courtship

rock courtship coverWhat happens when the Gentleman of Rock decides to play dirty?

A drummer for the hottest rock band on the planet, David has a single, powerful weakness: Thea, the band’s publicist and the woman who steals his breath away with her every move.

Only problem is, Thea doesn’t date clients—or musicians. Emotionally scarred by a cheating ex, she’s not about to risk her heart with a man who has groupies buzzing around him like flies. Even if his sexy smile ties her up in knots.

What she doesn’t know is that David is a one-woman man…and he’s madly in love with her. David’s determined to prove he’s worth the risk, and willing to court her, step by exquisite step. Thea’s about to discover just how long and hard this handsome drummer can play.

Preorder at: Amazon, Kobo and iBooks

Rock Courtship releases September 30, 2014!

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About Nalini Singh

nalini bioNEW YORK TIMES AND USA Today bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling and Guild Hunter series Nalini Singh usually writes about hot shapeshifters and dangerous angels. This time around, she decided to write about a hot and wickedly tempting rock star. If you’re seeing a theme here, you’re not wrong.

Nalini lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing. If you’d like to explore her other books, you can find lots of excerpts on her website. Slave to Sensation is the first book in the Psy-Changeling series, while Angels’ Blood is the first book in the Guild Hunter series. Once Rock Addiction is out, swing by the site to check out the special behind-the-scenes page, complete with photos of many of the locations used in the book.

Connect with Nalini:  Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

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As part of this blog tour, Nalini is giving away a $100 Amazon Gift Card! 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 Gyn’s review of Rock Addiction to see what she thought of it!

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Book Review: Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh

Guest Reviewed by Gyn

Rock Addiction (Rock Kiss #1)Title: Rock Addiction
Author: Nalini Singh
Series: Rock Kiss #1
Heroine/Hero: Molly Webster/Zachary Fox
Genre: M/F Contemporary
Length: 300+ Pages
Publisher: TKA Distribution
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Available at: Amazon, Kobo and iBooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  A bad boy wrapped in a sexy, muscled, grown-up package might be worth a little risk…

Molly Webster has always followed the rules. After an ugly scandal tore apart her childhood and made her the focus of the media’s harsh spotlight, she vowed to live an ordinary life. No fame. No impropriety. No pain. Then she meets Zachary Fox, a tattooed bad boy rocker with a voice like whiskey and sin, and a touch that could become an addiction.

A one-night stand with the hottest rock star on the planet, that’s all it was meant to be…

Fox promises scorching heat and dangerous pleasure, coaxing Molly to extend their one-night stand into a one-month fling. After that, he’ll be gone forever, his life never again intersecting with her own. Sex and sin and sensual indulgence, all with an expiration date. No ties, no regrets. Too late, Molly realizes it isn’t only her body that’s become addicted to Fox, but her heart…
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Debut Author Review: Matters of Courtship by C.M. Jackson

Reviewed by Nikyta

1Title: Matters of Courtship
Author: C.M. Jackson
Heroes: William Samuel Davis/Lucas O’Malley-Hamilton
Genre: M/M Alternate Reality/Contemporary
Length: 256 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 8, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Crown Prince of the United Kingdom of America, William Samuel Davis, has recently been outted by the press. Worse yet, he’s been thrown into an arranged marriage with one of the stuffiest people he knows—one Lucas O’Malley-Hamilton. It’s a match made in hell, and William fully intends to make everyone see the error of their ways and send Lucas back home on the first available flight.

But things quickly get more complicated than William had thought possible as the Anti-Monarchy crowd uses his outting against him. As he is forced to face the realities of his position, he finds himself drawn to sides of Lucas he hadn’t known existed. Tensions rise throughout the country and in William’s world. While the situation absolutely refuses to improve, it can and will get worse.
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Book Review: Outing the Quarterback by Tara Lain

Reviewed by Susan65

13Title: Outing the Quarterback
Author: Tara Lain
Series: Long Pass Chronicles #1
Heroes: Will Ashford/Noah Zajack
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 216 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspiner Press
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Will Ashford lives in two closets. He meets his wealthy father’s goals as both the quarterback for the famous SCU football team and a business major, but secretly he attends art school and longs to live as a painter. And he’s gay. But if he can win the coveted Milton Scholarship for art, he’ll be able to break from his father at the end of his senior year.

In a painting master class, Will meets his divergent opposite, Noah Zajack. A scarred orphan who’s slept on park benches and eaten from trash cans, Noah carefully plans his life and multiple jobs so he has money and time to go to art school. Will’s problems seem like nothing compared to Noah’s. Noah wants the scholarship too and may have a way to get it since the teacher of his class has designs on him, a plan Will isn’t happy about.

When a gossipmonger with a popular YouTube channel finds evidence that Will is gay, the quarterback’s closet doors begin to crumble. Hounded by the press and harassed by other players, Will has to choose. Stay in the closet and keep his family’s wealth, or let the doors fall off and walk out with nothing. Nothing but Noah.
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Book Review: McFarland’s Farm by Cardeno C.

Reviewed by JustJen

3Title: McFarland’s Farm
Author: Cardeno C.
Series: Hope #1
Heroes: Lucas Reika/Jared McFarland
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 56 Pages
Publisher: The Romance Authors
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Available at: Amazon Smashwords and All Romance Ebooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Wealthy, attractive Lucas Reika treats life like a party, moving from bar to bar and man to man. Thumbing his nose at his restaurateur father’s demand that he earn his keep, Lucas instead seduces a valued employee in the kitchen of their flagship restaurant, earning himself an ultimatum: lose access to his father’s money or stay in the middle of nowhere with a man he has secretly lusted over from afar.

Quiet, hard-working Jared McFarland loves his farm on the outskirts of Hope, Arizona, but he aches to have someone to come home to at the end of the day. Jared agrees to take in his longtime crush as a favor. But when Lucas invades his heart in addition to his space, Jared has to decide how much of himself he’s willing to risk and figure out if he can offer Lucas enough to keep him after his father’s punishment is over.
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Book Review: Hero by Heidi Cullinan

Guest Reviewed by Karen

3Title: Hero
Author: Heidi Cullinan
Heroes: Hal Porter/Morgan
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 220 Pages
Publisher: Wilde City Press
Release Date: May 27, 2014 (2nd Ed.)
Available at: Wilde City Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Construction worker Hal Porter knows he’s nobody special. But when strange events draw him into a magical world, he becomes the only man who can free Morgan, a lonely, long-enchanted shape-shifter. Whether he feels he’s worthy or not, Hal is the hero Morgan has been waiting for.

However, Hal’s task becomes personal as he and Morgan fall in love. Now, to save Morgan and give himself the happily ever after he’s always longed for, Hal will need to do something far more daunting than face Morgan’s captor or finally come out of the closet…

He’ll have to believe in himself.

This title has been previously published and has been revised from its original release.
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Book Review: Pursued by the Wandering Spider by Jackie Nacht

Reviewed by Nikyta

3Title: Pursued by the Wandering Spider
Author: Jackie Nacht
Series: Venomous Mates #3
Heroes: Boone/Julius
Genre: M/M Post Apocalyptic
Length: 73 Pages
Publisher: Extasy Books
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Available at: Extasy Books & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: This wandering spider will pursue his mate, knowing he’s walking into the very heart of danger.

Boone has kept it no secret that he wants Julius for his own. Hell, he’s pursued the guy relentlessly from the moment he saw an assassin lying in wait to harm Julius. Now, Boone has one mission, to go with his friend, TL, and unite the fire ants to their cause of getting loved ones and Mission Territory back. However, there’s no way Boone will leave his mate, knowing that even at the hive, Julius could be taken from him. So, now, he will have no choice but to bring the man he loves into the heart of danger.
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Audio Review: Shattered Glass by Dani Alexander

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

3Title: Shattered Glass
Author: Dani Alexander
Narrator: Joseph Northton
Series: Shattered Glass #1
Heroes: Peter Cotton and Austin Glass
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: Book – 360 Pages; Audio – 11 Hours, 16 Minutes
Publisher: Dani Alexander
Release Date: Book – January 31, 2012; Audio – April 14, 2014
Available at: Audible and Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A male prostitute, a mangy cat, a murder, and an obsession that threatens his career, his impending marriage and his life…nothing is going as planned for Austin Glass.

Austin Glass seems to have it all: a loving fiancée, a future with the FBI, and a healthy-sized trust fund. At least on the surface. He also has a grin and a wisecrack for every situation. But the smile he presents to the world hides a painful past he’s buried too deeply to remember, and his quips mask bitterness and insecurity. Austin has himself and most of the whole world fooled – until he meets a redhead in a pair of bunny slippers.

As events unfold in the biggest case of his life, Austin’s carefully planned future unravels, and he finds himself pushed into making quick, life-changing decisions. But can he trust himself or anything he feels, when each event seems to be just a series of volatile reactions?
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Honorary Blogger J.C. Mells: Part-time M/M Romance Writer, Full-time Fag-Hag + Giveaway!

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Part-time M/M Romance Writer, Full-time Fag-Hag

by J.C. Mells

I think I may have thrown some of the fans of my Pierced Series (Paranormal Romance Series) for a loop when the fifth book, Napoleon – a standalone novella – was an M/M Romance.

Surprise!

None of my other books are M/M Romances, I don’t consider myself an M/M Romance writer, (although I may write a part 2 to Napoleon due to popular request), and I don’t even read that much M/M Romance (for me, someone with a five-book-a-week-habit, that means I binge-read three or four in a row every couple of months, which might be more than some, I suppose).

So, why did I write Napoleon?

Of course, one of the main reasons is that Napoleon Charming was a stand-out, popular character from my series.  I wanted to give him his own story – and he’s gay – so it shouldn’t have been the surprise it was to some of my fans that he was going to fall in love… with another guy.

The second reason is that I may not read M/M Romance on a regular basis – but I feel like I sure do live it most of the time!  They always say to write what you know!

I have a “thing” about me – some may say an aura – that appears to attract gay men in my direction.  I’ve had this “thing” since I was about fifteen/sixteen.  Whatever it is, gay men flock to me as if I were an ice-cold, frothy, margarita at the Nine Inch Males Tavern at happy hour.

My best friend of twenty-three years is gay, my former roommate of ten years is gay, I was married to a gay man for three years (that’s another story for another day!) – and to top it all off, when I moved away from my entirely gay and lesbian social circle in New York and moved to Las Vegas, within thirty minutes of arriving in Sin City, the very gay property manager at the community I was moving into invited me out to a gay bar called Charlie’s that night. Please note that I am a straight female and made no mention of the fact I had a gay social circle back in NY, and when I later asked Jack why he’d invited me out, his response was that I had that fag-hag vibe.  Needless to say, I did go to Charlie’s with Jack that night, had a few too many happy hour cocktails, while watching all denominations of gay men from Latino homeboys, to bears, to twinks to good ole country boys to manly men to flaming queens ALL line-dancing (yes, I said LINE-DANCING) to Donna Summer songs on the dance floor.  I’d love to tell you how I ended up doing the Can-Can with a line of drag queens – but then I’d have to kill you.

But I digress…

Cut to almost ten years later and the cute, skinny-jeaned Columbian that Jack picked up that night and ended up falling in love with (they moved in together soon afterwards and were together for nine years) was recently caught cheating.  The drama that ensued is worthy of a day time soap.  So why not read more M/M Romances?  I LIVE IN ONE!

I may not specialize in M/M Romances, but I feel I have several of the credentials necessary to write one (at least I HOPE I do!).  My mom, who has never read an M/M Romance in her life, read Napoleon and upon finishing it, turned to me and said, “It’s surprisingly good.  It’s just like when a boy falls in love with a girl.”

Yep.  I sighed, rolled my eyes at her and slapped myself in the head.

I may not be a full-time M/M Romance author, but I am a full-time fag-hag and ALL my books are gay-friendly.  Six books in and I’ve yet to write one that didn’t have a gay or bisexual character that didn’t steal the show (lesbian and trans to come in future books, I’m sure).

Then I thought, for all the Pierced Series fans who refused to try Napoleon due to its subject matter (and I can tell from sales there were a few), if even one first-timer had the same, positive, reaction as my 84-year-old mother, then I’m VERY glad I wrote it.

J.C. Mells, Contemporary and Paranormal Romance author, full-time fag-hag, part-time M/M Romance writer – attempting to convert one mainstream reader at a time.

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About Napoleon

3This is a standalone novella. You do not have to have read other books in the series to enjoy it.

Napoleon Charming-Balak has been crushing on the “exchange student” that’s been staying with him for the last six months. The object of his crush: Sixten Dahl, a straight boy that seems to get his kicks from flirting with, then torturing, Napoleon in the cruelest of ways. Is it any wonder Nap, and his best friend Moused, are high-tailing it to New York City as fast as they possibly can? If there’s one thing Napoleon is hoping for, it’s that life in the Big Apple will be exactly what his self-esteem needs to get over the Swedish tease that has been tormenting him all summer long.

If he could only stop thinking about Sixten long enough to enjoy it.

Available at: Amazon, Smashwords, iBooks, Kobo, CreateSpace and Barnes & Noble

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About J.C. Mells

J.C. Mells has had every job from an ice cream truck driver to chocolate factory worker to waiting tables in a Las Vegas casino.

She grew up in the Middle East (Abadan, Iran) and Spain (Fuengirola, Costa Del Sol) and finally ended up finishing High School in England (Weymouth, Dorset). J. C. emigrated to the United States in 1990, and returned to school at the ripe old age of 28, where she obtained a BA and then two MA degrees – all in New York, NY. (Hunter College, NYU and Columbia, respectively)

She has traveled extensively, including a 3 month stay in India, but has finally settled in Las Vegas, NV of all places where she has been living for the last 9 years with her “baby” Persephone Jayne Mells. (Why is it all writers have cats…?).

Find out more about J.C. on her Website, Facebook, Goodreads, Twitter, Pinterest or Tumblr.

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J.C. is kindly offering up an eBook copy of Pierced (an M/F and book one in the Pierced series) and an eBook copy of Napoleon (an M/M and book five in the Pierced series)!! There will be two winners, the prize for each winner will be randomly picked by The Blogger Girls. The giveaway starts now and ends September 17, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. 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, except to verify your Rafflecopter entry.

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

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Book Review: Napoleon by J.C. Mells

Reviewed by Nikyta

3Title: Napoleon
Author: J.C. Mells
Series: Pierced #5
Heroes: Napoleon Charming-Balak/Sixten Dahl
Genre: M/M New Adult Paranormal
Length: 113 Pages
Publisher: J.C. Mells
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Available at: Amazon, Smashwords, iBooks, Kobo, CreateSpace and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: This is a stand-alone book in the series and the first 4 books do not need to be read to enjoy this one.

Napoleon Charming-Balak has been crushing on the “exchange student” that’s been staying with him for the last six months. The object of his crush: Sixten Dahl, a straight boy that seems to get his kicks from flirting with, then torturing, Napoleon in the cruelest of ways. Is it any wonder Nap, and his best friend Moused, are high-tailing it to New York City as fast as they possibly can? If there’s one thing Napoleon is hoping for, it’s that life in the Big Apple will be exactly what his self-esteem needs to get over the Swedish tease that has been tormenting him all summer long.

If he could only stop thinking about Sixten long enough to enjoy it.
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