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Gothic Gate's author R. M. Simone

What inspired your latest book? 

One of my readers suggested she would enjoy reader a Goth Romance.  I now call her my Muse’ lovingly   I sat down to write a few ideas inspired by this and Gothic Gates came to mind. I saw large Gothic Gates and a mansion.  Then the main male character and his name, Dante’.

Gothic Gates was ‘born’ and now it is up to seven books.  Three in the group are short stories.

What is your typical day like?

Well I am awake before sunrise.  I am a vivid dreamer. Often my dreams are like films or they are about my books I am working on with additional plot shifts, new characters, or evolution of the characters.  I record that information immediately and head to a favorite watering hole a Starbuck’s I like.   I spend about two hours recording into my lap top the book or story information.  Since like most authors I am always working on something or a project.

My other work begins around 8 a m with counseling on line for my clients and intuitive readings along with guidance for their paths.  I do long distance energy work, remote viewing, and a lot of healing aid to their souls. 

 I break around noon and head to exercise walk, then meditate at a group of huge trees I love in my car and quiet my mind.  This is a two hour period mid day.  Sort of leaving one part of my day and work and then preparing for writing again.  I do my edit work; re read ideas, play with the characters, collect artwork that inspires me for my books and work on my Book Covers.

I also design Book covers for other authors and banners for their pages.  This diversion is actually aligned with my writing flows and my love of art.   I also research during the afternoon.  All my books are set in real locations with real art, real architectural places and historical time frames even though I write fiction.

I also set the stories in grid ley lines that hold a frequency or energy that those that are drawn to my books comment that they experience or ‘feel’.   This is part of the feng shui work I do on homes, grids, long distance locations or in person.   Energy dowsing is something else I do and I read grid history and past time frames too.  

Evening is dinner at a favorite soup and salad place where I might spend four to seven hours in a large booth with WIFI on and working on my manuscripts, music on and in the flow.  

How much time do you spend promoting your books?  What works best for you? 

About an hour a day and I work with a PR gal too.   I would sincerely advise all writers to merely do that ‘write on’.  Join clubs for your genre and meet other authors.  I am in fan fiction and love meeting like minded folks into Twilight.  I also find some of the best unpublished authors there too.  Just writing for the sake of writing.  

I find though that once you decide to publish this takes on an entirely new stage.  Moving from the ‘artist’ into the promotion, the networking and the challenges of it all.  I like all of it.   It allows me to be assertive and go for what my vision is.   You do need to be thick skinned when you begin to put the work out there and take it all in stride.  Some mentions are helpful some are not.  Trust only the input from others that your feel is respectful and helpful to your project.   The rest take with a grain of salt. 

I find the best way on this is to get to know YOUR FANS those that are reading and buying your books.  Create a network of those that support your efforts and are true to your books, characters and fall in love with what you are writing.  This will be the Wind in your Sails.    

Tell us about your hero.  Give us one of his strengths and one of his weaknesses.

Dante’.  Well his name says it all.  I wrote down his name when I began Gothic Gates and what followed was Byron, Shelley.       Three names all very significant in some way to this character.   

Dante is a master mind chess player.  He is a strategist.  He is also an immortal by way of Alchemy.  He is complex, very deeply privately spiritual; he is also highly educated in the occult arts and monastic solitude.  He uses all of these skills, gifts and intelligence to work within the shadows of his Board Meeting group and his Goth Business Enterprise.   He helps to balance good and evil in regards to global power elite. 

He is highly romantic and has waited for this special love of his to surface in his life.   Since she has he must navigate the fact she is not an immortal nor does she believe necessarily in past lives. 

He is extremely sensitive to her.  I personally marvel in writing the character the exchanges of this man as an archetype to this woman he loves and waited for.  

He is very much ‘in control’ of his life and business and is a stabilizing force for her own awakening into  her own heart and her soul.  Who he is and what Goth is about is part of how this relationship love unfolds.

He is also very altruistic in his charities and global work to aid good causes.

Power rolls off Dante’.   He is English and French and extremely wealthy.   

Tell us about your heroine.  Give us one of her strengths and one of her weaknesses.

Samantha Devon Huntington is 27 years old, fiercely independent woman, never been fully in love before and is a Midwest girl that moved with her family to Northern California.  She graduated Stanford with a MBA.  She works as a consultant in high tech.  She is visiting her best friend in Paris, France that is her school mate and wing girl in life.   She is very much salt of the earth, her family has a financial success and she works with her own solid business and life ethics that are very middle of the life road.  She is compassionate and caring of those less fortunate.   She is direct, honest, fire personality and very grounded.

Dante’s mystery throws her off her usual balance, his power that rolls off him and his extremely wealthy life style in Goth Enterprises.  

She is learning to trust him, open her own heart for love to come in and stay true to who she is and how she is.   She is not easy and he knows that and likes that.   He is a master mind though and she is very smart too.   They are extremely well matched on sexual intimacy.   This is opening her up to her own body, her emotional rawness too and this power.   Most of all her strength is her outspoken honesty.  

She must learn to trust what she is feeling, open her eyes to the past she touches into when she is with Dante’, and come into her true self.  She is a strong female and will go through an awakening with this rare love relationship.    He is her Twin soul mate love.  A divine match this is in so many ways she is yet to discover.  

 

What genres are you drawn to as a reader?

Fiction, Romance, Enchantment, Goth, Historical Romance, Myths, Fantasy, and Vampire/Immortal and Dimensional realities complicated sub plots, classical books, Regency Romance Good Supernatural books and of course Fairy Tales.  I also enjoy Fan Fiction.

GOTHIC GATES

Chapter 1

Gothic Mansion Doors

It seemed a frightening eternity that I just stood there facing the huge carved mansion door.  I considered just leaving the parcel there dashing back down the drive way to the safety of my car parked outside the Gothic Gates.  Not only was this place like something out of a New Orleans horror story but it could be in England or any other part of the world that had a misty bog creeping up around the grounds.  I did not dare to look over my shoulder and was about to bolt when I heard footfalls coming to the front door.  I squared my shoulders with holding the business card in hand with the package.  I stood there facing the door to see who ever I was going to pass this off to.

The door opened with a blast of this parties music thundering into my ear drums circling my mind deadening out my own thoughts.  Something else enveloped me as I felt dizzy with it all.  There stood a tall man with a masquerade painted mask on his face.  I wondered for a second too long before speaking.  Chills ran up my spine as I cleared my throat. 

“Excuse me, I have a delivery for ‘Dante’

Total silence.

“Excuse me, can you just sign for this?  Do you speak English?”

I stood there stumbling holding the package wondering how to get this done.  The house staff person spoke, maybe he was a guest?

“Yes, I speak the Queen’s English.  Well, you will need to come in and take this to him. Do you have some identification or business card with you?”

He had an English accent with perfect diction as I fumbled the card my hand was shaking.  It is frightening to stand there in front of someone wearing a mask.  You never know what is going on with who the person is or hiding their face.  He took my courier card handing it back to me promptly.  “You will need to give this to him in person yourself.  That is how this normally works.  Let me show you to the office.”

I was relieved to have that done with and followed in the man wearing the mask.  The party was in full swing with  what I could see in the main room all wearing elegant Gothic clothing and it showed like designer fashions.  Masks were on all the guest I could see.  He never gave me his name but directed me to a room near the foyer that I assumed was the office where the host of the event would be found.  I looked inside as he waived me to enter. 

“Excuse me, where is Dante’?

“What is your name, the card merely named the Courier Services?  You do have a name?”

“Ah, yes, of course, Sam.”  I could barely get my name out and worse of all I gave him my shortened name.  I was not thinking clearly. 

“Sam, you don’t look like a Sam?  I assume Samantha and your last name is?”

“Yes of course, it is Samantha Devon Huntington.”  There I got my name out.  I looked around the office realizing it had costumes along with ornate masquerade masks.  I wondered were the office desk was.

“You sound like you may have ‘breeding’ in you.  So you do have a formal first name along with a middle name and family name.  Do I know your family?”

“Why would you know my family, I don’t even know who you are?  I am doing my friend a favor by dropping off the music tracks for this party that were sent from the London Music Studio, Akashic-Records.  Did I make a mistake, I can leave and see if this was to go elsewhere?”  Somehow my fire kicked in as his attitude was beginning to irritate me.  The rich and these parties that are Gothic in nature were the rage all over England now and Europe.  The house fit perfectly for this kind of theme evening.  I wondered to myself how much this mansion rented out for this night’s event.

“Well, pick out something to wear, plenty to choose from plus a mask.  All the guests hide their identity.  I will show you where he is then.”

He left the room.  I was standing there again in shock.  I was not getting into a costume to just deliver this package.  Who did he think he was?  The door opened and a woman walked in about to look for something.

“Hello dearie, what is the problem, can I help you find something, you seem lost?”

I took in a deep breath feeling foolish standing there holding the package of music.  “Well I am a courier delivery and was just let in and he told me to pick out a costume to deliver the package to the host.  Really this is not what I had in mind and it was to just deliver this.’  I began rambling and felt out of place.

“It’s ok, the host has his ways.  Look let me help you dearie.  Now what do you have on under your clothes?  Any sexy lingerie’?”   She began rummaging through things grabbing this and that.

I began to unbutton my blouse realizing I was on some kind of ride to just get through this.  Get the job done.  Under my blouse I forgot I had on a black long waisted strapless bra.  She saw it and smiled.  I was really just numb with this entire event.

“Good, that will work perfectly.  We are all wearing black, it is so Goth you know.”  Next thing I knew she asked me to take off my Levi’s kicking off my shoes she searched for a tight fitting slinky skirt.  Slit up one long side of it reminding me to slide off my panties. 

“What do you mean take off my panties?  I just came to deliver this package.”

Author R.M. Simone:

 

MarianWrites: 24 Days of Christmas Virtual Bookstore Event

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If I Fail by Marian Lanouette

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Synopsis:
Are rules really meant to be broken? Jake Carrington finds out the hard way and the answer is no! Dating Chloe Wagner was a huge mistake, and Jake should have known better—he’s investigating the murder of Chloe’s sister. Now Chloe is the number one suspect in that murder. If she’s convicted, Jake could lose not only his rank, but his job. If that’s not bad enough, he’s got a stalker on his hands, someone who’s threatening his fledgling relationship with the lovely Mia. Things are getting just a little too personal for comfort!


Bio:
One of ten children, Marian took to writing to explore new and adventurous places. While her friends traveled on planes for vacation, Marian traveled in books. With an overactive imagination she started creating her own characters and stories. If I Fail, A Jake Carrington Mystery is the first book in the series. Her second book in the series, Burn in Hell is now available. This month she released a novella called As the World Ends. An avid reader, she discovered mysteries by reading the Daily News as a youngster. Intrigued by the real life crimes, and how the police worked and eventually solved them, ignited her imagination beyond the ordinary. Marian has many books planned for Jake Carrington and his crew. The third book in the series Mated for Life will be out sometime in 2014.

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The Great Fruitcake Bake-off

Happy Launch Day!!!



 

Today, I celebrate the launch of my funny holiday romantic comedy:

The Great Fruitcake Bake-off

 I wrote this one for all of you fruitcake naysayers. I love fruitcake, especially when dipped in chocolate.

Here's a blurb:

To defend her five wins, Samantha Greene, has to find a new entry for The Great Fruitcake Bake-off and teams up with new neighbor, Dixon Roberts, only what they discover is baking a award-winning entry can be complicated, bad guys are plotting to take the crown, and ultimately, first prize isn't just about a ribbon.

 

Are you teased? Here's more—the excerpt!

"I am not entering this year." I pinned an unbreakable stare on Bethany, my long-time friend. We were piddling over coffee in her cubical like we always did before getting to the nuts and bolts of company business. "Period."

"Why not, Samantha? You should be proud to be the five-time winner of the Great Fruitcake Bake-off. You're a legend."

"Is being a legend in the fruitcake world a good thing? It's exhausting. Finding the perfect recipe, then bake and exhibit it. Besides, shouldn't somebody else win?"

Bethany's fists went to her hips. "Sam, we're talking fruitcake. It's not groundbreaking like, like the Declaration of Independence or...the Pyramids."

"I'm shocked to hear you say that. Fruitcake is the cake of all time. It dates to--"

She bobbed her head. "To the sixteenth century."

I raised my finger. "It gets a bad--"

"Rap." She sighed a soul searching blow of breath. "You always say that. You also always say you love participating; yet, you're not defending your title this year."

"I've used up all of Grammie's recipes."

"You could start over with the first confection you entered five years ago, couldn't you?"

"It seems like cheating...in a weird way. And I don't cheat."

"You are a shining example of excellent values." She drummed her fingers from the littlest to the index and considered. "I've got it! Why not check online and find a recipe?"

"They don't call you brainchild for nothing." I rubbed a finger along the divot below my lower lip. A tiny speck of excitement blossomed within me. "I'll need a brand new fruitcake. I wouldn't want to be like Crazy Wanda who enters the same freakin' lump of dough every freakin' year."

"It never hurts to expand your repertoire, even if it's by collecting fruitcake recipes."

 

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News flash!!! Hear Vicki's interview with Alisha Paige at 10 am today at: http://bit.ly/1bgb5SJ And feel free to call in at: 214/3245365.

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May your fruitcake days be

Merry and Bright!

24 Days of Christmas

Big announcement!
Starting on November 27th and running until December 23rd, author Virginia McKevitt, with Theresa Johnson and Lisa Angel Miller, will be hosting The 24 Days of Christmas Virtual Book Store,  which I will also be a part of.  
This is a huge event, with FIFTY, yes FIFTY authors, all giving you a really great Christmas gift. Every author attending will have a special day to be available to chat and share a little about themselves with readers and fans alike. They will be giving one of their books for only 99 cents that day also. Where else can you spend fifty bucks and have enough gifts to share with the whole family? 
That is only a small part of what’s happening during the 24 Days of Christmas. We are having not one, but three tremendous rafflecopters during this spectacular event! 
The prizes are amazing! But that’s not all, lol. We are hosting a cover contest for all of these wonderful and talented authors, and you the reader will pick your favorite covers and the authors will win a fabulous prize. A twist, wouldn’t you say.
So come on, be a part of something big. Big prizes, great books, wonderful authors. What more could Santa bring this year?

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GIVEAWAY STARTS MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013 AND RUNS THROUGH NOVEMBER 6, 2013. GOOD LUCK!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

If I Fail, A Jake Carrington Mystery

by Marian Lanouette

Giveaway ends November 06, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

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Visit me today at the Omni Mystery News Blog.

I'm being interviewed over at the Omni Mystery News Blog today. I'd love to see you there. Also, I'd love to know what you think about the interview. Please leave a comment.

http://www.omnimysterynews.com/2013/09/a-conversation-with-mystery-author-marian-lanouette-1309140800.html?showComment=1379180191174#c4645295634536747932

Retired homicide detective and author John Foxjohn joins me today

Retired homicide detective and author John Foxjohn joins me today. Please join us at:

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Tomorrow John's true crime drama Killer Nurse releases and he's giving us a preview today.

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Be My Alien

Please welcome author Julie Lynn Hayes today.

Genre: M/M erotica

Warning: Today's post is for those over the age of 18 years old.

 

 

Thanks so much for having us here today! Oh wait, who are we, I can hear some of you ask? Let me back up a mo and start again.

I’m Julie Lynn Hayes, she’s M.A. Church, heretofore to be known as Michelle. Just call me Julie. We’re here today to talk about our first joint project, Be My Alien, which will be released by Dreamspinner May 8th.

Let’s start at the beginning. I totally blame Michelle for hooking me on aliens.

Michelle: *snort* I corrupted her, or so she says.

Julie:  *laughs* That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. It wasn’t until I read your most excellent book, Nighttime Wishes, that I first encountered your fixation on beings from other worlds, and… wait, hold on a second. What are you two doing here?

Reed: Don’t blame me, I was just following Taz. He said we needed to come here, and I guess he’s right. Look, you’re talking about us. That’s a bit cheeky, don’t you think?

Julie: What? Cheeky? Hey, Reed, I was going to say nice things, how does that make us cheeky? Michelle, a little help here?

Michelle: Oh no, don’t drag me into this. Besides, I think you’re doing just fine on your own, Julie.

Julie: Gee, thanks. *sneaks a peek at these two lovely men* Wow, what gorgeous guys we’ve created, I have to admit.

Taz: Reed, I appreciate these two humans and their efforts to talk about us, but I feel that we can handle this ourselves, don’t you?

Reed: Indeed I do. So why don’t you two ladies find something else to do? Maybe go to a strip club or something?

Julie: *look at Michelle, and she shrugs *

Michelle: Well, if they screw this up, it’s on them. I say we go look at pretty men. You’re driving, though.

Julie: *walks out door mumbling under her breath* Don’t I always?

Michelle: *pokes Julie in the back* But you like driving. Am I going to have to listen to this all the way to Atlanta???

Purses are grabbed and a door slams shuts.

Reed:  *whispers* Good Lord, are they gone?

Taz: *looks around the corner* Yes, thank the stars. I swear, those two… So… *Taz rubs his hands together, a gleam in his eye* Looks like we got free rein now. You ready to start?”

Reed: Yes, more than ready. They’ve gone about things the wrong way. Did you even hear mention of the title?

Taz: No, not a word.

Reed: *shakes his head* Women!

Taz: *cocks his head and regards Reed* My mother is a woman, Reed.

Reed: *snorts* I know, I met her, remember? So’s mine, by the way, and thanks for asking…

Taz: But I didn’t ask?

Reed: *sighs* It’s just an expression. *mumbles under his breath* Damn, need to get that book. Bad. Hey, babe, where do you think we should start?

Taz: How about like this? *he climbs onto Reed’s lap and lays his head on Reed’s shoulder, purring*

Reed: Oh damn, seriously? *takes a deep breath* I thought we’re here to talk? You know, about us?

Taz: *purrs louder* Go ahead and talk. I can hear you. *begins to rock in Reed’s lap*

Reed: Oh jeez Louise, that’s distracting… *clears throat* Um, okay… we met… we met… oh yeah, it was almost Valentine’s Day. I was working late ‘cause I didn’t have anything better to do. You know how it is when you’re single and it’s been a while… that day means less than nothing.

Taz: It didn’t mean anything to me either.

Reed: Well, to be fair, you never heard of it ‘til you got here.

Taz: Oh yeah, I guess that’s true.  *squirms a bit on Reed’s lap* I’m just lucky I was in the right place at the right time.

Reed: I think I’m the lucky one, babe. That’s what they call karma.

Taz: Karma? What has this to do with driving?

Reed: *groans* Later, I’ll explain later. So anyway, I had to meet a customer at the Empire State Building after work, and that’s where I met Taz. He knocked me off my feet, literally.

Taz: What can I say, you caught my attention? My night hadn’t been going very well. I had just been dumped, then I saw you. I really didn’t mean to knock you down, you know.

Reed: Oh, I wasn’t complaining. I ended up on the floor with an arm full of sexy male. *blush* Well, at the time I thought I had an arm full of sexy male. Little did I know just what I was holding.

Taz: *giggle* You should’ve seen the look on your face the first time my stripes showed up! I mean, you freaked out, but still, for a second there… I don’t have the words!

Reed: *shakes head* It was probably the same kind of shocked look I had when that tail of yours put in an appearance.

Taz: *rubs cheek against Reed’s jaw* That reminds me, when are you going to let me—

Reed: Whoa now. Let’s not go there, babe. You give that away, Julie and Michelle will both want to skin you. It’ll be a race to see which one of them gets you.

Taz: Silly women. Neither one of them gets me. I’m all yours… *licks his way up Reed’s neck*

Reed: All mine, you’re right. Um, um…. Oh yeah, the title. Be My Alien. Pretty cute, don’t you think?

Taz: Mmhmmm, you’re very cute.

Reed: Not me, the title *blushes*

Taz: Oh, that’s not bad. Those two earth women seem to be able to put words together rather nicely, don’t they?

Reed: Better than me at times. Oh babe, you gotta quit that, or I might…

Taz: I’m wearing those special—

Reed: Oh lord, from the shop? *groans* Oh yes, my shop. I have my own business, I should mention that. A Touch of Class. Here in New York. I mean there… I mean… Taz, please be careful, you’re right over my—

Taz: I know, Reed…  I know… *silences him with a kiss*

 

Taz: Oh yes. We told them how we met. Did we tell them about ourselves though?

Reed: What do you mean?

Taz: Well, I’m from the planet Trygos, the most important planet in the Trygos galaxy, and only one of two planets capable of sustaining life. The other planet is Haatmiess. When Trygosheans put someone down, they say they’re like a Haatmiess, which is considered a major insult. My full name is Fabrintazo, Taz for short. I’m about 5'11" in your earth measuresments, and I have a wiry, muscular build. My hair is a mixture of red and orange and brown and it’s long and luxurious, and reaches below my shoulders.

Reed: That’s very true. He often twists it into a braid and lets it flow loose over his back. He’s very acrobatic and he loves heights. Which scared the hell out of me at one point in the book. Taz has cat green eyes and purrs when he's pleased. *smiles* I make him purr often.

Taz: Yes, you do. Reed’s full name is Reed Hatcher and he’s about my height and build. He has very light brown hair that tends to bleach out in the warmer months and he has the most beautiful hazel eyes. Oh! And he has this cute little dimple in his cheek too. The one on his face, not the other one. Though that’s cute, too.

Reed: *blushes* Babe, too much information.

Taz: *grins* And he’s a business owner, too. A very important man in his world.  *nods head* And in his business, he has a back room that sells very special things. I like the back room.

Reed: I actually have a degree in elementary education, but I never taught. My parents moved to Florida and I ended up here in New York.

Taz: Thank the stars you did! *frowns* Should we tell them about Vorlod?

Reed: What’s to tell? The bastard’s no longer here on Earth and can’t bother you anymore.

Taz: Well, he was the reason I was here on Earth to begin with.

Reed: We should save that story, though, don’t you think? Can’t spill all the beans, now can we?

Taz: *glances around the floor* I don’t think we spilled anything.

Reed: *rolls his eyes* You’re right, we didn’t. What was I thinking?

Taz: *eyes him suspiciously* Are you having fun with me?

Reed: Not yet, babe, but I intend to, I promise you.

Taz: *grins even broader, stripes appearing on his neck* Then let’s go now and, how did you put it, avoid the rush hour?

Reed: *tries not to laugh* Close enough. *fastens their lips together, he rises, Taz clinging to him, and they make their way from the room. *

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Hope y’all enjoyed meeting the characters from Be My Alien!    

 

 

 Blurb:  Reed Hatcher’s life is work, work, work. He owns a successful men’s boutique in New York City, but a love life is out of the question—for many reasons. It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and business is brisk. On an unexpected visit to the Empire State Building, a sexy man literally falls into Reed’s lap. His name is Taz and he’s just been dumped by his date. One look and Reed is hooked. He offers to buy Taz some coffee and they leave together.

Reed is attracted to Taz and takes him home to his apartment. But Reed discovers there’s more to Taz than he realized—especially when Taz’s stripes begin to show. And he has a tail? Turns out Taz is not quite like Reed. In fact, he comes from another planet, far far away, and he’s only on Earth for a vacation.

Reed never believed in aliens before, but he’s facing one now, and dear God, what is he going to do? Just when he decides he loves Taz and together they can handle anything, the alien that dumped Taz decides he wants him back and steals him away.

Can Reed live with the memory of what he almost had, and the love he found and lost? How can he ever face the moonlit skies again?

 

Excerpt:  “Are you okay? Hello?”

Reed dragged his mind away from those sexy green eyes. “Ah, huh? What?”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to fall on top of you like that. You see, it was like this. I was pushed, and you just happened to be there and….” The stranger grinned at Reed. “And down we went.”

Reed shifted under the body lying so contentedly on top of him. Hell’s bells, the guy fit against him perfectly. From the feel of things, they were both close to the same height. Which also meant certain things were… aligned. “Oh yeah, I’m okay. Banged my head a little, but I’m fine.”

The stranger bit his bottom lip, his teeth worrying the tender skin. Reed debated slamming his head against the floor a few more times in the hopes of rattling his brain back to normal as the stranger rolled off him.

“I really am sorry.”

“No harm done.” Reed sat up and looked at the guy once again. Well, not much harm, anyway. His libido just had to pick now to perk up, didn’t it? But damn, this guy was sexy. Reed struggled to his feet and held his hand out to the man still on the floor, looking up at him. The guy took his hand and let Reed pull him up. “Name’s Reed. Are you okay?”

“Hi, Reed!” The guy hopped to his feet in a single, lithe movement, as if it was the most….world. “My name is Taz. Nice to meet you, and yes, I am.”

For a moment there was a flash in the guy’s eyes that belied his statement. “Good, that’s good. Glad to hear it. Well, I guess I’d better be going—”

A forlorn expression crossed Taz’s face and his pretty eyes clouded. “Oh.” 

Reed hesitated. There was something about the guy that pulled at him. When was the last time he’d felt that pull? Way too long ago. Taz was cute, sure. But there was this look of hurt. Dammit, Taz just looked so lost. Insane as it was, he wanted to make it all better.                         

 

 

Author bio:

M.A. Church

M.A. Church lives in the southern United States and spent many years in the elementary education sector. She is married to her high school sweetheart and they have two children. Her hobbies are gardening, walking, attending flea markets, watching professional football, racing, and spending time with her family on the lake.

But her most beloved hobby is reading. From an early age, she can remember hunting for books at the library. Later nonhuman and science fiction genres captured her attention and drew her into the worlds the authors had created. But always at the back of her mind was the thought that one day, when the kids were older and she had more time, she would write a book.

By sheer chance she stumbled across a gay male romance story on the web and was hooked. A new world opened up and she fell in love. Thus the journey started. When not writing or researching, she enjoys reading the latest erotic and mainstream romance novels.

 

My links:

Blog http://machurch00.blogspot.com

Twitter @nomoretears00

Facebook: M.A. Church http://www.facebook.com/pages/MA-Chur...

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5141393.M_A_Church

 

Publishers:

Dreamspinner: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/index.php?cPath=55_650

Romance First Publishing: www.rfppublishing.com

Changeling Press: http://www.changelingpress.com/author.php?uid=177

Storm Moon: http://www.stormmoonpress.com/authors/MA-Church.aspx

 

 

 

Author Bio:

Julie Lynn Hayes was reading at the age of two and writing by the age of nine and always wanted to be a writer when she grew up. Two marriages, five children, and more than forty years later, that is still her dream. She blames her younger daughters for introducing her to yaoi and the world of M/M love, a world which has captured her imagination and her heart and fueled her writing in ways she'd never dreamed of before. She especially loves stories of two men finding true love and happiness in one another's arms and is a great believer in the happily ever after. She lives in St. Louis with her daughter Sarah and two cats, loves books and movies, and hopes to be a world traveler some day. She enjoys crafts, such as crocheting and cross stitch, knitting and needlepoint and loves to cook. While working a temporary day job, she continues to write her books and stories and reviews, which she posts in various places on the internet. Her family thinks she is a bit off, but she doesn't mind. Marching to the beat of one's own drummer is a good thing, after all. 

 

Her other published works can be found at Dreamspinner Press, MuseitUp Publishing and No Boundaries Press, and coming soon with both Extasy Books and Torquere Press. She has also begun to self-publish and is an editor at MuseitUp.  

 

You can find her on her blog at http://julielynnhayes.blogspot.com, and you can contact her at tothemax.wolf@gmail.com.

 

My Links:

Blog  http://julielynnhayes.blogspot.com

Twitter @Shelley_runyon

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/julie.l.hayes.7?ref=tn_tnmn

My Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3442231.Julie_Lynn_Hayes

 

Publishers:

Museit Up Publishing:  http://museituppublishing.com/bookstore2/index.php

Dreamspinner Press: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/index.php?cPath=55_222

eXtasy Books http://www.extasybooks.com/  (coming soon)

Torquere Press http://torquerepress.com/  (coming soon)