Title: The Man With Sapphire Eyes Series: The Ballot Boy, Book Two Author: Larry Mellman Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 05/16/2023 Heat Level: 3 – Some Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 96100 Genre: Historical, historical/14th century …
Title: Wake the Dead Series: Gamin Immortals, Book Two Author: Sophie Whittemore Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 05/09/2023 Heat Level: 2 – Fade to Black Sex Pairing: No Romance Length: 83700 Genre: Paranormal, Paranormal, lit, …
Although they’ve been labeled as a group of misfits, Minneapolis’ 77th police precinct has plenty of talent. The problem is, it’s paranormal talent and no one’s supposed to know about it.
Nick keeps his officers busy chasing after all the creepy crawly things that tend to go “bump” in the night, thus insuring the twin cities are safe and totally unaware that other realms even exist. Nick is the Door Keeper and his job as the precinct’s captain is to maintain order in what would otherwise be chaos.
When said chaos rears its ugly head in the form of a ferocious and brutal vampire, the last thing Nick needs is to deal with a new partner, even if that new partner is as sexy as Arrain.
Author Bio: Hurri Cosmo lives in Minnesota where she holds tight to the idea that there, where it’s cold a good part of the year, she won’t age as fast. Yep, she avoids the truth as much as she avoids mirrors. But one of the reasons she loves writing is reality doesn’t always offer up a “happily ever after” and being able to take control of that is a powerful lure. Being a happy ending junkie, writing just makes them easier to find. Oh, she doesn’t mind “real life” and she does try to at least keep it in mind when she writes her stories, but she truly loves creating a wonderful couple, knowing they will fall in love and have their HEA. Every – single – time. And, of course, that is exactly the reason she loves reading this genre, too. Give her a glass of red wine, some dark chocolate, and her computer, whether she is reading or writing, and she will entertain herself for hours. The fact she actually gets paid to do it is Snickers bars on the frosting on the cake.
How West Was Won The Superior Jewel Ice Dragon Tales (contains the first two books in the series, The Servant Prince and The Servant King) The One Forgetting Yesterday Saving Jack Talasar’s Elixir (Book one in the Dragon for Hire series) Amber Moon (Part of the Intoxicating Fantasies series) Chase and Capture Baby, Think it Over
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Every smart Southerner knows to be careful in the Louisiana bayou. There’s strange critters about and some might take a liking to you – if you’re lucky.
After getting lost in the bayou and pursued by sadist hunters, only one thing can save Wesley, a hot muscled gay shifter mate.
This 7,600+ word gay werewolf shifter romance contains detailed descriptions of sex, including oral and anal with a gay Cajun shifter. It is intended for the enjoyment of adult readers only (especially those who love man on man shifter romance with a touch of adventure).
EXCERPT: Just shy of the five-minute mark, I saw a large mostly white two-story brick house. It stood off the ground by at least ten feet. A shiny red pickup truck parked under a room on brick stilts to the left. Faded green iron work lined the edges of the balcony. Long winding metal stairs went to the second floor – or first depending on how you look at it. My eyebrow rose at the well-manicured lawn and flowers.
And what are you doing here in the middle of the swamp?
I wondered if it was one of those old money houses. It probably belonged to some old blue-haired lady.
I pulled into the circular driveway and gravel crunched under the tires. I slowed to avoid spraying rocks all over their lawn.
Several of the rooms were lit, and I looked for a hint of anyone within. I stepped onto the red brick porch at ground level. I knocked a few times on a white door with a window pane on top. Nobody answered. I knocked louder.
After a few minutes, I stood up on my tiptoes and glanced through the door window. A white muscular guy with a thick red mustache and goatee stared back. I stepped back, and the door opened.
I stared up even though we were both at ground level. He had a slight Cajun accent when he spoke. “What do you want?”
Damn. I never realized how sexy a French country accent could sound. Who are you?
He was taller by several inches and wider. He was dressed camouflaged hunter style but his clothing was clean and new. Chest muscles pressed out against his tight fitting black and green striped shirt.
His skin had a tint of red from the sun. He was someone that spent hours outdoors but not so much he turned brown. His muscles were thick like those branches out over the swamp. They weren’t showy and defined like some of the men on my err websites. They were thick and saw use every day. The sort that throw a bale of hay far.
Hell, those muscles could wrestle a gator.
Or pin me down.
My cock pressed out against my jeans and I shifted my stance. Glad I’m not wearing those tight shorts from the party.
His eyes narrowed and his mustache and goatee rose. “I said why are you on mah property?”
I pointed to my jeep. “Trying to get to New Orleans. Got lost… uh… wondering if there’s some gas I could buy?”
His forehead furrowed, and he gave a crooked smile. “You see any gas station around here?”
I sucked in a huge breath. Damn, that accent was an underwear dropper. Well, that and his thickness. Damn, I could get lost in those arms.
I shook my head and blinked myself back to reality. “If you have a hose, I can suck the…”
His eyes went down to my rainbow wristband and then to my shirt with rainbow lettering. “Afraid there ain’t nothing for you to suck around here.”
My face flushed with heat.
He looked over at the jeep and sighed. “How much you got?”
I pulled out my wallet. “At least a hundred.”
He frowned and waved it away. “Don’t want your money. Not gonna take someone like that. How much gas you got?”
“An eighth.”
His eyes went up as if chasing a thought. “For that model, that should be at least three gallons. Half that take you to the next station. Long as you don’t go sightseeing.” He jerked his hand further down the road. “You get gas there, filler up, go on straight, and get into town.”
“Which town?”
“The Town. Nawlins.”
My eyebrow rose. “New Orleans?”
He smirked and made a point of saying it like I did. “Yes, New Orleans.”
“Sorry.” I took a step back and extended my hand. “Well thanks uh?”
His thick hand went out and his bicep bulged out. The camouflage shirt sleeve stretched out as he held out his hand. “Mason.” Although he said it like Mah-soon.
His grip was strong, but he wasn’t a jerk about it.
Gooseflesh rose along my arm as his heat pressed against my palm. Damn. Wonder how that hand would feel around my dick?
Are you kidding? A man like that gets other men to jerk him off.
Wonder if there’s a job opening?
He jerked his thumb behind him. “Watch out for the creek. It’s not raining hard here, but it is up yonder. Jeep be fine if you take it slow.”
I nodded and thanked him. Damn, he was a looker. Couldn’t be sure if he was gay or not. I’m one of those unlucky gay men with no gaydar. Unless my lips are around the guy’s dick, I’m not sure if he’s gay.
Even if he was, a man like that wants someone big and built. He wants Huge Homo, not Gay Geek. I swallowed away the lump in my throat. Well, I can see you in my dreams tonight.
AUTHOR BIO:
Tabatha Austin is an Austin, Texas transplant settling down after finding a city she can finally call home. She’s a part-time freelancer who writes about everything from Michigan travel, fish tank equipment, toothpaste, to the occasional restaurant review. Whatever her clients send her.
“I take what I can get!” Just like some of the people in her stories!
After years of in-depth erotica “study,” she’s ready to create the stories she wanted to read, but couldn’t find.
Specializing in domination with occasional splashes of fem-dom, gay male erotica, t-girl/transgender erotica, sci-fi pulp erotica, and the just plain “out-there,” she’s having fun and getting paid for it.
When she’s not in front of her keyboard, she enjoys playing with her (now four) dogs, martial arts, SCUBA diving and working in her garden.
You can find out more about Tabatha (including her other books), at tabathaaustin.com or contact her via Twitter at @ImTabathaAustin .
When deciding what to write about in today’s HAHABT post, I started thinking about what it meant to be an ally, an activist and the mother of a gay son. You might think that the gay son came first, and the activism came second, but it was the other way around for me. I was already performing with an LGBT friendly community chorus, attending Pride events and helping to build a community of allies in the Goodreads M/M Romance group before I knew my son was gay.
My son and I have always been extremely close. I raised him alone, made him my priority and fostered a sense of “we got this” and a “let’s get er’ done” attitude that served us both well over the years. We joined a water ski show team when he was 12 and found a second family that included great male role models who helped teach him to be fearless when skimming over the water on bare feet at 40 miles an hour or doing flips over a jump with only inches between you and the skier next to you. He loved cars and music and going camping. He had a lot of friends and was a loving, kind person. I never suspected he was gay. Not even when a gay friend of ours suggested that he probably was. I just figured he was a late bloomer and he’d eventually discover girls.
When he was 15, I finally worked up the nerve to ask him if he was gay and he admitted that he thought he might be. That night I cried myself to sleep. I was so surprised at my reaction. It shouldn’t have upset me. I was an outspoken, button wearing, card carrying member of the gay rights movement. And the next day when he came home from school and said that after thinking about it, he had decided he wasn’t gay, I was ashamed at the feelings of immense relief that I felt.
We didn’t talk about it again until three years later, right before he was going to be leaving for college. I knew in my heart that he was gay and I knew that going away to school would afford him the freedom to be who he really was. So I sat him down and had the ‘honey, I think you’re gay” talk. He cried, I cried and he said the words that echoed the thoughts that had so upset me years before “this is not how I imagined my life would be”. He wanted to get married, have children and the proverbial white picket fence. I wanted those things for him too and as he said them, I realized that someday, he could have all of those things.
His coming out was a very slow process and even after three years of college, some of his closest friends still didn’t know he was gay. How and when a person comes out is a very personal decision and while I truly believe that, it was hard for me as a parent to watch him struggle so much. I felt strongly that his friends would be supportive and that it would be a non-issue, but he was so afraid that it would change things that even his best friend didn’t know. I did my best not to push but I could see how much suffering it was causing him. Keeping a secret, whether it’s anyone’s business or not, is stressful and exhausting. The immense relief he felt when he finally sat the best friend down and told him was immediate and emotional for both of them. He suspected of course. Here’s a good looking guy, outgoing, lots of fun, lots of friends…but no girlfriend. No midnight bootie calls, no hooking up at parties, none of the typical behavior of a “life of the party” college kid. I would have been more shocked if he hadn’t suspected. But, most importantly, he reassured him that it didn’t matter, didn’t change anything and that he loved him the same, no matter what.
As a parent, isn’t that what we want for all of our kids? To be loved, respected and accepted for exactly who they are…no matter what? Unfortunately, that’s not the reality for a lot of kids. I started a parent’s support group a few years ago at the local LGBT youth center. I had a woman in one of my meetings who had recently found out that her son was gay. He was a great kid, full ride scholarship to Yale, plans on becoming a doctor…and she wished he’d never been born. i struggled to find any compassion for this woman who sat across from me, the mother of a gay son, and told me that she would have had an abortion if she had known her son was going to turn out to be gay. All I could do was encourage her to get some professional counseling because obviously her homophobia was far more serious than I was equipped to deal with.
So today, International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, I want to encourage everyone to reach out to those that are struggling, either with their own journey or the journey of a loved one, and offer support and encouragement. I will never understand, or be able to relate to the parents who turn away from their own children, but I will always be there to encourage them to get help, get support and find it in their heart to love their children just the way they are.
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In an effort to help those that need support find it, I’ll be donating $25.00 to PFLAG, the nation’s largest organization uniting people who are LGBTQ with parents, families, friends, and allies. If you’d like the chance to have the donation made in YOUR name, leave a comment and you’ll be entered into a random drawing.
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New York City homicide detectives Rachel Wayland and Artemis Gregory are first on the murder scene of a beautiful young gay man, the third victim of a serial killer dubbed the Moon Killer by the department. Their investigation leads them to Talis Kehk, charismatic lead singer of the rock group Phoenix Rising.
As the next full moon approaches, Rachel and her partner uncover clues that lead straight to Talis, even as Talis, exhibiting behavior Rachel finds strange indeed, considering the circumstances, uses every means possible to keep her close. Innocent or not, Talis has a secret, and discovering what it is will change Rachel’s world forever.
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When Army veteran, Slade, stumbles upon an isolated cottage on a cold, dark, night, the young man finds more than just the shelter he’s seeking.
Former club Dominant Callum is surprised to find a handsome stranger knocking at his door but invites him in despite his reservations. A nightmare reveals Slade’s deep-seated emotional issues, and Callum knows he needs to get creative if he’s going to help Slade leave the past behind.
Neither man is prepared for the feelings Slade’s introduction into the world of BDSM will unleash, and thirty-six hours will either be enough to bind them, or they will remain forever strangers in the night.
After his move to Atlanta and away from the influence of his conservative parents, Mikey O’Malley finally feels free to be himself: art student, aspiring animator, and out gay man. He has friends, a new job, and not one, but two men interested in him. Cory Lassiter and Jimmy Black have been a happy couple for years, occasionally bringing a twink into their bed, but only for a brief roll in the hay. When Mikey meets the pair, the attraction is immediate, and it runs three ways. Mikey just can’t believe they’d have room in their lives for a permanent addition.
When Mikey’s newfound life is shattered by a lawsuit that accuses him of molesting a child years earlier, he’s determined to face his troubles on his own, but Cory and Jimmy are just as determined that he not have to go it alone. To reconcile his need for independence and his desire for love, Mikey has to learn that being a man isn’t just about standing on your own two feet. It’s about letting yourself lean on the ones who love you.
Shae Connor lives in Atlanta, where she’s a lackadaisical government worker for a living and writes sweet-hot romance under the cover of night. She’s been making things up for as long as she can remember, but it took her a long time to figure out that maybe she should try writing them down. She’s conned several companies into publishing her work and adds a new notch on her bedpost each time another story is unleashed onto an unsuspecting universe.
A member of the Romance Writers of America and the Rainbow Writers chapter, Shae was first published in 2010 and has a lineup of short stories, novellas, and novels available from Dreamspinner Press, Wilde City Press, MLR Press, and Amber Allure.
Shae is part Jersey, part Irish, and all Southern, which explains why she never shuts up. When she’s not chained to her laptop, she enjoys cooking, traveling, watching baseball, and reading voraciously, and she’s an annual volunteer for the Dragon Con on-site publication, the Daily Dragon. You can find her hanging out on Twitter most any time @shaeconnor, but for the more direct route, you can email her at shaeconnorwrites@gmail.com or visit her website at shaeconnorwrites.com.
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New York City homicide detectives Rachel Wayland and Artemis Gregory are first on the murder scene of a beautiful young gay man, the third victim of a serial killer dubbed the Moon Killer by the department. Their investigation leads them to Talis Kehk, charismatic lead singer of the rock group Phoenix Rising.
As the next full moon approaches, Rachel and her partner uncover clues that lead straight to Talis, even as Talis, exhibiting behavior Rachel finds strange indeed, considering the circumstances, uses every means possible to keep her close. Innocent or not, Talis has a secret, and discovering what it is will change Rachel’s world forever.
“It bugs me that there’s no obvious motive,” Rachel said. “Why kill these young people? Thrill seeker? Lunatic? Someone who’s taking revenge because of some slight, real or imagined? Except they all appear to have died peacefully. No trauma, so it couldn’t be revenge, could it?” She stared hard at her picture of the tattoo, as if it might whisper something to her. “What do you know about Phoenix Rising?”
“Played all over Europe before coming here—did you see that asshole cut me off? I oughta give him a ticket.” Artemis laid on the horn. “He wouldn’t have done that if we’d been in a squad car.”
“Phoenix Rising,” she reminded him, hiding a smile. He was all about road rage. She shouldn’t let him drive, but she enjoyed the frequent adrenalin rushes it provided her.
“Yeah. They’re huge right now, very popular. Lead singer is hot as hell.”
“Do you really have tickets to their concert, or were you bullshitting Creed?”
“I really have tickets.” He shot her a suspicious look. “Why?”
“When is it?”
“Saturday night.”
It was Thursday. “I suppose you’re going with Steve.”
“I suppose I am,” he said, eyes narrowing. “Don’t you dare.”
“What?”
“Don’t give me that innocent look. You want me to dump him and take you.”
“I think I should experience them firsthand, considering they’re on the periphery of our cases.”
“That is such shit.” He raced through an intersection on yellow. “A couple of bodies have bird tats and right away, you’re making a connection? I would guess that general design is in demand right now, given how popular the band is, and exclusive flash or not, plenty of shops are offering something similar. And let me remind you, the second victim didn’t have one. I am not dumping Steve in favor of you.”
Rachel grinned. “Where is this band staying? Let’s check them out.”
“How the hell are you going to justify that?”
“Call it a hunch, and I’m a detective doing legwork for a series of murders. They won’t say no.” She called the number Creed had provided, introduced herself, spoke briefly, and hung up. “That was too easy; the guy was über cooperative. They’re at the Waldorf Towers.”
“Do you know how much that place costs? A goddamn fortune, that’s what it costs.”
“I guess they have one then.” She tapped an index finger against her knee. “It’s on our way. Let’s drop by and welcome them to the neighborhood.”
“It’s not on our way, and you are not getting Steve’s ticket.” But he obediently turned right at the next light, headed for the Waldorf-Astoria.
Do you imagine blazing gun battles, bandits, and saloons with watered-down drinks when you think of cowboys and the West? We don’t. Our minds go right to horse shifters, bull shifters, were-leopards, urban wannabes, an interrupted journey along Route 66, a man of mystery named Dr. Feel-Good, and high noon at the edge of the galaxy! The fourth time’s the charm as the Butt-Thology authors saddle up, ride their men hard, and put ‘em away wet.
Butt Riders on the Range…the bulls aren’t the only ones being grabbed by the horns!
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For Christian Darringer, life isn’t worth living. Just back from the Middle East; scarred and with permanent damage to one leg, he does not think anyone will want him for anything. Meeting a gorgeous man he finds himself thinking about constantly is not in his plans. Pulled toward the startling younger man with striking blue eyes, he begins to question a lot of things – especially his sexuality. Not one to hide from a challenge, he plunges ahead only to find himself more than just attracted to Logan who is full of life and joy, he finds himself head over heels in love.
Logan Mannette has almost everything he ever wanted: loving parents, happiness, friends and security. The only thing missing is finding the love of his life, a love that is just like his parents’. When he meets Christian at a party, everything changes. Instantly attracted, he does his best to help this sad man and quickly finds himself feeling more than he has ever felt before. Raised in a domestic discipline household, he holds that ideal as what he wants but his interest in spanking became a fetish and when Christian admits that he wants to be spanked, Logan believes he might have found the perfect man.
Just as everything begins for them, Christian’s past intercedes and one of his brothers makes waves about him dating a man. If it weren’t for Logan’s support, he might fold; but with the love of one amazing man, Christian finds that living his life rather than just existing is as natural as breathing.
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Several years after the Third World War, resources are scarce. The poor are poorer, and the middle class doesn’t exist anymore. Teenagers are bought from desperate parents and orphanages, then brought to an island facility where they are to be educated, fed, and clothed as appropriate for their end purpose—soldier or breeder.
Marie Rice, is a strong young woman and has gained rank as leader of her battalion of trainees. She was promised a better life on the island, but she is finding that promises were made to be broken.
Gunner Lincoln is second-in-command of another battalion of trainees and has a conscience, unlike his commander.
In a world turned upside down, with violence growing stronger by the day, Marie and Gunnar know better than to allow anything to happen between them, no matter the attraction, but cannot keep themselves from falling into a forbidden love.
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Hurri Cosmo lives in Minnesota where she holds tight to the idea that there, where it’s cold a good part of the year, she won’t age as fast. Yep, she avoids the truth as much as she avoids mirrors. But one of the reasons she loves writing is reality doesn’t always offer up a “happily ever after” and being able to take control of that is a powerful lure. Being a happy ending junkie, writing just makes them easier to find. Oh, she doesn’t mind “real life” and she does try to at least keep it in mind when she writes her stories, but she truly loves creating a wonderful couple, knowing they will fall in love and have their HEA. Every – single – time. And, of course, that is exactly the reason she loves reading this genre, too. Give her a glass of red wine, some dark chocolate, and her computer, whether she is reading or writing, and she will entertain herself for hours. The fact she actually gets paid to do it is Snickers bars on the frosting on the cake.
