Monday, May 1, 2017

Promo Post: Sexy To Go Gay Romance by Avery Duran, Leigh Ellwood, Asta Idonea, Eva Lefoy, Dale Cameron Lowry, Jodi Payne, Shiloh Saddler, Sam Thorne, A.E. Wasp #Excerpt



Sexy to Go Gay Romance Is Out!
Release Date: April 1, 2017

Genres: M/M contemporary romance, M/M paranormal romance, M/M erotic romance, M/M historical romance
Authors: Avery Duran, Leigh Ellwood, Asta Idonea, Eva Lefoy, Dale Cameron Lowry, Jodi Payne, Shiloh Saddler, Sam Thorne, A.E. Wasp
Length: 286 pages/71,328  words
Publisher: Sexy to Go
Cover Artist: Ella Dominguez




Blurb

Sexy to Go Gay Romance features nine scorching hot MM romances to make your blood sing. Whether finding love at a Jewish singles dance or while crossing the River Styx, these men remind us that love is always worth fighting for, no matter what the cost. Meet a handyman who’s an ace with his tools, a king who kindles the passion of a Greek god, and an architect who erects more than buildings. From the everyday to the fantastical, these stories explore male-male love in all its simmering intensity.

Matzo Ball by Avery Duran
When Jacob’s outgoing best friend talks him into attending a party for Jewish singles, neither man realizes that it’s not a gay event. Things go from bad to worse when Jacob’s friend doesn’t show up. The night turns around when Jacob befriends Ian, a sexy bartender. After a spectacular kiss good night, they go their separate ways. But Jacob can’t forget the chemistry he shared with Ian, and hungers for more. In a city the size of New York, will these men be able to find their way back to each other?

Styx & Stone by Leigh Ellwood
What's the afterlife really like? Charon the ferryman knows the River Styx like the back of his hand, and he enjoys giving newly departed Stone the full tour.

First Swallow of Spring by Asta Idonea
The first swallow of spring draws Seanán back to the fae circle each year, where he dances with the handsome fae lord, Iorweth. He knows the four rules he must follow if he wishes to be free to leave at the end of the night; however, Iorweth is growing ever more inventive in his attempts to trick Seanán into breaking them.

How Hercules Got His Bruise by Eva Lefoy
Hercules might have completed his 12 labors and become immortal, but he's still not out to himself. Until he meets Sisyphus, a man who turns him on in ways not even a goddess can compete with. When Zeus threatens to destroy their new bond, Hercules must again rise to the challenge, this time to protect his right to love a man.

Loggerhead by Dale Lowry
Soon after they fall in love, Jake makes Eric a promise inspired by an old track uniform. But demanding work schedules at Jake’s four-star restaurant and Eric’s newspaper keep them from following through. Six years later, they take the honeymoon they never had, heading to the Florida coast in search of sea turtles – and rekindling their passion for each other in the process.

Handyman by Jodi Payne
Danny is haunted by memories of his ex, Peter, who moved out six months ago. He recognizes just how bad off he is when he wakes up to a flood in his condo, a problem Peter would have adeptly handled. Danny can't find the insurance paperwork, he doesn't know who he should call first, and he's about ready to strangle his stoner neighbors. His day starts looking up, though, when the workmen arrive to deal with the water, replace his breaker box and demolish the soaked ceiling. Ken, a handyman, shows up to handle the drywall, but can Danny handle Ken?

Clipped Wings by Shiloh Saddler
When a male swan shifter is captured by a cruel master he develops feelings for another male slave. The master has plans for the shifter that go against every fiber of his being. Will the two men bow down to their station in life or take flight to keep their love alive?

Rebuilding the Future by Sam Thorne
Allen's peace has been seriously disturbed. As the shy architect takes on the task of extending the home he inherited from his late aunt, his life becomes a battle. The building work is going fine, but he can barely contain his one-way lust for sexy foreman Declan, who's a one-man generator of testosterone and mixed messages. As the build completion approaches, Allen's ready to do just about anything to keep Declan around a little longer...

Man in the Mirror by A.E. Wasp
A companion story to the Paper Hearts novel, Man in the Mirror is the first short in a new erotic series set in the world of the Veterans Affairs books.
Benny hasn't let Mikey see him naked in a week, will barely let Mikey touch him. Mikey's going to get to the bottom of the issue if it takes all night.

Excerpt

From How Hercules Got His Bruise by Eva Lefoy

Early morning found Hercules at the edge of the driest, least hospitable spot on Earth. A desert so far in the middle of nowhere, not many had ever passed through. As the sun beat down mercilessly on the parched dry soil, not a bird’s trill came to his ears. But he did hear one sound that repeated itself over and over. A scraping, rolling, and grunting came from up ahead. From this distance, he could just make out the figure of a man toiling with a giant rock at least ten times his size on a steep slope. Intrigued by the feat of strength, Hercules quickened his steps.
As he neared, the image enlarged, filing his vision with a sight so wondrous he dropped his parcel and watched, riveted. The man before him must be Sisyphus, but it wasn’t the Sisyphus he’d imagined. Far from a spindly, weak, lazy former ruler, the goliath pushing the boulder was neither pampered nor soft. He wore only a thin loincloth stretched across rounded tight buttocks. Underneath the fabric, thick muscles moved and bunched as Sisyphus bent to his task, both feet braced on the mountain. Above the finely sculpted ass, a narrow waist and sensuously curved back supported shoulders nearly as massive as Hercules’ own. The corded muscles in these quivered as Sisyphus wrapped his arms around the boulder and heaved. Hercules drew his breath and held it, mildly aware of a tingling low in his groin, as Sisyphus began his uphill journey.
Minutes stretched into hours as Hercules stood mesmerized, forgetting the heat, forgetting his thirst, focused only on Sisyphus’s supple grunting form as he pushed and rested, pushed and rested his way up the slope. About halfway up Sisyphus stopped, bracing the boulder against the side of the hill with a smaller rock that didn’t even appear large enough to hold its weight. But Sisyphus apparently knew what he was doing. He turned, leaned his back against the boulder, and wiped his brow. Then he lifted his face toward the sky.
For the first time, Hercules took in the full glory of Sisyphus. “Oh my god. He’s beautiful.” Pectorals swollen with work stood out proudly from his chest, leaving no flat planes from shoulder to shoulder. Effort-hardened biceps curved in muscular cascades from shoulder caps to elbows, tapering into thick forearms. Beneath his chest, six rows of abdominals rippled proudly with each breath and Hercules found his mouth watering at such perfection.
Even Sisyphus’ tree-trunk thighs were stunning. Each of his sculpted quadriceps bulged, competing with the others for space in a riot of masculine fervor. Hercules couldn’t help imagining those thunderous thighs trembling in passion, couldn’t stop himself from picturing what lay underneath Sisyphus’ loincloth nor what his groans of release might sound like.

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Author Links

      Sexy to Go fanpage: www.facebook.com/sexytogobooks/
      Avery Duran: www.AveryDuran.com
      Leigh Ellwood: www.leighellwood.com/
      Asta Idonea/ Nick J. Marcus: www.nickijmarkus.com
      Eva Lefoy: writery.wordpress.com
      Dale Cameron Lowry: www.dalecameronlowry.com
      Jodi Payne: jodipayne.net
      Shiloh Saddler: silkensheetsandseduction.wordpress.com
      A.E. Wasp: www.aewasp.com

Blog Tour: While You See A Chance by Alexa Milne ~ Guest Post #Giveaway


You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream. 


I was fifty-three when my first book was published, and am now heading towards the second half of my fifties. I still have hopes and dreams, even if they mostly concern getting a bungalow and hoping for days when my arthritis isn’t too painful. Up until recently, one of my biggest hopes was getting my story of two sixty-year old main characters, who find love again, published. I wrote While You See a Chance two years ago, and it has been through several edits to get to this stage. When Manifold Press said they’d take it on, I was overjoyed.

The thing is, people do get old as there is only one other alternative. At my age, although I like reading stories of young men finding love for the first time, I feel the need to read stories with characters who, like myself, have some life experiences. You see LGBTQA+ people get old too. I wanted to read about those characters so went in search and I didn’t find many. In the end, I did what they say you should and decided to write a story myself – the story of two men who meet again after nearly forty years apart. Sion and Phil had been childhood friends in South Wales, but had gone their separate ways. Now Sion and Phil have returned and meet again. Phil is divorced and Sion bereaved. This story explores rediscovering love, second chances, and what people will do to be together both now and in the past.

Older LGBTQA+ issues have been in the news recently, from the ninety-five-year-old man who decided it wasn’t too late to come out, to another man, also in his nineties, who decided to become the woman she’d always believed herself to be. My local news also had a story of the first retirement community in Manchester, where more than half of the residents will be LGBTQA+.

http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/news/63431/manchester-open-uk-first-lgbt-gay-retirement-community/

Being gay and old can be problematic if you are in hospital, or have to go into a home, and are afraid of how the staff and others will react to you and maybe your partner. One of the worst issues before civil partnership and same sex marriage became legal, involved losing your home because your partner’s family swooped in and threw you out, or not being allowed to be there if your partner fell ill because you had no power to make decisions. I remember reading some years about how when a well-known actor died, his partner of many years lost everything.

When I was born, homosexuality for men was still illegal in the UK. Thank goodness times have changed, and now more than sixty percent of the UK population agree with gay rights. There is still a way to go, but as someone who taught for thirty years and witnessed the attitudes of young people change so much that several pupils came out while at school, I have great hope of this percentage increasing.

I’d love the number of romance books featuring older characters to increase. We need stories that give us hope and show happiness is possible, even when our knees creak and our backs hurt, and maybe swinging from the chandelier is a little impracticable. I hope While You See a Chance achieves this as it weaves together the stories of three couples over time. You really are never too old to dream, or to take a chance.




Buy Links: Manifold | Amazon US | Amazon UK

Publisher: Manifold Press

Length: 58,000 words

Blurb

As children growing up in South Wales, Sion, Phil and Helen were known as the Three Musketeers, always together and never apart - but time moves on. Sion left to lecture in history at Yale. Phil married Helen because it seemed the obvious thing to do, and they settled down to life in Manchester.


Now all three are approaching sixty. After the death of his partner, and wanting to solve a family mystery, Sion returns to his childhood home to start again. When Helen announces she wants a divorce, Phil also returns home, to a new teaching job, and to renovate the ruin of a house he and Sion once dreamed of living in.

Neither man knows the other is back. Neither man knows how the other feels. With so much unsaid, and so many years apart, can Sion and Phil finally face the truth and take a chance on finding happiness together?




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Author Bio

Originally from South Wales, Alexa has lived for over thirty years in the North West of England. Now retired, after a long career in teaching, she devotes her time to her obsessions. Alexa began writing when her favourite character was killed in her favourite show. After producing a lot of fanfiction she ventured into original writing. She is currently owned by a mad cat and spends her time writing about the men in her head, watching her favourite television programmes and usually crying over her favourite football team.



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