Review & Giveaway - Surrender The Dark (Dark Series book 1) by Tibby Armstrong

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Surrender The Dark

by Tibby Armstrong

As a provocative series of paranormal temptation begins, a vampire king seduces the supernaturally gifted man hunting him. But when the stakes are literally life or death, their struggle for control is no game.
 
Benjamin Fuller is a hunter, born and bred. Blinded as a child by the vampire who slaughtered his family, he’s blessed with a second sight that allows him to catch and kill his quarry. What his gift can’t help him see coming is his fierce, almost carnal attraction to the mystery man who claims to be a fellow hunter and whose touch triggers both lust and revulsion. When he gains the upper hand, Benjamin vows to bring his enemy to his knees.
 
After many years spent in exile, the only one who can help restore Tzadkiel Dragoumanos to his rightful place as War King is a blind hunter with golden curls, a lithe dancer’s physique, and distinctive facial scars—scars Tzadkiel gave him two decades ago. The mere scent of Benjamin Fuller provokes an unwelcome rush of insatiable desire. Yet to win an all-out supernatural war, Tzadkiel must resist the ravenous hunger to possess his prey—for now.

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Excerpt & Giveaway - Frostbitten by Charlotte Stein

About Frostbitten: 

Shy nurse Cora both dreads and lives for the moments she sees Zeke, an orderly at the hospital where she works. Zeke is too handsome, too compelling, too much, and seems totally unaware of Cora. But before she can bring herself to his attention, an explosion rips through the hospital Christmas party. 

Zeke has noticed Cora—in fact, he’s so irresistibly drawn to her that he saves her from the explosion by turning her into a vampire, much to the jealousy and resentment of his partner, Merrick. Zeke hates being a vampire, and now that she’ll live, doesn’t want Cora to suffer his fate. If they can both resist the overwhelming instinct to bond, joining their bodies as Cora draws her maker’s blood, she might be able to return to her normal human life. 

As Merrick uses every erotic trick to keep Zeke distracted from the blood passion, Cora becomes more and more drawn to both of her reluctant captors. And more and more happy to abandon her old life in exchange for an eternity with two hot immortal lovers. All she has to do is convince Merrick and Zeke that being a vampire isn’t all that bad. 

Available from Riptide Publishing and Amazon

Guest Post w/Excerpt & Giveaway - Roller Girl (Lake Lovelace, Book 3) by Vanessa North

This is not a book about “being trans.” 

Lemme explain. I’m a cisgender woman. When I decided Tina would be transgender three years ago, I didn’t know I was going to be writing her story two years later. I just knew that I have transgender friends who are an important part of my life, and if Ben’s story was going to reflect the world I live in, so should he.  

Readers responded to Tina—enjoying her personality and asking for more. The first time someone asked if I would be writing her book I said “I’d love to.” Yeah, that was a total cop-out. I was terrified that if I wrote the book, I would do something wrong. I wanted to tell Tina’s post-divorce story, because I love Tina, and I didn’t want to inadvertently hurt anyone through ignorance. 

When I started turning over the idea of a roller derby story with Tina at the center of it, I started to really question what being a woman means to me, and what it means to Tina, and how I could tell a story about communities of women and what we mean to each other. That was when I realized how very few romance novels I’ve read that celebrate female friendship for its own sake. 

I’ve been asked why the fact that Tina is trans is not in the blurb. (It is tagged as trans in Riptide’s tagging system, and I’ve openly promoted it as a book with a trans MC). The answer is really simple: this is not a book about being trans nor is the fact that Tina’s transgender part of the conflict. As a cis author, I don’t believe stories “about being trans” are stories that are mine to tell. Instead, this is a story about love, friendship, and roller derby—with a transwoman kicking ass right in the middle of it all.

  

About Roller Girl: 

Recently divorced Tina Durham is trying to be self-sufficient, but her personal-training career is floundering, her closest friends are swept up in new relationships, and her washing machine has just flooded her kitchen. It’s enough to make a girl cry. 

Instead, she calls a plumbing service, and Joanne “Joe Mama” Delario comes to the rescue. Joe is sweet, funny, and good at fixing things. She also sees something special in Tina and invites her to try out for the roller derby team she coaches. 

Derby offers Tina an outlet for her frustrations, a chance to excel, and the female friendships she’s never had before. And as Tina starts to thrive at derby, the tension between her and Joe cranks up. Despite their player/coach relationship, they give in to their mutual attraction. Sex in secret is hot, but Tina can’t help but want more. 

With work still on the rocks and her relationship in the closet, Tina is forced to reevaluate her life. Can she be content with a secret lover? Or with being dependent on someone else again? It’s time for Tina to tackle her fears, both on and off the track.

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Excerpt & Giveaway - Kept by Jim Arnold

Kept 

Author: Jim Arnold 

Genre: LGBT/Mystery-suspense 

Release Date: March 20, 2016

Hosted by: Book Enthusiast Promotions

“Kept” is a (crime mystery) desert neo-noir about George and Connor, two young gay men who get mixed up in a deadly Palm Springs real estate scam and fight to survive in a twisted world of desire, double-cross and deception.

Palm Springs: Jorge Gomez leaves his poor family behind and remakes himself as ambitious George Gomes.

Soon young gay George is picked up by Connor Hurst, who takes him to an empty mansion for a night of lust. Connor convinces George to work alongside him in a scam targeting gullible retirees with classic desert homes.

George appears to be on a strange path to the American Dream, until his help covering up a violent death propels him toward bigger risks—perhaps even murder, one that seems justified, one promising a sizable payday.

George doesn't know his role is to take the fall.

Yet he isn’t as stupid as everyone thinks. Left alone, literally hanging on a wire with a corpse, George must fight enemies real and imagined if he has any hope of finding his dream—or even staying alive long enough to enjoy it.