A Barlow Lens Book Tour
Author Bio:
Elizabeth Noble started telling stories before she actually knew how to write, and her family was very happy when she learned to put words on a page. Those words turned into fan fiction that turned into a genuine love of M/M romance fiction. Being able to share her works with Dreamspinner is really a dream come true. She has a real love for a good mystery complete with murder and twisty plots as well as all things sci-fi, futuristic, and supernatural and a bit of an unnatural interest in a super-volcano in Wyoming.
Elizabeth has three grown children and is now happily owned by an adorable mixed breed canine princess named Rosie, and two cats, Murphy and Yeti. She lives in her native northeast Ohio, the perfect place for gardening, winter and summer sports (go Tribe!). When she’s not writing she’s working as a veterinary nurse, so don’t be surprised to see her men with a pet or three who are a very big part of their lives.
Two of Elizabeth’s books have received Honorable Mentions in the Rainbow Awards.
Where can you find Elizabeth Noble?:
Website http://www.elizabeth-noble.com
Circles website: http://elizabeth-noble-circles.weebly.com/
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Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: TL Bland
Blurb(s):
While planning a future with his partner, Val, Wyatt’s past refuses to be forgotten. Wyatt’s old friend asks him to look into the mysterious death of her uncle in a fire back in 1927, when men were silent, tough, and did not love other men—except when they did. Working with Val, Wyatt digs up clues uncovering the truth behind the tragic school fire and the one responsible. The story of Tom and Philip slowly reveals itself, and Wyatt and Val realize nothing is as simple as they originally believed. As their trail heats up, an old enemy of Wyatt’s decides he’s waited long enough for revenge. If Wyatt can’t tie everything together, history might repeat itself.
Categories: Contemporary, M/M Romance, Mystery, Thriller
Excerpt:
Once they were back at their hotel, Wyatt ushered Val into their room, not bothering with the light. They were high enough up there was no need to close the drapes, and light from the city cast a soft glow over them.
As Val unbuttoned his suit jacket, Wyatt stepped up behind him, placing his palms on Val’s shoulders, then rubbing lightly up and down his arms a few times. “Let me give you a hand.” Wyatt eased the jacket off and kissed the side of Val’s neck, nudging his head to the side as he did so. A low moan rumbled out of Val’s chest. Wyatt dropped the jacket on a chair and slipped his hands under Val’s shirt, caressing Val’s skin with his fingertips.
When he reached Val’s tightening nipples, he rubbed small circles until Val’s hips jerked. Val shuddered and pulled in a quick, shaky breath, making Wyatt smile. Val’s tie and shirt joined his jacket. Wyatt ran his hands over Val’s torso before returning them to Val’s shoulders. He lightly traced the scars on Val’s shoulder with first his finger, then his tongue.
Val’s surgery to repair the damage done in the course of stopping some seriously dangerous people who had been trying to force jockeys to throw races, had left several scars. They weren’t red, raised, and angry anymore. Val never complained about them hurting, but the marks were still puckered and darker than the surrounding skin.
“You know,” Val whispered between dragging in a breath and panting it out again. “That first time we went out to dinner, I was so worried you’d think I was some uncouth, country hick because I don’t know about wine and art. And that I was too young to bother with.”
“Hmm, do you know what I worried about when I was thirty?” Wyatt scraped his teeth across Val’s shoulder blades.
“N-no. What?”
“Getting a sweet piece of hot ass,” Wyatt said in a low voice.
Val laughed. “Well, you’re sort of slow. Took you long enough. Worth the wait?”
“Oh, hell, yes.” Wyatt maneuvered Val to the bed.
Pages or Words: 32,000 words
Interview
Hi and thank you, Parker for hosting me today!
Parker asked me the question recently: What does the phrase ‘Every life is a circle’ mean to you? Especially in terms of this series.
Have you ever heard the expression ‘It’s a small world’? Or some variation of that?
Here’s a for instance: Parker Williams and my grandson have something in common. They’re both Parker. I know a bit about both Parkers. I know what part of the world Parker Williams lives in, I’ve seen pictures of his pets and that he’s a huge animal lover and cooks vegan food.
I also know a bit about my grandson, Parker. He’s a huge animal lover too (even at only 15 months old), he likes pizza, toy trucks and apple juice. What can I say? The kid has good taste. He’s a few years younger than Mr. Williams and the two have never met but yet, they have several things in common.
They both have canine and feline friends, for some reason they both seem to like me, each likes pizza and they share a name.
Two Parkers separated by geographical distance and age, they’ve never met, yet they are connected.
Whoa!
So, what the heck does this have to do with my series? A mystery, suspense series with gay men as the main characters you ask?
Well, my grandson likes to play peek-a-boo, which I think qualifies as liking mysteries. Parker Williams likes to read about gay men…see where I’m going with this? Of course you do. And for those of us who remember, there was a Parker Stevenson who played a detective on TV. Now we have three people with the same name, all connected.
Giving a name to a book is difficult. Giving a name to a series of books is ten times more difficult. Each book within a series is still its own entity and the series title must encompass all those entities and say a little bit about them. The series title must connect all the books in some way.
When I was developing the idea for my Circles series, an image popped into my head that gave the series its name. Those five various colored Olympic Rings. All different. All interconnected.
Each one leads into the next.
A Barlow Lens is the second book in the series, Run for the Roses is the first. A Barlow Lens focuses on a peek into the past (points to pretty banner) and solving a cold case murder. Run for the Roses is a story that revolves around illegal gambling and the Kentucky Derby. The third book, Jewel Cave (comes out in April) has a plot which revolves around an obsessive stalker and kidnapping. What rings—Circles—are connecting these books?
Each book in the series features a different branch of law enforcement. In Run for the Roses we meet Val and Wyatt. Wyatt is with a branch of Homeland Security known as ICE. In A Barlow Lens Val and Wyatt look into the lives of two other men, Philip and Tom, who died in 1927. Philip was street cop. The request for the investigation comes from a US Marshall, Griff who is one of the main characters of the next book, Jewel Cave.
Through documents and photographs that preserved the past Val and Wyatt, along with Griff, meet Tom and Philip. Because of Val and Wyatt and their interactions with Griff, the reader is given a very brief introduction into characters in the next book.
All of these men are separated by time and distance and yet their stories collide, their circles intertwine.
In each of the books in the Circles series at some point the reader will be introduced to characters featured in the next book.
We’re all interconnected.
Every Life is a Circle.
Read on,
Elizabeth
Tour Dates/Stops:
14-Jan
21-Jan
28-Jan
4-Feb
11-Feb
18-Feb
25-Feb
4-Mar
Sales Links:
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