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Chasing Shadows By Annabelle Jacobs

Author Name: Annabelle Jacobs

Book Name: Chasing Shadows

Release Date: March 24, 2016

Blurb:

Jamie Matthews goes to Cornwall to find his missing brother. The police are convinced Michael drowned, but Jamie knows better. No way would Michael swim to his death, especially on a beach with a wicked rip tide. Finding a stranger in his brother’s cottage only deepens his misgivings.

Felix Bergstrom is recently discharged from the British Army. Unable to put the past behind him, he takes an unhealthy interest in old acquaintance and millionaire businessman Karl Weston, hoping to catch him up to no good. Michael’s disappearance adds fuel to Felix’s suspicions. Weston’s clifftop home overlooks the beach where Michael supposedly walked into the sea, but Weston has an alibi for that day.

When Jamie and Felix meet, the physical attraction is instant. Mistrust keeps them from acting on it until finally all their secrets are laid bare. But time isn’t on their side. Before they’re able to work out whether they have a future, danger catches up with them and threatens to put an end to everything.

Mending the Rift By Chris T. Kat Tour

Author Name: Chris T. Kat

Book Name: Mending the Rift

Release Date: March 14, 2016

Blurb:

In a future where man’s ability to reproduce is severely compromised, humanity has adapted to survive. Breeders—male and female—have become precious commodities, and they are strictly guarded and subject to limitations.

Luca Walker is a breeder. Though he knows what’s expected of him as the youngest son of the Northern Confederacy’s Vice President, he’s held out against the pressures of an arranged marriage because he longs to marry for love, not duty. But he’s been promised to Colonel Liam Smith and there’s little he can do about it, no matter that Luca is secretly in love with his bodyguard, Marcus Gray.

When Luca finds himself pregnant with Marcus’s baby, Smith is furious and vows to take what is his—by force, if necessary. Now Luca must fight for his life and the life of his unborn child… as well as the love of Marcus and the happily ever after he’s always dreamed of.

Rebirth By Dusk Peterson

Author Name: Dusk Peterson

Book Name: Rebirth

Series: The Eternal Dungeon

Volume One

Release Date: February, 2016

Blurb:

“‘This prisoner deserves special treatment.’ The hooded man looked over at the young man again.”

Elsdon Taylor, a prisoner accused of committing a terrible murder. Layle Smith, a torturer with a terrible past. Their meeting in the Eternal Dungeon appears certain to bring out the worst in both men.

Yet neither man is quite what he appears. As the prisoner and his torturer begin to be drawn toward each other, the ripple effects of their meeting will have a powerful impact on other inhabitants of the Eternal Dungeon: Layle’s faithful guard, struggling to contain his doubts. A younger guard determined to take any shortcuts necessary to ensure that his life follows the path he has already chosen. An old love from Layle’s past, still sorrowing. And most of all, a prisoner who has not yet arrived at the Eternal Dungeon, but whose fate will depend on how Layle handles Elsdon Taylor . . . and on how Elsdon handles Layle Smith.

A winner of the 2011 Rainbow Awards (within the “The Eternal Dungeon” omnibus), this tale of love and adventure can be read on its own or as the first volume in The Eternal Dungeon, a speculative fiction series set in a nineteenth-century prison where the psychologists wield whips.

The Eternal Dungeon series is part of Turn-of-the-Century Toughs, a cycle of alternate history series (Waterman, Life Prison, Commando, Michael’s House, The Eternal Dungeon, and Dark Light) about adults and youths on the margins of society, and the people who love them. Set in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the novels and stories take place in an alternative version of America that was settled by inhabitants of the Old World in ancient times. As a result, the New World retains certain classical and medieval customs.

Tom Goss – Son of a Preacher Man

Recently I read a story where a gay man asked why someone coming out was news. It shouldn’t be, he said. It’s no different than being straight, so why should someone need to come out, was his argument.

Then I read about young gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender teens who killed themselves, and I had my answer.

As Will Parkinson I wrote young adult novels because kids need to know they’re not alone. They need to understand that there are other people in the world who share the same feelings they do. I’ve heard the horror stories about kids being abandoned on the roadside like a pet no one wants. How they wished they were dead. And still, some people think coming out shouldn’t be newsworthy.

Today I found this video by Tom Goss. It’s the old Dusty Springfield tune, but given a gay twist as the son of a preacher man is in love with another young man. This song tore out my heart (make sure you watch it until the last minute, because there is a HEA there for you). One scene shows the potential aftermath of the bigotry and hate they’re subjected to. Fortunately it doesn’t end badly here. But it does so many other times.

So give the video a watch. At the end there are numbers for some programs that support and educate people. If you’re able, donate a few bucks. And thank you.

Law By Jess Buffett

Author Name: Jess Buffett

Book Name: Law

Release Date: February 29, 2016

Blurb:

Law

Being in the internationally successful boy-band Right Time had been everything I had ever wanted and more. Well, except for one thing, or should I say one person? But I had long ago acknowledged that I couldn’t have both the life and the person and I should be happy with what I had. That worked until he showed up in my life again. And then nothing made sense.

Byron

For years I had pretended I didn’t care. Ignoring my feelings had become second nature to me. That was until my niece begged me to take her to see her favorite boy-band, Right Time, for her birthday, and I came face to face with him. In all fairness, she had no idea the can of worms she’d be opening. And to tell the truth, neither did I.