Serving Love by by Annmarie McKenna, Mary Winter & K.A. Mitchell

Hot Ticket by K.A. Mitchell

Sometime is tender to read a very beatiful love story.

Elliot and Cade meet during community service. Elliot was condamned to have bought stolen items (even if without bad intention) and Cade to have vandalized his ex-lover car after finding the man cheating in their bed with a lot younger man.

Elliot is a 23 years old clerck. He has a simple and ordinary life, he is gay and he has a crush for a man he has barely spoken. And he is virgin (in his past only 3 blowjob...). Cabe is a 33 years old post-hippie. He has quitted with college and now he works has a waiter. Where Elliot is all next door good boy, Cabe has 14 piercing on his ears, one on his eyebrows, one on his toungue and one on his nipple. Where Elliot is classical music and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m work, Cabe is heavy metal and night shifts. Everything seems to drive them apart, but the sex is very hot. For Elliot it's not only the first lover thing or the thrilling to savour a different life style, but Cabe is not so sure of that. He was hurt in the past and to trust again is a long way. Will Elliot be patient enough?

Even if it's Cabe who call the shot, sexually speaking it's Elliot who is the top. And it's very tender to read of the first time of Elliot and of his eagerness which can be a real pain for Cabe, but which at the end is a really good experience for both and a very arousing scene to read. Without doubt for Elliot, the relationship with Cabe is a matter of growing, a journey in discovery his sexuality. Cabe on the other hand, has seen a lot and tried even more, but "training" Elliot, will give him a new perspective.

We don't know if the relationship will last: Elliot is very young and at his first experience with a lover... in the real life probably they will break in few year, but this is a romance, and I want to think that this two guy will find an everlasting love together.

http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/hot-ticket

Amazon Kindle: Hot Ticket
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (January 15, 2008)

Court Appointed by Annmarie McKenna

Jackson is a judge. Old money family and comfy life, he is one of the younger federal judges of the country. And he has a right path for Washington. But there is a problem. Jackson likes men. Believing this could ruin his career he has always kept a low profile, having relationship with men who have maybe more reason than him to hide. And so no one knows about him apart his ex lovers and his father, an homophobic man who has never accepted his son.

But now hiding could be a deadly decision for Jackson, cause he is blackmailing by someone who obviously knows about him. And who has the possibility to enter annoticing in his home. So Jackson has to report to FBI, and the man who replies to his request is Trey, Jackson's wet dream. Jackson knows Trey and has always fantasized about him, but till now he has never tried to discover if the man could be possibly interested in having an affair. Cause a real story is not possible...

But Trey is not interested in an affair, he is interested in all and soon. He makes pretty clear that from that moment on, Jackson's safety, and body, are his own duty and a duty he is very willingly to accomplish. And if being his 24 hours bodyguard means share a bed... it's even better.

Jackson and Trey are really similar, both in looks than in behaviour. They are both strong men, and it's pretty funny the scene where Trey is hurrying to save the judge, and the man knocks down two men without help... if Trey would be less self-conscious, he could have an inferiority complex!

The sex story steals somewhat the scene to the suspence-thriller one. And there are some points of the suspence story which remain unsolved at the end, end which maybe happens a bit to quick... has the author a lenght limit in mind? I was really getting into the story and... puff... it was finished...

http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/court-appointed

Amazon Kindle: Court Appointed
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (January 15, 2008)

Amazon: Serving Love
Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: Samhain Publishing (December 29, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1599989980
ISBN-13: 978-1599989983

Reading List: http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading+list&view=elisa.rolle


Cover Art by Anne Cain


Cover Art by Anne Cain

Serving Love by by Annmarie McKenna, Mary Winter & K.A. Mitchell

Hot Ticket by K.A. Mitchell

Sometime is tender to read a very beatiful love story.

Elliot and Cade meet during community service. Elliot was condamned to have bought stolen items (even if without bad intention) and Cade to have vandalized his ex-lover car after finding the man cheating in their bed with a lot younger man.

Elliot is a 23 years old clerck. He has a simple and ordinary life, he is gay and he has a crush for a man he has barely spoken. And he is virgin (in his past only 3 blowjob...). Cabe is a 33 years old post-hippie. He has quitted with college and now he works has a waiter. Where Elliot is all next door good boy, Cabe has 14 piercing on his ears, one on his eyebrows, one on his toungue and one on his nipple. Where Elliot is classical music and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m work, Cabe is heavy metal and night shifts. Everything seems to drive them apart, but the sex is very hot. For Elliot it's not only the first lover thing or the thrilling to savour a different life style, but Cabe is not so sure of that. He was hurt in the past and to trust again is a long way. Will Elliot be patient enough?

Even if it's Cabe who call the shot, sexually speaking it's Elliot who is the top. And it's very tender to read of the first time of Elliot and of his eagerness which can be a real pain for Cabe, but which at the end is a really good experience for both and a very arousing scene to read. Without doubt for Elliot, the relationship with Cabe is a matter of growing, a journey in discovery his sexuality. Cabe on the other hand, has seen a lot and tried even more, but "training" Elliot, will give him a new perspective.

We don't know if the relationship will last: Elliot is very young and at his first experience with a lover... in the real life probably they will break in few year, but this is a romance, and I want to think that this two guy will find an everlasting love together.

http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/hot-ticket

Amazon Kindle: Hot Ticket: A Serving Love Story

Court Appointed by Annmarie McKenna

Jackson is a judge. Old money family and comfy life, he is one of the younger federal judges of the country. And he has a right path for Washington. But there is a problem. Jackson likes men. Believing this could ruin his career he has always kept a low profile, having relationship with men who have maybe more reason than him to hide. And so no one knows about him apart his ex lovers and his father, an homophobic man who has never accepted his son.

But now hiding could be a deadly decision for Jackson, cause he is blackmailing by someone who obviously knows about him. And who has the possibility to enter annoticing in his home. So Jackson has to report to FBI, and the man who replies to his request is Trey, Jackson's wet dream. Jackson knows Trey and has always fantasized about him, but till now he has never tried to discover if the man could be possibly interested in having an affair. Cause a real story is not possible...

But Trey is not interested in an affair, he is interested in all and soon. He makes pretty clear that from that moment on, Jackson's safety, and body, are his own duty and a duty he is very willingly to accomplish. And if being his 24 hours bodyguard means share a bed... it's even better.

Jackson and Trey are really similar, both in looks than in behaviour. They are both strong men, and it's pretty funny the scene where Trey is hurrying to save the judge, and the man knocks down two men without help... if Trey would be less self-conscious, he could have an inferiority complex!

The sex story steals somewhat the scene to the suspence-thriller one. And there are some points of the suspence story which remain unsolved at the end, end which maybe happens a bit to quick... has the author a lenght limit in mind? I was really getting into the story and... puff... it was finished...

http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/court-appointed

Amazon Kindle: Court Appointed: A Serving Love Story

Amazon: Serving Love

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading+list&view=elisa.rolle


Cover Art by Anne Cain


Cover Art by Anne Cain

I've been interviewed!!!

From Lulu Press Italy. The interview is in italian and here is the link:

http://people.lulu.com/blogs/view_post.php?post_id=40425

I try to translate it for you, but you have to be indulgent with me, cause Italian/English translation is not my field..

"The Blogosfera is commonly recognized as the virtual place where not only people can interact and exchange views on the most various topics, but also a channel through which, in real time, emerging trends that are the hint of what a great part of population, global or loval, feels the need to investigate and discuss with their peers. In this sense, Blogosfera allows a democratization of thought on a large scale that would otherwise be difficult to reach, with "traditional" methods of communication. You can so discover worlds, made of real people, that you really have never thought, or that we believed sleeping from a long time ago. And we realize that perhaps we have the radar a bit rusty. 

Take the romance in Italy, for example. All of us, the female is a must when it comes to romance, remember perfectly the Harlequin series we "eat" during our adolescence and that made us dream ... The general impression is that many of us are then took a distance from this genre considered light and for girls or bored housewives, but is it really so? The Blogosfera tells a very different story...

Elisa Rolle, with whom I have long spoken on the phone, has enlightened me on the matter: until recently she take part to 'Isn't it Romantic' blog, born in May 2006. She recently opened another blog on the same theme, 'Rosa is for Romance' which attracts about 200 unique visitors per day, of which 80% comes from Italy, which total access to an average of 800 pages. Elisa has understood that women wish to speak and read romance when, a couple of years ago, she sold on eBay, in a nutshell and at high price, many old romances that she could no longer accommodate at her home in Padua. Thus, by rising star of the digital market, she has turned into spokesman of the romance in Italy, activity that doesn't fills her pockets with money (in fact she continues to work as an process analyst for bank software solutions), but which allows her to cultivate her passion with enthusiasm. 'Rosa is for Romance' is available in Italian and English and consists of a section 'News' which reported the release of new books, a space reserved for chatting with the authors, which is very popular among readers and an area dedicated to curiosity, such as emerging genres and booktrailers. Through statistical tracking website and interaction with the readers, Elisa has a fairly precise idea of her readership: it is an average of women between 20 and 35 years, with a good knowledge of the Internet. Among the more active visitors there are housewives, wanna to be writers, clerck - these are examples to demonstrate how various are the professional profiles. As for the geographical distribution in Italy, there is a good balance between the various parts of the country, although there is a trend towards a slight increase in the centre-south.

It's interesting what Elisa told me about the changes occurring in the world of the romance in Italy in the last ten years. In the past romance books were generally of lesser quality, virtually all American imports, and attracted an audience less demanding from the intellectual point of view. Over the years some things have changed. It remains always a certain mistrust towards the Italian authors who are considered less capable. Few known names: Mariangela Camocardi, Ornella Albanian and Theresa Melville, in fact very italian. Indeed, the stranger names like and books written by Italian authors represent only 15% of the total. The romance is still underestimated in Italy, so much so that some Italian online retailers, for example, do not have a 'romance' category in their catalogues. Exentially the romance books, in our country, are published by Harlequin (the famous Harmony) and Arnoldo Mondadori which distributes through newsstands. What has changed in the way the romance is proposed in Italy, reflects the change in women in recent years. Women today are more cultured, they work more high profile, are more accustomed to get what they want - even in the field of books. Having a busy life, many women looking for a book to relax, recreation, enjoy an happy ending after many troubles in their life. The book may 'have a light content', but  'banality' but is little tolerated. The publishing houses are opening their eyes to this reality and today propose things more interesting. Elisa believes that the Internet has helped. For example, in the past there was a tendency to cut imported books till 30%, mainly due to the need for distribution at newsstands, with an impact on the quality of the text. Today, thanks to the vision that the Internet has given to the readers and the resulting power to be able to share opinions, something is moving." (Cristina Zorat)

I've been interviewed!!!

From Lulu Press Italy. The interview is in italian and here is the link:

http://people.lulu.com/blogs/view_post.php?post_id=40425

I try to translate it for you, but you have to be indulgent with me, cause Italian/English translation is not my field..

"The Blogosfera is commonly recognized as the virtual place where not only people can interact and exchange views on the most various topics, but also a channel through which, in real time, emerging trends that are the hint of what a great part of population, global or loval, feels the need to investigate and discuss with their peers. In this sense, Blogosfera allows a democratization of thought on a large scale that would otherwise be difficult to reach, with "traditional" methods of communication. You can so discover worlds, made of real people, that you really have never thought, or that we believed sleeping from a long time ago. And we realize that perhaps we have the radar a bit rusty. 

Take the romance in Italy, for example. All of us, the female is a must when it comes to romance, remember perfectly the Harlequin series we "eat" during our adolescence and that made us dream ... The general impression is that many of us are then took a distance from this genre considered light and for girls or bored housewives, but is it really so? The Blogosfera tells a very different story...

Elisa Rolle, with whom I have long spoken on the phone, has enlightened me on the matter: until recently she take part to 'Isn't it Romantic' blog, born in May 2006. She recently opened another blog on the same theme, 'Rosa is for Romance' which attracts about 200 unique visitors per day, of which 80% comes from Italy, which total access to an average of 800 pages. Elisa has understood that women wish to speak and read romance when, a couple of years ago, she sold on eBay, in a nutshell and at high price, many old romances that she could no longer accommodate at her home in Padua. Thus, by rising star of the digital market, she has turned into spokesman of the romance in Italy, activity that doesn't fills her pockets with money (in fact she continues to work as an process analyst for bank software solutions), but which allows her to cultivate her passion with enthusiasm. 'Rosa is for Romance' is available in Italian and English and consists of a section 'News' which reported the release of new books, a space reserved for chatting with the authors, which is very popular among readers and an area dedicated to curiosity, such as emerging genres and booktrailers. Through statistical tracking website and interaction with the readers, Elisa has a fairly precise idea of her readership: it is an average of women between 20 and 35 years, with a good knowledge of the Internet. Among the more active visitors there are housewives, wanna to be writers, clerck - these are examples to demonstrate how various are the professional profiles. As for the geographical distribution in Italy, there is a good balance between the various parts of the country, although there is a trend towards a slight increase in the centre-south.

It's interesting what Elisa told me about the changes occurring in the world of the romance in Italy in the last ten years. In the past romance books were generally of lesser quality, virtually all American imports, and attracted an audience less demanding from the intellectual point of view. Over the years some things have changed. It remains always a certain mistrust towards the Italian authors who are considered less capable. Few known names: Mariangela Camocardi, Ornella Albanian and Theresa Melville, in fact very italian. Indeed, the stranger names like and books written by Italian authors represent only 15% of the total. The romance is still underestimated in Italy, so much so that some Italian online retailers, for example, do not have a 'romance' category in their catalogues. Exentially the romance books, in our country, are published by Harlequin (the famous Harmony) and Arnoldo Mondadori which distributes through newsstands. What has changed in the way the romance is proposed in Italy, reflects the change in women in recent years. Women today are more cultured, they work more high profile, are more accustomed to get what they want - even in the field of books. Having a busy life, many women looking for a book to relax, recreation, enjoy an happy ending after many troubles in their life. The book may 'have a light content', but  'banality' but is little tolerated. The publishing houses are opening their eyes to this reality and today propose things more interesting. Elisa believes that the Internet has helped. For example, in the past there was a tendency to cut imported books till 30%, mainly due to the need for distribution at newsstands, with an impact on the quality of the text. Today, thanks to the vision that the Internet has given to the readers and the resulting power to be able to share opinions, something is moving." (Cristina Zorat)