Excerpt Day: Surfing Boneyard by P.A. Brown

Surfer Boys - Gay Erotic Stories edited by Neil Plakcy
Release Date: 05/2009
Publisher: Cleis Press
ISBN: 978-1-57344-349-4
Publisher Link: http://www.cleispress.com/book_page.php?book_id=311

Amazon Kindle: Surfer Boys: Gay Erotic Stories

Amazon: Surfer Boys: Gay Erotic Stories

Blurb: Get ready for a long, hard ride. Is it any wonder that surfers fuel sexual fantasies the world over? All that exposed, sun-kissed skin, those broad shoulders and yearning for adventure make a stud on a surfboard irresistible. Editor Neil Plakcy takes us on a journey into a breezy, tropical world where surf, sand, and sex come alive. T. Hitman brings new meaning to "beach party" with an oceanside orgy in "Hang Ten." Gavin Atlas's "Blue Star Boy" tells the sexy adventure of an endowed Adonis with a well-placed tattoo. And Jay Starre's randy "Santa Barbara Surf Punk" celebrates the young and hung. Surf's up—and these stories will do the same for you!

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Excerpt Day: Surfing Boneyard by P.A. Brown

Surfer Boys - Gay Erotic Stories edited by Neil Plakcy
Release Date: 05/2009
Publisher: Cleis Press
ISBN: 978-1-57344-349-4
Publisher Link: http://www.cleispress.com/book_page.php?book_id=311

Amazon Kindle: Surfer Boys: Gay Erotic Stories

Amazon: Surfer Boys: Gay Erotic Stories

Blurb: Get ready for a long, hard ride. Is it any wonder that surfers fuel sexual fantasies the world over? All that exposed, sun-kissed skin, those broad shoulders and yearning for adventure make a stud on a surfboard irresistible. Editor Neil Plakcy takes us on a journey into a breezy, tropical world where surf, sand, and sex come alive. T. Hitman brings new meaning to "beach party" with an oceanside orgy in "Hang Ten." Gavin Atlas's "Blue Star Boy" tells the sexy adventure of an endowed Adonis with a well-placed tattoo. And Jay Starre's randy "Santa Barbara Surf Punk" celebrates the young and hung. Surf's up—and these stories will do the same for you!

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Excerpt Day: Orientation by Rick R. Reed

Orientation by Rick R. Reed
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Publisher: Amber Allure
ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-260-6 (Electronic)
ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-937-7 (Paperback)
Publisher Link: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/Orientation.html

Amazon Kindle: Orientation

Blurb: Christmas, 1983: A young man, Robert, tends to his soul mate, Keith, who is dying from AIDS. Robert tries valiantly to make this a special Christmas for his lover, but loses the fight late Christmas night. Christmas, 2007: Robert ventures out late Christmas night and finds a young girl about to fling herself into the unforgiving waters of Lake Michigan. He rescues her, and the two form a bond forged from an odd feeling they share of familiarity, and even love. Neither understands it, since Jess is a lesbian and Robert has never been attracted to women. But there’s more...Jess begins having strange dreams, reliving key moments she couldn’t know about in Keith and Robert’s life and courtship. Robert and Jess begin to wonder if their inexplicable feelings might be rooted in something much more mystical than a savior/victim relationship. As the two move toward and pull away from each other, Ethan, Robert’s younger lover, plots the unthinkable. His crystal meth-addled mind becomes convinced there’s only one way to save himself, and that is through Robert’s destruction. Christmas 2007 spirals downward to a shattering climax in which both love and lives hang in the balance. There’s a murder attempt...salvation...redemption... And a new love is born.

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Excerpt Day: Orientation by Rick R. Reed

Orientation by Rick R. Reed
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Publisher: Amber Allure
ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-260-6 (Electronic)
ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-937-7 (Paperback)
Publisher Link: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/Orientation.html

Amazon Kindle: Orientation

Blurb: Christmas, 1983: A young man, Robert, tends to his soul mate, Keith, who is dying from AIDS. Robert tries valiantly to make this a special Christmas for his lover, but loses the fight late Christmas night. Christmas, 2007: Robert ventures out late Christmas night and finds a young girl about to fling herself into the unforgiving waters of Lake Michigan. He rescues her, and the two form a bond forged from an odd feeling they share of familiarity, and even love. Neither understands it, since Jess is a lesbian and Robert has never been attracted to women. But there’s more...Jess begins having strange dreams, reliving key moments she couldn’t know about in Keith and Robert’s life and courtship. Robert and Jess begin to wonder if their inexplicable feelings might be rooted in something much more mystical than a savior/victim relationship. As the two move toward and pull away from each other, Ethan, Robert’s younger lover, plots the unthinkable. His crystal meth-addled mind becomes convinced there’s only one way to save himself, and that is through Robert’s destruction. Christmas 2007 spirals downward to a shattering climax in which both love and lives hang in the balance. There’s a murder attempt...salvation...redemption... And a new love is born.

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Excerpt Day: Surrender Love by Kayelle Allen

Surrender Love by Kayelle Allen
Release Date: 03/2009
Publisher: Loose Id
ISBN: 978-1-59632-874-7
Publisher Link: http://www.loose-id.com/prod-Surrender__Love-887.aspx

Amazon Kindle: Surrender Love

Blurb: In the beds of countless lovers over the centuries, the immortal Luc Saint-Cyr has been mastered as well as master. Commanded and commander. When his mortal lover leaves him, the distraught Luc withdraws and throws himself into work. His entertainment company hosts a ceremony for their most successful rock group, and Luc meets drummer Izzorah "Rah" Ceeow, one of the feline Kin race. Rah's velvety, golden furskin and dark hair captivate Luc. Pert cat's ears and a quick smile lighten his mood, and one look into Rah's emerald eyes, deep and tranquil as a forest pool, and troubles cease. Rah's a virgin, but Luc's too fascinated by the quiet depth of Rah's inner peace to rush him into sex. Seducing Rah and savoring his surrender will be as delicious as taking him. No matter how sexually starved Luc is, he will allow Rah to give himself when he is ready to surrender his innocence, to offer himself to Luc's command. Rah will beg to be taken. Luc's anticipation and desire are palpable; as real as his hunger for faithful, unconditional love. But to gain Rah's love, how much of himself is Luc willing to surrender?

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( Excerpt (Luc fantasizes of Wulf) )

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Excerpt Day: Surrender Love by Kayelle Allen

Surrender Love by Kayelle Allen
Release Date: 03/2009
Publisher: Loose Id
ISBN: 978-1-59632-874-7
Publisher Link: http://www.loose-id.com/prod-Surrender__Love-887.aspx

Amazon Kindle: Surrender Love

Blurb: In the beds of countless lovers over the centuries, the immortal Luc Saint-Cyr has been mastered as well as master. Commanded and commander. When his mortal lover leaves him, the distraught Luc withdraws and throws himself into work. His entertainment company hosts a ceremony for their most successful rock group, and Luc meets drummer Izzorah "Rah" Ceeow, one of the feline Kin race. Rah's velvety, golden furskin and dark hair captivate Luc. Pert cat's ears and a quick smile lighten his mood, and one look into Rah's emerald eyes, deep and tranquil as a forest pool, and troubles cease. Rah's a virgin, but Luc's too fascinated by the quiet depth of Rah's inner peace to rush him into sex. Seducing Rah and savoring his surrender will be as delicious as taking him. No matter how sexually starved Luc is, he will allow Rah to give himself when he is ready to surrender his innocence, to offer himself to Luc's command. Rah will beg to be taken. Luc's anticipation and desire are palpable; as real as his hunger for faithful, unconditional love. But to gain Rah's love, how much of himself is Luc willing to surrender?

( Excerpt (Luc meets Rah) )

( Excerpt (Luc fantasizes of Wulf) )

( Excerpt (Izzorah fantasizes of a Dream Lover) )

Excerpt Day: Slow Dance by V.J. Banis (M/F romance)

Slow Dance by V.J. Banis (M/F romance)
Release Date: February 12, 2009
Publisher: Double Dragon Publishing
ISBN-10: 1554045428
ISBN-13: 978-1554045426

Amazon Kindle: Slow Dance

Amazon: Slow Dance

Blurb: Janice McKenzie is persuaded by her terminally ill husband to take one day a week off from her bedside vigil in Marin County. On the first day in San Francisco, she begins to cry on the ferry and, disembarking, catches a heel and finds herself in the arms of a young man, Brian Loomis, who takes her home and to bed. At first, Janice is horrified at what she has done, but as time passes and Brian pursues her, she finds herself more and more comfortable in his company. Janice's memories of her childhood and her marriage take on new meaning, as she contrasts them with her impressions of Brian. She develops new insight as to how she came to be the perfection-obsessed woman that she is. Brian is living temporarily with an older gay man, Robert Tyler--who, unknown to Brian, is a serial killer of the rich older women who are his home-decoration clients. Robert learns Janice's identity and rightly guesses that she and Brian are lovers. Convinced that, in time, Brian will become his lover, Robert begins to stalk Janice, determined to kill her. He stands on the deck outside her bedroom at night, plotting of how he will do it. As the friendship between Janice and Brian metamorphoses into an affair, Brian determinedly awakens the passionate woman hidden beneath Janice's cool exterior. Despite their affair, however, Janice feels more deeply in love with her husband than ever. As his condition worsens, she finds herself regretting all that she has deprived him of, in their marriage. When she realizes that she has fallen in love with Brian, Janice tries to break off their relationship, determined that she will not leave Douglas, nor allow him to become an impediment to their happiness. However, she finds that she cannot make the break. She and Brian determine that they will see each other when they can. When Douglas dies, Robert makes his move. His plan to kill both Janice and Brian not only fails to turn out as he expected, it also produces a surprising and poignant twist to this unconventional tale of a tender but sizzling love affair between two likeable, honest, passionate people.

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Excerpt Day: Slow Dance by V.J. Banis (M/F romance)

Slow Dance by V.J. Banis (M/F romance)
Release Date: February 12, 2009
Publisher: Double Dragon Publishing
ISBN-10: 1554045428
ISBN-13: 978-1554045426

Amazon Kindle: Slow Dance

Amazon: Slow Dance

Blurb: Janice McKenzie is persuaded by her terminally ill husband to take one day a week off from her bedside vigil in Marin County. On the first day in San Francisco, she begins to cry on the ferry and, disembarking, catches a heel and finds herself in the arms of a young man, Brian Loomis, who takes her home and to bed. At first, Janice is horrified at what she has done, but as time passes and Brian pursues her, she finds herself more and more comfortable in his company. Janice's memories of her childhood and her marriage take on new meaning, as she contrasts them with her impressions of Brian. She develops new insight as to how she came to be the perfection-obsessed woman that she is. Brian is living temporarily with an older gay man, Robert Tyler--who, unknown to Brian, is a serial killer of the rich older women who are his home-decoration clients. Robert learns Janice's identity and rightly guesses that she and Brian are lovers. Convinced that, in time, Brian will become his lover, Robert begins to stalk Janice, determined to kill her. He stands on the deck outside her bedroom at night, plotting of how he will do it. As the friendship between Janice and Brian metamorphoses into an affair, Brian determinedly awakens the passionate woman hidden beneath Janice's cool exterior. Despite their affair, however, Janice feels more deeply in love with her husband than ever. As his condition worsens, she finds herself regretting all that she has deprived him of, in their marriage. When she realizes that she has fallen in love with Brian, Janice tries to break off their relationship, determined that she will not leave Douglas, nor allow him to become an impediment to their happiness. However, she finds that she cannot make the break. She and Brian determine that they will see each other when they can. When Douglas dies, Robert makes his move. His plan to kill both Janice and Brian not only fails to turn out as he expected, it also produces a surprising and poignant twist to this unconventional tale of a tender but sizzling love affair between two likeable, honest, passionate people.

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Excerpt Day: Getting in the End by G.A. Hauser

Getting in the End by G.A. Hauser
Release Date: Coming Soon
Publisher: Linden Bay Romance
Publisher Link: http://www.lindenbayromance.com/

Blurb: You know him. You’ve seen him attempt to marry Sharon Tice in A Question of Sex, be swept off his feet by the ex-LAPD cop, Steve Miller in Capital Games, begging forgiveness from his best friend Jack Larsen in When Adam Met Jack, seduced by two young handsome television stars in Playing Dirty, but who is Mark Antonious Richfield? In Los Angeles, California where everyone is a ten, Mark is an eleven. Too gorgeous for everyone’s good, Mark is terribly flawed, and knows it. Beating himself up constantly for making bad decisions, Mark tries to please everyone to their peril. But what on earth is going on with Mark now? Still working at Parsons and Company with his loyal lover, Steve, Mark begins modeling on the side. At one of his sessions he meets an old friend who stirs up some forbidden passion. And as usual, Mark Richfield is in the middle of a quagmire without the social skills to make a good decision. Other than his fantastic sex appeal, Mark has one other problem. He loves too much, has too much heart, and craves to be loved in return like he breathes air. Desperately. Find out Mark’s side of the story, and fly with him as he falters through his life, trying, pleading, and usually not succeeding. Mark Richfield. Love him or hate him, he is a fascinating study in human nature.

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Excerpt Day: Getting in the End by G.A. Hauser

Getting in the End by G.A. Hauser
Release Date: Coming Soon
Publisher: Linden Bay Romance
Publisher Link: http://www.lindenbayromance.com/

Blurb: You know him. You’ve seen him attempt to marry Sharon Tice in A Question of Sex, be swept off his feet by the ex-LAPD cop, Steve Miller in Capital Games, begging forgiveness from his best friend Jack Larsen in When Adam Met Jack, seduced by two young handsome television stars in Playing Dirty, but who is Mark Antonious Richfield? In Los Angeles, California where everyone is a ten, Mark is an eleven. Too gorgeous for everyone’s good, Mark is terribly flawed, and knows it. Beating himself up constantly for making bad decisions, Mark tries to please everyone to their peril. But what on earth is going on with Mark now? Still working at Parsons and Company with his loyal lover, Steve, Mark begins modeling on the side. At one of his sessions he meets an old friend who stirs up some forbidden passion. And as usual, Mark Richfield is in the middle of a quagmire without the social skills to make a good decision. Other than his fantastic sex appeal, Mark has one other problem. He loves too much, has too much heart, and craves to be loved in return like he breathes air. Desperately. Find out Mark’s side of the story, and fly with him as he falters through his life, trying, pleading, and usually not succeeding. Mark Richfield. Love him or hate him, he is a fascinating study in human nature.

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Excerpt Day: Love’s Blood by A.J. Llewellyn

Love’s Blood by A.J. Llewellyn
Release Date: April 15, 2009
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Publisher Link: http://www.extasybooks.net/

Amazon Kindle: Love's Blood

Blurb: The devil is in Waikiki! What curse could be worse, dealing with hell’s ultimate bad guy…or being a vampire held hostage in French Vietnam? Tem and Div, Waikiki’s hottest vampires are settling into domestic bliss when a tornado hits Honolulu and something sinister blows in with the vicious wind. Mysterious forces, hell-bent on abducting Tem and Div’s baby nephew Akua, a storm demon, kidnap Tem and hold him hostage. Devastated, Div must fight to rescue the man he loves, which involves a descent into the past, to French Vietnam, a step back in time to undo the deal he made with the devil many, many years ago…a deal to give him a second chance at love. The catch is Div must choose between the life of the man he loves…and the baby.

AJ Llewellyn Collaborates with Horror Legend CLIVE BARKER for the cover of Love's Blood: Waikiki Vampires Book 4

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Excerpt Day: Love’s Blood by A.J. Llewellyn

Love’s Blood by A.J. Llewellyn
Release Date: April 15, 2009
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Publisher Link: http://www.extasybooks.net/

Amazon Kindle: Love's Blood

Blurb: The devil is in Waikiki! What curse could be worse, dealing with hell’s ultimate bad guy…or being a vampire held hostage in French Vietnam? Tem and Div, Waikiki’s hottest vampires are settling into domestic bliss when a tornado hits Honolulu and something sinister blows in with the vicious wind. Mysterious forces, hell-bent on abducting Tem and Div’s baby nephew Akua, a storm demon, kidnap Tem and hold him hostage. Devastated, Div must fight to rescue the man he loves, which involves a descent into the past, to French Vietnam, a step back in time to undo the deal he made with the devil many, many years ago…a deal to give him a second chance at love. The catch is Div must choose between the life of the man he loves…and the baby.

AJ Llewellyn Collaborates with Horror Legend CLIVE BARKER for the cover of Love's Blood: Waikiki Vampires Book 4

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Excerpt Day: Fool for Love by Cassandra Gold

Fool for Love by Cassandra Gold
Release Date: April 9, 2009
Publisher: Red Rose Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-60435-321-1
Publisher Link: http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?products_id=436

Blurb: Forty-five-year-old college professor Vincent Norton expects to spend the rest of his life alone. After all, he had more than twenty years with the love of his life before losing him to an accident. When he meets his 21-year-old neighbor, Vince is shocked and upset to find himself once again attracted to someone, but this time, it’s a man half his age. College student Rob Bridges has always liked older men, but even he’s a little surprised at how attractive he finds his much older neighbor. Once he realizes he wants Vince, Rob sets his mind on catching him. Will Vince let himself be caught, or will his indecision ruin their chance at happiness?

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Excerpt Day: Fool for Love by Cassandra Gold

Fool for Love by Cassandra Gold
Release Date: April 9, 2009
Publisher: Red Rose Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-60435-321-1
Publisher Link: http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?products_id=436

Blurb: Forty-five-year-old college professor Vincent Norton expects to spend the rest of his life alone. After all, he had more than twenty years with the love of his life before losing him to an accident. When he meets his 21-year-old neighbor, Vince is shocked and upset to find himself once again attracted to someone, but this time, it’s a man half his age. College student Rob Bridges has always liked older men, but even he’s a little surprised at how attractive he finds his much older neighbor. Once he realizes he wants Vince, Rob sets his mind on catching him. Will Vince let himself be caught, or will his indecision ruin their chance at happiness?

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Excerpt Day: Stray by Cassandra Gold

Stray by Cassandra Gold
Release Date: March 26, 2009
Publisher: Red Rose Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-60435-316-7
Publisher Link: http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=52&products_id=458

Blurb: J's life has been tough ever since his father disowned him for being gay, but when his abusive boyfriend kicks him out, things get even worse. While searching for a shelter to spend the night in, J is accosted by a strange man who needs a place to hide. Despite his fear, J agrees to take the man with him to a safe place. Will helping the stranger turn out to be yet another mistake, or will it lead him to happiness at last?

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Excerpt Day: Stray by Cassandra Gold

Stray by Cassandra Gold
Release Date: March 26, 2009
Publisher: Red Rose Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-60435-316-7
Publisher Link: http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=52&products_id=458

Blurb: J's life has been tough ever since his father disowned him for being gay, but when his abusive boyfriend kicks him out, things get even worse. While searching for a shelter to spend the night in, J is accosted by a strange man who needs a place to hide. Despite his fear, J agrees to take the man with him to a safe place. Will helping the stranger turn out to be yet another mistake, or will it lead him to happiness at last?

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Excerpt Day: Mexican Heat by Laura Baumbach & Josh Lanyon

Mexican Heat by Laura Baumbach & Josh Lanyon
Release Date: February 6, 2009
Publisher (ebook): Samhain Publishing
Publisher Link: http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/mexican-heat-lb
Publisher (print): MLR Press
Publisher Link: http://www.mlrpress.com/ShowBook.php?book=CRIMECT1

Amazon: Mexican Heat #1 Crimes&Cocktails Series

Blurb: In this town, danger moves to a steamy Latin beat. Crimes & Cocktails, Book 1. SFPD detective Gabriel Sandalini might as well have put a gun to his own head. One red-hot sexual encounter in a bar’s back room has put two years of deep undercover work in jeopardy—two years of danger and deception as he worked his way into crime boss Ricco Botelli’s inner circle. Gabriel can’t afford emotional entanglements. Hell, he can’t afford emotions. But that was before he had a name to pin on that anonymous one-off—Miguel Ortega. Miguel Ortega doesn’t trust anyone, but tough, street-smart Gabriel brings out the conquistador in his Spanish blood. But distractions are nothing short of deadly right now, not with his boss’s impending marriage to Botelli’s sister, which will ensure peace—and massive drug profits—for both families. On a trip to Mexico to set up drug supply lines, a violent confrontation proves they’ve got each other’s backs—to a degree. Then one savage act changes everything, testing not only their fragile bond, but Gabriel’s will to live.

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Excerpt Day: Mexican Heat by Laura Baumbach & Josh Lanyon

Mexican Heat by Laura Baumbach & Josh Lanyon
Release Date: February 6, 2009
Publisher (ebook): Samhain Publishing
Publisher Link: http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/mexican-heat-lb
Publisher (print): MLR Press
Publisher Link: http://www.mlrpress.com/ShowBook.php?book=CRIMECT1

Amazon: Mexican Heat #1 Crimes&Cocktails Series

Blurb: In this town, danger moves to a steamy Latin beat. Crimes & Cocktails, Book 1. SFPD detective Gabriel Sandalini might as well have put a gun to his own head. One red-hot sexual encounter in a bar’s back room has put two years of deep undercover work in jeopardy—two years of danger and deception as he worked his way into crime boss Ricco Botelli’s inner circle. Gabriel can’t afford emotional entanglements. Hell, he can’t afford emotions. But that was before he had a name to pin on that anonymous one-off—Miguel Ortega. Miguel Ortega doesn’t trust anyone, but tough, street-smart Gabriel brings out the conquistador in his Spanish blood. But distractions are nothing short of deadly right now, not with his boss’s impending marriage to Botelli’s sister, which will ensure peace—and massive drug profits—for both families. On a trip to Mexico to set up drug supply lines, a violent confrontation proves they’ve got each other’s backs—to a degree. Then one savage act changes everything, testing not only their fragile bond, but Gabriel’s will to live.

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Excerpt Day: Without Sin by J. Tomas

Without Sin by J. Tomas
Release Date: April 15, 2009
Publisher: Prizm Books
ISBN: 978-1-60370-667-4
Publisher Link: http://www.prizmbooks.com/

Amazon Kindle: Without Sin

Amazon: Without Sin

Blurb: Sixteen year old Jacob Smithson has quite a temper. He’s picked on by other kids because he likes boys, and recent fighting has kicked him out of public school. As a last resort, his parents have placed him in the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Boarding School for Boys. It’s at his first mass at St. Thomas where he sees Avery Dendritch, a senior who serves as altar boy during the service. When they meet, the attraction between them is hard to deny. The two become fast friends, and as the school year progresses, their friendship deepens into something more. For the first time, Jacob has found a place where he belongs ... and someone with whom he’s falling in love. But the other students gossip about their growing relationship, and while Avery can ignore them, Jacob cannot. As the rumors and slurs start up again, can he curb his temper, or will his penchant for fighting get him expelled from St. Thomas, as well?

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Excerpt Day: Without Sin by J. Tomas

Without Sin by J. Tomas
Release Date: April 15, 2009
Publisher: Prizm Books
ISBN: 978-1-60370-667-4
Publisher Link: http://www.prizmbooks.com/

Amazon Kindle: Without Sin

Amazon: Without Sin

Blurb: Sixteen year old Jacob Smithson has quite a temper. He’s picked on by other kids because he likes boys, and recent fighting has kicked him out of public school. As a last resort, his parents have placed him in the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Boarding School for Boys. It’s at his first mass at St. Thomas where he sees Avery Dendritch, a senior who serves as altar boy during the service. When they meet, the attraction between them is hard to deny. The two become fast friends, and as the school year progresses, their friendship deepens into something more. For the first time, Jacob has found a place where he belongs ... and someone with whom he’s falling in love. But the other students gossip about their growing relationship, and while Avery can ignore them, Jacob cannot. As the rumors and slurs start up again, can he curb his temper, or will his penchant for fighting get him expelled from St. Thomas, as well?

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Excerpt Day

Here is the list of excerpts entered for Sunday, April 12: 

Surfing Boneyard by P.A. Brown, Cleis Press 

Orientation by Rick R. Reed, Amber Allure 

Surrender Love by Kayelle Allen, Loose Id

Slow Dance by V.J. Banis (M/F romance), Double Dragon Publishing

Getting in the End by G.A. Hauser, Linden Bay Romance

Love’s Blood by A.J. Llewellyn, eXtasy Books

Fool for Love by Cassandra Gold, Red Rose Publishing

Stray by Cassandra Gold, Red Rose Publishing

Mexican Heat by Laura Baumbach & Josh Lanyon, MLR Press

Without Sin by J. Tomas, Prizm Books

Thanks as always to all the authors 

Excerpt Day

Here is the list of excerpts entered for Sunday, April 12: 

Surfing Boneyard by P.A. Brown, Cleis Press 

Orientation by Rick R. Reed, Amber Allure 

Surrender Love by Kayelle Allen, Loose Id

Slow Dance by V.J. Banis (M/F romance), Double Dragon Publishing

Getting in the End by G.A. Hauser, Linden Bay Romance

Love’s Blood by A.J. Llewellyn, eXtasy Books

Fool for Love by Cassandra Gold, Red Rose Publishing

Stray by Cassandra Gold, Red Rose Publishing

Mexican Heat by Laura Baumbach & Josh Lanyon, MLR Press

Without Sin by J. Tomas, Prizm Books

Thanks as always to all the authors 

What I'm reading

I decided to post a weekly post on what I'm reading. Beware, it's a everyday changing list, but, more or less, this is my main folder (I have 23 folder in different phase of reading...)

( reading list )

Knowing that I read more or less a book a day, this is probably my next month to-read list ;-)

What I'm reading

I decided to post a weekly post on what I'm reading. Beware, it's a everyday changing list, but, more or less, this is my main folder (I have 23 folder in different phase of reading...)

( reading list )

Knowing that I read more or less a book a day, this is probably my next month to-read list ;-)

Amazon Sales Rank: Purged Books

Want to play? Try to search "A Secret Edge by Robin Reardon" on Amazon.com with the search filter set to "All Departments"... the result will be 0 titles! BUT if the filter is "Books" you find the book, one of the most selling Young Adult Gay Novel of 2007 and 2008. The reason is that A Secret Edge by Robin Reardon no more has the Sales Rank on Amazon.

This is my Top 100 Gay Novels List. In bold the books that now haven't anymore the sales rank on Amazon:

1 The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
2 The Master by Colm Toibin
3 Melusine by Sarah Monette
4 Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling
5 Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman
6 Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
7 Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron
8 At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
9 How I Paid for College by Marc Acito
10 The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt
11 Liquor by Poppy Z. Brite
12 The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
13 A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice
14 All Through the Night by Suzanne Brockmann
15 Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
16 Freak Show by James St. James
17 Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
18 Alternatives to Sex by Stephen McCauley
19 Every Visible Thing by Lisa Carey
20 Totally Joe by James Howe
21 Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon
22 Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
23 We Disappear by Scott Heim
24 Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger
25 The Back Passage by James Lear
26 The Married Man by Edmund White
27 Now Is the Hour by Tom Spanbauer
28 Vintage by Steve Berman
29 The Tin Star by J. L. Langley
30 Dark Reflections by Samuel R. Delany
31 Leave Myself Behind by Bart Yates
32 Brethren: Raised By Wolves by W. A. Hoffman
33 The World of Normal Boys by K. M. Soehnlein
34 A Bit of Rough by Laura Baumbach
35 The First Verse by Barry McCrea
36 Saints of Augustine by P.E. Ryan
37 Captain's Surrender by Alex Beecroft
38 A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R. W. Day
39 The Year of Ice by Brian Malloy
40 The Sluts by Dennis Cooper
41 Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan
42 Tales from the Town of Widows by James Canon
43 Comfort and Joy by Jim Grimsley
44 Fatal Shadows by Josh Lanyon
45 The God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek
46 The Coming Storm by Paul Russell
47 The Martian Child by David Gerrold
48 The Notorious Dr. August by Christopher Bram
49 Looking For It by Michael Thomas Ford
50 A Secret Edge by Robin Reardon
51 A Son Called Gabriel by Damian McNicholl
52 The Assignment by Evangeline Anderson
53 Standish by Erastes
54 The Abomination by Paul Golding
55 The Straight Road to Kylie by Nico Medina
56 Ransom by Lee Rowan
57 Oleander House by Ally Blue
58 Vampire Vow by Michael Schiefelbein
59 Clay's Way by Blair Mastbaum
60 Breakfast with Scot by Michael Downing
61 Edinburgh by Alexander Chee
62 Bareback by Chris Owen
63 Falling by M. L. Rhodes
64 Avoidance by Michael Lowenthal
65 The Phoenix by Ruth Sims
66 Half-Life by Aaron Krach
67 The Practical Heart by Allan Gurganus
68 Lawnboy by Paul Lisicky
69 Man About Town by Mark Merlis
70 A Young Man's Passage by Julian Clary
71 The Price of Temptation by M. J. Pearson
72 Where The Boys Are by William J. Mann
73 The Trouble Boy by Tom Dolby
74 Mother of Sorrows by Richard Mccann
75 Faith for Beginners by Aaron Hamburger
76 My Best Man by Andy Schell
77 Latter Days by C. Jay Cox
78 He's The One by Timothy James Beck
79 Every Man For Himself by Orland Outland
80 Metes and Bounds by Jay Quinn
81 Bourbon Street Blues by Greg Herren
82 Desert Sons by Mark Kendrick
83 Someone Killed His Boyfriend by David Stukas
84 Common Sons by Ronald L. Donaghe
85 Soul Mates: Bound by Blood by Jourdan Lane
86 Strings Attached by Nick Nolan
87 Can't Buy Me Love by Chris Kenry
88 Tricks of the Trade by Ben Tyler
89 On Fire by Drew Zachary
90 Any Kind Of Luck by William Jack Sibley
91 Letters to Montgomery Clift by Noel Alumit
92 The Haunted Hillbilly by Derek McCormack
93 Suspension by Robert Westfield
94 What We Do Is Secret by Kief Hillsbery
95 Hot Sauce by Scott Pomfret
96 PsyCop: Partners by Jordan Castillo Price
97 Wicked Angels by Eric Jourdan
98 The Master of Seacliff by Max Pierce
99 Daytime Drama by Dave Benbow
100 Three Day Passes by Sean Michael

Should I comment on Andre Aciman, or Steve Kluger? Bart Yates or Robin Reardon? If you search Jamie O'Neill or Edmund White, the first result on the search hasn't the sales rank, but if you click in some other minor edition, some of them have the rank, it seems that if the book was previously released in Hardcover or has a Kindle Edition, you can still find it, but I believe that not having the rank in the most relevant result is not a good thing... All the LGBT books released for the first time as paperback (and only paperback) haven't the sales rank.

Please sign the petition:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/in-protest-at-amazons-new-adult-policy

Amazon's response to Mark Probst's, author of Gay YA The Filly, complain:

In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude "adult" material from appearing in some searches and best seller lists. Since these lists are generated using sales ranks, adult materials must also be excluded from that feature. Hence, if you have further questions, kindly write back to us

ETA: The reply Amazon sent to my enquiry:

http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/593237.html

Amazon Sales Rank: Purged Books

Want to play? Try to search "A Secret Edge by Robin Reardon" on Amazon.com with the search filter set to "All Departments"... the result will be 0 titles! BUT if the filter is "Books" you find the book, one of the most selling Young Adult Gay Novel of 2007 and 2008. The reason is that A Secret Edge by Robin Reardon no more has the Sales Rank on Amazon.

This is my Top 100 Gay Novels List. In bold the books that now haven't anymore the sales rank on Amazon:

1 The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
2 The Master by Colm Toibin
3 Melusine by Sarah Monette
4 Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling
5 Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman
6 Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
7 Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron
8 At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
9 How I Paid for College by Marc Acito
10 The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt
11 Liquor by Poppy Z. Brite
12 The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
13 A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice
14 All Through the Night by Suzanne Brockmann
15 Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
16 Freak Show by James St. James
17 Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
18 Alternatives to Sex by Stephen McCauley
19 Every Visible Thing by Lisa Carey
20 Totally Joe by James Howe
21 Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon
22 Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
23 We Disappear by Scott Heim
24 Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger
25 The Back Passage by James Lear
26 The Married Man by Edmund White
27 Now Is the Hour by Tom Spanbauer
28 Vintage by Steve Berman
29 The Tin Star by J. L. Langley
30 Dark Reflections by Samuel R. Delany
31 Leave Myself Behind by Bart Yates
32 Brethren: Raised By Wolves by W. A. Hoffman
33 The World of Normal Boys by K. M. Soehnlein
34 A Bit of Rough by Laura Baumbach
35 The First Verse by Barry McCrea
36 Saints of Augustine by P.E. Ryan
37 Captain's Surrender by Alex Beecroft
38 A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R. W. Day
39 The Year of Ice by Brian Malloy
40 The Sluts by Dennis Cooper
41 Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan
42 Tales from the Town of Widows by James Canon
43 Comfort and Joy by Jim Grimsley
44 Fatal Shadows by Josh Lanyon
45 The God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek
46 The Coming Storm by Paul Russell
47 The Martian Child by David Gerrold
48 The Notorious Dr. August by Christopher Bram
49 Looking For It by Michael Thomas Ford
50 A Secret Edge by Robin Reardon
51 A Son Called Gabriel by Damian McNicholl
52 The Assignment by Evangeline Anderson
53 Standish by Erastes
54 The Abomination by Paul Golding
55 The Straight Road to Kylie by Nico Medina
56 Ransom by Lee Rowan
57 Oleander House by Ally Blue
58 Vampire Vow by Michael Schiefelbein
59 Clay's Way by Blair Mastbaum
60 Breakfast with Scot by Michael Downing
61 Edinburgh by Alexander Chee
62 Bareback by Chris Owen
63 Falling by M. L. Rhodes
64 Avoidance by Michael Lowenthal
65 The Phoenix by Ruth Sims
66 Half-Life by Aaron Krach
67 The Practical Heart by Allan Gurganus
68 Lawnboy by Paul Lisicky
69 Man About Town by Mark Merlis
70 A Young Man's Passage by Julian Clary
71 The Price of Temptation by M. J. Pearson
72 Where The Boys Are by William J. Mann
73 The Trouble Boy by Tom Dolby
74 Mother of Sorrows by Richard Mccann
75 Faith for Beginners by Aaron Hamburger
76 My Best Man by Andy Schell
77 Latter Days by C. Jay Cox
78 He's The One by Timothy James Beck
79 Every Man For Himself by Orland Outland
80 Metes and Bounds by Jay Quinn
81 Bourbon Street Blues by Greg Herren
82 Desert Sons by Mark Kendrick
83 Someone Killed His Boyfriend by David Stukas
84 Common Sons by Ronald L. Donaghe
85 Soul Mates: Bound by Blood by Jourdan Lane
86 Strings Attached by Nick Nolan
87 Can't Buy Me Love by Chris Kenry
88 Tricks of the Trade by Ben Tyler
89 On Fire by Drew Zachary
90 Any Kind Of Luck by William Jack Sibley
91 Letters to Montgomery Clift by Noel Alumit
92 The Haunted Hillbilly by Derek McCormack
93 Suspension by Robert Westfield
94 What We Do Is Secret by Kief Hillsbery
95 Hot Sauce by Scott Pomfret
96 PsyCop: Partners by Jordan Castillo Price
97 Wicked Angels by Eric Jourdan
98 The Master of Seacliff by Max Pierce
99 Daytime Drama by Dave Benbow
100 Three Day Passes by Sean Michael

Should I comment on Andre Aciman, or Steve Kluger? Bart Yates or Robin Reardon? If you search Jamie O'Neill or Edmund White, the first result on the search hasn't the sales rank, but if you click in some other minor edition, some of them have the rank, it seems that if the book was previously released in Hardcover or has a Kindle Edition, you can still find it, but I believe that not having the rank in the most relevant result is not a good thing... All the LGBT books released for the first time as paperback (and only paperback) haven't the sales rank.

Please sign the petition:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/in-protest-at-amazons-new-adult-policy

Amazon's response to Mark Probst's, author of Gay YA The Filly, complain:

In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude "adult" material from appearing in some searches and best seller lists. Since these lists are generated using sales ranks, adult materials must also be excluded from that feature. Hence, if you have further questions, kindly write back to us

ETA: The reply Amazon sent to my enquiry:

http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/593237.html