2009-04-19

LGBT Ebook and Print Releases April 11-17, 2009

AMBER ALLURE
Most Likely To Succeed by Shawn Lane
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/598515.html
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Paxton's Winter by T. D. McKinney
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ASPEN MOUNTAIN PRESS
Audition by Thom Jaymes
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CHANGELING PRESS
Hoosier Werewolf: Howl & Prowl (Collection) by Kate Steele
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/600047.html
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Coyote Non Grata by Lena Austin
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/599054.html
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Bad Angels: Falling by Belinda McBride
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/599720.html
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DREAMSPINNER PRESS
A Strong Hand by Catt Ford
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/599407.html
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Naval Maneuvers by John Simpson
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EXCESSICA
Like Magnets, We Attract edited by Jaye Valentine
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Dance of the Ravishers by Habu
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EXTASY BOOKS
Love's Blood by A.J. Llewellyn
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/591233.html
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Mad Blood by Stephani Hecht
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LETHE PRESS
Ready to Serve: Arresting Gay Erotica by James Buchanan
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LINDEN BAY ROMANCE
Getting it in the End by G.A. Hauser
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/591035.html
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LITERARY ROAD
Dragonmen Book 1: Mate Hunt by Amber Kell
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LOOSE ID
Northern Love by Nica Berry
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Reckless Behavior by Amanda Young
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LULU PRESS
Somatesthesia by Ann Somerville
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/598586.html
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Any Excuse (Max and Skyler 2) by Acer Adamson
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MLR PRESS
Angels of the Deep by Kirby Crow
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Strachey's Folly by Richard Stevenson
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PHAZE BOOKS
Hungry Heart by Jamie Hill
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/597877.html
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PRIZM BOOKS
The Mediocre Assassin's Handbook by Tamara Sheehan
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Masks: Ordinary Champions by Hayden Thorne
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/600112.html
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Without Sin by J. Tomas
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/592333.html
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Josef Jaeger by Jere' M. Fishback
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/600598.html
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RUNNING PRESS
False Colors by Alex Beecroft
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/567496.html
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Transgressions by Erastes
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/547400.html
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SHADOWFIRE PRESS
Nashoba's Hope BY Moondancer Drake
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Supernatural Alliances 2: Trapped in Beauty by Michael Barnette
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TORQUERE BOOKS
Between Us by AKM Miles
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Out to Lunch by Anah Crow and Dianne Fox
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Possessor and Possessed: A Jarheads Story by Sean Michael
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Lemon Drops by Sean Michael
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Saffron Stains by Alex Draven
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/600339.html
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Taste Test: Chrome by Tory Temple
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Taste Test: Legendary Creatures, edited by Lorna Hinson with stories by ID Locke, Kate Roman and BA Tortuga
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Toy Box: Beads edited by M. Rode with stories by Lee Benoit, S. Blaise and Syd McGinley
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TOTAL-E-BOUND
Wolfen Choice by Jamie Hill & Jude Mason
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/598873.html
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LGBT Ebook and Print Releases April 11-17, 2009

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005) directed by George Bamber

Director: George Bamber

Writers: Eric Orner (book)
David Vernon (writer)

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Tagline: You think you have dating problems...

Plot: Ethan Green (Daniel Letterle) has no problem finding guys who want to sleep with him or even date him, but finding someone to settle down with is a different story. Given three choices -- a sexy teenager, a hunky jock, or his ex-boyfriend who is about to get married -- will he find a Mr. Right, or is he destined to an unfabulous existence? George Bamber direct this comedy based on the popular cult comic strip by Eric Orner, published since 1990.

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( more pics )

Cast (in credits order)
Daniel Letterle ... Ethan Green
David Monahan ... Leo Worth
Diego Serrano ... Kyle Underhill
Dean Shelton ... Punch Epstein
Shanola Hampton ... Charlotte
Richard Riehle ... Hat Sister
Joel Brooks ... Hat Sister
Scott Atkinson ... Chester Baer
Meredith Baxter ... Harper Green
Ramon De Ocampo ... Juarez
( rest of the cast )

Ethan Green and the Ex-Boyfriend Leo

( the other dream dates )

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005) directed by George Bamber

Ethan Green and the Ex-Boyfriend Leo

( the other dream dates )

Coyote Non Grata by Lena Austin

First of all, sorry if I seem shallow, but have you seen that cover? This is the classical example of a very simple cover that catch my eyes. It's nothing of exceptional, probably it's a stock photo, but guys, I like it! It's perfect for the story and it's very nice.

And now let's talk about this novella. Rody is a coyote shifter who is kicked out his pack for a very stupid reason... actually at first, the fact that he is gay, and the only gay inside the pack, is not part of that reason: the pack in which Rody lives is not a mature and progressive pack, like some unbelievable packs of other paranormal romances. The members of the pack live almost all the time in shifted form, and rarely they shift in their human form; when they do that, they are naked both literally than figuratively: they are not used to the human lifestyle, they even have problem to communicate.

So when Rody is kicked out, he directs toward a "human" cabin, knowing that there he will find easy food, since he is wounded and unable to hunt. Rody behaves mostly as a stray dog, stealing food trying to not be catch by the owner of the cabin, but Jeff is too clever to be fooled. A Native American of Comanche heritage, Jeff is aware of the existence of the shifter people, even if he believed they were extinct; so when he finds Rody, he knows who he has in front of him, and it's not "only" a scared coyote.

The relationship between Rody and Jeff start till the beginning respecting some basic rules: Rody is not a leader, he is a beta male who is not used and able to live alone, he needs an alpha male; Jeff is not used to the pack rules, but he has enough character to be that alpha male for Rody. Both Rody than Jeff are gay, so there is no much question on how their relationship will evolve, and truth be told, being both gay it's not even the main reason for that development: Rody is a pack animal, even in human form, and when he finds a man that he can consider a leader, for him it's natural to let the leader have all of him. Their relationship is based more on instinct than feeling.

This is only a novella, and I believe that, if it will have a good welcome from readers, the author is thinking to write more. I would be not against the idea to read more, Rody's character is exactly in the middle between a coyote and a human, and I wouldn't mind to read how his relationship with Jeff will evolve, if he will lean more on his human side, or if he will remain a being in the middle.

http://www.changelingpress.com/index.php?uaid=ISFUDNYA

Reading List:

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

Coyote Non Grata by Lena Austin

Bound by Leather by Mychael Black & Shayne Carmichael

This is a very short story but with a nice setting and a little surprise for me; it's part of the HeatSheet by Phaze, usually a series of short stories with a common theme, and this one was the shapeshifter nature of one or both the main characters, and for this particular story, there was a warning for the readers on the Bondage and D/s content. So I was really expecting one of that usual story on pleasure / pain play, and even the submissive nature of the shapeshifter was not an original thing, since who read paranormal romances is quite common with the role of the omega males in the pack.

But the surprise is that the BDSM elements of the story are almost non-existent, true, the story is set in a BDSM in live club, where scenes and public display of dominance are common things, but our naive little puppy wolf finds an unexpected haven inside it. The first night he is welcomed by Raphael, the owner of the club, and so he is free from the usual charade of finding a suitable Master for his submissive nature. And when Raphael realizes that Nathaniel is not only a virgin to the BDSM world, but to any sexual experience, he decides also to exempt him from all the usual "testing" steps of a new relationship between Master and pet. It's not said that they will not take place in the future, but in this short story we are exempted with Nathaniel as well: the story turns on moving from BDSM to sweet romance, the only sex scene is almost "vanilla".

Another thing that remain in the frame without taking center stage is the shifter nature of Nathaniel. Actually, if not for a very short moment, we have no proof that Nathaniel is a shifter, and he never once shifts. The shifter nature serves to the authors only to give a boundaries more for Nathaniel to overcome, since it's not in a shifter male to be submissive. Knowing that I'm not very fond of BDSM stories, I'm not at all disappointed that this story turned to be more sweet than anything else, and instead, I wouldn't mind to see more developed the shifter nature of Nathaniel.

Anyway, for a short story, it is very well developed, more centered on the characters than the setting (and so it's maybe explained why the BDSM content remained in the shadow).

http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Bound+by+Leather/exact_match=exact

Amazon Kindle: Bound By Leather

Reading List:

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

Bound by Leather by Mychael Black & Shayne Carmichael

What I'm reading

( Reading List )

What I'm reading

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Quite a thank you post and some other things

Many people asked me how I can find so many new authors and publishers. I can since there are some other publishers that help me giving me access to their new releases and doing so allow me to try and taste new grounds.

Those very kind publishers are (in alphabetical order): Changeling Press, Dreamspinner Press, Linden Bay Romance, MLR Press, Noble Romance Publishing, Phaze Books, Samhain Publishing. Plus Torquere Books allows me to choose one title per week on their releases.

There are other two publishers that are still in the limbo, Total-e-Bound and Ravenous Romance, since their review coordinators told me that I'm on their official reviewers list, but then I "lost" contact with them, and so I still have to receive any new release from them. Since there is the Romantic Times convention this month, it's possible that is a passing problem, but I don't know.

Other publishers instead kindly replied to me that their official reviewers list are full, and so they can't add any new site; those publishers are Amber Allure and Loose Id.

And then I have never receive any answer from Aspen Mountain Press, Cobblestone Press, Ellora's Cave, eXtasy Books, Liquid Silver Books, Red Rose Publishing. Truth be told of some of them I haven't a contact email, so I haven't asked.

So why this post? simply to say that, if you are an author who publishes with one of the publishers who kindly send me review copies (the bold ones), don't worry, I have your book and try to read it as soon as possible. Instead if you are an author of all the other publishers, I wouldn't mind if you can consider to add me to "your" personal reviewers list, since I'm sincere, I can't really buy all the books from all the publishers I would like to read, and if I have to choose between a new author / publisher and a known author / publisher, my choice goes to the first.

So my thank you goes to those bold publishers above since if my LiveJournal is nice and complete, it's also thanks to them.

ETA: Torquere Books and Amber Allure now added me to their official reviewers list with full access to their catalogue. Thank you also to them.