Surrender Love by Kayelle Allen

If there is a thing that an author can do to displease me is to ruin my Happily Ever After... and so when I read Surrender Love's blurb, I thought, OMG Mrs Allen, what have you done? But since I'm a faithful reader and I remember that I liked the previous book, Wulf, I bought it anyway, and put it in my reading list... only to see it everytime I opened the reading folder to choose a book to read. The ebook was there and it was beckoning me... read me, read me, you know that you will like me... it was like a Mermaid's song, and I did my best to resist, and BTW the length of the book helped, since I always need a lot of courage to sit down and read a novel plus. Till today I was strong, but then I surrendered.

And Kayelle Allen didn't even make my surrender easy! Since not only Wulf and Luc have split after the HEA they had in that book I read, but it was not even a break-up due to an uncontrollable fate, like if Wulf is dead or something similar (look? I can accept if you ruin my HEA, but I'm ruthless if you do that!). No, Wulf and Luc were torn apart by the most common trouble, the inability to communicate. Luc thought that Wulf thought that Luc thought... and no one of them really knew what the other thought. At the beginning of the book, Wulf is running away with his new lover, Alitus, and Luc is mourning the loss... for an handful of days! Then he meets Izzorah, and his everlasting love for Wulf is all but forgotten, and he is hot on the trail of a new lover.

Now you would think that I'm a bit hard with Luc, he is not a bad guy, but probably he is too used to loose a lover that he has a calluses around his heart. Luc is a Sempervian, means that he is immortal, and everytime he starts a relationship with someone, he has always to take in account that his lover will age and die, and he will be near him for all the time. Maybe this time he suffered a bit more since Wulf didn't die, he simply left, and Luc feels betrayed, but maybe one of the reason for Wulf's behavior is that he has never really felt like Luc was totally involved with him. The reason why they split seems so stupid, that you really wonder if they were really good together, but I remember they were, at least in that first book. I haven't read the two books in the middle, and probably something happened in them, but one thing I know: in my old fashioned mind, all those sharing your lover with your friends (since you think he wants that) and turning your sex life in a complicated play scene, well, I don't think it helped at all.

Anyway, it's not use crying over spilt milk, and maybe someone else is interested in that milk... maybe a little nice kittie? Izzorah is a feline man from an aline planet which has commercial agreement with the Tarthian Empire. He is the drummer of a rock band and they have just signed a contract with Luc's business firm. Izzorah is all you can expected from a man with some feline traits, furry ears, some furry in other strategic places, no tail, but all purrs and little cute quirks. Plus Izzorah's planet is a matriarchal one, and he flew his hometown to avoid a forced marriage with a warrior woman: Izzorah is gay and he couldn't bear the idea to be a woman's lover. But Izzorah is not against the idea to be a warrior's lover, since he is a natural submissive... only that for Izzy, a total virgin, submission is a really simple thing: you find a man who takes care of you in all your needs, and in exchange you give yourself to him. For Izzy, submission is not a shadow dungeon or pain/pleasure games, it's more like be pampered and cuddled. And yes, I like very much Izzy, probably even more than Luc: Izzy is a total innocent character and you can't hold against him the guilt to be the "third" man, the one who splits the perfect couple, also since it was not him.

In the end I have two recommendations: if you are a reader like me arriving from the first book, well, probably after few pages you will manage to pass over your disappointment for the lost romance, and enjoy the new one, that probably has more chance to last since Luc has learned from the past; and instead if you haven't read the previous book, well, I will say that probably you can read directly this one, avoiding so the disillusion about the past romance, and fully enjoying the current one.

http://www.loose-id.com/prod-Surrender__Love-887.aspx

Amazon Kindle: Surrender Love

Series:
1) Wulf: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/28888.html
2) Alitus
3) Jawk
4) Surrender Love

Reading List:

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


Cover Art by Anne Cain

Surrender Love by Kayelle Allen

If there is a thing that an author can do to displease me is to ruin my Happily Ever After... and so when I read Surrender Love's blurb, I thought, OMG Mrs Allen, what have you done? But since I'm a faithful reader and I remember that I liked the previous book, Wulf, I bought it anyway, and put it in my reading list... only to see it everytime I opened the reading folder to choose a book to read. The ebook was there and it was beckoning me... read me, read me, you know that you will like me... it was like a Mermaid's song, and I did my best to resist, and BTW the length of the book helped, since I always need a lot of courage to sit down and read a novel plus. Till today I was strong, but then I surrendered.

And Kayelle Allen didn't even make my surrender easy! Since not only Wulf and Luc have split after the HEA they had in that book I read, but it was not even a break-up due to an uncontrollable fate, like if Wulf is dead or something similar (look? I can accept if you ruin my HEA, but I'm ruthless if you do that!). No, Wulf and Luc were torn apart by the most common trouble, the inability to communicate. Luc thought that Wulf thought that Luc thought... and no one of them really knew what the other thought. At the beginning of the book, Wulf is running away with his new lover, Alitus, and Luc is mourning the loss... for an handful of days! Then he meets Izzorah, and his everlasting love for Wulf is all but forgotten, and he is hot on the trail of a new lover.

Now you would think that I'm a bit hard with Luc, he is not a bad guy, but probably he is too used to loose a lover that he has a calluses around his heart. Luc is a Sempervian, means that he is immortal, and everytime he starts a relationship with someone, he has always to take in account that his lover will age and die, and he will be near him for all the time. Maybe this time he suffered a bit more since Wulf didn't die, he simply left, and Luc feels betrayed, but maybe one of the reason for Wulf's behavior is that he has never really felt like Luc was totally involved with him. The reason why they split seems so stupid, that you really wonder if they were really good together, but I remember they were, at least in that first book. I haven't read the two books in the middle, and probably something happened in them, but one thing I know: in my old fashioned mind, all those sharing your lover with your friends (since you think he wants that) and turning your sex life in a complicated play scene, well, I don't think it helped at all.

Anyway, it's not use crying over spilt milk, and maybe someone else is interested in that milk... maybe a little nice kittie? Izzorah is a feline man from an aline planet which has commercial agreement with the Tarthian Empire. He is the drummer of a rock band and they have just signed a contract with Luc's business firm. Izzorah is all you can expected from a man with some feline traits, furry ears, some furry in other strategic places, no tail, but all purrs and little cute quirks. Plus Izzorah's planet is a matriarchal one, and he flew his hometown to avoid a forced marriage with a warrior woman: Izzorah is gay and he couldn't bear the idea to be a woman's lover. But Izzorah is not against the idea to be a warrior's lover, since he is a natural submissive... only that for Izzy, a total virgin, submission is a really simple thing: you find a man who takes care of you in all your needs, and in exchange you give yourself to him. For Izzy, submission is not a shadow dungeon or pain/pleasure games, it's more like be pampered and cuddled. And yes, I like very much Izzy, probably even more than Luc: Izzy is a total innocent character and you can't hold against him the guilt to be the "third" man, the one who splits the perfect couple, also since it was not him.

In the end I have two recommendations: if you are a reader like me arriving from the first book, well, probably after few pages you will manage to pass over your disappointment for the lost romance, and enjoy the new one, that probably has more chance to last since Luc has learned from the past; and instead if you haven't read the previous book, well, I will say that probably you can read directly this one, avoiding so the disillusion about the past romance, and fully enjoying the current one.

http://www.loose-id.com/prod-Surrender__Love-887.aspx

Amazon Kindle: Surrender Love

Series:
1) Wulf: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/28888.html
2) Alitus
3) Jawk
4) Surrender Love

Reading List:

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


Cover Art by Anne Cain

Metropolitan Passions by Leigh Ellwood, Jade Falconer, Jamie Hill

Why, Why, Zed? by Leigh Ellwood

In a futuristic Toronto Zed and Nick are lovers. Zed is an IT genius and Nick a kept man; when they met, Nick was a struggling artist and since Zed was a wealthy man, he convinced Nick to stay at home and take care of him. But one year later, the initially sex frenzy is cooled and Zed is spending and lot of time at work, and even when he has free time, he prefers to spend it alone and not with Nick.

Nick is unable to make clear his uneasiness, and prefers to find comfort with friends and hobbies. But this is leading him astray and the future is not bright. An unexpected call awakes Zed from his torpor. He realizes how much he loves Nick and that he needs to do everything to make him happy and with him. A leisurely afternoon spent together will teach both to Zed than Nick that being happy is easier than expected.

A very short tale, less than 35 pages, but with a good plot and well developed characters. Plus there is a twist in the plot that makes the book even more original.

Very good and fast reading.

http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Why+Why+Zed?

Amazon Kindle: Why, Why, Zed?

Making Magic by Jade Falconer

Tommy is a brat. You can't describe him with any other words. He is 18 years old and a freshman in college and he likes a lot to flirt with every male that caught his eyes. Straight, gay, they are all the same for him, the important thing is that they should be handsome and maybe a bit rough: Tommy likes to be ordered around.

When one of his friends dares him to seduce their professor, Tommy accepts, and then he finds the professor pretty hot, so he doesn't see any harm in doing so. Elliot teachs witchcraft and he really believe in magic, so when Tommy proposes him to help with some experiment, Elliot is very glad to find a so cute pupil. And when the sparks fly between them, Elliot is even more happy to initiate Tommy in the sex magic.

The story is funny and nice. Tommy is a very cute character, so young and bratty. He is careless and "friendly", truth be told also a bit slutty, and he is not afraid to claim it and to gain all the pleasure he can in doing so. But he is not a bad guy and this is a good thing since Elliot, even if should be the strong character in the couple, for me is the more likeable to be wound since he has an open heart and he is too ready to trust people.

Making Magic is not very long, less than 60 pages, but it is fast and smooth, it flows easily. Sure, you don't have to give it too much "importance", it's a light tale and it serves its purpose.

http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Making+Magic/exact_match=exact

Amazon Kindle: Making Magic

Amazon: Metropolitan Passions, Volume 1 (print book)

Reading List:

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

Metropolitan Passions by Leigh Ellwood, Jade Falconer, Jamie Hill

Why, Why, Zed? by Leigh Ellwood

In a futuristic Toronto Zed and Nick are lovers. Zed is an IT genius and Nick a kept man; when they met, Nick was a struggling artist and since Zed was a wealthy man, he convinced Nick to stay at home and take care of him. But one year later, the initially sex frenzy is cooled and Zed is spending and lot of time at work, and even when he has free time, he prefers to spend it alone and not with Nick.

Nick is unable to make clear his uneasiness, and prefers to find comfort with friends and hobbies. But this is leading him astray and the future is not bright. An unexpected call awakes Zed from his torpor. He realizes how much he loves Nick and that he needs to do everything to make him happy and with him. A leisurely afternoon spent together will teach both to Zed than Nick that being happy is easier than expected.

A very short tale, less than 35 pages, but with a good plot and well developed characters. Plus there is a twist in the plot that makes the book even more original.

Very good and fast reading.

http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Why+Why+Zed?

Amazon Kindle: Why, Why, Zed?

Making Magic by Jade Falconer

Tommy is a brat. You can't describe him with any other words. He is 18 years old and a freshman in college and he likes a lot to flirt with every male that caught his eyes. Straight, gay, they are all the same for him, the important thing is that they should be handsome and maybe a bit rough: Tommy likes to be ordered around.

When one of his friends dares him to seduce their professor, Tommy accepts, and then he finds the professor pretty hot, so he doesn't see any harm in doing so. Elliot teachs witchcraft and he really believe in magic, so when Tommy proposes him to help with some experiment, Elliot is very glad to find a so cute pupil. And when the sparks fly between them, Elliot is even more happy to initiate Tommy in the sex magic.

The story is funny and nice. Tommy is a very cute character, so young and bratty. He is careless and "friendly", truth be told also a bit slutty, and he is not afraid to claim it and to gain all the pleasure he can in doing so. But he is not a bad guy and this is a good thing since Elliot, even if should be the strong character in the couple, for me is the more likeable to be wound since he has an open heart and he is too ready to trust people.

Making Magic is not very long, less than 60 pages, but it is fast and smooth, it flows easily. Sure, you don't have to give it too much "importance", it's a light tale and it serves its purpose.

http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Making+Magic/exact_match=exact

Amazon Kindle: Making Magic

Amazon: Metropolitan Passions, Volume 1 (print book)

Reading List:

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

Gay Commercial: Daz

This ad is part of a campaign that is a parody of soap operas. Set in the fictitious town of Cleaner Close, episode 6 has a "mysterious stranger from Vince's past reappears but that's not all he's got to worry about..."

A sultry woman in a tight fitting black outfit and an zebra print trench coat walks into an auto body shop and says, "Still got an eye for body work, then, Vince?"

The mechanic turns away with melodrama as he says, "Pandora. Slumming it are we?"

Pouty, she reaches into his mechanic's outfit, unzips it, and says, "Aww, I've always had a thing about the hot, musky, grmiy smell of..." then, catching a whiff of his undershirt, "lemons?"

Rolling out from under a car appears another man, younger and handsome, holding a box of the Daz laundry soap.

"Vince! You always used to be so ..."

"Yeah, well I do his washing now," says the younger man to her, with a smirk as he puts his arm around Vince.

The narrator says, "Citrus Blast is out again, but will Vince be coming out too?" Vince's glance slowly turns to look at the hand of the other man around him.

Commercial Closet Association

Company: Procter & Gamble Co.
Brand: Daz
Ad Title: Scent of a Bloke - Episode 6
Business Category: Household Products
Media Outlets: Television
Country: United Kingdom
Region: Europe
Agency: Leo Burnett Co.
Year: 2004
Target: Mainstream
Ad Spotter: Oliver Broad

Gay Commercial: Daz

This ad is part of a campaign that is a parody of soap operas. Set in the fictitious town of Cleaner Close, episode 6 has a "mysterious stranger from Vince's past reappears but that's not all he's got to worry about..."

A sultry woman in a tight fitting black outfit and an zebra print trench coat walks into an auto body shop and says, "Still got an eye for body work, then, Vince?"

The mechanic turns away with melodrama as he says, "Pandora. Slumming it are we?"

Pouty, she reaches into his mechanic's outfit, unzips it, and says, "Aww, I've always had a thing about the hot, musky, grmiy smell of..." then, catching a whiff of his undershirt, "lemons?"

Rolling out from under a car appears another man, younger and handsome, holding a box of the Daz laundry soap.

"Vince! You always used to be so ..."

"Yeah, well I do his washing now," says the younger man to her, with a smirk as he puts his arm around Vince.

The narrator says, "Citrus Blast is out again, but will Vince be coming out too?" Vince's glance slowly turns to look at the hand of the other man around him.

Commercial Closet Association

Company: Procter & Gamble Co.
Brand: Daz
Ad Title: Scent of a Bloke - Episode 6
Business Category: Household Products
Media Outlets: Television
Country: United Kingdom
Region: Europe
Agency: Leo Burnett Co.
Year: 2004
Target: Mainstream
Ad Spotter: Oliver Broad

Adopt a Movie: Bye Bye, Fruit Fly

I thought that it's time for me to adopt... a movie! Yes, my friends, I'm not the motherly type (even if you saw the picture of my niece... it was not me who posted, but some crazy auntie who possessed my body...), but in the last days I spent a lot of time emailing with Jesse Archer (poor man, he probably is thinking I'm a stalker or something similar...), and I decided that I love so much his new movie (even before seeing it), that I want to adopt it.


Writer Jesse Archer (middle), Director Casper Andreas (right)

In the following weeks / months I will post little tidbit about the process of creating a blockbuster, because guys you, loving me, will make it a success, will you not? From the pre-production to the filming to the post-production, I will follow the birth and the growth of this movie, and Jesse told me he maybe could also get an on-set photographer to send me pics from production, and I count on it since, if the two previous movies are any indication, it will be an interesting eye candy on that set ;-)

Anyway, let start! Here is the synopsis of the movie:

( Read more... )

Mmm, she remembers me someone... And here is the pre-production post by Jesse, if you find something you can provide (Jesse needs a Manhattan rooftop for the opening scene... any of my friends lives in Manhattan and has a rooftop?), move and make this movie see the light! (mmm, I sound like a madman on the street ;-) ):

"Casting is nearly finished. Locations locked. We need your help for the last big/little details!

Want to be a part of it? Credit, cameo, and branding opportunities are available!

Being low budget, we couldn't do it without you! Looking for assistance in the following areas:

( Read more... )

If you can help out with any of the above, please write me: jesse@jesseonthebrink.com

Extras: Want to be an extra in the film? Most will be featured, some will get a line. Please send a picture of yourself, with contact info to: production@embrem.com

Some particular extras we are looking for (definitely featured):
attractive black man, 30's, who cruises the females at a deli.
Very feminine gay man, any age.
Young fag hag, with her young gay boys.

Thank you in advance, I'm so grateful!

Jesse Archer"

Adopt a Movie: Bye Bye, Fruit Fly

I thought that it's time for me to adopt... a movie! Yes, my friends, I'm not the motherly type (even if you saw the picture of my niece... it was not me who posted, but some crazy auntie who possessed my body...), but in the last days I spent a lot of time emailing with Jesse Archer (poor man, he probably is thinking I'm a stalker or something similar...), and I decided that I love so much his new movie (even before seeing it), that I want to adopt it.


Writer Jesse Archer (middle), Director Casper Andreas (right)

In the following weeks / months I will post little tidbit about the process of creating a blockbuster, because guys you, loving me, will make it a success, will you not? From the pre-production to the filming to the post-production, I will follow the birth and the growth of this movie, and Jesse told me he maybe could also get an on-set photographer to send me pics from production, and I count on it since, if the two previous movies are any indication, it will be an interesting eye candy on that set ;-)

Anyway, let start! Here is the synopsis of the movie:

( Read more... )

Mmm, she remembers me someone... And here is the pre-production post by Jesse, if you find something you can provide (Jesse needs a Manhattan rooftop for the opening scene... any of my friends lives in Manhattan and has a rooftop?), move and make this movie see the light! (mmm, I sound like a madman on the street ;-) ):

"Casting is nearly finished. Locations locked. We need your help for the last big/little details!

Want to be a part of it? Credit, cameo, and branding opportunities are available!

Being low budget, we couldn't do it without you! Looking for assistance in the following areas:

( Read more... )

If you can help out with any of the above, please write me: jesse@jesseonthebrink.com

Extras: Want to be an extra in the film? Most will be featured, some will get a line. Please send a picture of yourself, with contact info to: production@embrem.com

Some particular extras we are looking for (definitely featured):
attractive black man, 30's, who cruises the females at a deli.
Very feminine gay man, any age.
Young fag hag, with her young gay boys.

Thank you in advance, I'm so grateful!

Jesse Archer"