LGBT Ebook and Print Releases June 13-19, 2009

AMBER ALLURE
Forbidden Desire by Carolina Valdez
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/692256.html
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Four O'Clock by Pepper Espinoza
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Pottery Peter by Rick R. Reed
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ASPEN MOUNTAIN PRESS
Men of a Different Sort by Addison Avery
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Friends and Lovers by Thom Jaymes
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BELLA BOOKS
Delusional by Terri Breneman
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Family Affair by Saxon Bennett
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CHANGELING PRESS
Nights in Pink Satin by Sharon Maria Bidwell
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/691432.html
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Unicorn Valley (Collection) by Lena Austin
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/691896.html
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DREAMSPINNER PRESS
Desire for Dearborne by V.B. Kildaire
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EXCESSICA
On the Net by Habu
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EXTASY BOOKS
Sexual Favours Entwined by Kate Brunic
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Blood and Magic by Stephani Hecht
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Pelo's Heart by A.J. Llewellyn
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Trapped by D.J. Manly
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/691703.html
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LIQUID SILVER BOOKS
Grey's Awakening by Cameron Dane
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LITERARY ROAD
Dragonmen Book 2: Mate Test by Amber Kell
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LOOSE ID
Dominion by Michael Barnette
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Psychic Rebels by Cheryl Dragon
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/690887.html
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Wild Hunt by Willa Okati
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/692700.html
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MLR PRESS
SS Mannhunt by William Maltese
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/692988.html
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PHAZE BOOKS
The Next Step by Mychael Black
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SAMHAIN PUBLISHING
Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/693028.html
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SHADOWFIRE PRESS
Unspoken by Katica Locke
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SIREN PUBLISHING
Dirty Diana by Lexie Davis
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STARBOOKS PRESS
Cruising for Bad Boys by Mickey Erlach
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TORQUERE BOOKS
Messiah 2: The Page of Wands by Reno MacLeod and Jaye Valentine
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Never Let Go: The Ace of Cups by Jourdan Lane
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A Glimpse Inside by AR Moler
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Two Games: A Matched Pair of Sports Stories by Julia Talbot and BA Tortuga
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Spikenard: Freedom to Fly by Winnie Jerome
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/692044.html
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Taste Test: K9 edited by Lorna Hinson with stories by Anah Crow and Dianne Fox, Misa Izanaki, and BA Tortuga
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/693275.html
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Toy Box: Guiche edited by M. Rode with stories by Lee Benoit, Mychael Black and Jay Lygon
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/691100.html
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For Publishers: If you would like to be add to the weekly releases post, please contact me.

For Authors: If you would like to post an excerpt, please contact me.

LGBT Ebook and Print Releases June 13-19, 2009

AMBER ALLURE
Forbidden Desire by Carolina Valdez
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/692256.html
Buy Link
Four O'Clock by Pepper Espinoza
Buy Link
Pottery Peter by Rick R. Reed
Buy Link

ASPEN MOUNTAIN PRESS
Men of a Different Sort by Addison Avery
Buy Link
Friends and Lovers by Thom Jaymes
Buy Link

BELLA BOOKS
Delusional by Terri Breneman
Buy Link
Family Affair by Saxon Bennett
Buy Link

CHANGELING PRESS
Nights in Pink Satin by Sharon Maria Bidwell
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/691432.html
Buy Link
Unicorn Valley (Collection) by Lena Austin
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/691896.html
Buy Link

DREAMSPINNER PRESS
Desire for Dearborne by V.B. Kildaire
Buy Link

EXCESSICA
On the Net by Habu
Buy Link

EXTASY BOOKS
Sexual Favours Entwined by Kate Brunic
Buy Link
Blood and Magic by Stephani Hecht
Buy Link
Pelo's Heart by A.J. Llewellyn
Buy Link
Trapped by D.J. Manly
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/691703.html
Buy Link

LIQUID SILVER BOOKS
Grey's Awakening by Cameron Dane
Buy Link

LITERARY ROAD
Dragonmen Book 2: Mate Test by Amber Kell
Buy Link

LOOSE ID
Dominion by Michael Barnette
Buy Link
Psychic Rebels by Cheryl Dragon
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/690887.html
Buy Link
Wild Hunt by Willa Okati
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/692700.html
Buy Link

MLR PRESS
SS Mannhunt by William Maltese
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/692988.html
Buy Link

PHAZE BOOKS
The Next Step by Mychael Black
Buy Link

SAMHAIN PUBLISHING
Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/693028.html
Buy Link

SHADOWFIRE PRESS
Unspoken by Katica Locke
Buy Link

SIREN PUBLISHING
Dirty Diana by Lexie Davis
Buy Link

STARBOOKS PRESS
Cruising for Bad Boys by Mickey Erlach
Buy Link

TORQUERE BOOKS
Messiah 2: The Page of Wands by Reno MacLeod and Jaye Valentine
Buy Link
Never Let Go: The Ace of Cups by Jourdan Lane
Buy Link
A Glimpse Inside by AR Moler
Buy Link
Two Games: A Matched Pair of Sports Stories by Julia Talbot and BA Tortuga
Buy Link
Spikenard: Freedom to Fly by Winnie Jerome
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/692044.html
Buy Link
Taste Test: K9 edited by Lorna Hinson with stories by Anah Crow and Dianne Fox, Misa Izanaki, and BA Tortuga
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/693275.html
Buy Link
Toy Box: Guiche edited by M. Rode with stories by Lee Benoit, Mychael Black and Jay Lygon
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/691100.html
Buy Link

For Publishers: If you would like to be add to the weekly releases post, please contact me.

For Authors: If you would like to post an excerpt, please contact me.

Trapped by D.J. Manly

This is almost a modern Romeo and Juliet, better... a Romeo and Julio! Giovanni "Gio" Bianchi is the 18 years old son of a mafia boss. He doesn't like his father business but he is too young and too deep into the family to be able to repudiate his family, and so he is now in a hotel room waiting to kill the son of a Colombian drugs lord. The kill will be his initiation to the family business but will prove also wrong all the voices about him being a sissy. Actually Gio himself has no proofs that he prefers men, having had no chance to be with one. His father would have never allowed it. But Gio is in for a surprise and a definitely proof this time: Amador Vega, the man he has to kill, his in another hotel room on the opposite building with a man! And from his point of view Gio has all the chances to see him naked and in action... and he is so attracted to what he sees that he is easily distracted from the real reason why he is looking him through a binocular!

Gio is not very good at this work and Amador "Amad" Vega realizes soon that he is spied. He breaks into Gio's room while he is taking a shower and easily disarms the man and kidnaps him. Amad, like Gio, is not into his father's business, and above all, doesn't want that his father knows of his sexual preferences, like Gio, he is due to marry a woman he doesn't know as a collateral for a business contract. Obviously Gio and Amad fall in love, but it's a contrasted love and not one with an easy happily ever after.

The author plays a lot in making hard for this star written lovers to be together, but he doesn't skimp on the romance department. Actually probably this is the only part of the book that it's a bit unrealistic, but it's mitigated a bit by two factor: first, the love is not immediate, at first it's more a question of an horny and virgin to man love boy, Gio, who has the chance to be in strict quarter with a very handsome and experience man, Amad, and of course he takes advantage of it. Add to this the fact that Amad is also very good at it, and it's natural that Gio falls in love. Maybe if they had the time to grow tired of each other, maybe they would, but instead the fate torn them apart and the love remained hinted but not fulfilled. Again the author could have used the unconditionally love's card, making both Amad and Gio desperately in love and faithful till the eternity to each other, but we are talking of a teenager and a barely twenty years old guy, and so no, Gio and Amad remain in love with their heart, but not with their body, at least not till the moment they have the possibility to actually tighten a bond.

The story is about an opposed love, but it's not as tragic and dramatic as Arsenic and Rio, another book by D.J. Manly with some common elements with this one. In both books the heroes are not exactly white lilies, and sometime they are driven more by their sexual urges than their minds, but in both of them I noticed two things: there is not a forced connection between love and sex, but if it's present the sex is better; and the characters, even if behaving badly, in a way are naive and innocent, despite all, maybe since they are also so young. These are not men worn out by years of bad life, these are men young enough to have still time to redeem.

http://www.extasybooks.net/ebjmsite/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=8&flypage=ebook_flypage&product_id=5831&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=44

Amazon Kindle: Trapped

Reading List:

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

Trapped by D.J. Manly

This is almost a modern Romeo and Juliet, better... a Romeo and Julio! Giovanni "Gio" Bianchi is the 18 years old son of a mafia boss. He doesn't like his father business but he is too young and too deep into the family to be able to repudiate his family, and so he is now in a hotel room waiting to kill the son of a Colombian drugs lord. The kill will be his initiation to the family business but will prove also wrong all the voices about him being a sissy. Actually Gio himself has no proofs that he prefers men, having had no chance to be with one. His father would have never allowed it. But Gio is in for a surprise and a definitely proof this time: Amador Vega, the man he has to kill, his in another hotel room on the opposite building with a man! And from his point of view Gio has all the chances to see him naked and in action... and he is so attracted to what he sees that he is easily distracted from the real reason why he is looking him through a binocular!

Gio is not very good at this work and Amador "Amad" Vega realizes soon that he is spied. He breaks into Gio's room while he is taking a shower and easily disarms the man and kidnaps him. Amad, like Gio, is not into his father's business, and above all, doesn't want that his father knows of his sexual preferences, like Gio, he is due to marry a woman he doesn't know as a collateral for a business contract. Obviously Gio and Amad fall in love, but it's a contrasted love and not one with an easy happily ever after.

The author plays a lot in making hard for this star written lovers to be together, but he doesn't skimp on the romance department. Actually probably this is the only part of the book that it's a bit unrealistic, but it's mitigated a bit by two factor: first, the love is not immediate, at first it's more a question of an horny and virgin to man love boy, Gio, who has the chance to be in strict quarter with a very handsome and experience man, Amad, and of course he takes advantage of it. Add to this the fact that Amad is also very good at it, and it's natural that Gio falls in love. Maybe if they had the time to grow tired of each other, maybe they would, but instead the fate torn them apart and the love remained hinted but not fulfilled. Again the author could have used the unconditionally love's card, making both Amad and Gio desperately in love and faithful till the eternity to each other, but we are talking of a teenager and a barely twenty years old guy, and so no, Gio and Amad remain in love with their heart, but not with their body, at least not till the moment they have the possibility to actually tighten a bond.

The story is about an opposed love, but it's not as tragic and dramatic as Arsenic and Rio, another book by D.J. Manly with some common elements with this one. In both books the heroes are not exactly white lilies, and sometime they are driven more by their sexual urges than their minds, but in both of them I noticed two things: there is not a forced connection between love and sex, but if it's present the sex is better; and the characters, even if behaving badly, in a way are naive and innocent, despite all, maybe since they are also so young. These are not men worn out by years of bad life, these are men young enough to have still time to redeem.

http://www.extasybooks.net/ebjmsite/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=8&flypage=ebook_flypage&product_id=5831&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=44

Amazon Kindle: Trapped

Reading List:

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

Between Love and Goodbye (2009) directed by Casper Andreas

Director: Casper Andreas

Writer: Casper Andreas (writer)

Release Date: 30 January 2009 (USA)

Genre: Drama

Tagline: Can you promise forever?

Plot: A modern gay drama about falling in and out of love, and the rocky road in between.

Love makes the world go round. At least that's what Marcel and Kyle believe, until they suddenly discover that love can alternatively flip the world upside-down. When certain elements are set into motion, they tend to stay in motion. If tampered with, they can spin out of control. Marcel and Kyle are in love at first sight, and even though they can't legally marry, they will find a way to make it work. French Marcel marries their lesbian friend Sarah so he can stay in the USA with Kyle. Together they can overcome any obstacle, hurdle any barrier. Together they cannot be stopped. Enter Kyle's sister April, a former prostitute. She needs a place to crash, but for how long? Taking a quick dislike to Marcel, April methodically drips poison into their happiness. But where Marcel sees a conniving woman with a not-so-hidden agenda, Kyle only sees his sister - in need. And how do you choose between family and the love of your life? Why should you have to? Love isn't pure after it's been tainted. Our perfect couple falls headlong into possessiveness, jealousy and rage; trapped in the tangled emotions found in that space between love and goodbye. Just how far will one of them go to put a stop to the madness? (Embrem Entertainment)

@IMDb
@Amazon: Between Love & Goodbye
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@TLA Releasing
@Wolfe Video



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Cast (in credits order)
Simon Miller ... Kyle
Justin Tensen ... Marcel
Rob Harmon ... April / Cole
Jane Elliott ... Sarah
Aaron Michael Davies ... Danny
Matthew Ludwinski ... Rob
Ryan Turner ... Tommy
Austin Head ... Gutter Punk
Caroline Delran ... Catherine
Kenny Wade Marshall ... Judge
( rest of the cast )

Kyle & Marcel

( Friends & Others )

( Trailer )

( Music Video )

Between Love and Goodbye (2009) directed by Casper Andreas

Director: Casper Andreas

Writer: Casper Andreas (writer)

Release Date: 30 January 2009 (USA)

Genre: Drama

Tagline: Can you promise forever?

Plot: A modern gay drama about falling in and out of love, and the rocky road in between.

Love makes the world go round. At least that's what Marcel and Kyle believe, until they suddenly discover that love can alternatively flip the world upside-down. When certain elements are set into motion, they tend to stay in motion. If tampered with, they can spin out of control. Marcel and Kyle are in love at first sight, and even though they can't legally marry, they will find a way to make it work. French Marcel marries their lesbian friend Sarah so he can stay in the USA with Kyle. Together they can overcome any obstacle, hurdle any barrier. Together they cannot be stopped. Enter Kyle's sister April, a former prostitute. She needs a place to crash, but for how long? Taking a quick dislike to Marcel, April methodically drips poison into their happiness. But where Marcel sees a conniving woman with a not-so-hidden agenda, Kyle only sees his sister - in need. And how do you choose between family and the love of your life? Why should you have to? Love isn't pure after it's been tainted. Our perfect couple falls headlong into possessiveness, jealousy and rage; trapped in the tangled emotions found in that space between love and goodbye. Just how far will one of them go to put a stop to the madness? (Embrem Entertainment)

@IMDb
@Amazon: Between Love & Goodbye
@Netflix
@TLA Releasing
@Wolfe Video



( more pics )

Cast (in credits order)
Simon Miller ... Kyle
Justin Tensen ... Marcel
Rob Harmon ... April / Cole
Jane Elliott ... Sarah
Aaron Michael Davies ... Danny
Matthew Ludwinski ... Rob
Ryan Turner ... Tommy
Austin Head ... Gutter Punk
Caroline Delran ... Catherine
Kenny Wade Marshall ... Judge
( rest of the cast )

Kyle & Marcel

( Friends & Others )

( Trailer )

( Music Video )

Soul Searchers by Reese Johnson

I was curious to read this novella since somewhere else it was said that a reader was shocked by the sex in shift form inside it... so, since I'm naughty and curious, I was expecting something very odd and a boundaries pushing. But I realized that probably I read too much and of every shade of erotica, since I actually found this one quite mild mannered, and truth be told, I have read books with a lot more of shattered boundaries. Soul Searchers is a nice shapeshifter novella which mainly aspect for me is the relationship between Timber and Micah.

At the end of the XVIII century, Timber was the mulatto son of a landowner; thanks to the wealth of his father no one dared to question Timber right to be a gentleman and he went to the military academy. There he met Micah, a same age young man, but this is all they have in common. Where Timber is strong and daring, Micah is more fragile and in need of protection. Micah deeply loves Timber and he would do anything for him, even die. And this is the destiny Timber's father reserves to him, but Timber rescues him, an event that will be repeated time and again in the course of their relationship. That night Timber and Micah are turned into werewolves, and they choose to live alone. Centuries after, Timber is the Alpha leader of a werewolves pack made of various renegade, gays, lesbians and also people who are simple non judgmental. Only that the nearer werewolves pack is not content of their existence.

The following fight for leadership is not so important from my point of view, again what I found interesting is seeing how Timber and Micah in time turned in a "perfect" couple: Micah is not and will never be someone who is able to defend himself, and Timber assumes the role of protector for his mate. In an age of equal right, someone else would probably arrive to regret to have a so weak mate, but instead Timber cherishes Micah and never once I read or feel like he would have preferred something different for his life. The roles are clear, Timber is the strong pillar of their couple, and Micah is the love and heart.

The ending is maybe a bit too much sugary, but I'm not against a bit of sugar here and there.

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Reading List:

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

Soul Searchers by Reese Johnson

I was curious to read this novella since somewhere else it was said that a reader was shocked by the sex in shift form inside it... so, since I'm naughty and curious, I was expecting something very odd and a boundaries pushing. But I realized that probably I read too much and of every shade of erotica, since I actually found this one quite mild mannered, and truth be told, I have read books with a lot more of shattered boundaries. Soul Searchers is a nice shapeshifter novella which mainly aspect for me is the relationship between Timber and Micah.

At the end of the XVIII century, Timber was the mulatto son of a landowner; thanks to the wealth of his father no one dared to question Timber right to be a gentleman and he went to the military academy. There he met Micah, a same age young man, but this is all they have in common. Where Timber is strong and daring, Micah is more fragile and in need of protection. Micah deeply loves Timber and he would do anything for him, even die. And this is the destiny Timber's father reserves to him, but Timber rescues him, an event that will be repeated time and again in the course of their relationship. That night Timber and Micah are turned into werewolves, and they choose to live alone. Centuries after, Timber is the Alpha leader of a werewolves pack made of various renegade, gays, lesbians and also people who are simple non judgmental. Only that the nearer werewolves pack is not content of their existence.

The following fight for leadership is not so important from my point of view, again what I found interesting is seeing how Timber and Micah in time turned in a "perfect" couple: Micah is not and will never be someone who is able to defend himself, and Timber assumes the role of protector for his mate. In an age of equal right, someone else would probably arrive to regret to have a so weak mate, but instead Timber cherishes Micah and never once I read or feel like he would have preferred something different for his life. The roles are clear, Timber is the strong pillar of their couple, and Micah is the love and heart.

The ending is maybe a bit too much sugary, but I'm not against a bit of sugar here and there.

https://www.nobleromance.com/ItemDisplay.aspx?i=50

Reading List:

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