Excerpt Day: Prince of Servitude by G.A. Hauser

Prince of Servitude by G.A. Hauser
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: All Romance Ebooks
ISBN-10: 1448639115
ISBN-13: 978-1448639113
Publisher Link: http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-princeofservitude-18521-144.html

Amazon: Prince of Servitude: An Erotic Gay Fairy Tale

Blurb: Prince of Servitude takes place in a mythical kingdom where a beautiful prince named Tristen finds he is attracted to his best friend Dinas. Unfortunately in the land of Brandywine men having sex with other men is illegal. Not only does Tristen love men, he loves to be bound and helpless during the act. Tristen lets go his inhibitions when he is held captive by an enemy army. Can his beloved Dinas save Tristen from being held prisoner, preventing Tristen from inheriting the throne? Or will the sexual freedom Tristen has discovered stop him from living his legacy. Through love and loyalty Tristen just might find he can have his crown and his true love as well. This novel is a "fractured" fairy tale, yet it echoes the reality of our own country’s inequality of laws regarding same sex couples from state to state. There is an intentional underlying irony to this work of fiction.

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Excerpt Day: Prince of Servitude by G.A. Hauser

Prince of Servitude by G.A. Hauser
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: All Romance Ebooks
ISBN-10: 1448639115
ISBN-13: 978-1448639113
Publisher Link: http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-princeofservitude-18521-144.html

Amazon: Prince of Servitude: An Erotic Gay Fairy Tale

Blurb: Prince of Servitude takes place in a mythical kingdom where a beautiful prince named Tristen finds he is attracted to his best friend Dinas. Unfortunately in the land of Brandywine men having sex with other men is illegal. Not only does Tristen love men, he loves to be bound and helpless during the act. Tristen lets go his inhibitions when he is held captive by an enemy army. Can his beloved Dinas save Tristen from being held prisoner, preventing Tristen from inheriting the throne? Or will the sexual freedom Tristen has discovered stop him from living his legacy. Through love and loyalty Tristen just might find he can have his crown and his true love as well. This novel is a "fractured" fairy tale, yet it echoes the reality of our own country’s inequality of laws regarding same sex couples from state to state. There is an intentional underlying irony to this work of fiction.

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Excerpt Day: Summer by D.J. Manly

Summer by D.J. Manly
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Publisher: eXtasy Books
ISBN: 978-1-55487-327-2
Publisher Link: http://www.extasybooks.net/ebjmsite/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=8&flypage=ebook_flypage&product_id=6108&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=44

Amazon Kindle: Summer

Blurb: Steven Connors came to the Evan’s Estate at the age of six. He was the son of the housekeeper, and he and Darren Evan’s grew up together, like brothers. But time was against them, and as they matured, their love for one another changed into something else. Steven knew that he and Darren could never be together. But then Steven makes the ultimate sacrifice and they are separated for years, only to be brought back together again under very different circumstances. Can the hurts and scars of the past ever heal?

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Excerpt Day: Summer by D.J. Manly

Summer by D.J. Manly
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Publisher: eXtasy Books
ISBN: 978-1-55487-327-2
Publisher Link: http://www.extasybooks.net/ebjmsite/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=8&flypage=ebook_flypage&product_id=6108&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=44

Amazon Kindle: Summer

Blurb: Steven Connors came to the Evan’s Estate at the age of six. He was the son of the housekeeper, and he and Darren Evan’s grew up together, like brothers. But time was against them, and as they matured, their love for one another changed into something else. Steven knew that he and Darren could never be together. But then Steven makes the ultimate sacrifice and they are separated for years, only to be brought back together again under very different circumstances. Can the hurts and scars of the past ever heal?

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Excerpt Day: The Sheikh and the Servant by Sonja Spencer

The Sheikh and the Servant by Sonja Spencer
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publisher Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/

Blurb: Trapped in his life as a pleasure slave, Noori serves each master who passes through the amir's realm. No one sees beyond the slave's body—no one bothers to look—until the sheikh of a desert tribe discovers the once-free, educated man could be an asset to his business. Noori's life is turned upside down as the sheikh takes him to his new home, where he will discover new challenges, new people, the possibility of freedom, and the irresistible lure of love.

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Excerpt Day: The Sheikh and the Servant by Sonja Spencer

The Sheikh and the Servant by Sonja Spencer
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publisher Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/

Blurb: Trapped in his life as a pleasure slave, Noori serves each master who passes through the amir's realm. No one sees beyond the slave's body—no one bothers to look—until the sheikh of a desert tribe discovers the once-free, educated man could be an asset to his business. Noori's life is turned upside down as the sheikh takes him to his new home, where he will discover new challenges, new people, the possibility of freedom, and the irresistible lure of love.

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Excerpt Day: Reckless Abandon by Morgan Ashbury

Reckless Abandon by Morgan Ashbury
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publisher Link: http://www.bookstrand.com/product-recklessabandon-14494-200.html

Blurb: Chastity Sawyer, the ultimate "good girl," has lived the perfect life attending perfect schools, taking on the perfect job, and getting engaged to the perfect man. But when she discovers her fiancé is only marrying her for her money and her name, she decides that all that perfection is not a good thing after all. She yearns to be bad, and where better to do that but the hottest BDSM club in the city, Reckless Abandon? Unrepentant satyr Jordan Fitzpatrick is in total control of his life. He has his lover Marcus, who understands him and takes care of his every want and need. He has a thriving business on the bad side of town, an exclusive fetish club called Reckless Abandon. He has a kick ass penthouse in an exclusive building with the enticing name of Sixty-Nine West. Now, if his deepest, fondest wish could come true his life would be perfect. He wants his snooty, goody-two-shoes neighbor Chastity Sawyer naked, collared and needy, on her knees before him. Chastity soon realizes that she wants and craves both Jordan's dominant mastery and Marcus's nurturing care. But can she learn to relinquish control and live a life of reckless abandon?

"What woman wouldn't want two lovers who were strong, magnetic, totally carnal? As I was writing Reckless Abandon, I imagined what it would be like to be part of such a loving ménage—and how, under just the right circumstances, complete submission could bring total freedom. I hope you enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it." ~ Love, Morgan ~

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Excerpt Day: Reckless Abandon by Morgan Ashbury

Reckless Abandon by Morgan Ashbury
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publisher Link: http://www.bookstrand.com/product-recklessabandon-14494-200.html

Blurb: Chastity Sawyer, the ultimate "good girl," has lived the perfect life attending perfect schools, taking on the perfect job, and getting engaged to the perfect man. But when she discovers her fiancé is only marrying her for her money and her name, she decides that all that perfection is not a good thing after all. She yearns to be bad, and where better to do that but the hottest BDSM club in the city, Reckless Abandon? Unrepentant satyr Jordan Fitzpatrick is in total control of his life. He has his lover Marcus, who understands him and takes care of his every want and need. He has a thriving business on the bad side of town, an exclusive fetish club called Reckless Abandon. He has a kick ass penthouse in an exclusive building with the enticing name of Sixty-Nine West. Now, if his deepest, fondest wish could come true his life would be perfect. He wants his snooty, goody-two-shoes neighbor Chastity Sawyer naked, collared and needy, on her knees before him. Chastity soon realizes that she wants and craves both Jordan's dominant mastery and Marcus's nurturing care. But can she learn to relinquish control and live a life of reckless abandon?

"What woman wouldn't want two lovers who were strong, magnetic, totally carnal? As I was writing Reckless Abandon, I imagined what it would be like to be part of such a loving ménage—and how, under just the right circumstances, complete submission could bring total freedom. I hope you enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it." ~ Love, Morgan ~

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Excerpt Day: Defining Right by Kara Larson

Defining Right: The Page of Pentacles by Kara Larson
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
ISBN: 978-1-60370-758-9
1-60370-758-1
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2073

Blurb: Life hasn't been easy for eighteen year old Amiri. As a Maori boy in the 1980s, there are certain expectations of what he'll grow up to be, and he seems to fail at all of them. Shuttled from one relative to the next, Amiri feels like the whole world has given up on him when he's exiled from the family farm down to an elderly aunt living in Auckland. He's surprised when Auntie Moana takes an active interest in his life -- and who he's dating -- pushing him to be a person no one has ever believed he could become. From Tane, his childhood best friend, and on through a series of mismatched boyfriends and potential lovers, Amiri can never seem to find the right one. He can't figure out exactly what the world seems to want from him, or who he wants to be. As he slowly learns about himself and works toward becoming a doctor, Amiri struggles to come to terms with himself as both Maori and gay, hoping he can reconcile the two and find a partner who will love all parts of him equally.

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Excerpt Day: Defining Right by Kara Larson

Defining Right: The Page of Pentacles by Kara Larson
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
ISBN: 978-1-60370-758-9
1-60370-758-1
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2073

Blurb: Life hasn't been easy for eighteen year old Amiri. As a Maori boy in the 1980s, there are certain expectations of what he'll grow up to be, and he seems to fail at all of them. Shuttled from one relative to the next, Amiri feels like the whole world has given up on him when he's exiled from the family farm down to an elderly aunt living in Auckland. He's surprised when Auntie Moana takes an active interest in his life -- and who he's dating -- pushing him to be a person no one has ever believed he could become. From Tane, his childhood best friend, and on through a series of mismatched boyfriends and potential lovers, Amiri can never seem to find the right one. He can't figure out exactly what the world seems to want from him, or who he wants to be. As he slowly learns about himself and works toward becoming a doctor, Amiri struggles to come to terms with himself as both Maori and gay, hoping he can reconcile the two and find a partner who will love all parts of him equally.

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Excerpt Day: Blank Canvases by Winnie Jerome

Blank Canvases by Winnie Jerome
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2074

Blurb: A frustrated, aging artist who makes ends meet with a dead-end day job is seduced by a beautiful young man who wants nothing more than to pay for his meals and have sex at every opportunity. It sounds like an ideal match, but Kurt's passionate, irresponsible lover, Garrett, is keeping secrets. Worse, Kurt's muse has abandoned him entirely. What does Kurt have to lose in order to find his muse and his happiness again?

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Excerpt Day: Blank Canvases by Winnie Jerome

Blank Canvases by Winnie Jerome
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2074

Blurb: A frustrated, aging artist who makes ends meet with a dead-end day job is seduced by a beautiful young man who wants nothing more than to pay for his meals and have sex at every opportunity. It sounds like an ideal match, but Kurt's passionate, irresponsible lover, Garrett, is keeping secrets. Worse, Kurt's muse has abandoned him entirely. What does Kurt have to lose in order to find his muse and his happiness again?

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Excerpt Day: Ride the Man Down by William Maltese

Ride the Man Down, #1 in A New World Shaman series, by William Maltese
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: MLR Press
ISBN# 978-1-60820-030-6 (print)
978-1-60820-031-3 (ebook)
Publisher Link: http://www.mlrbooks.com/ShowBook.php?book=RIDEMAN1

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Amazon Kindle: Ride the Man Down

Blurb: The Ridgemonts are wealthy and influential New Mexico Territory landowners. Their status purportedly is purchased by seemingly inexhaustible capital provided by their reputed Deadmen Hills' gold mine. It's only human nature that others want to share in their bounty. That these others have to die has less to do with keeping the "mine" location a secret than with concealing other mysteries bequeathed by the long-lived and elusive native-American shaman Calenza. Secrets even the Ridgemonts can likely never fully comprehend.

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Excerpt Day: Ride the Man Down by William Maltese

Ride the Man Down, #1 in A New World Shaman series, by William Maltese
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: MLR Press
ISBN# 978-1-60820-030-6 (print)
978-1-60820-031-3 (ebook)
Publisher Link: http://www.mlrbooks.com/ShowBook.php?book=RIDEMAN1

Buy Here

Amazon Kindle: Ride the Man Down

Blurb: The Ridgemonts are wealthy and influential New Mexico Territory landowners. Their status purportedly is purchased by seemingly inexhaustible capital provided by their reputed Deadmen Hills' gold mine. It's only human nature that others want to share in their bounty. That these others have to die has less to do with keeping the "mine" location a secret than with concealing other mysteries bequeathed by the long-lived and elusive native-American shaman Calenza. Secrets even the Ridgemonts can likely never fully comprehend.

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Excerpt Day: The King's Tale by Rowena Sudbury

The King's Tale by Rowena Sudury
Release Date: July 27, 2009
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publisher Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/

Blurb: Though Dafydd is the fourth son of Welsh nobility, when he leaves his home he becomes a humble woodsman in small kingdom of Lysnowydh on the sea. During a fierce storm, a stranger seeks shelter in Dafydd's remote cottage. He is no ordinary traveler-he is Christopher, King of Lysnowydh. The wild passion that flares between them rivals the storm, and love moves King Christopher's heart to name Dafydd Marshal of his troops to keep him close. However, love is never simple or safe when it must endure the pressures of political life. Though Dafydd proves himself in battle, Lysnowydh's nobles protest his rise in position and power. Forces will conspire against Dafydd and Christopher, and they must endure treason, treachery, and the demands of a kingdom requiring an heir to secure their happiness together.

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Excerpt Day: The King's Tale by Rowena Sudbury

The King's Tale by Rowena Sudury
Release Date: July 27, 2009
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publisher Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/

Blurb: Though Dafydd is the fourth son of Welsh nobility, when he leaves his home he becomes a humble woodsman in small kingdom of Lysnowydh on the sea. During a fierce storm, a stranger seeks shelter in Dafydd's remote cottage. He is no ordinary traveler-he is Christopher, King of Lysnowydh. The wild passion that flares between them rivals the storm, and love moves King Christopher's heart to name Dafydd Marshal of his troops to keep him close. However, love is never simple or safe when it must endure the pressures of political life. Though Dafydd proves himself in battle, Lysnowydh's nobles protest his rise in position and power. Forces will conspire against Dafydd and Christopher, and they must endure treason, treachery, and the demands of a kingdom requiring an heir to secure their happiness together.

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Excerpt Day: Barely Covered by Sedonia Guillone

Barely Covered by Sedonia Guillone
Release Date: July 17, 2009
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
ISBN: 9781419922398
Publisher Link: http://www.jasminejade.com/p-7432-barely-covered.aspx

Blurb: Barely Covered is the prequel to Barely Undercover. Kaz does not want to stand around alone in a gay strip club…that is, until the next act comes onstage. Damien is the hottest guy Kaz has ever laid eyes on and he watches, completely mesmerized, as Damien strips down to a scanty G-string. Unfortunately Kaz isn’t the only one who lusts after Damien’s luscious body. Another man wants Damien, whether Damien is willing or not, and Kaz must come to the rescue. Damien finds in Kaz the first person who’s ever protected him…and Damien has needed protecting in the past, desperately. The attraction between them is mutual and flares into lustful, delicious passion. When Damien’s attacker turns up dead, Kaz must find the killer quickly. Otherwise Damien will go from being the love of Kaz’s life to the top of his list of suspects.

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Excerpt Day: Barely Covered by Sedonia Guillone

Barely Covered by Sedonia Guillone
Release Date: July 17, 2009
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
ISBN: 9781419922398
Publisher Link: http://www.jasminejade.com/p-7432-barely-covered.aspx

Blurb: Barely Covered is the prequel to Barely Undercover. Kaz does not want to stand around alone in a gay strip club…that is, until the next act comes onstage. Damien is the hottest guy Kaz has ever laid eyes on and he watches, completely mesmerized, as Damien strips down to a scanty G-string. Unfortunately Kaz isn’t the only one who lusts after Damien’s luscious body. Another man wants Damien, whether Damien is willing or not, and Kaz must come to the rescue. Damien finds in Kaz the first person who’s ever protected him…and Damien has needed protecting in the past, desperately. The attraction between them is mutual and flares into lustful, delicious passion. When Damien’s attacker turns up dead, Kaz must find the killer quickly. Otherwise Damien will go from being the love of Kaz’s life to the top of his list of suspects.

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Excerpt Day: The Gathering by Auburnimp

The Gathering by Auburnimp
Release Date: July 17, 2009
Publisher: Shadowfire Press
Publisher Link: http://shadowfirestore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13_17&products_id=60

Blurb: In Tairanna everyone must choose a side. Eisso is a warlock punished by his coven for accidentally killing a demon child. Danth is a wereleopard ostracised by his sister and her mate when he becomes something more. Together they must face their destiny or be swallowed by a war between good and evil.

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Excerpt Day: The Gathering by Auburnimp

The Gathering by Auburnimp
Release Date: July 17, 2009
Publisher: Shadowfire Press
Publisher Link: http://shadowfirestore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13_17&products_id=60

Blurb: In Tairanna everyone must choose a side. Eisso is a warlock punished by his coven for accidentally killing a demon child. Danth is a wereleopard ostracised by his sister and her mate when he becomes something more. Together they must face their destiny or be swallowed by a war between good and evil.

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Excerpt Day: Cannons and Honor by P.D. Singer

Taste Test: Walk the Plank edited by Lorna Hinson with stories by Angela Benedetti, Mara Ismine, and PD Singer
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-60370-764-0
ISBN-10: 1-60370-764-6
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2076

Blurb: Arr! Pirates abound in the Walk the Plank Taste Test. From Boarding Action by Angela Benedetti, where a prank pirate attack on a friend's yacht goes horribly wrong for Cam, at least until he gets matey with his high school crush Markus. In Cannons and Honor, by P.D. Singer, Captain John Bull rules the seas, and he rules young Leigh Westman, who offers himself as a captive to save his sister's honor. Finally, in Mara Ismine's Life on the Ocean Wave, ninja ballet pirates flourish after a successful raid, when Floats-like-a-butterfly shows Hits-like-a-falling mountain all about the pleasures of booty. See what pirates get up to below decks in Walk the Plank!

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Excerpt Day: Cannons and Honor by P.D. Singer

Taste Test: Walk the Plank edited by Lorna Hinson with stories by Angela Benedetti, Mara Ismine, and PD Singer
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-60370-764-0
ISBN-10: 1-60370-764-6
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2076

Blurb: Arr! Pirates abound in the Walk the Plank Taste Test. From Boarding Action by Angela Benedetti, where a prank pirate attack on a friend's yacht goes horribly wrong for Cam, at least until he gets matey with his high school crush Markus. In Cannons and Honor, by P.D. Singer, Captain John Bull rules the seas, and he rules young Leigh Westman, who offers himself as a captive to save his sister's honor. Finally, in Mara Ismine's Life on the Ocean Wave, ninja ballet pirates flourish after a successful raid, when Floats-like-a-butterfly shows Hits-like-a-falling mountain all about the pleasures of booty. See what pirates get up to below decks in Walk the Plank!

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Excerpt Day: Out Of Time by Clare London

Out Of Time by Clare London
Release Date: July 26, 2009
Publisher: Loveyoudivine
Publisher Link: http://www.loveyoudivine.com/index.php?main_page=document_product_info&cPath=24_30_51&products_id=547

Blurb: Part of the series IMMORTAL FIRE. Ambrus travels in space and time, a mature and confident vampire, not looking for any permanent companion. Then in the bloody trenches of WWI, he meets Edward, a beautiful young soldier turned vampire against his will and fighting his fate with bitter anger and resentment. Ambrus is iresistibly drawn to him but Edward rejects him at first. What then follows is a strange, anguished courtship throughout the century, as Ambrus seeks to help Edward find his own way to peace as an immortal, and Edward learns what real love - and a real lover - is.

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Excerpt Day: Out Of Time by Clare London

Out Of Time by Clare London
Release Date: July 26, 2009
Publisher: Loveyoudivine
Publisher Link: http://www.loveyoudivine.com/index.php?main_page=document_product_info&cPath=24_30_51&products_id=547

Blurb: Part of the series IMMORTAL FIRE. Ambrus travels in space and time, a mature and confident vampire, not looking for any permanent companion. Then in the bloody trenches of WWI, he meets Edward, a beautiful young soldier turned vampire against his will and fighting his fate with bitter anger and resentment. Ambrus is iresistibly drawn to him but Edward rejects him at first. What then follows is a strange, anguished courtship throughout the century, as Ambrus seeks to help Edward find his own way to peace as an immortal, and Edward learns what real love - and a real lover - is.

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Excerpt Days

Here is the list of excerpts posted today. Enjoy!

Prince of Servitude by G.A. Hauser, All Romance Ebooks

Summer by D.J. Manly, eXtasy Books

The Sheikh and the Servant by Sonja Spencer, Dreamspinner Press

Reckless Abandon by Morgan Ashbury, Siren Publishing

Defining Right by Kara Larson, Torquere Books

Blank Canvases by Winnie Jerome, Torquere Books

Ride the Man Down by William Maltese, MLR Press

The King's Tale by Rowena Sudbury, Dreamspinner Press

Barely Covered by Sedonia Guillone, Ellora's Cave

The Gathering by Auburnimp, Shadowfire Press

Cannons and Honor by P.D. Singer, Torquere Books

Out of Time by Clare London, Loveyoudivine

Excerpt Days

Here is the list of excerpts posted today. Enjoy!

Prince of Servitude by G.A. Hauser, All Romance Ebooks

Summer by D.J. Manly, eXtasy Books

The Sheikh and the Servant by Sonja Spencer, Dreamspinner Press

Reckless Abandon by Morgan Ashbury, Siren Publishing

Defining Right by Kara Larson, Torquere Books

Blank Canvases by Winnie Jerome, Torquere Books

Ride the Man Down by William Maltese, MLR Press

The King's Tale by Rowena Sudbury, Dreamspinner Press

Barely Covered by Sedonia Guillone, Ellora's Cave

The Gathering by Auburnimp, Shadowfire Press

Cannons and Honor by P.D. Singer, Torquere Books

Out of Time by Clare London, Loveyoudivine

Around the World: Agapia Monastery

I often told about my impromptu travel in Romania. The strange thing is that I'm not the most religious woman, but I spent most of my time in Romania visiting the Painted Churches in Bukovina and the various monasteries, most of them little walled citadels with an independent economy, able to survive without contacts with the external world.

 
by Elisa, Agapia Monastery, Romania, 2003

Around the Wor...

By Elisa Rolle

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Sometime, like in the Agapia Monastery, a nuns monastery, the families who sent their daughters inside the walled "golden" prison, also paid for building a little cottage to host the daughter for the rest of her life. The one inside the walls are beautiful and finely decorated, but I found more interesting this one, just outside the main portal. Anyway all the Monastery has, still now, a very lively atmosphere, the nuns inside bake, embroider, bottle fruit... and all around the Monastery there are cattle and sown fields.

( Agapia Monastery )

Around the World: Agapia Monastery

I often told about my impromptu travel in Romania. The strange thing is that I'm not the most religious woman, but I spent most of my time in Romania visiting the Painted Churches in Bukovina and the various monasteries, most of them little walled citadels with an independent economy, able to survive without contacts with the external world.

 
by Elisa, Agapia Monastery, Romania, 2003

Around the Wor...

By Elisa Rolle

Book Preview

Sometime, like in the Agapia Monastery, a nuns monastery, the families who sent their daughters inside the walled "golden" prison, also paid for building a little cottage to host the daughter for the rest of her life. The one inside the walls are beautiful and finely decorated, but I found more interesting this one, just outside the main portal. Anyway all the Monastery has, still now, a very lively atmosphere, the nuns inside bake, embroider, bottle fruit... and all around the Monastery there are cattle and sown fields.

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Ride the Man Down (New World Shaman series 1) by William Maltese

The book is almost parted in two different stories. The first one is a sexy romp, almost a play of domino, where different men were paired one with each other, or even one with two others. The main lovers, Brendon and Eduardo, are still teenager when the story starts; this is probably the only thing that sound a little wrong to my ear, since the nor Brendon or Eduardo behave or talk like teenagers, but then, the story I believe is set in a time and place where being a teenager meant being old enough to be considered a man. Coming back to our heroes, Brendon and Eduardo are lovers, and the first chapter is a long, loud and detailed sex scene en plein air; as soon as the chapter ends, Cal, Brendon and Eduardo's buddy friend, enters the scene, and not only he enters also the sex scene, and the second chapter is another long, loud and detailed sex scene. And to better present all the players in this story, chapter three is another long, loud and detailed sex scene, this time even with some paranormal element, between Calenza, the shaman who will be the puppeteer of the story, and Malone, Brendon's father. Chapter four is about Graham, a ranch hand for whom Brendon has a passing interest, and his almost unwilling sex scene with Brendon, this time not long, loud and detailed, but quite down and dirty... means that it's played in the mud. Finally chapter five is about Galin, Malone's long time lover, and the man who shares Malone with Calenza, or maybe it's viceversa.

After all this overflowing sex, the first part ends and the real story begins... I believe this is quite an original way to deal a story. Usually the cards are lied down, the connections build and then, when the reader is ready and willing, the sex begins. Some stories have few some oher have more, but more or less, who is reading was carefully prepared to it. Here instead the impact is suddenly and immediate: almost without notice, the reader is faced with a variety of partners and positions... he has no idea of what the story will be, he has almost no time to go down from an apex than soon after he is riding again the rollercoast for another one. This is William Maltese, he is overflowing, suddenly, unexpected; he has no embankments or reins, and all his sex scenes are brought on with words that flourish one after the other, stretching the sentence till almost its maximum limit. If you try to read it aloud, you will probably loose your breath in the attempt.

And then William Maltese proves that he is also able to actually write also the story, not only the sex. Again, with a sudden break, from the continuous apexes he was just a moment before, the reader is plunged inside the story. The time is changed, the connections between the men he was just accustomed with are also changed, and he has to learn them all over again. Some of them are long dead, and in a way, it's even more disconcerting since just two chapters before those men were so much alive. Also the mood of the story is different, more dark and oppressive, harsher like those young men of long time ago now are. And also the reasons that push them are now cold, no more the passion for the man you love, but the thirst for gold, the gold that Calenza is trying to protect and preserve for the Ridgemont legacy. This second part is maybe the real story, but I liked better the first one, I liked better the fresh and unreined passion of those young men then the bitterness inside the older Brendon, forced to marry to have an heir, and ending alone, without a wife, an heir and even a lover, and searching in every men he meets the one he lost, Eduardo.

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Ride the Man Down (New World Shaman series 1) by William Maltese

The book is almost parted in two different stories. The first one is a sexy romp, almost a play of domino, where different men were paired one with each other, or even one with two others. The main lovers, Brendon and Eduardo, are still teenager when the story starts; this is probably the only thing that sound a little wrong to my ear, since the nor Brendon or Eduardo behave or talk like teenagers, but then, the story I believe is set in a time and place where being a teenager meant being old enough to be considered a man. Coming back to our heroes, Brendon and Eduardo are lovers, and the first chapter is a long, loud and detailed sex scene en plein air; as soon as the chapter ends, Cal, Brendon and Eduardo's buddy friend, enters the scene, and not only he enters also the sex scene, and the second chapter is another long, loud and detailed sex scene. And to better present all the players in this story, chapter three is another long, loud and detailed sex scene, this time even with some paranormal element, between Calenza, the shaman who will be the puppeteer of the story, and Malone, Brendon's father. Chapter four is about Graham, a ranch hand for whom Brendon has a passing interest, and his almost unwilling sex scene with Brendon, this time not long, loud and detailed, but quite down and dirty... means that it's played in the mud. Finally chapter five is about Galin, Malone's long time lover, and the man who shares Malone with Calenza, or maybe it's viceversa.

After all this overflowing sex, the first part ends and the real story begins... I believe this is quite an original way to deal a story. Usually the cards are lied down, the connections build and then, when the reader is ready and willing, the sex begins. Some stories have few some oher have more, but more or less, who is reading was carefully prepared to it. Here instead the impact is suddenly and immediate: almost without notice, the reader is faced with a variety of partners and positions... he has no idea of what the story will be, he has almost no time to go down from an apex than soon after he is riding again the rollercoast for another one. This is William Maltese, he is overflowing, suddenly, unexpected; he has no embankments or reins, and all his sex scenes are brought on with words that flourish one after the other, stretching the sentence till almost its maximum limit. If you try to read it aloud, you will probably loose your breath in the attempt.

And then William Maltese proves that he is also able to actually write also the story, not only the sex. Again, with a sudden break, from the continuous apexes he was just a moment before, the reader is plunged inside the story. The time is changed, the connections between the men he was just accustomed with are also changed, and he has to learn them all over again. Some of them are long dead, and in a way, it's even more disconcerting since just two chapters before those men were so much alive. Also the mood of the story is different, more dark and oppressive, harsher like those young men of long time ago now are. And also the reasons that push them are now cold, no more the passion for the man you love, but the thirst for gold, the gold that Calenza is trying to protect and preserve for the Ridgemont legacy. This second part is maybe the real story, but I liked better the first one, I liked better the fresh and unreined passion of those young men then the bitterness inside the older Brendon, forced to marry to have an heir, and ending alone, without a wife, an heir and even a lover, and searching in every men he meets the one he lost, Eduardo.

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