Excerpt Day: Wicked Game by Vaughn R. Demont

The Vampire Fred: Wicked Game by Vaughn R. Demont
Release Date: July 22, 2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
ISBN: 978-1-60370-760-2
1-60370-760-3
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2085

Blurb: Being a vampire sucks, especially when you’ve got to deal with things like a dead-end job as an office drone, avoiding vigilante vampire slayers on the subway, and being price-gouged on blood from the slaughterhouse. Add in a crush on your annoyingly charismatic sire, and unraveling a little conspiracy to upset the balance of power among the vampires of the City, and it’s all in a night’s work though for fledgling vampire Fred Tompkins, as long as he doesn’t miss out on any overtime.

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Excerpt Day: Wicked Game by Vaughn R. Demont

The Vampire Fred: Wicked Game by Vaughn R. Demont
Release Date: July 22, 2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
ISBN: 978-1-60370-760-2
1-60370-760-3
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2085

Blurb: Being a vampire sucks, especially when you’ve got to deal with things like a dead-end job as an office drone, avoiding vigilante vampire slayers on the subway, and being price-gouged on blood from the slaughterhouse. Add in a crush on your annoyingly charismatic sire, and unraveling a little conspiracy to upset the balance of power among the vampires of the City, and it’s all in a night’s work though for fledgling vampire Fred Tompkins, as long as he doesn’t miss out on any overtime.

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Excerpt Day: Dripping Hot by G.A. Hauser

Dripping Hot by G.A. Hauser
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Publisher: Linden Bay Romance
ISBN: 978-1-60202-203-4
Publisher Link: http://www.lindenbayromance.com/product-drippinghot-7343-145.html

Blurb: When fate knocks you for a loop, might as well have lots of company. Action! Book 5. Mark Richfield is trying to cope with the pressure of the holidays, his out-of-control son, Alex, and too many men in his life to keep his sanity intact. As if that isn�t enough, his image on the latest Sunset Strip billboards has all of LA buzzing. As he tries to come to terms with Alex’s growing independence not to mention the young man’s infatuation with Mark’s partner, Steve, Mark does what he does best. Come apart at the seams. Steve has bigger battles to fight than fending off Alex’s attentions. His parents have discovered that he married a man and has a son. His greatest fear is that his homophobic father will harm the ones he loves. When Alex goes missing from a nightclub near the Rose Bowl Stadium, that worry becomes a terrifying reality.

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Excerpt Day: Dripping Hot by G.A. Hauser

Dripping Hot by G.A. Hauser
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Publisher: Linden Bay Romance
ISBN: 978-1-60202-203-4
Publisher Link: http://www.lindenbayromance.com/product-drippinghot-7343-145.html

Blurb: When fate knocks you for a loop, might as well have lots of company. Action! Book 5. Mark Richfield is trying to cope with the pressure of the holidays, his out-of-control son, Alex, and too many men in his life to keep his sanity intact. As if that isn�t enough, his image on the latest Sunset Strip billboards has all of LA buzzing. As he tries to come to terms with Alex’s growing independence not to mention the young man’s infatuation with Mark’s partner, Steve, Mark does what he does best. Come apart at the seams. Steve has bigger battles to fight than fending off Alex’s attentions. His parents have discovered that he married a man and has a son. His greatest fear is that his homophobic father will harm the ones he loves. When Alex goes missing from a nightclub near the Rose Bowl Stadium, that worry becomes a terrifying reality.

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Excerpt Day: Time To Do by Kim Dare

Time To Do by Kim Dare
Release Date: July 20, 2009
Publisher: Total-e-Bound
ISBN: 978-1-907010-56-9
Publisher Link: http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=511

Blurb: Book three in the Perfect Timing Series. The words 'have sex with a man' can change everything, especially when they're written on a straight man's to do list. Rigby and Brennan have been best friends forever. Growing up and going away to university didn't alter that. Brennan coming out of the closet to his straight best friend didn't change anything either. But when Brennan finds an old to do list mixed in with his friend's possessions, and sees 'have sex with a man' written right there at the top, it alters everything. When Brennan realises the man he's in love with isn't as straight as he'd always thought he was, their friendship changes beyond all recognition. When the friends decide it's time to start ticking off all the items on Rigby's gay to do list, they soon realise nothing will ever be the same - for either of them.

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Excerpt Day: Time To Do by Kim Dare

Time To Do by Kim Dare
Release Date: July 20, 2009
Publisher: Total-e-Bound
ISBN: 978-1-907010-56-9
Publisher Link: http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=511

Blurb: Book three in the Perfect Timing Series. The words 'have sex with a man' can change everything, especially when they're written on a straight man's to do list. Rigby and Brennan have been best friends forever. Growing up and going away to university didn't alter that. Brennan coming out of the closet to his straight best friend didn't change anything either. But when Brennan finds an old to do list mixed in with his friend's possessions, and sees 'have sex with a man' written right there at the top, it alters everything. When Brennan realises the man he's in love with isn't as straight as he'd always thought he was, their friendship changes beyond all recognition. When the friends decide it's time to start ticking off all the items on Rigby's gay to do list, they soon realise nothing will ever be the same - for either of them.

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Excerpt Day: Blue Fire by Z. A. Maxfield

Blue Fire by Z. A. Maxfield
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Publisher: Loose Id
ISBN: 978-1-59632-980-5
Publisher Link: http://www.loose-id.com/prod-Blue_Fire-980.aspx

Blurb: Fire cost Jared Kenny his home and all his memories of the man he’d loved for over half his life. But it also brought him firefighter Adam Collins and the purest blue eyes Jared had ever seen. Despite the best efforts of his department, Adam had to watch with Jared while Jared’s house burned to the ground. Something about the man touched Adam and made him want to follow up and protect him. Later, when the two of them gave in to their passion, it burnt and bared them both. So Jared ran…from Adam, from his past, and from everything their future together could hold. He tried to start a new life, taking only his newfound passion for glass and his obsession for a finding a particular shade of blue, the blue of the heart of a flame. It took a near-tragedy to teach him that the blue he sought, he'd had all along…in his firefighter's eyes.

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Excerpt Day: Blue Fire by Z. A. Maxfield

Blue Fire by Z. A. Maxfield
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Publisher: Loose Id
ISBN: 978-1-59632-980-5
Publisher Link: http://www.loose-id.com/prod-Blue_Fire-980.aspx

Blurb: Fire cost Jared Kenny his home and all his memories of the man he’d loved for over half his life. But it also brought him firefighter Adam Collins and the purest blue eyes Jared had ever seen. Despite the best efforts of his department, Adam had to watch with Jared while Jared’s house burned to the ground. Something about the man touched Adam and made him want to follow up and protect him. Later, when the two of them gave in to their passion, it burnt and bared them both. So Jared ran…from Adam, from his past, and from everything their future together could hold. He tried to start a new life, taking only his newfound passion for glass and his obsession for a finding a particular shade of blue, the blue of the heart of a flame. It took a near-tragedy to teach him that the blue he sought, he'd had all along…in his firefighter's eyes.

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Excerpt Day: What Happens in Vegas by Jenna Byrnes

What Happens in Vegas by Jenna Byrnes
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Publisher: Noble Romance Publishing
Publisher Link: https://www.nobleromance.com/ItemDisplay.aspx?i=55

Blurb: In Vegas on a week-long business trip, attorney Steve Elliot isn’t as interested in buxom strippers as his co-workers, Jake and Dylan, seem to be. Steve has other interests, and at the first opportunity, leaves the strip club for a nearby gay bar. To his surprise, Dylan follows him there, hoping for a chance to get Steve alone. After a quick battle with his conscience about dating a co-worker, Steve relents and goes back to the hotel with the younger, sexy man. Their night of passion ends abruptly as Dylan’s past comes back to haunt him in Sin City. Will Steve and Jake be forced to pay the price for Dylan’s prior indiscretions?

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Excerpt Day: What Happens in Vegas by Jenna Byrnes

What Happens in Vegas by Jenna Byrnes
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Publisher: Noble Romance Publishing
Publisher Link: https://www.nobleromance.com/ItemDisplay.aspx?i=55

Blurb: In Vegas on a week-long business trip, attorney Steve Elliot isn’t as interested in buxom strippers as his co-workers, Jake and Dylan, seem to be. Steve has other interests, and at the first opportunity, leaves the strip club for a nearby gay bar. To his surprise, Dylan follows him there, hoping for a chance to get Steve alone. After a quick battle with his conscience about dating a co-worker, Steve relents and goes back to the hotel with the younger, sexy man. Their night of passion ends abruptly as Dylan’s past comes back to haunt him in Sin City. Will Steve and Jake be forced to pay the price for Dylan’s prior indiscretions?

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Excerpt Day: Bottled Up by Andrew Grey

Bottled Up by Andrew Grey
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
ISBN: 978-1-61581-019-2
Publisher Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/currenttitles/bottledup/bottledupbuynow.htm

Amazon: Bottled Up

Blurb: Sean Bielecki has built a new life, leaving an infamous identity and painful past behind. Now Sommelier Wines is Sean’s dream. And after taking in Bobby, a homeless teenager who was attacked in the alley behind his store, parental instincts wake in him that didn’t know he had, giving him new courage and direction. Officer Sam Davis has been watching Sean for a while—not because of his past—but because Sam wants to be a part of his life now. Sam finally asks Sean out, and they seem to click, but Sean is haunted by his memories. It all comes to a head when the man who attacked Bobby returns, awakening Sean’s buried fears, which are compounded by a hateful ex and a new lover who puts his life on the line for others. Can Sean come to terms with his past and present to move into the future? Or will his dream of love end before it starts?

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Excerpt Day: Bottled Up by Andrew Grey

Bottled Up by Andrew Grey
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
ISBN: 978-1-61581-019-2
Publisher Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/currenttitles/bottledup/bottledupbuynow.htm

Amazon: Bottled Up

Blurb: Sean Bielecki has built a new life, leaving an infamous identity and painful past behind. Now Sommelier Wines is Sean’s dream. And after taking in Bobby, a homeless teenager who was attacked in the alley behind his store, parental instincts wake in him that didn’t know he had, giving him new courage and direction. Officer Sam Davis has been watching Sean for a while—not because of his past—but because Sam wants to be a part of his life now. Sam finally asks Sean out, and they seem to click, but Sean is haunted by his memories. It all comes to a head when the man who attacked Bobby returns, awakening Sean’s buried fears, which are compounded by a hateful ex and a new lover who puts his life on the line for others. Can Sean come to terms with his past and present to move into the future? Or will his dream of love end before it starts?

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Excerpt Day: One Marriage & Three Weddings by Jenna Hilary Sinclair

One Marriage & Three Weddings by Jenna Hilary Sinclair
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publisher Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/novellas.htm#One_Marriage

Amazon: One Marriage and Three Weddings

Blurb: Although Harry Sanderson has lived on a ranch in northern New Mexico with Mike Pruitt for many years, he still doesn’t know how to describe their relationship—even to himself. Are they live-in lovers? Partners? Boyfriends? There isn’t a word to adequately describe their mutual devotion and his quiet, deeply held feelings for Mike. Mike is no help. He thinks that what they share is a marriage, but Harry knows better. Weddings aren’t for the likes of men like them… until a gay bar, missing lube, and a drag queen show him that he might be wrong.

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Excerpt Day: One Marriage & Three Weddings by Jenna Hilary Sinclair

One Marriage & Three Weddings by Jenna Hilary Sinclair
Release Date: 07/2009
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publisher Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/novellas.htm#One_Marriage

Amazon: One Marriage and Three Weddings

Blurb: Although Harry Sanderson has lived on a ranch in northern New Mexico with Mike Pruitt for many years, he still doesn’t know how to describe their relationship—even to himself. Are they live-in lovers? Partners? Boyfriends? There isn’t a word to adequately describe their mutual devotion and his quiet, deeply held feelings for Mike. Mike is no help. He thinks that what they share is a marriage, but Harry knows better. Weddings aren’t for the likes of men like them… until a gay bar, missing lube, and a drag queen show him that he might be wrong.

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Excerpt Day: Heart of a Forest by Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks

Heart of a Forest by Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks
Release Date: July 24, 2009
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Publisher Link: http://www.jasminejade.com/m-489-angelia-sparrow.aspx

Blurb: In 1199, King Richard the Lion-Hearted lay dying in France. He commanded his lover, Sir David of Doncaster, to protect his small son by any means necessary. Marion Fitzroy, princess of the blood on the wrong side of the blankets, now lives a constrained life in Nottingham castle, dreaming of her childhood betrothed, the son of the Earl of Locksley. As the Barons’ War rages around her uncle King John, her dispossessed fiancé—now called Robin Hood—and his merry irregulars make life miserable for Phillip, the sheriff of Nottingham. And fires Marion’s blood. Robin, for his part, is about to learn the secret that Marion guards with her life. Thwarting Phillip’s gambits for Marion’s hand, a doubled price on his head, even shooting for an arrow of pure gold all pale next to the pleasures to be had under Marion’s skirts, deep in the heart of Sherwood Forest. But Marion is no ordinary woman, no ordinary princess. In fact, her body isn’t a woman's at all.

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Excerpt Day: Heart of a Forest by Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks

Heart of a Forest by Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks
Release Date: July 24, 2009
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Publisher Link: http://www.jasminejade.com/m-489-angelia-sparrow.aspx

Blurb: In 1199, King Richard the Lion-Hearted lay dying in France. He commanded his lover, Sir David of Doncaster, to protect his small son by any means necessary. Marion Fitzroy, princess of the blood on the wrong side of the blankets, now lives a constrained life in Nottingham castle, dreaming of her childhood betrothed, the son of the Earl of Locksley. As the Barons’ War rages around her uncle King John, her dispossessed fiancé—now called Robin Hood—and his merry irregulars make life miserable for Phillip, the sheriff of Nottingham. And fires Marion’s blood. Robin, for his part, is about to learn the secret that Marion guards with her life. Thwarting Phillip’s gambits for Marion’s hand, a doubled price on his head, even shooting for an arrow of pure gold all pale next to the pleasures to be had under Marion’s skirts, deep in the heart of Sherwood Forest. But Marion is no ordinary woman, no ordinary princess. In fact, her body isn’t a woman's at all.

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Excerpt Day: Broadening Our Horizons by Beth Wylde

Broadly Bound by Beth Wylde, Syd McGinley, Kathleen Bradean, D.L. King & Cassandra Gold
Release Date: July 19, 2009
Publisher: Phaze Books
ISBN: 978-1-60659-006-5
Publisher Link: http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Broadly+Bound/exact_match=exact

Blurb: Welcome to Broad Horizons: the world's first and only strictly GLBTQ BDSM entertainment facility. It's opening night and the owners, Dani and Maryanne, want to invite you inside for a first hand look at what they've created. With ten themed bondage rooms, a main stage with several smaller performance areas, a second level observatory, two bars and a dance floor, plus a few extra surprises, your pleasures are only as limited as your desires. Tonight's event is invitation only so bring your RSVP, your proof that you're over twenty-one years of age, and your imagination because this evening almost anything goes.

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Excerpt Day: Broadening Our Horizons by Beth Wylde

Broadly Bound by Beth Wylde, Syd McGinley, Kathleen Bradean, D.L. King & Cassandra Gold
Release Date: July 19, 2009
Publisher: Phaze Books
ISBN: 978-1-60659-006-5
Publisher Link: http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Broadly+Bound/exact_match=exact

Blurb: Welcome to Broad Horizons: the world's first and only strictly GLBTQ BDSM entertainment facility. It's opening night and the owners, Dani and Maryanne, want to invite you inside for a first hand look at what they've created. With ten themed bondage rooms, a main stage with several smaller performance areas, a second level observatory, two bars and a dance floor, plus a few extra surprises, your pleasures are only as limited as your desires. Tonight's event is invitation only so bring your RSVP, your proof that you're over twenty-one years of age, and your imagination because this evening almost anything goes.

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Excerpt Day: Convincing Arthur by Ava March

Convincing Arthur by Ava March
Release Date: July 20, 2009
Publisher: Loose Id
ISBN: 978-1-59632-979-9
Publisher Link: http://www.loose-id.com/prod-Convincing_Arthur-979.aspx

Blurb: Mr. Leopold Thornton missed his chance ten years ago. He isn't about to let this one pass him by. Given Leopold's reputation for vice and debauchery, Mr. Arthur Barrington has a fair idea why the sinfully beautiful man invites him to his country estate. A shooting excursion? Unlikely. Especially considering Arthur is the only guest invited to the estate. He shouldn't consider the invitation, but a few days of mind-blowing sex could be just the thing to help him get over the heartbreaking end of a ten-year relationship. Then he can return to London to his thriving law practice, and quietly search for an amiable man who understands the meaning of the word discreet and who recognizes the value of commitment. There was a time when Leopold wasn't such a rakehell. When every night didn't end with an empty bottle of whisky. When he believed in the rewards of patience. When he didn't give himself over to just anyone who'd have him. Old habits die hard, especially when tempted by six feet of solid muscle, but Leopold will only have a few days to convince Arthur he can be the man he's looking for -- that his love is genuine and he's worthy of Arthur's heart.

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Excerpt Day: Convincing Arthur by Ava March

Convincing Arthur by Ava March
Release Date: July 20, 2009
Publisher: Loose Id
ISBN: 978-1-59632-979-9
Publisher Link: http://www.loose-id.com/prod-Convincing_Arthur-979.aspx

Blurb: Mr. Leopold Thornton missed his chance ten years ago. He isn't about to let this one pass him by. Given Leopold's reputation for vice and debauchery, Mr. Arthur Barrington has a fair idea why the sinfully beautiful man invites him to his country estate. A shooting excursion? Unlikely. Especially considering Arthur is the only guest invited to the estate. He shouldn't consider the invitation, but a few days of mind-blowing sex could be just the thing to help him get over the heartbreaking end of a ten-year relationship. Then he can return to London to his thriving law practice, and quietly search for an amiable man who understands the meaning of the word discreet and who recognizes the value of commitment. There was a time when Leopold wasn't such a rakehell. When every night didn't end with an empty bottle of whisky. When he believed in the rewards of patience. When he didn't give himself over to just anyone who'd have him. Old habits die hard, especially when tempted by six feet of solid muscle, but Leopold will only have a few days to convince Arthur he can be the man he's looking for -- that his love is genuine and he's worthy of Arthur's heart.

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Excerpt Day: Fire on the Mountain by P.D. Singer

Fire on the Mountain by P.D. Singer
Release Date: July 23, 2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
ISBN: 978-1-60370-762-6
1-60370-762-X
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2083

Blurb: When Jake signs up for a season as a forest ranger in the high country of Colorado, it seems like a great way to take a break before continuing his education. The mountains are beautiful, he gets to live in a cabin near a small lake where he can fish, and his partner Kurt is coaching him in archery. It’s heaven, with the occasional forest fire. Kurt’s a good partner -- confident, competent, experienced, just what a rookie like Jake needs. He’s also good looking, not modest, and always around. Jake’s living in the closet, not just in the great outdoors, but is Kurt trying to get him to come sniff the fresh air? Jake can’t tell, but when a small fire whips out of control, things could really heat up!

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Excerpt Day: Fire on the Mountain by P.D. Singer

Fire on the Mountain by P.D. Singer
Release Date: July 23, 2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
ISBN: 978-1-60370-762-6
1-60370-762-X
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2083

Blurb: When Jake signs up for a season as a forest ranger in the high country of Colorado, it seems like a great way to take a break before continuing his education. The mountains are beautiful, he gets to live in a cabin near a small lake where he can fish, and his partner Kurt is coaching him in archery. It’s heaven, with the occasional forest fire. Kurt’s a good partner -- confident, competent, experienced, just what a rookie like Jake needs. He’s also good looking, not modest, and always around. Jake’s living in the closet, not just in the great outdoors, but is Kurt trying to get him to come sniff the fresh air? Jake can’t tell, but when a small fire whips out of control, things could really heat up!

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Excerpt Days

Here is the list of excerpts posted today. Enjoy!

Wicked Game by Vaughn R. Demont, Torquere Press

Dripping Hot by G.A. Hauser, Linden Bay Romance

Time To Do by Kim Dare, Total-e-Bound

Blue Fire by Z. A. Maxfield, Loose Id

What Happens in Vegas by Jenna Byrnes, Noble Romance Publishing

Bottled Up by Andrew Grey, Dreamspinner Press

One Marriage & Three Weddings by Jenna Hilary Sinclair, Dreamspinner Press

Heart of a Forest by Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks, Ellora's Cave

Broadening Our Horizons by Beth Wylde, Phaze Books

Convincing Arthur by Ava March, Loose Id

Fire on the Mountain by P.D. Singer, Torquere Books

Excerpt Days

Here is the list of excerpts posted today. Enjoy!

Wicked Game by Vaughn R. Demont, Torquere Press

Dripping Hot by G.A. Hauser, Linden Bay Romance

Time To Do by Kim Dare, Total-e-Bound

Blue Fire by Z. A. Maxfield, Loose Id

What Happens in Vegas by Jenna Byrnes, Noble Romance Publishing

Bottled Up by Andrew Grey, Dreamspinner Press

One Marriage & Three Weddings by Jenna Hilary Sinclair, Dreamspinner Press

Heart of a Forest by Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks, Ellora's Cave

Broadening Our Horizons by Beth Wylde, Phaze Books

Convincing Arthur by Ava March, Loose Id

Fire on the Mountain by P.D. Singer, Torquere Books

Around the World: Glen Coe

Scotland was one of those travel that I really wanted to do. And again it was a travel that left me with a lot of wonder. We left almost immediately the "big" cities, like Glasgow and Edinburgh and spent most of our time in the north, the Highland, the Western Ross, even the Orkney Island. Our first approach with the north was the Glen Coe: we had a bed and breakfast lost in the middle of the Glen, far from the street, and the path toward it was a gravel road.


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It was a rainy day and the Glen was a deep green, the sky a mix of grey and blue...

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Around the World: Glen Coe

Scotland was one of those travel that I really wanted to do. And again it was a travel that left me with a lot of wonder. We left almost immediately the "big" cities, like Glasgow and Edinburgh and spent most of our time in the north, the Highland, the Western Ross, even the Orkney Island. Our first approach with the north was the Glen Coe: we had a bed and breakfast lost in the middle of the Glen, far from the street, and the path toward it was a gravel road.


by Elisa, Glen Coe, Scotland, 2004

Around the Wor...

By Elisa Rolle

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It was a rainy day and the Glen was a deep green, the sky a mix of grey and blue...

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Written in Blood by Luisa Prieto

This is an old fashioned vampire novel. Lately vampires are become dream lover type and reader forgot that they are actually deadly creature. Creature of the night and shadows. And the Victorian London is a place that suits them, since even during the day, the reader has always the impression that the sky is cloudy and the weather is rainy. There is seldom full day light, and even if you click on the gaslight, nevertheless the rooms are always full of shadows. People also are more enthralling, same man than during the day light would make you change your path, at night it is a tempting alley.

Collin Foster is a reporter for an important newspaper; he loves to find the true, he loves to bring justice, but people like to read about scandal. Just an year before Collin was following and helped to bring to justice a children murderer, but it was not a news that makes the paper for days. And now, when Collin brings to light a brothel for very wealthy men who prefer the company of their same sex, now Collin is all over the news, the wealthy men are flying away in France or somewhere else, and the poor boys who worked there are in prison. And Collin is not feeling as he brought to justice some sinner, he is feeling bad, since those men are like him, only that Collin has never had the chance, or the courage, to follow his instincts.

One night he meets by chance an handsome man, Eduard de Sonnac. He is a stranger, he probably will leave the city soon, and Collin is tempted. Not only by the beauty of the man, but also by his deepness: de Sonnac seems to know so much and he is enthralling. Collin is tempted and he surrenders to temptation.

This is a novel which told a story in the middle of a bigger event. A lot is happened before to Eduard, and his character is only hinted here. More of the story is about Collin. Collin is quite a complicated man; not only he is homosexual, he has also chosen a strange career for a middle class man like him. Plus there is a dark and gothic story in his past, the murder of his sister, an event that was never really explained or resolved. Collin has a thirst for justice, and he tries to qualm this thirst with his work as reporter. But Collin has not a black and white perspective on the world, he is too much on the edge to have the sacred fire of a true reporter inside him: Collin is horrified by the fate of the victims when they are innocent, but he is also able to feel for the guilty ones when their acts are something unintentional. Collin can feel for who lives in the shadows, since he is like them. The only important difference between him and them is that Collin is a very strong man, able to resist to the darkest desires, even when they are sexual desires... at least he is able to resist till he meets Eduard. It's strange, Collin at first is so controlled, almost cold, but then he is even more passionate than Eduard, and I have the feel that he could be a stronger man than Eduard, if taught well.

As I said Eduard is not so much developed, it would be interesting to read his story before and after Collin. And I have the feeling that the author is not finished with them, there is still a lot to say, a lot to develop and secrets to unveil.

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Written in Blood by Luisa Prieto

This is an old fashioned vampire novel. Lately vampires are become dream lover type and reader forgot that they are actually deadly creature. Creature of the night and shadows. And the Victorian London is a place that suits them, since even during the day, the reader has always the impression that the sky is cloudy and the weather is rainy. There is seldom full day light, and even if you click on the gaslight, nevertheless the rooms are always full of shadows. People also are more enthralling, same man than during the day light would make you change your path, at night it is a tempting alley.

Collin Foster is a reporter for an important newspaper; he loves to find the true, he loves to bring justice, but people like to read about scandal. Just an year before Collin was following and helped to bring to justice a children murderer, but it was not a news that makes the paper for days. And now, when Collin brings to light a brothel for very wealthy men who prefer the company of their same sex, now Collin is all over the news, the wealthy men are flying away in France or somewhere else, and the poor boys who worked there are in prison. And Collin is not feeling as he brought to justice some sinner, he is feeling bad, since those men are like him, only that Collin has never had the chance, or the courage, to follow his instincts.

One night he meets by chance an handsome man, Eduard de Sonnac. He is a stranger, he probably will leave the city soon, and Collin is tempted. Not only by the beauty of the man, but also by his deepness: de Sonnac seems to know so much and he is enthralling. Collin is tempted and he surrenders to temptation.

This is a novel which told a story in the middle of a bigger event. A lot is happened before to Eduard, and his character is only hinted here. More of the story is about Collin. Collin is quite a complicated man; not only he is homosexual, he has also chosen a strange career for a middle class man like him. Plus there is a dark and gothic story in his past, the murder of his sister, an event that was never really explained or resolved. Collin has a thirst for justice, and he tries to qualm this thirst with his work as reporter. But Collin has not a black and white perspective on the world, he is too much on the edge to have the sacred fire of a true reporter inside him: Collin is horrified by the fate of the victims when they are innocent, but he is also able to feel for the guilty ones when their acts are something unintentional. Collin can feel for who lives in the shadows, since he is like them. The only important difference between him and them is that Collin is a very strong man, able to resist to the darkest desires, even when they are sexual desires... at least he is able to resist till he meets Eduard. It's strange, Collin at first is so controlled, almost cold, but then he is even more passionate than Eduard, and I have the feel that he could be a stronger man than Eduard, if taught well.

As I said Eduard is not so much developed, it would be interesting to read his story before and after Collin. And I have the feeling that the author is not finished with them, there is still a lot to say, a lot to develop and secrets to unveil.

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