Pyromancer by Amanda Young

This is a strange story, a mix of paranormal and contemporary, but the paranormal element is dealt in a normal "way" that it seems nothing special.

Christian is a pyromancer, a man who controls the fire, better who is controlled by fire: when his emotions are too high to be suppressed everything around him could burst in flame. The positive side is that he can control the flames, and so it is pretty convenient that he is a firefighter. Plus he is a very wealthy and handsome man, having inherited a lot of money from his dead parents. But he is alone, he doesn't want to risk harming a person he cares for if he is not be able to control his powers.

During a long and lonely night he can't bear no more to stay alone and he resolves himself to call for an escort male. Tanner is the guy who answers his call. He is young and cute. Like all the old classical tale on "call girls", he is doing this work to repay the debt of his dead father and to pay his college tuition. But Christian is eager more for companionship than sex, and the night ends up with him giving Tanner a blowjob and nothing else.

After few days, Christian discovers that Tanner is the son of one of his fellow firefighters, dead on duty. He can't possibily leave the boy continues to sold himself to live but he has to convince Tanner to accept his help and maybe his love.

Like Tanner has the chance to discover, Christian is a very kind and gentle man, but also very insecure: he is too conscious of his powers / problems and he can't see what he can offer to a man. On the other hand he is overprotective and treats Tanner like a child. Tanner is young and stubborn, and maybe he needs a fatherly figure, but Christian is not exactly the steady and strong character up to the role.

The story is interesting, not very original, but "classical" in a way that makes it like a warm blanket in winter; on the other hand the sex scenes are very well written even if not too intrusive, they are right and the right moment.

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Cover Art by April Martinez

Pyromancer by Amanda Young

This is a strange story, a mix of paranormal and contemporary, but the paranormal element is dealt in a normal "way" that it seems nothing special.

Christian is a pyromancer, a man who controls the fire, better who is controlled by fire: when his emotions are too high to be suppressed everything around him could burst in flame. The positive side is that he can control the flames, and so it is pretty convenient that he is a firefighter. Plus he is a very wealthy and handsome man, having inherited a lot of money from his dead parents. But he is alone, he doesn't want to risk harming a person he cares for if he is not be able to control his powers.

During a long and lonely night he can't bear no more to stay alone and he resolves himself to call for an escort male. Tanner is the guy who answers his call. He is young and cute. Like all the old classical tale on "call girls", he is doing this work to repay the debt of his dead father and to pay his college tuition. But Christian is eager more for companionship than sex, and the night ends up with him giving Tanner a blowjob and nothing else.

After few days, Christian discovers that Tanner is the son of one of his fellow firefighters, dead on duty. He can't possibily leave the boy continues to sold himself to live but he has to convince Tanner to accept his help and maybe his love.

Like Tanner has the chance to discover, Christian is a very kind and gentle man, but also very insecure: he is too conscious of his powers / problems and he can't see what he can offer to a man. On the other hand he is overprotective and treats Tanner like a child. Tanner is young and stubborn, and maybe he needs a fatherly figure, but Christian is not exactly the steady and strong character up to the role.

The story is interesting, not very original, but "classical" in a way that makes it like a warm blanket in winter; on the other hand the sex scenes are very well written even if not too intrusive, they are right and the right moment.

http://www.loose-id.net/prod-Pyromancer-614.aspx

Amazon: Pyromancer

Reading List:

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


Cover Art by April Martinez

Man Candy Day: Tyson Ballou & Leandro Maeder

In an issue of Numéro Homme magazine photographer Matthias Vriens-McGrath created a very interesting and naughty editorial, Hot Shots, featuring top models Tyson Ballou and Leandro Maeder as porn stars. It’s a tantalizing journey of tongue-in-cheek references and parody of the adult film industry.

 

( Tyson Ballou & Leandro Maeder by Matthias Vriens )

 

Tyson Brett Ballou (born in November 14, 1976) is a male supermodel. Discovered by the modeling agency, Page Parkes, he has become one of the industry's most sought-after male models.

Born in Garland, Texas, he began modeling at the age of 15 years old, appearing in magazines and shows in Texas. Later on, he began modeling in New York under the Ford Modeling Agency, but later signed with another agency, IMG, which was instrumental in making him one of today's most successful male models. His modeling include stints for Giorgio Armani, Versace, Exte, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce and Gabbana, among others. In 2007, he shot a jeans campaign for luxury brand 7 for all Mankind, alongside Carolyn Murphy.



( Tyson Ballou )

He appeared in the following ads: D&G Fragrance Anthology F/W 09, H&M F/W 09, French Connection S/S 09, Jones New York S/S 09, Armand Basi S/S 09, Armand Basi F/W 08, Boss Hugo Boss F/W 08. He is also in the following editorials: Amber's Story (Vogue Italia), Spring Scenes (V Man), Trust Me (American Vogue), Graphic Content (Details Magazine), Tyson Rocks! (Esquire (Spain)), Button It (Arena Magazine), Love/Hate (W Magazine), You Better Work (Hercules Magazine), Love (V Man).

His agencies are: New York Wilhelmina, Hamburg PMA, Paris Success, Milan Why Not, Vienna Next Company, Copenhagen UNIQUE DENMARK.

In an editorial for Hercules Magazine, You Better Work, by Giampaolo Sgura, Tyson Ballou arised to the level of Top Man Model with other four colleagues, Andreas Velencoso Segura, Terron Wood, Marlon Teixeira and Marcus Schenkenberg. A role that is confirmed but the recent ad for D&G unigender perfume where he is all naked with Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova, Claudia Schiffer, Noah Mills and Fernando Fernandes.

@Models.com: http://models.com/models/Tyson-Ballou

Leandro Maeder, born December 14, 1987, in Los Angeles, California, is an American model of Italian, Swiss and Dutch descent.

Maeder is major force in editorials and ad campaigns. He graced the pages of "Cosmopolitan", "Details", "Playboy", "Hercules", "Maxim" and "Vogue", among others.



( Leandro Maeder )

On the runways, he is one of the favourites of Carlo Pignatelli, Dolce & Gabbana , DSquared and Valentino. Maeder has been photographed by renowned photographers in the world including Steven Klein for his lucrative campains for Dolce & Gabann; photographer Bruce Weber for Abercrombie & Fitch; Mert and Markus for Roberto Cavalli, and an exclusive ad campaign for Jag Jeans in the Philippines.

His hobbies include lifting, negotiating, climbing, all those things that empower one in an overall aspect.

His first ambition is to live... he reasons, "anything I become a part of is an ambition."

Recently photography duo Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott shot Leandro Maeder and Lenz Von Johnston with female model Heidi Mount in an editorial entitled "Fall For Heidi" in the V55 issue of V Magazine. Leandro also appears in the new issue of GQ Style Deutschland by Tony Duran: a contrast of vibrant and bold fashion styling with ancient ruins; Leandro is working with Mikus Lasmanis.

@Leandro Maeder: http://www.lm-modeling.com/
@Models.com: http://models.com/models/Leandro-Maeder

Man Candy Day: Tyson Ballou & Leandro Maeder

In an issue of Numéro Homme magazine photographer Matthias Vriens-McGrath created a very interesting and naughty editorial, Hot Shots, featuring top models Tyson Ballou and Leandro Maeder as porn stars. It’s a tantalizing journey of tongue-in-cheek references and parody of the adult film industry.

 

( Tyson Ballou & Leandro Maeder by Matthias Vriens )

 

Tyson Brett Ballou (born in November 14, 1976) is a male supermodel. Discovered by the modeling agency, Page Parkes, he has become one of the industry's most sought-after male models.

Born in Garland, Texas, he began modeling at the age of 15 years old, appearing in magazines and shows in Texas. Later on, he began modeling in New York under the Ford Modeling Agency, but later signed with another agency, IMG, which was instrumental in making him one of today's most successful male models. His modeling include stints for Giorgio Armani, Versace, Exte, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce and Gabbana, among others. In 2007, he shot a jeans campaign for luxury brand 7 for all Mankind, alongside Carolyn Murphy.



( Tyson Ballou )

He appeared in the following ads: D&G Fragrance Anthology F/W 09, H&M F/W 09, French Connection S/S 09, Jones New York S/S 09, Armand Basi S/S 09, Armand Basi F/W 08, Boss Hugo Boss F/W 08. He is also in the following editorials: Amber's Story (Vogue Italia), Spring Scenes (V Man), Trust Me (American Vogue), Graphic Content (Details Magazine), Tyson Rocks! (Esquire (Spain)), Button It (Arena Magazine), Love/Hate (W Magazine), You Better Work (Hercules Magazine), Love (V Man).

His agencies are: New York Wilhelmina, Hamburg PMA, Paris Success, Milan Why Not, Vienna Next Company, Copenhagen UNIQUE DENMARK.

In an editorial for Hercules Magazine, You Better Work, by Giampaolo Sgura, Tyson Ballou arised to the level of Top Man Model with other four colleagues, Andreas Velencoso Segura, Terron Wood, Marlon Teixeira and Marcus Schenkenberg. A role that is confirmed but the recent ad for D&G unigender perfume where he is all naked with Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova, Claudia Schiffer, Noah Mills and Fernando Fernandes.

@Models.com: http://models.com/models/Tyson-Ballou

Leandro Maeder, born December 14, 1987, in Los Angeles, California, is an American model of Italian, Swiss and Dutch descent.

Maeder is major force in editorials and ad campaigns. He graced the pages of "Cosmopolitan", "Details", "Playboy", "Hercules", "Maxim" and "Vogue", among others.



( Leandro Maeder )

On the runways, he is one of the favourites of Carlo Pignatelli, Dolce & Gabbana , DSquared and Valentino. Maeder has been photographed by renowned photographers in the world including Steven Klein for his lucrative campains for Dolce & Gabann; photographer Bruce Weber for Abercrombie & Fitch; Mert and Markus for Roberto Cavalli, and an exclusive ad campaign for Jag Jeans in the Philippines.

His hobbies include lifting, negotiating, climbing, all those things that empower one in an overall aspect.

His first ambition is to live... he reasons, "anything I become a part of is an ambition."

Recently photography duo Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott shot Leandro Maeder and Lenz Von Johnston with female model Heidi Mount in an editorial entitled "Fall For Heidi" in the V55 issue of V Magazine. Leandro also appears in the new issue of GQ Style Deutschland by Tony Duran: a contrast of vibrant and bold fashion styling with ancient ruins; Leandro is working with Mikus Lasmanis.

@Leandro Maeder: http://www.lm-modeling.com/
@Models.com: http://models.com/models/Leandro-Maeder

The Rainbow Awards: Some Adjustments

First of all, thank you for the huge partecipation to the awards that is still going. The community of people who voted was good and fair, and it was really little work to follow you. In this weekend some issues were brough to my attention, and so here the results:

- At first I didn't think on the obviously work behind the writing and editing process of a book. I didn't limit the submission to books with a minimum length, but authors were better than me and their submissions were all of novels. Then the readers started to vote and candidate their favorites, and I filtered the eligibility date but not the length, worst, probably I told to some readers that it was ok to submit also short stories. My fault. I looked the poll and actually there is not so many cases (if nothing at all), where short stories are in the first position with novels, so if it will be like that in the end, there will be two separate categories, Short Story and Novella/Novel. I will ask to people more expert than me to give me a parameter in words.

- The first phase is a nomination phase more than a voting phase, even if the votes of this phase will be computed with the second phase. So you can vote as many books as you like, even inside the same category, and multiple submissions in the same category for different books or in different categories for the same book, are accepted. But in the end, inside each category, only one book per author will arrive in the final 10 position. I will obviously consider the book with more votes inside the same category: this means that, in phase 3, when we will have the final 10 books for each category, only one book per author will be considered. Cross categories during phase 3 it will be possible to have different books or the same book from the same author in the first 10 position (for example 1 book by Author X in Contemporary, 1 book (different or same book) from Author X in Mystery), but at the end of the third phase, it's not possible to have the same book as winner for more categories: if that is the case, I will consider the book as winner in the category with more votes, and in the category with less votes will pass to phase 4 the second positioned book.

The Rainbow Awards: Some Adjustments

First of all, thank you for the huge partecipation to the awards that is still going. The community of people who voted was good and fair, and it was really little work to follow you. In this weekend some issues were brough to my attention, and so here the results:

- At first I didn't think on the obviously work behind the writing and editing process of a book. I didn't limit the submission to books with a minimum length, but authors were better than me and their submissions were all of novels. Then the readers started to vote and candidate their favorites, and I filtered the eligibility date but not the length, worst, probably I told to some readers that it was ok to submit also short stories. My fault. I looked the poll and actually there is not so many cases (if nothing at all), where short stories are in the first position with novels, so if it will be like that in the end, there will be two separate categories, Short Story and Novella/Novel. I will ask to people more expert than me to give me a parameter in words.

- The first phase is a nomination phase more than a voting phase, even if the votes of this phase will be computed with the second phase. So you can vote as many books as you like, even inside the same category, and multiple submissions in the same category for different books or in different categories for the same book, are accepted. But in the end, inside each category, only one book per author will arrive in the final 10 position. I will obviously consider the book with more votes inside the same category: this means that, in phase 3, when we will have the final 10 books for each category, only one book per author will be considered. Cross categories during phase 3 it will be possible to have different books or the same book from the same author in the first 10 position (for example 1 book by Author X in Contemporary, 1 book (different or same book) from Author X in Mystery), but at the end of the third phase, it's not possible to have the same book as winner for more categories: if that is the case, I will consider the book as winner in the category with more votes, and in the category with less votes will pass to phase 4 the second positioned book.

His Convenient Husband by J.L. Langley

When I started this book, I had the feeling to read one of my favorite old sweet romance. I confess, I was an avid reader of those old Harlequin Present series, above all the Long Tall Texan series by Diana Palmer. In those romance, the hero was always an handsome and wealthy Long Tall Texan rancher and the heroine was always some sweet virgin, and often it was some family friend's daughter, or a neighbor, or the foster child hosted on the ranch. A bit of age difference was requested, but not so much to be insurmountable. Usually the two lovers were aware of their feelings soon enough, but the wiser and older hero was reluctant to take advantage of someone he considered under his protection.

The Convenient Husband is all of this. Tucker is the oldest son of a Texan rancher; he built his life far from the ranch, but he was often back home to visit, at least until Micah reached his 18 years old. Micah was the nephew of the ranch's foreman, and he has always lived on the ranch since 4 years old. And he was always the shadow of Tucker. But on his 18 years old birthday Micah was suddenly the forbidden fruit and Tucker surrendered to temptation. A night of passion, Micah still a virgin, was enough to make Tucker run away; as usually in this story, Tucker thinks he is doing Micah a favor, he is too old and bitter for a young thing like Micah. Problem is that Tucker doesn't realize that, in a isolated ranch in Texas, there are not so many chance of hapinnes for a gay boy like Micah.

Four years later Micah needs Tucker to be back home: Tucker's grandfather is dying and he wants his nephew near him; plus the old man's will states that he will leave the ranch to the first of his nephews to marry... even if it's not a legal marriage in Texas. Being both Tucker than Micah gays, the obvious solution is for Tucker to marry Micah, so the young man will be able to remain forever on the ranch, and this time even as a real family member... But once Tucker tastes again the forbidden fruit, will he be able to walk away from him again?

The story is mostly funny and it doesn't last long in the life of the two main characters, only few days, but there is a nice Epilogue that let you have a glimpse in their future life. It also avoids almost all the angst usually linked to a gay relationship in a "unwelcoming" setting, only one man has something to say against Tucker and Micah's relationship, and inside their home, all other people around are supporting and happy, like it was the only thing they were expecting. So there is no really trouble among Tucker and Micah, if not only a bit of stubbornness from both side, exactly like on those old sweet romance I loved so many years ago. The Convenient Husband is a modern tale with an old sweet feeling. The only bittersweet feeling I had was for Tucker's grandfather, even if he has not really any scenes, he seemed a very interesting man, and it was very sad to see him gone. Also the other old man of the story, Micah's uncle, Juan, reserves a nice surprise to the reader and even to Micah's himself, and in the epilogue, the author hints to a story that I would really like to read, a love story where one of the characters is 69 years old and the other one 35... a may december relationship with plus a silver romance in it... really something the author should consider to write.

http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/his-convenient-husband

Amazon Kindle: His Convenient Husband: Innamorati, Book 1

Rainbow Awards, The Game is On!: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/807504.html

His Convenient Husband by J.L. Langley

When I started this book, I had the feeling to read one of my favorite old sweet romance. I confess, I was an avid reader of those old Harlequin Present series, above all the Long Tall Texan series by Diana Palmer. In those romance, the hero was always an handsome and wealthy Long Tall Texan rancher and the heroine was always some sweet virgin, and often it was some family friend's daughter, or a neighbor, or the foster child hosted on the ranch. A bit of age difference was requested, but not so much to be insurmountable. Usually the two lovers were aware of their feelings soon enough, but the wiser and older hero was reluctant to take advantage of someone he considered under his protection.

The Convenient Husband is all of this. Tucker is the oldest son of a Texan rancher; he built his life far from the ranch, but he was often back home to visit, at least until Micah reached his 18 years old. Micah was the nephew of the ranch's foreman, and he has always lived on the ranch since 4 years old. And he was always the shadow of Tucker. But on his 18 years old birthday Micah was suddenly the forbidden fruit and Tucker surrendered to temptation. A night of passion, Micah still a virgin, was enough to make Tucker run away; as usually in this story, Tucker thinks he is doing Micah a favor, he is too old and bitter for a young thing like Micah. Problem is that Tucker doesn't realize that, in a isolated ranch in Texas, there are not so many chance of hapinnes for a gay boy like Micah.

Four years later Micah needs Tucker to be back home: Tucker's grandfather is dying and he wants his nephew near him; plus the old man's will states that he will leave the ranch to the first of his nephews to marry... even if it's not a legal marriage in Texas. Being both Tucker than Micah gays, the obvious solution is for Tucker to marry Micah, so the young man will be able to remain forever on the ranch, and this time even as a real family member... But once Tucker tastes again the forbidden fruit, will he be able to walk away from him again?

The story is mostly funny and it doesn't last long in the life of the two main characters, only few days, but there is a nice Epilogue that let you have a glimpse in their future life. It also avoids almost all the angst usually linked to a gay relationship in a "unwelcoming" setting, only one man has something to say against Tucker and Micah's relationship, and inside their home, all other people around are supporting and happy, like it was the only thing they were expecting. So there is no really trouble among Tucker and Micah, if not only a bit of stubbornness from both side, exactly like on those old sweet romance I loved so many years ago. The Convenient Husband is a modern tale with an old sweet feeling. The only bittersweet feeling I had was for Tucker's grandfather, even if he has not really any scenes, he seemed a very interesting man, and it was very sad to see him gone. Also the other old man of the story, Micah's uncle, Juan, reserves a nice surprise to the reader and even to Micah's himself, and in the epilogue, the author hints to a story that I would really like to read, a love story where one of the characters is 69 years old and the other one 35... a may december relationship with plus a silver romance in it... really something the author should consider to write.

http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/his-convenient-husband

Amazon Kindle: His Convenient Husband: Innamorati, Book 1

Rainbow Awards, The Game is On!: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/807504.html