Oct. 20th, 2010

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Date: Friday, October 22
Time: 19.30 - 21.00
Place: A Different Light
489 Castro St.
San Francisco, CA

G.A and Alan will be doing a reading, answering a Q&A and then signing. Please stop in, say "hi," be entertained and, if you feel so inclined, pick up a copy of a book that strikes your fancy!

Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (May 22, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 145159979X
ISBN-13: 978-1451599794
Amazon: Packing Heat: Action! Series Book 6

Mark Antonious Richfield has become a name synonymous with both beauty and chaos. Though Mark has accomplished much in his life, despite a rocky start from an abusive childhood and living in denial about his sexuality, he has come only so far. Mark is forever conflicted with his advancing years stealing his beauty away. Though he perceives himself as shallow and useless, Mark's circle of lovers know otherwise. Steve Miller, the ex-LAPD cop, and forever guardian angel to Mark, Jack Larsen, Mark's long-time and closest friend, and Adam Lewis, Jack's husband, all stand firm to protect Mark from his own demons. And though Mark's son Alexander is not a bad boy, he's a very naughty boy. Mark thought his problems with Alexander were finished when Alex met Angel Loveday's son, Oliver. But perhaps Mark wishing his nineteen year old son was in a relationship that would last a lifetime was a bit premature. As Mark's internal war rages on, he once again learns that age does indeed come before beauty, and his friends are the best weapon he has against his own wounded self-esteem. Join Mark and his friends on another wild sexual romp and revisit all your old favorite characters from GA Hauser's Erotic Universe.

Award-winning author G.A. Hauser was born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, USA and attended university in New York City. She moved to Seattle, Washington where she worked as a patrol officer with the Seattle Police Department. In early 2000 G.A. moved to Hertfordshire, England where she began her writing in earnest and published her first book, In the Shadow of Alexander. Now a full-time writer, G.A. has written over fifty novels, including several best-sellers of gay fiction and is an Honorary Board Member of Gay American Heroes for her support of the foundation. For more information on other books by G.A., visit the author at her official website. www.authorgahauser.com

Paperback: 328 pages
Publisher: Zumaya Publications, LLC (November 12, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1934841447
ISBN-13: 978-1934841440
Amazon: The Lonely War

Andrew Waters, son of an American diplomat and a Chinese mother, already has two strikes against him when he joins the crew of the USS Pilgrim not long after Pearl Harbor--his mixed heritage and his pacifism. He never expects he will fall in love with his handsome commanding officer. The crew of the Pilgrim is captured and sent to the notorious Changi POW camp. The man Andrew loves will die without proper medical treatment. To save his life, Andrew makes a choice that could cost him not just his future but his life.

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Date: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22
Time: FROM 6 TILL 8 PM
Place: FAB - FAUBOURG MARIGNY ART & BOOKS
600 FRENCHMEN STREET
NEW ORLEANS

The first time FAB has carried true gay romance. They are a GLBT bookstore and have been in business for nearly 30 years, stocking gay erotica, fiction, and other GLBT works.

Paperback: 242 pages
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing (October 8, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0857153951
ISBN-13: 978-0857153951
Amazon: Bodyguards in Love Vol 3

Seducing the Sheik It's a daily battle for Prince Ali Zahar to hold power of Jurru. After two men from Three Partner's Protection are injured while guarding him, there's only one man left who will take on the challenge, Gavin Burk. The passion stirred by Prince Zahar threatens the control Gavin has worked so hard to maintain. Before Gavin has a chance to come to terms with his desires, he and the prince are forced to flee to the safest place Gavin knows, his home in Alaska. Life will never be the same for the ruler and his bodyguard. To Bed a King Bodyguard, Raven Stone, has a reputation for trying to steal the husbands of the clients. When he's sent on a special assignment to guard the Crown Prince of Jurru, Raven's first instinct is to use his sex appeal to win over the future king. For years, Crown Prince Ghazi Zahar, has managed to hide his sexuality from the hordes of paparazzi that continue to follow his every move. Would the people of his country accept a gay king? Raven's always fancied himself a bit of a queen, but he's never considered the possibility that he actually might become one. Can he keep his king alive long enough to enjoy it?

An avid reader for years, one day Carol Lynne decided to write her own brand of erotic romance. Carol juggles between being a full-time mother and a full-time writer. These days, you can usually find Carol either cleaning jelly out of the carpet or nestled in her favourite chair writing steamy love scenes.

Paperback: 300 pages
Publisher: MLR Press (July 10, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608201449
ISBN-13: 978-1608201440
Amazon: A Deadly Deception

Some things are not always what they appear to be. So Nick Fallon discovers when he is hired to investigate the death of a young man whose body is found buried in a wooded canyon area of Los Angeles. Not that he's surprised. After ten years in law enforcement, Nick is pretty much used to the unexpected. However, he soon becomes frustrated by the bizarre behavior of his client, John Hammond, and the apparent indiscretion of his business partner, Jeff Stevens. Nick's investigation leads him to a gay bar in LA, and from there to the still recovering city of New Orleans where he finds what appear to be the answers to the mystery. But what he has unraveled is only a small part of the truth. What remains is even more terrible---a trap, where the price of pleasure is death. Along the way, Nick is reminded of the often-high cost of friendship, and that trust and honesty are essential elements in any relationship---be it friend, or lover.

Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: Loose Id, LLC (July 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1607377292
ISBN-13: 978-1607377290
Amazon: Jackson's Pride

When Jackson rescued Will from the tree where he'd been left tied after nearly being beaten to death, he never imagined he'd fall in love. But Will's struggle to survive, his dry sense of humor, and his aching vulnerability, spark true feelings for the handsome son of a duke. But Jackson, landless and without title, must leave the man he has grown to love to find his destiny at his father's castle in Baymore. Will fell in love the moment Jackson cut him down and held him in his arms. Jackson is everything Will had been searching for, a man of honor and strength, with a gentle soul. A true noble man, despite his lack of title. And for Will, titles mean nothing, but love is everything.
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Date: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22
Time: FROM 6 TILL 8 PM
Place: FAB - FAUBOURG MARIGNY ART & BOOKS
600 FRENCHMEN STREET
NEW ORLEANS

The first time FAB has carried true gay romance. They are a GLBT bookstore and have been in business for nearly 30 years, stocking gay erotica, fiction, and other GLBT works.

Paperback: 242 pages
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing (October 8, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0857153951
ISBN-13: 978-0857153951
Amazon: Bodyguards in Love Vol 3

Seducing the Sheik It's a daily battle for Prince Ali Zahar to hold power of Jurru. After two men from Three Partner's Protection are injured while guarding him, there's only one man left who will take on the challenge, Gavin Burk. The passion stirred by Prince Zahar threatens the control Gavin has worked so hard to maintain. Before Gavin has a chance to come to terms with his desires, he and the prince are forced to flee to the safest place Gavin knows, his home in Alaska. Life will never be the same for the ruler and his bodyguard. To Bed a King Bodyguard, Raven Stone, has a reputation for trying to steal the husbands of the clients. When he's sent on a special assignment to guard the Crown Prince of Jurru, Raven's first instinct is to use his sex appeal to win over the future king. For years, Crown Prince Ghazi Zahar, has managed to hide his sexuality from the hordes of paparazzi that continue to follow his every move. Would the people of his country accept a gay king? Raven's always fancied himself a bit of a queen, but he's never considered the possibility that he actually might become one. Can he keep his king alive long enough to enjoy it?

An avid reader for years, one day Carol Lynne decided to write her own brand of erotic romance. Carol juggles between being a full-time mother and a full-time writer. These days, you can usually find Carol either cleaning jelly out of the carpet or nestled in her favourite chair writing steamy love scenes.

Paperback: 300 pages
Publisher: MLR Press (July 10, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608201449
ISBN-13: 978-1608201440
Amazon: A Deadly Deception

Some things are not always what they appear to be. So Nick Fallon discovers when he is hired to investigate the death of a young man whose body is found buried in a wooded canyon area of Los Angeles. Not that he's surprised. After ten years in law enforcement, Nick is pretty much used to the unexpected. However, he soon becomes frustrated by the bizarre behavior of his client, John Hammond, and the apparent indiscretion of his business partner, Jeff Stevens. Nick's investigation leads him to a gay bar in LA, and from there to the still recovering city of New Orleans where he finds what appear to be the answers to the mystery. But what he has unraveled is only a small part of the truth. What remains is even more terrible---a trap, where the price of pleasure is death. Along the way, Nick is reminded of the often-high cost of friendship, and that trust and honesty are essential elements in any relationship---be it friend, or lover.

Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: Loose Id, LLC (July 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1607377292
ISBN-13: 978-1607377290
Amazon: Jackson's Pride

When Jackson rescued Will from the tree where he'd been left tied after nearly being beaten to death, he never imagined he'd fall in love. But Will's struggle to survive, his dry sense of humor, and his aching vulnerability, spark true feelings for the handsome son of a duke. But Jackson, landless and without title, must leave the man he has grown to love to find his destiny at his father's castle in Baymore. Will fell in love the moment Jackson cut him down and held him in his arms. Jackson is everything Will had been searching for, a man of honor and strength, with a gentle soul. A true noble man, despite his lack of title. And for Will, titles mean nothing, but love is everything.
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I'm from the North of England. I attended an art college in my youth (Burnley College of Art, to be precise), for a year. After drawing and painting all my adult life and having folk tell me, "These are really good, Ewie, you should sell them instead of just shoving them in a drawer ~ you're good enough to be a 'proper artist'", I finally succumbed to the nagging in 2006, having already set up a website in 2004. I had my first real-world exhibition at Taurus in Manchester (a bar/restaurant-cum-exhibition space) in November 2006.

 
The Hulk's second cousin from Tunbridge Wells

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Now for the really tricky bit. I (still) prefer to think of myself as a creator of pictures or 'decorative artist' rather than an Artist-with-a-capital-A. My aim is fairly simple: to create things of beauty; I happen to find the nude male form beautiful hence that's my usual subject matter. My preferred medium at present is gouache ~ I love the opaque density of it, but it's surprising how something as dense and opaque can produce such stunning 3D effects; but I also regularly work in soft pastels (great when I feel a picture requires some subtlety, or a certain 'romantic' feel to it); graphite (coloured or plain: good for producing something quick such as a portrait); and, for large-scale canvases, acrylics. In all media I go for bright, bold, even gaudy colours, and enjoy experimenting with weird combinations and violent clashes. I do not consider (the vast bulk of) my work pornographic, I certainly don't intend it to be, I aim for an aesthetic rather than an erotic reaction. Huge generalization: I like my pictures to show men 'enjoying quiet moments', quite often in the solitary contemplation and/or enjoyment of their own beauty: the overall effect should be of calm even if the colouring is anything but.

http://www.fineart4men.com/index.php?artist=Ewie

More Artists at my website: http://www.elisarolle.com/, My Ramblings/Art
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It took me a while to read this second book in the “The One that…” series by T.C. Blue, so much that I have almost forgotten what the first story was about. I do remember thought that I like T.C. Blue’s characters since they are simple and ordinary men, your friends, your neightbors, your colleagues.

In the first book, Jim and Michael love and fight over Elliot, an hot 24 years old personal trainer who shared their apartment. Michael went away and then came back and he brought along Jamie, a 34 years old psychologist from Boston. Elliot and Jamie have apparently nothing in common, but they click together in a perfect way, at least for a weekend. No one of their common friends was giving them the time of a day, but when Elliot has the chance to go to Boston, Jamie is there, ready to welcome him… for another weekend or so. Their relationship continues like that, without strings attached and apparently is what both of them want: Jamie thinks Elliot is too young to wanting something serious, Elliot thinks Jamie is out of his league.

Maybe it’s true that Elliot thinks he is too young to commit, that he likes go clubbing and changing partner every night or so, but in the end I think Elliot is only protecting himself. Not giving his heart to anyone, but only his body, he is stating that he is of no one, that he can decide for his life without anyone having a word. Elliot was disowned by his family, he woke up one day finding out he lost everything and now he doesn’t want to be in that position again.

But things are with Jamie, maybe also since he is a little older, and yes, maybe since he grew up in a progressive family, with two “dads”; Jamie gives Elliot a feeling of safety and comfort, he is a mainstay in the middle of a storm. It’s also good that Jamie is open and free with his sexuality, he has no doubt; more he is sure with his feelings and this gives Elliot the most comfortable feeling of all, with Jamie Elliot will always know what to expect.

There is a lot of sex, Jamie and Elliot at first connect through sex and only after they realize that something more can develop between them; moreover I think that at first both of them are finding in each other someone with whom they can have a little vengeance, on Michael, on Jim, on all the people who believe they would be better with someone else. The good thing is that both of them are aware of that, and so there is no surprise or bad feelings between them.

http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1990

Amazon Kindle: The One that was Lost

Series:
1) The One that Got Away: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/664270.html
2) The One that Was Lost

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle
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It took me a while to read this second book in the “The One that…” series by T.C. Blue, so much that I have almost forgotten what the first story was about. I do remember thought that I like T.C. Blue’s characters since they are simple and ordinary men, your friends, your neightbors, your colleagues.

In the first book, Jim and Michael love and fight over Elliot, an hot 24 years old personal trainer who shared their apartment. Michael went away and then came back and he brought along Jamie, a 34 years old psychologist from Boston. Elliot and Jamie have apparently nothing in common, but they click together in a perfect way, at least for a weekend. No one of their common friends was giving them the time of a day, but when Elliot has the chance to go to Boston, Jamie is there, ready to welcome him… for another weekend or so. Their relationship continues like that, without strings attached and apparently is what both of them want: Jamie thinks Elliot is too young to wanting something serious, Elliot thinks Jamie is out of his league.

Maybe it’s true that Elliot thinks he is too young to commit, that he likes go clubbing and changing partner every night or so, but in the end I think Elliot is only protecting himself. Not giving his heart to anyone, but only his body, he is stating that he is of no one, that he can decide for his life without anyone having a word. Elliot was disowned by his family, he woke up one day finding out he lost everything and now he doesn’t want to be in that position again.

But things are with Jamie, maybe also since he is a little older, and yes, maybe since he grew up in a progressive family, with two “dads”; Jamie gives Elliot a feeling of safety and comfort, he is a mainstay in the middle of a storm. It’s also good that Jamie is open and free with his sexuality, he has no doubt; more he is sure with his feelings and this gives Elliot the most comfortable feeling of all, with Jamie Elliot will always know what to expect.

There is a lot of sex, Jamie and Elliot at first connect through sex and only after they realize that something more can develop between them; moreover I think that at first both of them are finding in each other someone with whom they can have a little vengeance, on Michael, on Jim, on all the people who believe they would be better with someone else. The good thing is that both of them are aware of that, and so there is no surprise or bad feelings between them.

http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1990

Amazon Kindle: The One that was Lost

Series:
1) The One that Got Away: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/664270.html
2) The One that Was Lost

Reading List:

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

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