UK GLBTQ Meet Ebook Giveaway: Anne Brooke - Maloney's Law

I asked to all the authors joining the UK GLBTQ Fiction meet in Manchester in July (http://ukglbtfictionmeet.co.uk/2013-event/2013-attendees/spotlight_authors-2/) a personal favor, a special Ebook Giveaway: twice a week I will post 1 book from each author, and among those who will leave a comment, I will draw a winner. Very easy and very fast ;-) I will send a PM to the winner, so remember to not leave anonymous comments!

And the ebook giveaway goes to: tizzzzez

Today author is Anne Brooke: Anne Brooke’s fiction has been shortlisted for the Harry Bowling Novel Award, the Royal Literary Fund Awards and the Asham Award for Women Writers. She is the author of a variety of GLBT novels, including her fantasy series, The Gathandrian Trilogy, published by Bluewood Publishing and featuring gay scribe Simon Hartstongue. In addition, her gay and literary short stories are regularly published by Riptide Publishing, Amber Allure Press, Musa Publishing and Untreed Reads. All her gay fiction can be found at: www.gayreads.co.uk.
Anne has a secret passion for theatre and chocolate, preferably at the same time, and is currently working on a gay fantasy novella, The Taming of the Hawk.

Maloney's Law by Brooke Anne
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (April 8, 2013)
Amazon Kindle: Maloney's Law

Shortlisted for the Harry Bowling Prize 2006 (for novels set in London) and the Royal Literary Fund Scheme, and longlisted for the Betty Bolingbroke-Kent Novel Award...

Paul Maloney, a small-time private investigator from London, reluctantly accepts a case from his married ex-lover, Dominic Allen. Before he knows it, Paul finds himself embroiled in the dark dealings of big business and the sordid world of international crime. The deeper he pushes, the closer he comes to losing everything he holds dear.

Can he solve the mystery and protect those he loves before it's too late?

Redemption by Fire (By Fire Series) by Andrew Grey

I was quite surprise to find out that, even if this is a novella length story, it was well developed and I quite enjoyed the evolution of both main characters. Dirk is a good fireman but he is also a troubled man, with a difficult relationship with his father and a clear example of closet case. Dirk is so full of complexity that his whole life is in the closet, not only his sexuality: he has no friends, no close relative, no one. When he is injured on the job, he finds that in the worst way, all alone with no one coming to visit, if not his father and Lee, the new guy on the job. But even Lee is not welcomed, on the contrary, their first encounter is more a clash than a pleasant visit to a colleague.

Lee is able to see beyond Dirk’s fears, and his sullenness, and manages to crash all his barriers. Now Dirk is open to find happiness or being badly hurt.

Truth be told, even if Dirk has a very bad relationship with his father, and on the other hand, the father is a uber-conservative, stuck on fake “Christian” principles, I thought their relationship was not entirely lost. Dirk’s father is for sure a difficult man to deal with, but I think he loves his son, and maybe it will not be easy, but I have the feeling that, on the chance to really loose the son, he would reconsider his principles.

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Amazon Kindle: Redemption by Fire (By Fire Series)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 1, 2012)

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2013 Rainbow Awards Submission: Laura Hughes - Don't Ask

Don't Ask by Laura Hughes
Publisher: Prizm Books (April 16, 2013)
Amazon Kindle: Don't Ask

Cat and Mike have been best friends forever, but freshman year of high school finds them growing apart. Cat proudly flies her freak flag; Mike tries to fade into the background. Cat checks out the gay pride group; Mike joins the military club. It’s fall 2010, and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is still in effect. Mike likes that -- he doesn’t want to ask or tell.

While Mike falls in love with the military club’s values of strength, honor, and courage, Cat falls in love with Calliope, an impossibly sophisticated sophomore girl. Her world is a roller coaster of grand gestures, romantic declarations, and messy, public drama. Mike is quieter with his feelings, but he’s finding it harder and harder to deny them -- especially his crush on the guitar-playing new boy. The safety of DADT is beginning to feel more like a burden. Mike believes in courage, but who is the brave one? Can these two best friends, more alike than they know, find their way back together?