2013 Rainbow Awards Submission: Shira Anthony - Stealing the Wind

Stealing the Wind (Mermen of Ea) by Shira Anthony
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press; 1 edition (August 11, 2013)
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Mermen of Ea: Book One

Taren Laxley has never known anything but life as a slave. When a lusty pirate kidnaps him and holds him prisoner on his ship, Taren embraces the chance to realize his dream of a seagoing life. Not only does the pirate captain offer him freedom in exchange for three years of labor and sexual servitude, but the pleasures Taren finds when he joins the captain and first mate in bed far surpass his greatest fantasies.

Then, during a storm, Taren dives overboard to save another sailor and is lost at sea. He’s rescued by Ian Dunaidh, the enigmatic and seemingly ageless captain of a rival ship, the Phantom, and Taren feels an overwhelming attraction to Ian that Ian appears to share. Soon Taren learns a secret that will change his life forever: Ian and his people are Ea, shape-shifting merfolk… and Taren is one of them too. Bound to each other by a fierce passion neither can explain or deny, Taren and Ian are soon embroiled in a war and forced to fight for a future—not only for themselves but for all their kind.

James F. Jacobs (1952 - September 3, 1994)

James F. Jacobs was an American dancer and interior designer. He was a featured soloist with the Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater from 1977 to 1982.

He died on September 3, 1994, at Cabrini Medical Center. He was 42 and lived in Manhattan.

The cause was AIDS, said Annabella Gonzalez, a friend and choreographer with whom Mr. Jacobs danced.

Mr. Jacobs, a native of Chambersburg, Pa., attended Shippensburg State University in Pennsylvania and the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Parsons School of Design in New York. He appeared with several modern-dance groups and was a featured soloist with the Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater from 1977 to 1982. As a designer he worked for Karizma East Ltd., the Bratan Corporation and Christina Borg Interiors in New York and for the Egger Emporium in Eschenbach, Switzerland.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/09/obituaries/james-f-jacobs-dancer-and-designer-42.html

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Wallace Hamilton (1941 - September 3, 1983)

Wallace Hamilton, a novelist and playwright, died in Beth Israel Medical Center Thursday, on September 3, 1983, one week after injuring himself in a fall at his home in Greenwich Village. He was 64 years old.

His four novels were ''Christopher and Gay,'' ''Coming Out,'' ''David and Olivet'' and ''Kevin.'' He wrote 14 plays, which were produced in New York, Los Angeles and other cities. Among them were ''The Burning of the Lepers'' and ''Midnight Cry.'' Mr. Hamilton also reviewed books for The Village Voice and other publications.

Mr. Hamilton was born in New York City and was a 1941 graduate of Harvard. He was a conscientious objector during World War II.

He is survived by his wife, Susan, three sons, Hugh Hamilton of Berkeley, Calif., Naudain Hamilton of New York City and Geoff Hamilton of Honolulu, and a sister, Katherine Hamilton Hobbs of Old Greenwich, Conn.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/03/obituaries/wallace-hamilton-64-dies-a-novelist-and-playwright.html

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GayRomLit Ebook Giveaway: Rowan Speedwell - Angel Voices

I asked to all the authors joining the GayRomLit convention in Atlanta in October (http://gayromlit.com/grl-authors) a personal favor, a special Ebook Giveaway: everyday 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: Erica Pike

Today author is Rowan Speedwell: An unrepentant biblioholic, Rowan Speedwell spends half her time pretending to be a law librarian, half her time pretending to be a database manager, half her time pretending to be a fifteenth-century Aragonese noblewoman, half her time… wait a minute… hmm. Well, one thing she doesn't pretend to be is good at math. She is good at pretending, though.
In her copious spare time (hah) she does needlework, calligraphy and illumination, and makes jewelry. She has a master's degree in history from the University of Chicago, is a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, and lives in a Chicago suburb with the obligatory Writer's Cat and way too many books.

Angel Voices by Rowan Speedwell
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (December 17, 2011)
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On a frigid winter night, college freshman Will stumbles into the shelter of a church during choir practice. His father has just discovered that Will is gay, and has beaten him and thrown him out of the house. But right now Will's interested only in getting warm.

Will's college roommate Quinn is a soloist in the choir, which is practicing for a Christmas program. He discovers Will in the church--and his friend's condition. Will, who has grown up in a repressed environment, including church school, an abusive father and a passive mother, is taken aback by Quinn's enthusiasm and determination to take care of him.

Does Will have a future after all, especially one that will include Quinn?

Kindly offered by Amber Quill Press