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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: alishead
Today author is Heidi Belleau: Heidi Belleau was born and raised in small town New Brunswick, Canada. She now lives in the rugged oil-patch frontier of Northern BC with her husband, an Irish ex-pat whose long work hours in the trades leave her plenty of quiet time to write. She has a degree in history from Simon Fraser University with a concentration in British and Irish studies; much of her work centered on popular culture, oral folklore, and sexuality, but she was known to perplex her professors with nonironic papers on the historical roots of modern romance novel tropes. (Ask her about Highlanders!) Her writing reflects everything she loves: diverse casts of characters, a sense of history and place, equal parts witty and filthy dialogue, the occasional mythological twist, and most of all, love—in all its weird and wonderful forms. When not writing, you might catch her trying to explain British television to her daughter or sipping a drink at her favourite coffee shop.
Website: http://www.HeidiBelleau.com
Most recent title : Mark of the Gladiator
Publishers: Carina Press, Dreamspinner Press, Loose Id, Riptide Publishing, Storm Moon Press
Hawaiian Gothic by Heidi Belleau and Violetta Vane
Publisher: Loose Id LLC (June 12, 2012)
Amazon Kindle: Hawaiian Gothic
Gregorio "Ori" Reyes thought there was nothing left for him in Hawaii. A former Army Ranger and promising MMA fighter, his dishonorable discharge turned him into the family disgrace, and his childhood best friend Kalani never could love him back--not the way Ori needed to be loved--even before Kalani's doctors declared him to be in an unrecoverable coma. Ori's return to Hawaii seems fated to be a depressing reminder of every chance he never took... until Kalani himself impossibly welcomes him home.
Kalani's body is bedridden, but his spirit is free to roam, and it turns out it's not just Ori who had unspoken yearnings. Kalani is eager to prove that he can still savor all the pleasures of this world. Together, they remember all those years of surfing, wrestling, touching and aching but too afraid to act; now, they cross that final barrier and struggle against each other in an entirely different way.
Passionately but tenuously reunited, the pair must solve the mystery of Kalani's unlucky life, sorting through dark family history and even journeying to the Hawaiian ghostworld. And the greatest terror of their journey is that Ori might have to put Kalani to rest.
Kindly offered by Loose Id
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Date: 2013-09-05 09:27 am (UTC)Erica
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Date: 2013-09-05 12:23 pm (UTC)schan26.wisc@gmail(dot)com
Hawaiian Gothic
Date: 2013-09-05 12:31 pm (UTC)Suze
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Date: 2013-09-05 01:52 pm (UTC)Susan
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Date: 2013-09-05 02:19 pm (UTC)emilye_14@hotmail.com
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Date: 2013-09-05 03:07 pm (UTC)vitajex(at)aol(dot)com
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Date: 2013-09-05 03:15 pm (UTC)Lena
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Date: 2013-09-05 07:53 pm (UTC)Please count me in.
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Date: 2013-09-05 08:04 am (UTC)I'm quite curious about this book, but I'm not particularly eager to invest my money and to find out I really don't like it, like one of my best GoodRead friends. So to win it would be ideal ;-). Please count me in!
Grazie e ciao
Antonella
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