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[Read more…] about A Summer Soundtrack for Falling in Love by Arden Powell (@ArdenPowell) #giveaway
Synopsis
Prince Colin of Sendorra would have been the spare instead of the heir if fate hadn’t intervened. Like his father and forefathers, Colin is expected to marry and father a child or his principality reverts to Spain at the time of his death. Filling the royal nursery with healthy babies seems easy enough until Princess Charlotte—his childhood friend and intended bride—breaks off their engagement.
Nobel Prize winner—and powerful gray witch—Alain de Gris isn’t looking for love. Science and research have taken center stage for years until he walks into a club and lays eyes on Colin, thirteen years his junior.
Bisexual by nature, Colin seeks to avoid another engagement repeat by shying away from a same-sex relationship. There are no acceptable alternatives to provide legitimate offspring if he follows his heart.
But Colin can’t stay away from Alain and the witch finds him irresistible. Ignoring the absolutes isn’t easy when a legacy is in jeopardy. And while magic may offer a solution, it could also create more problems.
[Read more…] about A Tangled Legacy by Mickie B. Ashling (@MickieAshling @goindimarketing) #giveaway
Synopsis
Herding cattle and drinking Australian beer aren’t pastimes that particularly appeal to an ‘indoor girl’ like Clara, but she’d be damned if she’d let her cheating ex-boyfriend have the vacation they were meant to share. So, to salvage some piece of her self-respect after a bad break-up, she finds herself riding a horse along the Oodnadatta Track for five days.
When Clara arrives, she can’t help but feel an intense attraction to Evelyn, the drover who guides their group through the immensely unique landscape between Coober Pedy and the Anna Creek Station. Clara’s never been one for a no-strings-attached fling, but cowgirl Evie becomes increasingly difficult to resist.
In combination with the exquisite outback, soulful horses, and overly cheerful tourists, Evie may just be exactly what Clara needs to escape her own pessimism.
[Read more…] about Riding the Track by Kara Ripley (@KaraRipleyBooks @goindimarketing) #giveaway
Something that’s always struck me about Dom/sub relationships in romances that I like is that the submissive is usually a firecracker of a person. They have definite opinions and can stand on their feet. They’re competent and, for the most part, can manage on their own.
The Dominants tend to be caring, selfless people. Yes, they have a controlling bent, but it’s tempered by a huge heart and a great understanding of personal dynamics. They’re good people—who just occasionally might want to order, flog, or tie someone up for pleasure.
I like that dynamic, the sub who can take care of themselves but really doesn’t mind being taken care of—and the Dom who recognizes the independence and spark of the sub—and doesn’t want to tamp of break it, just enhance and hone it.
I write romance. Romance comes with happy endings. But what does a happy ending look like? One man’s heaven is another man’s hell and all that jazz—so what constitutes a happy ending?
To me, a happy ending depends on the character being happy at the end. Therefore, happy endings can come in different forms. One book may end in a baby because that’s all the couple ever wanted, another may end in that glorious negative pregnancy test. Both are happy endings if that’s what the characters want, right?
Well—sort of.
[Read more…] about Tropes in Queer Fiction – A Guest Post by Matthew J. Metzger (@MatthewJMetzger)
Excerpt:
Ligeia smiled up at Bastien. “Etan looked happy.”
“Yes, he did.” It was quite obvious Etan loved Tristan, and Bastien was happy that he could marry as he chose. Etan was a third son and would never have to worry about inheriting a title or providing for the continuation of a family line. Of course Cathal had inherited the dukedom, and he still married as he chose, something that had shocked Bastien. “Very happy.”