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#review #mmromance #partofaseries Jumping Jude (Made Marian #3) by: Lucy Lennox

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Jude: Reaching the top of the country music charts brings out the crazy, and there’s no one crazier than my ex. Unfortunately, his threats to out me are escalating. Enter the bodyguard of my dreams.

I’d probably chafe under his constant presence if his attention to my body wasn’t so… ah… thorough. Now I have to worry about outing myself to millions of fans if I can’t keep my hands off him in public.

Derek: Now I’m an ex-Marine turned babysitter. If I have to hear Jude sing his mega-hit Bluebells one more time, I might murder him myself, and after 6 years in special ops, I know my way around a weapon. Unfortunately, so does he. Except his arsenal includes washboard abs and a killer set of pipes.

I’ve faced guns, knives, explosives and yet it’s Jude Marian who may end up bringing me to my knees.

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Jude is a country music star. What everyone else describes as soulful is sadness. The reason for his sadness is because he has always hid who he is because of his celebrity status. Hes a closeted gay country music star. Coming out could ruin things.
Derrick is Judes personal security guard. Derrick is also closeted and even as he and Jude become a whole lot more that friends with benefits he says he will never come out.
Ugh! This one had a whole lot of drama and angst. Sooo freaking good. Thank you Mr Dean for doing another superb job with the narration. I’m obsessed with this series. Moving on to the next brother.

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Celebrating Pride with August Jones #authorspotlight

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Happy Pride Month everyone!  Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I thought hard about the questions and had fun coming up with them. I love that the authors seemed to have as much fun answering them. We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights  as well as reviews for some of the LGBTQIA  books we’ve read this year.  Check back daily to learn more about that days featured author or book and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.

🏳‍🌈Tell us your name and a little about yourself?
I’m August Jones and I write super steamy MM romance. I live in Texas, and I’ve been writing romance since I was a teenager.
🏳‍🌈How many books have you written? Do you have a favorite?
I honestly have no idea. It’s in the dozens. I’ve published 19. I have a few favorites. The Heir’s Disgrace and The Influencer probably hold my top two spots at the moment.
🏳‍🌈Do you write one book and finish it completely before starting the next? If not, how do you keep yourself from confusing the projects?
I try to write one and finish before moving onto the next, but sometimes I’ll get stuck on one and move on sooner before it’s finished. I may or may not go back to the unfinished one. It’s not really about getting confused between projects for me, they’re all so different in my head. It’s more about how passionate I feel about a specific project at a specific time and keeping myself interested in it. That, for me, can be the hard part.
🏳‍🌈What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is it a default setting?
I’m a TNR (Times New Roman) person. It’s preset, but I do increase the size of it while I’m drafting to 16 points.
🏳‍🌈How do you ensure your LGBTQ characters feel authentic and mutifaceted, rather than just serve a plot function?
LGBTQ characters are my main characters. Since their identity is only one facet of who they are, the rest of who they are as a person is my main focus when I develop them. Their goals, their fears, the lies they tell themselves. The people are the plot, not their sexuality.
🏳‍🌈What is one of your favorite books or movies with LGBTQ representation? 
Feel free to share more than one, I know it is difficult as a reader to pick one favorite of anything. Especially if its book related.
Call Me By Your Name was my favorite movie EVER. And then Heated Rivalry came along in terms of on screen representation. I read almost exclusively romance with queer characters, so it’s pretty impossible to pick one. My favorite writers include Sierra Simone, Jesse H. Reign, and Nyla K because she goes all out in her books. There’s something different I admire about all these authors, and something new I learn about writing with each book I read.
🏳‍🌈What is something you have used for a bookmark that IS NOT a bookmark?
I fold pages. I know, I know, but I’m a spine cracker and page folder. More often than not, I use a pen as a bookmark, but I mostly read on my Kindle.
🏳‍🌈Do you listen to music while you write? If so, what are some of your favorite genres or songs?
Absolutely not. I can’t listen to music and write at the same time because I get too caught up in lyrics. I’m an unapologetic Swiftie. Full stop. She’s pretty much my entire playlist.
🏳‍🌈What is a super specific detail you know about one of your characters that has no relevance to the story? 
I know exactly how all my characters pleasure themselves when they’re alone. Totally irrelevant facts in my books, but one of those things I just sort of understand about them.

What are your purchase links?
https://linktr.ee/augustjonesbooks

 

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#review #mmromance #partofaseries Taming Teddy (Made Marian #2) by: Lucy Lennox

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Teddy: If there’s one thing I don’t do, it’s commitment. You don’t become an award-winning photographer by staying in one place. I’m always on the road, looking for the next shot, the next award, the next hot body. Which is how I end up on Dr. James Marian’s front porch in the middle-of-nowhere Alaska. He’s known as the Wildlife Whisperer, and I want to photograph him in action. He’s reluctant at first, but I can be persuasive.

Soon enough I have him in bed saying yes over and over and over again, but my ability to shoot and scoot is frozen by a Denali snowstorm.

Jamie: I always thought of myself as the marrying type. Until I got left at the altar. Now I have a new motto: never commit and never fall in love. So when a cocky nature photographer decides I’m the key to his next masterpiece, it seems like the perfect arrangement: the hotshot’s only in town for a brief assignment and then he’ll be gone. No commitment, no strings, and no chance of getting my heart broken again.

There’s just one problem: I think I’m falling in love. Now I’m afraid that maybe I’m the marrying type after all. And he definitely is not.

While it can also be read on its own, Taming Teddy is the second in the new Made Marian series. Each book tells the story of one of the Marian brothers’ search for true love. The first in the series, Borrowing Blue, is available now.

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Theodore Kodiak just wants to take some pictures of the man who seems to be an animal whisperer.
Jamie keeps brushing the other man off because he doesn’t want his picture taken with the animals. He has his reasons.
Teddy shows up anyway, the 2 get snowed in and I’m sure you can guess what starts then.
The 2 agree on no strings. If youve been following along, we have already learned poor jamie was left at the alter so he is not in the mood for a relationship now or ever for that matter. Thats perfect because Teddy is a playboy. A love em and leave em before anyone can catch feelings. It works for him until it doesn’t anymore but Jamie has been burned so many times. Teddy is going to have to show him hes not going anywhere. Jamie is stubborn af so Teddy is going to have to try extra hard to prove to the other man hes in it for the long haul.

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Celebrating Pride with Savanna Verte #wotr26 #attendingauthor #spotlight

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Happy Pride Month everyone!  Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I thought hard about the questions and had fun coming up with them. I love that the authors seemed to have as much fun answering them. We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights  as well as reviews for some of the LGBTQIA  books we’ve read this year.  Check back daily to learn more about that days featured author or book and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.

I’ve known Savanna for over a decade. We only get to see each other one weekend a year at Writers On The River but it never fails to be an amazing time. I look forward to her giant squeeze hugs as well as the wonderful conversations we have at the after party. She is an amazing friend and I love her to pieces!

🏳‍🌈Tell us your name and a little about yourself?
Savannah Verte. I am a multi-genre author sharing the stories of my heart and head for about the last 15 or so years. I’m a wife, mom to 2 amazing daughters, and Gigi to 2 granddaughters. I work full time in another industry and am celebrating 25 years with my company this fall. What started as a hobby, has turned into my escape and extended family.
🏳‍🌈How many books have you written? Do you have a favorite?
written – lords, who knows. published – 27. Favorite is hard. I think there are those I like better than others, and then there are the ones I feel like given the time I’d like to fix the things that I know better now than when I wrote them, but that’s part of the growing process so maybe not. It just makes it harder to look back. Until I retire, there aren’t enough hours to do all the things, so I’m trying to keep my eyes on the horizon instead of the sunset.
🏳‍🌈Do you write one book and finish it completely before starting the next? If not, how do you keep yourself from confusing the projects?
It depends on the book. Portals, which is almost 800 pages long, needed pauses to keep myself from being exhausted by the characters and the long arcs. I wrote multiple shorter stories while that was in the works. The same is true now of the sequel to that. It will be shorter than Portals, but at the same time, equally dense because of the number of characters and arcs being coordinated.
🏳‍🌈What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is it a default setting?
LOL! I honestly have no idea. I write inside of a formatting program so that I can skip the heartburn phase of formatting. Mostly because I am HORRIBLE at formatting and get severely stressed trying to do it right once I have the story written. Working inside the formatting program also saves me from dissecting the line breaks and trying to make the words fit the page instead of just telling the story. It’s sanity over all other considerations. 🙂
🏳‍🌈How do you ensure your LGBTQ characters feel authentic and mutifaceted, rather than just serve a plot function?
I am reading this question and physically clenching my teeth. YUCK! LGBTQ or otherwise – I cannot fathom the idea of writing a character in to fit a plot function. Main characters all get fleshed the same way and I need to hear them in my head as I’m working, or they aren’t right. Secondary characters may not have the same level of detail, but I generally still know if they are going to laugh, cry, eat meat, stand a picket line, or yell obscenities at bad actors. And I always know what the characters favorite ice cream flavor is. It’s integral to knowing if they are one of the good guys or not.
🏳‍🌈Do you have a favorite piece of LGBTQ history or fun fact you would like to share?
I like to think that I was pro-be who you are before there was an acronym and the doors came off the proverbial closets. I’ve never quite understood the jump to hate mentality, regardless of the target.
🏳‍🌈What is one of your favorite books or movies with LGBTQ representation? 

Feel free to share more than one, I know it is difficult as a reader to pick one favorite of anything. Especially if its book related.
Love is Strange. An oldie, but a great story.
🏳‍🌈What is something you have used for a bookmark that IS NOT a bookmark?
I’m pulling books off the shelf to see what’s in them here… There is 1/2 of a heart tag from a beanie baby, there’s a backer/label from a panty liner, there’s torn scraps of paper, ribbons, receipts, and a JC Penny clothing tag for something that I got on pink tag clearance for 2.99.
🏳‍🌈Do you listen to music while you write? If so, what are some of your favorite genres or songs?
Generally, no. I usually write in total silence, going so far in deep scene work to wear gun block headphones, where I actually hear is my breathing. I do character profiles usually with Jazz on, or Opera so I can think through the person and visualize them in the same room/scenario and wonder if they would like the music? Are they bored? Are they looking at the door? Am I annoying them making them listen? What would they tell me? How loudly would they speak to talk over the music as I try to get a sense of who they are?
🏳‍🌈What is a super specific detail you know about one of your characters that has no relevance to the story? 
LOL!! This question tickles me. I’ve been working on character development lately for a few upcoming books. A detail that I doubt will ever be story relevant is a female that I have that bakes 1/2 of the cookie dough for herself before she adds the chocolate chips and then gives all of those cookies away because she can’t bring herself to make chocolate chip cookies without chocolate chips all for herself. It’s part of her OCD to follow the recipe. Another detail I know about a character is they wear their hair up because it tickles their face when the wind blows and they are self-conscious about laughing and having people look at them.

What are your purchase links?
www.savannahverte.com all of the books are currently on Amazon – many on KU
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#mmromance #seriesstarter #audiobook Borrowing Blue (Made Marian book 1) by: Lucy Lennox Narrated by: Michael Dean

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Blue: When my ex walks into the resort bar with his new husband on his arm, I want nothing more than to prove to him that I’ve moved on. Thankfully, the sexy stranger sitting next to me is more than willing to share a few kisses in the name of revenge. It gets even better when those scorching kisses turn into a night of fiery passion.

The only problem? Turns out the stranger’s brother is marrying my sister later this week.

Tristan: I have one rule: no messing with the guests at my vineyard resort. Of course the one exception I make turns out to be the brother of the woman my brother’s about to marry. Now we’re stuck together for a week of wedding activities, and there’s no avoiding the heat burning between us.

So fine, we make a deal: one week. One week to enjoy each other’s bodies and get it out of our system. Once the bride and groom say I do and we become family, it’ll all be over between us. Right?

Fair warning: Blue and Tristan’s story contains smoking hot scenes of man parts touching, pee-in-pants descriptions of grannies cursing, and the sweet improbability of two strangers finding their happily ever after when they least expect it.

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Blue shows up for his sister’s wedding week and runs into his ex and his new man. Feeling sorry for himself he decides to drink away his problems. Enter sexy as all get out Tristian. He offers himself as a fake boyfriend. Tristian who I should probably mention is also straight.
I didn’t buy his straight story from jump because NO MAN kisses a man they way he did Blue, is straight. Not possible. The book had a couple villians that kept the angst at a good level. The meddling older people in the family were freaking hilarious.

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Celebrating Pride with CJ Baty #authorspotlight

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Happy Pride Month everyone!  Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I thought hard about the questions and had fun coming up with them. I love that the authors seemed to have as much fun answering them. We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights  as well as reviews for some of the LGBTQIA  books we’ve read this year.  Check back daily to learn more about that days featured author or book and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.

🏳‍🌈Tell us your name and a little about yourself?
C.J. Baty I have been writing MM Mystery/Romances for over 15 years. It’s what I read and therefore, it’s what I write. There are many things you probably wouldn’t know about me. Some of that will be answered in other questions here.
🏳‍🌈How many books have you written? Do you have a favorite?
I’ve published nearly 30 books. And I do have a favorite. The first Pinkerton Man book is one of my favorites. It’s based on a Fan Fiction story which was based on Author Charlie Cochrane’s Cambridge Fellows series.
🏳‍🌈Do you write one book and finish it completely before starting the next? If not, how do you keep yourself from confusing the projects?
Generally, I do finish one before I go on to the next. However, when I’m writing a series, I keep an Author’s Bible of characters, places, and info on each series. That way I don’t end up killing someone twice. That just wouldn’t be nice.
🏳‍🌈What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is it a default setting?
For the most part, I keep to Times Roman 14pt. My eyes enjoy reading that.
🏳‍🌈How do you ensure your LGBTQ characters feel authentic and mutifaceted, rather than just serve a plot function?
When I first started out, I asked several men whom I trusted if it sounded right to them. Now, I have a trusted crew who read much of my stuff and are very helpful.
🏳‍🌈Do you have a favorite piece of LGBTQ history or fun fact you would like to share?
At one of my very first events, a woman came to my table. She had tears in her eyes. She told me her son was gay and that she could never get him to read. She gave him one of my books and he hasn’t stopped reading. That was something I will never forget.
🏳‍🌈What is one of your favorite books or movies with LGBTQ representation? 

Feel free to share more than one, I know it is difficult as a reader to pick one favorite of anything. Especially if its book related.
The Adrian English series by Josh Lanyon is my absolute favorite read. I was thrilled beyond words to meet Josh at an event where I was signing. She’s a lovely lady. And I’ve already mentioned Charlie Cochran and the Cambridge Fellows. Another wonderful author whose has a real love for the LBGQT+ community. As far as a movie goes, I’m telling my age by saying I absolutely love Birdcage with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.
🏳‍🌈What is something you have used for a bookmark that IS NOT a bookmark?
A grocery store receipt. Shameful I know.
🏳‍🌈Do you listen to music while you write? If so, what are some of your favorite genres or songs?
This is another thing you might not know. I love music of all genres, but I mostly listen to albums that have raining water, creeks rushing, or just the sound of the night in the mountains. Which fits since a lot of my stories take place in the mountains.
🏳‍🌈What is a super specific detail you know about one of your characters that has no relevance to the story? 
In the Pinkerton Man series, Michael O’Leary is Stile Long’s significant other. Michael has a secret desire to be messed up. He’s always so neat and tidy in the stories but he loves it when Stiles gets a little randy.
🏳‍🌈What are your purchase links?
You can find me on Amazon and Books2Read for my universal link.
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#review #mmromance Ignite by: Abigail Glenn

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EZRA

Bloodied and broken, I clawed my way out of hell at twelve years old.
Left a corpse behind and took with me only trauma.
I’m twenty-three now, and it’s no surprise I’m haunting the streets on the wrong side of the river, stealing to survive and provide for the one person who has ever cared for me.
Only, my seamless thefts have started drawing the wrong kind of attention.
Threatened into the dangerous task of breaking into Sinro Enterprises, a multi-billion dollar private military company, I soon find myself at the mercy of their ruthless, beautiful CEO.
Cain Vincent.
To say I’m attracted to the man is an understatement. He is the definition of lethal.
And when he discloses the truth about the hard drive I was supposed to steal, I’m desperate for him to take me under wing.
I want him.
I want to be strong like him.
I want to put an end to the criminals that threatened me and spread so much evil throughout this city.
But diving into mercenary work tends to summon demons.
And unfortunately, my demons won’t be laid to rest with just bullets.

CAIN

He makes me lose all control.
Ex-Special Forces and current CEO of Sinro Enterprises, I sacrifice my personal life and health to lead mercenary teams dedicated to wiping out high-profile criminals.
My working hours are endless.
My schedule is rigid.
I leave no room for normal things like relationships.
Until a pretty little thief breaks into my high-rise and shatters what I’d come to believe was peace.
I find myself hesitating to pull the trigger for the first time.
Ezra honestly thinks he can win me over.
Manipulate my emotions.
And yeah, I’ll admit I’ve never been so captivated by another person.
But I’ve been burned before.
I won’t tolerate betrayal.
If this kid so much as blinks those long eyelashes wrong, I won’t hesitate to kill him.

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Ugh! These 2!
Ezra takes odd jobs for cash but his most recent “job” may be more than the homeless, 23 year old can handle. Hes hired to steal from Sinro Enterprises. This is a job for a professional, not a petty thief. He is caught rather easily by the companies CEO, Cain, and soon finds out nothing may be as it seems.
Ezra broke in to steal a hard drive. Cain should be able to torture information on who sent him, then kill the man no problem. So why is it that Cain now has Ezra living in his home. He cannot think anymore, this man is consuming him. When Cains best friend and right hand man suggests they hire Ezra, Cain couldn’t be more against it. Hes already feeling too much for the thief, he should really be distancing himself. But his heart seems to beat for only Ezra and Cain can’t seem to let him go.

 

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Celebrating Pride with J Lawson #wotr26 #attendingauthor #spotlight

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Happy Pride Month everyone!  Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I thought hard about the questions and had fun coming up with them. I love that the authors seemed to have as much fun answering them. We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights  as well as reviews for some of the LGBTQIA  books we’ve read this year.  Check back daily to learn more about that days featured author or book and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.

🏳‍🌈Tell us your name and a little about yourself?
Hey all! My pen name is J Lawson and I write mostly paranormal fantasy with a lot of LGBTQ inclusion, humor, and tropes of found families, self discovery, and shifting to name a few.
🏳‍🌈How many books have you written? Do you have a favorite?
7 books published so far. My Peculiar Lessons series is my favorite so far.
🏳‍🌈Do you write one book and finish it completely before starting the next? If not, how do you keep yourself from confusing the projects?
My brain works best with the “one at a time” approach. I honestly don’t even read much when I’m in the middle of a writing project.
🏳‍🌈What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is it a default setting?
Garamond 11 all the time
🏳‍🌈How do you ensure your LGBTQ characters feel authentic and mutifaceted, rather than just serve a plot function?
LGBTQ individuals ARE authentic and multifaceted as much as, if not more so, than any other induviduals. They are as much of a presence in my everyday life as any other entities and belong in my work to make it feel complete.
🏳‍🌈Do you have a favorite piece of LGBTQ history or fun fact you would like to share?
There is a TON of it in my humor memoir “Zippers, Three-Way Kisses, and Other Absurdities: My Life as an Ally”. You should definitely check it out!
🏳‍🌈What is one of your favorite books or movies with LGBTQ representation? 

Feel free to share more than one, I know it is difficult as a reader to pick one favorite of anything. Especially if its book related.
Southernmost by Silas House. *chef’s kiss*
🏳‍🌈What is something you have used for a bookmark that IS NOT a bookmark?
Oh my goodness, so many things. Receipts, a thread off my shirt, dog collar, coffee straw.
🏳‍🌈Do you listen to music while you write? If so, what are some of your favorite genres or songs?
Soft jazz piano or LoFi/Chillhop
🏳‍🌈What is a super specific detail you know about one of your characters that has no relevance to the story? 
I knew about a character’s death from the very beginning and still cried my eyes out the whole time I was writing it.

🏳‍🌈What are your purchase links?
Visit my website! www.authorjlawson.com

 

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#mmromance #review Burn it Down by Jillian Wray

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THE PERFECT LIE MEETS A MESSY TRUTH
He’s a billionaire living in a golden cage. I’m the mechanic who just handed him the key to freedom.

JACOB I was bred for success. As the CFO of my family’s empire, I play the part the cut physique, the designer suits, and the “perfect” girlfriend on my arm. But it’s all a lie. I’ve been living in a closet built by my controlling father since I was a teenager, suffocating under the weight of expectations and a legacy I never asked for. I thought I could keep pretending forever—until one look across a grocery store checkout line shattered my resolve.

DYLAN I wear my truth on my skin. Tattooed, Mexican-American, and struggling to keep my family’s auto shop afloat amidst increasing crime, I don’t have time for games. I’ve worked hard to be comfortable in my own skin, despite the judgment I face. When a Maserati crashes into my life—literally—I expect just another wealthy, entitled client. I don’t expect the man behind the wheel to look at me with a hunger that could burn the city down.

THE COLLISION It starts with a wrecked car and a desperate excuse to meet. It turns into stolen moments that risk destroying the carefully constructed façade of a life. But Jacob’s father holds the purse strings to a billion-dollar future, and he won’t let his son go without a fight.
Now, he has to the safety and security of his lie, or the fiery, terrifying freedom of loving Dylan.

Burn it Down is a high-angst, steamy MM romance about finding the courage to live your truth.Billionaire x Blue CollarCloseted vs. OutCar Crashes & Secret MeetupsLove at First SightHigh Heat & HEABurn It Down is a standalone romance in the Bring the Heat series.

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Jake is a billionaire who is forced to be in an arranged relationship because the scandal his father thinks would occur if he had a gay son would ruin his life. Allegedly.
Dylan is a breath of fresh air with bronze skin and the most stunning blue eyes Jake has ever seen. Jake knows hes playing with fire but he needs to be near Dylan or nothing seems right with the world.
Dylan doesn’t know what Jake is playing at but hes not about to be an experiment for a straight man ever again.
This book had all the fun things! A forbidden love, angst galore, and several villains. I was addicted to the audio version which also helped me find a new narrator. I picked up this audiobook because it was narrated by Liam DiCosimo and I love him. I’m new to this author and will be checking out their backlist. I’m also new to the other narrator, Logan Anare and will be adding him to my list of favorites.

 

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Celebrating Pride with Thia Mackin #wotr26 #attendingauthor #spotlight

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Happy Pride Month everyone!  Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I thought hard about the questions and had fun coming up with them. I love that the authors seemed to have as much fun answering them. We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights  as well as reviews for some of the LGBTQIA  books we’ve read this year.  Check back daily to learn more about that days featured author or book and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.

🏳‍🌈Tell us your name and a little about yourself?
I’m Thia Mackin. I write urban fantasy romance—spicier than most urban fantasy but less spicy than paranormal romance. You usually get two spicy scenes per book, but most of my action is driven by war, battles, and fights.
🏳‍🌈How many books have you written? Do you have a favorite?
I’m at ten (10) books, and I would never pick a favorite, but if I did, it would be my poly book—Omega. 😉
🏳‍🌈Do you write one book and finish it completely before starting the next? If not, how do you keep yourself from confusing the projects?
I have more than 10,000 words on five projects right now. The characters are all so distinct in my mind that I have no worries about mixing them up.
🏳‍🌈What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is it a default setting?
I write in comic sans for fiction and verdana for non-fiction.
🏳‍🌈How do you ensure your LGBTQ characters feel authentic and mutifaceted, rather than just serve a plot function?
I don’t write to a specific pairing sub-genre. I don’t have to worry like some of my favorite authors to read have to worry about staying MM or MF(+). It means some readers may skip my MM and poly books, but the characters get what they want.
🏳‍🌈Do you have a favorite piece of LGBTQ history or fun fact you would like to share?
From my home state: The Williams-Nichols Collection at the University of Louisville is one of the largest LGBTQ+ libraries and archives in the nation with over 3,500 books, 3,000 periodicals, 1,500 items of ephemera, and 25 linear feet of manuscripts documenting Kentucky-regional and national queer history.
🏳‍🌈What is one of your favorite books or movies with LGBTQ representation? 

Feel free to share more than one, I know it is difficult as a reader to pick one favorite of anything. Especially if its book related.
“Hostile Takeover” by Lucy Lennox is one of my absolute favorite books. It is MM. But Ames Mills’ poly books and anything Tal Bauer… yeah, one isn’t enough.
🏳‍🌈What is something you have used for a bookmark that IS NOT a bookmark?
My cat’s whisker! One of them lost one on my bed and it was so majestic that I had too.
🏳‍🌈Do you listen to music while you write? If so, what are some of your favorite genres or songs?
I’m very specific about the music I listen to while writing, usually listening to the same song on repeat through an entire scene. The genre varies by scene but is a lot of rock.
🏳‍🌈What is a super specific detail you know about one of your characters that has no relevance to the story? 
Squirrel prefers tap water.

🏳‍🌈What are your purchase links?
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