Sinfully December Hot Pick: Broken Ink

The lovely team over at Sinfully Reviews choose five hot picks every month (and run a giveaway with the Hot Pick choices too!). For December, it was gorgeous to see that Macky from Sinfully chose Broken Ink as hers! So this is a huge a thanks to Macky and everyone at Sinfully Reviews!

For a look at what she had to say, please follow the link here:

Sinfully December HOTPICKS

What Authors are Reading: Joseph Lance Tonlet on the Don't... Series

Bestselling Amazon author of Grif's Toy, Joseph Lance Tonlet, stopped by Bike Book Reviews a few days ago to discuss his favourite series, and I was completely floored to hear that Mr. Tonlet chose my Don't... series.

To have one as a favoutire is something, but the series as a whole... *blushes*. So this is just to say a huge thanks to Mr. Tonlet and, of course, his kind words.

There's a snippet below, but if you'd like to have a look at the full post, it can be found here: What Who Writes is Reading Joseph Lance Tonlet Bike Book Reviews.

"Jack’s writing is brave in its honesty, refreshing in its unflinching nature, and bold in its intensity."

                                                             JLT on the Don't... series
 

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Euro Pride Con 2015: Munich -- Are You Going?

REGISTRATION is now open for:

Euro Pride Con 2015!1!

What is Euro Pride Con?

Euro Pride Con is a gathering of fans of LGBT fiction and media, which will be held over the weekend of July 11/12, 2015 in Munich, Germany. This weekend coincides with the city’s Pride celebrations that attendees will have the option to be a part of!

The convention itself will offer the chance to fans of LGBT fiction to meet authors and publishers, discuss their favourite books, trade ideas, and generally hang out with a group of like-minded people.

In the USA, there’s several LGBT fiction conventions that run through the year, however there’s only one in the whole of Europe (the brilliant UK GLBT Fiction Meet). Euro Pride Con will bring together writers and readers from all over Europe to get together over one fantastic weekend.

Munich is a beautiful city and a great choice for the first year of the convention. It’s fairly central in Europe and has an international airport. The convention will be held at the Sheraton Arabella Park, a beautiful hotel right in the centre of the city.

What does the schedule look like?

We’re still currently hammering out the finer details of the schedule, although we already have guest speakers in RJ Scott and Jay Bell, who’s book Something Like Summer is being adapted into a movie.

At Euro Pride Con we're hoping to offer something slightly different during the day. Instead of front-led panels, we’ll be hosting a series of interactive workshops on a range of different topics. These workshops will be led by any combination of author, reader, reviewer and publisher, which we hope will expose all attendees to a range of different thoughts, opinions, and viewpoints.

If you’d like to be involved in a panel please email us at europridecon@gmail.com – spaces are filling up quickly, so don’t wait too long! The convention will start on Saturday, however, for anyone who arrives in the city early there will be activities planned in the city on Friday afternoon.

Panels

-We have an interactive Co-Writing Panel with Aleksander Voinov and L.A. Witt as well as Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock, two of the best-know writing teams in the genre.

-We have a BDSM Panel with Anna Martin and a surprise guest that we will keep secret for now

-We have a friendly Battle Royal with Dani Elle Maas (owner of and reviewer at Love Bytes Reviews) and myself (Marc Fleischhauer, owner of and reviewer at Rainbow Gold Reviews) about Reviews. It is sure to be a lively discussion.

-There will be a Gay Sex Ed 101, as weirdly that topic is often not handled in-depth in most sex ed classes and we want to change that and clear up some misconceptions in a fun and educational way.

- The Never-Ending Story, a panel about how to keep an ongoing story fresh and interesting, how to stay true to the rules, details and characters, how connect the books in an effective way and everything that comes with a series. This discussion will show different point-of-views like what readers want and expect, what publishers look for, what cover designers do to connect the books in a series visually, which trends bloggers encounter and which challenges authors face.

- ‪#‎SocialMedia, a panel that will discuss the challenges, limitations and advantages of effectively using the tools available to readers, authors, publishers, bloggers, cover designers and artists.

- Not Your Average Romantic Hero, a panel about main protagonists who defy norms in fiction with their looks, jobs, behavior, the challenges they face, their cultural heritage or anything that is outside the comfort zone for mainstream readers and thus seen as risky.

-Other Worlds, a panel about the many amazing worlds authors create and their unique magic that pulls readers out of their daily lives into a different universe.

-The New Frontiers, a panel about the opportunities of the booming M/M Audiobook Market, translations into different languages to tap into European Markets with increasing interest for LGBT content in fiction and the first careful steps of LGBT movies based on critically acclaimed books like Jay Bell's 'Something Like Summer' that are sponsored by the readers and people who want to see them.

-Young Adult/ New Adult: The Gateway Into Mainstream

A panel about the YA/NA genres that are increasingly integrated into mainstream through libraries and award/ critical recognition and carry important LGBT themes, characters and most importantly hope.

Please note, this is just a selection of planned panels and we reserve the right to change or replace them. We want you to have an idea of what you can expect. Our panels aim to move away from the common front-led panels and offer interactive workshops and in-depth discussions that value the different experiences and point-of-views of our diverse panelists.

Additional Opportunities

We are in talks with several well-know publishers, including local publishers, to offer authors, bloggers, publishers and book designers the chance to connect and potentially work together on projects like new, original books, translations of published books, audiobook versions of published books and more.

Buy Books from Authors and Publishers and get them signed by the authors.

Registration: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z7WHPF6

Attendees at Euro Pride Con have two options:

- Register as an attendee
160 Euro SPECIAL PRICE! 150 EURO IF YOU REGISTER BEFORE 31 JANUARY 2015!
Attendees will have access to all workshops and events over the course of the weekend.

- Register as a featured attendee
170 Euro SPECIAL PRICE! 160 EURO IF YOU REGISTER BEFORE 31 JANUARY 2015!
Featured attendees can be authors, bloggers, cover artists, editors, or anyone who would like to promote themselves and their work over the course of the weekend. Featured attendees will be given a spot at the signing on Sunday, the option to give out “swag”, will be featured on blogs and social media leading up to the event, and can take part in leading any of the workshops (subject to places being available).

All tickets include dinner on Saturday and lunch on Sunday.

All payments need to be made in Euros (you can convert the price to your local currency at www.xe.com ). Our preferred method of payment is through PayPal (which will automatically make the payment in Euros) though if you don’t have a PayPal account please email us at europridecon@gmail.com and we can make alternative arrangements.

Staying in Munich
The hotel where the convention is being held is the beautiful Sheraton Arabella Park – http://www.sheratonarabellapark.com/en

However there are other hotels close by, if you’d prefer to stay off-site.

If you’d like to make a reservation at the Sheraton, please use the link above, or use this link - http://www.sheratonarabellapark.com/en/contact-starwood - for the phone number to call (depending on where you live!)

If there’s anything we can do to help make your stay in Munich more enjoyable, please feel free to contact the Euro Pride Con organisers.

CONTACT: europridecon@gmail.com (eMail), Facebook Page, Forum

Prism Book Alliance Recommended Read: Broken Ink

REALLY, REALLY chuffed to hear the lovely ladies over at Prism Book Alliance have given Broken Ink a place in their December Recommend reads! A huge thanks to Caroline! And Brandilyn for taking my work on!!! These badges *polishes the Prism one on the left* and recs are such a pleasure to get!! For those even slightly wicked and curious, there's one or two tiny extracts from Broken Ink below!

 

Blurb: 

Carrying a tattoo on your skin no longer just comes with a risk of infection. Get the composition right, you have the latest mind-control drug on the market. It’s the sex-traders’ dream, or worst nightmare, depending on the concentrated dose of the ink—and just who’s wearing it.

For Kiyen, the ink means he’s able to strip raw the minds of the best and worst of society. He’s one of MI7’s top killers and never more driven to select and take down a target. For Falen, the ink has ensured he’s spent his early years as a willing sex slave and low-grade empath. Hiding out in a small town and trying to bury the needs running through his body, Fal’s hoping to stay under the radar of MI7 and their specialist killers. But the ink itself has a mind of its own, wanting to ignite the natural dynamics driving a Dom and sub, so when Kiyen is forced into Fal’s small world, prejudice battles a pure need to touch. Only problem is: Kiyen’s on the run, and in a world where thought can be the worst crime of all, Fal’s in for a fight for his sanity to find out just what it is that’s making a young killer run for his life. (M/M)

Available at all good distribution sites, plus here: Broken Ink

 

Rainbow Award Finalist & Honorable Mention Award for Antidote

COMPLETELY FLOORED!! I'm still stunned from hearing this, to the ANTIDOTE manage to pick up an Honorable Mention Award at the 2014 Rainbow Awards, but she also made it as a Finalist in the Gay Mystery/Thriller catergory!! Alongside this, the stunning Lynn Kelling and her FORGIVE US novel (that borrows my Don't boys), also earned a fine Honorable Mention Award -- and made the Finalist list!
point I'm still  tentatively asking 'you sure?' Not ony did

It's really, really special to see both Society of Masters novels up there, and amongst such fine, outstanding authors too. Not to mention it's also double the fun for Lynn, as MY BROTHER'S LOVER is also on the Finalist list!

Hand on heart, I honestly thought Antidote would be too dark, too brutal, (and I know where Lynn's thoughts were going with My Brother's Lover too!), so I echo her words by saying: it's so damn good to see such an open-minded judging panel!

For Antidote's Honorable Mention Award, the judge's comments were gorgeous!

"Yes, this book is brutal, and painfully so, but the brutality is never glamorized. The intensity of emotion in this book is raw and honest. The main characters made me care deeply for their plight, although the antagonists were also well-drawn and not cardboard cutouts. Overall, an impressive story that gripped me from the beginning and makes me want to read the other books in the series."

So Again, just a huge thank you to those over at the 2014 Rainbow Awards for being so open to the darker side of romance! It's such a pleasure to see!

Handmade Bookmarks, Sinful Hot Picks, and SoM Merchandise

I had these gorgeous handmade bookmarks sent to me from a huge fan of the Don't... series (thank you again, Sue! They're gorgoeus). Bloody lovely how Jack gets a spanner, Jan a rose, Gray some handcuffs, and me... I get the flogger (I swear it's the only one I own!!!!). *huge grin*

AUGUST HOT PICKS

Along with with this gorgeous gift, Macky from over at Sinfully Sexy Book reviews picked Breakdown for August Hot Pick! There's some other smshing authors in the Hot Pick, and a giveaway, if you're interested!!!

Society of Masters Merchandise

And on top of all that... there's some SoM T-shirts and stickers now available!!! It's soooo strange to see our concepts and creations getting out there in the wild like this... And if you do venture to buy aything -- pictures please!!!! :)

Breakdown. August Recommended Read: Prism Book Alliance

August Recommended Read

Amongst some fine authors, Breakdown has been given August Recammended Read over at Prism Book Aliance. This is just to say a huge thank to Caroline Brand and Brandilyn Carpenter for taking the time to read and review. I'm so humbled to get a mention.

Voting Time: 2nd Round: 2014 Sex Scene Championship

Vote Here

It's Part 2 of the 2014 Sex Scene Championships, and I'm up against a lovely lass -- Kathy Lyons-- going KO with her to find out who goes through to Part 3. If you'd like to read both sexed-up extracts and have a vote on who goes through, it would be really great to see you over there. Voting only lasts for 48 hours, with both extracts being found here: Sex Scene Championship Part 2 Round 3 : Jade Lee writing as Kathy Lyons (@JadeLeeAuthor) and Jack L.Pyke

1st Live Author Chat

Click here for Chat Room Link. Password: Jack

Okay, this'll be my first official author chat on my own. Being on 8/25 at 8-10 EST time, which makes it 1-3 a.m. UK time my end (early Tuesday morning), it will probably also be open to "It'll be all right on the Night" comments from my side. :)

If you have any questions on the Don't... series, or just want to come and say hi, it will be great to see you over there.

The link o thet chat room is here: Chat: Jack L. Pyke, And the password is Jack.

New Release: Breakdown (and a host of giveaways)

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Can't believe it's here already! But today (19th August) Breakdown goes live! It's the third novel in the Don't... series, and it ties very closely to Antidote, bringing in the five very hard months for Jack and Jan away from Gray. I say away from Gray, but he's there. In his very unique way -- he's always there.

Breadown also brings in my start to the Society of Masters, and connections to Lynn Kelling's gorgeous Deliver Us series! After meeting Gray, Jack, and Jan over in America in Forgive Us, Trace makes a cameo appearance in Breakdown, which then sets up the main shared world journey between them all in the last of my Don't series: Gray Matters.

Breakdown has already received some outstanding reviews, and some are offering some cracking giveaways:




Breakdown: Sinfully Sexy Book Revwies: set paperback giveaway & Review
Breakdown: Lynn Kelling: Behind the scene look at Breakdown (ebook giveaway)
Breakdown: Attention is Arbitrary: gorgoeus ARC review 
Breakdown: Baba first Goodreads ARC review

There are a lote more giveaways to come, plus an interview! Links will posted as they are published!

Just for a reminder on what's to come: Breakdown

The evidence is there in his hands: the DVD and notepad convincing Jack that Gray is responsible for his kidnapping and torture, tearing Jack and Jan brutally apart. But with Jack trapped in his own mind, lost to blackouts and self-harming, getting away from Gray must take a back seat to getting away from himself.

While locked away in a secret facility run by the Masters' Circle, a new beast is unearthed from the depths of Jack's tormented past. Martin only comes out to play when Jack needs to hide, a psychopath as capable of ruining Jack's life as he is of defending him. Martin is the repository for Jack's most horrifying memories, protecting him from the bloody tasks Jack can't handle. Martin's purpose is to drive everyone Jack fears - or loves - away, before they get the chance to hurt Jack again.

Now Jack hurts more than he ever has before, Martin is back, and Jack has to figure out what Martin knows that Jack forgot, before it's too late. (M/M)

It's avaiable in all formats and at all good distribution sites!

A special and final thank you to my readers! Your support has completely and utterly floored me!!! I've made some fantastic friends along the way: huge mention to Sue Bowdley for running the Society of Masters fan club over on Facebook; also to Kathy Kyle Mcfarland who took such gorgeous time to produce a fan book trailer of Breakdown. (Still makes me fill up seeing it, Kathy!) And also to all those in the M/M Depraved Minds Club over on Facebook too! You're such a fantastic group of people (I love it over there, Louis and Justjen!)! V, as always -- huge, huge thanks! And also to LisaT, who has stepped in to help share posts when I've found I've been caught off gaurd with timing!!!! And to Carol over on Goodreads, who was of the first to show such kindness!

Fuck Monique! I'm feeling a wee bit speechless at the moment. Does blown away sound the right statement about this book or is that not even enough? - See more at: http://sinfullysexybooks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/breakdown-dont-3-by-jack-l-pyke-release.html#sthash.q4gz3xU7.dpuf

Fuck Monique! I'm feeling a wee bit speechless at the moment. Does blown away sound the right statement about this book or is that not even enough? - See more at: http://sinfullysexybooks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/breakdown-dont-3-by-jack-l-pyke-release.html#sthash.q4gz3xU7.dpu

2014 Sex Scenes Championship_Voting Time

Okay, I thought I was going up on the 12th, but I went up on the 11th instead. It's 2014 Sex Scene Championship, where a whole load of authors offer a snippet of sex scene from our published work, we fight it out, and hope you lovely guys come along and vote!

Mine is a scene from Don't... and boy was it hard to find a scene that didn't have a threesome in it.

If you have the time, please go vote! If not for me, then for someone else in the competition. It's a load of fun, with loads of prizes up for grabs!

The link to my sex-scene knockout stage is here: Jack L. Pyke, 2014 Sex Scene Championship.

I'm really late doing this, so -- sorry! Please go vote!

Breackdown Release Date and Pre-order

I've just got word that a date for Breakdown (Don't... book 3) has been released: 19th of August. And pre-order is now available. (ARCs are also going out today to reviewers! So... *bites fingernails and toes*.)

This novel sees my part of the Society of Masters, with the lovely Lynn Kelling, come more into play, with a cameo appearance from the delicious Trace.

For those slightly curious, here's the pre-order link:

Forbidden Fition: Breakdown: Pre-order. 

 

Sinfully Sexy May Hot Picks: Don't... & Antidote

May Hot Picks

The gorgeous ladies and gent over at Sinfully Sexy Book Reviews have very kindly chosen Don't... and Antidote as  May Hot Picks, and my novels are there, sittig among some very excellent authors and novels (so huge humbled blushes).

This is just a huge thanks to Monique, Macky, Mark, and Tina over at Sinfully Sexy!

Thank you!!! (Hope you don't my borrowing of your picture!)

His_ M/M Romance Download links for Free Novella

Just a quick update: my contribution to the M/M Group's Love's Landscapes:  His  is now available for free download from their main distribution site: M/M Romance Group: His, by Jack L. Pyke

There's Mobi, PDF, and ePub formats available

There's also a whole host of other authors on there supporting this M/M Goodreads Dear-Author challenge, certainly enough to keep me busy for a few months anyway. :)

Just a reminder that it's contemporary BDSM, novella length, and the dear author letter itself is being used for the blurb. :)

Released on Goodreads: His (free BDSM novella for Loves Landscapes)

This year's Dear-Author challenge is in full swing over on the M/M Goodreads group, with a host of authors supplying hours of gorgeous free m/m reading material.

Among a few other releases today, my contribution this year: His, is out in the wild too.  At first, it's just available Here through the M/M group itself (you'll need to join in order to read it). But in a week's time, it will be free to download from the m/m goodread's publishing site. (I'll update with with links as they come in.)

Being BDSM contemporary, it comes with a high on kink (and kidnap) level.

I don't have a blurb this year, as full credit should go to Kim Alan, the lovely lady who provided the prompt and (damn tempting) photo. And to use her words:

Dear Author,

He offers such a pure, unfettered submission to the man strong enough to tame him; he’s the best thing that ever happened to this powerful (read: spoiled) Dom. Still... even the best of Doms aren’t infallible, and this one almost lost his beautiful boy. He straightened his head out quickly enough, but by then his boy wasn’t quite so forgiving. If his stubborn sub is so damn resistant to reason, drastic measures are called for… right? What choice does a desperate Dom have but to resort to a tiny bit of kidnapping, and a wee touch of restraint and, well… I’ll let the author decide what else it’ll take to get them to their HEA.

Please no cheating or third parties, and a HEA is a must. Beyond that, author, push our boundaries as far as you dare. And yes, you may take that as a challenge.
 
*****

Yes it plays with kidnap, yes I will stop kidnapping guys and doing wicked things to them one of these days, and yes -- it doesn't play by the rules. But then life rarely does, let alone fiction.

May Recommended Read: Antidote, From Prism Book Alliance

May Recommended Read

 

I'm just going to say a huge thanks to Brandilyn Carpenter and Caroline Brand over at Prism Book Alliance for Choosing Antidote to humbly sit amongst great authors for their May Recommended Read.

It's really special to see, as I know Antidote is a very tough and hard read on readers.

So... *Blushes* and a huge, huge thank you, guys!!!

Released: Antidote

Okay, here it is. Antidote is officially released today. It's the sequel to the award-winning Don't..., where both of these novels also tie into the Society of Masters' project and Lynn Kelling's recent release Forgive Us (she borrows my boys).

Strong -- very strong warnings are ahead: this is a dark psychological thriller, emphasis on the 'exceedingly dark' and then never more so on the 'psychological mind games'. I can't be honest enough when I advise: this is a brutal book that looks at psychological deconstruction. Don't go there if this is a trigger. There is non-con in this.

Along with the warnings, there's a wee little more detail:

Title: Antidote
Author: Jack L. Pyle
Genre: Dark psychological erotic romance thiller
Length: novel
Formats: paperback and all ebook formats.
Publisher: Forbidden Fiction.
Links:  Fantastic Fiction Publishing  (Amazon etc also avaible soon)

Blub:

Videos of Jack having sex with a man who mutilated teenagers for fun should have stayed dead and buried, just like the man who filmed them. Yet when footage of Jack’s past starts appearing on Internet porn sites, Jack’s whole world is again turned on its head.

At first, the videos merely unsettle Jack’s fire and ice world of Gray Raoul’s BDSM kink and Jan Richards’ gentle, vanilla touch. But when the videos get more extreme, even Gray turns his back on Jack, isolating him from the full protection of the Masters’ Circle. Jack soon finds himself at the mercy of a group of men set on altering Jack’s perceptions of BDSM— and himself—as brutally as possible.

Jack’s sex life is now on camera for a whole new audience.

Extract:

Something was seriously wrong. Something out of that book had Jack climbing up the walls, enough to tear up over fifteen grand’s worth of art history. Part of me didn’t want to know, another part of me had to know.

Noise came from the living room, the kind of grunts and groans off a TV you’d turn down at night time so no one else would hear you, and I slowed my pace.

Side-on to me, Gray was standing by his laptop with his arms folded, his face giving nothing away. I frowned, but couldn’t quite bring myself to go over.

“DVD?” I said quietly, resting against the doorframe, but Gray shook his head.

“Porn site.”

My heart fell. Amongst the recently posted, there was a screen shot of a painfully young-looking Jack. Gray homed in on the title for a moment, enough for me to read it from here. It was the same intro found on most sites, yet somehow very much in a class of its own.

Don’t…

…love the Cub in slap-kink with Bear.

I rested my head against the frame, just hugging my stomach, and watched as Gray clicked on the play button.

A simple master bedroom came on screen. It allowed room for a bed with a brass frame and headboard, made up with crisp white duvet covers and soft pillows. Each side had a bedside unit, and a lamp was on one, but barely added much light to the cream-coloured room.

Three men heated life up in there. Well, two men and a young boy just touching eighteen. One man sat in the corner, watching what was going on in the bed, a smile plastering his face as he stroked his hard-on. He was naked, but then so were the two people writhing on the bed.

Cutter was an easy spot. Mark Shaw had him bang to rights as a thug who loved to cut up young men: a skinhead, three times bigger than Jack, and most of the muscle looking as hard and as up for it as what went on between his thighs. He had a tattooed scalp, some political racist slur that ran down his neck, and Jack, he was the naked teen struggling underneath him.

Jack’s hair was longer, wilder, his body youthfully thinner, still deeply tanned and coated in a thin sheen of sweat. Cutter had just flipped him onto all fours, his arm snaking roughly around Jack’s neck, his free hand pulling at Jack’s hair to twist his head and get access to his mouth. He kissed hard, rutting just as rough, pausing from his kiss only to grin at the youth he held.

“Want it, boy?”

“Not tonight, luv,” said Jack, smiling, “got a headache.” A growl, Cutter shifted, tossing Jack onto his back, and Jack’s dick came into full view. My heart sank, because for all of the fight Jack offered, he wanted it. He wore nothing but this black rope necklace with a black cross sleeping on a bigger silver one. Tiny sterling-silver balls, three one side, three on the other, gave it that youthful look, a little expensive too. I didn’t look below that necklace again. Jack looked young, way too fucking young for me to focus on anything lower than that necklace.

“Smart-mouth fuck.” Cutter slapped at Jack’s cheek, but Jack only grinned a little more. It won him a harder slap. “What you got for me now, boy?”

Jack nipped at Cutter’s jaw, feeding it.

Another slap, this last one was hard enough to snap Jack’s head to the side and leave a stinging redness to his cheek. “Oooh,” groaned Cutter, “like it, don’t you, boy?” His hand crushed between Jack’s thighs, making him groan. “Yeah, like it rough alright, don’t you, Jack?”

Even his name hadn’t been cut from public viewing.

Antidote's release also coincides with the release of Lynn Kelling's Divine Surrender, where the gorgeous Ben Knox comes out to play for the first time:

Blurb:

When Ben Knox discovers a clean-cut, blond, apparently-straight teenager named Kyle Roth in his office, looking for a professional Dominant, instinct draws him in. Since the exceedingly particular Kyle has already passed on fellow Dominants-for-hire, Gabriel and Trace, Ben digs down beneath first impressions to expose Kyle’s true motivations. Reassured by Ben’s straightforward approach, Kyle demonstrates his willingness to obey and, quickly, their contract is signed. But, skillful as Kyle is at masquerading as the person the world expects him to be out of self-preservation, Ben has plenty of experience dealing with bruised souls. Kyle’s bruises, though, go deep and the vulnerable darkness that Kyle tries to hide lures Ben in and takes them both farther than either is prepared to go.

New Release: Forgive Us by Lynn Kelling

And here we have it: Forgive Us. It's the first installment of the Society of Masters, with Lynn Kelling borrowing my boys from Don't and... playing! I've read it; I've loved it; I've got a serious case of needing more Trace, more Micah, more Gabe, more Dare, more Kyle -- so much more of Ben "sexed-up" Knox -- and all the heat that comes with Lynn's boys. Add into the mix my boys: Gray, Jack, and Jan and... aye, aye-aye! I can understand the steam coming off the guy on the cover there.

I'm giving nothing away about how Lynn works my boys in this, but I will say I receive no financial gain from Lynn borrowing my characetrs. Lynn receives no financial gain from how I will use hers in the upcoming Breakdown, then Gray Matters. We do, however, get to cross worlds and have a whole lot of BDSM fun in the process...

 
Tiltle: Forgive Us
Author Lynn Kelling
Series: Deliver Us: Books 3 
Also part of: The Society of Masters
Genre: M/M BDSM Contemporary
Length: Novel
Buy Link: Fantastic Fiction 
Publisher: Forbidden Fiction

Blurb

To everyone else, Trace is an enigmatic and carefully controlled Dominant. He runs Diadem, a private BDSM club, is a Master and mentor to his fellow Doms and their lovers—Gabriel, Darrek, Ben, and Kyle—while trying to be Master and lover for Micah. Trace is the one to step in when anything or anyone threatens his closest friends, yet he realizes he is in over his head when haunting events of the past endanger everyone's lives. Trace is forced to call on old connections for help from the world he tried to leave behind—the Master's Circle in England. Tensions rise to a fever pitch as Trace's hidden truths shake up the lives of everyone in his tangled, tight-knit family.

For over a decade, Trace, the founder of private BDSM club Diadem, has been living under an assumed name with hardly any ties to his past as a prostitute and Master’s Sub with the Master’s Circle. It’s a mix of chemistry, burning passion and decadent distractions which ignite the spark of hope that old wounds can heal, forgiveness might still be had, and that the future is full of tempting possibilities.

Extract:

“Stand up. Relax,” he tells Micah, speaking with authority in order to cut through anything causing Micah to doubt himself.

“Sir.” Micah gets to his feet, standing straight as an arrow, his caramel-brown eyes unfocused, his attention caught on something internal. A frown line creases Micah’s brow and dark circles are visible under his eyes. Trace knows the worry about Kyle, Darrek, and Gabriel has been eating at Micah, but that doesn’t explain the look of him entirely. There has to be something else going on, but Trace can’t handle anything else. There’s already too much wrong.

With a heavy, exhausted sigh, Trace wraps a hand around Micah’s jaw. It’s warm and rough to the touch, covered in dark stubble. The tilt of his head, the downward cast of his gorgeous eyes, ringed with dark, thick eyelashes, the sensual shape of his lips—it’s so intoxicating. There’s something there, Trace knows, in the spark of rightness between them. The balance of give and take, the equality of what each of them brings and gives away freely to the other, makes sense in so many ways everything else does not. It’s more effective shelter from the forces seeking to harm them than any house or physical structure could ever be. Simple, pure, safety and unconditional acceptance is what they each provide.

Together at last, they can each breathe a little easier. The weight of dread lessens, if only for a moment.

“Can I just check something real quick, before we talk? Didn’t think you’d be here, love. It’ll only take a minute.”

“Of course,” Micah murmurs, barely audible, looking like he’s trying not to cry, making Trace want to scream with rage at the unfairness of it all.

This fuckin’ day. This fuckin’ life.

Trace walks into the adjoining room where his computer is plugged in. He boots it up and keeps Micah in view while he waits. Dressed in khaki pants and a pristine, button-down, light blue shirt which suits his olive complexion perfectly, Micah stands there in the middle of the room like someone’s been beating on him. His outward appearance is so refined, but inside he’s in pieces, held together with wisps of hope. It’s a look Trace might not know, but Patrick does. That thousand yard stare, the wear and tear on the soul, it implies bad shit and hard times.

Turning his attention to the task at hand with effort, instinct telling him to go, and love Micah’s pain away, no matter what it takes to make it happen, Trace forces himself to focus on his desk. Booting up his computer and opening his internet browser, Trace checks an email account—the one he shares with Yasha to pass messages back and forth safely.

The account has been deleted.

“Fuck,” he hisses, pounding a fist on the desk, wanting to scream again, but managing not to. It’s expected but shitty nonetheless. If Yasha is really out of the game, the biggest, best way to make a clean break is to delete all of the accounts tying him to people like Patrick.

He checks the next email account that comes to mind, and the next, and the next. He goes through the whole mental list, finishing with the one he shares with Nicholai, the man who had been Patrick’s Master. The accounts are all the same. No change, no new messages. The latest messages are the ones Patrick left for the others. None have been read. No activity. No new information. It’s as quiet as the grave.

It’s not good.

The feeling of being stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere, with no one aware of where he is or how he’s surviving, used to be comforting. It’s not anymore. Now isolation only breeds desperation and dread, and mostly because his island now has multiple inhabitants, all of them counting on him to get them through. Little do they know they’re relying on such a basketcase.

“Okay. It’s okay. Priorities. Protect the family. Keep the kids safe,” he murmurs under his breath, a mantra. There’s a locked file on his desktop. He clicks on it, types in the password. Information spills out, flooding the screen. It’s all there—beautiful, glorious fact. He skims it, just to ground himself, to remember what’s true. The information on that screen narrows the possibilities about what could be happening with Gabriel and Darrek. But he can’t tell them about it. He can’t tell anybody.

At least his focus has been narrowed. The path he must take becomes clearer.

He closes the file. He closes his browser. He shuts down the machine.

At last, he doesn’t have to fight the pull on his heartstrings any longer. He leaves the rest of his worries behind and goes to find out what’s wrong with Micah.

Cover Reveal: Breakdown: Don't: Book 3

I know Antidote's being released in a few weeks, and y'all haven't read it yet, but...

I just wanted to reveal the cover for Don't 3: 

Breakdown

It's changed from the title Splintered Kisses, but this one kind of grabs the short curlies on the dark and dirty content a lot more. We're also at proofing stages with this beauty, so fingers crossed, it won't be long before it's available too.

The blurb will be along shortly, but I can say that this one ties in very closely to Antidote. And for the few who have read Antidote, four little words:

Jack, Gray -- meet Martin.

 

New Release: His Highland Wolf, by Kailin Morgan

There's two things I'm a complete book whore over: wolves and men in kilts. 

His Highland Wolf looks like it's pulling out all of the punches on that score. This novella comes from a Scottish lass, Ms. Kailin Morgan, who knows her Scottish history and tradition. And for a sneak look under the kilt-filled cover, there's a blurb and extract below.
 
There's also a chance to win a free copy over at Forbidden Fiction, where an interview is taking place with Ms. Morgan: Kailin Morgan Interview. Just leave a comment over there to be in with a chance of winning.

 Title: His Highland Wolf
Author: Kailin Morgan
Length: Novella
Genre: M/M Supernatural, Romance,  Historical, Paranormal.
Buy link: His Highland Wolf 
                 Amazon.com: His Highland Wolf 
Author link: Kailin Morgan
Blurb:

Euan, second son of an outcast Highland chieftain, was poaching deer rather than face starvation when a pack of werewolves hunted him down. After pledging his fealty to the pack, Euan discovered his new family was in danger from the political forces aligned against them. While trying to protect the pack, Euan caught a runaway, Tristan, who had escaped him once before. Tristan is carrying a secret that could save or damn them all, but he is also going to change Euan’s life in less expected ways.

 Extract:

Euan remained steady as the man awoke. The man’s body went instantly still as he registered the press of steel against the tender skin of his throat. His eyes jerked open and Euan watched his gaze find him, knowing that all his captive would see was the broad sweep of Euan’s shoulders against the soft glow of the dawn sky. Euan stifled a smile as he watched the other man try to raise his hands as much as he could even as he was trapped beneath the tree and Euan’s blade.
      Euan backed up slowly, allowing his captive to slide his body from under the tree. Euan kept the sharp steel blade pressed against the stranger’s throat, dissuading him from any thoughts of escape. He blinked as the man slipped his legs out, and couldn't stop his gaze from running down the long, lean muscles shown off by the breeches that clung lovingly to his shape. Euan realised, that once they were standing, the man would be taller than he was.
      The young man kept moving slowly across the ground, shifting around as well as sideways. It was what Euan expected him to do, moving so that the growing brightness was no longer at Euan’s back. Euan let the point of his knife bite deeper, on the very edge of drawing blood and his prisoner shuffled back, his spine colliding with the fallen trunk. His breath huffed out then stopped altogether when he finally met Euan’s cool stare.
      The sudden burst of scents from the other man made Euan want to sneeze and he fought the urge to rub at his nose. The bright spike of shock overrode the bitter smell of fear which had flooded out first, followed by a confusion of pheromones. Emotions swept across the man's face, his almond shaped eyes widening in awareness, before dropping closed as something else flickered, too swiftly for Euan to identify it. Then a soft flush coloured the young man’s cheeks, the overriding feeling becoming that of anger.
      Something niggled at the back of Euan's mind, his wolf growling for attention. He could see the other man staring in confusion as Euan turned away from him, his head tilting to one side, listening to something only he could hear.
      “Quick, on yer feet. Now!” The press of steel backed up Euan's urgent whisper and the young man struggled upright, Euan stepping back slightly to allow him to move.
      “Move. In front, quick as ye can. Dinnae think of running though; if I don't catch ye, the soldiers coming down the road surely will.”
      Euan watched as hazel eyes flickered back towards the road, then the taller man’s eyes widened in surprise as he finally picked up the faintest sounds of marching feet, the jingle of harness.
      “May I take my belongings?” he waved a hand at the bag he had been using as a pillow, the leather soft and worn with age.
      “Aye, leave no trace. Now, walk.” The point of Euan's dagger jabbed into his captive’s back and he moved forward, back into the trees, as indicated.