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Happy holidays, everyone!
I'm sitting here in Ohio waiting for the snow they've promised us is coming, and finishing up a few writing related tasks that I need to get done before I take the holiday off. I've spent the past few weeks in editing mode, working on my next two books and I'm really looking forward to a day spent with my family, playing cards, and laughing, then New Year's Eve with a group of dear friends. I hope you enjoy the end of 2012 in your own special way.
It's been quite a while since the last edition of my newsletter, and I've got some exciting things to share, including a special giveaway for my readers so be sure to check out the details for that below.
Much love and happiness to you all!
Sloan
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My holiday story SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN is now available. It's about two young hustlers who fall in love and search for a way to stay off the streets and build a life together.
This one wasn’t in my original plans for this year, but I’m really glad I took the time to write it. When I was finished with Sean and Gavin’s story, I was surprised at the outcome. It was quite different than I’d originally conceived. It’s very emotional, not erotic as I’d planned. In the end, I had no doubt I was meant to tell this story, both because of the subject matter and what I learned through the research and writing.
I hope you enjoy SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN if you check it out.
You can pick up a copy at:
Book Description
After running away from the hatred and abuse of their teen years, Sean and Gavin have been hustling to survive for too long now. When some extra cash lands them alone in a hotel room until Christmas, they can no longer deny their feelings for each other. Now neither one can imagine watching the other walk off with one more trick. Even with no money and no job prospects, Sean is determined to not just show Gavin what a real home and holiday is like, but to keep them off the streets for good and build a life together.
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My 3rd Annual Happy Holidays Giveaway
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As a thank-you to my readers and all readers of m/m romances, I’m holding a giveaway for a free e-book copy of my upcoming novel HOW TO SAVE A LIFE (due out January 15, 2013 from Loose Id) and a $25 gift certificate (winner’s choice of Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or All Romance eBooks). Depending on the number of entries received, up to 6 total winners may be selected.
Stop by my blog to enter.
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HOW TO SAVE A LIFE coming next month
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Walter Simon's book is done and almost ready to be released. It was sent off for final proofing yesterday! Walter was a secondary character in MORE and his story will be the start of a spin-off series called THE HAVEN books. HOW TO SAVE A LIFE (The Haven #1) is a romantic suspense with a May/December love story..
Here's a look at the book description and an excerpt.
Book Description
Reporter Kevin Price has a knack for tripping over his own feet. And everyone else’s. He’s in over his head undercover at the Haven, a swanky gay sex club, determined to find out why members of the club keep vanishing. Five minutes inside and he can no longer deny the truth about his sexuality. He turns to the one man he can’t get out of his head, the sexy ex-cop handling security. Too bad Kevin doesn’t trust cops. Not since the only night he let himself be with another man.
Walter Simon doesn’t do the club scene anymore. Not since he found love and lost it. That doesn’t mean he’ll let anyone hurt more innocent gay men. Even if that means going head-to-head with the klutzy, closeted, much-younger reporter. Kevin has information about the disappearances. Better to keep him close. And safe.
Neither is at the club to hook up or fall in love. Now they must work together amid their growing passion in order to uncover the truth before more men disappear.
Excerpt
This excerpt begins in Walter's point of view, and then later, we get to see Kevin's.
Walter brushed the back of his index finger over Kevin’s lips. He’d always loved kissing. Even in his youth when most of the guys wanted nothing more than the fucking or the sucking, he’d loved the kissing and touching and exploring. Kevin liked it too. He was sure of that. He’d felt it in the first kiss. And the second.
“I know what you want. And so do you.” Walter gave up on the touching and offered Kevin a little distance. “You’ve never been with a man, have you?”
“Yes. No. Yes.” Kevin blew the hair out of his eyes. “Yes, I have.”
“What? You get stroked off by another boy in junior high school?”
“No.”
“You did more than a teenage experiment?”
“Yes. Sort of.”
Walter moved in close once more. “I’m guessing it’s been a very long time, and you’ve been denying yourself what you really wanted most of your life—what you still want.”
It took a moment, as if he had to force his body to comply, and then Kevin nodded.
“You’re not out?” Walter asked. Without giving it much thought, the tone of his voice had shifted to something softer.
“No.”
“Do you have a wife?”
“No. I wouldn’t…” Kevin gestured with his hand between them.
“A girlfriend?”
“Yes. I mean, no.”
“Which is it? If you can’t remember if you have a girlfriend, then trust me, you don’t have one anymore.”
“I don’t. Have one anymore, I mean.” Kevin sucked in a deep breath. “Talking to you is exhausting.”
“Talking to you is entertaining.”
Kevin rolled his eyes. He sobered. Staring at Walter’s shoes, he said, “I left her. My girlfriend, Sondra. A couple of months ago.”
“I’m sorry it didn’t work out.”
“We’re still friends.” Kevin lifted his head. “We’ve been friends for a long time.”
“Which is why you stayed with her for so long.” Walter took another step closer. “And now?”
Kevin evaded his gaze again.
The silence stretched on between them. Walter wasn’t about to back down. He had years of experience pushing people for the truth.
Something told him with Kevin, there was a fine line between not pushing enough and pushing too hard.
KEVIN DID NOT want to talk about this. Yet a part of him longed to do just that.
Here, in this room, with a gay man listening to him, he couldn’t pretend any longer. He wanted to kiss Walter again, let his tongue wander over those lips, down along the skin of his neck to the warm flesh under his clothes, his chest, and lower to his abs, and even lower. He wanted to taste it all. He couldn’t hide from that fact. Not any longer.
He’d known for months now that he’d been heading to this moment. Whether he’d wanted to admit it or not.
It had been easy to keep the promise he’d made in his youth. At least while he’d been with Sondra. He wasn’t a cheater. Now that she was gone, now that he was here, now that he’d felt this man’s touch…he was done holding back.
Walter cupped his chin and forced him to look up.
“I guess I can’t hide from it forever.”
“That’s good. You don’t have to hide. Not here. Not in this room. Not with me.”
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Print Editions of BREATHE and TAKE ME HOME
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BREATHE and TAKE ME HOME are now available in trade paperback. You can pick up a copy of BREATHE at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other bookstores.
I'll be sharing a special bonus for fans of Breathe soon so be sure to keep an eye on my blog for news about an epilogue for Breathe.
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You can also pick up a copy of TAKE ME HOME in trade paperback at Amazon. It'll be added to Barnes and Noble and other bookstores soon.
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Stay tuned...more of MORE THAN JUST A GOOD BOOK coming soon
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I know it's been quite a while since I posted a new installment of MORE THAN JUST A GOOD BOOK, my serial novel, but more is definitely on the way. Finishing up my other releases for this year took a big chunk of my time, but I've got a draft written of part 6 and will be editing and posting it to the site soon.
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What's caught my eye in the world of M/M Romance, LGBT news & other links
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