Wednesday, January 27, 2016

How Well Do You Know Me?


Since this is my birthday month, I thought it’d be fun to have something up on the blog from friends about me. So I sent out this small little questionnaire. *grin* I hope they had just as much fun answering it as I had reading it!

This one’s from Julie Banks. I met her through Face Book and have really enjoyed her posts lol. They’re often humorous. She has a dry sense of humor I can relate to. J


*I'll give the correct answers at the end of the month lol*



How Well Do You Know Me?


1.  What is my favorite color? blue

2.  What is my favorite drink/soda? coke  

3.  What is my pet’s name?  eightball

4.  What kind of pet do I have? cat

5.  What nasty habit did I quit two years ago?  smoking


Now for the hard questions LOL


6.  I’m a huge NFL fan. What is my favorite team?  Steelers

7.  My pen name is M.A. Church. But that wasn’t the first pen name I had. What was it? Magic wand  Uh no clue giggle

8.  Do I live in the North? Or the South? (That would be in the United States lol.) South

9.  I don’t watch a lot of TV, but there is a show I’m nuts about. I often talk about it on social media. It’s also about to come back on in January too. What is it? faceoff

10.What time of the year do I hate?  Winter

Beneath the Surface Cover Reveal

Coming in April from ARe - Beneath the Surface

While free diving with his father, Kannon is bitten by a seductive merman. Although he swore to never go near the ocean again, the pull to return to the water and his mystery man remains strong. Finally, after fifteen years away, an impromptu wedding brings Kannon back to the Seychelles, and his destiny.






M.A. Church is a true Southern belle who spent many years in the elementary education sector. Now she spends her days lost in fantasy worlds, arguing with hardheaded aliens on far-off planets, herding her numerous shifters, or trying to tempt her country boys away from their fishing poles. It’s a full time job, but hey, someone’s gotta do it!

When not writing, she’s exploring the latest M/M novel to hit the market, watching her beloved Steelers, or sitting glued to HGTV. That’s if she’s not on the back porch tending to the demanding wildlife around the pond in the backyard. The ducks are very outspoken. She’s married to her high school sweetheart, and they have two children. 


Tagged: cover reveal, mer romance, merman, merman romance


Kannon only plans to stay on the island for a week, but this time Nisha won’t let his mate go without a fight. Merfolk and human culture collide as the embers of Nisha and Kannon’s mate bond ignite, and Nisha must complete the mating before it’s too late.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Pride Promotions presents Refired by BA Tortuga and a giveaway


Author Name: BA Tortuga

Book Name: Refired
Series: The Recovery Series
Book: One

Release Date: January 18, 2016


Blurb:
When Kris Cerny walks back into Two Spirits, the art gallery he owns with Josh McPhee, all he wants is a clean break. Austin's booming real estate market means the building he bought years ago is worth a fortune, and with the sale, he and Josh can finally go their separate ways. They won't be reconciling, right? Josh may be sober now, but an addict is always going to be an addict, and Kris can't take that chance again.

Josh isn't willing to sell. Not yet. He's discovered a new artist in Santa Fe he knows will put Two Spirits in the black, and if he can just make a success of the gallery, maybe he can earn Kris's respect, if not recapture his love. He needs Kris to give him time for one more buying trip, one more gallery show. Josh wants nothing more than a final chance to make things right. Kris agrees to let Josh have this last ditch effort on one condition-- he wants to go along for the ride. On the way Josh hopes they'll find the next big thing in the art world as well as peace, forgiveness, and a love he thought was lost forever.

Pages or Words:65,000 words

Categories:Contemporary, M/M Romance, Western/Cowboy



Excerpt:
Josh sat there in the office that had been his for seven years, two months, and three days, looking at the cowboy who he’d thought, once upon a time, was going to be his one and only, feeling a little like he was drunk.
He rolled the five-year-sober token between his fingers, letting it settle him. Not drunk. Not even a bit.
“What? What did you say to me?” He left off the you sorry son of a bitch part.
“We got a buyer for the gallery.” Kris stared at him, calm as could be, one hip settled on the edge of his desk.
“The gallery isn’t for sale.” He owned half, dammit. Still.
Kris nodded easily. “Frankly they just want the building. Quite an offer. I don’t see how we can pass it up.”
“The gallery isn’t for sale.” He was fairly sure the words were succinct enough for Mr. Business.
“The neighborhood has changed, Josh. It’s not a boho, arty area anymore. It’s all high-priced condos and tapas bars.” Kris’s expression softened just slightly. “I think it’s time to let it go.”
This wasn’t about the gallery. This was about them. Him and Kris.
“No.”
“Josh, please at least look at the offer.” Kris stood, straightening his fancy cattleman’s. God, he looked like a stuffed suit. Kris looked better in beat-up Wranglers.
“I’m not interested.” Josh felt like sitting down and pounding the floor with his fist. This wasn’t right. None of it. He knew he was a fuckup. Had been a fuckup. But he was working his shit out.
The gallery was back to breaking even, if not making a profit. Josh thought he deserved a chance to get some good new artists in for a show.
“Then are you going to buy me out?” Kris asked.
Fuck. Kris knew he couldn’t do that. The business finances were an open book. Josh wasn’t even taking a salary for another three years to pay back Kris’s initial investment.
“I don’t have to. We’re equal partners. All I have to do is say no.”
Kris frowned, dark brows drawing together over his bright green eyes. “Dammit, Josh, how long are you going to pretend this is going to work?”
He touched the coin again. Five years. Five years sober. Five years proving he could be trusted. Five years and it wasn’t enough.
“This gallery is my life.” Simple as that. He had no friends anymore, no one. He came to work and went to meetings. He hadn’t gone out to dinner with Kris since…. Christ. Christmas? Maybe? Had they even done Christmas?
“Then what do you want me to do? The building is really the only asset.”
“I’m going on a buying trip. Santa Fe area. Why are we even talking about this?” Why are you even here? Go find another project.
Kris was, like, the king of finance now or something. He had investments all over, could probably walk away from the gallery without even taking a money hit.
“Buying? With what? Your good looks?”


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Meet the author:

Texan to the bone and an unrepentant Daddy's Girl, BA Tortuga spends her days with her basset hounds, getting tattooed, texting her sisters, and eating Mexican food. When she's not doing that, she's writing. She spends her days off watching rodeo, knitting and surfing porn sites in the name of research. BA's personal saviors include her wife (still amazing to say that), Julia Talbot, her best friend, Sean Michael, and coffee. Lots of coffee. Really good coffee.

Having written everything from fist-fighting rednecks to hard-core cowboys to werewolves, BA does her damnedest to tell the stories of her heart, which was raised in Northeast Texas, but has gone to the high desert mountains and fallen in love. With books ranging from hard-hitting GLBT romance, to fiery ménages, to the most traditional of love stories, BA refuses to be pigeon-holed by anyone but the voices in her head.





Where to find the author:

Twitter: @batortuga
Instagram: https://instagram.com/batortuga/


Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Bree Archer







Do you use a pen name? If so, how did you come up with it?
When I started, I didn’t really believe that I would have a career as an author. It never seemed real, but I got dared to publish and I’m a Texan, so I did it. When I was coming up with my name, I thought okay, I collect turtles. My mom’s Hispanic. OH! BA Tortuga (be a Hispanic turtle). So, honestly? My pseudonym means I’m a smartass…


What was the scariest moment of your life?
When I found out my son had lymphoma.


Favorite non-alcoholic drink.
Coffee. Coffee coffeecoffee.Cof. Fee. Coffee. Also, coffee.






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Monday, January 25, 2016

Happy Birthday To Me LOL

Yep, today I turned forty-seven. Considering what happened three years ago, I'm very grateful to be able to sit here and say today I turned forty-seven. The kiddo and I went shopping, and I got several really cool shirts from Dillard's.

She and I went to Chili's later. I love their hamburgers--I think I have what's called the big mouth bites. She had this huge plate full of French fries covered in cheese and bacon bits. I can't think of the name of it, but man, it's good. (That's why there's a fork on my plate lol,)

We returned home later and celebrated with the hubby once he got back from his dentist appointment.

A friend of mine is throwing a party this Saturday for me, a couple other people in our group that has birthdays this week, and her boyfriend. We're talking about twenty people here--should be fun.

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Anyway, another year has passed, and fortunately I remember most of this one. I haven't had a chance to do much work on the contemporary story since I watched the football games all day yesterday and pretty much was gone for eight hours today. Hehe. For tonight… I'm going to spend what's left of it reading!

Back to the grind stone tomorrow! Oh, and there's still more birthday stuff coming up too. And thank you, everyone, for all the birthday wishes. Holy cow, there were a lot!!!

~M

Friday, January 22, 2016

How well do you know me?


Since this is my birthday month, I thought it’d be fun to have something up on the blog from friends about me. So I sent out this small little questionnaire. *grin* I hope they had just as much fun answering it as I had reading it!

This one’s from Tali. Good grief, I’ve known Tali for six years, at least. I approached her after reading a story she had up at Literotica. She was taking a little heat on it, so I PM’d her and offered all these lovely words of wisdom. LOL. I had no idea the experience *she* had… lots and lots of experience with one of the big six. *snicker* And I was still had that new author smell I was so new lol.

*I'll give the correct answers at the end of the month lol*




 How Well Do You Know Me


1.  What is my favorite color?  Red

2.  What is my favorite drink/soda? Coca Cola / Coke. Straight up.

3.  What is my pet’s name? Kitty Kitty

4.  What kind of pet do I have? A pretty gray kitty cat. J

5.  What nasty habit did I quit two years ago? Smoking.


Now for the hard questions LOL


6.  I’m a huge NFL fan. What is my favorite team? Steelers! Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steel Curtain. J

7.  My pen name is M.A. Church. But that wasn’t the first pen name I had. What was it? nomoretears

8.  Do I live in the North? Or the South? (That would be in the United States lol.) South. Not quite the Deep South, but pretty darn south.

9.  I don’t watch a lot of TV, but there is a show I’m nuts about. I often talk about it on social media. It’s also about to come back on in January too. What is it? Face Off. Though you are also fond of Sons of Anarchy. But definitely a front line Face Off fan.


10. What time of the year do I hate?  See, I don’t associate you with hating anything, though I know you’re not fond of winter. You also get sad late in the year around the time your mother passed. L

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

How well do you know me?


Since this is my birthday month, I thought it’d be fun to have something up on the blog from friends about me. So I sent out this small little questionnaire. *grin* I hope they had just as much fun answering it as I had reading it!

This one’s from Renee. I met her through the lovely Cia several years ago too, and she's also part of the Wednesday Briefers.

*I'll give the correct answers at the end of the month lol*





How well do you know me?


1.  What is my favorite color?Red

2.  What is my favorite drink/soda? Coke

3.  What is my pet’s name? No clue

4.  What kind of pet do I have?Cat

5.  What nasty habit did I quit two years ago?Smoking

Now for the hard questions LOL

6.  I’m a huge NFL fan. What is my favorite team? Ummm…Steelers?

7.  My pen name is M.A. Church. But that wasn’t the first pen name I had. What was it?Nomoretears00 (That’s the first one I knew you under anyways)

8.  Do I live in the North? Or the South? (That would be in the United States lol.)South

9.  I don’t watch a lot of TV, but there is a show I’m nuts about. I often talk about it on social media. It’s also about to come back on in January too. What is it?Downtown Abbey ? (it’s the only one I can think of that I know is returning in January)

10.What time of the year do I hate? Winter (total guess)

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

How Well Do You Know Me?


Since this is my birthday month, I thought it’d be fun to have something up on the blog from friends about me. So I sent out this small little questionnaire. *grin* I hope they had just as much fun answering it as I had reading it!

This one’s from Jim. I met him several years ago too. He's a huge Harvest fan. I think he may actually know the story better than me lol. I hope to meet up with him someday. 

*I'll give the correct answers at the end of the month lol*



How Well Do You Know Me?


1.  What is my favorite color?  Blue?

2.  What is my favorite drink/soda?Coffee?

3.  What is my pet’s name? can’t remember

4.  What kind of pet do I have? cat

5.  What nasty habit did I quit two years ago?Smoking (yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!)

Now for the hard questions LOL

6.  I’m a huge NFL fan. What is my favorite team? Pittsburg Steelers

7.  My pen name is M.A. Church. But that wasn’t the first pen name I had. What was it? Nomoretears00

8.  Do I live in the North? Or the South? (That would be in the United States lol.) South, Mississippi to be exact

9.  I don’t watch a lot of TV, but there is a show I’m nuts about. I often talk about it on social media. It’s also about to come back on in January too. What is it? Big Bang Theory


10.What time of the year do I hate? Winter

Monday, January 18, 2016

Pride Promotions presents Mate of the Tyger Prince by Shannon West and a giveaway




Author Name: Shannon West

Book Name: Mate of the Tyger Prince
Series: Mate of the Tyger Prince
Book: One

Release Date: January 19, 2016

Blurb:

Diplomatic marriages between two members of different planets certainly aren’t unheard of—but for Prince Mikos of Tygeria and Col. Ryan Donnelly of Earth, it might just be a fate worse than death. The union is meant to end a devastating war that has lasted for over a hundred and fifty years, but when the female bride intended for the fierce, sexy prince runs away, her handsome brother is substituted instead. Men are for mating as far as the Tygerian prince is concerned, but the colonel also happens to be Mikos’s sworn enemy, not to mention being completely irritating.

Ryan is horrified to learn that the Tygerians not only expect him to take the place of his sister, marry the Bloody Prince of Tygeria, and go to live with him on his mysterious planet, but they also expect him to undergo physical alteration to have the man’s baby! And nobody is taking hell no for an answer. Ryan’s being asked to turn his whole life upside down and the handsome Tygerian gets under his skin like nobody else. But with the fate of the universe at stake, how can he say no? Can the two enemies put aside their differences and focus on making love and not war—not to mention a baby? As a powerful love struggles to take root, can they learn to trust each other and stand together against the forces that are trying to tear them apart?

Pages or Words:75,795 words

Categories: Erotica, M/M Romance, Romance, Science Fiction, Tiger Shifters


Excerpt:
“Son, are you all right? Your highness…Consort Blake, please! Put a stop to this now—my son is injured!”
“I’m fine, Father,” Ryan said, embarrassed and trying to gently push him off.
Your son is injured?” the king’s consort said, his eyebrows lifting in outrage. “What about my son? Your son indeed!”
Then as the words sunk in, Blake suddenly straightened up and tilted his head, one eyebrow quirking upward. “Did you say your son?”
“Yes, of course he is! And your son just attacked him!” the consul said, casting a wounded, outraged look back over his shoulder.
Blake smiled then and rubbed his hands together, as eager as a cat who’d just spied a big bowl of tasty cream. “You mean to tell me this young man… Your unmarried son? Well, why didn’t you say so? Who needs the daughter? This one will do fine. In fact, he’ll do even better!” He stepped forward and laid a hand on Prince Mikos’s arm. “Stop playing with him, Miki. You’ll have plenty of time to do that after the wedding. This young man,” he said, gesturing grandly toward Ryan, “is your new mate and royal consort.” He got a speculative look in his eye. “Maybe even the bearer of your children.”





Meet the author:

Shannon West lives in the South with her husband and family.  A lover and avid reader of M/M romances, she began writing them a few years ago and now has over forty short stories, novellas, and novels to her credit.   She is a two-time finalist in the Rainbow awards for 2013 and 2014, and an honorable mention for 2015 and named an All Romance ebooks top ten author for 2013 and 2014.  She writes shifters, primarily and some BDSM and contemporary.  She loves men and everything about them, and believes that love is love, no matter the gender. She mostly spends her days at the keyboard, trying to elude housework, which stalks her relentlessly.


Where to find the author:

Twitter: @shannonwest8



Publisher: Dark Hollows Press

Cover Artist:Eden Connors

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