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WELCOME to the Summer Breeze Book Fair. This fair is for August and features all genres

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Heidi Wasabi is FREE for Valentines Day

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Heidi Wasabi is available again for free for ALL of JULY

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Group Giveaway, Pulse-pounding Romances 

 

July 2019 Romance Book Club 

 

 Summer Nights Romance Giveaway   July 2019

 Shakti or succubus? Faithful spouse or figment of the imagination? Whatever she is, Rufus and Steen would not have made a grand success in their chosen profession, as the stars of the heavy metal band Virgen Steel, without Heidi. And they probably never would have gotten married—to each other, anyway. This is her incredible story...    https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/dL4eGtXpWyUmdDn1ggGE

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Shakti or succubus? Faithful spouse or figment of the imagination? Whatever she is, Rufus and Steen would not have made a grand success in their chosen profession, as the stars of the heavy metal band Virgen Steel, without Heidi. And they probably never would have gotten married—to each other, anyway. This is her incredible story...

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Shakti or succubus? Faithful spouse or figment of the imagination? Whatever she is, Rufus and Steen would not have made a grand success in their chosen profession, as the stars of the heavy metal band Virgen Steel, without Heidi. And they probably never would have gotten married—to each other, anyway. This is her incredible story...

Helgaleena Healingline's Reviews > An End to Summer

This coming-of-age story took a lot of world building. I believe it is successful in that, as well as in conveying a soulmate-level MM romance.

Alexander's journey in parallel worlds is epic. I can only imagine that the epic will continue in future volumes; they'll have to top this one, which won't be easy.

Five stars for fantasy, five for erotic romance, and five more for relevance to our own existential dilemmas.

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Pulse-pounding Romances free book Giveaway includes Heidi Wasabi!

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Heidi Wasabi is at Art of the Arcane!

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This giveaway goes on all month;  and this weekend only, Heidi's also available at my favorite price FREE at Brain to Book CyCon 2018!  https://claims.instafreebie.com/gg/XqFSBPbozw0jbxhzFfau

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It's epub or PDF.,, mobi coming soon I hope.   If reading it online all chopped into chapters here is a pain, this may suit you better.

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Review: what to expect from THE LONG WEEKEND

The Long Weekend & Other Stories by Eva Hore

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


what to expect from THE LONG WEEKEND



chronology- contemporary



romantic pairing(s)- MF, MMF, FF, MFF



supernatural content- no



suspense level- varies



kink level- very high





These eleven spicy and sexy, life affirming glimpses into the erotic imagination of Australia's incomparable Eva Hore will leave you with a very warm feeling indeed, both in your heart and 'down under.'





Absolutely none of the stories in in this anthology are 'vanilla'. That means they are a marvelous collection of dark-roasted erotic treats precisely to the taste of our target audience. Each and every one is set in Australia, which affirmed to me that love is the same in any hemisphere. Whether in the suburbs, a ranch in the outback, the parking lot of a scenic beauty spot, the beach or in the middle of a crowd, our all too human urges to express our flamboyant erotic sides is celebrated to the utmost.



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Incredible Heidi Wasabi featured for February

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February welcomes The Incredible Heidi Wasabi!

Welcome to February, the month of kink and
threesomes. Helgaleena's first original novel length erotic romance (for
I am also the author of hundreds of fan-fiction slash tales and editor
of scores of others) fits right in.

The Incredible Heidi Wasabi is an MMF-- but
it also is based on a firm foundation of love. In fact, love is what
turns the entire story from just the saga of how two rock musicians
managed their differences and their screwy hobbies in order to stay
together for their entire lives, into a mind-boggling evolution of
consciousness for the third party, the one for which the book is named.

Rufus Dixon grew up in rural West Virginia
and even though he put himself through folk music school, he's got some
working-class attitudes when it comes to making a living at it that
drive him into rock'n'roll, and eventually into heavy metal. Like many
in the metal scene he parties hard and that means plenty of sex, more
than most of us mortals require, with men as well as women. Thank
goodness for self-gratification, and the rubber lady he nicknames
'Heidi'.

It's a step up career-wise when the
European transplants Virgen Steel, whose sound includes folk-infused
strings and whose stage shows include fencing and theatrics, take Rufus
on. Bassist Steen Herren needs a front man because he keeps alienating
them and overpowering them. Soon they're dueling onstage, literally, as
well as taking it out on one another with their fists in the bar
afterwards. If it weren't for the music, and some strange chemistry
beyond that--

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Confession: A. Sparrow has given me a taste for Steam-punk--

I am getting a taste for steam! My favorite authors of the genre outside of romance are China Mieville, Elizabeth Bear, and of course, inside of romance, my role model

Angelia Sparrow.

She even dresses the part to attend conventions! Now she's gotten herself interviewed in an online 'zine about her steam punk

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I began as a fan of her Star Wars fan fiction. Then she let me beta-read an MM pirate historical, an MF Western, and my favorite, the MM sci-fi For Love of Etarin, when she and Naomi Brooks went professional. I was really thrilled to edit her solo works

The Nikolai series,

set in an alternate future Universe, the Confederate States of America, with us at

Dark Roast Press.

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The Confederate States of America in my personal opinion qualifies as steam-punk, although the focus is less on the technologies; huge numbers of the citizens have regressed to antebellum lifestyles and values, including crinolines and top hats. Not to mention their horrible reversion to bonded servitude and racism! As well as Nikolai and the sequel Niko-chan, her devilish hero Nick will be in a third volume, and characters from the series have starred in three of our anthology collections--

A Dark Roasted Chrismas v. 1--
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As far as I know the only title set in this future of hers that we don't carry is Glad Hands, available at Torquere Press. Naomi helped with that, so it isn't one of ours.

Her devilish hero Nick will be in a third volume, and characters from the series have starred in two of our anthology collections. Keep an eye out for NICK and CORBAN, coming in 2012!

In our NEW erotic anthology THE DARK SEASON, Angelia contributed a true steam-punk MMF set in the alternate past, in the Republic of Ireland, complete with slavery, zeppelins, and thought control. You will love it.

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That is a quick explanation of my conversion to steam-punk, from a simple erotic romance editing fan-fictioner. And it's all Angelia's fault!

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Scalzi Sci-Fi/Fantasy new works awareness posting

Last year, after noting my own award-eligible works, I posted another thread for other folks in the science fiction and fantasy field to make potential award nominators aware of their works and/or personal award eligibility. It turned out to be pretty useful, so I’m doing it again this year. Right now! In this comment thread, even.

So if you’re a science fiction and fantasy author, editor, or artist: Tell us what works of yours (or if you in yourself) are eligible for award consideration this year. The site gets up to 50,000 visitors a day, many of whom nominate for Hugos/Nebulas/Other genre awards, so it’s a decent way to get the word out.

And now: Rules (posted word for word from last year)!.....

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Helga has posted her own stuff, and a link to other things. It gets me thinking it's time to nominate at Preditors & Editors. Haven't done that yet.
WE did win some shiny badges in the past there.

GLBT Promo Blog: Interview with Angelia Sparrow, author of Power in ...

GLBT Promo Blog: Interview with Angela Sparrow, author of Power in ...: Interview with Angela Sparrow, author of Power in the Blood | sugarbeatsbooks.com

This is a pretty decent interview with one of my 'heroes', author Angelia Sparrow. I first met her in fan-fiction days, when she was mainly known to me through her Luke and Han Star Wars slash. Then I learned more of her through her long-gone Geocities site. About the time she decided to become a truck driver and go into professional writing with Naomi Brooks, she granted me the great privilege of beta reading some things which have appeared at other presses. Those books are For Love of Etarin (MM scifi) and Kestrel on the Horizon (MM pirate historical)

Quite soon after, Dark Roast Press was born, and Angelia's future BDSM series, Nikolai, lost its publisher and needed a new home. We were all too glad to provide it!

The covers above all contain bits from this heavy-duty series set in the 'Confederate States of America'. There is also a short called 'Breakers' in our Free Sampler Anthology, Barista's Choice . In 2012 we look forward to publishing the next in the series, Nick and Corban.

Angelia has also added to our anthology The Dark Season. She goes to lots of conventions and manages to have a family life too! Yup, she's my hero.

Stay tuned to Dark Roast Press for more of her talented tough love!

Lindsay and Jane's Views and Reviews: The incredible Heidi Wasabi by Helgaleena - Review...

Lindsay and Jane's Views and Reviews: The incredible Heidi Wasabi by Helgaleena - Review...: 4 Stars Heidi finds it difficult to communicate with people and decides to keep a blog so she can tell people about her relationship...

What to expect from Green Apple Colic

Green Apple Colic by Ken Rossal

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars


What to expect from GREEN APPLE COLIC :

chronology-- set in the present (Contemporary)

romantic pairing(s)-- MF and there are plenty of them

supernatural content -- none

kink level-- varies; depends on which stage of our hero's life we are reading at the time.

suspense level-- high!

This is an erotic coming of age which encompasses the counter-culture and the Vietnam era, as well as the differences between sexual norms of the United States, Australia, and South Asia. Our hero goes through so much and in the end embraces all that life and love have to offer, but the ride is a wild one. The reader is left with a profound gratitude for the ordinary pleasures of life and love.



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