Hi and welcome to the LGBT LOVE IS LOVE Blog Hop! Hope you’re enjoying this marvelous group of authors. There’s a Rafflecopter at the bottom of this page and when you enter you can win a KINDLE and 42 books to load on it! Great or what? One of the books you’ll receive if you win is my recent release, CANNING THE CENTER.
PLUS, if you leave me a comment at the bottom of this email, you can win an ecopy of my upcoming release, WINTER’S WOLF. It comes out on Feb 27th, and one commenter will win a copy as soon as the book is available.
One of the things i was thinking about in preparation for this Hop is our love of labels — gay, straight, top bottom, butch, femme and on and on. All good for helping people to navigate the fast-changing world of LGBT rights, but maybe not so good when it comes to actual sexual identity. Every day it seems we learn more about the myriad of variations people express when it comes to gender and sexual orientation. In my upcoming book, WINTER’S WOLF, my hero is faced with discovering his own sexual preferences. He’s passionately attracted to a human FBI agent — not a very wise thing for a secret werewolf — and in this brief (R RATED) scene, he expresses what he’s learning about his own choices.
Here’s a nibble of WINTER’S WOLF —
Trying not to stare at the play of muscle in those hard thighs and the large bulge between proved more than he was up to. When he glanced up from his inspection, Winter Thane gazed at him with a small smile. It said Caught ya. Matt cleared his throat. “Uh, I was just about to order a beer. Would you like another?”
“No, I’m good, thanks.” Winter wrapped his beautifully shaped lips around the head of the bottle, seemed to lovingly caress it for a second, and then sucked down a drink.
Holy crap.
Matt waved at the waitress, who hurried over, gazing at Winter most of the time. He ordered a beer, and she rushed off, actually bumping into a patron because she couldn’t stop staring over her shoulder. Who could blame her? Matt chuckled. “You must get that a lot.”
The guy shook that snowflake hair. “No. Where I’m from there aren’t a lot of females.”
“You must enjoy being here.” Matt swallowed.
Winter shrugged. “City guy like you’d be used to it. For me it’s new and pretty weird.”
Matt laughed. “Who’d look at me?”
Winter’s blue eyes flashed up. “Who wouldn’t?”
Matt’s mouth opened but nothing came out. Finally he got his brain and tongue connected. “So, uh, you’re visiting the area?”
Winter’s pale brows pulled together. “My father’s theory is we’re here to stay. I’d say the jury’s out.”
“Not a good experience so far?”
“An old Chinese curse said, ‘May you live in interesting times.’ So far the trip’s been interesting.” Those melted ice eyes raised slowly to Matt. “But it could get better.”
Every resolve Matt had ever made tried to dissolve in that field of blue. Come on, Partridge. You’re investigating these people. The arrival of the waitress felt like a lifeline, and he grabbed the bottle, threw way too much money on the table, and drank down half the contents in one pull.
“Thank you, sir.” She batted her eyes at Winter and left.
Winter pointed at the bottle. “Thirsty?”
“Uh, yes, I guess so.”
“So you’re the law?”
“How’d you know that?”
Winter grinned. “Aside from the haircut that speaks of gray suits and gray cars?”
Matt ducked his head and ran a hand over his carefully barbered light brown hair. “Bad, huh?”
“Nah. It’s cute. Besides, I asked Ben Freedman about you.”
Matt’s heart leaped and stomach sank—the war of suspicion and desire. “Why?”
Again, the long, slow gaze. “I think you’re gorgeous.”
Matt frowned. Suspicion won. “Come on. Don’t give me that shit.”
Winter cocked his head. “You don’t believe me?”
“Of course not. Why would a guy like you think I’m gorgeous?” He drawled the word and narrowed his eyes. “Did you hear somewhere that I’m gay? What the fuck are you playing at?”
Winter smiled slowly. “I hoped you liked men. Or maybe I should say, I hoped you liked me.”
“Who the fuck wouldn’t like you?” He pushed his bottle away. “I should go.”
Winter’s hand clamped on his forearm. Long, slender fingers carved with sinew. “Please don’t. I’m not a very civilized creature, so maybe I don’t know how to say what I feel.”
Matt tried to catch his breath. “And what’s that?”
“That I want to take you out into the trees and fuck you until you scream.”
Every cell in his body froze—except his cock, which expanded like someone was blowing it up through a hose. “Who told you I’m gay?”
“No one. I don’t know if you’re gay. I don’t know if I’m gay. I don’t give a damn. I just know I want to suck you and fuck you until daylight.”
Matt stared into those mesmerizing eyes, and his hands shook. He couldn’t look away. “People don’t say shit like that.”
“People don’t. I do.”
________________________________
So, be sure and leave me a comment on this post and you can win an ecopy of this book as soon as it’s released.
|
Hop sponsors: A.J. Marcus, Aidee Ladnier, Alexa Milne, Amanda Young, Annabeth Albert, Anne Barwell, April Kelley, Brandon Shire, Bronwyn Heeley, C. J. Anthony, Catherine Lievens, Cecil Wilde, Charlie Cochrane, Christopher Koehler, David Connor, DP Denman, Draven St. James, Elin Gregory, Elizabeth Noble, Ethan Stone, Eva Lefoy, H.B. Pattskyn, Hayley B James, J.M. Dabney, Jennifer Wright, Jessie G, Julie Lynn Hayes, Karen Stivali, Kazy Reed, Kendall McKenna, L M Somerton, Lily G Blunt, Lisabet Sarai, Lynley Wayne, M.A. Church, Megan Linden, Morticia Knight, N.J. Nielsen, Neil Plakcy, Sibley Jackson, Stephen del Mar, Sue Brown, Tali Spencer, Tara Lain, Thianna Durston, TM Smith, Tracey Michael Ebook Prizes:
Hop sites: |
Thanks for the post and the great excerpt!
Thanks for Blog Hop and giveaway.
Thanks for participating in the hop. Loved the excerpt.
Thank you for the preview to your newest book. I am really looking forwards to getting to read it soon.
The excerpt was great! I think that people should just be whatever they want to be. No one gets to dictate who you are.
I wanted to read Canning the Center but have not had a chance as yet.
debby236 at gmail dot com
Wow! Looks like another one of your great stories! Thanks for the excerpt (and the giveaway) and good luck with the release.
Great post! Loving the blog hop! Thanks for the great excerpt and chance at the giveaway!
Looks awesome, I love that cover! I wish I had those lips!!
Thanks for the excerpt. I read the first two Harker Pack books and enjoyed them and was already looking forward to reading Winter’s Wolf. Now, I really can’t wait 🙂 Sounds sexy and amazing.
Amazing excerpt. Just what I need here in these frigid temps.
Nothing like a Tara Lain read to heat things up.
Carol L
Love Tara’s books andHappy Hearts Day!
Great excerpt!
Thanks for the great reads and giveaway!
Looking forward to reading the book. Thank you for posting.
Happy Blog Hop! 🙂
Currently reading Canning the Center; looking forward to Winter’s Wolf!
I’m sooo glad you are continuing this series. The first two were amazing!!
Thanks for the giveaway. Love this series.
Thank you for a chance to win a copy of this book and for being part of the blog hop 🙂
Great excerpt! And I wanted to tell you I loved Canning the Center!! Thanks for the giveaway and being part of the hop!
jasdarts at hotmail dot com