Shiny New Cover Art for a Shiny New Free Story!

Remember the M/M Romance Group's Hot Summer Days event I mentioned last week, full of free gay romance and erotica stories from some of your favorite authors in the genre? 

My story's not up yet (but coming soon, I'm told), but I do have some shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny new cover art for it from the brilliant LC Chase (who also did the cover art for Sublime), and it's so lovely I couldn't wait to share it with you all.

Oh sniper, you mil-dotted your way right to my heart. . . . Wait, that's bad.

Have a lovely weekend folks!

 

Cooking to Score with L.C. Chase and Chloe Cole!

I've a very special (and delicious!) treat for you today: a "seduction menu" by the authors of the new Three to Tango, L.C. Chase and Chloe Cole!


Before we move on to delicious recipes and L.C.'s clever artwork, let's begin with some beautiful cover art and a blurb:

Best friends and roommates, Jace and Melody have been inseparable since middle school. Although Mel knows Jace is gay, she has yet to find a man who can compare. When they decide to add a third roommate to their nest, they both find themselves falling for him. It's not the first time they've wanted the same man, but this time, they're both determined to get him. Agreeing Alec should be the one to choose, they begin a heated competition for a place in Alec’s bed and his heart. Winner take all, no hard feelings...

Alec has lived with his two gorgeous roomies for six months. So far, he’s managed to relegate his desire for each of them to his daydreams. When he discovers that they both want him and have decided to compete for his attention, he sets out to prove that it can be win-win situation for all of them, and he shouldn’t have to choose.

Sometimes it takes three to tango.

And now . . . cooking to score!

Having an open court to work his magic on Alec while Melody was off at a volleyball tournament, Jace tore a page out of Grandma Mabel’s book, and created his very own “Seduction Menu.” He started with the aphrodisiac’s menu, and ended in Alec’s bed.

If you want to create a feast sure to strip the pants off your man, take a tip from Jace and ignite his hormones through his stomach. (Menu beneath the jump!)

Happy News from a Dear Friend = Free Book Giveaways!

Just a quick post, folks, to let you know the brilliant and talented L.C. Chase and her cowriter (whom I don't know but who is presumably also brilliant and talented, or she'd not have earned L.C.'s admiration) Chloe Cole have just celebrated the release day of their very first book, Three to Tango!

First, a hearty congrats to them both. Second, if you'd like to win a copy of Three to Tango, head over to L.C. Chase's blog for chance #1 to win, and Chloe Cole's blog for chance #2 to win. They're each giving away a copy to one lucky commenter.

I shall leave off with a blurb and trailer to tempt you:

Best friends and roommates, Jace and Melody have been inseparable since middle school. Although Mel knows Jace is gay, she has yet to find a man who can compare. When they decide to add a third roommate to their nest, they both find themselves falling for him. It's not the first time they've wanted the same man, but this time, they're both determined to get him. Agreeing Alec should be the one to choose, they begin a heated competition for a place in Alec’s bed and his heart. Winner take all, no hard feelings... 

Alec has lived with his two gorgeous roomies for six months. So far, he’s managed to relegate his desire for each of them to his daydreams. When he discovers that they both want him and have decided to compete for his attention, he sets out to prove that it can be win-win situation for all of them, and he shouldn’t have to choose. 

Sometimes it takes three to tango.

SUBlime Now Available in Print!

Evenin', folks! Just a quick note to let you know that Sublime: Collected Shorts is now available in print for only $6.95! The lovely and talented L.C. Chase did the interior layout as well as the cover art (the front cover pictured here, plus a back cover for the print book), so it's as gorgeous as you'd expect anything she touches to be.

Meanwhile, I'm working on my vacation post and hope to bring that to you tomorrow. Or, barring its completion, a fresh new excerpt from Crescendo, which is flowing at a lovely pace, thanks to my relaxing days at sea :D Until tomorrow, folks!

Anchored Release Party Blog Tour: Day 2

Mornin', folks! Day 1 of the blog tour was a ton of fun, and I first wanted to say thank you to everyone who stopped by Angela White's and Nina Pierce's and chatted with us in the comments. It's still not too late to stop by and chat, and you might even be able to sneak in for the prize drawings there. (Some tour hosts will be waiting until the end of the tour to do their drawings, others will be doing the drawings at the end of their tour stop day.)

As for today? Boy oh boy, are you guys in for a treat. The brilliant and talented L.C. Chase--she's an author and an artist, who also did the cover art for Sublime: Collected Shorts!--has put together a newspaper page from the Anchored world, complete with ads and the story of how slave!L.C. made them. This one is can't-miss. Go there. Now. It's okay, I'll wait.

The second stop on the tour today is a review of Anchored by author Billi Jean that was frankly so lovely I'm not sure my head will fit through the door today. Which is a problem, because I really need to go to the post office. Be sure to hit this one up today, as Billi will be doing her prize drawings at the end of the day.

Of course I'll be hanging at both blogs throughout the day to chat with you guys, about Anchored or L.C.'s awesomeness or aything else. And of course two lucky commenters at each blog will be winning swag or a free book. I hope to see you all there!

In other news, I've volunteered to do book reviews for the Romance Studio. They'll probably be few and far between, but it's a great site and I thought it'd be fun to get out of my little corner of the internets every once in a while. First one coming soon, perhaps?

A Quick Roundup - Update, Now With Anchored Cover Art :D :D :D

Short post today, folks. Heck, let's break out the bullet points :D

• Working on final edits for Anchored. I'm basically in my edit-cave until they're done. Send pizza. Preferably with this guy.
• Just saw the cover mockup for the Anchored book cover tonight. I am floored. Fiona Jade does some amazing work, and she and Noble Romance were very open to using the photo I suggested might be perfect for Daniel (if you want to nom some artistic hotties for yourself, check out StudioJames.com!). She took that pick and made magic. Update: Here it is!

• Speaking of floored by graphics, I'm currently working on some "newspaper ads"--in the styling of this one by my brilliant Guiltless Pleasure editor Tal Valante--with the equally brilliant L.C. Chase for her stop on the blog tour. (And by "working on," I mean throwing text and concepts at her and expecting her to work her ninja graphic brilliance.) There may be some sneak peeks in the near future, but for now, you will have to take my word for it that these are so worth waiting for that the wait is nearly unbearable. I love all my tour stops equally (as all good mommies should), but I may well end up loving L.C.'s stop a little more equally than the others, if you know what I mean ;-)
• I'm having guests! I've officially opened my site to guest bloggers once the Anchored Release Party Blog Tour is done, so stay tuned for some awesome posts from some awesome people. (If you're awesome and would like to come here to talk about awesome things, just drop me an email at metarachel at gmail dot com.) The first bit of awesome scheduled is author Brita Addams, who will be dropping by on January 25 to talk about the history behind her upcoming release, Splendid Captivity, an M/M/F menange with Noble Romance. I hear there may be some whips and chains involved. Or maybe I just dreamed that; most of my dreams seem to involve whips and chains . . .
• Linky goodness! As my regular readers have probably noticed, this blog is still a bit of a work in progress. I've added pages recently, and some gadgets to my sidebars. Today's addition is a blog list in the left sidebar (not to be confused with the list of Anchored blog tour stops in the right sidebar), which will be growing over the coming weeks. There you'll find links to the sites I visit regularly, reviewers, indie-friendly booksellers, fellow authors, and the occasional bit of random fun/hotness. I hope you'll check it out. And if you'd like to be added, drop me an email and I'll check you out.
• Twitter is a strange and wonderful place. I got into a long conversation--140 characters at a time--last night with @krisngoodbooks about her plans to secede from Australia. She stipulated--quite wisely, IMO--that since the've been working together for over 30 years, she ought to get half of everything Australia owns. I believe she requested Hugh Jackman and a platypus. I told her I'd assist her litigation if she gave me Anthony Warlow, Andy Whitfield (and no, I probably wouldn't treat him any better than that), and a kangaroo. Somehow this led to a discussion of Tim Tams, and the long and short of it is that Miss Kris is so amazing that she's mailing me some because I've never tried them. So, I highly recommend--in a not-at-all-Tim-Tam-bribe-fueled-recommendation sort of way--that you visit her site and follow her on Twitter. Because, seriously? She's hilarious. And the world needs more hilarity.

Hmm, I'm not sure when this quick update turned into a full-fledged blog post, but, like most of my writing, it seems to have gotten away from me. So, time to return now to my editing cave. I hope to emerge again soon, blinking and fishlike in the sun, to show off some hot hot Anchored cover art. Until then, mah peeps!