Friday 31 May 2013

a freee plug

All right, so I'm going to be seeing these guys, Cloud Control, tonight at the Joan Sutherland theatre (Sydney Opera House), they are awesome, really, you should check them out!

I'm so excited I think I'm gonna wet myself!



Unrequited love. It’s fantastic. ‘Cause it never has to change. It never has to grow up and it never has to die.
                                                                                  --Vince, Queer as Folk (orig.)

Thursday 30 May 2013

Hadn’t the Pleasure # 54

The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it




On Joel’s birthday, he watched his lover Charlie drown while saving Joel’s life. Since then, no other man has been able to match the erotic chemistry the two of them once shared.

But a year later Joel is shocked to discover Charlie alive and well, looking as mysterious and attractive as ever. However, Charlie is different. He has new, arcane superpowers. He doesn’t seem to remember Joel at all.

And he murders people with his bare hands.

Suddenly Joel finds himself on the run from both his lover, and a frightening group of dangerous individuals who can wield the elements at will, and who are determined to kill him to keep their secret safe. But the smoldering looks Charlie gives Joel reminds him of their former, heated passion, and even with Charlie’s new homicidal tendencies, they discover their bodies remember what their minds may have forgotten…


The Valde: Water by Astrid Amara
First published April 2009 by Loose Id
iBook, 89 pages
Paranormal Romance

Joel Passaro wasn’t sure what constituted a better birthday present: the boat ride or the blowjob.

Wednesday 29 May 2013

Waiting in Wednesday #52

A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine

 
Staff Sergeant Corey Yarwood is an instructor at the Basic Reconnaissance Course. His last deployment ended in horror, but he can’t remember those events. Battling severe PTSD, Corey’s drinking is growing out of control.

Sean Chandler walks into a dive bar, and into Corey’s life. An actor and a musician, Sean has the empathy and compassion to sooth Corey’s pain, and the strength to support him as he struggles to heal.

Corey’s lost memories are pivotal to a civilian murder, and a military investigation. Remembering could mean salvation, or destruction. Will the truth be too much for Sean to handle?


The Final Line by Kendall McKenna
 (The Recon Diaries #3)
Expected publication 4 July 2013
Contemporary Romance
Series includes
Brothers in Arms, Fire for Effect
~*~

Tuesday 28 May 2013

Stuck in Your Head # 49

I'm going to give you the line from the books I've read that make my mind crave the rest like chocolate & Coke.

 

He found Eli in the guest room, with Creed. The bed was a mess, clothes on the floor on one side of the room; Eli’s clothes.[…]
Page 158, iBook


Let it Go by Mercy Celeste
First Published 24 September 2012 by Liquid Silver Books
Contemporary Romance


When alcohol and fierce tempers land two cowboys from the rodeo circuit under house arrest, it may be time to Let It Go. Can hidden secrets and a common enemy hold the key to happiness or . . . will they destroy them both?

Creed was the main focus of Eli’s fierce temper. For ten years the two men left a trail of destruction in their wake, with rodeo, beer, and fists all they had in common. Until a judge had enough and sentenced them to house arrest—in the same house. They’d either learn to get along or they’d kill each other.

Trapped on Eli’s rundown Florida ranch, Creed discovers Eli’s secret, one that he shares. But he didn’t count on Eli learning all of his secrets, especially the one that would shatter their newfound truce.

Scarred to his bones, Eli avoided relationships like the plague. Yet something about the quiet Creed had always pushed his buttons. Falling in love with him was never part of Eli’s plan. When it happens he’s unprepared and out of his league.

When a shared enemy comes calling Eli can only think of keeping Creed safe. He never dreamed that their lives were linked or that Creed’s former life could destroy them both. Will love be enough to save them?

Sunday 26 May 2013

I went and saw these guys last night. they were playing under the Opera House it was awesome, they were great. but then there music rocks, so it was a given, and a reason the travel for them.
you should check them out @
 

Read This Week #40

The deal with my week and all those books
It has come to my attention this week that I may have been saying this whole thing wrong.
I did not find anything wrong with these books. I recommend that you read them.

Saturday 25 May 2013

Adults Corner #24

This posting is for ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY.
It contains substantial sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which may be considered offensive by some readers.

Friday 24 May 2013

Congratulate yourself; ‘cause sometimes your voice is the only one that truly matters.

Thursday 23 May 2013

Hadn’t the Pleasure #53

The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it
 


Detective Gabriel Ashby has never looked twice at another man, yet the criminal across from him, the man he’s interrogating, isn’t like any other. Gabe can’t deal with the sudden, intense need he has for one of NYPD’s Most Wanted. Everyone close to Angelo Pagan ends up dead, with the smug gang leader standing amid the rubble. Gabe would love nothing more than to bust Angelo’s ass and lock him up. So why is he seeing the bastard in his dreams at night?

Angelo Pagan knows attraction to Gabe is suicide. He’s resolute to ignore the chemistry…until a police raid goes wrong. He critically injures Gabe, changing the trajectory of both their lives. Now the two can’t get close enough. They settle into a forbidden affair threatened by lies and betrayal, living on different sides of the law with no way of breaching the gap between them. With the authorities looking to make an example of Angelo, Gabe has to decide if it’s really worth it to hate the sin but love the sinner.

 
Love the Sinner by Avril Ashton
(Brooklyn Sinners #1)
 First published 9th May 2012 by Ellora’s Cave
iBook, 244 pages
Contemporary Romantic Mystery ‘GFY’

“It’s about goddamn time one of you people showed up.”
Detective Gabriel Ashby closed the interrogation room behind him and raised an eyebrow at the man who spoke. Draped in a chair, long dark hair flowing over and past his shoulders, Angelo Pagan scowled at him from behind dark sunglasses.

Series includes
Sinner, Savior, A Sinner Born

Wednesday 22 May 2013

Waiting in Wednesday #51

A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine


To Bite a Bear by Amber Kell
 (Banded Brothers #4)
Expected publication June 2013 by eXtasy Books
Paranormal Erotic Romance
Series includes


To Have a Human, A Catch a Croc, To Enchant an Engle
~*~

Tuesday 21 May 2013

Stuck in Your Head # 48

I'm going to give you the line from the books I've read that make my mind crave the rest like chocolate & Coke.
This is, like, one of my favs of his…




“Our relationship? You mean the fact that I was investigating you in the hopes of putting you in prison?”
  “Yeah.” Noel met that crooked grin with one of his own. “Hey, all couples have their rough patches.”
Page 70, iBook

Icecapade by Josh Lanyon
First Published 6 December 2010 by Carina Press
Contemporary Holiday Romance

On the eve of the new millennium, diamond thief Noel Snow seduced FBI special agent Robert Cuffe, then fled into the dawn. Now a successful novelist, Noel uses his capers as fodder for his books, and has modeled his hero's nemesis (and potential love interest) on Cuffe. Though he leaves Robert a drunken phone message every New Year's Eve, Noel hasn't seen or heard from him in a decade.

So he's thrilled when his former lover shows up at his upstate farm one Christmas Eve. Elation quickly turns to alarm when Robert accuses Noel of being responsible for a recent rash of diamond heists. Robert is all business and as cold as ice: it seems his only interest in Noel is to put him behind bars.

Innocent of the crimes, and still as attracted as ever to the oh-so-serious lawman, Noel plans a second seduction—providing he can stay out of jail long enough
 

Sunday 19 May 2013

Read This Week #39

These are the books I read and won’t be reviewing anytime soon.
(not because they weren’t good, just because)

Saturday 18 May 2013

Memoirs of this Delusional Writer #23

For the HAHAT
The difference a house makes
Last year sometime, we were eating our weekly Macca’s with my sister after school when my son blurts out that he was going to marry his best mate. They have been best friends since Preschools days.
Now other than me and my sister coughing out laugher ‘cause he, like all 6 year olds, just blurted it out. But more so, it was so out of the blue.
Anyway, my sisters says something like: “if that’s what you want.” As I say “okay.”
Now the next day, or was is a couple?, not really the point, anyway I was telling the best mates mum, how I’m friends with, what my kid said. And she said that he told her too, that her boy was going to marry my boy when they got older. Only she sat him down and told him that a man can’t marry a man. That marriage was between a man and a woman. Like yeah, now, in Australia, that’s tragically true, and she’s religious. But still, the difference.   

Friday 17 May 2013

A Hop Begins


The International Day of Homopobia and Transphobia is today, 17th of May, and for that reason the hop begins, it runs until the 27th and I encourage you to go and support this day and the authors involved in hop (I’m not involved, but I’m more than happy to plug)
Parents: Don't forget to make us proud
  • Friends: Don't forget to socialize
  • Teachers: Don't forget to get A's
  • Strangers: Don't forget to blend in
  • Opposite sex: Don't forget to look good
  • Society: Don't forget to be perfect
  • Tumblr: Fuck the world, at least you haven't murdered somebody today
  • Tumblr: But just in case you want to get away with it, here are some tips.
  •  

    Thursday 16 May 2013

    Hadn’t the Pleasure # 52

    The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it

     
    If you love someone, love them enough to let them go. Wait and see if they'll come back to you. Country-boy Paul has been waiting twenty years for Max to return home. Max might just have had enough of the limelight this time.

    [Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Male/male sexual practices.]


    Enough to Let You Go by Willa Okati
    First published 25th October 2007 by Loose Id
    iBook, 149 pages
    Contemporary Romance

    BANG! BANG! BANG!
    “Good Lord,” Paul murmured, casting a narrow and more than half-displeased glance over his shoulder. “Don’t knock it down, would you?” Whoever was at the door, they were pounding loudly enough to rattle the hinges, which didn’t happen to be in architecturally sound shape to begin with.

    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    Waiting in Wednesday #50

    A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine
     

    Pascal might be chasing the title of King of the Mountains, but will he realise in time that Laurent is chasing him?

    Pascal Durant, one of the best mountain riders in the cycling world, was about to finally win his first polka dot jersey denoting him King of the Mountains in the Tour de France. Then he suffered a horrific accident that left him unable to complete the race. In his forties and fighting chronic injuries, he knows he only has one more shot at the top.

    Laurent Desrochers, an internationally known reporter, hears about his dear friend’s crash and watches a moving viral video of Pascal, bloodied yet unbowed, congratulating the winner. When Pascal tells him he’s going to do the Tour one last time, Laurent decides to convince his network to let him follow Pascal on his quest.

    Friends for a decade, they had never thought of the other as more. Pascal’s focus on his sport and poor taste in men has never produced a long-term relationship. And Laurent’s constant travel causes a rift between him and his fiancĂ© Jan that proves insurmountable.

    Laurent finally realises his ideal partner has been in front of him all along. Can he pull Pascal’s focus from his goal long enough for him to know he’s being chased…and let Laurent catch him?

     
    Chasing the King of the Mountains by Devon Rhodes & TA Chase
     (International Men of Sports #2)
    Expected publication 7 June 2013 by Total-E-Bound publishing
    Contemporary Romance
    Series includes


    A Sticky Wicket in Bollywood

    Tuesday 14 May 2013

    Stuck in Your Head # 47

    I'm going to give you the line from the books I've read that make my mind crave the rest like chocolate & Coke.
     

    [..] He’s my husband and partner. We’ve been together for eleven years.”
      The cop appeared uncomfortable and unsure. “Well—I—uh—don’t mean this unkindly, sir, but the law in Ohio doesn’t recognize you as a legal relative. I’m sorry but can you give me the name and number of a family member in Connecticut? By procedure, I have to notify his family before telling anyone else.”
    iBook, page 13&14

    Christmassing With You
    First Published 20 November 2011 by MLR Press, LLC
    Contemporary Holiday Romance

    Andrew Bastion lost his partner to a violent and senseless criminal act. Devastated and all alone, he questioned how he would ever get through his first Christmas season without the husband he so loved. But when Drew's best friend convinces him to "find people who need help and help them," he finally begins to focus on something other than his own grief. And to his great surprise, he meets the one man with the ability to help heal his broken heart. Christmasing With You is a shamelessly heartwarming, upbeat holiday story that will require tissues, smiles, a box of good chocolates, and the willingness to believe that Christmas miracles really happen

    Sunday 12 May 2013

    Read This Week #38

    These are the books I read and won’t be reviewing anytime soon.
    (not because they weren’t good, just because)
     



     

    Saturday 11 May 2013

    Adults Corner #23

    This posting is for ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY.
    It contains substantial sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which may be considered offensive by some readers.

    Friday 10 May 2013


    Fairy tales don’t tell children dragons exist, children already know that. Fairy tales tell children dragons can be killed.
    —Hotch, Criminal Minds

    Thursday 9 May 2013

    Hadn’t the Pleasure # 51

    The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it

     
    Lynx is the spoiled sheltered son of the Dragon Triad, a crime family that rules over futuristic New Seattle. When he gets separated from his cousins during an adventure in the seediest part of town, he meets the man of his dreams in a bar owned by the Phoenix Triad, his family's bitter rivals. After a night spent in passion, his mysterious lover disappears and Lynx fears he'll never find him again.

    Orion has a secret. On the surface he's the perfect son, a society prince, heir to the Phoenix Triad's corporate throne. But in his other life he's known as Katana -- thief, hacker, hero who steals from the triads to help the poor citizens of Bottom City. Orion knows the pretty Dragon he met in the bar that night is trouble, but he can't forget the passion they shared.

    So when the opportunity arises, Orion captures him and takes him on an adventure he'll never forget. Will their love match survive the revelation of their true identities and the heat of their families' feud?

    Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: male/male sexual practices.

    Dark Sun by MJ O’Shea
    First published 5th July 2011 by Loose id
    iBook, 132 pages
    Romantic Futuristic / Urban Fantasy


    War had broken out among the triads again; the strongest of the underworld superpowers were pitted against each other for dominion over the metropolitan sprawl of New Seattle. The people, just like they had been for nearly a hundred years, were ruled by terror. None but the oldest—great grandfathers and grandmothers, feeble in their easy chairs—remember a time when there had been peace… and daylight.

    Wednesday 8 May 2013

    Waiting in Wednesday #49

    A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine
    Yep, just this one and yeah, it's a little early (mu standards) but I just found this on the authors website, and....


    Letting go is the first step to healing…or bringing it all crashing down.

    When an avalanche of books cuts off access to his living room, university librarian Jasper Richardson can no longer ignore the truth. His ever-growing piles of books, magazines and newspapers can no longer be classified as a “collection”. It’s a hoard, and he needs professional help.

    Professional clutter clearer and counselor Lewis Miller thinks he’s seen it all, but even he has to admit he’s shocked. Not so much by the state of Jasper’s house, but by the level of attraction he still feels for the sexy bookworm he remembers from school.

    What a shame that Lewis’s ethical code forbids relationships with clients. As Jasper makes slow but steady progress, though, the magnetic pull between them is so strong even Lewis is having trouble convincing himself it’s a temporary emotional attachment arising from the therapeutic process.

    Jasper longs to prove to Lewis that this is the real deal. But first he’ll have to lay bare the root of his hoarding problem…and reveal the dark secret hidden behind his walls of books.

    Warning: Contains a level-headed counselor with a secret addiction, a bespectacled geek with a sweet tooth, a killer “to-be-read” pile, embarrassing parents, a van called Alice, and deliciously British slang.

    Junk by Josephine Myles
    Expected publication 27th august 2013 by Samhain Publishing
    Contemporary Romance
    ~*~

    Tuesday 7 May 2013

    Stuck in Your Head #46

    I'm going to give you the line from the books I've read that make my mind crave the rest like chocolate & Coke.


    Christian moulded his hands down Trip’s Back, smiling against his mouth. “You forgot the daft git part.”
    iBook, page 148

    Brindisi bedfellow by Jamie Craig
    First Published 2007 by Liquid Silver books
    Contemporary Romance

    Getting dumped is never fun.

    Getting dumped by your boyfriend on the eve of your first vacation in six years because he decides to reconcile with his ex-wife is agony.

    Heartbroken Christian Davis is drowning his sorrows when his ex-lover’s best friend swoops in and throws his world into chaos. Trip Watson is gorgeous and gregarious and everything Chris doesn’t need right now. But none of that seems to matter when Trip finds out what Andrew did to him. Appalled by Andrew’s callous treatment, Trip announces the best way to get over the break-up – and to rub Andrew’s face in it – is to go to Italy as planned and spend the next three weeks having the time of his life. With Trip.

    Mutual lust drives them together. Andrew could very well push them apart. Especially if the truth about Trip’s relationship with him ever comes to light.

    Content: Contains graphic m/m interaction, including oral and anal sex, public sex, and a gratuitous one-night stand.

    Monday 6 May 2013

    My Rambling Words #3

    I really just wanna talk…
    Okay, this is just ‘conversation starters’ and will end up under that’s ones tag, but that isn’t a good title. Anyway, here’s me talking and I hope it works, but before you read it I should mention that I have only watched 2 episodes (this was Friday past) and I’m not a huge fan, maybe not even a fan, so, here you go.
     Game of Thrones season 1

    Sunday 5 May 2013

    Read This Week #38

    These are the books I read and won’t be reviewing anytime soon.
    (not because they weren’t good, just because)
     

    Saturday 4 May 2013

    Memoirs of this Delusional Writer #22

    Starting paragraph
    The alarm went off. A music drive that I had recently changed in order to get up. There was no other way, if it was the same tone—hell, mono tones were worse. The tone slammed into the dream of a world that wasn’t mine. It played, just puffed into the dream without me knowing how, or why. Without me realised that it shouldn’t have been there in the first place. But I couldn’t turn it off. It just sat there, singing annoyingly. The notes to a song I once loved.
    Depressive Survival (Me) opening line

    Thursday 2 May 2013

    Hadn’t the Pleasure # 50

    The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it


    After nearly a year, Bastian Grey is growing discontent with the lack of intimacy in his relationship with Rick Claremont. Can an adopted cat be the key to a real relationship?

    Fire fighter Sebastian Grey has finally gotten what he's wanted since he was sixteen: Rick Claremont in his bed. Only now he wants more. Convincing cautious Rick that loving him is a safe bet seems impossible.

    Rick Claremont grew up in a hurry and experienced danger and loss early. He's not sure risking himself on Sebastian is a viable option. The man is gorgeous and the sex is amazing, but Sebastian's whole life is about taking chances. He throws himself off mountains for fun and runs into burning buildings for work. How can Rick trust this risk taker with his battered heart?

    Will the advent of a cat and a corpse into their relationship give Bastian the entrée to Rick's heart as well as his bed?


    Risking it All by Lee Brazil
    (Truth or Dare #5)
     First published 7th September 2012 by Breathless Press
    iBook, 100 pages
    Contemporary Romance

    The young man slipped a hand through the petite redhead’s leather purse strap as smoothly as he could, but his hands shook badly, and he brushed her arm. Fuck. Not willing to give up, having experienced the alternative method of getting what Davis needed from him, he closed his grip and tugged.

    Series includes
    Keeping House, Telling the Truth, Giving Up, Taking the Dare, Risking it All

    Wednesday 1 May 2013

    Waiting in Wednesday #48

    A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine
    These are next month’s releases, in no particular order, mostly ‘cause I always forget when the books I want come out, this way, you’ll know, and remember, ‘cause it’s only a month away!!!
     
    Winning this battle requires a faith stronger than steel…

    Legends tell of a dragon-forged weapon so powerful, it possesses the ability to traverse time itself. Knowing the havoc it could wreak, the dragons sealed it deep beneath the mountains.

    No one was meant to find it, let alone wield it.

    General Kalen Ysindroc, leader of the human king’s armies and the long-lost son of Socendor’s most feared wizard-king of old, is in a race against time. His half-brother, Braen, is searching for the sword as a means to return their father from the grave. Kalen must not let that happen. Joined by his elven lover, wizard Micheil Thierauf, he sets out on a journey beneath the mountains to stop Braen from doing the unthinkable.

    As secrets come to light that test Kalen’s faith in every way possible, including his trust in the man he’s loved nearly all his life, the right path is as clouded as the murky, dragon-blood-tainted waters of the Ebon Sea. And Kalen is forced to make a decision that could very well be his last.

    Product Warnings: This book contains treason and treachery, magic and steel, clawed behemoths, and secrets no man should ever keep from his lover.
     
    Dragonblade by Mychael Black
     (Secrets of Socendor #2)
    Expected publication 2 July 2013 by Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
    Fantasy
    Series includes
    The Lost Son
    ~*~