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  • My Zombie Boyfriend; by T. Strange

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    My Zombie Boyfriend, by T. Strange – Book Blast and Giveaway

    Blurb:

    myzombieboyfriend1400Edward Grey is a medical student by day, necromancer by night. He lives alone with the first zombie he ever raised, his childhood cat, Boo. Edward’s life is simple: studying medicine, training his necromantic powers with his mentor, Mariel, and having weekly dinners with his parents. When he finds a very attractive corpse in a park and brings it home to reanimate, he accidentally creates a sassy, free-willed zombie who believes Edward is the one who murdered him.

    With no memory of his former life, Edward names the zombie Kit and tries to win his trust. Kit slowly adjusts to his new un-life with Edward’s help, though he’s still suspicious of Edward’s role in his death and is convinced that Edward is hiding his former identity. Edward is very attracted to Kit, but understands why Kit doesn’t trust him. As they become closer to one another, Kit turns to Edward for comfort and love. The fragile trust they’ve built together will be tested when Kit unexpectedly regains his memory and seeks revenge on his murderers.

    Publisher: Torquere Press

    Cover Artist: B. S. Clay

    Release Date: April 15, 2015

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    Excerpt:

    Kit took one look at the concoction and raised his eyebrows in disbelief and disgust. “What is that supposed to be?”

    “It’s your food. Mmm! Delicious, brains! Zombies love brains!” I could see right away that I had gone too far.

    “I am not a dog or a child, Edward. And I don’t appreciate your stereotyping.”

    Oh, great. I had offended a zombie. What a schmuck. “I’m sorry, Kit. Won’t you at least try it?”

    “Is that a slice of brain?”

    “…yes. Technically. It’s not human!”

    “Oh, it’s a brain, but it’s not human. That makes it all better. What’s in the rest of it?”

    “The rest of the cow?” No, this was not going at all well. I pleaded. I cajoled. I begged.

    He poured it down the sink.

    About the Author:

    My Zombie Boyfriend is T. Strange’s first full-length novel, though she has published several shorter works with Torquere Press. When not writing, T. enjoys gardening, spending time with her horse, and, of course, reading. T. lives in Canada with her wife, surrounded by pets.

    Social Media Links:

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tq.strange

    Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorTStrange

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/TqStrange

    Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/tqstrange/

    Other: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3334999.T_Strange

    Other: http://tqstrange.tumblr.com/

    Other: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=464

    Tour Date:

    April 10, 2015

    Stops:

    Parker Williams, Bayou Book Junkie, Tara Lain, Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents, Molly LollyScattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, Love Bytes, Charley Descoteaux, Decadent Delights, Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews, BFD Book Blog, Cate Ashwood, Divine Magazine, MM Good Book Reviews, TTC Books and More, Andrew Q. Gordon, Rainbow Gold Reviews, Wake Up Your Wild Side, 3 Chicks After Dark

    Giveaway:

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  • The Island Keepers; by Kristopher Quentin – Book Blast and Giveaway

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    Blurb:

    SM THE ISLAND KEEPERS FRONT COVER

    They could hardly have been less alike.

    David is striking, tanned, smooth, charismatic, blond with an ice melting smile,and possesses an unmistakable gift as a fiction writer, even at twenty-one. Wyatt looks as plain as paper, short by comparison, white as a ghost, graceless, a celebrated oil painter. He is single and he is out. David, raised a strict evangelical fundamentalist, is embarrassed by his own virginity. Both men are sent to Puffin Island and, within days of their arrival a young woman washes ashore, frozen and unresponsive after her kayak crashes against the rocks.

    David and Wyatt save her life. Days later, Wyatt is charged with rape. While the authorities investigate, the woman’s nineteen year old identical twin brothers paddle their way to Puffin to teach Wyatt a lesson. Their goal, to avenge their sister.

    The bond between David and Wyatt increases during island duty, and his heart struggles with the imbedded childhood dogma and lethally homophobic parents, propelling him to bond with Wyatt, but, when the unthinkable happens, Wyatt is once more left alone. Wyatt has no option but to move on because there is a lot at stake and he turns to the unlikeliest of characters to fill the void, a person who will teach him an important lesson; that love is all about choice. By making a decision, Wyatt must sacrifice a need that had been created by his past with David.

    Publisher: Cool Dudes Publishing

    Cover Artist: 

    Cover Artist: Louis C. Harris with photography of lighthouse supplied by author

    Buy Link:

    Cool Dudes Publishing

    Excerpt:

    “Wyatt?”

    “Yes?”

    “ I need to ask you a point blank question.”

    “You can always ask, David. You know that.”

    “I…I want to…I want know if…fuck this is so hard. Just a sec. I need to breathe.”

    I waited a few moments, listening to him breathe deeply.

    ‘Okay, I’m ready. You still there?”

    “Still here. What’s bothering you David?”

    “I…I’ve never done this before so please forgive me for botching it up.”

    “Talk to me, David.”

    “Okay. Okay.” He whispered, and then taking a deep breath, said, “I want to know if you love me. I mean, are you in love with me?”

     

    * * *

     

    Knock me over with a feather.

    I’d been staring out the window watching a couple of kittens chasing each other up and down a pair of maples in our yard.

    Somehow, I suddenly identified with the chaser.

    “I’ll answer that if you promise to answer the same question. Deal?”

    I heard a gulp in my ear piece. “Perfect. I’ll answer it first since I asked it,” he said. “You need to know that I love you. I am in love with you. And I’m fucking miserable not having you by my side. I’m even more forlorn knowing you’re dating someone else.” He paused and took a deep breath. “Okay? There, I said it.”

    “Do you feel better?”

    “That depends on your answer.”

    About the Author:

    Kristopher Quentin has been writing for decades. He is a businessman
    and broadcast journalist by trade, a man up at 3:45 every weekday
    morning for a stint on the news desk; a little earlier on weekends to
    write fiction in his man cave. An upstate New Yorker by birth, he now
    lives in the most rural area of far northern Maine, USA, on 54-acres
    of land: wooded, lawns, driveways, and a few buildings including his
    four thousand square foot home which he calls the white house; because
    it is. His property is home to moose, deer, rabbits, raccoons,
    porcupines, fox, weasels, black bears, and one Bard owl.
    He loves reading gay romances among other forms of fiction;
    non-fiction; and memoirs most of which he considers to be fictional.
    Travelling, dining out, boat riding are among his passions; that and
    flying his own single engine airplane when he was younger.

    Tour Dates & Stops: April 2, 2015

    Parker Williams, Cate Ashwood, Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents, Inked Rainbow Reads, Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, Molly Lolly, BFD Book Blog, It’s Raining Men, Michael Mandrake, Andrew Q. Gordon, Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews, Bayou Book Junkie, Divine Magazine, MM Good Book Reviews, Elisa – My Reviews and Ramblings, Hearts on Fire, Elin Gregory

    Giveaway:

    Kristopher is giving away an eCopy of The Islander Keepers to one lucky commenter on each blog. So leave a comment and I’ll pick a winner on April 9th.