Release Day! Thárros by C. Kennedy is Out! Θάρρος Thárros. Greek. Meaning courage Courage. n. /ˈkərij/ 1. The ability to do something that frightens one. 2. Strength in the face of fear, pain, or grief. ~*~ Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not the absence of fear. ~Mark Twain Blurb: High school senior Michael Sattler leads a charmed life. Almost. He has great friends, parents who love him just the way he is, and he was a champion hurdler until someone took out his knee when they kidnapped his boyfriend. Yet, Michael is determined to make the USATF tryouts in spite of his injuries. Christy Castle is Michael’s entire world. Healing from years of abuse, his abduction by a predator has left …

{Please note, the exclusive excerpt that Christopher provided for this stop on the tour was inadvertently left off, so if you’ve viewed the post when it was first posted, stop back and check out the excerpt.} Blurb: I thought life after high school would be easier. I’d go to California Pacific for a year while I got a handle on my HIV, then after Michael graduated from high school, we’d blast out of here for colleges—and life—on the East Coast. Then I visited Boston and everything changed. I realized I like CalPac. Turns out, Boston didn’t have anything for me beyond one of the biggest regattas in North America. Life grew more complicated when I got home. I couldn’t find …

Title: Aspect of Winter Author: Tom Early Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Cover Artist: Sadie Thompson Length: 260 pages Release Date: October 15, 2015 Blurb: It’s hard enough being gay in high school, but Fay must also deal with hiding his magical ability—powers he barely understands and cannot possibly reveal. His best friend Sam is his only confidante, and even with her help, Fay’s life is barely tolerable. Everything changes when Janus University, a college for individuals with magical capabilities, discovers the pair. When the university sends a student to test them, Fay and Sam, along with their classmate Tyler, are catapulted headfirst into a world of unimaginable danger and magic. Fay and Tyler begin to see each other as more …

When I heard that Cheryl had rewritten Hostage and it was being published by Harmony Ink, I was doing a great big happy dance. If you’ve never read any of her books, you really should. I’ve been a fan since I read the original Hostage on the Gay Author’s website. (That version is long gone.) But I was thrilled to be able to host Cheryl for the start of her blog tour. An Interview with Cheryl Headford Welcome back Cheryl! Since it’s has been a while since you’ve been here, remind people about who you are and what your write. I’m a seriously crazy vampire goddess, doing her best to bring up her disabled son on her own while subjected to …

  Cover Reveal: Unicorns and Rainbow Poop, by Sam Kadence   Blurb: Ex-boyband member Dane Karlson is struggling to overcome an eating disorder and a body dismorphic disorder. His fall through a glass table puts him in rehab and on the road to recovery. Then a friend dies. When depression causes him to lose ground, he calls for the only person he trusts–former bandmate Tommy. But Tommy doesn’t know how to help. He begs his friend Sebastian “Bas” Axelrod to aid them through the emotional struggle.