Witchy Boys: Release Day Shenanigans!
October 18, 2016
Yay, Happy Halloween Month! Witchy Boys is here and ready to set the mood ♥
4 Stars from Joyfully Jay: "Witchy Boys is a cute set of short stories and fun for Halloween season." -Jay
3.5 Stars from Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words: "Hawthorne does her absolutely spooktacular best when describing the rising of the zombies and the manner in which they were then dispatched." -Melanie
4.5 Stars from Prism Book Alliance: "They were both easy, sexy reads that highly entertained me." -Teresa
Today is the second day of the Witchy Boys blog tour--which means more places to enter the giveaway. Check it out:
Grab your copy at Amazon.com, All Romance eBooks, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, or Smashwords.
I've got some great release day reviews to share, if you need further convincing!
3.5 Stars from Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words: "Hawthorne does her absolutely spooktacular best when describing the rising of the zombies and the manner in which they were then dispatched." -Melanie
4.5 Stars from Prism Book Alliance: "They were both easy, sexy reads that highly entertained me." -Teresa
Today is the second day of the Witchy Boys blog tour--which means more places to enter the giveaway. Check it out:
October 17 – A.J. Llewellyn
October 18 – Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
October 19 – The Novel Approach
October 20 – MM Good Book Reviews
October 21 – Love Bytes
October 24 – P.G. Forte
October 25 – Joyfully Jay
October 26 – Prism Book Alliance
October 27 – Roxanne D. Howard
October 28 – Diverse Reader
October 28 – Gay Guy Reading (and Friends)
October 31 – Jenna Rose
Guest Post with A.J. Llewellyn: How Tame Should a Man Be?
October 17, 2016
Today, I am super excited to have a blog trade with the wonderful A.J. Llewellyn. So without further ado.. Enjoy!.♥ -Katey
How
Tame Should a Man Be? By A.J. Llewellyn
I adore research. I love ferreting out the unusual and
the absurd… then five years ago I hit the literary jackpot when I researched
werewolves for a story I’d committed to writing for Amber Quill Press.
I agonized for
days over how to come up with something fresh and original in a genre that is
frankly saturated with werewolf stories. I didn’t want to conform to the
“norms” associated with the legend, but I wanted to make sure my story wasn’t
so outlandish that people would say, “Oh, come on!” when they read it.
And then I struck gold.
I found an old newspaper article online from 1907 about
a small town in Argentina that once had strong rumors about male babies turning
into werewolves. The seventh son born to a family was doomed to become a
werewolf, according to the article I read.
Mass hysteria created a horrible solution. The town’s
residents began killing every seventh male baby born to families, hoping to
ward off the curse. The killings got so bad that the mayor of the town stepped
in at the urging on the local police. He offered to be the godfather to these
boys, to both protect them and bless them.
To this day, the mayor of the town is still the
godfather to every seventh son… And even the country’s president is often asked
to step in if the mayor is busy!
This legend is entwined with another: that boys who
swim across a certain lake emerge on the other side emerge as werewolves. Those
who do “turn” have to live for nine years without killing a human and by
swimming back across the lake in the opposite direction can break the curse. Of
course, boys being boys are said to challenge each other, and the curse, and
swim across the lake.
I loved these two stories!
They gave me the idea for Tame and its sequel, Savage:
Tame 2.
Tame
was one of the biggest-selling stories of my career. Interestingly, I received
some awful emails from people in Argentina who were upset about the book and
how dare I write such nonsense? I pointed them in the direction of the article
I’d read and they were shocked. I was amazed how few people knew of the legend.
And even if the myth didn’t exist, fiction isn’t
supposed to be real, but I like to ground all my stories in reality. Recently,
Amber Quill Press shuttered and the rights to Tame and Savage: Tame 2 returned
to me. I’ve contracted them with MLR Press.
Tame
releases On October 28, just in time for Halloween! These two books remain
among my favorites and I am so glad they are being rereleased. I hope you’ll
check them out!
Tame
By A.J. Llewellyn
Logline:
Ludo might be the most magnificent man
Cavan's ever met...but why does he say he's...tame?
Blurb:
It's Halloween and LAPD cop Cavan
Carmichael is expecting spooky things...this is LA, after all. But who could
have predicted a late night animal abuse call would reveal a beaten, chained-up
man in a garden shed?
Cavan rescues the bruised and bloodied man
who rasps the mysterious words, "Don't worry I'm tame."
But is he? Nothing about him adds up. For
every medical test the doctors perform, come only more questions. When Ludo is
admitted to the hospital he has grievous injuries inflicted by a despicable
assailant via antique instruments of torture.
Unbelievably, these injuries heal fast and
Cavan, who visits the recuperating man finds he is attracted and intrigued. But
can he overlook such oddities as bristles under the man's tongue or strange
wolf hairs in his wounds?
Is the most beautiful man Cavan has ever
seen, really...tame?
Excerpt:
…“There’s nothing in the shed. I don’t keep my dogs in
there.” The man kept babbling. “You can’t go in there. That’s private.”
They inched toward it, the
big silver bolt on it glinting under the flashlights’ beams. Cavan saw a dark
stain on the door. He was sure it was blood.
“Unlock this please,” Ben
insisted.
“No. There’s no dogs in
there. Come back with a search warrant.”
They reached the shack, Cavan
touching the lock. The padlock had not been pushed all the way down.
Inside the house, the dogs
started barking like crazy, as if sensing something was very wrong. Cavan
pulled out his iPhone with his free hand and surreptitiously began recording.
“The lock,” Ben said again.
Unbelievably, Luke Masterson
took off running.
Cavan heard Ben shouting
something to him, but he didn’t respond. He wondered what horrors awaited him
as he lifted the lock off the hinge, slid back the bolt and prepared to enter
the shack. He heard Ben running and realized he’d gone after their suspect.
Cavan braced himself as he got the door open and, flashlight in one hand,
camera phone activated, began searching the small room. There in the corner sat
a huddled creature chained to the wall, shackles on…his feet. It wasn’t a dog.
It was a beaten, shivering, shaking, bloodied man. Cavan would never forget how
the man tried to make himself smaller. Defenseless. Petrified.
Suddenly, his head came up.
His swollen eyes looked right at Cavan.
Holy shit.
“Don’t worry,” the man said.
“I’m tame…”
Just in time for Halloween - Witchy Boys!
October 15, 2016
Looking for some sexy stories for dark nights? Boy have I got something for you...
It would be difficult for me to communicate just how much I love Halloween. That's why I'm reallllly excited to have a spooky lil book ready for you this year. It contains an updated reprint of Præsidium and a brand new story called Blood Magic and the Mini Zombie Apocalypse. It'll be up for grabs on Tuesday the 18th, but why wait? Pre orders are hot at Amazon.com, All Romance eBooks, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, and Smashwords.
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For excerpts, behind-the-book bits, and general Halloween fangirling--OH and a chance to win a $20 gift card--be sure to stop in and follow the Witchy Boys Blog Tour, starting Monday!
October 17 – A.J. Llewellyn
October 18 – Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
October 19 – The Novel Approach
October 20 – MM Good Book Reviews
October 21 – Love Bytes
October 24 – P.G. Forte
October 25 – Joyfully Jay
October 26 – Prism Book Alliance
October 27 – Roxanne D. Howard
October 28 – Diverse Reader
October 28 – Gay Guy Reading (and Friends)
October 31 – Jenna Rose
Just in time for Halloween! Two novelettes about men with magic—and the occasional demon.
"Blood Magic and the Mini Zombie Apocalypse"
Griff has a bad habit of getting talked into black magic he shouldn’t be using—but this time it’s even worse. His ex is bent on revenge in the form of a mini zombie apocalypse, and the only person who can help Griff is a hottie white magic practitioner named Blythe. The catch: one of Griff’s spells gone wrong left Blythe with a haunted apartment a year ago, and Blythe isn’t over it.
Still, Blythe agrees to work with Griff. As they unravel the ugly blood, sex, and death magic, they also discover surprising things about each other. Hopefully, it’s enough for the ultimate trust they’ll need to defeat a lot of zombies and a crazed witch, or their town will end up covered in corpses.
"Præsidium"
Six years ago, Thackeray agreed to let a demon haunt him in exchange for help hunting other demons. It's a lonely life, but worth it to be the best demon hunter possible -- to save families from the kind of evil that ruined his own childhood.
This Hallowe'en, Thackeray's dealing with an upstart coven. A powerful, pretty witch named Matt defects to help Thackeray stop their scheme to invite god-knows-what from the other side.
Demons are much easier to fight than the urges Matt's flirting inspires. But Thackeray can't hook up with a demon watching over his shoulder... can he?
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Alchemiya Tour Wrap Up + Halloweeeeeeeen Stories
October 13, 2016
Thanks so much to everyone who dropped in and checked out the ALCHEMIYA blog tour. It was so much fun--and I'm so excited about this whole new world to explore. Because, yeah. There will be more. Two more... that I know of! ♥
While I was hopping around the internet, Some great reviews came in!
Kym Palmer at Rainbow Reviews says (rather enthusiastically): A very enjoyable read and I already wish book two was available.
Dee at Love Bytes says (with slightly more reservations): People who enjoy historical settings, with scientific lingo, engaging heroines, and a side of spice, will more than likely enjoy ‘Alchemiya ‘.
Holly at The Lesbrary says (so sweetly, I thought): The author knows how to spin a good yarn, and gives us a protagonist that is sometimes delightful, sometimes petulant, and sometimes both of these things at once.
I love all these sites, so this is amazing, for me. Yay!
Interest in who won the giveaway? Check out the tour starter day party and scroll down!
But as they say, there's no rest for the... well, you know. In honor of my favorite holiday, I've got something special cooking up. It's two novelettes tied up with an neat bow, and it's called Witchy Boys: Sexy Stories for Dark Nights. Blood Magic and the Mini Zombie Apocalypse is brand new, never before seen material! And Præsidium is an updated reprint about two of my faves. More about the upcoming book tour this weekend, but for now...
Check it out:
Just in time for Halloween! Two novelettes about men with magic—and the occasional demon.
Blood Magic and the Mini Zombie Apocalypse
Griff has a bad habit of getting talked into black magic he shouldn’t be using—but this time it’s even worse. His ex is bent on revenge in the form of a mini zombie apocalypse, and the only person who can help Griff is a hottie white magic practitioner named Blythe. The catch: one of Griff’s spells gone wrong left Blythe with a haunted apartment a year ago, and Blythe isn’t over it.
Still, Blythe agrees to work with Griff. As they unravel the ugly blood, sex, and death magic, they also discover surprising things about each other. Hopefully, it’s enough for the ultimate trust they’ll need to defeat a lot of zombies and a crazed witch, or their town will end up covered in corpses.
Præsidium
Six years ago, Thackeray agreed to let a demon haunt him in exchange for help hunting other demons. It's a lonely life, but worth it to be the best demon hunter possible -- to save families from the kind of evil that ruined his own childhood.
This Hallowe'en, Thackeray's dealing with an upstart coven. A powerful, pretty witch named Matt defects to help Thackeray stop their scheme to invite god-knows-what from the other side.
Demons are much easier to fight than the urges Matt's flirting inspires. But Thackeray can't hook up with a demon watching over his shoulder... can he?
Coming October 18, 2016. Pre-order now at Amazon.com, All Romance eBooks, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, or Smashwords.
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