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Tuesday Teasers – Vicktor Alexander

November 12, 2013 by Z.A. Maxfield

iStock_000027538366XSmallLet’s Have A big Tuesday Teaser Welcome To my Guest Author, VICKTOR ALEXANDER

About Vicktor:

Hi all! I’m Vicktor Alexander but everyone calls me “Vic.” Southern gentleman by day, completely displaced and living in New York, and a writer and purveyor of steamy, sticky, hot man on man (sometimes on man on man on man on man on man) sex. I wrote my first story at the tender age of 10 about my youngest biological sister and her destruction of the world…with her breath. The stories didn’t stop there and it wasn’t long or much of a shock to those who knew me well, before I was writing interracial historical romances. I quickly realized that my heroes seemed much happier when they were hanging out with other guys (aren’t we all?) and that was when I discovered the M/M genre.

I now enjoy writing about shifters, humanoids, cowboys, firemen, rent boys, fairies, elves, dancers, doctors, Doms, Subs, and anything else that catches my fancy, all sexy men falling in love with each other and having lots of naughty, dirty, man-on-man sex. I am the author of the best-selling series, The Tate Pack (which still blows my mind) and am a huge fan of the “happily-ever-after” ending. But while all my characters all ride off into the proverbial sunset, all sexually satisfied and in love (because it’s the least I can do), they all bear the scars of fighting for that love, just like in real life. I am never satisfied with only one genre, and every book that I write tends to fall into more than one category and has each main character experiencing more than one orgasm.

Out and proud, I don’t believe that love only comes in one form, one race, one gender and that not only is gender fluid, by sexuality as well. I loves to make people laugh (and guys hot) and when I’m not writing, or rather, procrastinating in writing, I’m reading, playing the Sims 3, hanging out with my very supportive adopted family, talking to my adopted daughter whom I call Chipmunk, seeking the man or men who can handle my crazy, stressful, soap opera-esque life and being distracted from said writing by pictures of John Barrowman and Shemar Moore.

 And here’s his snippet: 

“I think we should paint this room before we move everything in,” ***** said with a smile as he looked over at ***.  The cowboy had been acting strange all afternoon.  First he’d taken everything and shoved it into the bedroom.  Then he’d rushed **** out of the house, telling her that ******** and *** had lunch for her at their house and that she could stay with them if she were planning to spend the night.  After **** had left, he’d leaned against the front door, crossed his arms and just grinned at *****.  ***** was slightly nervous by ***’s sudden mood shift and he found himself babbling to cover his nervousness.

“I think that’s a great idea,” *** agreed before pushing away from the door and walking over to the love seat against the wall. *****  followed him and with a shy smile helped him to lift the love seat and carry it into the kitchen.  They moved quickly but carefully and moved all of the furniture, paintings and electronics from the living room into the kitchen and the dining room before laying down huge pieces of blue tarp that *** brought in from the barn that he laid down over the beautiful cherry hardwood floors to protect them from paint splatters.  *****’s jaw dropped and his breath stuttered in his chest when *** removed his shirt before beginning to paint.  Adjusting his rapidly growing erection in his cut-off shorts, ***** fanned his suddenly flushed face with his red tank top and turned back to his wall to begin painting.

Both men painted steadily for five minutes before ***** growled in frustration.

“I need some music.  This is tedious and boring if I can’t listen to music,” he admitted and he heard *** chuckle behind him.]

“Well, why don’t you turn on some music then?” *** asked him before turning back to his wall to continue painting.

With a determined nod, ***** walked out of the room and returned shortly after with his iPod and his iPod Home system and after getting them both set up in the middle of the room, with the iPod home plugged into an extension cord leading into an outlet in the kitchen, he turned on his iPod listening device.  Scrolling through the songs he came across a song that he thought was perfect for what they were doing.  With a grin he pressed play and the throbbing beat of “Paint” by Travis Garland and **** began to play.

With a grin, ***** rolled his hips and danced back over to the wall and his paint tray.  He became so entranced by the song, which he had put on repeat, and what he was doing that he didn’t even notice that *** had walked up behind him and began to dance closely behind him.  ***** moaned and pressed his ass back into ***’s groin.  The two men continued to dance seductively with each other, the beat of the music matching the beats of their heart and the throbbing in their erections.  ***** felt so safe and treasured with ***’s arms wrapped around him from behind., the bigger man’s paint splattered hands rubbing across his chest, with his hardened nipples and his slim but muscled thighs.

When ***’s hands left paint streaks on his skin, ***** squealed and pushed away.  The desire darkening ***’s eyes gave him momentary pause but with effort he continued with his rant.

“***!  You got paint all over my clothes and my skin!” he stated in exasperation, his hands on his hips.  He expected *** to apologize profusely, he didn’t expect for the larger man to bend over and stick his two large hands in one of the paint buckets and to toss the paint directly at him.  The paint landed in his beautiful black hair, the dark red streaking his curly locks, and all over his torso, neck, legs and face.  With another squeal he raced over to another bucket of the dark red paint and stuck his own hands inside before tossing the paint back at ***.  It wasn’t long before the two of them were tossing paint all over each other, the walls, the fireplace, the front door and all over the tarp that covered the floor.

***** laughed breathlessly when *** scooped him up in his arms and pressed his face into the smaller man’s neck.

“Say you surrender,” *** growled.

“Never,” ***** giggled as *** tickled his sides before lifting him into the air.  Without thought ***** locked his legs around ***’s waist, his arms around the cowboy’s neck.

“Surrender,” *** demanded playfully again before nipping gently at *****’s earlobe.  ***** shuddered as lightening raced from his ear through his head, his chest and his legs before settling in his groin, his erection growing to full mast at the feeling.

“N-n-never,” ***** panted.  *** knelt on the floor and laid ***** down upon it before lifting up his shirt.  He pressed his lips against *****’s throbbing pulse in his neck.  He made his way down the smaller man’s chest, taking small bites and placing small kisses across the skin.  ***** shuddered when he felt the raspy touch of ***’s tongue upon his erect nipples.  *** licked around and around the nipple before sucking it deep into his mouth.  He then pulled at the erect nub with his teeth and pulled the flesh taut almost to the point of pain before releasing it.  ***** groaned, his hands coming up to clutch at and touch the firm, muscled flesh of this bigger man.

*** moved over to the neglected nipple, while his fingers came up to play with the wet nub he’d just left.  *****’s hips began to thrust up, seeking something firm to rub against, the desire had become an ache inside of him and he needed something to ease it.  He needed *** inside of him.

Your mission is to guess which Vicktor Alexander book this comes from, you know the drill. Email me at zamaxfield @ zamaxfield dot com and put Teaser Tuesdays in the subject line. Guess the name of the book and I’ll draw the winner before next Tuesday ——

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Filed Under: Teaser Tuesdays Tagged With: Tuesday Teaser

Tuesday Teaser! – The “Thursday Twofer” edition!

October 30, 2013 by Z.A. Maxfield

Java PrintingI admit that this week I’ve dropped the ball. Not only did I not do a Tuesday Teaser last week,  I am late with this one. Suffice it to say, though, this week I have TWO of your favorite authors, and I am giving away TWO prizes. My only excuse is that I was in Atlanta for GRL and I came home with conference Cooties. Tomorrow, I have Jury Duty! Am I pitiful enough yet?

Let’s get to the main event!

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Let’s Have A big Tuesday Teaser Welcome To My TWO Guest Authors! 

First Up, we have Tara Lain, who is not only a terrific writer but one of my dear friends. We’re both members of the Orange County chapter of the RWA and I am lucky enough to see her once a month at meetings. Here’s her bio, straight from her website:

I’m Tara Lain and I write The Beautiful Boys of Romance. I love all my characters, but especially my unique heroes. I write mostly MM romance with some MMF as well. I love the intensity, passion, lack of gender roles, diversity, and innate drama that accompany two men in love. Giving my guys their happy ever after is my favorite thing. I write serious themes with a light touch and readers often call my books “sweet” despite all the hot sex!  I believe in love and enjoy giving more of it to the world! 

And here’s her snippet. Your mission is to guess which Tara Lain book this comes from, you know the drill. Email me at zamaxfield @ zamaxfield dot com and put Teaser Tuesdays in the subject line. Guess the name of the book and I’ll draw the winner before next Tuesday ——>

Movement. Slight but there. The eyelids fluttered, and ****** stared into bloodshot brown. He pulled off the respirator, and *** coughed convulsively. ****** leaned over, but could barely hear the whisper. “I couldn’t let you go.”

“Hey, ******, we got him.” The EMT reached out and tried to take the canvas from those graceful, lethal hands. ***’s eyes had closed, but he clutched the painting to his chest like a child clutches a doll.

****** murmured, “Don’t worry, baby. I’ve got it.”

Two EMTs took *** from ******’s arms. He gently extricated the canvas from ***’s hands and watched them load him onto a stretcher. God, he looked so small and vulnerable. But that little frame contained a mighty heart. Why in hell had he done it?

As the EMTs loaded the stretcher into the ambulance, ****** glanced at the canvas. Sweet Jesus. His own face looked back. Perfect, illuminated, glowing as if it emitted light. Heat filled his chest, prickling behind his eyes. Shit, he wanted to smack ***. Right after he kissed him.

21_icImage Our Second snippet – comes from multi talented author Lynn Lorenz, who is also a friend! Here’s her bio, from her website:

Lynn Lorenz lives in Texas, where she’s a fan of all things Texan, like Longhorns, big hair, and cowboys in tight jeans. She’s never met a comma she didn’t like, and enjoys editing and brainstorming with other writers. Lynn spends most of her time writing about hot sex with even hotter heroes, plot twists, werewolves, and medieval swashbucklers. She’s currently at work on her latest book, making herself giggle and blush, and avoiding all the housework.

“I want to apologize,” **** said. His voice was all raspy and gruff and sexy as hell.

****** stared up into his face, waiting. **** scuffed his boot against the cement but didn’t say anything else. He shoulders hunched, as if he’d curled up inside himself but still walked upright. Something ate at ****. Served him right. As far as ****** was concerned, there’d been too many “somethings.”

“So which one are you apologizing for? Lying to me about being gay? Trying to steal my best friend away from me? Making me think I was nuts? Or manipulating me?”

**** winced with each item ****** ticked off. “All of it, I guess.”

“Apology accepted. Good night.” ****** shut the door, but ****’s arm shot out and stopped it.

“Wait.” He licked his lips.

“There’s more?” ****** arched a brow.

**** stood there, looking at his feet. Maybe be was trying to figure out which one to shove in his mouth first.

****** sighed. “Why are you here, ****?”

**** looked up, and ****** could see some internal battle being waged as demons danced in the depths of ****’s blue eyes.

Hell and damnation. Why did the man have to be so damned sexy? So in need of healing?

 

IMG_0084And that’s it! Go forth and make your guesses! You could win an ebook from one of these lovely authors!

Tara Lain and Lynn Lorenz, as always…it was a total pleasure to see you in Atlanta. I cherish all the time I get to spend with you!!! Looking forward to next year in Chicago!

 

Filed Under: Contests, drawings, Teaser Tuesdays Tagged With: Tuesday Teaser

Tuesday Teaser – Amy Lane

October 8, 2013 by Z.A. Maxfield

iStock_000027538366XSmallLet’s have A big Tuesday Teaser Welcome to Guest Authors! 

From now on I’m asking your favorite authors to stop by and share snippets of their work for our Tuesday Teaser Game. Try to guess the book!

My guest TODAY needs NO introduction, But here’s one anyway: Amy Lane dodges an EDJ, mothers four children, and writes the occasional book. She, her brood, and her beloved mate, Mack, live in a crumbling mortgage in Citrus Heights, California, which is riddled with spiders, cats, and more than its share of fancy and weirdness. Feel free to visit her at 

www.greenshill.com or www.writerslane.blogspot.com,

where she will ride the buzz of receiving your e-mail until her head swells and she can no longer leave the house.

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PLAYERS: Here’s how you do it! 1. Guess the title of the Amy Lane book this teaser comes from. 2. Email me with the title of the book at zamaxfield @ zamaxfield (dot) com.  3. Put Tuesday Teasers in the subject line!

You could win an ebook copy of the book in question or another book from Amy’s backlist. Be sure to give me a valid email address so I know where to send your ebook. The 9th person to email me with the correct title WINS!

“Didn’t your mom ever throw you a birthday party like that?” ***** asked, laughing. “I mean, even after *****, my parents made sure I got a party that was all me. We’d go all sorts of places—that was my day.”

“Uhm, not since I was five. After that, we had a quiet party in the house, family only.” A small ice-cream cake, one or two gifts Mom had approved of. Vaguely, he remembered his fifth birthday party with his entire class, but that had been once, before the bad thing, and he hated remembering that time because it just made him angrier at himself that he ever mentioned the stupid fucking school employee and his molesting penis.

“Why?” ***** asked, finishing off his second fajita. “What happened when you were five?”

“Are you done? I’m done. I really want something sweet—hey, they’ve got a fudge factory down by that comic-book place in Old Town. Want to go there for dessert?”

*****’s eyebrows shot up, his eyes widened, and his mouth—a soft, pink little bow of a mouth, not full but ripe—compressed into a flat line. “Uhm, I’ve got another fajita to go.”

***** nodded and shoved half of his last fajita in his mouth in one bite. “Olkay, affer dat,” he said through his full mouth, not even grimacing when he crunched into a hot pepper.

***** nodded and compressed that sweet pink mouth. “Yeah,” he said before taking another slow, deliberate bite of his fajita. “Sure. We can go there when we’re done at the comic-book store, *****. Nothing’s set in stone.”

***** smiled and nodded and finished the other three swallows needed to get that bite down. His next bite was smaller but just as quick, and he wondered how fast he’d have to talk when he was done to avoid any questions like that.

“You’re not fooling anyone, you know,” ***** said calmly before he took a sip of his soda.

***** paused after swallowing. God, this was a good fajita—spicy and wine flavored. He hated having to shotgun it like this. “About what?” he asked and shoved the rest of the thing in his mouth. He wiped his face while he was still chewing and got ready to get up and bolt to the bathroom, all the better to have an excuse to change the motherfucking cocksucking come-whoring subject.

“You, trying to scare me off with what a slut you are and how you’re all okay about your family. It’s not rocket science, *****. Just because I wear my own family on my sleeve, that doesn’t mean I can’t see that you’re trying to hide big parts of yourself under fajita.”

Tuesday Teaser by AMY LANE 

Filed Under: Contests, Teaser Tuesdays Tagged With: Tuesday Teaser

Tuesday Teaser – Special Guest, Josh Lanyon!

October 1, 2013 by Z.A. Maxfield

iStock_000027538366XSmallLet’s have A big Tuesday Teaser Welcome to Guest Authors!

UPDATE:

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This week’s teaser winner is: Sarah (Josh has your email address!)

This week’s book? Cards On The Table

Fifty years ago a glamorous Hollywood party ended in murder — the only clue a bloody Tarot card. Timothy North is trying to find out what happened that long ago summer’s night, but when a Tarot card turns up pinned to his front door, the only person Tim can turn to for help is his ex-lover, Detective Jack Brady.

To Read More? Kindle  Nook  ARE  Smashwords

I’m asking your favorite authors to stop by and share snippets of their work for our Tuesday Teaser Game. Try to guess the book!

My first guest needs NO introduction, But here’s one anyway: A distinct voice in gay fiction, multi-award-winning author JOSH LANYON has been writing gay mystery and romance for over a decade. In addition to numerous short stories, novellas, and novels, Josh is the author of the critically acclaimed Adrien English series, including the Hell You Say, winner of the 2006 USABookNews awards for GLBT Fiction and a Lambda Literary Award finalist for Gay Mystery. Josh is also the author of the definitive M/M writing guide Man, Oh Man: Writing M/M Fiction for Kinks and Ca$h.

Josh is an Eppie Award winner and a three-time Lambda Literary Award finalist — and lives in Los Angeles, California.

iStock_000006911745XSmallPLAYERS: Here’s how you do it! 1. Guess the title of the Josh Lanyon book this teaser comes from. 2. Email me with the title of the book at zamaxfield @ zamaxfield (dot) com.  3. Put Tuesday Teasers in the subject line!

You could win an ebook copy of the book in question or another book from Josh’s backlist. Be sure to give me a valid email address so I know where to send your ebook. The 11th person to email me with the correct title WINS!

Last Week’s Winner is (having correctly guessed My Cowboy Heart): Natalija !

Tuesday Teaser by Josh Lanyon

The card was wedged under the brass 17 on my apartment door when I got back from my morning swim. For what felt like a long time I stood dripping on the welcome mat, staring at the slightly crooked number and the colored rectangle beneath.

Finally, I removed the card, examined it. A castle in flames, a man
and woman plummeting to the cliffs below, and the words The Tower.
Not good. Even if I turned it upside down so that the man and woman
seemed to be doing handsprings through the clouds and lightning, it
still looked pretty ominous.

I told myself that someone was playing a joke on me.

Funny stuff.

Only a handful of people even knew I was writing a book about the
Aldrich case. For that matter, who would care if they did know? It
was dead news in every sense.

I stuck my key in the latch and stepped into my apartment, eyes
adjusting to the gloom. Dusty sunshine poured through the arched
living room window. Everything looked just the way I’d left it an
hour ago. In the kitchen alcove the old dishwasher was steaming,
stereo lights flashed from the entertainment center, and the screen
of my laptop, which sat on the coffee table, offered a gently rolling
view of star-lined outer space.

I walked through to the bedroom. The bed was stripped, sheets piled
for laundry in the doorway. The mirrored closet doors were shut. I
got a look at my face as I moved to open them, and was irritated to
see that I looked worried: hazel eyes narrowed, tanned face grim,
body tense — Jesus. The last year had turned me into an old woman.
I slid open the closet doors, jumping back as a box of photos tumbled
from their precarious perch on the shelf above and dumped snap shots
across the carpet.

A photo of me — in a gold-sequined sombrero no less — and ****
celebrating my thirtieth birthday at Don Cuco’s landed by my bare
toes.

I stepped over the pictorial retrospective of my life, and moved on
to the bathroom, poking my head inside. Another glimpse of my
frowning face in the cabinet mirror — and, by the way, I really did
need a haircut, I reflected, momentarily distracted by the wet spikes
of my chlorine-bleached hair. The shower dripped noisily. I yanked
back the curtain with a plastic rustle.

Nothing.

Okay, bathtub ring, but otherwise nothing sinister.

Of course nothing sinister. Nobody had broken in. Why would they?
But why would someone leave a tarot card on my front door?
I went back to the kitchen, poured a glass of OJ and drank it slowly,
studying the Tarot card.

Was someone trying to tell me something? Was it some kind of clue?
More likely it was just some kind of weird coincidence. Right?

And even if it wasn’t a weird coincidence…what was I supposed to do
about it? It wasn’t exactly a lead that I could follow up. And I
couldn’t picture myself going to the police over something so…vague.
There was no defined threat and I had absolutely no suspect in mind.
I could always talk to ****.

I stared out the window over the sink at the row of second story
apartments, red doors and turquoise railings glimpsed through the
tangle of ivy and bougainvillea.

**** was a homicide detective with the Glendale PD. We’d gone
out a couple of times. Slept together once. We were still on friendly
if distant terms.

The blinds to ****’s apartment were up so it looked like he might be
home.

Filed Under: Contests, Teaser Tuesdays Tagged With: Tuesday Teaser

Tuesday Teaser…

September 25, 2013 by Z.A. Maxfield

I did it again! I was off on a trip and forgot to post my Tuesday Teaser on Tuesday! MEA CULPA folks, I am not good at pre-scheduling posts!

Okay! Here’s how you do it! Guess the title of the Z.A. Maxfield book this teaser comes from to get an ebook copy of the book in question or any other book from my backlist. Be sure to give me a valid email address so I know where to send your ebook. The 5th person to email me with the correct title  WINS!

Email me at zamaxfield @ zamaxfield (dot) com and put Tuesday Teasers in the subject line!

Aaaaand…Pretty soon I’ll be inviting friends to join me here every Tuesday and hopefully, you’ll get a crack at winning a special guest author’s book. That will be fun, won’t it? (Seeing as how some of my friends are bestselling m/m romance authors and a chance to win one of their books would be AWESOME.) Look for something new come October. I’ll be kicking Tuesday Teasers: The Guest Factor into high gear during GRL month. We might even think of a new way to choose winners, maybe based on comments, instead of emails so you can leave your thoughts right here!

This Tuesday Teaser is another tough one. Shall we play GUESS THE BOOK?

Last Week’s Winners : Pat!

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Whilst we’re at it, I’d like to invite you to subscribe to my newsletter, for free stories, exclusive contests, and all the news before anyone else gets it! Coming up, I have a cover reveal, a deleted scene, and more fun and games with cowboys!

“No beard.” I whispered, when I saw my whiskers had scratched his smooth skin.

“Not likely. My grandfather was Navajo. Diné. That’s why–”

“You have an amazing face.”

“I do?”

“I ain’t talking to ***.”

“Thank you.”

“It’s like all the happy in the world goes on exhibit there sometimes. I can see everything you think written all over your face.”

His lips curved into a small shy smile. “I guess I shouldn’t play cards.”

I shook my head. “Nope.”

“I like your face.” He raised his hand and thumbed my lower lip. “You’re face has character.”

“That another way of saying I should give up my dream of being a fashion model?”

“No.” He cuffed my arm lightly. “Not at all.”

“When I put character and cowboy together, I get Slim Pickens or those ‘after’ pictures of the Marlboro man when he was all sick.”

“That’s not what I meant and you know it.” He wrapped his hand around the back of my neck and brought me close. “When I look at you, it’s like seeing a really great climbing tree or a or a fast horse with an attitude. Scary—maybe a little dangerous–but I can’t help wanting to climb on and just see where it takes me.”

Filed Under: drawings, Teaser Tuesdays, Uncategorized Tagged With: drawings, Tuesday Teaser

Tuesday Teaser

September 10, 2013 by Z.A. Maxfield

I’m having so much fun doing these Tuesday Teasers, but I think eventually I’m going to run out of different books to tease you with.

Pretty soon I’ll be inviting friends to join me here every Tuesday and hopefully, you’ll get a crack at winning a special guest author’s book. That will be fun, won’t it? (Seeing as how some of my friends are bestselling m/m romance authors and a chance to win one of their books would be AWESOME.) Look for something new come October. I’ll be kicking Tuesday Teasers: The Guest Factor into high gear during GRL month.

This Tuesday Teaser is a tough one. Shall we play GUESS THE BOOK?

Last Week’s Winners : Debra and Linda!

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Okay! Try to guess the title of the Z.A. Maxfield book this teaser comes from to get an ebook copy of the book in question or any other book from my backlist. Be sure to leave a valid email address so I know where to send your ebook. The 4th person to email me with the correct title  WINS an ebook from my backlist!

Email me at zamaxfield @ zamaxfield (dot) com and put Tuesday Teasers in the subject line!

Whilst we’re at it, I’d like to invite you to subscribe to my newsletter, for free stories, exclusive contests, and all the news before anyone else gets it! Coming up, I have a cover reveal, a deleted scene, and more fun and games with cowboys!

**** responded with astonishing passion, opening for dizzy, drugging kisses that reached all the way into ***’s soul.

Everything is going to be fine.

**** was perfect. Yielding and giving, he wrapped his arms around *** and welcomed him, stroking his back, his hair, and the sides of his face until *** pushed away, head spinning as he gazed down at his lover.

His lover.

*** felt oddly expansive — like he’d suddenly grown three sizes. Things were clearer in his mind. The air was purer, the ceiling higher, and the contrast between light and shadow more pronounced.

Everything fell into place as if time and gravity conspired together on his and ****’s behalf.

“This is nice.”

Understatement of the century.

 

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