Z.A. Maxfield

Happily. Ever. After.

Blog tour!

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Get ready for another Plummet! the next book in The plummet Series is a romantic suspense featuring Theo Hsu, the sarcastic cop from Plummet to soar.

There’s lots to discover about him. He likes his job, his family, and long walks on the beach. Also, childhood friend and lifelong thirst trap, Koa Palapiti!

Get in on the adventure, starting with the blog tour:

There will be ficlets, exclusive excerpts, fun facts about my heroes, (Who loves a mani-pedi?) and the winner gets a gift basket of Hawai’ian treats (sorry, only for those in the continental US.) Outside the US, we’ll come up with something else!
Comment, read, review! And thanks a bunch!

11/7 – http://mmgoodbookreviews.com/
11/12 – http://happilyeverchapter.blogspot.com/
11/13 – http://www.kimmerseroticbookbanter.com/
11/13 – http://twochicksobsessed.com/
11/14 – http://lovebytesreviews.com/
11/15 – https://scatteredthoughtsandroguewords.com/
11/16 – http://www.longandshortreviews.com/
11/19 – http://blog.dreamspinnerpress.com/

Fast Balls, Baby! – Guest Tara Lain

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Tour Stops

July 12, 2017 
Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews
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Nessa’s Book Reviews

July 13, 2017 
Buffy’s Ramblings
 Mello & June, It’s a Book Thang!
Book Lovers 4Ever
Bookworm Brandee

July 14, 2017 
Bayou Book Junkie
Making it Happen
books are love
V’s Reads

Fast Balls
(Balls To the Walls Series, #5)
by Tara Lain

Blurb:
Can two men with skewed self-images see their true reflections in each other’s eyes?

Jerry Wallender—firefighter, surfer, and occasional nude model—knows he’s no rocket scientist. So why does he keep choosing intellectual guys who make him feel dumber? He worked his buns off to overcome his reading disability and pass the firefighter’s test, and he loves everything about the job. Well, except for Mick Cassidy, the big, blond, hunky homophobe who harasses Jerry for being gay. But Jerry is smart enough to realize it’s not hate driving Mick, but the pain of a very unhappy upbringing.

Mick Cassidy, Firefighter Assist and Search Team, fights fires, but he can’t fight his attraction to the kindest, most generous—and sexiest—guy he’s ever met. Does that make him gay? If it does, he just might get himself killed by his gay-hating preacher father—and take Jerry down with him.

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Excerpts

Mick wrenched the bag from
Straight’s hands. The guy tried to pull back, but he was so off base. No one,
certainly not this pipsqueak white trash, was keeping Mick Cassidy from trying
to save the kindest, best man he knew.
Mick threw an arm toward
Straight, and the guy fell backward on his ass. Get out of my way.
He crouched, focused, breathed
deeply, and hurled himself through the flames. It felt like a mountain of fire.
Please God, let there be another side.
And there was. The solid wall
of burning hell thinned, and Mick fell through.
Jerry.
Quiet, still, broken like a rag
doll. One of his long legs lay at an odd angle.
No.
No. No.
He scrambled to Jerry’s side,
pulled the respirator from the bag, and pressed it over his face.
“Breathe. Breathe, Jerry.”
A new hot spot flared up beside
him. Damn!
He looked over his shoulder,
back the way he’d come. Wall of flame. No exit. Embers rained and a chunk of
the ceiling fell a foot away. He leaned over Jerry’s still body to shield him
and felt the heat closing in. So this is
it.
He stared down at the closed
eyes of the man he had rushed to save. No question. No hesitation. Funny. It
felt like a choice. A choice that had been no choice.
He looked up. Was God up? Up in
that flaming ceiling? Up in the roof that now opened to the sky?
He took a deep breath and bowed
his head. Okay, God, I spent my whole
life hearing what you love and what you hate. According to my father, you hate
the man who’s lying here, and I should hate him too, and leave him here to die.
If he’s not already dead.
He looked up, and sparks lit up
a disintegrating beam. It would fall real soon.
The
thing is, God, if you hate this man and love my father, your priorities are
screwed up. And if that’s true, I guess I don’t care so much about dying
because I’ll be going to hell, and I know it will be full of people I like.
People like Jerry.
I
sure wish I could have saved him, though. The world is better with him in it.
He looked down at the man who
had said he cared about him. That and being a firefighter were about the only
things he could think of that amounted to much in his life, but they were a
lot. He lowered his head to Jerry’s chest.


“Sure. I can’t think of anyone
else I’d want to be with forever.”
“Why?”
Mick smiled and took hold of
Jerry’s hands. “That’s easy. You’re kind, and good, and funny. And so damned
smart I’d be learning new stuff from you forever. Hell sounded pretty good with
you in it.”
Jerry just shook his head back
and forth.
He sighed. “But I guess hell
would have been the easy way out.”
Jerry nodded. “It’s harder to
live than to die.”
Mick sat on the floor at
Jerry’s feet. “I was thinking I’d leave here. Go somewhere and start over.
Leave my father and that whole gang behind.”
Jerry’s voice was very soft.
“And me? Leave me behind?”
Mick looked up into those bluer
than blue eyes. “That’s the hard part. That’s why I’m still here. I don’t want
to leave you.”
“Why?”
“You’re sure full of whys.
Because you’re my friend. My best friend.”
Jerry ran a hand across Mick’s
cheek. It felt so nice. “I am your friend. Am I your lover?”
Mick’s breath caught. Weird. Half horror. Half delight. “I
don’t know.”
Jerry’s fingers roamed into his
hair, and he pressed his head against Jerry’s palm. “Wherever you go, you have
to decide. Are you gay, Mick?”
“You said I am. Jezebel says I
am.”
“We may think so, but you have
to decide for yourself.”
Mick frowned. “I thought it
wasn’t a choice.”
“It’s not, but there are plenty
of guys walking around pretending they’re not gay. A lot of them end up
freaking out their wives and kids when they get caught in some bathroom fucking
a twink.”
Mick stared at the floor.
“People hate you because you’re gay.”
“Yep.”
Mick took in a big breath.
Suddenly that moment in the fire washed over him. “But God doesn’t hate you.”
Jerry shrugged. “I guess that
depends on who you ask.” 

The Balls to the Wall Series
Volley Balls
Bk #1

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Fire Balls 
Bk #2
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Beach Balls
Bk #3

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The first and second book are now available in paperback! 

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About the Author

Tara Lain writes the Beautiful Boys of Romance in LGBT erotic romance novels that star her unique, charismatic heroes. Her first novel was published in January of 2011 and she’s now somewhere around book 32. Her best-selling novels have garnered awards for Best Series, Best Contemporary Romance, Best Paranormal Romance, Best Ménage, Best LGBT Romance, Best Gay Characters, and Tara has been named Best Writer of the Year in the LRC Awards. In her other job, Tara owns an advertising and public relations firm. She often does workshops on both author promotion and writing craft.  She lives with her soul-mate husband and her soul-mate dog near the sea in California where she sets a lot of her books.  Passionate about diversity, justice, and new experiences, Tara says on her tombstone it will say “Yes”!
You can find Tara at Lain

               



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Happy Birthday America!

Crossing Borders is free this weekend. Exclusively at Amazon for now, Free for the Fourth! Get it here.

Tristan knows he’s got issues. His latest ex-girlfriend knows it, too. He can’t blame her for dumping him—even if she sent her brother to do it. Since he can’t stop staring at said brother’s package, he figures it’s about time to put a label on those issues. He likes guys.

He heads to the local bookstore with a foolproof plan to find someone to show him what he’s been missing. But who should crash his little adventure? Officer Michael Truax, who gave him a really expensive ticket back in high school for skateboarding without a helmet.

Michael has been trying to catch Tristan for years…to give him a second ticket. Suddenly faced with “Sparky”, all grown up and looking to get laid, Michael’s protective instinct kicks in—and presents him with an opportunity that’s hard to resist. After all, the kid must know what he’s getting into, so why not?

But when a man with a plan connects with a man with a hunger, the result is nothing short of explosive.

from *ZAM* Since I put Crossing Borders back out in ebook format, I figured what the heck! Make it free for the Fourth!

Twenty-Five Days of Giveaways – Day #25 – Guests: Amy Lane, Lloyd Meeker, Lex Valentine

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Good morning, everyone!

Merry Christmas! I hope you’re all having a fabulous day, whether you celebrate or not. I’m writing this post up on Christmas Eve, waiting for the kids to all fall asleep before Santa arrives. This is my first Christmas away from my family and my first one having pseudo-kids, so tomorrow is definitely going to be an interesting day for me!

I hope you’re all excited for today’s prizes, because we’ve got some awesome ones! First up, ZAM has donated her biggest prize yet! Today’s winner will receive not just one audiobook, but FOUR of them! She’s offering up the entire St. Nacho’s series in audiobook format!

Our first guest, Amy Lane, has offered up an awesome prize as well! She’s offering a signed paperback of Summer Lessons, as well as an e-book collection of both Summer Lessons and Winter Ball.

Llyod Meeker is second up today! He’s offering copies of my two holiday shorts, A Cape of Good Hope Christmas (2014) and Stone and Shell (2016). It just keeps getting better!

And last, but certainly not least, we’ve got a copy of Extraction, donated by Lex Valentine!

Look at all those wonderful prizes! Aren’t you excited? I sure am!

Good luck, everyone!

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Twenty-Five Days of Giveaways – Day #24 – Guests: Tara Lain, Marie Sexton, Jaime Samms

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Good good morning, everyone!

Today is a big day for a lot of people! Not only is it Christmas Eve, but Hanukkah starts this evening as well! Whether you’re religious or not, I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Once again, it’s in the 70s here in Texas. It’s a wee bit chillier out in California where ZAM is, but still above those freezing, snow filled temperatures I grew up with! I hope you guys are all having some beautiful weather today. =)

Today, we’ve got lots of prizes up for grabs! We have THREE guest authors joining us for giveaways!

ZAM is offering up TWO prizes for you guys today. The first is the Audiobook for Gasp! The second is an audiobook for Rhapsody for Piano and Ghost.

Our first guest has offered an ebook copy of Cowboys Don’t Come Out offered up by Tara Lain! The second is a backlist title by Marie Sexton! And last, but certainly not least, Jamie Samms is offering up an ebook of one of his Dance, Love, Live series books!

There are lots of fun prizes today! Good luck, everyone!

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Twenty-Five Days of Giveaways – Day #23 – Guest: Josh Lanyon

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Good morning everyone!

So much for that bright, sunny, and warm December! It’s still pretty warm out there, but now it’s cloudy and drizzling. Talk about a mood buster! Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to give away some pretty awesome prizes to make up for it!

First up on the block is another ZAM audiobook! This time it’s Fugitive Color!

Second, Josh Lanyon has donated THREE signed print copies of Fair Game! That’s exciting, huh?

I hope that cheers everyone up! Good luck.

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