Promo: Dissonance by Shira Anthony

Cover Artist: Catt Ford

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Blurb:

British lord Cameron Sherrington has hit rock bottom. The love of his life, opera sensation Aiden Lind, is marrying another man, and Cam knows it’s his own fault for pushing Aiden away. Then someone tries to set him up and take away his family business. Facing arrest by US authorities on charges of money laundering and with no money to return to London, Cam decides to run. But with no money and no place to stay, it’s not exactly the Hollywood thriller he’d imagined.
When Cam hears Galen Rusk play in a lonely subway station, he’s intrigued. But his assumptions about Galen are all wrong, and their unusual relationship isn’t exactly what Cam bargained for. Add to that the nightmares that dog him nightly, and Cam’s world is shaken to its core. Cam figures he had it coming to him, that it’s all penance due on a life lived without honesty. He just never figured he might not be able to survive it.
Note: Blue Notes Series novels are standalone stories, and can be read in any order.

Excerpt:

Cam climbed the stairs of the Spring Street station. The wind had picked up, causing one of his curls to tumble onto his forehead. He sighed as he pushed the hair from his eyes and cursed his mother for her genes. They were too much alike, and not just in appearance. They were both wanderers. Always seeking excitement. Prone to infidelity. But whereas she seemed to revel in her freedom, he’d always sought partners. Not that he’d had any success in keeping them.

He thought of the trumpet player in the subway station. For a moment he’d felt something. He played well. Surprisingly well, really. Had it been more than that? Something beyond the music?

Of course it was more than that. He was attractive. Cam laughed and shook his head to himself. What did it matter? There were plenty of men in New York, and the last thing he needed was a downtrodden fuck.

Author Bio: In her last incarnation, Shira was a professional opera singer, performing roles in such operas as “Tosca,” “i Pagliacci,” and “La Traviata,” among others. She’s given up TV for evenings spent with her laptop, and she never goes anywhere without a pile of unread M/M romance on her Kindle.
Shira is married with two children and two insane dogs, and when she’s not writing she is usually in a courtroom trying to make the world safer for children. When she’s not working, she can be found aboard a 36’ catamaran at the Carolina coast with her favorite sexy captain at the wheel.

Author Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shira.anthony

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4641776.Shira_Anthony

Twitter: @WriterShira

Website: http://www.shiraanthony.com

E-mail: shiraanthony@hotmail.com

Tour Dates: 8/8 – 9/5

Tour Stops:

8/8 - Prism Book Alliance

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8/13 - Fallen Angel Reviews

8/14 - The Hat Party

8/15 - Amanda C. Stone

8/18 - Tara Lain

8/19 - The Novel Approach

8/20 - LeAnn’s Book Reviews

8/21 - Kimber Vale

8/22 - Full Moon Dreaming

8/25 - Love Bytes

8/26 - Book Reviews, Rants, and Raves

8/27 - Hearts on Fire

8/28 - Wicked Wolves and Dreaming Dragons

8/29 - Velvet Panic

9/1 - Decadent Delights

9/2 - Rainbow Gold Reviews

9/3 - My Fiction Nook

9/4 - Emotion in Motion

9/5 - BONUS DATES: MM Good Book Reviews, Book Suburbia

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Audiobook Review: Tell Me It's Real by T.J Klune

Blurb:
Do you believe in love at first sight?

Paul Auster doesn't. Paul doesn't believe in much at all. He's thirty, slightly overweight, and his best features are his acerbic wit and the color commentary he provides as life passes him by. His closest friends are a two-legged dog named Wheels and a quasibipolar drag queen named Helena Handbasket. He works a dead-end job in a soul-sucking cubicle, and if his grandmother's homophobic parrot insults him one more time, Paul is going to wring its stupid neck.

Enter Vince Taylor.

Vince is everything Paul isn't: Sexy, confident, and dumber than the proverbial box of rocks. And for some reason, Vince pursues Paul relentlessly. Vince must be messing with him, because there is no way Vince could want someone like Paul.

But when Paul hits Vince with his car - in a completely unintentional if-he-died-it'd-only-be-manslaughter kind of way - he's forced to see Vince in a whole new light. The only thing stopping Paul from believing in Vince is himself - and that is one obstacle Paul can't quite seem to overcome. But when tragedy strikes Vince's family, Paul must put aside any notions he has about himself and stand next to the man who thinks he's perfect the way he is.

My Thoughts: 

** I received this audiobook free for review from the narrator through the DBML (Don't Buy My Love) program in the M/M Romance Group on Goodreads.**

Let me start by saying that I had no idea that these were characters that I had read about before! Yes I was bursting with excitement when I figured out they were familiar characters. Paul and Vince are also in The Art of Breathing (Bear, Otter and the Kid #3)  by T.J Klune 

This is certainly not an audiobook that you want to be listening to with anyone else around you. Not just because of the content but because I guarantee you will be laughing out loud and heaven help you if you should be drinking while something funny happens!  Yes I am speaking from experience here , drinking coffee while listening to this book was so not a good idea. 

T.J Klune is an author that does not disappoint his readers. It was no surprise to me that I loved Paul an Vince's story. They are definitely opposites and they surely attracted. Vince and Paul both made some mistakes along the way but their story is oh so enjoyable, it is not one you will want to miss. 

Michael Lesley is the narrator of this fantastic audiobook, and let me tell you he did an excellent job. I have listened to books that were totally awful for me, not because of the story line, but because of the narration. If a narrator just doesn't connect with the story it will throw the whole thing off. That being said Michael Lesley nailed this one! The inflection was amazing and he uses different tones for each character so there is no doubt who is speaking. I certainly hope he does many many more in the future as I would just snatch them up! 

Rating: 5 Stars all around

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Review: Dead Man and the Restless Spirits (Dead Man #1) by Lou Harper

Blurb:
Dying sucks hairy monkey balls, even when you're not the stiff.

Denton Mills has a secret: he can see dead people. Or rather, how they died. It's quite a drag in a city like Chicago, teeming with the echoes of the no-longer living. Rather than whine about it, Denton has learned to live with his troublesome talent. His adaptability comes in handy when he meets his enigmatic new neighbor.

Bran Maurell catches Denton's eye right away, but unfortunately Mr. Tall, Dark, and Mysterious is as standoffish as he is alluring. However, after an unexpected introduction from Bran's cat brings the two men together, Denton discovers they have a mutual interest in the spirit world. Herbalist by day, Bran moonlights as a witch, performing house cleansings for a fee.

From Bran, Denton learns that his knack for interacting with the dead qualifies him as a necromancer. It makes good business sense for them to team up and rid Chicago of its pesky spirits one grateful client at a time. Amongst ghostly adventures the attraction between the men is impossible to ignore. They seem like perfect partners—unless Bran's not-so-little secret comes between them.

Warning: men loving men, ghosts with attitudes, and a portly feline with hidden talents.

My Thoughts: 

**I received this book free for review from the author through the DBML (Don't Buy My Love) program in the M/M Romance Group on Goodreads. **
This was a fantastic start to the series! I loved Denton and Bran! Denton can see ghosts and there is definitely something to his new neighbor. Bran is distant and standoffish, but he is also smokin' hot! 
The little twist in the story line really drew me in and I loved it! I think that Lou Harper has definitely hit on something that is unique, at least in my experience and I can not wait to read more of the series. 

Rating: 5 Stars

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Review: Beach Balls (Balls to the Wall #3) by Tara Lain

Blurb:
Adam James is so far in the closet he could find Narnia. But coming out would threaten all he's built as the lead attorney for WMA Development and the million dollars he can get when he finishes pushing a big land remediation project through the City Council. Then on an early morning scuba dive, Adam meets a tall, lean rebreather diver named Sky who makes him want to live a different life. But Adam's dreams are shattered when he walks into the council meeting and finds the fire-breathing environmentalist who's screwing up his chances of winning is none other than the same beautiful man. Sky Sea Mickeljohn doesn't compromise, so how could he find himself lusting after a damned developer? And what happens when someone opens Adam's closet door? These two better start telling the truth if they're ever going to find world peace.

My Thoughts:
Both of these guys are smoking hot! Of course that can be expected from Tara Lain, all her boys are beautiful! This is the third book in the series, but I found this one very different from the first two. I loved how it was a developer/attorney and an environmentalist, two opposite sides of the coin, yet they were unable to stop the attraction between them.

Adam and Sky were remarkable characters and I loved reading their story. This series has become a favorite of mine and I am really excited to read the next one.

Rating: 5 Stars

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