By A.J. Llewellyn

I’m participating in a blog hop featuring a ton of great authors. I’ll make some fascinating points…or attempt to anyway, and all you have to do is comment for the chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card!

It’s that time of the year when my brothers, cousins and assorted friends heave a sigh of relief and return their kidlets to school. Me, I fret when my dog is at the groomer’s for a couple of hours. Thank God my cats don’t go anywhere!

We do, in our country sort of take education for granted. Right now, there are kids all over the world denied an education – especially girls – so in this new school year, let’s be mindful of our freedoms to learn, to read, to write and to dream.

Having said that, I am offering up two FREE e-books. One copy of each of my upcoming re-released  Honeybone series books, Honeybone and Creed, newly updated, edited and with fancy-pants covers, coming to Amber Allure on September 5. There are two more books in the series, which will be released next year and then I’ll be writing more!

Dean Honeybone is a US Marshal who escorts a serial killer to Australia when their plane crashes. Only two people survive: Honeybone and Kaia Pendleton, a five-year old Aboriginal girl sitting in the seat across the aisle, whom Honeybone rescues.

When the dust settles, each body is recovered, except for the serial killer…is he alive? Is he dead? Honeybone, US Marshal won’t rest until he learns the truth.

I did a lot of research on these books and I love Dean and his emerging lover, Jean-Luc Sebastien. We could all benefit from the kind of loving Jean-Luc gives his man. Ah…at least he’s there in my dreams!

To qualify to win these books, simply leave a comment on this post. And don’t forget to enter the raffle for the $100 card – link below – and also please visit the blogs of the participating authors listed below:

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They’re Baaaaack!

The first two books in my Waikiki Vampire series are out NOW! The entire series, plus some new books are being published by Amber Allure.

A Vampire in Waikiki can be found here:

http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/VampireWaikiki.html

Gay-for-pay porn star Jimmy Thunder doesn’t just have a double life, he’s got three. Just when he thinks he has all his big secrets under control, he discovers mind-blowing sex and the emerging feelings of true love with his gay co-star, Angelis. And it’s no fluke. These guys just can’t keep their hands off each other, doing unscripted, hot sex scenes that thrill their director, but for Jimmy, it’s actually one more problem he doesn’t need.

His most recent ex-girlfriend claims she’s pregnant, his current girl is fighting deportation, and just what is that deadly entity lurking in Angelis’ second bedroom? Jimmy knows an otherworldly monster when he feels one. And he ought to know, because Jimmy’s a vampire. Sleeping by day, hiding at night, Jimmy’s many secrets are about to collide in the sinister, dark side of tropical Waikiki few visitors ever see.

NOTE: This book was previously published under the ISBN: 978-1-55487-133-9. This reissued version of the book has been reedited.

A Vampire Christmas can be found here:

http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/VampireChristmas.html

Waikiki vampires Tem and Jimmy Thunder are happily undead and married, about to celebrate Christmas when their cat Moontime brings an unusual treasure to the door…a baby in a box. But this is no cute, cuddly kid. It’s a demon baby with red eyes and razor sharp teeth. Jimmy, hopelessly besotted with his hot and sexy husband, sees his new life of man-on-man fun being wrecked by this snarling, spitting, forked-tongued little incubus that has apparently won Tem’s heart.

With half of Waikiki’s wacky residents coming to Christmas dinner, what’s a devoted husband to do? Jimmy calls in all kinds of favors to figure out the identity of the kid, how he got to them, and how to ensure this will be a merry—not marred—Vampire Christmas.

NOTE: This book was previously published under the ISBN: 1-55487-203-0. This reissued version of the book has been reedited.

Hey Gang, it’s been a wonderful couple of days with two new releases!

Man in the Mirror, sequel to the bendy, twisty twin thriller, Mirrors  I wrote with the amazing D.J. Manly was released and it’s zooming up the best-selling chart at Silver Publishing. Here’s the link: https://spsilverpublishing.com/man-in-the-mirror-ebook-p-1504.html?zenid=a78040a946919d19c2ac4dabeff3879d

Here’s the synopsis:

David was his first, and nothing will stand in his way to get back what belongs to him. Nothing!

Four years ago things had been very different. In trouble with the mob and suicidal, Aaron’s twin brother, Troy, needed to get rid of his life. So he’d handed it over to Aaron. And when Aaron’s impersonation of his twin brother was revealed, Aaron feared losing the man he loved, his brother Troy’s husband, gorgeous personal trainer, David Alvarez. But by some miracle, David had fallen in love with Aaron, realizing that Aaron was good and true, the contrast to his twin, and there was forgiveness. When Troy’s insane plot to let his twin take the fall of his screwed up life unraveled and it appeared Troy’s life was over, Aaron had hope that his life with David could truly begin.

Aaron and David now run a B & B on a beautiful Hawaiian island and life is great until the handsome and charming Randy Carlton buys the house down the beach from them. From the onset, Randy Carlton gives Aaron the feeling that he wants David. And he does.

Randy Carlton has gone to great lengths to get back what he considers to be his. He intends to let nothing stand in his way. He will have David at all costs… even if he has to kill to do it.

Don’t miss the exciting sequel to Mirrors by best-selling authors A.J. Llewellyn and D.J. Manly!

CONTENT ADVISORY: This title contains moderate to extreme BDSM content.

– See more at: https://spsilverpublishing.com/man-in-the-mirror-ebook-p-1504.html?zenid=a78040a946919d19c2ac4dabeff3879d#sthash.WfqV2n70.dpuf

Speaking of D.J. we both have new books out with Amber Allure. Check out our Gay Gothic romances released with the Gothics Galore  PAX anthology – here are the five wonderful stories listed here. They all look so cool! Check out these reads by Lynn Lorenz, D.J. Manly, Deirdre O’Dare, Darcy Abriel and me!

Here’s the link: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/

And here is the link and synopsis for my story, Shattered by Fate inspired by Victoria Holt’s On the Night of the Seventh Moon:

http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/ShatteredByFate.html

Elvis Summers and his writing partner Holt have scored a fantastic gig—spending two months in romantic Buenos Aires while researching their old TV idol, Guy Williams, famous for playing Zorro and the futuristic, perfect father in Lost in Space.

What made Williams fall so deeply in love with Argentina that he gave up his acting career to move there in the mid 70s?

For years, the actor remained an icon as Zorro in Argentina, even though he died alone and under mysterious circumstances in his apartment in the lush neighborhood of Recoleta. As Elvis and Holt retrace the actor’s footsteps, history and gothic romance seep into their souls. Elvis meets a hot local named Joaquin, a man with his own secrets and apparent fears. Elvis falls hard and fast for the sexy porteño, but after scorching nights of passion, Joaquin inexplicably vanishes.

Elvis desperately searches for him even as Holt tries to convince him that Joaquin was obviously not interested, and that residents of Joaquin’s apartment building claim no such man exists.

Feeling the ghost of Guy Williams accompanying him on his sometimes-frightening search, Elvis is determined to find the man he came to adore. Or will he, like TV’s Zorro, find himself shattered by fate?

Happy reading!

Aloha oe,

A.J.

Okay kids, to celebrate our new release, Man in the Mirror, which is zooming up the charts at Silver Publishing: https://spsilverpublishing.com/man-in-the-mirror-ebook-p-1504.html we are having a little contest right here, right now!

Read the scene below and guess who wrote it – me or DJ? The people who pick the right author will enter the draw to win a free ebook (winner’s choice for format) so good luck to all!!

xxx A.J. and D.J.

Excerpt from: Man in the Mirror

Troy took his opportunity and slipped inside the entrance. Quickly, he sprinted to the steps and ran up to the second floor.

Troytook out his leather mask and slipped it over his head. He knocked softly at the door of two-twelve, glancing around to make sure no one was coming down the hall.

Gregory answered the door.Troypushed his way inside and shut the door, locking it behind him. He looked around. What a dump! No improvement since the last time he’d stayed here—all the same, right down to the threadbare curtains and stained sheets.

“What in hell are you doing still dressed?” he barked, walking over and bringing the curtains together. “Get your fuckin’ clothes off now, you slut!”

Gregory quickly began to undress.Troyopened his bag. He took out a ball gag, handcuffs, cock ring, nipple clamps, and a scarf. He tossed them on the bed, one by one. He could see Gregory tremble in anticipation, as he checked out each article.

“Get on your knees on the bed!” he demanded.

Gregory did as he was told, all part of the games they played together. His cock was hard.Troyslapped it a few times. “I didn’t tell you to get erect.”

“Sorry, master.” He winced. “Aren’t you going to strip?”

“No. And don’t tell me what to do. I give the orders.”Troygrabbed Gregory’s cock and wrapped the strap around it. Then he gripped his arms roughly and forced them behind his back, snapping on the handcuffs.

Gregory almost fell forward on his face.

Troypulled him upright and slapped his face hard. “Stay still, fool!” He rolled his nipples between his fingers and clamped one then the other.

“Please,” Gregory begged, licking his lips. “Ouch. They hurt.”

“Good.” It had to look real. He stood back and smiled then went back to his bag and found the studded collar. He’d put that on later. He lifted the chains from the clamps to Gregory’s mouth. “Bite them. Pull up and feel the burn, baby.”

“Um, so good.” He closed his eyes, yanking a little on the chains in his mouth.

“Now, spit them out. I got a nice ball gag for you… and how ’bout I grease up a nice fat dildo for your ass? Ask nicely.”

“Please, master?”

“Say it.”

“I want a big, fat cock in my ass.”

“Um. Good.” He smiled, dangling the ball gag. “Open wide, slut.”

After securing the gag, Troy stroked his hair a few moments. He took his time greasing the dildo, running it across Gregory’s chest, touching his swollen cock with it, his nipples. “Lift up for daddy,” he ordered and placed the oily sex toy under him. “Sit on it, you whore. Pansy, pussy! Let your ass eat it, cop.”

By A.J. Llewellyn

When D.J. Manly and I had our first collaboration successfully published five years ago, we were thrilled with the way readers responded to Black Point and our characters, Thomas and Matt.

As the series progressed, our readers told us – thankfully – that each successive book got better and better and that the stories were richly detailed and layered.

I was also shocked to discover when the rights to these books lapsed and we took them to the amazing and wonderful Mojocastle Press, that they were riddled with typos!

ACK!

I was astounded that though professionally edited, things had slipped through the cracks. It’s also interesting to note how much things have changed grammatically since we wrote this book in 2008. What, for example is with this mania for hyphenating everything now? Most of it is arbitrary and senseless. Some of it is a matter of style and many publishers I’m pleased to see, balk at hyphenating things for-no-apparent-reason.

Recently, I discovered www.grammarly.com which helps writers improve their work before the editor even sees it. I’ll admit, I write very fast and sometimes my brain moves more quickly than my fingers. I read back over stuff I’ve written and think, “Whaaaaat?”

When I first heard about Grammarly I was a little suspicious because I thought it might be yet another online tool designed to take money out of the hands of struggling authors – except, doggone it, this thing works!

I admit I gnashed my teeth when I ran sample paragraphs of a WIP through Grammarly. I got a 76% rating.

76?

“It’s a WIP!” I screamed at my laptop. “A goddamned work in progress!”

Then I examined the stats to the left and began correcting my spoken words. Is it goddamned? Or goddamn? Does it know what a WIP is? Can anyone see me screaming at an inanimate object here?

I suppose 76% isn’t bad, grumble, grumble, particularly since, with a paid subscription I was able to actually improve the paragraphs I ran through the system. I was ecstatic to find that Grammarly doesn’t have a mad love affair going on with hyphenated words and it actually seems to get my warped sense of humor.

But I digress.

Well, no, I don’t. The system picked up slang words and suggested more formal words. Good to know if you’re applying for a job say, like the President of the USA. Or you’re firing off a profanity-laced Dear John letter.

I am well aware of my penchant for overusing phrases and repeating words. I could put penchant in a sentence five times and quite like it. But my editors will yellow highlight penchant and infer by unspoken word that I need to pick just one penchant.

How unfair!

Reading over Black Point as DJ and I and our gorgeous editor and publisher, Stephanie Seckellick Kelsey finalized the galley, was bittersweet. I am glad these stories are available again both for our cherished and adored readers, and hopefully new ones, too. I am reminded of how DJ lives in Canada and spells things differently. Except for the word penchant. We spell that word exactly the same.

I can remember where I was in my life at the time we wrote this, both personally and professionally. I was trying to break myself out of the habit of overusing ellipses. But alas, I am far from perfect. I still have a penchant for those adorable little dots!

…

Whatever it is that YOU use to correct your grammar, I’m curious to know, what works for you? Have you tried any of the onine systems? What did Grammarly tell you if you tried the free test? DJ and I really want to know!

What things do you overdo in your work? Please comment to qualify to win a $30 Amazon gift card!

Penchantly,

A.J.

BLACK POINT is out NOW at Mojocastle Press!

http://www.mojocastle.com/black-point-book-1.html

The first of MANY of my re-released books written with the amazing D.J. Manly coming to Mojocastle Press is LIVE! For our readers who love these stories of Thomas and Matt, these books have been re-edited and more stories will be coming soon.

For those who haven’t read these much-loved tales yet, now’s your chance!

About the story…

– See more at: http://www.mojocastle.com/black-point-book-1.html#sthash.oUhRbXZi.dpuf

The Crimson Cat 
by A. J. Llewellyn & D. J. Manly 
ISBN-13: 978-1-61124-444-1 (Electronic) 

When Tomi Hadley and his brother, Ren, make fun of their Japanese-born mom’s annual Setsubun bean-throwing celebrations, she’s furious. She warns them that their ridicule of her folkloric beliefs could be deadly. As if to prove her words, shortly after leaving her house, the two men are almost killed in a car accident by a hit-and-run driver.

Tomi’s whole world collapses. Worried about his brother, whose injuries are severe, Tomi struggles to put the pieces of his life back together. This is nearly impossible, however, since he loses his dream job due to his inability to work, and then there’s his mom’s insistence that oni, Japanese demons, caused the collision.

But one day, when Tomi sees a man washing his car on the street, he realizes it’s the same vehicle that caused the accident—a classic red sports car called a Crimson Cat. And the driver, the surprisingly handsome attorney Dusty Grayson, seems to be a man of hidden depth and many, many secrets…

Genres: Gay / Contemporary / Mystery / Suspense / Thriller 
Heat Level: 3 
Length: Novella (18k words)

The first THREE books in the PHANTOM LOVER series are OUT NOW!

So stoked!

Phantom Lover, Fly Me to the Moon and The Forbidden Island are LIVE!

Phantom Lover – purchase link: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/PL1_PhantomLover.html

Hawaiian hula dancer Bobby Kikawa has deep fantasies about the alluring, mysterious Kimo Wilder, a gifted kahuna andkumu hula, a hula master. He becomes even more fixated after Kimo poses for an erotic painting called Phantom Lover. He plans to seduce Kimo even though the man is straight, married and known for his extreme loyalty to his wife.

Alone on a hot night after dance rehearsal on the big island of Hawaii, Bobby manages to persuade Kimo to let him service his neglected, extremely hungry passions. When the young dancer awakens a part of Kimo that nobody else ever has, Bobby both fears and welcomes the incredible power Kimo has over him. The legendary dancer inserts himself into Bobby’s life, but not everyone is happy about their burgeoning romance.

Things go from one extreme to another with interference from family and friends. Are the men prepared to sacrifice everything for each other? Their red-hot fling threatens not only Kimo’s marriage but Bobby’s sanity when he discovers Kimo is a “Keeper of Secrets” in the Hawaiian culture…a man born of fire and hidden, taboo, dark magic the ancient Hawaiians called Lua.

NOTE: This book was previously published under the ISBN: 978-1-55410-996-8. This reissued version of the book has been reedited.

Fly Me to the Moon – purchase link: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/PL2_FlyMeMoon.html

Kimo and his husband Lopaka are celebrating their first Christmas together. For Kimo, this particular holiday has never been important. Taken from his parents at the age of three to be raised in the ways of the ancient Hawaiian kahuna—priests—he has defied and changed huna law to marry another man.

The council separated the two men for weeks, which almost killed them both since nobody believed they shared a fire branch, the supernatural connection that brings agonizing death to those forced to be apart.

But Kimo and Lopaka refuse to think about the agonies they endured to prove their relationship is love, and not just sex. They intend to enjoy a Hawaiian white Christmas—two weeks in Kona in a beautiful house with frequent, tropical showers and lots and lots of sex. Although memories of the trial still linger between them, so do intense dreams of having a family together. Now, Lopaka wants to provide happy memories after their near-fatal separation. He wants to show his husband the true meaning of Christmas in twelve very sexy ways. And Kimo learns that Christmas is about giving and receiving—over and over again.

NOTE: This book was previously published under the ISBN: 978-1-55410-830-6. This reissued version of the book has been reedited.

The Forbidden Island – purchase link: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/PL3_ForbiddenIsland.html

Johnny Kaimana is a young Honolulu tour guide, enjoying a fun, carefree existence and a no-strings sexual relationship with his roommate, island music man Alex “Aloha” Granger. But just as things turn serious between them, Johnny finds himself drawn to Mahini, a mysterious stranger, an imperious tattoo artist from The Forbidden Island of Ni’ihau.

What starts as a hot sexual romp turns almost deadly when Mahini, determined to either keep Johnny for himself or kill him, secretly burdens him with an ancient, evil curse called he malama pu’olo, or a Bundle of Death. With the aid of the powerful kahuna priest Kimo Wilder, Johnny seeks to retrieve the very personal object Mahini has stolen from him. T

But to get back the item means making a rare and dangerous trip to Ni’ihau, an island forbidden to outsiders. Can Johnny break the hold of the curse? He knows he must, for his sanity, for his life, and also for the life of the man he realizes he truly loves, the man he calls Aloha…

NOTE: This book was previously published under the ISBN: 978-1-55487-036-3. This reissued version of the book has been reedited. 

Makahiki: The Last Warrior Book 3 is out NOW!

Purchase Link: http://tinyurl.com/ma5ue78

On the anniversary of the ancient Makahiki festival once celebrated in the islands, Lio Paiaki, reincarnated warrior of the lost kingdom of Hawaii, is sent back in time to face his most dangerous enemy yet: himself.

In the final chapter of the exciting Last Warrior series, Lio Paikai rushes to the hospital with his lover, Kord, for the birth of his baby brother, Lono. They’re soon waylaid however, by traffic on the Pali Highway.

Not by cars, but foot traffic. He and Kord, who once were warriors for the last king of Oahu, have intercepted an ancient procession of devotees marching down the old Pali for theMakahiki. They’re stunned to learn dark kahuna forces plan to provide a blood sacrifice for the New Year festival.

The sacrifice they have inadvertently crossed paths with is Lio’s. He must right past wrongs–or there won’t be any future for him or the man he loves.

For purchase and/or an excerpt please click this link:  http://tinyurl.com/ma5ue78

Amber Allure’s “Immortals” PAX Anthology is out now!

Featuring five awesome stories from five equally awesome writers, each tale features a different immortal…Stories from me, D.J. Manly, Lynn Lorenz, Angel Martinez and Helen Louise Carroll feature some hot n sexy characters that can never die!

Here is the link for the antho! Buy one story or buy them ALL!

http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/AP_Immortals.html

Mr. Wolfe purchase link http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/MrWolfe.html

Mr. Wolfe is immortal. He is precise, and dedicated. He is also on a lunar cycle. Unless he finishes the task of archiving music diva Zara Finley’s legendary costumes by the next full moon, the other side of him will emerge. And it won’t be pretty.

Additionally, Mr. Wolfe lives with a deadly secret. As handsome, polite, and charming as he is in his work-life, this exacting man has a crew of everyday immortals who aren’t always easy to control. He has a couple of vampire assistants and a team of pixie seamstresses inclined to get drunk on maple syrup. He also has a new employee who seems to be asking too many questions.

What keeps Mr. Wolfe sane is Ambrosio, his right-hand man and perfect lover, but none of their co-workers know Ambrosio is also Mr. Wolfe’s spanky toy. From bottom jewelry to antique sex toys, Ambrosio knows how to keep his boss—and husband—happy.

But a bad storm is coming, and with it a new moon that promises to unleash all of Mr. Wolfe’s homicidal tendencies…

Genres: Gay / Dark Fantasy / Werewolf / Vampire / The Arts / BDSM (Light)
Heat Level: 3 
Length: Novella (21k words)