{"id":2473,"date":"2015-08-09T16:40:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T23:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2015-08-09T16:40:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T23:40:29","slug":"strip-away-the-badge-five-hot-new-cop-stories-out-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/2015\/08\/09\/2473\/","title":{"rendered":"STRIP AWAY THE BADGE! FIVE HOT NEW COP STORIES OUT TODAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/resize\/Shared\/images\/StripAwayBadge_640x480.jpg?lr=t&amp;bw=550&amp;w=550&amp;bh=550&amp;h=550\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Available Now at Amber Allure! Five smokin&#8217; AMBER PAX stories. Buy one or buy &#8217;em all!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purchase Link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/store\/p\/2238-AmberPax-Strip-Away-The-Badge.aspx<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check &#8217;em out!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Always the Perfect Moment by K-Lee Klein purchase link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/store\/p\/2233-Always-The-Perfect-Moment.aspx<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/resize\/Shared\/images\/AlwaysPerfectMoment.jpg?lr=t&amp;bw=210&amp;bh=300\" alt=\"Always The Perfect Moment\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\"><b>(Book 2 of the\u00a0<i>Perfect Moments<\/i>\u00a0series)<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\">Bryan Monroe took a chance when he told Chrys Delos, his best friend and partner on the police force, that he loved him, but he never thought he\u2019d get so lucky when Chrys returned the feelings. Now, although he and Chrys are over-the-moon happy, Bryan wants to take their relationship to the next level in two big ways.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\">Chrys has healed nicely from the gunshot wound that could have cost him his life. But now that it\u2019s time for him to return to work, he and his partner-turned-lover must navigate their new relationship on the job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\">It\u2019s one thing to clearly define the love they feel for each other, but it could be an entirely new challenge when they tell their friends and family about the change in their partnership&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>Genres:<\/strong>\u00a0Gay \/ Contemporary \/ Series<br \/>\n<strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a03<br \/>\n<strong>Length:<\/strong>\u00a0Novella (25k words)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>A Cop and a Con by Deirdre O&#8217;Dare purchase link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/store\/p\/2234-A-Cop-And-A-Con.aspx<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CopAndCon.jpg\" alt=\"CopAndCon\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">When a cop and a newly released convict cross paths, few cons can expect anything but a cold shoulder and mistrust. Struggling back to the home he knows no longer exists, Ike Hernandez meets a cop who seems to be different. He isn\u2019t sure he can believe the kindness he receives will continue. Still, he wants to learn to trust again and regain his lost self-respect.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Perry Parker became a law enforcement officer because he wanted to help people. He\u2019d seen first-hand the results of poverty, alcohol and drug abuse, a crumbling economy and the insidious effects of peer pressure and bad examples on the youth. He\u2019d watched hardship trickle down to crush the youngest and weakest. He found there was not a lot he could do, but now and then he discovered someone he could help. Would the lost man with the little dog that he picked up one bitter cold and stormy night be one of them?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Pursuing tales about a new drug dealer in his county, Perry starts to doubt the man he\u2019s befriended, but he still feels Ike is a decent person. When the real dealers seek to take advantage of the convict\u2019s past, it takes Perry and his unofficial canine partner and the little stray Ike had adopted to save the day. Can a cop, a con, and two dogs make an unorthodox family?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Genres:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Gay \/ Contemporary \/ Interracial \/ Multicultural\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Heat Level:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a02\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Length:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Novella (23k words)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>I Love You, Goodbye by A.J. Llewellyn \u00a0purchase link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/store\/p\/2235-Honeybone-Book-5-I-Love-You-Goodbye.aspx<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/resize\/Shared\/images\/ILoveYouGoodbye.jpg?lr=t&amp;bw=210&amp;bh=300\" alt=\"Honeybone, Book 5: I Love You, Goodbye\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\"><b>(Book 5 of the\u00a0<i>Honeybone<\/i>\u00a0series &#8211; Author&#8217;s note this title can be read as a standalone and does not need to be read in sequence)<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\">Retired U.S. Marshal Dean Honeybone, his life-partner Jean-Luc, and their daughter Kaia have started a new life in Austin, TX. Jean-Luc has taken over a restaurant and has hired their neighbor, Manda-Jane Witten, as part of his kitchen staff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\">Dean, Jean-Luc, Kaia, and even their dog Michael have come to adore Manda-Jane and her husband, Parker. During violent storms that shake Texas, Dean learns that Manda-Jane is deathly afraid of water, and when the couple\u2019s home is flooded, Manda-Jane and Parker come to stay chez Honeybone, which serves to deepen the bond between the two families.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\">But when a mysterious cousin of Parker\u2019s namded Ronnie arrives to help the Wittens repair their home, Dean becomes suspicious of him, convinced the guy has done serious prison time. Though Ronnie soon returns to his home in Birmingham, strange things start happening over at the Witten home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\">And then the couple disappears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\">Dean becomes worried for their safety and teams up with an active U.S. Marshal to track them down. Kaia, however, seems to think he\u2019s too late. She keeps saying they\u2019re gone and that Dean has to listen to the song \u201cI Love You, Goodbye\u201d to understand the reason why&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>Genres:<\/strong>\u00a0Gay \/ Contemporary \/ Mystery \/ Detective \/ Suspense \/ Thriller \/ Action \/ Adventure \/ Series<br \/>\n<strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a03<br \/>\n<strong>Length:<\/strong>\u00a0Novella (27k words)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>On Bryson by D.J. Manly purchase link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/store\/p\/2236-On-Bryson.aspx<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/resize\/Shared\/images\/OnBryson.jpg?lr=t&amp;bw=210&amp;bh=300\" alt=\"On Bryson\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A few years ago, Soren became involved with the wrong man, and all he wanted to do was get away from a life connected to the mob. But now, here he is yet again, right back in that world, running a nightclub called The Sand Dune for the Gambini crime family. Never does he expect to meet the love of his life there, let alone that the man who comes into his nightclub is a cop on a rampage trying to discover who shot his cousin.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">But now that Sergeant Bryson Accurso\u2019s at The Sand Dune investigating, Soren\u2019s been given orders to \u201cbe on him\u201d at all times. And after one look at the sexy lawman, Soren immediately realizes his orders will be far too easy for him to follow&#8230;and he intends to follow those instructions to the letter.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Genres:<\/strong>\u00a0Gay \/ Contemporary \/ Action \/ Adventure \/ Romantic Comedy<br \/>\n<strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a03<br \/>\n<strong>Length:<\/strong>\u00a0Extended Novella (39k words)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>Unobtainable by Shawn Lane purchase link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/store\/p\/2237-Unobtainable.aspx<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/resize\/Shared\/images\/Unobtainable.jpg?lr=t&amp;bw=210&amp;bh=300\" alt=\"Unobtainable\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Scott O\u2019Hara and Edgar Lopez have been partners in the homicide unit of Haydon Cliff\u2019s Police Department for the last couple of years. Edgar is openly gay and a bit of a player. Though Scott is also gay, he keeps it to himself. Even from Edgar. Until one night, a slightly drunk Scott initiates sex between them. Scott doesn\u2019t expect the sex to be repeated. He doesn\u2019t do one-night stands or have casual sex-buddies. But Edgar has other ideas and Scott can\u2019t seem to resist his sexy partner.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">While they try to solve the mystery of who is murdering Haydon Cliff\u2019s homeless, they also try to solve the mystery of whether Edgar\u2019s heart can really be unobtainable.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Genres:<\/strong>\u00a0Gay \/ Contemporary \/ Mystery \/ Detective \/ Interracial \/ Multicultural<br \/>\n<strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a03<br \/>\n<strong>Length:<\/strong>\u00a0Extended Amber Kiss (13k words)<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Available Now at Amber Allure! Five smokin&#8217; AMBER PAX stories. Buy one or buy &#8217;em all!\u00a0 Purchase Link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/store\/p\/2238-AmberPax-Strip-Away-The-Badge.aspx Check &#8217;em out! Always the Perfect Moment by K-Lee Klein purchase link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.amberquill.com\/store\/p\/2233-Always-The-Perfect-Moment.aspx (Book 2 of the\u00a0Perfect Moments\u00a0series) Bryan Monroe took a chance when he told Chrys Delos, his best friend and partner on the police force, that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13,14,1],"tags":[16,283,308,351,309],"class_list":["post-2473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-category-romance-and-relationships","category-category-writing-and-poetry","category-frontpage","category-latestnews","tag-a-j-llewellyn","tag-amber-pax","tag-k-lee-klein","tag-shawn-lane-d-j-manly","tag-vivien-dean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}