As I believe I mentioned before, my first joint literary effort with my friend M.A. Church, Be My Alien, came out on May 8th from Dreamspinner Press. I am overjoyed to report that within 24 hours it received a silver star at ARe, and then it hit the bestseller list at 45, and has now progressed to the #34 slot! To say I'm excited would be an understatement!
M.A. and I are visiting with Gale Stanley today, and we've brought Reed and Taz with us, so stop by and say hello! Also, I'm visiting at LaBelle Books, talking about Revelations and offering a chance to win something from my backlist.
On a side note, I know I owe two previous winners of my contests a copy of Be My Alien, so please email me to remind me about that. Thanks!
Blurb: Reed
Hatcher’s life is work, work, work. He owns a successful men’s boutique in New
York City, but a love life is out of the question—for many reasons. It’s almost
Valentine’s Day, and business is brisk. On an unexpected visit to the Empire
State Building, a sexy man literally falls into Reed’s lap. His name is Taz and
he’s just been dumped by his date. One look and Reed is hooked. He offers to
buy Taz some coffee and they leave together.
Reed is attracted to Taz and takes him home to his
apartment. But Reed discovers there’s more to Taz than he realized—especially
when Taz’s stripes begin to show. And he has a tail? Turns out Taz is not quite
like Reed. In fact, he comes from another planet, far far away, and he’s only
on Earth for a vacation.
Reed never believed in aliens before, but he’s
facing one now, and dear God, what is he going to do? Just when he decides he
loves Taz and together they can handle anything, the alien that dumped Taz
decides he wants him back and steals him away.
Can Reed live with the memory of what he almost had,
and the love he found and lost? How can he ever face the moonlit skies again?
Excerpt:
“Are you okay? Hello?”
Reed
dragged his mind away from those sexy green eyes. “Ah, huh? What?”
“I’m
sorry. I didn’t mean to fall on top of you like that. You see, it was like
this. I was pushed, and you just happened to be there and….” The stranger
grinned at Reed. “And down we went.”
Reed
shifted under the body lying so contentedly on top of him. Hell’s bells, the
guy fit against him perfectly. From the feel of things, they were both close to
the same height. Which also meant certain things were… aligned. “Oh yeah, I’m
okay. Banged my head a little, but I’m fine.”
The
stranger bit his bottom lip, his teeth worrying the tender skin. Reed debated
slamming his head against the floor a few more times in the hopes of rattling
his brain back to normal as the stranger rolled off him.
“I
really am sorry.”
“No harm
done.” Reed sat up and looked at the guy once again. Well, not much harm,
anyway. His libido just had to pick now to perk up, didn’t it? But damn, this
guy was sexy. Reed struggled to his feet and held his hand out to the man still
on the floor, looking up at him. The guy took his hand and let Reed pull him up.
“Name’s Reed. Are you okay?”
“Hi,
Reed!” The guy hopped to his feet in a single, lithe movement, as if it was the
most….world. “My name is Taz. Nice to meet you, and yes, I am.”
For a
moment there was a flash in the guy’s eyes that belied his statement. “Good,
that’s good. Glad to hear it. Well, I guess I’d better be going—”
A
forlorn expression crossed Taz’s face and his pretty eyes clouded. “Oh.”
Reed
hesitated. There was something about the guy that pulled at him. When was the
last time he’d felt that pull? Way too long ago. Taz was cute, sure. But there
was this look of hurt. Dammit, Taz just looked so lost. Insane as it was, he
wanted to make it all better.
Wow, #34 is no easy feat. Congratulations on the ranking. Loved the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lorrie! I am shocked, excited and very happy about this lol
DeleteLOL, bouncing off the walls would be more accurate. ;)
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Congrats again to you and M!!!
ReplyDeletehaha, when you say M, I can't help but think of James Bond *grins*
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