As of right now, my only release scheduled for 2015 is for Crossroads, a story I have coming out with eXtasy no later than March 1st. It's never been released. I'm almost done writing When Will I Be Loved, sequel to When Will I See You Again, and hope to pitch it soon. Keep your fingers crossed for that! And I have plenty of other stories to finish or to start!
Before I give you a little taste of the story, I want to show you the faces I used for inspiration for my two main characters:
Meet Levi Thornton, son of a preacher man
And this is Darjeeling Crane!
Now, here's a little more about Dirty Little Lies. Enjoy!
Blurb:
Levi Thornton is the closeted gay son of homophobic
televangelist Marshall Thornton. So what’s the perfect gift for the father who
never cared? Levi’s going to find a yummy young man on Christmas Eve, fuck him
all night long and six ways to Sunday. And then he’s going to out himself on
live national TV on Christmas Day in front of his father and God and everyone
else.
The problem is he’s having no luck at finding that special
someone to share this moment with. Just when he thinks his quest is hopeless,
in breezes Darjeeling Crane, and it’s off to the family hideaway for a night of
fun. This will be a Christmas to remember, if Levi has anything to say about
it.
Excerpt:
Levi rose,
loosened his red houndstooth tie, plastered a beatific smile on his handsome face,
and strode purposefully toward the blond, never taking his eyes from him. He
dropped onto the empty stool beside him, swinging it to face him, their knees
touching.
“Merry
Christmas,” the blond greeted him.
“It will
be,” Levi replied. “It certainly will be.” At that moment the counter girl laid
down a menu, a glass of water, and tableware. “Take your time, honey,” she
said, walking away before he could comment.
The stranger
flipped the menu open. “Anything you recommend?”
Levi blindly
jabbed a finger at the open page. “Yeah. Me,” he brazenly replied. “I can give
you something a whole lot better than anything you’ll find here. And then I’ll
feed you, too.”
“That’s
quite an offer, Mr…?” He looked at Levi, the question hanging from his pretty
lips.
“You can
call me Levi. What should I call you, pretty thing?”
“I like
that, but you can call me Darjeeling.”
Auburn
eyebrows arched in disbelief. “Like the tea?”
“Exactly.”
Levi leaned
in, his lips brushing against the other man’s ear, his breath warm against his
flesh. “I have a place where you and I can go, if you’re interested. Someplace
a whole lot better than this ptomaine palace. And a hell of a lot more private.
What do you say?” He ran his tongue along the outer shell of Darjeeling’s ear,
felt his shiver.
“What do I
say?” He laid his hand on Levi’s arm, turned his head just enough that their
lips were mere micro-centimeters apart. “I say how soon can we leave?”
Bio:
Julie Lynn Hayes first began publishing short
stories and poetry in the 1990’s, when it was a different ballgame altogether,
and Ebooks hadn’t been dreamed of yet. That changed in 2010 with the acceptance
of her first romance novel. She’s come a long way since that first book
appeared, and is finding the journey a very educational one.
She lives in St. Louis with her daughter
Sarah and her cat Ramesses. She often writes of two men finding true love and
happiness in one another’s arms, and is a great believer in the happily ever
after. She likes to write in different genres, to stretch herself in order to
see what is possible. Her great challenge is to be told something can’t be
done; she feels compelled to do it.
When she isn’t writing, she enjoys crafts,
such as crocheting and cross stich,
needlepoint and knitting, and she loves to cook, spending time watching
the Food Network. Her favorite chef is Geoffrey Zakarian. Her family thinks
she’s a bit off, but she doesn’t mind. Marching to the beat of one’s own
drummer is a good thing, after all. Her published works can be found at
Dreamspinner Press, eXtasy Books, Amber Quill Press, Torquere Press and Wayward
ink.
My links:
Twitter @Shelley_runyon
