Showing posts with label 137 Owens Street. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 17, 2016

137 Owens Street Review

137 Owens Street    

Author: DC Juris
Publisher: Torquere
American release date: December 14, 2015
Format/Genre/Length: E-book/M/M Mystery/Romance/54 pages
Overall Personal Rating: ★★★


Matthew wonders if he’s losing his mind. He’s remembering things that can’t have happened, remembers objects that aren’t there, but surely should be. The things his wife tells him make no sense, and even the concept of wife feels wrong to him.

And who is this strange yet familiar man who pops in and out of his life at the oddest moments, but no one else seems to see him?

Morgan’s husband has gone missing, and Morgan is frantic. He goes to the police, but when he explains that his husband has literally disappeared right in front of his eyes, no one believes him. And then he meets a man who not only has an explanation for what is happening, but offers to help Morgan get his husband back.

Is he crazy to think this man is telling the truth? But if he doesn’t believe him, and accept his help, will he ever see Matthew again?

This short story has an interesting premise, and interesting characters, but the author missed an opportunity to actually develop it, so it ends up being rather one note and predictable. I feel there was so much more that could have been done, and I have to wonder if the brevity wasn’t due to the desire to publish quickly and the author didn’t want to take the time to do more with it.

If you’re looking for a quick romantic bite, then by all means, read this short story. If you want a little more substance, then I suggest you look elsewhere.


Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Virtual Book Tour: 137 Owens Street





Author Name: DC Juris

Book Name: 137 Owens Street

Release Date: December 16, 2015
Blurb:

Matthew is going insane. How else can he explain remembering things he doesn’t own or trips his wife never took? Not to mention the visions, and the phantom in the café. But when the man in the visions reaches out to him with an explanation, and the phantom from the café tracks him down, things start to make a little more sense.
Morgan is a devout Christian. He believes in God, Heaven, Hell, and the Bible. But his world spins out of control when his husband Matthew disappears and a mysterious man tells a tale outside the realm of reality. How can Morgan put his faith in something so far-fetched? And what will happen to Matthew if he doesn't?
Previously published by Breathless Press.

Pages or Words: 16,400 words

Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Paranormal, Romance, Religious Theme, Sweet Romance



Excerpt:
A burst of white light surrounded him, and he held his hand up against the glare reflecting from his car. His red car. Not the black one he'd gotten into this morning. He'd known something was off when he'd cranked it up, but hadn't been able to place what. Now he knew—the color wasn't right. He took a step toward the car, and a pair of arms encircled his waist from behind.
"Come back to me!" a soft, deep voice pleaded against his ear.
Matthew turned as quickly as he could, but the light and the man had vanished. He closed his eyes and leaned back against his once-again-black car, his heart hammering, his throat thick with emotions he didn't understand. He'd recognized that voice the moment he'd heard it, yet now he couldn't place it. Now his mind relegated it to the hazy depths of forgotten things, like half-remembered tunes that went like da-da-da-da-da-something...la-la...and nebulous gray snatches of faces from childhood. But in that moment, he'd known, and he'd thrilled in it. The voice had evoked a response from him so intense and swift, like suddenly finding something he'd been missing for years in some random place he'd looked a million times.
He wondered what the speaker had meant. Come back to me. He looked around quickly, cleared his throat, and straightened his clothes. Thankfully, no one else had seen...whatever had just happened. He took a deep breath and headed back into the office. So he was having visions of a different color car and hearing a mysterious voice. That didn't make him crazy. At least, not if he kept it all to himself.
He went back into the building, to his office, and stopped in the doorway. Where was his Chinese dragon? He distinctly remembered buying a print of a colorful Chinese dragon and hanging it right there on the opposite wall. Right where anyone could see it from the hallway. Or...had he? Matthew walked over to the wall. No picture hanger. No hole. Had he dreamed the piece of art too?




Meet the author:

Romance author, sci-fi fan club Captain, cosplayer, reigning Queen of Monkeyland, and random menace. Yep, we're talking about DC Juris. She’s a cupcake making, football watching, rubber duck collecting, drag show loving, full of fabulous with a Capital F kinda gal. She's also an Ordained Minister and an amateur photographer. She lives in Upstate NY with her husband, three dogs, and three cats. When she's not writing, you can find her in her favorite chair
watching "Star Trek" and "Supernatural" repeats on Netflix, or surfing the web for porn. Er...research. Surfing the web for research. She may speak softly but she lives and loves loudly. Just ask the neighbors. ::wink::

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Publisher: Torquere Press
Cover Artist: Kris Norris






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