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Category: Guest Blog
A Sunset at Pencarrow tour stop—featuring chocolaty goodness from New Zealand, sexy excerpt, and a giveaway
Hi everybody. Here I am, back on Rhys Ford’s blog to talk about a Lou Sylvre release for the first time in… I don’t know—a long while—and I’m very happy (and grateful) to be here. This release is different for me, as it’s my first co-authored book, written in cahoots with Anne Barwell. Sunset at Pencarrow is a contemporary novella, part of Dreamspinner’s World of Love collection, focused on New Zealand. For this stop on our blog tour, I’m going to tell you about the fun I had making (and eating) a New Zealand favorite treat, called for completely unexplained reasons, Afghans. Before I get to that, though, I want to let you know that the cover, the blurb, buy links, and an excerpt are part of the post too—just scroll down. And don’t miss the chance to enter our Rafflecopter giveaway—more than once, if you care to increase your chances to win.
Now about those Afghans
I learned some wonderful things about New Zealand while writing this story with Anne and the foods our reluctantly romantic couple ate during their two-day sightseeing jaunt were a part of that. One of the New Zealand treats our characters ate in the story is a filled and flavored cake bite Kiwis call lamingtons. I baked those too, and blogged about it on June 9, on the Dreamspinner Press blog. While I did find them tasty, in my mind, they don’t quite measure up to the divine chocolaty goodness that is an Afghan biscuit.
(Of course, when I say biscuit, I mean cookie. As an aside, I will confess it took me years to figure out why British Victorians in romance novels were so fond of biscuits with tea, when I far prefer mine with gravy. I did eventually figure it out. Cookies and crackers both are biscuits in the UK way.)
I baked Afghans with the younger of my two daughters on the what turned out to be the first really warm day we’d had in 2017. I got the recipe from a website called Just a Mum NZ, and the picture on the site of the finished product looked absolutely scrumptious.
All along the way, however, the dough seemed “wrong.” It didn’t seem like enough cocoa powder to make such a dark product. 
The dough seemed too stiff, even for cookies. Adding uncrushed cornflakes just seemed strange. Nevertheless, we followed the recipe to the letter. When it came time to prepare the cookies (er… I mean biscuits) for baking, it dawned on me that the dough was stiff because they were to be formed cookies (rolled into a ball and slightly smushed), rather than drop cookies. Duh. They were about the same consistency as the refrigerator dough you slice for pinwheels and such, except they had cornflakes in them. And after baking, they looked gorgeous.
I had to fight myself to do it, but I didn’t eat a single one (and neither did my daughter) until they were iced and topped with walnuts. When I finally ate one, I fell in love—they are so good fresh. Who would have thought that a day later they would be even better! The textures are wonderful. The cookie itself is a little like shortbread but slightly melty and with a finer crumb, the cornflakes incorporated give both a bit of crunch and a bit of chew, and the icing and the walnut provide perfect contrasts. They are indeed more chocolate-rich than I expected given the amount of cocoa powder, and the flavors complement each other perfectly.
In order to save myself, I sent them all with my daughter to share at the office—where they disappeared toot suite and lots of people wanted the recipe.
New Zealand, I’ve got to hand it to you. You’ve accomplished something totally unexpected. Move over Scottish shortbread, I have a new favorite cookie. Or biscuit, as the case may be.
Okay, now are you ready for my super-cheesy segue to talking about Sunset at Pencarrow? Here it is:
At first, I didn’t think I was going to like Afghans, much like Rusty didn’t think he was going to like Nate. Later though, it’s just possible that Nate became Rusty’s very favorite flavor. (I swear I can see you readers rolling your eyes, hear your groans. Still, I can’t apologize.)
Read on for the blurb and a tiny, quite NSFW excerpt (because sex and chocolate, chocolate and sex). Enjoy! (And then make yourself some Afghans, a wonderful New Zealand treat, to eat while you read the book. Hah! How’s that for a tacky plug!)
The blurb:
Kiwi Nathaniel Dunn is in a fighting mood, but how does a man fight Wellington’s famous fog? In the last year, Nate’s lost his longtime lover to boredom and his ten-year job to the economy. Now he’s found a golden opportunity for employment where he can even use his artistic talent, but to get the job, he has to get to Christchurch today. 
Heavy fog means no flight, and the ticket agent is ignoring him to fawn over a beautiful but annoying, overly polite American man.
Rusty Beaumont can deal with a canceled flight, but the pushy Kiwi at the ticket counter is making it difficult for him to stay cool. The guy rubs him all the wrong ways despite his sexy working-man look, which Rusty notices even though he’s not looking for a man to replace the fiancé who died two years ago. Yet when they’re forced to share a table at the crowded airport café, Nate reveals the kind heart behind his grumpy façade. An earthquake, sex in the bush, and visits from Nate’s belligerent ex turn a day of sightseeing into a slippery slope that just might land them in love.
World of Love: Stories of romance that span every corner of the globe.
And the excerpt:
They’d fallen asleep zipped into the sleeping bags and covered with their thin blankets. Rusty hadn’t wanted to break the connection with Nate—even if it had been nothing more than sex. They weren’t spooning, not quite that intimate. Yet when he woke with the smell of Nate and sex permeating the darkness, he became a slave to it, couldn’t seem to stop himself from wrapping his body around the man. He may even have groaned as he pushed his erection against Nate’s prickly-haired thigh. Of course Nate woke up, and before Rusty could even start to think or talk, Nate took his lips in a hard, biting kiss. Heat surged through Rusty. He broke away, unzipping the bags to push the covers back so he could follow his nose down to Nate’s cock, which was already leaking precum and gleaming in the moonlight. The sight and smell of it entranced Rusty like a hypnotist’s gem, and he lowered his mouth down to savor the taste. He knew right then that the memory of blowing Nate would be burned into his brain as one of the hottest things he’d ever done.
Here’s some buy links, and you can get 30% off at the Dreamspinner Store if you use code PENCARROW at checkout!
Thank you, Rhys, for hosting us on our blog tour, and thank you all you readers for stopping by. Anne and I would love to have you visit us elsewhere on the blog tour. For a complete schedule and links to the blogs, just click right here.
Last but not least, here’s a link to the giveaway—win book money or books!
Lou Sylvre and Anne Barwell’s Sunset at Pencarrow Giveaway
LAST Blog Stop on the There’s This Guy Blog Tour is Prism Book Alliance!!
Today’s Blog Tour Stop for today is: Prism Book Alliance
So for this tour, I’m giving each blog two or three black and white mandala illustrations to colour in anyway you as the reader would like…and a chance to win a $10 or $15 gift certificate to the e-tailer of your choice (hopefully for crayons or books :D).
But there’s a $50 gift certificate bonus prize! Three easy steps:
1. Colour in ONE of the illustrations (either print out or computer)
2. Take a picture of the completed drawing
3. Send the picture in to rhysford(at)vitaenoir(dot)com by 30 March 2017 and be entered to win.
All entries will be displayed and the winner will be randomly selected. All entries must be in to Rhys Ford by 30 March 2017 to be entered. Only one entry per person. Winner will be chosen on April 7th.
Good luck, hit the blogs to get all the colouring pages and enter to win!
There’s This Guy Blog Tour
March
15 MM Good Book Reviews
15 It’s About the Book
16 Joyfully Jay
17 The Novel Approach
19 Boy Meets Boy Reviews
21 Sinfully Gay Romance
22 Prism Book Alliance
And on March 17, a BONUS exclusive excerpt to be posted at Book Reviews & More by Kathy
There’s This Guy by Rhys Ford,
How do you save a drowning man when that drowning man is you?
Jake Moore’s world fits too tightly around him. Every penny he makes as a welder goes to care for his dying father, an abusive, controlling man who’s the only family Jake has left. Because of a promise to his dead mother, Jake resists his desire for other men, but it leaves him consumed by darkness.
It takes all of Dallas Yates’s imagination to see the possibilities in the fatigued Art Deco building on the WeHo’s outskirts, but what seals the deal is a shy smile from the handsome metal worker across the street. Their friendship deepens while Dallas peels back the hardened layers strangling Jake’s soul. It’s easy to love the artistic, sweet man hidden behind Jake’s shattered exterior, but Dallas knows Jake needs to first learn to love himself.
When Jake’s world crumbles, he reaches for Dallas, the man he’s learned to lean on. It’s only a matter of time before he’s left to drift in a life he never wanted to lead and while he wants more, Jake’s past haunts him, making him doubt he’s worth the love Dallas is so desperate to give him.
Purchase There’s This Guy at:
Dreamspinner Press (https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/theres-this-guy-by-rhys-ford-8288-b),
Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Theres-This-Guy-Rhys-Ford-ebook/dp/B06WWC3D1X/)
And other fine bookstores.
Today’s Blog Stop on the There’s This Guy Blog Tour is at Sinfully Gay Romance!
Today’s Blog Tour Stop for today is: Sinfully Gay Romance
So for this tour, I’m giving each blog two or three black and white mandala illustrations to colour in anyway you as the reader would like…and a chance to win a $10 or $15 gift certificate to the e-tailer of your choice (hopefully for crayons or books :D).
But there’s a $50 gift certificate bonus prize! Three easy steps:
1. Colour in ONE of the illustrations (either print out or computer)
2. Take a picture of the completed drawing
3. Send the picture in to rhysford(at)vitaenoir(dot)com by 30 March 2017 and be entered to win.
All entries will be displayed and the winner will be randomly selected. All entries must be in to Rhys Ford by 30 March 2017 to be entered. Only one entry per person. Winner will be chosen on April 7th.
Good luck, hit the blogs to get all the colouring pages and enter to win!
There’s This Guy Blog Tour
March
15 MM Good Book Reviews
15 It’s About the Book
16 Joyfully Jay
17 The Novel Approach
19 Boy Meets Boy Reviews
21 Sinfully Gay Romance
22 Prism (http://www.prismbookalliance.com)
And on March 17, a BONUS exclusive excerpt to be posted at Book Reviews & More by Kathy
There’s This Guy by Rhys Ford,
How do you save a drowning man when that drowning man is you?
Jake Moore’s world fits too tightly around him. Every penny he makes as a welder goes to care for his dying father, an abusive, controlling man who’s the only family Jake has left. Because of a promise to his dead mother, Jake resists his desire for other men, but it leaves him consumed by darkness.
It takes all of Dallas Yates’s imagination to see the possibilities in the fatigued Art Deco building on the WeHo’s outskirts, but what seals the deal is a shy smile from the handsome metal worker across the street. Their friendship deepens while Dallas peels back the hardened layers strangling Jake’s soul. It’s easy to love the artistic, sweet man hidden behind Jake’s shattered exterior, but Dallas knows Jake needs to first learn to love himself.
When Jake’s world crumbles, he reaches for Dallas, the man he’s learned to lean on. It’s only a matter of time before he’s left to drift in a life he never wanted to lead and while he wants more, Jake’s past haunts him, making him doubt he’s worth the love Dallas is so desperate to give him.
Purchase There’s This Guy at:
Dreamspinner Press (https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/theres-this-guy-by-rhys-ford-8288-b),
Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Theres-This-Guy-Rhys-Ford-ebook/dp/B06WWC3D1X/)
And other fine bookstores.
Today’s Blog Stop on the There’s This Guy Blog Tour is at Boy Meets Boy Reviews!
Today’s Blog Tour Stop for today is: Boy Meets Boy Reviews
So for this tour, I’m giving each blog two or three black and white mandala illustrations to colour in anyway you as the reader would like…and a chance to win a $10 or $15 gift certificate to the e-tailer of your choice (hopefully for crayons or books :D).
But there’s a $50 gift certificate bonus prize! Three easy steps:
1. Colour in ONE of the illustrations (either print out or computer)
2. Take a picture of the completed drawing
3. Send the picture in to rhysford(at)vitaenoir(dot)com by 30 March 2017 and be entered to win.
All entries will be displayed and the winner will be randomly selected. All entries must be in to Rhys Ford by 30 March 2017 to be entered. Only one entry per person. Winner will be chosen on April 7th.
Good luck, hit the blogs to get all the colouring pages and enter to win!
There’s This Guy Blog Tour
March
15 MM Good Book Reviews
15 It’s About the Book
16 Joyfully Jay
17 The Novel Approach
19 Boy Meets Boy Reviews
21 Sinfully Gay Romance (http://sinfullymmbookreviews.blogspot.com/)
22 Prism (http://www.prismbookalliance.com)
And on March 17, a BONUS exclusive excerpt to be posted at Book Reviews & More by Kathy
There’s This Guy by Rhys Ford,
How do you save a drowning man when that drowning man is you?
Jake Moore’s world fits too tightly around him. Every penny he makes as a welder goes to care for his dying father, an abusive, controlling man who’s the only family Jake has left. Because of a promise to his dead mother, Jake resists his desire for other men, but it leaves him consumed by darkness.
It takes all of Dallas Yates’s imagination to see the possibilities in the fatigued Art Deco building on the WeHo’s outskirts, but what seals the deal is a shy smile from the handsome metal worker across the street. Their friendship deepens while Dallas peels back the hardened layers strangling Jake’s soul. It’s easy to love the artistic, sweet man hidden behind Jake’s shattered exterior, but Dallas knows Jake needs to first learn to love himself.
When Jake’s world crumbles, he reaches for Dallas, the man he’s learned to lean on. It’s only a matter of time before he’s left to drift in a life he never wanted to lead and while he wants more, Jake’s past haunts him, making him doubt he’s worth the love Dallas is so desperate to give him.
Purchase There’s This Guy at:
Dreamspinner Press (https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/theres-this-guy-by-rhys-ford-8288-b),
Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Theres-This-Guy-Rhys-Ford-ebook/dp/B06WWC3D1X/)
And other fine bookstores.
Today’s Blog Stop on the There’s This Guy Blog Tour is The Novel Approach! Bonus Stop at Book Reviews & More by Kathy!
Today’s Blog Tour Stop for today is: The Novel Approach
AND a BONUS exclusive excerpt to be posted at Book Reviews & More by Kathy
So for this tour, I’m giving each blog two or three black and white mandala illustrations to colour in anyway you as the reader would like…and a chance to win a $10 or $15 gift certificate to the e-tailer of your choice (hopefully for crayons or books :D).
But there’s a $50 gift certificate bonus prize! Three easy steps:
1. Colour in ONE of the illustrations (either print out or computer)
2. Take a picture of the completed drawing
3. Send the picture in to rhysford(at)vitaenoir(dot)com by 30 March 2017 and be entered to win.
All entries will be displayed and the winner will be randomly selected. All entries must be in to Rhys Ford by 30 March 2017 to be entered. Only one entry per person. Winner will be chosen on April 7th.
Good luck, hit the blogs to get all the colouring pages and enter to win!
There’s This Guy Blog Tour
March
15 MM Good Book Reviews
15 It’s About the Book
16 Joyfully Jay
17 The Novel Approach
19 Boy Meets Boy Reviews (https://boymeetsboyreviews.blogspot.com/)
21 Sinfully Gay Romance (http://sinfullymmbookreviews.blogspot.com/)
22 Prism (http://www.prismbookalliance.com)
And on March 17, a BONUS exclusive excerpt to be posted at Book Reviews & More by Kathy
There’s This Guy by Rhys Ford,
How do you save a drowning man when that drowning man is you?
Jake Moore’s world fits too tightly around him. Every penny he makes as a welder goes to care for his dying father, an abusive, controlling man who’s the only family Jake has left. Because of a promise to his dead mother, Jake resists his desire for other men, but it leaves him consumed by darkness.
It takes all of Dallas Yates’s imagination to see the possibilities in the fatigued Art Deco building on the WeHo’s outskirts, but what seals the deal is a shy smile from the handsome metal worker across the street. Their friendship deepens while Dallas peels back the hardened layers strangling Jake’s soul. It’s easy to love the artistic, sweet man hidden behind Jake’s shattered exterior, but Dallas knows Jake needs to first learn to love himself.
When Jake’s world crumbles, he reaches for Dallas, the man he’s learned to lean on. It’s only a matter of time before he’s left to drift in a life he never wanted to lead and while he wants more, Jake’s past haunts him, making him doubt he’s worth the love Dallas is so desperate to give him.
Purchase There’s This Guy at:
Dreamspinner Press (https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/theres-this-guy-by-rhys-ford-8288-b),
Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Theres-This-Guy-Rhys-Ford-ebook/dp/B06WWC3D1X/)
And other fine bookstores.
Today’s Blog Stop on the There’s This Guy Blog Tour is Joyfully Jay!
Today’s Blog Tour Stop for today is: Joyfully Jay
There were some tech issues yesterday so we have TWO posts going live today!
So for this tour, I’m giving each blog two or three black and white mandala illustrations to colour in anyway you as the reader would like…and a chance to win a $10 or $15 gift certificate to the e-tailer of your choice (hopefully for crayons or books :D).
But there’s a $50 gift certificate bonus prize! Three easy steps:
1. Colour in ONE of the illustrations (either print out or computer)
2. Take a picture of the completed drawing
3. Send the picture in to rhysford(at)vitaenoir(dot)com by 30 March 2017 and be entered to win.
All entries will be displayed and the winner will be randomly selected. All entries must be in to Rhys Ford by 30 March 2017 to be entered. Only one entry per person. Winner will be chosen on April 7th.
Good luck, hit the blogs to get all the colouring pages and enter to win!
There’s This Guy Blog Tour
March
15 MM Good Book Reviews
15 It’s About the Book
16 Joyfully Jay
17 The Novel Approach (http://thenovelapproachreviews.com/)
19 Boy Meets Boy Reviews (https://boymeetsboyreviews.blogspot.com/)
21 Sinfully Gay Romance (http://sinfullymmbookreviews.blogspot.com/)
22 Prism (http://www.prismbookalliance.com)
And on March 17, a BONUS exclusive excerpt to be posted at Book Reviews & More by Kathy (http://bookreviewsandmorebykathy.com/)
There’s This Guy by Rhys Ford,
How do you save a drowning man when that drowning man is you?
Jake Moore’s world fits too tightly around him. Every penny he makes as a welder goes to care for his dying father, an abusive, controlling man who’s the only family Jake has left. Because of a promise to his dead mother, Jake resists his desire for other men, but it leaves him consumed by darkness.
It takes all of Dallas Yates’s imagination to see the possibilities in the fatigued Art Deco building on the WeHo’s outskirts, but what seals the deal is a shy smile from the handsome metal worker across the street. Their friendship deepens while Dallas peels back the hardened layers strangling Jake’s soul. It’s easy to love the artistic, sweet man hidden behind Jake’s shattered exterior, but Dallas knows Jake needs to first learn to love himself.
When Jake’s world crumbles, he reaches for Dallas, the man he’s learned to lean on. It’s only a matter of time before he’s left to drift in a life he never wanted to lead and while he wants more, Jake’s past haunts him, making him doubt he’s worth the love Dallas is so desperate to give him.
Purchase There’s This Guy at:
Dreamspinner Press (https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/theres-this-guy-by-rhys-ford-8288-b),
Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Theres-This-Guy-Rhys-Ford-ebook/dp/B06WWC3D1X/)
And other fine bookstores.
Today’s Blog Stop on the There’s This Guy Blog Tour are: MM Good Book Reviews AND It’s About the Book!
First Blog Tour Stop for today is: MM Good Book Reviews
AND the SECOND Blot Tour Stop is It’s About the Book!
There were some tech issues yesterday so we have TWO posts going live today!
So for this tour, I’m giving each blog two or three black and white mandala illustrations to colour in anyway you as the reader would like…and a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the e-tailer of your choice (hopefully for crayons or books :D).
But there’s a $50 gift certificate bonus prize! Three easy steps:
1. Colour in ONE of the illustrations (either print out or computer)
2. Take a picture of the completed drawing
3. Send the picture in to rhysford(at)vitaenoir(dot)com by 30 March 2017 and be entered to win.
All entries will be displayed and the winner will be randomly selected. All entries must be in to Rhys Ford by 30 March 2017 to be entered. Only one entry per person. Winner will be chosen on April 7th.
Good luck, hit the blogs to get all the colouring pages and enter to win!
There’s This Guy Blog Tour
March
15 MM Good Book Reviews
15 It’s About the Book
16 Joyfully Jay (http://joyfullyjay.com/)
17 The Novel Approach (http://thenovelapproachreviews.com/)
19 Boy Meets Boy Reviews (https://boymeetsboyreviews.blogspot.com/)
21 Sinfully Gay Romance (http://sinfullymmbookreviews.blogspot.com/)
22 Prism (http://www.prismbookalliance.com)
And on March 17, a BONUS exclusive excerpt to be posted at Book Reviews & More by Kathy (http://bookreviewsandmorebykathy.com/)
There’s This Guy by Rhys Ford,
How do you save a drowning man when that drowning man is you?
Jake Moore’s world fits too tightly around him. Every penny he makes as a welder goes to care for his dying father, an abusive, controlling man who’s the only family Jake has left. Because of a promise to his dead mother, Jake resists his desire for other men, but it leaves him consumed by darkness.
It takes all of Dallas Yates’s imagination to see the possibilities in the fatigued Art Deco building on the WeHo’s outskirts, but what seals the deal is a shy smile from the handsome metal worker across the street. Their friendship deepens while Dallas peels back the hardened layers strangling Jake’s soul. It’s easy to love the artistic, sweet man hidden behind Jake’s shattered exterior, but Dallas knows Jake needs to first learn to love himself.
When Jake’s world crumbles, he reaches for Dallas, the man he’s learned to lean on. It’s only a matter of time before he’s left to drift in a life he never wanted to lead and while he wants more, Jake’s past haunts him, making him doubt he’s worth the love Dallas is so desperate to give him.
Purchase There’s This Guy at:
Dreamspinner Press (https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/theres-this-guy-by-rhys-ford-8288-b),
Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Theres-This-Guy-Rhys-Ford-ebook/dp/B06WWC3D1X/)
And other fine bookstores.
Announcing the There’s This Guy Blog Tour! Starting March 14th!
Tour! A tour! As some of you know, I’ve got a book out on March 17th called There’s This Guy which is my take on a romantic contemporary. I wanted to write a book about Jake, a man who finds his balance and joy in life by discovering he is worthy of being loved and Dallas, the man who falls in love with him. The book is about digging through the darkness inside of you and finding the vibrancy buried within your soul.
So for this tour, I’m giving each blog two or three black and white mandala illustrations to colour in anyway you as the reader would like…and a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the e-tailer of your choice (hopefully for crayons or books :D).
But there’s a $50 gift certificate bonus prize! Three easy steps:
1. Colour in ONE of the illustrations (either print out or computer)
2. Take a picture of the completed drawing
3. Send the picture in to rhysford(at)vitaenoir(dot)com by 30 March 2017 and be entered to win.
All entries will be displayed and the winner will be randomly selected. All entries must be in to Rhys Ford by 30 March 2017 to be entered. Only one entry per person. Winner will be chosen on April 7th.
Good luck, hit the blogs to get all the colouring pages and enter to win!
There’s This Guy Blog Tour
March 14 MM Good Book Reviews
(https://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com/)
15 It’s About the Book (http://itsaboutthebook.com/)
16 Joyfully Jay (http://joyfullyjay.com/)
17 The Novel Approach (http://thenovelapproachreviews.com/)
19 Boy Meets Boy Reviews (https://boymeetsboyreviews.blogspot.com/)
21 Sinfully Gay Romance (http://sinfullymmbookreviews.blogspot.com/)
22 Prism (http://www.prismbookalliance.com)
And on March 17, a BONUS exclusive excerpt to be posted at Book Reviews & More by Kathy (http://bookreviewsandmorebykathy.com/)
There’s This Guy by Rhys Ford,
How do you save a drowning man when that drowning man is you?
Jake Moore’s world fits too tightly around him. Every penny he makes as a welder goes to care for his dying father, an abusive, controlling man who’s the only family Jake has left. Because of a promise to his dead mother, Jake resists his desire for other men, but it leaves him consumed by darkness.
It takes all of Dallas Yates’s imagination to see the possibilities in the fatigued Art Deco building on the WeHo’s outskirts, but what seals the deal is a shy smile from the handsome metal worker across the street. Their friendship deepens while Dallas peels back the hardened layers strangling Jake’s soul. It’s easy to love the artistic, sweet man hidden behind Jake’s shattered exterior, but Dallas knows Jake needs to first learn to love himself.
When Jake’s world crumbles, he reaches for Dallas, the man he’s learned to lean on. It’s only a matter of time before he’s left to drift in a life he never wanted to lead and while he wants more, Jake’s past haunts him, making him doubt he’s worth the love Dallas is so desperate to give him.
Purchase There’s This Guy at:
Dreamspinner Press (https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/theres-this-guy-by-rhys-ford-8288-b),
Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Theres-This-Guy-Rhys-Ford-ebook/dp/B06WWC3D1X/)
And other fine bookstores.
Dog Days by TA Moore. 5 Stars. Unique, Vivid Voice.
And I’m not just saying this because I love TA Moore. Like a deep, salted caramel drizzled on ice cream with a dusting of cinnamon sugar kind of way. But because she’s a damned fine writer.
Dog Days by T.A. Moore
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I actually had the pleasure of reading this as an ARC and as always, am blown away by TA Moore’s use of language and imagery. The author’s voice is distinctively UK and it’s fantastic to experince the nuances and differences of a UK-centric style of writing. There’s a cultural steep in TA Moore’s words, the rich deep moss of centuries of story-telling and the brashness of an urban, modern perspective. Dog Days is a unique blend of ancient undertones and vivid, stark lines, a gentrification of ancient language with a spot of neon to draw the eye.
I fully enjoyed this book. I loved falling into it and TA Moore’s style of writing. It’s a solid, unique tale with a tickle and a promise of more to come. Can’t wait to see where the author takes us.
Dog Days Blurb
The world ends not with a bang, but with a downpour. Tornadoes spin through the heart of London, New York cooks in a heat wave that melts tarmac, and Russia freezes under an ever-thickening layer of permafrost. People rally at first—organizing aid drops and evacuating populations—but the weather is only getting worse.
In Durham, mild-mannered academic Danny Fennick has battened down to sit out the storm. He grew up in the Scottish Highlands, so he’s seen harsh winters before. Besides, he has an advantage. He’s a werewolf. Or, to be precise, a weredog. Less impressive, but still useful.
Except the other werewolves don’t believe this is any ordinary winter, and they’re coming down over the Wall to mark their new territory. Including Danny’s ex, Jack—the Crown Prince Pup of the Numitor’s pack—and the prince’s brother, who wants to kill him.
A wolf winter isn’t white. It’s red as blood.
*****
Purchase Dog Days at Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and other fine online book stores.
TA Moore genuinely believed that she was a Cabbage Patch Kid when she was a small child. This was the start of a lifelong attachment to the weird and fantastic. These days she lives in a market town on the Northern Irish coast and her friends have a rule that she can only send them three weird and disturbing links a month (although she still holds that a DIY penis bifurcation guide is interesting, not disturbing). She believes that adding ‘in space!’ to anything makes it at least 40% cooler, will try to pet pretty much any animal she meets (this includes snakes, excludes bugs), and once lied to her friend that she had climbed all the way up to Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, when actually she’d only gotten to the beach, realized it was really high, and chickened out.
She aspires to being a cynical misanthrope, but is unfortunately held back by a sunny disposition and an inability to be mean to strangers. If TA Moore is mean to you, that means you’re friends now.
Website: http://www.nevertobetold.co.uk
Rhys Ford 