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LE Franks - GRL Blog tour

Last year GRL Atlanta was held in a hotel run by aliens.

And not the ones we find bandied about under thinly disguised rational slurs—no these guys were straight from The Mother Ship. In fact by the end of our stay I’d become convinced that the hotel was the mother ship.

There is evidence to back this up. The disappearing/reappearing carpet swamp springs to mind and I have the rest of the list jotted down on the back of something…but that doesn’t matter. I have witnesses. If you don’t believe me just ask Jade Buchanan, Jet Mykles, Allie Blue… (and I want to throw Amber Kell under the bus here but I’m not 100% certain).

But my recall ability is not the point (yet). My point is that we can ask them ourselves in just a few weeks. Or sooner, if we want to reach out to them through our virtual connections…

Connections that begin with the books we love.

Books that become our family, that make us laugh, make us think, make us feel, or just distract us from the grind our soul can take on a daily basis. We finish one, we fall in love, and we start tearing through virtual bookstores and author websites and social media pages searching for their next literary crumb, that hint of the next book in a series, or the next novella penned in a voice we’d follow to the ends of the earth and back.

But for fans of our genre (and let’s face it, those of us who write are some of the biggest fans out there), we don’t have to leave it there.

We have something very special in our annual Gay Romance Literary Retreat…an event where very real and random meetings with those same authors can happen at any time of day or night. We trip across them in the elevators or the lobby, squee when we realize we’re seated next to them at dinner, have quiet moments of conversation when we keep each other company as we go on morning walks or stand in line at Starbucks.

The connections we spark light the fires of friendship or camaraderie or collaboration growing beyond the handful of days we share together each year.

So while I might gripe that I’m not ready to embrace the heart of con season, that I haven’t figured out costumes and swag and all the many painful details of travel, the truth of the matter is in its own way—it’s like coming home. No one cares what you wear, only that you’re back… even if only for the first time.

We all seem to share a shy reluctance to impose ourselves on each other coupled with a deep-seated desire to connect. And it can be worrisome until you take that great leap of faith and walk up with your hand extended. Scary. But the rewards for doing so are vast.

I was reminded of that last weekend as I prepared to board a flight to Seattle for GRNW 2014. My special box of swag was still in transit and I was whining about it online only to be put in my place by a reader ‘as long as you show up, that’s gift enough’. Enough said.

I can’t wait to see my friends: personal and virtual. And for those as yet unmet? I can’t wait to meet you.

Safe Travels and I’ll see you in Chicago where I hear anything can happen, maybe even aliens.


Can This Be Real

Chef Christian De Guisse can’t trust a man who doesn’t love his food, Detective Andrew Simmons won’t let any man close who thinks he’s broken—somewhere between these two points, love is possible, but only if they get real.

When Chef Christian De Guisse accidently outs Celebrity Chef Jordan Slayer during a fight in front of The Times entertainment reporter—it only gets Christian ex-boyfriend status and a one-way plane ticket to culinary exile in Oregon.

But a fortuitous meeting with Detective Andrew Simmons at the Portland airport keeps De Guisse and his collection of exotic herbs out of the hands of homeland security, starting the chemistry simmering between them.

Andy isn’t much of a foodie and for a chef who communicates love through his cooking this may be one hurdle too high.

Excerpt


“You fucking bastard!” Christian slammed through the door to Jordan’s office without knocking. The executive suite was built on a mezzanine overlooking the dining room and faced with an entire wall of glass that revealed a private chef’s table at one end and Jordan’s desk at the other. From the dining room floor the executive suite always reminded Christian of a giant aquarium; Jordan’s relentless pacing mimicking the school of piranha circling their tank at the NY Aquarium.

“Chris, what the hell? I’m in a meeting with the network, this is completely inappropriate!” Christian barely spared a glance at the room full of suits before blasting back.

“You want to know what’s fucking inappropriate? It’s cheating on me with some twat while I run your goddamned restaurant making you look good to all these pretentious assholes!” Christian swept a hand out, gesturing to those seated behind him with the paper still clutched in his hand.

Jordan lost all color in his face as Christian slapped the newspaper down in front of him. The pages were folded back to reveal a cozy photograph of Jordan, arms wrapped around a statuesque blonde in a tiny silver micro dress as they left a trendy SoHo eatery.

Page Six had spent several column inches speculating that perhaps Jordan had met the future Mrs. Happy Monkey, given the number of times he’d been seen escorting her around town over the last six months.

“Christian, you’re overreacting—”

“Fuck you, Jordan. If anything I’m underreacting here. How long have you been sneaking around?”

Jordan froze and then seemed to pull himself together after a quick glance at the startled faces around them. For the first time Christian focused on the other occupants in the room. Among the seven suits seated, Christian recognized Mickey Nichols, Executive Producer for Jordan’s shows, along with Melissa Halprin, entertainment reporter for The Times. While the others were studiously trying to avoid eye contact, Melissa had the glazed look of someone witnessing a car wreck as she clutched her recorder in one hand.

“Back off, Chris!” Jordan snapped, every inch of him channeling his “Jordan Slayer, TV star” persona. “I don’t know what the hell you think you’re doing but this is none of your business, and for the record I’m not gay.”

“Not gay? I find that incredibly unlikely since you had your tongue shoved up my asshole not three hours ago. In my experience, that’s usually a line a straight man won’t cross!” Christian would have been more satisfied by the horror on Jordan’s face if the view weren’t ruined by a sucker punch to his jaw.

The blow knocked him backwards into the glass wall, panels shuddering and pinging. Mickey jumped up to grab Jordan, pulling the cheating bastard out of harm’s way, while the sting of his mouth dissolved the last bit of Christian’s self-control.

“You can deny it all you want but there’s also the fact you’ve been inserting your cock into every orifice of sufficient size on my body since I was seventeen—you’re just one blowjob away from winning the award for World’s Most Prolific Cocksucker, Jordan!”

The mention of underage sex and blowjobs seemed to light a fire under Mickey. He shoved Jordan into a chair and started hustling everyone else out of the room. Melissa was no longer being shy about her interest and was furiously jotting notes into a small notebook—lingering as long as she could—Mickey finally shut the door in her face and turned the panels to opaque before making his own escape.

“Seventeen?” Jordan spluttered, shock ripping away his façade. “I thought you had to be eighteen to apply to the CIA?”

Jordan was probably thinking back to all the times he’d dragged Christian into an empty supply closet or the guest quarters at the venerable cooking institution during that long weekend eight years ago.

“Yeah, Jordan. You were so hot to get in my whites that you never slowed down long enough to ask, not that it took very long as I recall. You know, I never could tell if it was my tight ass you loved more or my perfect sauces. I guess it’s a moot point now.”

Christian couldn’t stop the memories from surfacing, overwhelming his pain. As an undergraduate attending the Culinary Institute of America, Christian had been assigned to help Jordan prep for a cooking demonstration; to say they’d hit it off would’ve been an understatement. In fact, upon graduation Jordan came calling, luring Christian into hitching his professional career to Jordan’s star. Bile rose in Christian’s throat at the choices he’d made.

“Christian?” Jordan broke into Christian’s reverie.

Staring at him, Christian barely recognized the man he’d thought he’d spend the rest of his life with. For Christian, their early professional partnership had quickly become personal— in Jordan he’d found not only a mentor but also a partner and friend.

They’d done everything together. And even though Christian spent all his nights at the loft with Jordan, except for the late weekend shifts, Jordan had always resisted Christian’s overtures to make it official by moving in together. Now he knew the reason why. Just the thought of it made a red tide of rage rise once more.

“I can’t believe I never recognized what a low-life, no-talent, has-been, cheating scum you really are...” Christian shook with emotion, the words snarled, hands clenched at his sides and jaw throbbing.

Jordan appeared tired and defeated sitting with his head in his hands, but the look he gave Christian as he rolled his head to the side was mostly pissed.

“You’re fired, Chris. Get the fuck out of my restaurant.”


About the Author


LE Franks lives in the SF Bay area and writes M/M Romance in a unique mix of humor and drama with enough suspense to produce fast paced stories filled with emotion and passion and featuring characters that are quirky and complicated and sometimes a little bit dark.

LE Franks is a best selling author Published through MLR Press, Dreamspinner Press and Wilde City Press and is a 2013 Rainbow Awards Finalist along with Co-author Sara York.

Her website can be found at http://www.lefranks.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LE.Franks1

Twitter: https://twitter.com/boxtersushi

Blog: https://lefranks.wordpress.com

Email: le.franks.books@gmail.com


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GRL Blog Tour - Jaime Samms talks swag

Cons come around every year, like clockwork. They almost seem as inevitable as death and taxes.

Of course, cons are a lot more fun that those, thank goodness, because there's always more than one a year I want to go to. It isn't the con itself that gets to me. It's the lead up. Plane tickets, roommates, extra curricular planning, SWAG. OMG swag, because I can't bring myself to order a bunch of junk with logos and pretty pictures on it that anyone sitting at a computer could order, swag gives me fits.

I'm a planet-hugger. I can't stomach the thought of the mounds of trash that swag becomes. (I know. I've collected enough of it myself) So I always want it to be meaningful, and maybe even useful. And let's be honest, as a starving writer, I can't afford useful. 


Things like coffee mugs and flash drives and phone covers might be handy, but they also cost. I still have swag from my first con, a stainless steel coffee mug from Devon Rhodes that I use on a regular basis.

Those types of things are great, but you definitely get what you pay for, and no money=no expensive shinies. So if I don't have money to spend on useful, that leaves meaningful, and so I hope I can make up for the lack of expense in dollars with time spent on effort.

Since I love making things anyway, I try to put a personal touch on everything. So this last week has been spent, pliers and string in hand, hopefully making plain swag into pretty enough swag for people to enjoy and want to keep. I want my readers to enjoy the weekend as much as I hope to, so if I can send them home with a pretty to remember their experience by, cool beans.

If I don't add anything to Illinois' land fills, even better :) Because it's really about getting together and enjoying each other's company, right? Everything else is gravy.

So swag or no swag, here's to meeting up with old friends and making new ones, and getting inspired to go at this thing another year.

See you in Chicago!

Connect with Jaime


Jaime has been writing for various publishers since the fall of 2008, although she's been writing for herself far longer. Often asked why men; what’s so fascinating about writing stories about men falling in love, she's never come up with a clear answer. Just that these are the stories that she loves to read, so it seemed to make sense if she was going to write, they would also be the stories she wrote.

These days, you can find plenty of free reading on her website. She also writes for Freya’s Bower, Jupiter Gardens, and Total E-Bound.

Spare time, when it can be found rolled into a ball at the back of the dryer or cavorting with the dust bunnies in the corners, she's probably spending crocheting, drawing, gardening (weather permitting, of course, since she is Canadian!) or watching movies. She has a day job, as well, which she loves, and two kids, but thankfully, also a wonderful husband who shoulders more than his fair share of household and child care responsibilities.

She graduated some time ago from college with a Fine Arts diploma, and a major in textile arts, which basically qualifies her to draw pictures and create things with string and fabric. One always needs an official slip of paper to fall back on after all....

Website: http://jaime-samms.net/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000982219151&ref=tn_tnmn

Livejournal:http://dontkickmycane.livejournal.com/

Deviantart: http://dontkickmycane.deviantart.com/

Twitter:https://twitter.com/#!/JaimeSamms

Amazon Author page: amazon.com/author/jaimesamms
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Five Things to Keep in Mind for GRL - GRL Blog Tour - Erica Pike

GRL is less than a month away! I’m so excited! Aren’t you excited? R.J. was kind enough to let me visit her blog to talk about a few practical things to keep in mind:

Clothes

I would like to say that clothing is optional, but I doubt the hotel staff would approve, so let’s all wear at least something. What to wear, however, is optional. Some choose jeans and t-shirts while others like to dress up a bit. The main thing is to wear whatever makes you comfortable. The same goes for shoes and the same goes for the themed evenings. If you like dressing up in costumes, then do it (most will, but it’s okay if you’re not comfortable with it). If you like to wear fancy clothes for the Casino Royale, then wear some. You won’t find small groups of people whispering about other people’s clothes. That’s not how GRL works.

Companionship 


If you’re nervous about meeting all the people, then don’t meet them right away. Watch them first, take in the scene, and hopefully that’ll relax you enough to eventually talk to people. GRL is like Christmas: no one should be alone. If you’re arriving alone, then see if you can find some of the people you’ve been chatting with online. Trust me, they’re just as eager to see you as you are to see them, and they’re probably also just as nervous. Find comfort and companionship in each other. Someone in the facebook group suggested printing and cutting out a small copy of your profile image, so it will be easier for people to recognize you, and I think that’s a very good idea. If finding your online friends fails (or you just don’t have any), authors are always ready to chat. We’re there to socialize with fellow authors and readers (because we’re readers, too!). Then there’s the Meet and Greet on Thursday morning, which is designed to get people to talk to each other (no one’s going to force you to do anything against your will though, so don’t worry).

Pens


Sure, there will be a free-for-all SWAG room with pens, but it’s a good idea to bring at least a couple. If you’re a general attendee, it’s good to have one in the neck wallet you’ll get at registration, in case you run into your favorite author and he/she doesn’t have a pen to sign. If you want an author to sign fabric, then be sure to bring a fabric pen because the author will most likely not have one. Authors, this is mandatory! Have pens in your neck wallets! Not just pens, but sharpies as well. It’s good to have at least two sharpies: silver to sign black surfaces and dark to sign on light surfaces. Also have a normal pen to sign books, because a sharpie will bleed through the page and ruin it.

Flu shot


Eat a lot of vitamins a few weeks before arriving and, if you can, get a flu shot! I didn’t get sick after my first GRL in Albuquerque, but last year in Atlanta? I was sick for three weeks afterward and it took me another month to become fully functional (or as functional as I can get). People will be hugging - a lot, and you’ll be spending a lot of time with a lot of people in a lot of small rooms.

Rest


This is something I need to learn to do. I’ve been to GRL two years in a row and I did not stop the whole time I was there. My cousin Thora can confirm this. I believe that this may have contributed to my after-GRL fatigue. I was on my feet most of the time, often well into the night only to wake up very early. I was always on the run, talking, smiling, laughing, and stressing about my panel and SWAG table. I want to do everything at GRL, talk to everyone, but being so eager will come at a price. So, rest! Go to your room (Erica!) a few times over the day, sit down in the comfy chairs, go out of the hotel a few times (I only left the hotel twice last year, to get food - I’m not counting the trip to the strip club), and even skip a panel or two to enjoy the peace and quiet of the nearly empty hallways. You need to recharge your batteries before going in again.


Thank you for having me over, R.J. See you all at GRL!

About Erica Pike


I haven't been writing since I was in diapers and I haven't been an avid reader since I learned my ABC's. I have, however, always been a daydreamer spinning tales after tales in my head involving me and a tall, dark, and sexy man who doesn't exist in real life. So far I've been a vampire, jungle nymph, time-traveler, ghost, noblewoman, survivor on a deserted island, a witch and so, so much more that it'd take months to count out every occupation and scenario.

I have been writing for several years now and reading became an obsession roughly in my late twenties. Of course I read books before that, but since I'm a university business graduate I really didn't have much time to read in my free time. My free time back then was time to party! I now only read/write gay male erotic romance fiction.

I live in Iceland and I often say that my real name sounds like Klingon to foreigners so I don't even bother revealing it. I took part in a Taekwondo tournament in the USA once and felt so, so sorry for the announcer. I'm a happy single mother of two adorable boys.

Anyway, I'm a friendly, easy-going person, so don't be afraid to talk to me. I have a weird sense of humor - either you get me or you don't. Unfortunately, sometimes my humor gets mistaken for me being insensitive - please forgive that, it's the Icelander in me. 

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GRL Blog Tour - Charlie Cochet

Hello all! Charlie Cochet here joining in on the GRL blog tour. A big thank you to the fabulous RJ Scott for hosting me today! Just a little over a month left until GRL is here again. I can hardly believe how fast the time has gone. Feels like only yesterday I left Georgia. What an amazing time! I can't wait to once again see old friends and meet new ones. This is my third year attending, but my first as a Featured Author, and I'm so excited!

It will be my first year with several new releases, including my fun new law-enforcement shifter series, the THIRDS. Thanks to the THIRDS, swag was a little easier to come up with this year. Since the team includes Big Cats, I had a lot to work with. There's all kinds of nifty animal print swag, as well as swag for the guys: Team Sexy-Pants, Team Cobbs, Team Cash, and Team Heb! There will also be swag dedicated to Dex's 80s obsession. Sadly, there will be no Cheesy Doodles on offer, but there will be a host of other fun items!

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As soon as my panel session is confirmed, I'll be sharing it with you as well, and I'm so excited about it! I'll also be celebrating my newest release A Rose by Any Other Name, which is out on Friday, Sept 12th. A Rose by Any Other Name is a fun roaring twenties romance filled with bootlegged liquor, scandalous debauchery, sassy cabaret boys, society gents, dangerous gangsters, and more! You can expect some fun themed swag on that as well!

Swag aside, I'm looking forward to chatting with folks the most. So don't be shy. If you see me, stop by and say hello. If you're not attending, don't fret, there are lots of online events happening in honor of GRL with all kinds of goodies on offer. So who's going to GRL this year? Who hopes to go sometimes in the near future? What are you looking forward to the most?

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Find the THIRDS series here. A Rose by Any Other Name is available for pre-order here. Released Sept 12th. Paperbacks ordered through Dreamspinner Press qualify for Free Shipping to GRL for pick-up! THIRDS paperbacks will be available from Sept 17th and on sale!
Use code: GRL2014
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About the Author:
CCochet100Charlie Cochet is an author by day and artist by night. Always quick to succumb to the whispers of her wayward muse, no star is out of reach when following her passion. From Historical to Fantasy, Contemporary to Science Fiction, there’s bound to be plenty of mischief for her heroes to find themselves in, and plenty of romance, too!

Currently residing in South Florida, Charlie looks forward to migrating to a land where the weather includes seasons other than hot, hotter, and boy, it’s hot! When she isn’t writing, she can usually be found reading, drawing, or watching movies. She runs on coffee, thrives on music, and loves to hear from readers.

THIRDS HQ: http://thirdshq.com 
Email: charlie@charliecochet.com 
Twitter: @charliecochet | http://www.twitter.com/charliecochet 
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GRL Blog Tour - J. K. Hogan


Coming September 17th:


Love and the Real Boy (Coming About, Book 2) by J.K. Hogan

Blurb:

How­­ much heartache can one man take before he breaks? Rich Langston asks himself that question every day.

A Seattle advertising exec who uses his designer suit and showy car like a suit of armor, Rich refuses to let the world get to him. His traumatic childhood has ruined any faith he had in people, friendship, and love. After a meltdown that led to him alienating everyone in his life, Rich agrees to help with the restoration of an antique sailboat as a form of penance.

Roped into heading up with the boat repair by his mother, marine restorer Patrick O’Dowd finds himself having to babysit a moody, spoiled rich boy with absolutely no carpentry experience. His easy-going nature is sorely tested, but he quickly realizes that things are not always what they seem; sometimes a fancy suit is nothing but an elaborate deflection from what’s real.

Through unavoidable personality clashes and fierce attraction, both Rich and Patrick explore their hidden pain and inner demons, and they end up finding with what really matters—love.

Teaser:

          Rich forced himself to relax. Why shouldn’t he give his brain a little mini-vacay? He was of a stressful nature—he had to constantly stress over work, over making enough money to keep himself in suits and expensive toys to remind himself he wasn’t homeless anymore, that he wasn’t going to end up like his mother. He stressed over the wrong people finding out he was gay, while stressing that he might just go mad from lack of companionship—and that was just the tip of the crazy-berg.

          Underneath it all sat his pent-up grief, anger, and guilt from his stolen childhood, cowering like a beast in the dark, a sleeping monster. That was Rich’s biggest, most constant fear—that one day he would no longer be able to contain it. What would happen then? Would he lose his mind?

          So all things considered, why shouldn’t he just let it go for one night? What was wrong with letting a big, burly Irishman take him in hand—heh—and drive the boat for a while.
                 
About J.K. Hogan:


J.K. Hogan has been telling stories for as long as she can remember, beginning with writing cast lists and storylines for her toys growing up. When she finally decided to put pen to paper, magic happened. She is greatly inspired by all kinds of music and often creates a “soundtrack” for her stories as she writes them. J.K. is hoping to one day have a little something for everyone, so she’s branched out from m/f paranormal romance and added m/m contemporary romance. Who knows what’s next?

J.K. resides in North Carolina, where she was born and raised. A true southern girl at heart, she lives in the country with her husband and young son, a cat, and two champion agility dogs. If she isn’t on the agility field, J.K. can often be found chasing waterfalls in the mountains with her husband, or down in front at a blues concert. In addition to writing, she enjoys training and competing in dog sports, spending time with her large southern family, camping, boating and, of course, reading! For more information, please visit www.jkhogan.com.

Links:

http://www.wildecity.com/books/gay-romance/love-and-the-real-boy-coming-about-book-


http://instagram.com/jkhoganbooks



See you all at GRL!



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GRL Blog Tour - Lex Chase

Hello everyone! I'm Lex Chase and a big thank you to RJ Scott for hosting me for the GRL Blog Tour o' Fun!

Last year was my first ever GRL, and I had snagged a Supporting Author slot, and so came the absolute panic. I'm the author of the Checkmate superhero series for Dreamspinner Press, and at the time, the first novella Pawn Takes Rook, and the second novellas Cashing the Reality Check were out. I had nothing in print. Nothing. I learned very quickly many readers prefer print. Some don't care one way or another, but a majority want Belle's library in Beast's Castle. Me? I don't have enough shelf space in my house. So I have Belle's library on my Nook!

But here I was with this print dilemma. So I had to think of something that would make me stand out. Enter dat swag!

I had asked everyone I could possibly know that had done conferences before. What were the things that people took away. What were the things that didn't hit the trash can? There was a resounding paper swag is a no but funky memorable swag is a yes. Considering my budget is made of moth balls, a paper clip, and a ball of lint, I managed to spring for pens and buttons back then. I also played the system at Bath and Body Works and scored 100 hand sanitizers throughout the year. I also had superhero Blowpops, where I assembled each one by hand with a cape and a mask while watching hours of The Newsroom on HBO. Considering in a former life I used to be a comics artist, I put my chops to work and drew a print of the MCs of Checkmate, Rook and Garth here:

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 And so off to GRL I went! My findings that despite my covers for Pawn Takes Rook, and Cashing the Reality Check, everyone wanted that print. I mentally filed this away for later. I also took notes on what other folks had, what went over well, and what was the must have items.

So. Enter GRL 2014! It's about a month and a half away! HOMG! FREAK OUT! Now? Now as they say in video games I've "leveled-up" I'm going as a Featured Author. Holy jesus. Pray for me.

Now with the Checkmate series over with the last novella Conventional Love came out New Years Day 2014, but I have two novels in print! Print! Paper stuff! Readers like paper stuff! The two novels are in fact the start of two separate series. The first was released July 25th, Chasing Sunrise: Book One of The Darkmore Saga, an m/m gritty paranormal urban fantasy. Or as I call it: The Most Controversial Book Ever with a hyper effeminate hero that cross-dresses in elaborate gowns. That's him on the cover. Also the vampires in this series don't freaking sparkle and they farm humans like livestock. Oh yeah. And it's a romance.
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  And coming September 12th, Americana Fairy Tale: Book One of Fairy Tales of the Open Road, an m/m quirky fractured fairy tale urban fantasy. Maybe not the most controversial book ever, but definitely a weird one. We have a fuckup guy that's a fairy tale princess and his fairy godfather is a housecat-sized Jeff Bridges in Big Lebowski with big ol' pink butterfly wings and then a dude that's a dirty, nasty Creole huntsman out of New Orleans. And the World's Largest Ball of Twine. This is the book you never knew you needed.
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See these covers? They couldn't be more different. Now with all of my mental notes from last GRL, consider this a preview of the Lex Chase Swag o' Awesome!  

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I've got the usual pens...

And this time I sprang for stress toys!

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And remember that paper swag? How to make it stand out? I've got these!
First! Putting my comicking skills to use we have: Checkmate Trading Cards! 17 different designs in all with 4 special cards!

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What special cards you ask? Find yourselves any one of these babies and you could win something pretty swanky!

The Dynamic Duo - Lex Chase


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I should mention there's only six of the Red Rook cards. You'll want to find him especially. Just sayin'.
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Next! Putting other artists to work for me!

Presenting the Lex Chase Universe: Series 1 Trading Cards! Have a sampling! There's 10 cards to collect in all!


Checkmate by Valeriane Duvivier

Chasing Sunrise by Valeriane Duvivier


Americana Fairy Tale by Aimee Duncanwidth

Americana Fairy Tale by Kei Everett

And then! The prints are back baby!
I have these from Chasing Sunrise!


The Proposal by Snicks-chan

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King and Consort by Lex Chase  

Is that it? Oh no. There's more! Let's just say Americana Fairy Tale is going to have some pretty awesome swag coming at your face.

Did someone say mailing postcards?

And shower loofahs?

 Oh yeah.

 Shower.

Loofahs.

 Pink ones.

 Just marinate on that.
 
Get ready for GRL! Stuff Lex's books in your brain!
Buy Checkmate from Dreamspinner Press
Buy Chasing Sunrise from Dreamspinner Press in eBook and Paperback
Pre-order Americana Fairy Tale from Dreamspinner Press in eBook and Paperback (Coming September 12th!)
 
Paperbacks ordered through Dreamspinner Press qualifies for Free Shipping to GRL for pick-up! Good for multiple uses!
Use code: GRL2014
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About the Author: Lex Chase once heard Stephen King say in a commercial, 'We're all going to die, I'm just trying to make it a little more interesting.' She knew then she wanted to make the world a little more interesting.

 Weaving tales of cinematic, sweeping adventure, epic love and depending on how she feels that day, Lex sprinkles in high-speed chases, shower scenes, and more explosions than a Hollywood blockbuster. She loves tales of men who kiss as much as they kick ass. She believes if you're going to going to march into the depths of hell, it better be beside the one you love.

Lex is a pop culture diva and her DVR is constantly backlogged. She wouldn't last five minutes without technology in the event of the apocalypse and has nightmares about refusing to leave her cats behind. She is incredibly sentimental, to the point that she gets choked up at holiday commercials. But like the lovers driven to extreme measures to get home for the holidays, Lex believes everyone deserves a happy ending.

Lex also has a knack for sarcasm, never takes herself seriously, and has been nicknamed 'The Next Alan Moore' by her friends for all the pain and suffering she inflicts on her characters. She is a Damned Yankee hailing from the frozen backwoods of Maine residing in the 'burbs of Northwest Florida where it could be 80F and she'd be a popsicle.

She is grateful and humbled for all the readers. She knows very well she wouldn?t be here if it wasn?t for them and welcomes feedback.

You can find her on those social media things at:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LXChase
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lex_Chase
Tumblr: http://lexiconofkittens.tumblr.com
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