AVID PUBLISHING BLOG TOUR DAY 8 - (MM)
BELONG [PRIDE18] (MM)
BY
WHITNEY CANNON &
L.B LA VIGNE
🌫🌫BOOK DETAILS:🌫🌫
PUBLISHER: AVID PUBLISHING LLC
PUBLISHER WEBSITE: https://www.avid-publishing.com
RELEASE DATE: September 4, 2018
GENRE: Avid Book, Alternative M/M, LGBT, Contemporary, Paranormal Romance
WORD COUNT: 20,000 words
PAGE COUNT: 72 pages
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In the spirit of Pride 2018, we all wish
to belong somehow, somewhere. The ultimate satisfaction one could enjoy is
belonging and fitting it, knowing one's place in the big scheme of things.
Check out these stories from Whitney Cannon and L.B La Vigne that would blow
your mind away.
Vanilla by Whitney Cannon
Wendel has struggled his whole life to fit in. His stutter has always left him with few if any friends; none of them boyfriends. Surviving in a life of solitude, Wendel needs to decide if risking the sanctuary he has created for himself is worth sharing his darkest truths. Can he step out of the shield he hides behind to give someone the chance to accept him for who he really is? Or, will the results of how he’s been treated in the past, keep him from taking a chance on possible acceptance?
Taming The Vampire by L.B La Vigne
When Matt finds a vampire on the beach who’s into rough sex, he can't help but take him home. They engage in a series of depraved acts, all of which are consensual. But when Matt has to go to a family funeral for a few days, he leaves Chris, his vampire lover, in the hands of someone with sinister motives.
🌫🌫BOOK EXCERPT:🌫🌫
VANILLA by WHITNEY CANNON
All of his past
experiences made Wendel leery to trust new people. There were very few people
in this world who Wendel trusted, one of them being his boss, Julia. She had
immediately taken a protective mother-hen stance with Wendel and was there for
him if he ever had a situation at work that he couldn’t handle. Letting someone
new see his struggles, faults, and vulnerabilities was a terrifying prospect.
Not to mention the tsunami someone would have to be willing to endure just to
be in a relationship with him.
Wendel remembered the
smile and earnest expression on David’s face, though, and the way he was almost
hesitant to approach Wendel. He had said he’d seen Wendel around for months.
That must have meant David had noticed him some time ago. David hadn’t even
twitched at Wendel’s stutter. He just seemed happy to be there and almost
relieved that Wendel agreed to accept his phone number.
Wendel fingered the slip
of paper, stared at it, and tapped it several times on the table. He picked up
his phone and sighed, then pulled up a new text and entered a simple
message:
>It’s
Wendel. We met at the airport. When and where did you want to meet up?
TAMING THE VAMPIRE by L.B
LA VIGNE
He plopped down near a
large boulder so he could lay back on it. He could hear the ocean and caught a
glimpse of waves occasionally as the clouds moved overhead. He let his head
loll forward, and the salty breeze coming off the water felt good and kept him
awake.
He wasn’t sure how long
he’d sat there, but he knew that at some point, he spilled his beer. “Oh fuck,”
he whispered, righting it. Then he took a sip.
A noise drew his
attention, though he didn’t even look over at it. Behind him was a sparsely
forested area made of thin trees that loomed ominously in the dark. Matt had
grown tired and was quickly headed towards a nap when he heard something
sniffing and moving closer. The wind didn’t pierce past him so pointedly
suddenly, so he turned to look just as a cloud moved overhead to reveal
moonlight on the beach.
Something had come
towards him and didn’t stop. It was hunched over, though on two legs like a
human, but it had made a growling sound. “Oh shit,” he remembered slurring,
still holding his half-empty beer, though his grip on it tightened. “Are you a
zombie or something?” he asked as it got closer. Matt could see it, he, was
naked. The stranger knelt down, eyes glowing a threatening red and its
expression looking angry and hungry. “No fucking way.”
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🌫🌫ABOUT THE AUTHORS:🌫🌫
WHITNEY CANNON
Whitney Cannon is a wife and stay-at-home
mother of three. She has recently gone back to school to pursue her desire to
write and although this is her first publication, she is hard at work on
completing her first full-length novel, which is expected to see publication
before the end of 2018. She is an avid reader and supporter of m/m fiction and
has found her passion exploring all the genre has to offer.
L.B LA VIGNE
L.B. La Vigne works as a librarian by day,
and a smut writer by night. La Vigne lives in San Diego, California and enjoys
baking on the weekend, camping, and reading MM romance.
🌫🌫AUTHOR INTERVIEW:🌫🌫
L.B
LA VIGNE
Q:
What inspired you to start writing?
A:
I’ve been writing my entire adult life, though it started when I was twelve and
writing fanfiction with my friends. Over the years I lost interest, but after
college I finally had time to start writing again. Two years ago I decided to
try getting some of my writing published, and my writing career has been moving
forward ever since.
Q:
What do you like to do when not writing?
A:
I’m a librarian by day, so it goes without saying that I love to read. I’m also
an avid weekend baker and camper, and spend lots of time playing with my macaw.A: Delilah S. Dawson, author of the Phasma novel and Kill the Farm Boy, has recently been a huge inspiration to me to keep writing even as I continue on as an indie author, and with a small publishing company. Poppy Z. Brite, author of Lost Souls and Drawing Blood, originally inspired me to write the genre that I want to write, no matter what people say.
A: I hit my word count goal every single day! Just kidding, even though I’d love nothing more than to curl up on the chair in my writing corner and engage in my favorite past time. On an average day, I can be found doing a little bit of writing as well as posting on social media, talking with other authors, and researching the indie author and niche author communities.
A: Editing is perhaps the hardest, and least fun part of writing. Although much of what I write is erotica, the saying still stands that “you are your worst critic.” No matter if it’s a naughty scene or plot building, I always dread the editing process even though I know it’s a necessary evil.
A: The titles of each of my novels are unique. While I write erotic romance, a lot of my stories have personal anecdotes and struggles that I’ve gone through which I write in to a characters’ life. With the Weight of Stillness, I was trying to convey the heaviness that comes with living a quiet life and how addicting being alone can be, much like how the protagonist Caleb feels. With Blue, I was obsessed with one single song and played it on repeat while pouring my heart out in to Reid’s past. Lastly, with Taming the Vampire, it’s one of the most self-explanatory titles I’ve ever come up with. Straightforward titles are great, because they tell the reader exactly what to expect in very few words.
A: The list of characters in Taming the Vampire is very small, though I would have to say the hardest to write was Chris. He’s the vampire in the story, and non-verbal. As somebody who can only communicate with a variety of clicking and hissing noises, it was not only a difficult line to walk in regards to sentient monsters who can’t speak, but also in conveying how he felt towards Matt, his human boyfriend.
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