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GUEST AUTHOR: Safe House by Charley Descoteaux

Charley Descoteaux has a wonderful new book. It’s the 4th in her Buchanan House series. There’s a sale and a giveaway!

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The release date for Safe House, Buchanan House: Book Four, is coming soon! To celebrate, Dreamspinner has created a bundle saleโ€”Pre-order Safe House and get Tiny House (Buchanan House: Book Three) for $0.99! The sale runs September 12 until release dayโ€”September 19!

This is a true series so to get the most out of it I recommend to read the books in order. With that in mind Iโ€™ve stocked a Rafflecopter with two chances to win the first book in the series, Buchanan House. Visit any stop on my tour between September 12th and October 1st to enter!

 

SafeHouseFS_v1Safe House (Buchanan House: Book Four) by Charley Descoteaux

Itโ€™s never too late for a new beginningโ€ฆ

Kyle Shimoda is an asshole magnet, has been for as long as he can remember. At forty-seven, he doesnโ€™t see much chance for improving his luck in love. His friends who run Buchanan House, a gay retreat on the central Oregon coast, know he wants to find โ€œsomeone niceโ€ to settle down with, and they set him up with Officer Brandon Smith. Kyle has a turbulent history with law enforcement, but he canโ€™t deny his attraction to the buff cop.

Brandon has been a police officer in Lincoln City almost since the day he graduated from high school over thirty years ago. Heโ€™s cultivated the facade of a serious, disciplined law enforcement officer, but beneath his overdeveloped chest beats the soft heart of a drama queen. A cancer scare shifts Branโ€™s focus from finding a serious relationship to having as much sex as he canโ€”putting his goals squarely at odds with Kyleโ€™s. If he canโ€™t find the courage to be honest about his feelings for Kyle, the happiness theyโ€™ve both been searching for could slip through their fingers.

 

Read Chapter One at the Dreamspinner store to meet Kyle. Meet Brandon in the excerpt below.

 

Chapter Two

Brandon barely paid attention as he drove between the cemetery and the apartment he shared with two roommates. Heโ€™d hoped to find a voice mail from the doctor after the funeral, but no such luck. He did find one saying the new guy, Dylan, had called in sick, and Brandon was expected at work within the hour. He would have been happier to stay at the cemetery and talk with Paulie a little longer. And Kyle. Bran had met Kyle before, but they hadnโ€™t spoken. He had noticed then how handsome Kyle was, and he was even more striking with his hair longer, framing his high cheekbones and full, sensuous mouth. His silky black hair looked so touchable.

This isnโ€™t getting me to work any faster.

At least work will be a distraction.

He hurried home and changed into his uniform. His quick spot check in the bathroom mirror turned into a lingering appraisal. Brandon ran an open hand over his chest, not to smooth the impeccable fabric of his uniform shirt, but to reassure himself that nothing had changed. He grimaced at his reflection, thinking a little less gray and a little more brown in his hair might be a nice change.

Brandon shivered as he recalled the MRI heโ€™d endured three days prior, which had revealed a suspicious lump in his chest. Forty-seven minutes in a tiny tube while the machine hummed and took pictures of his breast and lymph tissue. Just thinking about the way it had felt to lie there made him shiverโ€”it was worse than the needle biopsy heโ€™d had the following day. With every inhale his shoulders had brushed the walls of the tube on both sides, and less than halfway through heโ€™d had to talk himself out of fleeing. He wasnโ€™t a tall manโ€”something that had bothered him throughout his lifeโ€”but until that day he had taken pride in his body, in the bulk heโ€™d cultivated without sacrificing speed or agility.

During that forty-seven minutes, he would have been happy to trade his broad shoulders for a smaller frame.

Since Iโ€™m making empty wishes, I might as well make one for a better-looking face. A face that could attract a handsome young guy like Kyle instead of scaring him half to death.

Branโ€™s stomach roiled at his own thoughts, and he resolved to not even think the word death again untilโ€”unlessโ€”he had to. He was tempted to forgo shaving the sandy brown stubble from his face but fell back on the habit, hoping for the comfort a routine could provide, and reached for his electric razor.

Everything seemed to be happening so fast. Less than a week ago heโ€™d gone in for his yearly physical, and now he was waiting for the call that would tell him whether he needed to make another appointment for that week or next year. In the interim heโ€™d been squeezed into a tube and had a biopsy. And relived the worst time in his life over and over, the time when heโ€™d learned about his fatherโ€™s diagnosis.

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Pre-0rder Safe House at the Dreamspinner store and get Tiny House for $0.99! Sept. 12-19: https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/safe-house-by-charley-descoteaux-7536-b

 

Enter Sept 12 – Oct 1!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Three winners! Prizes: One signed paperback of Safe House (US Only); one ebook copy of book one of the series, Buchanan House; one backlist book (any ebook except Safe House)

 

BIO

Charley Descoteaux has always heard voices. She was relieved to learn they were fictional characters, and started writing when they insisted daydreaming just wasnโ€™t good enough. In exchange, theyโ€™ve agreed to let her sleep once in a while. Charley grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area during a drought, and found her true home in the soggy Pacific Northwest. She has survived earthquakes, tornadoes, and floods, but couldnโ€™t make it through one day without stories.

 

Rattle Charleyโ€™s cages:

Blog: http://cdescoteauxwrites.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charley.descoteaux.3
Dreamspinner Author Page: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/index.php?cPath=879
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharleyDescote
Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/aqe7g7r
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/charleydescote/

 

Series: Buchanan House
Book Number: 4
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Pages: 200
Cover Artist: L.C. Chase

 

 

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  1. Charley Descoteaux says

    September 14, 2016 at 11:25 am

    Thanks for hosting me, Nic! <3

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Heโ€™s a detective undercover in an outlaw motorcycl Heโ€™s a detective undercover in an outlaw motorcycle club.

The other's the brother of the club president and desperate to escape that life.

They should be enemies.

Instead, they canโ€™t stay away from each other.

๐Ÿ”ฅ Opposites attract

๐Ÿ๏ธ Motorcycle club romance

๐Ÿš” Undercover cop

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Lies & Deception is for readers who love danger, chemistry, and forbidden attraction.

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Detective Mitch O'Neill is the ideal man to infiltrate the Soldiers of Fury Motorcycle Club. His ex-boyfriend, Peter, is pledged with the club, which provides Mitch with the perfect cover. Despite the relationship ending badly, heโ€™s come to terms with Peter's drug addiction and his inability to help. All Mitch wants now is to bring down the Soldiers and the club president, Rocky Cummings, once and for all.

Finn Cummings hates everything the motorcycle club stands for, but heโ€™s unable to escape his brotherโ€™s clutches. When Mitch is assigned as Finnโ€™s driver, they spend countless hours together, and the saying proves trueโ€”opposites do attract. Finn agonises over his feelings for Mitchโ€”the last thing he wants is to involve himself further with criminals, not when he wants to leave that world. Mitch tries to come to terms with falling for a member of the outlaw club heโ€™s determined to destroy.

If they can survive the fallout from Rockyโ€™s violence and the investigation, they might discover itโ€™s not a case of opposites attract after all.

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป is an opposites attract motorcycle romance set in Australia, featuring mild violence and a happy ending.

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I'm back home after a glorious Cook Islands holida I'm back home after a glorious Cook Islands holiday and still feeling that relaxed glow. Thereโ€™s something about stepping away from real life that resets the creative brain. 

While I was floating in turquoise water (and it was as perfect as a postcard!) I was thinking about why I love writing romance so much โ€” it's the blissful escape and the happiess found when too people fall in love.

Travel and people-watching reminded me of how different people can be, and how beautifully those differences can fit together. I guess that's why I'm currently writing opposites attract.

Whatโ€™s your favourite oppositesโ€‘attract pairing โ€” grumpy/sunshine, city/country, something else?

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They should be enemies. Instead, they canโ€™t stay a They should be enemies. Instead, they canโ€™t stay away from each other.

๐Ÿ”ฅ Opposites attract

๐Ÿ๏ธ Motorcycle club romance

๐Ÿš” Undercover cop

Lies & Deception is for readers who love danger, chemistry, and forbidden attraction.

www.books2read.com/liesdeception
(easy quick link in bio)

#gayromance #mcromance #mmromancenovel #bookstagram #romancereaders #kindleunlimited
Heโ€™s a detective undercover in an outlaw motorcycl Heโ€™s a detective undercover in an outlaw motorcycle club.

The other is the brother of the club president and desperate to escape that life.

They should be enemies. Instead, they canโ€™t stay away from each other.

Opposites attract | Motorcycle club romance | Undercover cop

Lies & Deception is for readers who love danger, chemistry, and forbidden attraction.

Available on Kindle Unlimited.

www.books2read.com/liesdeception
(easy quick link in bio)

#mmromance #gayromancenovels #amreading #amreadingromance #mcromance
Letโ€™s talk ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ. One of my grittier p Letโ€™s talk ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ. One of my grittier pairings is in ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  & ๐ท๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›: an undercover cop and the brother of an MC president. Two men who should never collideโ€ฆ but absolutely do. I loved writing the tension between duty and loyalty, danger and desire. If you enjoy opposites who clash before they connect, this one might be your vibe.

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ

www.books2read.com/liesdeception
(easy quick link in bio)

Detective Mitch Oโ€™Neill goes undercover in Sydneyโ€™s Soldiers of Fury MC, determined to bring the club down. Falling for Finn โ€” the presidentโ€™s brother who wants out โ€” is the one mistake he canโ€™t afford.

As violence closes in and loyalties shatter, Mitch and Finn must decide if love is worth the dangerโ€ฆ or if the truth will destroy them both.

A gritty, oppositesโ€‘attract motorcycle romance set in Australia.

#mmromance #mcromance #oppositesattract #mmbookstagram #kindleunlimited
Heโ€™s a detective undercover in an outlaw motorcycl Heโ€™s a detective undercover in an outlaw motorcycle club.

The other's the brother of the club president and desperate to escape that life.

They should be enemies.

Instead, they canโ€™t stay away from each other.

๐Ÿ”ฅ Opposites attract

๐Ÿ๏ธ Motorcycle club romance

๐Ÿš” Undercover cop

โค๏ธ Guaranteed HEA

Lies & Deception is for readers who love danger, chemistry, and forbidden attraction.

www.books2read.com/liesdeception
(easy quick link in bio)

#mmromance #gayromance #mcromance #oppositesattract
Come follow me on Amazon to get new release update Come follow me on Amazon to get new release updates!

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#mmromance #mmbookstagram #kindleunlimited #authorsofinstagram #booklovers
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด? ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด?

Detective Mitch O'Neill is the ideal man to infiltrate the Soldiers of Fury Motorcycle Club. His ex-boyfriend, Peter, is pledged with the club, which provides Mitch with the perfect cover. Despite the relationship ending badly, heโ€™s come to terms with Peter's drug addiction and his inability to help. All Mitch wants now is to bring down the Soldiers and the club president, Rocky Cummings, once and for all.

Finn Cummings hates everything the motorcycle club stands for, but heโ€™s unable to escape his brotherโ€™s clutches. When Mitch is assigned as Finnโ€™s driver, they spend countless hours together, and the saying proves trueโ€”opposites do attract. Finn agonises over his feelings for Mitchโ€”the last thing he wants is to involve himself further with criminals, not when he wants to leave that world. Mitch tries to come to terms with falling for a member of the outlaw club heโ€™s determined to destroy.

If they can survive the fallout from Rockyโ€™s violence and the investigation, they might discover itโ€™s not a case of opposites attract after all.

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป is an opposites attract motorcycle romance set in Australia, featuring mild violence and a happy ending.

www.books2read.com/liesdeception
(easy quick link in bio)

#mmromance #gayromancenovel #oppositesattract #mcromance
I'm back home after a glorious Cook Islands holida I'm back home after a glorious Cook Islands holiday and still feeling that relaxed glow. Thereโ€™s something about stepping away from real life that resets the creative brain. 

While I was floating in turquoise water (and it was as perfect as a postcard!) I was thinking about why I love writing romance so much โ€” it's the blissful escape and the happiess found when too people fall in love.

Travel and people-watching reminded me of how different people can be, and how beautifully those differences can fit together. I guess that's why I'm currently writing opposites attract.

Whatโ€™s your favourite oppositesโ€‘attract pairing โ€” grumpy/sunshine, city/country, something else?

Photo: This is a photo I took on Aitutaki - paradise on earth!

#authorlife #mmauthor #authorsofinstagram
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