Hi everyone-- Welcome to the Men of May Blog Hop! Stop for a moment and fully appreciate our delicious Blog Emblem provided by my pal, Sharita Lira! This hop has dozens of authors all with prizes for you -- and we're all talking about men so how can you lose? In my case, i'm talking about the Beautiful Boys of Romance! That's what i write -- erotic romance mostly MM and MMF menage. I love all my characters but most of all my gorgeous guys!First, serious business! What can you win here? :
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A few words about alpha males. I am currently reading a MF werewolf story. Unusual for a MM contemporary writer, but it's written by a friend. In the story, the alpha male werewolf stalks around with muscles rippling and he is large and in charge, baby. I love the guy, but it got me thinking that i have never written a traditional alpha male -- one who both looks and acts as we expect an alpha to act. My most alpha looking heroes always have some other agenda than acting dominant. Caleb Martin, the 6'6" soccer star in Deceptive Attraction is a submissive in bed. My hunky fireman, Hunter Fallon in Fire Balls doesn't feel authentic in his role and yearns to be a teacher. He also likes to bottom! The real alpha male in that book is a tiny, pink-haired, flamboyant artist named Rodney Mansfield who is a black-belt in karate and a top if ever there was one. Maybe my two big volleyball players in Volley Balls, Gareth and Edge, come the closest to alpha male status -- but Gareth has a sweetness that is hard to deny. I guess i like the unexpected and i really appreciate nerds and beta males. I love seeing them rise to the top! Maybe one of these days i'll break out and write a full-on alpha! But meanwhile, i'll enjoy them in other people's books.
To give you a better idea of what i mean, i have posted an excerpt from my MMF menage, Deceptive Attraction. This scene is MM and Adult! The guy doing the bending is a big, strong, handsome soccer player and the guy on the other end of the blindfold is smaller and as pretty as a girl with blond ringlets and huge amber eyes. Remember, this is an adult excerpt:
Cal bent down and opened the
dishwasher door, grabbing a few plates and arranging them in the racks. He felt
hands caressing his hips.
“Mmmm, I like that pose a lot.
Would you like me to take advantage of it?”
Cal closed the dishwasher and
rose halfway, putting his hands on the counter. It still left him bent at the
waist, ass sticking out, legs wide. “Do you have to ask?”
“Hell no.” Cal waited for his
sweats to come down. Nothing. He’d raised his head from his arms to glance back
when a hand came in front of his face.
“Hold still.” The command in
Eli’s voice snapped him to attention. He froze. A napkin appeared in front of
his face. What the hell…? He started to look back. “I said don’t move.” The
napkin covered Cal’s eyes, and he felt it tied tightly behind his head. He
gasped. Panic or excitement? He wasn’t sure of the difference. “Just do as I
say. Do you understand?”
Chills skittered up Cal’s spine.
He’d always been a top. Why did he love this so much? “Yes, yes, I understand.”
He strained to hear Eli moving
around. It sounded like he left the kitchen for a minute. Then strong,
rough-skinned hands pulled up his shirt, grabbed his sweatpants, and yanked
them down to his ankles in one motion. Oh man, this was getting better and
better. He spread his legs a little more. Crap, he wanted it so bad. He tried
to widen his legs, but the sweatpants pulled tight. He started to reach down to
pull them away, but Eli grabbed his hand and slapped it back on the counter. “I
said don’t move, boy.”
Cal obeyed instantly. Soft lips
caressed his ear. “You want this bad, don’t you? You can’t wait for this hot
cock in your tight ass, can you?”
Cal shook his head. A rough hand
in his hair yanked his head back. “Answer me. Tell me how much you want it.”
“I want it so bad, Eli. Jesus, I
can’t wait. Put it in me, please.” It was true. Every nerve ending tingled. His
butt was on fire just wanting.
“That won’t do it, baby. That’s
not nearly enough to get this cock in you. Let’s hear some real begging.”
“Please, please put it in me.”
“Put what in you?”
“Your cock. Your beautiful cock.”
“You think it’s beautiful?”
“God, yes. I dream about it. I
want it all the time.” Shit, it was true. “I want you, Eli. Take me, please.
Take me hard, please. I’m begging, please.”
One long, hot, hard slide, and
his ass was full. It hurt, and yet it felt better than anything in life. “Holy
shit!” He hoped his cries didn’t wake Angel, but man, there was no help for it.
Jesus H.
Eli pounded into him. “You love
it, don’t you? You love having this pretty, girlie-boy’s cock ramming your ass,
don’t you?” He grabbed Cal’s hair, then wrapped his other hand around Cal’s
throbbing, bobbing cock. With deep, hard pulls, he milked him.
“Yes, yes. Harder, please.
Please.”
Eli just kept pounding and
stroking.
Oh, God. Perfect. So right. He loved this. He’d never known
anyone so perfect for him. Had to come. Had to. Yes. The heat started
down around his knees. Like a molten river of flame, it spread faster and
faster up his groin, into his spine, and blazed up into his head and out his
cock. He felt like his head came off. “Shit! Baby, baby, I love…” He panicked. No,
can’t say that. Stop. He hauled back those three little letters that would
end it all. “This, this, I love this.” And he felt his cock spout cum like a
fire hose all over the dishwasher door.
Hope you enjoyed it! Now, here are all the wonderful authors you can visit between now and Sunday night. Get hopping and thank you so much for visiting me! I hope you'll look for my new release, Beach Balls, coming June 1 to Amazon and ARe.





Whew! Hot excerpt!!! Looking forward to May!
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nice emblem & contest :) not to mention the excerpt
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*bounce,bounce,bounce* please count me in on the contest. I have a couple of your books on my wishlist so this would be a great win! Thanks,
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I love reading about two alpha males and well yours were surprising(Fireballs) since one wouldn't expect them to be but that's refreshing.
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Does Spell Cat count as a backlist book yet? *WANT IT! WANT IT! WANT IT!* ;)
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I am almost up to date with purchasing all your books and would love to add another...love them!
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A very adult excerpt thanks. I liked reading your thoughts about Alpha male characters in relation to your stories.
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Loved your excerpt..Don't worry about adding me to the contest. I'm just here to support.
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Thanks for that steamy excerpt. Haven't read that one yet and now I really want to. :D
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I'd love to win Spell Cat, it's the only one I don't have, so please count me in!
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I love that excerpt! I can't wait for Beach Balls.
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Great excerpt. Have been looking at fire balls recently.
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I love all your beautiful boys, Tara.
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Well they are lovelly beautiful boys :)
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I'm loving your 'Balls to the Wall' and 'Genetic Attraction' series.
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Yowsa...I'm lovin' the MANCANDY Hop.
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Thanks so much for the blog hop giveaway!! :D
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I found your blog through the bloghop. I like the variety of books that you have - like Spell Cat (fantasy/paranormal), Fire Balls etc.
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Wonderful Idea ,I have gone to all the sites ,to check out the guys. ;-)
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Thanks for participating in the hop! WOW are these guys some of the hottest out there or what?
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Hi! Met you at rt convention in Chicago! Thanks for the giveaway!
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WOW! Love the excerpt! I love coming by to visit.
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thank you Tara for being part of the blog hop & the Cinco Party at TRS. I've been so busy working and packing that I hardly get to visit my favorite authors and their blogs.
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Wishing you a wonderful weekend and all the best...*S*
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I can't wait to read Beach Balls; it will be a great read.
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Hi,
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Thanks so much for the giveaway.
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Love the excerpt! I can't wait to read more of your boys.
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Awesome excerpt. Can't wait to read it. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Happy Cinco de Mayo! Thanks for the giveaway :-)
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Thanks a ton for the giveaway!!
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I'd love a chance to win your giveaway :)
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Thanks for the giveaway.
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Tara, you have such HOT Excerpts & I'm such a HUGE Fan of your Writing & I ALWAYS LOVE your Cover Art, your Books are sooooo HAWT!!! Thanks for being in the Giveaway.
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Oh PS: I think by now lol you know I Follow you everywhere, on ALL of your sites, Newsletters, Beautiful Boys, Author Site, Blogger, GFC, Goodreads LOL
Thank you all so much for playing in the Blog Hop!! The winner is...... Little Suze! Congratulations! : )
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