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Balancing Act: Shooting Stars Book 4 by @KimberVale #RLFblog #gayromance
Cover Love at Romance Lives Forever is a short intro to a book and includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Balancing Act: Shooting Stars Book 4 by K Vale.
About the Book
Title: Balancing Act: Shooting Stars
Genre: Contemporary MM, Gay RomanceAuthor: K. ValeBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RK. Vale delivers a hot read in Balancing Act: Greg Dwyer and Kyrie Li are living the glorious couple life in New York City. Or are they? When struggling actor Kyrie lands a modeling job, he’s ecstatic to have extra cash to spend on his best-friend-turned-boyfriend.
Of course, Greg is suspicious Anders Berglund, the gorgeous and androgynous Swedish cover model the designers love to pair with Kyrie, is after his man. And maybe Kyrie encourages a growing closeness with the guy?
Greg is probably to blame if Kyrie is drawn to the openly gay and seriously beautiful Andy. With Andy, Kyrie can be himself, as loud and proud as he’s always been. But Greg’s sexuality stays firmly locked in the closest except when he’s with Kyrie’s supportive family or alone with the man he loves.
To make matters worse, Greg’s out-of-touch mom meets with financial ruin and moves in with the couple, forcing him into the closet in his own home.
Can Greg find a way to stand up to Mommy Dearest and win back a love he fought so hard to reach? He discovers the road to pride begins at home and with accepting oneself first. Otherwise, it’s just a dead-end street. Book 4 in the Shooting Stars series.Buy This Book
Author Social Media
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Kory from Crossed Hearts by @kimbervale #RLFblog #MMRomance
K. Vale shares details about the creation of Kory Vansant in
the book Crossed Hearts.About the Book
Title Crossed HeartsGenre Contemporary MM RomanceAuthor K. ValeBook heat level (based on movie ratings): ROne heart’s been broken. The other is secondhand.Kory Vansant doesn’t deserve to be alive.As time sucks him dry of energy,
sapping the final ounces of strength from his congenitally enlarged heart, he’s
forced to end his career as Kory Kent, porn star. Staring down death, he
questions his life choices and prays for a miracle. For another chance at life,
he vows to change who he is at his core.His prayers are answered. A perfect
heart now beats in his chest, but it comes at a heavy price. The donor is an
innocent young man cut down far too prematurely.Kory’s blemished history and his
donor’s spotless past are far from ideal matches.As his debts skyrocket, Kory can’t
help but think his resolve to walk the high road is being tested. After he
meets the adorable Will Squire at the gravesite they both visit, he’s doubly
damned because there’s no way he can keep up his end of the bargain. What
happens when a man breaks a deal with a higher power?Will often prefers the company of
the dead to that of the living. Following a bad breakup, he pours himself into
his two jobs—funeral director at his uncle’s mortuary and part-time paramedic.
He’s drawn ever closer to Kory, as if fate sticks her fickle hand in and pushes
them together like two unlikely puzzle pieces. But sometimes history can’t be
buried, and maybe divine intervention isn’t always right. Will discovers
everyone is imperfect, no matter how pretty the outer package, and opening
one’s heart is never easy, but can be oh, so worth the pain.Introducing Kory Vansant
Name: Kory VansantAge: 30Gender: MaleBirthplace: Samara, Russia. Raised in Seattle, WA after
adoption.Profession: Retired porn star, artist, and art instructor at
Livingston Community CollegeEthnicity: CaucasianDescribe his body build, skin tone, height and weight.
Include any unique features such as dimples, freckles, or scars: 6’2”, 200
pounds, extremely muscular before his heart condition took its toll, now less toned,
but still big, fair skinned with brown hair, including ample facial hair, and
brown eyes. He has a large scar down the center of his chest from his heart
transplant surgery.Who is the
significant other in your character’s life?Will SquireTell us about him,
please.Will is a part-time paramedic and full-time funeral director
for Rolling Hills Funeral Home. He was hesitant to fall for Kory following a
bad breakup, but after getting to know him, he couldn’t help himself.How does your hero
dress?Kory dresses Salvation-Army-chic. His ripped-up jeans are
frequently paint-spattered from his art.How educated is this
character?He has a Masters in Art HistoryDoes he scrape by,
live comfortably, live extravagantly?Kory definitely scrapes by. He’s in a tremendous amount of
debt related to his heart transplant and medications.Does your character
care about what others assume about him?Kory doesn’t want his past as a porn star to dog him now
that he’s resolved to start over after the transplant. He’s upset when a fan
assumes he’s for hire because of his past sex work. Of course, he still relies
on some of the money that trickles in from his old career, and has a hard time
completely letting his porn persona go when he’s desperate for funds. It’s a
tough situation for him.If someone from your
character’s past showed up, who would he most want it to be, and why?He’d definitely want it to be his buddy, Mando. Mando and
his boyfriend, Jake, were Kory’s best friends from his years doing porn. When
Kory was in financial straits and awaiting a donor heart, Mando and Jake took
him in. Luckily, Kory will probably see his friends again in a subsequent book
in my Hearts and Scars series.What is your
character’s biggest need at the beginning of the story?The first time we see Kory in Crossed Hearts, he’s
post-surgical and just waking up after his heart transplant. Until that point,
he’d been in limbo, not knowing if he was going to live or die. He’d made deals
in his head about changing his life as a porn star and walking the straight and
narrow path if he was saved. His greatest need at the beginning of Crossed
Hearts, then, is to figure out where his new heart, and new life, leaves him.
It’s almost a question of who he is now, which is an interesting place to
start, I think.About Your Writer
Why do you think your
writer chose to write about you?I think she loved the idea of a bunch of lives intersecting
because of one incident. Brandon’s death was tragic, but it was my salvation in
a number of ways. It gave me my life, and it gave me Will, so I can’t help but
see it as a miracle. I also got the gift of meeting the Diazes, who have become
like a second family to me, so despite how sad it is that Brandon isn’t here,
it’s also a tremendous blessing.What do you wish your
writer had not told others about you?Nothing. I had been trying to put my past behind me, but I
realized that it’s impossible. Her telling my story—from start to finish—was
pretty cathartic for me, in a way. I was able to eventually own it all, the
good, the bad, and the ugly, and that’s really the only way to start over and
be true to yourself and the people you love.What other character
from your book do you think your writer should write a book about, and why?Definitely Matt. My donor heart came from Matt’s boyfriend,
Brandon, and Matt was pretty much wrecked after Brandon died. I ache for him. I
really do. Matt and I have become friends, I think, and I really want him to
get to a happy place because right now, he’s still very lost and badly scarred.Why do you think your
writer loves to write?I think she’s a romantic and a dreamer, and when the two get
together, sometimes they birth stories that have to be told.Is there anything
you’d like to say to your writer?Thanks for dreaming me up and helping me find my perfect
partner!Buy This Book
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Crossed-Hearts-Scars-Novel-ebook/dp/B00W0IJW1I/ref=la_B006HMAY06_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1431392053&sr=1-12
ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-crossedhearts-1795672-149.htmlSmashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/538603Author Bio
K. Vale writes erotic romance of all stripes, from hot
hetero to mouthwatering manlove. Find her MF work published under Kimber Vale.
Come for the sex. Stay for the story. Stalk Kimber on Facebook and Twitter
@KimberVale, and check her site for updates, new releases, and freebies at
http://www.authorkimbervale.com.Author Social Media
Website http://authorkimbervale.comBlog http://kimbervale.meTwitter https://twitter.com/KimberValeFacebook https://www.facebook.com/kimber.valePinterest https://www.pinterest.com/kimbervale/Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Kimber-Vale/e/B006HMAY06/
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Character Interview: Kyrie from Hard Act to Follow @KimberVale #RLFblog #LGBT
Hard Act to Follow About the Book
Title Hard Act to FollowGenre MM Contemporary RomanceAuthor K. ValeBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RKyrie is an actor with a physical aversion to telling lies, a
one-eyed cat, and horrible taste in men. His ex-brother-in-law and best friend,
Greg, harbors a secret crush he can’t shake. After denying his feelings for Kyrie
for too long, Greg finally gives in to desire one drunken night. Come the morning,
the facts get twisted. Kyrie pretends he doesn’t remember a thing—a lie that eats
him alive—and Greg can’t stop thinking about how he screwed up the best thing in
his life.Before they can clear the air, Kyrie follows his dreams to New
York City, but could he also be running away?A mistake from Kyrie’s past detonates their silence, and Greg
is forced to confront the man he loves. Is their new truth strong enough to support
a relationship, or are they doomed to crumble under old fears? Their friendship
could evolve into something a million times stronger, but maybe Kyrie’s act is just
too hard for Greg to follow.Buy This Book
Liquid Silver Books http://www.lsbooks.com/hard-act-to-follow-p937.phpAmazon http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Follow-Shooting-Stars-Book-ebook/dp/B00MUF78WQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409251413&sr=8-1&keywords=Hard+Act+to+FollowBarnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hard-act-to-follow-k-vale/1120133637?ean=9781622101337ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-hardacttofollow-1599620-149.htmlKobo http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/hard-act-to-followInterview with Kyrie Li
Name: Kyrie LiAge: 23Gender: MaleBirthplace: Boston, MAProfession: Student/Actor/WaiterEthnicity: half African American, half KoreanDescribe his/her body build, skin tone, height and weight. Include
any unique features such asDouble Takes dimples, freckles, or scars: Kyrie is 5’9″, about
155 pounds, and slim but toned. He has short black hair, mocha skin, laughing eyes
with uber-long lashes, and is almost femininely pretty.Who is the significant
other in your character’s life?Gregory Douglas Dwyer, Esquire, Kyrie’s ex-brother-in-law and
best friendHow does your hero dress?
Flamboyantly. Kyrie loves splashes of color and slim-legged pants,
and can wear an ascot better than Freddy Jones from Scooby-Doo. He usually cranks
the attire up a notch around his family and close friends, and loves getting into
costume for performances both in and out of the bedroom.How educated is this character?
Is he book smart, self-taught, widely-experienced?Kyrie just graduated with his bachelors in theater arts and is
a solid B student without putting in much effort. He jumps into everything headfirst,
and so has a fair amount of life experience for his age, but he is also extremely
naïve sometimes, which tends to get him hurt.Does he scrape by, live
comfortably, live extravagantly?He lived in a shoebox apartment with his roommate, Liv, all through
college and again when they moved to NYC. Shortly afterward, though, he and Greg
moved into a larger condo together. Now Kyrie has to keep up his end of the “kept
boyfriend” bargain as he is still not pulling in a ton of money waiting tables
and auditioning for acting roles.Is he close to family?
Kyrie is the baby of his family, and is definitely treated that
way. He’s close with his older sister, Jasmine, and spoiled by his mother Shana.
His dad is a bit more reserved, but they all dote on Kyrie.Can your hero keep a secret?
If not, why not? If yes, why?Kyrie is horrible at keeping secrets. He’s the perfect person
to tell a secret to if you want it to get out. Ever since he was a child he would
make himself physically ill if he told a lie. The guilt would eat away at him until
he had to confess.What secrets does your
character know about people around him that he does NOT share?Kyrie manages to tell a whopper of a lie to his best friend Greg.
After a night of drinking and lowered inhibitions, they end up in bed together.
The next morning, Kyrie freaks and pretends he blacked out and doesn’t remember
a thing. Needless to say, it doesn’t work well for either of them.What inner doubt causes
your character the most difficulty?Kyrie is convinced that Greg is still in love with Kyrie’s sister,
Jasmine. Despite the fact that Greg and Jazz are divorced, Kyrie tries repeatedly
to get them back together. Later on he realizes he’s worried Greg will find someone
new and no longer have time for him.About Your Writer: Questions for your character to answer about you.
Why do you think your
writer chose to write about you?That’s a joke, right? The real question is–what took her so
long?What do you wish your
writer had not told others about you?She probably should have kept quiet about the kinky boots I borrowed
from the theater. I mean, I don’t care that people know I can rock heels, I just
wouldn’t want my producer to find out I was treating the costume closet like a lingerie
lending library, ya know? Might not fly.What do you wish your
writer would write next?My next book! Greg and I have a lot of humps to get over—get
it? Humps? No, seriously. She needs to put away those other two books she’s working
on and get cracking on Shooting Stars 3.5 because we can’t possibly be contained
to one tiny little novel. Nope. We’re explosive, baby! Sequel! Sequel! Sequel! Come
on! Say it with me, now.What other character from
your book do you think your writer should write a book about? Care to tell us why?Well, Livy should probably get a book because that Mark guy she’s
livin’ with is nice enough, but she could totally do better. Don’t tell him I said
that. Ah, he could probably do better, too. Don’t tell her I said that.Is there anything you’d
like to say to your writer?Forever Is Now Greg and I want a baby. Make it happen. Hah! Just kidding, you
chode! I can’t believe you fell for that. You should see the look on your face!
Price! Less!Author Bio
K. Vale writes erotic romance of all stripes, from hot hetero
to mouthwatering manlove. Find her MF work published under Kimber Vale. Come for
the sex. Stay for the story. Stalk Kimber on Facebook and Twitter @KimberVale, and
check her site for updates, new releases, and freebies.Author Social Media
Website http://www.authorkimbervale.comTwitter https://twitter.com/KimberValeFacebook https://www.facebook.com/kimber.valePinterest http://www.pinterest.com/kimbervale/ -
Double Takes (Shooting Stars #2) @KimberVale #RLFblog #LGBT
Double Takes Cover Love at Romance Lives Forever is a short intro to a
book and includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the
author. Today’s featured book is Double Takes by K Vale.Genre: Contemporary MM, Gay RomanceAuthor: K. ValeBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RAh, the life of a rock star. Everyone thinks it’s nothing
but sex, drugs, and rock and roll.Not for Giovanni Savale.For the lead singer of Three Deaf Mice, a band that reached
its pinnacle in the late nineties, it’s nothing but an ugly divorce with a custody
battle, money trouble, and now the nightmare exposure of starring in a reality
television show. When his producer decides to cash in on an infamous interview
Gio did years ago, and give the self-confessed bisexual rocker an onscreen
boyfriend, things really hit the fan. Gio is certain his sexual experimentation
back in his drug-abusing days meant nothing — after all he’s been married for
nine years, clean and sober for nearly as long, and he has a son. And Gio is
not remotely attracted to Kyrie, the funny, flamboyant actor they choose for
his love interest. Of course, Lance Garrett, the mysterious and sexy owner of
the local antique shop, Double Takes, is a whole different story. The guy has
Gio planning out a future he never imagined. With the threat of losing all
custody of his ten-year-old son, ghosts from the past returning for revenge,
and the cameras rolling, can Gio keep his head above water and his heart from
getting broken?Buy This Book
Publisher Liquid Silver Books http://www.lsbooks.com/double-takes-p901.phpARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-doubletakes-1484498-149.htmlKobo http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/double-takes-1Author Social Media
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