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amelia gormley

“where the heck have you been, Amelia?” Making sexy books apparently! #gay #erotica @ACGormley

August 30, 2014 by Leta

What has Amelia Gormley been up to this summer? Apparently being part of this military men box set!

“My story is titled The Houseboy: Initiation, and is nothing short of pure, unadulterated erotica. Seriously. There are a lot of stories where I go for “smut with substance” and there is a lot happening behind the sexytiems. This…is not one of those times. It’s Daddy kink. It’s BDSM. It’s age difference, virginity kink, gangbang, objectification, semi-public sex, exhibitionism, and God only knows what else. In many ways, it’s what Strain would have been without the angst and the fuck-or-die element driving the plot. If that sounds like your cuppa, I’ll be sharing an excerpt in my next post.”

via The summer in review or: “where the heck have you been, Amelia?” | The fiction of Amelia C. Gormley.

Click on through to read more of Amelia’s upcoming books, or click the photo above to go purchase this massive box set! Only 99 cents!

Filed Under: books, Uncategorized Tagged With: amelia gormley, bdsm, cat grant, em lynley, exhibitionism, gangbang, gay, keira andrews, l.a. witt, lucy felthouse, military, military men box set, rhi etzweiler, sasha devlin, semi-public sex, virginity kink

Amelia C. Gormley & Marie Sexton on Adult Children of Alcoholics « The Novel Approach

June 11, 2014 by Leta

“It’s hard to admit to ourselves (and even harder to admit to anybody else!) that what we want and need most is for the merry-go-round ride to just END. That feels so brutally cold-hearted. And yet, the thought of having the cycle continue is just more than we can bear.”

via Amelia C. Gormley And Marie Sexton Are Our Guests Today On The “Saugatuck Summer” Blog Tour « The Novel Approach.

 

Please click through on the above link to read Amelia Gormley and Marie Sexton’s discussion of life as adult children of alcoholics and how that has informed a couple of their characters.

Filed Under: books Tagged With: adult children of alcoholics, alcoholism, amelia gormley, books about adult children of alcoholics, gay, marie sexton, romance, saugatuck summer

Amelia’s reading from Saugatuck Summer at #RainbowCon 2014 #mmromance

April 29, 2014 by Leta

I was the camera woman for Amelia’s reading from her upcoming book, Saugatuck Summer, at Rainbow Con. She did a good job and the book, as usual, sounds wonderful! Check it out!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: amelia gormley, gay romance, mmromance, saugatuck summer

Review of Strain by Amelia C. Gormley #zombies #gay #dystopia @ACGormley

March 3, 2014 by Leta

StrainStrain by Amelia C. Gormley

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The last 20% of this book, especially, is really damn amazing. Obviously, all of it is good, but around the 75-80% mark, I started having that feeling of, “Oh, God, noooo. I’ve just gotten completely involved and invested and now it’s almost overrrrr.” That’s one of the best and worst feelings, isn’t it? Because there’s never enough book left at that point.

I’ll admit I had a few niggles about emotional continuity, some logistics, and a few other things, but then I have to ask myself, “Leta, when do you not have niggles?” And the fact is, I do most of the time, so I have to throw those by the wayside and look at the bigger picture. Which is:

a) Amelia Gormley has created a really excellently drawn post-apocalyptic world with believable zombies and a believable fuck-or-die situation. That’s a pretty difficult thing to accomplish and she does it superbly and with her usual beautiful, descriptive writing style.

b) The characters of Rhys and Darius are interesting to watch unfurl, and I only wish there had been more of that. I did feel that there weren’t enough scenes of them together not fucking (or before fucking). More scenes like the shaving scene, for example. But I have a feeling that I might be in the minority on that count. Generally, I’m a fan of more scenes…editors and other readers seem to be fans of less scenes. So, I dunno. But see, that just means I’m greedy. They are interesting characters, and I’d have loved to know more about Darius’s past especially. For a forty-something man who’s lived through hell, we end up knowing relatively little about his life. So, hey, SEQUEL??? I’ll be waiting here. *chinhands*

c) The sex scenes were always hot (though, again, I could’ve handled a bit more non-con or a gangbang, which, uh, frankly, this situation called for, no, SCREAMED for, but we can’t always get what we wannnnnt, sang our friend Mick) and definitely got me a bit glassy-eyed and red-faced. Whew!

d) The emotional crisis near the end was deeply moving and I wish the pace had slowed there just a little to allow me to savor it a bit more. BUT, wow, did she ever rip my heart out (in the good way!!) with that big coming-of-age moment that, uh, no one should have to ever experience. *holds Rhys forever*

3) Loved the diversity in the book. Strong women, people of color, etc, etc. Nicely done. Strong showing! 😀

4) The villain was truly despicable and yet believably so and, even better, not cartoonish because we’ve all (unfortunately) known someone like this dude. Good villains can be hard to draw.

Basically, I loved this book and shifted some responsibilities around to read it in a big, fat hurry because I was so into the world she’d built and so curious about the characters. I would love to see more in this universe, like with anyone at all from this world, and more with Rhys and Darius, too. I highly recommend it and think everyone should start sending Amelia emails demanding a sequel or three. 😀 Go forth! Buy and read!

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: amelia c. gormley, amelia gormley, bdsm, darius, diversity in reading, dystopian, erotica, gay, interracial, m/m, post-apocalyptic, rhys, strain, strong women, zombies

Humiliation #kink–getting the appeal #bdsm #amwriting #mmromance

January 29, 2014 by Leta

Humiliation #kink–getting the appeal #bdsm #amwriting #mmromance.

Amelia has many interesting things to say about humiliation kink and also a few things to say about Training Season in her above linked post. Love it. She’s a smart one.

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cover-web-copy
Training Season can be purchased at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, ARe, and Smashwords. Coming soon to iBooks.

Filed Under: bdsm, books, erotica, Gay, Sex Tagged With: amelia gormley, humiliation, humiliation kink, impulse series, inertia, kink, kink shaming, training season, ykinok, ykiok

Is STRAIN for me? #mmromance #post-apocalyptic #dub-con @RiptideBooks

January 20, 2014 by Leta

Is STRAIN for me? #mmromance #post-apocalyptic #dub-con @RiptideBooks.

The above link leads to a frank discussion of Amelia Gormley’s upcoming book, STRAIN. Check it out. I don’t know about you, but I’m the sort that is always going to be more interested when someone warns me that I might be too delicate for something!

Filed Under: books Tagged With: amelia gormley, strain

7/7/7 – Love’s Nest by Leta Blake & Keira Andrews

July 18, 2013 by Leta

The awesome Amelia Gormley  tagged me for this game.

The rules:  Go to Page 7, 70, or 170 of a current Work in Progress or recently published work and choose either the first complete paragraph or 7 lines of dialogue to share. Paste to FB and tag 7 other authors to do the same.

Here are seven paragraphs from page 70 of Love’s Nest, released yesterday, and soon to be available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony, and other online stores.

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Cover by Dar Albert.
Cover by Dar Albert.

“While it’s true that what I do know I’m enamored of, I fear these feelings are based in something not entirely real.”

Ópalo looked queasy. The birds clicked and made barking noises of agitation.

Mateo swallowed against the odd sense that he was telling a lie, even though every word he said was true.

“This is real. And I believe you will choose it. You will choose me.” Ópalo’s hands shook, but he seemed convinced of his own words.

The shimmer of Ópalo’s eyes pulled at Mateo. He felt rather convinced himself, which was deliriously ridiculous and deliciously reassuring all at once. Still, he couldn’t keep his mind from supplying an argument. “For all your talk of choice, telling me not to eat the fairy cakes so I can be completely free to come and go as I like, where is your own choice in all of this?”

“What do you mean?”

“Only that you’ve waited for your ‘bride’ your whole life, and now that I’ve arrived, you’ve accepted me without a second thought. How can you be so certain I’m the man for you? You might not even like me once you’ve known me more than a day or two.”

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Love’s Nest is inspired by The Twelve Dancing Princesses and explores, in part, the function of destiny in fairy tales, especially when one of the heroes doesn’t believe in fate or love at first sight.

Filed Under: books, Reading, writing Tagged With: 7/7/7, amelia gormley, amreading, destiny, ellora's cave, fairy, fairy sex, gay fairies, gay romance, love at first sight, love's nest, m/m romance, romance, spectrum, true love

Round Up!

January 17, 2013 by Leta

1. Today is the last day for people to comment for a chance to win a free copy of Ascending Hearts at Stumbling Over Chaos! Contest closes at 7pm tonight!

2. Over at Cup o’ Porn, Keira and I talk about Five Fairy Tale Hunks we wouldn’t mind finding at the top of our beanstalks. Our post is pretty SFW, but the Cup o’ Porn site itself might be a wee bit riksy! It’s not called Cup o’ Porn for nothing!

3. Over at Sidney Bristol’s blog, I’m going on about the rabbit hole of writing research and the gift of the internet.

4. I was on Amelia Gormley’s blog discussing the inspiration behind Ascending Hearts, complete with some pictures!

5. Ascending Hearts is now available in the Kobo store and the Barnes & Noble Nook Book store.

In other news, I got mind-jacked by a new novel two days ago. It’s not good timing, but the entire thing showed up–characters, plot, settings, motivations, dialogue–absolutely everything. This never happens and so I feel like I’d be an idiot not to follow through. If I’m diligent and lucky I might be able to have a first draft done within two months and then get back on track with my plan for the year.

Filed Under: books, Reading, writing Tagged With: amelia gormley, ascending hearts, barnes & noble, cup o' porn, fairy tale men, inspiration, keira andrews, kobo, leta blake, rabbit hole of internet research, sidney bristol, stumbling over chaos, the gift of the internet, writing research

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