Sunday, August 19, 2012

Release Day: Temptation and Tights



Today Temptation and Tights officially goes on sale. I’m serious about the sale; it’s available at a 10% discount until Sunday, August 26. If the Avengers, Spider-Man, and Batman movies have whetted your appetite for superheroes and you’re a fan of M/M romantic comedy, you won’t want to miss out on this. You can check out the excerpts at www.bookstrand.com/temptation-and-tights, or enjoy the one below.

BLURB:
A lab accident turns Dr. Burke Templeton into supervillain Malaraptor. Superhero Icarius is determined to bring him to justice. They find themselves falling for each other instead, in spite of differing ethics and the whole teeth-and-tail thing. What’s a desperate, love-struck human dinosaur and a conflicted hero to do?

EXCERPT
“So you’re a mutant? Like Yeti?”
“Yeah, I guess. I was a skinny kid, a lot lighter than I looked. The wings never got all that big, so I could never get much altitude, but I’d get a couple yards off the ground, and I could maneuver. I could fly.”

Eyes on the city, Owen nevertheless sensed Burke’s stare roving over his artificial wings. “I take it your parents were less than thrilled,” Burke commented.

“They didn’t know. I didn’t tell them.” Owen sighed into the night. “There are a lot of things I never told them, or anyone. I knew I was gay years before I grew wings. Wings and gayness aren’t things a proper young socialite discloses to his upper-crust parents.”

He pressed a finger to Burke’s lips to forestall any response. “Here’s what happened. I grew. The wings didn’t. By the time I was fifteen I’d gotten too heavy for liftoff. They just became a nuisance. When I was nineteen, I had them removed.” He lifted his finger from Burke’s mouth. “But I never forgot.”

Silken lips and a brush of hair whispered over his cheek. The arms and legs locking their bodies together squeezed a little tighter, not in fear.

“Show me,” Burke whispered.

Owen dove, rose, swept across the sky like a hunting eagle. The twinkling lights of the city beneath them blurred into gleaming streaks. More than the thrill of open flight, he relished the heat and weight of the man in his arms. Anonymous gropes and grunts in an alley didn’t hold a candle to this.

Hold onto that. Concentrate on that. Focus on the man and forget the monster caged inside him, and the fact the lover he cradled in his embrace fought for the opposite team.

“What’s that?” Burke asked.

Owen broke off and only then realized he’d been humming under his breath. “Jesus, was I doing that out loud?”

“Pretty tune. It sounds somewhat familiar.”

Owen chuckled. “It’s that song from that movie. The flying scene. I’ve got it running through my head.”

Burke angled his hips to push up against Owen’s. “I can’t read your mind,” he said, “but I’ll bet I know what you’re thinking.”

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While you’re there, check out my other books. I’ve got M/F shapeshifter, M/M (one with vampires!) and the M/M/F ménage that took me by surprise. Something for almost every taste.

7 comments:

Savanna Kougar said...

Oh, Pat, congrats on your latest release! Enjoyed your excerpt. Too bad his wings didn't grow with him, though.

I won't post Volcano's forecast yet. this is your day!

Are you going to post this at SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS?

Pat C. said...

I just did. Go ahead and post Volcano's forecast. My shameless plugging is covered.

I had to be careful with my origin and descriptions of Icarius so his origins as a knockoff of Marvel's Archangel wouldn't show. Archangel started life with natural wings and later got metal ones. With any luck, everybody will just assume I'm ripping off DC's Hawkman. I can easily prove he's not Hawkman, so I should be okay.

Savanna Kougar said...

Even so, unless you copied everything about Archangel, there shouldn't be a problem. I mean he's not the only character in the universe and megaverse to have natural wings once, then lose them, and replaced them. Heck, there could be a whole world out there where that's the norm.

What a business... the wing-making business.

Pat C. said...

Yeah, but there's also Icarius's teammates, who are obviously the original (1960s) X-Men with cosmetic changes. And the fact I dedicated the book to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the team who revitalized Marvel Comics.

Of course, for Marvel to sue, they'd have to admit Archangel was gay all along. Somehow I doubt that'll happen. What the hell, I'll just call it an hommage.

Savanna Kougar said...

smiles... hommage, why not? and, hey, with the manlove trend, they might just steal from you... hehe...

Savanna Kougar said...

Pat, I posted this blog at this link ~ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParanormalMonday/message/41220 ~

I'll have to try to remember to post it at ROMANCE WRITERS BEHAVING BADLY.

Pat C. said...

Thanks!