Blog Tour: Guestpost , Excerpt & Giveaway Tara Lain – Winter’s Wolf

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Winter’s Wolf 
(Tales of the Harker Pack #3)
By Tara Lain
Blurb:
Winter Thane was raised on the two cardinal rules of werewolf existence: don’t reveal yourself to humans under penalty of death, and there’s no such thing as a gay werewolf. It’s no surprise when his father drags him from his wild life in remote Canada back to Connecticut to meet his old pack in hopes it will persuade Winter to abandon his love of sex with human males. Of course Dad’s hopes are dashed when they come face-to-face with the gay werewolves in the Harker pack.
Winter takes one look at FBI agent, Matt Partridge, and decides bird is his favorite food. Partridge is embroiled in an investigation into drug dealing and the death of a fellow agent. He can’t let himself get distracted by the young, platinum-haired beast, but then Winter proves invaluable in the search for clues, a move that winds them both up in chains and facing imminent death. Winter quickly learns his father’s motives are questionable, the pack alphas are a bunch of pussies, humans aren’t quite what they seem, and nothing in the forests of Connecticut is pure except love.

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Paperback from Dreamspinner Press

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Title Magic: It’s All About the Apostrophe

 

Hi. I’m Tara Lain and I write the Beautiful Boys of Romance. I’m so happy to be here to introduce you to my new paranormal novel, Winter’s Wolf. One of the things readers ask me about a lot is creating titles. Writers tend to either love or hate titles and I fall into the former category. You may know that in my day job I own an advertising and PR agency and I think of title creation a lot like writing an ad headline. It needs to point to the essence of the story while attracting and intriguing. In face, titles are so important to me that I seldom write much of a book before I have the title. Just as an ad could never be created without having the headline first, I have trouble writing a book until I know the title. It guides the story.

 

With all that said, I had a problem with the title of Winter’s Wolf. I originally called the book The Wolf Who Came Back. I liked the title, but the problem was that the wolf who comes back in the story is not my hero, it’s his father.  When I mentioned this to my beta readers, they agreed that the title was misleading. I told them that I had been playing around with the hero’s name, Winter. One of my beta readers suggested Winter Wolf, which I agreed was wonderful, but there were already many books with that title. That’s when lightning struck. I went back to her and said, “What do you think of Winter’s Wolf?” She loved it! And so did all the other beta readers. The reason for that all-important apostrophe will be evident when you read the book. I hope you enjoy Winter’s Wolf! Be sure to enter to win on the Rafflecopter and thank you so much for stopping by!

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Walk slowly. Look casual. Matt left the way he’d come—out the back door. When his feet hit dirt, he jogged away from the club and ducked behind the shed that had been built on the edge of the forest.
Going to die. Heart can’t beat this hard and survive.
He leaned against the shed and gasped for breath, but his cock had grown to the size of a monster, stealing all his oxygen. Think. What the fuck are you doing? No reasonable human being could believe that Winter Thane wanted Matt Partridge, so there had to be an ulterior motive. The dude had asked the marshal about him. For all Matt knew, Winter could be involved in the disappearance of the agent. Maybe he wanted to discredit Matt or—maybe he had something to do with the weird wolf stories. Jesus, the only man he’d ever seen who looked more like a wolf than Cole Harker had to be Winter Thane. Those eyes. Even his teeth were sharp. All the better to eat you with. He closed his eyes and banged his head against the metal siding. Those teeth scraping his cock—
“Dreaming of me?”
Matt’s eyes flew open. “Shit! How did you get here?”
He looked over his shoulder. “Like you said. Out the front, around the side.”
“But I didn’t hear you.”
He grinned. Oh yes, those teeth glistened. “I’m sneaky.”
Matt took a breath, pushed away from the shed, and walked a couple of steps toward the trees. Need distance. “Look. I don’t mean to lead you on, but I’m with the FBI and this isn’t a good idea—”
The hand that gripped his shoulder must have been iron. In one move, Winter grabbed him, pulled him against a body so hard and hot it penetrated Matt’s jacket on contact, hauled Matt’s head back, and covered his mouth in a devouring kiss.
Tongue. Teeth. Perfection.
Winter held Matt’s head both hard and gentle, like he wanted to control him but didn’t want to hurt him. Oh God, so nice. He tasted like beer and smelled like—what? Musky and clean at the same time, like Matt’s dog Buster when he was freshly washed. Man, he wanted to bury his nose in Winter’s neck like he did with Buster.

 

Winter reduced the speed and intensity of the kiss from fast food to a gourmet meal. He licked and nibbled, tasted and savored, his tongue a finely tuned instrument exploring every cranny of Matt’s mouth. He’d never been so completely kissed. So much so that even the screaming pressure of his cock couldn’t make him want Winter to move on. Matt twined his arms around Winter’s neck. Standing only six feet, he couldn’t get his cock to meet Winter’s, but the prod of that big rod against his belly made him want to beg. He pulled his mouth away an inch. “I should arrest you for carrying a lethal weapon.”

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Tales of the Harker Pack Series

 

        

author bio

About the Author

Tara Lain writes the Beautiful Boys of Romance in LGBT erotic romance novels that star her unique, charismatic heroes. Her first novel was published in January of 2011 and she’s now somewhere around book 23. Her best­selling novels have garnered awards for Best Series, Best Contemporary Romance, Best Ménage, Best LGBT Romance, Best Gay Characters, and Tara has been named Best Writer of the Year in the LRC Awards. In her other job, Tara owns an advertising and public relations firm. She often does workshops on both author promotion and writing craft.
She lives with her soul­mate husband and her soul­mate dog in Laguna Beach, California, a pretty seaside town where she sets a lot of her books. Passionate about diversity, justice, and new experiences, Tara says on her tombstone it will say “Yes”!

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5 Responses

  1. Trix
    Trix at |

    I read WINTER’S WOLF the other day, and it’s fantastic!

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  2. llesarlorraine
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    “Wolf in Gucci Loafers” is in my top 5 favourite reads – love this author!

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  3. Lisa
    Lisa at |

    Loved the excerpt! I’m reading Wolf in Gucci Loafers right now. Can’t wait to start Winter’s Wolf next.

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  4. Alaina
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    I just started reading this and am loving it already!

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  5. Angela
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    Interesting blurb and excerpt. Thanks for the chance to win!

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