A warm welcome to author HelenKay Dimon joining us today to talk about her new release “Stranded”

Welcome HelenKay 🙂

A Little Faith

by HelenKay Dimon

I don’t write inspirational romance but admire those who do it well. It’s a delicate balance to get the issues of faith and romance just right against the backdrop of family strife, or suspense or whatever other factors are at work in the book. When I sat down to write STRANDED I didn’t intend to include a faith component. And, no, this book is not inspirational. It is a sexy LGBT romance between two lethal former assassins. But the one hero’s faith does matter to the couple and to the story.

Brax, the younger of the two men, was raised Mennonite. He grew up with a certain mindset and embarked on his career for very specific reasons. He has a calling of sorts. Cabe doesn’t believe in anything. He doesn’t understand how, after all the awful things they’ve seen, Brax can believe in any decency and goodness in the world. The one thing – the only thing – Cabe believes in is Brax. So the fact these two have a terrible past filled with lies and secrets tests Cabe’s belief in even that.

I didn’t pick this faith component at random. I grew up in Lancaster County, PA. The heart of Amish country. A lot of my friends growing up were Mennonite. I thought the belief system worked well with who Brax is and the decisions he makes. Brax’s love of Christmas is just a bonus…and one more thing that doesn’t matter all that much to Cabe. So, as they maneuver their way through the emotional landmines in their past, faith is just one more issue they need to understand about each other. I hope you like the addition.

About the Book

Cabe got out of the gun-for-hire business the hard way—by nearly dying. Except then his former boss calls in one last favor for one final job. The mission should be simple: get a message to a retired operative in Alaska. But it puts Cabe face-to-face with the one man he doesn’t want to see and can never forget. Not after all the secrets and lies. Not after Brax almost killed him.

Brax Hughes lived hard and retired young to a cabin in the middle of nowhere. Well, that was the plan, but before he can hang up his sniper rifle, he has one last mission: win back Kyle Cabe. Brax wants another chance, wants to come clean, but after months of lying to Cabe, he knows he could face a bullet—or worse—when they meet again. And they will meet. Brax made sure of that.

With a storm moving in and someone lurking outside the cabin, time is running out. Brax needs to talk fast and keep his weapons ready. And his best weapon is the truth.

Stranded is one of Riptide’s 2015 charity titles.

Twenty percent of the proceeds from this title will be donated to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) National Help Center.

Founded in 1996, the GLBT National Help Center is a non-profit organization that provides vital peer-support, community connections and resource information to people with questions regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Utilizing a diverse group of GLBT volunteers, they operate two national hotlines, the GLBT National Hotline and the GLBT National Youth Talkline, as well as private, volunteer one-to-one online chat, that help both youth and adults with coming-out issues, safer-sex information, school bullying, family concerns, relationship problems and a lot more.

To learn more about this charity or to donate directly, please visit their website: http://www.glbthotline.org/

Buy Links:

Riptide Publishing

Amazon

HelenKay Dimon is a former divorce attorney turned full-time romance author.  She has sold over thirty novels and novellas to numerous publishers, including HarperCollins, Kensington, Harlequin, Penguin, Carina Press and Riptide Publishing. Her nationally bestselling and award-winning books have been showcased in numerous venues and her books have twice been named “Red-Hot Reads” and excerpted in Cosmopolitan magazine.

Website: www.helenkaydimon.com

To celebrate the release of Stranded, HelenKay is giving away a $25 Amazon or B&N gift certificate (winners choice)! Your first comment at each stop on this tour enters you in the drawing. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on November 28, 2015. Contest is NOT restricted to U.S. Entries. Follow the tour for more opportunities to enter the giveaway! Don’t forget to leave your email or method of contact so Riptide can reach you if you win!