Today we have author Lane Hayes stopping by Love Bytes on her Pride Promotions blog tour
She answers some questions for us , offers an excerpt on her new release and there is a giveaway you can attend
Welcome Lane!
Book Name: The Right Words
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7125719.Lane_Hayes
Author Name: Lane Hayes
Lane Hayes is grateful to finally be doing what she loves best. Writing full-time! It’s no secret Lane loves a good romance novel. An avid reader from an early age, she has always been drawn to well-told love story with beautifully written characters. These days she prefers the leading roles to both be men. Lane discovered the M/M genre a few years ago and was instantly hooked. Her debut novel was a 2013 Rainbow Award finalist and her third received an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Rainbow Awards. She loves red wine, chocolate and travel (in no particular order). Lane lives in Southern California with her amazing husband and the coolest yellow Lab ever in an almost empty nest.
Author Contact:
Website: http://lanehayes.wordpress.com
Twitter: @LaneHayes3
Facebook: LaneHayesauthor
Email: [email protected]
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Aaron Anderson
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Blurb:
Escaping an abusive relationship left Luke Preston anxious and spouting panic-induced poetry. Desperate for a fresh start, Luke accepts a job remodeling a tired old beach house for a professional soccer player and his model girlfriend. While his passion is literature, not sports, focusing on the renovations eases his anxiety. Until the job he signed up for turns out to be more complicated than advertised.
Sidelined with a serious injury, soccer star Michael Martinez decides his beach house is the perfect place to recuperate. Remodeling might be the diversion he needs to keep his mind off his busted knee. Falling for the pretty designer with some quirky habits wasn’t on the drawing board. Unfortunately, Luke didn’t build a big enough closet for Michael to hide in. Having a star-powered sports career used to be all Michael lived for, but he’ll have to reevaluate his plans and find the right words if he wants to build more than a beach house with Luke.
Categories: Contemporary, Gay Fiction, Humor, Romance
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How did you come up with The Right Words? Are you a soccer fan?
I love sports. True fact, ESPN is the main channel we watch at home. I love football, my husband loves basketballÉ and year round,
there is always something someone seems interested in! Including soccer. The Right Words was not necessarily born from a love of sports though.
The story evolved through the Southern California setting. LA has a large Latino population and within that community, soccer reigns.
Michael is typical of many American Latinos in that he literally is of both cultures.
He loves Jay Z and Eminem and hanging out watching sports in his free time.
But like many Latinos, he was raised in a strict Catholic home where respect for tradition is very ingrained.
I love the complexity of knowing two sides so well and being tied emotionally to one but drawn to the freedom of the other.
I love Michael’s strength as depicted in his determination to return to the field after a potential career ending injury,
but it’s the fragility of him acknowledging his human side that appeals to me most.
What is your writing process like? Do you plan or just go for it?
A little bit of both! Lol. I have an outline of sorts in my head so I know the general direction.
As the story grows, I do written outlines to keep my path so I donÕt get off course.
I write every day and mornings are definitely my most productive time of day!
How long have you been professionally writing?
Two years! 🙂
Where do you do your writing?
Believe it or not, at my dining room table! I have a home office but I love my dining room.
It has a French window with a beautiful garden view. I catch myself staring out the window watching the birds sometimes.
What is your favorite Thanksgiving dish? Your least favorite?
Hmm. I love stuffing! I make a fabulous stuffing with hot sausage and Granny Smith apples. Yum!
Least favoriteÉ the turkey! Lol. Sorry, I admit it. I’d rather make a meal of the side dishes than the bird any day! 🙂
What are you working on next?
I just finished Book 3 in the Right & Wrong series. My next project will be Book 4 in Better Than Stories.
I have a few readers I know who want to see those very words in print. Yes, there will be more of the DC boys too!
Thank you so much for having me on your blog, Dani!
( Dani: You are very welcome!)
Happy Reading,
Lane Hayes xo
“One day at a time,” he repeated thoughtfully, making an obvious effort to steer the topic toward something more pleasant. “Well, I don’t have anything better, so… I’ll go with that too.” Michael’s smile lit his entire face. It was a beautiful thing to witness. He was handsome always, but wow… what a smile.
“Was the picture of us good at least?”
This time he laughed out loud, a sweet, musical sound that made me chuckle along with him.
“Yeah, very hot.” He reached over and pulled me into his side effortlessly. “Look, I wasn’t trying to send mixed signals this week. I know I haven’t been around like I said I would. I… Jamie isn’t going to go away easily. This has been a weird blow to add to an already fucked-up situation, but… I like you and I do trust you.”
“You like me?”
He gave a small half chuckled and shrugged. “Un poco.” He translated when I gave him a blank stare. “A little.”
“I like you a little too.”
I couldn’t help my response at being near him. I curled into his side like a cat begging for attention. Michael wrapped his arms around me and kissed my cheek and my chin. I didn’t want a “friend” kiss, though. I wanted what he gave me Friday night. I wanted “that kiss.” I intercepted him when he leaned in to peck my temple and stuck my tongue out to trace the corner of his mouth. He groaned and accepted the invitation, diving and thrusting his tongue inside my mouth to stake his claim. His right hand traveled down my throat and came to a stop over my left nipple. He rubbed at the sensitive flesh through my tight T-shirt and squeezed hard when he heard my moan of approval.
I arched my back into his touch but kept my mouth fastened to his. I didn’t want to lose this connection. He bit at my chin and sent kisses down my neck as his hand dipped down to my belt and came to rest on my hardening cock. I whimpered and scooted on his lap to straddle his thighs.
“Is this okay? Am I hurting your knee?”
“It’s good, honey. Really good.” Both of his hands splayed flat on my back and circled to the front to pluck at the fabric of my T-shirt. “Take it off.”
I didn’t have to be told twice. I was burning up. I yanked it over my head and tossed it aside before I began working on the seemingly endless row of buttons on his dress shirt.
“Fuck. Help me get his off you. I need to feel your skin.”
I barely recognized my voice. I sounded breathless.
When Michael finally leaned forward to let the fabric slide from his shoulders, I met him halfway to feel his skin against mine. Heaven. He was simply beautiful, with finely toned washboard abs and gorgeous skin. It was smooth like mine but much darker. Olive against golden. I loved the contrast and I was anxious to explore. I let my hands roam, over his chest, down his stomach, and back again. My fingers itched to palm his cock through his worn jeans. Instead I fused my naked torso against his and ground my aching cock against his equally hard member. We both hissed, and the kiss became something more like sex.
Pages: 204 pages
Tour Dates: December 12th – January 6th
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Great post and thank you for the chance to win.:)))
Congrats dear on your new release!!! :)))
Congratularions Lane on your new release. It sounds pretty cool!! Ty for the giveaway.
Congratulations, Lane! It sounds like one I’ll love…
Sounds awesome. Thank you for updating us on what you’re working on =)
Congrats on the new book! I’m reading it now.