A warm welcome to author Josephine Myles stopping by Love Bytes on her promotional blog tour for her new release Scrap!

She shares an exclusive excerpt with us and Jo brought not one but 2 giveaways!

Welcome Josephine!

 

Title: Scrap (The Bristol Collection #3)
Author: Josephine Myles
Cover artist: Scott Carpenter
Genre: GLBT, Romance, Contemporary
Print Length: 263 Pages
Release date: 10th March 2015
Publisher: Samhain

Buy Links:

Amazon

Amazon.UK

Samhain

Blurb:

When things come to a head, there’s nowhere to go but down…

The Bristol Collection, Book 3

On the surface, Derek “Call Me Dare” Nelson’s life is simple, doing up custom campervans while living in a slightly illegal caravan in his riverfront yard. When a handsome, smooth-talking developer offers to buy the land out from under his feet, Dare realizes it’s the same man he had to escort home from a party months ago for causing a drunken scene.

Grant Matravers lives a double life, attempting to adjust to weekends as a single, divorced gay man while staying closeted at work. The strain of keeping up the part-time pretense, missing his kids, and now a problematic attraction to the shave-headed, tattooed Dare, has worn his emotional barriers dangerously thin.

Dare blasts through those barriers in a way Grant isn’t prepared for, challenging everything he thought he knew about himself as a gay man. But as their chemistry heats up and the intimacy between them grows, Grant edges toward a decision that could blow up in his face. Exposing a hornet’s nest of complications that could destroy any chance for happily ever after.

Warning: Contains a man desperately in need of redemption, another with a chip on his shoulder the size of an oak tree, frotting in camper vans, a sensual head-shaving scene and several guest appearances from Mas.

 

Excerpt from Scrap  – Catching Up with Mas 🙂

 

Tuesday afternoon, Dare downed tools early and cycled into town. It was a clear early

February day, with just a whisper of spring in the air, so Dare was determined to make the

most of it. He headed out to Stokes Croft, and on a whim turned off the main road to visit

his favourite vintage clothes shop.

Cabbages and Kinks might have turned all la-di-da since Perry’s cute twink of a

boyfriend had pretty much taken over, but he still loved hanging out there. Not that he ever

bought much—Dare spend most of his time in practical work gear—but he’d picked up a

few nice coats and shirts over the years. What was best, though, was the window shopping

and the company.

The window display caught his eye. Piles of retro seventies games covered the floor, and

the clothing displayed above them was all of the eye-watering bold seventies prints variety.

Not Dare’s style, but he eyed up the game of Kerplunk. He’d had fun playing that with Jase

when they were kids, but he had no idea what had happened to their old game. Maybe he

could take it round next Sunday, if Mas wasn’t charging an arm and a leg for it.

Think of the devil… Mas’s curly topped head appeared above the display, and he gave

Dare a little wave. Not one of his sunshiny grins—Dare never got those on account of the

fact he once made a pass at Perry—but at least Mas had got over the worst of his jealousy

and was now friendly.

“All right, mate. How’s it going?” Dare walked in and clapped Mas on the back.

“He’s upstairs, so don’t you go getting any ideas,” Mas replied waspishly. The bloke

could give the bitchiest divas a run for their money, that was for sure.

“Lovely to see you too. Everything happy in Mas-and-Perry land?”

“Absolutely bloody perfect, thank you very much. I’m more than enough man for him.”

Dare gave the pint-size queen the once-over. “I can believe it. I think you’d be enough

man for anybody.” If drama and flamboyant mannerisms were what you were after. “Speaking

of which, I met your ex again the other day. Looks like you did a right number on him.”

“My ex?” Mas screwed up his nose, which was annoyingly cute.

“You know, the drunk one in the fancy suit I had to kick out of your party for you.”

Mas’s expression soured. “Oh, you mean Grant. What’s he doing back here, then? He

hasn’t been to look me up, that’s for sure. I’d send him packing if he did, so I would.”

“So you didn’t know he’s moved here for good?”

“He never!”

“He bleedin’ well has. Getting a divorce and everything. He’s staying in the same poncy

little flat down near my place. We’re practically neighbours, believe it or not.”

“Wow. Grant must be absolutely thrilled,” Mas deadpanned.

“Not exactly, but I think I can win him over. You got any tips for me?”

“You? You and Grant? I’ve never heard something so ridiculous.”

Dare chuckled. “Yeah, I know. But it’s not like I want to have a relationship or anything.

I just wanted to know if he’s a decent shag.”

Mas’s eyes glazed over. “Oh yeah. He’s a goer, all right. Used to do the filthiest things

to me. Totally hot. But nowhere near as hot as Perry, of course,” he added hastily, glancing

upwards guiltily, like he imagined Perry was listening in.

“Sounds like he’d be worth giving a spin, then.”

“Funny.” Mas was smirking now. “I never had you down as a bottom boy.”

Dare raised an eyebrow. “I’m not going to be bending over for him. He’ll be doing it

for me.”

“Ha! I’d love to see his face when you tell him that. Can you film it for me, please?”

“Too late. Already told him.”

“No way. And what did he say? Told you where to get off, right?”

Dare just winked.

READ Carissa’s Review of Scrap HERE!

 

English through and through, Josephine Myles is addicted to tea and busy cultivating a reputation for eccentricity. She writes gay erotica and romance, but finds the erotica keeps cuddling up to the romance, and the romance keeps corrupting the erotica. Jo blames her rebellious muse but he never listens to her anyway, no matter how much she threatens him with a big stick. She’s beginning to suspect he enjoys it.

Jo publishes regularly with Samhain, and her latest novel is the contemporary gay erotic romance, Scrap. She loves to be busy, and is currently having fun trying to work out how she is going to fit in her love of writing, dressmaking and attending cabaret shows in fabulous clothing around the demands of a new baby.

Website and blog: http://josephinemyles.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josephine.myles.author

Twitter: @JosephineMyles

 

Tour Shedule

List of Blog Tour Stops for Scrap by Josephine Myles

10th March ~ Sinfully Addicted to All Male Romance

12th March ~ Boy Meets Boy Reviews

14th March ~ Love Bytes Reviews

16th March ~ Boys in our Books

18th March ~ Rainbow Gold Reviews

20th March ~ Prism Book Alliance

 

Jo is giving away a choice of two titles from her backlist to one commentator on each blog tour stop. Just leave a comment and please include your email address so you can be contacted should you be chosen.

and

GRAND PRIZE

In addition to the above Jo will be giving away a Camper Van USB Drive with all her books on it to one lucky winner chosen at random from all tour stops. Just enter the Rafflecopter draw below for your chance to win this great prize.

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