A warm welcome to Maris Black visiting Love Bytes today with her newest release KAGE.
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Author Name:  Maris Black

Book Title:  KAGE

Book Length: Full Length Novel (81,549 words)

Genre: Gay Romance, M/M

Book Release Date: 05/25/2015

Publisher: Maris Black Books

Cover Artist: Maris Black

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Reviewed by Dan

 

TITLE:    KAGE

SERIES:   KAGE Trilogy #1

AUTHOR:     Maris Black

PUBLISHER:  Maris Black Books

LENGTH:     226 Pages

BLURB:

My name is Jamie Atwood, and I’m an addict. I never thought I’d say such a thing. Never had a problem being overly-attached to anything in my life. I came from a perfectly middle-class family, made good grades, and had a hot cheerleader girlfriend… but the truth is, nothing ever really moved me. So how did a guy like me become an addict?

I met Michael Kage.

Kage is an MMA fighter. A famous one. I like to think I helped him get that way.

He’s charming as hell, with looks to rival any movie star and talent to back it up. So why did he need to hire me as an intern Publicist? Simple. He has a darkness in him– like a black hole so deep it could swallow him, and me, and everyone we know– and that’s not good for business.

The first time I met him, I felt the pull. I think the addiction began at that very moment. And even if I’d known then what I know now, I would have fallen for him. How could I not?

For me, Kage is everything.

REVIEW:

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE.

I’m pretty sure that this is my favorite Maris Black book to date. I’ve pretty much loved all of her books, so that is saying something!

In the story we’re introduced to Jamie Atwood, a kid on the cusp of adulthood, approaching his 21^st birthday, just finishing his junior year at college, and after a lucky break getting to do a story on MMA fighters, he is being offered a mysterious internship in Las Vegas for the summer. Since he has just broken up with his long term girlfriend, nothing is holding him back.

When he discovers that the internship involves him being the intern Publicist for the fighter he met briefly at the MMA event he did the story on, a man who seemed quite mysterious named Michael Kage, he accepts the position.

After arriving in Las Vegas and being picked up at the airport by a Land Rover SUV limo, he is taken to a boutique hotel off the strip. A hotel it turns out which is owned by Michael’s Uncle Peter. We don’t hear much about Peter Santori in this book. He is the mysterious uncle with a lot of money, a polished look, and a “ridiculously well-cut suit”. I’ve got my suspicions about Uncle Peter, but we’ll see in books two and three if my suspicions are correct.

Jaime is thrown right into his internship. He’s given no instructions, just told to publicize Michael Kage.   But there is more to the story. While he isn’t given instructions on the publicizing job, he is told what to eat, when to work-out, etc. No more pizza, burgers and carbs. Why does his employer care what he is eating?

What will happen when a hot Victoria’s Secret model shows up, who is Michael’s ex, and they all end up in bed stoned out their minds and cuddling?

I could go on and on, but I’d give way too many spoilers. I loved this book. My only complaint? Maris takes us through the story building to a crescendo and then STOPS! Now, anyone who has followed my reviews will know that I’m not a fan of cliffhangers. And this book definitely ends in a cliffhanger…with a “To Be Continued”. I’ve already PM’d the author and told her I don’t think I like her anymore! The next book won’t arrive until August 25^th, and I sooooo want it tomorrow! (Or even today.)

Cliffhanger aside, I loved this book. I really enjoyed getting to know the characters. I did want to reach in and shake clueless Jaime a couple times, particularly very near the end of the book. I like a book that gets me to care enough about the characters that I want to get personally involved and jump into the story to shake someone! There are hints in this book as to the very dark alternate side of Michael which I hope is explored much further in the next book!

I highly recommend this installment in the trilogy and will very eagerly be awaiting August 25^th.

 

 

 

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EXCLUSIVE!

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I wondered if this would be the death of me— getting fucked by Michael Kage. It was the most physically demanding thing I’d ever endured. Even the grueling sled drills I dreaded during our workouts paled in comparison. Kage stretched me, folded me, held me down. My muscles screamed for relief, and still I pleaded for him to fuck me harder. He had no qualms about obliging me, shuddering with pleasure as he used my body.

By the time he flipped me back over onto my back and drove his cock back into me, I was completely out of control. I’d never been so lost during sex. Every time before had been so conservative, so planned, so skilled. Using my expertise to get a girl off had been my thing. Not that I hadn’t truly enjoyed every minute of sex before, especially with Layla, but this was different.

This was straight-up animal fucking like I’d never experienced before. I had no idea what was going on half the time. At some point, when I’d ridden the edge of pleasure and pain for so long I couldn’t tell the difference anymore, Kage began to slow his rhythm, his thrusts becoming much more deliberate and thoughtful. Sweat dripped down his face and onto mine. A drop landed near my mouth, and I darted my tongue out to taste.

Kage grabbed the lube once more and squirted it into his right hand. Then he wrapped that hand around my erection. Then he lowered his body onto mine, trapping my dick and his hand between our sweaty bodies. He started kissing me passionately, making out with me, stealing my sanity. Loving me.

“Come on, baby,” he coaxed. “Come on.” Using his hand and our bellies, he massaged my cock in the most amazing way, and I found myself grinding my hips to get it just the way I wanted it, slipping around in the tight, lubed space until I was quivering for release. I was worn out, but still I pushed my tired muscles to strive for it.

 

My name is Maris Black (sort of), and I’m a Southern Girl through and through.
In college, I majored in English and discovered the joys of creative writing and literary interpretation. After honing my skills discovering hidden meanings authors probably never intended, I collected my near-worthless English degree and got a job at a newspaper making minimum wage. But I soon had to admit that small town reporting was not going to pay the bills, so I went back to school and joined the medical field. Logical progression, right? But no matter what I did, my school notebooks and journals would not stop filling up with fiction. I was constantly plotting, constantly jotting prose, constantly casting the people I met as characters in the secret novels in my head.
Yep. I can blame my creative mother for that one!
When I finally started writing fiction for a living, I surprised myself with my choice of genre. I’d always known I wanted to write romance, but the first story that popped out was about a couple of guys finding love during a threesome with a woman. Then I wrote about more guys, and more guys, and more guys. I was never a reader of gay fiction, and I’d never planned to write it. The only excuse I have for myself is: Hey, it’s just what comes out!
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