Today we are extremely proud and excited to reveal to you the amazing new cover of A.F Henley’s upcoming release
“Wolf,WY”.
A.F not only shows us the new cover and the blurb but also brought a wonderful giveaway
Welcome A.F 🙂
Exclusive Cover Reveal and Giveaway
Coming October 21st… AF Henley’s Wolf, WY
A word from the Author
Fun fact about this cover… while I was writing Wolf, WY I got the extreme pleasure of watching the cover being created at the same time. Let me tell you, there is something very inspiring about watching a piece of art come to life with your story.
Thank you, Raphael, for helping shape the Wolf series with your art. Thank you, Less Than Three Press, for letting us do this together. And thank you, Love Bytes, for letting us share the cover exclusively with your readers.
Finally, thank you, readers for stopping in to have a peek and say hello. In appreciation of your time, please join the giveaway for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to Less Than Three Press. It’s easy… all you have to do is leave a comment below — anything you want, but kudos and love are always appreciated. 😉
A winner will be chosen and announced on August 1st.
Good luck!
And now… introducing… Wolf, WY…
Blurb
There’s nothing like a fresh start, and for Randy, still nursing wounds left by a cheating ex and harboring a deep mistrust for all things corporate, Wolf, Wyoming seems like the perfect place to start over. Secluded, quiet, and self-sufficient, Wolf is bound to not only inspire, but to bring Randy the peace he needs. The view’s not bad, either.
Vaughn O’Connell and his family are Randy’s only neighbors for miles, and while Randy knows it’s somewhat unlikely that a man with three kids is gay, it doesn’t hurt to look. When a misunderstanding brings Randy face to face with both Vaughn and his eighteen year old son, Lyle, Randy’s not sure what to feel about either of them.
But things are not what they appear in Wolf, and the closer Randy gets, the stranger the O’Connell family seems…
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Cover Artist: Raphael
Randy stared through the glass of the bay window, his eyes on the lightening sky. He took another sip from the mug in his hand—good red wine in fired pottery. He figured he should probably be ashamed of himself, but it wasn’t a crystal stemware kind of night. Might not, he decided, ever be again.
The house seemed too quiet since the wolves had stopped calling. Short of the random texts from his mother (Harold’s up on charges again, moron never will learn to hold his alcohol. Ella and Phil just had their baby, a girl I think they said—call them! Your father is driving me crazy, suggest a hobby to him, will you?), the wolves seemed to be the only things breaking the silence anymore. He leaned against the window frame and closed his eyes. If he wasn’t so damn stupid, he’d be in bed. Sleeping, of course. Alone, of course. But that had been the plan, after all. Peace and solitude, space and freedom.
Great idea, really. If it hadn’t turned out to be so damn stupid. Just like everything else in his life it seemed. Stupid house, stupid decisions. Stupid life. Stupid Randy.
Hours prior to this, he’d claimed the term as his word of the day. He’d run it through his head so many times that he was surprised it hadn’t manifested on his forehead as a bleeding, oozing wound—a psychosomatic warning to others: Stay away, folks; this here’s a stupid one.
He lifted a palm to his face, scrubbed at his skin, and mumbled to the empty room, “This pity party brought to you by the word ‘stupid’.” He lifted his almost empty mug. “And the number six.”
Something heavy fell outside his window—a branch, a bin, the form of an unfortunate animal misjudging its leap, or even one of the wolves he’d been listening to—and Randy scowled at his yard.
Stupid wolves, and stupid Wolf.
Wolf, Wyoming. It had been the coolest sounding place Randy had ever heard of. He’d found it on a Google Maps search during a moment of madness, and it seemed like the perfect place to hide. Wolf was the kind of small town that promised retreat, yet community; seclusion, yet connection. The kind of small town where “small” was an exaggeration. He’d been stunned to learn the entire town consisted of only a couple of dozen homes and maybe a hundred year-round citizens.
The state’s website had proudly told him that although Wolf was part of a larger county (Sheridan), she herself was an ‘unincorporated community’. Which, Randy found out, pretty much meant that Wolf looked out for Wolf. Info on Wolf had been limited. He’d found details on a bona-fide dude-style ranch retreat, complete with home-cooked meals, rodeo-wrangling, and an annual horse drive. It was also the fabled grounds of one or two ‘real-life’ ghost stories, and dozens of gossip-enhanced tales of ancestral cowboys.
The weather pages had noted that from May to November, Wolf was mild and dry and beautiful. Blog sites told him that if a traveler was among the lucky, they just might catch sight of one of the massive moose bulls that were known to ramble out of the forests. If they were really lucky, they might even run across some of the wild horses that wandered in from Sweetwater. Randy had never considered himself to be among the lucky few, but he’d had no doubt that even without the moose, the horses, or a good close wolf sighting, he’d still enjoy the mountains, the long expanses of open fields and meadow, and the tall, thick evergreen trees that had stood their ground since the days of Davy Crockett and Sacagawea.
The warnings were out there, though. From December to April, Wolf could be a real bitch. Even if a person liked snow. Even if a person relished the idea of spending day after day barricaded in their home without contact from the outside world.
Copyright © 2015, AF Henley
Henley was born with a full-blown passion for run-on sentences, a zealous indulgence in all words descriptive, and the endearing tendency to overuse punctuation. Since the early years Henley has been an enthusiastic writer, from the first few I-love-my-dog stories to the current leap into erotica.
A self-professed Google genius, Henley lives for the hours spent digging through the Internet for ‘research purposes’ which, more often than not, lead seven thousand miles away from first intentions but bring Henley to new discoveries and ideas that, once seeded, tend to flourish.
Henley has been proudly working with LT3 since 2012, and has been writing like mad ever since—an indentured servant to the belief that romance and true love can mend the most broken soul. Even when presented in prose.
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Love finding new to me authors….can’t wait to read this book!
Thanks very much! It’s a pleasure to meet you. 😀
The title immediately caught my interest, which is not easy as I’m a voracious reader! Love the unusual protagonist with three kids. Thanks for the give-away, I love Less Than Three.
You’re very welcome, thank you for playing along! LT3 is an amazing publisher to work for so I’m thrilled you love them as well. 😀
“And the number six” I haven’t laughed so hard in weeks. Thank you for that. xD
This sounds like a fantastic read….well you know…after I finish the other books in my list first.
Awesome blurb. It caught me from the get-go and never let go. I have a strong feeling that (and I don’t want to jinx it but) if I were to read this I’d never put it down till it was over. I do love your books, but I can put
Then I’d beat down your door to find out what is up for book 2.
I do love the cover, very beautiful landscape, and lovely captivating eyes. Cliche design? Maybe, but even the cliche done well is amazing. And this is. So kudos to the artist.
Thank you so much, Frost! 😀
Thanks, Frost! I had a great time writing this one. It’s nice to flex a new muscle. 😉
And I couldn’t agree with you more, Raphael did an amazing job pulling together the emotion of this novel into the cover. I’ll never be able to thank him enough. <3
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Great cover and I loved the blurb! Congrats on the release!
Thank you very, very much! 😀
Thank you very much on all accounts! <3
Love the cover! It is beautiful yet a bit sinister. Great blurb and excerpt, too. Thanks for the post and contest.
Thank you so much! 😀
I’m thrilled you think so jen and I couldn’t agree more! Raphael entwined the two emotions perfectly. Thank you very much for taking part in the cover reveal and the giveaway! Best of luck with it! 😀
Thank YOU, a million times, my friend, that you have chosen me to do this cover for your stunning novel! <3
I also want to express my deepest gratitude to Less Than Three Press for letting us do this together and to Love Bytes for hosting this! 😀
I can’t even say how inspiring it was to be able to do this project in unison. Thank you, my friend. <3
OMG!! I absolutely LOVE this cover! It’s a real eye catcher! Stunning. **sigh** Thanks for the chance to win…
Thank you for such an amazing comment! Best of luck with the giveaway <3
Woooohoooo!!! Thank you very, very much for your wonderful words on the cover! 😀
Sounds like a really good book. I can’t wait to read it!
Thanks, Mary! I’m honoured to read that. 😀
That cover is amazing. Love it and the book is going on my TBR list.
Thank you, Laurie! I know I’m biased but I couldn’t agree with you more. 😀
Best of luck with the giveaway and thanks for adding it to your TBR!
Thank you so much! 😀 I am thrilled that you like the cover!
Great cover and the book sounds fabulous thank you for the giveaway.
Thank you very much for the kind words; you’re very welcome! And thank you for stopping in to be part of the giveaway. Good luck! 😀
Thank you so much for your kind words on the cover! 😀
Oh, I love the cover and can’t wait for this one to be out! Sounds good. <33
Thank you! I’m thrilled to read that. 😀
Good luck with the giveaway <3
I am so glad that you like the cover! Tons of happy thank you’s! 😀
Great cover! It sounds fantastic (but so does your other books :-)) I’m so looking forward to when it becomes available =)
Thank you very much for saying so! Good luck! <3
So happy that you like the cover! 😀 Thank you a lot! 😀
Thanks for the great excerpt! Congrats on your awesome cover.
You’re very welcome, thank YOU for taking the time to read and enter the giveaway! Good luck 😀
Thank you very much for your kind words on the cover! 😀
great excerpt..congrats
Thanks, jodi! Glad you enjoyed 😀
Congratulations on your new release! I love the cover, the blurb and the excerpt! Thank you for the chance at the giveaway!
You are very welcome, thank you for taking part and for all the kind words! <3
Thank you so much for liking the cover! 😀
Love the cover! Congratulations and much success. I, too, did a google search and Yikes! Tiny!! There’s nothing there! Well, I guess it would be the perfect place to hide, eh?
Loved the blurb and excerpt!
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*laughs* It is, isn’t it? It looks like a beautiful place though. I’m hoping to go out there next year and see what it’s like up close. Glad you enjoyed the post! Good luck! 😀
I am so happy that you like the cover! Thank you very much! 😀
congratulations on the new book!
Thank you very much! <3
Great cover! I look forward to reading it. And congrats on the new book!
Thanks very much for the kinds words! I’m glad to read it. 😀
Good luck!
Thank you for your comment on the cover! 😀
Congrats on the new book, i always read your titles. Love ’em.:-) The cover.. well, i scrolled up from the bottom & the eyes made me jump. lol! What a cool cover!
I’m honoured to read that, thank you! And yes, the eyes were one of my favourite things about it — Raphael really an amazing job with them. I know I’m biased but I can’t help but say it. XD
Good luck with the giveaway! <3
Thank you very much! So happy that you like the cover! 😀
Congratulations, Lisa G! You won the LT3 gift certificate 😀
Thank you, everyone, for taking part in the cover real and giveaway for Wolf, WY. Your support and interest is greatly appreciated! <3
Please let me thank everyone again for your amazing comments on the cover art. I seriously appreciate your comments so much! You people make me so happy! 😀
My gratitude would not be complete without mentioning that the awesome idea for this cover came from AF Henley himself! 😀 It was a great inspiration and extremely helpful for me. The landscape, the winter scene and the eyes were all his ideas! 😀 I merely drew it. 🙂