Today on Love Bytes we have author J.K. Hogan, with their blog tour for Unbreak Broken.
Welcome, J.K.!
Author Name: J.K. Hogan
Book Name: Unbreak Broken
Series: Coming About #3
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Pages or Words: 98,000 words
Publisher: Wild City Press
Cover Artist: J.K. Hogan (KHD Graphics)
Blurb:
Rory Donovan’s life is a hot mess. His marriage is failing and he’s in intensive psychotherapy, working through the unfortunate side effects of memories from a childhood trauma. The only thing good in his life right now is his job—teaching photography to gifted high school students.
Harbor Patrol officer Bennett Foster is co-parenting his teenage daughter with his high school best friend Jessie. When he meets Addison’s teacher and realizes they’ve met before, he can’t get the sexy stranger out of his head.
Striking up a sexual-tension-filled friendship, together they must help an angsty teenager deal with a dying friend. Bennett must keep his little family from falling apart while Rory struggles to come to terms with his new reality. Somewhere along the way, most unexpectedly…love happens.
Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
J.K brought one of her characters Rory Donovan from Unbreak Broken to answer a couple if questions for us 🙂
1. What is the best gift you ever gave?
Probably giving Addison driving lessons. Neither Bennett or Jessie could handle the stress, so I had to take matters into my own hands. At least that way, everybody lived through it.
- What was your favorite subject in school?
Gym. My school didn’t have many arts programs, and I was pretty much a jock early on anyway. Anything that got me on the sports field was good.
- What is the last thing you tell your partner before bed?
Well… It’s usually a toss-up between “I love you” or “stop snoring or I’ll smother you in your sleep because I have to get up at 6 am.”
- What is your motto?
That would have to be the one my therapist told me when I was still figuring things out—“Don’t put yourself in a box.”
- What is your biggest strength?
I’m a high school teacher and I haven’t lost my mind yet, so I’d have to say a deep well of patience.
Dr. Conlan treated me to a rare fond smile, almost motherly in its warmth. “I’m pleased to see you happier than you have been.”
I grinned back, but then my brow furrowed. “Does this make me gay?”
“Does that matter?”
“I don’t know. Should it?”
“I’ll never understand the fascination with labeling things that our society seems to have. To me, sexuality is as intangible as the universe. There’s no way to truly know what’s out there, and how it all relates to everything else.
“As humans, we seek to know, to understand, and somehow we feel that putting things in boxes and labeling helps us do that. But some things are fluid, changing and developing with the tide of the evolution of life. Do me a favor, Rory. Don’t put yourself in a box.”
I was dumbfounded, stunned speechless. I knew I’d remember Dr. Conlan’s words for the rest of my life, and I would try to stay as true to them as I could. “I won’t,” I whispered.
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J.K. Hogan has been telling stories for as long as she can remember, beginning with writing cast lists and storylines for her toys growing up. When she finally decided to put pen to paper, magic happened. She is greatly inspired by all kinds of music and often creates a “soundtrack” for her stories as she writes them. J.K. is hoping to one day have a little something for everyone, so she’s branched out from m/f paranormal romance and added m/m contemporary romance. Who knows what’s next?
J.K. resides in North Carolina, where she was born and raised. A true southern girl at heart, she lives in the country with her husband and young son, a cat, and two champion agility dogs. If she isn’t on the agility field, J.K. can often be found chasing waterfalls in the mountains with her husband, or down in front at a blues concert. In addition to writing, she enjoys training and competing in dog sports, spending time with her large southern family, camping, boating and, of course, reading! For more information, please visit www.jkhogan.com.
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Tour Dates & Stops:
16-Sep Prism Book Alliance, Molly Lolly
17-Sep BFD Book Blog, Bayou Book Junkie
18-Sep Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews
21-Sep Two Chicks Obsessed With Books and Eye Candy, Love Bytes
22-Sep Divine Magazine, Andrew Q. Gordon
23-Sep Jessie G. Books, Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words
24-Sep Lee Brazil, Because Two Men Are Better Than One
25-Sep Bike Book Reviews
28-Sep Dawn’s Reading Nook
29-Sep LeAnn’s Book Reviews, Prism Book Alliance
30-Sep Vampires, Werewolves, and Fairies, Oh My, Happily Ever Chapter
1-Oct Foxylutely Book Reviews, Just Love Romance
2-Oct Three Books Over the Rainbow, My Fiction Nook
5-Oct Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents, Inked Rainbow Reads
6-Oct Amanda C. Stone, MM Good Book Reviews
Rafflecopter Prize: E-book copy of ‘Unbreak Broken’
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