Author Angel Martinez is here today with Love Bytes on the blog tour for her audio book, Hell for the Company.
We are glad to welcome her to the blog!
Author Name: Angel Martinez
Book Name: Hell For The Company
Series: Brimstone #1
Release Date: December 5, 2015
Format: Audiobook
Play Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
Publisher: Mischief Corner Books
Cover Artist: Freddy MacKay
Blurb:
Shax, the Demon Prince of Thieves, has reconciled himself to exile. He has a grand time careening around the galaxy as a high-end, intergalactic purloiner of pretties. Everything’s going just fine, thank you very much. All right, fine, the anti-gravity cows are a bit problematic and some of his buyers are bad for his health, but he manages until he comes across an injured angel in a psychedelic alien jungle.
He only rescues the wing boy for his golden feathers, but what Shax doesn’t know about angels could fill an intergalactic encyclopedia.
Categories: Gay Fiction, Humor, M/M Romance, Science Fiction
Station Security Sucks – a Brimstone ficlet
Disappointing, that’s what it was. Shax sighed and turned away from the new shop, full of boring mechanics tools. This had been his favorite shoe store in the Elistran station ring, one that had been stuffed full of shiny, flashy footwear, a full-spectrum explosion of boots and pumps and oxfords. And now? Wrenches and ratchets.
Shax pulled up the station map on his com, hoping the store had just moved, but Zephyr’s was no longer listed in the directory. “Pity, that. Should have picked up the faux ostrich last time I was here.”
At any other time, he would have lectured any younger demon about situational awareness on a human space station, but the sudden and depressing crumbling of his plans for the day distracted him more than it should have. Shax was formulating a new route through the corridors, perhaps past the chocolatiers, when he slammed into a wall that yelled at him.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing? Up against the wall, demon!”
Oh, lovely. The enormous mound of human blocking Shax’s way was station security, not even proper law enforcement, of the sort Shax referred to mentally as TWB (Thug With Badge.) These sorts called for careful handling.
“My apologies, officer.” Shax straightened the officer’s lapel. Hideous uniform. Dreadful shade of brown. “I wasn’t paying attention. My fault entirely.”
“I said up against the damn wall! Now!”
Shax managed to suppress both a sigh and an eye roll as he assumed the position, which would have been a lot more fun if the security thug had been one of those dashing, dangerous types, or had better breath.
“Anything sharp in your pockets I should know about?” the thug snarled as he pawed rather clumsily at Shax for the obligatory pat down.
“No, but if you reach in my left pocket far enough, you could shove my cock a bit to the—ow!” Fine, not the smartest thing to say, but ear boxing probably isn’t in the security training manual. “No need for that, officer.”
Shax found himself spun around and pinned with his back to the wall, a meaty and apparently not-terribly-clean arm across his throat.
“Listen up, you little demon smartass. I don’t like your kind in my section. You got any brains, you’ll get back to your ship and stay there.”
The merchant association is going to hear about this. Scaring away good customers. Shax kept his thoughts behind his teeth and instead dredged up a meek and trembling voice. “Yes, sir. Of course, sir. I’m so terribly sorry.”
“Good. Get your filthy ass out of my sight.”
Shax took the shove down the corridor with good grace and hurried away like a good cowed demon. As soon as the security goon was out of sight, he straightened and began pulling things from his jacket. The officer’s badge and pistol went in the nearest waste bin, since those most likely had trackers. Shax kept the rings he’d stripped from the goon’s fingers. Probably cheap, not worth a single credit.
He stuck them in his pocket, whistling. It was the principle of the thing.
To listen to an audio excerpt of this book, go here to Mischief Corner Books.
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Meet the author:
While Angel Martinez is the erotic fiction pen name of a writer of several genres, she writes both kinds of gay romance – Science Fiction and Fantasy. Currently living part time in the hectic sprawl of northern Delaware, (and full time inside the author’s head) Angel has one husband, one son, two cats, a changing variety of other furred and scaled companions, a love of all things beautiful and a terrible addiction to the consumption of both knowledge and chocolate.
Where to find the author:
Twitter: @AngelMartinezrr
Meet the narrator:
Vance Bastian loves being a professional storyteller. He writes urban fantasy about sandmen and reapers. He has grown his acting and voice background into a career performing voice-over work and narration for both radio and audiobooks. He is also a founding host of the WROTE podcast – bringing you interviews and news of authors who write, perform, and tell LGBTQ stories. When nobody’s looking, Vance is a complete sci-fi and fantasy geek.
For more on Vance, please visit: http://www.vancebastian.com/
Tour Dates & Stops:
14-Dec: MM Good Book Reviews
15-Dec: BFD Book Blog, Inked Rainbow Reads
16-Dec: Hearts on Fire, Prism Book Alliance
17-Dec: Books, Coffee, & Captured Moments
18-Dec: Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, Rainbow Gold Reviews, Love Bytes
Rafflecopter Prize: $10 gift card to Amazon or AllRomance eBooks
Congrats on the audiobook release; readers now get to choose more format to enjoy the awesome story. 🙂
Thank you, Didi! We’re very excited!
Happy holidays, Angel and MCB!
thank you, Trix!
congrats on the release and happy holidays