Love Bytes is happy to have author Brad Vance with us here today on his blog tour for Strength In Numbers.
Welcome to the blog, Brad!
Author Name: Brad Vance
Book Name: Strength In Numbers
Series: The Game Players #2 (Series should be read in order.)
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Pages or Words: 50,000 words
Publisher: Brad Vance
Cover Artist: Brad Vance
Blurb:
They’re back! In their first adventure, Marc Julian, software billionaire, and Jesse Winchester, hacker extraordinaire, survived the evil plans of the Krom Brothers and Jesse’s first lover, Chip. But Jesse has old debts to pay to Russian gangster Leonid Ivanov. Now Leonid is calling in those debts, demanding that Jesse find a great treasure for him, and a new game is set in motion…
The mysterious “Satoshi,” creator of the cybercurrency Bitcoin, has been hiding $400 million worth of the currency for years. But now, he has chosen to start a quest for the keys to the Hoard, and he who controls the keys controls the fortune. And this will be a quest that will test the strength, the will, and the character of those who pursue it.
But Marc and Jesse aren’t the only ones on the hunt, as old enemies resurface to try and beat them to the treasure… And even if they reach it first, they must ask themselves – do they really want to give a Russian gangster $400 million to pursue his deadly enterprises? And what would be the consequences if they don’t?
The pursuit will take them through the museums of Tokyo, the streets of Buenos Aires, and the coast of Mexico, in a desperate and dangerous race to keep the fortune in digital gold from the hands of all their enemies…
Categories: BDSM, Contemporary, Crime Fiction, Erotica, Fiction, M/M Romance, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Brad Vance, author of “Strength in Numbers,” the second book in the “Game Players” series, after “Would I Lie to You?” Hi Brad, thank you for agreeing to this interview.
Thank you for having me!
List your all-time favorite actors and what role defined them for you.
The first one who comes right to mind is Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, of course. The “evil genius” has never seemed more cultured, more sensitive, and more dangerous.
But if you’ve seen Hannibal, the TV series, you’d see why I’m adding Mads Mikkelson to my favorites list. It takes an enormous amount of confidence if not outright balls to step into a role so completely owned by another actor. But he made the character of Hannibal his own – it would be a great performance out of context, but given what a challenge it was to do something like but unlike what Hopkins did…brilliant.
I love Denzel Washington. I’ll see him in anything. There’s so much energy in every character he plays. I loved Man On Fire, and Safe House, and even most of Flight, though the ending was weak (not his fault!).
Cate Blanchett always knocks me out. Galadriel was the first time I’d ever seen her on screen, and I’ve seen pretty much everything she’s done since then. There’ve even been times I’ve seen a movie where she’s so embedded in the character that I don’t know it’s her! And that’s not something makeup and costume can do alone, that’s on the actor. And of course her Elizabeth I was one of the very best ever.
And I’ve got to say pretty much anyone who was in The Wire. I’ll find myself shouting at the screen, “Watch out for him! That’s not a good guy, that’s Marlo Stanfield!” Or Avon Barksdale! Idris Elba does great work but no matter what he’s doing, I always see the shadow of Stringer Bell behind every character he does.
Marc smiled as he made clinking sounds in the galley of his private jet. He already had the black slacks on, so it was the work of a moment to take off his polo shirt and slip into the white epauletted button-down short-sleeve shirt of a steward. The wings were already attached to the lapels, and he’d even had a name tag made.
“Here you go, sir,” he said as he handed Jesse his drink on a tray. Jesse was already involved in something on his phone, and he absentmindedly reached for it.
Then he paused, sensing that something had changed. He looked up to see Marc dressed as an airline steward, his eyes dancing with heat.
Marc didn’t smile as he said, “Is there anything else I can get you, sir?”
Jesse swallowed. “Maybe a warm blanket.”
“The seat fully reclines into a bed, sir. Let me make you comfortable.”
As the seat back flattened and the base lifted Jesse’s feet up, Marc pushed another button, and the chair’s arms lowered out of the way, which gave him room to straddle Jesse’s hips.
He put his hands on Jesse’s chest, and Jesse reached up to finger his collar. “How did you earn those wings, steward?”
Marc idly stroked Jesse’s hand where it lingered on the wings. “Oh, those, sir? For achieving membership in the Mile High Club. Are you a member?” Marc began to grind his ass against Jesse’s crotch, feeling the transformation below his slacks.
“You know, I am not. I’ve never been invited to join.”
Marc leaned in to whisper in his ear. “Let me be the first to welcome you, then.”
Buy the book:
Brad Vance writes gay romance, erotica and paranormal stories and novels, including the breakout hits “A Little Too Broken” and “Given the Circumstances.” Keep up with Brad at www.BradVanceErotica.wordpress.com, email him at BradVanceErotica@gmail.com, and friend him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/brad.vance.10
Where to find the author:
Twitter: @BradVanceAuthor
Tour Dates & Stops:
15-Feb: Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents
18-Feb: MM Good Book Reviews, Happily Ever Chapter
19-Feb: Gay Book Reviews, Wake Up Your Wild Side, Jessie G. Books
22-Feb: KathyMac Reviews, My Fiction Nook
23-Feb: Velvet Panic, QUEERcentric Books
24-Feb: V’s Reads
25-Feb: Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents
26-Feb: Joyfully Jay Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews
29-Feb: Love Bytes, Book Lovers 4Ever
1-Mar: Caraway Carter, BFD Book Blog
2-Mar: Alpha Book Club, Rainbow Gold Reviews, Three Books Over The Rainbow
3-Mar: Man2ManTastic
4-Mar: Bayou Book Junkie, Molly Lolly
Rafflecopter Prize: Paperback copy of ‘Would I Lie To You’ (Book one in the series)
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