Lisa Oliver, author of Tangling With Bears, is with us today on Love Bytes with her blog tour.
Thanks for stopping by, Lisa!
Author Name: Lisa Oliver
Book Name: Tangling With Bears
Series: The Cloverleah Pack #8 (Can be read as a standalone)
Release Date: March, 2016
Pages or Words: 89,621 words
Publisher: Oliver Group Publications
Cover Artist: Lisa Oliver
Blurb:
Tobias tells himself he’s having fun. He has a great life as a beta in the Cloverleah Pack, and while danger still threatens the pack, he has his friend’s wedding to look forward to, and the pleasures that come from hookups in random places. He’d like to meet his mate, just so he’s not the odd one out in the inner circle, but it’s not something he’s expecting anytime soon. So when a hookup just before the wedding leaves Tobias with a permanent scar, he wonders where the heck his life went wrong. Especially when the man responsible for the wicked set of tooth marks, disappeared after the deed was done, to ring a man called Kurt.
Kurt and Luke have been mated for three years. As bear shifters, Kurt has known from puberty that he will have two mates and once he’d claimed Luke, his mama warned him to be on the look out for a human female. So when Luke rings him and lets him know he might have accidentally on purpose bitten a wolf shifter, from some town they’d never heard of, Kurt heads to Cloverleah to sort out the mess.
Sorting out their mating is just one of the things the three men have to contend with. A magic user has stepped up his game and nowhere on pack lands seems safe. When Tobias gets taken, Kurt and Luke are helpless to do anything about it. It’s going to take the power of the pack before life will be safe again, for any of them.
Warning: Contains scenes of M/M and M/M/M sex. It also contains a special kind of bear, his grumpy mate, and a wolf that just wants to be loved. HEA and no cheating guaranteed.
While this book can be read as standalone, you will understand more about the secondary characters in the book, if you have read the others in the series.
Categories: Erotica, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Ménage/Poly, Paranormal, Romance, Shifters (Wolf and Bear)
Kurt
What impression do you make on people when they first meet you? How about after they’ve known you for a while?
I guess people think I’m quite intimidating when they meet me. Comes with being a bear shifter, and big in my human size. But the guys in the pack have come to see I’m not a bad person, I’m just protective, and that’s the way a mated bear shifter should be.
What’s your idea of a good marriage? Do you think that’ll happen in your life?
Me, Luke and Tobias can’t ever get married because we’re committed mates, and the law only allows marriage between two people. But being mated is even stronger than marriage because there’s no such thing as divorce. We’ll always be together and we don’t need a piece of paper to confirm that.
Do you think you’ve turned out the way your parents expected?
Yes, in some respects. I know my mama’s proud of me, and I’ve lived up to my grandfather’s expectations for me. My mama was a little thrown when I told her my third was a male, and a wolf, but she’s gotten over it now. At least I hope she has. Her wooden spoon hurts around my ears and we’re supposed to be going to visit soon.
What’s the worst thing that’s happened in your life? What did you learn from it?
I know my heart damn near broke the day I saw Luke on the ground hurt, and Tobias in his wolf form, trying to kill his attacker. One part of me wanted to Tobias and yet I couldn’t leave Luke on the ground. Just thinking about it gives me the shivers.
Describe your ideal mate.
I have my ideal mates, two of them. Luke is perfect because he looks so strong, but he’s a marshmallow underneath. His curiosity about everything makes me smile and when we’re in bear form together he can be really playful. Tobias is smaller, obviously, but that doesn’t make him weak. He has a good soul and although he’s been hurt in his life, he smiles so often now and that is lovely to see – and his wolf is soooo cute.
“I’m too sexy for my shirt…” Kurt’s ring tone. Luke could hear the tinny tune, but it seemed like the sound was coming from outside. Leaping out of the truck, he glared at the trash can, now filled with his rubbish, before tipping the thing upside down, flailing his arms through the boxes and papers. There, on the ground. Thank the Fates. Luke sank his butt to the ground, tapping madly on the screen.
“Kurt, oh my god, Kurt….”
“Little bear, is everything okay? I sensed your distress. Are you hurt? Where are you?”
Luke breathed a sigh of relief, Kurt’s deep voice making the world seem like a more manageable place again. “I’m just outside of a tiny town, Cloverleah, I think it’s called. But Kurt, I found him, at least I think it was him, because I got hard, and he felt so good, and I just wanted to rub all over his sexy body, and when he came…”
“Luke. Stop. Focus.”
Focus. Kurt was right. Luke knew he had a tendency to run on about things.
“I’m sorry,” he said in a small voice.
“I’m not angry, little bear,” and Luke could tell that he wasn’t. Kurt never got angry with him, even that time when he thought he could microwave an entire jar full of honey so it would soften, and forgot that the jar had a metal lid.
“Now start again, from the beginning. You met someone who made your cock hard?”
Luke took in a deep breath, his cock hardening again. “Yes.”
“And then what happened?”
“He was in the shower, here at the truck stop. He was fondling his pretty cock, and his body was slim but muscled and the water was just streaming down, and my cock was so hard I thought it would burst out of my pants, so I took them off, because it hurt, you know. And I don’t think he heard me, but I just had to grab him, and then…”
“Breathe little bear.” Yeah, that probably would be a good idea. Luke took in a deep breath and let it out slowly.
“That’s good, babe, now, I presume you got in the shower with him.”
“Yes, but I took my clothes off first.” Luke remembered that Kurt wouldn’t like the idea of him wandering around wearing wet clothes. He did tend to forget things like that sometimes, especially if the salmon were running.
“That’s good, so then what happened? You grabbed him. Did you frighten him?”
“No!” Luke stared at the phone, wishing Kurt could see his face. He never intentionally frightened anyone, except that one time, and that was the night Kurt came and saved him…
“Don’t let your mind wander.” Kurt knew him so well.
“I didn’t frighten him, he leaned on me, and he let me play with him, and his cock just fit in my hand, and he smelled so good, like honey and chocolate all melted together even with the bleach stink, and I couldn’t help myself, his ass was right there…”
“He let you have sex with him?”
“I didn’t want to do that without you there. I just rubbed on him lots, and with the water and the smell, and when his cock spurted out…”
“I get the picture, little bear and it’s all right.”
“So he must be our mate, right?” Kurt wasn’t upset with him, that was the main thing.
“You would’ve gotten sick, and you definitely wouldn’t get a hard on with anyone else but our mate – I’ve told you that before. So yes, the man is our mate. Unexpected, but there’s no other explanation.” Kurt sounded so confident and Luke sighed and smiled, even though he knew Kurt couldn’t see him. Kurt knew about so much, and he would make sure everything was okay.
“Where is the man now and what’s his name?”
Oops. “I don’t know what his name is,” Luke yelled as he leaped up, leaving the rubbish on the ground, and his truck unlocked. “I left him in the bathroom.” Shit, had he been too long, was the sexy man still there? Maybe the wolf had got upset with him. He pounded towards the bathroom and flung open the door, but of course the room was empty, nothing but a towel tossed on the floor to indicate the room had even been used.
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Lisa Oliver had been writing non-fiction books for years when visions of half dressed, buff men started invading her dreams. Unable to resist the lure of her stories, Lisa decided to switch to fiction books, and now stories about her men clamor to get out from under her fingertips.
When Lisa is not writing, she is usually reading with a cup of tea always at hand. Her grown children and grandchildren sometimes try and pry her away from the computer and have found that the best way to do it, is to promise her chocolate. Lisa will do anything for chocolate.
Lisa loves to hear from her readers and other writers. You can friend her on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/lisaoliverauthor), catch up on what’s happening at her blog (http://www.supernaturalsmut.com) or email her directly at yoursintuitively@gmail.com.
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Tour Dates & Stops:
9-May: Nautical Star Books, Outrageous Heroes
10-May: Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews
11-May: Happily Ever Chapter, MM Good Book Reviews
12-May: Jessie G. Books
13-May: Full Moon Dreaming
16-May: BFD Book Blog
17-May: My Fiction Nook
18-May: Oh My Shelves
19-May: Velvet Panic
20-May: Alpha Book Club
23-May: Divine Magazine
24-May: Bonkers About Books
25-May: Molly Lolly
26-May: Gay Media Reviews, Prism Book Alliance
27-May: Love Bytes
30-May: A.M. Leibowitz
31-May: Kirsty Loves Books
1-Jun: Open Skye Book Reviews
2-Jun: Bayou Book Junkie
3-Jun: Havan Fellows
Rafflecopter Prize: Three Print Copies available – Tangling With Bears
Thank you for hosting me here today 🙂
Can’t wait to read this ! I love this series!
I’d love to learn more about alpha bears!
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