A warm welcome to author M.A. Church joining us today to share an exclusive excerpt of new release “Riding The Tide”.
Hey everyone! My name is M.A. Church, and I’ve dropped by Love Bytes Reviews to talk about my release, Riding the Tide. This is book two in the Deep Blue Sea series. Marcus Krill, a creature of the sea, is a perfectly content bachelor. Mating someone? No thank you. Living anywhere but in the ocean? Ha! Not happening. Spend more time than necessary on land? Nope. Not this merman.
And humans? They’re perfectly fine as a diversion, but that’s all. They might be interesting, but complications follow them like a hungry shark during a feeding frenzy. So what if he is a little lonely? A little tired of one-night stands? That didn’t mean he was ready to mate. Not him.
Or so he thought.
“Are you okay?”
“I… I… holy shit, there was a… a… sh-shark and…”
Why was Blair stuttering? The shark hadn’t come close to him, so what was his problem? Only then did he notice how Blair shook under his hands. Was something else wrong with him?
“M-M-Marcus…”
Now Blair was chattering, and his skin was cool, clammy. His breathing was also rapid and shallow. Shit. Was he injured? Had he somehow gotten hurt? Maybe he fell off the boat instead of jumping in. Wouldn’t be the first time.
Marcus pulled Blair closer and wrapped his arms around him. “Are you hurt? Did you fall off the boat again? Are you okay? Blair!” Marcus’ heart rate spiked. “Answer me!”
“You… You… You…”
“Okay, that’s it. We’ve got to get you in the boat. Is there a phone on there? A radio? I have no idea how to drive one and you’re not in any condition to… Where did you get a boat?”
“Rented it.”
“Okay. Okay, here’s what we’re going… oomph!”
Marcus flailed inelegantly as he tried to keep Blair and himself from submerging. Suddenly his mate was doing a fine imitation of an octopus—Blair’s arms and legs banding around him as Blair plastered his mouth against Marcus’.
Marcus immediately dropped his hands to Blair’s ass and cupped it, pulling Blair as close as possible as the kiss they shared turned frantic. Using his tail to keep their heads above water, Marcus allowed Blair to plunder his mouth.
TITLE: Riding The Tide
SERIES: The Deep Blue Sea
AUTHOR: M.A. Church
PUBLISHER: OmniLit/All Romance eBooks, LLC
COVER ARTIST: Erin Dameron-Hill
LENGTH: 45000 words
RELEASE DATE: November 1, 2016
BLURB: Caught between two worlds—what’s a merman to do?
The Deep Blue Sea, #2
Marcus Krill, a creature of the sea, is a perfectly content bachelor. Mating someone? No thank you. Living anywhere but in the ocean? Ha! Not happening. Spending more than the barest necessity of time on land? Nope. Not this merman. And humans? They’re perfectly fine as a diversion, but that’s all. They might be interesting, but complications follow them like a hungry shark during a feeding frenzy. So what if he’s a little lonely, a little tired of one-night stands? That doesn’t mean he’s ready to mate.
Blair Estes, a creature of land, is perfectly happy with his nomadic lifestyle. No strings keep him tied to any one place long. Adventure is his lover and adrenaline his master. He loves to travel, and the things he’s seen defy description. Now his wandering has brought him to the Seychelles and a mysterious merman who’s going to take him on the journey of a lifetime.
Once again merfolk and human culture collide in an explosion of passion and… fear.
M.A. Church is a true Southern belle who spent many years in the elementary education sector. Now she spends her days lost in fantasy worlds, arguing with hardheaded aliens on far-off planets, herding her numerous shifters, or trying to tempt her country boys away from their fishing poles. It’s a full time job, but hey, someone’s gotta do it!
When not writing, she’s on the back porch tending to the demanding wildlife around the pond in the backyard. The ducks are very outspoken. She’s married to her high school sweetheart, and they have two grown children.
She is a member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
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