Love Bytes is delighted to host the exclusive cover reveal for J. Alan Veerkamp’s upcoming Dreamspinner Press release.
Check out the cover , the blurb and the intro J. Alan wrote for us and have a chance to win a DSP backlist copy of choice.
I love it when a cover can convey the tone and setting of a book without giving anything away. Anna Sikorska did such a lovely job translating my thoughts and capturing Innocence & Carnality’s feel. Clockwork and elegant calligraphy all play their parts in my decadent steampunk novel. It took over a year and a half just to construct the first complete draft and that wasn’t counting another year minimum worth of revisions and tweaking. And every second was a labor of love.
This is my favorite story I’ve ever written. I’m proud of its voice, its complexity, and a cast of characters that were a joy to construct. It amazes me that all this spawned out of a 1600 word scene from an online prompt several years ago. Many of the original words survived into the final version. I wanted to write the story right then, but another online author who I was working with had her own story posting that also included an arranged marriage. (Although Layla Dorine’s novel was nothing like mine) I didn’t want anyone to compare them side by side at the time.
So I waited. I wrote some other items and then came back to Innocence & Carnality when the whole story completed itself in my head and I had to let it out. There have been adjustments and rewrites, but the core story never changed. The plot was clear, its direction unwavering. If only all my endeavors could be so steadfast.
Like most authors, I have a sea of WIPs, all of which are dying to be brought to light. There never seems to be enough time in the world for them all. And they are all so very deserving.
That’s why seeing Innocence & Carnality on its own page at Dreamspinner Publications is so, so gratifying.
Title: Innocence and Carnality
Author: J. Alan Veerkamp
Release Date: April 23, 2019
Category: Steampunk
Pages: 348
Blurb:
Innocence is his only currency.
The gilded cage of propriety where Nathan grew up as a member of the Deilian aristocracy became a true prison when, at fifteen, his homosexuality came to light and created a terrible scandal. His parents see only one way to preserve their reputation amongst the other noble families: fit Nathan with a chastity belt to increase his value to a potential partner and marry him off as soon as possible.
The recipient of that prize is Lord Rother Marsh Delaga III. After a hasty wedding, Rother whisks Nathan away to the strange and seductive land of Marisol, where Nathan will begin a new life, free to explore the pleasures of the marriage bed, though his life is still not his own.
But Rother’s Delaga House is a place of secrets, dangers, and depravity Nathan can scarcely comprehend. Where friends are few and peril waits around every corner, Nathan must employ all the manipulation he learned from high society, along with his talent for clockwork. Most of all, Nathan must adapt, compromise to survive, and cast off the preconceptions of his homeland.
Because only he can orchestrate his freedom, and it’ll come at a cost.
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While spending years more focused on visual arts, J. Alan Veerkamp never let go of his innate passion for storytelling, wanting to write and draw comic books when he grew up. Once he discovered M/M fiction, a whole new world opened filled with possibilities. Why couldn’t you have fantastic and dynamic sexy tales with an M/M cast? He started reading the online tales of authors like Night Tempest, Rob Colton, and Alicia Nordwell, which only fueled his need to create. Eventually he found GayAuthors.org, and with a little coercive nudge, started sharing his tales with an unexpected level of positive response. The experience and support gave him the courage to cross his fingers and aim for the world of M/M publishing.
Born and raised in Michigan, J. Alan continues to type away, wishing it was practical to use a noisy old-fashioned keyboard that clacks with each strike, if only to annoy his loving partner and spoiled miniature dachshund.
Twitter: @jalanveerkamp
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Such great cover! Congratulations!
I love that cover and the blurb!! Whoa…
Great post! I have never read one of your books and look forward to changing that.
Great cover, the story sounds very interesting, something I want to read.
Like the cover. Sounds interesting.
Lovely cover, really pleasing to the eye. It sounds like a fun read.
This sounds quite good. The cover is very appealing to the eye. Glad he’s wearing clothes! LOL