Love Bytes is delighted to host the exclusive cover reveal for Z. Allora’s upcoming Dreamspinner Press release “Rocking Thin Ice”.
Check out the cover below and have a chance to win a DSP backlist title from the author 🙂
Title: Rocking Thin Ice
Author: Z. Allora
Release Date: July 30, 2019
Category: Contemporary
Pages: 219
Cover Artist: Tiferet Design http://www.tiferetdesign.com/
Blurb:
Can a sexy rock star show a relationship-phobic ice skater that there’s more to life than gold medals?
When ice-skating’s bad boy Blaze first glimpses Drake, every fantasy he’s ever had flares to life. Not only is rock star Drake sexy as sin, his songs awaken a longing in Blaze that he’s denied for years. But Blaze Parker doesn’t believe in relationships—at least not those that last more than twenty minutes.
Drake Keys has dreamed about the sensual ice skater for years. When Drake is kicked out of his band because of his bisexuality, he drives across the country to finally see the man he’s had a crush on skate live.
Though the attraction is instant and intense, both Blaze and Drake have baggage that puts any relationship on thin ice. Blaze is driven by a long-ago betrayal to prove himself a champion, and Drake, uncertain about the future, hopes to resurrect his music career. As they take a road trip together, Drake romances Blaze, hoping to melt his heart and show him that love is possible… but not without some tough decisions.
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Z. Allora never expected to share her words with anyone, but things don’t always work out as planned. Growing up in Upstate NY, she was a tomboy: playing basketball in the park, twirling a rifle in color guard, but composing stories filled with angst in secret.
Z. didn’t always believe in romance, although before giving up on happily ever after completely, she took out a personal ad in a college newspaper. On October 20, 1987, at 5:08 PM, she found what she didn’t think existed, and married her best friend five years later.
A bit of an overachiever, Z.’s earned three bachelor’s degrees (Psychology, English, and Philosophy) and a master’s degree in Psychology. She loved enhancing the quality of life of people in her residential and day programs, but her love’s job swept Z. overseas to Singapore, Israel, and China.
While living in China, she discovered M/M romance. The magic of the genre gave her new insights about herself and those around her. When she saw protests in Malaysia by parents who genuinely believed watching a singer could make their children gay, the ignorance was too staggering to ignore. No longer content to keep her words to herself, she published her stories hoping to add another voice to foster understanding and to promote equality.
Z. believes each of us is wonderfully unique and deserving of a happily ever after. Regardless where we are in the infinite spectrum of gender identity, orientation, or sexuality, our differences and similarities should be both respected and celebrated.
Even though Z. identifies as nonbinary of the transmasculine variety, Z. has kept her original pronouns and presents as female (according to the current gender constructs).
One of the biggest goals of her writing is to validate everyone’s individual uniqueness. There’s an infinite spectrum within each stripe of the rainbow and Z. wants to explore them all.
However, Z. will never apologize for having too much yaoified smexy goodness in her books. She teases that plot is simply the words between the sex scenes (though that’s a bit of an exaggeration). Sex is one of our most important and basic forms of communication, and she feels it’s a vital part of understanding her characters.
Z. Allora truly believes this rainbow romance is changing hearts and minds, and will continue to speak out for love for all of us.
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Website: www.zallorabooks.com
Blog: zallora.blogspot.com
Dreamspinner Press: www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/z-allora-637-a
Have the chance to win a DSP backlist copy from Z.
Lovely cover, Z.
I love your stories and look forward to reading this one
I love the cover and blurb! Congratulations on your upcoming book!
congrats and love the storyline for this one
I like the cover and the story sounds great.
So psyched for this one!
I’ve enjoyed her other books.
That’s a great color. The use of black & white photography really makes it stand out.
Love the cover! Love your writing!
Love the cover!
Can’t wait to read about Bkaze and Drake!!
The cover is lovely. Looking forward to giving this a read.
I love that cover! Congratulations and much success, Z.
Awwww, thank you so much! You Pretty Ones ROCK! Thank you for your kind words. (It’s motivating me to get back to my work in progress > a BDSM set in New Hope PA… much gritter than my Entwined Dreams series) Many hugs, Z.