Blog Tour & Exclusive Excerpt:
Heart2Heart: A Charity Anthology, Volume 4
A Paranormal Collection Supporting LGBT Charity
This collection will be available for only 90 days before it’s gone forever.
Once upon a time, a bunch of authors wondered… Why should Heart2Heart – the phenomenally successful dating app – only work its magic in the human world when lonely lycans, dejected dragons, and jilted jackalopes need love, too?
In this new paranormal universe, mages and shifters, vampires, psychics, and even humans, will reach out to Heart2Heart podcast host Gene E. Del’Amp for help finding a magical match… and they just might find that talking about their woes helps their wishes come true.
Eighteen of your favorite gay romance authors have come together to bring you brand-new paranormal and urban fantasy stories inspired by reader suggestions!
Once again, all proceeds from this collection will go to the authors’ favorite LGBTQ charities, to ensure that love in all its forms will be celebrated and protected every single day of the year!
Book Links All Proceeds Go To Charity:
Universal Link
What is Heart2Heart?
Thank you for sharing an excerpt from your Heart2Heart story! We’re excited for the bloggers who work with Gay Romance Reviews Tours to be a part of helping us spread the word far and wide! Your name: Maz Maddox Your story title: A Caller from New York A brief description of your story: Lars finds his job as an assassin not as exciting as it once was. The hours are long, the commute is terrible and his heart just isn’t in it anymore. Honestly, he’d much rather be writing fanfics back home instead of hopping around New York killing people. Ha. Hopping. Jackalope humor. After a particularly rough night at the job, he crosses paths with a very adorable, fuzzy Instagram model and his very striking social media manager. Alro is a pastel clad dream with a lip ring, sly smile and open apartment. Maybe the fanfics can wait a little longer. The long strings of white fairy lights hanging in the alley were easily avoidable for those who were paying attention and didn’t have antlers. They were quite another story for someone doing the opposite and sporting boney branches out of their skulls. Plastic wire and warm little bulbs pressed against his antlers as they properly tangled themselves around and around his horns, his jerking motions doing nothing to help the situation. “Don’t move!” a voice yelled, freezing Lars’s blood and causing his hand to fly to his holster. As Lars flicked his eyes toward the sound of the voice, he slowly drank in the dreamy scenery around him. The alleyway had a pocket of a fantasy forest growing from the side of a cold brick building. At least, that’s what the small photo shoot looked like. It was as if someone took the scene from a high fantasy elven meadow and shrank it down for a mouse. Or hedgehog. Since that’s what was sniffing about in the micro enchanted forest. “If you keep thrashing around, you’re going to get more tangled up,” the voice spoke again. Lars snapped his gaze up from the possibly magical hedgehog to connect his eyes with a pair of wide, impossibly pretty, hazel ones. Standing in the alley covered in white lights with a tiny forest ruled by a hedgehog was a striking man in a pastel-blue-and-pink hooded sweatshirt, faded jeans, and sky-blue Converse. Dark, curly hair shagged around his ears, and the cold made their tips and his nose a bit darker. Being surrounded by bright colors made his warm, russet skin beautiful and his light eyes sparkle. “Uh,” Lars said, “hi.” What are your thoughts on being part of Heart2Heart volume 4? It probably sounds a little cliche or over the top, but this is a dream come true. I’ve always loved the H2H anthologies. They’re brilliant collections of stories by authors I love and admire, AND they are all for amazing causes. Getting to share space with the authors that inspired me to write is one of my career achievements. I’m proud that my chance to do this was in an anthology that helps people. With so much bad in the world, these anthologies are like little beacons of hope in the darkness. Our community is strong, giving, and bright. I love that I’m not just a fellow reader, but an active participant in giving back. Where can readers find you online: Personal Page: https://www.facebook.com/maz.maddox.1 Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMazMaddox/ Website: https://www.mazmaddox.com/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17988518.Maz_Maddox Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Maz-Maddox/e/B07DHCL96L?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&qid=1591366496&sr=8-4 Twitter: https://twitter.com/mazmaddox
More information on the Charities chosen for Volume 4:
As with previous editions of the anthology, we’re honored to be donating our net profits to three deserving charities.
🌈 – Camp fYrefly (multiple locations, summer camp)
“Camp fYrefly is a summer camp and leadership retreat designed for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified, two-spirited, intersexed, queer, and questioning youth, (LGBTQ2S+) and planned in part by a committee of the same youth it seeks to serve. Founded in 2004 by Dr. André P. Grace and Dr. Kristopher Wells, Camp fYrefly is designed to help youth develop the leadership skills and personal resiliency necessary for them to become agents for positive change in their schools, families, and communities.”
🌈 – Project 10 (youth services and advocacy, Quebec)
“Project 10 works to promote the personal, social, sexual and mental well being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit, intersexed and questioning youth and adults 14-25.
Through advocacy and education, using a harm reduction approach, Project 10 aims to facilitate the empowerment of youth at individual, community, and institutional levels with a particular emphasis on supporting individuals and groups who experience multiple and intersecting oppressions.
Services are free of charge, confidential and anonymous, and are offered in English and French.”
🌈 – QMUNITY (local services, BC)
“A non-profit organization based in Vancouver, BC that works to improve queer, trans, and Two-Spirit lives. We provide a safer space for LGBTQ/2S people and their allies to fully self-express while feeling welcome and included. Our building serves as a catalyst for community initiatives and collective strength.”
These are all great Charities and we need to take care of our youth and the next generation. Love is Love. Be safe and kind. No one should have to suffer for who they are or who they love!!
Authors and their stories:
Jeff Adams & Will Knauss – A Caller from Grand Rapids (intro/outro story)
Charlie Cochet – A Caller from Windermere
Hailey Turner – A Caller from San Francisco
J.D. Light – A Caller from Springfield
Jenn Burke – A Caller from Ottawa
Kiki Burrelli – A Caller from Portland
Lisa Oliver – A Caller from New Orleans
Macy Blake – A Caller from Knoxville
Maz Maddox – A Caller from New York
Morgan Brice – A Caller from Pittsburgh
Pandora Pine – A Caller from Boston
Piper Scott – A Caller from Chicago
Sam Burns & W.M. Fawkes – A Caller from Seattle
Silvia Violet – A Caller from Savannah
SJ Himes – A Caller from Montreal
Susi Hawke – A Caller from Austin