B.G. Thomas is here today to tell us about his latest Dreamspun Desires novel, Getting His Man & ICYMI see our 4 ❤ review of it HERE.
My mom was always reading. She taught me to love books. And if it
was a book a little above my reading level, then she read them to me!
Of course the books she was reading for her own pleasure and the
books she was reading to me were very different. She was reading me The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and a
book about the coelacanth, something very exciting to a little boy who loved
dinosaurs. And she was reading Harlequin and Silhouette romances.
Well that confused a little boy! Why a book with a man and woman
kissing on the cover when she could be reading a book about an ancient living
fossil? So I asked her.
This is what she told me. “It’s because of the happy endings,” she
said. “And I love to read about people falling
in love. I like knowing before I ever start the book that nothing really bad
will happen. I like knowing they will have their happily ever after.” Eeeeeeww! I thought. How gross.
And here I am blankety-blank years later writing just those kinds of stories. Except of
course they’re about boys kissing boys. But they’re still falling in love and
they are still getting their happily ever afters.
You know they whole time I was writing this book I couldn’t help
but think of my mother. It made me feel pretty warm and bubbly inside. Like
things had come full circle or something. It feels nice.
Something else too….
When I was in high school Mom told me that another thing she liked
about those books is that there was no cheating. And in the Dreamspun Desires books, there is no
cheating. And not a lot of angst.
And when you are a writer who normally writes books with lots of
angst let me tell you something. Writing a book with no angst, no cheating, and
a big happily ever after was very fun
to write. Lots of fun! And having that much fun means that a lot of that fun
made its way into the pages of my book Getting
His Man.
Here is the cover blurb:
GETTING HIS MAN
A love story worthy of
an old movie... with a new twist.
Artie needs a hero, a
man like those he’s always revered in Golden Age films. His drug-dealing jerk
of a roommate got him arrested, and since his savior isn’t likely to sweep in
and save the day, Artie calls a bail bondsman.
August has always
imagined himself a hero from a black-and-white movie, but he’s never found a
man willing to let him play that role—at least not until he gets the call from
Artie.
Both of their dreams
might come true, but not before August must use his skills as a bounty hunter
as well as a bondsman. Artie is on the run for his life, and August must
protect him and help him clear his name. Only then can they both finally get
their man.
That novel is out right now and just ready for you to read. You
will find a sweet young man named Artie that gets caught up in something that
scares him to death. And it is also about a macho bounty hunter hero named
August who sweeps in and rescues him. Or does he? Maybe, just maybe, Artie
rescues him…. If you want to find out, all you have to do is go right here:
BUY LINKS:
And hey, after you’re done reading it, I would love to hear what
you think!
Love, Namaste, and Happy Holidays!
BG “Ben” Thomas
xxxxxx
B.G. Thomas lives in Kansas City with his husband of more than a
decade and their fabulous dogs Sarah Jane and Oliver. He is blessed to have a
lovely daughter as well as many extraordinary friends. He has a great passion
for life.
B.G. loves romance, comedies, fantasy, science fiction, and even
horror—as far as he is concerned, as long as the stories are character driven
and entertaining, it doesn’t matter the genre. He has gone to literature
conventions his entire adult life where he’s been lucky enough to meet many of
his favorite writers. He has made up stories since he was a child; it is where
he finds his joy.
In the nineties, he wrote for gay adult magazines but stopped
because the editors wanted all sex without plot. “The sex is never as important
as the characters,” he says. “Who cares what they are doing if we don’t care
about them?” Excited about the growing male/male romance market, he began
writing again. He submitted a novella and was thrilled when it was accepted in
four days. Since then the romantic tales have poured out of him. “It’s like I’m
somehow making up for a lifetime’s worth of story-telling!”
In 2015 he made an entry every day in his blog “365 Days of
Silver,” where he found something every day to be grateful for. You can find it
right here: https://365daysofsilver.wordpress.com/
“Leap, and the net will appear” is his personal philosophy and his
message. “It is never too late,” he testifies. “Pursue your dreams. They will
come true!”
Website/blog: bthomaswriter.wordpress.com
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