Free for 2 days!

Two days, today the 23rd and tomorrow the 24th, Of Death and Desire by Jude Mason can be yours free from Amazon. Yup, free! Whoo hooo!

The url is: http://www.amazon.com/Of-Death-and-Desire-ebook/dp/B004T51VFU/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_7

While you're there, you could always check out my other titles and see if there's something else you'd like to read. (hint, hint!)

Want a teaser? Course you do!

Here's how the book opens:

Of Death and Desire  by Jude Mason ISBN: 9781926965697 Genre: historical, m/m, mild BDSM, romance Publisher: Books We Love To read an excerpt and buy, go HERE

Dear Diary,

That's how you're supposed to begin these things, or so I've been told by the few women I know who keep such journals. I never thought, in a million years, I'd write in one, let alone under these circumstances. This was Jonathan's doing. When he asked me to make this entry, it was something I had to do, for him. He's given up so much for us—for me.

The beginning. Yes, that's where I should begin, and then let his accounting tell the tale.

Jonathan Strand—artist, author, wealthy due to an inheritance from his parents who'd died years ago. My Jonathan—tall, slender, dark-haired, and dark-eyed—has a Mediterranean look about him that drives me wild. Yes, we're lovers, and have been since I turned twenty-four.

Two years old than I, Jonathan was twenty-seven, and I, well into my twenty-fifth year, when I became ill. At first, we thought it was just a passing ailment that would take its toll and then fade, as so many disorders do. Unfortunately, that's not what happened. Consumption doesn't simply go away. There's little treatment for it, and what there is does little good.

Before I became too ill, we traveled to New Orleans—a final vacation together, arranged by him, of course. Friends, good ones, owned a property there, and offered it to us for as long as we wanted to stay. We jumped at the opportunity to get away together, and what better place to spend the last days of one's life.

Little did we know what would transpire while we were there. But, that's for Jonathan to tell.

Got you interested? I hope so. Check it out HERE

Hugs
Jude

Hop Against Homophobia

May 17th is

I received an email the other day asking me if I'd like to participate in this years Day Against Homophobia. At first, I cringed. Really! Are there still people so intolerant, so sure gays aren't like the rest of the population? Are there still people who think it's all right to pick on gay kids, to humiliate them, tease them, call them abominations? My God, and we call ourselves civilized.

After thinking all that, which took about 3 seconds, I leaped at the chance to say my piece, and here I am. A proud believer in 'it's all right to be gay, straight, bisexual, transexual, trisexual, pansexual and any other variant you can dream up, as long as everyone's in agreement who's taking part in the pairing. Okay, there may be more than a pair. LOL

In all honesty, what difference does it make to you, or anyone else, who the fellow or woman down the street falls in love with and wants to marry? Or not marry, for that matter. We seem to have grown into a civilization who find it perfectly acceptable to raise our children watching television where all manner of killing is thought of as just fine and dandy. We can teach them how to make bombs, how to mutilate each other, destroy the environment, humiliate a fellow student for not looking the same as they do. Yet, if something sexual is involved all Hell breaks loose. When a school wants to teach children about birth control or how to enjoy safe sex, the neighborhood militia emerge. How dare we, whoever 'we' is, teach our children to be sexually active?

Say what?

We all become sexually active, or the vast majority of us do. Don't these idiots remember?

And what about those feelings most of us had for a girlfriend, if you're a woman. Or, what about the guys, remember getting those funny feelings when you were watching the hunk getting into his gym gear? We all have those feelings. Some of us still do. Most of us learned to be ashamed of those perfectly natural feelings. Some of us hid how much we yearned for those same sex partners to notice us and feel the same as we did/do.

What makes it right to throw a son or daughter onto the streets for loving someone?

How can a parent believe they have the right to dictate the sexuality of their child?

How can a loving parent suddenly turn on their child, denying them love, food, shelter even a future?

How heartbreaking! How utterly tragic for all concerned. How horrendous for the child. I weep for those children and the struggles they have to make just to reach adulthood.

Love is love. We all have a right to be loved and to love who we wish, in my opinion. There is nothing more beautiful than to see the eyes of two lovers, male or female, as they gaze into the eyes of the one they love. I don't care what gender! And, neither should you.

It's Chat time!!

Dear friends/readers/fans and foes,

It's chat day and you won't want to miss it. 

Saturday, May 12, NOON EST. 

 eXtasy and Devine Destinies Chat

(the latter is the mainstream imprint of eXtasy books)

Location: http://extasychat.com/.

 

You can log in as a guest without a password. It's a good idea to test it out beforehand if you have time, which you don't, so get on over and join us. You can pick the avatar you like too. There's some very cool ones there. 

Don't miss out on any surprises/prizes and the chance to meet some of your favorite authors.

Authors attending:

Storm Savage      Ali Atwood

Celia Jade        Marc Jarrod

Celine Chatillon         Cynthianna

AJ Matthews       Jolene Beauchamp

Melody Lane     Valerie Herme

Astrid Cooper       Tim Smith

Starfox Howl            Amy Romine

Natalie Hancock   Charlie Richards
Jude Mason

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Chat on Saturday May 12th with me

Dear friends/readers/fans and foes,

I'll be attending a chat you won't want to miss. 

Saturday, May 12, NOON EST. 

 eXtasy and Devine Destinies Chat

(the latter is the mainstream imprint of eXtasy books)

Location: http://extasychat.com/.

 

You can log in as a guest without a password. It's a good idea to test it out a few days before if you have time. It takes a couple of minutes and I'm sure you'll have no problem. You can pick the avatar you like too. There's some very cool ones there. 

Don't miss out on any surprises/prizes and the chance to meet some of your favorite authors.

Authors attending:

Storm Savage      Ali Atwood

Celia Jade        Marc Jarrod

Celine Chatillon         Cynthianna

AJ Matthews       Jolene Beauchamp

Melody Lane     Valerie Herme

Astrid Cooper       Tim Smith

Starfox Howl            Amy Romine

Natalie Hancock   Charlie Richards
Jude Mason

Looking forward to seeing you there!