Summary:
It
sucks being the son of a super villain. At home, Harry spends half of his time
getting medical treatments and the other half tied up in his father's
underwater lair. It was different when his mother was alive, but she
disappeared when Harry was six. He can't seem to stay out of trouble at school,
and his new roommate, Antonin, thinks he’s a spaz, but somehow Harry has to
find a way to stop his father's evil plans.
Excerpt:
THE first thing Antonin noticed when he opened the door to his room at
St. Bart’s was the punching bag. When had Jason gotten a punching bag?
An action figure stood on top of it. Antonin recognized his
green-and-purple outfit and his golden cape. It was Captain Invincible.
“Cool.” He picked up the figure. Since when was Jason into superheroes?
Antonin glanced around the room. Jason’s desk and his bookshelves were bare. A
duffel bag lay on the lower bunk, unzipped and spewing forth clothes. Something
was wrong. Jason always took the upper bunk.
From out of nowhere, an arm wrapped around Antonin’s neck. Another hand
pushed his head to one side, locking him in a chokehold.
“Shit!” Mom was right. I am going to be kidnapped by organ-leggers.
“Drop it,” said his assailant. It wasn’t Jason.
Antonin brought his heel down on his attacker’s foot and threw his head
back. He connected with something he hoped was a face.
His attacker groaned. The grip around his neck loosened. Antonin broke
away.
He turned to face a boy about his age, though taller, with short blond
hair and a muscular build. A little blood trickled from his right nostril, but
he didn’t seem particularly fazed by it. He wore jeans and a black T-shirt that
said “Maniac” in big white block letters.
Fair enough.
About the author:
Jessica Freely can't resist a wounded hero. As a reader and a writer,
her favorite stories are of soul mates finding redemption in each other's arms.
Married to the love of her life in a beautiful relationship based on mutual goofiness,
Jessica also warps minds as an instructor in Seton Hill University's Writing
Popular Fiction MFA program. Her dog, Ruthie, doesn't seem to care that
Jessica's an award-winning and best-selling author in multiple genres. She just
wants to play tug of war with Jessica's pages.
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**Jessica will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN GC to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour.
32 comments:
Nice excerpt
bn100candg at hotmail dot com
Sounds like a nice read. Thank you for the opportunity.
jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com
Wow! Two comments already! Hi there, bn, Lisa, thanks for stopping by. And thanks to Julianna for hosting me today! I love to hear from readers so please, post a comment and feel free to ask me anything!
Put this book on my wish list! Thanks for the giveaway!
oops..email is kathleenpower@comcast.net
Thanks for the giveaway chance! This book is really interesting. Love the excerpt!
Absolutely loved the excerpt and the blurb. This is a book that I will be adding to my TBR list. It sounds like a completely new take on the superhero road. Thanks for sharing! michelle_willms@yahoo.com.
Sounds like such an awesome unique book!
What lovely comments. Thanks everyone! This book is very special to me. I wrote the first draft many years ago and it was actually the first gay romance I ever wrote. :)
Thanks for sharing All the Colors of Love and the giveaway. Sounds like a great book. evamillien at gmail dot com
This book sounds very interesting, love the excerpt
ChaoticKarma23 at gmail dot com
Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for the giveaway. Please count me in.
schan26.wisc(at)gmail(dot)com
Thank you for the giveaway!
irielilla(at)hotmail.com
Wow, very neat to find out that this was the story that started your m/m writings. I love learning tidbits like this.
kalimar2010 @ gmail.com
Thanks for your comments everyone, and good luck in the giveaway.
Kali-mar -- there's more to the story, actually. It was a big turning point in my career. If you want to know more about how my mainstream editor and agent reacted to the book, and how I reacted to their reactions, I blogged about all of that here: http://www.friskbiskit.com/2013/09/its-here-all-the-colors-of-love-a-gay-ya-science-fiction-romance.html
Can't wait to read this one!
ashley.vanburen[at]gmail[dot]com
Thanks Ashley!
sounds good
halliday.sally@yahoo.co.uk
sal h
You know already that I loved the story but I'll try anything to get more book funds ;)
ilona
felinewyvern at googlemail dot com
This book sounds great!
Thanks for the giveaway
cool_cat97@msn.com
Love the comments everyone, thanks!
Thanks for the giveaway!
mestith at gmail dot com
You're welcome, Meghan! Good Luck!
Great ideas - comic books are awesome. My bro is a graphic animator, classicly trained, meaning animation without computers - he shows off the various styles to us through cartoons, comics, etc. It's an interesting path for sure. abrennan09@hotmail.com
That's really cool, andie. I have all the admiration in the world for animators -- that's hard work!
Thanks for the excerpt and the chance to win!
Sounds like a great read!!
natasha_donohoo_8 at hotmail dot com
like the cover and it sounds great! reminds me of austin powers somewhat - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
This book sounds good! I already added it into my TBR list. Thanks for the awesome giveaway! :D
cohlesguerra@gmail.com
Hi Natasha, Daniel, Cohlina, thanks for stopping by! Daniel, thank you. I love the cover art. The artist did a great job with a very basic idea that I offered. I was thrilled when I saw it.
I'll be back on Monday to announce the giveaway winner. See you then!
Hi everyone! Well, the blog tour for All the Colors of Love is officially over and I want to thank everyone who came out to celebrate with me. Your kind words and thoughtful comments made this tour so much fun!
I'm going to announce the winner of the giveaway in a moment, but first, I have a little surprise prezzie for all of you, because you are such fantastic friends and fans.
Sometimes when I write a book, I end up with some… extras; scenes that are perfectly wonderful on their own, but just don't quite fit in the book. I had a couple of scenes like that in All the Colors of Love. As I was going through my notes for the novel recently, I reread them and found that I liked them quite a bit. I thought, well, why let them go to waste? So now, for a limited time only, everyone can enjoy a little peek behind the scenes with these two ebook minis featuring scenes cut from All the Colors of Love.
Is He or Isn't He?
In this brief scene, Antonin and his friends speculate about Harry's sexual orientation, but wind up learning something even more important about the new kid at school.
The Runaway Heart
In this flashback scene, a young Magnolia struggles with a lot of complicated feelings over Cid's death and rebirth. But is running away the answer?
Both of these ebook minis have been professionally formatted by the fabulous Enny Kraft (http://ennykraft.weebly.com) and are available in .pdf, .mobi, and .epub formats.
What do you have to do to get your copies? Not much! Just subscribe to my new all ages MailChimp newsletter here:
http://eepurl.com/FYXLf
Or, my 18+ Yahoo! group, here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/jessicafreely/info
and I'll send them along!
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for:
The winner of the giveaway is... *drumroll*
Ashley V!
Congrats Ashley, you've won a $25 gift certificate to the ebook retailer of your choice. Expect an email from me shortly, with details about claiming your prize.
Thanks again everyone. This has been a blast!
Hugs!
Jessica
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