Day 3 - Wave - The Boyz

Today I thought I would end my stay on the island with a gift - something I share with the regulars on my blog every Friday. Enjoy the boyz

Day 2 - Wave - My Heroes

Today I want to talk about my Heroes. I had a debate with myself over what qualities I was looking for in my "literary" heroes and I decided that they had to be characters that would make any woman get up in the morning, they would be warm, brave (not necessarily in the traditional sense) and they had to be both vulnerable and strong. If they were good looking that would be a bonus. So here's my list of heroes in no particular order

First up is tiny, perfect Heller Whitting (or Hell) from Heaven Sent 3: Hell is a great character who never let his small stature get in the way of making demands and getting what he wanted, and what he wanted was Brent Rose, his unlikely love interest in the band. Hell is the flamboyant keyboardist with lavender hair who commanded both his audience and Brent, who never stood a chance in the game of love.


Next is Lord Drake, a mercenary in The Mercenary's Tale by Lynn Lorenz. He is both strong (as would be expected of a mercenary) and vulnerable. This character fell in love with his trainee, Ansel, against his better judgment, and after he lost him in a firefight he could not move on with his life because of grief. The tenderness between the two men, culminating in the scene when Drake searched for Ansel on the battlefield, and eventually found him as he lay dying among the bodies of men and horses and held him for hours afterwards, really moved me.




Detective Sean O'Brian from The Assignment, another strong but vulnerable character (is there a pattern here?) is my next hero. Sean is the supposed beta in the relationship with his partner, Detective Nick Valenti, but his size is deceptive. I think that Sean's personality is the key to the success of the book as he plays a dangerous role, emotionally and physically, in their undercover assignment.



Jake Taggart from Bareback is next. Jake had a perfect life as a foreman on a ranch in Arkansas and everything is proceeding according to plan until another cowboy, Tornado, forces him to admit that he could love someone - another man. This is such a powerful book about the human condition and how we as people always manage to screw up, despite good intentions. Jake experiences many emotions on the way to happiness as he has to deal with betrayal and learn how to forgive. I think that Jake is one of Chris Owen's best characters and every time I read this book I love Jake more.


Keiran Hareldson, the draegan lord from the series of the same name, is my next hero. Keiran is the new leader of the draegans, a race of dragon shapeshifters. He has to rebuild his race and make his people believe that they can win a war that has been raging for over 100 years. When he falls for a human, Gaige Rizik, who infiltrated the draegans in order to betray him, it makes his job even more difficult. How he deals with his love for Gaige, his people's distrust of the newcomer, and his own fears that he will be found wanting as a leader when he is tested, made him an extremely complex and charismatic character.



Captain Simon Hollister and Prince Payton Townsend: These characters from J.L. Langley's newest book, The Englor Affair, are two of my favourites from her Sci Regency series. Simon is commanding, gorgeous and has all the qualities that any woman would look for in a hero but unfortunately he only has eyes for men, and one man in particular, Prince Payton Townsend. Payton is smart, great looking, enterprising, and loves Simon even if that love means he has to give him up. They have to deal with murder and mayhem and overcome all kinds of nasty surprises and fit in some hot love scenes in between a potential nuclear meltdown, and still manage to stay on top of everything with not a hair out of place.


Well there you have it - my current heroes - all of whom are gay. I guess that says that I have a quirk in my personality because none of them would be attracted to me.

Day 1 - My DIK Books - Wave

Today it's all about the books. As all of you know, I LOVE books and can't get enough of them, so here are my DIK picks.

My first book is ta da - Adrien English Mysteries by Josh Lanyon which includes Fatal Shadows and A Dangerous Thing. I love these books for two reasons - one is the characterizations and the second is they are the first Adrien English mysteries. The first books I read were mysteries including Agatha Christie and Erle Stanley Gardner so it's no wonder that I love the AE series. As those of you who have read these books know, the AE books focus on Adrien English, a gay bookseller, writer and amateur sleuth who has a knack for getting himself into dangerous situations from which he has to be rescued, most of the time by his on-again off-again boyfriend Detective Jake Riordan. These books were first published in 2000 by Gay Men's Press but it was only when they were released by Loose-id in 2007 that romance readers found them but I read them because they were mystery/suspense books. My favourite protagonist in this series is bad boy Jake who most people seem to hate.


Next up is the Heaven Sent series by Jet Mykles. There are 5 books in the series - Heaven, Purgatory, Hell, Faith and Genesis. What can I say about the boyz? Johnnie and Tyler, Reese and Luc, Hell and Brent, and Darien and Chris are great and the band is phenomenal! These books are terrific reads and my favourite character is Hell - who can resist him? He is talented, tiny and has mauve hair *g*

My next book is Soul Mates: Secrets, the latest book in this series by Jourdan Lane. I was turned on to these books by reviews and word of mouth, especially from Jen B who wouldn't shut up about Soul Mates :) So I wrote Jourdan Lane to ask whether she would consider being interviewed on my blog and then when she agreed I had to read the books so that I could ask intelligent questions. When I read the first book I was hooked and I am still hooked on this incredible, wonderful series about paranormals and half humans. I have never read a series with so many lovers per person - there is no monogamy in this series, so be warned!



The Assignment by Evangeline Anderson was one of the first M/M books that I read and I was a fan of the genre for life. This book had hot detectives Sean O’Brian and Nicholas Valenti, partners and best friends for six years who are total opposites. Valenti is from a wealthy Italian family and he's tall, dark and repressed while O’Brian is small statured, blond and good looking, very much the product of his outgoing affectionate large Irish family. They supported and depended on each other through Valenti’s divorce and other disasters while on or off duty, and each knows that the other would take a bullet for him in a heartbeat. Their assignment to go undercover at the RamJack, a gay resort, posing as two gay men to catch a drug kingpin who is flooding the gay bars in the city with poison cocaine is the start of their love affair. The Assignment is a favourite of most M/M readers and I have re-read it several times


The Draegan Lords is a paranormal action/adventure series by M.L. Rhodes and I think that it's probably my most loved series to date! Actually the author, M.L. Rhodes is being interviewed on my blog today and we talk about the series and the characters as well as all of her other books. The Draegan Lords is about the long battle between the draegans, a race of dragon shapeshifters and their mortal enemy Byram, High Sorcerer and diabolical ruler of Velensperia who100 years ago launched a deadly attack against the draegans. The race was almost destroyed except for a few of them who lived in hiding but after a century of repression the remaining draegans, under the leadership of Keiran Hareldson began to fight back. Gaige Rizik, Captain of Byram’s High Guard and known as the White Panther, is sent to infiltrate the draegans posing as a human sympathizer to their cause and he falls in love with Keiran. The rest of the story is about their fight to stay alive and defeat Byram.

My last book is The Englor Affair by J.L. Langley. This is the second book in this Sci-Regency series and the two protagonists are Prince Payton Townsend and Marine Colonel Simon Hollister.
The plot is complex, with murder, political intrigue and the possibility of a worldwide nuclear meltdown. I loved this book because Payton was not just a prettyboy prince but really smart and helped save Englor, and in the process helped himself to Simon.
Simon is no ordinary soldier either - he’s heir to Englor and he never expected a dalliance with Payton to blossom into love.

Well that's my list of books. Tomorrow - my heroes. Some of these same guys will be here again but in more detail.

Its That Time again!

What time you ask?

No, no, no not naked menz time although.....that one is might fine looking naked man no?

*clears throat*

Where were we? Oh yes It's that time again! What time?

BIRTHDAY TIME at the DIK. So sit back grab your favorite drink and join in with the singing:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR WAVE, CIARA AND JEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *deep breath omg is that is wang? blushing clears throat*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOOOOOOO YOU AND YOU AND YOU!!!

See I told you people we needed an adult content warning on this blog and you were all NO take it off and now I'm going to get stoned by those goody twosteping people... Anyway let's get back to some party hardy shall we?

So I decided this time instead of the monkey and all the hawt menz we would do some funnies right? I mean after all birthdays are meant to be funny??? *hears crickets chirping* Fine Fine Fine if you guys are dirty and want dirty naked menz for your birthday who am I to deny!

So ladies sit back grab a drink and sunscreen and let the good times begin! Oh in case your wondering yes Bruce Lee is holding a butt that has happy birthday written on it. Now on to the party!

I brought 3 sexy menz for 3 sexy ladies oh hell why end with 3 with the mmromance group at yahoo I have access to all kinds of naughties....

Isn't he the sweetest thing in the world all innocent and oh sweetie come to bed and then we're all like ROAR okay, okay TMI? Alright alright the naughty ones for JenB and Wave.... Yes?
Alright for those of you offended by M/M divert your attention above those of you curious enough to look or just naughty *evil grin* look below for my birthday gift!!! (well shit I chickened out with the naugty one this will have to do!) Seriously, love you girls happy Birthday!!!!!!