Monday Mentions: June 6, 2016

Good day Banter followers!

This Monday Mentions we are showcasing two new releases from Dreamspinner Press. Who just so happens to have 30% off their ENTIRE store June 6 thru 8. What a perfect time to pick up these selections!

Tara Lain brings us a story reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast with Beauty, Inc. Robert, “Belle”, is lost to the scarred CEO of Beauty, Inc. as a result of his father’s gambling debt.

Unprepared for his mad attraction to the man he is torn between loyalty and love.

In Losing Faith by Scotty Cade we find two men of the cloth, Cullen and Abel, discovering one another when they both need guidance in their lives the most. But will their demons threaten both of their futures?

As it just so happens our very own Julie will be offering up release day reviews on these two tales this week. So be sure to check back on June 8th and June 9th to see her recommendations.

Make it a great week!

We at the Banter would love to know if you have purchased any of our Monday Mentions and, if so, how well you liked them. Shoot us a message at kimmerseroticbookbanter@gmail.com.

Is beauty only skin deep?

Chemist Dr. Robert “Belle” Belleterre loves flowers, green trees, his best friend Judy, and “his baby:” the new face cream he developed to help put his father’s small cosmetics company on the map. Sadly he gets no help from his alcoholic, gambling-addicted father, who loses Belle in a poker game to Magnus Strong, the CEO of Beauty, Inc., the largest American cosmetics company—a man infamous for his scarred ugliness.

Belle finds himself uprooted from his home, living in a wildly crazy apartment in New York owned by Mr. Pennymaker, and completely unprepared for his mad attraction to the charismatic Strong. Feeling like a traitor, Belle fights his passion, only to see more and more of the goodness and humility hidden by Strong’s ugly face. But when Belle’s family starts manipulating his life again, the odds turn against happiness for beautiful Belle and his beloved beast.

Father Cullen Kiley, a gay Episcopal priest on hiatus from the church, decides to take his boat, T-Time, from Provincetown, Massachusetts, to Southport, North Carolina, a place that holds an abundance of bittersweet memories for him. While on a run his first day in Southport, Cullen comes upon a man sitting on a park bench staring out over the Cape Fear River with his Bible in hand. The man’s body language reeks of defeat and desperation, and unable to ignore his compassion for his fellow man, Cullen stops to offer a helping hand.

Southport Baptist Church’s Associate Pastor, Abel Weston, has a hard time managing his demons. When they get too overwhelming, he retreats to Southport’s Historic Riverwalk with his Bible in hand and stares out over the water, praying for help and guidance that never seem to come. But Abel soon discovers that help and guidance come in many forms.

An unexpected friendship develops between the two men, and as Cullen helps Abel begin to confront his doubts and fears, he comes face-to-face with his own reality, threatening both their futures.

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