Please join Urban Girl Reader in welcoming author Megan Slayer to the site. We were lucky to snag her into coming onto UGR and being our guest blogger for the day.
Also, be sure to leave a comment for Megan. By leaving a comment you will be entered in her giveaway for a $10 Changeling Press GC. One lucky commenter from Megan’s tour will be chosen, so the more sites you visit and comment the more chances to win! A complete list of the tour sites is provided at the bottom of this post.
Welcome Megan!!
How Can We Be Lovers If We Can’t Be Friends?
by Megan Slayer
I want to thank Urban Girl Reader for welcoming me to the blog and for having me. This is a great blog! I’m having a blast.
The topic I was given was the idea of friends becoming lovers. I’ve been told it’s a well-worn trope in literature. Lots of authors write about characters that started out as friends and end up as lovers. I have this to say, it is up to the author to interpret it in a fresh way, but at the same time authors write what they know. Who doesn’t know someone who started out as friends and ended up taking things a little farther? I know people like that.
DH and I are those people.
Here’s our story. We met in college. Talked a lot and laughed even more. I thought he was so sexy and so mature. He probably thought I was goofy. I was. Imagine, I had red and blonde hair (back then I’d already started experimenting with hair color and trying new things), wore mostly flannel and dragged around a gigantic art portfolio. We got lunches together and just enjoyed being around each other. Then another friend said, “Oh for God’s sake, just kiss already and get it over with.”
Shocked? Yeah, and dumbfounded. He was my friend. Could it be more? Eleven years of marriage later, I guess it could be more. I love it and I’m glad we ‘just kissed already.”
Maybe that’s why I like to write the second chance, friends to lovers storyline. I like writing what I’ve been through because I’ve had those feelings and that scary nervousness. I wondered if it would be a gigantic disaster or the best choice.
I also enjoy writing the friends to lovers theme because I love the dance. It’s not like one day they meet and fall into bed (although they might one day fall into bed). They have a history. They know each other and what makes the other laugh/cry/sigh. They have to figure out the balance between drowning in lust and succumbing to the passion they feel for each other. As I write this I’m sighing because it’s fun to see the change and the fire the characters can bring.
I like writing what I lived. Now I ask you in closing, what trope do you just love? Are there subgenres of romance that you can’t pass up? Which ones are you getting tired of and want to see fade a bit? Let me know so we can chatter about it!
Thanks Urban Girl Reader and I can’t wait to be back!
Permanent by Megan Slayer
Total e-Bound
December 26, 2011
ebook, 80 pages
ISBN: 9780857158567
Genre: Gay MM/ BDSM
Publisher Provided for Review
Reader Advisory: This story contains flashbacks of a rape, anal sex, light bondage and spanking.
FTC Disclaimer: Provided by Publisher for honest review
Book Summary:
Sometimes love just ain’t enough...
River Cortland trusted the person he loved. His faith couldn’t protect him from the bitter sting of a cold-hearted Domme. If he’s going to learn to trust again, he’s got to deal with his past. His roommate and best friend, Tory, has seen the physical damage and hasn’t walked away. Can he deal with the emotional scars as well?
Tory McClellan wanted the carefree life...until one night with River changed everything. There’s more to the shy art teacher and Tory wants to know everything-how he tastes, the scent of his skin, the feel of his body as they make love. What terror lies behind River’s brown eyes? Better yet, how can Tory make the sadness go away and be in River’s life, permanently?
Buy from: Total E-Bound
Read an EXCERPT – Click HERE!
A Little Bit About Megan
When she's not writing the stories in her head, Megan Slayer can be found luxuriating in her hot tub with her two vampire Cabana boys, Luke and Jeremy. She has the tendency to run a tad too far with her muse, so she has to hide in the head of her alter ego, but the boys don't seem to mind.
When she's not obsessing over her whip collection, she can be found picking up her kidlet from school.
She enjoys writing in all genres, but writing about men in love suits her fancy best.
Currently hanging out every Wednesday and Friday at the Menagerie Authors site, hunting Hotties for the Saturday posts, and working on the next great story brewing in her head!
How Best to Follow Megan?
~ The Giveaway ~
Megan will be giving away a $10 Changeling Press GC to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour, so comment here today and at the other tour sites shown below for even more chances to win. The more you comment the better your chance!
The winner will be posted on the Goddess Fish Promotions blog site after the tour ends. Goddess Fish Promotions will notify the winner.
Visit the other tour sites to see other features of the Virtual Book Tour and to leave a comment.
Permanent Virtual Tour Sites
January 9: Urban Girl Reader
January 10: Carrie Ann Ryan's Blog
January 11: Words of Wisdom from The Scarf Princess
January 12: Sarah Ballance
January 13: My Odd Little World
11 comments:
I like most kinds of love stories if they're handled right whether it is friends slowly becoming lovers to the opposite extreme of love at first sight.
January 9, 2012 4:53 AMThe book offers a lot for these friends to work through with one having a very painful experience and trust issues.
Thanks for the post!
Thank you for hosting Megan today.
January 9, 2012 7:26 AMThere is a lot for these two to work out, but I'd like to think the journey is worth it. Thanks to UGR for the review. How nice! And thank you for having me! Looking forward to chatting with all of you.
January 9, 2012 7:57 AM~Megan
Wow, great post. This is definitely on my TBR pile and I've recommended it to some friends that I know are big fans of m/m romance.
January 9, 2012 8:58 AMThanks Patricia! I'm glad you're enjoying it. I hope the book is great, too. :-)
January 9, 2012 10:11 AMI like the friends to lovers type of stories, but I also like the love at first sight and animal attraction stories, which is how I felt when I met my wife. Within a month we were lovers and I couldn't stop thinking about her. The first time I saw her, I wanted to devour her. Recently, I have been reading a lot about sexy women and girls who lust after each other. I'm not to turned on with the male and male type romance. However, the thought of being a cabana boy kind of turns me on. Thanks and good luck with your new books.
January 9, 2012 11:29 AMArthur. highwayman99c@Aol.com
wonderful site,thanks for the contest.
January 9, 2012 8:44 PMI enjoyed the post; it was an excellent read. I've added Permanent to my must have list.
January 10, 2012 12:07 PMThanks,
Tracey D
booklover0226 at gmail dot com
Books sounds amazing, it is already on my must buy list thanks for sharing today!!
January 11, 2012 12:00 PMsavannah
brandon_savannah@yahoo.com
I loved the blurb. It sounds like a great book to add to my TBR list. Thank you for sharing with us.
January 12, 2012 8:08 AMHappy 2012!
lareynolds0316@gmail.com
Hi Megan =) Your a new author for me. I think your book sounds like a very good, intense read. I would love a chance at winning it. Thanks UGR for posting.
January 12, 2012 2:02 PMTanyaw1224(at)yahoo(dot)com
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