Starla Kaye's Double Audio Book Tour
for
The CEO and The Cowboy (M/M Romance Novella)
and
BLURB - The CEO and The Cowboy
The whole thing about relationships and feelings confuses
the heck out of Calhoun. He’s a simple cowboy and he’d been planning to marry a
long-time friend for a while. When he finally realizes it doesn’t feel right,
he lets her go. He probably shouldn’t have gone to her wedding to another man,
but she wanted him there. But that’s when he really gets confused. His eye is
drawn to a seriously hot businessman…and that sure does unnerve him…and yet….Emotionally burned by the last man he thought he’d loved, Daniel isn’t anxious to replace him. But there is something about the proud, bedroom-eyed cowboy who shows up at his friend’s wedding. The CEO isn’t even sure if the cowboy’s gay, although the heat firing between them makes him wonder….
Book
Title: The
CEO and The Cowboy
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Date
Published: July 7, 2012
Genre:
Contemporary, erotic romance, GLBT, gay romance
Heat
Rating: 4
Page
Count: 40
Narrated
by: Chase Johnson
Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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BLURB
– For Ruby's Love
Calhoun’s a simple cowboy with more
problems in his life than he can handle at the moment. After nearly two years,
he struggles to hang onto a relationship with Daniel, his first male lover.
Daniel is worried about him because of the fire, his concern for his prized
breeding mare, and because he is determined to buy the neighboring ranch to
expand. But Daniel isn’t a businessman without goals of his own for expansion,
a fact that frustrates Calhoun as well. He doesn’t want to lose Daniel, but
will their differences finally be too much?
Daniel considers himself a lucky man to
have met the rancher, someone almost his opposite and someone who he doesn’t
want to live without. Standing beside the moody Calhoun has been difficult
since the fire that burned down a horse barn, took the lives of two valuable
horses, and traumatized a favored mare. Along with all of that, his harried
friend is determined to expand his ranch holdings. Daniel is against the
purchase and would prefer to find a way to slow the man down. Lately, he’s also
begun worrying if maybe he isn’t enough to satisfy his lover’s needs.
Complicating everything even more, Ruby
shows up later than expected at Calhoun’s ranch to honor a job as a horse
therapist that her father had agreed to before his sudden death. She knows what
happened to the mare and is certain she can help her, if given the chance. But
the stubborn rancher can’t get past the idea of her being a woman, someone not
strong enough to work with such a damaged horse. They butt heads over the
matter until she finds an ally in Daniel. He is concerned and yet believes in
her abilities. Another problem arises, though. She and Calhoun have been
skirting around an unwanted attraction, and then she discovers another
surprising interest between her and Daniel.
Book
Title: For
Ruby’s Love
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Date
Published: January 20, 2015
Genre:
Contemporary, erotic romance, GLBT, gay romance,
western, ménage
Heat
Rating: 4
Length: 135 pages
In The CEO and The Cowboy we meet Calhoun as the unwanted guest at his ex-fiancee's wedding when he meets Daniel and find out he's attracted to a man for the first time in his life. He's stuck between wanting to run back to his ranch and allowing his body to lead him. Daniel is still reeling from the last relationship he had with another man but when he meets Calhoun he can't help being attracted to the cowboy. He is definitely a persuasive man and they end up in bed together. These two together were certainly hot. But will happen after their lust is sated? Could there be more between them?
In For Ruby's Love, we meet Calhoun and Daniel two years into their relationship. They have a good relationship but have their hands full Calhoun with the ranch and Daniel with his business. I guess, it's called the post-honeymoon phase. Calhoun has a problem with one of the horses in the ranch and need a horse whisperer. The person he booked to attend never showed up instead he got Ruby, the horse whisperer's daughter. When she shows up days later, Calhoun is in a bad move and things don't start out too well for her. Ruby is still mourning the loss of her father who'd always been in her life. She feels lonely but knows she has to get on with the job. If only she can get past the brooding cowboy and her attraction for him.
When Calhoun finds out he is attracted to Ruby, he fights it. How could he be attracted to someone else when he loves Daniel? Daniel also notices the attraction between Ruby and Calhoun. He knows Calhoun hasn't been totally settled recently. Is Ruby what his lover needs to complete him?
I enjoyed this duo of stories especially watching as the relationship between Calhoun and Daniel got deeper. Calhoun was always abrasive and I was expecting the introduction of Ruby to mellow him down. But it only seemed to make him even more defensive. I always liked the way Daniel handled the situation. And Ruby was a strong character. She needed to be in order to deal with Calhoun.
I listened to the stories pretty much back to back. They are at a reasonable length that you can listen to both in one sitting. The narrator's voice was okay, albeit he came across as aggressive sounding. But that's because the characters he portrayed seemed to be angry a lot, especially Calhoun.
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Excerpt from The CEO and The Cowboy (PG13 Rating)
“Want a tour?” He desperately wanted to get him up to his bedroom. He
wanted to strip
him out of that Western-cut suit, find out if he was a boxers or
briefs man. He was curious if
those pecs were as muscled as he suspected, if the abs were
six-packed. He longed to….
“Why did you really bring me here?”
Surprised, he stood quietly for several long seconds, debating how to
answer. Then he
decided actions might just be better than words at the moment. If he
had the nerve. Yes!
Yes, you do.
He moved directly in front of him, watched the man’s nostrils flare,
and his eyes widen.
But the cowboy didn’t step back, and he didn’t look ready to send a
fist into his face. Nerves
tangling in his stomach, he put his hands around Cordell’s neck and
leaned closer.
The big man tensed, but still didn’t tell him to back off. He didn’t
say a word, just stood
there looking wary, but determined. Clearly curious. Cautious, too.
Unable to resist any longer, he slanted his mouth over the tempting
lips. Fire seared him.
Need. Desperation.
Cordell stiffened even more, and he was pretty sure his cowboy had never
done this
before. He appeared uncomfortable, and his heart pounded so hard he
could feel it. Yet he
didn’t pull away.
Not wanting to frighten the man off, he gently slid his tongue along
the crease of those
lips until, finally, they opened. He had to have more, but he had to
go slowly.
Surprising him again, he felt Cordell put his arms around his waist,
pushing under his
suit coat, pulling him closer. God, yes!
Heat raged through him, and he felt the warmth of the body pressed
against his. Their
hearts thudded, chest against chest. Then the man
shuddered even as they tangled tongues.
Excerpt from For Ruby's Love (R Rating)
Calhoun couldn’t
have been more shocked to open the door and find Ruby masturbating.
Never in his wildest
dreams would he have imagined such a thing happening in here. But, damn, he
would be dreaming about this for months, maybe longer.
He knew this was a
very private moment. He should stop staring at her, back away, and pull the
door closed. They need not ever mention what he’d discovered. Yet, instead of
being the gentleman and leaving, he stepped into the room and closed the door
behind him.
“That’s such an
incredible turn on.” He felt like an idiot the instant the words left his
mouth. He hadn’t lied, though. His body pulsed with desperation. One hint of
encouragement and he would be on the bed, licking off those sweet cream-coated
fingers, and driving into her himself.
“Ummm,” she
struggled to speak, no doubt embarrassed. Her face flamed as she held still,
looking uncertain about pulling her fingers free. “Well, this is awkward.”
He shrugged and took
a hesitant step closer. “I suppose for you it is.” He inched nearer, his heart
pounding. “I’m pretty much enjoying the view.”
“Really?” She
worried her lower lip and dropped her hips to the mattress, slipping her
fingers from her body.
“Hell yes!” He
concentrated on not running to the bed, pleased she hadn’t demanded he leave.
“I’ve never had the pleasure of watching a woman do that.”
She gave him a shy
smile. “I don’t do this very often. I just…. I just got so frustrated. I
couldn’t sleep. I….”
He sucked in a
breath and hazarded walking another few feet in her direction. “Are you still
feeling…frustrated?” God, he hoped so. He could take care of her problem, and
his.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Starla has been writing and publishing in
different romance sub-genres and lengths for twenty years. Her first published
book, Tug of Love, was a “sweet” romance published with iUniverse. Currently
she mainly writes edgier romances with an erotic or slightly naughty focus.
She enjoys writing about strong-willed,
independent women who butt heads with equally determined, self-confident, and
slightly domineering men. Her belief in relation to her heroes is to find them
their perfect match, but make him really work for the happily-for-now or
happily-ever-after with the woman who wins his heart. Of course, she likes her
heroines to be challenged as well. Love isn't easy.
To date she has published 20 novels, 38
novellas, 8 anthologies, and 18 short stories. Starla writes for Decadent
Publishing, Black Velvet Seductions, and Blushing Books.
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