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Mexican Heat Snippet!

2008-07-03T10:27:00.002-04:00

I just posted a new little HOT (adult) snippet from my newest M/M WIP with Josh
Lanyon on Fiction With Friction! Enjoy!

http://www.fictionwithfriction.com

Laura

Publisher's Weekly on Erotic Romance

2008-07-01T23:11:00.001-04:00

The June 23rd Publishers Weekly article is on erotica and erotic romance. I'm very pleased with the article because it ends with a quote from me! about gay erotic romance. It also has a great MLR Press ad for A BIT OF ROUGH and HOSTAGE in it! Sweet.

http://www.publishersweekly.com:80/article/CA6572085.html

ManLoveRomance Press Photography Contest!

2008-04-21T15:28:00.002-04:00

ManLoveRomance Press Photography Contest!

My small press is holding an on going contest, involving readers with our books.

Is your talent with a camera good enough to be part of the cover of one of our books? Want a chance at a photo credit in the book? Want a chance to win autographed print copies of your favorite author? FOR MORE INFORMATION check out the website at
http://www.mlrpress.com.

MEXICAN HEAT-- revised and way better!

2008-04-04T21:10:00.001-04:00

I have a new project in the works. Well, an old project that's been updated. And changed and expanded and re-plotted. And all that happened because I tapped a writer friend on the shoulder and said, "I can't get this story to flow. I've hit a wall. Can you give it a look and make a few suggestions?" Well, the friend was author Josh Lanyon and the story was MEXICAN HEAT and what happened after a few days of give and take is that Josh and I are now collaborating on writing the novel! A first for both of us. We'll let you know if it works! I'm excited about it, seriously.

You can read about it in more details on Josh's LJ here:
http://jgraeme2007.livejournal.com/15780.html

It's also expanded to three novels in a series at this point. The first chapter is done as a rough draft. I think it's awesome, me but not me and him but not him exactly. It's very different. I'm writing the second chapter this weekend. I write a chapter and then send it to Josh who works it over and what we end up with is a third unique voice, a blend of his and mine. He does the mystery/crime parts best and I do the romance/sex best and we put them together had shake! LOL! Hopefully what we get in the end will be a new brand of Romantic Crimes series.

Anyway, look for the first one in a few months. We plan on doing one every 6 month working it in between other projects we already had planned. The second in the series is titled TEQUILA SUNRISE. Wish us luck!

Oh, and you know I like to cast actors in my character parts. Think Antonio Banderas(Antonio) and Johnny Depp (Gabriel), please.

Laura

The Lost Temple of Karttikeya wins an EPPIE!

2008-03-12T12:55:00.003-04:00

Okay, you’re probably tired of hearing about it but I haven’t had a chance to prattle on about the awards.

I had already convinced myself I wasn’t even really in the running before I left to attend. The finalist list was announced on a site and my name wasn’t even on it. It turned out to be just a mis-posting, but after being added as what looked like an after thought (but wasn’t), I told my frail and fragile ego that I should just suck it up and realize I didn’t have a chance of winning.

I decided to go to the event because I think it’s important to be present when a committee of your peers nominates you for an honor, win or lose. Okay, yes, there was a spark of hope I couldn’t completely drown that thought maybe my practical side was wrong and I could still MAYBE win. Then I looked at the long list of nominees with me during the awards dinner and the spark flickered lower. Then Jet Mykles, who was sitting with me, won her awards for erotic romance (so well deserved!) and I figured that was it, she won. Reasonably, you can only expect one winner per table, right? So Jet won, the brat! I’m out in the cold for sure!

I practice my gracious loser face. I used it last year when I finaled at EPICon 2007 and lost, so I just dusted it off and tried it on to see if it has gotten too tight like my clothes from last year. Unfortunately, it fit just fine. Damn.

So while I’m practicing my ‘I’m really glad you won’ smile, and listening to Lucy Monroe’s wonderful comments about GLBT romance, Lucy announces my name. I freeze, do a WTF! and jump up. I’m so surprised I can’t think of a damn thing to say. I mean really surprised. If I can’t talk, you know I must be near brain death. I didn’t write a speech, didn’t consider naming appropriate names, or even have a comment ready to champion the genre.

Now granted I was concentrating on not falling on the stairs to the stage up or down (I hurt my back before the event and plane travel and strange beds did NOTHING for it) but you’d think I could come up with at least a sentence besides “what she said”!

So since I didn’t do it then, let me thank a few people now. I want to share the awards (from the display shelve in my house) with Lynne Anderson my editor on The Lost Temple of Karttikeya (the winning novel), and with my publisher, LooseId. Since both of my EPPIE nominations have been for LI stories, I hope they are happy with me!

And I want to thank all the author who collaborated in the COLLECTOR SERIES at LI. My story is #9 in the 9 books series. Without the idea, support and imagination of this group of authors, I wouldn’t have written Lost Temple to begin with. Check them all out here: http://www.collector-series.com/

Laura

EPICon

2008-03-03T10:45:00.003-05:00

Once again this year I've been fortunate enough to have another novel declared a finalist in the electronic publishing's EPPIE awards for a second year running in the GLBT category. This year my action adventure paranormal erotic romance THE LOST TEMPLE OF KARTTIKEYA has been nominated. It's published with LooseId in ebook as #9 in the 9 book THE COLLECTOR series. So I'm off to the conference for a day or so. Wish me luck!
I'll also be participating in a publishers panel and checking out all the M/M authors attending.

Love Romance Cafe's Best of 2007 award nominations!

2007-12-28T17:41:00.000-05:00

I just got the email from Love Romance Cafe. They are notifying authors and publishers of nominations in their Best of 2007 awards.

Scared Stiff has been nominated as Best Anthology 2007! Sarah, Josh, William and my wicked ghost stories! How amazing is that? LOL!

I've also been nominated in the Cafe's Best of 2007 awards in the following three categories:

Best Overall Book 2007: Roughhousing
Best Alternative Lifestyle book 2007: Roughhousing
Best Contemporary 2007: Roughhousing

The Polls open in the cafe on January 1st. and run till the 20th. They will announce the winners on the 21st.
To vote, please go to the cafe yahoo loop and click on polls after January 1st and vote!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/loveromancescafe/

I'm an EPPIE finalist!

2007-12-24T17:06:00.000-05:00

THE LOST TEMPLE OF KARTTIKEYA has been named a finalist in the 2008 EPICon awards in the GLBT category. I'll be going to Portland in March to see if I won this year. Last year I was a finalist with DETAILS OF THE HUNT. It would be fabulous to win, but right now I'm thrilled with being the only author in this category to make the short list two years in a row! It really is exciting. I'm grateful for the opportunity to support EPIC and the recognition for my writing!

Change of plans

2007-12-11T21:23:00.001-05:00

There's been a change of authors for the coming vampire anthology BLOOD CLAIM. J.J. Massa had an unexpected project arise that needs her attention so her story isn't going to be available for press time. But, never fear, the fabulous Jet Mykles has agreed to step in and contribute a short vampire story to the volume! How cool is that? Jet, Angela and me. Now there is an eclectic trio for you! Should have a little something for everyone's taste in M/M vampire erotic romance in this one! Thank you, Jet, it's much appreciated and anticipated!

Channeling ghosts

2007-12-06T20:24:00.000-05:00

In October MLR Press published a ghost anthology with stories from William Maltese, Sarah Black, Josh Lanyon and me titled SCARED STIFF.

We never talked about our stories among us, all four of us just went off and wrote our tales. When it came to editing time, our editor contacted Josh and I and told us our stories were too similar, too many elements were alike, something needed to change. We decided in the long run that it was kind of creepy but kind of cool that the stories, never having been discussed before hand, had turned out so similar.

We both wrote about locations by the sea, broken hearts, ghostly tragic love affairs in the past, mysterious hauntings and even have one character names the same-Mason. It seemed like Josh and I were channeling each other or channeling at least the same spirit! Now I find out there is one more element that defies reasonable logic in the book. It seems that during one scene in my story I inadvertently use the wrong name for the character that Josh and I both used. I call my 'Mason' --- believe it or not-- 'JOSH' during that one scene! I can't believe it. I missed in the re-read, missed it in the edits and missed it in proofing. Just like a ghost, it couldn't be seen!

Cool Weirdness, yes?

Yoga in a Nascar magazine

2007-09-27T10:28:00.000-04:00

I received a pre-release scan of RT's November issue. I see in it they have reviewed Suzanne Brockmann's latest book, All Through the Night, a totally gay romance with her Jules character! Gave it 41/2 stars!

What happened to Carol Stacey's decree that they don't review M/M because their readers don't want it and it would be like "putting yoga in a NASCAR magazine".

I guess we all know money talks loudest and Random House must have a big voice. . Maybe this is the start of NYC houses accepting gay romances along side straight romance. If so, kudos to them and RT! Let's see if other M/M romances that buy ads in RT get reviews.

Internet Radio

2007-08-23T19:51:00.001-04:00

I've just accepted a position to be the host of small weekly broadcast show I'll may/probably/might title Manlove Romance: Love finds its own on a new Internet Radio site. It is a controversy/erotic oriented site. I've been given free rein on my subject matter and my guests. Needless to say, I'm be focusing on writing, erotic romance and gay fiction, the barriers and problems we face (like RT/Hyatt) as writers and publishers of it, finding our audience, why and how, etc. I'll keep you up to date with it as it unfolds. I need to get a better understanding of the whole thing for a few weeks then I'll be up for more creative use of it. I'm still in the planning stages, creating a show name, topics, having banners created for the site and learning how to use the recording equipment. I'll be sure to holler when it's all in place. It'll be a good 6 wks away before the first broadcast show!

DETAILS of the HUNT goes to college!

2007-08-14T22:26:00.000-04:00

Actually, it goes to a university. I just found out recently that my M/M sci-fi adventure erotic romance that was nominated for an EPPIE award has been incorporated into a English class in a Midwestern State University fall 2007 course on "Novel as Genre". It will be available in their campus bookstore! I'm thrilled and more than a little amazed.

The Lost Temple of Karttikeya

2007-08-01T08:10:00.000-04:00

My latest novel is completed. THE LOST TEMPLE OF KARTTIKEYA at LooseId. What started out as a 40,000 word novel became a 56,000 word novel by the end. I just can't do short very well. What can I say, I want to linger on the sex and explore the characters. My idea of flash fiction is creating the title.Which makes my next assignment all the more interesting. I have three short stories due for three separate anthologies.

I love multi-author collections as a reader, especially if I'm unfamiliar with one or more of them. It's like a taste sampler of their work. Let's me try out a new author without committing to an entire novel. But as an author, short stories are a struggle. I want to start at the beginning, not jump into the action right off the start. I want to weave my plots slowly, not slip in back story here and there. I want to have time to set the mood and play with the players. But that's all because I still need to fine tune my writing so that it's tight and concise and flows smoothly. Once I get better at that, I suspect short stories won't make me think about cleaning instead of writing my daily word count goal.

I'll let you know whether the laundry got done or I hit my daily word goal. lol!

RT Letter to Hyatt about the Convention incident

2007-06-07T01:34:00.000-04:00

Above is a copy of a letter I received today from the Hyatt Hotel that included this letter Carol Stacy sent to the hotel. Since the Hyatt felt it important to share a copy of the letter with me, I thought I needed to share it with everyone who has become involved in the incident. Just run your mouse over it and click on it and it will get large enough to read.

As I've said before, no one has to take only my word on any of these occurrences, the way they actually occurred, not the way they are stated above. An editor helped me set out my promo, two publicists witness the removal of my promo, and I was accompanied by another author during the discussion of the removal with RT and the Hyatt people. None of this is 'innuendo and insinuation'. It is all witnessed fact.

I know it may seem petty to some, but while RT was applauding the Hyatt, I didn't notice mention of the dozens of convention attendees that became very ill at this hotel due to the inablity to escape the smoking.

RT-Hyatt Update of a kind

2007-05-16T00:58:00.000-04:00

Now 2 weeks later, RT’s Carol Stacy has been complaining to people that she can’t get hold of me by phone. She has repeatedly called my house. In his opinion, she has been arrogant and demanding to my husband. I work night shift as an ED nurse, have 2 children and was not always present (at work or out of town at Saints and Sinners Book Festival) or not awake to take her calls these last two weeks.

It hasn't been until today that she was civil enough for me to even consider talking to her, but there isn't a thing I'll like to say to her. She had 3 days to talk to me in person at RT about this. It occurred on Thursday and I left on Monday. Never once did she or anyone besides their staff representative discuss it with me even though the staffer did call con organizer on the phone in front of me and a witness to tell her I was there with questions and concerns.

Instead of talking to me personally, the organizer sent Hyatt Customer Service Manager Lance Barnes to talk me. Neither Carol Stacey nor Jo Carol even attempted to speak with me at that time or any other. I was visible and active for the entire conference, including being a captive audience at the book signing for 3 ½ hours.

Talking to me now won't change how they behaved then. I don't see the point in it. I've relayed the witnessed facts about the incident. I haven't asked for a single thing from them but to be treated fairly.

I never said that the Hyatt Customer Service Manager Lance Barnes said it was because of the M/M content. He also didn’t deny it when I stated I thought it was the reason for the removal when his arguments about the location and appearance of the items were refuted by me with facts. Then he suddenly refused to discuss it anymore, immediately turned his back on me and left. He never denied it, not once. All a witnessed event by another author and the RT staffer.

The promo items were placed out of any public area, butted up to all the rest of the promo items. If it was only the location Lance objected to then why was I told I could not return any of it to the promo lane in a new location and if I did it would be removed and taken? That alone tells me it wasn't the location, but the content as the reason it was removed. When my items were removed, others were put in their place in the exact same spot.

I've been told that the Hyatt says they would never interfere with a trade show content. Funny, the guy that said he took down my promo had a Hyatt name plate on his suit.

Thank you all!

2007-05-03T14:40:00.000-04:00

I wanted to take a moment to let everyone know how much I appreciate every word, every thought, and every deed you've all given me on this matter. I'm stunned, thrilled and awed by the responses. They say writing is a lonely occupation. This knocks that expression out of the ball field. I'm damn proud to be an author and part of this community.

Everything I detailed in the previous blog were facts that were witnessed by other people. I'm not relaying a single thing that can't be checked and double checked with other people, including the promo's removal and everything said by RT staff and Hyatt Staff. Every word.

I've been trying to work from within RT's system, to make changes by being a supportive part of the system -- buying ads, being part of the Ball, attending the conference for the last two years. I'm not a rebel or a demanding witch. I'm just working for acceptance of this RWA recognized genre. And I have had readers that came to me from RT ads. I continue to participate in RT cons because they are the only romance gathering around for readers and authors and industry people alike at present. At RT conferences I network with publishers and other authors, as well as publicists and literary agents. Can't do that from home. I feel networking is essential to a career. I'm part of this community and will remain a part of it.

RT/Hyatt Author Targeted

2007-05-01T18:55:00.000-04:00

This last week I attended the yearly Romantic Times convention at the Houston Hyatt. I love the ability to meet face to face all the readers, authors, publishers, bookstore owners and all the other fascinating and intriguing people that come to this event each year. I even participated in the lovely and fun Faery Ball Ball this year with a whole host of fabulous authors. I go to RT to met people and to promote my work just like every other author there. It's a wonderful networking event. I sent 6 boxes of promo items for myself and my ad group of M/M erotic romance and fiction group MANLOVEROMANCE.COM there this year.

The RT promo items I sent didn't arrive until Thursday. I immediate put them up in the appropriate containers RT insisted we use while noting that hundreds of other promo was loose on the tables in violation of this rule. There was no table space left at this point and I refused to move other authors’ items to make room for my own so I utilized several very large boxes sitting at the end of one table. All my items were placed in six rough, manly, woven baskets. Items were disappearing before I got them all out. It was great. However…

By Thursday afternoon my promo was gone. I write gay erotic romance and fiction. I write in a RWA accepted genre. I’m at a romance conference. My writing wins awards. My books are on best selling lists on both Amazon and B&N. My work is good! I own a small press that print publishes only gay erotic romance and fiction, MLR Press. But I couldn’t find my promo and that of the other gay work I represent anywhere.

In its place were now EPIC promo items sitting on the same boxes. I hunted for mine and eventually Luisa Prieto found a small basket with some of the items I brought on another table. Nothing in it was mine but two DETAILS OF THE HUNT bookmarks with the cover on it and a few excerpt cds. Everything with Manloveromance on it was missing. My posters were missing. I couldn’t find the rest until Jade Buchanan saw it in a basket on the table in CLUB RT, shoved into a corner sitting by the people manning the doorway. Sandy Hicks, AMP, and I rescued it and asked why it was there. The very kind but very flustered woman immediately dragged me outside into the hall and stuttered she would call someone to explain things to me. Not a good sign.

Sharon Murphy, RT staff arrived and told me Hyatt personal had removed my things because businessmen (who should not have been in the conference areas to begin with) had complained about them. I found that hard to believe and said so.

Sandy went off to gather other promo that was far more risque than anything we had. While she was gone I began to object and Sharon asked me to come into a closed room. Sandy saw this occur and followed, not allowing anything to be said without a witness on my behalf to be present.

I wanted a better explanation. Sharon denied RT involvement but they certainly didn’t do anything to support an author attending their conference. Instead they willingly, immediately consented. I paid almost $500 registration to attend this conference and promo my work, $1325 to be part of a special promo event, and hundreds of dollars on flights and hotel expenses but my tame, tasteful promo was removed!

First Sharon tried to blame in on the promo being on boxes and not the table but I pointed out that EPIC promo replaced my promo and was currently still on the boxes, so the placement was NOT a legitimate issue.

Then she said it was thought that it was more risque that anyone else’s. Sandy produced other promo items that included a naked woman on her knees in front of a naked man, a woman with her naked buttocks pressed to a man’s naked groin and other items that had bared male chests, bared male thighs and such just like ours. None of our promo had male couples on it except a few bookmarks and since they are yaoi it hard to tell what the sex of the characters. The same bookmarks were not removed from further down the tables. So appearance wasn’t a legitimate issue.

Apparently at a loss for an explanation that would satisfy me she expressed an opinion it was gay related, but that didn’t explain all promo with my name on it being removed, even the postcards for my single mainstream thriller.

She then called Jo Carol, RT event coordinator and had her call the Hyatt customer service manager that made the decision to remove the items, Lance Barnes.
He arrived, briefly introduced himself while standing sideways to me, didn’t offer his hand in introduction, and never made eye contact with me. I made all the same arguments with him, showing examples of the other promo vs ours. He never mentioned the businessmen (that shouldn’t have been allowed in the conference area anyway) objection that Sharon had, but only stated it was 'his decision and that of his peers and boss' to remove it and if I replaced them they would be removed and taken.

His biggest objection was the poster of a single man sleeping in bed with a book and a sheet covering him. I've added it to this blog. Do you find it objectionable? I stated that single poster could have been removed, not all of the promo, so the M/M content must have been what he had issue with. He abruptly ended the brief chat with “I’m not discussing this with you.” Then left the room. This is Hyatt Customer Service.

I was vocal about the event. I told authors, I told publishers. If they will do this to me, they’ll do it to other authors. Word spread and by morning everyone knew about it. Support poured out of the woodwork. Authors of all genres took my promo and put it on their tables during the book signing on Saturday, especially the very supportive Kate Douglas, Lucynda Storey and Stephanie Burke.

At breakfast I ended up meeting two marketing experts who had witnessed the removal of my promo. They stopped the Hyatt employee and questioned it. The Hyatt employee stated he was just doing what his boss told him to do. The women described the event as a “targeted attack”. I have written letters of complaint, as have others.

I'm an unhappy author.

MLR Press-- all M/M erotic romance and fiction

2007-04-11T06:29:00.000-04:00

Early last month I was informed I would be coming back into sudden possession of several of my book contracts early and very unexpectedly. I had retained a literary lawyer (like I should have 3 years ago when I started writing) to terminate a few expired contracts so the process was done cleanly and legally. As a result, as soon as I terminated an expired DUG contact I hadn't been receiving royalties on as agreed, the same publisher pulled ALL of my contracts with them early, kindly stating I had 'outgrown their press'. I guess I have.

That left me rapidly seeking a new publisher to have my books A BIT OF ROUGH and OUT THERE IN THE NIGHT re-issued ASAP since they are both on the best selling lists at B&N and Amazon and I didn't want too much of a lag time to develop when they came off the shelves, so to speak.

But no print publisher is going to grab a book and shove it into their current line up ASAP. At least not for me. J.K. Rowling or Stephen King maybe, but not me. I had tried using Lulu.com in November only to have the company misplace my manuscript for 16--count them-- 16 weeks. They are not an option for more books from me.

At a bit of a loss about my work finding an appropriate, immediate outlet, I came to the conclusion the only thing to do was to form my own small publishing press. I don't know where it will all lead yet. With success, I hope. I'm going to work my damnest to find out. It's a little mystery, a little adventure and a little romance, but all M/M. It's another way I'm promoting the genre I love to write and keeping my writing career alive.

MLR PRESS, LLC is now open. It's an invitation only publisher and it's all M/M erotic romance and fiction. This is my way of furthering the genre I love and believe in.

Come check us out! We've only got a few offerings at present, but in the next few months we'll have more original steamy, seductive stories for you. Peruse out our upcoming releases page. We're all M/M, only M/M. MLR Press presents the work of a select group of some of the best gay fiction and erotic romance authors available including the legendary William Maltese, author of over 150 books, Lambda nominated mystery writer Josh Lanyon, and the award winning, explicit romances of Laura Baumbach. Look for MEXICAN HEAT, GOLD SANDS and the re-printing of the first two ADRIEN ENGLISH Mystery Series FATAL ATTRACTION and A DANGEROUS THING in the coming months.

http://www.mlrpress.com

MLR Press -- Mayhem, lust and romance.
Manlove -- gay erotic romance at its best.

Winner! Best Alternative Lifestyle!

2007-03-12T07:35:00.000-04:00

The First ever LoveRomance Cafe The Best of 2006 Polls are over and these are the results I placed in.

Best Alternative Lifestyle:

A Bit of Rough (Laura Baumbach) WINNER
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Best Erotica:

A Bit of Rough (Laura Baumbach) Honarable Mention
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Thank you LR Cafe for holding these Reader Awards polls and honoring the work presented there.

3 Top Ten Placings

2007-02-22T08:45:00.000-05:00

I'm so stunned and I need to say it out loud to believe it. I have three M/M stories top ten placings in the P&E polls.

My Werewolf novel, Out There in the Night has placed in the top ten of the 2006 P&E Readers Poll for Romance novels.
http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/votenovelromance06.htm

Details of the Hunt has been placed in the top ten of the 2006 P&E Readers Poll in the SciFi novel category.
http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/votenovelsf06.htm

Enthralled placed #8 in the Horror Shot story category.
http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/votesshorror06.htm

I can't say how flattered I am by all the support and encouragement this shows.
I swear I'll write even more this year for all the great readers out there.
Thank you all so very, very much. I'm honored.

M/M writer of 2006

2007-02-15T10:52:00.000-05:00

I've been honored by being named M/M writer of 2006 on the REC group. I'm flattered and honored by the award with voters being readers in the romance community. What a wonderful compliment!

Virginia Beach B&N booksigning

2007-02-11T07:59:00.001-05:00

BOOKSIGNING AT B&N
with Award-winning, Best-selling M/M erotic Romance author
LAURA BAUMBACH

March 8th from 6-9pm at Barnes and Noble
4485 Virginia Beach, VA

Join me, author of A Bit of Rough, Roughhousing, Out There in the Night, and EPPIE nominated Details of the Hunt, for an evening of fun and socializing!

I'll be joining outstanding authors Sherrilyn/Kinley MacGregor, Brenna Lyons, Larry and Lorna Collins, Cat Johnson, Philippa Grey-Gerou, Lee Rowen, Vivien Dean, Samantha Sommersby, Jeff Strand, Lynne Hansen, Linda Bleser/LB Milano, Marilyn Meredith, Sherry Wille, Elaine Corvidae, Darlene Marshall, Pauline Baird Jones, Janet Lane Walters, Jane Toombs, Sarah Winn, Gloria Oliver, Patricia Harrison and Margaret Carter.

This event id in relationship withthe EPPIE Awards Conference. Also EPICON will host, for the first time, panels on GLBT and BDSM this year, and the GLBT will be headed by guess who? Me! Other authors scheduled on the GLBT panels are Timothy Kelley, L. Picaro, Jolie du Pre, Emily Veinglory, Jodi Payne, Lee Rowan, CB Potts, and Willa Okati. ... There's also still time to register for the full convention...Feb 15th deadline on that. Check it out at http://www.epic-conference.com/

If anyone lives in the area, come out and see me! Please!

Roughhousing -sequel to A Bit of Rough

2007-01-10T07:23:00.000-05:00

http://www.torquerepress.com/cart/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=850

About Rough Housing by Laura Baumbach

James and Bram are back in this sequel to the bestselling A Bit of Rough! They’ve been dating a while, now, but James is still unsure about his feelings for Bram. He’s rushed into things before, and it’s always backfired on him, so James wants to take it slow.

Bram is so forceful, though, so sexy and convincing that it’s hard to stand fast against him. In fact, Bram is the one steady thing in James’ life, when everything else seems to be shifting like sand under his feet. His job is getting stressful, his apartment is getting dangerous, and James knows he’s teetering on the brink of change, but is unsure
what to choose.

When a project at work seems to have fallen under Bram’s influence through the old boy network, James decides to back off and tell Bram they have to cool down their heated relationship. Bram is willing to accommodate James…to a point. But what happens when self-assured Bram has had enough of James’ insecurity?

Taking up where A Bit of Rough left off, Roughhousing opens up Bram and James’ relationship, following along as they become a real couple, and face the troubles that come from trying to blend two lives and two independent personalities. Their need for each other burns as hot as ever, but will that be enough to build a life on?

I hope you all like it as much as the first on in the series.!

Sincerely,
Laura

New Interview at FAR

2007-01-02T19:20:00.000-05:00

Check it out at:
http://www.fallenangelreviews.com/Interviews/2006/Dec06-Teresa-LauraBaumbach.htm