Long and Short Reviews welcomes Marie Sexton and Heidi Cullinan who are celebrating today’s release of Second Hand, the second book in the Tucker Springs series.
Hi, everyone! We thought we’d share with you five things each of us are into right now.
Marie:
1. 
The Colorado Eagles — Hubby and I have always been football fans, but whenever he suggested hockey, I resisted. “We already put our lives on hold once a week, 16-20 weeks of the year for the Broncos,” I would say. “No way are we adding a second sport. Especially not one with over sixty games per year.” Then, several years ago, my daughter’s school choir sang the National Anthem at an Eagles game, and I was hooked. We’re now season ticket holders. In 2017, hockey saved my sanity. Between January and June, my mother had a stroke, my husband’s uncle died of cancer, my dog died, and my grandmother passed away. Had it not been for the Colorado Eagles and their amazing Kelly Cup championship run, I’m not sure I would have survived.
2. Knitting — My grandmother taught me to knit when I was nineteen. I spent a summer at her house in Louisiana knitting washcloths. But I never went back to it. Occasionally, I’d fondle yarn in craft stores, but I resisted because I knew I’d end up buying more yarn than I could possibly use. But then, sometime around April of last year, I gave in, and now, it’s my absolute favorite pastime. (And yeah, my yarn stash is already out of hand.)
3. The Marvel movies — I’m one of those fans comic book readers probably hate. See, even though my parents encouraged my voracious reading habits, comic books were absolutely NOT included. So I’ve never read a single one of the comic books. But man, I love the movies!! I watch them all the time, and I can’t wait for the next couple to come out. For the last year or two, I tried to convince my daughter (she’s 14) to watch them with me. She’s a big shipper, and I told her I could make her a Stucky fan with a single movie. She recently gave in, and now she loves them too. (And of course she’s a Stucky fan.)
4. 
Stella — We adopted Stella in July of 2017. When DD chose her at the shelter, I thought, “Really? This dog?” I’d fully intended to adopt a pittie mix, but there weren’t any at the shelter that week. Instead, my kid picked out this scared little terrier mix. Well, it took me all of about a week to fall head-over-heels for this silly little goof. She’s exactly what I needed.
5. Justified — Hubby and I are currently bingeing on this series AGAIN. There are no words for how much I love Boyd Crowder.
Heidi:
1. 
Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation): This is an amazing Chinese novel turned manhua (manga) and donghua (anime), and now also an audio play. I think I heard it’s going to be live action too? It’s the slowest-burn BL (boy’s love, Asian for gay romance) you’re going to find. Wei WuXian, once the feared and mighty YiLing Patriarch, was stabbed in the back and killed by his shidi, but now is brought back to life by someone seeking revenge. However, waiting for Wei Ying all this time has been Lan WangJi, who Wei Ying thought hated him, but it turns out Lan Zan’s feelings are much deeper and more complicated than that. Adventure, sex, death, betrayal, resurrection, ghosts, fighting, feelings, everything! Come join the party.
2. Playing video games with my daughter: Anna is seventeen and a high school junior. We’re highly aware of how little time we have left with her in the house, so we savor it while we can. One of our favorite pastimes is to play together. When she goes to college, I’m going to get a Switch so we can play together over long distance.
3.
Kyo Kara Maoh!: This amine is old, but fabulous, and though I already watched it, I’m rewatching it with Anna. Japanese high school boy gets flushed down a toilet to another world where he discovers he’s the long-awaited demon king, but instead of leading them gloriously in war, he turns them all into pacifists and unites the continent. Also gets accidentally engaged to a man who hates him at first, then follows him around jealously protecting his fiancé.
4. Learning Japanese: I’ve actually been at this a few years now, but it’s been slow going because I don’t have time or mental focus. Getting there by inches, though, and my teaching partner (a retired gentleman in Kyoto) is incredibly patient.
5. Shonen Jump Online: VIZ/Shonen Jump just opened up an online service where, for $1.99 a month, you can read back issues of ALL their titles in English and free issues of current titles translated and released the same day as the Japanese ones. (This is all manga by the way). I’m currently working my way through My Hero Academia.
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What about you? Do you share any of our interests? We’d love to hear about them!
And thanks very much for having us here today!
Paul Hannon flunked out of vet school. His fiancée left him. He can barely afford his rent, and he hates his house. About the only things he has left are a pantry full of his ex’s kitchen gadgets and a lot of emotional baggage. He could really use a win—and that’s when he meets El.
Pawnbroker El Rozal is a cynic. His own family’s dysfunction has taught him that love and relationships lead to misery. Despite that belief, he keeps making up excuses to see Paul again. Paul, who doesn’t seem to realize that he’s talented and kind and worthy. Paul, who’s not over his ex-fiancée and is probably straight anyway. Paul, who’s so blind to El’s growing attraction, even asking him out on dates doesn’t seem to tip him off.
El may not do relationships, but something has to give. If he wants to keep Paul, he’ll have to convince him he’s worthy of love—and he’ll have to admit that attachment might not be so bad after all.
About the Authors:
Marie Sexton lives in Colorado. She’s a fan of just about anything that involves muscular young men piling on top of each other. In particular, she loves the Colorado Eagles and enjoys going to the games with her husband. Her imaginary friends often tag along. Marie has one teenage daughter, one adorable dog, and one very stupid cat, all of whom seem bent on destroying what remains of her sanity. She loves them anyway.
Marie also writes dark dystopian erotic fantasy under the name A.M. Sexton.
Author of over thirty novels, Midwest-native Heidi Cullinan writes positive-outcome romances for LGBT characters struggling against insurmountable odds because she believes there’s no such thing as too much happy ever after. Heidi is a two-time RITA® finalist and her books have been recommended by Library Journal, USA Today, RT Magazine, and Publisher’s Weekly. When Heidi isn’t writing, she enjoys cooking, reading novels and manga, playing with her cats, and watching too much anime.
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