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Hi! I’m Tara Lain and I’m so happy to be here to help launch my new novel, The Case of the Sexy Shakespearean. Over the years I’ve put together a few lists of facts about me, so I’m creating a new one from scratch. Some of these facts may duplicate previous lists – I don’t remember – but these are the things that come to mind today.
1. I’m so excited. I just changed my whole life and moved from southern California to Ashland, Oregon. It was a challenging move – we had to live in a hotel for two months while we closed escrow – but now we’re in heaven!
2. I’m an Army brat. My father was career military and I had lived both in Europe and Asia before I was 10. I was in school 11 years before college (I skipped a grade) and was in 13 schools.
3. I studied yoga very seriously for many years and taught it for a number of years. I met my husband doing yoga.
4. My dog, Jolie, washes her face with a wet paw like a cat.
5. I adore big earrings. They’re a signature for me and I have probably over 100 pair.
6. My favorite drink is an English Breakfast tea latte with vanilla. My hero in The Case of the Sexy Shakespearean drinks the same thing.
7. I adore animals, virtually all kinds, including snakes. I wouldn’t want a pet spider, but after much work, we successfully coexist.
8. I’ve been interested in health and nutrition for many, many years.
9. I adore audiobooks! They’re an addiction. I consume most of my reading in audio these days.
10. While writing The Case of the Sexy Shakespearean, I got very interested in the question of who was Shakespeare really. If you’ve never looked it up, I encourage it. Fascinating!
Dr. Llewellyn Lewis leads a double life, as both an awkward but distinguished history professor and the more flamboyant Ramon Rondell, infamous writer of sensational historical theories. It’s Ramon who first sets eyes on a gorgeous young man dancing in a club, but Llewellyn who meets teaching assistant Blaise Arthur formally at an event held for wealthy socialite Anne de Vere, descendant of Edward de Vere, seventeenth Earl of Oxford-who some believe was the real Shakespeare. Anne wants Llewellyn to prove that claim, even though many have tried and failed. And she’s willing to offer a hefty donation to the university if he succeeds.
It also means a chance for Llewellyn to get to know Blaise much better.
Not everyone thinks Llewellyn should take the case-or the money. Between feuding siblings, rival patrons, jealous colleagues, and greedy administrators, almost anyone could be trying to thwart his work… and one of them is willing to kill to do it.
When Anne de Vere turns up dead, the police believe Blaise is the murderer. Only the shy, stuttering professor who has won his heart can prove otherwise…
Enjoy an Excerpt
Goose bumps on top of goose bumps.
Tingles traveled out along his nerves from the soothing touch of Blaise’s hand until the hairs on his arm weren’t the only things standing up. Why did Blaise just turn his whole existence upside down? When Blaise was around, Llewellyn wanted things it was stupid for him to want. Things that only happened to the special, lucky guys. Forever things.
In spite of himself, he sighed and slowly lowered his head to Blaise’s shoulder.
Blaise dropped his cheek against Llewellyn’s hair. For minutes they just sat like that, their beer bottles dripping on the coffee table. Weirdly, it was the most peaceful moment Llewellyn had experienced in… at least days. Since that fateful night when he’d first seen Blaise dancing.
Gently, Blaise slipped a hand under Llewellyn’s chin and turned his head toward him. Almost like he was stealing his breath, he moved his lips ever so slowly toward Llewellyn’s, pausing a half inch away. Llewellyn’s lips quivered, the scent of the beer they’d both drunk filling his head. Dear God, could he climax just from the anticipation of kissing Blaise?
Finally, finally their lips touched. Softer than Marie’s fur.
And bam! Blaise grabbed Llewellyn’s head and devoured his mouth like a five-course banquet menu.
The silly analogy used in novels, that people went up in flames—not silly anymore. Llewellyn’s nervous system overloaded before Blaise’s tongue had even explored the deeper recesses in his mouth. He heard himself moaning and whimpering. Embarrassing, but he couldn’t stop.
His brain knew there was something off about Blaise. Some truth that needed exploring. He didn’t care. He wanted to delude himself all the way to the bedroom. He’d trade his greed to know the answers for a night in Blaise’s arms.
About the Author:
Tara Lain writes the Beautiful Boys of Romance in contemporary, paranormal, and suspense gay romance novels that star her unique, charismatic heroes. Her first novel was published in January of 2011 and she’s now somewhere around book 45. Her best-selling novels have garnered awards for Best Series, Best Contemporary Romance, Best Paranormal Romance, Best Ménage, Best LGBT Romance, Best Gay Characters, Book of the Year, Gay Romance of the Year, and she has been honored as Best Author of the Year. She often does workshops on both author promotion and writing craft. Tara, her soul-mate husband, and her soul-mate dog are recent transplants to Ashland, Oregon from the southern California coast where she has set many of her books. Passionate about diversity, justice, and new experiences, Tara says on her tombstone it will say “Yes”!
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