Blog Tour; Wheels And Heels
About Wheels and Heels
As a teenager, Ira Bedford fled a troubled home life and people who didn’t understand his penchant for feminine things. In the city, he fell in with Cedric, who found him work as an underage stripper. It took him years to escape Cedric’s influence and try to build a life of his own.
Now, he just wants to be left alone to create his art. But Cedric’s on-going harassment means Ira had to drop out of art school, is squatting in a friend’s apartment, and is still relying on his allure as a sexy, skirt-wearing exotic dancer to pay his bills.
Then he meets Jed. Part-time bartender and the apartment building’s superintendent, Jed is just the right mix of strong, kind, and protective to pull Ira out of hiding. He also welcomes Ira into his chosen family at the Hen and Hog Pub. But Ira yearns for more. Still, he doesn’t dare to hope that Jed will want him and his questionable past, his skirts and high heels, his hang-ups, and the profession he seems unable to escape. But Jed will do anything to prove him wrong.
About Jaime Samms
Jaime has been writing for various publishers since the fall of 2008, although she’s been writing for herself far longer. Her Stories about men falling in love are the stories that she loves to read, so it seemed to make sense if she was going to write, they would also be the stories she wrote.
These days, you can find plenty of free reading on her website. She also writes for Various Publishers.
Spare time, when it can be found rolled into a ball at the back of the dryer or cavorting with the dust bunnies in the corners, is spent crocheting, drawing, gardening (weather permitting, of course, since she is Canadian!), or watching movies. She has a day job, as well, which she loves, and two kids, but thankfully, also a wonderful husband who shoulders more than his fair share of household and child-care responsibilities.
She graduated some time ago from college with a fine arts diploma, and a major in textile arts, which basically qualifies her to draw pictures and create things with string and fabric. One always needs an official slip of paper to fall back on after all . . .
Connect with Jaime:
Website: http://jaime-samms.com
Livejournal:http://dontkickmycane.livejournal.com/
Deviantart: http://dontkickmycane.deviantart.com/
Amazon Author page: amazon.com/author/jaimesamms
Giveaway
To celebrate the release of Wheels and Heels, one lucky winner will receive a $10 Riptide credit! Leave a comment with your contact info to enter the contest. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on March 17, 2018. Contest is NOT restricted to U.S. entries. Thanks for following the tour, and don’t forget to leave your contact info!
The cover is fantastic. Looking forward to giving this a read.
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Congratulations for the new release. Already have this book, cannot wait to read it ^^
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I'm intrigued!
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Unfortunately, this is from Riptide. #timesup for Riptide & the authors involved. I'm torn b/c now good innocent authors are affected, but I feel it's worse to support this publisher, even by doing nothing or remain silent. So...
ReplyDeleteAs revealed in great detailed proofs, they have been involved for years, and apologized multiple times, yet continued to do the same things that are racist, block, harass, gaslight, and undermine authors and other victims to protect themselves and their fav authors. Even their latest statements and actions re: colluding with faux Santino Hassell & harming Xen Sanders are more attempts to save themselves and do not directly address the issues at the top, much less act to eliminate the institutionalized cancer in their culture. They just talk about doing, like they have in the past & ultimately did nothing. It still went on. So enuf is enuf for Riptide & the authors involved. – Purple Reader,
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DeleteIt's been a long few weeks as we've digested everything that came out.
As of now we are unsure how to proceed with the commitments we have made with them. As more and more authors we love and respect come forward, as more and more pull their contracts our hearts break.
At the moment RTBT is not standing with Riptide. We do not approve what has been going on because decent human beings have been hurt and we are not okay with that.
Our mission has always been about supporting authors and their books, not their publishers. We stand by that and will take careful measures to remove ourselves from toxic environments.
We've only been working with Riptide since the beginning of the year and it makes us sick that we once grew to love a community that is harmful to the whole.
We've read the statements and agree that they are not doing anything but protecting themselves.
As of now our relationship with Riptide is up in the air, we will not leave the authors we've committed to with no place to talk about their work, but we will also not support those who are more harmful than helpful.
-The Real Talk Book Talk Team
I cannot say better than you how this situation has fallen out, Real Talk. Nor can ai adequately express my appreciation to those bloggers who have stood with us as we try to navigate the minefield of all that has happened, and I respect the decision of those blogs who have chosen to pull back. Real people hav been hurt, and I cannot stand for that either. Stepping back from it all has real consequences as well, and isn't easy or instantanious. I apologise for the way the controversy has spilled onto your blog and thank you for standing by authors, even in hard times.
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Our mission has been and always will be the authors and their work. While we've had to make some hard decisions with who we do business with, because in the end this is a business, we will never abandon the authors we've made commitments with.
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