Thank You!

Huge thanks going out to everyone who voted for Jack from Call Me Sir, Boy! in All Romance E-books Summer's Hottest Hero Contest.

I've just found out he came Third! I'm really chuffed, and not just because I won a cool prize (A Sony E-book Pocket Edition), but because it really means a lot to me that people turned out and voted for one of my characters.

Thank you!

*Hugs Everyone*

Kim Dare.

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Jack Bowen from Call Me Sir, Boy! has made it through to the semi finals in ARe's Summer's Hottest Hero contest.

In this round, he's up against Victor Jones from Amber Kell's Wooing Master Jones.

If you'd pop across and vote for one of the guys, that would be great! Just click on the banner below :)



In somewhat related news, Harland Rawlings has been pouting ever since he was knocked out by Jack in round 1. Now, Jack is pouting because last month, when I was taking dictation for their answers to this round's question, I let Harland go first and Jack had to come up with something different.

In an effort to convince the guys in my head to get along, here's the answer Harland Rawlings would have given to "What makes a man strong?"

Some people think strength and dominance are the same thing. They’re wrong. Some of the strongest men I know are submissives. It takes a hell of a lot of mental strength—not to mention a huge dose of courage—to willingly put yourself in another man’s hands and trust him with your mind, your body and maybe even your soul.

Picking yourself up after a bad relationship takes strength too. My subs name is Alastair, his ex-boyfriend was a complete bastard. But, somehow, Alistair still found the strength to let me into his life and try again. I don’t usually do the mushy stuff, but I’ll admit I’m as proud as hell of him. A weaker man would have given up on submission. Alistair didn’t.

As for physical strength—when I’ve got a leather cuff around each of Alastair’s limbs and he’s straining against his bondage, I don’t think anyone could look at him and see anything but strength. He’s all muscle, all determination to be the best sub he can possibly be. Even though he loves being tied up, when he starts squirming with his need to come, it takes some really thick chains to hold him down!

*Hugs*

Kim Dare

Mid Month Update

Hi Everyone!

It's a busy month this month!

I'm in the spotlight at TEB for the rest of July.

Click on the banner to check it out :D



Also, Jack Bowen from Call Me Sir, Boy! is through to the next round of ARe's Summer's Hottest Heros competition.

Click on the banner to vote for your favourite!



And, last but not least, Packing Leather now has a release date - it will be hitting the available now page at RP on August 10th!

Here's the blurb:

When Darren wins a trip for two to an exclusive holiday resort and invites his work buddy Jamie to share it with him, they are the only two men in the office who know they won’t be enjoying a typical lads weekend away.

Neither of them has any intention of chasing after girls—or even chasing after any guys other than each other. After months of subtle flirtation, Darren and Jamie are finally ready to do a hell of a lot more than stare longingly across the office.

They both know they’re going to get laid, have a laugh and maybe even fall in lust. But neither realises the weekend has other surprises in store for them—perhaps lust won’t be the only thing they fall in. Especially when one of them realises that the other man doesn’t just have swimming trunks in his weekend bag—he’s packing leather.


*Hugs*

Kim Dare

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The second round of ARe's Summer's Hottest Hero competition is now up and running!

Two of my heros faced off against each other in the first round - Jack Bowen from Call Me Sir, Boy! won out over Harland Rawlings from Handcuffs and Spreader Bars. Thanks to everyone who voted for either!

In this new round, you'll get to read an excerpt from the books featuring the first kiss between the two main characters.

Jack Bowen is in Pair Two, competing against Alex Holland from Determined Mate by Toni Griffin. So, if you'd like to head over there, read the two excerpts and vote for your favourite, now is the time to do it.

Just click on the pic at the top of the post to go to the voting page. (You'll need to sign in to ARe in order to vote.)

Oh, and if you were wondering what excerpt Harland Rawlings would have provided, you can check it out below :)

Harland let the softening shaft slip from between his lips as he pulled away and rose to his full height before the submissive. Alasdair lifted his gaze with him, allowing Harland to watch the confusion build and chase away the tail ends of his pleasure. A touch of color made it to Alasdair’s cheeks.

“I’m sorry, I—”

“Don’t apologize,” Harland cut in, stroking the blush with his thumb. “I didn’t tell you not to come.”

The submissive’s words were nothing but the aftereffects of his last dominant. As far as Harland was concerned, the sooner they were wiped away the better, and he’d cheerfully be damned if he’d let his lover apologize for doing exactly what he wanted him to do.

“I—” Alasdair began again.

Harland cut him off with a kiss.

Alasdair tried to pull away as their lips met, apparently for no other reason than Harland had just shocked the hell out of him. Harland ignored that. Sliding a hand into the other man’s hair, he simply pulled him back into the kiss.

Running his tongue along the line of the submissive’s firmly closed lips, Harland let him know, very politely, that he wanted access to his mouth. He didn’t ask, though. Asking would have made it sound like he thought there was a possibility Alasdair would deny him something he wanted.

Just as Harland expected, once Alasdair realized what was being demanded, he gave it freely. He quickly parted his lips, willingly allowing Harland’s tongue in to explore.

The submissive gasped as he tasted his come in his lover’s mouth, but he didn’t try to pull back again. He hesitantly returned the kiss, each movement so very cautious, as if he expected to be slapped down for his cheek at any moment.

Harland had only intended it to be a brief kiss, an enjoyable way to shut the guy up, but once he realized how much Alasdair needed it to be so much more than that, it was as impossible for him to pull away as it was for Alasdair to do so. He allowed their lips to linger together for several minutes, his right hand still holding tightly to Alasdair’s hair and the left enthusiastically exploring the submissive’s back, down to his arse.

Finally, when Alasdair’s pulse felt as if it had leveled out and his breaths were almost back to normal, Harland forced himself to pull back and turn his attention to the submissive’s restraints.