A New Man by P.D. Singer Book Blast, Excerpt, Review & Giveaway!

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 A New Man

 by

P.D. Singer

Senior year of college is for studying, partying, and having fun before getting serious about life. Instead, Chad’s days are filled with headaches and exhaustion, and his fencing skills are getting worse with practice, not better. Then there’s his nonexistent love life, full of girls he’s shunted to the friend zone. Is he asexual? Gay?

Grad student Warren Douglas could be out clubbing, but his roommate is better company, even without kisses. He’s torn up watching Chad suffer, gobbling ibuprofen and coming home early on Friday nights. If Chad weren’t straight, Warren would keep him up past midnight. They’re great as friends. Benefits might answer Chad’s questions.

A brief encounter with lab rats reveals Chad’s illness—he needs surgery, STAT, and can’t rely on his dysfunctional parents for medical decisions. Warren’s both trustworthy and likely to get overruled—unless they’re married. “You can throw me back later,” Warren says, and he may throw himself back after his husband turns out moody and hard to get along with, no matter how much fun his new sex drive is. Surgery turns Chad into a new man, all right…

…but Warren fell in love with the old one.

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Excerpt

On his feet now, Chad looked a little shaky. For a silent moment he stood, though it wasn’t clear whether he was forcing his body to behave or thinking.

“Uh. You’re a scientist…” Why did Chad make that sound like a question? Unless it was part of his medicine head. “I need some data.”

Oh. Oh!

Warren didn’t flinch or pull away when Chad leaned in. Both his hands rested on Warren’s upper arms, which didn’t keep him from lurching forward so fast Warren thought he’d get hit in the face. But no, he stopped short and came in slow for the last inch. Eyes open and questioning, he met Warren’s mouth in a smooth, gentle kiss. Lips not quite parted, he brushed against Warren, searching, not demanding.

What had gotten into him? Warren kissed back, not too startled to respond in kind, adding nothing that might frighten Chad away. He wouldn’t lift his arms, he wouldn’t offer tongue, but he would meet Chad’s mouth for as long as he was offered it. He had to tip his face up slightly and fight to stay in place when he wanted nothing more than to step forward into Chad’s arms, to plaster himself against that inviting chest, and thrust his tongue into the depths of Chad’s mouth.

Chad’s eyes were blue drowning to black, his pupils dilated widely. Questions, but not fear, dwelled behind his irises, questions that Warren wanted to answer for him. Yes, you like this, yes, you want more, yes, you want it with me. Yes.

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P.D. answers random questions

(Questions are on all blogs in the tour & some questions are part of the giveaway)

31 – Do you have any writing quirks that have to be done, or anything that you have to have to write?

Reading over the last couple thousand words before I set to writing helps me get in the groove. And the kitchen has to be clean. Crumbs on the counter mock me and must be vanquished before I can write.

32 – What it is like being in their head with all those characters?

I tend to carry the mood of what I’m writing around with me.

Bonus questions

55 – Dog or cat?

Cats. They can get along without my input for hours at a time.

56 – You’ve been bitten by something radioactive. What power do you get from it?

I can instantly locate objects or people just by thinking about them.

57 – Eat out or dine in?

Dine in. Cooking for people, or being cooked for, is an exchange of love and concern, not just food.

58 – What is the best gift you’ve ever received?

My husband gave me an iPod several years ago. I could listen to my tunes, my coworkers didn’t have to listen to them, nor did I have to listen to their tunes. So it was really the gift of sanity.

59 – Best gift you ever gave?

Joe the Giant Cat was a gift to my husband and kids. He was a freshly neutered tom of a mere thirteen pounds then, but he’s become everyone’s buddy, confidant, and comfort.

60 – What’s your favorite cookie?

Keebler Fudge Sticks (chocolate covered sugar wafers) are not safe around me!

About P.D.

P.D. Singer lives in Colorado with her slightly bemused husband, two rowdy teenage boys, and thirty pounds of cats. She’s a big believer in research, first-hand if possible, so the reader can be quite certain Pam has skied down a mountain face-first, been stepped on by rodeo horses, acquired a potato burn or two, and will never, ever, write a novel that includes sky-diving.

When not writing, playing her fiddle, or skiing, she can be found with a book in hand.

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Giveaway!

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Review

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Author: P.D. Singer

Genre: Contemporary, Illness

Length: Novel (276 pages)

ISBN: 9781632166432

Publisher: Dreamspinner (February 9th 2015)

Heat Level: Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 3 ½ Hearts

Reviewer: Aerin

Blurb: Senior year of college is for studying, partying, and having fun before getting serious about life. Instead, Chad’s days are filled with headaches and exhaustion, and his fencing skills are getting worse with practice, not better. Then there’s his nonexistent love life, full of girls he’s shunted to the friend zone. Is he asexual? Gay?

Grad student Warren Douglas could be out clubbing, but his roommate is better company, even without kisses. He’s torn up watching Chad suffer, gobbling ibuprofen and coming home early on Friday nights. If Chad weren’t straight, Warren would keep him up past midnight. They’re great as friends. Benefits might answer Chad’s questions.

A brief encounter with lab rats reveals Chad’s illness—he needs surgery, STAT, and can’t rely on his dysfunctional parents for medical decisions. Warren’s both trustworthy and likely to get overruled—unless they’re married. “You can throw me back later,” Warren says, and he may throw himself back after his husband turns out moody and hard to get along with, no matter how much fun his new sex drive is. Surgery turns Chad into a new man, all right…

…but Warren fell in love with the old one.

Product Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6026

Review: This was an interesting book and it had my full attention most of the time. I’m not exactly sure what to think about the plot, it was different, but I’m not sure it’s entirely believable (at least some parts of it were questionable in my opinion); however I had a lot of issues with one of our main characters, Chad.

Chad is a college senior who’s suffering from debilitating migraines, is overweight and seems to easily gain weight and has difficulty getting aroused and maintaining erections. He puts every single girl he goes out with firmly in the friend zone, because he knows he won’t be able to become aroused or get hard. Chad is a great guy, nice and friendly, but he has huge self esteem problems because of his situation. His good friend and roommate Warren makes him feel comfortable, and when Warren questions Chad’s sexuality as an explanation for his failed romances with women, Chad gives it some serious thought and decides testing that theory is a great idea.

Now here’s the deal, I understand that Chad’s medical problems affect his ability to become aroused and he has virtually no sex drive, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have any chemistry towards anyone. So the fact that he experiments with Chad is not a big deal, but there was absolutely no talk of noticing Warren or checking him out, or feeling a form of attraction towards him. It’s hard for me to accept the fact that Chad realizes he’s gay just because he felt better having sex with Warren than he ever felt with anyone before. I believe it was more the fact that Warren doesn’t criticize him nor has any expectations of him that helped Chad become partially aroused during sex.

Chad’s diagnosis is prolactinoma, a tumor that grows close to the pituitary gland. Other than the migraines, Chad had pretty much all the symptoms associated with that tumor, so why doesn’t he mention any of those other symptoms to a doctor? We’re talking about a grown man for God’s sake, a 22 year old, you’d think he’d be more responsible concerning his own health. But that doesn’t seem to be the case because he goes undiagnosed for years. Plus, from what I’ve read, this condition is extremely rare in children/teenagers and when men develop it, it usually doesn’t happen until the 40’s or later in life. I’m not saying it’s not possible; it just makes it a bit questionable to me.

Once Chad gets a diagnosis and there’s a treatment plan in order, there’s talk about possible behavioral changes that will occur in Chad, caused by his body’s sudden ability to produce huge amounts of testosterone. That’s when we realize there are two Chads in this story: the pre-op Chad and the asshole post-op Chad. Talk about a personality makeover… the nice, friendly, loving Chad turns into an asshole that I couldn’t stand. To me, all the excuses for his new behavior are just that…EXCUSES! Yes, I understand that he’s going to be emotionally unstable for a while and that he’s going to get back his sex drive (X100), but let’s not forget we’re still dealing with an adult here who hasn’t magically transformed into a 15 year old brat. So I’m sorry to say I didn’t like Chad not even a little bit after his surgery, and I found the explanations for his new assholish behavior to be nothing more than worthless excuses. Also, his new discovery that he’s indeed attracted to girls and the fact that he now questions that he’s gay, support my initial thoughts that Warren was nothing more than a person Chad felt comfortable with.

Warren was great, he was a strong person who had a great amount of self respect for himself, which I appreciated. He tried to be understanding about Chad’s situation but he didn’t put up with being treated like crap and I loved him all the more for it. The reason for their marriage, I could take it or leave it. I’m not sure how that legal mumbo jumbo works because I haven’t looked into it, but I choose to believe there were other ways for Chad to have his wishes respected, especially since he is a legal adult.

There’s no cheating in this book, even though at one point all the facts seem to point in that direction. I liked Chad a lot better after he came back to his senses….which happened overnight. It reinforces my initial opinion that his behavior was not so easily justified by hormones, because if that was the case, he wouldn’t be able to gain control over it so fast. He became a decent person and treated Warren the way he deserved to be treated and I’m happy to say the ending made up for most of the things that bothered me.

This is a pretty good book, and please understand that my negative opinions have nothing to do with the quality of the writing. It was nicely written and I’ll definitely read more books by this author.

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4 thoughts on “A New Man by P.D. Singer Book Blast, Excerpt, Review & Giveaway!

  1. Thanks for the post, contest and review. Congrats on the latest release! I, too, am an iPod fan.

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