Hi guys, today we have M. LeAnne Phoenix popping in with her newest release Butterflies are Free. We have an exclusive guest post with Emrys Marlowe and we have my review for you to enjoy, so enjoy the post <3 ~Pixie~ 

Butterflies are Free

(Tied by Fate 02)

by

M. LeAnne Phoenix

Emrys Marlowe had only ever fallen in love once, and that was with Kiyoshi Gwynne. He’d been young and Kiyoshi had been a man in which he could care for… and he’d loved caring for him. Now, six years later, he finds himself nervous as for the first time, he’s meeting his best friend Lindsay’s brother Ísarr. Ísarr Trevelyan, bookshop owner and unpublished screenwriter, has been quite content in living with his sister above the shop while she attended college. When she befriended two actors one afternoon, he’d thought nothing of it, and since their busy schedules kept them away from L.A. for the most part, it wasn’t until today, six years after her meeting Emrys, that he finally got to meet the man. Neither man expected to feel anything for the other, but the light and the completion they feel lends wings that can surely weather any storm… can’t it?

US: http://www.amazon.com/Butterflies-Free-Tied-Fate-Book-ebook/dp/B00NA9OM0W

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Butterflies-Free-Tied-Fate-Book-ebook/dp/B00NA9OM0W

Guest Post: Emrys Marlowe

For Now

He stared out at the water, remembering with an intense pain how he’d watched a mirror image of himself dressed in clothes from the late 1700’s, carry Kiyoshi into the waves. He recalled the joy in Kiyoshi’s laughter as he chattered on, his rapt attention focused on the man who was not him.

The waves crashed onto the shore and Emrys Marlowe growled, knowing that the inbound tide would soon roll over his bare feet… and that it would be cold.

Stepping into the chilly water, he sucked in his breath, his voice quiet when he used it. “I know that I didn’t dream all of those months with you, Ki… I know I didn’t.”

I can’t stay here and live, and he can’t stay here at all… Emrys, I belong with him.

“Don’t I bloody well know it,” he answered the phantom voice of the man he’d fallen so hard for.

Our home is not of this world.

Fishing in his jacket pocket for his cigarettes and lighter, he vaguely realized that he couldn’t feel the temperature of the water.

Find World’s End and you will find us.

Agitatedly, he puffed on the smoke, muttering, “Find a place that I cannot figure how to get to, ’ey? I don’t even know where to begin looking for that place. Everywhere I’ve looked, Ki, I’ve not found anything that sounds like the place you described!”

Should you need me, remember always that you can find me in your dreams… I’m certain that I’ll be there.

“But I’ve tried—” Emrys broke off as a thought entered his mind, One owes respect to the living. To the dead one owes only truth. “Voltaire, once again ye slay me, mate.” Tears slipped down his cheeks. “You speak of death, but he’s not dead. He’s in a different world…” Emrys finished the cigarette, pinching the cherry off as he walked up the beach to stuff the butt into the can of cat litter he’d dragged down from his porch, and he continued to ponder aloud. “He’s in a different world… it’s not death if you refuse it.”

Whirling on his heel, he looked out at the tide, the waves nearly black in color with the fading sunlight… and he recalled that the sun had sunk beneath the horizon when Shelly, Cam and Kiyoshi disappeared from sight.

“It’s not death if you refuse it,” he recited, the memorable lines belonging to a much beloved graphic novel about a man who returned from death to right terrible wrongs. Emrys nodded to himself and stripped his jacket from his body, dropping it in the sand next to the makeshift ashtray and his cigarettes and lighter. “It’s not death if you refuse it,” he said a third time as he headed for the water, his stride filled with purpose as he stepped into the frigid waves.

His mind set on Kiyoshi, Emrys waded further out into the water, not hearing his name called from behind, not hearing the shriek of some impending danger. He focused on not accepting death, on seeing Kiyoshi again.

It has to work! This is where they came to us and this is where they then left with him—

His feet lost purchase on the shifting sand and the undertow caught him in its wicked grip. The ocean swallowed him whole and he watched as the light danced on the surface of the water as he held his breath.

Is this how it happened? Is this where they slipped through time and space? Is this—

Something hard hit his head and startled him, causing him to expel all his air and he thrashed, concentration broken. The light was leaving him and it was so far up! Emrys knew that he wouldn’t make it—something hard hit his side and then his legs—

He came to choking and sputtering, and his lungs angrily expelled the saltwater over and over again. Looking up, he found a shivering Xavier sitting over him, wrapped in a thick blanket, green eyes bright with fear and pain.

“What were you thinking?! What were you bloody well thinking, you fucking prat!” Grabbing him up, he clutched him close and Emrys held tightly to him. “The water can’t be more than fifty degrees and don’t you pay attention to the signs? Hello, sea turtles! Migration! You were almost out of sight! Damn you, Em!”

Emrys looked up as a blanket wrapped tight around him. The realtor that had come to take photos of his home, gave him a small smile and he returned it before he pushed his face into Xavier’s shoulder, whispering, “I have to find him.”

“No, Em… what you have to do is find where he’s at. There’s a difference. Say your goodbyes to him and renew your research—for World’s End.” Xavier’s arms tightened around him. “And never scare me like that again!”

All right, Ki… but I’m not saying goodbye. I’m saying for now. For now, you’re lost to me, but I will find you.

About M. LeAnne

LeAnne Phoenix would tell you that the worst time of her life was the two years that she attempted to take off from writing.  If you asked her to explain exactly why she did such a thing, you would most likely get the mad attempt to arch an eyebrow like her dad and then a shake of the head as she told you it was unlucky to speak of such things.  Suffice it to say, it will never happen again!

Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas in the mid-1970’s, Ms. Phoenix was young and wild (and even free!) during the crazy wondrous decade known as the 1980’s and the even crazier but now grungy decade of the 1990’s.  Music is second only to the muses that live and breathe to fill her mind with beautiful men, and music always helps them to tell their stories.  She is never without her iPod or her computer no matter where she goes, although, she does like to hike and take pictures of the sky and the moon, and even the occasional shot of the sun through the branches of a tree.

An avid cat lover, Ms. Phoenix has been owned by many throughout her life, though her current owner is one Lily-Rose, who really would like for her to step away from the keyboard and pay her some attention!  After all, hasn’t she earned it? 

LeAnne Phoenix can be found on

NEVER SEE THE LIGHT: A Free Tied By Fate serial!

Blurb:

Having grown up in Japan as the youngest son of Shimazu Masanori, Nowaki wanted to be his own man and be that son, but knew of no other way to do it than to walk the wire without the net. Emulating Bruce Lee, Nowaki travels to the U.S. in hope of making a big enough noise that his parents could hear it across the Pacific. Xavier Blair, friend to Nowaki’s father enters his life on the very day that he takes his first steps in Los Angeles, California. Son of one of the wealthiest men in England, Xavier works hard to look good and to be everything that the papers say about him: beautiful, playboy, superficial, always with a different woman. When their worlds collide, neither can deny the chemistry that veritably explodes between them, but will they find strength in one another and the love they discover, or will the film industry and their families drag them under to where they never again see the light of their sun?

Found on MLP’s WordPress at… http://mleannephoenix.com/category/free-serials/never-see-the-light/ 

Review

Title: Butterflies Are Free

Series: Tied by Fate 02

Author: M. LeAnne Phoenix

Genre: Contemporary, Slight Paranormal  

Length: Novella (95pgs)

ISBN: B00NA9OM0W

Publisher: M. LeAnne Phoenix (3^rd September 2014)

Heat Level: Low – Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 3 ½ – 4 Hearts

Reviewer: Pixie

Blurb: Emrys Marlowe had only ever fallen in love once, and that was with Kiyoshi Gwynne. He’d been young and Kiyoshi had been a man in which he could care for… and he’d loved caring for him. Now, six years later, he finds himself nervous as for the first time, he’s meeting his best friend Lindsay’s brother Ísarr. Ísarr Trevelyan, bookshop owner and unpublished screenwriter, has been quite content in living with his sister above the shop while she attended college. When she befriended two actors one afternoon, he’d thought nothing of it, and since their busy schedules kept them away from L.A. for the most part, it wasn’t until today, six years after her meeting Emrys, that he finally got to meet the man. Neither man expected to feel anything for the other, but the light and the completion they feel lends wings that can surely weather any storm… can’t it?

Purchase Link: US: http://www.amazon.com/Butterflies-Free-Tied-Fate-Book-ebook/dp/B00NA9OM0W

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Butterflies-Free-Tied-Fate-Book-ebook/dp/B00NA9OM0W

Review: This book is part of a series and is best read in order. Lindsay has been best friends with Emrys for six years; after Emrys has been away for a year Lindsay has decided that it is time to confess her feelings for him but when Emrys meets Lindsay’s brother, Ísarr, for the first time all her dreams are crushed. Emrys has loved once before but never with the feelings that Ísarr invokes in him from the moment they meet, Ísarr is the one who makes his soul complete. Ísarr is overjoyed to meet his sister’s best friend and is beyond happy when he realises that Emrys is the one meant for him, he just wishes his sister could be happy for them. Ísarr and Emrys can do no right where Lindsay is concerned and as her jealousy and anger grows Ísarr and Emrys are about to face a challenge that they might not be able to survive.

This is a wonderful story where jealousy and anger play a large part and love fights valiantly to survive. We first met Emrys in World’s End where he met his first love Kiyoshi, now it’s several years later and he is about to discover the man for him. Ísarr is different than most men, he loves his bookstore, he is seen as being a bit strange, he is perfectly happy alone and the only thing that he values above all else is his relationship with his sister. When Emrys and Ísarr first meet their connection is instant, their relationship goes full steam ahead and it is a love story that is all consuming.

Ísarr is a wonderful man who has incredible patience and understanding on his side, Emrys might be a movie star but the simple things with Ísarr are what he treasures most. When Ísarr and Emrys first meet you can see the mystical connection between them, they are meant to be but you just know that unless Lindsay embraces what they feel for each other that it will only end badly. Lindsay is a not very pleasant character; she acts like a spoiled child and is very bitter that she can’t have what she wants. Ísarr has always tried to do what he can to make Lindsay happy but giving up Emrys is not something he wants to do, he tries instead to ease the pain for her as neither man want her hurting.

The story is really well written being infused with pure love and hope, the storyline is wonderful with a strong love flaring instantly and brightly, but with the dark undercurrent of jealousy. Now while I really liked this story I was disappointed that both Emrys and Ísarr pandered to Lindsay’s hurt, rather than telling her to suck it up and stop being selfish… I hate when people act like the injured party and make others suffer because they can’t get their way. The ending leaves us with a sense of mystery and I need to know what will happen next, so peeps if you don’t like big question marks then you have been warned there is a huge one at the end of this book.

I recommend this to those who love mystical feeling stories, great characters, true love in its purest form, mysterious endings and the hope of more to come.