Thank you for joining me in the sixth and final stop on the Blood & Tears blog tour. Today I’m sharing an excerpt from the beginning of the book. I chose it because it shows the adversarial relationship between Gabe and Drew, especially how Gabe likes to push Drew’s buttons. It starts here, but it continues and becomes a positively combustible relationship.
Enjoy and make sure to leave a comment. I’ll choose one person to win an ebook copy of Blood & Tears. Even if you’ve read it before you should read it again. So much has changed that I consider it a brand new book.
Blood and Tears
Flesh 03
by
Ethan Stone
2nd Edition
The last thing Gabe Vargas wants to do after nearly dying is to leave his young son. But that’s exactly what FBI Agent Drew Bradley is asking him to do. According to Drew, the only way to protect Gabe and find his wife’s killer is to fake Gabe’s death.
With an already established adversarial relationship, protecting a hothead like Gabe isn’t exactly a picnic for Drew either. But Drew lets his guard down and a desire for Gabe leaves him confused. Before the crime can be solved, Drew will have to risk more than his life. He’ll also have to risk his heart.
1st Edition published by Dreamspinner Press, July 2011.
Blurb: The last thing Gabe Vargas wants to do after nearly dying is to leave his young son. But that’s exactly what FBI Agent Drew Bradley is asking him to do. According to Drew, the only way to protect Gabe and find his wife’s killer is to fake Gabe’s death.
With an already established adversarial relationship, protecting a hothead like Gabe isn’t exactly a picnic for Drew either. But Drew lets his guard down and a desire for Gabe leaves him confused. Before the crime can be solved, Drew will have to risk more than his life. He’ll also have to risk his heart.
1st Edition published by Dreamspinner Press, July 2011.
Review: This story is part of a series and must be read in order. This storyis the 2nd edition and the story has been re-written slightly, it has gone from 3rd person POV to 1st person POV but other than some minor scene extension the storyline mainly remains the same.
Wow! Ethan Stone you have done it again!! You have brought us yet another incredible suspense/mystery.
We start this one with Gabe in hospital after being nearly killed in an attack that saw Violet brutally murdered. Gabe has to go into hiding with the FBI agent that he blames for the death of Casey (his male lover), Agent Drew Bradley. As these two spend time together their feelings change into attraction. Drew is horrified because even though he has nothing against gays he himself cannot be gay. Gabe is determined to see what can happen between them, while Drew denies the attraction.
I wasn’t sure how I felt at first about Drew going from very straight to being gay but this author handled it brilliantly, you can feel Drew’s confusion and guilt over feeling something for a man especially when he was *taught* (insert *screamed at*) that it is a sin and the struggle as he works through what he is comfortable doing with Gabe.
Gabe is brilliant as he works through his guilt over Violet’s death and his attraction to Drew; he is also an incredible father to Victor balancing what he feels for Drew and what Victor needs. The suspense is thrilling and gripping, just who did attack Gabe and Violet and why? We also see Cristian Flesh and Colby Maddox return, as ghosts from the past emerge and try to destroy both Cristian and Gabe.
If you love brilliant, gripping, suspense, mystery, brainwashing and hot man on man sex this is definitely the book for you. P.S. There’s a fantastic exclusive excerpt from the next book Closing Ranks for us to enjoy!
Hi guys, today we have Ethan Stone stopping by with the blog tour for his newest release Flesh & Blood, we have the fourth part of his exclusive short story, there is a fantastic giveaway and a comment giveaway and my review for you to check out, so enjoy the post, click that Rafflecoter link & leave a comment! <3 ~Pixie~
Flesh & Blood
(A Flesh Novel 02)
by
Ethan Stone
Sequel to In the Flesh
A Flesh novel
Detective Cristian Flesh is about to find out that he can only run from his past for so long.
When a local man is attacked and the suspect is a hustler, Cristian knows there’s more to the case than meets the eye. His investigation will lead him into a maze of lies, deceit, and underage prostitution. But that’s only the beginning as people start disappearing and turning up dead. Cristian begins to realize that solving the case and stopping the murders won’t be enough. If he wants to make his new life with lawyer Colby Maddox work, he’ll need to face the demons of his past and put them to rest once and for all.
Blurb: The last thing Gabe Vargas wants to do after losing his girlfriend and nearly dying is leave his young son. But that’s exactly what FBI Agent Drew Bradley is asking him to do. According to Drew, the only way to protect Gabe and find the killer is to fake Gabe’s death.
With an already established adversarial relationship, protecting a firebrand like Gabe isn’t exactly a picnic for Drew either. But when Drew lets his guard down, his feelings of desire for Gabe leave him confused. Before the crime can be solved, Drew will have to risk more than his job. He’ll have to risk his heart.
Review: Wow! Ethan Stone you have done it again!! You have brought us yet another incredible suspense/mystery.
We start this one with Gabe in hospital after being nearly killed in an attack that saw Violet brutally murdered. Gabe has to go into hiding with the FBI agent that he blames for the death of Casey (his male lover), Agent Drew Bradley. As these two spend time together their feelings change into attraction. Drew is horrified because even though he has nothing against gays he himself cannot be gay. Gabe is determined to see what can happen between them, while Drew denies the attraction.
I wasn’t sure how I felt at first about Drew going from very straight to being gay but this author handled it brilliantly, you can feel Drew’s confusion and guilt over feeling something for a man especially when he was *taught* that it is a sin (insert *screamed at*) and the struggle as he works through what he is comfortable doing with Gabe.
Gabe is brilliant as he works through his guilt over Violet’s death and his attraction to Drew; he is also an incredible father to Victor balancing what he feels for Drew and what Victor needs. The suspense is thrilling and gripping, just who did attack Gabe and Violet and why. We also see Cristian Flesh and Colby Maddox return, as ghosts from the past emerge and try to destroy both Cristian and Gabe.
If you like Brilliant, Gripping, Suspense, Mystery, Brainwashing and Hot man on man sex this is definitely the book for you.
Title: Blood & Tears (2nd Edition)
