LM Somerton Tales From The Edge excerpt tour with a giveaway

Book Name: Tales From The Edge (Reaching the Edge, Living on the Edge, Dancing on the Edge, A Double-Edged Sword)

Author Name: LM Somerton

Author Bio: L M lives in a small village in the English countryside, surrounded by rolling hills, cows and sheep. She started writing to fill time between jobs and is now firmly and unashamedly addicted.

She loves the English weather, especially the rain, and adores a thunderstorm. She loves good food, warm company and a crackling fire. She’s fascinated by the psychology of relationships, especially between men, and her stories contain some subtle (and not so subtle) leanings towards BDSM.

Author Links: http://pinterest.com/lmsomerton

Twitter: @lmsomerton

Cover Artist: Emmy Ellis

Publisher: Totally Bound

Blurb(s): The Edge is a training company with a difference. Its weekend clients come for classes in bondage and domination, not team building and problem solving.

The management, staff and customers of The Edge do not lead boring lives. In fact they have a habit of getting themselves into all kinds of trouble. Put Dominant, possessive alpha males together with bratty, loveable submissives and sparks are bound to fly. These Tales from The Edge are their stories.

Reaching the Edge:

When you reach the edge, you can’t avoid taking a leap of faith.

Joe Dexter leads a complicated life. In one world he is a consultant criminal psychologist—in another he runs The Edge, a successful corporate training company. He’s also an active Dom in the London BDSM scene.

A social call to The Underground, a club owned by an old friend, turns into much more when Joe is introduced to a prospective sub. Falling hard for the boy’s tumbling blonde curls, huge blue eyes and desperate need for protection, Joe carefully coaxes him out of his shell. By the end of an intense weekend, unbreakable bonds have been forged and Joe is well on the way to becoming Olly’s Master.

Joe knows that there is trauma in Olly’s past, but it is not until his professional and private lives collide that Joe discovers the truth. He knows he shouldn’t have let Olly out of his sight but it’s too late—Olly’s old Master is back on the scene and he’s not in the mood to forgive and forget.

With Olly’s life on the line, Joe risks everything to save him. Has Joe found his perfect submissive only to lose him in a horrible twist of fate, or will love win the day? They’ve reached the edge and there’s no avoiding a leap of faith.

Living on the Edge:

Sometimes it takes willpower to resist temptation but courage to give in.

Aiden Keller is a brilliant and intriguing young man. When he’s convicted of hacking, his sentence takes him to The Edge, a high-end corporate training company with a mysterious sideline. There he is given into the custody of its owner, the enigmatic and demanding Heath Anders, and his business partner Joe Dexter.

From the moment Heath takes charge of Aiden he recognises the boy’s submissive nature, even though it is well hidden beneath a veneer of snarky attitude. But for twelve months, Aiden will be his responsibility and Heath cannot allow himself to get involved whilst the boy is obliged to obey him.

Aiden settles into his new life with the help of Olly, Joe’s pretty, submissive boyfriend, who is very perceptive when it comes to noticing the sparks of attraction flying between Aiden and Heath. Slowly and gently, he teaches Aiden that submission is not a weakness and to accept his desire to be dominated.

Unable to resist, Heath starts to test Aiden’s willingness to be obedient, and against all the odds, love (and lust) start to bloom. Aiden, however, is not quite what he seems and his past is about to endanger all their lives.

Excerpt:

“Holy fuck!” Heath had stared at the security monitor on his desk and tried to convince himself that he hadn’t been deliberately spying on Aiden. It had just been bad timing. The system was set to rotate around the various cameras and had just happened to be focused on Aiden’s room at the very moment Heath had sat down. Of course, pressing the pause button to stop the feed moving on to the kitchens had been all his own work.

It had been no good. He’d had to unzip his fly—the pressure had been getting unbearable. His fingers had felt huge and clumsy as he’d fought to release his rigid dick while Aiden had stripped and stretched on the screen in front of him. Aiden had the most delicious body, lean and toned, his skin the colour of fresh cream. Heath had imagined what it would be like to lap at that cream. There wasn’t an inch of Aiden’s body that he wouldn’t like to lick, kiss and bite until Aiden screamed with pleasure.

The angle on the screen hadn’t been perfect. He’d seen the curve of a hip, a slim thigh, arm and shoulder. Then Aiden had turned towards the bathroom and Heath’s cock had jerked hard as he’d got the perfect view of an arse that would doubtless feature in his dreams for weeks to come. Heath had wrapped his fingers around his aching dick and stroked quickly. He’d been consumed by a tumult of emotions. Lust had been close to the top of the list as Aiden had disappeared into his bathroom, but the overriding impulse had been possessiveness. Heath had shuddered and come into his hand, absolutely certain in the knowledge that sooner or later, Aiden would belong to him.

Dancing on the Edge:

Life is a dance. Whether you lead or follow, the passion of it should sweep you away.

Carey and Alistair have the kind of relationship that is the envy of their friends. Carey is an old-fashioned Dom who appreciates quiet obedience. Alistair is a sub who is comfortable in his skin and finds peace in his submission. Needless to say, their happiness is too good to last.

When Alistair’s powerful father chooses his reputation over his son, all hell is let loose. Forcibly committed to a clinic for reversion therapy, Alistair can only hope that his lover will save him.

Carey calls on his friends from The Edge and they band together not just to rescue Alistair but also to protect his future. They’ve all flirted with danger in the past—but friendship is worth any risk. As the tension mounts and the stakes get higher, new bonds are forged but will Carey and Alistair’s love survive?

A Double-Edged Sword:

How do you stay standing when the ground is torn from beneath your feet?

Becket and Christian are taking the first, tentative steps towards the committed D/s relationship they both crave when the world literally explodes around them. In a frightening reversal of roles, Becket has to deal with his own vulnerability and Christian must find the strength to take care of his Dom. With the help of their friends at The Edge, the two men come to realise that dominance and submission cannot be switched on and off.

Events that could have ended in tragedy provide the catalyst that affirms their trust in each other, but there are still questions to answer. Is the safe path always the right one to take? Is control simply a state of mind?

One thing’s for certain, life’s too short for compromise

Tour Dates: June 20 – July 6

Tour Stops:

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June 21: Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, Dawn’s Reading Nook

June 22: Nephylim, Amanda C. Stone

June 23: 3 Chicks After Dark, Love Bytes, Rainbow Gold Reviews

June 24: The Hat Party

June 25:Hearts on Fire

June 26: Michael Mandrake, LeAnn’s Book Reviews

June 27: Prism Book Alliance

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