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Book Name: Bare Threads

Author Name: DP Denman

Author Bio:

Award winning author DP Denman writes character-driven contemporary romance about gay men. Her stories are real and intense, but resolve in endings that make people want to read the book all over again. She is from the Pacific Northwest and bases all of her stories in Vancouver, British Columbia.

In her spare time, she is a dedicated LGBTQIA rights activist, fighting for those who have been marginalized and abused. To that end, 25% of the royalties from every book go to support LGBT charities.

We asked DP about the charities she supports with her royalties…

Hi BFD Book Blog!

I’d love to tell you more about the LGBT charities I support. So far, it’s a small list. Two organizations currently receive quarterly donations based on sales of my books.

The first is Trevor Project. For those not familiar with them, they run a 24-hour crisis hotline for young people up to age 23. Whatever their gender identity or sexual preference, they are welcome. Trevor also runs a chat crisis line for those too timid to deal with a phone conversation.

I attended one of their training programs and they honestly do cover every LGBTQIA group. A majority of the staff are volunteers who undergo 40 hours of training before they are allowed contact with anyone on the crisis lines or chats. Volunteers are constantly monitored and evaluated. These guys know their stuff and Trevor goes to great lengths to make sure kids not only feel heard and supported but actually are.

Trevor receives 25% of all royalties from the Saving Liam series. At this point, that makes them the largest recipient of donations.

Second is Lambda Legal. They are leaders in the LGBTQIA/HIV fight for equality in the U.S. through education, public policy revision, and actual ligation when necessary. They receive 25% of royalties for one of my first books, Dancer’s Heart, currently available exclusively through Amazon.

PFLAG will probably be included at some point in the future because they do great work not only supporting LGBTQIA people, but their friends and families. Until their children come out, most parents know every little and sometimes rely on the wrong sources for help. PFLAG is good at dispelling myths and misinformation spread by religious conservatives. Misinformation that often proves deadly.

I left the list open on my website (http://www.dpdenman.com/GetInvolved.html) so I can include different groups in the future. Equality within the organizations I support is a big thing with me. I’m not interested in groups that play favorites, slapping the LGBT label on their website while only dealing with gay and lesbian issues. To me that’s not only unfair, it’s unethical when they receive donations to help groups they don’t actually help. That’s why I personally vet each organization I donate to. When they say they support LGBT people, they have to prove there are bisexual and transgender issues on their agenda or they don’t make my list.

I do not intend at any point to support local or national politicians with royalties. To me, activism is not about politicians or their parties. It’s about basic issues that surpass political boundaries.

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Publisher: North Shore Press

Cover Artist: LC Chase

Blurb(s):

Liam is not a family man. He’s learned to avoid the entanglement and its mire of expectations; expectations he’s destined to crush. Unfortunately, his usually placid boyfriend is pushing him into the arms of his new family and he’s fighting every step. When a person he never expected to see again reappears, Liam finds a reason to make a few concessions for the sake of real love and the only man he is willing to call family.

Book four of the Saving Liam Series

Categories: M/M Romance

Excerpt:

He nodded along annoyed by the reasonable advice and the situation. He didn’t like admitting it, but they were right. There was no reason to rush. He had just imagined coming home from the trip, unpacking his suitcase, falling to one knee, and having Liam in his arms laughing and crying and accepting his proposal. Meeting the family was supposed to tip the balance in his favor. As tempting as it was to blame the ill-timed conversation for Liam’s continued refusal, it wasn’t his parents’ fault.

Liam had a way of clinging. Waiting for him to change his mind was tradition in their relationship. He didn’t jump into things, not even the easy ones. Every new opportunity represented a threat. He thought the step from living together to marriage would be easy, but apparently, it took the same patience and careful persistence as everything else.

He ended the video chat seconds before Liam walked through the front door.

“I’m home.”

“In here,” he called back.

He heard the dull thump of sock-covered feet on the floor before Liam appeared sweaty and wearing a timid smile.

“Hi.”

“How was the workout?” He tried to shrug off the annoyance still thrumming across his forehead, threatening to burst into a headache.

“Good.” Liam stepped further into the room.

The tension between them rippled across his stomach. He didn’t want things to feel strained just because they couldn’t agree on how it would look when they celebrated their twentieth anniversary. They both wanted one. It was a good start.

“Come here.” He held out his hand and pulled Liam into his lap. “I’m sorry for pushing this marriage thing so hard.” He wrapped arms around him. “I want it but not enough to tear us apart trying to get it.”

“It’s my fault, too. I’m being a pain in the ass.”

He twitched a smile. “Stubborn is nothing new for you.”

“It’s not because I don’t want to be with you.”

“I know that.” He kissed Liam’s shoulder. “If I thought you planned to leave this would be a totally different conversation.” He looked up into Liam’s face, studying what he had already memorized. “I want to be with you for the rest of my life. You want to be with me for the rest of yours. That’s enough for now.”

“For now?” Liam cocked a challenging eyebrow.

“I’m not giving up on this.”

“I figured.”

“One day you’ll understand what I’m talking about and we’ll have a honeymoon so hot we’ll melt the sheets.”

Liam smiled. “If this is a ploy for hotter sex we can skip the ceremony and find some new tricks online. There must be a blog somewhere with decent ideas.”

“I’m sure there are several.”

Liam didn’t need any help being hot in bed. He had a great imagination, little inhibition, and thousands of hours of experience in porn. The only way things between them could get any hotter would be the first night he made love to his new husband, gold bands gleaming in the sunlight, and knew Liam was his.

Pages or Words: 63,000 words