Blog Tour Stop including Giveaway, Author Guest Post & Review - Master of No One by Tricia Owens ~ BFD Book Blog

Book Name: Master of No One

Series? Yes
If yes, what number? Book one

Release Date: February 24, 2015

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Author Name: Tricia Owens

Author Bio: Tricia has been writing m/m fiction since 2002 when she opened her fiction website JuxtaposeFantasy to great success. She later partnered to create Joyboy Island. After a decade of writing for the sites, Tricia decided business demands were distracting her from producing novels, so she closed the sites and now writes at her leisure. An avid traveler, Tricia has visited over 60 countries and tries to include aspects of her global experience in her books.

Tricia – talk more about your world travels and how they’ve influenced your writing, story ideas and characters, please.

I’ve always been an avid traveler. Before joining cruise ships I had already traveled to about 25 countries. Now, I’ve visited over 60. I’ve done some incredible things too, like climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and hike 103 miles through the Himalayas to Everest Base Camp. I’ve gone ice caving on Alaskan glaciers and ridden a bobsled in Norway. I’ve smoked shisha in Istanbul and walked 18 miles through the Amazon basin at night from Machu Piccu.

While I’m traveling I always keep in mind that the location could be used in a future book. In fact, at the moment I’m writing a horror novel set in the mountains of Bhutan, and I have an idea for another horror novel to be set in the hills of Norway. I’m not sure I could ever set a book somewhere close to where I live in the U.S. Not now that I have this repertoire of locations to use that can make the story far more interesting.

As well, I enjoy being able to add these locations to my books because I think you can tell when an author has visited a place versus looked it up on the internet. That extra touch of authenticity hopefully lends some authority to the rest of what I’m writing. Experiencing other cultures also helps me add nuances to the characters. Their personalities are richer, their interests are more diverse and I hope that makes for a more fulfulling romance by making them feel like real people.

I hope that after reading Master of No One people will want to visit Funchal, where the majority of the book is set. It’s one of my favorite places, yet relatively unknown to those outside of Europe.

Where to find the author:

Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Tricia-Owens/348774068467200

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JuxtaposeFantsy

Website: http://www.triciaowensbooks.com

Publisher: Loose ID

Cover Artist: Valerie Tibbs

Blurb(s):

Aleksander is short-tempered, antisocial and though he’s unaware of it, wildly sexy. He’s also a naturally dominant shape-shifting monster who’s sliding into madness. He needs a human ‘grounder’ to submit to him and draw forth his protective human side. Instead he is given two humans: Constance, a fledgling sub with a reckless streak whose intense desire to serve has brought her nothing but heartache, and Kirk, a former NYPD cop who’s trying to subdue his own alpha instincts and play submissive in order to fulfill a family debt.
But once these grounders meet their new master, they quickly discover that in order to save Aleksander from himself, they must alter their assigned roles and form a unique triad of domination and submission that goes against Aleksander’s very nature. Constance needs to convince Aleksander he can be gentle and protective, while Kirk wants to show him there is freedom in surrendering to another dominant. The task isn’t easy, though: Aleksander fights them every step of the way, and a conspiracy surfaces which not even a creature as powerful as Aleksander may be able to overcome.

Categories: BDSM, Bisexual, Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Menage/Poly, Mystery, Paranormal, Romance, Thriller, Urban Fantasy

Excerpt:

Aleksander huffed. “That’s right. You told Michel you’re my grounder. Interesting strategy putting yourself in an immediate position of inferiority against him.”

“Is it inferior? I got the impression a grounder is the only thing that’s going to keep you from falling apart.” Kirk smiled as the other male clenched his jaw. “Seems like a pretty important role, if you ask me.”

“And how do you expect to fulfill your role?”

Kirk idly adjusted the fit of his jeans, hoping Aleksander hadn’t noticed that they’d begun to grow tight in the crotch. Something about Aleksander got him going. Maybe it was the attitude, which seemed to be a prerequisite amongst chimera. It made Kirk want to take him down a peg and stand over him after he’d fallen.

Nothing like some homoerotic imagery there, he chided himself.

“I’m here to help,” he said.

Aleksander traced his tongue across his bottom lip. “As Constance ‘helps’?”

Kirk resisted the impulse to laugh and play it off. It would be a nervous tell and he wasn’t about to give Aleksander the satisfaction. “I was thinking more along the lines of being a friend who helps you let off steam. Physically.” When the chimera’s lips twitched, he quickly added, “I mean like boxing. Or sports. Whatever it is you do to keep in shape.” He motioned vaguely at the other male’s body. “Do you run, or workout or—”

“You couldn’t last with or against me, little human. You’re no use to me in that way.” Aleksander panned down Kirk’s body. “Though you’re fit and…large for your kind.” A crease appeared in his forehead and he resumed staring into his glass.

Fit and large? If you only knew, buddy.

Pages or Words: 74,000 words

Missy‘s review:

4 of 5 stars

This was a four star read for me. The main character, Aleksander, is a chimera, and poisoner of other chimeras gone rogue. I am a big paranormal fan and this was a treat for me…it wasn’t a vamp, angel or werewolf. Aleksander has two human “handlers”, Constance, a female submissive and Kirk, a bad ass dominant cop who was injured and relegated to desk duty. He takes on all that is Aleksander because his brother failed to fulfill his obligation as Aleksander’s handler. If Kirk doesn’t do this, his brother Leo (when found) will be killed.

Aleksander is not a nice guy. He’s bitter and sad, having to kill off old friends. Aleksander is also bit of a switch and the best parts of the book were when Kirk dominated him. Aleksander and Kirk’s scenes were full of emotion and sizzle. Kirk also dominated Constance, as did Aleksander, but the menage scenes were not as interesting as Aleksander and Kirk’s scenes without her.

The story fell a little flat sometimes, especially at the end when it just kind of trickled off. Glad to hear this is the first book in a series; otherwise that ending, which did not wrap up all loose ends, would have been a disappointment.