Blog Tour Stop including Excerpt, Author Interview & Giveaway – The Dilemma by Victoria Sue

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Author Name: Victoria Sue

Book Name: The Dilemma

Series: Sirius’s Wolves

Book: Five

Series should be read in order.

Release Date: April 7, 2016

Blurb:

Marcus has just become the only human ever to be Alpha of a werewolf pack and thwarted the plans of Anubis to destroy the goddess Sirius’ creation – the werewolves.

Now, Anubis has decided to focus his efforts instead on Marcus and his new pack, to try and destroy the pack from within. In order to do this, Anubis seeks the one thing Marcus wants above all else and when he finds it, will use that to get him to walk away from his lovers and the pack.

Unaware of the evil god’s plans, Marcus works together with Kellan and Ricoh, not only trying to help Nate recover from the vicious torture he has undergone at the hands of the terrorist group, The Winter Circle, but to also come to terms with leading a pack of over two thousand wolves.

Marcus soon will be faced with a dilemma, but will he give everything up for his mates and the pack or will the temptation Anubis offers him be too much for one human to refuse? Will Marcus put his wolves before himself or will he be tricked into leaving them behind forever?

Pages or Words: 50,000 words

Categories: Fiction, M/M Romance, Ménage/Poly, Wolf Shifters

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Excerpt:

Nate opened his eyes slowly and looked down. Kellan blinked as they both seemed to shimmer for a few seconds and then gaped as he stared at the white wolf now standing shoulder to shoulder with a black one.

Nate had shifted. Not only had he shifted into a beautiful wolf, his wolf was black. Nate was an Alpha.

“Does that mean what I think it does?” Marcus said quietly.

“I’ve never seen his wolf,” Ricoh said, awe coloring his words.

Then in another second, Nate had shifted back, and that was their second surprise. He was fully clothed. Kellan realized there had been no torn clothes on the floor, and as far as he knew Darric was the only wolf with that ability.

Nate stood. The wolf, Chris, was still close enough so Nate could burrow his hands in the thick white fur.

Marcus took a step forward and Nate lifted his head — and they all gasped. All hesitancy, all trace of fear, all the remnants of pain that Nate seemed to carry with him constantly — it all vanished as the man took a step and Marcus opened his arms for Nate to step into them.

The white wolf shook himself, casually licked a paw, and headed for one of the smaller meeting rooms. Conner followed him with some jeans he had been carrying. In seconds Chris and Conner were walking over to Marcus, Chris fully shifted back and clothed. Nate and Marcus stood quietly holding each other.

Blaze spoke up. “Unless it’s essential for you all to be here would you please give your Alphas some privacy?”

In seconds everyone had disappeared except for both Alpha groups and Chris. Blaze drew some chairs together and sat down. Aden chuckled, his arms full with a sleeping baby. “Well, you don’t see that every day.”

“Look,” Marcus said quietly, holding one of Nate’s scarred hands. The skin was smooth. Injury free, no burn marks, no missing nails.

Aden stared in astonishment. “That’s incredible. Shifting heals, but it doesn’t remove scars.” Darric dropped a hand on his leg. “I should know,” Aden whispered.

Kellan swallowed, guilt immediately swamping him. Kellan had lured Aden back to their old pack the last time when he got injured again.

Aden lifted his head and stared at Kellan. Then he smiled, and Kellan felt the guilt ease. He was grateful. He wasn’t sure he deserved it, but he was grateful.

“I have to ask,” Blaze said when they were all sitting down. Marcus and Nate were side by side, but Kellan had drawn Ricoh to him. Of them all, Ricoh seemed the most shocked. “I understand you were thrown out of your pack as a child. Was it because you are an Alpha?”

Nate sat a little taller. “I’m not an Alpha,” he said hesitantly.

“I can assure you,” Darric interrupted, “your wolf is black. Alpha marked. Besides which, I can feel your energy.” He paused and assessed him. “That’s new, isn’t it?”

“New?” Marcus asked.

“My wolf is gray,” Nate said hesitantly. He looked at Chris who was sitting quietly with Conner. “Did you do that? I felt an incredible amount of power when I touched you.”

Chris put his head to one side and laughed nervously. “I don’t think so. I just remember thinking you seemed hurt and that I had to help you.”

“I felt the Alpha power. I can sense it in you,” Darric said.

Nate turned his head and gazed at Darric. “I’m sorry. I know those are words often said with little meaning, but I—”

Darric reached over and clasped Nate’s hand. “The gods knew what they were doing. I think everything happened as it should.” Darric smiled. “I think you are an Alpha for a reason, and I think the gods have a purpose for you.”

Kellan gazed at everyone’s awed faces and knew that Darric was right. Even he could feel the steady thrum of Alpha power coming from Nate. What did that mean for their future?


Marcus stared in awe. He wasn’t totally sure what was happening here. “Are you saying that because Nathaniel has a black wolf, he’s an Alpha, and that his wolf has changed color?”

“There are different types of Alphas, Marcus. My wolf is silver,” Darric said.

“Stephen’s is golden brown, as is mine,” Conner said.

Marcus frowned. “Then why do you say black means Alpha-marked if an Alpha can be any color?”

Darric smiled. “Alpha-marked also means marked by gods.” He gestured at Blaze. “Blaze’s wolf is black. It’s usually an indication of leadership as well.”

Marcus gazed at Nate. “What does that mean for you?” Did that mean he should be running the pack? But Nate never left their rooms. He looked like he had a newfound confidence, but he was still curled into Marcus’ side as if he needed protection.

Nate looked at a complete loss. Aden spoke up. “I am not completely sure but I would hazard a guess that Sirius has a specific job for you to do,” he said quietly.

Marcus nearly shook his head in complete disbelief, but then he knew all the other incredible things that had happened, Darric being alive, the baby that Aden was cuddling. If they had happened, why was it such a leap to believe Nate had a higher purpose of some sort?

Marcus thought hard. Even as the other Alphas stood and congratulated Nate and fussed over Chris, he let the conversation swirl around him and he knew. Kellan was a strong werewolf. Ricoh had gotten a strength of purpose planning the new school and helping the kids he loved.

And Nate — his fragile boy, the one who Marcus had never been able to leave for long, because he needed him so much … Nate was an Alpha werewolf. If he wasn’t about to run a pack then he was destined to play some important role. God touched.

Marcus eased his arm away from Nate as Nate laughed at something Darric said. At the end of the day, Marcus was fooling himself. Nate healing had just taken away his reason for being here, and he was very much afraid none of them needed him now.

 

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Author Interview:

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Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Victoria Sue author of The Dilemma

Hi, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about your current book.

Hi, The Dilemma is the fifth book in the series Sirius Wolves. The pack is dealing with choosing a human for an Alpha, and Marcus, a combat vet and bilateral amputee is dealing with becoming one. I also threw in an evil Egyptian god and a terrorist organization to mix things up a little!

Q:  Where did your love of books/storytelling/reading/writing come from?

A:  My gran and my mom. My gran would read to me but I would follow along with the book and get to the end of the page before she did, and I would go read my mom’s romances all the time.

Q:  What were your goals when you started this book? Do you think you met them?

A:  Yes – this book was always going to be about developing the characters and the relationship of the four mates.

Q:  Have you ever co-written with someone before?

A:  Yes – I co-write the Supremacy of Wolves series with Shannon West. We are just writing the fifth book.

Q:  Tell us about your favorite character in a book (yours or someone else’s).

A:  In mine – it has to be Marcus. A human dealing with being an Alpha of over two thousand wolves. He has to suspend his belief system quite a few times but most of all not only has he to learn to love his mates, but he has to love himself and the damaged body he was left with after being in the Marines

An excerpt from The Dilemma:

A door banged and both Kellan and Nate turned. Nate dropped his hand. Marcus and Ricoh both walked in. Ricoh zeroed in on them straight away, and he saw him catch Marcus’ arm and say something. Marcus looked up in amazement.

Kellan stared into the deep brown eyes that seemed to call to him from the other side of the room. Fuck, but he loved that man so much. Marcus put a hand on the small of Ricoh’s back and Ricoh automatically slowed a fraction to walk at Marcus’ pace. Kellan inclined his head to one side and studied them as they both got nearer. Marcus was almost possessive. He’d looked like that when … Kellan leaned back and a smile tugged at his lips. He looked at Nate, but Nate was just gazing in rapt adoration at them both.

The nearer they got, the more Ricoh’s gaze lowered, until he was staring at the floor. Marcus walked confidently, but Ricoh must have just worked out that Kellan would know. His shifter sense of smell if nothing else; Ricoh reeked of sex. Kellan smiled, willing him to look up so he could see Kellan approved.

Nate jumped up when Marcus got nearer and Marcus sank to the nearest chair with his arms wrapped around him. “I hope you saved me some cake.” Marcus laughed.

Ricoh stepped over to another chair but Kellan wasn’t having that. He snatched his arm and Ricoh tumbled into the place Nate had left. Kellan inhaled slowly. The scent of sex lingered on Ricoh, even as Ricoh buried his head in Kellan’s neck.

Kellan rubbed his hands up Ricoh’s back. “Whatever you started, we are so going to finish when we get upstairs,” he whispered.

Ricoh lifted his head sharply and blushed crimson. Kellan understood. In a lot of ways Ricoh was far more insecure in their relationship than Nathaniel was. Nate was just taking everything at face value at the moment, but Ricoh needed more reassurance, and he’d been concerned that Kellan would be jealous. Kellan just wanted to strip the man there and then. His cock pushed against his zipper and Kellan pulled at his trouser leg.

“We could take all this upstairs,” Ricoh suggested.

“What a good idea,” Marcus chimed in and Kellan looked at him. Marcus was watching them both, and looked knowingly at Kellan.

Just at that moment the main door opened and a lot of people seemed to spill in. Kellan stiffened. They needed to get Nate upstairs — he could already see Darric’s silver hair. Marcus stood up, obviously thinking the same, and then two of the kids squealed and pushed past the adults to get inside as if they were running from something.

A white wolf bounded in, and Kellan’s heart dropped. He automatically reached out for Nate at the same time as Marcus. He dreaded to think what Nate’s reaction would be.

Then something odd happened. At the same time as they both saw that Nate noticed the wolf, Chris, the wolf, stopped and looked right at Nate.

Kellan turned to Nate and tugged his sleeve to move. Hell, he was ready to pick him up and run upstairs with him.

“No,” Marcus said quietly, and Kellan looked at him in astonishment. Nate would be terrified. He followed Marcus’ gaze to Nate and immediately stilled.

Nate was looking at the white wolf in amazement. Kellan saw the Alphas come into the café and saw Aden put an arm out to stop them just as he noticed Nate stand up. All talking stopped. No one moved as the white wolf padded slowly up to Nate. Ricoh shot Kellan a frantic look, but Marcus caught his hand also.

Nate stood in silence as the white wolf reached him. He closed his eyes as the wolf’s snout touched his leg, then moved, touching his waist, the small of his back, his other leg. The wolf nudged his muzzle under Nate’s hand, and Nate curled his fingers through the wolf’s coat. No one moved. No one dared breathe.

Nate opened his eyes slowly and looked down. Kellan blinked as they both seemed to shimmer for a few seconds and then gaped as he stared at the white wolf now standing shoulder to shoulder with a black one.

Nate had shifted. Not only had he shifted into a beautiful wolf, his wolf was black. Nate was an Alpha.

 

Meet the author:

10622885_852277911462483_889493718956753651_nVictoria Sue has loved books for as long as she can remember. Books were always what pocket money went on and what usually Father Christmas brought. When she ran out of her kids’ adventure stories, she would go raid her mom’s. By the age of eight she was devouring classics like Little Women, and fell in love with love stories.

She especially loves writing gay romance because as far as she’s concerned the only thing better than one hot guy, is two of them.

 

Where to find the author:

Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/victoriasueauthor/

Twitter: @vickysuewrites

 

 

Goodreads Link:

Publisher: Dark Hollows Press

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Cover Artist: 3 rusted spoons

 

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Tour Dates & Stops:

11-Apr: BFD Book Blog, Bonkers About Books, My Fiction Nook, Outrageous Heroes, Jessie G. Books

12-Apr: MM Good Book Reviews, Hearts on Fire, Alpha Book Club, Full Moon Dreaming, Love Bytes

13-Apr: Oh My Shelves, Happily Ever Chapter, Mikky’s World of Books, Joyfully Jay, The Blogger Girls

14-Apr: Elisa – My Reviews and Ramblings, Book Lovers 4Ever, Inked Rainbow Reads, Velvet Panic,

A.M. Leibowitz, Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words

15-Apr: Bayou Book Junkie, Unquietly Me, Caraway Carter, Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews, Molly Lolly

 

 

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2 Responses to Blog Tour Stop including Excerpt, Author Interview & Giveaway – The Dilemma by Victoria Sue

  1. H.B. says:

    Congrats on the new addition to the series. It sounds great and I’ve added the series to my wishlist. Thank you for the interview and giveaway chance!

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