Book Tour: Finding His Fantasy by Deanna Wadsworth

Author: Deanna Wadsworth

Title: Finding His Fantasy

Series: 1Night Stand (Book can be read as a standalone; please note: Many authors have contributed to this series. Finding His Fantasy is Deanna’s fourth addition.)

Release Date: February 9, 2016

Pages or Words: 32,000 words

Categories: Contemporary, M/M Romance, Romance, Interracial, Mature

Goodreads Link: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4264579.Deanna_Wadsworth

Publisher: Decadent Publishing

Cover Artist: Tibbs Designs

Forty-eight year old art gallery owner Paul Strait loves the nightlife—wild parties, stiff cocktails, and even stiffer men! But his decadent lifestyle has grown lonely and now he’s looking for love. Some days it seems that what he wants must be a fantasy. Hoping that the perfect guy is out there he enlists the help of Madame Eve.

After all, a fantasy service like 1Night Stand should be able to deliver his fantasy man, right?

Josef Debrossé runs an exotic gay bar in the Caribbean known only to locals and select tourists. The many patrons coming in and out of his bar ensure Josef never has a shortage of lovers but he’s grown tired of being just a vacation fling.

Josef wants to be another man’s lover and partner, not a mere souvenir from the islands.

Lost in a dance of lust and allure, both men are thrilled with Madame Eve’s choice for them and feel an intense connection the moment they meet. Flirting over drinks quickly leads to the bedroom. But after their fiery lust has been quenched, the night goes from fantasy to reality without warning. Secrets and frightening pasts threaten to shatter the magical illusion of their perfect date.

Will this budding romance survive in the face of reality?

“I am Josef Debrossé.” He had yet to release Paul’s hand—not that he had any complaints— and his blood warmed from touching a total stranger he’d paid to meet.

He let out a breathless chuckle, not surprised he’d been holding his breath.

“Paul Strait,” he replied, caught up in something…giddiness? Excitement? Sexual tension? He wasn’t sure, but he felt like a silly girl swooning on her first date. Almost as an afterthought, he added his signature tagline, “And I’m anything but.”

A rich resonant laughter danced around them, weaving a spell and capturing Paul inside it until he didn’t even know which way was up or down.

“C’est bon, Paul Strait,” he said, those hypnotic eyes sparkling.

When Josef released him, he had to resist the urge to take the man’s hand back and never let go, fearing he might disappear. Instead, he downed the rest of his champagne, scolding himself for being so ridiculous. He nodded toward the bar where plenty of stools sat open. “Can I buy you a drink?”

At the resort, everything was included, but it seemed like the most logical thing to say. Much classier than, “Are you wearing underwear?”

Deanna Wadsworth might be a bestselling erotica author, but she leads a pretty vanilla life in Ohio with her wonderful husband and a couple adorable cocker spaniels. She has been spinning tales and penning stories since childhood, and her first erotic novella was published in 2010. She has served multiple board positions at her local RWA chapter and with Rainbow Romance Writers of America. When she isn’t writing books or brainstorming with friends, you can find her making people gorgeous in a beauty salon. She loves music and dancing, and can often be seen hanging out on the sandbar in the muddy Maumee River or chilling with her hubby and a cocktail in their basement bar. In between all that fun, Deanna cherishes the quiet times when she can let her wildly active imagination have the full run of her mind. Her fascination with people and the interworkings of their relationships have always inspired her to write romance with spice and love without boundaries.

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Today I’m welcoming Deanna Wadsworth to chat about writing, life, and their current project. Welcome! Let’s talk a little about Writing With Friends.

In 2011, a dear friend of mine Wendy Burke and I decided to write a couple stories with connected characters for Decadent Publishing’s 1Night Stand series. If you’re not familiar with the series—and why aren’t you? LOL—a mysterious woman named Madame Eve runs a fantasy dating service called 1Night Stand. Sort of like Mr. Roarke from Fantasy Island, Madame Eve knows more than she should and has an almost magical ability to pair her couples up to find love.

Wendy and I first began with my twink/bear story BEAR IT ALL and my hero John. He had a sister named Grace, and Wendy “stole” her to write her tear-jerking m/f book THE ONE HE CHOSE. Now when Grace had her 1Night Stand encounter, there was a perfectly polished butler attending to her every need named Martin. Sooo I “stole” Martin for my next gay romance ACCIDENTALLY BEAUTIFUL, a sweet D/s story.

Are you beginning to see where I’m going with this?

Well it’s been four years, and we now have TEN stories that are loosely connected. Readers have even wondered if we were the same person writing under different names, LOL, Well, I can assure you we are two different ladies. M latest book FINDING HIS FANTASY is number eight in our series. Nine and ten will be out this spring. You can find the reading order here on my website: http://deannawadsworth.com/archives/504

Now why do we do this? Well, it’s more than just a marketing tool.

It’s loads of fun!

Taking a character that a friend created and making them yours is an interesting writing exercise too. It forces you to think outside of the box, and you know you always have someone who wants nothing more than to talk about their character with you. It’s cool what both authors learn in the process.

For instance, when Wendy wrote Martin in THE ONE HE CHOSE she didn’t know that Martin’s obsessive attention to detail and service hid his submissive nature. And neither did I, for that matter. I just had this interesting, fussy guy that needed to find love. Would ACCIDENTALLY BEAUTIFUL have been the same book if Wendy hadn’t created Martin first?

Probably not.

Josef—the gorgeous guy with the wild hair on the FINDING HIS FANTASY book cover—made his first appearance in ACCIDENTALLY BEAUTIFUL as the owner of an exotic gay bar where Martin pleases his new Dom, Garret, with a very hot, very PUBLIC blowjob. Josef was my character from the beginning, but my flamboyant 48 year old art gallery owner, Paul—the blond on the cover— was from Wendy’s Christmas book WISE MEN SAY. I had a lot of fun making him my own, and trying to find a serious side to the guy.

And, in a nutshell, that’s why we do it. It’s fun getting to learn these people someone else created. I hope you all enjoy both Paul and Josef in FINDING HIS FANTASY.