Book Tour: Tangling with Bears by Lisa Oliver

Author: Lisa Oliver

Title: Tangling With Bears

Series: The Cloverleah Pack

Book: Eight (Can be read as a standalone)

Release Date: March, 2016

Length: 89,621 words

Categories: Erotica, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Ménage/Poly, Paranormal, Romance, Shifters (Wolf and Bear)

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29636864-tangling-with-bears

Publisher: Oliver Group Publications

Cover Artist: Lisa Oliver

Tobias tells himself he’s having fun. He has a great life as a beta in the Cloverleah Pack, and while danger still threatens the pack, he has his friend’s wedding to look forward to, and the pleasures that come from hookups in random places. He’d like to meet his mate, just so he’s not the odd one out in the inner circle, but it’s not something he’s expecting anytime soon. So when a hookup just before the wedding leaves Tobias with a permanent scar, he wonders where the heck his life went wrong. Especially when the man responsible for the wicked set of tooth marks, disappeared after the deed was done, to ring a man called Kurt.

Kurt and Luke have been mated for three years. As bear shifters, Kurt has known from puberty that he will have two mates and once he’d claimed Luke, his mama warned him to be on the look out for a human female. So when Luke rings him and lets him know he might have accidentally on purpose bitten a wolf shifter, from some town they’d never heard of, Kurt heads to Cloverleah to sort out the mess.

Sorting out their mating is just one of the things the three men have to contend with. A magic user has stepped up his game and nowhere on pack lands seems safe. When Tobias gets taken, Kurt and Luke are helpless to do anything about it. It’s going to take the power of the pack before life will be safe again, for any of them.

Warning: Contains scenes of M/M and M/M/M sex. It also contains a special kind of bear, his grumpy mate, and a wolf that just wants to be loved. HEA and no cheating guaranteed.

While this book can be read as standalone, you will understand more about the secondary characters in the book, if you have read the others in the series.

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“I’m too sexy for my shirt…” Kurt’s ring tone. Luke could hear the tinny tune, but it seemed like the sound was coming from outside. Leaping out of the truck, he glared at the trash can, now filled with his rubbish, before tipping the thing upside down, flailing his arms through the boxes and papers. There, on the ground. Thank the Fates. Luke sank his butt to the ground, tapping madly on the screen.

“Kurt, oh my god, Kurt….”

“Little bear, is everything okay? I sensed your distress. Are you hurt? Where are you?”

Luke breathed a sigh of relief, Kurt’s deep voice making the world seem like a more manageable place again. “I’m just outside of a tiny town, Cloverleah, I think it’s called. But Kurt, I found him, at least I think it was him, because I got hard, and he felt so good, and I just wanted to rub all over his sexy body, and when he came…”

“Luke. Stop. Focus.”

Focus. Kurt was right. Luke knew he had a tendency to run on about things.

“I’m sorry,” he said in a small voice.

“I’m not angry, little bear,” and Luke could tell that he wasn’t. Kurt never got angry with him, even that time when he thought he could microwave an entire jar full of honey so it would soften, and forgot that the jar had a metal lid.

“Now start again, from the beginning. You met someone who made your cock hard?”

Luke took in a deep breath, his cock hardening again. “Yes.”

“And then what happened?”

“He was in the shower, here at the truck stop. He was fondling his pretty cock, and his body was slim but muscled and the water was just streaming down, and my cock was so hard I thought it would burst out of my pants, so I took them off, because it hurt, you know. And I don’t think he heard me, but I just had to grab him, and then…”

“Breathe little bear.” Yeah, that probably would be a good idea. Luke took in a deep breath and let it out slowly.

“That’s good, babe, now, I presume you got in the shower with him.”

“Yes, but I took my clothes off first.” Luke remembered that Kurt wouldn’t like the idea of him wandering around wearing wet clothes. He did tend to forget things like that sometimes, especially if the salmon were running.

“That’s good, so then what happened? You grabbed him. Did you frighten him?”

“No!” Luke stared at the phone, wishing Kurt could see his face. He never intentionally frightened anyone, except that one time, and that was the night Kurt came and saved him…

“Don’t let your mind wander.” Kurt knew him so well.

“I didn’t frighten him, he leaned on me, and he let me play with him, and his cock just fit in my hand, and he smelled so good, like honey and chocolate all melted together even with the bleach stink, and I couldn’t help myself, his ass was right there…”

“He let you have sex with him?”

“I didn’t want to do that without you there. I just rubbed on him lots, and with the water and the smell, and when his cock spurted out…”

“I get the picture, little bear and it’s all right.”

“So he must be our mate, right?” Kurt wasn’t upset with him, that was the main thing.

“You would’ve gotten sick, and you definitely wouldn’t get a hard on with anyone else but our mate – I’ve told you that before. So yes, the man is our mate. Unexpected, but there’s no other explanation.” Kurt sounded so confident and Luke sighed and smiled, even though he knew Kurt couldn’t see him. Kurt knew about so much, and he would make sure everything was okay.

“Where is the man now and what’s his name?”

Oops. “I don’t know what his name is,” Luke yelled as he leaped up, leaving the rubbish on the ground, and his truck unlocked. “I left him in the bathroom.” Shit, had he been too long, was the sexy man still there? Maybe the wolf had got upset with him. He pounded towards the bathroom and flung open the door, but of course the room was empty, nothing but a towel tossed on the floor to indicate the room had even been used.

Lisa Oliver had been writing non-fiction books for years when visions of half dressed, buff men started invading her dreams. Unable to resist the lure of her stories, Lisa decided to switch to fiction books, and now stories about her men clamor to get out from under her fingertips.

When Lisa is not writing, she is usually reading with a cup of tea always at hand. Her grown children and grandchildren sometimes try and pry her away from the computer and have found that the best way to do it, is to promise her chocolate. Lisa will do anything for chocolate.

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Today I’m chatting with Lisa Oliver about writing, life, and their current project. Welcome! Let’s talk a little about Tangling with Bears.

What inspired you to write this story?

Hi there. TWB is the 8^th book in the Cloverleah Pack series, although it can be read as standalone. Tobias, the wolf in the story, has been with the pack a little while and he needed his story. Because of his background I decided to give him two mates, two wonderful bears – Kurt and Luke, and the whole thing sprung from there. My stories are always character rather than plot driven.

Is there a character you feel especially connected to? Why?

Luke – he came across different to how I first pictured him. He’s a bear shifter, and really big in his animal form. But his human form has a cross between ADHD and Aspergers. What I was thrilled about with him is he bubbled across the page and from the feedback I’ve been getting my readers love him as much as I do. It’s impossible not to love Luke.

What was the hardest part of writing this?

Getting the story to end, lol. I could have done a whole lot more with these three men, but after I hit the 250 page mark, I knew it was time to say goodbye. A couple of my readers have suggested I write some short stories (which I have free on my website) so they can see another glimpse of this lovely threesome.

Choose a favorite line or short passage. What do you like about it?

“Now take it slow for your first time, just a tiny flick of your wrist. Shuffle the pancake to the edge of the pan, make sure it’s not sticking, and then, flick.” Luke flicked and the pancake flipped straight onto the floor. Tobias grinned and simply said, “Oh darn, one for the birds.”

I loved this scene because it was Tobias’s first morning with his two bears. The simple idea of helping Luke make pancakes showed how caring he was going to be, and patient. With Luke both things were necessary.

Tell us a little about any upcoming projects.

I always have a lot on the go. Undesirable Mate, my 6^th and last book in the Bound and Bonded series, has just come out and I’m currently working on a new Alpha and Omega story, Harder in Heels, plus the sequel to Uncaged, which is the series I am writing based on my son’s ideas. Mace’s story from Stockton Wolves is also in the pipeline and of course Adair and Vassago (from Cloverleah) are also getting pretty demanding about their story, so I have a lot to do.

Who do you write for (your audience or who you hope to reach)?

I write purely for entertainment purposes – I guess I write the books I love to read. My readers are really supportive and I love them all, but honestly my books would still be written even if no one read them. My characters speak to me, in fact they don’t leave me alone until their story is told, so you see, in a way, they hold me hostage.

What do you wish people knew about your books or characters?

That simply because they’re M/M, they are not porn. Yes, my men have sex, some more often than not, but the key behind my books is that even with the true mate trope, lust does not equal love, and that to find love you have to take a journey. My books are about my characters going on that journey.

Are there any common themes you see in your work?

Not themes so much as ideas. All of my books are true mate based. None of them have any cheating in them and none of my characters have drug or alcohol abuse issues. In my own head I have no problem believing in insta-lust, but for me love takes work, and all of my characters have to grow and develop as people to become a solid “in love” couple. I am also very insistent on all of my books ending in HEA and no cliffhangers. Although all of my books are in one series or another, they are also written as standalone.

Word Sprints!

Plotter or pantser? Pantser
Coffee or tea? Tea
Cats or dogs? Dog
What’s your favorite food? Chocolate
Do you have any body art? I love tattoos and got my first one when I was 48. I now have 4 and two more planned.