Interview and Giveaway: No Fear by Nora Phoenix

Lisa: Welcome to author Nora Phoenix and the blog tour for her newest release, No Fear, book three in the No Shame series. Hi, Nora, thanks so much for stopping by to chat. Let’s start with a question about the book. What’s your favorite scene in No Fear, and what makes it a fave?

Nora: I think my favorite scene is the shooting near the end, because it shows a completely different side to one of the main characters in the series. I won’t spoil it, but he has this confidence here and does this self-sacrificing, kick-ass thing for his friend that’s beyond epic. He’s rising above himself, and I love that readers get to see that side of him.

Lisa: If you could spend some real-life time with one of the characters in the book, who would you choose and why?

Nora: I think I’d have to choose Indy, the main character in the entire series. I admire his strength and his big heart. He’s been through hell and back, yet he’s maintained his faith in people and his belief in love. I’d like to know from him how he does it, how he manages to get past his trauma and forgive those that need forgiveness.

Lisa: Let’s take off your author cap and put on your reader cap for a moment: what do you look for in a book, what sort of protagonists do you love, and do you have a favorite genre/sub-genre?

Nora: I read a lot, like many authors, both fiction and non-fiction. Right now, my fiction reading is pretty much all MM romances, simply because I’m so in love with this genre. Within that genre, I’ll read pretty much anything, as long as it has a happy end. Cliffhangers are fine, but I need everyone to get together in the end. Strong, active characters are a must for me, and personally, I love a solid dose of kink. Some of my favorite tropes are May/December, friends to lovers, hurt/comfort, and the alpha/omega stuff.

Lisa: What’s the one genre/sub-genre you haven’t written yet, but would love to? What’s kept you from it so far?

Nora: Someday, I want to write a full-fledged BDSM MM romance. I love reading them, but in this series, I’ve kept the ‘kink’ light, because I know not everyone appreciated it. In the future, I definitely want to dive deeper into that.

Lisa: If you won the lottery, what’s the first completely self-indulgent thing you’d do?

Nora: The first thing I’d do was hire a cleaning lady, ‘cause I hate that stuff, lol. Other than that, I’d probably buy myself some really good chocolate, buy a new car, and send myself on a vacation to one of the countries on my bucket list, like Australia and New Zealand.

Lisa: If James Corden invited you to Carpool Karaoke, what song(s) would you sing with him?

Nora: OMG, eighties music all the way! Seriously, I grew up in the eighties and my best memories are of those songs. I’d do an epic eighties hits-carpool with him…not that I can sing, but who cares.

Lisa: Excellent answers! Thanks again for dropping in, Nora. It’s been fun!

About the Book

Title: No Fear
Series: No Shame Series Book 3
Author: Nora Phoenix
Release Date: December 27, 2017
Cover Design: Sloan Johnson/Sloan J Design
Buy Link: AMAZON
Blurb: Aaron is drowning. After coming out as gay, he lost his parents’ approval, his job, and his sense of identity. He feels like a freak who doesn’t fit in anywhere. His last hope was his brother Josh, but Josh can’t seem to forgive him for how Aaron treated him when they were teens. Not that Aaron can blame him, because he did treat Josh like crap.

All Aaron wants is for someone to accept him, guide him, because he doesn’t have a clue. When sexy jiujitsu teacher Blake takes him in and starts mentoring him, Aaron has hope for the first time, even though he can’t understand what Blake sees in him.

Blake doesn’t do relationships. At all. He’s more than willing to help Aaron find solid ground under his feet, but that’s it. Until insecure, vulnerable, and surprisingly sexy Aaron gets under his skin, triggering all kinds of protective instincts that make Blake long for more. He wants to take care of Aaron, give him what he needs, but how can he convince Aaron of that?

When Josh’s friend-with-benefits Indy’s past finally catches up with him, it endangers them all—and leads to heartbreaking decisions for everyone involved.

No Fear is a steamy M/M romance that ends with a HFN for Aaron and Blake, but has a continuing storyline as well. It’s the third book in the No Shame Series, and is not a stand alone novel, so make sure to read the first book (No Filter) and the second book (No Limits) first. It contains hot sex, a little kink, more hot sex, very mild puppy play, and a beautiful friendship-with-benefits that transcends labels. Also: trigger warning for mentions of sexual abuse.

About the Series

Make sure to read the previous two books first, as No Fear is not a stand alone

Book 1 (No Filter) || Book 2 (No Limits) || Book 4 (No Shame) will be released on Jan. 26th

Tour Excerpt

“You can start with plain vanilla sex, work your way up to the kinky stuff,” Blake said with a laugh.

“You make it sound boring,” Aaron complained.

Blake sobered. “No, and I’m sorry for teasing you a bit. You set the pace, Aaron. If you’re not ready for sex, you wait. If you are, you find someone who will respect you enough to take it slow, okay?”

Aaron reached out for his hand and held it tight. “Will you do it?” he asked.

Blake’s heart jumped in his chest. Was Aaron asking what he thought he was? “What do you mean?” He needed to be certain.

“I want you to be my first.”

He looked so cute and pretty and sexy, still in that gorgeous top and the tight jeans. But his words were cute and pretty, too, like a schoolgirl on prom night. Blake needed to manage expectations. “Aaron, I don’t do relationships. I like you, I really do, but don’t read more into this. I don’t date or hold hands or do romantic dinners.”

“That’s okay. I don’t need that. What I need is a safe place to gain some experience. You said it yourself, I need someone who respects me enough to take it slow. I want my first time to be good. I trust you. Please, Blake?”

Blake couldn’t help himself. He pulled Aaron close and brought their mouths together. At first, Aaron kept his mouth closed. Blake increased the pressure, licked his lips and pushed with his tongue until Aaron let him in. He angled his head a bit more, dove in deep. Aaron’s movements were slow, insecure, but he wound his arms around Blake’s neck and held on.

His mouth was sweet, hot. Blake tasted the peppermint Aaron so often suckled on, those white-and-red-striped ones. He teased Aaron’s tongue with his, until it responded, until they were doing a slick dance of push and pull. He was a fast learner, copying Blake’s moves at first, then coming up with a few of his own.

He was everything Blake usually avoided. Inexperienced, vulnerable, insecure. Yet kissing him did something to Blake’s body that he didn’t recognize. It triggered a hunger in him, a fierce need to possess, to own.

His hands lowered till they reached Aaron’s ass. He put one hand on each butt cheek, pulled Aaron close to him and ground his hips into him. The kid was hard again, and he himself had barely been soft since they had gotten into the dressing room. What was Aaron doing to him?

He broke off the kiss, swore softly at the sight of Aaron’s dazed look, his swollen lips. Fuck, Blake didn’t want to stop, not even close. He kissed him once more, the gentlest of kisses. “Not here. Not now.”

Aaron blinked. “But you’ll do it?”

“Tomorrow. I want you to have time to think about this, sleep on it. If tomorrow in the cold light of day you decide this is what you want, I’m your man.”

About the Author

When she was a little tot, Nora’s mom got a library subscription for her. That, as they say, was that, and a lifelong love for books was born. Nora never stopped reading and doesn’t exaggerate when she says she devours books, rather than plain reads them. She started writing stories as soon as she could hold a pen, and wrote her first full book as a teen (on a typewriter!). It took her waaaay too long to follow her dream to become a romance author.

Nora writes M/M romance, because hello, sexy boys, and likes her men flawed, strong, and a tad broken. She appreciates a little kink, but insists on a happy ever after.

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