Blog Tour & Scavenger Hunt! Beneath the Layers Anthology

Posted on April 21, 2017April 22, 2019 by Addison Albright Leave a comment

Beneath the Layers, a NineStar Press Anthology. Eight stories of men who like a little satin and lace.

p style=”text-align:center;”>A Linebacker in Lace by Caitlin Ricci
This ex-linebacker is impossible for his friend to resist.

p style=”text-align:center;”>Satin Secrets by CL Mustafic
Sometimes secrets are better when they’re shared.

p style=”text-align:center;”>Backwards and in High Heels by Elizabeth Coldwell
Tonight he has the chance to live out his dream.

p style=”text-align:center;”>Angels in Delaware by Sita Bethel
When one finds two partners, it helps to dress for the occasion.

p style=”text-align:center;”>All That Entails by E.M. Hamill
A gender-fluid prince with a penchant for gowns finds his unlikely match in an arranged marriage.

p style=”text-align:center;”>After the Dance by Sydney Blackburn
Sometimes happily ever after requires a pretty frock.

p style=”text-align:center;”>A Secret Shared by C.A. Blocke
One sweet secret shared—and a spicy one returned.

p style=”text-align:center;”>Ruffle My Feathers by Asta Idonea
Sometimes love can be found behind a feather boa.

RELEASE DATE: April 17th

Beneath the Layers is our first multi-author anthology and to celebrate, we decided to do something a little different for its release. A scavenger hunt!

An excerpt from each one of the stories in the anthology will be posted at each blog stop along the tour.

The questions for the hunt are listed below and the answers to the questions will be provided in the blog posts. Be sure to visit each stop on the tour to gather all the answers for a chance to win a $15.00 gift code for NineStar Press site!

Once you have all the answers, send them in an email to Raevyn@ninestarpress.com. Make sure BtL Hunt is in the subject line.

p style=”text-align:center;”>Two winners will be randomly chosen from readers who email the correct answers by May 1st, 2017

Look for the answers to these questions at each of the blog stops.

What color were the first panties Arliss showed Brent?

What was Gavin wearing under the sweatshirt?

Why was Oliver seeing Mia?

What did the perfume Delaware smell like?

What costume did Darian wear?

What did Frances long to do?

What did Tommy shave?

What is Barrett’s stage name?

Which author’s answer surprised you?

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A Linebacker in Lace by Caitlin Ricci

Brent likes wearing lace underwear, but it’s not something he plans to reveal, and he never thought he’d meet a guy who shared his kink. So when Arliss approaches him at a bar and mentions he can see lace underwear peeking out from his waistband, Brent is embarrassed—until he finds out Arliss has got a thing for guys in lace.

Satin Secrets by CL Mustafic

When Dr. Gavin Addison answers his doorbell, instead of the delivery guy he expected, he gets Officer Lex Turner, who takes Gavin’s invitation to step in out of the cold a little too far. Before he leaves though, he investigates the satin lace peeking out between Gavin’s shirt and pants. Will what he finds be the only secret revealed?

Backwards and in High Heels by Elizabeth Coldwell

Dancing cheek-to-cheek with his lover while wearing a beautiful gown has always been Billie’s dream. But how can he persuade a sympathetic teacher that he needs to learn how to dance backwards—like a woman—so he can make that fantasy come true?

Angels in Delaware by Sita Bethel

Stranded at a nightclub, Beau thought he’d have a long, solitary walk home. He never expected to meet two gorgeous strangers willing to give him a different kind of ride instead.

All That Entails by E.M. Hamill

Prince Darian is prepared to set aside his scandalous preference for gowns and take a wife to benefit his royal brother’s treasury. Henry is resigned to the fate his outward sex dictates and determined to follow through with an arranged marriage to the prince, rather than risk his father’s threat of an asylum. But he will enter this union with the truth known—or not at all.

In each other, they find unlikely kindred spirits and realize they may finally get the acceptance for which they’ve always longed.

After the Dance by Sydney Blackburn

Mechanic Frank Dixon knows his unrequited love for the boss’s son, Charles Quinn, is an impossible dream, even after he and Charles work together on a special project and become friends. When Charles confides his parents are going to force him to choose a bride during an old-fashioned ball, Frank’s roommate uses his influence to help Frank fulfill his wish to attend the ball in a pretty frock. But after the dance, will his heart be broken, or will all his dreams come true?

A Secret Shared by C.A. Blocke

When Michael told Tommy of his nerdy secret life as a Dungeon Master, after a few months of casual dating that seemed to be heading for serious territory, he didn’t expect anything in return. He certainly didn’t expect his new boyfriend to join him for a game session, and he definitely didn’t anticipate Tommy divulging his desire to dress up en femme. Thankfully, the surprise comes out well—for both of them.

Ruffle My Feathers by Asta Idonea

Barrett leads a double life—builder by day and drag act by night. Having successfully kept this from his colleagues, he’s stunned when he spots his boss, Keith, at a performance. Unlike Barrett, Keith is still completely in the closet. And though he promises not to reveal Barrett’s secret, the sight of Barrett in dress and feather boa awakes hidden desires, and he may not be able to keep them at bay.

* What Did They Say? *

We asked each of the authors in Beneath the Layers the following question: What was one of the most surprising things you learned while writing your books? See what they had to say below!

A Linebacker in Lace by Caitlin Ricci

How much of myself comes through, even when I don’t want to reveal that part of me or my past.

Satin Secrets by CL Mustafic

That my characters have a mind of their own. I seriously can spend hours arguing with one of them over something I want them to do and they refuse and do something else. It’s a bit scary having so many other people living in your head.

Backwards and in High Heels by Elizabeth Coldwell

That in Dutch cemeteries, your family only owns a burial plot for a certain amount of time. Then your bones are disinterred and the plot is given to someone else, which is not what happens in the UK.

Angels in Delaware by Sita Bethel

That baseball bats would make horrible weapons against zombies- video games lied to me.

All That Entails by E.M. Hamill

That I can finish a full length novel. For too long, I’d only written short stories and fragments. I now have finished four novel-length projects.

After the Dance by Sydney Blackburn

I’m a romance writer. No, seriously, I thought I was a sci-fi writer, but oops. Nope. Surprise!

A Secret Shared by C.A. Blocke

The characters as I conceive them are rarely as they are by the end of a story. My stories are all predominantly character driven and between secrets they didn’t “tell” me and growth made over the course of the story, they never seem to end where I pictured they would when I started.

Ruffle My Feathers by Asta Idonea

How much time needs to go into promotion. Seriously, writing the book is the easy part! I still struggle to think up ways to get my name and works out there in such a big market.