AS I AM by Melissa Collins-Review and Release Blitz
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 25, 2018
Chase Hansen. Broke. College drop out. Male stripper.
My life wasn’t at all what I imagined it would be. I should have been finishing up college, interning with a well-respected business, partying with my friends. But instead, I was raising my seventeen year old brother, struggling to make ends meet. Love wasn’t even on my radar. Besides, what did I have to offer? A few crumpled singles pulled from my G-string? Defeated and exhausted, I knew I had zero chance of finding someone to love me just as I am.
Noah Carpenter. Angry. Betrayed. Doctor.
Just when I thought my life was going exactly as it should, everything turned upside down. With my final rotation in medical school complete, I finally achieved my lifelong dream of becoming a doctor. What I never expected was to catch the man of my dreams in our bed with the man of his. Beyond infuriated, I struggled to piece together the remnants of my life. Just when I’d decided to give up on love altogether, I found a man who loved me just as I am.
This is the extended version of the short story which originally appeared in the Drunk in Love Anthology.
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REVIEW: AS I AM by Melissa Collins is a stand alone, adult, contemporary, M/M erotic, romance story line focusing on twenty-three year old reluctant male stripper Chase Hansen, and twenty-eight year old ER doctor Noah Carpenter.
NOTE: AS I AM contains graphic scenes of M/M sexual situations and may not be suitable for all readers.
Originally released as a short story in the multi-authored Drunk in Love March 2017 anthology AS I AM follows the building relationship between reluctant male stripper Chase Hansen, and ER doctor Noah Carpenter. Several months earlier Chase Hansen, one semester from graduating business college, dropped out of school to raise his sixteen year old brother Benny, upon the death of his parents, in a motor vehicle accident. Needing a quick influx of money, Chase, and his best friend Gavin audition as male strippers, in the hopes of earning some much needed cash. What Chase never expected was to come face to face with his future; a potential one-night stand who ticks all of Chase’s boxes for a happily ever after. Enter Dr. Noah Carpenter, and the man with whom Chase will fall in love. What ensues is the building relationship between Noah and Chase, and the potential fall-out as Chase deems himself unworthy of Noah’s love.
The relationship between Noah and Chase is one of immediate attraction. Noah doesn’t usually frequent male strip clubs but he tagged along as his best friend celebrated her impending union. Chase had no aspirations as a male dancer but desperate times called for desperate measures including seducing the sexy newcomer to his late night parties. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
AS I AM is a story of family and loss; friendship and love; forgiveness, moving forward and a happily ever after. The premise is realistic and edgy; the romance is provocative and emotional; the characters are tragic, animated and energetic.
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Reviewed by Sandy
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Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it’s been a dream.
Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.
