by Jaime Samms
Pike is drawn to Eddie’s dominant nature despite the sadness clinging to the actor. Eddie let one lover down, but in Pike’s submissiveness, he sees the possibility for redemption.
Beauty is only skin deep, but some marks—and what they represent—are impossible to escape.
Eric resents his comfortable college life and the restrictions his family’s expectations put on him. Dwayne, his best friend Angel’s cousin, is a pierced and tattooed ex-con trying to rebuild his life. Eric sees only the tattoos and the way Dwayne’s upbringing have dictated his future. It takes a surprising revelation from Angel to force Eric to see past Dwayne’s defenses to the generous heart beneath and to realize it’s time for him to break free of his own instilled beliefs. The men can’t keep apart, and they gradually learn that everything they thought they knew about each other might be wrong.
Opposites attract as two men from very different backgrounds move from enemies to lovers in a story of understanding, compassion, and redemption.
Dance, Love, Live: Book One
Dusty has finally landed a job he thinks he’ll be able to keep long-term, even with his broken brain and bum knee. He didn’t anticipate that cleaning a dance studio would reawaken his yearning to dance—even though he is no longer capable—or that meeting the studio’s director would rouse his dormant libido. Or his sleeping heart.
Conrad thinks his life is finally complete with his successful dance studio and a steady stream of students. When Dusty arrives, he rediscovers his thirst for a man who will let him hand over control and give him the undivided attention he’s never had. The trouble is, Dusty isn’t sure he’s worthy of the studio director’s submission.
To make their relationship work, Dusty will have to trust his ability to dominate the powerful and beautiful dancer, and Conrad will have to stop talking long enough to hear Dusty’s promises.
Dance, Love, Live: Book Two
About to lose the only thing he ever loved, Adam Pittaluga is at a crossroads in a dancing career that has hardly begun. He has always wanted to be a ballet dancer, but now that it’s impossible, he turns to Peridot for comfort. Peridot has been rebuilding his life after losing his ability to dance professionally, his marriage, and very nearly his daughter. He has a lot of reasons to be leery of starting something new, especially with a man as young as Adam.
Adam and Peridot have to believe that starting again can lead to love and success and that sometimes, the strength needed to love like you’ve never been hurt can be borrowed from unexpected places for a while. But ultimately, they must find it inside themselves to be each other’s happy ending.
Dance, Love, Live: Book Three
Cobalt Winslow lost two loves when his ex-boyfriend, Calvin Denvers, infected him with HIV, taking his health and his place as principal danseur in their New York ballet company when Cobalt became too weak. Now dealing with the aftermath as best he can, Cobalt teaches dance in Toronto with the support of his oldest friends, Conrad and Peridot. The one bright spot in his life is Malory Preston, his brother’s driver and a man who is always there when Cobalt needs him. Kind and attentive, Preston embodies everything Calvin lacks, but Cobalt can’t let go of his unhealthy, long-distance relationship with his ex.
Calvin brings a messy and violent end to their affair, but offers a chance for Cobalt to return to New York—as Calvin's understudy—just when he's on the verge of a real and lasting relationship with Preston. Now Cobalt faces a choice between two loves: dancing and Preston. Preston must show Cobalt that he has the power and support to make the life he wants and deserves, no matter what he decides.
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Like Heaven on Earth
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“Author Jaime Samms used every page in this novel to take us more deeply into the hearts and minds of the characters.”
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Like You’ve Never Been Hurt
“Jaime Samms has a way of writing broken, complicated men that is unlike any other author.”
—Diverse Reader
“This is an intriguing story about passion, broken dreams, and the wonders of family and friendship.”
—Three Books Over the Rainbow
Like No One Is Watching
“A beautiful story about impossible odds, and the importance of dancing like no one is watching.”
—Rainbow Book Reviews
“…this is a beautiful romance. Jaime Samms creates a wonderful sense of place and two very captivating men.”
—Inked Rainbow Reviews
JAIME SAMMS has been published since the fall of 2008, although she’s been writing for herself far longer. Often asked what’s so fascinating about stories where men fall in love with other men, she’s never come up with a clear answer. Just that these are the stories that she loves to read, so it seemed to make sense if she was going to write, they would also be the stories she wrote.
These days, you can find plenty of free reading on her website in addition to her stories scattered across several publishers.
Spare time—when it can be found rolled into a ball at the back of the dryer or cavorting with the dust bunnies in the corners—she’s probably spending time crocheting, drawing, gardening (weather permitting, of course, since she is Canadian!), or watching movies. She has a day job, as well, which she loves, and two kids, but thankfully, also a wonderful husband who keeps her fed and caffeinated.
She graduated some time ago from college with a Fine Arts diploma and a major in textile arts, which basically qualifies her to draw pictures and create things with string and fabric. One always needs an official slip of paper to fall back on, after all….
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By Jaime Samms
Better
Bound to Fall
The Foster Family
Grand Adventures (Dreamspinner Anthology)
My Rugby-playing Twink
New Linen
Not As Easy As It Looks
Patchwork Heaven
Paying the Piper
Permanent Ink
Renegade
Stained Glass
Still Life
Wishing on a Blue Star (Dreamspinner Anthology)
DANCE, LOVE, LIVE
Like No One is Watching
Like You’ve Never Been Hurt
Like Heaven on Earth
Dance, Love, Live (Print Only Anthology)
OFF STAGE
Off Stage: Right
Off Stage: In the Wings
Off Stage (Author Anthology)
WINGS OF FAITH
Angel Elegy
Angel Requiem
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Off Stage
© 2017 Jaime Samms.
Off Stage: Right previously published by Dreamspinner Press, April 2013.
Off Stage: In the Wings previously published by Dreamspinner Press, April 2014.
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Published February 2017
v. 1.0
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