The Real Men Series - Book Tour and Giveaway

​Come on a journey.
The town of Jack's Bay, in northern Ontario, Canada, straddles cottage country and city living, and does it well.
But more importantly, it's a strong community. Home to a group of men that have served together in the army reserve. Brothers, with an unbreakable bond, as well as determined women.
Friends and army reserve brothers to these men of Jack's Bay are the men of Golden, British Columbia. A fictional town, with quirky characters set in the Rocky Mountain trench, life is different in the mountains. Yet family, brotherhood and love...are the same.
Come meet the cowboy, the ex-hockey player, the dark-net computer genius, and the band of Canadian military reservists who served together, and the strong women they fall in love with.

Real Miracle
Real Men Book 5
by Susan Saxx
Genre: Small Town Military Dark Romantic Suspense
Print Length: 187 pages
Publication Date: February 7, 2018

Too many secrets. Too many dangers. And he's got a mission to accomplish.

Eli Austin is going off the grid. Too long in the underground employ of men he'd sooner spit on than obey, his master plan for breaking free is intact. But before he goes, he has to appease his heart and soul one last time. He's got to see the house he and his high school sweetheart, Tish, almost bought. Relive the Christmas they never had, before he walked out on her, into the dark night without a word, so many years ago.

Tish Taylor's been through it all. After that horrendous Christmas, she moved on, married. But the rebound is over, and she's newly divorced. She's going back to where she had it all - once - to spend a solitary evening in the abandoned house where three years ago, they were going to start their new life. The sweet old house that called to them, the life that was theirs. She's got to reclaim the woman she was then - full of dreams, and promises. So she can move on, once and for all.

So they both set out to that old house, now in the worst part of town.

But neither of them counted on what they'd find...


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​She allowed her gaze to spill over him. She couldn't stop, for the life of her. She scanned him up and down slowly, the bulk of him, a dark shape in the already dark hallway. It was already filling with his presence, the molecules of air rearranging themselves as if he'd never left her side.
Not like he'd been gone for three long years of her life. When she spoke again, she spoke slowly, as if in a dream. "I do. Not you, or any other man."
A wisp of a smile slid over those handsome lips.
Ah, those lips. Once they had signaled so much for her. Delight, worlds of pleasure.
Then trouble. Pain.
All of that in a pair of lips. But that was the past.
He scrutinized her as he stepped forward, and a slash of jagged light from the streetlight outside, prismed by the frosted glass, lit his face. She watched, saw his gaze soften as he looked at her, then crossed the landing in two long strides. His big hands gripped her just above the elbows, squeezed, and her heart thumped in her throat.
And suddenly, she couldn’t move. He towered above her, unmoving as well.
Then the spell was broken. He yanked her close, crushed her against him.
Eli.
The scent of him. Heat, something clean. Masculine. Cold winter air flooded the entryway, but underneath it, there was that trace of him.
Eli. Only him.
But her body warred with her. Part of it was frozen numb. Part of it, already starting to thaw, softened. To mold itself to him. To fit back where she’d always belonged.
And as she did, something distasteful traveled through her, made her stomach literally quell.
This wasn't right. Yanking herself out of his arms abruptly, she stuttered back a couple of steps. Her heart was still hammering like mad, but at least his heat was no longer seeping into her pores.
There was the pain again. Harsher. Slicing now, even though she'd pushed it down to a dull, almost-forgotten ache the last couple of years.
He moved toward her, seemingly unaware of what his body was doing to her. His hands were again on her upper arms, fingers curling around them as if nothing had changed...
As if he had the right?
Her palms landed flat against the rough material of his jacket and she pushed hard against his solid chest. "Don't touch me!"
She saw the surprise, then the confusion, cross his face. Then—and she saw that too—the resignation. But he covered it an instant, as someone long used to schooling emotions. "Sorry. I’m being an idiot. But what are you doing here? This isn't safe. You know the area."
Her eyes widened, and she couldn't stop incredulity from seeping into her expression. Um…yeah? This was the house they were going to buy. She kinda did know the area?
He had the decency to catch himself, look embarrassed, then apologetic. "Well yeah, I know you know it. I've been back myself for a couple of days, just wrapping up some business, so I decided to drive by the old house." He shrugged as he took up residence a full foot and a half away from her. Thank god—she was safe. For the moment. "But it's changed. It's worse. While I was out there, I saw a couple of carloads of dope-heads go by. It’s not safe.”
She spun an angry gaze at him. "Why did you come in here?"

It Started With a Candy Cane
Real Men Book 6
Genre: Sweet Romance
Print Length: 161 pages
Publication Date: December 15, 2017

She's city. The more designer and fluffier, the better.
He's a closed-off butcher in a small northern Canadian town.

Emily Gates is hip. If a bag's got more than three zeros in its price tag - she's in. Cream is her favorite color. And her new role as junior city planner in the city of Toronto has her excited beyond all reason. For the gal with the troubled past - something she carefully keeps a secret - it's all about building community now. Even though she loves working and living in the upscale, trendy area just east of Bloor and Yonge.

Rufus Richardson isn't fancy and his job is dirty. And he's always trying to slay the damn dragons, even when no one wants him to. He should settle for a local gal, one who's used to country and mosquitos and wild animals poking around the family homestead. Instead, the moment he sees the vivacious city beauty, his heart tumbles, and his warrior's sword appears. But she doesn't need him to slay any dragons, and lets him know in no uncertain terms.

But when the life she's carefully curated falls apart suddenly and she goes off into the dark northern night alone searching for the meaning that's always eluded her, they find themselves thrown together, the night before Christmas Eve. On Ruf's annual infamous northern Candy Cane Run, and...

Everything changes.

And this Christmas, it all started with a candy cane.


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Real Temptation/ Special Delivery
Real Men Book 7
Genre: Erotic Romance
Print Length: 153 pages
Publication Date: May 11, 2018

She's high society. He's blue collar.
And he's only got one night to prove to her... blue collar is better.

WARNING: Graphic language, swearing, and frank sexual descriptions.
Oh. And chocolate truffles, velcro'd bondage straps, Manolos, and a bit of grime.

She wears a delivery uniform, but it won't be for long. Alex Jordan is determined. She'll work hard - do anything - to get her family back to its former wealth and standing in Toronto society. Once a solid member of the tennis club set, everything fell apart when her father was convicted of white collar crime. Life is harsh now, but Intimate Deliveries, her small company and brainchild of a delivery service is the vehicle to restore their lives. She'll build her brand, work her fingers to the bone, and she knows she'll achieve her goal. Eventually. She has to.

But she's also got her eye on rich and handsome Montreal playboy Luc Etalier. If she scores the heartthrob as a husband, her dreams will be realized all the faster. She'll get them all back to their former glory and ease of life - including her father, once he's released - one way or another.

He's blue collar, has sworn off alcohol, and she's lit his dreams of something more. Rand Peters has watched - and salivated - every time the brash young woman has come in to their machine shop to work the account. She's fueled his sexual fantasies for over a year, but she's also inspired him to go back to university part-time and work on that business degree. If she can go for what she wants, a former rich girl now in the trenches with the rest of them, so can he. And he's also seen something in her - working so hard in a life that's foreign to her - that touches his heart.

But a relationship? She'd never go for him - though something eggs him on to try. First real chance he gets, he will. He has to.

Now it's New Year's Eve, and he's there alone. Alex comes in with a delivery, ready to do her job and then run to her glamorous NYE party with old friends. But miracle of miracles - it's the wrong part. They'll have to wait for the new one. Together...

A New Year's Eve Erotic Romance


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Skipping Christmas
Real Men Book 9
Genre: Hot Contemporary Sports Romance 

He’s adored by women–and men–all over the world. The raw, gritty NHL player, Dante Knight.

But life changed abruptly, a year ago. Now Dante’s no longer interested in the limelight, or in the panties strewn on the ice. With the same focus he applied to his stunning NHL career, he’s interested in only one woman….

Kelley Dunham. The girl who loved him, way back when.

It’ll be easy, though. She’s crazy for him, right?

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Puppy love for the moody Dante consumed Kelly Dunham’s formative years. But she unravelled when the NHL hopeful abruptly left their tiny Canadian mountain town, after their first—and only—night together. She moved on, soul flaming from the shock. Worse, everyone knew.

Time for a change.

Now she’s ready for the playgirl life. Stupid Dante had the right idea, and she’s going to adopt his credo. Sex for nothin’ and her guys for free.

But when Dante reappears in a blizzard and they’re snowed in, and he’s finally ready to be the man she always knew he could be…

She stands firm. Nothing’s changing her new-found mission.

Let the games begin.



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A Real Man
Real Men Book 1
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Real Deep
Real Men Book 2
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It Started on a Back Road
Real Men Book 3
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Real Hero
Real Men Book 4
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The Escape
Real Men Book 8
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Hi there! I'm SO glad we've connected!

I write books set in the small towns and big cities of Canada. Right now I'm writing the Real Men series - first installment set in Jack's Bay, northern Ontario - a place I <3 so much!

My heroes and heroines haven't had an easy time of it. But they take what life dishes out, and somehow, with grit, determination and heart - especially heart - they transform it into gold. Their gold.

Their stories - like life! - range from sweet to sexy, contemporary to suspenseful.

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And welcome...to Jack's Bay, northern Ontario, to the upcoming sister series in B.C., and to the rancher (#1), the tormented dark-net genius (#5), the 'hit rock-bottom' ex-Seal (#4), and the ex-star hockey player - all military reservists, and the passionate, heroic women they fall for.

REAL MEN is the series - get to know them all at www.susansaxx.com.


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What inspired me to write Skipping Christmas: 


Expectations, in a nutshell. The whole idea of people’s expectations.  And the shock, and story fun of not having them fulfilled. :)

What happens when a man is a total player, wrapped up in himself and the horizons he must conquer? And more, what happens when he changes, and decides to come back? And believes he knows, deep in his heart, that he can 100% count on the woman he left behind to be waiting, arms open, when he’s finally ready to settle down? 

Well, listen up, dude. Yank that 100% certainty down to 99%. Because you can never be 100 totally sure of another person. 

And in that one percent, and the uncertainly of it, is ALL the fun. 

And in it also lies the life experience that’s going to knock you back on your fine hiney. 

In Skipping Christmas, Dante Knight believes he can count on Kelley, the girl who always, unfailingly advocated for him, to be ready and waiting for him when he finally decides to come back to their little mountain town of Terrence Point, British Columbia, to claim her. Life has taught him some harsh lessons, and he's figured out what's important.  And based on how she’s been in the past, wearing her heart on her sleeve for him, so all there for him, he's not worried about the reception she's going to give him. That bit isn't even on his mind.  

He just knows she’s still the same gal. And he’s confident in that, as he comes back for her. Can’t wait to feel her arms wrap around him as she jumps into his, and croons sweet nothings into his ear. 

Only…she’s not. 

Kelley feels she’s been burned being the always faithful, good girl. And it hasn’t just been her experience with Dante that's led her to that realization. A couple of additional, serious life shocks have happened, and she's decided a new life path is in order. 

And surprise of surprises! She's now decided to adopt Dante's credo. She’s decided she’s going to be a player now, herself. And if that means being a somewhat self-centered, me-first, all about the sex and fun for me me me gal—that’s what she’s going to do. It worked for Dante, didn’t it?  

In effect, they’ve totally changed roles. And I absolutely love that dynamic, and the utter disbelief that ensues, on both sides. 

Neither is prepared for how the other person has become, essentially, who they were in the past. 

Ha!  

In that is all the fun, as well as the questions that follow. Will they stick to their new personas? Will they end up together?

I love the shock of the man, as the woman flexes her wings, and her power. 

And I also respect the process she has to go through, as she determines for herself…has he really changed? Can I go back and trust in being the person of my heart?

Sparks fly, of course. Surprises are endless. And in the end, hearts have to sit back, think, and then…make their decisions. 

This dynamic is what inspired me to write Skipping Christmas, and to have so much fun with it. 

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