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  Sequel to Fireworks & Wild Cards

  The Wheel Mysteries: Book Four

  Gus Goodwin witnesses a young man acting strangely at his occult shop—and a day later the same youth is found brutally murdered at a secluded Radical Faerie sanctuary in the mountains. Gus and his private detective boyfriend, Niall Valentine, once again find themselves in the middle of a murder mystery.

  First to cross their path is Professor Alex Kittridge, Gus’s ex-boyfriend. Then into the picture stumbles Autumnsong, the biggest enigma they’ve ever encountered, to complicate the already confusing case. As Gus and Niall try to decipher the meaning of the cryptic poems left at the murder scenes, their pasts not yet laid to rest put a strain on their relationship.

  Gus and Niall must uncover a slew of secrets within a spiritual group of queer social rebels before the vile killer strikes again—or the investigation could very well end up being their last.

  SUSAN LAINE, an award-winning, multipublished author of LGBTQ erotic romance and a Finnish native, was raised by the best mother in the world, who told her daughter time and again that she could be whatever she wanted to be. The spark for serious writing and publishing kindled when Susan discovered the gay erotic romance genre. One of her books, Monsters Under the Bed, won the 2014 Rainbow Award for Best Gay Paranormal Romance.

  Anthropology is Susan’s formal education, but she has set her long-term sights on becoming a full-time writer. Susan enjoys hanging out with her sister, two nieces, and friends in movie theaters, bookstores, and parks. Her favorite pastimes include pop music, action flicks, and doing the dishes, while a few of her dislikes are sweating hot summer days, tobacco smoke, and purposeful prejudice.

  Website: www.susan-laine-author.fi

  E-mail: [email protected]

  By Susan Laine

  Falling for Rain

  Flushed

  Haunted Heart

  Sage Advice

  Sauna Lover

  The Sensualist & the Untouched

  Two Tickets to Paradise (Dreamspinner Anthology)

  The Witching Hour

  BEFORE… AND AFTER

  After the Romance Novel

  Kissing Lessons

  HEROES AT HEART

  Yellowbelly Hero

  Yellow Streak

  Code Yellow

  Good as Gold

  ISLESHIRE CHRONICLES

  Lofty Dreams of Earthbound Men

  Wishing Wings

  LIFTING THE VEIL

  The Wolfing Way

  Genie’s Wish

  Hunter’s Moon

  Monsters Under the Bed

  Love of the Wild

  Stealing Dragon’s Heart

  SECOND CHANCES

  Accidental Chemistry

  Twice by Chance

  SENSES AND SENSATIONS

  Love in Plain Sight

  A Luminous Touch

  Sensible Commitments

  Sounds of Love

  The Sweetest Scent

  THE WHEEL MYSTERIES

  Sparks & Drops

  Devil’s Own

  Fireworks & Wild Cards

  The Disciple

  The Wheel Mysteries: Books 1 & 2 (Author Anthology)

  Published by DREAMSPINNER PRESS

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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of author imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

  Kissing Lessons

  © 2017 Susan Laine.

  Cover Art

  © 2017 AngstyG.

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  Cover content is for illustrative purposes only and any person depicted on the cover is a model.

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  Digital ISBN: 978-1-63533-283-4

  Published April 2017

  v. 1.0

  Printed in the United States of America