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T.M. Smith

Yes, TM Smith is my alter ego, my pen name if you will. Since I'm the boss on the blog I thought I would take a month for a little shameless, self promotion.

A military brat born and raised at Ft. Benning Georgia; TM Smith is an avid reader, reviewer and writer. A Texas transplant, she now calls DFW her home. Most days she can be found curled up with a good book, or ticking away on her next novel.

Smith is a single mom of three disturbingly outspoken and decidedly different kids, one of which is Autistic. Besides her writing, she is passionate about Autism advocacy and LGBT rights. Because, seriously people, Love is Love!

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It's time to visit with the cockiest model at All Cocks, Kory aka Hayden Cox. How to Deal delves deeper into why Kory is such an asshat at times, and introduces his beau, Detective Jon Brennan. These two are very much yin and yang, they totally complete each other, provided they don't kill each other first.

How to Deal

An All Cocks story, book 3

Jon Brennan comes from a long line of men in uniform; all born and bred to both bleed and wear blue. His family and the majority of his co-workers support him every step of the way, so he doesn’t need to hide the fact that he prefers men over women. Between the job and his larger than life, loud and rowdy half Irish, half Italian family, there isn’t much time for dating, much less finding a guy that can deal with the stress and demands placed on the shoulders of an NYPD Detective.

Kory White is cocky and abrasive with most people, but it is all a mirage, a façade he hides behind to keep his heart safe. As a child, Kory lost his mother to an act of violence. Soon after, he and his baby sister Kassandra were separated by the system. Kassandra was immediately adopted, but Kory spent the next ten years cycling through foster homes before moving to the Big Apple. In an effort to keep everyone at a distance, Kory has meticulously built himself an alter ego: Hayden Cox, All Cocks’ cockiest model.

These two strong willed men definitely prove opposites do attract. Both are stubborn and hard headed to a fault, Kory more so than Jon. But Jon is used to being in control, the one calling the shots, and Kory fights him at every turn. Just when it seems they have found a way to navigate the unchartered territory that is love, tragedy knocks on Kory’s door yet again. Volatile and strong, even in the face of adversity, both men refuse to give up on each other - or their love.

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Kory White and Jon Brennan, oh but these two were so much fun to write! Kory already has a reputation as an ass in the series, so I wanted to be sure to convey exactly why he is so cocky, brash and stand-off-ish with just about everyone. Jon really gets in under the wire, starts to break down the facade Kory has built around himself as a self preservation mechanism.

I often get the question when I'm doing interviews, "What was your favorite chapter in the book?" Chapter 15 & 16 in this book was really a turning point for Jon and Kory. First Kory has an epic meltdown by the pool, then he completely opens himself up to Jon the next morning.

Jon reached up and took Kory's hand in his, turning Kory's hand over as he tilted his head to the side to kiss his palm. He smiled at Kory, his all-knowing and completely understanding green gaze ruining Kory for any other man. "Tell me," Jon whispered.

"As much as loving you scares me, not loving you fucking terrifies me. I realize now that I wasn't really living until you, and now, I can't live without you Jon Brennan."

It was fun to give readers a reason to not only like Kory after his brief appearances in the previous books, but to give them a reason to root for him to find his happy ever after with his outspoken and overbearing, sexy Detective.

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