{"id":2362,"date":"2016-12-09T14:35:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T19:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2016-12-09T14:39:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T19:39:14","slug":"2016-rainbow-awards-kestrels-talon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/2016-rainbow-awards-kestrels-talon\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Rainbow Awards: Kestrel’s Talon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I'm honoured that Kestrel's Talon<\/em> made it all the way to runner up in this year's 2016 Rainbow Awards under the category of Best Gay Erotic Romance & Erotica<\/strong>! How cool is that? Hoorah! (read the review here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

It makes me really happy to have written it and shared it. I can't wait to get to the sequel in the new year.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Elisa Reviews and to everyone who volunteered their time and money! There was over $14 000 donated to LGBT charities.<\/p>\n

Winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. A Kind of Romance by Lane Hayes - Gender: Gay - Genre: Erotic Romance<\/li>\n
  2. Come Back To Me by Edmond Manning - Gender: Gay - Genre: Erotic Romance<\/li>\n
  3. Better Than Safe by Lane Hayes - Gender: Gay - Genre: Erotic Romance<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Runners Up:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. A Kind of Truth by Lane Hayes - Gender: Gay - Genre: Erotic Romance<\/li>\n
    2. Quillon\u2019s Covert by Joseph Lance Tonlet & Louis Stevens - Gender: Gay - Genre: Erotic Romance<\/li>\n
    3. The Arrangement by Felice Stevens - Gender: Gay - Genre: Erotic Romance<\/li>\n
    4. The Biggest Lover by R. Jackson - Gender: Gay - Genre: Anthology \/ Collection \/ Erotica
      \nLock and Key by Z. Allora - Gender: Gay - Genre: Erotic Romance<\/li>\n
    5. Building Bonds + Safe Limits (2 novellas as 1 submission) by Morticia Knight - Gender: Gay - Genre: Erotic Romance<\/li>\n
    6. Second to None by Felice Stevens - Gender: Gay - Genre: Erotic Romance<\/li>\n
    7. Kestrel's Talon (The Stonewatchers #1) by Bey Deckard - Gender: Gay - Genre: Erotic Romance
      \nNot Just Another Pretty Face by Louis Flint Ceci - Gender: Gay - Genre: Anthology \/ Collection \/ Erotica<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      I’m honoured that Kestrel’s Talon made it all the way to runner up in this year’s 2016 Rainbow Awards under the category of Best Gay Erotic Romance & Erotica! How cool is that? Hoorah! (read the review here) It makes me really happy to have written it and shared it. I can’t wait to get to the sequel in the new year. Thank you to Elisa Reviews and to everyone who volunteered their time and money! There was over $14 000 donated to LGBT charities. Winners: A Kind of Romance by Lane Hayes – Gender: Gay – Genre: Erotic Romance … <\/p>\n

      Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[290,440],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-kestrels-talon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-C6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2371,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/goodreads-mm-romance-members-choice-awards-vote-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":2362,"position":0},"title":"Goodreads M\/M Romance Members’ Choice Awards – vote today!","author":"Bey","date":"December 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of my books have been nominated in the MCAs! 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