Saturday Series Spotlight & Giveaway: John Inman’s Belladonna Arms

serenadingTitle: Serenading Stanley by John Inman
Belladonna Arms Series Book One
Publisher: Dreampsinner Press
Genre: Contemporary, M/M, Romance, Comedy
Length: 234 pages

Summary:

A Belladonna Arms Novel

Welcome to the Belladonna Arms, a rundown little apartment building perched atop a hill in downtown San Diego, home to the city’s lost and lovelorn. Shy archaeology student Stanley Sternbaum has just moved in and fills his time quietly observing his eccentric neighbors, avoiding his hellion mother, and trying his best to go unnoticed… which proves to be a problem when it comes to fellow tenant Roger Jane. Smitten, the hunky nurse with beautiful green eyes does everything in his power to woo Stanley, but Stanley has always lived a quiet life, too withdrawn from the world to take a chance on love. Especially with someone as beautiful as Roger Jane.

While Roger tries to batter down Stanley’s defenses, Stanley turns to his new neighbors to learn about love: Ramon, who’s not afraid to give his heart to the wrong man; Sylvia, the trans who just wants to be a woman, and the secret admirer who loves her just the way she is; Arthur, the aging drag queen who loves them all, expecting nothing in return—and Roger, who has been hurt once before but is still willing to risk his heart on Stanley, if Stanley will only look past his own insecurities and let him in.


work progressTitle: Work in Progress by John Inman
Belladonna Arms Series Book Two
Publisher: Dreampsinner Press
Genre: Contemporary, M/M, Romance, Comedy
Length: 226 pages

Summary:

A Belladonna Arms Novel

Dumped by his lover, Harlie Rose ducks for cover in the Belladonna Arms, a seedy apartment building perched high on a hill in downtown San Diego. What he doesn’t know is that the Belladonna Arms has a reputation for romance—and Harlie is about to become its next victim.

Finding a job at a deli up the street, Harlie meets Milan, a gorgeous but cranky baker. Unaware that Milan is suffering the effects of a broken heart just as Harlie is, the two men circle around each other, manning the barricades, both unwilling to open themselves up to love yet again.

But even the most stubborn heart can be conquered.

With his new friends to back him up—Sylvia, on the verge of her final surgery to become a woman, Arthur, the aging drag queen who is about to discover a romance of his own, and Stanley and Roger, the handsome young couple in 5C who lead by example, Harlie soon learns that at the Belladonna Arms, love is always just around the corner waiting to pounce. Whether you want it to or not.

But tragedy also drops in now and then.


coming backTitle: Coming Back by John Inman
Belladonna Arms Series Book Three
Publisher: Dreampsinner Press
Genre: Contemporary, M/M, Romance, Comedy
Length: 200 pages

Summary:

A Belladonna Arms Novel

Barney Teegarden knows what it’s like to be alone. He knows what it’s like to have a romantic heart, yet no love in his life to unleash the romance on. With the help of a friend, he acquires a lease in a seedy apartment building perched high on a hill in downtown San Diego. The Belladonna Arms is not only filled with the quirkiest cast of characters imaginable, it is also famous for sprinkling love dust on even the loneliest of the lovelorn.

At the Arms, Barney finds friendship, acceptance, and an adopted family that lightens his lonely life. Hell, he even finds a cat. But still true love eludes him.

When his drag queen landlord, Arthur, takes it into his head to rescue a homeless former tenant, he enlists Barney’s help. It is Barney who shows this lost soul how to trust again—and in return Barney discovers love for the first time in his life.

It’s funny how even the hardest battles can be fought and won with laughter, hugs, friends, plus a little faith in the goodness of others. All it takes to begin the healing is the simple act of coming back.


Giveaway

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8 Responses to Saturday Series Spotlight & Giveaway: John Inman’s Belladonna Arms

  1. Katherine

    Belladonna Arms sounds like a warm, if rundown, place to live.

  2. Elizabeth Marshall

    Ooh! I’ve not read anything by this author. Love the sound of all three synopsis’ (synopses?). ;D
    Will definately have to check these out!

  3. Angela

    Great giveaway, i already have this serie on my wish/tbr list so thanks for the chance of winning a copy!

  4. H.B.

    I haven’t read this series yet but have liked some of the authors other works.