{"id":1820,"date":"2015-12-13T11:15:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T19:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sacollins.com\/blog\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2015-12-13T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T19:16:38","slug":"five-star-review-and-giveaway-for-angels-of-mercy-vol-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=1820","title":{"rendered":"Five Star Review &#8211; and GIVEAWAY for Angels of Mercy Vol 2!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>FIVE STAR review of ANGELS OF MERCY &#8211; VOLUME 2: MARCO.<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1821\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AoM_V2_Marco_CVR_Print2x3blog.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1821\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1821\" data-attachment-id=\"1821\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?attachment_id=1821\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AoM_V2_Marco_CVR_Print2x3blog.jpg?fit=900%2C597&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,597\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AoM_V2_Marco_CVR_Print2x3blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Print Edition of Angels of Mercy &amp;#8211; Volume Two: Marco&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AoM_V2_Marco_CVR_Print2x3blog.jpg?fit=400%2C265&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1821\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AoM_V2_Marco_CVR_Print2x3blog.jpg?resize=400%2C266\" alt=\"Print cover reveal\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AoM_V2_Marco_CVR_Print2x3blog.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AoM_V2_Marco_CVR_Print2x3blog.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AoM_V2_Marco_CVR_Print2x3blog.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Print Edition of Angels of Mercy &#8211; Volume Two: Marco<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Paul Gay Berry from <a href=\"http:\/\/gaymediareviews.weebly.com\/blog\/angels-of-mercy-volume-two-marco-by-sa-collins-5-star-review-author-interview-print-cover-reveal-and-giveaway\" target=\"_blank\">GayMediaReviews<\/a> for the lovely words and the opportunity to share it with the readership out there! #Humbled #DoingTheHappyDance !!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>BIG GIVEAWAY WITH THIS ONE<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; There&#8217;s an opportunity to win the entire series (all 6 books when completed) and a $25 Amazon GC! GO check it out!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIVE STAR review of ANGELS OF MERCY &#8211; VOLUME 2: MARCO. &nbsp; &nbsp; Thanks to Paul Gay Berry from GayMediaReviews for the lovely words and the opportunity to share it with the readership out there! #Humbled #DoingTheHappyDance !! BIG GIVEAWAY WITH THIS ONE &#8211; There&#8217;s an opportunity to win the entire series (all 6 books [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":[377,552,551,598,270,580,525,5,4,199,476,239,597,396,145,18,325],"tags":[68,669,67,739,737,27,66,349,738],"class_list":["post-1820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors-voices","category-book-promotion","category-book-release","category-cover-artwork","category-gay-community","category-gays-in-sports","category-graphic-design","category-mm-lovefest","category-homoerotica","category-male-feelings","category-musical-muses","category-party-time","category-supporting-artists","category-the-craft","category-words-have-power","category-writing","category-young-adult-realities","tag-angels-of-mercy","tag-book-reviews","tag-elliot-donahey","tag-five-star","tag-giveaway","tag-jay-brannan","tag-marco-sforza","tag-mercy-high-avenging-angels","tag-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75tPU-tm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1813,"url":"https:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=1813","url_meta":{"origin":1820,"position":0},"title":"BOOK RELEASE &#8211; Angels of Mercy &#8211; Volume Two: Marco (The Fall of the Sforzas)","author":"S A Collins","date":"November 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"BOOK RELEASE - Angels of Mercy - Volume Two: Marco (The Fall of the Sforzas) Hey all! I know it's been a helluva long time since I've posted. It hasn't been for not wanting to. I've had LOTS to say on stuff. 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Hope you all enjoy it too! \u00a0 So let's talk book covers, shall we? \u00a0I mean, I did it before.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Authors Voices&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Authors Voices","link":"https:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?cat=377"},"img":{"alt_text":"The FINAL - FINAL version of the book cover for \"Angels of Mercy - Volume One: Elliot\"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/AoM1_sacollins-100dpi_RGBMaster2x3-200x300.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1860,"url":"https:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=1860","url_meta":{"origin":1820,"position":3},"title":"Embracing the Improbable","author":"S A Collins","date":"February 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Embracing the Improbable It shouldn't exist. I never intended it to exist, yet, there it is. \u00a0 \u00a0 What am I babbling about now? 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