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From the author of The Messiah and Passion Marks comes THE BAD SEED (Strebor/Atria Books; June 2011; $15.00), a duo of novellas that puts a wicked and delightful spin on what constitutes a “bad seed” and shows how some people make being bad look so very good.

The wildly entertaining duo of novellas is sure to intrigue and titillate readers with their exploration of risqué themes. “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues” is about a cosmetically beautiful but emotionally damaged young man who marries a wealthy older man to go from rags to riches. After beginning an illicit affair with his husband’s attorney, he decides that he would rather enjoy the amenities of limitless money minus the husband. He will stop at nothing to see his husband six feet under so that he can dance on his grave, toasting with expensive champagne. In “Crazy in Love,” a hyper-sexual seventeen-year-old high school boy develops a fatalistic crush on his reclusive high school English teacher. When the teacher rebuffs the boy’s advances, all hell breaks loose—and the upstanding teacher’s life is put on the line. Hell hath no fury…

Lee Hayes is the author of Passion Marks, A Deeper Blue, The Messiah, and the editor of Flesh to Flesh, an erotica anthology. He is a native Texan and was awarded with a master’s degree in public administration from Baruch College in 2005. He resides in Washington, D.C. and can be reached via his website, HERE!

You can also follow Hayes on Facebook, HERE!

You can purchase The Bad Seed on Amazon, HERE!

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