Imagines by N.R. Walker Blog Tour

Imagines is the Latin plural for Imago, and the only thing better than one metamorphosis, is two.

Jack Brighton and Lawson Gale have been together for six months and are very much in love. Lawson’s work ensuring the survival of the Tillman Copper is as demanding as ever, and Jack’s work with the regeneration of the bushfire-ravaged national park is just as hectic.

When Jack suggests they take a short trip, Lawson agrees. But then he is offered a two-week research position in tropical Queensland to help determine why the Ulysses butterfly is on the decline. Figuring they could combine work and pleasure, Jack and Lawson go on their first vacation together.

Working alongside renowned professor Piers Bonfils isn’t easy. But personal and professional differences aside, Lawson is offered a more permanent role in Queensland. Torn between his new life in Tasmania with Jack and a dying species of butterfly he feels compelled to save, Lawson has to decide where his fate lies.

But fate changes the rules. On a research expedition into the depths of the rainforest, suddenly it's not only the butterflies’ existence that hangs in the balance.

A butterfly’s life cycle never changes. From larvae to imago, their course is plotted by design. Jack and Lawson need to determine where they stand, if they live through it. Because the only thing more incredible than one imago is two.

Book 2
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Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Veronica – ☆☆☆☆
It is six months since we left them and Lawson and Jack go to Cairns so that Jack can holiday while Lawson works to determine why the Ulysses butterfly is dying.

It was so wonderful to be spending more time with Jack and Lawson. They are very much in love, but Lawson insists on them living apart but Jacks wants them to live together.

Imagines is so easy to read and is a lovely story. Enough drama to keep my interest, but none of it over the top. I loved following a couple who clearly love each other, but still have issues and work together to overcome them. Imagines is a beautiful story.


Sarah – ☆☆☆☆☆
This is such a happy love story! After six months together, Jack and Lawson’s first holiday together becomes a working holiday at a butterfly sanctuary in Queensland. The impossibly sweet connection between the uptight scientist and his wonderful park ranger continues in this second book where Lawson and Jack once again combine their skill sets to save another endangered butterfly species.

Lawson really comes into himself in this story. I love his need for rigid structure and his slightly Asperger’s-ish moments are as endearing as they are comical. In contrast, Jack is happy and easygoing but a little bored spending his days at the beach while Lawson works. After six months together, these two have learned how to make each other stronger.

Jack and Lawson enjoy a very, very sweetly romantic relationship. Just as it was getting a little too sappy for me, the sweetness was balanced by Lawson’s cold science and the excitement of the wilderness survival scenes. The ending still made my teeth ache, but there is enough grit and excitement in this story to temper some of the cute/adorable moments.

This author should be writing Australian tourist brochures. Her tropical Queensland is just as wonderful as the more rugged Tasmania in the first book. I love the setting almost as much as I love Jack and Lawson.

This needs to be read as a sequel to Imago. Together, these two books tell a very sweet, romantic story. I can’t imagine the research that went into these books, but I thoroughly appreciate the end result. Beyond the romance, the science and adventure stories are wonderful.


Angie – ☆☆☆☆☆
Once again, my heart just melted over this couple. Jack and Lawson are so wonderful together and so perfect for each other. Another assignment takes Lawson to Queensland to help determine why the Ulysses butterfly is on the decline, instead of the two-week vacation with Jack, but Lawson wants Jack with him (squeeze). I am fascinated with the butterfly aspect as well as the love story. I read this story in one sitting, I couldn't put it down. There was a little drama/angst, but heavy on the love and hot steamy sex.


Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆
I really enjoyed Imago, book one in the series, so was delighted to read this sequel. Do read them in order, as this is the next installment in Jack and Lawson's story.

Lawson is a rather unworldly butterfly specialist, who made a wonderful discovery at the end of the last book, but in the process, nearly lost his life. Jack, park ranger, saved his life then, cemented their relationship, and they have been together ever since. Now they take up an opportunity to combine work with vacation in Cairns. Their relationship is as strong as ever, but once again, danger comes calling.

I loved the butterfly dramas, but even more the romance between these two men, who are unexpectedly so perfectly suited. Their times together are full of love, passion, and humour. Every page is a delight to read, and I loved Lawson's family, especially his mum, and of course Rosemary, Remmy, and Nico.

What a perfect ending, thank you Ms. Walker.

Also Available in the Imago Series

Book 1
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For reviews & more info, check out our stop on the Imago Blog Tour.

N.R. Walker is an Australian author, who loves her genre of gay romance. She loves writing and spends far too much time doing it, but wouldn’t have it any other way.

She is many things: a mother, a wife, a sister, a writer. She has pretty, pretty boys who live in her head, who don’t let her sleep at night unless she gives them life with words.

She likes it when they do dirty, dirty things… but likes it even more when they fall in love. She used to think having people in her head talking to her was weird, until one day she happened across other writers who told her it was normal.

She’s been writing ever since…

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Imago by N.R. Walker Blog Tour

Nerdy, introverted genius lepidopterist, Lawson Gale, is an expert on butterflies. He finds himself in a small town in Tasmania on a quest from an old professor to find an elusive species that may or may not even exist.

Local Parks and Wildlife officer, Jack Brighton, is an ordinary guy who loves his life in the sleepy town of Scottsdale. Along with his Border collie dog, Rosemary, his job, and good friends, he has enough to keep from being lonely.

But then he meets Lawson, and he knows he’s met someone special. There’s more to catching butterflies, Jack realises. Sometimes the most elusive creatures wear bow ties, and sometimes they can’t be caught at all.

Lawson soon learns there are butterflies he can’t learn about it in books. They exist only in a touch, in a kiss, in a smile. He just has to let go first, so these butterflies can fly.

Imago is the story of finding love, bow ties, and butterflies.

Book 1
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Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆
I was delighted to be given the opportunity to review this book – and very happy to see that it is the first in a new series.

This is a really cute and very sexy romance set in Tasmania. The lead characters are very different physically, and to an extent academically, but the chemistry between them is real. Lawson is, however, cautious by nature and he wants to take it slow – the buildup in this relationship is super sexy for that very reason. Jack will do whatever Lawson wants, as he is totally smitten.

The drama is supplied by nature and only serves to cement the rightness of these men together. We get the story from both their viewpoints, and unusually both men talk about the other much more than they do about themselves when they have the floor. It was an interesting writing device that took a little while to get into, but was fascinating once I had.

Thank you Ms. Walker, a great start to a new series; I am looking forward to more!


Sarah – ☆☆☆☆
So this is sweet and fluffy and happy insta-love, but it also transported me across the world and gave me insight into a whole new world of butterfly science. The very rational science and conservation aspects of this story balanced a romance that would otherwise have been just a little bit too sweet for me.

Jack and Lawson are both complete opposites and great complements for each other. The rugged wildlife officer and the geeky scientist work perfectly from the start. The series of perfect dates was slightly nauseating, but the two socially awkward men offered a little realism to temper the fairy tale.

Tasmania is a completely new place for me and the author really breathes life into both the small town community Jack lives in and the National Parks he works to protect. The wild beauty of the place just jumps off the page – I really want to visit now!

I really enjoyed this story. I learned a great deal and I really liked both Jack and Lawson. For me, Jack’s dog Rosemary really steals the story and I totally fell in love with her.


Angie – ☆☆☆☆☆
What a sweet, loving book. Nerdy guy, hot guy, bow ties, and off-the-chart chemistry. Such a good book, good story, and great characters. I loved Lawson and his bowties. Jack and his enthusiasm when it came to Lawson was great, he thought the sun rose and set with Lawson and I loved that about Jack. There was a tad bit of angst, but nothing that made you want to scream or throw your book out a window. I was fascinated by Lawson and how he came out of his shell around Jack. The one upping each date was great as well. Sweet book and I can’t wait to see what will be in the next book.

Characters: Well written and easy to fall in love with
Sex: Yes
Religious: No
Would I recommend to others: Yes
More than one book in the series: First in the series
Genre: M/M Romance
Would I read more by this author: Yes


Veronica – ☆☆☆☆
I loved Imago. It is a completely uncomplicated romance. Lawson is a butterfly expert and is only in Tasmania for a week to do research. Jack is the local Parks and Wildlife officer. Lawson is an awkward genius and Jack is an outdoorsy, hunky popular guy. They bond over a shared love of conservation and every night they go on a date, each one better than the last.

This is a simple romance with a pop of excitement just at the right time. As I watched Jack and Lawson fall in love with each other I fell in love with them. Fabulous story. I'm going to be reading more of N.R. Walker's books as soon as I can.

N.R. Walker is an Australian author, who loves her genre of gay romance. She loves writing and spends far too much time doing it, but wouldn’t have it any other way.

She is many things: a mother, a wife, a sister, a writer. She has pretty, pretty boys who live in her head, who don’t let her sleep at night unless she gives them life with words.

She likes it when they do dirty, dirty things… but likes it even more when they fall in love. She used to think having people in her head talking to her was weird, until one day she happened across other writers who told her it was normal.

She’s been writing ever since…

Connect with N.R.

Facebook  ~  Twitter  ~  Google+  ~  Blog  ~  Goodreads

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Imago (Imago #1) by N.R. Walker to read and review for this tour.