I usually post my Sunday Story in my Facebook Group, but sometimes FB decides my stories are spam, “looking for likes and follows in a fraudulent way.” So here’s this week’s story instead. Something lightish this week – (cw for anxiety.) Not My Scene I shouldn’t have come. That certainty overwhelms me within five minutes of accepting a red plastic cup of unidentifiable blood-red punch and finding a place to hold up the wall … Read more
My new Road to Rocktoberfest 2024 book is out now. Of course, I didn’t manage to write a classic rockstar romance – check out Missing Chord, a story of music and aging, mistakes, redemption, and second chances. On Amazon and in KU – https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D81FLFBL Griffin is 56 and his stellar career has been on the downhill slide. Lee is 40, a caring nurse-practitioner working in a nursing home. Once, twenty years ago, they were on … Read more
I’m attending the Northern Rainbow Romance Retreat event in Toronto this weekend, and as part of my salon this morning, I had some folks propose a writing prompt for me. They came up with Blake, a 25-year-old bus driver, and Alex, an older town hall clerk, with fake dating, age gap, a beanbag chair, and a cat named Poe. So here is that story. . Fake Boyfriend’s Choice Alex hid a yawn behind one … Read more
I have gorgeous covers for some new books in the works. Of course, the next book to come will be Once an Alpha – my latest Hidden Wolves novella. This one is intended to stand alone, but readers of the series will recognize the bad old days of the packs before Unacceptable Risk. David and Rob thought they’d left pack life behind, and could finally explore what they meant to one another. But once an … Read more
I just released Impurrfections – the second book in the multi-author stand-alone series Friends of Gaynor Beach Animal Rescue which is related to the Single Dads series (and Kevin from Alec has a cameo in this book.) Universal link – https://books2read.com/Impurrfections Shane has traveled from state to state with his cat Mimsy, never finding a place to put down roots. Theo left his toxic grandparents at 17 and made a life for himself, in ways … Read more
Hi folks – if you haven’t yet read my story from Thanksgiving on this blog last week STOP and read it first – it’s the first half of this story with the meet-cute, and you can find it here: THANKSGIVING – Serendipity- Part 1 And for those who have, here’s – Christmas Holiday – Serendipity – Part 2 Serendipity – part 2 Joe I pulled off three layers of silly-elf wrapping paper and opened … Read more
**There is a link to part 2 – Christmas – at the end of this story** Serendipity Adrien “Excuse me. Are you Scott?” I jumped and turned. The man lit by the parking lot floodlights was a total stranger. Sadly, because he was gorgeous. “No, sorry. I’m Adrien.” “Oh.” His shoulders slumped. “Sorry to have bothered you.” I’d have continued on my way in the doors, but as the man turned away I thought … Read more
Release day for Avocado Protection -I can’t wait for readers to meet Fynn and Nolan The book is wide – currently just AZ and Smashwords, but coming elsewhere once SW sends it over. https://books2read.com/AvocadoProtection . a 40K novella (content warning for abduction and some violence) ……. Nolan asked, “You do all this alone? I’d imagined a company as successful as RipeBox would have an army of scientists.” To his surprise, Fynn flushed red across his … Read more
Once again FB ditched this as spam so here’s this week’s story – a certain secondary character began nudging me for page time, but I’m not writing him a book, so I gave him a little space here to play. Our Own Way The clear high C from Brody’s flute pierced the stillness of the auditorium as ten thousand fans held their breaths and leaned into the plaintive ending of “Fathoms Deep.” He … Read more
I’ve had great fun working on the first book in this year’s The Road to Rocktoberfest 2023 and now Rocking Karma is available on AZ in ebook, paper, and in KU. Dax is a mixing tech, a loner, focused on the success of his brother’s band. Lane, the band’s bassist, is juggling a secret label-exec “boyfriend” and his love of doing drag. But when the boyfriend shows his ugly face, and the two men figure … Read more