Who Doesn't Like to Win Things!?
Jan 15, 2023 9:01 am
How is the year starting off for everyone? Hopefully, it's going great.
I've spent my first two weeks working through edits on Strictly Curious and getting it ready for ARC readers. They should be getting it soon. Or they already got it and I'm just teasing everyone. Release day is almost here and I am ecstatic to share this book with everyone. This is the book I've wanted to write since I started writing. I'm glad I finally listened to my gut and wrote what I wanted to without fear of other people's expectations.
And it's not too late to pre-order Tyler and Garrett's story!
I shouldn't want him the way that I do…
Tyler
My world flipped upside down when my Dad suddenly remarried. What ten-year-old wants that surprise dropped on him? I wasn't expecting my stepbrother to become my best friend, my everything, and the source of my utter confusion. I didn't realize he was hiding something from me, and I didn't mean to see it. It made me question everything.
Garrett
As close as we'd become over the last nine years, I never meant to hide my biggest secret from Tyler. I didn't want our relationship to change. What would he think if he knew I always imagined him in their place? Now that he knows the truth, how am I supposed to handle him being so curious?
And because the chaos of preparing for a book release isn't enough~ I decided to re-cover my original series! Worth the Wait and Unexpected got a beautiful face-lift thanks to Courtney W. Dixon.
These gorgeous new covers are available in both e-book and print! However, there is a slight delay with getting my print books switched over. Keep checking if you want to go that route :) They should be up within the week!
the event runs January 12th - 26th
One Grand Prize: a throw blanket, tote bag, and keychain from Novel Grounds
Two Secondary Prizes: winner’s choice of one paperback from a participating author
Three Gift Card Prizes: winner’s choice of Amazon, Apple, or Kobo.
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HAPPY RELEASE DAY COURTNEY!
I absolutely adore Courtney's writing and was given an early copy of this to read. Noah and Zayden will take you on a roller coaster of feelings as you explore their early relationship before they become the couple they are earlier in the series. I absolutely adored them and would highly recommend grabbing a copy for yourself.
Noah and I were like a double-up wave. Together we were stronger and more powerful.
Zayden
It didn’t matter if I was well-behaved or a good son. My parents refused to accept that I wasn’t a sinner when I kissed a boy at fifteen years old. I soon found myself without parents and a home. But fate had other plans for me when desperation had me stealing a surfboard. The owners of the surf shop I stole from took me under their wing and fostered me. It was then that I met the blond boy, so full of love and sunshine, who would become the love of my life.
Noah
I tried hard to be a good son, taking care of my mom whenever she was on one of her drunken binges, which was all the time. But it was exhausting. I needed a break and a job. That was when I met the feral and angry boy with golden eyes. He was desperate for a friend and I wanted to be that person. His surfing club hired me so that I could finally find my way out from my mother’s suffocation. It was also there that I found someone who would love me without conditions.
Zayden and Noah had been together for five years, loving and supporting each other, through ups and downs. Will they survive the next trial life just tossed at them?
CW: Abandonment, alcoholism, underage drinking and pot smoking, homophobia, bullying, explicit language, and sex. Not for readers under 18.
This book can be read as a standalone, but like any series, it's always appreciated more if read in order.
Coming Jan 20, 2023
What do you do when your past becomes your new neighbor?
Noah thought he was safe with his childhood friend, and all that awaited them was a lifetime of happiness. When the unthinkable happens, he hides away to lick his wounds, but his heart remains frozen in time. Unable to move forward, Noah finds that his new neighbor is the very man who has him bound in the past. Is this the closure he’s been seeking to end that chapter of his life or will he break free from the chains that have coiled his heart and learn to trust again?
Bound by the shackles of pressure, Lucas lost the person he thought he’d spend his life with. Years pass, but he’s unable to resign himself to the fate of living without the love of his life. He wants nothing more than to get Noah back. He was raised to take what he wants, and he’s determined to obtain it. Will he succeed or will the past devour them?
The Hideaway Neighbor is a second chance M/M romance that features childhood friends to lovers, found family, and breaking through comfort zones. It is the fourth book of the Corio Heights series and can be read as a standalone but will be more enjoyable when read as a series.
Love is cheap. Love is cruel. Love can’t save us.
Victor Lang had everything—looks, money, fame. A chance to become the greatest swimmer in history. Until a failed dope test brought him crashing down.
According to the rumors, he turned into a recluse, a drug addict, a whore. Broken beyond repair. Incapable of love.
And for some reason, he’s set his sights on me.
A freak accident in his pool throws me into a world of wealth and status and people who are willing to do anything to get what they want. Before I know it, I’m being paid to fly to Italy and pose as his boyfriend. Trapped at his side, I learn what it means to truly hate someone.
Turns out, that’s exactly what he wants.
I can’t save him, and I can’t love him. But as things fall apart and I discover the truths he’s hiding, I learn that hate can be greater than love—an obsession, a prayer, dark days and darker nights, a need to be the only one who hurts him. Hate can heal the worst wounds love leaves behind.
But I have problems of my own, a broken spirit and loved ones to protect. And I’m scared to face the things he’s waking up inside of me.
A gritty, emotional, epic hate-to-love slow burn with an inexperienced top and his bratty bottom, hurt/comfort, obsession, and healing.
**Contains dark themes, adult content, and potential triggers, though every effort was made to portray them thoughtfully and sensitively.
Specific triggers (potential spoilers): sexual abuse (off the page), suicidal ideation, drug abuse, disordered eating, trauma, death, mental illness, homophobic language
You can’t fly without falling, so close your eyes and let go.
People ask me if I’m human. If I have feelings. If I’ve ever loved anyone. I’m the lawyer who has never lost a case because I have nothing else to live for.
Until Jonah.
He’s my complete opposite: a reckless boy twelve years younger than me, made of sunshine and wicked smiles, pure and breathtaking.
It all starts with a secret. He wants to find out if he’s bi, and he begs me to teach him because we’ll never see each other again.
Until he shows up on my doorstep with nowhere else to go. I can’t draw lines faster than we blur them. He’s the unstoppable force; I’m the immovable object. When we collide, things get filthy. Complicated. More beautiful than I ever could have imagined.
He’s the only person ever to learn the truth: I’ve always been human. I’ve always had feelings. I’ve been so, so afraid to lose.
Because the moment we find enough trust to jump is the moment we realize our wings might be too broken to fly.
A heartfelt, emotional story of two lonely souls searching for meaning, featuring a bi awakening, grumpy/sunshine opposites attract, an age gap, and a main character with a disability.
The books in this series take place in the same universe and have recurring characters, but each book is a standalone that can be read separately or in any order!
