Weekend Update!
Feb 09, 2025 2:51 pm
Hi everyone! Welcome to the weekend! I'm writing and slowing putting together another book nook, if you don't know what that is check them out. They're sort of a puzzle and making miniature scenes that fit on a shelf. I'm working on Magic Library and it's a pain in the butt LOL. But it's a nice break.
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I have important dates to share about O Deadly Night Anthology. It will be coming to a close soon and you will not be able to get it, so don't wait. Here's the information.
Feb 9 - 1 week left in KU
Feb 16 - Last day in KU
Feb 17 (as long as everything goes well!) - 1 week left Wide
Feb 24 - Last day Wide
Feb 25 - Comes down
☃️ O Deadly Night: A Dark MM Charity Anthology Vol 3 ☃️
NOW IN KU!
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O Deadly Night has returned, and our silent nights are so much more deadly. Festivities are hiding a multitude of sins, and where light and laughter should be, villains are instead. There are more than holly and mistletoe being hung in the hallways, and joy is short lived. Be careful with your holiday wishes, you might get more than you bargained for.
Join several dark MM authors as they crawl into the murkier side of the holidays while donating all proceeds to Rainbow Railroad and featuring stories by:
Here's the blurb for my short story The Boys
Syd Dufort is heartbroken when he discovers his fiancé has been cheating. Not wanting to wallow in front of his family for the holidays he decides to take the trip they’d planned as a honeymoon. Upon arriving in Iceland during the dark of winter, he immediately questions whether it was such a good idea.
New Release!
The second Candy Hearts anthology is available now!
What's sweeter than a low angst queer romance at Valentine's Day? How about twenty-three of them in one anthology to help support a good cause?
Each novella in the Candy Hearts Anthology, volume 2, is overflowing with red-hot romance and all the good feels. This volume is all about wrong numbers—wrong phone numbers, addresses, office numbers, seats, and more. If you enjoy serendipity, then you’ll love this collection.
The Candy Hearts Anthology will be available for a limited time, and all proceeds will benefit the Rainbow Railroad (@RainbowRailroad).
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With stories from:
Anna Sparrows
BA Tortuga
Becca Seymour
Beck Grey
Bix Barrow
BL Maxwell
CD Rachels
Chantal Mer
D.K. Sutton
David Gray
E.M. Denning
Hinsel Meyer
Jem Wendel
Lee Blair
London Price
Marie Sinclair
Merry Farmer
Minerva Howe
Riley Long
Rye Cox
Stella Rainbow
Susan Scott Shelley
Victoria Gillilan
Zoe Lee
Spencer Cline is tired of being alone, but he also loves his job and works way too many hours. Something he’s not ready to change.
Jake Raines owns his own restaurant and knows what it’s like to put time in to make your business a success. Now he’s trying to learn how to balance the time he works with time to meet someone.
Spencer and Jake are drawn to each other instantly when they meet at a New Year’s Eve mixer. When a wrong number ensures they’ll have a little extra time together, they’re more than willing to take a chance on each other. Can two workaholics find time for each other in their busy schedules? With a little help from a wrong number, they just might.
Coming Soon
Preorder for February 28 release!
Heart of Ice
https://books2read.com/HeartOIce
Max Hofstedder has been recruited to the Sacramento Titans as a third string goalie and even if he doesn’t get to play a game this season, he’s thrilled. On opening night at their new stadium, he gets the chance he hopes for when the first- and second-string goalies are both out with injuries. After the first period he’s fighting to stay in the game.
Ruben Franklin is the Titan’s team doctor and after the team suffers multiple injuries, he’s thrown headfirst into a job he’s unfamiliar with but is ready for the challenge. One of the more seriously injured is the one and only goalie.
As Max is treated for his injuries by Ruben, he tries hard not to let on how badly he’s hurt, but Ruben isn’t easily fooled. When they finally get some time alone outside the stadium, they both realize there might be more between them than the team doctor treating an injured player.
Heart of Ice is a slow burn, MM Hockey Romance.
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Trolling For Love
BL Maxwell
Trolling for Love Preorder: https://books2read.com/TrollingForLove
Series link: https://mybook.to/MonsterMatchS2
Looking for love isn't easy when you're an antisocial troll.
Gunnar has existed near the border of the monster world in the wilds of Iceland for centuries, only straying into the human world occasionally out of boredom. He finds many of their belongings they’ve dropped while exploring. One of those items was a cellphone and after attempting to figure out how it works, Gunnar finds an app that intrigues him, Monster Match.
Flynn Davies has worked in the lumber industry since he was old enough to apply, but working in the woods can be lonely, and he spends more and more time scrolling the mysterious app he’s heard so much about. When he begins to chat with a mysterious creature, he wonders if there could be a perfect match for him that’s not human.
The past decade has been lonely for Gunnar, and he longs for someone to share his life with, even if that means changing his life. When he arrives at Elder Ridge, he quickly realizes how different life is here, but maybe the annoying human he’s been chatting with can help him learn more about this strange new world.
Monster Match is a multi author series with 10 amazing authors writing 10 amazing stories about monsters matching with the perfect human for them! This is a shared world series but all books can be read as standalones.
Preorder for June 23 Release!
https://books2read.com/Camping101
Camping 101
BL Maxwell
Gavin Johnson has been camping as long as he can remember. His family spent a few weeks every summer either on the coast of California or in the forests of the Sierra enjoying the simple life and getting closer to nature. Which is why when he had the opportunity to buy Camp Acorn where he’d worked in his twenties, he jumped at the chance.
Wyatt Jackson loves his life. He has everything he wants or needs at home. But he starts to crave change. He wants a new start, and new experiences. When he sees an ad for a camp for adults nestled deep in the Sierra, he registers for a two-week stay before he has the chance to change his own mind, and quickly regrets that decision.
Staying in a cabin for two weeks is supposed to be an adventure, but Wyatt soon realizes it’s far from luxurious, and there’s also poison oak, bugs, and rattlesnakes to watch out for. Gavin is always there to lend a hand and really wants them all to have fun. Afterall, that’s what Camp Acorn is all about, teaching adults how to have fun and survive in the wilderness, even if they complain the whole time.
Welcome to Pride Camp where diversity and inclusion is our motto. We’ve got daddies, mommies, littles, pets and families of all kinds. So, unroll your sleeping bag, make a couple of smores, and enjoy the show!
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99c until February 9
Stone Under Skin
Ankit has lived many lifetimes. Once, long ago, he was made of stone, and marked with symbols and sigils meant to safeguard him and allow him to protect and serve others. He's a living gargoyle now, cursed to live as a human; always watching, at all times aware, and constantly searching for his fated one.
While walking home from his job as a librarian, Ethan Lewis is beaten and robbed. Ankit stumbles upon him, and instantly recognizes him as the man he's fated to. He helps him back to his apartment, and after tending his injuries, watches over him.
Fate has woven their lives together for centuries, but in every lifetime, they could never live freely, or love each other as Ankit has often dreamed of. To change their destiny, they'll fight together with other gargoyles, and a young watcher, who is unaware of the tremendous power she possesses. This will be the last battle against their creator, and they'll either die fighting for their freedom, or survive to live the life they've always yearned for. MM Paranormal Fantasy
99c, ends Feb 9
The Final Salvation
https://books2read.com/TheFinalS
A tech genius. A loyal enforcer. A bond forged by danger—and fate.
Luca Bassani is the only donor who can keep the pack Alpha alive, but when threats against the Alpha arise, he becomes a target. Diesel Jones, the East Territory’s top enforcer, is tasked with protecting Luca, but forced proximity ignites an undeniable connection between them.
As danger escalates and pack rivalries explode, Diesel must fight to save the pack—and the man who’s become his everything.
In a battle for survival, will their bond be their salvation or their undoing?
99c ends February 9
Six Months
https://books2read.com/SixMonths
Quinton Thorn has always wanted to own a bakery and share his love of food with as many people as possible. His passion for taking regular recipes and turning them into something special is what makes his food unique. When he meets Enzo Reid the first day of culinary school, he has no reason to question why he’s there. He accepts that Enzo is just as passionate about baking as he is. He soon realizes he has feelings for Enzo that go beyond friendship, but for the sake of their business, he keeps his feelings to himself.
Enzo Reid started culinary school, hoping for a second chance. He’d already had one career, and when it disintegrated, he wanted a new start. He never meant to deceive Quinton, but he was never totally honest with him either, and now his actions will force him to choose between keeping their friendship or continuing their business.
He has six months to decide what he’ll do, then he’ll need to live with his decision, and the choices he’s made in the past. A friends to enemies to lovers romance.
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Author News
Brina Brady
https://books2read.com/SecretsAboard
Narrator: James Talbot
On KU
Age Gap, Hurt to Comfort, Forced Proximity, Gay Pride Cruise, Cabin Boy, Cruise Captain, Opposites Attract, Workplace Romance
Luka trades the short-term approval of his lover by helping with a home robbery for the gilded cage of Captain Clarke’s cruise ship.
A year of servitude, a court-mandated reprieve from prison, all thanks to his influential father’s deal. Sadly, Luka’s immediate future includes scrubbing the decks and hauling suitcases, a stark contrast to the prison sentence he could have faced alongside his lover, Maleko. Haunted by the ghost of his lover’s absence and his own guilt, Luka grapples with newfound tenderness coming from the least expected person.
Captain Westly John Clarke, an experienced maritime hardliner, enforces the court’s contract with grim adherence. Beneath the surface, something shifts. Luka’s boyish charm chips away at the older man’s icy exterior. Still, he keeps Luka at arm’s length, unable to forget the bitter memories of the young man’s past. As the Captain battles his own awakening heart and hidden secrets, his compass spins out of control, adding to the chaos.
Pride Cruise 2024!
Where the water is crisp, the men are HOT, and the party has started! Each book is a standalone but feel free and dive in and binge them all. You won’t want to miss a second of their naughty antics. If you think they’re silly when the sun is up, just wait until it goes down.
Other books in the series are here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLKWB4JJ
Available on KU, Audio, and Paperback
Brina Brady
On Preorder
https://books2read.com/senttotheranch
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Torin O’Connor thought he could handle the shadows of his family’s Brooklyn mafia past, but one reckless mistake with the wrong Italian mobster changes everything. Sent to Montana’s rugged Carrillo Ranch to escape his own self-destructive choices—Torin finds himself under the watchful eye of Garett Barnes, a stoic cowboy with a past as unyielding as the land he works.
Garett didn’t sign up to babysit a troubled mafia kid, but when his boss Dante calls in a favor, he can’t refuse. Used to solitude and hard labor, Garett works at a BDSM club on the weekends and is unprepared for the fiery, headstrong Torin, who challenges him at every turn. Garett is a Dom looking for a sub. Torin needs a Dom, though he is not aware of it.
The two men collide in Montana’s untamed beauty, Torin discovers the strength within himself—and a connection he never expected. But danger looms, and the shadows of Torin’s past aren’t as distant as they once seemed.
A story of redemption and unexpected love. This gripping tale will take you from the gritty streets of Brooklyn to the wide-open skies of Montana.
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Luv by Numbers Series
Sums of the Heart – book 1
Coming 2/18/2025
Branford Thomas and Jackson Delacroix are in a long-term relationship but they feel they’re drifting apart. They have plenty of love, but the rough spots are getting harder to maneuver. Is it time to cut their losses and divide their lives? What happens when a gorgeous younger man moves across the hall? Could Kincade Hayes be the one to make things add up? Can 1 + 1 + 1 = Luv?
Subtracting the Heart – book 2
Cover Reveal 2/15/2025
Coming 3/18/2025
If it’s so hard for Branford and Jackson to meet, fall in love, and stay in love, what are the chances it could happen for three? When Kincade walks away, how do the two get him back? Will 3 – 1 = heartache for everyone?
Greater than the Heart – book 3
Cover Reveal 3/15/2025
Coming 4/15/2025
Having survived the storms life throws in everyone’s way, there comes a time to settle into the sweet spot with those you love. Of course, Fate isn’t done with Kincade, Branford, or Jackson Hayes-Thomas-Delacroix. Can their trilationship stand the tests of time? Does 1 + 1 + 1 = 4-ever?
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Dearly and The Departed Series
Dearly & Lovesick Lorraine Book 6
Coming 2/14/2025
From Author L.A. Kaye
https://mybook.to/Dearly_Book_6
Series page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CVKSTXPG
When the family business is death, how does one help a spirit find the love they lost who’s already on the other side to keep them from doing harm to those on this side?
Keir Dearly, the owner and sole proprietor of Dearly & Son Funeral Home, and his husband, Dashiell Clegg-Dearly, are expecting a bundle of joy near Christmas! When their surrogate is suddenly kidnapped with the baby in tow, both men are frantic to get them back, but can they adequately protect them with the upcoming battle for the Human Realm?
Keir and Dash—who continues to evolve in powers and strength as he prepares for the fight of his life while ridding the underworld of the evil demon, Nyx—learn how to break the spell that was cast over Keir’s family many generations ago. However, it’s not as straight-forward as they’d hoped. With the battle drawing near, all they can do is wait, and isn’t that the hardest part of any anticipated event?
Enter Lorraine Joly. Lorraine has been roaming the universe in search of her true love, Claude, whom she lost in France in the seventeenth century. Her spirit has chased Claude’s through the centuries as he is reincarnated, and now she’s convinced that Keir is living the latest of Claude’s many lives. Is it a coincidence that Lorraine died in Normandy, France, where all the trouble started for Keir’s family due to the actions of one of his ancestors, Henri, who sacrificed the heart of an evil woman for the love of a man?
Keir and Dash continue to piece together the puzzle of their destiny as the final battle brews. It's time for the Gatekeeper and the Key to fight for the future of all mankind. When the smoke clears, what will their world look like?
Are you ready for the explosive conclusion for Dearly and the Departed?
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Amethyst Storms
Primordial Protectors book 1
From Authors Layla Dorine & TL Travis
Covers by: Covers by Jo
https://books2read.com/Primordial1
Series Page: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK4QWL6L
The Primordial Protectors of Clan Denarius have been tasked with protecting the gems, the heart of their existence, from falling into the wrong hands.
Ionus, eldest Denarius brother, has spent decades training his stubborn siblings and keeping them in line. But he longed for the freedom to take time off from worrying about them and focus on seeking that which his heart truly craves.
His mate.
If they even exist…
Alexander is a free-spirited omega. A rock climbing, cave spelunking adventurer on a quest to visit the most untouched cavernous terrains in the world. Much to his grandfather’s dismay, he leaves his GPS behind and is soon lost in a twisted maze of caves deep below the surface.
When all attempts to find his way out fail, Alexander comes face to face with a world he never knew existed and creatures he never imagined.
What would Gramps say about that? Possibly something about being dropped on his head one too many times.
A fierce dragon protector meets a thrill-seeking human who takes too many risks and somehow manages to capture his ardent heart. Could this be the mate he’s dreamed of or his worst nightmare?
Amethyst Storms is book 1 in the Primordial Protectors series. What happens when a fierce stickler of a dragon meets a thrill seeking human. Sounds like an ad for man seeking man, right? Well, we can promise you it’s anything but that.
Book 2, Emerald Waves – coming 9/19/2025
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Higher Notes
Chaotic Abyss 2
Coming 4/11/2025
Cover Model: Ryan VanDyke
Photographer: Eric Battershell
Cover by: Morningstar Ashley
https://books2read.com/ChaoticAbyss2
Series Page: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLQ738CJ
Jason’s Stallworth’s life was anything but easy.
His mother had horrible taste in men and the revolving door of baby daddies made that clear. As soon as she kicked out a new sibling, they took off. On top of that, she worked multiple jobs to keep a roof over their heads and food in their bellies leaving Jason to assume the parental role. Many nights he sang his siblings to sleep, drowning out the arguments and slamming doors.
Music was his therapy. Music was his escape. Music was his life.
Sikes and Snipes met in the marines and though their connection was instant, the duo always felt something was missing. After retiring from the military, their friend and former squad mate Max hooked them up with interviews as personal bodyguards with his boss, Fizzbo.
Guarding rockstars wasn’t on their Bingo card, but a job was a job and as long as they remained on the same team they were good to go. What they didn’t expect was to fall for one of their principals.
Higher Notes is book two in the Chaotic Abyss rockstar romance series. A lead singer who longs for someone to take care of him, and two bodyguards who are clueless about what to do with five rogue, out of control kids. What more could you ask for?
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You tell him that I want his face on my video screen in thirty minutes or he can consider himself fired with no chance in hell of receiving a reference from me. As it is, I’d like to speak to Kelly when I’m finished with Ryan to see why the fuck he suggested him for the position in the first place if this is the bullshit he was known to pull. Why are we only hearing about this shit now when he’s been on assignment for the past twelve days? I need to know these things before I trust the safety of my one of my clients to an incompetent who allows a kid without proper documentation into Katana’s dressing room on just his word that he’s Katana’s son? Was he smoking something that I need to know about? If that’s the case, then he’s still fired but at least it’s half a god damned good reason for that kind of abject stupidity.
“Oh yeah, Daddy is pissed,” Tristan murmured.
“Is there anything that we can do to make it better?” I asked.
“Not until he’s finished with them, then we can crawl in his lap and cuddle with him and have a little suckle, that really helps calm his nerves and settle him down when someone’s upset him,” Tristan explained. “If Mr. Phillip was here with his blood pressure cuff, it would prolly burst trying to get a reading on Daddy’s.”
I giggled at that, because I could picture the dial spinning with an angry reg face at the center, steam streaming out of its ears as the needle fall off.
“Can you see it in your head?” Tristan asked.
“Uh-huh,” I replied. “With an angry face and steam and everything. You should draw him a picture.”
“Let’s draw it together,” Tristan suggested as he let go of me so he could retrieve his sketchpad and some colored pencils.
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Zephyr is a little and a traveling acrobat who happily spent his days twisting and contorting himself to the delight of audiences across the country. Now he’s living in a bed and breakfast, anxiously seeking employment before he winds up performing for spare change.
Tristan is a middle and an artist who blends his skill with Shibari with his love of sculpture. He draws his greatest inspiration from having a living, breathing muse to work with. One who doesn't mind being trussed up and placed on display. It's been months since he's found someone to truly inspire him, until Zephyr gets stranded, and suddenly, the little who needs a job and home meets the artist who needs just the kind of inspiration his talents can provide.
Rowan is a Daddy whose lactation has increased so much that his boy isn't able to consume all that he produces. A private man and a patron of the arts, particularly the creations of his driven, devoted boy, he isn't one to offer his milk for sale, even anonymously. He and Tristan are, however, very open to making an addition to their family; after all, Tristan’s always wanted a little brother. They need a boy who's thirsty for Daddy’s milk and eager to be both inspiration and playmate. In Zephyr, they’re certain they've discovered both, along with a much-needed dose of playful chaos.
Daddy's Little Chaos Gremlin is part of The Lactin Brotherhood series about men who naturally lactate and the guys who need them. In this standalone, you’ll get a sweet and sexy story that brings together a sexy Daddy and an adorable and loving Little.
