Weekend Update!
Sep 06, 2025 1:32 am
Hi everyone! Welcome to the weekend. I'm on countdown for when I leave for Australia! My flight leaves on September 22 but I arrive there on the 24th. I will never get used to the time zone changes LOL. I'm putting together my book orders and checking what I need to take with me.
Also I have a Halloween Book box! You can either let me choose and do it as a blind date book or you can choose from all of my paranormal and fantasy books. You'll also get stickers, a magnetic bookmark, a gothic skeleton bookmark, treats and an exclusive download to a short that was in an anthology but has just been given back to me. I'll be posting the link to it in my Tuesday newsletter but it'll be on my Payhip store, TikTok Store, and eventually Etsy.
This week I've watched Chief Of War on Apple TV. I did not know very much about the history of Hawaii so I have really enjoyed this series. And if you're watching Invasion on Apple TV O.O where are they going with this? LOL
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There's been another release in Foggy Basin Season Two! Finding Gideon is LIVE!
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Finding Isaac
Foggy Basin Season Two
Finding Isaac: https://books2read.com/FindingIsaac
Series Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DST7K6BR
Isaac Grant has lived in Foggy Basin for all of his twenty-three years. Everything was perfect until his favorite friend with benefits, Jack, met the love of his life. Sure, he was happy for Jack, but he missed him and wanted someone of his own to keep him warm at night, or to get into trouble with.
Tig Sawyer left Foggy Basin after only living there for a little over a year. He graduated from high school and moved onto an out-of-state college and, for the most part, never looked back. But memories of that slower pace always came back to him when he was neck deep in work, and his personal life.
Isaac was never looking for a relationship and was more than
happy to live his life loose and free, but since meeting Tig, he wonders why he never wanted someone of his own. He also questions why someone like Tig, who has his life together and always seems happy as hell, would want to take him on. But there’s something in the way Tig looks at him that says he’s more than willing.
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Welcome to Foggy Basin Season Two. Just passing through? No problem. Here to stay, well, better find your place. Sit back, relax and get to know the townsfolk. They love hard and play even harder. Each book is a standalone but why not stay and get to know us and read them all.
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Anchor Grey
https://books2read.com/AnchorGrey
Devon Grimes got his big break by filling in on drums for his uncle Glen in his band Blinding Light. Being in his own band Anchor Grey with his new boyfriend Johnny was like a dream come true. Until reality came knocking.
Johnny Brown has made every attempt to hold his band together, but nothing seems to work for long. He hopes Devon can be the glue that holds them together this time. But being in a relationship with the drummer is both amazing and frustrating.
Devon and Johnny both share a love of music and a need to play in a successful band, so the chance to tour with Blinding Light is too good to be true. But life on the road isn’t easy on a band or a relationship, and navigating both can be tricky. The road to Rocktoberfest is a minefield loaded with obstacles neither of them expect and will test their resolve to stay together or go it alone.
The boys are back in the multi-author Road to Rocktoberfest 2025 series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not read them all and see if some of your past favorites poke their heads in. Err…voices. Hot rockstars, stolen kisses, drywall repairs and the men who drive them over the edge. What more could you ask for? Kick back, load up your ereaders and enjoy the men of Rocktoberfest!
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Ten or Fifteen Miles
https://books2read.com/TenorFifteen
Tim Latham had only been riding for the Pony Express for a week before he has to show the new guy the trail. Being raised on a farm in the Sacramento area, the Pony Express gave him an opportunity to see more of the country beyond his family’s little plot of land. He loves everything about the job: the adventure, the scenery, and the speed. Racing the wind on the back of a horse was as close to perfect as he could imagine.
Jeremiah Rollins grew up in San Francisco under the shadow of his father's successful shipping business. But Jeremiah craves the adventure he reads about in the dime novels he can’t get enough of. On a whim, and despite his father’s disapproval, he signs up for the Pony Express and leaves his old life behind for the steep, rocky trails that cross the Sierra Nevada. Both men are excited to begin their journey on their first ride together to Nevada Territory.
They set out, making their way from station to station, racing as fast as their horses can carry them, and their friendship grows every mile. They both wanted adventure, but they may end up getting more than they dreamed of.
Every ten or fifteen miles brings new experiences, and new feelings that grow with each mile they pass. A friends to lovers, gay historical fiction.
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Blood Beneath Stone
https://books2read.com/BBStone
The gargoyles have always been guardians, they were created to protect the citadel and the surrounding area from vampires. When one of their own finds his fated mate some of the other gargoyles dream of finding their other half too.
Petro has dreamed of not being alone anymore. Of having someone to share his life with and give it more meaning. When he finds a vampire while on patrol he has no idea how much his life is about to change.Keir is a vampire, he’s been alive longer than many of the gargoyles. But his existence has become a life of hiding during the day to avoid the sun, and avoiding people until he is forced to feed.
A chance meeting changes that, and he’s forced to do the bidding of another ancient. Someone with more power over his will than anything he’s experienced before. Fated mates and sworn enemies. A gargoyle and a vampire who will test the strength of their bond, and all it means to them. MM Paranormal Fantasy
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Author News!
(Foggy Basin Season Two)
Brina Brady
New Release!
https://books2read.com/FindingArchie
Series: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DST7K6BR
Keywords: MM Romance, Small Town, Proximity, Hurt &Comfort, Irish teacher, Blue Star Diner server
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Archie Star’s life had always been marked by loneliness. After losing his mother at eleven, he was left with a father who never quite knew what to do with him. Even after earning a literature degree, Archie felt like a ghost in his own home, unseen and unneeded. When his cousin Andrew offered him a job at the Blue Star Diner in Foggy Basin, he took it as a sign. With nothing but a duffel bag and a restless heart, he climbed onto his motorcycle and rode toward a fresh start, hoping to find a place where he could finally breathe.
Andrew secured him a room in the home of Brogan Finnegan, a charming Irish high school teacher with a storyteller’s soul. Brogan had traveled the world before settling in Foggy Basin, drawn to teaching after years of volunteering in communities abroad. His warm home and steady presence offered Archie something he hadn’t felt in years—comfort, safety, and maybe even belonging.
Finding Archie is a story of love, healing, and the unexpected places where we find home.
A Daddy for Christmas 3: Benson
Brina Brady
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F734PKGW
https://books2read.com/Daddy-Benson
Grumpy /Sunshine, Truck Driver, Hitchhiker, Daddy Kink, Hurt & Comfort, MM Xmas Romance, Age Gap
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Thirty-year-old Benson McCoy hides behind a veil of precision and routine, his cab a sanctuary of order where every item has its place and every stop is timed to the minute. Beneath his tight-lipped smiles and mechanical schedule lies a man aching with loneliness, haunted by the time he never carved out for connection. As he hauls a load of toys cross-country from New York to Los Angeles, trapped in a cycle of work and his father’s expectations, Benson quietly yearns for something or someone to disrupt his solitude. He doesn’t expect that someone to be Kyle Foster, a charming storm of disarray who might just upend Benson’s rigid world and uncover the tenderness he’s tried so hard to bury.
Twenty-two-year-old Kyle, impulsive and reckless, runs from the chaotic mess of his own making with the sounds of sirens faintly echoing in the distance. Kyle shows up on the shoulder of some frozen NYC highway, hitchhiking toward California with half a plan and a backpack full of chaos. If anyone needs a daddy, it’s Kyle. He asks too many questions, laughs too loud, and doesn’t know how to shut down his heart or his mouth. Kyle’s presence is a messy explosion of honest emotion, impossible to ignore his whirlwind of unfiltered energy.
They hit the icy roads together—two strangers, one rig, and a growing tension neither of them knows what to do with. Between awkward silences, cheap diner meals, and late-night talks that get way too real, Benson and Kyle begin to crack each other open. Benson needs a boy, and Kyle needs a Daddy for Christmas. Neither of them was looking for love.
Love doesn’t always come knocking, but sometimes, it climbs into the passenger seat and refuses to shut up.
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A Daddy for Christmas 3 is a multi-author series. Holiday tales of lost boys in need of Daddy’s love and in some cases, a firm hand. Naughty or nice, it’s all in Santa’s hands now. So why not dive in and read each standalone and enjoy the holidays alongside our boys? The character’s theme is Grumpy and Sunshine.
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Book 2, Emerald Waves – coming 9/19/2025
https://books2read.com/Primordial2
From Authors Layla Dorine & TL Travis
Series Page: https://books2read.com/rl/Dragons
How does one achieve a firm but gentle hand with talons?
Well, step one involves keeping the claws in check.
And avoidance.
Both of which my big brother told me would fail.
I tried them anyway. Several times, several different ways.
No matter the method, Ionus was right—just don’t tell him I admitted to that.
Fate dropped sweet, timid Emerson into Caro’s err, wings? Arms? Clutches? Now it’s up to Caro what to do with him.
Emerald Waves is book 2 in the Primordial Protectors series. An omega with a haunting past, a protector with zero clue how to be a mate. How can they be what each other needs when they don’t even know what they need themselves?
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Cover Reveal 9/19/2025
Coming 3/13/2026
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The Road to Rocktoberfest 2025
More Than Scars
Coming 10/27/2025
From Authors TL Travis & Layla Dorine
https://books2read.com/MoreThanScars
Series page: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F855LRDY
Music was Bowie’s everything. From the moment his father placed a guitar in his hands until a motorcycle wreck nearly stole his ability to play,
When his backstabbing bandmates cast him out rather than wait for him to heal, they left him drifting with bitterness and scars. Now, he plays in the shadows, a lost star who never had the chance to shine.
Freshly hired to the Masterson Management family to manage their latest band endeavor, Imminent Danger. Though he feared what this may do to his employment he couldn’t walk away. Everything about Bowie called to him on levels he couldn’t fathom. The haunting look in Bowie’s eyes awoke a calling deep inside Pressley Darren. The urge to nurture and protect, to keep him safe from the harsh, cruel world.
Will the broken guitarist open up to Darren and thus thrust himself into the limelight where he belongs? Or will he succumb to the darkness inside and continue to hide away from the rest of the world.
The boys are back in the multi-author Road to Rocktoberfest 2025 series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not read them all and see if some of your past favorites poke their heads in. Err…voices. Hot rockstars, stolen kisses, drywall repairs and the men who drive them over the edge. What more could you ask for? Kick back, load up your ereaders and enjoy the men of Rocktoberfest!
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The Forecast Looks Like Reindeer
Double-Booked for the Holidays Series
From Author Wendy Rathbone
Coming 11/19/2025
https://books2read.com/TheForecastLooksLikeReindeer
Aspen: Omega reindeer shifter Aspen needs to get away from his family for the holidays. Every one of his six siblings are married and have children. When will you settle down? they always ask. He’s tired of it. And holidays are the worst.
Instead of going home, this year he books a room at the famous Winter Wonderland Wilderness Lodge. He looks forward to shifting in the snow to the sound of sleigh bells, great restaurant food, the lodge’s critically acclaimed tree lighting ceremony, and warm cozy movie nights eating caramel popcorn balls in front of the fireplace that comes with each room. Alone.
Dale: Thirty-year old human Dale loves his two-week winter vacations. It’s his downtime from a stressful job.
Every year he declines party and family invitations, choosing to spend Christmas alone hiking through snowy realms, relaxing in a hot jacuzzi overlooking icy forests, and ordering room service whenever he wants. Winter Wonderland Wilderness Lodge has every amenity he desires, and he’s looking forward to an amazing, relaxing vacation. Alone.
What these two men don’t know is that a clerk overbooked all the rooms at the lodge. Now the choice is either to double up and make the most of sharing a room or go home. And neither one wants to leave.
MM romance, shifter omegaverse, human/omega, reindeer shifter, mpreg, holiday romance, Christmas activities, forced proximity, omega heat, HEA.
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The Road to Rocktoberfest 2025
Accidental Fire
Coming 10/13/2025
https://books2read.com/AccidentalFire-RTR2025
Series page: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F855LRDY
Who’s gonna catch River when he falls? Maybe a burly road manager who wants nothing to do with a young, wild, hard-headed, rockstar?
River Ashe, lead guitar player for an up-and-coming band, “Accidental Fire,” is on the road without his famous father, Regal Ashe, lead singer and drummer for the band “From the Ashes." His brother, Skylar, is no longer around to be his conscience, having chosen the small-town life with his former football player husband, so River falls into the pitfalls of being on the brink of twenty-one without anyone to stop him from getting in trouble.
Kit Harmon, a truck driver responsible for seeing that a bands’ equipment makes it to the venue on time and intact, hates the idea of signing on with a rock baby band for a fifteen-city tour. When the head of the band’s record label contacts him personally and asks for a favor—and adds a sweetener to the deal if Kit will quasi-babysit the band—Kit decides the headaches might be worth the drama. Little does he suspect a beautiful brown-haired, blue-eyed kid will steal his heart.
The boys are back in the multi-author Road to Rocktoberfest 2025 series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not read them all and see if some of your past favorites poke their heads in. Err…voices. Hot rockstars, stolen kisses, drywall repairs and the men who drive them over the edge. What more could you ask for? Kick back, load up your ereaders and enjoy the men of Rocktoberfest!
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https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Tattered-Angel/dp/B0FKWC57XH
Roadblocks and Speed Traps
Jealous Love Interest
Slow Burn
Found Family
Band Without a Singer
Road Trip
Musicians without a Band
Food is not supposed to touch
Rescue Kitty
Road Trip
Since the moment he picked up his first guitar, Dez Conway dreamed of being a Rockstar. A multi-talented musician with the ability to play the electric violin, electric cello and even the bass, he’d be an asset to any group of musicians, if only the bands who’d hired him over the years had truly thought that way. Instead, he’s singing for the dishes in an upscale restaurant, bitter, pissed off, and unwilling to entertain the offer to replace the frontman of the world-famous Deviant Angels because why the hell would they be any different than the guys who’d kicked him to the curb in the past?
Only…they’re not the Deviant Angels, their longtime frontman took the name with him when he left, along with their hopes of getting back out on the road again and playing the music they love. Of course, a talented musician like Dez could change all of that for them, if they can convince him that this time, his dreams of rock stardom, and love, can actually come true.
Tattered Angel is the 2nd book in the multi-author Road to Rocktoberfest series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not stay and enjoy the whole show? If you like scorching tales of hot rock stars and the men who love them, then you’ll adore the untamed musicians of Rocktoberfest!
https://www.amazon.com/Rockin-Rocktoberfest-Rockstar-Romance-Collection-ebook/dp/B0FP35MRLT
Tattered Angel
Since the moment he picked up his first guitar, Dez Conway dreamed of being a Rockstar. A multi-talented musician with the ability to play the electric violin, electric cello and even the bass, he’d be an asset to any group of musicians, if only the bands who’d hired him over the years had truly thought that way. Instead, he’s singing for the dishes in an upscale restaurant, bitter, pissed off, and unwilling to entertain the offer to replace the frontman of the world-famous Deviant Angels because why the hell would they be any different than the guys who’d kicked him to the curb in the past?
Only…they’re not the Deviant Angels, their longtime frontman took the name with him when he left, along with their hopes of getting back out on the road again and playing the music they love. Of course, a talented musician like Dez could change all of that for them, if they can convince him that this time, his dreams of rock stardom, and love, can actually come true.
Bleeding Dawn
Identical in appearance, twins Winter and Tripp are as different as night and day when it comes to everything but the music they’ve spent the bulk of their lifetimes composing. Now they’ve attained the fame they always hoped for, and it’s as empty and meaningless as the remains of route 66, and about as broken too. Would help if Winter could see it. Tripp’s sure he’ll lose his shit completely the next time some random groupie leaps on the hood of his car and begs to take a selfie, but to Winter, every night is a party, he lives for the crazy hookups, lives for the crazy, period.
Another place they differ.
Tripp would kill for one season to slow down. Just three months where he and Zakk could melt into obscurity and be whomever they wanted, together. Only Zakk’s band, Tattered Angel, is on fire too and it’s starting to seem like the music he’s always loved is hell-bent on keeping him from exploring love of a different kind. Last year’s Rocktoberfest was an amazing triumph, this year, it’s starting to feel like the road to the desert is burning him alive.
Would be so easy to slip off across the sand, melt into a dune on the back of some strange, psychedelic serpent, never to be heard from again. If only there was a way to ensure Zakk took that last ride with him.
Damaged Saints
Last year, days after Rocktoberfest, the band Damaged Saints were onstage when a pyro accident burned their drummer and seriously injured their singer when he was hit with flying bits of burning shrapnel resulting in damage to his voice that has left him unable to continue on as the band’s singer.
He's their new manager though, and thanks to a friend from another band, they’ve got a lead on a new singer. Jagger is smokin’ hot, charismatic as hell, and so far as they’ve been able to tell, has very little in the way of inhibitions, which makes him the perfect fit for their rather snarky, salacious crew. There is just one problem: Jagger has only ever sung with cover bands and never on a large scale or even at a venue larger than a small-town waterfront festival. He’s used to having less than four feet to move around in, which doesn’t translate well when you’ve got a whole big stage to fill. With less than a month to see if he’s got some hidden moves they can draw out of him, they’re looking to use any means at their disposal and maybe even discover if Jagger is the perfect fit for them off the stage too.
Also Included
Three bonus outtakes featuring the cast of Tattered Angel!
Tattered Angel, Bleeding Dawn and Damaged Saints are part of the multi-author Road to Rocktoberfest 2020, 2022 and 2023 series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not read them all and see who hits the stage next? Hot rockstars and the men who love them, what more could you ask for? Kick back, load up your Kindle, and enjoy the men of Rocktoberfest!
