Hi everyone, I'm not going to update Melting Darkness today becuase all that's left is the last chapter. I'll post the ending next weekend after I release Dead Things.

I will be loading more chapters to Vella of Melting Darkness, but this week I was swamped and only got one added.

I still have some old covers left for Blind Date With a Book, but I'm not taking any orders after March 16. I also have new books available and most of my paperbacks are there if you're someone who likes signed copies. You'll still be able to order but I won't be able to send them until mid April. The ebooks and audios there will not be affected. https://payhip.com/BLMaxwell

In July I'll be attending RomantiConn so if you're near there, stop by and say hello. I'll be adding a preorder form soon to their facebook group, I just need to update it. Here's the event information. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/romanticonn-2024-a-romance-author-signing-event-tickets-786820470207

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Below Deck

https://books2read.com/BelowDeck

JJ Carrington was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He’s used to flying in business class and spending all his holidays at the nicest resorts in the world. But lately he’s tired of the same vacation over and over again, and the one-night stands that seem to plague him.

Cory Wynn has been working on a cruise ship for the past year. He’d never traveled before that, and now he’s seen more of the Caribbean than he even knew existed. He hoped to meet someone to fall in love with while at sea, but so far all he does is work.

When JJ ends up partying late into the night with some of the passengers from a cruise ship, he follows them onboard. But when Cory finds him sleeping in a deckchair after the ship has sailed, he takes him to his cabin. JJ is used to getting his way in everything in life, but he may have met his match in the cruise worker who can’t wait until the next stop to get him off the ship. #oppositesattract #smalltown/city #vacationromance

Welcome to Pride Cruise 2024!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLKWB4JJ

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.

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Brown Eyed Boy 

BL Maxwell

https://mybook.to/BrownEyedBoy

Lance and Billie met and fell in love over their mutual love of food and their drive to have a successful business in the small town of Stoney Brook Maine. Both are driven to succeed, but now it’s time for a vacation, a real vacation.

Billie plans a trip to Dublin, Ireland to explore Lance’s Irish roots, he takes a little convincing. But when Billie tells him they’ll be spending time with an uncle who also runs a small café, it’s more than Lance can resist.

They spend their days trying new foods, exploring ancient wonders, and meeting more new relatives than either of them could have imagined. And at an ancient castle, Lance discovers that everything he needs is right in front of him.

What starts as a vacation ends up being life changing, and something Lance and Billie will never forget.

#VacationRomance #WorkplaceRomance #MMRomance #GayRomance #FriendsToLovers

Book One, Green Eyed Boy: https://mybook.to/GreenEyedBoy

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Divided

https://books2read.com/BLDivided

        Series Link: Fallen Fairytales  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPPM1463

The four Stroud brothers were all born into magic, and when they all come of age their powers will be revealed. It all sounds like a fairytale, but not all magic is good. Their mother embraced the darkness and paid with her life.

Finn Stroud was happy working on the family farm until the day his father announced it was time for them all to go out and find their place in the world, and their magic. He and his four brothers knew this was the tradition of the Imagi people who were meant to wield elemental magic, but Finn soon finds how ill prepared he was for the real world.

Alwin travels from town to town using his own brand of magic to get what he can from anyone that crosses his path. His luck runs out and he’s left along the side of the road in a rainstorm. Finn offers him shelter and Alwin offers to guide him in the ways of magic, but everything has a price. A dark fairytale retelling of The Four Clever Brothers.

#mmromance #mmfairytaleromance #mmfairytaleretelling #magicalrealism #gayromance #darkfairytale #darkromance 

Just Another Day At The Morgue

https://books2read.com/JustANotherDay

Seeing spirits is one thing, but feeling the pain of their death is an experience best left alone. Restless spirits, a ghost dog, and two men connected to the spirit world. What could go wrong? Bran Tanda works at the hospital morgue despite the fact he can see and hear all the spirits that tend to congregate there. He wants to help them, even if they terrify him with their aggressive tactics to get him to acknowledge their existence.

Jordan Amid is Bran’s assistant. He’s reluctant to interact too much with the dead since he can feel all the pain from their death and the confusion they’re left with. But he’s drawn to work there with Bran, and his ghost dog Buddy. Bran and Jordan are thrown into a world where things are changing, and without their help everyone will suffer the dead. Stronger together than separately, they’ll both need to face their fears and find the strength they’ll need to fight the evil forces that threaten them and all of humanity. #MMParanromal #UrbanFantasy #Necromancer #PsychicEmpath #GayFiction

COMING SOON!

Preorder for March 14th Release!

Dead Things (Spirit Boys Book One)

https://books2read.com/DeadThingsSB1

Since Bran Tanda started working at the morgue, his life has changed. He’s spent most of his life denying his necromancer abilities, but now he knows there’s no other choice but to embrace it and learn as much as he can about it. No matter how much he hates it.

Jordan Amid is becoming more comfortable being around the dead. But they still overwhelm him and terrify him. The coldness and the heavy emotions he associates with being near a spirit are nearly too much for him to take. But for Bran, he’ll try.

Bran and Jordan soon realize there is more going on than they understand, and even Janis isn’t sure how to handle what she knows is coming for them. Mysterious markings continue to appear and unless they can learn more from the journals Bran finds at his house, there may be no hope for anyone.

Release Date August 8

https://books2read.com/NutsANDBolts

Part of the Foggy Basin Series Smalltown Gay Romance.

I don't have a blurb yet, but this will be the story of a city boy who has to returned home to run his family's hardware store. He's a fish out of water but lucky for him the one employee of his father's that offers to stay is an expert in all things hardware.

He's nearly a decade younger, but far more experienced and more than willing to help teach the new guy how things work around town, and maybe help him after work too.

Series Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLKWB51K

Welcome to Foggy Basin. 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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NEW RELEASE!

Trusting Tristan (Irish Collar Series Book 3)

Brina Brady

💙Age gap 💙Light BDSM 💙Mysterious Spanish Dom 💙Insecure sub 💙Hurt and comfort 💙Irish romance 💙spankings 💙Found biological family

US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRP13KMD

International: https://books2read.com/u/bPzv6R

Remember Tristan from “Clancy’s Collar”? This book explains the heartbreaking reasons behind his unruly behavior and shifting emotions. We meet the sources of much of his pain and watch as he finds solace in the kind Master John Dunn, who becomes the most significant father figure in his life. 

 Tristan has issues because of his past, and he thinks and behaves younger than his actual age. All he has ever wanted since we met him is to find a loving Dom to collar him. 

Gustavo fits that bill and there is an instant connection between them. Unlike every other man Tristan has been with, Gustavo is completely open and honest with him emotionally and physically, but not completely honest about his family and his reasons for being in Ireland. He understands Tristan and what he needs. 

Gustavo escaped from his father’s shady business in Spain, causing a permanent rift between them. He settled in Galway, Ireland, where he found a new business rescuing horses. His sub chose not to join him, leaving him single and lonely. Seeking some BDSM play with a submissive, he visits the local club. Little did he know, he would find more than he bargained for.

Both Tristan and Gustavo have baggage: exes who refuse to fade away and family that they desperately want to escape. 

When things get tough, Tristan’s emotional pendulum swings wildly, shifting from blaming and resenting Gustavo to blaming himself and believing he’s undeserving of love. HEA.

Not a standalone book!

Catch up with the series.

BDSM Camp Prequel

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BDTTBVWG

Broken Trust Book 1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRLFFDHD

Clancy’s Collar Book 2

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBWJS38H/

All books are on KU.

Secrets Aboard is available for Preorder.

Brina Brady 

US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPD9MN9W

International: https://books2read.com/u/bW8Xvx

On KU

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Keywords: Age Gap, Hurt to Comfort, Forced Proximity, Gay Pride Cruise, Cabin Boy, Cruise Captain, Opposites Attract, Workplace Romance

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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. 

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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. 

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As the love story etches in the shadow of a criminal past and the unforgiving grip of duty leaves them both adrift in unchartered waters. Only time and the churning sea will tell if they admit what’s in their hearts.

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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

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Pitch Perfect

Coming 5/17/2024

From Author Ann Lister

https://books2read.com/PitchPerfect

Gage Tennison: I’ve played the role of rockstar for an eternity—or so it seems. Coming off a long tour didn’t help my attitude, either. I should have been writing instead of partaking in the perks. So, while the rest of my band enjoyed a vacation, I was alone in the Adirondacks working. I guess I deserved that.

Everyone suggested a collaborator to push me through my block but it felt like cheating. I’d never needed help before, so why now?

Sometimes help appears when you least expect it. How was I to know the gorgeous man hired as my personal assistant would be exactly what I needed—professionally and personally. It was the latter which shocked me because I didn’t notice men—not like that. Not until a guy with striking gray-blue eyes locked gazes with me and the music we created wasn’t just on paper.

Cain Bennington: I’m very good at my job. I’m organized to a fault which makes me a perfect assistant for the high-end entertainers I work for.

Another secret skill I have is composing music. I hear nuances that others miss and I also understand the theory behind the verses. I might be proficient as an assistant but I shine even brighter as a composer. I’ve never showcased my abilities—until a certain rockstar dropped the challenge into my lap and before the album was completed, I’d fallen for him.

But as the entertainment business discovered my skills as a composer, they also learned a piece of my history I’d hoped to keep hidden. Now I wonder if my past will over-shadow the music we created or the relationship we built.

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Ahoy Daddy!

Covers by Covers by Jo

Releases 6/14/2024

https://www.books2read.com/AhoyDaddy

Pride Cruise 2024 Series Page: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLKWB4JJ

Get a job on a cruise ship, they said. It will calm you down.

Highly unlikely.

I’ve been hyper all my life and the only one who knew how or cared to deal with me was my mother. I’d put the poor woman through hell and the best way for her to get a long break from me was to take a job that included travel. Vale Harper, two weeks at sea, should do the trick and give mom the rest she more than deserved.

What I hadn’t expected to find was a much-needed outlet for my endless energy. Pet Play, where have you been all my life?

Lonely. Confused. Tired of listening to myself complain. Jack Barrett, master of absolutely nothing. My hands were in more pots than I could keep track of. Thankfully, the managers I had in place took care of everything and now all I had left was…me.

Boy after boy passed through my life, but none stuck. Was I too much for them? Too controlling? Not controlling enough? No one had the answer. Not my therapist, not my last boy, and certainly not me.

Ahoy Daddy! is an MM, Pet Play, crazy monkey, sweet Daddy tale of two lost souls whose paths cross in the most unsuspecting of places.

Welcome to 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.

#gayromance #MMromance #readmoreromance #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #romancebookaddict #summer #bookdragon #cruise #readerlife #onceclick #mustread #QueerRomance #MMRomanceBooks #QueerBookstagram #QueerBooks #GayBookstagram #lgbtqromance #readingrainbow #readqueerallyear #romancestagram #RomanceBooks #booksta #QueerReads

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Coming 4/19/24

Strike A Chord

Chaotic Abyss book 1

https://www.books2read.com/Chaotic1

Cover model: Logan Blackthorn

Photographer: Wander Aguiar

Cover artist: Morningstar Ashley

Josh Gray has made bad decisions and regretted them all, but it’s the rock ‘n roll lifestyle, so no problem, right? However, karma is a bitch.

Mistake one…sleeping with the then boyfriend of the lead singer of one of the top bands, Social Sinners, which leads to Josh being fired as Ryder Hampton’s backup guitarist.

Mistake two…signing on with Nicholas Shane Management, who promises a new band that’s the perfect fit. It turns out Nick is dealing dirty, and his company collapses when he’s sent to prison.

Josh’s world is in ruins and starting over is next to impossible. Word gets around that he’s screwed over rock ‘n roll’s poster children, and he can’t get an audition. The future is now an endless stream of empty whisky bottles, and a surly server that no matter how hard Josh tries, refuses to sleep with him.

If you’ve read the Social Sinners or Maiden Voyage series, you’ll understand the tough road that lies ahead for Josh. Is redemption possible, or should he just throw in the towel and walk away once and for all?

Strike a Chord is book one in the Chaotic Abyss rockstar romance series featuring hurt/comfort, second chances, and a bartender who just wants to be left alone.

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