Hi everyone! Once again, IT'S WAY TOO HOT! LoL. I hope eveyrone is having a good week so far. I'm getting ready to leave for Connecticut and I'm happy to hear it's a little cooler there. I just got paperback copies of Below Deck and Living With the Dead, they're both gorgeous. If you would like a signed paperback and you're not going to RomantiConn, you can order on my Payhip store. https://payhip.com/BLMaxwell

I should still be able to send my Friday Newsletter from RomantiConn, but if not I'll send it Saturday with a new update to Cookie. Last week I forgot to post the link so here it is in case you missed it.

Cookie Chapter Seven: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/ja0rzfk1rj

Here's an exclusive sneak peek at Blue Lightning

Nothing ever happens in this town. The words were on repeat in my mind as my feet pounded the pavement of the country road I was currently jogging on. I’d lived in Hickory Crossing for all of my thirty years, and not once had something happened that surprised me or was unusual. It was always chronically the same as it was yesterday. It was my own damn fault. I’d been offered a scholarship from one of the state colleges to run track for them after high school, but that all sounded so scary when I was a teenager who had never gone past the county line.

Now I was just stupid enough to stay here and let life pass me by as I complained daily about how boring my life was.

“Mornin’, Cole,” Miss Avery said, as I ran past her small farm like I did pretty much every morning. She lived alone and ran her small goat farm by herself. I waved to her and continued on my way, grumbling under my breath about how every damn morning it was the same old thing.

The sun was barely rising as I crossed the four-way stop and ran on toward town. It had rained nearly every day the past week, and it was nice to have one morning where I wasn’t soaked to the bone by the time I got back to my house. I needed to run, and rain or not, I was still going to go. The clouds rolled in heavy and within a few minutes it looked like rain was a given. “Fuck,” I said under my breath and picked up the pace.

A rumble in the distance told me it wasn’t going to be long before once again I was getting rained on. I glanced back at the gathering storm and noticed something I’d never seen before. The clouds were dark, but they seemed to glow an electric blue. I stopped running and cupped my hands over my eyes, squinting and straining to get a better look and some understanding of exactly what I was looking at. It was strange, and I wondered if maybe the sun was illuminating the clouds from behind but that didn’t explain the blue color. “The sun is behind me,” I mumbled, still not sure what I was seeing.

Electricity crackled in the air as the first flash of lightning illuminated the sky just before a loud crack of thunder startled me. I turned again and started running, and hoped I could get home before it all hit. The sound of my shoes on the pavement was amplified, and the hairs on my legs and arms stood up. Ozone was thick and heavy in the air, and I knew it was only a matter of time before it hit.

Three things happened at once. There was a flash of blue that I knew was lightning. A clap of thunder hit so loud and hard I felt the ground shake under my feet just before I was launched through the air and landed in the grass at the side of the road. My breath was knocked out of me, and the thought crossed my mind I could be hurt really badly. Then there was nothing.

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Blue Lightning

Cole Ryan is bored. He’s lived in the same small town his whole life and has the same job. Nothing changes there and every morning when he goes for a run, those thoughts echo on repeat through his mind. Until today, on this day, something big happens and if he survives it, his life won’t be the same. Maybe boring old Hickory Crossing wasn’t so bad after all.

Driving in the rain, on his way to a delivery, Bobby Sanders is focused on the road, when a flash of blue light in the distance catches his eye. He witnesses a bolt of lightning strike a man running on the road ahead of him. He never suspected that bolt of lightning could change both their lives, not just the poor guy who was blown out of his shoes right in front of him.

When the persistent sound of whispering won’t go away, Cole questions his sanity. But maybe he’s not the only one experiencing strange things.

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Below Deck

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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 long days of drinking and looking for his next hookup are starting to blur together.

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 Caribbean destinations 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.

 JJ follows some of the passengers onto the cruise ship after partying with them all day. Security realizes he’s not a passenger, and they waste no time taking him into custody and explaining to him he’ll be dropped off at the next stop. JJ is used to getting his way in everything in life, but this time there’s no one to bail him out. He may have finally met his match in the cruise worker who has to share his cabin with him and can’t wait until the next stop to get him off the ship.

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Just Another Day At The Morgue

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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 

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Jack Hulbert has worked at the hardware store Nuts and Bolts since he was sixteen. He had big dreams of leaving town and traveling, but five years later, not much has changed, and he worries he’ll end up living the rest of his life in the small town he was born in.

Hudson Carter has been working in Sacramento for the past ten years, managing a big box store. He left Foggy Basin for college in the city and he never once looked back. His parents have owned the hardware store in town for two generations, and he’d hoped to avoid the same fate, but when his father tells him his plans to either sell the store or close it, he has a change of heart.

Hudson has been single for years, and a few bad breakups have left him jaded about finding the perfect partner. But he’s not prepared for the cute, and much younger man who knows far more than he does about running the hardware store and isn’t afraid to tell him. It’s time for this city boy to embrace his country roots and find out what really matters in his life, and a certain country boy is more than willing to help. #age gap, #city/country, #workplace romance, #small town romance.

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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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Tangled Weeds is part of the multi-author Road to Rocktoberfest 2024 series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not read them all and see what antics our bands get into 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!

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☃️ O Deadly Night: A Dark MM Charity Anthology Vol 3 ☃️

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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.

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A Lot of Snow For Christmas

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Jack Mathews wanted to get away from the city and enjoy some time on the slopes. He’d rented a nice cabin in the mountains and was more than ready to spend some time alone before the holidays.

Being from a large family, Ronnie Diaz decided this was a good year for him to spend a white Christmas with his dog, Chewie. He’s looking forward to some peace and quiet, but no amount of planning would have helped when the weather took a turn for the worse.

Two strangers with very different lifestyles stuck together in a snow-covered cabin with no heat or power. It might take more than a cute dog to help them survive it. #mmromance #stranded #oppostitesattract #holidayromance #grumpy/sunshine