Last year, I had a thing… a tickle really. It solidified in February or March. I can’t remember which but basically it was a “hey, I want to write this” moment. From that moment came Fish Stick Fridays. Sometimes there’s a tingle of an idea and stuff…happens. For me at least. A thread and then suddenly, well shit, there’s a series.
It kind of happened that way with Half Moon Bay. I wanted something looser, a bit lighter than my noir books but still, a bit of murder and mayhem. I say it’s a cozy mystery series… well, as cozy as I’m going to get but mostly, it’s something a bit freer. Butterflies and kittens. Okay, MY butterflies and kittens.
So, the second book in the Half Moon Bay series is called Hanging the Stars and it’ll be out on December 5, 2016 from Dreamspinner Press. Oh, and it features West Harris, Lang’s twin brother…and Angel Daniels, the one man who’s ever gotten under West’s skin.
Look for it in December and I hope you enjoy it!
Hanging the Stars (Half Moon Bay: Book Two)
Angel Daniels grew up hard, one step ahead of the law and always looking over his shoulder. A grifter’s son, he’d learned every con and trick in the book but ached for a normal life. Once out on his own, Angel returns to Half Moon Bay where he once found…and then lost…love.
Now, Angel’s life is a frantic mess of schedules and chaos. Between running his bakery and raising his troubled eleven-year-old half-brother, Roman, Angel has a hectic but happy life. Then West Harris returns to Half Moon Bay and threatens to break Angel all over again by taking away the only home he and Rome ever had.
When they were young, Angel taught West how to love and laugh but when Angel moved on, West locked his heart up and threw away the key. Older and hardened, West returns to Half Moon and finds himself face-to-face with the man he’d lost. Now, West is torn between killing Angel or holding him tight.
But rekindling their passionate relationship is jeopardized as someone wants one or both of them dead, and as the terrifying danger mounts, neither man knows if the menace will bring them together or forever tear them apart.
Regarding the Audiobook
Please remember, due to Audible’s contractual stipulations, an audiobook cannot be started prior to the book’s submission to Amazon so I can’t tell you when it will be released on audio. I plan to have Spencer do the narration but it will be several weeks following the book’s release before the audiobook will be available…because well, time needed to record it, editing then corrections then Audible processing. So, weeks. It’s sucky. I know.
About the Author
Rhys Ford is an award-winning author with several long-running LGBT+ mystery, thriller, paranormal, and urban fantasy series, including Murder and Mayhem, a 2016 LAMBDA finalist. She is published by Dreamspinner Press and DSP Publications.
She’s also quite skeptical about bios without a dash of something personal and really, who doesn’t mention their cats, dog and cars in a bio? She shares the house with Yoshi, a grumpy tuxedo cat and Tam, a diabetic black pygmy panther, as well as a ginger cairn terrorist named Gus. Rhys is also enslaved to the upkeep a 1979 Pontiac Firebird and enjoys murdering make-believe people.
Social Links: Website || Facebook || Twitter || DSP Author Page
The Giveaway
a Rafflecopter giveaway
https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js
I like timezones which allow me to be first commenter off the rank. Didn’t know there was a book 2 in the works so adding it to the next purchase. Of course, winning a GC would help.
Congratulations on the new release, Rhys. That’s an amazing cover. so sexy! :)
Oh, I love cozy mystery. Will admit I haven’t read book #1 so maybe I have to fix that. Thanks for the giveaway chance.
Lots of luck and best wishes Rhys.
Hi Rhys love the cover and I’m so lookig forward to reading the book.
Great cover. I look forward to reading it!
Really looking forward to this I loved Fish Stick Fridays! Already on my TBR.
Great cover! I look forward to reading it. :)
It would be great to have a poster of the cover of this book. Wow
Can’t wait for this to come out!
Love the cover, very sexy! An early Christmas present to myself!
Love the cover Rhys! Can’t wait for this book to come out!
This looks totally fabulous!! So excited!
Awesome story coming from a brilliant writer! Can’t wait!
Great cover and I have really enjoyed what I have read so far. I agree with you on author’s bios. I always read them. I like that you have a terrorist dog. I have a cat like that.
This is super wonderful. I enjoyed book one, and this has my type of formula written all over it. Beautiful cover as well.
How can I pick a favorite series of yours. I choose one, but love all.
Can’t wait for this one!! (and yeah, that questions about which is my favorite series – too hard to pick just 1!!)
Love the cover. Can’t wait for this book. I loved Fish Stick Friday. The audio was awesome too.
I am looking forward to reading this one! I love Fish Stick Fridays, and re-read it when I feel bad. It always makes things better! It was really BAD to make us choose ONE favorite series for this contest, by the way. That was like asking me which one of my kids I love most. NOT FAIR!
Loved book #1 and looking forward to this new one! Lang’s twin was quite intriguing in #1, so glad we will get his story next. Also, awesome cover!
Great cover I can’t wait to read this book!
Love this cover! So gorgeous – I’m definitely looking forward to reading it!
Howdy-do to you Rhys! thanks for the great contest.
Definitely looking forward to this one – can’t wait to see West without the stick up his… or more seriously, to see past the cold exterior he shows even to his brother.
marking this down so I’m sure not to miss it when it comes out.
I can’t wait!!!! LOVE that cover.
This looks like a great read! Congrats on the release!
wow that is one smokin’ cover!!!
Love the cover for Hanging the Stars. December is so far away but it will be a nice Christmas present for me.
Nice cover. Looking forward to more in this series. Will probably do a reread closer to December. :)
I’m really excited about this next book, and the cover just completely adds to the excitement! Love it!
I love the blurb, and I can’t wait until December!
Howdy do?! :-) Congrats on your new release. I love gay mysteries, and I’d have to say it’s hard to choose which of your series is my favorite, but I like the start of Murder and Mayhem.
Congrats on the new release! I have FSF on my Audible wishlist – so many books, so few credits! So now I’ll have another to add to the ever increasing Mt. TBR. Dare I say I can’t wait?
This reminds me I haven’t started on Fish Stick Fridays yet (need to amend that sonnish..). Nice cover by the way. Each of your series have distinctive look from one to another!
Looking forward to the book release.
Love the cover! Can’t wait for the book!
Nice cover. Looking forward to this next installment.
Love the cover. Can’t wait for the new book.
Love the cover and can’t wait to read this one. Thanks for the giveaway!
I’m so looking forward to this! (Also, I have to use this space to get this burden off my mind: the giveaway dropdown forced me to make an impossible decision and choose only one Ford series as the fave. I caved to automated peer pressure and picked one, for the sake of an entry, but honestly there isn’t one fave. I’d say Sinners, McGinnis, and Hellsinger are all solidly in first place, with any or all of the others potentially able to move up there at any moment, once there’s more books in their series. Ok, I feel better now.)
Can’t wait to read about West!
Very much looking forward to this! Of course I’ll be forced to wait for the audio version because I just loved Spencer Goss’s narration.
I love mysteries and I love Rhys Ford books in general. I’m going to wait impatiently for this book in December
Congrats on the new release! It looks fantastic. I could stare at the cover all the day =)
Looking forward to the book and Spencer Goss’s performance. Congrats!
I’m excited for this! I loved the first one.
I always wonder where do writers get their inspiration :)
Love the cover! Looking forward to reading.
Lovely cover, Hello from New Zealand :)
Absolutely adore Rhys’ books with Sinner’s Gin being my favorite series followed by Half Moon Bay. There isn’t one that I don’t love! Glad to see another one coming out. Elaine
Congrats on the upcoming release! I can’t wait for December! Absolutely LOVE your other series and this cover is gorgeous! :D
Another amazing cover. The title is lovely as well. I loved Fish Stick Fridays and am definitely going to read this one as well.
Oh, and I absolutely agree that it’s quite cruel to have us pick ONE favorite series when all of them are so fantastic. ^_^
I picked Kai Gracen because I’m really looking forward to book 2 (pre-ordered it already) and I’m hoping for more books in the series. Otherwise I probably would have voted for the Sinners series. I adore all the Morgans and I love Miki. :)
howdy do! :)
love the cover, can’t wait for the latest release
Oh, this sounds steamy… I love it! :)
Great cover and I love the blurb! Thank you so much for the giveaway as well!
Love the cover, Good luck.
Can’t wait to read book two in the series!
Love the cover and let’s Hope West is able to reclaim himself!