Where Fiction and Reality Meet
I’m so delighted to share the cover for my new holiday novella Holding the Edge. Thanks to Dar Albert for the wonderful artwork. Holding the Edge is the sequel to Cold War, my figure skating romance from earlier this year. Dev and Misha are back and trying to make their secret relationship work in the... Continue Reading →
Title: One Indulgence Author: Lydia Gastrell Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 252 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When Henry Cortland, the Earl of Brenleigh, comes to London to fulfill his duty and take a wife, he also decides to first fulfill his most secret and suppressed desires. He wants to spend just one night with... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Whitley, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start by having you tell us a little bit about yourself? Whitley: Hello. I’m Whitley Gray. I write M/M contemporary romance. When I’m not writing, I work in the medical field, which provides a lot of interesting material for characters... Continue Reading →
Q.) Hi, Belinda, and welcome to you. We’re glad to have you here with us today. What do you find most creatively satisfying about writing Alt U/Fantasy/Paranormal/Sci-fi rather than a contemporary romance? A.) I think I fell in love with speculative fiction way back when I was a kid. The first books I read were... Continue Reading →
Title: Phoenix Rising Author: Kimberly Gardner Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 277 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Two dozen roses, one dozen balloons and a night with a sexy, young stripper. It’s the perfect birthday present for the man who has everything. Or is it? Because the gift Jimmy really wants can't be bought at... Continue Reading →
Title: Hunter and Hunted Author: Tricia Owens Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 123 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Hunter's a professional hit man trying to get out of the life. One last job, and if he doesn't get sloppy, he's done for good. Then he can have a normal life with friends, a lover, maybe... Continue Reading →
Title: The Bucket List Author: Douglas Black Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 108 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When Kade Doherty gets dumped, he expects sympathy from his friends. Instead, he gets a bucket list. His friends want to help him enjoy life again, but Kade isn’t convinced a list of outlandish leisure pursuits will... Continue Reading →
You would think that when I was writing this story I would have been watching as many cowboy movies I could get my hands on, or at least I would have watched Brokeback Mountain. But alas, I did not. But now that I think of it, I really should have, because Cowboy movies are the... Continue Reading →
Title: Changeling (Middle Hill: Book One) Author: Barbara Geiger Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 326 Pages Rating: 2 Stars Blurb: Matt sells sex because he has to take care of his little brother, Sam. While it sucks, it’s not that much different from the abuse he endured when he was a teenager. He’s exhausting himself... Continue Reading →
Title: Brokedown Hearts (Foster Siblings: Book Three) Author: Cameron Dane Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 332 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Ex-con David Joyner returns home knowing he must atone for his past sins. Working at an animal shelter, David keeps his head down, desperate to prove to a hostile town he’s a new man.... Continue Reading →
Title: Saving Kane Author: Michele M. Rakes Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 260 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Kane Abel can’t help falling for his caregiver, the handsome paramedic who saves his life, but he’s resistant. The one time Kane threw caution to the wind, he was left with a wired jaw and a tracheostomy.... Continue Reading →
Title: Sealed by Fire Author: A. Catherine Noon and Rachel Wilder Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 269 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Vanya is a sorcerer’s apprentice who finally achieves his goal, initiation as a sorcerer – only to find that he, himself, is the intended sacrifice in their ritual. When the ritual goes wrong,... Continue Reading →
Title: Sealed by Fire Author: A. Catherine Noon and Rachel Wilder Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 269 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Vanya is a sorcerer’s apprentice who finally achieves his goal, initiation as a sorcerer – only to find that he, himself, is the intended sacrifice in their ritual. When the ritual goes wrong,... Continue Reading →
Title: Rescued Author: Felice Stevens Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 212 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Ryder Daniels has spent the last year recovering from rejection: his parents couldn’t accept his sexuality and his lover chose drugs over his love. The only bright lights in his life are his younger brother and his rescued pit... Continue Reading →
Title: Rescued Author: Felice Stevens Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 212 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Ryder Daniels has spent the last year recovering from rejection: his parents couldn’t accept his sexuality and his lover chose drugs over his love. The only bright lights in his life are his younger brother and his rescued pit... Continue Reading →
“Love is a cowboy's hardest ride.” ― C.B. Smith Title: With This Ring, I Thee...Oh Sh*t! Author: Dane Waters Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 184 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The days leading up to Dean’s wedding include his mild mannered fiancée morphing into a Texas diva. A future father in law who’d like nothing... Continue Reading →
“Love is a cowboy's hardest ride.” ― C.B. Smith Title: With This Ring, I Thee...Oh Sh*t! Author: Dane Waters Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 184 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The days leading up to Dean’s wedding include his mild mannered fiancée morphing into a Texas diva. A future father in law who’d like nothing... Continue Reading →
Title: Last Chance Tattoo Author: Karenna Colcroft Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 144 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: After "failing" to make a life and a drag career in Boston, Rad Morris has returned home to Ludington, Michigan, where his primary goal is to avoid his disapproving family. Only his grandmother accepts him, and Rad... Continue Reading →
Title: Last Chance Tattoo Author: Karenna Colcroft Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 144 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: After "failing" to make a life and a drag career in Boston, Rad Morris has returned home to Ludington, Michigan, where his primary goal is to avoid his disapproving family. Only his grandmother accepts him, and Rad... Continue Reading →
Title: Bold Series: Blue Boy Author: Garrett Leigh Publisher: Loose Id Buy Links: Loose Id | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Blurb: Dancer Kai is the sweetheart of Blue Boy Studio. Cute and petite, he’s the slender bottom every top loves to pound. But nothing is ever quite as it seems, and beneath his golden... Continue Reading →
Title: Bold Series: Blue Boy Author: Garrett Leigh Publisher: Loose Id Buy Links: Loose Id | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Blurb: Dancer Kai is the sweetheart of Blue Boy Studio. Cute and petite, he’s the slender bottom every top loves to pound. But nothing is ever quite as it seems, and beneath his golden... Continue Reading →
The problem with writing superpowers is that there are just so many fabulous options. So when I set up the Superpowered Love series, books about folks that belong to a superpowered subculture known as the ‘awakened’, I knew I had to limit it somehow or it’d just spiral out of control. I went elemental: fire,... Continue Reading →
Title: A Change of Tune Author: J.M. Cartwright Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 254 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Johnny Rayne has had enough--enough of being at the top of the rock music industry for the last decade, enough of constant touring and recording. He wants something more--something very different. Moving to a farm in... Continue Reading →
Title: A Change of Tune Author: J.M. Cartwright Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 254 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Johnny Rayne has had enough--enough of being at the top of the rock music industry for the last decade, enough of constant touring and recording. He wants something more--something very different. Moving to a farm in... Continue Reading →
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