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New book coming June 20!

I’m so excited to bring you the novel I started *checks watch* three years and a month ago. Cicadas: A Totally Ordinary Epic Love Story will be out on the summer solstice, June 20!

Book Cover of Cicadas: A Totally Ordinary Epic Love Story (June 20, 2024)

What if you had a second chance at a second chance?

One day in 1987

Budding scientist Joel and cowboy-quarterback Danny meet amid the arrival of seventeen-year cicadas. Like the loud, lusty insects, the boys bond through song, rev...

We stayed on the boat from A Christmas Harbor!

The cockpit of the “Many Waters.” The entrance is just below the windshield and looks like a window.

Last weekend my husband and I spent the weekend in Annapolis (the Maritime Republic of Eastport, specifically), living aboard the boat I used as a model for David’s vessel, the Many Waters.

I wasn’t able to travel to Annapolis last year while writing A Christmas Harbor, which meant I had to settle for Google Street View. So I was incredibly eager to see the living places that felt so...

Rainbow Advent Calendar story!

Green Grows the Holly: a Glasgow Lads Holiday Short

“We’ll always be the luckiest lads in Glasgow.”

Hello and Happy Holidays! I’m so thrilled to be part of the Rainbow Advent Calendar again, run by the incredible author Alex Jane. This year, I’m bringing you a fun wee holiday short featuring the couple from the first Glasgow Lads novel, Playing For Keeps, and the followup short story Play It Safe: Fergus and John! It also features cameos from several other beloved characters from the...

Mistletoe acquired! A wee Must Love Christmas excerpt

Must Love Christmas comes out in only 3 days! The preorder is already up, and the paperback should be on sale by tomorrow (I would make them available on the same day, but Amazon doesn’t allow paperback preorders for indie authors).

Meantime, Must Love Christmas‘s companion novel, Throwing Stones, is on sale through Monday! Only 0.99 in the US and UK, and discounted in every other country.

I’ve been sharing one- or two-line teasers from Must Love Christmas for the last few days, but today ...

Writing Sports Romance as a Couch Potato

Ever wonder how we non-athletes write sports romances? Over at author Jackie Keswick’s blog I talk about the challenges of writing a sport I’ve never played, and how the Glasgow Lads’ struggles and triumphs on the pitch reflect their own personal growth (or lack thereof lol). Check it out!

Massive book giveaway!

This month, dozens of authors have teamed up to provide all the free books you need for a summer of hot, hot reads, in the Summer Heated Blitz Giveaway. Every subgenre represented!

My offering is Play On, the standalone prequel novella for the Glasgow Lads, a M/M sports romance series set in contemporary Scotland. Duncan and Brodie’s story is a sweet and sexy new-adult tale of pride over prejudice.

Follow this link by June 30 to grab your free books!

The Wee Things: Guest author Amy Aislin with The Nature of the Game

Hello and welcome to another round of The Wee Things! This is a new feature where authors spotlight important objects in their books, talk about their origins, and what these objects mean to their characters and themselves.

Today’s guest is Amy Aislin, author of the Stick Side series of m/m hockey romances. She’s here to talk about the latest installment, Book 2, The Nature of the Game, which just came out May 7.

Take it away, Amy!

Thank you for joining me to celebrate the release of my new...

Robert’s challenge

In Play Hard, Liam and Robert reminisce about how they first became best mates, back when they were six years old. I won’t give it away, but it involved this collage:

I made this with my own wee hands, thereby proving I’m as crafty as a 6-year-old boy.

Check out my guest post at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words for more about Robert’s first challenge for Liam. Hint: It also involves a collage. And be sure to pick up Play Hard while it’s still at its early price!

Guest post by RJ Scott and VL Locey

I’m thrilled to welcome RJ Scott and V.L. Locey, authors of the Harrisburg Railers M/M hockey romance series, which is now in Kindle Unlimited for the next 90 days! They’re here to discuss why they love men in sports, something I am totally here for.

The Wee Things kickoff: Robert’s rubber duckies

I’m starting a feature here called “The Wee Things,” where I and other authors will spotlight specific objects in our books, talk about their origins, and what they mean to us and to our characters. Fun stuff!

In Play It Safe, Liam and Fergus are shopping in the Barras market when they come upon a toy merchant selling rubber duckies that light up when you put them in water.

Liam stopped in his tracks in front of a toy seller. “Rabbie used to love these.” He darted over to a small tub filled w...