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August 29, 2017
Free Books
I have a handful of early novels that are back with me after Torquere closed up shop. I was planning to rework them and sell them, which I did with one, Hourglass, but my heart's not in it.
I want to write new books, not revisit old ones.
So my plan is to put the text up at Archive of Our Own, where they can be downloaded in all the usual formats.
The books in question are
Drawing Closer (contemporary BDSM and my first novel ever, though it's more of a novella looking at it now.)
Wild Raspberries
Wintergreen (these are separate books but really they're one story. Contemporary m/m romance)
Spoken from the Heart (a fantasy m/m with a theater setting.)
I hope you enjoy them if they're ones you haven't read yet.
I'll add a link to the GR page of each book when I do the upload and a new blog post; it'll take a couple of weeks since I do want to give them a quick edit at least.
I want to write new books, not revisit old ones.
So my plan is to put the text up at Archive of Our Own, where they can be downloaded in all the usual formats.
The books in question are
Drawing Closer (contemporary BDSM and my first novel ever, though it's more of a novella looking at it now.)
Wild Raspberries
Wintergreen (these are separate books but really they're one story. Contemporary m/m romance)
Spoken from the Heart (a fantasy m/m with a theater setting.)
I hope you enjoy them if they're ones you haven't read yet.
I'll add a link to the GR page of each book when I do the upload and a new blog post; it'll take a couple of weeks since I do want to give them a quick edit at least.
August 8, 2017
Accept my Surrender is out!
Accept My Surrender is now available! So excited. It's contemporary BDSM in a small town setting, no dungeons, no clubs, just two men and a lot of heat.
It's at Loose Id here:
Accept my Surrender
And Amazon here:
Accept my Surrender
Moving on after his wife leaves him, middle-aged John explores a side of himself he'd pushed aside since college, and dates men. It's not working out too well when Logan, a local professor looking to rent the apartment over John's garage, enters his life. John doesn't expect Logan--younger, pierced, tattooed--to be anything more than a monthly rent check, but he accidentally overhears Logan's steamy BDSM session with a casual partner and he's turned on like never before. He can't stop thinking about what it would be like to be the one on his knees.
It doesn't take much to persuade Logan to teach John how to be a sub, but the experiment in submission quickly turns into much more than John ever dreamed of. The sex is sizzling but it's the sense of fulfillment John feels when he yields control to Logan that he craves. Despite Logan's struggle to adjust to being in a relationship and John's inexperience, they're moving toward something good when John's faced with a choice. Two paths lie before him, both offering happiness, but only one calls for his surrender, body and heart, to the one he loves.
It's at Loose Id here:
Accept my Surrender
And Amazon here:
Accept my Surrender
Moving on after his wife leaves him, middle-aged John explores a side of himself he'd pushed aside since college, and dates men. It's not working out too well when Logan, a local professor looking to rent the apartment over John's garage, enters his life. John doesn't expect Logan--younger, pierced, tattooed--to be anything more than a monthly rent check, but he accidentally overhears Logan's steamy BDSM session with a casual partner and he's turned on like never before. He can't stop thinking about what it would be like to be the one on his knees.
It doesn't take much to persuade Logan to teach John how to be a sub, but the experiment in submission quickly turns into much more than John ever dreamed of. The sex is sizzling but it's the sense of fulfillment John feels when he yields control to Logan that he craves. Despite Logan's struggle to adjust to being in a relationship and John's inexperience, they're moving toward something good when John's faced with a choice. Two paths lie before him, both offering happiness, but only one calls for his surrender, body and heart, to the one he loves.
July 27, 2017
Cover for Accept my Surrender
Here it is! Book coming out Aug 8th. April Martinez did an amazing job. It's a contemporary BDSM, but we wanted to move away from the more expected cover; the contract is not for what you might expect either :-)
July 21, 2017
Accept my Surrender
Coming soon! August 8th! No cover yet, but here's the blurb:
Moving on after his wife leaves him, middle-aged John explores a side of himself he'd pushed aside since college, and dates men. It's not working out too well when Logan, a local professor looking to rent the apartment over John's garage, enters his life. John doesn't expect Logan--younger, pierced, tattooed--to be anything more than a monthly rent check, but he accidentally overhears Logan's steamy BDSM session with a casual partner and he's turned on like never before. He can't stop thinking about what it would be like to be the one on his knees.
It doesn't take much to persuade Logan to teach John how to be a sub, but the experiment in submission quickly turns into much more than John ever dreamed of. The sex is sizzling but it's the sense of fulfillment John feels when he yields control to Logan that he craves. Despite Logan's struggle to adjust to being in a relationship and John's inexperience, they're moving toward something good when John's faced with a choice. Two paths lie before him, both offering happiness, but only one calls for his surrender, body and heart, to the one he loves.
Moving on after his wife leaves him, middle-aged John explores a side of himself he'd pushed aside since college, and dates men. It's not working out too well when Logan, a local professor looking to rent the apartment over John's garage, enters his life. John doesn't expect Logan--younger, pierced, tattooed--to be anything more than a monthly rent check, but he accidentally overhears Logan's steamy BDSM session with a casual partner and he's turned on like never before. He can't stop thinking about what it would be like to be the one on his knees.
It doesn't take much to persuade Logan to teach John how to be a sub, but the experiment in submission quickly turns into much more than John ever dreamed of. The sex is sizzling but it's the sense of fulfillment John feels when he yields control to Logan that he craves. Despite Logan's struggle to adjust to being in a relationship and John's inexperience, they're moving toward something good when John's faced with a choice. Two paths lie before him, both offering happiness, but only one calls for his surrender, body and heart, to the one he loves.
July 8, 2017
Drabble
This drabble (100 words exactly, not counting title) popped into my head so I thought I'd share.
And the next book by Alexa and me, Accept my Surrender, has been moved up and Loose Id will publish it on August 8th.
Challenge
I break you apart. Scattered like breeze-blown leaves. No part of you is left hidden from my gaze, every secret laid bare.
I touch next. Explore with my fingers, testing limits, careful not to damage or hurt. No forcing a hole to yield for me. Though it’s tempting at times when you frustrate me.
After all, I bought you. Own you. You’re mine.
And after I take you in hand and make you whole, I put you back in your box, waiting for me to play with you again.
Damn. There’s a piece of sky I missed under the table.
And the next book by Alexa and me, Accept my Surrender, has been moved up and Loose Id will publish it on August 8th.
Challenge
I break you apart. Scattered like breeze-blown leaves. No part of you is left hidden from my gaze, every secret laid bare.
I touch next. Explore with my fingers, testing limits, careful not to damage or hurt. No forcing a hole to yield for me. Though it’s tempting at times when you frustrate me.
After all, I bought you. Own you. You’re mine.
And after I take you in hand and make you whole, I put you back in your box, waiting for me to play with you again.
Damn. There’s a piece of sky I missed under the table.
June 11, 2017
Teaser
When I wrote Hourglass one of the bits I enjoyed the most was the chapter headings. I used snippets of scripts from the TV show and movie the characters star in and other stuff. Like this:
The set of the new hit show Hourglass is a busy hive of activity, but the two stars of the show, Ash Morden, known to viewers as the idealistic young lawyer on the popular drama Crimes of Passion, and Lee Simons, in his first major role, kindly agreed to be interviewed for Star Chat during a break in filming the season one finale—and no, I'm not giving away any spoilers, folks.
I asked handsome blond Ash how it felt to be the star after so many supporting roles, and he looked at me with a twinkle in his eyes. (And yes, ladies, they're as blue as they look on screen!)
"Patty, every role, every character I play, is a star in their minds, the star of the show that is their life. I try to portray that."
"So what you're saying is that you don't mind how big or small the role is, because you can still make it your own?"
He smiled at me, and I'll admit my heart skipped a beat. His character, Steve York, is a rich businessman with a playboy streak who gets a social conscience—and a new girl every week—and it's no secret that Morden is a ladies' man himself, seen in all the right places with a string of models and movie stars. "That's exactly it, Patty."
I turned to the young man fans are swooning over and asked this rising star how being discovered by Ben Adler has changed his life. Pushing back his riot of curly hair (it's rumored those brown locks have a section in his contract) he looks at me with eyes two shades lighter than the hair and smiles. It's like being hit by a searchlight.
"Ever won the lottery?"
I tell him that if I had, I wouldn't be here talking to them, I'd be on a beach in Hawaii, and they laugh, exchanging warmly friendly glances, an easy camaraderie already evident between them.
[Extract from Star Chat April 1999 issue]
The set of the new hit show Hourglass is a busy hive of activity, but the two stars of the show, Ash Morden, known to viewers as the idealistic young lawyer on the popular drama Crimes of Passion, and Lee Simons, in his first major role, kindly agreed to be interviewed for Star Chat during a break in filming the season one finale—and no, I'm not giving away any spoilers, folks.
I asked handsome blond Ash how it felt to be the star after so many supporting roles, and he looked at me with a twinkle in his eyes. (And yes, ladies, they're as blue as they look on screen!)
"Patty, every role, every character I play, is a star in their minds, the star of the show that is their life. I try to portray that."
"So what you're saying is that you don't mind how big or small the role is, because you can still make it your own?"
He smiled at me, and I'll admit my heart skipped a beat. His character, Steve York, is a rich businessman with a playboy streak who gets a social conscience—and a new girl every week—and it's no secret that Morden is a ladies' man himself, seen in all the right places with a string of models and movie stars. "That's exactly it, Patty."
I turned to the young man fans are swooning over and asked this rising star how being discovered by Ben Adler has changed his life. Pushing back his riot of curly hair (it's rumored those brown locks have a section in his contract) he looks at me with eyes two shades lighter than the hair and smiles. It's like being hit by a searchlight.
"Ever won the lottery?"
I tell him that if I had, I wouldn't be here talking to them, I'd be on a beach in Hawaii, and they laugh, exchanging warmly friendly glances, an easy camaraderie already evident between them.
[Extract from Star Chat April 1999 issue]
June 3, 2017
Dedicated Daughters
When I wrote Hourglass in 2010, I dedicated it to my oldest daughter, Eleanor, because Lauren was too young to care. Now, with the reissue of the book, revised and tweaked, I changed the dedication to include them both:
Dedicated to my daughters, Eleanor and Lauren, who share Samantha's regret that their favorite shows have to end.
Hourglass is born out of my fierce, abiding love for fandom. It's where my writing career began, it's what sparked the realization I could write. It's the story of a young girl discovering a dusty show, cancelled early, and demanding it be brought back to life. Samantha's too young to grasp the human cost to granting her wish, and the financial aspect isn't important; her dad owns the rights, after all.
She wants more. Any Firefly fan would understand. And so do my daughters. I've shared their grief when shows they loved were taken off the air. Hell, the night the last episode of Angel aired, I cried from dawn to midnight and that's not hyperbole. I went to sleep on a tear-soaked pillow.
So though Hourglass is a romance, it's more than the love story of Ash and Lee. It's a love of the story itself. Any story.
Dedicated to my daughters, Eleanor and Lauren, who share Samantha's regret that their favorite shows have to end.
Hourglass is born out of my fierce, abiding love for fandom. It's where my writing career began, it's what sparked the realization I could write. It's the story of a young girl discovering a dusty show, cancelled early, and demanding it be brought back to life. Samantha's too young to grasp the human cost to granting her wish, and the financial aspect isn't important; her dad owns the rights, after all.
She wants more. Any Firefly fan would understand. And so do my daughters. I've shared their grief when shows they loved were taken off the air. Hell, the night the last episode of Angel aired, I cried from dawn to midnight and that's not hyperbole. I went to sleep on a tear-soaked pillow.
So though Hourglass is a romance, it's more than the love story of Ash and Lee. It's a love of the story itself. Any story.
May 31, 2017
Hourglass is out!
Get it at Amazon for $3.98
or from Loose Id at $3.99
When Ben Adler gives in and grants his young daughter's wish, making a movie out of a TV show he used to produce, he knows he's going to have big problems. One of the leads from the original is a big star now, but the other's vanished into obscurity, leading a life far from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.
Ben can also still remember how the two actors' scorching off-screen romance went up in flames. Undeterred, Ben goes forward with the project, recruiting Ash and Lee by dangling very attractive carrots before them.
The cameras start to roll, but the main action takes place off set. It's never easy to work with an old flame, or to handle the emotions that are bound to surface, but as two men who could never get enough of each other deal with a rekindled attraction, they discover that when it comes to love, there's always time for a retake.
Note: This book was previously released by another publisher, and has been re-edited and revised
or from Loose Id at $3.99
When Ben Adler gives in and grants his young daughter's wish, making a movie out of a TV show he used to produce, he knows he's going to have big problems. One of the leads from the original is a big star now, but the other's vanished into obscurity, leading a life far from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.
Ben can also still remember how the two actors' scorching off-screen romance went up in flames. Undeterred, Ben goes forward with the project, recruiting Ash and Lee by dangling very attractive carrots before them.
The cameras start to roll, but the main action takes place off set. It's never easy to work with an old flame, or to handle the emotions that are bound to surface, but as two men who could never get enough of each other deal with a rekindled attraction, they discover that when it comes to love, there's always time for a retake.
Note: This book was previously released by another publisher, and has been re-edited and revised
May 17, 2017
Hourglass cover peek!
Way back in the day, I wrote Hourglass and when I got the rights back, I revised it and Loose Id are publishing it at the end of the month. And here's the cover!
It's by Syneca Featherstone and it's perfect for this story, set a decade ago and featuring a 90s TV show I so want to watch, being made into a movie.
Hope you like Ash, Lee, and their producer and Cupid, Ben.
It's by Syneca Featherstone and it's perfect for this story, set a decade ago and featuring a 90s TV show I so want to watch, being made into a movie.
Hope you like Ash, Lee, and their producer and Cupid, Ben.
April 27, 2017
Sale! Run! Buy! Read!
Turn Up the Heat $3.70 on Amazon!
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"Steamy sex, great characters, well-written story"
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"Hot Dirty Talkin' Goodness!"
"Steamy sex, great characters, well-written story"
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