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November 19, 2017
#Rainbowsnippets Won't Feel a Thing 18-19 November
Running a little behind... been bogged down in editing. But I'm making progress with the re write of my first ever series and hoping for a re release of The District Line in early 2018. That's my New Year's Resolution anyway, which brings me on nicely to this week's snippet :)Today I'm revealing the cover for the first book in my brand new St.Cross series, which will be published on 19 December (that's one month from now, people!) by Loose ID. Won't Feel a Thing is the first book in my hospital based series and follows pediatric cardiology nurse, Ollie, who makes a brief appearance in Reformed (Responsible Adult #3), also on general release from Pride on 5 December (busy Christmas for me - eek!). Here's the blurb...It takes more than a doctor to mend a broken heart.Ollie Warne, fresh out of nursing school and working his dream job as a pediatric cardiology nurse at St Cross Children’s Hospital, London, wants to start the new year free of personal heartache after his track record of falling for the wrong man—his New Year’s resolution is to live a life of carefree liaisons from now on.He immediately meets Jacob, father of one of Ollie’s patients and a man harboring more guilt and past demons than even Ollie, which is saying something…Their growing attraction makes it hard for Ollie to keep his distance, but he has to―not only do the ethics of his profession demand it…but Ollie is entangled with another man. A predatory doctor who has a huge personal and professional stake in Ollie’s life.Ollie risks more than his job by getting involved with a patient’s father―and much more than just the success of his New Year’s resolution, something that was supposed to ensure that, this time, he won’t feel a thing.
And now for the #Rainbowsnippet...****“You left your watch here.”Ollie scrambled to get his arm out from under the duvet and checked his wrist. Bollocks. He shut his eyes.“I’ve had to throw it out.”Ollie shoved a hand over his mouth, adding to his suffocating possibilities, and ignored the sinking feeling in his gut.“I’ll get you a new one.”Ollie shook his head and sank farther into the duvet to cover his face.“Don’t call me back. I’ll see you later.”The answer phone bleeped, indicating the end of the message and signifying the beginning of Ollie’s New Year’s resolution.The one where he wouldn’t feel a thing.****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read all the other snippets here
And now for the #Rainbowsnippet...****“You left your watch here.”Ollie scrambled to get his arm out from under the duvet and checked his wrist. Bollocks. He shut his eyes.“I’ve had to throw it out.”Ollie shoved a hand over his mouth, adding to his suffocating possibilities, and ignored the sinking feeling in his gut.“I’ll get you a new one.”Ollie shook his head and sank farther into the duvet to cover his face.“Don’t call me back. I’ll see you later.”The answer phone bleeped, indicating the end of the message and signifying the beginning of Ollie’s New Year’s resolution.The one where he wouldn’t feel a thing.****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read all the other snippets here
November 11, 2017
#Rainbowsnippets believes in you 11-12 November
It's the weekend, so that means Rainbow Snippets time! Today I'm going over to Reformed (Responsible Adult #3) for the last installment in my Responsible Adult serial. Out on General Release on the 5 December, Reformed completes the story of Micky, Dan and little Flynn.You can pre order your copy right now :)
****Opening his eyes, he sat and grabbed the back of Micky’s neck to pull him toward him. Their foreheads almost crashed together and Dan dug his fingertips into his soft skin.“I’m sorry,” Dan muttered. “I love you. So much. For who you are. But also”—Dan pulled away to look him in the eye—“for who you could be. Because, Micky Brenin O’Neill…” Dan kissed him on the lips, lingering over it, tasting him. “I believe in you. Even when you don’t believe in yourself.”****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read all the other great snippets from fantastic authors here:)
****Opening his eyes, he sat and grabbed the back of Micky’s neck to pull him toward him. Their foreheads almost crashed together and Dan dug his fingertips into his soft skin.“I’m sorry,” Dan muttered. “I love you. So much. For who you are. But also”—Dan pulled away to look him in the eye—“for who you could be. Because, Micky Brenin O’Neill…” Dan kissed him on the lips, lingering over it, tasting him. “I believe in you. Even when you don’t believe in yourself.”****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read all the other great snippets from fantastic authors here:)
October 28, 2017
#Rainbowsnippets has its second cuppa
Today I am celebrating the fact that my WIP, Active Duty, has been completed! For a book featuring a side character from my other series who I had never intended on making the main man, it went surprisingly well. I hit the 85K word count mark and decided to stop it there... with even the potential for a second book. Not bad at all. Now to see whether anything can be done with it.But that does mean I now also have to go back to the two books I have left hanging in mid air. And one of those is where I will take my snippet from today. Love & Tea Bags is another WIP, although I know I'm not far off from completing. So I thought it would be a good idea to offer a snippet from this one today to get me back into the swing of things. 
Love & Tea Bags follows Mark, a nearing 40 year old man from a small seaside town in south east England. He's feeling the pinch of hitting middle age and living a boring, uneventful life that mainly revolves around his one true love, the English Breakfast (that's the tea drink, not the full fry up persuasion). Then enters a rather dashing, and rather handsome young, Australian who not only serves at Mark's regular tea haunt, but also happens to be a rather good handyman... Which is where our snippet starts. Bradley, the young Aussie, has offered to take a look at Mark's leaking roof...****"How do you take your tea?" Mark clapped his hands together a little too overzealous after clicking the kettle on to boil. He did so enjoy making tea for his guests. He was sure it would warrant a better response than hitting him would."No, thanks, mate," Bradley replied. "Don't really drink tea."That completely unnecessary sucker punch to the gut knocked the wind firmly out of Mark's sails and he was unable to prevent the gurning from spreading across his face. How Macy could have believed these two would ever get along really was turning out to be quite some quandary. "You're not one of those..." Mark was unable to form the words. "Coffee drinkers, are you?" His throat hacked out the most offensive c-word in his vocabulary along with a sizable amount of phlegm.****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read other snippets from great authors here:)
Love & Tea Bags follows Mark, a nearing 40 year old man from a small seaside town in south east England. He's feeling the pinch of hitting middle age and living a boring, uneventful life that mainly revolves around his one true love, the English Breakfast (that's the tea drink, not the full fry up persuasion). Then enters a rather dashing, and rather handsome young, Australian who not only serves at Mark's regular tea haunt, but also happens to be a rather good handyman... Which is where our snippet starts. Bradley, the young Aussie, has offered to take a look at Mark's leaking roof...****"How do you take your tea?" Mark clapped his hands together a little too overzealous after clicking the kettle on to boil. He did so enjoy making tea for his guests. He was sure it would warrant a better response than hitting him would."No, thanks, mate," Bradley replied. "Don't really drink tea."That completely unnecessary sucker punch to the gut knocked the wind firmly out of Mark's sails and he was unable to prevent the gurning from spreading across his face. How Macy could have believed these two would ever get along really was turning out to be quite some quandary. "You're not one of those..." Mark was unable to form the words. "Coffee drinkers, are you?" His throat hacked out the most offensive c-word in his vocabulary along with a sizable amount of phlegm.****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read other snippets from great authors here:)
October 22, 2017
#Rainbowsnippets gives its all 21-22 October 2017
I'm running a bit late for the weekend snippets group, but I'm here now. Returning to my next release, Reformed, the third book in my Responsible Adult serial, which is out for pre-order this week at Pride Publishing. 
Here we have Dan and Micky facing something quite huge, which will ultimately test their relationship beyond anything they have ever been through before. These guys just can's seem to cut a break...****Micky bowed forward to rub his forehead against Dan’s. His swollen brown eyes were filled with speckles of green among the blood-shot lines. For a moment, Dan didn’t want to let him go. To let either of them go. He wanted to take care of all this himself. Like he had promised he would. Trouble was, his expertise didn’t include being able to perform life-saving open-heart surgery, so he reluctantly leaned away and mouthed the words I love you instead. It wasn’t much. It wasn’t particularly poignant and rather overused by his recent track record, but it was all he had to give at that moment.****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read more snippets from great authors here.
Here we have Dan and Micky facing something quite huge, which will ultimately test their relationship beyond anything they have ever been through before. These guys just can's seem to cut a break...****Micky bowed forward to rub his forehead against Dan’s. His swollen brown eyes were filled with speckles of green among the blood-shot lines. For a moment, Dan didn’t want to let him go. To let either of them go. He wanted to take care of all this himself. Like he had promised he would. Trouble was, his expertise didn’t include being able to perform life-saving open-heart surgery, so he reluctantly leaned away and mouthed the words I love you instead. It wasn’t much. It wasn’t particularly poignant and rather overused by his recent track record, but it was all he had to give at that moment.****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read more snippets from great authors here.
October 14, 2017
#Rainbowsnippets gets a buzz cut
Blimey, is it really the weekend again?? Evidently so as it's Rainbow Snippets time :) Today I'm giving you a few lines from my WIP. It's something I hadn't planned on writing at all but now I'm nearly 80K words in, I think I better think about what I'm going to do with it. This is Active Duty. Cover courtesy of a wonderful fan!
Featuring Jason, who made his first appearance in my Responsible Adult serial, who is now a Corporal in the UK Army, Infantry Regiment, based out of Catterick, North Yorkshire. He's been tasked with training the new recruits. Something that he never thought would lead to a complete upheaval in his life. The book is told from present day with unraveling flashbacks. This is from Chapter One, present day, where we see a little unease in our usual bold as brass Corporal Jason Williams...****The lad at the door ran a hand through his dark hair. Jason had told him to cut the lot off. Fuzz top. Not a requirement anymore, but that furry mound of dark locks that billowed in the wind while running laps pissed Jason off. Not to mention the lack of proper greeting. Eventually, the Private raised his hand, palm facing outward, and waited."Better." Jason saluted back."Jase...""That's Corporal to you, Private." Jason's fingers trembled at his side. He clenched them in defiance."Corporal.”****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read all the other snippets from great authors here.
Featuring Jason, who made his first appearance in my Responsible Adult serial, who is now a Corporal in the UK Army, Infantry Regiment, based out of Catterick, North Yorkshire. He's been tasked with training the new recruits. Something that he never thought would lead to a complete upheaval in his life. The book is told from present day with unraveling flashbacks. This is from Chapter One, present day, where we see a little unease in our usual bold as brass Corporal Jason Williams...****The lad at the door ran a hand through his dark hair. Jason had told him to cut the lot off. Fuzz top. Not a requirement anymore, but that furry mound of dark locks that billowed in the wind while running laps pissed Jason off. Not to mention the lack of proper greeting. Eventually, the Private raised his hand, palm facing outward, and waited."Better." Jason saluted back."Jase...""That's Corporal to you, Private." Jason's fingers trembled at his side. He clenched them in defiance."Corporal.”****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read all the other snippets from great authors here.
October 7, 2017
#Rainbowsnippets 7-8 October gets a wake up call.
Welcome to the weekend! I've had a massively busy, and rather constructive, week. I've written over 10K on my WIP and its shaping up nicely. For a story I never thought I would write, I'm actually loving it. Who'd have thought a side character in my Responsible Adult series might need his own book? So, in honour of that, I thought I'd do a snippet from Reformed (Responsible Adult #3), which is coming soon to Pride Publishing and out for general release on 5 December, featuring that very side character. Perhaps this was where it all started for Jason Williams ;)
****“You know what you did last night, right?” Micky licked the melting butter trailing his fingers.“What?” Jason asked, holding his stomach.“You snogged me.”“No, I fucking didn’t.”Micky widened his eyes in affirmation and nodded. Jason obviously couldn’t hold it in any further and rushed over to the sink to retch again. He had no contents left in his stomach, so his gut did a great job of letting him hack up nothing.Micky bit his toast with raised eyebrows. Wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, Jason groaned.“Charming,” Micky scoffed.****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can check out all the other snippets from great authors here:)
****“You know what you did last night, right?” Micky licked the melting butter trailing his fingers.“What?” Jason asked, holding his stomach.“You snogged me.”“No, I fucking didn’t.”Micky widened his eyes in affirmation and nodded. Jason obviously couldn’t hold it in any further and rushed over to the sink to retch again. He had no contents left in his stomach, so his gut did a great job of letting him hack up nothing.Micky bit his toast with raised eyebrows. Wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, Jason groaned.“Charming,” Micky scoffed.****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can check out all the other snippets from great authors here:)
October 1, 2017
#Rainbowsnippets laughs their arse off
Another weekend, another snippet! This time I'm going back to my work in progress, Love & Tea Bags. Here we have Mark, hitting his forties, who has just met the young Australian, Bradley, and discovered he does a bit of stripping in his spare time. ****"Your act?" Mark licked his lips of the leftover spittle."You have an act? Isn't it just stand on stage and slowly peel your clothes off to I'm Sexy and I Know It?""Right, so you can't be that old. You just referenced LMFAO.""Of course," Mark agreed. "That I did. Down with the kids. Exactly. Good band."Please don't ask, please don't ask, please don't ask.Bradley arched one eyebrow. "What does it stand for?"He bloody asked.****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read all the other great snippets here
Here we have Mark, hitting his forties, who has just met the young Australian, Bradley, and discovered he does a bit of stripping in his spare time. ****"Your act?" Mark licked his lips of the leftover spittle."You have an act? Isn't it just stand on stage and slowly peel your clothes off to I'm Sexy and I Know It?""Right, so you can't be that old. You just referenced LMFAO.""Of course," Mark agreed. "That I did. Down with the kids. Exactly. Good band."Please don't ask, please don't ask, please don't ask.Bradley arched one eyebrow. "What does it stand for?"He bloody asked.****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read all the other great snippets here
September 24, 2017
#Rainbowsnippets 23-24 September gets Reformed
Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. Here in London we've actually had a little bit of sun! Here's my snippet for the week. This is from the third book in my Responsible Adult serial which is now up on Pride Publishing website as Coming Soon!Reformed takes place in Wales, with Micky and Dan now trying to make a life together with Micky's little brother, Flynn.Of course, driving off into the sunset doesn't always mean that the intended destination will be filled with sunshine and roses. Especially when one half of the couple has to go to the job centre...****“I see here that your partner is no longer on the training allowance and is now a fully qualified teacher?”Micky nodded.“That’ll affect your benefits.” She scrolled through her screen. “Lucky you, that’ll mean you can come off income support.”The woman actually smiled. Gleefully.“Sorry?” Micky leaned forward, narrowing his eyes as he tried to catch a glimpse of whatever was on that screen.“You’re now a kept man, Mr. O’Neill.” She leaned back in her chair and clasped her hands over her stomach. “Your partner earns over the threshold. So you no longer have to come in here.”“But that’s Dan, not me,” Micky snapped, probably a bit too forcefully.“And he’s your partner?” She wiggled the mouse once more to read the details of Micky’s life and relationship status on her screen for all of the civil servants to peruse at their whim. He hadn’t even updated his relationship status onto Facebook.****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read all the other great snippets from awesome authors here.
Reformed takes place in Wales, with Micky and Dan now trying to make a life together with Micky's little brother, Flynn.Of course, driving off into the sunset doesn't always mean that the intended destination will be filled with sunshine and roses. Especially when one half of the couple has to go to the job centre...****“I see here that your partner is no longer on the training allowance and is now a fully qualified teacher?”Micky nodded.“That’ll affect your benefits.” She scrolled through her screen. “Lucky you, that’ll mean you can come off income support.”The woman actually smiled. Gleefully.“Sorry?” Micky leaned forward, narrowing his eyes as he tried to catch a glimpse of whatever was on that screen.“You’re now a kept man, Mr. O’Neill.” She leaned back in her chair and clasped her hands over her stomach. “Your partner earns over the threshold. So you no longer have to come in here.”“But that’s Dan, not me,” Micky snapped, probably a bit too forcefully.“And he’s your partner?” She wiggled the mouse once more to read the details of Micky’s life and relationship status on her screen for all of the civil servants to peruse at their whim. He hadn’t even updated his relationship status onto Facebook.****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read all the other great snippets from awesome authors here.
September 9, 2017
#Rainbowsnippets gets a big heart
I missed last week's Rainbow Snippets, but I'm back with another offering from Hard Time (Responsible Adult #2) which went out on general release this week. 
Here we have our two MC's, Micky and Dan, where Dan discovers just how much Micky hides and how much he does for his disabled little brother, Flynn, since the death of their mother. Dan was already smitten, but after this there's no way back...****“He wants to send it to Mum,” Micky explained. “We post his stuff here, then Mum gets to take it up to heaven with her.” He shrugged, nonchalantly. “Well, I take it and sometimes write a letter back.”“Oh, God, Micky,” Dan gasped, clamping a hand over his mouth. “How? You…”“You all right?” Micky asked, noticing the glisten forming in Dan’s eyes.“You think you’re like your dad,” Dan replied, waving a hand at the tatty Cornflake's box and sniffing. “But this—all of this. Everything you do.” He shook his head, his untamed hair wafting in the breeze, and looked Micky directly in the eye. “Your heart’s too big to be anything like your dad.”Micky snorted. “Couple of years ago, I wasn’t,” he admitted. “I was a selfish little shit. My dad taught me you use your fists to get what you want. It was Flynn who taught me different. Which is why I need him, Dan.” Micky pleaded with his eyes. “So much more than he needs me.”****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read some awesome snippets from great authors here.
Here we have our two MC's, Micky and Dan, where Dan discovers just how much Micky hides and how much he does for his disabled little brother, Flynn, since the death of their mother. Dan was already smitten, but after this there's no way back...****“He wants to send it to Mum,” Micky explained. “We post his stuff here, then Mum gets to take it up to heaven with her.” He shrugged, nonchalantly. “Well, I take it and sometimes write a letter back.”“Oh, God, Micky,” Dan gasped, clamping a hand over his mouth. “How? You…”“You all right?” Micky asked, noticing the glisten forming in Dan’s eyes.“You think you’re like your dad,” Dan replied, waving a hand at the tatty Cornflake's box and sniffing. “But this—all of this. Everything you do.” He shook his head, his untamed hair wafting in the breeze, and looked Micky directly in the eye. “Your heart’s too big to be anything like your dad.”Micky snorted. “Couple of years ago, I wasn’t,” he admitted. “I was a selfish little shit. My dad taught me you use your fists to get what you want. It was Flynn who taught me different. Which is why I need him, Dan.” Micky pleaded with his eyes. “So much more than he needs me.”****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read some awesome snippets from great authors here.
August 26, 2017
#Rainbowsnippets gets a little Love & Tea Bags
It's the weekend again, so another snippet time! This week I'm going to give you a little taste of a Work in Progress of mine. Currently called Love & Tea Bags, this one is set in a rather quaint English seaside town and our MC is tea-loving Mark, hitting his forties and sinking slowly into a midlife crisis, who gets a new lease of life when he discovers his favourite tea shoppe (no typo, the Brits love to add an extra p and e to our shops now and then) is being looked after by one very hunky, not to mention quite young, Australian. This snippet is from chapter two, where Mark has just met the young Aussie, Bradley, in awkward circumstances and discovers Bradley is the nephew of his best friend and tea shoppe owner, Macy. In this snippet, Mark is back at his dreary office and receives a call from Macy explaining her departure from the shop and why Bradley is now serving tea on her behalf.Mark discovers a little more than he bargained for...****Mark picked his mug back up and braced himself for further mouth torture. Seriously, how can one make tea so terribly? "He's also a stripper," Macy replied, nonchalantly. And for the second time that day, Mark had chosen the wrong moment to take a gulp of tea and proceeded to both spit out and snort in the liquid abomination at the same time. "He's a what?" Mark wiped his hand across his nose and wondered how much tea it was actually possible to snort in a day. A cup? A pot? An urn? Which was probably not what he should have been concerned with just then, considering his paperwork was now tainted with a lovely shade of Skimmed Alive. ****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read all the other great snippets from fantastic authors here.
This snippet is from chapter two, where Mark has just met the young Aussie, Bradley, in awkward circumstances and discovers Bradley is the nephew of his best friend and tea shoppe owner, Macy. In this snippet, Mark is back at his dreary office and receives a call from Macy explaining her departure from the shop and why Bradley is now serving tea on her behalf.Mark discovers a little more than he bargained for...****Mark picked his mug back up and braced himself for further mouth torture. Seriously, how can one make tea so terribly? "He's also a stripper," Macy replied, nonchalantly. And for the second time that day, Mark had chosen the wrong moment to take a gulp of tea and proceeded to both spit out and snort in the liquid abomination at the same time. "He's a what?" Mark wiped his hand across his nose and wondered how much tea it was actually possible to snort in a day. A cup? A pot? An urn? Which was probably not what he should have been concerned with just then, considering his paperwork was now tainted with a lovely shade of Skimmed Alive. ****Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation. You can read all the other great snippets from fantastic authors here.
