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Better Late Than Never: the Last Day of Two Sales

You’d think that with two month long book sales going on for the entirety of July, I could’ve found a moment to tell you about them before the last day. But nope. I’ve been so busy, I’ve barely had time to breathe. It’s ridiculous, really, but what can you do?

So anyway. Two book sales. It’s the last day for both of them, but you still have time to go forth and shop.

Smashwords July Summer/Winter Sale

The first of the sales is the yearly Smashwords Summer/Winter sale where all my solo-...

New Release Spotlight and Guestpost: Love in an Elevator by Holly Day

Today, I welcome my dear friend Holly Day back to the blog; she’s here to talk about her July story, Love in an Elevator (does anyone else hear Steven Tyler’s voice in their heads now, or is it just me?). And before I leave the floor to Holly, I feel the need to reassure her. No, I’m not an elevator talker. I promise to never speak a word to you should we end up in an elevator together

Hello, everyone! Thank you, lovely Nell, for allowing me to swing by today . We’ve reached the seventh ...

Sunday Book Rec Special Edition: the Naked Gardeners

One of the things I was looking forward to the most while me and my fellow naked gardener authors was working on our stories, was reading the other books. I was dying to know how Ally, Holly, Amy, and Kristin would interpret the theme, what kinds of stories their brilliant minds would think up. So of course I had to read them all as soon as I was able, and I was not disappointed.

The result was a handful of very different stories only connected by the theme of being naked in the garden. I ad...

New Release Spotlight: Twelve Letters by Ellie Thomas

Thank you so much, lovely Nell, for having me as your guest again today! I’m Ellie Thomas, I write MM Historical Romance, and I’m here to chat about Twelve Letters, my new release for JMS Books.

Although my stories always have a historical setting, I try not to stick to a certain period so I don’t get stuck in a rut! With this in mind, so far this year I’ve set stories in Elizabethan and 20th-century London, and also 17th-century Oxfordshire.

But despite my best efforts, I have to admit th...

Book Sale (Number One)

Apparently July is The Big Book Sale Month, but since I’m mostly disconnected from my online life (too much to do, not enough time) I haven’t told you about any of them. So I’m going to do the rational thing, and start with the latest, and when this one is over, I’ll come back and tell you about the other two. Deal?

July 12-13: JMS Books Anti Prime Sale: all ebooks 50% off

For two days, my lovely publisher JMS Books offers 50% off all ebooks (and sells paperbacks for $8!!) so if you need...

New Release Spotlight: Keep it Down! by Ofelia Gränd

Today, I welcome my dear friend Ofelia back to the blog, but idk if I’ll allow her back if she keeps calling me out like this when she’s here for a visit What am I talking about? The angry laundry room notes she writes about! Been there, done that, both giving and receiving. Luckily, I have my own laundry room these days and a well-trained husband who knows how to behave in it, so there’s no need for angry notes anymore.

But enough talk about Swedish passive-aggressiveness; here’s Ofelia.

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Goodbye June

I realize today is the fourth of July and these posts are meant for the first of every month, but I didn’t even notice that June ended, to be honest with you. June whirled past and I couldn’t keep up and now July is here and I’m afraid I’ll blink and it’ll be November. Can someone please slow down time a little, please and thank you??

Considering how busy I was in June, I didn’t take many pictures, but at least I managed to find ten to show you so you can see what I’ve been up to. And we’ll s...

Read Around the Rainbow: Setting Books Where You Live

Read Around the Rainbow is a blogging project featuring yours truly, A.L. Lester, Ofelia Gränd, Holly Day, K.L. Noone, Amy Spector, Addison Albright, Fiona Glass, Lilian Francis, and Ellie Thomas. Every month, we pick a topic and then we blog about it. Check the other blog posts by clicking the RAtR widget in the sidebar, or the links at the bottom of this post.

The RAtR topic for June is “Do you set your books in the place you live (or have lived) in?”

In the early nineties, I rea...

Sunday Book Recommendation

First, it was the cover:

I mean, look at this gorgeousness I took one look at this and totally judged the book by its cover and almost one-clicked without even reading the blurb, because seriously. If this cover doesn’t win Best Cover of 2022, I’m gonna be mad.

Then, it was the reviews:

“It’s all very sweet and easy.” And “This was instalove.” And “If you love totally angst-free romance, then this is definitely for you.”

If you know me at all, you know that those three review s...

New Release Spotlight: Held Close to My Heart by Ellie Thomas

Thank you again, lovely Nell, for having me as your guest today! I’m Ellie Thomas, and I write Gay Historical Romance. In this blog, I’m chatting about Held Close to my Heart, my story for the June Hugs or Kisses submissions call for JMS Books.

Apart from a brief trip back to Elizabethan London for the Spice of Life in February and a look at the 1930s Gay Scene  for London in the Rain published in April, most of my stories scheduled for this year are Regency Romances, and quite a few of them ...