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Best Books 2017

Hi everyone, I hope you’ve had a great first week of January and started the year as you want to continue and all that…you know what I mean

Release blitz and #giveaway: Blackbird in the Reeds by Sam Burns

 

Buy Links: Amazon US | Amazon UK Length: 50,000 words approx. Cover Design: Madeline Farlow @ Clause & Effect Blurb
Devon Murphy has never believed that there were fairies at the bottom of the garden, but when he’s in an accident on his way to his grandmother’s house and comes face to face with the biggest, baddest wolf he’s ever seen, he’s forced to reconsider.

When his grandmother asks him to look into a string of suspicious accidents, he finds a much bigger mystery to unravel. From h...

#SuperShort

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It was the first day of the new year. The snow poured down from the sky in big, fat flakes, blanketing the world in white, muffling the city sounds and making everything eerily quiet. I would never have left my apartment if I didn’t absolutely have to, but I got back from my parents’ early this morning and the fridge was empty. My choice was either starve to death or brave the weather, and my stomach had been growling angrily at me for hours already.

I hurried along the em...

Release blitz and #giveaway: Vows Box Set (audio) by Addison Albright

 

Buy Links: Amazon US | Amazon UK | Audible US | Audible UK   Length: 17hrs 26mins Narrator: David Gilmore   Blurb

‘Til Death Do Us Part: Henry and Sam Miller-Greene are living the dream, but their worlds are shattered when Henry’s plane crashes and he’s presumed dead. But Henry survives undetected on a remote, small, and insignificant island. Will Sam and Henry’s love be able to survive, as well? When Henry and Sam face an accidental estrangement, and Henry is assumed dead, can their lov...

Christmasvaganza: #SuperShort

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Today is the last day of 2017 and of Christmasvaganza. I told you on Friday that I switched places with the review and the Flash Fiction this week because I wrote a story taking place on New Year’s Eve. What I didn’t tell you was that the story is about Lenny and JJ, the two guys from my story The Christmas Day Date, featured in the anthology Make the Yuletide Gay.

It’s not standalone, but don’t fret if you haven’t read it yet. The anthology is FREE, so go ahead and download it and read it b...

#RainbowSnippets

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Weekends means Rainbow Snippets-time here on the blog, since I’ve joined the  Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook. According to their description, “it’s 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 of even 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).”

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Christmasvaganza: Friday Review

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This is the last holiday themed review for this Christmasvaganza. But…it’s the wrong day, you say. I know, I know. I went rogue this last Christmasvaganza week, and switched places with the review and the Flash Fiction story that would normally be posted today. That little story takes place on New Year’s Eve, so I thought I’d post it on…you guessed it…New Year’s Eve

Christmasvaganza: Surprise Special Guest

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I know I said last week that the fabulous Amy Tasukada would be my last guest here in Christmasvaganza, but I have a surprise. Another guest! I wanted to extend Christmasvaganza through the entire month of December, but didn’t know what to do with the extra Thursday. Answer the questions myself? Sounded boring so I asked my friend Kiska Gray if she wanted to be a surprise extra guest on the blog, and she did!!

Kiska is not part of the Make the Yuletide Gay anthology like my other guests, but...

Christmasvaganza: Swedish Holiday traditions

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By now, I’m usually pretty fed up with Christmas and everything associated with it and just want to eat a pizza and forget all about being jolly. So, I thought I’d finish off the Swedish holiday tradition part of Christmasvaganza with a little help from Will Ferrell (who knows about this stuff because he’s married to a Swede).

As you might understand, most of what he says is rubbish, but the thing about the akvavit and the drinking song is spot on. Enjoy

#Sale: 50% off my books at Smashwords

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Smashwords has an End-of-Year-Sale and you can buy my books for 50% off normal price. It’s an excellent opportunity to do some shopping if Santa didn’t give you what you wanted for Christmas this year, or, if you like me, ended up on the naughty list