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Rough Trade is On Sale!

Do you love angsty, slow-burn, thriller romances with hot dudes?

Of course you do. You’re reading this blog. And since you’re here, can I make a suggestion for your evening plans?

Rough Trade is out. If you buy a copy, you can read it. And if you read it, you might really like it.

They are, reader. They really are.

Buy links are here: Amazon / B&N / iBooks / Kobo / Carina Press

Rough Trade Pre-Release Peek #3

And here we are again, folks. Two and a half weeks until Rough Trade comes out. Ready for the next sneak peek? Take a look below and get a glimpse of Rook being characteristically mature and on top of things and Ghost being characteristically…well, Ghost.

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Rook went from pink to red. His jaw clenched once and then relaxed. “Look. You don’t have to decide right now. But if you’ll trust me to—”

“Nope. I’m deciding right now. I’m deciding to live. I’m going to fucking Alaska. You can come with m...

Rough Trade Pre-Release Peek #2

Hey, guys, time for another peek at Rough Trade! As I said before, I’m doing one of these every Saturday until the book comes out, so make sure to come back next weekend for more!

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He caught motion from the corner of his eye and looked up, and then kept looking up, because the guy by the bed was a fucking monstrosity, a beast, an ugly, thick, bearded redwood. On sheer instinct Ghost rolled away and off the bed. It hurt, oh, it hurt so damn bad, but he—his—this guy was the size of a fucking m...

Wanna read some more Rough Trade? Or some Hard Line?

We’re exactly one month out from the release of Rough Trade, and that means it’s time to start up my weekly reveals. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, that’s probably because I used to do this on FB. But as multiple clever people pointed out, not everyone’s on FB, so I decided to start doing them as blog posts. Usually for these reveals (occurring every Saturday until the release!) I include tidbits about my heroes and/or quotes or paragraphs from deeper in the book than the excerpt g...

Rough Trade Excerpt and A Newsletter Giveaway

We’re doing the newsletter announcement part first, because I think I might lose some of you as soon as I give the link to the excerpt. And I want you stay for this bit, so I’m holding back the link to make you sit through this first. What can I say? I’m mean.

Anyway, my next newsletter will have the last of the Tobias/Sullivan post-book content for Hard Line, and in honor of that occasion, I’ve decided to have a little giveaway. Three paperback copies of Hard Line, and the only way you’ll kno...

Here We Go

I’ve been trying to talk myself out of blogging about this. It’s way too soon. Ghost’s book hasn’t even come out yet. There are too many things that are subject to change at this point.

But at the same time, I really, really wanna. Because I’m excited about it. I’m having fun, you guys.

Since I have the impulse control of a five-year-old, I’m gonna give it a shot.

A few months ago, as I was wrapping up Ghost’s book, my publisher asked me what I wanted to work on next. And I got incredibly nervou...

Traveling Is For The Birds

This is where I tell you that if you have flying fear or are traveling soon or just dislike really tasteless humor about plane crashes, you should hit the back button now. I sometimes deal with stress in weird, callous ways, often by offering terrifying facts or making inappropriate jokes about real issues, and if you're offended or freaked by that sort of thing, feel free to nope on out of here. Consider yourself duly warned.

Also, this post has exactly zip to do with writing. If this seems l...

Want To See The Cover Of Rough Trade?

Aw, yeah you do. And you're smart to think so, because it's gorgeous. Well, in my completely unbiased opinion anyway. Huge thanks go to Boy Meets Boy Reviews for putting the reveal together (leave them a comment full of love if you have moment, they deserve it!). Here's hoping you like the cover (and blurb!) half as much as I do!  

Rough Trade Cover and Blurb

And now, because I like you, I'm going to give you yet another nice thing. Josh Holloway in wire rims. 

He's probably not looking at the c...

Rough Trade Cover Reveal

The cover of Rough Trade will be revealed at Boy Meets Boy Reviews on August 11th! That's Saturday, for those of you who don't really do the calendar thing. Like, two days from now. 

I'm really excited for you guys to see it. I think it's my favorite cover since Bad Judgment.

I'll post a link on Saturday when it goes live to make it easier to find.

Also, the blurb will be revealed at the same time, so you can finally find out what the darn book is about. I mean, yeah, it's Ghost's book, so you c...

That Thing Where I Do Stuff

Some of you might remember me blathering about a side project. This was ages ago, so if you don’t remember, don’t feel bad. Up until a couple weeks ago, I’d put it aside to the point where I’d nearly forgotten it too.

But now I’m sort of mid-process with my publisher about what the next steps are now that Ghost’s book is done, and while I’m killing time on my end of it, the side project has come to the fore once again.

And yes, it’s time for another story told almost exclusively in gifs.

This is...