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October 25, 2023
Halloween Reads! Available on Amazon and Wide!
Ghost Hunted
BL Maxwell
Valley Ghosts Book One
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Jason Thomas had always been obsessed with the ghost stories he’d watched on television from the time he was a kid. He’d always dreamed of visiting those haunted places, and playing amateur ghost hunters with his best friend Wade. As they grew older, Jason’s fascination with ghosts grew as well, and he’d drag Wade along to different haunted houses or hotels, always hoping to see an actual ghost.
Wade Rivers loved spending time with Jason, even if it meant he’d have to endure another creepy, supposedly haunted location. Friends since they were kids, and always inseparable, Wade’s feelings for Jason deepened from friendship into something more. Unfortunately, so did his fear of the places Jason wanted to explore.
The chance to spend a weekend alone in a famous haunted house was too much for Jason to resist, and almost too much for Wade to endure. He knew going to the deserted house was everything Jason had ever dreamed of, so Wade tried to put his fears aside. But when paranormal things start to happen, admitting to Jason how he feels suddenly isn’t the scariest thing Wade will encounter. #paranormalromance #hauntedhouse #friendstolovers
Book Two Ghost Haunted
Wade Rivers and Jason Thomas have finally made it official, they’re boyfriends. Their first date, hopefully the first of many, starts out with a simple dinner, but Wade has a surprise in store for Jason, and takes him to a haunted house attraction for Halloween.
It’s soon obvious Jason loves investigating the paranormal, but he’s not as enthused about the different attractions. When they meet up with a fellow paranormal researcher, Jimbo, their fun night gets more frightening with each room in the haunted house attraction.
From the beginning to the end, they’ll visit every nightmare imaginable, and they’ll all find out some truths about each other they never thought would come to light. A short, friends to lovers, paranormal romance.
October 23, 2023
Reviews are IN!
Check out this great review from Paranormal Romance Guild for Faded Dreams.
RELEASE DAY- REVIEW: Faded Dreams- Road To Rocktoberfest 2023- BL Maxwell2023, 5 STARS, ANTHOLOGY, BL MAXWELL (A), HEAVY METAL BANDS, LGBTQ FICTION, LINDA TONIS (R), RELEASE DAY, REVIEW, ROCK STAR, ROCKTOBERFEST, ROMANCEOCTOBER 20, 2023 BY GLORIA LAKRITZ
Title:
Faded Dream Anthology
Series:
Road to Rocktoberfest 2023
Author:
BL Maxwell
Genre:
Heavy Metal, Rockstar Romance, Rocktoberfest 2023
Publisher:
Independent
Release Date:
Oct 20, 2023
Format:
Kindle
Pages:
272
Source:
Amazon
Rory Smith has been playing bass for Blinding Light since the beginning. Sure, he left a few times temporarily, but he’s always gone back to the only life he’s really known. It was all fun and games in his twenties, but lately he wonders if there’s something more out there besides traveling show to show.
Kai Marshall has always been a huge fan of Blinding Light, but the real reason he goes to every show he can sneak into is to get a glimpse of their hot bass player. Everyone else worshiped the lead singer Easy Rian. When they found out, he was out and proud, and in a relationship with the new guitar player, many hearts were broken. But not his. His heart only beats for Rory, the white-blonde haired rock god that he can’t get out of his head.
Rory’s played the rockstar game for many years. Not one time in all those years has he met anyone who made him feel the way the cute guy off to the side with the haunting blue eyes does. He’s always kept his heart of lockdown, but maybe it’s time for a jailbreak. His dreams have faded, but they’re not completely gone.
Reviewed by Linda TonisMember of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review TeamRory Smith has been the bass for the band Blinding Light since it began but he begins to feel that there is something missing in his life. When a food delivery arrives, Rory sees the delivery man and he feels an instant connection.
Kai Marshall has just turned twenty-one and he loves Blinding Light but has had a crush on Rory from the start. Kai has been helping his parents since his father’s business went into a nosedive. He does deliveries while attending college with a dream of becoming a web designer. Seeing the man, he has a strong attraction to was amazing and he is now the legal age to attend bars where the band plays.
When another delivery brings the two men together again Rory knows he wants it to become more. Inviting Kai to one of the band’s performances proved to him that Kai could be an important addition to his life. Since their meeting Rory has begun to write songs, something that he stopped after someone in his past hurt him. Now he is writing and can’t stop because he has found his muse, and the muse’s name is Kai.
Between work and school Kai’s life is full but he makes sure to make time to see the band and Rory. All the band members take a liking to Kai and welcome him with open arms whenever he goes to a performance, backstage and always on the guest list. The band has had no record company since they left the one, they had. They record their own music, book their own performances and although most of them are not huge venues they like not having to follow the studio’s orders, what to wear, how to act, where they must perform and when. Now they will be performing at the largest venue Rocktoberfest in front of thousands of people.
Unfortunately, the man from Rory’s life reappears and trouble is on the horizon. His notebook filled with his songs goes missing, their performance studio gets trashed, and the entire band keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop. Through all the trouble the band needs to be on top of their game for Rocktoberfest. Rory is in front of people every day, so he has kept the fact that he is gay out of the public eye only now he is falling for Kai and keeping that secret will be difficult.
Other members of the band are openly gay and even display their feelings on stage for the world to see. He misses Kai when he isn’t around, and they only kissed which was sizzling now Rory wonders what having sex would be like. There is an age difference of almost fifteen years, but I always say age is just a number.
The day finally arrives and unlike so many other bands Blinding Light uses trucks to move their equipment and uses hotels to stay so a fancy tour bus is out of the question, but they don’t mind.
Kai is there to watch the man he has fallen in love with on the huge stage while thousands jump and scream but all he sees is Rory. Who could ever imagine delivering food would change two men’s lives forever.
Another wonderful rock and roll story that I learn a lot from, I am not a huge rock and roll fan and still live in the fifties music world but that doesn’t stop me from loving these books. Watching these up-and-coming bands as they prepare for the biggest venue of their lives was a joy and I would highly recommend not missing out on any of the books in this amazing series.
This is a multi-author series, and each is a standalone with each author’s personal touch on the rock and roll world.
October 22, 2023
Ten or Fifteen Miles has a new look! And its now WIDE!
mybook.to/TenOrFifteenMileshttps://books2read.com/u/3LxAOXTen or Fifteen Miles
BL Maxwell
Tim Latham had only been riding for the Pony Express for a week before he has to show the new guy the trail. Being raised on a farm in the Sacramento area, the Pony Express gave him an opportunity to see more of the country beyond his family’s little plot of land. He loves everything about the job: the adventure, the scenery, and the speed. Racing the wind on the back of a horse was as close to perfect as he could imagine.
Jeremiah Rollins grew up in San Francisco under the shadow of his father’s successful shipping business. But Jeremiah craves the adventure he reads about in the dime novels he can’t get enough of. On a whim, and despite his father’s disapproval, he signs up for the Pony Express and leaves his old life behind for the steep, rocky trails that cross the Sierra Nevada.
Both men are excited to begin their journey on their first ride together to Nevada Territory. They set out, making their way from station to station, racing as fast as their horses can carry them, and their friendship grows every mile. They both wanted adventure, but they may end up getting more than they dreamed of. Every ten or fifteen miles brings new experiences, and new feelings that grow with each mile they pass. #historicalgayromace #ponyexpress #newadult #friendstolovers #mmwestern
October 20, 2023
Faded Dreams is LIVE!
New Release!
Faded Dreams
Blinding Light Book Two
BL Maxwell
https://mybook.to/FadedDreamsRTR2
Blinding Light: https://mybook.to/BlindingLight
Rory Smith has been playing bass for Blinding Light since the beginning. Sure, he left a few times temporarily, but he’s always gone back to the only life he’s really known. It was all fun and games in his twenties, but lately he wonders if there’s something more out there besides traveling show to show.
Kai Marshall has always been a huge fan of Blinding Light, but the real reason he goes to every show he can sneak into is to get a glimpse of their hot bass player. Everyone else worshiped the lead singer Easy Rian. When they found out, he was out and proud, and in a relationship with the new guitar player, many hearts were broken. But not his. His heart only beats for Rory, the white-blonde haired rock god that he can’t get out of his head.
Rory’s played the rockstar game for many years. Not one time in all those years has he met anyone who made him feel the way the cute guy off to the side with the haunting blue eyes does. He’s always kept his heart of lockdown, but maybe it’s time for a jailbreak. His dreams have faded, but they’re not completely gone. #agegap #oppositesattract #friendstolovers #rockstarromance
October 17, 2023
Get a new Free read DAILY
My Valley Ghosts Short, The Cemetery Tour is now available through the Twist in the Tale promotion! https://rjscott.co.uk/twist
It was just a fun Halloween activity until the ghosts showed up.
Jason Thomas has always loved the supernatural, and anything to do with ghosts. But when it comes to going on haunted tours he’d rather not. His boyfriend Wade books a tour for them at the local cemetery before Halloween thinking it would be fun way to get in the mood for the holiday.
Being connected to the other side of the veil, it doesn’t take long for Wade to start noticing a few strange happenings. When ghosts from the past show themselves followed by other paranormal events, they both know there is more going on than a haunted cemetery tour.
This is a Valley Ghosts short story and also foretells events that happen in The Things We Lose.
September 28, 2023
Paperback Sale!
Amazon has put the paperback of Green Eyed Boy on sale for $6.51. I have no clue how long this will last so don’t wait!
Get the paperback for only $6.51
Green Eyed Boy
BL Maxwell
mybook.to/GreenEyedBoyTwo strangers, drawn together over their work ethic, and sealing the deal over delicious lobster rolls. They could just be the perfect match.
After quitting his job, Billie Watts hits all the food festivals he can as he drives across the country. When he finally reaches Stoney Brook, Maine, he���s excited to find he���s there just in time to try one of the lobster rolls he���s heard so much about. The bright neon yellow food truck with a giant red lobster on top looks like the perfect place to try it.
Lance Karl is as ready as he can be for the start of the three-day Tall Ships Festival and hopes to sell enough lobster rolls out of his food truck to make a good start towards owning a restaurant. The day begins cold and misty, and a text from his nephew saying he can���t help him is not the perfect start he���d hoped for.
When a green-eyed stranger interrupts his frantic morning, Lance doesn���t realize meeting Billie will not only change his day, but maybe even the rest of his life. Two strangers, drawn together over their work ethic, and sealing the deal over delicious lobster rolls. They could just be the perfect match. A small-town MM Vacation romance.#friends to lovers #meetcute #workplace romance #mm romance
Book Two: Brown Eyed Boy: https://mybook.to/BrownEyedBoy
New Release!
The Things We Lose is OUT! This is the followup book to The Things We Find. Dane and Griff met and fell in love in book one, despite Dane being possessed, and them battling evil spirits.
This book is full of even more paranormal craziness, betrayal from someone they trust, and the future of both the living and the dead hang in the balance. You’ll recognize some characters from the Valley Ghosts Series, and some new characters that are from a short I wrote for the Men of Magic and Myth boxset that you can still get for FREE here: https://books2read.com/menofmagicandmyth?fbclid=IwAR1QcT9LHrHqVTE359Jz7fJvJu9fuXASn-CgcsQ9ZmLJbHStszRpcqkqndo
If you like a wild ride with a side of romance, this is the book for you.
The Things We Lose
Mystical Markings Book Two
(Paperback is available at Wide Stores)
New Release! https://mybook.to/TTWLose
Book One: The Things We Find: https://mybook.to/TheThingsWeFIND
Dane Jones has been touched by the spirit world. Once his powers were awakened by a cursed object, he tried to find peace with them. But the forces from beyond don���t play by the rules, and soon he���s wondering why he thought he had any hope of control over them.
Griff Warren loves Dane, and no matter how weird things may seem, he���ll always be there for him. But strange occurrences make him question if Dane���s keeping a secret, or if there���s more to the strange marks Dane bears.
Dane and Griff are thrown into more supernatural trouble than they can handle, and Janis, their psychic guide, knows it. She arranges for help from The Running Scared Paranormal guys and two strangers from the morgue, Bran and Jordan. First, they���ll lose their abilities, next they���ll have their powers challenged, and if they can���t stop what has been put into motion, no one will survive. #mmparanormalromance #supernatural #ghosthorror #urbanfantasy #gayromance
September 21, 2023
Preorder For September 28th Release!
The Things We Lose
Mystical Markings Book Two
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Dane Jones has been touched by the spirit world. Once his powers were awakened by a cursed object, he tried to find peace with them. But the forces from beyond don���t play by the rules, and soon he���s wondering why he thought he had any hope of control over them.
Griff Warren loves Dane, and no matter how weird things may seem, he���ll always be there for him. But strange occurrences make him question if Dane���s keeping a secret, or if there���s more to the strange marks Dane bears.
Dane and Griff are thrown into more supernatural trouble than they can handle, and Janis, their psychic guide, knows it. She arranges for help from The Running Scared Paranormal guys and two strangers from the morgue, Bran and Jordan. First, they���ll lose their abilities, next they���ll have their powers challenged, and if they can���t stop what has been put into motion, no one will survive. #mmparanormalromance #supernatural #ghosthorror #urbanfantasy #gayromance
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The Things We Find
BL Maxwell
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Some things are better left alone
Dane Jones works from home with only his three dogs for company. When he stumbles onto a social media page about urban exploring, he���s curious about different sites around Sacramento that seem like they���d be interesting to investigate. He starts chatting with Griff Warren, and after a few conversations he���s even more excited to go.
Griff Warren is also curious about urban exploring, but he has very little interest in experiencing something paranormal. When the guy he���s been chatting with in the online group is so enthusiastic to go, it���s contagious. They plan to go to a warehouse and while there, experience something they can���t explain.
Dane and Griff were looking for an adventure, but they find more than they bargained for at a deserted farmhouse on the river. When Dane finds an old toy discarded in one of the rooms, both of them are thrown into a world neither understands. Full of cursed objects, strange markings, and powers, neither knows how to handle. Lucky for them, Griff���s Friend knows exactly who can help. #MMParanormal, #UrbanFantasy #Friendstolovers #ManInPeril #ForcedProximity #Protector #GhostHorror #ParanormalSuspense
September 14, 2023
Available September 28!
The Things We Lose
Mystical Markings Book Two
Preorder for September 28 Release! https://mybook.to/TTWLose
The Things We Lose: https://mybook.to/TheThingsWeLose
Dane Jones has been touched by the spirit world. Once his powers were awakened by a cursed object, he tried to find peace with them. But the forces from beyond don���t play by the rules, and soon he���s wondering why he thought he had any hope of control over them.
Griff Warren loves Dane, and no matter how weird things may seem, he���ll always be there for him. But strange occurrences make him question if Dane���s keeping a secret, or if there���s more to the strange marks Dane bears.
Dane and Griff are thrown into more supernatural trouble than they can handle, and Janis, their psychic guide, knows it. She arranges for help from The Running Scared Paranormal guys and two strangers from the morgue, Bran and Jordan. First, they���ll lose their abilities, next they���ll have their powers challenged, and if they can���t stop what has been put into motion, no one will survive. #mmparanormalromance #supernatural #ghosthorror #urbanfantasy #gayromance
