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Cultivating Love is the 99¢ Deal of the Day at JMS Books!

A man of few words, Joe is a hard-working farmhand who likes his simple, uncomplicated life. Ed is satisfied with his existence as an auto mechanic, but thrilled when an unexpected development in his life allows him to help Joe realize a dream. It forces them, however, to reevaluate the casual, undefined nature of their relationship. They’re too macho to speak of love, and neither would acknowledge he doesn’t really …

EXCLUSIVE SPOTLIGHT POST – Being With Him by Mickie B. Ashling – #Excerpt #Giveaway #Recipe

Title: Being With Him Series: A Horizons Series Novella Author: Mickie B. Ashling Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: 12/27/17 Heat Level: 3 – Some Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 145 (42K) Genre: Romance, Holiday, Contemporary, Transgender Add to Goodreads Synopsis Zeb Araneda leaves his privileged but closely supervised life in the Philippines to study architecture at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where his new roommate is openly gay Luca Dilorio. …

IN THE SPOTLIGHT – Why I Left You by Colette Davison – #Excerpt #Giveaway

REVIEW AND BOOK TOUR Book Title: Why I Left You Author: Colette Davison Publisher: Smudged Ink Press Cover Artist: Charlotte L R Kane Genre/s: gay contemporary romance Length: 72,000 words/234 pages Release Date: November 7, 2017 Blurb Jamie is struggling with university, money and depression. The last thing he needs is for Brett—the guy who left him four years ago—to walk back into his life. Yet it could be just …

Treadmill Week 55 & What I #amreading

Treadmill Goals: Get on the treadmill (or equivalent exercise) daily Pace is fine at 30 min/mile, although I may up it on occasion Time range between 30 minutes and 1 hour per day Distance 1-2 miles per day Read the chosen book, which I won’t allow myself to read outside of my treadmill time, hopefully motivating me to reach or exceed the above goals (the only exception to this is …

GUEST POST – In Pain and Blood by Aldrea Alien – #Excerpt #Giveaway

BLOG TOUR Please join me in welcoming talented author Aldrea Alien to my blog. She is here today discussing the elves in her new Spellster series! Book Title: In Pain and Blood (Spellster Series Book 1) Author: Aldrea Alien Publisher: Thardrandian Publications Cover Artist: Aldrea Alien Genre/s: Epic Fantasy M/M Romance Length: 309000 words/740 pages It’s a standalone story and first in a series of standalones. Goodreads Link Blurb It …

AUTHOR #INTERVIEW – Short Order (Foothills Pride) by Pat Henshaw – #Excerpt #Giveaway

Please join me in welcoming Pat Henshaw to my blog today. Pat’s here answering a few questions about herself and her characters! BLOG TOUR Title: Short Order Series: Foothills Pride #8 Author: Pat Henshaw Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Publication date: December 13, 2017 Price: $3.99/£2.99 Format: eBook Genre: Contemporary Gay Romance Cover Design: AngstyG Length: 28,400 words/89 pages Add on Goodreads Blurb When recent horticulture graduate Dr. Fenton Miller arrives in …

RELEASE BLITZ – Unexpected Christmas by Nell Iris #Excerpt #Giveaway

Although I love them all, if I were forced to pick a favorite from among the three Christmas stories Nell has released this season, this would be it! Length: 13,527 words Publisher: JMS Books Blurb Daniel Erickson stormed out of his family celebration after choking on turkey served with a side of bigotry. Utterly miserable, he reluctantly lets himself be charmed by the hulk of a man and gets into …

#RainbowSnippets Dec 16, 2017 – Captain Jack and the Snack Attack

I’ve joined the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook. From their description: “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 (no spoilers please!).” Pretty cool, eh? Don’t forget to “Like” my Facebook page and/or my Facebook profile while you’re over there checking out this fantastic group! I’m still …

#FlashFictionFriday Dec 15, 2017 – Random Standalone #FlashFic #amwriting

Welcome to my (fairly) regular weekly Flash Fiction Friday post, where I take the prompt words left in the previous week’s FFF post’s comments and use them in a new bit of flash. This one uses the words/phrase, neighbor’s yappy dog, left in the comments of the December 8 FFF post. I wrote a standalone scene not featuring characters from any of my published works or any of my recurring flash …

Whee! I’m a guest on Nell Iris’ blog today!

In case you’ve missed it, Nell Iris has been running a series of Christmasvaganza blog posts this holiday season. On Thursdays during this stretch she’s featuring her fellow authors in the free anthology, Make the Yuletide Gay. Today is my turn in the hot seat! She gave us a bunch of holiday themed questions to select from and a few fun word/phrase prompts in case we wanted to add a bit of …