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Happy 2015!

I did plan to do a series of posts. A round up of 2014. What’s to come in 2015. You know the kind of thing.

I worked out a schedule for this year for the blog too. Mondays – news and randomness. Wednesdays – free fiction. Friday – flashback to an old title.

Over December I was also working on the final draft of Axel’s Pup before it goes off for formal editing.

When it came time to work on the blog posts I realised that anyone who is interested enough to read what I have to say in a blog post wou...

Throwback Thrusday – Mistletoe and Submission

This is one of my longer stories – not quite a novel, but longer than most novellas, lol.

This book has proven to be a bit of a marmite book – readers either love it or hate it. Sloan, the dom, is flawed. I think his biggest flaw is that what he says doesn’t always reflect how he really feels. He likes to sound like a hard-arse. You have to look at his actions rather than his words to see what he really feels. I quite like characters like that – but your milage my vary – you have been warned,...

Throwback Thursday – Gay Divorcee and In the Blink of an Eye

I have more Christmas stories than I have weeks in December, so this week I’m doubling up!

Gay Divorcee – Jones is a sweetheart, Grayson is a lost soul. It might not be the most conventional Christmas tale, but I love how they come from such different places but still find common ground.

Grayson gave up on the idea of gay marriage when he became a gay divorcee. Can Jones remind him that not all gay men are like his cheating ex?

Gay marriage, civil commitment and equal rights. Jones doesn’t care...

Six Years Later! + FAQ

Hi Everyone!

Today it is officially six years since my first story was published!

It’s been a busy six years, but over 100 stories later, here I am :)

Since today is the anniversary of that first story, I thought I’d start of my FAQ (Frequently Ask Questions) posts by doing one that celebrates everything that’s happened in the last six years.

A few people have asked lately if there’s a list of books that they can tick titles off as they read them. I had one on my website for a while, but it got o...

Throwback Thursday – The Gift

The Gift was my first ever story to be published back in December 2008!

I love this book. I can’t say it’s been a huge success, but I love it anyway. It’s one that makes my cry every time I re-read it. Nicky is such a sweetheart and even though I *know* everything will work out in the end (hell I wrote the ending, so I should know!), there’s one bit where Nickidoesn’t think it will, and it gets me every time.

I know that a lot of people have been put off by the so often done Christmas Spirits t...

December Newsletter

Hi everyone!

Happening this month:

I’m trying out a weekly FAQ post on the blog. It will go up every Saturday this month and then we’ll see how it goes.

Works in Progress:

Axel’s Pup has been beta read (the first time I’ve ever used beta readers – it’s been interesting!). I’m now working on the third, and I hope final, draft before it goes off to be edited.

Giveaway winners (names used are the ones publicly listed on the relevant platform):

Amber Kell’s Birthday Bash: JackieG

Boy Meet Boy Reviews: A...

Throwback Thursday – Different

This week’s look back into the past is only going back as far as August 2013 – but stay tuned for next week, where we’ll be going way back to the begining! This one’s a short story too, but on the positive side, it’s over twice the length of last week’sshort story :)

I really enjoyed writing about Stuart and Matthew. They’re good guys – guys who love each other.

They’re also guys who really aren’t on the same page at the start of their story – guy’s who’ve yet to get kinky with each other. Nead...

Guest Blogging + Giveaways

Hi everyone,

Just a quickie to let you know I’m guest blogging on Boy Meets Boy Reviews. I don’t usually respond publically (or privately for that matter) to reviews. This time I made an exception. Find out why here.Leave a comment on the post to enter a giveaway.

There’s still time to enter the giveaway I’m doing on Amber Kell’s Blog too. Again, just leave a comment here to enter.

I’ll be picking names for the first giveaway to followers on here and on twitter and to friends on goodreads on the...

Throwback Thursday – Home Sweet Home

Since a new Gem short story came out this month, I thought I would start my Throwback Thursday column a Gem from way back in March 2012. I don’t think many of you have this one – Amazon took exception to the bare backside on the cover, which makes it really hard to find through their site.

This story was prompted by an inspiration pic from Chris of Stumbling Over Chaos. It’s a quirky little tale featuring by far the biggest sex toy any of my characters have ever experimented with – the pic of...

Hard At Work – Out Now!

Hello Everyone :)

If you’re coming here from my old blog, you’ll have already heard this, but anyway…

Hard at Work is available now!

It’s a Male/Male, BDSM short story being published by Resplendence Publishing.

You can find it on sale on the publisher’s website, on All Romance E-books and on Amazon. You can also find it listed on Goodreads.

Here’s the blurb:

Jake likes to think he’s a nice guy. He’s a kind and considerate boyfriend. He’s a firm but fair dom. He doesn’t let himself get stressed out...