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Cowboys Down -7th Feb

I've waited and waited and waited and I can't wait any longer.I don't have a cover to show you, though I've seen it and a GREAT cover it is too! But my very first MM story is due out on the 7th of February with Samhain. I've written lots of MM scenes in my MMF menages but this is the first time I've had two guys only in a novel.I had a lot of fun writing this! I hope you'll like Jasper and Calum.

Stockbroker meets stock breaker. But who's taming whom?

London stockbroker Jasper Randolph flies to Jackson Hole with hopes as high as the Grand Tetons. Hope that the getaway will force him to let loose, get dirty, and overcome a deep-seated phobia about horseback riding.

He hadn't counted on an attraction to the dude ranch owner's son, a man with sun-tousled hair, eyes bluer than Wyoming skies…and a father who'd rather eat tofu than accept his only son's sexuality.


The moment Calum lays eyes on the uptight, buttoned-down Brit, he's lost. But with his own saddlebags full of emotional baggage, he knows he should be looking at anything but Jasper's spotless riding boots and tight-fitting jodhpurs. Trouble is, Jasper makes his heart buck like a wild horse trying to break free.

Despite the differences that set them oceans apart, they fall hard and fast. Trouble isn't far behind, and they're in for a rocky romantic ride. Especially since there's growing evidence that someone is willing to do anything—no matter how dangerous—to poison their love.


Product Warnings
Mix one sun-bronzed cowboy with a yummy Brit who'd give Darcy in his wet shirt a run for his money. Mix gently. Try not to drool.




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Interview with the fabulous Jo Myles!

The way I found out about Jo shows the power of extracts! My book, due out soon with Samhain, has an extract from her book - Barging In - at the back. I spotted it when I read the galley proof. I liked the extract, bought the book and loved it.

Jo has graciously agreed to answer a few questions!

1. Can you tell us a little about you and your writing?

Hi Barb, and thanks for inviting me over. I write m/m romance (that's gay romance, for anyone unfamiliar with the term) and had my first novel published in September with Samhain, although I've been publishing short stories for the last couple of years. I mainly write contemporary erotic romance, but I enjoy dabbling in other subgenres in short stories, such as paranormal, science fiction and BDSM erotica. They're all about men loving men, though. I tried my hand at stories involving women in the early days, but for some reason my muse just didn't get excited in the same way.

I live in Somerset in England's beautiful West Country, and have a cheeky six-year-old daughter and a wonderfully supportive husband. He is starting to pester me about when the royalties will start coming in, though!

2. Five words to describe yourself?

Eternal optimist and shameless smut monger. Sorry – I know that's six words but I figure the "and" doesn't count!

3. How long did it take you to get published?

I'd been writing for my own amusement for about six months when I submitted my first short story to Scarlet magazine. It was a short and steamy piece of het erotica, and it was accepted two weeks later. I then spent the next year working on Barging In while simultaneously writing and submitting lots of shorts. I'm glad I did this, as the experience of working with all those different epublishers gave me the courage to submit Barging In to Samhain when I'd finally finished it.


4. Where did your most unusual plot idea come from?

I think that may well have been the short story, Insta-Love™, which is set in a cyberpunk future where you can buy drugs that make you fall in love for a few hours. I was bitten by the idea when I first started hearing book bloggers refer to the phenomenon of insta-love, and I thought it sounded an awful lot like a brand name...

5. What kind of books do you read for fun?

Honestly, I only really find time to read at the beginning and end of the day right now, so I'm generally very tired when I do so. I can't concentrate on anything that involves intricate world-building, so I mostly read m/m contemporary romance and erotica. That said, I can always be persuaded to read something by the wonderful Terry Pratchett!

6. What do you feel is your strength as an author?

For me, stories are all about the characters, and they tend to be the thing most readers and reviewers comment on as being particularly strong. I've known an awful lot of strange, characterful people over the years so I have some great real-life case studies to draw from.

Also, the most important aspect of my writing for me is seeing how the men develop as they fall in love. I like to see them struggle with their fears and overcome them, growing into better people as they learn how to make their relationships work. And if showing all that involves explicit sex scenes, so much the better!

7. What's next for you? What are you working on?

I have a novella called Tailor Made out with Amber Allure on the 22nd January and have a couple of self-published short stories slated for release in early February. I also have my next novel with Samhain out on 20th April: Handle with Care. Those are all m/m romances.

I'm just starting on my next novel, which is going to be a bawdy romantic comedy set in Bath. A young man starts obsessing about the gay couple living in the flat below him, but little does he expect to welcomed into their bed! Yes, it's my first go at writing a longer ménage romance, and I'm feeling really excited to get going on it.

9. Favorite food, favorite TV show, favorite drink?

My favourite food would have to be bruschetta smothered in goat's cheese, basil, rocket and sundried tomatoes – I just can't get enough of those wonderful flavours! My favourite drink is far less exotic, though: tea. I am horribly addicted to tea and drink it almost constantly.

My favourite TV show at the moment would have to be Mad Men. Not only is it superbly written with a wonderfully talented cast, but it gives a fascinating window into a bygone era when women were just starting to make waves in the workplace. Also, I am hopelessly in love with Don Draper and Peggy Olsen...

Jo's bio:

English through and through, Josephine Myles is addicted to tea and busy cultivating a reputation for eccentricity. She writes gay erotica and romance, but finds the erotica keeps cuddling up to the romance and the romance keeps corrupting the erotica. Jo blames her rebellious muse but he never listens to her anyway, no matter how much she threatens him with a big stick. She's beginning to suspect he enjoys it.

For more about her published work, saucy free reads and regular blog posts, please visit josephinemyles.com

Barging In

When the boat's a rockin', don't come knockin'!

Out-and-proud travel writer Dan Taylor can't steer a boat to save his life, but that doesn't stop him from accepting an assignment to write up a narrowboat holiday. Instead of a change of pace from city life, though, the canal seems dull as ditchwater. Until he crashes into the boat of a half-naked, tattooed, pierced man whose rugged, penniless appearance is at odds with a posh accent.

Still smarting from past betrayal, Robin Hamilton's "closet" is his narrowboat, his refuge from outrageous, provocative men like Dan. Yet he can't seem to stop himself from rescuing the hopelessly out-of-place city boy from one scrape after another. Until he finds himself giving in to reluctant attraction, even considering a brief, harmless fling.

After all, in less than a week, Dan's going back to his London diet of casual hook-ups and friends with benefits.

Determined not to fall in love, both men dive into one week of indulgence…only to find themselves drawn deep into an undertow of escalating intimacy and emotional intensity. Troubled waters neither of them expected…or wanted.

http://store.samhainpublishing.com/barging-in-p-6461.html

See - it rains in Florida

Son, his dog, daughter and daughter's husband undeterred by downpour. Hot water, cold beer and wet rain.

Some N-ice pics!

On our recent trip to Orlando we went to see ICE in the Gaylord Palms hotel. There were some cool ice sculptures!



Made me think of my story - Snow Play - where my hero and heroine have fun in an ice bar at the top of a mountain.
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You might sense a theme!

We recently stayed at a bijoux hotel in Brighton and this was our bed! Quite kinky. I shall say no more on that!! But the masks on the wall came off the hooks!
Brighton was fun. I've never been before and I hadn't expected the Brighton Pavilion to be so central to the town. I've also never been to a place with so many gay men. It was quite weird to be outnumbered by men in a town. Usually it's women who dominate the shops. We had fish and chips and walked on the pier and watched starlings make shapes in the sky as they swooped and soared in the early evening sky. Lovely...

Three in a bed

My inspiration for writing a menage? - If the three little pigs can do it!!! Looks a bit chilly though and my menages are far from chilly.







The Small Print - a vampire, a were-vamp and a something else...

Rocked - a stonemason, a gargoyle and Pepper!

Anna in the Middle - My best selling book!

Susie's Choice - My second best selling book!

The Misfits - three characters who were ALL misfits.

Fight to Remember - the last in my Trueblood series.


My book due out in May with Samhain is a paranormal menage and I'm working on a contemporary one now. Since I never plan anything, I don't know quite how I slip into writing threesomes. It just happens. Er - but not in real life, I hasten to add. I think there must be something appealing about having more one than one guy lust after you, but the practicalities of the situation make successful threesomes rare, I suspect. I'm not the jealous type at all, but I can see how jealousy can arise. And then there is always the spectre of Mr Wolf lurking outside, ready to destroy everything. Which reminds me - I better get on with my current project. I have a villain to write!

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On the Right Track - out today!!!

My short, sweet and sexy winter's tale - On the Right Track - is out today with the fabulous Decadent Publishing. It's one of their 1NS - one night stand - series.

BLURB!
Always driving through life along the straight and narrow, Hollie wants a break from staying within the lines. She hopes a hookup at 1NightStand with a tall fair-haired guy who's organized and sensible, likes small-breasted brunettes, and can deal with any crisis life throws at him, will jar her from the mundane path she's been on.

Except what seemed like the perfect plan when she set off, turns into the worst idea ever as the snow falls thickly. Slipping and sliding, her arms numb from clenching the wheel, she becomes frantic to avoid what's looming in front of her.

Dark-haired Nick is on his way to a party with hopes of connecting with a busty blonde—assuming he's even on the right road and can dig himself out of a heap of snow before he freezes solid. Too bad he never plans ahead, no coat and no shovel in the car, and soon he won't even see a road at all, let alone any vehicle barrelling down it.

When two hearts get lost in a snowstorm of what they think they want, can Madame Eve's magic put them back on the right track?

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Let sleeping dogs lie

Should I? He's so cute!!! This is Winston Kennedy. My son and his partner's dog. A sweet natured long haired miniature dachshund.