Mickie B. Ashling's Blog
October 7, 2025
New Release Blitz: Husky and Heartfelt by Jole Cannon (Excerpt + Giveaway)
Title: Husky and Heartfelt
Series: Big Boys of Gilroy, Book Two
Author: Jole Cannon
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: 10/07/2025
Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 75100
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, family-drama, gay, bear, teacher, second chance, coming out
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DescriptionLoneliness has taken its toll on Sean’s life. He once loved Hugo but let him go after college. After twelve years, he misses what they had, but dating a man could end his career as a hi...
September 17, 2025
New Release Blitz: The Spellbinding Magic of You and Me by Timoteo Tang (Excerpt + Giveaway)
Title: The Spellbinding Magic of You and Me
Series: The Magicals' Alliance, Book Three
Author: Timoteo Tong
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: 09/16/2025
Heat Level: 2 - Fade to Black Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 120800
Genre: Paranormal, Young adult, magic/magic users, high school, first love, supernatural war
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DescriptionIn a world where ancient magic is real and monsters roam, Santangelo Lo Geffo’s life is about to change forever.
After the mysterious death of his mot...
September 15, 2025
New Release Blitz: Consortium Of Dragons by Emily Carrington (Excerpt + Giveaway)
Title: Consortium of Dragons
Author: Emily Carrington
Publisher: Changeling Press
Cover Art: Angela Knight
Genres: Action Adventure, Dark Fantasy, Mystery & Suspense, New Releases, Paranormal, Romance
Themes: Elves, Dragons & Magical Creatures, LGBTQ+ /Bisexual, Nonbinary, Transgender, Multicultural & Interracial, Multiple Partners /Polyamory, Shapeshifters, Werewolves & Wolf Shifters
Series: Dragon Lost (#3)
Multiverse: SearchLight Academy (#13)
Book Length: Novella
Page Count: 113
T...
September 10, 2025
New Release Blitz: Cosmo in Retrograde by A. Flowers (Excerpt + Giveaway)
Title: Cosmo in Retrograde
Author: A. Flowers
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: 09/09/2025
Heat Level: 2 - Fade to Black Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 98200
Genre: Fantasy, bisexual, gay, PNR-magic/magic users, investigators, mystery-police investigation, enemies/rivals to lovers, in the closet, disabilities, mental illness, politics, psychic ability, psychic medium, speech impediment/stutterer
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Description
Nothing has ever gone right for Cosmo Valencourt. After an auto...
September 5, 2025
Series Sale: Bay Area Professionals
If you like work place romances with a touch of spice, this series is for you. Sale applies to both Amazon US and UK. Check it out HERE.
August 28, 2025
New Release Blitz: Rom-Con for Dummies by Tom Diggs (Excerpt + Giveaway)
Title: Rom-Com for Dummies
Author: Tom Diggs
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: 08/26/2025
Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 89500
Genre: Contemporary, MM romance, open relationship, friends to lovers, cooking, heirloom farming, humor, lawyers, writers, soap opera
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Description
Gabe’s only rule in life? Avoid married men at all costs. But when a sexy, married lawyer-cum-farmer, with dreamy eyes and in an open relationship, makes himself indispensable, Gabe...
August 21, 2025
New Release Blitz: Killing Motives by Reis Asher (Excerpt + Giveaway)
Title: Killing Motives
Series: Killing Games, Book Three
Author: Reis Asher
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: 08/19/2025
Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex
Pairing: M/NB
Length: 45200
Genre: Horror/Thriller, action/adventure, alternate universe, bisexual, civil war, dystopia, horror, nonbinary, transmasculine
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DescriptionReis has spent a year trying to keep the spirit of Anver-Kasyova alive, running Rainbow Bridge, a grassroots rescue network smuggling civilians out of war-torn A...
August 15, 2025
Kindle Countdown!
The OPEN SERIES is on sale for one week starting 8/15.
Start with Open Seating
Seth Wilder lost his partner of twenty years to suicide two weeks before a long-anticipated cruise. Cancellation insurance was never purchased, and Seth can’t get a refund. Bryce McFarland, his late partner’s gym buddy, appreciates his predicament, and when asked, agrees to accompany him on the trip. This way, Seth recoups the money and doesn’t have to cancel his plans. The gesture is unexpected but gratefully accept...
August 12, 2025
New Release Blitz: We May Be Fractured by Jessica Lascar (Excerpt + Giveaway)
Title: We May Be Fractured
Author: Jessica Lascar
Publisher: NineStar Press
Graphic Designer: Denise Bozzo
Release Date: 08/12/2025
Heat Level: 2 - Fade to Black Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 93850
Genre: Contemporary, #ownvoices, asexual, bisexual, coming of age, contemporary, demisexual, enemies to lovers, found family, friends to lovers, gay, new adult, romance, slow burn, tattoos
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Description
A queer coming-of-age about a grieving teen whose plan to move abroad and find h...
July 29, 2025
New Release Blitz: Dream Swimmers by Jo Carthage (Excerpt + Giveaway)
Title: Dream Swimmers
Series: The War Between Cedar and Oak, Book Two
Author: Jo Carthage
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: 07/29/2025
Heat Level: 2 - Fade to Black Sex
Pairing: Male/Male, Female/Female/Male (Female/Female interaction)
Length: 47400
Genre: Historical Fantasy, anti-colonialism, bisexual, conflict, dark lord, dark prince, East Africa, Fantasy, historical fiction/1800s, hurt/comfort, insurgents, lesbian/sapphic, lit/genre fiction, mages/magic users, pirates, porqué no los ...
