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Excerpt now up at Riptide!!

The first five chapters of Where Death Meets the Devil is now up at Riptide for your tasting pleasure.

Excerpt!!

I really hope you enjoy it! And don't forget, pre-ordering my book (or any others on pre-sale) gets you a chance to win free books for a year.

The Cover is out there!!!

The fabulous cover for Where Death Meets the Devil is live at The Novel Approach!!

Quick! Go have a look, and I hope you all love it as much as I do.

WDMtD Cover Reveal Heads Up!!

The cover reveal for Where Death Meets the Devil is scheduled for November 24th (that'll be the 25th for those of us in the future. ;)) at The Novel Approach.

I really hope you will all love it as much as I do!!

"Where Death Meets the Devil" available for pre-order!

.Jack Reardon, former SAS soldier and current Australian Meta-State asset, has seen some messy battles. But "messy" takes on a whole new meaning when he finds himself tied to a chair in a torture shack, his cover blown wide open, all thanks to notorious killer-for-hire, Ethan Blade.
Blade is everything Jack doesn't believe in: remorseless, detached, lawless. Yet, Jack's only chance to survive is to strike a bargain with the devil and join forces with Blade. As they trek across a hostile desert, Jack learns that Blade is much more than a dead-eyed killer--and harder to resist than he should be.
A year later, Jack is home and finally getting his life on track. Then Ethan Blade reappears and throws it all into chaos once more. It's impossible to trust the assassin, especially when his presence casts doubt on Jack's loyalty to his country, but Jack cannot ignore what Blade's return means: the mess that brought them together is far from over, and that Ethan might just bring back the piece of Jack's soul he thought he'd lost forever.

So, yeah. Where Death Meets the Devil is now available for pre-order from Riptide!!
Release date for the ebook and paperback is February 26, 2018, but if you pre-order through Riptide, you go in a competition for FREE books for a YEAR!! The more you order, the more chances you get.

Also, as you may have noticed, I've moved the blog from Livejournal to, well, here. Just because. ;)

Another one of those moments...

A couple of months back... wait, more than couple, like ten months back... (wow), I posted a song that fit with my current project (30 Seconds to Mars' "Stranger in a Strange Land"). That project is Where Death Meets the Devil, the book recently signed by Riptide Publishing. Today, while working on the edit of that book, another song came up on the shuffle that resonates with the story...




"Surface to Air" by Incubus just captures the main character's mindset throughout most of the book. A plea...

Signed with Riptide Publishing!!

Well, I guess the title says it all, really, but in case you missed it...

As of this morning, I singed a publishing contract with Riptide Publishing!!!



Riptide are a prominent and amazing LGBT publisher and rather brave as they've taken on me and my latest project. I'm incredibly excited to be working with them as they've produced some great titles, some of which have become favourites of mine.*

So, yes, my new project ISN'T a fantasy, of the epic or urban variety, but a romantic suspense/spy th...

Thanks for the happies!!

It's probably not news to anyone that the sale of a book to a new reader is a great thing for the author. Even when that book is offered for free. Each and every download and purchase makes this author happy, and while trying not to show any favouritism, I have to give a special little shout-out to the folks who forked out for a paperback copy--yous guys rock!

Still, what makes me even happier is when this...



...happens. Presumably, someone who enjoyed Blood Work so much they bought not only th...

One of those moments...

So, okay, things have been rather quiet here lately. Totes my fault. Just haven't been in the right headspace for such things for a while now. A long while. That doesn't mean I haven't been 'working', though. I have. Honest! It's a new project, not part of an existing series, and something of a slight departure from fantasy, be it urban or otherwise. Right now, I'm in mad editing mode and getting pretty excited about it, for reasons. ;) Anyway, I had a moment about the new story this morning....

Sale Sale Sale!!!

SALE SALE SALE!!

Everything must go!!

Smashwords is having a sale and for the month of July, my books are available at 50% off!


is still FREE!!


will be US$1.50!!


will be FREE!!


will be US$1.84!!


is still FREE!!


is still FREE!!


Just click on the covers and on the Smashwords page for the book will be a coupon code you can use to get the 50% discount.

It's the perfect time to complete your Night Call collection at half the price!! Tell your mum, dad, friends and Dean and Sam!!




But remember, it's for July...

Couple of Things...

Right, so amongst some other stuff, I have just made Dead Bones available at Smashwords. It can be downloaded in all sorts of formats, so for all those non-Kindle readers out there, now's your chance to grab a copy. ;)

Secondly, the short story I had up on my website, "The Descent", has been removed and is now also on Smashwords with a simple little cover designed by moi (no laughing! ;)). And it's FREE!! I thought it would be much more accessible if people could download it to their favourite...