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Janitor did well

I found out that The Janitor did better than I'd thought. It came in seventh and in the top ten for erotic.



See results here.

To anyone who voted for it, thank you.

Winner of the contest, new look, Summer Gardener up

I have a winner for the Wylde contest. It is Kathy who is on yahoo, so I will be letting folks know on my group. Congratulations and I hope sometime to do this again!

And take a look, since furriboots put up a new banner here.

Also, can you believe Summer Gardener is one vote under the winner now when I peeked this morning? I didn't think that would happen. Thank you for voting for it in the best book of the week. It is exciting. If you'd like to vote for it, you can find it here .

The Summer Gardener up for best book of the week

To my surprise I came home to find someone had nominated The Summer Gardener for best book of the week at a review site. It's so nice. It's never happened before.

If you enjoyed the story, I sure hope you will vote for it. Right now it's in second place! here .

And I am busy working. Remember Seduction, some of you?

Contest time for Wylde!

Since a lot of you picked up WYLDE, and thank you for doing that, I thought I'd
let you know I'm doing the draw this weekend. OMG, it's suddenly almost
February!

I saw the new Vancouver Starbucks mug and it reminded me of the spooky woods
Paul Richmond did for the cover of the book. You can see it here .

I have also just finished the spin off of this one called BORN TO BE WYLDE...

Okay, so if you've read the book, what is the name of the villain of the story?
Please do not comment here but email the ...

Lots of things going on--and a peek at the upcoming m/m novella Luke

Lately I've had a lot of things happening.

Right now I'm finishing off my novella spin off centered on Wylde, the wild boy in the novel Wylde. I decided to go with Born to be Wylde as the title. It's very sweet, sexy and suspenseful.

And The Boxer, the sequel to The Janitor, my first book, has gone to contract, which means I will be writing it this spring.

I also just sold Luke, a spin off in the same Western-set town as Sylvan to DSP. The publication date is set for May or June.

Cowboy Luke W...

Thank you

Thank you to my readers. The Janitor was in the top ten at Preditor and Editors in the erotic category here .

And I got my blurb for Mastering Toby which I think might be out next month.

Jared Asche has secretly loved Toby Rafferty from the moment he grabbed Toby's bare ass and had pretend sex with him for the cameras on the soap Mission Bay. But Jared knows Toby is straight and just needs a friend, so he lives with the pain of unrequited love… until Toby impulsively kisses him, crossing the...

Wee update

I wanted to post some appreciation to my readers.

First, Wylde has been in the top five over at ARe for a while in mystery/suspense. See here and The Hired Man keeps popping up in the top five for American historical here .

The Janitor has done surprisingly well at the Preditor and Editors poll. If you enjoyed it, and you'd like to vote for it, I've put in a link. I was already on track to do The Boxer but it's nice to know people liked Janitor.

The poll closes soon: Janitor in best erotic here.

A...

The Pleasure Slave is out!

Lucius Mettelus Carbo, once a legate on the rise in the Roman army, rescues a beautiful young prostitute, Varick, who immediately stirs him. However, Lucius doesn't believe anyone could want him, a man cursed by the gods with an ugly, twisted leg. He resists his attraction to the pleasure slave as they forge a tempestuous relationship, and Varick tries to convince Lucius that he desires his master despite the injury. Both men are fighting their fears as they strive toward a future together… a...

Happiness

My dear friend shadownyc 's romantic mystery is out.

Ebook here Winds of Fortune and paperback here . Beautiful cover by Paul Richmond.

This is a good week. My friend and I both have releases out since my historical is out on Wednesday. I've been looking forward to it. Pick up Carolyn's book. You won't be disappointed.

The Janitor at the P and E poll

The Janitor was put up in the erotica section of the Preditors & Editors poll and it's in the middle. Wow, I didn't expect that. I guess a few people have been voting for it.

If you'd like to vote for Janitor or any of the other works this year, here's where you do it.

Janitor is in Best Erotica .

And April Martinez' gorgeous cover for The Janitor is also up for vote here .

And this is the main poll with many wonderful authors and editors listed here .

I hope this bodes good luck for when I try to s...