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Bound To Break cover & blurb!!!

BOUND TO BREAK (book 5 in the Men of Honor Series) – coming early December 2013!

Four men fighting against their pasts…and for each other.

Several years after washing up on a beach in South Africa with absolutely no memory—not even his name—Lucky would rather not remember his past. Based on the number of scars on his body, it couldn’t have been anything good.

Then a man claiming to be his former Navy SEAL teammate walks into the bar and insists that Lucky’s real name is Josiah Joshua Kent. Turns out he’s been listed as KIA, and since he’s not dead, he’s now AWOL—and under suspicion.

Discovering Josh is alive throws Rex, and his relationship with Sawyer, into a tailspin. Rex can finally lay to rest the nightmares of the night he couldn’t save his teammate. And Sawyer is faced with his worst nightmare—a relationship threatened by a very real ghost from the past.

As Josh begins to piece his memories back together, another man with a shadowy connection to his past—and maybe his heart—holds the key that could free him. Or send him to a traitor’s fate.

the one in which I crush your hopes & dreams…

But only for a short time and I will rekindle them!

Okay, look, I know some of you are going to chase me down with pitchforks and daggers, to which I will say, it’s not my fault.

Well, it’s kind of my fault, kind of not but nothing’s really a fault, and in the end, it’s going to be a really excellent thing for us, and I don’t mean the royal us, but rather the collective us.

First, the excellent news that won’t crush your hopes and dreams – Riptide Publishing has contracted all four of the Prophet books, plus two shorts for Prophet and Tommy. They are a wonderful publishing company and you all know I’ve worked with Sarah Frantz on other projects. She will also be my editor at Riptide!

She fell in love with Prophet too. She might be more in love with Mal at this point (and since I just wrote five pages of Mal for a book that won’t see the light of day forever, I guess it’s catching)

Now’s the crushing hopes and dreams part. That release date for Catch A Ghost? It’s changing.

OMG I KNOW I WANTED IT OUT RIGHT NOW TOO.

The book is done in draft form. If I’d pushed ahead without pubbing with Ripdtide it would’ve come out in April sometime (because there is cover and blog tour all set up and everything…)

But..BUT after talking with Sarah and Rachel, it was decided that it would be awesome if we could put out the first two books close together.  As in, book 1, September 9th and book 2, October 28th.

(And you still get Men of Honor #6 out in December so that’s like three in a row, people!)

So it’s like, yes, hopes and dreams crushed for now. But what hasn’t changed are the books promised to you for 2013 – you were always getting book 2 in the Fall. And then the next two, plus two shorts, will all come out between January 2014 and October 2014. So you’re actually getting more than I’d planned, because Riptide is sneaky and wonderfully evil that way.

And yes, I would’ve told you all sooner but there were things to hammer out and contracts and people involved who had to work all sorts of things out.  So I’m totally thrilled and want to thank all of you for the excitement you’ve shown for Prophet along the way

Bound For Keeps release day!!!

YAY!!!  Shane and Keith and Reed are here  

BOUND FOR KEEPS (Men of Honor #5)  (order links below)

They can’t deny the attraction…or the danger… 

Since losing their beloved third to cancer, Keith Masters and Johnny Lou Reed haven’t thought about filling the void in their lives with anyone else. Until a stormy Christmas Eve, when a half-frozen, newly discharged Army Ranger shows up on their doorstep—with no memory of who he is or how he got there.

The former Marine in Keith is suspicious that he can’t turn up any information about Shane anywhere, not even an address. Direct questioning will have to wait until they’ve gotten the boy well.

Shane knows it’s only a matter of time before Keith and Reed figure out his past. And when they learn the depth and the darkness of the secrets he holds, he could get them all killed.

In the heat of the dark winter nights, the three men discover a passion that heals the gaping wounds in their hearts. And Shane wonders, despite the danger hot on his heels, how he will ever bear to leave…

You can read an excerpt here and order the book from various vendors below!

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Faux Reality Entertainment reviews Bound For Keeps!

Faux Reality Entertainment (an awesome site for Real Housewives news / investigations, etc) reviewed Bound For Keeps – here’s a highlight: 

The sign of an exceptional love story is one where true romance transcends gender and convention.  SE Jakes delivers such a story, a  story that allows highly skilled warriors the freedom to heal each other while battling the dark side as a united front.

YAY!!!  Read the full review here!!!

And then, the lovely Faux Media got the review some amazing retweets from Lauren Foster (@TheLaurenFoster ) and Jamie Laurita (@chefjmlaurita)!  And then I almost hyperventilated.  Because Lauren was like OMG and then Jamie?  I adore Real Housewives of New Jersey and I wanted to babble something like, omg I watched your wedding on TV and I was crying and…

But I restrained myself.  I did, however, tell him I liked his tattoos, because HELLO!!!

So follow Faux Reality on their website and on Twitter (@FauxRealityEnt)!  

New Yahoo Group

So, I was asked to join a yahoo loop with an awesome group of m/m authors (and plenty of other m/m authors drop by!) – it’s mainly for stories that are m/m BDSM based.  So think, my Men of Honor series, but I guess in all my books there’s some element of it, although typically not formally.

It’s a very fun, welcoming group and it’s just in the beginning stages. It’s for both readers (cause we love you) and authors (published or unpublished – we’ve already had some authors asking questions and there’s plenty of great experience among the authors who are very helpful on all things BDSM-related).  We’re trying to keep ourselves on a bit of a schedule, so on weekends you’ll be getting excerpts from upcoming and in progress books, Mondays, we’ll talk about new releases, etc.  There will also be giveaways, which are always fun! So come on and join, lurk around for a bit if you’re more comfortable that way and if not, introduce yourself, readers and authors alike!  I was going to say that no one will bite, but hey, you never know…;)

Click here to join the group!  (The actual URL is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mmbdsm/)

This group is comprised of authors who write MMBDSM books and readers who enjoy them!

Our founding authors are: Fyn Alexander, JP Barnaby, Kay Berrisford, James Buchanan, CB Conwy, Jane Davitt, Jeff Erno, SE Jakes, DC Juris, Elizabeth Lister, Ava March, Sean Michael, JA Rock, Jaime Samms, and Lex Valentine.

There are some awesome excerpts up from WIPs if you scroll back.  I’m going through Bound For Keeps to find an excerpt to post there today!

 

 

revisiting old friends

So I spoke with my Samhain editor last week and Bound To Break, book 6 of the Men of Honor series is a go!  Most likely it will come out the beginning of December of this year, and it’s Rex and Sawyer’s story.  With a twist.

And no, I won’t tell you what that twist is.  Yet.  But in order to write the proposal, I had to revisit Bound By Honor.  Of all my books, that’s the one I reread the most,  and there’s one line in particular that makes me laugh every time I read it or think about it.  It’s in this excerpt:  

It was gray and cold and pretty damned deserted on the streets because all the smart people were staying inside. Which LC told Paulo, who just scoffed as he pulled the truck into the twenty-four-hour diner.

He followed the detective inside, wondering how to end all this personal-connection shit. Then again, he didn’t want to spend the meal talking about the damned case.

He cursed Damon a million times in his mind and would do so to his friend’s face when he got back to the club.

“What’s LC short for?” Paulo asked after they’d settled into the booth, menus in front of them.

“My name,” LC said, without taking his eyes from the menu.

Paulo snorted. “And everyone thinks Damon’s the asshole.”

“I definitely do,” he muttered and that effectively shut down the conversation for the next few minutes.

But Paulo was a cop. Used to interrogation. Fortunately, LC had been taught to evade and escape such things.

“You’re Irish and Italian. Your parents must’ve had a good fight about your name, huh?” he asked in a direct parody of Paulo’s question.

Paulo just stared at him with those ice-blue eyes. “Something like that.”

“Cops don’t like questions.”

“Not just cops. Anyone who’s trying to hide something,” Paulo said, his tone mild, like he was enjoying the spar…especially because he knew he was winning, each of his statements zinging into LC as surely as if he had a target painted on his forehead.

He hated being this transparent. Usually, nobody gave a shit beyond letting themselves be fucked. Why did he have to find the one freakin’ man who wanted more?

“I’m here, aren’t I?” he asked with an exaggerated exasperation.

“Act like I’m holding you hostage a little more,” Paulo said. “Although, maybe that’s what you’re into.”

A sudden flash of Paulo holding him down, handcuffing him, fucking him, ran through LC’s mind and his cock hardened in his jeans. He shifted and Paulo grinned like he knew and LC couldn’t hate him any more than he did at that moment.

Even more SPS

(aka Shit Prophet Says) – this one’s from BOUND FOR KEEPS which comes out February 19th!!!!!  WOOT!!!  

“You’re the one with the Army connections.”

Reed grabbed his cell phone. iPhone. Whatever the hell it was. He never  needed fancy—he just needed it to ring.

And it did. Prophet was on the other end. A good and dangerous man to know.

“Proph, it’s Reed.”

“Boy, you only call when you need a favor.”

“Ditto, asshole. And who the hell are you calling boy?”

Prophet hooted. “Hit me.”

Reed gave him the intel, and Prophet promised he’d have something within twenty-four hours. Reed heard bombs going off in the background and declined to ask where and what Proph was doing now.

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Prophet keeps showing up in books he’s not the hero in.  Because he can.  And I can no longer stop him…(click to make the gif work…)

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Free Falling available on ARe

Okay, so, you can now  buy Free Falling on ARe (All Romance Ebooks) in Mobi and epub versions.  The Sony and Kobo versions are being formatted as we speak and I will link them here as soon as they go live.

Of course, it’s still available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Thanks to all the wonderful readers who’ve already bought!  I’ve gotten such great emails about Blue and Mick

the Dear edition

Dear Sinus infection I knew I’d get from my son, 

You suck.

Dear Doctor who’s known me and my family FOREVER and still refused to call in a prescription without seeing me even though I get sinus infections constantly,

You suck.

Dear leftover Augmentin RX I found in cabinet with enough pills for 7 days,

I love you!

Dear Postman,

I don’t understand why, when I fill out a carrier pick-up form, I have to say things like, please ring the doorbell and WAIT AT THE DOOR for me to bring you my package.  You are required to wait a full minute or two, and should not be ringing the doorbell and immediately turning and walking down the path.  It would also be appreciated if you know that you’re going to be ringing my doorbell, that you probably should hold onto the mail rather than throwing it through the door’s mail slot, requiring me to pick all the shit up before I open the door, requiring me to run you down the path so I can give you my package.

Grade: You suck.

Dear Tumblr,

Why you no let me save password so i don’t have to retype it every.  single. time.

Dear Yahoo,

You know I don’t like change. Why, Yahoo, why?

Dear Christmas Tree,

I wish you could walk yourself into my house.  Bonus points if you could decorate yourself.

Dear Amazon,

You don’t require me to leave my house.  There’s nothing more to say.

It’s here, it’s HERE – Free Falling is here!!!

Well, actually Free Falling is here (Amazon...with no cover.  And I don’t know why)..and it’s now up on B&N (waiting on Apple and I’ll add that link when it goes up.  Go forth and purchase  

Sometimes falling in love is the most dangerous thing of all…  

Blue’s a thief who lives for adrenaline and danger. When he meets Mick, a mercenary and a hitter, he feels an immediate attraction. But Mick reneges on a bet they’ve made, leaving Blue pissed and confused.

When they meet again a year later, Blue’s in terrible danger after having walked into the middle of one of Mick’s jobs. Mick saves him, and although the two men have fallen for one another, they have no idea how to handle that kind of intimacy that’s been forced on them.

But when Mick goes missing on a job, Blue’s the one to go after him, determined to save the man he loves no matter the cost.

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I had a lot of wonderful help on this book.  It’s my first self pubbed book, but not my first book, so I know how important editors are.  I cannot recommend Sarah Frantz highly enough.  She’s amazing! And Sharon Muha jumped in and did a fast proofread for me under the gun and I also highly recommend her as well!