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Behind the Velvet Curtain

Welcome new author Matt Converse with his novella, Behind the Velvet Curtain. ~B.

Sex sells, but what it attracts can be deadly.

People probably have an idea of what being a stripper is like, and they would probably be wrong. It takes swagger to strip for a room full of men, but what’s going on in the stripper’s head might surprise you.

Matt Jaxx was just a scrawny kid from Ohio who moved to San Francisco in hopes of starting a new life. He cut his hair, started working out, his acne cleared, an...

Spotlight on Historical Gay Romance – Harry’s Great Trek

Welcome Roger M. Kean to the blog to discuss his final book in the Empire Trilogy. ~ B.

Brandon: So tell me a little about how you came to write this trilogy.

Roger: I was brought up on a reading diet of H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, and Capt. W.E. Johns’ flying hero, Biggles. Excitement and adventure in far-flung outposts of the British Empire colored my childhood. And I count myself lucky. Unlike my contemporaries stuck in “Austerity” Britain in the era before mass air travel, at eight,...

Spotlight on Gay Teen Romance – Secrets and Demons

The buzz on this seriesis building rapidly…

Book Blurb:

Liam is a lonely teenager, lost in a world of his own. Unwilling to speak for the last six months and starving himself, Liam has no friends and is constantly bullied. Jayden is a new kid at school. Immediately he is drawn to Liam’s ice blue eyes and the beauty of his features. After a struggle and unconditional love, Jadyn finally gains Liam’s trust and love; ignoring all the other students’ taunts and warnings, befriends Liam and becomes...

Love, being difficult – Valentine’s Day Blog Hop

To love is good, too: love being difficult. For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. ~Rilke

Love is love, but some people don’t know how to handle love. It’s a fact. They have ideas, thoughts, dreams and hopes, but actual love… Well, that’s pretty terrifying in the light of day.

Take two people, strip them emotionally naked, and they’ll usually run from e...

5000 Copies Sold! – Afflicted

Just hit a milestone and I wanted to say a special thanks to all those who have purchased a copy of Afflicted. Book 2 of the series is not far behind as far as sales go, and this means I must now start working on bookthree.

I know some of the more ardent fans will ask, so let me say up front that I don’t know when #3 will come out. I have a lot on my plate at the moment, but book three is officially in the works. I’ll keep you updated in the Goodreads group. Feel free to join in the conversati...

Who says the legal profession isn’t erotic?

Readers are fanning themselves after the last episode and demanding MORE. And here it is. Episode Four has just come up for pre-sale on Amazon.

Want to knowmore about The Love of Wicked Men?

It’sis an erotic journey into the underbelly of the legal profession. It’s a trek through the corporate culture of profit-at-any-cost. It’s a peekinto the secret world of industrial espionage. Nobody is who they seem, and everyone is out for themselves. It’s about love and lust and money.

Learn more, and ge...

Retro Reads… and a Giveaway

I’m over at Prism Book Alliance talking about two of my more literary fan favs, Listening to Dust and The Value of Rain. Feel free to stop by, enter to win a gift card, and join in the conversation at Prism.

Read their review of Listening to Dust.

Have you ever loved someone…

Have you ever loved someone

butwalked away

because he could not fathomhis own heart?

Spotlight on Gay Romance – Stars Fall

M/M Romance novel with a disabled character. We need more of these. ~B

Blurb:

Keegan Mansfield is the star of the track and field team and he’s destined for Rio 2016. But there are problems; he’s lost, lonely and a social outcast. You see, Keegan Mansfield is a bilateral amputee. A T43/44 Paralympian whose life is filled with false friends and dysfunctional parents. What will it take to change his world? Love? Honour? Trust?

Conrad Smith is a fine able bodied athlete, he runs for the same team a...

Wicked Men – Episode Three – Now Available

As fans have requested, the story, the sex, and the intrigue has heated up with the latest episode of The Love of Wicked Men.

We have threemore episodes to go before all the secrets are revealed, and all the mysteries solved. Your input is still vital. So stop by ourGoodreadsgroup, and let me hear your thoughts.

Need to get Episode One and Two ? Grabthe links here.

IN EPISODE THREE

Sid Rivers begins his attack on Phillips Marn Law. He has set his associates in motion and pits his wits against one...