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January 6, 2014
Retitled Book
Have I mentioned I have a retitle? I knew it was coming and it's here!
My second Carina Press book, formerly known as Lost & Found, occasionally known as the Big Book 'O Angst, is now officially MAYBE THIS TIME.
It’s pretty perfect for what Ezra and Donner go through in life and love. They’ve both been hurt. Maybe this time they’ll get it right. :)
The Big Book 'O Angst is scheduled for late July 2014.
My second Carina Press book, formerly known as Lost & Found, occasionally known as the Big Book 'O Angst, is now officially MAYBE THIS TIME.
It’s pretty perfect for what Ezra and Donner go through in life and love. They’ve both been hurt. Maybe this time they’ll get it right. :)
The Big Book 'O Angst is scheduled for late July 2014.
December 31, 2013
Happy New Year!
Looking back at everything that happened this year, 2013 has been pretty darn good to me.
Three more books in the Cost of Repairs series released this year: COLOR OF GRACE, WEIGHT OF SILENCE, and ACTS OF FAITH. And yes, there is a fifth book coming!
I also had two releases with Dreamspinner Press: UNEARTHING COLE and WHAT YOU OWN.
I've gained lots of new, amazing readers, and I'm thankful for each and every one of you. I would be nothing without my readers, so thank you for reading my books and recommending them to your friends.
I know I've grown as a writer. With each book, and with each new set of characters, I feel as though I've allowed myself to open up and be more honest. To shine a light on the dark things that happen to us, and to let that light take some of the darkness away. You haven't met Ezra and Romy yet, but you will, briefly, in February's NO SUCH THING, before they get their own books. These boys broke my heart this past year, and I'm honored to have written their stories.
Besides new releases, I signed three new contracts for 2014!
Of course I keep talking about my new series with Carina Press, which begins with NO SUCH THING on February 17. Book two (Title TBD) releases in late July, and book three, FOLLOW YOU HOME, sometime later (probably 2015). I'm so freaking in love with these books and these guys, and I hope you love them, too.
For the folks who asked, I contracted the sequel to UNEARTHING COLE to Dreamspinner. UNDERSTANDING JEREMY has a July/August release date.
I also contracted FOUNDATION OF TRUST, the fifth Cost of Repairs book. This is David Weller's story. More to come on that, but David. Oh David. Some characters you just do not expect....
In terms of what I'm writing, I have two different works in progress, both of them spin-offs from other series. I hope to get whacked upside the head with an idea for a standalone or two, like WHAT YOU OWN, but I do seem to get caught up with multi-book series. Probably because that's what I prefer to read. I love revisiting locations and groups of characters. But sometimes you want something that stands on its own two feet, you know?
So from my boys to you: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! ::confetti::
Three more books in the Cost of Repairs series released this year: COLOR OF GRACE, WEIGHT OF SILENCE, and ACTS OF FAITH. And yes, there is a fifth book coming!
I also had two releases with Dreamspinner Press: UNEARTHING COLE and WHAT YOU OWN.
I've gained lots of new, amazing readers, and I'm thankful for each and every one of you. I would be nothing without my readers, so thank you for reading my books and recommending them to your friends.
I know I've grown as a writer. With each book, and with each new set of characters, I feel as though I've allowed myself to open up and be more honest. To shine a light on the dark things that happen to us, and to let that light take some of the darkness away. You haven't met Ezra and Romy yet, but you will, briefly, in February's NO SUCH THING, before they get their own books. These boys broke my heart this past year, and I'm honored to have written their stories.
Besides new releases, I signed three new contracts for 2014!
Of course I keep talking about my new series with Carina Press, which begins with NO SUCH THING on February 17. Book two (Title TBD) releases in late July, and book three, FOLLOW YOU HOME, sometime later (probably 2015). I'm so freaking in love with these books and these guys, and I hope you love them, too.
For the folks who asked, I contracted the sequel to UNEARTHING COLE to Dreamspinner. UNDERSTANDING JEREMY has a July/August release date.
I also contracted FOUNDATION OF TRUST, the fifth Cost of Repairs book. This is David Weller's story. More to come on that, but David. Oh David. Some characters you just do not expect....
In terms of what I'm writing, I have two different works in progress, both of them spin-offs from other series. I hope to get whacked upside the head with an idea for a standalone or two, like WHAT YOU OWN, but I do seem to get caught up with multi-book series. Probably because that's what I prefer to read. I love revisiting locations and groups of characters. But sometimes you want something that stands on its own two feet, you know?
So from my boys to you: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! ::confetti::
December 23, 2013
Cover Reveal: No Such Thing
I have the cover and blurb for my upcoming release with Carina Press. I very happy about this new book and new series, and about the cast of characters. The second book in this series (title forthcoming, book releasing in July 2014) is what I've called on Twitter "The Big Book Of Angst" more than once. But I love these boys, and I'm excited to share them with you in less than two months!
That's right. Virgin hero. And because food almost always manages to become a set piece in my books, this one features a bakery. And coconut cake.
NO SUCH THING releases February 17, 2014!
Twenty-two-year-old Alessandro Silva knows that returning to tiny Perch Creek to help his foster mother was the right thing to do. With no degree and a delinquent’s reputation, he’s lucky to have landed a job waiting tables. But not everyone is happy he’s back, and the only thing keeping his move home from being a total bust is his boss’s hot brother.
Jaime Winters spent most of his life watching the world go by, first from a series of hospitals and then from behind big stacks of textbooks. Studying is easier than facing the fact that years of heart failure means he’s still a virgin at twenty-three. Until the new waiter in his sister’s diner awakens desires he’d long ago given up on.
The last thing Alessandro wants is to fall for someone as fragile as Jaime. And Jaime may have a new heart, but he’s scared of what giving it to another person would mean. Their no-strings-attached, instructional approach to sex keeps emotion safely at bay, until a secret from Alessandro’s past forces them to confront their feelings in the present…
That's right. Virgin hero. And because food almost always manages to become a set piece in my books, this one features a bakery. And coconut cake.
NO SUCH THING releases February 17, 2014!
December 17, 2013
Release Day: Acts of Faith
It's finally here! Book four in my "Cost of Repairs" series that began with Sam Briggs and Rey King returns to their lives and continuing romance in ACTS OF FAITH. Check it out, and don't forget to leave reviews on Goodreads and Amazon!
Love can be built on a broken past…but not on broken trust.
Cost of Repairs, Book 4
Rey King has settled into his new life with Samuel Briggs, and his catering business has taken off to the point he’s brought a business partner on board. Yet something is missing. He’s still haunted by the pain of losing his daughter, Faith, in a custody battle six years ago.
Then, one month before Christmas, Faith’s grandmother passes away, and Rey gets a shocking offer he never saw coming.
Samuel knew loving Rey wouldn't be easy, but then again he’s no walk in the park either. Still, for eighteen months they’ve thrived as a couple…until a shy, seven-year-old girl shakes his belief that he and Rey can overcome anything.
Settling Faith into their chaotic lives would be a welcome challenge, if things weren’t complicated by Rey’s too-cute, overly attentive new business partner. As misunderstandings, miscommunications, and unresolved tensions escalate, Rey begins to wonder if the best Christmas gift of his life could cost him the man he loves.
And in case you're wondering, there will be a fifth book. Deets to come!
December 10, 2013
Monday Was Very Good to Me
Folks love to grouse about Monday. It's the first day of the work week (unless you work retail or a restaurant, in which case your work week is haphazard and weekends mean very little in terms of what days they fall on). Monday gets a bad rap sometimes, because yesterday was very good to me.
So much fun news!
First I came home and found a box in the mail from Dreamspinner Press, with pretty, pretty paperback copies of WHAT YOU OWN inside! I was expecting some things from Amazon, but this was even better. This is my third book in print (so far), so it was lovely to flip the pages and browse through Ryan/Adam's story.
Out of curiosity, I went to check the nominations for the Goodreads M/M Romance Group's 2013 Readers Choice Awards. Mostly to see which of my favorite books were nominated in various categories, and there were a lot. So I was pleasantly stunned to see COLOR OF GRACE nominated for Best Tear Jerker.
I'm not sure if you have to be a member of the group to see the nominations, but you have to be a member to vote in the final polls. It's so humbling and gratifying to see my work recognized by readers.
And if that didn't make my day, this final thing did.
Dreamspinner has contracted UNDERSTANDING JEREMY, the sequel to UNEARTHING COLE, and will publish it next summer! Folks have been asking for more of Cole and Jeremy since UC released this past spring, and for a novella, this book was hard to write. Getting into Jeremy's head was a challenge, and it took me more than seven months to write this, working off and on while managing other books. But I'm so pleased with how it turned out, and I hope UC fans love it too.
Below is the blurb I used in my submission query (not the official blurb, which will come later), to give y'all a glimpse of what's to come.
Much love!
So much fun news!
First I came home and found a box in the mail from Dreamspinner Press, with pretty, pretty paperback copies of WHAT YOU OWN inside! I was expecting some things from Amazon, but this was even better. This is my third book in print (so far), so it was lovely to flip the pages and browse through Ryan/Adam's story.
Out of curiosity, I went to check the nominations for the Goodreads M/M Romance Group's 2013 Readers Choice Awards. Mostly to see which of my favorite books were nominated in various categories, and there were a lot. So I was pleasantly stunned to see COLOR OF GRACE nominated for Best Tear Jerker.
I'm not sure if you have to be a member of the group to see the nominations, but you have to be a member to vote in the final polls. It's so humbling and gratifying to see my work recognized by readers.And if that didn't make my day, this final thing did.
Dreamspinner has contracted UNDERSTANDING JEREMY, the sequel to UNEARTHING COLE, and will publish it next summer! Folks have been asking for more of Cole and Jeremy since UC released this past spring, and for a novella, this book was hard to write. Getting into Jeremy's head was a challenge, and it took me more than seven months to write this, working off and on while managing other books. But I'm so pleased with how it turned out, and I hope UC fans love it too.
Below is the blurb I used in my submission query (not the official blurb, which will come later), to give y'all a glimpse of what's to come.
Six weeks after the auction of his parents' hoarded property, Cole Alston is free of their possessions, but not the house and land. The winning bid fell through, leaving him unable to follow his original plan to take the money and go elsewhere to start over—a plan that is slowly dissolving under the pleasant influence of his unexpected relationship with Jeremy Collins. Jeremy is quite content to have Cole still living with him, and despite Cole's frequent nightmares of the abuse he endured thanks to his ex-boyfriend Martin, they've created a comfortable coexistence.
A coexistence that could shatter at any moment, because their relationship is a carefully guarded secret in their very small town. Cole is terrified that coming out will ruin the business and friendships that Jeremy has built, and he'd rather leave than hurt Jeremy so badly. Jeremy has fallen hard for Cole, despite knowing Cole's presence was never a promise, and he's willing to risk blowing up his life in order to keep him. Jeremy has already survived a lifetime of painful losses, but as secrets and misunderstandings continue to pile up, he may face his greatest loss of all: the first man he's ever really loved.
Much love!
November 29, 2013
What You Own
Available now from Dreamspinner Press!
For Ryan Sanders, the Paige Community Center is more than a place where he teaches at-risk teens about musical theater. He found a sense of belonging there during one of the hardest times of his life. With the center facing a financial crisis, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep the doors open—even soliciting fundraiser donations from Langley-Quartermaine Financial.
Adam Langley has a plan: survive an internship at his father’s company, finish college, get his trust fund, and find his former high school best friend Ryan and beg his forgiveness. In that order, because if Ryan does forgive him, Adam believes he’ll finally find the courage to come out to his wealthy, bigoted father.
Adam’s carefully considered plan is shattered when Ryan appears at the office a full ten months before Adam is ready, and Ryan is just as stunned. Against his better judgment, Adam gets involved with the fundraiser—and Ryan. Old feelings won’t be denied, and as Ryan and Adam reconnect, they realize neither knows the entire truth about the horrific night three years earlier that tore their friendship apart.
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November 15, 2013
Free Book!
To help celebrate the December 17 release of ACTS OF FAITH, my publisher is offering the first book in the series, COST OF REPAIRS, for free across multiple platforms! If you haven't read it yet, you can meet and get to know Samuel and Rey before they reappear next month. Or encourage a friend who's on a budget to try something new.
And it's only free for a limited time, so don't wait!
Amazon Link.
Nook Link
Please spread the word! Sam and Rey (and Schuyler and Barrett and Gavin and Jace) will thank you!
And it's only free for a limited time, so don't wait!
Amazon Link.
Nook Link
Please spread the word! Sam and Rey (and Schuyler and Barrett and Gavin and Jace) will thank you!
October 30, 2013
Coming Soon: What You Own
So this one will be a nice little surprise for everybody, because I never announced it back when the book was accepted. But I have a new novel coming out from Dreamspinner Press on November 29th!
This book is really special to me, because it is, in essence, a love letter to musical theater. I spent all four years of high school working the stage crew for our theater productions, both musicals and plays. I loved my time there, and I made so many wonderful friends and lasting memories. Theater is important to me, and I am firm believer that the arts need to stay in our schools and be available to our kids.
WHAT YOU OWN releases November 29th in both ebook and paperback format. And if you're a fan of paperbacks, make sure you preorder early! The first 20 copies include a special insert page with my signature on it!
For Ryan Sanders, the Paige Community Center is more than a place where he teaches at-risk teens about musical theater. He found a sense of belonging there during one of the hardest times of his life. With the center facing a financial crisis, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep the doors open—even soliciting fundraiser donations from Langley-Quartermaine Financial.
Adam Langley has a plan: survive an internship at his father’s company, finish college, get his trust fund, and find his former high school best friend Ryan and beg his forgiveness. In that order, because if Ryan does forgive him, Adam believes he’ll finally find the courage to come out to his wealthy, bigoted father.
Adam’s carefully considered plan is shattered when Ryan appears at the office a full ten months before Adam is ready, and Ryan is just as stunned. Against his better judgment, Adam gets involved with the fundraiser—and Ryan. Old feelings won’t be denied, and as Ryan and Adam reconnect, they realize neither knows the entire truth about the horrific night three years earlier that tore their friendship apart.
This book is really special to me, because it is, in essence, a love letter to musical theater. I spent all four years of high school working the stage crew for our theater productions, both musicals and plays. I loved my time there, and I made so many wonderful friends and lasting memories. Theater is important to me, and I am firm believer that the arts need to stay in our schools and be available to our kids.
WHAT YOU OWN releases November 29th in both ebook and paperback format. And if you're a fan of paperbacks, make sure you preorder early! The first 20 copies include a special insert page with my signature on it!
September 27, 2013
Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention
I am so pleased and proud to announce that UNEARTHING COLE is a Rainbow Awards 2013 Honorable Mention! I've never received any kind of award for writing before (high school English class honors don't count), so this is pretty exciting for me.
Actual shortlist nominations for the awards will be announced October 1.
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August 18, 2013
Updates All Around
Summer is disappearing fast, isn't it? So many things to say!
The biggest, of course, is that WEIGHT OF SILENCE (Cost of Repairs 3) is officially out from Samhain Publishing, and so far the reviews are excellent. I'm so happy to share Jace and Gavin with you guys, and I hope you enjoy their journey as much as I enjoyed writing it.
On those coattails, ACTS OF FAITH (Cost of Repairs 4) has gone through the page proofs stage, which means it's almost a finished book! Mark your calendars, because Samuel and Rey are heading back to your ereaders December 17th.
I've also finished writing a first draft of the fifth Cost of Repairs book, which has a tentative title of FOUNDATION OF TRUST. You don't know the heroes yet (one you'll meet in Acts of Faith), but they were certainly an angsty pair with serious trust issues. Hopefully I'll have this cleaned up and off to my editor sometime in the next few weeks.
The release date for my first book with Carina Press is February 17, 2014. The original title, CATCH & RELEASE, is likely to change. I'll update when I know for sure. Book two will come sometime after.
I also have another novel coming from Dreamspinner this winter,and I can't believe I haven't blogged about it! I'll do that in a separate post.
I do keep promising to write Jeremy's book (a followup to UNEARTHING COLE) and I will! I already have about three chapters written. But I keep getting distracted by new books. All I ask is continued patience, dear readers! We'll get back to Franklin, NC soon-ish!
The biggest, of course, is that WEIGHT OF SILENCE (Cost of Repairs 3) is officially out from Samhain Publishing, and so far the reviews are excellent. I'm so happy to share Jace and Gavin with you guys, and I hope you enjoy their journey as much as I enjoyed writing it.
On those coattails, ACTS OF FAITH (Cost of Repairs 4) has gone through the page proofs stage, which means it's almost a finished book! Mark your calendars, because Samuel and Rey are heading back to your ereaders December 17th.
I've also finished writing a first draft of the fifth Cost of Repairs book, which has a tentative title of FOUNDATION OF TRUST. You don't know the heroes yet (one you'll meet in Acts of Faith), but they were certainly an angsty pair with serious trust issues. Hopefully I'll have this cleaned up and off to my editor sometime in the next few weeks.
The release date for my first book with Carina Press is February 17, 2014. The original title, CATCH & RELEASE, is likely to change. I'll update when I know for sure. Book two will come sometime after.
I also have another novel coming from Dreamspinner this winter,and I can't believe I haven't blogged about it! I'll do that in a separate post.
I do keep promising to write Jeremy's book (a followup to UNEARTHING COLE) and I will! I already have about three chapters written. But I keep getting distracted by new books. All I ask is continued patience, dear readers! We'll get back to Franklin, NC soon-ish!
