B.A. Tortuga's Blog, page 2
January 28, 2025
New Release: Lost Boy
Veterinarian Leo Aetos adores animals, has a great apartment in Brooklyn, and even has a favorite bar. The only thing he doesn’t have is someone to share it all with. Finding that man is easier said than done because he’s searching for a partner with specific interests. He needs a man who steps out of the stereotype and that’s tall order. Much like he is, at well over six feet.
Police dog-trainer Chris Kinney figures there’s no way he’d be anything close to what Leo wants. His last relationship failed miserably and he is sure it was his own fault. He just couldn’t be the kind of man his ex needed him to be. Worse, he struggles with his temper, and he’s not even sure he belongs in New York.
Leo decides to take Chris on despite Chris’s misgivings, with some help from his friends from Les’s Bar. He knows pretty much right away he’s not going to want to let Chris go. But will he be able to convince Chris they can both get what they need, and that the ex can’t threaten their new relationship?
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December 10, 2024
New Release: Covering the Cowboy
The last thing Austin Williams needs is for his just-like-him nerdy son Dallas to get into a fight at school. The last thing he expects is to get to school to find that Dallas has a new best friend, a miniature cowgirl named Paige. The final shock of the day comes when he realizes that his son’s new best friend’s dad is the cover model he just hired for all of his novels.
Kyler Hale is a cowboy. He’s used to rough and tumble folks, and he lives for his daughter. Which is why, when she makes a good friend in kindergarten, he’s going to do everything he can to help them stay friends. Between play dates and outings, Kyler discovers he also wants to be friends with Dallas’s dad. Austin is kind, smart, interesting. And hot. But Kyler has never figured out how to date a guy before, so he has to really put some thought into it.
As these single dads navigate kindergarten, dating, and finding ways to tell each other the truth, things might get tough. Can they find a way to cover all their bases and give everyone a happily ever after?
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November 26, 2024
New Release: Thawed Out
Thawed Out is an opposites attract, second chance romance featuring an established couple on the edge of divorce, a ferocious snow storm, precocious children and a healthy dose of holiday magic.
Kiren knows there is a storm coming when he goes to the cabin to deliver divorce papers to his husband Flynn, but he doesn’t plan to stay long. He hates that it’s come to this, but they just can’t seem to do anything without arguing anymore. When he finds Flynn looking so skinny and unhappy, he ends up staying to talk.
And maybe to try harder not to break up their family.
Flynn knows Kiren is just as tired as he is. They both work hard. They both take care of their two kids. He doesn’t want to give up, but between his long hours and going to school, he always seems to be in trouble when gets home.
Before they know it, they’re snowed in with nothing but time on their hands. The two of them decide that they don’t want to be frozen in the worst time of their married life. But can they work together to find the balance they need to start again?
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September 17, 2024
New Release: The Cowboy’s Texan
When Nathan Greene lost everything from his restaurant and reputation to the man who was supposed to love him, he packed up his life and headed from Texas to New Mexico, where he took on the job of ranch chef. On paper, it sounded pretty easy, but in reality, he ends up on a horse headed to a high camp with a cowboy who really doesn’t seem to like him.
And it’s mutual.
Ames Paulson hates the idea of having to take on the greenhorn chef and make a temporary cowboy out of him. But he soon finds out that Nathan can give as good as he gets, and when Ames’s teenage cousin shows up needing a home, Nathan is incredibly kind to her. Which makes it impossible to dislike the guy.
Both Ames and Nathan have their pasts to contend with, and Ames has to worry about building a life for his cousin as well, but the men finally find common ground and start something wonderful, they think. As long as work, distance, and that past catching up with Nathan don’t put too many roadblocks in their way.
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August 6, 2024
New Release: Diamonds in the Rough
When cowboy Sterling Jordan heads from his home in Aspen to Durango, Colorado, he’s looking for his sister’s baby, and he intends to take that child home with him, no matter what the situation is. Then he meets his nephew’s adoptive father, Benjamin Collier, and Benji is the last thing he expects. So he just holds off on telling Ben who he is.
When Ben discovers that Sterling has been omitting some very important parts of his history, he’s furious, but he has to admit that Sterling never out and out lied to him, and that the big name, big money cowboy is absolutely fascinating. He’s willing to let Sterling get to know his son, Xavier, but not to let the man have him, so they have to find a compromise.
The two men navigate siblings, parents, and the bad start to their relationship to find a way to be a whole new kind of family, one where silver linings come with buckles and baby blankets.
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July 2, 2024
New Release: Silver Buckle Linings
When cowboy Sterling Jordan heads from his home in Aspen to Durango, Colorado, he’s looking for his sister’s baby, and he intends to take that child home with him, no matter what the situation is. Then he meets his nephew’s adoptive father, Benjamin Collier, and Benji is the last thing he expects. So he just holds off on telling Ben who he is.
When Ben discovers that Sterling has been omitting some very important parts of his history, he’s furious, but he has to admit that Sterling never out and out lied to him, and that the big name, big money cowboy is absolutely fascinating. He’s willing to let Sterling get to know his son, Xavier, but not to let the man have him, so they have to find a compromise.
The two men navigate siblings, parents, and the bad start to their relationship to find a way to be a whole new kind of family, one where silver linings come with buckles and baby blankets.
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June 11, 2024
New Release: High Note
Kirsten Langdon is happy being a small-town girl. She works at the local pizza place slinging pizza and playing her guitar to whoever will listen a few nights a week. And if she wishes song-writing jobs were easier to get, well, that’s her problem.
Skyla Bridey is one of the hottest tickets in country music, but she’s burned out and tired of the hustle and bustle of the tour. So she’s taking the band to Summit Springs to figure out how to get her mojo back, and how to make her music more real again.
Sparks fly when Kirsten and Skyla meet over an evening of music, and they get to know each other quickly. Skyla admires Kirsten’s honesty and her out and proud life, but she’s not sure country music will let her go and do all the things she wants. Can the two women find enough common ground to make their life an upbeat number instead of a sad song?
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May 21, 2024
New Release: New Tricks
Miniature artist Kit Swann is starting over when he moves to New York. His late husband left him nearly everything he needs, but living on his own in a big city can be lonely. He’s not sure if he’s ready yet, but that gay bar he’s been watching for a while from the coffee shop across the street is interesting to him, and he’s working up the courage to go inside.
Elijah Russo has been looking for a full-time partner for so long he’s ready to give up. The right man just doesn’t seem to exist until he meets Kit, he dares to wonder if he may have found exactly the man he’s looking for. Still, Kit’s guarded and grieving and may not even know if he wants the lifestyle Elijah could offer him.
The pair have to navigate their differences, from where they come from to what they know about their desires, while the shadow of the tragic death of Kit’s husband looms over them and makes navigating their relationship even more prickly. If they’re going to bring their very different lives together, they’ll have to teach each other some new tricks.
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April 26, 2024
New Release: Elite Connections
Every need met. Every desire fulfilled.
Welcome to Elite Connections, the secret, exclusive service where money is no object and your every wish is guaranteed to come true.
Fake dates, arranged marriages, or just some company for the night, whatever it is, with Elite you are covered.
Benefitting Outright International, an organization that works to amplify inclusion and equality across the world, and Lambda Legal, fighting for the civil rights of LGBTQ+ people.
Elite Connections is a queer charity anthology containing MM, FF, and other LGBTQ+ romances and will be available for a limited time only. All proceeds will be split between the chosen charities.
With stories from:
Ana Ashley – BA Tortuga – Colette Davison
Emily Silver – Erin Zak – Jax Calder
Kelex – Frances M. Thompson – Jodi Payne
Rhys Everly – Sarah Zane
Saxon James – V.L. Locey
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April 16, 2024
New Release: Second Chance Cowboy
When Liam McMartin calls Cowboy Wanted, he just wants to hire a cowboy to take him to an event. Objective? To make his ex-husband Sawyer Canton insanely jealous. He and Sawyer just couldn’t make things work, but they see each other all the time to exchange their two daughters, and Liam wants Sawyer to believe he’s doing better with this whole divorce thing than he really is.
Sawyer knows he screwed up badly with Liam. Bad enough that his husband, who he still loves, filed for divorce and got a condo in town. He loses it when he thinks Liam is dating someone else, but maybe that’s the chance he needs to open up a line of communication with his ex and try to make up for what they lost. Their daughters would love to have both dads in the same place all the time as well. But work and life are always right there, trying to come between them. Can Sawyer convince Liam to give him a second chance?
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