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#WhatToReadWednesday | Friends to Lovers

Did you know that May is Date Your Mate Month? Well, it is, so I figured we’d have a look at some friends to lovers books.

I have to say, it’s not a trope I seek out. I have nothing against it, and it’s not like I never read them, but I don’t set out to find friends to lovers books. It happens by mistake LOL

Shut Your Face, Anthony Pace! by Claire Davis and Al Stewart

Whenever I’m thinking about friends to lovers, I’m thinking about Charlie and Anthony. I love this story.

First love – coming o...

Guest Post | Kelpie’s Claiming by Alexa Piper

Today, we have Alexa Piper on a visit, and this post had me laughing. Welcome, Alexa!

The Interesting Case of Kelpies

For those not aware, a kelpie (also known as a water horse) is a shape-changing horse, who is an alluring man when not in their horse form. They spend their time luring people into lochs or other bodies of water, and they really like liver. Human liver.

I’ve not seen a lot of kelpie books, but something about the creature always spoke to me. Maybe it’s the mythical aspect, the w...

Guest Post | Perfect Rows by Holly Day

I’m here as Holly today! Two days ago, you could read a quick announcement about the World Naked Gardening stories we’ve been working on this year. Yesterday, the lovely Nell Iris was on a visit to tell us all about Strike a Pose. Today, I thought I’d talk a little about Perfect Rows.

It’s all Nell and Ally’s fault we’ve written these stories. Nell thought I should write a story for World Naked Gardening Day since I write stories for strange days, and then Ally thought we all should. And here w...

Guest Post | Strike a Pose by Nell Iris

Nell Iris is back! Today, she’s talking about Strike a Pose, and for the record, I don’t mind marble penises on covers, in rants or in blog posts LOL. Welcome, Nell!

Hi everyone and a huge thank you to Ofelia for once again letting me come for a visit and talk about my latest book, Strike a Pose. You’re most kind!

Strike a Pose is written for World Naked Gardening Day which occurs on the first Saturday in May annually. I stumbled upon it somehow last year and told my lovely hostess’s alter ego...

Release Announcement: World Naked Gardening Day Gay Romance Novellas

Welcome to World Naked Gardening Day!

The World Naked Gardening Day stories are a collaboration between Holly Day, Nell Iris, A. L. Lester, K. L. Noone and Amy Spector. They comprise five MM romance novellas between sixteen and twenty thousand words, featuring being naked in a garden somehow, somewhere, to mark World Naked Gardening Day on 7th May 2022!

Release Date: 7th May 2022

Publisher: JMS Books LLC

Ofelia Grand (who also writes as Holly), Nell Iris and A. L. Lester write together in the ea...

Update | Change of Plans

“Success in life is not how well we execute Plan A; it’s how smoothly we cope with Plan B.”

– Sarah Ban Breathnach

It’s update time and my plan has gone to hell LOL Part of me is relieved. I was supposed to have submitted a Hugs or Kisses story by the end of last month, but… I was writing, and I was in a great flow, and then I hit 11k and the either-or stories have a max limit of 12k and I was nowhere near the end. So I emailed JM and said I won’t be able to do it.

I would’ve loved to continu...

Giveaway | May

Right, peeps, I’m sad to say we’re going dystopic this month – just what we need, right? Sigh. Months ago, I pulled The Maddest of Men and The Lords of Lettuce from Amazon. I meant to put them up again as one book instead of two. Lords starts right where Maddest ends, and when I wrote them, I meant for them to be a series, but I never wrote more books, so it felt silly to have stories up that just as easily could be one. Then I decided I’d do these giveaways that matched Holly’s previous relea...

Read Around the Rainbow | Weird Internet Searches

It’s time for the second Read Around the Rainbow post! The theme this time is internet searches. Countless times, I’ve been chatting with author friends, and we’ve all been muttering about how we hope the police won’t ever check our search history, so I know I’m not alone in thinking that LOL Shall we dive in?

Weird Internet Searches

Everyone googles… I bet those who write historical stories google a lot of legit things. I’m so in awe of those authors because I would never have the patience to ...

Wrap-Up Wednesday | April

This month, I haven’t had time. That’s the overall feeling, that I haven’t had time, so I haven’t read as much as I would have wanted to, but this is what I’ve got.

Seventh Son by SenatorBlitz

Ha! I didn’t have many expectations when I started to read this, I just wanted a short story I could finish in one go, but this had me laughing. It’s a bit… incoherent at times, but I was enjoying myself.

This is a Don’t Read in the Closet story, so it’s free, and there is no blurb, only a prompt letter....

Guest Post | It Rained All Night by Nell Iris

The lovely Nell Iris is back! This post made me think of the good old days when Nell, Ally and I wrote together EVERY morning. We still do most days of the week, but now there are demands from the outer world, so sad. Enough reminiscence. Welcome back, Nell.

Hi! *waving happily* It’s me. Nell. The lovely Ofelia has graciously invited me back (thank you ) to talk about my latest release, It Rained All Night that I wrote for the JMS Books submission call “rain or shine.”

I’d had an idea for the ...