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Read Around the Rainbow | What I’m Looking Forward To

It’s Read Around the Rainbow time!!! On the last Friday of every month, we’re a bunch of authors who get together and blog on the same topic. Since it’s a new year, we figured we should focus on something positive and talk about what we’re looking forward to in 2025.

At first, I thought I’d skip this month because with the world falling apart, I’m not really seeing anything worth looking forward to. Bleak, I know, but I feel like we’re balancing on the edge of the precipice of something truly h...

Guest Post | Dressing for the Occasion by Ellie Thomas

The lovely Ellie Thomas is back on the blog! This time she’ll tell us about her latest release, Dressing for the Occasion. Welcome, Ellie!

Thanks so much, lovely Ofelia, for having me as your guest again! I’m Ellie, I write Gay Historical romance and I’m here today to chat about my brand-new release, Dressing for the Occasion, a short addition to my Town Bronze series.

This 8k word short story continues the romance of Barney and Ross/Rose, the couple from Pantaloons and Petticoats, the second n...

Release Day | Love is Free

It’s released day!!! Love is Free is out today, and I’m one of 52 authors who’s written a short story for this charity anthology. ALL the proceeds will go to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to support their work for protecting the freedom of the American people. 

Only a day or two after the US election, JMS Books put together an in-house call with the ambition to have the anthology ready for the inauguration week, and we did it! Authors, editors, and publisher have all been working ...

Release Day | The Magic of Shoes

It’s release day!!! The Magic of Shoes is out today!   

There was a submission call titled If the Shoe Fits that asked for queer stories featuring shoes, and I thought it sounded fun.   

I like shoes. If I have to shop for something, shoes are probably my favorite thing, but… they have to be comfy. I refuse to walk around in uncomfortable shoes. You’ll never catch me in heels. Never. And if the shoes happen to be waterproof, all the better since I walk a lot, and most often in terrain.  

That d...

Guest Post | The Panther’s Escape by Holly Day

Have you seen that The Panther’s Escape is out?!? A few days ago, the fifth story in the Within the Walls series, The Panther’s Escape was released, and I’m so excited. The day we’re celebrating is National Snuggle a Chicken Day, because why not?  

Despite being a chicken owner, I have to say I don’t snuggle chickens all that often, but to each their own.   

In this story, we have Namir who is one of the blood slaves who were saved in the first book in the series. He’s keeping to himself and do...

Cover Reveal | The Magic of Shoes

We have a cover!!! The Magic of Shoes is here! 

There was a submission called named If the Shoe Fits, and it was for queer stories with shoes in them. I thought it sounded fun, so I wrote a story. 

It’s a 16k contemporary romance about Clay who works in a shoe shop. One day, there is, what he believes is a dead body on the floor when he gets back from his lunch break. At least it’s wearing a nice French heel. 

We’ll talk more about how delightful French heels are at a later date, for now, I jus...

#FridayReads | Favorite Reads of 2024

This time of year, you see a lot of yearly wrap-ups, lists of favorite reads of the year that’s gone by, and so on. I’m terrible at keeping track of what I’m reading, absolutely terrible. I used to do it. Used to love it. I kept a reading journal, a physical one. Then I discovered Goodreads and did a lot of reading challenges, had a lot of shelves, and so on.  

Then I created an author account, and things went to hell. 

I started to realize what a negative space Goodreads is, and these days, I m...

Read Around the Rainbow | Five Winter Holiday Reads

It’s Read Around the Rainbow time!!! The last one of the year, which is crazy. On the last Friday of every month, we’re a group of authors who get together and blog on the same topic. The topic this time around is Five Winter Holiday Reads.

We said it could be stories we’ve read recently, stories on our TBR, stories we recommend, stories we’ve written.

Should be easy, right?

Well… here’s the thing. I don’t really read holiday stories. Funny since when I’m not Ofelia, I’m Holly Day and she has d...

The Wolf Cure – Free Today!

Holly’s The Wolf Cure is free in the JMS Books’ Advent Calendar today and only today!   

I hope you haven’t missed the advent calendar over at JMS Books. Every day there is an LGBT+ book for free from 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST. When the time has passed it will be published wide, but for one day, you have the chance to grab it for free!  

Galen is a flawed healer. Normal healers heal the injury and dispel the pain. Not Galen. Nope. He heals the injury, and then he carries the pain for the dur...

Guest Post | A Yuletide Excursion

The lovely Ellie Thomas is back on the blog! Today, she’s here to talk about her story A Yuletide Excursion that’s out today. Welcome, Ellie!

Thank you, lovely Ofelia, for having me as a guest on your blog again. I’m Ellie, I write Historical Romance novellas, and I’m here today to chat about my new release, A Yuletide Excursion. This is my Advent Calendar story for JMS Books. 

This fabulous event features a new release every day from December 1st – 24th and each story will be a free download f...