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Read Around the Rainbow | This or That

It’s Read Around the Rainbow time, and this month, we thought we’d do a quick little This or That readers’ edition post. So let’s dive in, shall we??

LGBT self-discovery story vs. they’ve always known (or have already figured out) they fall under the rainbow umbrella

I am fully in the Already-Know camp. I want my characters to be adults, as in real adults, not some twenty-two-year-old kid running around like a headless chicken LOL. I want them to know themselves, and by that I don’t mean they h...

What to Read Wednesday | Series by Me

It’s been ages since I posted a What to Read Wednesday post, but I figured I’d do a self-centred one. I submitted a story to my publisher not too long ago, and they asked me to make a list of all my series because they were confused.   

It escalated and then all JMS Books authors had to make a list LOL. Anyway, there are a lot of series stories coming from Holly this last half of the year, so this list won’t be accurate for long, but today, this is what my list looks like.  

If you click on a co...

Guest Post | The Death God by Holly Day

Hiya! I’m here as Holly today A couple of days ago, The Death God was released, so I thought I’d pop over here and share the first chapter.   

Now, this is the sequel to Rufus the Dead, and I strongly suggest you read it first. In Rufus the Dead, we get to meet Rufus (of course), Jaki, Minerva, Thanatos, Prophecy, and Gregory. Gregory and Rufus are vampires who steal four psychics (the names above minus Rufus and Gregory ), leave their coven behind, and buy a fixer-upper castle.  

The Death Go...

Read Around the Rainbow | Do You Use a Pen Name?

It’s Read Around the Rainbow time!!! Every month, we’re a group of authors who get together and blog about the same topic, and May’s topic is: Do you use a pen name? And if so, why?

I do, more than one, actually. I’ve been Ofelia Gränd for ten years now. On June 5th 2014, my first story was published. It was through Goodreads MM Romance Groups’ Don’t Read in the Closet event. I’d written a few stories before then, MF stories in Swedish, just for the fun of it. Nothing I ever published. And I sa...

Guest Post | Vampire Lee by Holly Day

Hiya! I’m here as Holly today A couple of days ago, Vampire Lee was released, and I figured I’d post the first chapter for you to read.  

This is a sequel to A Vampire Chew Toy, and even though it’s about a new couple, I think it would be best to read A Vampire Chew Toy first.  

Toward the end of A Vampire Chew Toy, Mars, Murrie, Rei, Hanna, and Faelan rescue Devin and Dillon from where they’re kept as blood slaves. Vampire Lee is about Dillon and how he’s been coping after having moved into t...

Guest Post | An Unlikely Alliance by Ellie Thomas

Today, the lovely Ellie Thomas is back to tell us a little about her latest release, An Unlikely Alliance. Welcome Ellie!

Thanks, lovely Ofelia, for having me as your guest again! I’m Ellie, and I write MM Historical Romance novellas.

Today I’m chatting about my new MMM Romance, An Unlikely Alliance, written for JMS Books’ Regency Trio submission call.

An Unlikely Alliance is both an individual release and will also be published together with two other fabulous stories, As Many Stars by K.L. N...

Guest Post | Rufus the Dead

I’m here as Holly Day today. It’s always a bit weird to visit my own (other pen name) blog, but here we go! A few days ago, Rufus the Dead was released. It’s a story I wrote for Kiss Your Mate Day, and at first, I planned on writing a shifter story, but…  

It sounds like a story for Kiss Your Mate Day should be about shifters, right? But we have a vampire and a psychic who are mated through a blood bond. Jaki, our psychic, has no idea what it means, and while Rufus does, he doesn’t explain it....

Read Around the Rainbow | Writer’s Block

It’s Read Around the Rainbow time!!! I can’t believe it’s been another month already. On the last Friday of every month, we’re a group of authors who get together and blog around the same topic. This month’s topic is Writer’s Block.  

I know this is something some struggle a lot with, but I don’t. I write most days of the month. My alarm goes off at 05:40 every morning, no matter what day it is. I get up, put on coffee, fix something to eat, bring my coffee to my desk, scroll through my emails ...

Guest Post | Lucky in Love by Ellie Thomas

The lovely, Ellie Thomas is back! She’s here to talk about her latest release, Lucky in Love, so read on. Welcome, Ellie!

Thanks, lovely Ofelia, for having me as your guest again! I’m Ellie, and I write MM Historical Romance novellas. I’m popping in today to talk about my new release, Lucky in Love, the follow-up to last year’s Restoration story, Lucky John. Lucky in Love is in the 20% off new release sale at JMS Books until April 12th.

My first story about John and Owen, Lucky John, is set on ...

Read Around the Rainbow | The Physical Books on My Bookshelf

It’s Read Around the Rainbow time!!! Every month, we’re a group of authors who get together and blog about the same topic. This month we’re talking about the physical books we have on our bookshelves and why we have them.

I think I’m gonna be shamed as an author… I don’t have many physical books. And right after I wrote that I turned around and did a quick sweep over the shelves. I’d say I have about 300 physical books, which aren’t many!

I used to move a lot, and I got sick of carrying them. T...