It’s 5 a.m. and I’m the only one awake. Why are they all asleep? It’s time to open pressies! Oh my God, they are all lazy bones with the exception of Mitsy the Kitty who woke me up at 4:30 rattling my bedroom door and telling me it was time to get up and start writing. Kitty alarm clocks for the win, amirite?
So, RAIDEN is on sale right now! Only 99¢ until the 31st, you can’t beat that with a bat! Now’s your chance to slap this baby on your new Kindle!
Here today to celebrate the cover reveal of Cambria Hebert’s upcoming release Wish!
Title: Wish (Westbrook Elite #3)
Author: Cambria Hebert
Genre: MM Romance/ College Sports Romance/ Romantic Suspense/ New Adult Romance
Release Date: January 10, 2023
For me, choice might as well be a wish.
My parents died in a fiery car crash when I was barely sixteen.
I’m gay.
I’m also totally in love with my brother.
I didn’t choose any of that. In fact, I’ve tried like hell to deny it. But here I am in all my gay, brother-loving, no-parentals glory.
Technically, Max isn’t my brother. Not by blood anyway. That should make it less ick, right?
Considering he calls my parents mom and dad, probably not.
Also, did I mention he’s straight?
So that’s me: the freestyle swimmer doing my best to keep my sexuality on the down-low while simultaneously wishing my feelings for Max will evaporate into thin air.
Too bad he acts like he’s my keeper and my heart shakes every time his eyebrow ring glints in the sun or he levels his opaque stare on me with an intensity matched by nothing else.
My desire to keep my personal life personal drowns at the bottom of the pool when a fellow Elite lets everyone in on my business, which throws Max into macho protective mode all over again.
Enough is enough, though. I’m forcing myself to move on.
Maybe the best way to forget about my forbidden crush is to find a new one.
I have options. More than I realized.
Unfortunately, none of them are leather-wearing, tattoo-sporting, motorcycle-riding grumpholes.
So here I am wishing for Max while someone else wishes for me.
Someone who decides if they can’t have me…
No one will.
Please note that WISH contains homophobia. There is also mention of off-page child abuse and parental death. This book also contains a male/male sibling-esque relationship and mentions of male assault. Some readers may find these things uncomfortable.
I’m on chapter 27… hallelujah! I have two days to write 13,000 words to reach deadline… whhhhhhhat?
Yes, both are true. I just wrote the pivotal moment of the book where the story comes to a climax, and now I need a resolution. Okay, easy peasy–or it would be if I knew what came next. If I had any clue.
But I do have something for you. My Alpha reader Abbie found this shining exhibit of my ability to describe one eyebrow.
Oh, my goodness. I recovered from one illness just to get another. I’m trying to finish the first draft of JONAH, so I cry uncle on this bullshit. I need a break. But you know, it’s time for a little teasing, and I have something for you. It’s a snippet of Nix and Lizzy, whose relationship is akin to brother and sister and whom I love together in JONAH.
Guest post spotlight on author Rebecca Gomez Farrell to celebrate her new release Wings Unfurled.
Title: Wings Unfurled
Author: Rebecca Gomez Farrell
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Release Date: December 6, 2022
The vicious claren that used to plague the reunited countries of Medua and Lansera are long gone. So what are the new dark patches appearing in Lady Serra’s second sight? She rushes to King Albrecht to report the danger, only to discover that he’s ailing and Vesperi, Prince Janto’s wife, has fled far to the north to grieve her disappeared daughter. Vesperi still wields the silver flame, possesses all the authority she’s ever wanted, but nothing can heal the wound of a missing child.
When the silver moon Esye begins to fade, a gnawing fear preys on her for the first time since she escaped her father’s cold rule. Ominous creatures once thought mythical are now rampaging through the countryside. Janto sends Serra to investigate. But without her friendship and Vesperi’s love, he fears he cannot slay this challenge. He failed to find his own daughter, after all. To save the Lanserim, the legendary bird with three heads must fly again. Will Janto, Vesperi, and Serra find the strength to raise it? Or will this menace, with the might to drain a moon, devour them first?
Celebrating Author Michael Breen’s new release Ever The Night Road!
Title: Ever The Night Road
Author: Michael Breen
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Release Date: November 21, 2022
This is a fantasy.
Of a City of water and glass. Of drowned things and lost memories lying just below its surface. Of concrete slums, and a decaying Oracle Tower. And a deep underground.
It is also a fantasy of orphan children. Like Dagny Losh. She is an escape artist. Not a chosen profession but a survival tactic, thrust upon her at a young age to break free from poverty and violence, fever and flood. While others perished, Dagny emerged into a privileged world of polished brass gates and opportunity. But she is an imposter, a misfit in fine clothes. Perfumed with dirty fingernails.
Now, at seventeen, Dagny remains rudderless and lonely. Longing for a connection to a changing world. What she finds is a fragment of her old life, before the river washed everything away. A fragment once thought forever lost. And it will take all she has to protect it.
Ever the Night Road is a coming-of-age adventure story. Dagny and an array of companions undertake a high-stakes quest guided by the stars and ancient myth, encountering danger from both criminal and supernatural forces. Along the way, Dagny will discover the bonds of true friendship, young love and the depths of her own bravery in a brutal and enchanting world.
So, I got sick–the flu sucks. I got my flu shot but it didn’t save me though. I must have gotten one of the strains that I was vaccinated for. But because misery likes company, I gave it to my husband and now he’s super sick. My sister is still holding strong, the girl has the constitution of an ox. I hope she remains that way because it really sucked.
All that said, I didn’t have a lot of time to work on Jonah last week between DayQuil shots. But I had a hypomanic recovery and I’ve written five chapters since Saturday. My goal today is only 3000 words and I haven’t started yet, so I have to get going. Yoinks!
Here is your Teaser Tuesday!
Announcing JLA’s new release, A Light In The Flame.
Title: A Light In The Flame (Flesh and Fire #2)
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: November 15, 2022
The last thing they need is the undeniable passion between them.
A Light in the Flame, the addictive and unputdownable fantasy romance
and book two in the bestselling Flesh and Fire series from #1 New York
Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout is now available!
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book
two in her Flesh and Fire series…
The only one who can save Sera now is the one she spent her life planning to kill.
The truth about Sera’s plan is out, shattering the fragile trust forged between her and
Nyktos. Surrounded by those distrustful of her, all Sera has is her duty. She will do
anything to end Kolis, the false King of Gods, and his tyrannical rule of Iliseeum, thus
stopping the threat he poses to the mortal realm.
Nyktos has a plan, though, and as they work together, the last thing they need is the
undeniable, scorching passion that continues to ignite between them. Sera cannot
afford to fall for the tortured Primal, not when a life no longer bound to a destiny she
never wanted is more attainable than ever. But memories of their shared pleasure and
unrivaled desire are a siren’s call impossible to resist.
And as Sera begins to realize that she wants to be more than a Consort in name only,
the danger surrounding them intensifies. The attacks on the Shadowlands are
increasing, and when Kolis summons them to Court, a whole new risk becomes
apparent. The Primal power of Life is growing inside her, pushing her closer to the end
of her Culling. And without Nyktos’s love—an emotion he’s incapable of feeling—she
won’t survive her Ascension. That is if she even makes it to her Ascension and Kolis
doesn’t get to her first. Because time is running out. For both her and the realms.
I know this fantastic woman from the last two Books at the Beach and it’s my joy to spotlight her book, Handbags and Homicide.
Title: Handbags and Homicide (A Fashion Writer Mystery #1)
Author: J.C. Layne
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release Date: June 21, 2020
Wren Chase knows fashion. As a writer for Posh Vogue Magazine, the hottest fashion magazine in Manhattan, every designer wants to impress her. Wren’s taste in fashion is impeccable; if she loves something, so does everyone else. Her life is filled with high fashion, dinner parties, fashion shows and other events. She has a great life!
Then, one day, a package in the mail changes Wren’s life. It turns out she has a destiny, one that she can’t quite believe. Then, when a friend and colleague is murdered, Wren finds herself smack in the middle of the investigation.
Teamed with an eccentric assistant, a feisty spirit and a handsome detective, Wren sets out to find the killer. In the process, she might just fulfill her destiny.
Started working on Jonah again and I’m chugging away at it like The Little Engine That Needs More Coffee. I have a little WIP Wednesday typo for you today, though. I apparently can’t write ‘eff that’ with the nearing holidays without an elf showing up.
