Imago
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Free Christmas Book and a 2021 recap!
It’s been a helluva year, right? It’s gone past in a mix of slow and a blur, and while I’m reluctant to wish time away, I’m really glad this year is done.
I’ve been terribly slack with updates but the truth is there isn’t much to update. I’m desperately trying to finish my WIP which is already two months behind schedule. At this point, it will not be released until February 🙁
But it’s not all doom and gloom LOL
I have a freebie for you!
A Soldier’s Wish is FREEEEE for five days!! I loved writing this book. It kinda flew under the radar and I’d love for people to take a chance with it. If you loved Dearest Milton James, you’ll love this. There are letters between these two men when one goes off to war, and a HEA guaranteed!
From the 20th December to the 24th, A Soldier’s Wish is FREE! This promotion is run on Amazon time (PST) , not Australia time, so please keep this in mind. *mwah*
AMAZON LINK
Blurb:
The year is 1969… Gary Fairchild is proud to be a hippie college student, and he protests the Vietnam War because he believes in love and peace. To him, it isn’t just a counterculture movement—it’s a way of life. When tickets to the Aquarium Exposition—3 Days of Peace & Music, or Woodstock, as it was better known, go on sale, there’s no way he isn’t going.
Richard Ronsman is a sheltered farm boy who lives in the shadow of his overbearing father. He’s hidden his darkest secret to earn his father’s love, but nothing is ever good enough—not even volunteering for the Vietnam War. And with just a few days left before he’s deployed, he’s invited by a striking hippie to join him at a music festival.
Three days of music, drugs, rain, mud, and love forged a bond between these two very different men that would shape the rest of their lives. They share dreams and fears, and when Richard is shipped off to war, they share letters and love. For Richard’s first Christmas home, he is gifted a special angel ornament that just might make a soldier’s wish come true.
I’ve also put together another two Series Collections.
These are a FAB way to use Kindle Unlimited. You get an entire series for just one borrow!
Cronin’s Key Series Collection
All four books in one!
Imago Series Collection
Includes Red Dirt Heart Imago as a bonus story!
And a recap of 2021…
When I was putting these graphics together, I was honestly surprised by just how much
I’d accomplished this year. I felt like I was paddling like crazy all year and getting nowhere, so it’s good to see some actual progress.
I have really appreciated everyone’s words of encouragement and your love and support has really helped, more than you can know.
I hope everyone has a fabulous holiday and festive season! Please stay safe and healthy and we’ll all be back for an even better 2022!
Much, much love…
xx
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Surprise Release ~ Imagoes, an Imago Series Short Story (and 99c sale on all Imago books)
SURPRISE!!
Jack and Lawson are back!!
Imagoes is an Imago Series short story and it’s OUT NOW!! Imagoes is 17,000 words, and takes place approximately 4-5 years after Red Dirt Heart Imago. The gorgeous cover is made by Cover Affairs and the paperback will be available soon! I haven’t done a surprise release in years but I don’t think anyone will mind 😉
Universal Amazon Link
Blurb:
When Jack receives a phone call from a colleague in the southeast of Tasmania with news of a newfound butterfly habitat, he and Lawson head off on another adventure.
It’s not an easy trek to the location. The Franklin-Gordon National Park is famous for wild rivers, rainforests, and rocky cliff faces, and they’ll need to hike and abseil—in the dead of winter—to get to the site.
It’s no ordinary expedition because this is no ordinary butterfly, and Jack and Lawson aren’t an ordinary couple.
Join Jack and Lawson on another quest in this short story of extraordinary butterflies and extraordinary love.
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BUT WAIT… THERE’S MORE!
Imago and Imagines are just 99c as well!! So is Red Dirt Heart Imago… THEY’RE ALL JUST 99c!!
Universal Link to Imago
Universal Link to Imagines
Universal Link to RDH Imago
Thanks to everyone who made this possible! See you all again on Monday for my usual Good Morning Monday post! Happy reading, stay safe, and be kind to yourself.
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Good Morning Monday ~ Taxes and TARDIS is FREE for a short time only!
I have a few things to share with you today! First of all, I wanted to send out a HUGE thanks to everyone who has bought and read Pieces of Me! I scored that little orange #1 Best-seller badge in six countries! Guys, it just blows me away that people read my stuff all over the world!
Anyway, if you missed the pre-order link for Pieces of Me, you can find it…
BUY LINK
FREEBIE ALERT!
June 30th is the end of the financial year in Australia so I thought it was an extremely appropriate time to make Taxes and TARDIS freeeeeeee!! Brent would be so impressed with this!!
Universal Amazon: http://mybook.to/
TaxesAndTardis US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/
B079Z1LFWZ UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/
dp/B079Z1LFWZ AUS: https://www.amazon.com.
au/dp/B079Z1LFWZ Blurb:
Brent is a jock, Logan a geek; these men are a world apart. But if opposites attract, maybe it’s the differences between them that make it worth the fight.Brent Kelly is a laid-back electrician whose only concerns are drinks with friends and which man to bed next. In need of a new accountant to sort out his nightmarish shoebox of tax receipts, he’s referred to Logan Willis.
He doesn’t expect to be intrigued by the science fiction-loving, geeky guy with dark-rimmed glasses and a TARDIS-blue shirt. So his fascination with the soft-spoken Englishman surprises him, and their mutual attraction is completely unexpected. He most certainly never expects to fall in love.
One a jock and the other a geek, both men know the differences between them are vast and could cause problems. But in this opposites-attract erotic drama, maybe it’s the differences between them that make staying together worth the fight.Sooooo, if you’re yet to read this book, now is the time to grab it. It will be free on Amazon for June 30th and July 1st – in your time zone. And it will only be free on those two days, then it goes back to the regular price.
AUDIO NEWS!
Sooo ACX is still holding Throwing Hearts hostage. It’s been like 12 weeks or something ridiculous. I’m beginning to think it will never be released. LOL
But in good news, Imago is out on the 30th! Antony Ferguson is at the mic, and I can’t wait for Lawson and Jack to be out in audio-land!! It is available for pre-order at the link below.
BUY LINK
WiP news…
Currently at 15K words it’s still depressingly slow. LOL But there’s a lot of research and world-building so I’m trying to take that into account and not feel so bad LOL
Anywhooooo, I’ll be back next week with the cover and title of Book 3 in the Missing Pieces series!! Oh, and the paperbacks of Pieces of You and Pieces of Me are available and they’re gorrrrrrgeous!
Until then…
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Good Morning Monday! 2017 is half over already?
I cannot believe how fast this year is going! It feels like I’m doing these Monday posts every second day! 😉
So, what’s been happening this week? Doctor appointments, kids’ sport (oh, and school lol) and writing! I somehow managed to write 12K this week!
A quick WIP update is that Yanni’s Story is now at 62k words and I’m very pleased to announce that Yanni and Peter have kissed! Once! LOL I’m truly thinking this will be a 90k-100k story. My longest story ever is 92k and I do think this will exceed that. 🙂
I might even share the cover soon! I’m hesitant to share it in case I jinx myself LOL. I’d hate to share it, have people get excited, then to get writer’s block or something… but I really love the cover and can’t wait to share it!
Paperback news!
I got creative with some paperbacks and want to explain a few things…
Red Dirt Heart Imago is only 18k words long, so to beef it up for paperback, I added the Red Dirt Christmas story as a bonus to the back.
But, because I love the Red Dirt Christmas cover so much, and a lot of readers told me they do too, I decided to put it in paperback with Red Dirt Heart Imago as the bonus story at the back.
Excuse the terrible photography LOL but I hope the pics make it clear as what you can expect in each book. Both books have 138 pages and should retail for $7USD. They have been approved through Createspace and should be available at Amazon very soon! I was hoping to have the link for this post, but it wasn’t to be. I will update asap!
Audio news!
I’m thrilled to say Cronin’s Key has been sitting at #1 in the LGBT Audio spot for a week!!!
Joel’s narration is incredible, and the reviews have reflected this! I’m so excited to announce that he has just started on Cronin’s Key II 🙂
I’ve never considered audio when writing, and I’d have loved to be a fly on the wall when I told Joel he had a dozen different accents to master LOL But he nailed each and every one! I can’t wait to see what he does with CKII. And Red Dirt Heart 3 soon after!
That’s it for this week! I won’t be posting next week as I’ll be away. Be safe, be kind. <3
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Red Dirt Heart Imago… Say What????
Yes, you read that correctly. A SURPRISE RELEASE!!!
Red Dirt Heart Imago is a thing! It’s an 18K word short story of when red dirt hearts and butterflies collide <3
And look at this gorgeous cover!!!
BLURB:
When Charlie Sutton’s neighbour Greg is notified by the Queensland government that they intend to run a pipeline through his property, Charlie vows to help him fight it. Then Travis remembers seeing butterflies at the creek near their joining fence line – the same butterflies they couldn’t find in any Australian butterfly book. Hopeful this might be their only chance to stop the development, they seek the help of a specialist.
Lawson Brighton-Gale receives an email request to identify a butterfly in the Outback, only to discover it’s not an Australian butterfly at all. But that’s not all he discovers. The name on the request is familiar to Jack. An old friend from his university days, who also happened to be his old friend with benefits, Charlie Sutton.
Years ago, two out-of-towners met at the University of Sydney. Both studying environmental sciences, both hundreds of miles from home, and both finding their worlds open to new experiences, they fell into bed together. Meeting again after all this time, in front of Lawson and Travis, won’t be awkward at all, right?
Lawson and Jack’s trip to Sutton Station certainly doesn’t go to plan, and what they take back to Tasmania isn’t just butterflies, but a cocoon of possibilities.
A Red Dirt Heart and Imago crossover ~ The story of when red dirt and butterflies collide.
BUYLINKS:
B&N, iBooks, Kobo to follow asap!
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Good Morning Monday! Imagines is OUT NOW!
Imagines, the sequel to Imago, is out now! Exclusive to Amazon and available to KU subscribers, you can find it HERE!
BLURB:
Jack Brighton and Lawson Gale have been together for six months and are very much in love. Lawson’s work ensuring the survival of the Tillman Copper is as demanding as ever, and Jack’s work with the regeneration of the bushfire-ravaged national park is just as hectic.
When Jack suggests they take a short trip, Lawson agrees. But then he is offered a two-week research position in tropical Queensland to help determine why the Ulysses butterfly is on the decline. Figuring they could combine work and pleasure, Jack and Lawson go on their first vacation together.
Working alongside renowned professor Piers Bonfils isn’t easy. But personal and professional differences aside, Lawson is offered a more permanent role in Queensland. Torn between his new life in Tasmania with Jack and a dying species of butterfly he feels compelled to save, Lawson has to decide where his fate lies.
But fate changes the rules. On a research expedition into the depths of the rainforest, suddenly it’s not only the butterflies’ existence that hangs in the balance.
A butterfly’s life cycle never changes. From larvae to imago, their course is plotted by design. Jack and Lawson need to determine where they stand, if they live through it. Because the only thing more incredible than one imago is two.
I’ve also had an ARC pirated this week, which I will post about later. That’s right. An Advanced Reader Copy of Imagines was put online for free-to-download BEFORE release day. I’ll go into more detail on that later 🙁
Also, I’ve recently joined Pronoun! It’s an exciting new site for authors and publishers. You can find me HERE.
<3
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Good Morning Monday! News, updates and Imagines
It’s almost April, and boy is it going to be a busy month for me. I have a release, a blog tour, a bookbub featured deal, and some other secret squirrel stuff happening, AND I’m also away for 20 days of it. I highly doubt I’ll be online much over the next month and would urge anyone who needs to reach me to email (not PM or tagging on FB because I just won’t see them). It also means I won’t get much writing done, so it will be a while before my next books come out. As frustrating as it is, these things can’t be helped, I guess.
My next book, which I hope to start this week, is Yanni’s Story. You might remember Yanni from the Spencer Cohen Series. I’m really looking forward to letting his story unfold. I imagine there will be some angst, but it will mostly be a story of healing, age-gap/daddy-kink 🙂
Imagines now has an official blurb!
Jack Brighton and Lawson Gale have been together for six months and are very much in love. Lawson’s work ensuring the survival of the Tillman Copper is demanding as ever, and Jack’s work with the regeneration of the bushfire-ravaged national park is just as hectic.
When Jack suggests they take a short trip, Lawson agrees. But then he is offered a two-week research position in tropical Queensland to help determine why the Ulysses butterfly is on the decline. Figuring they could combine work and pleasure, Jack and Lawson go on their first vacation together.
Working alongside renowned professor Piers Bonfils isn’t easy. But personal and professional differences aside, Lawson is offered a more permanent role in Queensland. Torn between his new life in Tasmania with Jack and a dying species of butterfly he feels compelled to save, Lawson has to decide where his fate lies.
But fate changes the rules. On a research expedition into the depths of the rainforest, suddenly it’s not only the butterflies’ existence that hangs in the balance
A butterfly’s life cycle never changes. From larvae to imago, their course is plotted by design. Jack and Lawson need to determine where they stand, if they live through it. Because the only thing more incredible than one imago is two.
RELEASE DATE: April 10th
I’ve also taken three books out of the Amazon exclusivity clause. This gives folks who don’t/can’t/won’t use Amazon to buy at other stores like iBooks, B&N, Kobo, etc. I do try and move all my books around to keep it fair, though it’s not always an easy feat and sometimes I forget… (I blame writer-brain for that LOL)
First, my Gay Sex Club Stories, written as A. Voyeur, can now be found at the following outlets:
And Blood & Milk can now be found at the following outlets:
For some strange reason, Smashwords is taking aaaaaages to assess the files for distribution to iBooks, B&N, Kobo. Normally they’re super quick and only take a day or two, but these are going on five days without any word. Fingers crossed it won’t be much longer. I’ll post links ASAP.
In audio news, Red Dirt Heart 3 has been scheduled for October, and production for Cronin’s Key is due to start real soon! I’ll be sure to keep you posted on any updates I have!
That’s it for this week! I will try to keep posting updates during April though there may be a week or two where I can’t. Until next week…
<3
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Good Morning Monday ~ Imagines Cover and News!
Well, it’s been another super busy week! Despite being under the weather for most of the week, I finished the first draft of Imagines, did a read through, fixed some stuff, and it’s now in the hands of my editor. For those who missed it, the title of the sequel to Imago, is Imagines.
Finding the right title to follow on from Imago wasn’t easy, when it was so very specific to its meaning. So, going back to its origins, I found the the only thing better than one imago, was the plural… And so Imagines was so named.
The Latin plural of imago is imagines, and this is the term generally used by entomologists.
Now for the cover!!
In keeping with the original and how the Imago cover had the Tillman Copper on the cover, the cover of Imagines now represents the kind of butterfly Lawson is focused on in Imagines, which is the striking blue Ulysses. Harper By Design has done another outstanding job.
I’m hoping to have Imagines out April 10th, but this is subject to change.
I’ll have the blurb to share with you soon as well 🙂 Jack and Lawson have been such a treat to write – so very lovely, sweet boys, and I hope everyone loves the conclusion to their story.
Now for some shameless bragging, Imago spent FOURTEEN days at #1 in the US Gay Fiction (except for two days in which Switched (my December release) went to #1 after a BookBub featured deal – so I had the #1 and #2 spots) which is a HUGE feat! I was so shocked and humbled. And it really does prove that I have the BEST readers on the planet! <3
Imago has been Book of the Week at Love Bytes Reviews AND at Diverse Reader <3
Now, I know last week I said I wouldn’t have any books out in March… which has turned me into a liar. LOL Because the Rote Erde 2 (the German translation to Red Dirt Heart 2) is NOW LIVE!!
You can find it at the following outlets:
B&N
That’s it for this week! I will be away from home next weekend, so there probably won’t be a post. Until next time…
<3
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Good Morning Monday! Can you believe it’s almost March already?
I cannot believe how fast this year is going already!!
And are you ready for this? I actually have no books scheduled to release in March… It’s like whaaaa? LOL I know, right?
It’s been a crazy two months, and I’m looking forward to the slower pace to concentrate on writing. Releases are hard work, time consuming (and awesome) but they do cut into my writing time. Given that in the last eight weeks, I’ve had three new releases, (Switched, Perfect Catch, and Imago) and three translated title releases (RDH2 in French, Cronin’s Key II in French, Spencer Cohen Book 1 in Italian) and RDH2 in audio as well, it’s been HELLABUSY.
The sequel to Imago should be out early-mid April, but until then I’ll have my head down with writing ALL the words 🙂
Speaking of Red Dirt Heart 2 in audio…
It won AUDIO OF THE MONTH at Open Sky Book Reviews!!!
I’ve said it before, but the narrator Joel Leslie does an incredible job and totally deserves recognition for his work here. You can grab it at Amazon or iTunes or Audible
As I mentioned above, Spencer Cohen Book One is now in Italian!! I can’t believe these boys are being translated all over the world. It’s an incredible honour!
You can find it at Amazon or at Triskell Rainbow!
I can’t do a blog post this week without mentioning a very ENORMOUS thanks to everyone who has bought, read, and reviewed Imago. Jack and Lawson hit #1 in SEVEN countries, which is mind boggling for lil’ ol’ me.
Actually, it did this:
#1 in US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, Brazil, France
#2 in Netherlands
#3 in JapanI’m so very honoured and humbled by the people in this M/M community, and I just LOVE how global we are.
For those who love a paperback, check out this GORGEOUS cover. Paperbacks are now available HERE.
Some very exciting news:
I will be a featured author at GRL2017!
Denver, Colorado, here I come!! I should add a very seriously disclaimer to this though – my attendance will totally depend on the current US government’s level of craziness. Unfortunately, I’m not kidding.
Until next week! <3
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Imago is NOW LIVE!!
In what has been a record time from Amazon to publish (it literally took about 20 minutes), Imago is out now! Exclusive to Amazon/KU, you can find it HERE!
Blurb:
Nerdy, introverted genius lepidopterist, Lawson Gale, is an expert on butterflies. He finds himself in a small town in Tasmania on a quest from an old professor to find an elusive species that may or may not even exist.
Local Parks and Wildlife officer, Jack Brighton, is an ordinary guy who loves his life in the sleepy town of Scottsdale. Along with his Border collie dog, Rosemary, his job, and good friends, he has enough to keep from being lonely.
But then he meets Lawson, and he knows he’s met someone special. There’s more to catching butterflies, Jack realises. Sometimes the most elusive creatures wear bow ties, and sometimes they can’t be caught at all.
Lawson soon learns there are butterflies he can’t learn about it in books. They exist only in a touch, in a kiss, in a smile. He just has to let go first, so these butterflies can fly.
Imago is the story of finding love, bow ties, and butterflies.
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