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First Time, Forever

Publisher: Carina Press

Cover: Croco Designs

Release Date: March 19, 2012

eISBN: 978-14268-9345-2

Available at Carina Press, All Romance eBooks, Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Audio available at Audible and Amazon.

Derrick and Trevor used to have an incredibly passionate relationship, full of spontaneity and sizzle. Now that their son is off to college, they want to put their days of routine, vanilla sex behind them and bring back some of that spark.

Realizing that they’re empty-nesters, Trevor begins to notice their age difference. He suddenly feels old and unsure of himself, and isn’t confident Derrick still desires him. When Trevor decides to keep his health issues and gray hairs down there to himself, Derrick is hurt by his partner’s secretive behavior and thinks Trevor must be having an affair.

Nothing could be further from the truth, but Trevor doesn’t know how to communicate his fears to his partner. He desperately wants to reconnect with Derrick and rev up their sex life, but will it be enough to reclaim their marital bliss?

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Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Cover Art: Reese Dante

Release Date: November 18, 2011

eISBN: 978-1-61372-214-5

ISBN: 978-1-61372-213-8

Available at Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance eBooks, Fictionwise and in print (Dreamspinner, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books a Million).

Detective Kurt O’Donnell is used to digging up other people’s secrets, but when he discovers his slain partner was married to another man, it shakes him. Determined to do the right thing, Kurt offers the mourning Davy his assistance. Helping Davy through his grief helps Kurt deal with the guilt that his partner didn’t trust him enough to tell him the truth, and somewhere along the way Davy stops being an obligation and becomes a friend, the closest friend Kurt has ever had.

His growing attraction to Davy complicates matters, leaving Kurt struggling to reevaluate his sexuality. Then a sensual encounter neither man is ready for confuses them further. To be with Davy, Kurt must face the prospect of coming out, but his job and his relationship with his Catholic family are on the line. Can he risk destroying his life for the uncertain possibility of a relationship with a newly widowed man?

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Trompe L’Oeil

Publisher: Loose Id

Cover: April Martinez

Release Date: August 30, 2011

eISBN: 978-1-61118-519-5

Available at Loose Id, Amazon, All Romance eBooks, Barnes & Noble and Fictionwise.

When Maxwell, a Depression-era artist, spurns the attentions of his sponsor, he ends up cursed to live out eternity in a painting. The man who cursed him delighted in playing the exhibitionist for Maxwell, and by the time the old man dies, Maxwell longs for his life and body back but he’s pretty sure he never wants to watch anyone have sex ever again. Until he discovers who his new owner is.

Tyler isn’t sure what to do with a life-sized painting of a nude man, but it was a gift from his sister to ease the pain of a disastrous break up and subsequent coming out. The gorgeous subject of the painting disappeared without a trace decades ago, rumored to have been killed by the painting’s previous owner in a jealous rage.

Becoming more and more fascinated by the man in his painting, Tyler uses his resources as a history professor to solve the mystery of Maxwell’s disappearance. He finds himself spending more time in his bedroom, talking to the painting, researching and aching to know the man in person. Maxwell falls under Tyler’s sweet spell, discovering the thickness of canvas might be an insurmountable distance to cross.

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Spice ‘n’ Solace

Publisher: Carina Press

Cover Art: Croco Designs

Release Date: March 14, 2011

eISBN: 9781426891311

Available at Carina Press, All Romance Ebooks, Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

The Galactic Alliance’s most important negotiator, Jathan One-Moon, is responsible for ensuring the yearly negotiations with the Ankylos are successful. If he fails and the Ankylos go to war, the human race will likely be exterminated. As if that wasn’t enough, he’s under pressure to marry and produce an heir. When he mistakes the brothel owner, Kazha Deinos, for his escort prior to the negotiations, the resulting evening makes Jathan realize his life is missing a man who can be a true partner to him.

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MIA Case Files: Blood Relations

Publisher: Loose Id

Cover: Croco Designs

Release Date: October 26, 2010

eISBN: 978-1-60737-879-2

ISBN: 978-1611183641

Available at Loose Id, All Romance ebooks, Barnes & Noble, Fictionwise and Amazon. Print format available at Amazon , Barnes & Noble and Books a Million.

Although Adam & Carmichael both appear in this sequel to Wolfsbane, Blood Relations is the story of one of Carmichael’s colleagues, Cooper Wallace.

Agent Cooper Wallace doesn’t expect meet the love of his life while hunting an Umbrae-possessed vampire. Nor does he expect a scorching one night stand to lead to a lasting relationship. Meeting Frazer Nyland changes a lot of Cooper’s expectations, though. Unfortunately, Cooper also doesn’t expect his investigation of missing men to lead him to Frazer’s home town and the discovery that the disappearances can all be connected to Frazer.

The police suspect Frazer is a serial killer. Cooper’s agency suspects Frazer is a vicious, bloodthirsty vampire. Cooper is determined to prove them wrong, despite an obsessive cop who’ll stop at nothing to take Frazer down. But the clues mount up, and Cooper begins to believe Frazer might be the vampire. The realization comes too late, because Cooper’s already done the unforgivable – he’s fallen in love with an Umbrae.

If Cooper does his job and closes the Umbrae’s portal, at best, he will destroy Frazer’s memories of their love. At worst, Cooper’s action will kill Frazer. Can Cooper do what’s right and save the lives of nameless, faceless innocents if the price is the death of the man he loves?

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Wolfsbane cover art by Croco DesignsMIA Case Files: Wolfsbane

Publisher: Loose Id

Cover: Croco Designs

Release Date: March 9, 2010

eISBN: 9781607375456

ISBN: 978-1607377313

Available at Loose Id, All Romance ebooks, Barnes & Noble, Fictionwise and Amazon. Print format available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books A Million.

Agent Lachlan Carmichael has a job to do. A portal is open in Rothburg, and this time the Umbrae passing through it are creating werewolves. He needs to close the portal, even if it means losing two-thirds of the people possessed by the Umbrae.

So what if Adam Farelli, the town’s screw-up, is the sexiest man he’s ever seen? Carmichael’s been content to live with ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ for most of his life. A gorgeous, shiftless layabout isn’t going to convince him to step out of the closet.

When Carmichael needs Adam’s help to close the portal, Carmichael is unable to resist the temptation Adam represents. But his lies and lack of trust put Adam in danger when one of the werewolves, obsessed with Adam, kidnaps him. Even if Carmichael can save the man he loves, will Adam forgive him for his deception and mistrust?

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Upcoming Releases

 

Alien ‘n’ Outlaw

Publisher: Carina Press

Cover: Croco Designs

Release Date: July 2, 2012

eISBN: 978-14268-9402-2

Available for pre-order from Amazon.

R’kos, son of the Ankylos Emperor, is expected to settle down. But he’s much more attracted to human males than to his own species. Eager to explore his forbidden longings, he steals a ship and heads to Elora Ki to see if he can find the right human guy.

Darien robs the corrupt to give to those in need, but now he needs a ride off Elora Ki, stat. Pursued by drug lords, he accepts help from the amorous stranger who calls himself Ricky. As they fly together along Darien’s route, their friendship quickly turns into passion.

But when Ricky is injured, Darien must contact the embassy to get his alien lover the medical care he needs. As Darien finds himself accused of kidnapping, and Ricky fears his family’s disappointment, can the two protect their growing relationship? Or are their differences just too great?

 

Works in Progress/Nebulous Ideas

  • MIA 3 – Oliver’s story
  • An undercover cop gets involved with the man he’s supposed to arrest
  • Zombie drug
  • An uptight military man meets an exotic dancer he can’t forget
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Joyfully Recommended Read for February 2012

Spice ‘n’ Solace 

4.5 Stars & Top Pick at Night Owl Reviews

Wolfsbane 

4 Cups

Blood Relations

5 Cups

Trompe L’oeil

4 Cups

Wolfsbane 

5 Nymphs

Blood Relations

5 Nymphs

Cop Out

4.5 Nymphs

Dark Divas Reviews Cop Out 

4.5 Divas
Blood Relations

3.5 Divas

 

Blood Relations 

Honorable Mention in Best Vampire Book category & Nominated for Best Cover!

Trompe L’oeil 

4 Cherries

The Romance Review Trompe L’oeil 

4 Stars

The Romance Reviews