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Happy Friday after feasting to my US folks, and Happy Friday to all! This week, Ellie Thomas graces us again with a Regency excerpt, this time from her throuple of Abe, Clem and Humphrey. All seems quiet, but you know there are things brewing - come have a listen!  An Uncommon Alignment by Ellie Thomas Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMQ1JH3N/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1 Universal Book Link: https://books2read.com/u/3yJdKp Publisher: https://www.jms-books.com/ellie-thomas-c-224_420/an-uncommon-alignment-p-5243.html After the adventures of the spring of 1808 in Regency London, while beginning to fall in love, Clem Metcalfe, Abe Pengelly and Humphrey Atkinson have the entire summer to consolidate their romantic relationship. But change is already afoot. Abe has distanced himself from his criminal past, now gainfully employed at the military headquarters of Horse Guards, sifting through valuable information to further the cause of the long war against France. Humphrey, at the whim of his beloved Aunt Cece, might have to depart from London and his lovers for the countryside together with the rest of high society. And Clem is studying hard for his longed-for reinstatement at Oxford University in the autumn, which will inevitably mean leaving his lovers at a distance. While the trio juggles their everyday routines, a shadow from the past reappears to threaten their harmony. Can Clem, Abe and Humphrey thwart their mutual enemy for good? And might they finally have a chance to reach their happy ever after? About Ellie:
Ellie Thomas lives by the sea. She comes from a teaching background and goes for long seaside walks where she daydreams about history. She is a voracious reader especially about anything historical. She mainly writes historical gay romance. Ellie also writes historical erotic romance as L. E. Thomas. Website: https://elliethomasromance.wordpress.com/ Facebook reader group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/8308047409266947 Twitter/X: @e_thomas_author Bluesky: @elliethomas.bsky.social Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19835510.Ellie_Thomas Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/ellie-thomas
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We’ve arrived at Friday! And time for me to read to you! This week, I have an excerpt from D.G. Carothers new urban fantasy, P.O.O.F. Happens. Come have a listen:  P.O.O.F. Happens
by D.G. Carothers Universal Buy Link Greetings, Nozzag here, an Agent of P.O.O.F. and one of the dedicated caretakers for the Creator of Important Nexuses. It has been over a century since we last shared some of the success stories we helped initiate. For the first time since the Uprising, we are thrilled to present a new collection of Twilight Temptations tales. Launching this series is a story I hold dear and one that almost didn't come to fruition. Without further delay, I present to you Pako and David. Pako – Orc, Fashion Model, Boy, and tired of being walked on—literally. David – Elf, Human Social Worker, Daddy, and too overworked to be looking for love. Pako represents what David needs to remember about slowing down, while David embodies what Pako must remember about self-love. However, without a gentle push from fate via the Creator of Important Nexuses, their paths may never cross. P.O.O.F. Happens is the first in a new series set in the world of Bloodlines of Fate. Be introduced to the Creator of Important Nexuses and the agency that acts on their behalf, P.O.O.F. and find out how they bring Pako and David together. Twilight Temptations are instalove, high heat, low angst stories that will feature various kinds of creatures and a guaranteed HEA. 
Hello, and Happy Friday! We have rockstars on deck for today, from the lovely R.L. Merrill as part of the multi-author series Road to Rocktoberfest. :D Rivals to lovers, family drama - come have a listen!
Feuds and Interludes
Road to Rocktoberfest 2024 by R. L. Merrilll Universal Buy Link From the award-winning author of Hurricane Reese, Summer of Hush, and You Can Do Magic comes a new rock star romance series inspired by legendary rock 'n' roll love affairs. Feuds and Interludes is a rivals-to-lovers, hurt/comfort love story complete with adorable septuagenarian lovebirds and beloved characters from Merrill's previous rock-inspired series. Boone Collins and Shane Butler are two of rock music’s brightest stars today. Their grandfathers founded a powerhouse rock supergroup that ruled the airwaves in the late 1970s, and the grandsons grew up in their shadows to become frontmen of their own successful bands. The epic rivalry between Boone and Shane is notorious, and it’s about to blow up. When Shane’s grandfather Bruce inducts his deceased bandmate into the Rock Music Hall of Fame, he admits to the world that he wrote the band’s biggest hit about his best friend’s widow—Boone’s grandmother Vera Jean. The two want to rekindle their relationship, and their grandsons are determined to keep them apart. Only, working together for a common goal reveals surprising similarities between the rock stars as well as a chemistry they cannot ignore. Shane sees behind Boone’s glittery facade to the secrets he hides from his bandmates, and Boone is there to pick up the pieces when Shane’s professional world implodes. Together, they plot a musical collaboration to celebrate their grandfathers’ accomplishments instead of fighting—a star-studded tribute at the storied Rocktoberfest event in the Nevada desert—but will being in the spotlight prove to be too much for their fledgling romance to handle?
About R. L. :
Whether she’s writing contemporary romance featuring quirky and relatable characters or diving deep into the paranormal and supernatural to give readers a shiver, R.L. Merrill loves creating compelling, diverse, and inclusive stories that will stay with readers long after. Winner of the Kathryn Hayes “When Sparks Fly” Best Contemporary award for Hurricane Reese, Paranormal Romance Guild’s Best Rockstar Romance for You Can Do Magic, and Daphne DuMaurier finalist for Connection, Ro spends every spare moment improving her writing craft and striving to find that perfect balance between real-life and happily ever after. You can find her connecting with readers on social media, advocating for America’s youth, cruising around town with Great Dane Velma, cuddling with twin black cat familiars Frankenstein and Dracula, or headbanging at a rock show near her home in the San Francisco Bay Area! Stay Tuned for more… Author Website: https://www.rlmerrillauthor.com Author Facebook (Personal):https://www.facebook.com/rochellerlmerrill/ Author Facebook (Author Page):https://www.facebook.com/rlmerrillauthor Author Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rlmerrillauthor Author Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9828914.R_L_Merrill Author Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/R.L.-Merrill/author/B00PI6Q1LI Happy last Spooky Month Friday! Today, I have a story from our friend Ellie Thomas - her Regency paranormal, The Unquiet House. Yay, ghosts! :D Come have a listen:  The Unquiet House
by Ellie Thomas Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK6M9TPR Universal Book Link: https://books2read.com/u/3RjvBx Publisher: https://www.jms-books.com/ellie-thomas-c-224_420/the-unquiet-house-p-5224.html After barely surviving their terrifying encounter with the spectre of the hooded monk during the previous autumn, Christian Maxwell and Sam Gillespie have consolidated their romantic relationship and are starting to gain a reputation for dealing with the unknown. For this reason, they receive an invitation to Haverford House in Wiltshire during the spring of 1817. The owners of the historic haunted manor house, Mr. and Mrs. Huxley, are being afflicted by a series of inexplicable incidents. With his sensitivity to atmosphere, Christian is immediately alerted to danger. Yet, despite their best efforts, neither he nor Sam can discern the cause, although their search brings them closer as a couple and as a team. As sinister events develop, can our devoted duo unmask the culprit without putting themselves in danger? Another Spooky Month classic for you this week! I'm reading to you from Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow- just the end bit since the whole thing would be well over an hour. Spookiness with an ironic flair :)  Happy Halfway Through Spooky Month Friday! This week, I'm reading E.A. Poe for you, because I feel like it. There may be some, ah, louder passages in this one, just as a forewarning. I got a little involved.  Happy Spooky Season Friday! This week, I have a short story from flash fiction author extraodinaire, Jeff Baker! A bit of the supernatural, perfect for the season :)  Author Jeff Baker
A 1983 graduate of Newman University in Wichita, Kansas, where he still lives, Jeff Baker has published fiction in “The Necronomicon of Solar Pons,” poetry in “Space and Time,” and non-fiction in “Lambda Literary Review” and the “Amazing Stories” website. He is a columnist for Queer SciFi and a regular contributor to the RoM/Mantic Reads e-zine. He claims to be the product of a misspent youth reading comic books and watching “Bewitched” and “Night Gallery.” He was happily married to the late Darryl Thompson for many years. Of course, their house is filled with books. We have reached Friday! This week, I'm reading to you from the exciting conclusion to J. Scott Coatsworth's Tharassas Cycle - The Death Bringer. Sci-fantasy, lots of queer characters, come have a listen!  The Death Bringer Tharassas Cycle #4 by J. Scott Coatsworth Buy Link War is coming. Aik has become the Progenitor, and the Seed Mother has released him to transform the world for her alien brood. Silya and Raven, Aik's former friends, are the only ones who can save him and the world. But what if the cure is worse than the invasion? As Silya rushes to prepare Gullton for the battle to come, she's determined to save as many people as she can. But new crises emerge that demand her attention. Raven has his own hands full, keeping the dragon-like verent in line, while helping Silya to save the world. But what if the only way to do so is to sacrifice Aik, the man that he loves? It's the end of the world ... or could it be the start of something new? About J. Scott:
Scott lives with his husband Mark in a yellow bungalow in Sacramento. He was indoctrinated into fantasy and sci fi by his mother at the tender age of nine. He devoured her library, but as he grew up, he wondered where all the people like him were. He decided that if there weren’t queer characters in his favorite genres, he would remake them to his own ends. A Rainbow Award winning author, he runs Queer Sci Fi, QueeRomance Ink, Liminal Fiction, and Other Worlds Ink with Mark, sites that celebrate fiction reflecting queer reality, and was the committee chair for the Indie Authors Committee at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for almost three years.. Author Website: https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com Author Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/jscottcoatsworth/ Author Facebook (Author Page): https://www.facebook.com/jscottcoatsworthauthor Author Mastodon: https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/@jscottcoatsworth Author Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jscottcoatsworth/ Author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8392709.J_Scott_Coatsworth Author Liminal Fiction (LimFic.com): https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/j-scott-coatsworth/ Author QueeRomance Ink: https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-author/j-scott-coatsworth/ Author Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/J.-Scott-Coatsworth/e/B011AFO4OQ
Friday has arrived! This week, I'm reading to you from Jurgen "Jojo" Appelo's new dystopian sci-fantasy humor novel, Glitches of Gods! Don't forget the giveaway at the bottom of the post! Come have a listen:
Glitches of Gods
Playsphere #1 by Jurgen "Jojo" Appelo Buy Link Julien, the AI genius, craves freedom, but the gods wield total control. In this ominous world, will his android bring hope and salvation or yet more death and destruction? Julien feels utterly miserable. Creator of the AI that killed his father, the brilliant engineer deftly evades work on the world’s first human-level android, dodging the off-chance of snuffing out more lives. Instead, Julien much prefers bickering with his virtual assistant, crafting memes with his quirky friends, and shagging dates across a broad spectrum of genders. Yet, due to a maddening jump across timelines, he grudgingly faces his greatest dreads: raising a family and leading his team to win the AI race. Drowning in new duties, Julien aims to avoid a second AI disaster. But when a mysterious, technological infection wreaks havoc on the city, Julien flip-flops between shielding his loved ones and leading his team as he battles it out with broken machines, idiot protestors, and a rather sinister cat. Learning he got himself involved in a war between gods, should Julien save his new family or finish his team’s android to prevent an AI apocalypse? Glitches of Gods is the extraordinary first book in the Playspheres epic science fantasy series. If you like cynical sentients, wacky worlds, and plenteous profanity, then you’ll love the kick-off of Jurgen Appelo’s bewildering saga.
About Jurgen "Jojo" Appelo:
Jurgen Appelo travels the world to share inspiring stories about people and organizations. Slightly anarchistic, autistic, and eccentric, he happily adopted the nickname “jojo” when it was given to him at the age of sixteen. He wrote several best-selling nonfiction books before trying a hand at science fiction. He is the donor-father of five amazing teenagers and lives with his husband in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Jurgen likes coffee, books, games, and people leaving him alone when he’s being creative. Author Website: https://jurgenappelo.com/ Author Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/jurgenappelo/ Author Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jurgenappelo Author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4462627.Jurgen_Appelo Author Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jurgen-Appelo/author/B00460MCJM
Friday is here! This week, I'm reading to you from a new paranormal/mystery-thriller from R. L. Merrill - You Can Save Me! A bit of darkness, a bit of eerie, and part of the Carnival of Mystery series - come have a listen!
You Can Save Me
Carnival of Mysteries #2 by R. L. Merrill Buy Link Sixties folk singer Dane Donovan vanished from a desolate highway rest area in 1979. Forty years later, he’s found hitchhiking in the California desert on a cold winter’s night. He hasn’t aged a day, but the roadmap of scars he wears tells a chilling tale. Veteran detective Walter Muse took over the case twenty years ago, but his haunting connection to Dane Donovan goes back to a peculiar run-in as a child with The Troubadour and his Talking Board at a traveling carnival. He receives a late-night call with Dane’s whereabouts and races to Laurel Canyon to see for himself whether Dane is real — or a ghost. Walter’s carefully honed detective instincts are thrown out the window when his obsession with the case turns into an undeniable attraction to the mysterious singer. Dane is on a mission to stop a new killer hell-bent on picking up where Dane’s kidnapper left off, and Walter is determined to protect him, no matter the personal and psychological cost. They’ll have to rely on new friends and trusted colleagues as well as the power of a mystical spirit board to stop the killing, and have a chance at a real future together. Warnings: discussion of suicide, serial killer attempted murder
About R. L. :
Whether she’s writing contemporary romance featuring quirky and relatable characters or diving deep into the paranormal and supernatural to give readers a shiver, R.L. Merrill loves creating compelling, diverse, and inclusive stories that will stay with readers long after. Winner of the Kathryn Hayes “When Sparks Fly” Best Contemporary award for Hurricane Reese, Paranormal Romance Guild’s Best Rockstar Romance for You Can Do Magic, and Daphne DuMaurier finalist for Connection, Ro spends every spare moment improving her writing craft and striving to find that perfect balance between real-life and happily ever after. You can find her connecting with readers on social media, advocating for America’s youth, cruising around town with Great Dane Velma, cuddling with twin black cat familiars Frankenstein and Dracula, or headbanging at a rock show near her home in the San Francisco Bay Area! Stay Tuned for more… Author Website: https://www.rlmerrillauthor.com Author Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/rochellerlmerrill/ Author Facebook (Author Page): https://www.facebook.com/rlmerrillauthor Author Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rlmerrillauthor Author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9828914.R_L_Merrill Author QueeRomance Ink: https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-author/r-l-merrill/ Author Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/R.L.-Merrill/author/B00PI6Q1LI |
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