Author: Raleigh Damson
Just finished the Bandit Brothers Series Short Story! I am so thrilled to share it in my newsletter on December 16th. If you really, absolutely do not like newsletters but read here instead, drop me a line: raleigh@raleighdamson.com and I’ll send you the linky.
Also in Bandit Brothers news, Flame For You is free for a limited time here
Hi everyone! I wanted to share with you, Defending His Hope by Patricia D. Eddy
It’s on sale everywhere – Apple, Nook, Kobo, Google Play & Amazon for $0.99 and I grabbed my copy! Can’t wait to read about Hope and Wyatt.
Wyatt
I’m no hero. Don’t much care that the Navy disagrees with me. My years as a SEAL left me with a ledger full of blood, a permanent limp, and a complete inability to function in polite society. Up in the mountains, no one bothers me. Hell, no one even knows I exist. It’s better that way.
So why did I bring the beaten and bloodied woman back to my cabin?
Because when I found her trapped in an SUV hanging upside down at the edge of the cliff, she whispered three words I couldn’t ignore.
“He’ll kill me.”
No, he won’t, darlin’. Because anyone coming for you? They’ll have to go through me. No one messes with a SEAL and survives.
Hope
One night, one mistake, and I’m trapped. My boyfriend-turned-captor will never let me go. Unless I take matters into my own hands and escape. But even then, he finds me, and now the car I stole is hanging upside down, balanced on a tree, on the side of the mountain. In a snowstorm.
When a stranger comes to my rescue, I don’t want to trust him, but I don’t have a choice. Will this bearded mountain man be my salvation? Or will the man who wants me dead kill Wyatt too?
The Away From Keyboard series is a set of interconnected standalones. Past characters appear in future books so you’ll never have to say goodbye to your favorites.
This week, I felt like I was in some kind of time warp with the weather! 20C in November? Yeah, I’ll take that. Last year my cubs were trick-or-treating in an ice storm. This year, they did it in sweaters.
And maybe that’s why I’ve felt a little off, a little split-focused, chasing the words, getting the edits done on Flame True, to realize that I need to adjust to make something work for Book Five. The downside of being a plotter/planner is that when you outline to ensure there are no plot holes, fitting in something unexpected takes some mental gymnastics. I am a plotter AND an intuitive writer, and I don’t know how it gels, but it just does, and I am so grateful to be writing.
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Here’s a snippet of Flame True, and it is on preorder for $2.99USD right now
Off to wrangle words!
I had a plan.
And if you’ve read for a while, you know I like plans. But I also kind of have a thing with chaos…
My plan was to put out a five-book series and have it concluded within 2022 (you may laugh, it’s okay).
Right now, I have Flame For You (book one), Flame For Two (book two), and Flame Again (book three) out.
But I also have the novella Flame For A Weekend out, and this was an unexpected detour. I had this book up on the retailers for a couple of weeks but now you can get it by signing up for my newsletter as an exclusive.
In edits, I have Sasha & Finn’s book, which the first half of which serves as a prequel. The reason why I sat on this book for so long is that I’m not sure how to market it, and that includes how I number it because while it starts off before Book One, it catches up to the timeline of Flame Again.
The pre-order for Flame True, Bandit Brothers Book Four went up yesterday, and it’s here
and on for the pre-order price of $2.99 USD.
But the release date for Flame True is January 17th, 2023.
Next year.
So… not in my original plan that I had started last year. But this gives me time to get it to betas, go through edits and hopefully get a few reviews up before release day and I have built in some downtime because my brain might just need it.
Secretly though, I am hoping that while betas are reading Flame True, I can surprise release Sasha & Finn’s story….
What was a five book story has now turned into 5 books, plus two (maybe novellas I’m not sure if they are full length yet), plus one NL freebie, plus a prequel. And because I like even numbers a lot and readers have asked me for it, there might be a novella about a certain wedding.
And I couldn’t be happier.
Thank you for reading.
Came across this question today in one of the groups: “What keeps you motivated to write?”
And I almost, almost commented with, “Spite, mostly.”
But I didn’t.
But it’s true – mostly.
Trauma seriously had an effect on my crative output… eventually I got so mad that I wasn’t writing that I sobbed/screamed and then just did it. Totally afraid that I wouldn’t do it.
Still, fight the fear that I won’t get out this book if I don’t get out this book. It’s a grind.
(And a total love. And a content that is hard to explain).
Also I: Been slugging trying to polish this exhibitionism/voyeur scene. I have wanted to write this scene with these characters for so long – it might be the whole reason a third floor with a viewing room was added to Club Bandit … and yet…. the scene is not living up to the expectations in my head.
Coming to you on this chilly Autumn day with the sniffles or something. I feel kind of gross and foggy headed but whatever.
Pushed thorugh and got another chapter in on Mulberry and Nick, and is there being made-to-come-with-a-silicone-baking-spoon? Yeah, there is.. I feel as the series goes on I’m getting a bit more…putting it out there.
I really WISH I could tell you when ARCs will be available but I can’t that depends on quickly beta readers get back to me and it hasn’t even reached them, yet. I am liking this book so much. Nick is at a crossroads. And Mulberry is at a new chapter where she could put behind (finally) that awful incident from Flame For You.
Send me some tea and healing vibes if you got them to spare.
A thick layer of frost this morning made it super hard to get out of bed, but my cubs woke up before the sun’s disc broke the horizon, so I had no choice but to find everyone socks and blankets and get at it. Got a chapter finished on Nick&Mulberry and now the story is moving along. Thank gods, because I was getting a little impatient.
Flame For A Weekend: A Bandit Brothers Novella is now available in paperback from the ‘Zon, if you are keen to have it in paperback.
Flame For A Weekend: A Bandit Brothers Novella hung around the top twenty for awhile last week and I admit, that made me smile, a lot. It is chilly season here and as much as I love fall, I do not like the low temps that come with it. We’re dropping down to 2C tonight and hitting our first 0 of the season the next night and I am not ready! I need more fuzzy socks and blankets!
Our usual routine has been upended this week and I have found it hard to stay writing. So I have beta read for a couple of author friends instead and fell into other people’s world’s as I am thinking through my own.
The thing is, Sasha and Finn are done, I just need to hand it off but I keep doubting it. It’s funny how one experience can leech into your thoughts and stall your action, weary sigh. I do hope to get two chapters done on Nick & Mulberry over the next couple of days – it’s heating up, finally.
So … in my defence, I baked three cakes this week, two of which didn’t work out and the one that did was the kind my mum used to make and HONESTLY no matter how cool rainbow cake looks (it did, it looked fantastic) nothing tastes better than this old-school-chocolate cake.
Sometimes, you got to do it right the first time.
And sometimes, you try just make a total mess of it.
In my newsletter today, I totally goofed and left the auto-copy on in the description of Lindsay Murrary’s book! Ugh. So that is what prompted this wrap-up post… oh and the fact that some of you have been after me to blog more .. ahem.
When I woke up this morning, Flame For A Weekend was in the top twenty in BDSM Erotica, hanging out with Lindsay’s book and to be honest, it felt kind of great. Thanks to everyone who downloaded it and has read it. It’s availible everywhere no, so if you give it a read, consider leaving a review.
These are the books that have crossed my path in the last little while. Share the love and check them out.
Click here to check out Let’s Play a Game. Free!
Click here to check out the Librarian and the Janitor! FreeHaving a dirty job has never felt so good…
The Librarian
Now in my thirties, I’ve accepted that a mousy librarian like me probably won’t meet the man of my dreams or have exotic romps. But, late at night, when I shelve the romance books at the library, I can certainly skim the pages and get lost in the fantasy…
The Janitor
I never dreamed of cleaning for a living, but my brother and I stumbled into running the most lucrative custodial business in town. In fact, we’re so busy that I’ve been covering the night shift at the local library myself. Imagine my surprise when I discover the cute, quiet librarian being naughty in the romance section. Man, my night just got a whole lot hotter…
This is a spicy romance novella—easy on plot, heavy on steam—with a guaranteed HEA.
Click here to check out Serving the Senator by L.M. Mountford
Click here to read Light in the Dark
Alex Benning has never known a true home. After inheriting her beloved aunt’s cottage in the small coastal town of Moon Harbor, Maine, she finally gets a chance to start over and leave the life of solitude behind. But she never expects to find herself face to face with her first love—the first man to ever break her heart.
Sam Waters stopped looking for love a long time ago. With a job he enjoys and people he cares about, he’s finally learned to be content with things just as they are. Until the one who got away comes back into his life and makes him crave more. The flame between Alex and Sam reignites and the sparks between them are brighter than ever.
But as Alex settles into her new home, she begins to uncover the truth about her family and the tragedy that changed her life all those years ago. With more questions than answers, Alex and Sam set out to discover what really happened. And the closer they get, the closer danger lurks.
Will Alex be able to survive the unravelling of old family secrets before it’s too late? Before she loses Sam forever?
Click here to check out Unexpected Ever After on sale for 99 cents for a limited time!
I mean, yes I love the fall.
But my body doesn’t do great with these rapidly dropping temps and I desperately need new comforters. It’s the middle of the afternoon and it’s only 11C…
So sending a free novella out in the world is an interesting experience. I love that so many people have downloaded it, I hope readers enjoy it and I can’t wait to do it again. Writing and publishing books is supposed to be fun, right?
This week, I have been back to Nick and Mulberry and no, nothing, nada. Not yet. I fear that my readers may leave me over this and I’ll probably never write another slow burn again- though never say never and all that.
There was cake in my household and the occasion for it and I have no idea what I did but it was the worst cake I have ever, ever made. It stood up and I know it was cooked but I think it was too wet, or the pans were overfilled or something. It looked fantastic and everyone had fun making it, which is really the point and hey, they got make-up cake today.
Anyways, I’m thinking I need to add more rom-coms to my TBR that involve cake and I so, so want to write a hot chef character…
Newsletter is going out tomorrow with free books and a question of… a holiday theme.