Tag: Bandit Brothers Series

And Monday.

So this week, my household’s usual routine is thrown in the mixer as half of the members are away. I feel utterly exhausted at the moment and by the day, but it was fun and sound and a lot more quieter than I am used to.

And somehow, I managed to get 15k down, which is fine but I feel like I have been on this chapter forever. Gardenia is about to tell Dax her past; it’s not the only secret she’s hiding, but it’s a start. Got a lot of ground to cover in one weekend, you know.

And I have to constantly remember not to forget Gardenia’s cat Snowflake. And on twitter, I called her Snowball…oy. Most of my characters do not have pets and I kind of prefer it that way, though pets are fun and require no character arc/development plot.
Going to try to finish up this chapter and start at a new page for tomorrow.

Feature Friday – August 5th

One week ago today, Flame Again came out! It’s so wild. I remember thinking that this book wouldn’t get done, it wouldn’t get finished. I had ups and downs with beta readers not finishing it (which just meant, they weren’t the readers for this book), I wondered and doubted all the things … but I am super proud of this book and I hope you’ll give it a read. Taking this week to focus on Gardenia and Dax’s story has paid off because I am now seven chapters in and I’m super pleased with the progress.

The contractor finishing the work on the house and taking away all the debris has been a huge weight off my shoulders and now heading into the weekend, I have an overgrown yard that has to be dealt with but if I’m being honest, I kind of want to ignore it. And someone should probably clean the house.

Thanks for cheering me on this week, friends! Give the books below a click- clicking on the cover will bring you to the buy links.

 

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Cover for Casey's secerets She could taste the sting.

Max has been Casey’s hero for years, ever since marrying Casey’s mother. His only flaw is how rigid he is about the rules as long as Casey still lives at home. After missing curfew one night, he won’t let her off lightly. She must choose between being grounded for the summer, or enduring a single spanking that will free her to enjoy her vacation.

Casey makes her choice, but neither she nor Max are prepared for the domino effect a few smacks to her backside will have, or the dark secrets that will be revealed as a result.

Max’s past comes back to haunt him in a big way. Casey is a handful, but his old life as part of a two-man team of Doms provides the perfect skills to handle the curious, headstrong young woman with a taste for the taboo, and he and his best friend Rick are the perfect men to give Casey guidance and help her safely explore her dark cravings. But when Max betrays her and Rick refuses to touch her without Max’s permission, Casey despairs that she’ll ever have them both again.

Casey’s education into her new taboo lifestyle isn’t over yet, but her two favorite Doms might need a little educating of their own.

Cover for Royally Complicated
Sex on the beach with a smoking hot stranger…

I blame the tequila.
And the way he rode the waves like he owned them.
And the delicious way the water trickled down over his washboard abs and the V thingy.
And the fact that I’m on the trip that was supposed to be my honeymoon until I caught the bastard cheating.
Yeah, I’m going to blame it on all that.
Because reckless behavior is so not usually me.
But surfer god Fyn is a breath of fresh air I so badly need.
A break from reality of the world around me.
One he seems to need, too.
It’s a single wild moment in my otherwise structured life that seems to be crumbling.
A perfect snapshot in time…
Until the royal guard shows up looking for him.
Turns out the king of the waves is actually a prince.
A real one next in line for the throne.
And I just banged him on the sand.
People say a one-night stand can be good for you, especially after a break-up.
I’m starting to question that advice.
Because finding my prince is only the beginning…
Things are about to get royally complicated.

Cover for Off Limits

Have you ever wanted something you just couldn’t have?

When her mother abandons her, Danica Holland doesn’t want to reach out to her ex-stepfather for help–even though he’s always been the one and only parent she could rely on. But when Social Services intervenes on her behalf, he rushes in with open arms…and broad shoulders, strong hands, and that cleft in his chin that drives women wild.

 

 

 

 

Cover for Worthy of Mercy

Working for the Bennett brothers gave Nige purpose, and a way to hide behind screens and technology, avoiding that pesky ‘people’ problem that he’d rather avoid. As the few people in his life started pairing off, or whatever the hell the Bennetts were with Cass, he felt loneliness closing in, like never before.

Being on the wrong side of the law had never been a problem for him, because the lines between good and bad, right and wrong… well, they were just lines, and they could be crossed, without harming others. It was all just business, right?

Ted was new to town, new to Nige’s neighbourhood, and literally crashed into his life without warning. Running from a past that he hoped wouldn’t find him again, Ted never planned to get close to anyone, but something about Nige had him hooked. Was it safe to trust another man, and maybe even find happiness this time? Could he even convince this overly cautious, but charmingly inexperienced man to give him a chance?

Nige’s traumatic past had left him scarred, and fighting severe anxiety, while Ted’s led him to hide in an unknown town, with a new name, keeping secrets he hoped would never be revealed. Falling for each other should have been easy, if not for them being on opposing sides of that line, the one between good and bad, right and wrong, lawful and criminal.

Can love overcome all obstacles, or will the many things standing in their way make it impossible? Can Ted accept Nige’s choices, and can they survive when Ted’s past comes calling?

And beyond all of that, how will the Bennetts react when their relationship puts the entire Bennett empire at risk, and alliances begin to fracture? Will Nige have to choose between his love and his life? Will Ted even survive when his identity becomes known, and two worlds collide?

This is a dark romance story, featuring content which may not suit all readers, or may be triggering. It is a standalone book, with HEA, and the characters will appear again in a future book, but will not be the focus of that book.

Break

POV: You finally have an empty house, with blank pages that need to be filled but you’ve been interrupted by two phone calls and six texts in the space of an hour and a half and you are now googling “Remote Cabins.” 

Totally love my fam. 

Anyways, realizing that I need to get Dax and Gardenia’s story out there, I am putting aside Book Four for this week and I am hoping I have a rough draft of Dax and Gardenia’s story by the end of the week (it’s supposed to be short. It’s going to be a short).

I am struggling with: Should I make this a daddy kink book? This book has a soft kink slant to it, in that Dax prefers sensory/sensual play and praise and doesn’t see the point in rope and as a former US Marine, he doesn’t want to wield anything scary in his off time.

Decisions, decisions.

I think I’m going to save the Daddy kink for a whole other series but I am so tempted. Gardenia is turning out to be way more fun than I thought she would and honestly, I’m smiling at the interpretation of “Human Resources”, as in the fact, that she is an actual resource person for all the humans of Axis Management to turn to when they need things. Between that and her loud bunch of sisters, if only someone would take care of her….

 

Thoughts on Words And Labels and Feature Friday

By the end of today, the ceiling should be fully repaired. It is really nice not to worry about old plaster falling on our heads while we sleep.

And I’m thinking of a conversation I wadded in yesterday and how I’ve had editors tell me in the past, “if you have to explain the word you are using, you need a different word.” So that’s why I used “disabled.” I am over being personally offended by other language but for example, if I write my MP about being “differently abled” then I have to spend more time explaining what that means. When the word disabled covers it. Also, it took me a long time to be okay with using the word disabled as part of my identity.  I think whenever people remove the term ‘disabled’ and try to replace it with another word, they are glossing over society that is the problem.

Anyways, Flame Again comes out tomorrow and I am so thrilled to share Ivy & Gabe’s story! I need to get some words down on Nick & Mulberry today … I feel very nervous about this slow burn thing. Do they have enough tension? Enough angst? And I want to tap out some words on Gardenia and Dax. Oh, did I mention that Gardenia is getting her own story? And Dax is one of the new recruits of Team Stealth because they are down manpower and Xander is going to need more bodies if he wants to keep up with the private operative stuff and of course, he does. Dax and Gardenia are going to be a fun, short story and when it’s finished my newsletter people will get it first. That’s also my “carrot” for today when I’m done creating the angs with Nick & Mulberry because sometimes you need more than coffee.

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Cover of Midnight Sin by Morgan Elliott

 

Have you ever had the person you were meant to love reject you? I have, and honestly? It sucks. Alex Dunn was supposed to be my mate, but I have a past, and he kicked me to the curb as soon as he learned about it. So much for fate.

How did I handle it? I ran away, searching for a place where I could just be Amber, instead of Amber Tremaine, Homewrecker. But the new life I built for myself came crashing down when my dad died. While reeling from the loss, I have to face the pack that hates me and the mate that rejected me, and honestly, I am so not ready.

When I return, some things are exactly as I expected, but others are wildly different. For one, Alex is… nice to me. The way he’s acting tells me he might want to give us a try. However, from the things I’ve been hearing, he has a new woman in his bed every night. Couple that with the fact that he shamed me for sleeping around? Trusting his sincerity is pretty impossible.

Not that I have much time to process my ex-mate’s strange behavior, because my past is coming back to bite me again—literally this time.

Lyle is the vampire who took my v card, which would have been much more enjoyable if he hadn’t tried to murder me right after. Nobody is perfect, right?

His failure to kill me has turned into a creepy obsession that spells out danger for me, my pack, and the entire werewolf species as a whole. The only person who can save us all? Yeah, you guessed it. It’s me—the girl who messes up everything. No pressure. 

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