The random number generator has spoken, and the winner of the One Under blog tour is waxapplelover, who commented on my post on Sinfully Gay Romance Book Reviews. Congratulations, waxapplelover, and I’ve emailed you re claiming your prize.
Thanks to all the blogs that hosted me, and to everyone who read and commented! 😀
Today’s snippet follows almost directly on from last week’s, although in the interim we’ve established that there was no apparent reason for Mal to grab the wheel while Jory was driving…
[Jory] put the car back on course, drove along the road until he could turn up a side street, parked the car, and then turned to Mal to ask him calmly what was going on.
“What the bloody sodding hell was that?”
Okay. Maybe he wasn’t quite as calm as he’d thought.
Then he noticed Mal was shaking. “Mal?”
There was no answer. Mal just stared straight ahead through the windscreen, his eyes wide.
Jory was starting to get worried. “Mal?” he said again. “Malory?”
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A Porthkennack Novel
London Underground worker Mal Thomas is staying in Porthkennack to recover from a traumatic experience. Getting some more bad news from home is the last straw—until big, blond museum curator Jory Roscarrock steps up to offer some comfort.
A doctor of English Literature, Jory should be in a prestigious post at a top university. But a youthful indiscretion has led him to abandon academia to come back to his home town, Porthkennack, and the controlling family he’s never really felt a part of. He’s delighted to find a kindred spirit in the young Londoner.
But Jory’s family hurt Mal’s best friend deeply, and while Jory’s desperate to repair the damage, his own mistakes threaten to keep them apart. Meanwhile Mal’s torn between his feelings for Jory and his duty to his friend—and his fears that a failed relationship could be more than his shattered confidence can take.
To wind up the One Under blog tour, I’ve been talking about King Arthur – and some not so immaculate conceptions over at Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents. Why not pop on over and see what it’s all about – and don’t forget to leave a comment to enter the giveaway! 🙂
The One Under Blog Tour continues apace. For a full list of stops (with links I’ll update as they go live) see the blog tour post here. Today, I’m pontificating about Cornish delicacies, and asking When is a turnip not a turnip? over at The Novel Approach.
Don’t forget to enter the giveaway! 🙂
The One Under Blog Tour continues today. For a full list of stops (with links I’ll update as they go live) see the blog tour post here. Today, I’m musing on mermaids (or, as they’re sometimes known, merrows) over at MMGoodBookReviews, and there’s also an excerpt from the book.
Don’t forget to enter the giveaway! 🙂
My second book in the Porthkennack shared-world series, One Under, is out today in ebook and paperback, and to celebrate, I’m going on a blog tour. Here’s today’s stops (I’ll aim to update links as posts appear:
March 19, 2018 – TTC Books and More :
March 19, 2018 – Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews : Spotlight
March 19, 2018 – Love Bytes Reviews : Release day review
March 19, 2018 – Book Reviews and More by Kathy : Spotlight
There’s a giveaway – see individual posts for details. Good luck! 😀
London Underground worker Mal Thomas is staying in Porthkennack to recover from a traumatic experience. Getting some more bad news from home is the last straw—until big, blond museum curator Jory Roscarrock steps up to offer some comfort.
A doctor of English Literature, Jory should be in a prestigious post at a top university. But a youthful indiscretion has led him to abandon academia to come back to his home town, Porthkennack, and the controlling family he’s never really felt a part of. He’s delighted to find a kindred spirit in the young Londoner.
But Jory’s family hurt Mal’s best friend deeply, and while Jory’s desperate to repair the damage, his own mistakes threaten to keep them apart. Meanwhile Mal’s torn between his feelings for Jory and his duty to his friend—and his fears that a failed relationship could be more than his shattered confidence can take.
Here in the UK (or at least, in my corner of Hertfordshire) it’s snowing again! To make it more fun, the electricity keeps going off – given how famous we are for talking about it, we really don’t do weather at all well here!
To warm up, here’s a summer-set snippet from One Under, the second of my books in the Porthkennack shared world (the first was Wake Up Call). Here, our heroes Jory and Mal are in a car on their way to visit Tintagel–at least, that’s the plan…
Jory’s the one driving, but he’s a little pre-occupied:
(Jory) tried to keep the conversation going, but Mal still didn’t seem keen to talk. Had he changed his mind, decided the trip was a mistake after all?
Maybe it was Jory who was the mistake. Had he been babbling on too much, reminding Mal of his hopeless crush? Maybe he should—
Mal grabbed the wheel, wrenching it violently over towards the centre of the road.
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A Porthkennack Novel
London Underground worker Mal Thomas is staying in Porthkennack to recover from a traumatic experience. Getting some more bad news from home is the last straw—until big, blond museum curator Jory Roscarrock steps up to offer some comfort.
A doctor of English Literature, Jory should be in a prestigious post at a top university. But a youthful indiscretion has led him to abandon academia to come back to his home town, Porthkennack, and the controlling family he’s never really felt a part of. He’s delighted to find a kindred spirit in the young Londoner.
But Jory’s family hurt Mal’s best friend deeply, and while Jory’s desperate to repair the damage, his own mistakes threaten to keep them apart. Meanwhile Mal’s torn between his feelings for Jory and his duty to his friend—and his fears that a failed relationship could be more than his shattered confidence can take.
Apparently it’s #DayOfAwesomeness today, so here’s a snippet of Tom and Phil being awesome in Plumber’s Mate Mystery #3, Heat Trap, which re-released this week.
This snippet follows on almost directly from last week’s, which had Tom about to run into a burning building, and which you can read here.
The ceiling was cracked and mottled black.
There was a loud pop, and I jumped a mile. “Jesus!”
“Light bulb.” Phil’s voice was almost drowned out at the end by a crash as debris started to fall, and I jumped again.
Bloody hell, this place was turning into a death trap. Even if we managed to get to the stairs without cremating ourselves, what were the chances they’d hold our weight?
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Old flames can leave a nasty burn.
It’s been six months since plumber Tom Paretski was hit by a shocking revelation about his family, and he’s been avoiding dealing with it ever since. His lover, PI Phil Morrison, wants Tom to dig deeper into his history and try to develop his psychic talent for finding things, but Tom’s not nearly so keen. Just as he decides to bite the bullet, though, worse problems crawl out of the woodwork.
Young Devil’s Dyke barmaid Marianne has an ex, Grant Carey, who won’t accept that things are over between them, and he’s ruthless in dealing with anyone who gets in his way. When Carey threatens an old friend of theirs, Phil and Tom step in to help—but that makes them targets themselves.
What with his uncertainty about Phil’s motives, Tom’s family doing their best to drive a wedge between them, and the uncovering of an ugly incident in Phil’s past, Tom’s not sure who he can trust—and the body he finds in the pub cellar isn’t the only thing that stinks.
Publication dates and purchase/pre-order links as follows:
It’s re-release day for Heat Trap – #3 in the Plumber’s Mate Mystery series, in its fantastic new cover by Christine Coffee:
Old flames can leave a nasty burn.
It’s been six months since plumber Tom Paretski was hit by a shocking revelation about his family, and he’s been avoiding dealing with it ever since. His lover, PI Phil Morrison, wants Tom to dig deeper into his history and try to develop his psychic talent for finding things, but Tom’s not nearly so keen. Just as he decides to bite the bullet, though, worse problems crawl out of the woodwork.
Young Devil’s Dyke barmaid Marianne has an ex, Grant Carey, who won’t accept that things are over between them, and he’s ruthless in dealing with anyone who gets in his way. When Carey threatens an old friend of theirs, Phil and Tom step in to help—but that makes them targets themselves.
What with his uncertainty about Phil’s motives, Tom’s family doing their best to drive a wedge between them, and the uncovering of an ugly incident in Phil’s past, Tom’s not sure who he can trust—and the body he finds in the pub cellar isn’t the only thing that stinks.
Publication dates and purchase/pre-order links as follows:
Placed fourth in the 2015 Rainbow Awards Dorien Grey Award for Best Gay Mystery/Thriller
Fans of the series will love this installment… In Heat Trap things get more up close and personal for Tom and I liked how the series grows. So yes, the book is definitely recommended – Larissa, Bookwinked
It’s read an e-book week at Smashwords, and there are loads of discounts going on, including 50% off all my books published by JMS Books!
This includes two Epic Awards finalists: my bestselling contemporary m/m novella Muscling Through, and my historical novel To Love a Traitor plus my short stories, singly and collected in the anthology A Flirty Dozen.
For a full list of my books at Smashwords (bear in mind not all of my publishers are participating in this promotion) click here.
And while you’re there, check out all the other books on sale! I know Manifold’s books are 25% off, and they’ve got some great writers there. (Slightly different system there: You’ll need to click onto the purchase page and get the discount code for each book).
The promotion is running all week, from 4th March to 10th March, so don’t miss the bargains!
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