JL Merrow

All good things, they say, must come to an end—and so, by coincidence, must the Relief Valve blog tour.

I’m rounding things off with an exclusive excerpt from the book over at Elisa Rolle’s blog – check it out on Dreamwidth or on LJ.

Don’t forget, I’m offering a free signed paperback copy of 2013 Rainbow Award winning romantic comedy Slam! (I’m happy to ship internationally) to a randomly chosen commenter on the tour, plus a $10 Amazon gift certificate!
I’ll be making the draw around teatime on Monday 7th April, GMT. Good luck!  

You can find full details of the tour, with links to all the stops,here.

On the penultimate stop of the Relief Valve blog tour, I’m taking a light-hearted look at the British legal profession, in honour of Tom’s sister Cherry, who is a barrister. Why not pop on over and share your thoughts on the weighty question: horsehair wigs: hot or what?

*braces self for a chorus of WHAT!*

Don’t forget, one lucky commenter on the tour will win a dead tree copy of Slam! plus a $10 Amazon gift certificate 🙂

You can find full details of the tour, with links to all the stops,here.

The Relief Valve Blog Tour continues at The Novel Approach today, with a post all about writers’ circles (for the uninitiated, support groups for writers) which are something I have some fun with in the book (and which led to a lot of hilarity in the pub with my own writers’ circle when I read out bits to the other members).  Why not pop on over and share your experiences of support groups?

Don’t forget, one lucky commenter on the tour will win a dead tree copy of Slam! which is out in paperback TODAY, plus a $10 Amazon gift certificate 🙂

You can find full details of the tour, with links to all the stops, here.

On Friday, there was an e-copy of Pressure Head, #1 in my Plumber’s Mate series (Relief Valve is #2), up for grabs over at Cup o’ Porn. The draw has now been, erm, drawn, and the winner is Susan March. Susan, I’ve emailed you re your preferred format – please get in touch if for any reason that doesn’t reach you!

Thanks to everyone who played!

And there’s still a chance to win prizes in the Relief Valve blog tour, which continues today – more details soon.

I am beyond delighted with this lovely cover—Kanaxa comes up trumps again!

And here is the blurb:

You can run from the past…but the past runs faster

Shamwell Tales, Book 1

Behind Robert’s cheerfully eccentric exterior lies a young heart battered and bruised by his past. He’s taken a job teaching in a village primary school to make a fresh start, and love isn’t part of his plans. But he’s knocked for six—literally—by a chance encounter with the uncle of two of his pupils.

Sean works in pest control, rides a motorbike, and lives on a council estate. On the face of it, he shouldn’t have anything in common with Robert’s bow-tie, classic-car style and posh family background. Yet Robert is helpless to resist Sean’s roguish grin, and a rocky, excruciatingly embarrassing start doesn’t keep the sparks between them from flaring.

Despite Robert’s increasingly ludicrous attempts to keep his past where it belongs, his past hasn’t read the memo. And soon his secrets could be the very things that drive Sean away for good…

Warning: contains the alarming misadventures of a pest control technician, a stepsister with a truly unfortunate name, and a young man who may have more bow ties than sense.

Due out from Samhain Publishing 12th August 2014

(Oh, and for anyone who was at UK Meet 2013: this is the one where Hanne gets her competition prize! )

Pressure Head, the first book about Tom and Phil from Relief Valve, is the ebook up on offer to one lucky commenter today over at Cup o’ Porn – just leave a comment on the giveaway post to enter the draw. Good Luck! 

Here’s the blurb:

Some secrets are better left hidden.

To most of the world, Tom Paretski is just a plumber with a cheeky attitude and a dodgy hip, souvenir of a schoolboy accident. The local police keep his number on file for a different reason—his sixth sense for finding hidden things.

When he’s called in to help locate the body of a missing woman up on Nomansland Common, he unexpectedly encounters someone who resurrects a host of complicated emotions. Phil Morrison, Tom’s old school crush, now a private investigator working the same case. And the former bully partly responsible for Tom’s injury.

The shocks keep coming. Phil is now openly gay, and shows unmistakable signs of interest. Tom’s attraction to the big, blond investigator hasn’t changed—in fact, he’s even more desirable all grown up. But is Phil’s interest genuine, or does he only want to use Tom’s talent?

As the pile of complicated evidence surrounding the woman’s murder grows higher, so does the heat between Tom and Phil. But opening himself to this degree exposes Tom’s heart in a way he’s not sure he’s ready for…while the murderer’s trigger finger is getting increasingly twitchy.

…is the title of stop number *counts on fingers* 4 on the Relief Valve blog tour, and it’s over at Joyfully Jay. In it I’m discussing the very Englishness of the Church of England – why not pop on over and join me, and share your views on what is, for you, quintessentially English?

Don’t forget, one lucky commenter on the tour will win a dead tree copy of Slam! which by fortunate coincidence comes out in paperback on April 1st, plus a $10 Amazon gift certificate 🙂

You can find full details of the tour, with links to all the stops, here.

It’s a busy day today for the Relief Valve Blog Tour – stop #3 is at Cup o’ Porn, where I’m blogging on their Wednesday Wine & Whine on the subject of poisons (and other methods of getting rid of people who’ve become a little too pesky *g*).

Why not pop on over and leave a comment for a chance to win a paperback copy of Slam! plus a $10 Amazon gift voucher? Good luck!

For all the tour stops, see here.

…is the title of stop #2 on the Relief Valve blog tour, and you can find it over at RJ Scott’s blog. Want to find out why authors include pets in their stories? Or just want to look at some cute fluffy animals? Then head on over here!

And don’t forget, one lucky commenter on the tour will win a dead tree copy of Slam! which by fortunate coincidence comes out in paperback on April 1st, , plus a $10 Amazon gift certificate 🙂

You can find full details of the tour, with links to all the stops, here.

(Bubbles, star of Slam!, approves of this post)

Yes, Relief Valve, the sequel to my murder mystery romance Pressure Head, is finally here!

To celebrate, I’m kicking off the blog tour with a guest post at Sinfully Sexy Books – all about something I’m sure none of my readers have ever experienced: Impure Thoughts (in holy places).  

Why not pop along and share your thoughts, impure or otherwise? One lucky commenter on the tour will win a dead tree copy of Slam! which by fortunate coincidence comes out in paperback on April 1st, , plus a $10 Amazon gift certificate.

You can find all the tour details here. Good luck!