What I'm Doing

As I've made clear here, I have no "official" releases in October and November. Sort of weird for me to go two months without a release, but that's just how it ended up happening.

Anyway, as you know I'll be posting free stories in November and December, as well as my official releases in December.

So, you may wonder (or not), what the heck I am doing in the meantime.

I am still writing Twice in a Lifetime, Jude's story, and the second book in the Sutter's Bay series (Sweet Reunion being the first). I just broke the 6,000 word mark and am on the third chapter. Have no idea what the length will be on this when it is finished.

And also, I am working on a medieval paranormal story with good versus bad and all that. I don't have a concrete name for it at this point. It's called "Sinful" but I suspect that is a temporary name soon to be changed.

Barring any major difficulties these will be out early 2010.

Friday Excerpt

Later in September (09/19/09), Sweet Reunion will be released from Amber Quill. Now it is too early to begin any sort of giveaway, but I thought I'd put a little teaser on here today for the book.

“I’ve got her settled in for the night,” Jason announced to him later that night after they’d eaten and done the dishes. They stood on the front porch, gazing up at the stars and the rolling waves of the ocean.

“You’re so gentle and kind with her, Jason. I’m really impressed.”

“Well, she is my mother.”Danny nodded. “Yeah, but I know lots of guys who wouldn’t be so forgiving as you.”

Jason exhaled. “It’s not been easy. Do I wish she’d done more to stand up for me and be a part of my life? Sure. But she was a victim of him too, and it’s hard to hate her, especially now.”

“I feel the same way. She’s so weak and frail. I just…wish someone in your family besides Kent had been on your side. You know? I know it would have been hard for her to leave him and take you all somewhere safe. Hell, if she had done that, you would have been gone out of my life so much sooner. It’s just I wanted you to have a family like mine. My mother and grandfather were so great to me, I wish you could have had that.”

“I know,” Jason said softly. “And I was such an ass to you.”

“Nah.”

“Yeah. I couldn’t wait to get away from Sutter’s Bay and everything to do with it because of my dad.” Jason grasped Danny’s hand and threaded his fingers with Danny’s. “Only that meant getting away from you, too. I thought that was what I wanted. What I needed.”

“It’s okay, Jason.”He shook his head. “No, it wasn’t. God, Danny, how can you just stand here and be so casual about this? Act like it was nothing. We were everything to each other. Best friends, first lovers. I just threw that away.”

Danny looked away and bit his lip. “What do you want me to say, Jason? That it hurt me? Okay. It did. I was devastated. You ripped my heart into shreds. Happy?”

Jason gripped Danny’s upper arms tightly. “No,” he whispered.

Jason pulled Danny closer, brushing his lips over the other man’s in a light, almost hesitant kiss.Danny whimpered and pushed himself closer still to Jason, their bodies melding together. He forced his tongue into Jason’s mouth. He tasted of the orange spice tea he’d been drinking. Danny slipped his hands down to cup Jason’s ass, pressing their jean covered erections together.The screech of a bat directly over their heads broke them apart, reminding them they were outside on the front porch.Danny smiled and stroked his thumb over Jason’s bottom lip.

“I better go home.”Jason sucked on his thumb. “I have a better idea. Want to walk to the beach? To our special place?”

Danny’s stomach fluttered with excitement. He glanced back toward the house. “Do you think we can?”

“Yeah, hold on, I’ll go tell her we’re going to go for a walk.” Jason went back inside.

Danny walked down to the end of the driveway. There was a cool breeze coming off the ocean and he was glad he’d thought to grab his windbreaker before he left his house.

Jason came back outside pulling a sweatshirt over his head. He smiled. “Okay, let’s go.”