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Guest Post inc. Giveaway - Shane Morton

Hello to all of you RJ Scott readers! My new book, The Year of the Cock was one of the most liberating experiences I have ever had writing. I knew the story that I wanted to tell but I knew that I wanted to tell it in a more experimental fashion. I am very happy with the choices that I eventually made.

I love gossip. I don’t really like to tell it, because I have gotten myself in trouble a time or two… Haven’t we all? But I do like to listen to the juicy details of someone else’s life. My friends know this and love to share with me! This story is told as if someone is giving you tidbits of gossip and secrets as they let you in on their thoughts and feeling of what is happening to their best friend, Jon. I even use text messaging, blogs, emails, diary entries, and psychologist transcripts to move the action forward. I really enjoyed writing the chapters that used the blog especially.

The character of Pierre is one I would really love to explore further. I think that he needs his own book someday. He is a pornstar/escort and writes a blog he has named ‘The Libertine Love Letters’. I found the voice of his character quickly and it really resonated with me. This man who understands what he has to offer, in both a sexual and emotional way, with no pretense or fear jumped off of the page as I wrote him. His hashtag use completely caught me off guard. I love it when a character lets me know where he is going and demands to be heard. It’s one of the ways that I know he is interesting, real and honest. #SexualPsychic was one of my favorites!

I hope that you enjoy the book and remember that 2017 is the Year of the Cock!

XOXO Shane (If you got any good gossip… let me know!)

Buy Links: Amazon US | Amazon UK

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Blurb

Jon seems to have it all. He is a social butterfly that always has a place to go, things to do, and people to constantly surround him. The one thing he's missing is someone to truly love. How can he love someone else when he doesn't like the person staring back at him in the mirror?

He is that magical being that no one chooses to be, the third wheel. He has filled his life with happy couples, in various states of married bliss, that fills the hole in his heart with the acceptance and understanding he secretly craves.

Told by the people who know him best, The Year Of The Cock, is a year in the growth of their best friend, Jon. Can he learn to love, to open himself up to the messy truth of relationships? Will he finally become the person he has tried to repress his entire adult life or will the year-end with him stuck in the status quo of his gay bachelorhood?

Author Bio 

Shane K Morton lives in Studio City, CA with his husband Jody and their fur baby Slayer. His first novel, The Trouble With Off-Campus Housing was published in 2016. When not writing, Shane can be found at a film festival or performing cabaret somewhere in a dark dive bar in LA.

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Competition Time! Texas Winter in Audio

How do you fancy winning Texas Winter in Audio?  All you need to do is answer this question...

In The Heart of Texas, who punched Riley when it was discovered what he'd done?

Leave a comment with your answer, 2 winners will be announced on Friday January 6 2017 so don't forget to check back to see if you've won!




The Book

Riley’s past comes back to haunt him both professionally and personally.

His dead brother left more than just bitter memories for Riley to deal with. The FBI get involved and suddenly it is more than his good name that is on the line. Jack is always there for him but how much more can Riley’s husband reasonably be able to understand?

Especially when Riley finds out on his delayed honeymoon that he has a eight year old daughter he never knew existed…

"....Drama, humor, and a precocious child make for a heartwarming story of what it means to be a family, to trust and to protect those you love, even when you might not go about it in just the right way. Sometimes even the best of intentions can lead to mistakes, which Riley isn’t immune to, but it’s never in question that his family, his husband and daughter, are his number one priority ... For fans of The Heart of Texas, Texas Winter won’t disappoint...."

Texas Series

Available now in audio:

Book 1 - The Heart of Texas
Book 2 - Texas Winter

Coming in 2017 in audio

Book 3 - Texas Heat
Book 4 - Texas Family
Book 5 - Texas Christmas
 Book 6 - Texas Fall
Book 7 - Texas Wedding


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Giveaway: Welcome to Diverse Reader

Starting a post about what your blog is all about reminds me of starting a paper in high school. Where to begin without dragging it out? Diverse Reader is blog that grew into itself. 

I wanted a platform where I could talk about books. So on January 9, 2014 I started Diverse Reader. Since then it’s grown exponentially. For the first year it was just me, alone. Writing promos, blog posts. I didn’t even post every day. 

In the last year alone I went from getting 200 hits a day to well over 1000. I have taken on reviewers Erin and Morningstar. We work with publishing houses like Dreamspinner Press, and Pride Publishing. Indie Authors hold a place in my heart so I always work to make sure I get them a spotlight.

Tell me your favourite book of 2016. Leave a comment below and enter a giveaway for a $10 Dreamspinner Press Card. I'll pick a winner on Monday, 22nd August at 6pm GMT.
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Which RJ title doesn't get enough love?

Ssssshhhh, RJ doesn't know about this. Janet sneaking in to ask a question and host a flash giveaway. Which one of RJ's books (or series) doesn't get enough publicity on her blog in your opinion?

I put up the 'focus on's but maybe I'm missing your favourites. Let me know which book doesn't get enough love, and I'll pick one comment out of the shiny cowboy hat to choose an ebook from her back catalogue. I'll pick the comment on Monday, 20th June at 12pm GMT.
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Kissing Alex Release Party on Facebook tonight


I'm having a release party for Kissing Alex on Facebook tonight. Find me here from 7pm to 9pm (UK BST) with guests, fun, and maybe the odd glass of wine or three.


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2015 RJ Scott Titles Giveaway

Hello! Janet, RJ's assistant, sneaking in to ask you what was your favourite RJ Scott tale of 2015? Leave a comment with your favourite book and email address, and I'll get the boss to pick a winner on Sunday 24th January at 6pm, GMT. Here are a few to remind you of the past year.

Love's Design


Can Christmas be the time when Kirby finally stops running and allows himself to fall in love with the man who saves his life?

CIA Agent Stefan Mortimer is cooling his heels in the UK until he can go home. Taking on easy assignments with Bodyguards Inc. seems like a good solution to keep him sane. He's used to life throwing him curveballs, and it’s just another day at the office when he rescues Kirby Devlin and his niece and nephew. Now he has to keep Kirby and the kids alive and stay professional. Kirby Devlin has one priority; keeping his small family safe. On the run, and facing danger at every turn, Kirby finally runs out of places to hide on a snowy December day at an Edinburgh train station. Stefan comes to the rescue, saves him and the children. Is it possible that Kirby finally has someone to trust?

Now, if only it would be as easy for Kirby to trust Stefan with his heart.


Buy Links


Amazon (US) | Amazon (UK) | All Romance | Smashwords | Kobo | 

Accidental Hero


Chicago Cop Simon Grant and Sanctuary operative Cain Brodie, have to be the heroes of their own stories, just to stay alive.

Everyone wants Chicago cop, Simon Grant, dead. Armed with an address, he is on the run and heading for Sanctuary, only to end up at the wrong end of a gun. Is it possible the tall amber-eyed man holding the gun is actually going to be able to help him?

Cain Brodie is in charge of Sanctuary’s new Chicago office, C-Tower. His well organised administration day takes an unexpected turn when he has a man wanted for murder right in his gun sights. Thrust into a situation he has no control over suddenly he needs to be the one in control.

Accidental or not, Simon and Cain have to be the heroes of their own stories, just to stay alive.
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Amazon (US) | Amazon (UK) | All Romance | Smashwords | Kobo | Barnes & Noble |


Texas Wedding


Sometimes Riley and Jack have to be the ones to fight other people's battles and stand up for what is right.


With the life changing prospect of a yes vote from SCOTUS on the issue of same sex marriage, Riley and Jack realise they have decisions to make. Add in some distressing family news and the very real possibility that old secrets may resurface, and this last book in the Texas series pulls together as many threads as the boys can manage to handle.

But through all the ups and the downs, children, family events, laughter, and tears, there is nothing as special as the forever love between these two men.

Buy Links - eBook

Amazon (US) | Amazon (UK) | All Romance | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords | iTunes

Buy Links - Paperback

Amazon (US) | Amazon (UK)








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Twelve Days of Christmas, Day 12 - Eli Easton

The fabulous Eli Easton is our final guest this year. She's giving away 3 prizes of an ebook from her 3 Christmas stories – Blame it on the Mistletoe, Unwrapping Hank, and Midwinter Night’s Dream. The winner will be picked on 27th December at 6pm, GMT.

Question 1: What is your favourite Christmas movie?  

 “Elf” with Will Farrell
Question 2: What is your best Christmas memory? 

 My husband and I were married on Christmas Eve. We had both families together at my sister’s house and got married in a church there. So that was pretty special.
Question 3: What is the best present you’ve received?

 My husband (then boyfriend) gave me plan tickets to New Orleans one year when I was working on a story set there. I’d never been!
Question 4: What is the best present you’ve given?

 Hmm. I think that would fall in the PWP category.  
Question 5:  Santa Claus – real or fake?
Real!
Question 6:  What is your favourite Christmas book?

A Christmas Carol by Dickens
Question 7: Do you like eggnog?
Yes, but I’m vegan now so I don’t drink it anymore.
Question 8: What do you eat at Christmas?

In years past, roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, potatoes, peas. But I need to find a new tradition now that we’re off meat. I made a really nice wild rice with dried fruit and nuts and date-syrup sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving, so I may try that again.
Question 9: Be honest, when do you put up the Christmas tree?
It really depends on the year. This year it went up before Thanksgiving because we were having family here for the holiday. Usually it’s just a few weeks before Christmas.
Question 10.  When do you open your presents?

Christmas day.
Question 11. Do you have snow at Christmas?
I live on a farm in Pennsylvania, so usually there is snow, but not this year!
Question 12: What is the best – all-time – Christmas song. Ever!
O Holy Night singer by an operatic tenor

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Twelve Days of Christmas, Day 11 - Amber Kell

Today's visiting author is the very best, the awesome Amber Kell.
(my PA tells me I have to be nice to Amber as it's Christmas)

Amber is giving a $25 Amazon giftcard. Leave a comment here to enter the giveaway. We'll pick a winner on 28th December 2015, at 6pm GMT.



Question 1:      What is your favourite Christmas movie? 

 I traditionally like to watch The Ref and Die Hard for Christmas but my favorite cartoon is Olive the Other Reindeer. 
Question 2:    What is your best Christmas memory.

 Any Christmas with my children.
Question 3:    What is the best present you’ve received? 

 A wooden dollhouse my sister made for me.
Question 4:     What is the best present you’ve given? 

 I’m not sure. I think that would depend on the person receiving it. LOL This year I’m writing a book for my mom.
Question 5:     Santa Claus – real or fake? 

 Real of course.
Question 6:     What is your favourite Christmas book? 

 Night before Christmas.
Question 7:    Do you like eggnog? 

 Now that I’ve gotten older I like the lite eggnog but I’m trying a vegan version for my son who’s turned vegan this year.
Question 8:     What do you eat at Christmas? 

 We cheat and do finger foods so the kids can eat whenever they come up for air. It seems cruel to make them sit down to a formal meal.
Question 9:     Be honest, when do you put up the Christmas tree? 

 We get a real one so we put it up a few weeks before Christmas so it doesn’t dry out.
Question 10:     When do you open your presents? 

 Christmas morning…after coffee. It’s my one firm Christmas rule.
Question 11:    Do you have snow at Christmas? 

 We live in Seattle so not usually.
Question 12: 1.       What is the best – all-time – Christmas song. Ever! 

 Holly Jolly Christmas or anything by Bing Crosby.

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Twelve Days of Christmas, Day 10 - Meredith Russell

Day ten and my lovely friend Meredith Russell is my guest today.

She is offering a $5 giftcard. Leave a comment on this post and the winner will be picked on 27th December at 6pm, GMT.




Question 1.      What is your favourite Christmas movie?  

 Up until recently Santa Claus: The Movie was my favourite. The one with Dudley Moore and John Lithgow. I love that film. But then I saw Arthur Christmas and I just think that is awesome.
Question 2.       What is your best Christmas memory? 

 Wow. I don’t know really. I guess I hold on to the simple memories of how things used to be when it was kind of just my family for Christmas. So there were no husbands and wives, no kids, no in-laws, just Mum, Dad, their partners, me, my brother, and my sister. Like how we’d always do the same thing. We’d spend Christmas Eve and Day at my mum’s and Dad would have me and my brother on Boxing Day. So it would always be drinks, a buffet tea and charades on Christmas Eve. Then on Christmas morning we’d get up early even when none of us believed in Santa anymore and Mum would be in and out of the kitchen while we opened presents, followed by slobbing in the afternoon with the TV, and a turkey sandwich for tea. Then Boxing Day was Dad’s day - more presents, another Christmas dinner, playing a board game or DVD game in the afternoon, a buffet tea, then down the pub until home time. I miss it sometimes, but making new memories with an expanding family is just as fun now.
Question 3.       What is the best present you’ve received? 

 I have such a terrible memory about this kind of stuff. I can’t really think of anything as an adult that I’ve had that I didn’t either ask for or help pick out. I guess the last thing that made me go aww was off my husband who had gotten me a small gift to open on the morning in the hotel before heading over to his parents’ house for lunch. It was an emergency supplies tin and in it was some of my favourite things to eat/drink, or what I collect lol - a can of Pepsi Max, Cadburys chocolate, a cuddly toy, and a fancy pen and notebook. It was like... you know me so well.
Question 4.    What is the best present you’ve given? 

 Crikey. You mean besides the gift of my wonderful company? I have no idea really. I love that my nieces are now old enough to rip the wrapping off themselves and I enjoy having that magic back in Christmas that had slipped a bit since my brother, sister and I had all grown up. So I love giving them gifts. But I guess from a fun buying it kind of thing I enjoyed some of the gifts I used to get for my university friends. It was kind of a challenge to get ridiculous stuff. I can’t really think of anything in particular now but yeah, that was good fun.
Question 5.    Santa Claus – real or fake? 

 Definitely real. Who else is eating all those mince pies we leave out?
Question 6.      What is your favourite Christmas book? 

 It’s a book I’ve had since I was a kid - An Oxford Book of Christmas Stories. I think I got it from some book club thing at primary school. But it’s a strange mix of horrible, funny, and sweet short stories all mixed up – you know the thing, people freezing to death and curses and a boy clubbing his grandfather round the head because he thought he was the real Santa and wanted to steal his bag of presents. Happy Christmas!
Question 7.       Do you like eggnog? 

 I don’t know because I don’t really know what eggnog is. What is eggnog? Is it like advocaat? That’s got egg in it, right? If so then yes I like that when made into Snowball cocktails, so mixed with lemonade and lime.
Question 8.      What do you eat at Christmas? 

 Other than chocolate? For Christmas dinner it depends where we are. If we’re at my husband’s parents they do a soup starter (I guess there’s space in their bellies if they don’t open presents until later so haven’t binged on a chocolate breakfast), then we have turkey with the usual veg, roast potatoes type stuff. If we’re at my dad’s he has cockerel, plus very yummy sausage meat stuffing, and cherry pie for pudding. And if we’re cooking it ourselves we save up a bunch of Marks and Spencer vouchers and go crazy lol I think we had turkey and gammon last year, then the veg, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, and a toffee sponge for pudding.
Question 9.      Be honest, when do you put up the Christmas tree? 

 I think it’s a tradition passed on from my parents, but it has to be December, and because of work and stuff it therefore is the first weekend in December. That’s my rule and when I send my poor husband up into the roof to get all the decorations down :) So this year it’ll be the 5th or 6th.
Question 10.     When do you open your presents?  

 Personally, I’ve always been used to before dinner, so we get up, open presents in our pjs, binge on chocolate for breakfast and sneak off at some point to get changed in time for dinner. But my husband’s family don’t open theirs until the afternoon. So as we alternate Christmases at the moment, one year we open them before lunch, the next after lunch.
Question 11.      Do you have snow at Christmas? 

 We can do. I live in England so we have the cold weather. It just varies when the snow comes whether it hits Christmas itself or falls before or after.
Question 12.     What is the best – all-time – Christmas song. Ever!  - Oooh. There are so many good ones. I have two particular favourites which are Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses and Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie. If I had to stick one on repeat? I’d go with... Stop the Cavalry.


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Twelve Days of Christmas, Day 9 - Chris Quinton


Chris Quinton is my visitor today for Twelve Days of Christmas.

Chris is offering a copy of Undercover Blues, which received an honorable mention from this year's Rainbow Awards. Leave a comment here to enter the giveaway and the winner will be picked on December 26th at 6pm, GMT.

Question 1:    What is your favourite Christmas movie? 

 Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas. We know all the songs and most of the dialogue off by heart, and much family hilarity ensues. Of course, various types of alcohol are a given…
Question 2.       What is your best Christmas memory? 

 Well, my son as a toddler, and grandsons at the same age, seeing the decorations for the first time. Then there was the time we caught our little black and white cat, Silvi, tugging on a length of tinsel, trying to drag the Christmas tree under a chair. The tree was teetering on the edge of falling when we rescued it. And yes, it was a small tree.
Question 3:     What is the best present you’ve received? 

 A pressie from my husband - my first computer, a second-hand Amstrad – green text on a blue [or was it black?] screen and a whole 256 KB of memory, plus a floppy disk drive. I still have some of the floppies somewhere.
Question 4:      What is the best present you’ve given? 

 No idea.
Question 5:     Santa Claus – real or fake? 

 Duh. Real, of course J
Question 6.    What is your favourite Christmas book? 

 I have so many favourite books throughout the year, it's hard to pick out one that says Christmas to me.
Question 7.     Do you like eggnog? 

 No, not really. It's too sweet.

Question 8.      What do you eat at Christmas? 

 My Low Carb diet [for T2 Diabetes] gets thrown out for one day, and we have a roast of some kind with all the veggie trimmings, Yorkshire pud and stuffing. We're usually too full to manage dessert!
Question 9.      Be honest, when do you put up the Christmas tree? 

 As close to The Day as we can get away with. Usually a few days before.
Question 10.      When do you open your presents? 

 Christmas morning after breakfast.
Question 11.      Do you have snow at Christmas? 

 Gods, I hope not! It's very pretty to look at from the warmth of a central-heated room, but not to be out in it.
Question 12.      What is the best – all-time – Christmas song. Ever!  

 Merry Christmas Everyone by Slade, back in 1973.  You should have seen my 8 year old son rockin' it out.

Undercover Blues by Chris Quinton

Manifold | Amazon | All Romance
London, the 1930s: With the cooperation of a top-ranking scientist and his son, Tom Langton and Robert Darnley are sent in as bait for a gang that uses blackmail to steal industrial secrets at a time when Hitler’s rise to power in Germany threatens Europe. The two men are friends, but they each have secrets of their own – and both are well aware that homosexuality is against the law. Living in close quarters, having to portray an illegal relationship, adds unexpected tensions to an already dangerous situation.
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