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Monday round-up, New releases, WIP, Royal baby, The New wolf, Christmas Submissions, Alan Turing, Twitter

New releases

The Doctor and the Bad Boy (Ellery Mountain) is doing well in sales and is now available on Amazon.

This Friday (26th) The Paramedic & The Writer is available for "buy and read" at TEB

Worlds Collide is still doing well, and is getting such good reviews I am kind of blown away... ROFL

I may just been thinking of a couple more stories... which Sanctuary Characters would you like me to re-visit in possibly short stories?

 What have I read this week?

I came back from the UK Meet with some new authors to try... I have enjoyed every book I have read so far. Finding new authors that you love is like winning the lottery (yes I know I am weird) ...these include:

Love, Like Water by Rowan Speedwell... "This book has everything. Hurt. Comfort. Love. Lust. The world building of the ranch was perfect and I was so caught up in this story I couldn't put it down. I will certainly be recommending this book to everyone"

Finding Zach by Rowan Speedwell... "I love this book so much... I am a new Rowan Speedwell fan girl... I love the writing, I love the angst... everything..."

Catching Kit by Kay Berrisford "I found another new author from my meet ups at the UK Meet... This time it is the turn of Kay Berrisford.... I just finished Catching Kit and i LOVED it... I recommend it anyone who likes a big strong alpha with a kink for woman's underwear. Fantastic world building and I was drawn in immediately by Kit the elf... set in London... you'll love it..."
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RJ Scott - Easy steps to creating a Facebook cover

I just used this awesome web site to create my Facebook banner...
Go to http://www.picmonkey.com/
Click on create collage
You'll see on the left hand side various little images - the top one is upload photos
Upload any photos you want
The next image is the type of collage you want. In this case *Facebook Header*
Choose FB header from the left hand side
Drag and drop photos into the template on the right hand side of the page
Save and upload...

Took me five minutes at most...

awesome sauce.... 'course I can only see it small on my laptop... hope it looks okay on big screens... ROFL
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RJ Scott - In the Shadow of the Wolf trilogy re-release

Shattered Secrets

Broken Memories

Splintered Lies

Jamie is human, and he's also a wolf. Werewolves aren't just some supernatural fairy tale. They are a living, breathing part of society. 

 When Rob Tarrant meets a young man named Jamie at a club, he embarks on the hottest one-night stand of his life. He finds out that young man is a wolf shifter, and his world is turned upside down.

 A case involving kidnappings of young werewolves lands on Rob's desk, the ugly specter of the werewolf sex trade is brought front and center. With Jamie seemingly at the heart of it all, can Rob keep his young lover alive?

Amazon :: Love Lane Books :: Smashwords :: All Romance E-Books

Sam Harrison remembers nothing of his former life. 

 All he knows is that he has nightmares that won't leave him alone and an irrational fear of shifting from human to wolf.

 Doug McKenna has little respect for any wolf that isn't strong. That Sam was nearly broken is something he can't reconcile. 

 Still, Sam needs looking after, and Doug decides to prove to Sam he has nothing to fear with an Alpha by his side. 

Amazon :: Love Lane Books :: Smashwords :: All Romance E-Books

Joe Christie is consumed with grief and when new information about his wife and baby comes to light his first instinct
is to kill.

 Nick Alexander is first and foremost Joe's best friend. 

 When Joe met Mara, Nick stood to one side and respected Joe's decision to settle down, despite being in love with the man who was his lover. 

 Now, in the middle of a case that is murder and betrayal, he has to fight his love for Joe and the people who are trying to kill them both.

Love Lane Books :: Amazon :: All Romance Ebooks :: Smashwords


Out Now - The Full Trilogy
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Friday Interview - Leta Blake

The following interview is with Leta Blake, co-author of Love’s Nest [http://www.ellorascave.com/love-s-nest.html]. Keira Andrews has read and approved these answers!

*****

What inspires you? 

I’m inspired by so many things in life. The kernel of a story can develop from anything at all—a song, a comment from a friend, a person or people that I see while out and about in my everyday life, or from questions that arise while reading another book.

In the case of this story, I was initially inspired by my daughter reading The Twelve Dancing Princesses aloud to me for what seemed like the hundredth time. I started to play with the story in my head instead of really listening to her. What would this story look like if it was about two men? What kind of place were the otherworldly princes from? What if that place was fairyland?

At that point, music became a large sustaining force for me. I work a day job and have a large collection of music available to distract me from the mind-numbing hours there. I spent some time creating a playlist for the story. This is a process done by gut feeling alone. I try not to focus too much on what a particular song is about, but rather on how the music makes me feel. Does it help to sustain the world I’m building in my head? If so, then it goes onto the list. (I’ll be making some blog posts over the next few weeks at my blog [http://letablake.wordpress.com/] about the music that helped to inspire this story, for those interested.)
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Monday news - UK Meet report, Texas 4, Dead Kindle, Cory Monteith, Royal Birth

I know I will forget things, and people! I connected with so many new authors I had not spoken to before that I realise I should have made notes...

Instead my highlights of the weekend!

The Alan Turing sculpture and the guy
whe wanted to be in the pictures we
were all taking!  Today Alan was
wearing eyeshadow in a fetching
shade of goldy-yellow.
The tour around Canal Street by a guide who explained the highs and lows of the GLBT movement in Manchester. Amazing and sad at the same time. We were there when they were crowning Miss Sparkle and the atmosphere on a hot summer's night was fantastic. We were shown where Albert Kennedy died, which was a numbing thing to see, we saw the nightclub used as *Babylon* in the UK's Queer as Folk. We walked the same canal path as thousands of gay men looking to hook up before being gay was legalised. Just amazing. The one that stuck with me, along side Albert's story, was Alan Turing. If you don't know who he is then you should look him up, one of the UK guilty secrets :(

Apparently the staue is forever having painted nails or eyeshadow which is a brilliant idea. no grafitti, just the pretties...

We also took time to visit the HIV memorial in the same park and only when I look back on my photos do I realise that Liam Livings, an author and one of the meet organisers is in EVERY photo bar one.

We ended the tour at Gaydio, where the guide works, which is the worlds biggest gay radio. http://uk.gaydio.co.uk/. They have a whole section on what it was like being GLBTQ in Manchester before and after legalisation. Fascinating.

My other highlight was meeting authors and readers. I fangirled Marie Sexton completely by jumping her, the poor girl. I think she got over it although RJ Scott inapproproately draping herself over Ms Sexton was probably a weird one to watch.
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Awesome new review for The Warlock's Secret from Mrs Condit Reads Books... Thank you guys Xx

*****

'I adore this series and eagerly await each new book and highly recommend it for anyone who loves epic fantasy novels filled with heroes and villains and an intensely woven plot.'

Read the full review here 
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Kindle Self Publishing?


I found a useful article in hubbie's PCPro this week. It talks about the pros and cons of publishing via Kindle and how to set about publishing yourself. The screen shots are at the end of the article so download them and you can read them properly.

They listed 7 points:

  1. Pick your niche
  2. Publish a great book
  3. Get the price right
  4. Multiple Media (add print books)
  5. Find an audience
  6. Stick to one platform
  7. One niche, multiple titles

Points 1, 2 & 3 are absolutely spot on. I would also add in, make sure you get a great cover that shows up well as a small image.

Point 6 talks about sticking with Kindle and how much hassle it is to get books on Kobo. I agree with the difficulty to get books to Kobo, B&N etc direct - especially when you are in the UK. BUT, using Smashwords gets around this by doing the hard work for you. Yes, you lose a little extra in royalties, but the guy writing the article is correct - you could be spending your time writing the next book!

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News Roundup, Sanctuary, Texas 4 (Texas Family)

My first day back in the office after a gorgeous four day break at Center Parcs. I was computer free and internet free all weekend so instead I focused on plotting and planning in my head! Useful things came from that including a fully formed chapter 1 of Texas Family (Texas 4) and a character sketch for Ellery 7 - The Agent and the Model.

UK Meet

Amber and I are meeting up on Friday, and are both attending the UK Meet in Manchester next weekend... much fun will be had by me being able to tease Amber in person as opposed to just on Facebook *inserts evil laugh*.

If you are following me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Rjscott_author) then I will be tweeting this weekend from the UK meet (Saturday 13th & SUnday 14th)... I will also be facebooking!

The hash tag for the weekend is: #ukmeet.

Recent Blog posts

And the Winner is...

For the GLBT blog hop and winning a $20 Amazon gift voucher - Lisa, Wolphcall(at)bellsouth(dot)net

For the weekly Monday draw of website subscribers (yes I know it is Tuesday now!) - winning three signed postcard size cover photos is - paula.hadgraft@gmail.com

Congratulations to you both! I will email you later

Work in Progress

 This week I am working on The New Wolf - book 1 in the 'Building the Pack' trilogy. Stephanie Hecht is writing book 2, and Amber Kell, book 3. These books are to celebrate our joint Gay Rom Lit panel in October. My book is out 1 August, Steph's 15 August, and Amber's 1 September.

I have a sketched out story for The Agent And The Model (Ellery 7, An Ellery Christmas). What happens when Mikey, sorry Michael, returns to Ellery after five years away?

Texas Family - is book four in the Texas Series and I have chapter one firmly in my head now... yum... Riley and Jack and a pool side cabana... sighs at the mental imagery.

Reviews

World's Collide (Sanctuary 7)

This is receiving some lovely reviews and readers are sending me awesome messages. Am so pleased you all enjoyed my revisit to Dale and Joseph...

MM Goood Book Reviews - 4/5 - Ahhhh. These people are so romantic in their own macho way and they are surprising sweet together. Joseph has a lot of thinking to do about his future. Not just about his relationship, but also what he wants to do in his work life. Dale is just happy to have whatever time he can have with his sexy SEAL, especially if it involves him naked. These guys still have that explosive spark and they are still macho men. what they feel for each other is clear to see in their actions and thoughts and I can finally sigh in relief as they get their happy ever after.

Hearts On Fire Reviews - 4/5 - The story gave action at the airport fighting Griffin and his men who tried to kill Emily Bullen and balanced it with a great romance.

How Much For The Whole Night (Free Story)

Josh is mid divorce, fighting for custody of his son and escaping a marriage built on lies. In a bar the night before final hearings he meets a hooker with a body made of sin. Just one night of being true to himself, one night of being held down and made to feel? Surely that isn’t too much to ask?

The full story can be downloaded FREE here: http://lovelanebooks.co.uk/

Rainbow Reviews said this: "This is the sexiest, most erotic story of RJ's that I've ever read. I really got into the emotions of both men as they did an age old dance of power and dominance, with some of the hottest sex I've ever read about in a story. This short, titillating tale is well worth reading, especially if you want to get into a sensual zone. I'd recommend it to anyone seeking escape from their ordinary lives and into a world of sheer excitement, pleasure, and promise. Thank you, RJ. This book really hits the spot. I would absolutely love to see more of Josh and Ethan...please?" 
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Worlds Collide (Sanctuary 7)

Cover Art by BitterGrace

Sanctuary Series

Book 1 - Guarding Morgan
Book 2 - The Only Easy Day
Book 3 - Face Value
Book 4 - Still Waters
Book 5 - Full Circle
Book 6 - The Journal Of Sanctuary One
Book 7 - Worlds Collide
Book 8 - Accidental Hero
Book 9 - Ghost
Book 10 - By The Numbers

The Book

It is the day after New Years and Dale is en route back to Albany in a private jet with Emily Bullen. She is coming back home after turning states evidence on her husband Senator Thomas Bullen.

What no one factored in, not Sanctuary or the FBI, was the lengths Griffin Ryland would go to in the effort to protect himself. Joseph finds out Dale is in trouble and it is only with the help of his team of SEALs that he can make sure Dale is safe and that Griffin Ryland can't cause any more trouble.

A snowy New Years, a deserted airport and a hostage situation with people already dead and suddenly the worlds of Sanctuary and the SEALs collide, with terrifying consequences.

Then, two weeks alone at a resort, falling deeper in love leave the two men with decisions to make and suddenly there is the chance to make forever a possibility.

Buy Links - Print Book

Amazon (US) | Amazon (UK)

Reviews

MM Good Book Reviews - 4/5: Ahhhh. These people are so romantic in their own macho way and they are surprising sweet together. Joseph has a lot of thinking to do about his future. Not just about his relationship, but also what he wants to do in his work life. Dale is just happy to have whatever time he can have with his sexy SEAL, especially if it involves him naked. These guys still have that explosive spark and they are still macho men. what they feel for each other is clear to see in their actions and thoughts and I can finally sigh in relief as they get their happy ever after. ... I have to recommend this to those who love alpha men, facing the future, accepting and receiving deep love, bombs, hostage situations, getting the bad guy and a very satisfying happy ending.

Hearts On Fire Reviews - 4/5: The last we saw of Joseph and Dale was in The Only Easy Day where we were left hanging with a HFN on their relationship. This installment in the Sanctuary series is all about the two men. I enjoyed the way Ms Scott wove the romance around Dale's taking Emily Bullen back from the west coast to turn state's evidence against her husband the senator. The story gave action at the airport fighting Griffin and his men who tried to kill Emily Bullen and balanced it with a great romance. The sex was hot and well written. There was a perfect flow to the story.
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Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words - 4.75/5: It’s all here. All the things that have made this series such a great one. Realistic, fully rounded characters, a complicated criminal investigation that spreads through the series, and a narrative that moves the plot forward swiftly and smoothly.

Mrs Condit Reads Books - 4/5: I’m glad Ms. Scott wrote a follow
 up book to their story. Since I love to read series, any time I can read more about past couples it makes me happy ... Definite must read for Sanctuary fans.

Rainbow Reviews - While the first half of the book is the usual high-tension story including threats, lots of action, and even a bomb, the second half focuses entirely on Joseph and Dale. They need to reconnect, and I loved seeing how they became closer and closer, how they discussed the future, and how Joseph worked out what he wanted to do.

Excerpt

Chapter 1

“It’s not too late, we can still get out of here,” Chief Petty Officer Joseph Kinnon said urgently. He pressed both hands to the glass and stared down at the street below. The city was a white, snowy landscape and at any other time would have been stunningly beautiful. They were ten stories up in a hotel in the heart of the historic district and the place had ledges at each level. As a team they’d dealt with worse. Assessing the situation, he considered the options. “Fuentes, talk to me.”

Luca Fuentes, young, tall, and built like the side of barn with muscles on muscles, was the team’s resident hacker but was also a tactical genius. He joined Joseph at the window. “Chief,” he said formally. His green-eyed gaze unerringly focused in on the view that Joseph had. He frowned as he looked out.

“Can you find egress here?” Joseph asked.

Luca tapped the glass. “Reinforced; we’d need some pretty heavy ordnance to get out—I can get Viktor on that—then zip wire. Get it hooked to the top of the plaza building.” Luca looked up and down, then turned to Joseph. “Forty degrees. We can get down to the roof and get out that way.”

“Assessment?”

“Fifty-fifty. I think most of us will be okay, but one of our team is scared of heights,” Fuentes said seriously.

Joseph nodded in agreement. “You’re talking about Mike Dexter.”

“He’s a liability, sir,” Luca answered. “I’m not sure his underwear would remain unstained and survive the fall.”

Joseph frowned. “So if we could get a change of underwear for after then we can probably get him down.”

“Yes, sir,” Luca answered immediately.

“I should kill you both,” Dexter deadpanned from behind them. He joined them at the window, looked down at the snowy street below, then shrugged. “Anyway, my mother-in-law-to-be will definitely have all exit points covered.”

Joseph and Luca snorted and suddenly all three men were leaning against the glass and laughing.

“She’d have you strung up by your balls,” Joseph choked out between laughing and trying to breathe.

“That wouldn’t be painful enough, Dexter.” Luca smirked. “She’d chop your dick off then hang you up by your balls for walking out on her daughter.”

Joseph clapped his best friend on the shoulder, a quick hug, then he pulled back. “Last chance to escape, Dex, I can get another team in as backup.”

Dexter thumped his shoulder. “Why would I give up the best thing I have?” Dexter said seriously. Everyone went silent. Then Joseph snorted another laugh and he had to step away from Dexter before his friend got a lot more physical.

“And you call yourself a best man, J.” Dexter sighed. He shook his head. “I knew I should have asked Viktor.” That set all three men off again. Viktor played loose and hard with life and the idea of him being best-anything outside of bombs and grenades was just plain weird.

“Speaking of best man and weddings, we’re at T minus twenty and I am out of here. I need to concentrate on my looking-good-in-my-uniform duty.” Fuentes walked to the door.

“Maybe when you grow up you’ll look good,” Joseph called after him.

“Face it, boys, you’re the wrong side of twenty-five and your wrinkled asses make your pants baggy.”

Joseph threw the nearest thing he could find, an apple from the fruit dish. Fuentes caught the fruit and took a bite out of it.

“Later,” he said as he left. Abruptly it was just Joseph and Dexter and one huge empty suite. Joseph’s only line of defense between himself and Dexter being all serious had gone. Joseph even considered calling Luca back at seeing the intense look on Dexter’s face. Joseph knew what he wanted to say but the words in his head just stayed there. He could be serious and focused, just, this was a huge occasion. He’d never been a best man before and he had to work hard to make it look like he knew what he was doing. Dexter crossed to the minibar and emptied the contents of a small bottle into a glass.

He handed the glass to Joseph. “Here, J, drink this.”

Joseph eyed the amber liquid. “Shouldn’t I be saying that to you?”

Dexter smiled. “Why do I need to drink? I’m not the one who’s nervous.”

“I’m not nervous,” Joseph defended immediately.

Dexter shook his head. “You remember that time in Iraq when we had to lie in goat shit for three hours and you were sick on yourself? You’re paler than that.”

Joseph sighed. Dexter knew more about him than he liked. “I don’t like giving speeches, alright? Give me a rifle and I can control a crowd. Make me talk and I fuck it up every time.” He perched on the edge of the sofa and downed the whisky in one. The burn was welcome, but he hoped to hell he didn’t throw the whole lot back up.

“What’s there to fuck up?” Dexter asked gently. He sat on the opposite sofa. “In ten minutes we’re going downstairs, then you tell me what is going to happen.”

Joseph considered the question and decided this wasn’t the time for teasing or his usual shit, this was serious. This was like the run-through for missions where the focus was decided beforehand. For a second he thought of Dale and remembered some of the more thoughtful conversations they had been having recently. He didn’t have to be next to his lover to know how he felt. Whenever he saw Dale’s name light up on his cell he got butterflies. Yes, they’d only managed to meet up once since that first time, but Dale filled every single one of his waking thoughts that weren’t taken up by SEAL business. Thinking of his lover had a smile twitching his lips.

“My best friend is getting married,” Joseph began, “to a beautiful woman who is way too good for him.” Whether it was that simple statement, the effects of the whisky, or even thinking of Dale, he felt himself relaxing. Yes, he was a duck out of water, but the man who had been his best friend since BUD/S was going into marriage with a smile on his face. Joseph could push past any concerns he had about SEALs marrying or about Dexter getting himself killed and leaving a widow.

“J, I wanted to talk to you,” Dexter said carefully. “I’ve been thinking of taking the medical discharge I was offered.”

Joseph’s chest tightened. This was what he had been expecting. Marriage and SEALs didn’t always mesh and he’d watched Dexter recently. The man was edgy and wary and being a SEAL didn’t allow for either. But to lose his best friend from the small expert team they were part of was a terrible blow. He didn’t say any of that. Instead he said, “I can understand that.”

Dexter nodded. “I’m twenty-nine. I found Em. My back is fucked, and I’ve been offered the magic bullet of discharge. I’d like to maybe at least stay stateside if I can, maybe go civilian?”

“The horror.” Joseph smirked. He knew about the medical discharge. Dex was in pain more often than not, and while he could push through it, the SEAL missions were hard on him. The bad back was courtesy of a fucked-up high altitude jump that Dexter was lucky to walk away from. He needed an operation to release nerves too close to scar tissue and he kind of needed it now before the damage became irreparable.

“Ass.”

“I’ve been offered a job with Sanctuary when I get out,” Joseph admitted. “But me leaving the Navy? That’s like ten years or more to retirement. Jake said if I knew anyone else that might be interested…” The comments had been serious but Joseph had dismissed them as something he could think about another day.

“Sanctuary, eh? Sounds like a cool idea. I was thinking about you and me, some kind of security team when you finally get out,” Dexter said thoughtfully.

“Me?” Joseph shook his head. “I’m only nine years in, I have eleven to go. I’m not that old yet.”

Dexter smiled. “Wait till you get to be nearly thirty like I am,” he said.

“Four years yet, old man.”

“And you have Dale now. He’s important to you, and J, aren’t you just a little bit tempted by working privately one day? If not that, then you could move sideways to a Navy posting, or into SEAL training?”

Joseph needed to change the subject. Spending time with Dale, building something with the sexy man, was way up on his to-do list, but to look that far into the future, leaving the SEALs…to leave the Navy after his twenty, even? To stop what he was damn good at? That was a hard one.

“I know what I’m good at,” he said finally. His usual defense.

“Look at it this way, buddy. Do you remember Garret Connor?” Joseph nodded. He recalled Lt Garret Connor, the tall, dark-haired guy with the serious expression. He knew what had happened to Garret. Every SEAL team was more than aware—being a SEAL made you part of a very small family. Garret had been MIA, separated from his entire team. Tortured, injured, his mind messed with, then left for dead. He was still suffering now.

PTSD. Joseph had seen too much of it, not just the Navy but in all the forces fighting in the theater of war.

“A good guy,” Joseph offered lamely. He knew exactly where this conversation was going.

“He’s thirty-one. He’s in a bad place. Every time you suit up, you put yourself in the firing line.”

“I get that, it’s what we do. Garret was unlucky.”

“And we’ve been lucky so far, Joseph.”

“We’re highly trained, we don’t rely on luck—”

“Then neither should Garret. He wasn’t unlucky—it was his time to get hit.”

“Sanctuary isn’t exactly safe either,” Joseph said. He sounded more than a little desperate to his own ears.

“Just think on it in ten years, and if the time is right, we can maybe talk again?”

Joseph relaxed. He liked conversations that could be put off to ‘another time’, particularly a conversation ten years in the future. “Okay,” he agreed. He’d just have to spend the next ten years or so avoiding a civilian Dexter and any mention of breaking up their team. Easy.

“Joseph, there’s one last thing. I need to ask you something.” Dexter sounded deadly serious.

“Anything.”

“Before I get out…hell, after I get out, if anything ever goes wrong and I don’t make it home? Look out for Em?”

Joseph opened his mouth to say what he’d instantly thought, the usual response that nothing was going to happen to Dexter. Instead he simply said, “Always.”

“Then shall we do this thing?” Dexter stood and extended a hand to Joseph, who grasped it and levered himself to stand. After a final hug they separated and with shared smiles, left the suite.



The whole team was here: him, Dexter, the Lieutenant, Fuentes, Freddy…even Viktor. The guy had somehow managed to time his arrival to exactly two minutes before the start, looking disheveled and with lipstick on his uniform. If the man wasn’t a damn genius with ordnance then he’d never get away with half the shit he did on his downtime. Joseph exchanged glances with the LT, Viktor had been slowly getting more and more on the ragged edge and something needed doing. The LT nodded in return and Joseph sighed. He liked Viktor and the man was good at his job, but he lacked control in his private life and something was messing with his head.

His attention moved back to the room. The family was lucky to get this room in the hotel in Albany on New Year’s Eve. It wasn’t the best or most exotic location for a wedding, but that wasn’t what Em and Dexter wanted. The team’s needing to fit it in their thirty-day downtime was tight but Em’s family had somehow managed to snag this room and a judge on this snowy holiday.

Em looked stunning. The slim redhead who had brought big, gruff Mike Dexter to his knees was smiling up at Joseph’s friend and teammate as if he hung the moon and the stars. It warmed Joseph to see it. Added to that she was a feisty partner who was in the Navy herself, based at Oceana with family in Albany and close by. Dexter and Em had been in love since they met at fourteen at school according to how Dexter told it, and today was perfect. The love that was in each vow was obvious.

Joseph remembered the rings and was even lulled into a false sense of security up until they sat for the wedding dinner and it was his turn to talk to the fifty people in the room. He stood and tapped a glass. The chatter stopped and every face in the room turned to him expectantly. Terror punched him like a bullet to a vest and stole his voice. He coughed. Then he saw Fuentes giving him a big thumbs up and that was enough to get his focus back on what he was doing

“When Mike Dexter asked me to be best man I thought he was an idiot,” he began. Great, that sounded better in his head than when he’d actually said the words. Fuentes nodded in encouragement. “Only because, while I can dismantle a gun and get it back together in record time and belch curse words with the best of them, I’m actually not good at standing up and talking.” Everyone laughed at that.

The laughter was welcome and he took a sip of his champagne. He was doing this speech on a mild alcohol buzz and he’d not drunk in so long that this was a very nice feeling, with the word ‘nice’ in capital letters. He continued, “In fact, there is only one person I would do this for and he is the man who got married today. Dexter is my best friend and I guess that allows me to say things about how I think Em and Dexter together are perfect.” He stopped again and glanced at Dexter and Em.

“Thank you,” Em said softly.

“Anyway, I could launch into many an embarrassing story about Dexter here, including the one with the mountain lion and the cheese, but I’ll save that for his sixtieth birthday party.” He smiled at Dexter, who grinned back. Joseph didn’t think he’d ever seen Dexter this happy. “I just wanted to say, congratulations to the best friend a man could wish for, on and off the field. Raise your glasses.” Joseph paused as everyone stood and raised the crystal champagne flutes.

“To Em and Dexter.”

The crowd repeated and finally Joseph sat down, his job done and a huge weight off his shoulders. Now perhaps he could relax. He reached for more champagne, his second glass, and on top of the small whisky from before he was really feeling relaxed. His thoughts immediately turned to Dale—wondering how the other man was doing. He was working an assignment to bring Emily Bullen back home from the West Coast where she had been laying low. But when he finished, they had an entire two weeks together planned at a resort, courtesy of Jake and Sanctuary, and he couldn’t believe how excited he was at the thought. He’d bought Dale a gift for his birthday—his lover was turning thirty in a few days—and he had plans for absolute honesty when they were together.

He fingered the piece of paper he kept with him in his pocket at all times. Not a picture of Dale, after all he did still have his balls. This was a print of a message Dale had sent him on his cell not long after they pulled Beckett from the Bullen Mansion. He’d been back at Oceana by then and only just got the message in time before he locked his cell away to be pulled out on his return from his next mission.

Stay safe, kick ass, come home. Love you.

Such a simple message, but the “Love you” didn’t have any kind of qualification. There was no I think I love you or I am falling in love with you, but a really simple, easy message.

I love you.

Just reading that message the first time had created feelings inside Joseph that he never thought he would feel. They’d been together such a short while but Dale just got him. He was funny, loving, strong, opinionate, good with a gun, tall, sexy, fantastic in bed, and a skilled kisser. All in all he was the perfect candidate for the post of Joseph’s forever-guy.

Just touching the note grounded Joseph in the here and now. Slowly, over the course of the last few months, the space in his life that had once been filled by the team he was with, by the job, by staying alive, had seen a full-frontal assault by the man he had fallen in love with.

The note wasn’t the last time that Dale had said those words. He’d never considered love at first sight—lust yes, love no—but this whole thing with Dale? That was love. A new love, one that was growing every day.

When the dinner ended and people drifted away to freshen up, Joseph determinedly walked through the lobby and out into the frigid air. He wanted to connect to Dale if he could—to check in on him. Just to hear his voice.

It was seven pm in Albany, earlier in LA, and he hoped he would get Dale on first try. He dialed the number he had in memory and Dale answered the phone immediately.

“Hey, sailor,” Dale said softly.

“Hey. Can you talk?” Joseph asked. He stamped his feet and settled back under the awning over the front door and as close to the wall as he could get without touching the icy brick. The snow had started and stopped a dozen times through the ceremony and the roads in Albany were covered in sparkling white. The snow covered any blemishes and left the area pristine and somewhat empty for a New Year’s Eve. Just for a second he debated returning to his room for a jacket but decided against it when he heard Dale’s voice.

“Hang on.” Joseph listened as noises indicated Dale was moving from one place to another. “Here,” he finally said.

“Tell me you’re not sitting in the bathroom,” Joseph said.

“Nope, back up against the front door facing inwards. Sitting between the target, who is currently in the bathroom, and any bad guys brandishing guns.” Dale chuckled as he said this.

Joseph could imagine his lover sitting, leaning back against the door. He’d done it himself at times when he needed time out but couldn’t leave the room. Stop the bad guys’ getting in the door.

“Are you expecting guns?” Joseph asked conversationally. He refused to let his voice carry any indication of the worry that pierced him at the thought. Dale meant too much to him to lose at the end of a bullet but they hadn’t exactly covered the emotions surrounding possible loss of each other in their brief chats. Anyway, how could he show he was worried about Dale when he himself wasn’t exactly working a nine to five in an office?

“Not really. Adam is running the op and there’s nothing indicating any shit near a proverbial fan. Emily Bullen is a low-rent witness now that she’s given access to records. This whole job is just a taxi service.” Dale didn’t sound impressed and Joseph smiled at the irritation in his voice.

“Adam’s running this? Not Manny?” Joseph liked Manny, the guy had an old head on his shoulders and he ran Ops like one of the best SEAL support teams.

“Manny and Josh are taking New Year’s off. Something about having to save Jake’s ass at Christmas.”

Joseph wrapped an arm around his middle. He was freaking cold but hearing Dale’s voice was too much to give up the peace and quiet of the outside. There were too many people inside pushing for attention and wanting to talk to him.

“When do you leave LA?”

“Wheels up in three hours. Big issue is that there’s no letup in that damn snow at your end. Hoping to move out this evening if they clear us for takeoff. Will you still make it to the resort?”

“If it kills me,” Joseph said without thinking. The thought of two weeks with just him and Dale and a Lake Placid Lodge had his cock half-hard and his heart swelling with affection. Realizing what he’d said, he went quiet and banged his head back against the wall. Idiot. Their relationship was still in its infant stage and as much as he wanted much more with the gorgeous blond who slammed into the middle of his life, he didn’t want to make himself look stupid by admitting it too early.

“I can’t wait to see you,” Dale confessed softly.

“Really?” Joseph said quickly. Jeez. His brain needed to focus better. That damn whisky added to two glasses of champagne was messing with his head.

“I missed your SEAL ass,” Dale admitted. “Especially when you didn’t make it back before Christmas.”

Joseph recalled exactly where he’d been on Christmas Day and grimaced at the memory. That particular date had been some particularly squirrely shit and the image of what he’d seen and felt was permanently etched into his thoughts. They were all fortunate to make it to Dexter’s wedding alive.

“I missed you too,” Joseph said. “I’ll see you when you make it to Albany,” he added. He needed to finish this call before his balls froze. They were already in danger of shriveling up and falling off with all this romantic sappy shit. The same shit he was loving to hear.

Joseph ended the call before he said anything else. Seeing Dale, wanting Dale, with all those love words thrown around whenever they met, was a deeply unsettling feeling.

Chapter 2
Dale banged his head back against the wood of the door. When he and Joseph met up they needed to have a talk. Joseph sounded introspective, as usual, and it wasn’t as if Dale was much better. How was it Morgan and Nik made being in a relationship seem so damn easy? Dale swore under his breath. He and Joseph had been apart for a while now, months, not that he was counting or anything. Joseph must have noticed that their phone calls had become tenser, but he hoped that his lover would understand why.

For Dale it was because he had so much inside him he knew that if he started to talk, he’d scare Joseph off. The affection and lust he’d had spiraling inside had just grown exponentially and tomorrow he was going to lay his emotions bare and actually tell Joseph how he felt. He’d texted the I love you, he’d emailed it, had even said it to Joseph’s face on Skype, but not in person yet. At least today he’d laid some of the foundation by admitting he missed Joseph. That was a step in the right direction.

“How long now?” The voice roused him from his thoughts and he blinked up at Emily Bullen, who stood just outside the bathroom. She looked immaculate—as if she was just going to pose for a photo op. Pearls wound around her throat, and her powder blue suit screamed of more money than Dale made in a year. Her hair was sprayed to within an inch of its life and Dale doubted a hurricane would mess with the helmet. He sighed as he looked her up, then down. He’d asked her to wear pants and flats. She had at least made one concession Dale had demanded. She was wearing flatter heels. But they were still heels.

“What if we have to run?” Dale said evenly. “You’ll break your neck.”

“A lady of my age doesn’t run,” Emily replied smoothly.

Emily appeared younger than her sixty-five but that was probably clever makeup and maybe even a little plastic surgery here and there.

“You’ll run if I tell you to,” Dale said firmly.

Tilting her head she stared down at him, a look that reminded Dale far too much of a tiger sizing its prey. “Why are you sitting on the floor?” she asked.

Dale ignored her and smoothly came to stand almost eye to eye with the woman who was driving him mad.

She was clearly bored or something when she pivoted on her heel and stalked into the sitting area. “Are you hoping to trip them up when they come in through the door?” she asked frostily as she walked away. Dale bit his tongue. He’d done a lot of that since Christmas. Damn woman had a stick firmly up her perfumed ass. Dale ignored her as he checked the locks on the door again then crossed to the table. Flight plans, schematics of the jet, and details of Swithuns private airport lay on the flat surface. This would be the first time that Dale had ever worked with Sanctuary where he had transferred someone on a plane, and he wanted as much intel as possible. Swithuns was just outside Albany. It had one runway that ran east to west with mountains at one end and a large lake at the other.

His phone signaled an incoming call and he connected immediately.

Jake didn’t waste time with niceties. “We may have a problem,” he said.

“What kind of problem?”

“We have intel that Griffin Ryland is back in New York state but we lost him.”

“Lost him how?” Dale asked. Sanctuary didn’t lose people they were tracking.

“He isn’t without resources or money,” Jake said firmly. “We were lucky to get his tail in LA.”

Dale glanced over at the Senator’s wife who, despite appearing serene, had a look of fear in her eyes. He crossed back to the door, which was a good ten feet away from his charge.

“What does he want with her?” he asked. “I don’t get his motivation. He’s fucked. There is so much evidence piled against him that he’s going down. Her testimony is only underlining his part in it all.”

“The Senator could have paid him to pull this off?” A second voice joined Jake’s. Sean Hanson, Jake’s partner now—or so Kayden said—was adding his two cents. “Politics is thicker than marriage,” he added dryly. “It’s him she has the most against at the end of the day.”

“I’m thinking of getting a partner in for your backup,” Jake said seriously.

Dale considered the situation as it stood. They were a two-minute walk to the plane. Jake’s pilot flew the damn thing. All he had to do was get out of LA in one piece.

“I’m not seeing I need anything. Easier for me to get her home with as little fuss as possible.”

“Your call, Dale,” Jake agreed. “Edward is your pilot and we have a newbie working next to him. Stephanie Kellen is new to us, but she’s trained and good at her job.”

So now all he had to do was kill a few hours until it was time to leave.



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As soon as the plane door shut on them Dale finally released a noisy breath. That had to have been the longest two-minute walk of his life. He immediately called in a sit rep then checked the plane from one end to the other. Edward Martins was the pilot, an old friend of Jake’s and keeper of the Sanctuary jet, his copilot was Stephanie Kellen. Stephanie was eager to please and as soon as she saw Dale she was shaking his hand and talking. She hardly came up to his shoulder and her dark hair was pulled back from her face in a smooth twisted knot. She looked about eighteen but Dale was sure she couldn’t be that young.

Dale half listened as he cast a glance around the small cockpit and the solid interior of the plane. This wasn’t a cozy millionaire’s jet, this was black leather and dull steel and only had four seats. According to Jake it was in the middle of some kind of refit but Dale kind of liked it the way it was. Solid and unassuming. If a jet could be unassuming.

“So yell if you need anything,” Stephanie said. Dale looked back at her and realized she had stopped talking. “Just ask,” she added.

“I will, Stephanie, thank you.” She waited and he considered why she hadn’t moved off. “Welcome to Sanctuary,” he said.

She beamed at him then took her seat next to Edward. He’d obviously done the right thing. Dale buckled himself in opposite and as far away from the Senator’s wife as he could manage, and finally the jet left LA. The time in the air was going to be about six and half hours then they had one stop for fuel, although Dale didn’t know where. That was Edward’s job.

His charge had her nose in a book and he grabbed a file out of his flight bag. His next job was a babysitting gig for Albany PD starting at the end of January and he had brief details he could at least begin to learn. Barring disasters or emergencies he was a free man for most of January—his downtime. Not only that, but Joseph was also free. At the thought of Joseph, Dale was half hard. Jeez, every time he remembered the touch of the man, the sounds he made when they were making love, the scent of him…it was a surprise his dick wasn’t raw. He could get off on the memories of what had happened between them.

The mountain, waiting to go in and rescue Beckett, and Joseph unbuttoning his pants and pulling out his cock. The look on the SEAL’s face when he asked to suck Dale’s cock and that utter determination by Dale to get to Joseph first. Even if they hadn’t ended up connecting emotionally, they sure as hell connected physically. Expectation of what they would be doing when they met up had him hard. He could imagine pressing Joseph up against the wall and kissing him, enjoying that time of being in control before Joseph took over and pushed Dale to feel him for days.

They’d had one chance to kiss since they met. That was all. Less than ten minutes in a freaking janitor’s closet.

Dale closed his eyes and leaned back in his seat. He could picture Joseph clearly. Beautiful gray eyes and close-cut dark hair with a body to die for and crazy ninja skills. Dale had never imagined himself with another SEAL. Not that Dale was still a SEAL, but when he was going through BUD/S he certainly hadn’t lusted after any of his fellow sailors. Joseph was different, a warrior but without steel running through every pore of him. There were softer parts that Dale wanted to know more about. He must have fallen asleep from the overdose of sappiness because Edward shaking his shoulder and talking to him was a shock.

“We’re flying above storm clouds at the moment,” Stephanie confirmed. “Snow is heavy around Albany but Swithuns should be fine because it’s sheltered by the mountains. We’re landing to refuel in twenty. Want some coffee?” Coffee sounded like heaven and Dale took the insulated mug gratefully. Refueling meant they were more than halfway through the flight.

“The storm anything we should worry about? Do we need to change anything?” Like maybe landing somewhere hotter. Miami sounded nice. Although, of course, Miami didn’t have Joseph waiting for him. Restless, he left his seat and leaned against the frame of the cockpit.

“This is driving me freaking mad,” Edward muttered as he tapped one of the gauges then peered at it closely. “Stephanie, do me a favor and check the hydraulics on the right wing. Damn dial is stuck.” Edward sounded pissed. “I let people in my plane and they touch my stuff,” he grumped.

Stephanie gave another one of her wide grins and unbuckled herself. “He obviously hates when they mess with the interior.”

“Don’t need to touch mechanics to put in carpet,” Edward pointed out. Dale stood back as Stephanie went past and into the main cabin.

“They’re going to put in carpet?” Dale glanced back at the bare floor of the jet. The metal was familiar, a reminder of his BUD/S week when the only chance of sleep was during transport. Amazing what a pack and a rolled-up jacket could do for comfort on the floor of a truck or a warehouse.

Edward shrugged then huffed a laugh. “It’s for when we move kids. Opening up places on the West Coast means we have sometimes to move families. Not to mention the Canada safe house.”

Stephanie came back into the cabin and slid into her seat. She looked pale. Sick.

“You need to go and look,” she said carefully.

Edward frowned. “Why? What did they do? Jeez, how bad can it be?” She didn’t answer but there was something in her expression that had Dale following Edward to the uncovered wires over the right wing. Edward crouched down and peered into the hole.

“Fuck,” he cursed. Settling himself on his stomach, he shuffled forward to put his entire head down the hole. There was muttered cursing and then he slid back and up into a crouch. Gone was the laconic pilot and in his place was the ex-fighter pilot that had flown tours in Desert Storm. His expression was utterly focused and carved from stone.

“We need to call this in,” he said.

“What is it?” Dale asked immediately. Edward gestured for him to lie down as he had.

“Look at the rear of the panel with the K and 6 on it. Follow the wire back to the rear. You see the blinking?”

Dale looked closely. He wasn’t an expert in planes but he knew enough to see the wires and tubes for the hydraulics. Then he saw the blinking red light. He edged a little farther and the better view had him inhaling sharply. A timer. So small you could miss it. Wrapped to enough explosive that the jet wouldn’t stand a chance against the hole blown in its side. Letting out a curse, he pulled his cell from his pocket, which was awkward in this position, and snapped off a few shots of what he could see. The flash was bright and he hoped to hell the light was enough to help show decent photos so Jake could get a handle on this. Then he sat back upright.

“What do you know about explosives?” Dale asked Edward.

His expression remained impassive as he shook his head. “Nothing,” he said.

“Stephanie?”

“Enough to get us all killed,” Stephanie said from the cockpit. Dale connected to comms and uploaded the photos and watched as they were sent slowly.

“Dale?” Jake answered immediately.

“A bomb, Jake. We have a bomb on the plane.”

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The Equal Rights Blog Hop

Ignorance is something I come across every so often. My son has autism and some people will never understand him, or the way we act when dealing with him and supportting him. Because they don't know enough, they are ignorant.

I know that the brief for today was about what LGBT means to me.

There is something I can not get out of my head. It was an event that happened forty years ago that I didnt know about. Learning about the history of the GLBT movement gives me reminders of how far the GLBT community has come.

I clicked on a piece of news the other day, a forty year anniversary of an event in LGBT history that I didnt even know about. A fire in an upstairs room where a group of people were attending a church meeting in the french quarter of New Orleans. The fire was started deliberatley but the most likely suspect was never charged.

Wikipedia sums this up with the black and white details: "On Sunday, June 24, 1973, the final day of Pride Weekend, a group of members of the Metropolitan Community Church, a pro-LGBT Protestant denomination, held services inside the club, located on the second floor of a three-story building at the corner of Chartres and Iberville Streets. The MCC was the United States' first gay church, founded in Los Angeles in 1969. After the service, the club hosted free beer and dinner for 125 patrons. At the time of the evening fire, some 60 people were listening to pianist David Gary perform and discussing an upcoming MCC fundraiser for the local Crippled Children’s Hospital."

Radio hosts made fun of the fire, and the people who died. People said the men deserved it. In some cases no family members stepped forward to claim remains. Such was the world that these people, these brave people, lived in. I can't stop thinking about it. The images that accompanied the article were horrific and the story so intensly awful.

We are lucky to live in a time where there is more acceptance, but still it isn't enough. There is bullying, and suicide, and murder, and hate filled attacks. While we may have moved on from 1973 it is important we remember what happened that day because it shapes the future.

Have a look at everyone else's posts for the blog hop here - http://queertownabbey.com/join-the-equal-rights-blog-hop-july-4th-through-7th/

I am not going to ask a question for you to answer. Simply leave your name and email here and you will be entered into a competition to win $20 Amazon gift voucher.

HUGS RJ X
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Worlds Collide, Sanctuary 7, out today


It is the day after New Years and Dale is en route back to Albany in a private jet with Emily Bullen. She is coming back home after turning states evidence on her husband Senator Thomas Bullen.

What no one factored in, not Sanctuary or the FBI, was the lengths Griffin Ryland would go to in the effort to protect himself.

Joseph finds out Dale is in trouble and it is only with the help of his team of SEALs that he can make sure Dale is safe and that Griffin Ryland can't cause any more trouble.

A snowy New Years, a deserted airport and a hostage situation with people already dead and suddenly the worlds of Sanctuary and the SEALs collide, with terrifying consequences.

Then, two weeks alone at a resort, falling deeper in love leave the two men with decisions to make and suddenly there is the chance to make forever a possibility.

Available on the Love Lane Books Website
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Friday Interview - Morticia Knight

Thank you for letting me stop by your blog today RJ! ;-) And I have a few fun answers to share…

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Where do you get your ideas for sex scenes? Porn? LGBT friends? Personal experience?I’ll never tell. *snicker* Oh alright, I will. Pretty much all of the above. My best friend is gay, and he’s lived with me for the last seven years. There’s nothing we don’t know about each other!

Character development is important to me when I read. I am always curious whether characters are based on people the author knows and research, or if they are based on pure fiction.
I love to people watch, and I’ve met a lot of different ones in my life. I mean, these people were real characters! But seriously, it really is a combination of both. I’m not going to completely take someone’s private life and put it on paper (or e-reader), but I like to add some real life quirks and nuances to make my characters more interesting and engaging.
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Monday News Round up - Sanctuary 7, Montana 1, UK Meet & More

Book Releases

The Doctor And The Bad Boy (Ellery 4)...

... has been described as classic RJ Scott.

I like that phrase, not sure what classic RJ Scott is but never mind...typically crap, typically .... i'll leave that to your imagination!

Out to buy and read from Total E-Bound only - http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=2198

Shattered Secrets (In The Shadow Of The Wolf #1) with Diane Adams

Re-released through Love Lane Books and is available on www.lovelanebooks.co.uk, Amazon, ARe.

Writing with Amber Kell & Stephani Hecht

The three of us are each taking one book in a trilogy about wolf shifters in Vermont... I am writing book 1, The New Wolf, which will be with you 1 August... Book 2 is Stephani's and is out 15 August and Book 3 is Ambers, out 1 September. All three will be available seperately on those dates but pulled together as one paperback and all being well it will be ready for Gay Rom Lit for us all to sign!

Insert English Dry humour: Of course mine will the best book so Steph and Amber will have a hard time following it... BWHAHAHAHAHA

Sanctuary 7 marketing and buy date

As you may all be aware S7 - Worlds Collide, is out this friday and I am trying this new countdown marketing thing. It was inspired by Diane Adams who used to do this for her Making Of A Man books, and also by the new work TEB is doing for their author's new books.

Let me know what you think?

New weekly competition

I have these wonderful printed postcard type thingies that all arrived this week. OMG they are gorgeous - I am blessed with the most amazing artwork from Meredith Russell and BitterGrace Art. While hubby and I wrestle with a cost effective way to get these to people I decided to run a weekly competition for every single person that signs up, or is signed up already, to my website for email updates. The winner each week can select three cards and I will sign them and send them to the winner...

Pre-order books for the UK Meet

If you're attending the UK Meet I have a list of books available in paperback that you can pre-order for me to sign. This was following on from a couple of emails I received about print books that really made me smile.

You can find the post about this here: Book Order for UK Meet

 Website

I have a newly updated WIP page which I am trying to keep up to date as I change anything... I need to work on my print books page... so no one go look at that, okay! 
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I'm in trouble again... ROFL

Removed from Pinterest for being too sexually revealing... oops my bad...

You can see it it's full yummy glory HERE... I should warn you its NSFW... and Pinterest didn't like it... :(

Although I dont think it's any worse than a pair of boobs.... never mind...

ROFL...

Happy Monday!!!

Normal Monday round-up of news to follow...

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Friday Interview - L.J. LaBarthe

Hi RJ, thanks so much for having me on your blog! It's wonderful to be here. So first up, are three questions and my answers to them. These were rather thought-provoking, I have to say.

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How do you manage to come up with such detailed backgrounds, not just the characters, but the worlds too?

The short answer: research. I write predominantly historicals and paranormals, so particularly for the former, there's a lot of research that goes on before I even open Word. I love research anyway, so I don't mind that part of the process at all. Sometimes, as I'm writing, I'll realize I need to check something and pause a moment to hit up Google and see if what I think is right is actually correct. With paranormals, particularly the "Archangel Chronicles," because those books are set all over the world, I need to look at photos of location A or B to get a good idea of how to write the setting properly.

Tetley's or PG Tips?

Tea! I love tea. Because I'm Australian, I had no idea what PG Tips were, so I Googled. And I don't think we have those here. I don't drink Tetley's, either. What I do like are Madura Green Tea bags which are an Australian brand of tea, and Dilmah's Moroccan Mint Green Tea, which is SO good. I also use loose leaf tea and get my teas from the wonderful http://t2tea.com/ store, who have more teas than I ever knew existed. I'm very partial to green teas.
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Competition Winner

And the winner of the first competition is...lo___y40@gmail.com... I'm emailing them now!

They win $15 of Amazon vouchers and three signed cards.


I will be running regular competitions to win signed postcards of cover art... watch this space!

I am also looking into *selling* my signature and covering postage so that I can send cards out to all the people that asked... so the cards would be FREE and there would be a small charge to cover signing and postage... how does that sound? Any comments welcome... :)


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In The Writing Closet

Today I read a very interesting article by author Leta Blake. Entitled *Am I an ally if I'm in the closet about my writing* I read it and felt for every word she said.

You can read it *** HERE ***, and I would love if you went over and read it and commented. 

I think I am one of the lucky ones in this business we call MM writing. The first positive thing is that I live in a place where I guess, it is odder if you do attend church that if you don't. I don't know the statistics of belief in England but I am sure as a part of the UK we are probably the least church-going out of us, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

If I look at myself and my *real life* friend circle I have four non believers, one on the fence, one who attends church on special occasions and has a quiet faith, and one who is a Christadelphian and who attends church at least twice a week and has a life guided entirely by those beliefs. None of my friends judge me but they all say they are looking forward to when I write normal stuff they can read. (Although my two closest friends have both read a couple of my books).

I have a small extended family, but my mum and sister are very proud and loud supporters of what I do. Although I know they both skip the sex scenes, they enjoy the *stories* and the HEAs.

I am also very lucky that my daughter is older. My daughter writes and reads MM, she is at a school that is gay friendly, and her boyfriend's best friend is gay. She doesn't care what people say to her about what I do and she is proud of what I write. Although she has been asked WHY I write MM and how do I know how to write male/male sex. Hello, it's called research... bwahahahaha.
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Competition to celebrate the release of The Doctor And The Bad Boy

What is on this website?

News on book releases
Updates on works in progress
Cover Art releases
Reviews for my books
"Focus on a series" pages
Buy links to E-books and paperbacks
Contact Details for RJ Scott
Interviews with other authors
Posts about autism (something close to my heart!)
Shared inspirational photos
Reviews on books and films
Competitions
Special Offers

COMPETITION

To celebrate the release of The Doctor And The Bad Boy on Friday 21st, I am offering the chance for you to win three signed cover art postcards (6"x4") as shown in the picture and a $15 voucher for Amazon.

All you have to do is sign up for email notifications of new content on the site - the link is in the top left hand corner.

And don't worry... if you're already signed up then you are already included in the draw!

Competition closes Saturday 9pm, GMT (London)

Mitchell Ryan, the recovering alcoholic bad boy, meets Doctor Liam Wolfe, the man who shows him it’s okay to love…

No one has ever understood Mitchell Askett. The bad boy. The alcoholic. The loser. Buying into the Ellery Mountain resort and placing down roots in the community for himself, his sister and his niece puts him on the radar of the Fridays and Doctor Liam Wolfe.

He soon realises he has friends in his new home who don’t judge him for what happened before and finally begins to escape his past. When he falls hard and fast for the doctor, he even sees a future for him in Ellery.

But when his new happiness is first threatened by family interference then by disaster, he begins to lose faith, until Liam shows him it’s okay to ask for help.

BUY LINK - http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=2198
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Fire, books 1, 2 & 3

Kian

Darach

Eoin

Kian has crossed over from his world to ours to seek revenge. His plan is to kill the monster who murdered his Uncle. The same monster who used magic to escape to our world and is hiding here and growing in strength.

Regan Campbell is a hunter of Demons. The first son, of a first son, he is the one who protects this world from the monsters that no one else knows are here.

When Kian reaches this world, he knows Regan is the perfect man to fight alongside him, but Regan trusts no one.

It isn’t until they are facing death and a terrible evil that will be let loose, that Regan finally realises he can trust another...his fated partner, Kian.		Darach Gravenor is a keeper of blue Fire. He is alone in his world and he wants to rescue his friend Kian from the horrors of the Other World.

 Ceithin Morgan is Cariad. Strong with Ancient magic he teaches Darach that not all children's fairy stories should be believed. Ceithin has his own reasons for helping Darach and shows Darach that there is magic that he never even knew existed.

 They are living on borrowed time. Guardian knows what they are doing and he is coming for Ceithin. Darach and Ceithin have two choices -- do they run, or do they make their stand together?

Eoin is faced with the end of times. 

 With his friends at his side, can he rescue the prisoner that might hold the secrets to winning the battle between Cariad and City as well as the key to his heart?

 His bond brothers, Kian and Darach, probably hate him for his necessary lie, two-thirds of the Council wants him dead, and the prisoner’s amber Fire is killing them both.

 The third book in the Fire Trilogy discovers more old Guardians, ancient Cariad magik, and not least of all the other half of Eoin: Trystyn.


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