Coming Soon x 2, and One Cool Cat

Convincing Leopold has made its way to Loose Id's Coming Soon page. And yes, I've been by to visit the guys a time or two. I just can't resist. No cover though, and it will likely be another month before I get it. Until then, I'm content with them just being on the coming soon page.

Speaking of covers, I designed one over the weekend for Deliberately Bound, the next freebie short story featuring Oliver and Vincent. I was in a photoshop mood and indulged myself. So since the cover's done, that means I need to finish the story. A while back (like in December) I mentioned that I'd probably post it in April. It's now the 26th. I'm currently working on it and hoping to have it done by the end April, but it might end up being early next week. I'll post on the blog as soon as it's up on my website.

In other news, I found Chococat hanging out on the couch in kidlet's playroom. I really dig the outfit kidlet put on him - pink rhinestone pleather collar and tight, striped-pink shorts.

Convincing Leopold - Excerpt

First up, His Client is now available on Amazon for Kindle. Ok, so it's been available for a bit but I just remembered to mention it on the blog. We'll just pretend I didn't forget.

Second, Shawn Lane is holding a contest on her blog. Comment on this post before April 25th to enter to win. She'll pick 5 random winners for a pick from her backlist or one of her upcoming releases.

And last but not least, I have an excerpt from Convincing Leopold up on my website. Click HERE to check it out. I also tweaked the blurb a bit before I turned it into Loose Id. So here's the updated version:

Mr. Leopold Thornton finally has the man he’s loved for a decade, yet he can’t believe his good fortune. A reformed rake and a conservative solicitor? Can it possibly last? To add to Leopold’s worries, Arthur’s spending more time at the office…with a handsome new secretary. Desperate not to lose Arthur, Leopold does the only thing he can think of – use pleasure to keep him.

Mr. Arthur Barrington truly wants their relationship to work. Sinfully beautiful and devoted to him, Leopold’s the opposite of Arthur’s staid ex-lover. And Leopold’s given up his old vices, putting those concerns to rest. Yet lately, all Leopold wants is sex – in the study, in the carriage, and at Arthur’s office, no less. The sex is amazing, but juggling demanding clients and a demanding lover leaves Arthur exhausted and worried perhaps he and Leopold aren’t suited after all.

It takes one disastrous night for Arthur to realize how much Leopold means to him. But convincing Leopold he loves him, all of him and not just his body, proves difficult. For Leopold’s disappeared and Arthur hasn’t a clue where to find him.

Stolen Cookies

So, what's new? I received the 2nd round of edits on Convincing Leopold and did them over the weekend. I was also interviewed by Deviant Divas Erotic Book Reviews. Here's the link if you want to check it out. Other than that, I've been renaming guys. It's the book idea I'm planning to work on next, and when I went back to my outline I realized I had given one guy's last name to another dude and the other hero needed a new last name as well. So I spent time going through my spreadsheet of character names (...yes, I keep a spreadsheet) and searching for common Irish and English last names online.

Here's where I admit I have sticky fingers when it comes to cookies. When I see a particularly yummy one, I snap it up. As I was browsing through my cookie file to pick one for today's post, I decided to share some of my favorite borrowed cookies.

'Tackle from Shawn' from Shawn Lane Writes Romance. Shawn's a football fan, and if the players did this on the field on football Sundays, I'd be going to every game.

'Shower from Eyre' from A Reader's Journey. Love the green and blue lighting...oh, and the cookies are mighty nice, too.

'Cross from Lily' from I Love Books. I just love the lines of his body and the look on his face. I really need to work him into a book someday.

'Shaving cream from Janna' from Rarely Dusty Books. She shares some awesome cookies on her Happy Gay Friday posts, and this one's a fav because I can't help wondering what happened before and after this pic ;)

And 'Almost kiss from Wren' from Nonsense and Little Things. I think it's pretty obvious why this one's a fav.