It's here, woooo!! Come and get your copy of ROSE AND THORNS: TOUCH UP digitally from any of these retailers or in print from Amazon.

Cover by Vanessa North

Last year, twenty-three-year-old actress Dina Gilbert snagged the lead in the summer’s biggest blockbuster. It wasn’t easy: she’s black, openly queer, and has actual curves she refuses to let people Photoshop. Now, overwhelmed by sudden fame and homesick for Georgia, she’s becoming someone she doesn’t recognize. Maybe that’s why she’s out partying her face off most nights.

Enter Colleen Thomas, an ex-model turned photo editor whose issues with her own body are only surpassed by her issues with other peoples’. Colleen knows the rules but Photoshops Dina’s magazine cover anyway, incurring the wrath of Dina and her fans. And, okay, maybe that cover image was unbelievably sexy even before Colleen’s alterations. So what? Dina’s not fooling anyone with that girl-next-door, I-eat-Snickers-in-my-Golden-Globes-dress BS. Colleen knows a train wreck when she sees one.

Tensions rise even more when Colleen and Dina have to work together at the Rose Social Club’s annual charity gala. When they realize they have something in common, no one is more surprised than they are. The sexual chemistry doesn’t hurt either. Their differences could either be a source of strength—a life raft in the heaving waters of Hollywood—or the makings of a titanic crash.

I tend to flit between writing fluffier things and heavier things, and y'all, this is the latter. Warnings for body-shaming, eating disorders, racism, microaggressions, drug use (cocaine, marijuana), excessive drinking, on page sex, and wyvern dildos.

... >.> Okay, it's not ALL serious, only mostly.

These girls have some issues, but maybe they can help each other become something more? Love does that sometimes.

And don't forget to check out all the Rose & Thorns books, including Vanessa North's OFF LIMITS, already out, and Brooklyn Wallace's upcoming SUGAR & ICE, coming next month! ROSE & THORNS: Where fame, sex, scandal, and sisterhood are always in vogue…

Catch J.A. Rock & me reading from TOUCH UP this weekend at GRL in Virginia on Friday afternoon. We'll be bringing some prizes, too!

When I began plotting the second book to take place in the fantasy country of Chrysopoeia a few weeks ago, I realized I'd better work on getting the first book, Alchemiya, up and running again! Since Loose Id closed earlier in the year it's been languishing on my hard drive! But now it's back and better than ever, with a new edition. If you own the first edition, don't worry, it's only cosmetic changes to the text in this new one, so you're good to go. If you don't, hey, now's a great time for some cute fantasy/regency "marriage of convenience" wlw fun!

Cover by Natasha Snow

Eugenia was born to privilege in the Ratna clan, nobility famed for their alchemical jewel production. Eugenia’s a talented alchemist herself—but the patriarchy insists her less able brother is the heir to the family secrets and property. As if that weren’t insult enough, an accidentally public tryst with another woman means Genie is shunned by polite society altogether.

Enter the gorgeous Lord Oliver Plumtree, scion of one of the oldest alchemical families in Chrysopoeia and master of the foreboding Waldgrave Abbey. But Lord Oliver is actually Olivia, and on the lookout for a wife—one who requires an escape from the same crushing social mores that have forced Olivia to masquerade as her own long-dead brother to keep her family’s estate intact.

Genie and Liv seem a perfect match from the get-go, and things heat up quickly between them. But before they can carry off their marriage of convenience, Waldgrave Abbey reveals more secrets. Jealous Plumtree relatives and Liv’s association with the Secret Society of Alchemiya, rumored to be a dark and sinister arm of the patriarchy, might just ruin Genie and Liv’s chance at their unlikely happily ever after.

Ever since Alchemiya first appeared, I've known there would be at least two books, if not three. The second book will return to familiar characters--it's told by Charlotte "Cherry" Plumtree, Liv's younger sister, in fact. I can't wait to make it happen, so I'm super glad Alchemiya is back!

Check out some excerpts and reviews at the book's page, or jump straight to the good part and order yourself a copy!





In other news, Touch Up  is still up for pre-order this week! It comes out next week, so be sure and snag your copy--and one of Vanessa North's Off Limits, the first book in the Rose & Thorns world! As far as wlw romance goes, Touch Up, is in some ways the opposite of Alchemiya. It's intense, with deeply flawed characters and real world, immediate issues tearing that the relationship. I'm super proud of it and the work J.A. Rock and I did on it, so check it out if that's your cup of tea!

Warnings for body issues, eating disorders, racism, drug use, body shaming, sexism... the stuff you'd expect from Hollywood, but it comes out right in the end.

Also, if you know any reviewers that do WLW books, please send them my way! I'd love to get these books into the hands of people who are into either fluffy or angsty WLW action. (I mean, I say it's angsty, but Touch Up features a wyvern dildo, so it has some laughs in it too.)





It's October, yay! If you're looking for some creepy-yet-sexy reads for these fabulous Autumn nights, have I got the thing for you. My Witchy Boys are here and ready to go!

 

Unfortunately, there's no new edition for 2018, but the last two years' are still kicking and ready to light up the dark nights. (More next year, I promise!) Each book contains two stories chock full of magic, zombies, and witchcraft of all kinds. For the month of October, the first Witchy Boys is available FOR FREE via Fangs, Fur, and Immortals, a giveaway at BookFunnel with loads of great Paranormal Romances up for grabs! What's the catch? You have the option to sign up for the authors' mailing lists. That's it, really!




I'll have free copies of Witchy Boys with me at GRL too, plus some epic swag, but more on that later. See you in Virginia ♥