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Free Necromancer Novella – Saved by the Rat

For the month of February, you can download 7 Workplace-romance novellas from various authors for free from Book Funnel. And when I was asked to contribute, what I came up with was a contemporary-paranormal (was supposed to be just contemporary. Oops) set in the modern-day Necromancer world. Robin I’ve been managing my uncle’s secondhand building-supply center long enough to know that I need to make an impression on new employees first. I’m five-foot-two and skinny … Read more

Sunday Stories – Holiday Traditions

My Sunday story – once again stretched past Facebook tolerances so here is this year’s version of a holiday story, and very best wishes for a happy holiday season to you all.   Holiday Traditions   “Excuse me, Doc?” I looked up from my tablet, not sorry to have someone interrupting year-end inventory. No matter how smart the system was supposed to be, I still had to count the syntha-skin patches and analgese-tab bottles by … Read more

Sunday Stories – And the Truth Shall Set You Free

Hey folks, once again, Facebook decided original fiction 3600 words long must be “trying to get likes in a deceptive way” and pulled it as spam. Which is a win for you folks NOT on Facebook, since this week’s story is here once again.     And the Truth Shall Set You Free Adam “Maybe this is a bad idea.” I froze in the doorway to the small cafe. Mark grabbed my arm to keep … Read more

Sunday Stories – Keeping the Date (2)

This is part 2 for It’s a Date that I put up last week. You can find part 1 here: https://www.kajeharper.com/?p=3825 Folks on my group wanted something more solid for these guys than the tentative hope at the end of last week’s story, so here’s a follow-up. Do read part 1 first.     Keeping the Date Colton I pulled a hairnet down over my ears and tucked in a stray bit of hair off … Read more

Free NEW Hidden Wolves novella

Hi folks. Happy Halloween. Today and tomorrow (through Nov 1) you can download for free 7 NEW Halloween stories, including my own 20K Hidden Wolves novella – Unmasked – all you need is an email. Get it from MM Romance Books on a Budget” – https://www.mmromanceonabudget.com/shop-1 If you miss this chance, I’ll have this novella available for sale later. Let me know if you have any issues with the download. I hope you enjoy the … Read more

Sunday Story – Not My Scene

I usually post my Sunday Story in my Facebook Group, but sometimes FB decides my stories are spam, “looking for likes and follows in a fraudulent way.” So here’s this week’s story instead. Something lightish this week – (cw for anxiety.)   Not My Scene I shouldn’t have come. That certainty overwhelms me within five minutes of accepting a red plastic cup of unidentifiable blood-red punch and finding a place to hold up the wall … Read more

NRRR Story – Fake Boyfriend’s Choice

I’m attending the Northern Rainbow Romance Retreat event in Toronto this weekend, and as part of my salon this morning, I had some folks propose a writing prompt for me. They came up with Blake, a 25-year-old bus driver, and Alex, an older town hall clerk, with fake dating, age gap, a beanbag chair, and a cat named Poe. So here is that story.   . Fake Boyfriend’s Choice Alex hid a yawn behind one … Read more

A Holiday Story

Hi folks – if you haven’t yet read my story from Thanksgiving on this blog last week STOP and read it first – it’s the first half of this story with the meet-cute, and you can find it here: THANKSGIVING  – Serendipity- Part 1 And for those who have, here’s – Christmas Holiday – Serendipity – Part 2 Serendipity – part 2 Joe   I pulled off three layers of silly-elf wrapping paper and opened … Read more

A Thanksgiving meet-cute story

**There is a link to part 2 – Christmas – at the end of this story** Serendipity Adrien   “Excuse me. Are you Scott?” I jumped and turned. The man lit by the parking lot floodlights was a total stranger. Sadly, because he was gorgeous. “No, sorry. I’m Adrien.” “Oh.” His shoulders slumped. “Sorry to have bothered you.” I’d have continued on my way in the doors, but as the man turned away I thought … Read more

Halloween story in 2 parts

Hey folks, this is one I put on my FB Group for Halloween 2022, but I figured I might share it here this year, for folks who aren’t on FB. (content warning for captivity) I hope you all have a great Halloween, and take the chance to be whomever you want on this particular holiday.   Promises to Keep “Don’t go to the cemetery tonight.” Joel lays a hand on my arm. “Its been twenty … Read more