Here we are again, counting down to new year. And whatever else 2024 brought, it gave me some books I really enjoyed. In no particular order: Cicadas by Avery Cockburn In 1987, as the cicadas emerged from their 17 year nap in a cacophony of sounds, Joel and Danny met. Once innocent day where the most they did was dance, stoned, in a sunlit meadow and yet, they forged a connection that neither one forgot, … Read more
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
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
And once again, Facebook has decided my short story must be spam. So here’s the story for Sunday Dec 1, 2024. (Note – there is now a part 2 to this story here on my website – link is at the bottom.) It’s a Date Marshall I could tell he was a newbie at one glance. His hair was clean, for one thing. He sat at the table in front of his tray of … Read more
For those of you who missed my Halloween “Hidden Wolves” novella that was briefly available, I have now put it up for sale. You can find it on AZ, Google Play, and Smashwords, with other wide locations to come. 20,000 words, $1.99 I got this great new cover for it from Jo Clement – the human MC is said to look like Clark Kent and this guy is perfect 
If you got the freebie … Read more
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
My new Road to Rocktoberfest 2024 book is out now. Of course, I didn’t manage to write a classic rockstar romance – check out Missing Chord, a story of music and aging, mistakes, redemption, and second chances. On Amazon and in KU – https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D81FLFBL Griffin is 56 and his stellar career has been on the downhill slide. Lee is 40, a caring nurse-practitioner working in a nursing home. Once, twenty years ago, they were on … Read more
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
Release day for Magic Escaping – the sequel to Magic Burning in the Carnival of Mysteries. I had so much fun getting Alan in trouble and letting Jason, Alan’s friends, and Sunny, of course, try to get him out. Kidnapping Alan may turn out to be the biggest mistake NSEP ever made. His boyfriend Jason’s no superhero, Sunny’s just a bird, and the rest of Alan’s friends are Healers and an elderly sorcerer, but they’ll … Read more
Today is release day for Once an Alpha – this 45K prequel novella is set a year before Unacceptable Risk – book 1 and is designed to be an alternate intro to the Hidden Wolves world (and also hopefully fun for those who already know my wolves.) I’m delighted to see early reviewers are enjoying meeting David and Rob. Forbidden love, found family, hurt-comfort, coming out Once an Alpha universal link – https://books2read.com/OnceAnAlphaKaje Can I … Read more