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The heart of Alastair Harding’s life is duty. Becoming the first gay chief of the Metropolitan police has required certain sacrifices, but Alastair made them willingly. If his life now lacks human connections, he can’t exactly complain—and it’s a little too late for regrets.
Jay Fieldhouse knows all about sacrifice, too. Brought to London for his own safety by witness protection, Jay’s grassroots charity works day and night to save vulnerable kids from a life of crime. But getting close to other people is tough when no one really knows who you are.
When he meets Alastair one night at a charity event, Jay is intrigued by his glimpse of a gentle soul beneath the commissioner’s uniform. The two men decide to run their lonely paths side by side for a while—after all, life is short and good sex is hard to come by.
Then the shadows of the past begin to stir, and the words which go unsaid might be Jay and Alastair’s undoing.
Get it today: http://getbook.at/shelteringtree
The Sheltering Treeis J.R. Lawrie’s first full length novel, following her beloved debut anthology, Let Your Heart Be Light.
Are you attending @221bcon? Do you want to stock up on paperbacks by your favorite fan fiction authors? All of our paperback titles are available for preorder NOW! http://carnationbooks.com/preorder.
Available Titles:
From@berlynn-wohl:Oh, Doctor Watson!;Mad Scientists Need Love Too;Dreams and Machines, and Oh, Earthman!
From@conversationswithjohnlock/Clara W. Barrow: Everywhere With You (Omnibus Edition)
From billiethepoet/Gretchen Evans: How to Talk to Nice English Girls
From@doctornerdington/Elyssa Warkentin: A Land So Wild
From@mottlemoth/J.R. Lawrie: Let Your Heart Be Light
From@sincewhendoyoucallme-john/CL Beaumont: The Sea Ain’t Mine Alone
Featuring@merindab,@vulgarweed,@berlynn-wohl,@doctornerdington,@mamafaeriesunshine, AND MORE: The Queer Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, available to 221B Con attendees before the official release online!
PLUS!@saradobiebauer‘s delicious vampire romance, Handsome Death, is launching AT THE CON! Folks who purchase Handsome Death for pickup at 221B Con 2020 will be the very first readers to own a copy! We’re so excited!
The following titles will be available in paperback for the first time ever at 221B Con 2020!
Loud Pipes Save Lives by Jennifer Giacalone
The Wolf and the Photographer by Nicole Felicia
Encoded by T.W. Talent
Read more about how to get your books at our table in the 221B Con 2020 Dealers Room here:http://carnationbooks.com/preorder
Prices for 221B Con are less than prices on Amazon! We will have a very limited number of books available for purchase at our table, so hurry and lock in your copies TODAY!
Buy it here: getbook.at/wolfandphotographer
Nikolai knew that saving the stupid, over-cheerful human’s life would mean betraying his pack. He knew it would probably get him killed. But damn it, Nikolai couldn’t just let the guy die, could he? Banished from the pack without a home, or even clothes, the last thing Nikolai needs is to take responsibility for a newly bitten werewolf…
Oliver thought a trip to Norway to practice his photography was a great idea. He thought that the warning to stay out of the forest was a bit over-cautious. He thought he was straight, too. Turns out, Oliver was wrong about a lot of things. Instead of wandering the wintery landscapes of Norway on his own, Oliver finds himself the victim of a freak wolf attack, and shortly after ends up in the company of Nikolai, the gruff (naked!) hitchhiker with a shadowed past who claims that not only are werewolves real, but Oliver is about to become one…
Together, they embark on a road trip that will lead to self-discovery, a growing attraction, unexpected feelings, and very serious danger.
Now Available for $1.99 or FOR FREE with Kindle Unlimited: http://getbook.at/wolfandphotographer
Follow the author: @nico_felicia on Twitter / https://nicolefelicia.com
J.R. Lawrie ( @mottlemoth ) brings you three holiday stories sure to make you fall in love this holiday season…
Buy directly from Carnation Books: carnationbooks.com/heartbelight
Full of romance, humor, sweetness, and the perfect amount of heat, this collection is perfect for an evening by the fire.
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Dr. David Christmas has heard every joke in the book when it comes to his name. Weary of the festive season and from his long shifts in the emergency room, David is also tired of his lonely single life. His only hope for Christmas is a glimpse of the shy but gorgeous neighbour who lives above him.
Christmas-loving Julian has nurtured a crush on the grumpy man downstairs for years now. Still hurting from his ex-boyfriend’s cruelty, he hasn’t yet dared to say hello. When an injury on Christmas Eve puts Julian directly into David’s careful hands, a little healing might be on the way.
KIND OF A BIG DEAL
and
THE FARRINGDON CLUB
Up-and-coming comedian Zack Wynn splits his time between the stage and the London pizza restaurant where he works, until life hands him one hell of a Christmas present. Richard Garston is the handsome and clever older man of Zack’s dreams, but what exactly is it that Richard does?
Soon, Zack learns the truth: Richard’s classified role in the British government makes him a much bigger deal than he claimed.
Is Zack ready for the politics and power of Richard’s world?
And is Richard’s world ready for him?
Follow J.R. Lawrie on Twitter: @jrlawrieauthor
Follow Carnation Books and keep up to date on our 12 Days of Queer Romance Holidays celebration: @CarnationBooks
Let Your Heart Be Light is available for $3 in .epub and .mobi formats here:carnationbooks.com/heartbelight
It is also available on Amazon for $3.49 here: http://getbook.at/heartbelight
Available NOW: http://getbook.at/doctorwatson
Berlynn Wohl brings you a provocative new portrait of the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his dear friend and companion, Doctor Watson. By turns tender and scintillating, the stories in this collection vividly re-imagine one of the great love stories of English literature.
We’re thrilled to announce that @berlynn-wohl‘s collection of Sherlock Holmes stories is available now on Amazon for just $2.99 and for FREE on Kindle Unlimited! This title is also available in paperback!
Craving an interpretation of the Great Detective and his faithful Doctor Watson that emphasizes a deep, loving bond that results in hot encounters and lifelong commitment? This is the book for you.
Get this anthology now: http://getbook.at/doctorwatson
We are less than 2 weeks out from the end of our campaign on indiegogo!
If we can reach $2000 in funding, we will include bonus art prints in all hardcover and up orders of the book! Hardcover orders start at $28 and already include the ebook and a cover art print! We have already reached our $1500 stretch goal and will include small cover art prints in ALL physical orders of the book!
Want to own a print of this art?
You can, for $10 or more! Paperback orders will receive a small print of this art. All other pledge tiers receive this art in either postcard or poster form, AND if we reach $2000, will also receive bonus original art by the cover artist!
This anthology of stories which feature a queer interpretation of Sherlock Holmes includes work by some of your favorite Holmes fandom authors including:
@iwantthatbelstaffanditsoccupant
Art by @maxkennedy24
AND MORE!
We are $152 away from our $2k funding stretch goal! Help us get there!
If we reach our “wildest dreams” stretch goal of $2500 in funding we will add color art to the INSIDE of the Limited Ed. Dust Jacket and Super Supporter levels!
Don’t want to order a physical book? The ebook tier is only $5!
See the campaign page here for more details: https://igg.me/at/f9NeeUQt-Gk/x/22453214#/
Thank you to all who have supported by pledging, or by promoting our posts about the campaign! We love our readers and can’t even begin express our gratitude!
A tangled web ensnares an unlikely group of New Yorkers unaware that they are connected, from cops to criminals to corporate shills, in this thrilling tale…
New York City Detective Lily Sparr is stunned when she is inexplicably moved to the very same precinct that once upon a time handled her own father’s murder. There, she is assigned to the case of a women’s motorcycle club which has been committing acts of violence all over the city. Despite missing her former partner, Miri, and fighting the ghosts of her past, Lily dedicates herself to the case, unaware that her own sister is mixed up in the swirl of violence and chaos.
After secretly reopening the file on her father’s death, Lily slowly unravels threads of history, discovering that both cases lead to corruption and betrayal at the highest levels.
Featuring an ensemble of characters as diverse as its New York City setting, Loud Pipes Save Lives is a thriller-mystery with a twist of queer representation.
This is author Jennifer Giacalone’s (@jen_giacalone on twitter) debut novel. Jennifer recently took 3rd Place in the Bucks County Short Fiction Contest with her short story, “Les Masques.”
Loud Pipes Save Lives is available for $2.99 or for FREE on Kindle Unlimited!
GET IT NOW: http://getbook.at/loudpipes
Can love stop a deranged genius bent on galactic domination?
Can a dire warning keep a curious alien from the temptations of those dangerous Earthlings?
Can an engineer be lured away from his top-of-the-line android by a clunky and obsolete metal robot?
You will find answers to these questions and more in…
Mad Scientists Need Love Too
@berlynn-wohl brings you a third collection of steamy stories, and this one might be her best yet!
Mad Scientists Need Love Tooby Berlynn Wohl is available on Amazon as a paperback, ebook, or for FREE on Kindle Unlimited!
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BUY THE BOOK! http://getbook.at/madscientists
Can love stop a deranged genius bent on galactic domination?
Can a dire warning keep a curious alien from the temptations of those dangerous Earthlings?
Can an engineer be lured away from his top-of-the-line android by a clunky and obsolete metal robot?
You will find answers to these questions and more in
“Mad Scientists Need Love Too”
Get Your Copy Here!
You only die once. Unless you’re Rami.
He’s done that a couple times too many, and the last one really didn’t stick.
Rami has been a vampire for a little more than a year, and things aren’t great. They aren’t really anything. Rami’s existence is solitary. Empty. Unfulfilled. And he can’t be sure why, or how to fix it, because no one has explained to him how to be a vampire. His brief stint at a facility or people–well, former people–like him resulted in Rami biting and nearly killing his caretaker, Sage. His time there, in his memory, is nothing but a stretch of terror, hunger, confusion, and violence.
Then on Halloween, the one night of the year Rami doesn’t have to worry so much about hiding who–well, what–he is, he stumbles into a little shop and there he is. Sage. Who doesn’t remember Rami at all, so everything should be fine. Except Sage is a witch who knows about secret, magical doors to secret, magical raves full of things that go bump in the night and the humans who want to be near them. Sage’s memory isn’t quite as wiped as everyone thought. His free will isnt quite his own. He also isn’t as delicate as he seems. And he’s not interested in staying away from Rami.
Available Now!: http://getbook.at/myimagination
Follow the author on twitter here!: @ayshaufarah
Read Aysha U. Farah’s novelette Puss In Heels here:http://getbook.at/heels
We reached our minimum goal less than 48 hour after launching our indiegogo campaign and we are FREAKING OUT!
We’re so excited, we can barely function.
What we’d like to do now is see if we can raise DOUBLE our budget! Doing so would help us pay our authors more, and possibly commission more art to include in/with this book!
Click here to go to the campaign page: https://igg.me/p/2548016/twtr/22453214
You can help by REBLOGGING THIS POST! And! For every reblog, you get one entry for a chance to win a free copy of the ebook version of this anthology when it is released!
Just reblog this post by October 12, 2019 and you’re entered to win! That’s it!
Our original post about the campaign is here: https://carnationbooks.tumblr.com/post/188158352382/crowdfund-this-queer-sherlock-holmes-anthology
Here’s the link to the campaign again: https://igg.me/p/2548016/twtr/22453214
Want to read an (NSFW) excerpt from one of the stories from the collection?CLICK HERE to read part of “The Adventure of Our Secret Life” by Elyssa Warkentin (@doctornerdington)!: http://carnationbooks.com/queerholmes
We’re crowdfunding a small collection of Sherlock Holmes stories!
This collection will feature works by well know fic authors such as:
- Berlynn Wohl ( @berlynn-wohl)
- Elyssa Warkentin (aka @doctornerdington)
- Evadare Volney (aka @vulgarweed)
- MerindaB (aka @merindab)
- AND MORE (See the campaign page for a full list of authors!)
The stories range in heat level, genre, length, and tone. All take place in the Victorian era and explore a queer Holmes!
Cover art for this book will be by the wonderfully talented Max Kennedy ( aka @maxkennedy24). We will post art previews here and on the indiegogo campaign page, so check those spaces out in the coming weeks!
Thecampaign is set to run for 45 days. We are already, only 24 hours since we went live on indiegogo, almost halfway to our minimum goal! We’re SO EXCITED and we hope more folks will claim the awesome perks we have available.
They include:
- $5 ebook only
- $10 paperback only
- $18 ebook + paperback combo with a small cover art postcard
- $28 ebook + hardcover combo with a large cover art postcard plus your name on the acknowledgments page.
- $45 limited edition dust jacket hardcover with a large cover art postcard and a small cover art poster, plus your name on the acknowledgments page.
- $70 SUPER supporter tier with everything included in the $45 level, but with a large cover art poster and your name in a Special Thanks section inside the book.
CLICK HERE!: https://igg.me/at/f9NeeUQt-Gk/x/22453214#/
Not able to contribute right now? The book will be made available in ebook and potentially also in paperback format through Amazon in Spring 2020, and you will be able to snag a copy then. However, copies for sale through indiegogo are significantly discounted, so keep that in mind!
FAQs:
Is the thumbprint graphic the cover art? Nope! This is just a temporary image we are using for this project.
Are the authors getting paid? Absolutely. All the authors signed a contract which entitles them to payment through royalties up to a certain amount. Authors will receive royalties from books sold via the campaign as well.
Is the artist getting paid? Yes, of course! Everyone working on this book is getting PAID!
Why are you crowdfunding this project? This was a somewhat big project for us and one that is very near and dear to our hearts. We exist as a company because of two things: Sherlock Holmes fandom and fan fiction authors. We wanted to make this project, which combines these two things we care about SO much, a bit special with more options than our current model would allow (things like hardcovers and bonus art!). In order to do that, we realized we needed to think outside the box. That’s how we decided to go this route.
Will you crowdfund all your books now? Nah, we won’t be doing that. We might crowdfunding some larger projects in the future, but definitely no plans to do this for every title!
Again,here’s the link to the campaign, where you can ask questions in the comments!: https://igg.me/at/f9NeeUQt-Gk/x/22453214#/
This month, we are celebrating the first anniversary of “SM-SARA, Poems and Other Stories” being released on Amazon by releasing some of the short stories in the book as standalone ebooks on Kindle Unlimited along with an updated hardcover, paperback and digital version of the second entry in the HaikuPrajna Collection; the next new edition being released is the standalone “SM-SARA - Kuiper belt Infantry Division Edition”!
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