Author: Ofelia Gränd

What Are You Doing?!

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Time

In general, I’m a person who gets things done. I’m never late – there is nothing that gets on my nerves more than a person being so disrespectful as to be late. Seriously, just typing that made me consider maybe doing a post about time thieves and self-centred people instead of procrastination as I’d planned LOL.  

I’m pretty mellow, but I’ll break up with you if you’re late. You might think I’m joking, but I’m not. I guess we all have something that really ticks us off, time is mine.

I might – MIGHT – forgive you once, but the trust is forever tarnished, sorry. So unless you’re mortally wounded, you damn well show up on time or hand in whatever you’re supposed to hand in on time or we’re done. I have enough problems, I don’t need to surround myself with people who think their time is more valuable than mine. I get seriously offended.

So, rest assured, I never miss a deadline. I’ve never missed a deadline in my entire life. But… Sometimes, I could’ve done things faster than I do. 

There are mainly two things I do when I’m not really in the mood to do author-y things. 

  1. I bake. I wish I’d like to cook more than I do, then I’d probably been cooking, but cooking is a must while baking is something I enjoy. So I bake. The kitchen will have bread on the rise on every cleared surface.
  2. I watch videos on Facebook. Not funny videos, not clips on Youtube, not music videos as my darling husband often does. No, I watch The Dodo about dogs getting rescued. Or Hope for Paws. I can spend hours watching one dog (and the occasional cat) after the other getting saved. 
  3. If I don’t bake and I’m not in front of the computer watching dogs, you’ll probably find me out with the hens. They need me to come talk to them. Especially Hedwig. She needs me, so what can I do? LOL

Worry not, I’ll have everything done in time, but I might have to bake a little or watch some poor doggie stuck somewhere get rescued before I’m done.

Right now, I feel like I’m not finishing anything. It’s not true. I have a lot going on, and a lot of things get crossed off my to-do list (ClickUp people! ClickUp is a lifesaver) daily, but I’m not producing any new shiny words. Soon, though. Soon, I’ll write.

Cover Reveal | The Egg Hunt

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Cover-Reveal

I have a cover!!!

I fear we have a slightly confusing time ahead. My old books will soon be available again. I’ve decided to merge my Nortown stories into the Up North series. Up North pretty much is a continuing on Nortown except the stories are taking place in the surrounding villages.  

So shiny new covers AND some of them will get new titles to better fit the rest of the Up North stories. This is one of them. The Egg Hunt was previously Once in a Forest. 

Yes, it’ll be a bit confusing now in the beginning, but soon everything will be great! *fingers crossed* 

This is the story of Tom and Jason, and since it’s an Easter story it will be re-published on April 3rd. 

Are you ready to see it?? *drum roll* 

theegghunt

Isn’t it pretty? I actually think it’s the same model as in the old cover, but I’m not entirely sure. 

Blurb:

Jason has one rule when it comes to holidays – work his shift behind the bar and then find a willing body to distract himself with. One night is long enough to satisfy his needs and still walk away with his heart intact. It has worked out fine for most of his adult life, but this Easter, he’s trying something new. He’s leaving the city to visit his friend, Aiden, who recently moved in with his boyfriend in the middle of nowhere, but one unfortunate incident leaves Jason without a place to sleep. 
 
Tom doesn’t do relationships, he rarely does hook-ups and never too close to home. Living on his own without attachments is far easier than having the whole town knowing about him. As the holiday approaches, his lonely house grows even quieter than normal – at least until his friend, Tristan, dumps an arrogant bartender in his lap. 
 
As soon as Jason lays eyes on the gruff lumberjack whose home he’ll be sharing, he knows who’ll warm his bed for the weekend and help chase away any pending holiday gloom. Too bad Tom doesn’t want to get with the programme. As much as he wants to let Jason close, he won’t risk outing himself for a weekend fling. Will Jason trust Tom not to break his heart if he stays longer than a couple of days, and will Tom value their relationship higher than the town gossip?

Contemporary gay romance | 34.031 words

Pre-order The Egg Hunt in the JMS shop (20% off)

Guest Post | Blown Away by Holly Day

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Cover-Reveal

Hi! Holly Day here. I’m taking over the blog for a while – Ofelia is okay with that, I promise LOL. I thought I’d drop by for a quick visit and show off my latest cover.

I don’t know if you know this, but I like to celebrate things. Everyone needs a little celebration in their lives. On April 12th it’s Big Wind Day, and to celebrate, I wrote a stormy little story called Blown Away.

Where are you on bears? Personally, I like a grumpy bear shifter. Espen Urso, the bear in Blown Away, isn’t so much grumpy as he is hungry – all the time.

I could talk about Espen and Arvid, a poor bird shifter omega stranded in the storm, but the reason I came here today was to show off the cover. I’ll be back later to share excerpts and stuff at a later date, but let’s focus on the cover today.

I really like what JMS Books is doing with my covers, there is this colour theme. Or calling it a theme might be wrong, but the covers match even though all stories are stand-alone. Want to see?

Blurb Blown Away

Espen Urso would rather stay inside and enjoy a nice, sweet cake than be out in the worst storm of the year. But there’s a group of alpha shifters trespassing, and he needs to defend his territory and keep the people in his village safe. A group of wolf shifters he can scare off, but when he realizes they’ve hurt a defenseless little bird, he loses his patience.

Arvid Rai is having a bad day. He’s an omega on the run, with a group of alphas on his tail. If there hadn’t been a storm, he could have easily flown away before the stupid wolves got their hands on him, or the angry bear noticed he was in his territory. But there is a storm, and the idiot who grabbed him broke his wing, so now he can’t fly anywhere. Still, he deems it best to stay with the growly bear rather than having the other alphas fight over him.

Espen has never believed in the myth of omegas, and it isn’t until he takes Arvid in he realizes how much trouble he’ll be in when shifters from near and far learn he has one in his home. Will he be able to keep Arvid safe from other shifters? Is it even possible to defend his territory with an omega in it?

Pre-order Blown Away in the JMS shop (20% off)

About Holly

According to Holly Day, no day should go by uncelebrated and all of them deserve a story. If she’ll have the time to write them remains to be seen. She lives in rural Sweden with a husband, four children, more pets than most, and wouldn’t last a day without coffee. 

Holly gets up at the crack of dawn most days of the week to write gay romance stories. She believes in equality in fiction and in real life. Diversity matters. Representation matters. Visibility matters. We can change the world one story at the time. 

Connect with Holly @ https://lnk.bio/xpae or visit her website @ hollydaywrites.wordpress.com