A – Z |Misunderstanding His Mate

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Misunderstanding His Mate (Paranormals of Rockydale 1) by Ezra Dawn

I picked this up for free during the last Smashwords sale – not the current one, but there is one going on right now – because I needed an M for my A-Z Title Challenge and I do like a fated mate story as much as the next person.

Roman is in love with his best friend, Teague, but instead of telling him, he starts dating his sister. They tell their families that they’ll have a bonding ceremony, and Teague, who knows Roman is his mate, decides to leave town since he can’t stand the thought of Roman and his sister together.

Misunderstanding His Mate is just a short story, around 10k, so there isn’t much room to play with, but I would’ve wanted a little more character development. While fated mate stories give you a headstart on the romance, I wished there would’ve been more emotions at play. I never really felt connected to any of the characters.

I fear I misunderstood parts of it. This is a fated mates story, both guys are shifters (I thought one was human at first), and yet only one of them know they’re mates. Why?

As I said, I got it for free, and I read it in one go with a glass of wine in my hand, so it’s not like I suffered in any way, but I don’t think I’ll continue the series.

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Misunderstanding His Mate(Paranormals of Rockydale Book One. This is a short story. It can be read as a standalone but is part of a series. There’s no drawn out villain plot in this series it simply focuses on the love of fated mates.)

Roman Johnson has been in love with his best friend for longer than he can remember. Born to unmated shifter parents, he’s grown up hearing stories about fated mates and wants a love like that for himself. Doubtful that someone as average as him would ever catch his friend’s eye romantically he teams up with Teague’s sister in order to find out exactly how Teague feels.

Teague Jackson has a secret. His best friend is his fated mate and he’s hidden that fact from the man for years. There were legitimate reasons for it at the time but now, Teague is at the end of his rope. He’ll have to either tell Roman the truth or let him go. With his wolf pushing him for control, Teague’s time for telling is beginning to run out.

Can Roman fix the mess his plan has made? Will Teague finally come clean to his mate? Or have their choices already decided their fate?
(Warning: Contains graphic sexual content, Man on Man action, and explicit language. Not recommended for those under the age of 18.)

A-Z Title Challenge 2020

A – All I See

B – Bearly Dating

C – Champagne Kisses

D – The Dark Horse

E – Everybody in the Place

F

G – A Gentle Shove of Human Kindness

H – Howl

I – I Will Meet You at Asphodel’s Pit

J

K – Killer Cassava!

L – Landslide

M – Misunderstanding His Mate

N

O – Out For Delivery

P – Purrfect Harmony

Q – Quill Me Now

R

S – Set Up

T – Tentacles with Benefits

U

V

W – Words

X – Xavier

Y

Z – Zippadacious

I started a Pinterest board for M/M books sorted by title, if you need help finding a title on a certain letter.

 

JMS-Books Turns 10!

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10yr

If you hung around here last year, you might remember that we celebrated JMS-Books turning nine by writing stories with the number nine in them. I wrote Nine Stones and if you hop on over to the JMS shop and search for Nine or 9 you’ll find several other titles with the number nine in them.

But, this year, JMS is turning ten – 10! Firecracker

The celebrations started on July 1st and will go on the entire month. Every day there is an author blogging at www.jmsbooksllc.com/category/author-posts/, and that is also where you’ll find the link the daily giveaway.

I’ll be there on the 18th, so come see me then.

At the end of the month, there will be a sale, and every day there is a 40% discount on one author’s books, but for one day only! So you have to keep up not to miss out.

There is also an anthology called A Decade of Gay Romance, where the best selling short story from each year have been gathered.

So join the fun!

a decade of gay romanceJMS Books began in 2010 as a way of getting a few friends into print. Ten years later, we’ve published more than 2,000 books celebrating LGBTQ+ romance from over 200 authors. A Decade of Gay Romance is a collection of our ten best-selling short stories, one for each year (to date).

From first love to true love, from submission to sensual, from heat to sweet and everything in between, the couples in these stories are sure to keep you turning the pages as you fall in love with them.

With stories by J.M. Snyder, Drew Hunt, JL Merrow, Wayne Mansfield, Terry O’Reilly, Edward Kendrick, Shawn Lane, J.D. Walker, Nell Iris, and Elizabeth Noble, this head-over-heels collection goes beyond bedtime reading. Whether happily ever after or happy for now, there’s an ending for everyone in here!

Contains the stories: My Best Friend’s Dad by J.M. Snyder, Twelve Hours I by Drew Hunt, Dead Shot by JL Merrow, The King’s Prize by Wayne Mansfield, My Beagle, the Yenta by Terry O’Reilly, Let Go of Loneliness by Edward Kendrick, Accidentally His by Shawn Lane, A-dork-able by J.D. Walker, Unexpected Christmas by Nell Iris, and Home Coming by Elizabeth Noble.

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Up North | When Skies Are Gray

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Seasons

It’s time to introduce Levi Campbell and Madoc Griffiths – the main characters of When Skies Are Gray, the third of the Up North stories. The number doesn’t really matter, they’re all stand-alone and has nothing to do with each other.

When Skies Are Gray is an age gap story. I always think I don’t do age gap, and then I look at my catalogue and realise that yeah, I do LOL. Now, where you draw the line for it being an age gap story or not is a little unclear to me, but when I started writing this I googled and somewhere it said that if a book should be called May/December it had to be at least a fifteen-year age difference.

Madoc is sixteen years older than Levi.

Madoc Griffiths Levi Campbell

Madoc wants what’s best for Levi, and he thinks he knows what that is. Levi is young, he should want to travel and see the world, go on adventures, meet people his own age, create memories. What he fails to understand is that Levi doesn’t want any of that, and despite Levi telling him, he doesn’t listen.

So, to make it easier for Levi to live his life, Madoc breaks up with him because he refuses to be the one who stands between Levi and his dreams.

In a childish act of rebellion or it might just have been plain old stupidity, Levi enlists in the army. He signed a two-year contract that takes him away from everything he ever wanted – but no one can say he didn’t go on an adventure.

When Skies Are Gray will be released on July 18th

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when skies are grayLevi Campbell made one huge, stupid mistake.

When his older boyfriend fears he’s holding Levi back from fulfilling his youthful dreams, he encourages him to break free and seek adventure. Levi, hurt and confused, does just that … But in an immature act of rebellion, he enlists in the army. The army!

Levi never wanted to be a soldier, and he never, ever wanted to go to faraway places, but he is now committed to serving his country for two whole years.

Madoc Griffiths did the right thing when he let Levi go, he knows he did, but if it was the right thing, then why can’t he move on? Every night he dreams about Levi; every day he misses him. But Levi is young, and Madoc will not stand in the way of Levi following his dreams.

But being a soldier isn’t Levi’s dream.

There is nothing Levi wants more than to do his time and return home to Northfield and fight for his man. Madoc was sure he’d be able to move on, but once he hears Levi will be home on a two-week leave, he can think of nothing except seeing him again. But can he stand to be with his lover for two weeks and then let him leave to fight a war?