Book Cover Designs

Christmas covers for Lisa Worrall's upcoming releases.

Left At The Crossroads - Promo Art Work

Promo art for Sue Brown and Lisa Worrall's new series, Left At The Crossroads - coming 2013.

 

 

See my art page for resource credits.

Just Five Minutes (#2 in the 100 Challenge)

100 words for the 100 Challenge.

 

Hold your breath. Count to ten. 

Would that work? Quell the anger rearing in his gut? Stop the sting behind his red-ringed eyes? 

He hadn't meant to cry. He was a grown man. He didn't do shit like that. But his emotions had betrayed him and now he needed a damn tissue. Actually, no. He didn't need a tissue, he needed a baseball bat and five minutes with Chase Winters and his adulterous dick.

A smile crept across his lips as he bent down and reached beneath his bed, circling his hand around the solid wooden bat.

Just five minutes.

Wandmaker #7

As part of Amber Kells' Birthday bash, here is part 7 of her blog story, Wandmaker.
For previous parts of the story check out her blog here

Also I'm over on her blog talking about my favourite birthday (so far hee) here


Wandmaker #7

Silvan looked down at the gorgeous wand maker and resisted the urge to pin the man to the wall until he changed his mind about ever going away. He might be the crown prince but he didn’t have the right to tell Cebrus what to do even if the man’s quest sounded incredibly dangerous.

It was one of those rare quests where achieving the quest would cause more issues than failing. If the pretty wand maker succeeded in finding wood everyone else thought long gone and could indeed form wands for wand makers he might be considered a danger to the kingdom. 

A group of people who could not only form their own wands but use them could be formidable if they took the opposite side in a battle. Most people didn’t understand much about magic. Wandmakers not only understood magic but they could transfer it from wand to wand. Visions of someone transferring everyone’s magic to their own wand sent chills down Silvan’s spine.

There could only be one way to make sure this event didn’t occur.

“I’d love to accompany you on your quest,” Silvan said. He stroked a hand down Cebrus’s arm. He could feel the electrical attraction between them.

Cebrus stepped away from Silvan’s touch.

“I don’t need anyone accompanying me. Don’t you have important princey business to conduct?”

Silvan couldn’t stop the smile spreading cross he face. The wandmaker was too damn adorable. He wanted to take Cebrus and tuck him in his pocket so he could have the sweet thing around all the time.

Too bad Cebrus was going to damage the proper way of magic as they knew it.

“My father is always saying I need to go around the kingdom and get to know the people.”

Cebrus laughed. “I’m not from your kingdom.”

“Then you can add to my knowledge of other parts of the world.” Silvan couldn’t let this man out of his reach. Even if it weren’t for the fact that Cebrus appealed to Silvan far more than anyone he’d ever met before. His father would kill Silvan if he let Cebrus wander off without making an effort. If Cebrus continued on his quest without Silvan he would follow. He had to. Cebrus’s quest could ruin them all if he were successful.

Anyone else he’d imprison for such ideas but Cebrus was right about one thing. To jail a wand maker would bring down a lot more trouble than one kingdom could handle.

Stories from Sapphire Cay

Work is continuing on the series. Chapter 1 of the second book, Under The Sun has just been completed. RJ and I are really looking forward to expanding on the world of Sapphire Cay and sharing our new characters with you while also revisiting our original men, Lucas and Dylan.

Keep up to date by visiting the website for the series... http://sapphirecay.weebly.com/

Stories From Sapphire Cay

Sapphire Cay is a fictional island in the Bahamas.

The series charts the loves and lives of the men of Sapphire Cay - the workaholic, the wedding planner, the soldier, the physicist, the model, and more. Their stories are ones of romance and drama.

Follow The Sun, the first book in the series, was released this weekend and is available now from: 
Amazon :: AllRomance :: Smashwords :: Publisher

Blurb

Lucas Madison is in the Bahamas for his sister's wedding on the beautiful and idyllic island of Sapphire Cay.

He has the weight of the world on his shoulders. With the stress of his job, the loss of his friend, and faced with his own medical crisis, Lucas arrives on the white sands of Sapphire Cay gray and exhausted. His only thought is to see his sister married and happy.

Dylan Gray is a free-spirited traveler who literally follows the sun. Never settling in one place for long, he earns his way from state to state and continent to continent. But there's something about Sapphire Cay that draws him back over and over. A feeling of home.

When these two men meet, both have decisions to make and directions to choose. And maybe together, they can make the right ones and follow not only the sun, but also their hearts.

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My Perfect Place

Sapphire Cay was the perfect place of calm and beauty for Dylan and then for Lucas - a place to relax and think. As much as we'd all love to run away to an island in the Bahamas for some R & R, we often find our own places or ways to relax.

For me, there are a couple of places I love. I love the sea, and though I don't live on a tropical island, I enjoy any and every opportunity to get to the coast. Living in the middle of the country it doesn't happen as much as I'd like, but there is something exquisite about sitting on the promenade or on the sand and looking out across the big, beautiful space. The air is fresh and the breeze and spray calming. It's perfect.

Now, I can't go running to the seaside on a whim so my other perfect place is actually my bed. Not quite as exotic, I know, but you can't beat snuggling up in a cool, squishy duvet and t's even better with the early morning light shining through an open blind. It's nice to just lie there and collect my thoughts. I love my bed.

Do you have a perfect place? Or somewhere you go to think?

William's Heart in Hearts of England

Out today is the Hearts of England Anthology, featuring six stories set in England and written by British authors. The anthology includes stories from Chris Quinton, Lisa Worrall, RJ Scott, Sue Brown, SA Meade and Meredith Russell.

William's Heart is set in Stratford upon Avon, and follows Jude, a British photography student, and Brody, an American writer. From their awkward first meeting to the start of a relationship, this is a story about two men searching for inspiration, and finding each other.

Excerpt from William's Heart

 Chapter 1

 "Nana, come and see!" The young child tugged at the sleeve of her grandmother's coat and shifted impatiently from one foot to the other. She waved toward the river, excited to see two large swans standing at the water's edge. One of the swans stood to its full height and spread its wings out wide. The elegant bird let out a throaty noise as it flapped its wings, causing a plume of soft, white feathers to fall away and float to the ground.