indie author of sexy M/M paranormal romance set in Portland, Oregon
At the end of The Accidental Bodyguard, Sebastian has a surprising proposition for Kaz…
What on earth was Kaz thinking when he said yes to that?
This week, I shared a (slightly scandalous) Kaz bonus POV to my author newsletter. If you’d like to read it, you can still find it over in my Newsletter Bonus Library.
I do recommend reading The Accidental Bodyguard first, but I hope you enjoy it either way!
This summer is the summer of bonus epilogues for the Men of Café Seuil series. We’re continuing the trend with a sweet and steamy bonus epilogue for Liam and Nate from The Fake Boyfriend.
This bonus epilogue is technically set during the events of The Doctor’s Mate (#3), so it will contain very light spoilers for an announcement Liam makes during that book.
It’s currently only available on my author newsletter, so join here or use the button below to sign up and get your copy.
You might have already noticed, but The Fake Boyfriend got a bit of a surprise makeover last month.
I’ve been working on re-editing the Men of Café Seuil series to prepare for a future bind-up of Books 1 – 3, and when I went to publish the revised version of The Fake Boyfriend last month, I got a notification that the original cover is now considered too spicy for the regular romance category on a couple of the retailers. Whoops! 😳
The only way to keep the original cover was to classify the book as “erotica” and I think we can all agree it’s not that spicy. 😅 So in order to get it back in the regular “romance” category, I had to give it a bit of a makeover…
I’ve been thinking of these as “Liam’s cover” and “Nate’s cover”. What do you think?? I have to admit I’m a little partial to the old one, but it is a little spicy, isn’t it? 🤭
The cover should be updated across all retailers now, but I’m also considering offering a way to get the old cover version if there’s interest.
Let me know below – which cover do you like better? “Liam’s cover” (the original) or “Nate’s cover” (the new one)?
Back in 2024, I wrote a short holiday bonus epilogue revisiting Damien and his “problem client” later in the Men of Café Seuil series. I recently made some updates to it to match the tone of the series better, and I wanted to share the revised version with you today.
Please note: This bonus epilogue takes place after the main events of The Problem Client and is best read once you’ve finished the book. It’s set in between The Fake Boyfriend (#2) and The Doctor’s Mate (#3), but it can be read without spoilers for either of those books.
You can start the full series here if you’ve never met Damien and his problem client before.
Damien’s stomach flips over as they pull up to a sprawling two-story white paneled house with gorgeous views of Mount Hood looming in the distance. The Balducci family home. Damien’s throat grows dry just looking at it.
It’s Christmas Day, and Ty drove him over the Columbia River, out of Portland and into Washington state to meet Ty’s parents who live east of Vancouver. Damien’s met Ty’s sister, Robin, before, but this feels completely different. Like some sort of test.
Will they like him? Will they care that he’s not a shifter?
A sudden wave of warmth and calmness pours through the mate bond. Damien risks an anxious glance over at Ty. His grey eyes are filled with love and a hint of excitement.
Ty’s hand lands on Damien’s knee, his comforting warmth seeping through Damien’s dark wash jeans. “They’re going to love you just as much as I do.”
Damien feels a little guilty sometimes that Ty can sense every subtle change in his emotions through the mate bond now. He can no longer fall back on his old hosting persona, not that he even wants to, but Ty would see right through it regardless.
“Hopefully not quite as much,” he teases.
Ty squeezes his knee and chuckles at Damien’s bad joke. “Come on, let’s get out before the dogs start barking at us.”
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