A Comforting Touch (Preview Snippet from How to Heal a Life)

From the unedited WIP of The Haven 2, HOW TO HEAL A LIFE…

With that simple touch, Seth awoke. He rolled his head to the side and just lay there, breathing heavily, staring at Vargas for several achingly long breaths, his eyes harboring a haunted expression Vargas almost couldn’t bear. But no way was he going to look away. Instead he ran the pad of his thumb over Seth’s skin in a comforting stroke.

 

The journey was never over (aka the reminder I needed when I hit delete)

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I so needed to be reminded of that right now. Not that I had to do anything as drastic as starting over, but I did decide to cut scenes from The Haven 2 and rework several others. Usually I’m pretty confidant about that decision, at least when I’m this far into a novel and I know the changes will make the story stronger, but it’s still disconcerting to hit that delete key.

One-Day Only Backlist E-book Sale

The following e-book title from my backlist is on sale now until the end of the day tomorrow for $3.99 at All Romance eBooks: HOW TO SAVE A LIFE

HowToSaveALifeSaleI’m currently revising the second book in this series, and yesterday one of the scenes I read through was the first kiss scene between Vargas and Seth. I love the way it turned out. Both of these men deserve so much happiness, and I can’t wait to share their story with you.

 

Book Sale and a Story Preview

Spring Book SaleA trade paperback discount, story preview, and my regular reader giveaway in this month’s Sloan Parker newsletter. Check it out for my latest news.

OUT NOW: Friends and Lovers

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Available now at: Amazon, Google PlayKobo, iBooks, All Romance Ebooks, B&N, and Smashwords. Hope you enjoy the read!

Two gay love stories about friends becoming lovers. Each story is based on one of my flash-fiction freebies from my website.

Cops and Lovers: SWAT teammates Sawyer and Finn have been secretly sleeping together for the past two years and hiding that fact from their commander, their team members, from everyone. Sawyer couldn’t be happier with the arrangement. Until Finn gives him an ultimatum. Now Sawyer has to rethink everything in his life. Or give up the only person he’s ever loved.

His Roommate’s Secret: For two years Brady has harbored a secret crush on his straight college roommate. He doesn’t think he’ll ever get the chance to climb into Rex’s bed. Until Rex shares a secret he’s been hiding since the day they met.

Length: 19,859 words.