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The Carpenter and the Actor

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGFPGyhyphenhyphenK61i8FITx57qER7CqWbv0zn0W3TrKRFLX_HseudhcYZuNfw1RvX5HUuVoSJadgnC7jqw0vtQzmOy_HbFcHSST-PlKirVkzimdsqNv-9dC_x0uP8apfDjJN7jcNnLSsO2Yeyo/s1600/thecarpenterandtheactor_800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGFPGyhyphenhyphenK61i8FITx57qER7CqWbv0zn0W3TrKRFLX_HseudhcYZuNfw1RvX5HUuVoSJadgnC7jqw0vtQzmOy_HbFcHSST-PlKirVkzimdsqNv-9dC_x0uP8apfDjJN7jcNnLSsO2Yeyo/s640/thecarpenterandtheactor_800.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ellery Mountain Series</b></span><br /><br />Book 1 - <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-fireman-and-cop.html">The Fireman and the Cop</a><br />Book 2 - <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-school-teacher-and-soldier.html">The Teacher and the Soldier</a><br />Book 3 - <b>The Carpenter and the Actor</b><br />Book 4 - <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-doctor-and-bad-boy.html">The Doctor and the Bad Boy</a><br />Book 5 - <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/ParamedicWriter.html">The Paramedic and the Writer</a><br />Book 6 - <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-barman-seal.html">The Barman and the SEAL</a><br />Book 7 - The Agent and the Model (Coming Soon)  <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Book</b></span><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPY9vd5bUqaW9zBx9AqgwRXFhw0rXW53B5SaBYmhfnP9RtZi3_ZaojFIRNpXrdUHDuSwywx0OnkSVMjCegQ0jvlhnZzpeuhG93G50UE9fpYJHqDtBvpBrgyn0OJFnpHrTquVBZE3PIEUs/s1600/64246_434678613281893_1653726542_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPY9vd5bUqaW9zBx9AqgwRXFhw0rXW53B5SaBYmhfnP9RtZi3_ZaojFIRNpXrdUHDuSwywx0OnkSVMjCegQ0jvlhnZzpeuhG93G50UE9fpYJHqDtBvpBrgyn0OJFnpHrTquVBZE3PIEUs/s1600/64246_434678613281893_1653726542_n.jpg" /></a>Jason McInnery, hounded by the paparazzi after his brother's death, runs to the one place where he hopes people will not sell him out. The place where he was born.<br /><br />Hiding in the tourist cabins at Ellery Mountain Resort out of season he thinks he finally has room to breathe. <br /><br />If only Kieran Dexter, a man ten years his junior, would stop fixing stuff and generally causing ripples in Jason's calm space.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Buy Links</b></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidBk62CNsw8f6TaVkJD1yq84-I45HQ7h3hFx_FHUIEUJjt9yHwUt8dRgHB442OnzvNx1bfwAj92w6EyAVEwNskF9swth5ZLBkdmw_L2_RLsN6Qtv4iW69Y4oh3uM8yaHWec94CS5V0YLk/s1600/thecarpenterandtheactor_flat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=2124" target="_blank">Total E-Bound</a>  |  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CZDVPC2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00CZDVPC2&linkCode=as2&tag=rjsc-20" target="_blank">Amazon (US)</a>  |  <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CZDVPC2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00CZDVPC2&linkCode=as2&tag=rjsc-21" target="_blank">Amazon (UK)</a>  |  <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-carpenter-and-the-actor-rj-scott/1115360439?ean=9781781843215" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>  |  <a href="https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-thecarpenterandtheactor-1215839-149.html" target="_blank">All Romance E-Books</a>  |  <a href="http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/The-Carpenter-and-The-Actor/book-ryRVFZsP7E6xT3YqjwCUhw/page1.html?s=u1VT1A5fykGh3FCx_Whf2A&r=1" target="_blank">Kobo</a>  |  <span style="color: #666666;">Sony</span><br /><a name="more"></a><span style="color: #666666;"></span></div><div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reviews </b></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/the-carpenter-and-the-actor-ellery-mountain-3-by-rj-scott-at-total-e-bound"><b>Rainbow Book Reviews</b></a> - This is my favorite story so far. Jason and Kieran are two very realistic characters who complement each other in a huge way. There isn't a great deal of angst, no separation to get back together, just two men facing issues as they arise, being able to acknowledge what's in their hearts, and come up with a reasonable solution as they burn their way through the mattress with their fiery passion for one another.  I recommend this story to Ellery Mountain fans and to new readers as well who enjoy a strong, romantic story with descriptive, realistic characters who quickly get under your skin and in your heart. Thanks, RJ, for another great story. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.<br /><br /><a href="http://heartsonfirereviews.com/?p=20123"><b>Hearts on Fire Reviews 4/5 </b></a>- I especially enjoy how Ms Scott keeps the characters from the previous stories active in all of the books so that there is a smooth flow and continuity. The characters are well developed and the sex was hot. I recommend this book <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt</b></span><br /><br />Jason McInnery pulled another blanket from the pile at the bottom of his bed and used it to block up any small space around him that could let in the cold. When he’d gone for rustic he hadn’t realised he was getting the equivalent of sleeping in a tent. No heating that he could get to work, two in the morning and sleep had so far eluded him. The hot water bottle he’d found in the cupboard above the sink was still warm, but at this point it really needed to have the water replaced with steaming boiling heat. That would mean getting out of bed though and placing his feet on the icy cold wooden floor.<br /><br />"So not going there," he muttered to himself. The new blanket helped and finally he had a cocoon that at least meant he wasn’t shivering. No wonder the cabin had been cheap to rent if it didn’t come with working heat. He knew he should have stopped at the chain motel he’d seen just outside Ellery. But no, his idea of hiding was self-imposed isolation halfway up the mountain and twenty minutes’ drive from the town he’d been born in. He should have gone to his parents’ house in Las Vegas and got some of that desert sun.<br /><br />Freaking paparazzi. They knew where his parents lived, and would assume it was one of the places he would go. Hell, he was lucky they hadn’t followed him to Ellery, or had any inkling he would go back to the town he’d left before he was old enough to remember it. His cell phone sounded and he rooted around under the covers where he’d pushed his only link to his other life. The life where he was a popular, successful, openly gay actor who had charmed his way into millions of hearts on a successful TV comedy and in two kids’ films. The actor with the brother who had died. The screen lit brightly and the name wasn’t a surprise.<br /><br />"Hey, Mom," he answered. The cell was warm from where it had been wrapped in the quilt. Midnight at his mom’s place meant his dad snoring in bed and his night-owl mom watching recorded shows. "It’s two a.m., you know."<br /><br />"There was a show on, and I was thinking about you."<br /><br />"You need to stop watching those gossip shows, Mom," he said patiently.<br /><br />"I can’t help it, J. It’s everywhere."<br /><br />Jason shifted deeper under the covers and sighed inwardly. He’d grown a thicker skin now. Having his private life plastered over magazines and TV shows was part and parcel of the whole celebrity lifestyle. That didn’t mean it had got any easier over the last seven years since the small comedy show he starred in had gone ballistic. And hell, it wasn’t ever going to get any easier for his poor mom. Not only had Ben died with too many secrets and too many lies twisted around him, but Jason had been smacked around the face with the fallout of his brother’s actions and his own subsequent arrest.<br /><br />"I’m fine, Mom," he said gently.<br /><br />"I just wanted to…" She didn’t finish the sentence. Jason’s throat tightened with emotion. He didn’t call her on phoning him this late—she’d wanted to hear his voice. Losing Ben had destroyed his parents. Maybe he should have gone home to Vegas and forgotten the fact that doing so would have put his mom and dad in the spotlight. They were struggling as it was.<br /><br />"I can be home by tomorrow," Jason offered. He could get tickets and be on a plane in a few hours. Hell, it would probably be warmer on a plane anyway.<br /><br />"No, Jason, we talked about this. I love you—I just wanted to tell you."<br /><br />"I love you too, Mom."<br /><br />With the call finished, he clutched the cell to his chest and pulled the blankets up and over his head. Grief balled in his chest and not for the first time since he’d left LA, he wondered what the hell had made him come to Ellery. He may as well have stuck a pin in a map as a way of deciding where to hide out.<br /><br />He had three weeks. Three weeks until the next season started filming. Ellery was as good a place as any.<br /><br />* * * *<br /><br />Loud noises woke him to bright sunlight streaming through the large windows and he glanced at his cell phone. The screen showed it was just after seven a.m. He’d banked five hours’ sleep, but he still felt like complete shit. His dreams had been filled with Ben and a scene that was something like a film, with him and Ben running. He hated the running dream—it never failed to leave him frustrated and tired beyond reason and had occurred on too many occasions recently. Rolling onto his side, away from the window, he screwed his eyes tight shut and willed sleep to happen.<br /><br />The knocking on his door was part of a dream—it had to be. No one would be knocking on the door of this remote cabin at ass o’clock in the morning for any reason he could imagine.<br /><br />Groaning, he shifted until he could listen with both ears. The knocking wasn’t stopping. This wasn’t the short, sharp knock of someone at the door. This was repetitive and noisy and…hell, right outside his window. What the fuck was happening? Pulling the blankets back over his head, he attempted to sleep. When that didn’t block out the banging, he searched on his phone for an app that could produce white noise. When that didn’t work either, he gave up sleeping as a bad thing.<br /><br /></div>

The Carpenter and the Actor

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The Teacher and the Soldier

<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxzdXeJupN8I4W3j1SzADm3qqPlUt5s38DwBd4eafrMe90s_T7-08-tD_O6jCfHUfBzJr2ZxXXoGM8ZQDGtlKZ49NUmbOopyDWQC9fCcUqu4OlH7IiGAfO-sRb8X7KNTd9rx78zBfs4g/s1600/theteacherandthesoldier_exlarge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxzdXeJupN8I4W3j1SzADm3qqPlUt5s38DwBd4eafrMe90s_T7-08-tD_O6jCfHUfBzJr2ZxXXoGM8ZQDGtlKZ49NUmbOopyDWQC9fCcUqu4OlH7IiGAfO-sRb8X7KNTd9rx78zBfs4g/s640/theteacherandthesoldier_exlarge.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ellery Mountain Series</b></span><br /><br />Book 1 - <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-fireman-and-cop.html">The Fireman and the Cop</a><br />Book 2 - <b>The Teacher and the Soldier</b><br />Book 3 - <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-carpenter-and-actor.html">The Carpenter and the Actor</a><br />Book 4 - <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-doctor-and-bad-boy.html">The Doctor and the Bad Boy</a><br />Book 5 - <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/ParamedicWriter.html">The Paramedic and the Writer</a><br />Book 6 - <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-barman-seal.html">The Barman and the SEAL</a><br />Book 7 - The Agent and the Model (Coming Soon)  <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Book</b></span><br /><b><br /></b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPY9vd5bUqaW9zBx9AqgwRXFhw0rXW53B5SaBYmhfnP9RtZi3_ZaojFIRNpXrdUHDuSwywx0OnkSVMjCegQ0jvlhnZzpeuhG93G50UE9fpYJHqDtBvpBrgyn0OJFnpHrTquVBZE3PIEUs/s1600/64246_434678613281893_1653726542_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPY9vd5bUqaW9zBx9AqgwRXFhw0rXW53B5SaBYmhfnP9RtZi3_ZaojFIRNpXrdUHDuSwywx0OnkSVMjCegQ0jvlhnZzpeuhG93G50UE9fpYJHqDtBvpBrgyn0OJFnpHrTquVBZE3PIEUs/s1600/64246_434678613281893_1653726542_n.jpg" /></a>Ex-soldier, Daniel Skylar, falls hard and heavy for school teacher Luke Fitzgerald. How can he make him stay in Ellery?<br /><br />Luke Fitzgerald left Ellery Mountain for college and vowed never to come back.<br /><div><br /></div><div>When his father is murdered he has no choice but to return. Luke only goes home to sell off his share of the Ellery Mountain Cabins, but everything changes when he meets the son of the other owner. </div><div><br /></div><div>Daniel Skylar is an ex-soldier who lives every day to the limit and sees a future in Luke.<br /><br />It doesn’t matter what Daniel says, or how much he needs Luke; Luke isn’t staying once everything is sold off. Surely Daniel can understand that?<br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Buy Links - eBook</b></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=2074" target="_blank">Total E-Bound</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CH143BM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00CH143BM&linkCode=as2&tag=rjsc-20" target="_blank">Amazon (US)</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CH143BM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00CH143BM&linkCode=as2&tag=rjsc-21" target="_blank">Amazon (UK)</a> | <a href="https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-theteacherandthesoldier-1169414-145.html" target="_blank">All Romance</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-teacher-and-the-soldier-rj-scott/1115267912?ean=9781781842836" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/Books/the-teacher-and-the-soldier" target="_blank">Kobo</a> | <span style="color: #666666;">Sony</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reviews</b></span><br /><br /><b><a href="http://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/the-teacher-and-the-soldier-by-r-j-scott/" target="_blank">MM Good Book Reviews</a> 4/5 </b>- This story is really well written and it does tug at your heartstrings for what Luke had to face alone and also the effect it is still having on him.  Daniel and Luke are an excellent pairing and are very hot together. They have a strong connection that goes further than a physical attraction and they make a great couple. The storyline is very good and I liked how Luke seemed to overcome his obstacles to accept the love he is offered and I liked how Daniel didn’t pressure Luke to recount his past. We see Max and Finn (from The Fireman and the Cop) again and Kieran and Liam and I can honestly say that I am looking forward to both their stories (The Carpenter and the Actor, and The Doctor and the Bad Boy) ... I will recommend this to those who love facing the past stories, fighting for love, hot sex, great characters, a good storyline and a happy ending.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_MCCpSVYiqanJzIgAOQyrqkPtvYUoMglryErspnMMO4Vli0QvrikjqeiiOhJhunfK3YQmpEj5aeEFUMFfhKIqj-SsHF7x-TaFLZUs-1lXX2AICsT5ETuta0FE4FU_Owffdw7c447UqM/s1600/theteacherandthesoldier_flat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_MCCpSVYiqanJzIgAOQyrqkPtvYUoMglryErspnMMO4Vli0QvrikjqeiiOhJhunfK3YQmpEj5aeEFUMFfhKIqj-SsHF7x-TaFLZUs-1lXX2AICsT5ETuta0FE4FU_Owffdw7c447UqM/s400/theteacherandthesoldier_flat.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><b><a href="http://heartsonfirereviews.com/?p=19214" target="_blank">Hearts On Fire Reviews</a> 4/5</b> - The books in this series focus on the quaint little town of Ellery where life is fairly idyllic and the lives of the four gay friends that grew up there.  The characters are wonderful and well developed, there is plenty of the much loved angst and a slow build up to love.  The stories have HEA endings with just enough twist to hold my interest.  The Ellery Mountain series is definitely a worthwhile read.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/the-teacher-and-the-soldier-ellery-mountain-2-by-rj-scott-at-total-e-bound" target="_blank"><b>Rainbow Book Reviews </b></a>- I liked this story although I wanted to knock Daniel and Luke's heads together more than once for their stubbornness. Fortunately they redeemed themselves in the end. The characters are strong, even some of the secondary ones like Luke's ex and best friend. As outrageous as he was, he gave Luke the support and the shove that he needed to get his life going. I also loved Daniel's friends who are introduced in the first book in the series. It's definitely a good follow-up story and I look forward to reading more about them. I recommend this story to fans of the 'Ellery Mountain' series and for new readers as well; although it can be read alone, reading the books in sequential order will give you a fuller, more meaningful experience. Thanks, RJ, for revisiting the mountain and introducing us to more fascinating characters.<br /><br /><a href="http://glbt.theromancereviews.com/viewbooksreview.php?bookid=9819" target="_blank"><b>The Romance Reviews 4/5</b></a> - I'm a sucker for troubled romance heroes and this novella has two. Daniel is further along in his recovery than Luke but they're both wrestling demons and still taking responsibility for their issues. I like their honest conversations with each other, especially with Daniel's willingness to be so emotionally vulnerable to Luke. Their romance is intense both sexually and emotionally, and I really liked watching their courtship.<br /><br /><a href="http://mrsconditreadsbooks.com/index.php/?p=12447" target="_blank"><b>Mrs Condit Reads Books 4/5 </b></a>- a simple love story that left me happy in the end. Luke deserved to find love and Daniel was the perfect one to give it.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJT-PVCwEISB9sgovHyWc90hLH-l_saQa6eKhspqLiJPFm8sOh8b62Otj37rl693gdE3N0vl1u5fUt8vdo-4ULOdd4cXZujs7yzdfPJvfnZiyvuvCqTSyWBg5YhZwPn-zRWyZ0VE8JGU/s1600/theteacherandthesoldier_banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJT-PVCwEISB9sgovHyWc90hLH-l_saQa6eKhspqLiJPFm8sOh8b62Otj37rl693gdE3N0vl1u5fUt8vdo-4ULOdd4cXZujs7yzdfPJvfnZiyvuvCqTSyWBg5YhZwPn-zRWyZ0VE8JGU/s1600/theteacherandthesoldier_banner.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt </b></span><br /><br />Only the darkening sky told Luke Fitzgerald what time it was. His cell was in the car with a dead battery and he never wore a watch. The evening was drawing in, and with it the familiar coolness of a fall night in the mountains, and if he wasn’t careful he would get caught in the regular evening rain he remembered from his childhood. Coming here, to Ellery, to the place he’d called home for the first eighteen years of his life, was something he had never thought he would do. Not all the time his dad had been alive anyway.<br /><br />Leaning against the fence, he stared down at the town nestled in the V of the valley caused by Ellery Mountain and Mercury Peak. Where he had been able to see things clearly a few short minutes before, now everything was blurring in the deep grey-blue smudge of evening light. Luke tracked the car’s progress by its headlights as it left the town and made its way up into the mountain. There had been a few cars passing by today, but Luke was far enough away from the road that no one had stopped to ask him what the hell he was doing rooted to the same spot for hours.<br /><br />Shifting his stance, Luke pulled away from the fence and stretched tall. His back ached, his head hurt and he felt like shit. Driving straight through for eight hours was possibly the worst decision he had made since he’d decided to come back to Ellery. His chiropractor was going to have a cow when he assessed the damage Luke was doing to the already heavy tension he carried through his back muscles and up into his neck.<br /><br />The headlights shot momentarily through spaces in the fir trees on each bend. He identified it on the last bend as a cop car, the white standing out against the dark of the trees. When it pulled onto the shoulder next to his car, Luke wasn’t surprised. Cops were far more attuned to spotting cars parked off the main road. The lights of the car meant he didn’t get a good look at the cop until he was less than four paces away. The cop stood loose-hipped and with his hand resting on the weapon in his holster. Peering through the gloom to the cop’s face, Luke knew that fate was fucking with him. Not only had an Ellery cop found his hiding place, but that Ellery cop was Corporal Finn Ryan.<br /><br />Finn Ryan in the flesh. The man who was so closely involved in the death of Luke’s dad. Christ. Way to slap what Luke had hoped to avoid right up in his face.<br /><br />"Is there a problem, sir?" Finn asked firmly.<br /><br />Luke pushed his clenched fists into his pockets and stilled the rising anxiety in him.<br /><br />"No problem, officer," he said. "Just visiting town and spending a little time clearing my head after a long drive."<br /><br />Finn took another step closer and a look of recognition passed over his face. Luke remembered Finn as tall, dark and rangy as hell, although his memories were of a boy of fifteen, not one of…what would it be now? Twenty-four? He’d been five years younger than Luke if he remembered correctly. Luke really didn’t want to remember anything about Ellery.<br /><br />"Luke?" Finn looked momentarily taken aback before regaining his posture.<br /><br />"Hi, Finn."<br /><br />They’d not been friends in school, just people who knew each other by sight. Luke was at college whilst Finn was still a freshman. Of course Finn, being a resident, would have heard all the rumours about him and his dad. Hell, he probably knew everything that had happened. Familiar resentment built inside Luke. He was bigger than that, bigger than his dad’s abuse, or his mom’s abandonment, bigger than this town. He would not let this place drag him down again however hard they tried.<br /><br />"You missed the funeral," Finn offered. There was no accusation in his voice. He was simply making a statement and one that hung in the air with no possible answer Luke could give. Or at least not one that didn’t involve reiterating the contents of two years of counselling sessions and eight years of living his life.<br /><br />"Busy," was all Luke eventually offered in response. Finn didn’t call him on the excuse.<br /><br />"You’ve been up here a while, Luke. Widow Jenn called it in. Said a stranger had been standing here for hours and he was just staring down at town."<br /><br />Luke shrugged. He couldn’t deny the hours had passed as he’d gazed down at the town and the tiny distant shapes of gravestones in the far churchyard of St Jeremiahs. He had deliberately stayed up here until darkness had begun to creep over the mountain. Call it self-preservation but there was no way he was driving into Ellery in the daylight. He changed the subject.<br /><br />"Widow Jenn is still alive?" he said. Finn took the change of subject in his stride and nodded.<br /><br />"Ninety-eight and thriving on ten a day with a glass of whisky," he said.<br /><br />"She still has those binoculars?" Luke snorted a laugh. Widow Jenn was one of the more colourful characters in the town and when he was younger she’d had her fingers in so many pies—evidently that hadn’t changed.<br /><br /><br /></div></div>

The Teacher and the Soldier

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZSHSZCWdwop3BMv8Th50GMUY8oKi2BdqZjSCDB4md95wgt-HJnkTN0yY_CJdKgGDoSEDukSsn10IDHQKOA2lovLvyCHv67yrjZeJ9Hpf3wQx9QwXpqotirTYdUxuvq_fsJeXs1bAur4/s1600/Face-Value+600x900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZSHSZCWdwop3BMv8Th50GMUY8oKi2BdqZjSCDB4md95wgt-HJnkTN0yY_CJdKgGDoSEDukSsn10IDHQKOA2lovLvyCHv67yrjZeJ9Hpf3wQx9QwXpqotirTYdUxuvq_fsJeXs1bAur4/s320/Face-Value+600x900.jpg" width="212" /></a>First off, a HUGE sorry to everyone for the blog posts about you-know-who...<br /><br />I appreciate that some of you will not want to know what is happening and for that I send you BIG HUGS and SMOOCHES...<br /><br />I will be posting something every time a new drama arises but it is more a way of me documenting what is happening now than a plea for support.<br /><br />Every single one of you who have emailed me, posted blogs, or contacted me on Facebook, have made this journey easier.<br /><br />Authors often say their readers are the best, but they're wrong. My readers are the best ones...<br /><br />Normal service will resume soon, I promise...<br /><br /><b>So, in other news...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>oOo</b></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span><br /><a name="more"></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>eXtasy</b></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjQ8KO0TsTVX3OvXRCCcySRmSFOjAhMIy_uOYk55qIuTeh1jM5NklQy53PB9nePy4k3emQhWxjn5fbYiBats1JNZQE0Pppeic0bbfBab0ZvJHHvJ2JhxmucaNby_1biwvINsG9snurc4/s1600/64246_434678613281893_1653726542_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjQ8KO0TsTVX3OvXRCCcySRmSFOjAhMIy_uOYk55qIuTeh1jM5NklQy53PB9nePy4k3emQhWxjn5fbYiBats1JNZQE0Pppeic0bbfBab0ZvJHHvJ2JhxmucaNby_1biwvINsG9snurc4/s1600/64246_434678613281893_1653726542_n.jpg" /></a></div>I had an email from All Romance E-Books to say that <b>The Vampire Contract</b> from e<a href="https://www.facebook.com/eXtasyBooksInc?group_id=0">Xtasy Books</a> had just hit the Allromance.com Bestseller List! <a href="https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-thevampirecontract-1115516-140.html" target="_blank">Link to book at ARe</a>. I don't know how long it will last on there, but I was so excited to receive the news. VC was a whole new departure for me into the realms of Werewolves and Vampires and I enjoyed every minute of it!<br /><div><br /></div><div>I'm just polishing off The Guilty Werewolf, which should be at eXtasy 1 April ... watch this space for news...</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Total E-Bound</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfveRjh4NanNShqzT95NyDybrSgUMoBGL3mjdCnP1WLsz1N6ZhppaXFmUe9aVfcsNgTMdaL94l62yp7DS0e2SHCTAc4AioG3M6v2Y7uu4-i-BIxz_dvqhxhVw-6YLkV4Qoew94F09eSU/s1600/moments_flat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfveRjh4NanNShqzT95NyDybrSgUMoBGL3mjdCnP1WLsz1N6ZhppaXFmUe9aVfcsNgTMdaL94l62yp7DS0e2SHCTAc4AioG3M6v2Y7uu4-i-BIxz_dvqhxhVw-6YLkV4Qoew94F09eSU/s200/moments_flat.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/moments.html" target="_blank"><b>Moments</b></a> is available to buy with the new cover and it has been re-edited. I love this book. It was my second ever book and just ticks every one of my kinks, Hollywood bad boy, misunderstood hero, romance, realisation, family... sighs... just love it.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can buy the book direct from <a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/authordetail.asp?A_ID=272" target="_blank">TEB</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUo1IWOy3pXluMQxazynin_M37sfh4lYiSR7H3Q79eA-aC6G8XzpdnjKgGOv_zB82tHCNh8BQPwKh2SmzZZuvcq4aJbyam7ZBullWSvHabEeF2lSG8up5fw_QZbVtuNTWXu5CfVHLu7I/s1600/thecaseofthewickedwolf_flat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUo1IWOy3pXluMQxazynin_M37sfh4lYiSR7H3Q79eA-aC6G8XzpdnjKgGOv_zB82tHCNh8BQPwKh2SmzZZuvcq4aJbyam7ZBullWSvHabEeF2lSG8up5fw_QZbVtuNTWXu5CfVHLu7I/s200/thecaseofthewickedwolf_flat.jpg" width="200" /></a>The second book in the End Street Detective Agency with the awesome Amber Kell (<i>she paid me to say that!</i>) is up and ready for pre-order. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/waywardwolf.html" target="_blank"><b>The Case Of The Wicked Wolf </b></a>has our heroes, Sam and Bob, tracking down the missing wolf girl and becoming embroiled in sinister plots that cause paranormals to land smack in the middle of poor Sam's world. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_MCCpSVYiqanJzIgAOQyrqkPtvYUoMglryErspnMMO4Vli0QvrikjqeiiOhJhunfK3YQmpEj5aeEFUMFfhKIqj-SsHF7x-TaFLZUs-1lXX2AICsT5ETuta0FE4FU_Owffdw7c447UqM/s1600/theteacherandthesoldier_flat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_MCCpSVYiqanJzIgAOQyrqkPtvYUoMglryErspnMMO4Vli0QvrikjqeiiOhJhunfK3YQmpEj5aeEFUMFfhKIqj-SsHF7x-TaFLZUs-1lXX2AICsT5ETuta0FE4FU_Owffdw7c447UqM/s200/theteacherandthesoldier_flat.jpg" width="200" /></a>Book two charts the love between Hartman Hunter, Alpha of his pack and father to the missing girl. </div><div><br /></div><div>When his ex lover, demon Danjal becomes his only hope in the search for Shelby, Hartman has to face his past and hope he can build a future.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-school-teacher-and-soldier.html" target="_blank"><b>The Teacher and The Soldier</b></a> is available to pre-order and is available to download 25 March from TEB. I am so excited for you to read this. </div><div><br /></div><div>I had a lot of lovely comments about The Fireman And The Cop and can not wait to see what you think of Teacher/Soldier<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZSHSZCWdwop3BMv8Th50GMUY8oKi2BdqZjSCDB4md95wgt-HJnkTN0yY_CJdKgGDoSEDukSsn10IDHQKOA2lovLvyCHv67yrjZeJ9Hpf3wQx9QwXpqotirTYdUxuvq_fsJeXs1bAur4/s1600/Face-Value+600x900.jpg"><br /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Love Lane Books</b></span><br /><br />Coming very very soon is *Under The Sun* written with Meredith Russell and is book 2 in our Sapphire Cay series. Follow the story of Jamie and Edward and their love on the golden sands of the Cay. <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/under-sun-with-meredith-russell.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBbDA68NsOkuiE4hAKn8D88go7o7CJ5eB_nRJFZ78TzeangStaMFmMOVtpP04NX1p8fH1f_SAYflL7rf_dDBk2FOsKeODfEyWmewpxG-VftXI1393ltwFwpzCsWCV9mpDbiUjlua1r74/s1600/UTS-600x900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBbDA68NsOkuiE4hAKn8D88go7o7CJ5eB_nRJFZ78TzeangStaMFmMOVtpP04NX1p8fH1f_SAYflL7rf_dDBk2FOsKeODfEyWmewpxG-VftXI1393ltwFwpzCsWCV9mpDbiUjlua1r74/s200/UTS-600x900.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZSHSZCWdwop3BMv8Th50GMUY8oKi2BdqZjSCDB4md95wgt-HJnkTN0yY_CJdKgGDoSEDukSsn10IDHQKOA2lovLvyCHv67yrjZeJ9Hpf3wQx9QwXpqotirTYdUxuvq_fsJeXs1bAur4/s1600/Face-Value+600x900.jpg"><br /></a>My own imprint is going well and I have wonderful new cover art for paperbacks such as The Heart Of Texas, from Meredith Russell, and The Christmas Throwaway, from Bitter Grace Art. </div><div><br /></div><div>Yesterday I received gorgeous art from Bitter Grace for Sanctuary 3 - Face Value - Beckett and Kayden's story. I'll be updating Amazon and ARe etc as soon as I can.</div><div><br /></div><div>To read more about Face Value and an excerpt please follow <a href="http://rjscottauthor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/face-value.html" target="_blank">this link</a>.<br /><br /></div>

Other much nicer news... eXtasy, Total E-bound and Love Lane books

First off, a HUGE sorry to everyone for the blog posts about you-know-who... I appreciate that some of you will not want to know what is hap...

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