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New York Christmas... first reviews

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8C_g5-tSzu4OrgfkinT-sc0LBrZdQmrCbelUM5pdT4TA9z69t7rOM_u9VkxhE4KPpQHzwhQ-V5IqesRiZh3DWsH_GIwQBX7tN2Sdli6OGQoCJaAjz2nLQmXMevGRpduiik8X6OiTWy0/s1600/nyxmasfinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8C_g5-tSzu4OrgfkinT-sc0LBrZdQmrCbelUM5pdT4TA9z69t7rOM_u9VkxhE4KPpQHzwhQ-V5IqesRiZh3DWsH_GIwQBX7tN2Sdli6OGQoCJaAjz2nLQmXMevGRpduiik8X6OiTWy0/s400/nyxmasfinal.jpg" width="265" /></a></div>New York Christmas, the story of falling in love ... again ... one Christmas in New York. Available to buy from <a href="http://www.lovelanebooks.co.uk/">Love Lane Books</a> * * * * * 5/5 from Hearts on Fire Reviews <div> "If you're looking at the days ticking by and just don't feel the spirit, pick up this wonderful, heart warming romance and you'll be looking forward to the holiday again." * * * * *</div><div> </div>4.5/5 from Mrs Condit Reads books <div>"Go ahead and judge this book by its cover because NEW YORK CHRISTMAS is a great holiday story and that’s a beautiful cover. However, as usual, RJ Scott puts enough angst into the plot that it isn’t all feel-good Merry Christmas. Someone is accused of something he didn’t do. Someone else saves the day. Someone is shot and might die. Two someones have a hard time overcoming past history and making a new start. Together." * * * * * Why not check out this weekend's Christmas Blog Hop for prizes, free reads and blog posts! <script src="http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=169323" type="text/javascript"></script></div>

New York Christmas... first reviews

New York Christmas, the story of falling in love ... again ... one Christmas in New York. Available to buy from Love Lane Books * * * * * 5/...

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The Christmas Blog Hop

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAE09nxQf4ohV8iFzDPLAeP7ojHXJ58FaQQAYBwFgO5f46romIpPIjcTXbRKLU9ngxExhZiJNJiLti73WJun2pBSCHp4tX4qsmtssC6V8bVgK7vmvdJBsajQrh_9DY3bk0Ecg3YeI4O2E/s1600/RJScottxmasBloghop+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAE09nxQf4ohV8iFzDPLAeP7ojHXJ58FaQQAYBwFgO5f46romIpPIjcTXbRKLU9ngxExhZiJNJiLti73WJun2pBSCHp4tX4qsmtssC6V8bVgK7vmvdJBsajQrh_9DY3bk0Ecg3YeI4O2E/s320/RJScottxmasBloghop+%25281%2529.jpg" width="227" /></a></div>To celebrate the release of <a href="https://www.lovelanebooks.co.uk/" target="_blank">New York Christmas</a> this weekend I am hosting a CHRISTMAS BLOG HOP! Look at the list below of many wonderful authors who have posted about Christmas memories, songs, films and traditions to name but a few! <div style="text-align: center;">Competitions</div><div style="text-align: center;">Free Reads</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blog Posts</div> <script src="http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=169323" type="text/javascript"></script> New York Christmas, the story of falling in love, again, one Christmas in New York... Available to buy from <a href="http://www.lovelanebooks.co.uk/">Love Lane Books</a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDLjGIdoJ7hmMhLZjb3Z5Piqt_WzFPjohZEu3IuTpGXqX62Yzvm3rgVLfiYwMN2E51La6xfL2D4y2ekwBo9vshBe-VJQNJGvxo-54GYSx_aMTxofizCx841Wsn0ZX6oUyzP6OkuvIdQY/s1600/nyxmas300.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/AVvXsEiBDLjGIdoJ7hmMhLZjb3Z5Piqt_WzFPjohZEu3IuTpGXqX62Yzvm3rgVLfiYwMN2E51La6xfL2D4y2ekwBo9vshBe-VJQNJGvxo-54GYSx_aMTxofizCx841Wsn0ZX6oUyzP6OkuvIdQY/s1600/nyxmas300.jpg" /></a> 5/5 from Hearts on Fire Reviews If you're looking at the days ticking by and just don't feel the spirit, pick up this wonderful, heart warming romance and you'll be looking forward to the holiday again. 4.5/5 from Mrs Condit Reads books "Go ahead and judge this book by its cover because NEW YORK CHRISTMAS is a great holiday story and that’s a beautiful cover. However, as usual, RJ Scott puts enough angst into the plot that it isn’t all feel-good Merry Christmas. Someone is accused of something he didn’t do. Someone else saves the day. Someone is shot and might die. Two someones have a hard time overcoming past history and making a new start. Together." <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

The Christmas Blog Hop

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New York Christmas - Released

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVwEopty2pisCf9mWG0XOVILcdl3IZzC6RS9Qfn9l3AIS5a98G0yEaFL_z-5jIvSzCbS5C9sVeXGVlwKkOX1rv7KyB4kQjo0MoqbGyU1vQHzdoQ1549SHWwBnu-uRSEbQp6b6dcnmy2A/s1600/nyxmas600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVwEopty2pisCf9mWG0XOVILcdl3IZzC6RS9Qfn9l3AIS5a98G0yEaFL_z-5jIvSzCbS5C9sVeXGVlwKkOX1rv7KyB4kQjo0MoqbGyU1vQHzdoQ1549SHWwBnu-uRSEbQp6b6dcnmy2A/s640/nyxmas600.jpg" width="426" /></a> <a href="https://www.lovelanebooks.co.uk/" target="_blank">BUY LINK</a> Originally a short blog story called New York Blue, written in 2010. The concept of that story remains but I have expanded and rewritten extensively. <div style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</div> Christmas, and the man of his fantasies is back in Chris's life. It's been far too long since Christian Matthews has seen Daniel Bailey. In fact the last time they met Chris was a senior in college and he was the TA tasked with helping Daniel who was a way too confident freshman. Some years down the road, Chris is licking his wounds after being asked to leave the private school where he was teaching. He has no job, no money, and has to rely on his friend Amelia for the job and a room to live in. He needs a freaking Christmas miracle to make this Season anything other than a total loss. Then Daniel comes back into his life and suddenly everything seems possible. Not only is Daniel still the man Christian wants more than anything, but this time Chris may well actually tell Daniel how he feels. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15979878-new-york-christmas" target="_blank">Add to Goodreads</a> EXTRACT Chapter 1  <div> Wednesday, November 21st  Everything started between one breath and the next, with the seventy-fifth repeat of Lennon’s Christmas classic in his ears and the smell of Amelia’s cranberry muffins in his nose. It was heaven and hell and all the clichés in between, a surprise that kicked him in the butt so hard that he almost fell down. Daniel. Daniel Bailey, of the Boston Baileys, the boy who Daniel had wanted with a passion. <a name="more"></a>Tall. Way, way tall, with chestnut brown hair and beautiful hazel eyes, a dimpled chin and high cheekbones, Daniel freaking Bailey was perfection personified. They had studied together. Daniel was in English Lit 101 for easy credit; Chris was the TA for the English professor. Daniel had been assigned remedial English because he was so good with “special needs” students. Special needs was, in this case, a euphemism used by those that actually worked hard at college. Used with much disdain to describe those students who just didn’t seem to care enough. That was Daniel, the boy who never had to try. He never ever appeared to work at anything. Yet, somehow Daniel always managed to scrape through. Then again, why would Daniel even want to work at school? He didn’t need to. A trust fund at twenty-five, a Ferrari—two actually—in the campus parking lot. Holidays in Europe, no need to worry about planning a career—it was expected he would join the family firm when he left college. Daniel had it easy really and was a person with a stunningly bright light about him. He still looked good at twenty-nine, which is what he must be considering Chris had just scored the big three-oh plus two. Still tall. Well, duh. Still with the long bangs that curled and flicked artfully around his face, still in denim that cost more than Chris probably made in a week at the café, and still with those god-awful, if expensive, sweatshirts he was so fond of. This one was a curious mix of brown and blue, and on a lesser man, a shorter, wider, uglier man, it would have been an awful sight. On Daniel however, the cotton curved over defined muscles and clung to his torso before skimming hips and covering the very area that Chris had defined in college as sheer heaven. “Chris? Chris Matthews, is that you?” Chris blinked at the deep, cultured voice, his dick hardening impossibly against the zip of his pants. Daniel had that effect on him at college, and apparently nothing had changed. Thankfully, what was happening was hidden under the apron declaring he was one of Amelia’s puffs. Daniel was talking to him. The last time Daniel had talked to him it had been at graduation ten years ago. Then there was the Christmas eggnog incident. Fuck. Why did he have to remember that now? Here? In the middle of the freaking midmorning rush? Both having stayed at college over Christmas, they were the only two left in their respective shared houses and, more by luck than judgment, had met at the campus coffee shop. Coffee led to a debate on Grand Theft Auto, which led to a grudge match back at Daniel’s house. Daniel’s house had been so different from the dump Chris shared with seven others. Daniel shared with only two others and they each had their own bathrooms. Luxurious and yet another example of the difference between them. To this day, he couldn’t remember whose idea it was to introduce eggnog into the situation but the memories of what had happened next sustained him for quite a few years. Daniel had tipped the contents of the bag gently onto the work surface and Chris held a hand out to stop the bottle of bourbon from rolling off the side. Following the recipe, they concentrated as only two young guys full of beer could on creating what was described in the recipe as the perfect eggnog. Eggs, sugar, nutmeg, cream, then brandy, a bit more brandy, and then some bourbon, which Chris had tried with a healthy swallow to make sure it was okay. The alcohol made him bold. The man of his dreams was standing not more than a foot from him and was waving bourbon under his nose, demanding Chris tell him if it was okay to use. Then he had added nearly half the bottle. The first taste of the concoction had Chris gasping for air. Then the second numbed the pain. He had very few memories of the next few hours apart from exchanging sloppy under-the-mistletoe Christmas kisses. Which was a total waste given his dick was alcohol affected. The fickle thing couldn’t have risen to the occasion even if Brad Pitt had walked in the room naked and asking for butt sex. He’d woken on the floor with a mouth full of dead something, Daniel snoring on the sofa, and his butt untouched. Chris left. Walked the two blocks to his home and spent the rest of the day clutching the porcelain god, losing his stomach contents ten times over. But the kiss… he’d wanted more of those. He never got them though. And now the man he’d tried to forget was standing here looking for a rational response from a normal guy and suddenly Chris’s head was empty. In his head he knew exactly what he should be saying and how he should say it. But just like the nerd in every cliché movie ever, what actually came out was little more than a squeak and probably could only be heard by teenagers and small dogs. He coughed, made a show of patting his throat after the cough, and swallowed before starting again. “Hey.” Eloquent. Not. “From college. Chris Matthews, right?” Daniel added carefully. He looked a bit confused, an expression that spoke of worry that he had misstated Chris’s name, or indeed that he didn’t really know Chris at all. “Muffins,” Chris began, “uhmm, yes, Chris, college, I do… I work… erm… muffins.” Well, that killed his hard-on. Four years of college education and he was reduced to blind idiocy with zero verbal skills at the sight of tall, dark, and sexy. Daniel smiled. An easy, broad, happy smile that reached his hazel eyes and creased his entire face. And goddammit, there were his dimples, all kind of cute and pitted and— was he actually thinking the word?—dimply. “Long time no see.” Daniel clearly wanted to carry on a conversation, and Chris was right there with that. It was just a shame that his brain and his mouth were having a lot of trouble connecting with any level of coherence. “Uh huh,” Chris managed; Daniel always had this way of making him so damn tongue-tied. He shifted from one foot to the next, hoping that he was being subtle. Then, with nothing else he could think of to say, blurted, “What can I get you?” He hadn’t meant his tone to be brisk, but that was the way it came out. Chris cursed inwardly at the social ineptitude that only manifested around really hot guys. It seemed it was now Daniel’s turn to go quiet as the enthusiastic brightness in his eyes faded a little and his broad shoulders stiffened just a fraction. It didn’t last long, Chris may even have imagined it, it was so brief, then Daniel pulled those same amazingly broad shoulders back, concentrating avidly on the tempting layout of muffins under the glass and finally pointing at the cranberry muffins. “Twelve of those please.” Chris boxed them, taking careful interest in what he was doing so he wasn’t looking at Daniel or meeting his eyes. He handed the box to the other man, offering a small smile, but Daniel didn’t exactly smile back. Instead, he handed over a twenty-dollar bill. Chris fumbled with the change, counting the two dollars and twenty-five cents carefully into Daniel’s outstretched palm before the other man looked at him expectantly, then expectation turned to confusion, and finally he turned on his heel and just left. “Talk about hot.” Chris heard the soft words and the low whistle. He turned to face Amelia, his boss, who was juggling more muffins and a platter of replacement cream cakes. “Hmmm?” He hadn’t been following what Amelia said, but obviously she was talking about the muffins, right? Chris immediately took the new batch from her, sliding them into the glass case. “That guy you just served: tall, dark, and sexy.” “Daniel.” “Oh. My. God,” Amelia half whispered under her breath. “Christian James Matthews, you slut, you got his name already? It’s true when they say that the quiet ones are the wildest.” “I knew him in college, okay? ‘M not a slut, Ame,” Chris said. He managed to mutter this before the next person in the winding line demanded his attention with an order for three muffins, one cream cake, a macchiato, a flat white, and a mocha. He dealt with that customer and the next, thoughts of Daniel being pushed aside by masterful coping with the pre-Thanksgiving, still at-work, need-a-muffin rush. Thinking back, even the eggnog incident and the fact that after this Daniel seemed to avoid him at college outside study sessions, hadn’t dampened Chris’s crush on the younger man. Still, he left college without taking that crush into the open. The only other thing that stuck in his mind was the memory of his last day at college. Daniel had cornered him in the parking lot and pulled him into a tight hug. “Thank you for all your help with my coursework,” Daniel had said. “You’re welcome,” Chris said. His response was the same one he gave to all the first-year students he had helped. Short and to the point. “I’ll see you in a few years,” Daniel offered. “Okay.” It was only later when he was in the car listening to his mom’s crappy choice in music that he considered what Daniel had said. A few years? He doubted he would see the man again. So what if Daniel had been the subject of more than one of Chris’s right-hand fantasies over the last eleven or so years? So what if he had probably just lost his entire life’s chances of actually talking to the guy as a grown and confident adult. He was never going to see Daniel again. New York was a huge city, and Amelia’s, while popular, was just one coffee shop off the beaten track. Shame. Because really? Daniel Bailey was still freaking hot. * * * * Daniel changed into his uniform in the locker room and then hurried to his desk. He dropped the box of twelve cranberry muffins on the table in the middle of the bullpen. Counting down in his head from ten he wasn’t surprised when it was his partner, Alex Strachen, who made the first comment. “Muffins are just ever-so-slightly gay, Bailey,” he said. “Hell, sugar, couldn’t you get doughnuts or cookies or something a bit straighter?” “Ha ha, Strachen,” Daniel said drily. He scooped the box out of Alex’s way and closed the lid. “I’ll just take them to admin then.” “Don’t be so hasty,” Alex said. He held out a hand and shook it, palm up. “Gimme.” Daniel placed the box very deliberately in front of his partner and then settled himself on the nearest chair before scooting forward to help himself to a muffin. “These are from Grand Street?” Alex commented around a mouthful of muffin. He pointed at the address on the side of the box. “That’s like ten blocks away.” He swallowed his mouthful and took a swig of coffee, grimacing at what Daniel knew was disgusting caffeine. “And in the opposite direction from where you live.” “Great detective work,” Daniel said. He bit into a whole cranberry and the juice of the tart fruit sparked on his tongue. God. These muffins were heaven in a box. He watched as one by one they disappeared as other officers took them. A small part of him regretted sharing. Still, an empty box meant he could go back after Thanksgiving and see Chris again. “Is this something to do with your guy? Did you track him down?” Alex leaned in and spoke quietly. Despite the fact that every single person in the department knew Daniel was gay, Alex respected that he didn’t want to talk details with everyone getting up into his private life. “We’ll talk later,” Daniel offered. Unspoken was ‘when we’re out and away from here’. They settled into the routine of the new day, checking reports, briefing, and organizing themselves into what they needed to do. It was nearly midday before they hit the streets, and the snow was a blessing in that it slowed everything down. People still milled around; cars still forced their way through lights and around corners narrowly missing the feet of the waiting pedestrians. But there was a buzz of excitement in the air. The first snow was always an exciting one, before it melted or, worst case scenario, turned to slush. The bitter November air stung Daniel’s face but it was okay. He was home here. “So tell me? Did that guy you tracked down, the brother or something, give you good intel?” Daniel hated to use police information to track down the man he wanted to find and had instead relied on good old-fashioned detective work. Knowing Chris’s brother worked at the Times was a good place to start, asking for details of where his brother worked the next step. Address in hand—and leaving two hours early for work—meant that finally, after all these years, he had seen Chris again. Strange that the man who had given Daniel’s studies purpose had ended up in a coffee shop of all places. In his head Chris had become a teacher, or gone on to further study and become a doctor of English lit. Anything but someone who made coffee and sold muffins for a living. “Yeah, and he was working behind the counter there.” “Hence the muffins. Did he recognize you?” “Yeah he did. I could see he realized it was me immediately.” “Were you in uniform?” “Left it here yesterday and changed when I arrived. Didn’t want to scare the guy off at first sight.” Daniel shrugged. “He looked like a scared rabbit, and he wasn’t wearing his glasses.” “You remember he wore glasses?” Alex laughed. “Man, you have it bad. Have you really liked him for this long?” Daniel hadn’t shared a lot of his backstory with Alex. His partner knew the headlines: son of rich parents, private education, college degree, cop. He didn’t know about Chris and the effect the senior had had on his freshman self. Why would he? Daniel kept everything very close to his chest. He sighed. “It’s unfinished business. I should have looked him up way before this.” Alex looked at him thoughtfully while he deftly avoided colliding with a woman who had stopped to look in a shop window with very little consideration for the people around her. He grimaced but continued walking. They were used to much worse. Everyone out here had an agenda and it was a cop’s job to make sure they handled whatever the City threw at them. “So why didn’t you look him up?” Daniel spotted a scruffy Santa with a charity box on the corner and looked pointedly at the guy, who seemed to get the hint and disappeared. He had mastered the art of the steely-eyed take-no-shit glare from Alex and he used it to good effect. Sometimes body language and the uniform were more effective than words. “The time wasn’t right. I was at college, then battling family, then training, then beat. Only just settled I guess.” “Dangerous game if he was that important. What if he up and met some other way-tall, hazel-eyed studmuffin and eloped to Tortuga?” “You calling me a studmuffin, Strachen?” Alex huffed a laugh and answered a call to his radio. There was a situation a street over and suddenly talking was done. As they dealt with the details—a dead rabbit, a conman, a wailing kid, and the kid’s mom—Daniel attempted to get his own thoughts in order. Chris had been shocked to see him this morning but he had recognized him. That was a good thing, right? Chris was still just as Daniel remembered. Flustered, cute—not cute, gorgeous—and still with that smile that caused butterflies in the pit of Daniel’s stomach. He would go back soon, maybe even pluck up the courage to ask the guy out. Decision made, he concentrated on the story of why a four-year-old had found a dead rabbit inside a shoe box. Only in New York City.</div><div><a href="https://www.lovelanebooks.co.uk/" target="_blank">BUY LINK</a></div>

New York Christmas - Released

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Look what I found from last year!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_dVX0YNkh6CH2wbGtfVJhy_41Iaq8MKvwEx4zNQrx5koqH-QXVEQY3PFMrsuwsMqbu5DC1IIYhWJTR62AZGHzroZm_95Gnr4_NSRGABCyItvY3t0YH5jwjPybgdziCl8zOMQFJmFEtw/s1600/TCT4x6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_dVX0YNkh6CH2wbGtfVJhy_41Iaq8MKvwEx4zNQrx5koqH-QXVEQY3PFMrsuwsMqbu5DC1IIYhWJTR62AZGHzroZm_95Gnr4_NSRGABCyItvY3t0YH5jwjPybgdziCl8zOMQFJmFEtw/s320/TCT4x6.jpg" width="213" /></a>I forgot this ... wow... I was searching for the old cover art and this post from last December popped up... <div> </div><div>DECEMBER 2011 - The Christmas Throwaway gets 6th place in the Rainbow Awards Best Gay Contemporary Romance category</div><div> From the awards page: <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbgE44-WOeY1QojjK3H12MppiYjRbawxA3onVp3A0DVRlMGjecOPzJGgYhFqAVLiRA-2A6IIXXWiMhkg5YAs-2cg_vzsg2MYEyD17NMC20HwRIZuyz_QpsimVk6HPZ4h1MZj7kMR5mmQ/s1600/rainbowawards_hon_mention3.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbgE44-WOeY1QojjK3H12MppiYjRbawxA3onVp3A0DVRlMGjecOPzJGgYhFqAVLiRA-2A6IIXXWiMhkg5YAs-2cg_vzsg2MYEyD17NMC20HwRIZuyz_QpsimVk6HPZ4h1MZj7kMR5mmQ/s1600/rainbowawards_hon_mention3.png" /></a> 'From the first chapter, the author draws you into the story and you cannot put the book down until the very end. I like how the author described just enough about the setting and did not bog it down with a description of everything. You still got the feel of the people of the town and the feeling of the season. Oh wow! I just can't say enough about the characters. Plain and simple, every now and then a reader can come across a story and you FEEL what the characters are feeling and that is exactly how I felt reading this story. -- Rachel Blurb: </div><div>Christmas is a time for giving - what do you do when no one gives a damn?For Zachary Weston Christmas means sleeping on a churchyard bench in the freezing snow with nothing better in his future. Thrown out of his home for being gay, he is left without money or, it seems, anywhere to go. Until a stranger shows him that some people do give a lot more than a damn. Ben Hamilton is a rookie cop in his small home town. He finds a young throwaway, fresh from the city, sleeping on a bench in the churchyard on a snowy Christmas Eve. Can he be the one to give Zachary his own Christmas miracle? <a href="http://lovelanebooks.co.uk/" target="_blank">BUY LINK</a></div>

Look what I found from last year!

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Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words - Reviews

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcvLCAQSN9F3_gGwliruMTQnzZZ8jN9n8lIultf1E5ecQwxxc50Y5N0N81zkYNzp0O-pUOOOge7Kc3MuOIpmfP3s4zJT2MPPXSylCvDCaheIxlFYIdWmbAcWOnzgaIvlFTjxlg3dLXBQ/s1600/sanctuary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcvLCAQSN9F3_gGwliruMTQnzZZ8jN9n8lIultf1E5ecQwxxc50Y5N0N81zkYNzp0O-pUOOOge7Kc3MuOIpmfP3s4zJT2MPPXSylCvDCaheIxlFYIdWmbAcWOnzgaIvlFTjxlg3dLXBQ/s400/sanctuary.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>What I love most about these reviews is that they are detailed and  tell a potential reader what things to look out for in the stories. Very honest reviews...</div><div> </div><a href="http://scatteredthoughtsandroguewords.com/2012/03/28/review-of-the-only-easy-day-by-r-j-scott/">Review of The Only Easy Day by R.J.Scott</a> - What a great story! It has everything you could want in a action/adventure novel. Danger, murder, sexual heat, and intrigue as well as a monumental clash of personalities. Joseph Kinnon is absolutely realistic as a Navy Seal. He is patriotic, intense, beyond capable, and lonely. Dale MacIntyre is another wonderful creation. Haunted by a tragic event in his past, MacIntyre too is lonely, mistrustful, and envious of his colleagues who have found lasting relationships. <a href="http://scatteredthoughtsandroguewords.com/2012/05/02/review-of-face-value-sanctuary-3-by-rj-scott-2/">Review of Face Value, Sanctuary #3 by RJ Scott</a> <div><a href="http://scatteredthoughtsandroguewords.com/2012/06/04/review-of-still-waters-sanctuary-4-by-rj-scott/">Review of Still Waters (Sanctuary #4) by RJ Scott</a> <a href="http://scatteredthoughtsandroguewords.com/2012/07/05/review-of-full-circle-sanctuary-5-by-rj-scott/">Review of Full Circle (Sanctuary #5) by RJ Scott</a> - Full Circle also brings to a close case of the Bullen crime family that started inGuarding Morgan. During the investigation into the Bullen family activities, several Sanctuary agents have been shot, evidence has been tampered with, people have vanished, each new lead taking them to new crimes and new accomplices until it ended with uncovering a FBI mole that had acted as liaison to Sanctuary in Clear Water, Sanctuary #4. Scott neatly ties together all the threads from each book into an ending deserving of such a convoluted investigation. I wanted to see the Bullens brought to justice and Scott delivered that in spades.</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kk8m1KYBnm8/UEIGJrm5pHI/AAAAAAAADA8/caaVsSnLkjM/s1600/SplinteredLies400x600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kk8m1KYBnm8/UEIGJrm5pHI/AAAAAAAADA8/caaVsSnLkjM/s320/SplinteredLies400x600.jpg" width="213" /></a><a href="http://scatteredthoughtsandroguewords.com/2012/11/16/review-of-splintered-lies-in-the-shadow-of-the-wolf-3-by-diane-adams-and-rj-scott/">Review of Splintered Lies (In The Shadow of the Wolf #3) by Diane Adams and RJ Scott</a> - With Rob, Sam, Doug, and Jamie to help, Nick and Joe set out to find the truth behind the torture, kidnapping and deaths of the shifters. Nick tries to keep his love for Joe quiet but working next to him in the investigation is unbelievably hard. And Joe is also finding that the love and lust he thought he had buried when he married Mara is coming back in full force. Will his guilt and love for his dead wife make any future with Nick impossible? And will the conspiracy to kill wolf shifters mean their deaths as well. <a href="http://scatteredthoughtsandroguewords.com/2012/10/16/review-of-texas-heat-texas-3-by-rj-scott/">Review of Texas Heat (Texas #3) by RJ Scott</a> - What I continue to appreciate with RJ Scott’s writing, no matter the series, is that even as our emotions are engaged with two couples at differing stages of their relationships, other events are swirling around the outskirts just waiting to come forward with a jump and a bang. Scott keeps juggling a number of plots in her story but never lets one drop. There are so many layers to appreciate and think about that when the end of the book comes the author has a structure in place for the next in the series without losing reader satisfaction with the current story. <a href="http://scatteredthoughtsandroguewords.com/2012/03/24/review-of-all-the-kings-men-by-r-j-scott/">Review of All The Kings Men by R.J. Scott</a></div>

Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words - Reviews

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The Next Big Thing Blog Hop

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The Next Big Thing Blog Hop

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Rainbow Book Reviews

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QaCVXb4u63n0N_9QcqpuU-UbEyDakTUhdS1NvO2DR7jbEPYrE6LJzIHzNJro8Lif4tH-AMxfizsSWIl6S7ylobEwkoxyjJa2n9Er0GLiXrwjDgddKjeD8mPeQTGuQmGOpOGXl_wfkBQ/s1600/nyxmas600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QaCVXb4u63n0N_9QcqpuU-UbEyDakTUhdS1NvO2DR7jbEPYrE6LJzIHzNJro8Lif4tH-AMxfizsSWIl6S7ylobEwkoxyjJa2n9Er0GLiXrwjDgddKjeD8mPeQTGuQmGOpOGXl_wfkBQ/s320/nyxmas600.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/book-of-secrets-oracle-2-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">Book of Secrets</a> - If you like mystery and intrigue in your romances, if you enjoy a plotline that will reveal as many secrets as offer new ones to ponder, and if you want to know how Alex and Luke are faring, then you will probably enjoy this books as much as I did. <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/the-carpenter-and-the-actor-ellery-mountain-3-by-rj-scott-at-total-e-bound">The Carpenter and the Actor</a> - 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. <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/bodyguard-to-a-sex-god-bodyguards-inc-1-by-rj-scott-at-love-lane-books" target="_blank">Bodyguard to a Sex God</a> - Besides the main theme, there's a lot going on in this mystery-love story, including “when one door closes another opens”; "truthfulness is the best policy", and "love will always find a way"; and more. Each sub-plot is interesting in its own right and they are all tied up nicely in a satisfactory conclusion. I'd recommend this book to everyone who enjoys a fast-paced, intriguing love story with a very happy ending. Thanks, RJ, for an enjoyable, hot romance with more than one twist. <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/new-york-christmas-by-rj-scott-at-love-lane-books">New York Christmas</a> - This is a great Christmas story, from the slow build of a romantic relationship that is long overdue, through some very angsty territory, all the way to lives being threatened, and a perfectly adorable ending. And even though Christmas isn’t really at the heart of the story, Chris and Daniel's love is the focus, it is a perfect example of the Christmas spirit. Of course, the setting of New York in December and January may have something to do with it. Two of my favorite scenes ere the lighting of the tree at Rockefeller center and the two guys going ice skating. The latter was hilarious! <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/the-decisions-we-make-by-rj-scott-at-love-lane-books">The Decisions We Make</a> - If you like angst-y stories, if the task of growing up in today's world baffles you but you’re curious about the way kids deal with it, and if you think you can survive one heck of an emotional roller coaster ride, then give this book a chance. I don’t think you'll regret it- I certainly didn’t! <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/jesses-christmas-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">Jesse's Christmas</a> - This is a wonderful story which made me smile and re-appreciate the meaning of Christmas. I loved reading about Jesse, who is totally disillusioned. Christmas is ruined for him, and while it isn't clear, at first, exactly what happened, the gradual revealing of his reasons added a nice extra layer to the story. Equally, the gradual thawing of his heart as he meets and gets to know Gabriel is the perfect setup for a heartwarming story. It is an interesting variation on the Christmas grinch storyline. <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/deefur-dog-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">Deefur Dog</a> - This is a wonderful love story which portrays that a nontraditional family has the same joys, sorrow, problems, angst, and love as any other family and does it extraordinarily well. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a wonderful, emotional love story with a happy ending. <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/back-home-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">Back Home</a> - Back Home is a really touching story that showed me the power of communication. When I started reading this story, I started having an idea about what I thought the story is about and by the end, it was a completely different picture. I love how RJ has taken on such a complex subject matter and turned it on its ear, smoothly incorporating family opinions and history to build tension and drama. Written in a contemporary style, if you enjoy drama, or family style stories, this is for you. <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/the-christmas-throwaway-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">The Christmas Throwaway</a> - The Christmas Throwaway' is a charming, heart-warming love story about second chances, overcoming obstacles, and the importance of a loving, supportive family. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone in the mood for a sweet story which will not only leave you feeling good, but will also remind you to count your blessings THE TEXAS SERIES <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/the-heart-of-texas-texas-1-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">The Heart Of Texas</a> - If you’re up for a great time, if you like soap operas in written form, and if you want to see two families battle it out, no holds barred, then you will probably like this book as much as I did. This is truly a gay soap opera of the first degree! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSG_v2UDMo2axAAUjDqykmWfsaOnmSDTDWGahjZTBG-R93tmFvSMf8QJDRgbI6U5eXk72wBrpfvSOltVkz2SOmS_7UJdSK2CEnMIRCnJ5qUPnHULGbRSN6cFw2jiGrij1X48o8RpMPpo/s1600/rainbow_logo.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/AVvXsEiCSG_v2UDMo2axAAUjDqykmWfsaOnmSDTDWGahjZTBG-R93tmFvSMf8QJDRgbI6U5eXk72wBrpfvSOltVkz2SOmS_7UJdSK2CEnMIRCnJ5qUPnHULGbRSN6cFw2jiGrij1X48o8RpMPpo/s1600/rainbow_logo.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/texas-winter-texas-2-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">Texas Winter</a> - If you like family drama, enjoy two men adapting to having an eight-year-old daughter, and don’t mind the odd criminal poking in their nose to stir things up, then you will probably love this book as much as I did. It really is a great sequel – just make sure you read Heart of Texas first, you'll enjoy this second book a lot more if you do. Bring on number three, RJ!!! <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/texas-heat-texas-3-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">Texas Heat</a> - The third book in this series was as much fun to read as the first two, contained some great recurring characters, while adding a few new ones, and firmly launched this series (in my mind, at least) into "soap opera in written form" land. It was there before, but more because of the similarities to a certain TV series; now, it is firmly into creating a world and dynamic of its own. The addition of Eli and Robbie was a great addition of a new romance, and the returning secondary characters from the first two books gave me the feeling of "coming home". <div> </div>THE SANCTUARY SERIES <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/guarding-morgan-sanctuary-1-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">Guarding Morgan</a> - Both Morgan and Nik came alive and almost jumped off the pages for me. They were great together, even playful at times - despite the seriousness of their predicament. Nik's determination to keep Morgan safe was as clear as his love for Morgan. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iiv1cpjuVQo/TqMyUSYuUCI/AAAAAAAAAfo/e8ZLsQQbz9I/s1600/Texas_Winter-RJ_Scott400x600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iiv1cpjuVQo/TqMyUSYuUCI/AAAAAAAAAfo/e8ZLsQQbz9I/s320/Texas_Winter-RJ_Scott400x600.jpg" width="213" /></a> <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/the-only-easy-day-sanctuary-2-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">The Only Easy Day</a> - The two men spend most of the book in almost mortal opposition, snapping and yelling and attempting to out-macho each other. The underlying sexual attraction and tension just builds and builds, and when it comes to a head – well, satisfying the sparks fly is a pitiful understatement. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2k4UbaU2RwSVjNsKN5MA0FG9g4l6kZK6OhY0t6BSZZsGHr5F6ViEAHNgZthdPgln3Jk2gJ4t0pvAUB0Z9XAphSuja2dcrFEHJWd4z2wybp2kASpDu5SEOeH4T_eASYHdAfbmSDvOTw/s1600/Guarding-Morgan-14x21-WEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2k4UbaU2RwSVjNsKN5MA0FG9g4l6kZK6OhY0t6BSZZsGHr5F6ViEAHNgZthdPgln3Jk2gJ4t0pvAUB0Z9XAphSuja2dcrFEHJWd4z2wybp2kASpDu5SEOeH4T_eASYHdAfbmSDvOTw/s320/Guarding-Morgan-14x21-WEB.jpg" width="212" /></a> </div><a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/face-value-sanctuary-3-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">Face Value</a> - Kayden is a doctor with a colorful background , to say the least. He is also a Sanctuary operative, and ends up having to protect Beckett. In typical macho fashion he spits and splutters, trying to get someone else assigned to the case, but, pretty quickly, he discovers having Beckett around is not so bad after all. His determination to protect Beckett against all threats, including the younger man’s exuberance, is great to watch. <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/still-waters-sanctuary-4-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">Still Waters</a> - Lee is a cold-hearted bastard - or so it seems. Of course, at first we only see him through Adam’s eyes and that is not a pretty picture. Slowly, as Lee’s point of view is added, the truth emerges and that picture begins to change. Yes, Lee probably made some mistakes, but Adam isn’t entirely innocent either. I thought it was fascinating how the pieces of the puzzle came together and how the way I thought about Lee gradually changed. <a href="http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/full-circle-sanctuary-5-by-rj-scott-at-silver-publishing">Full Circle</a> - If you like stories with a lot of tension and mystery, if you prefer your men clever and ready for action, and if you want to know ‘who did what’ in this ongoing case, you will probably devour and like this book as much as I did.

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Book of Secrets - If you like mystery and intrigue in your romances, if you enjoy a plotline that will reveal as many secrets as offer new ...

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