Wednesday, September 26, 2018

It's release day...Are you ready for THICK?

It's release day!
Well, re-release day anyway.
Thick is book #2 of the Naked Brews series that Sarah and I originally released under the KB Jacobs penname. We're rereleasing that original series of 3 full length books and the novella, Unprepared. Then in October and November, we'll be releasing two new full-length books in the Aspenridge, Colorado world. So, be on the lookout for the Bookstore Love duology...

Yep, for those of you keeping track, we'll be releasing series set around the same fictional small town. The first series, Naked Brews, is built around a craft brewery run by three women. The second series, Bookstore Love, is built around the local bookstore, Em-Dash. 


Melissa
A tragic fire left Melissa Frye homeless and with nothing to her name except a single teacup from her massive collection and a box of clothes that don't fit. Her life isn't the raging success she thought it would be, but she refuses to go home and work for her uncle's CPA firm. She'd rather live out of her car than face that soul-sucking future. But with hardly any savings and months of couch surfing with friends in front of her, her car is looking more tempting by the day.

Anthony
Anthony Millett has spent years as the Bad Boy of Boarding, but his high life of snowboarding and non-stop parties is starting to catch up with him. After sustaining an injury while saving Melissa from the fire, his competition season is over and his sponsors aren't willing to put up with his bad boy persona anymore. He needs a quick reputation fix and the lovely Melissa could be just the answer.

The plot Thickens
Anthony has plenty of spare bedrooms in his mountainside mansion, and Melissa has the perfect innocent face to convince his sponsors he's a new man. Pretending to date her won't be hard. Not falling for her could be the real challenge.

This book was previously published as Deliciously Thick by KB Jacobs (a pseudonym used by Sarah Nego and Christi Snow).

Available at these retailers:
iBooks (should be live soon)


And if you missed the release of Smooth and the information about how to get the FREE novella, Unprepared, here is all that...

Naked Brews #1
(m/f New Adult romance)

Lake
The plan had always been finish college, move back to Colorado, and run Naked Brews with her dad. That plan fell apart when Lake's dad died and his ex-wife, AKA the absent maternal figure, inherited the brewery. Now Lake will have to convince her perfectionist mom not to sell the place, sweet talk the bank into a loan she has no credit for, and figure out how to turn the failing brewery into a success. No problem.

Walsh
The job should be simple. Pretend to be his millionaire best friend, buy a failing brewery, and honor their fallen brother-in-arms. But simple went down the drain the minute he met the sassy new brewery manager. Now he's stuck between a loud-mouth sarcasm factory and her mom. He'd prefer to be trapped between Lake and a soft bed, but he swore he wouldn't sleep with the brewery owner. Though technically she doesn't own the brewery...

Naked Brews
They both want to buy the same brewery and ignore the chemistry brewing between them. What could possibly go wrong?

This book was previously published as Deliciously Smooth by KB Jacobs (a pseudonym used by Sarah Nego and Christi Snow).

Purchase Links:
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
 
(which for some reason has my name as Christi Christi)
*****
Not sure yet?
Well, we have a FREE prequel novella
to introduce you to the characters, Unprepared.
You can pick it up HERE.





All great love stories start with Once Upon a Time. But what happened before the Upon a Time? The Before a Time? Once Upon the day before? Before the Time was Onced Upon? Nevermind.

The point is, there’s a lot of business happening before our characters reach Chapter One.

Bringing us to Unprepared. Before the Meet Cute, first kiss and HEA there were two people desperately living life, unprepared for the future. This is their story.

Monday, September 24, 2018

Meet Lake and Walsh from SMOOTH...

I thought you might like a little more insight into the world of Smooth by meeting the hero, Walsh, and the heroine, Lake.

When these two meet, it's pretty much hate at first sight...well, maybe not at first sight. No, at first sight, Lake wants to jump his bones, but then Walsh opens his mouth. 

Walsh wants to steal her brewery and that kind of ruins the attraction...well, at least that's what she's saying.

Let's just mention that there may be a bit of conflict between the two of them. 

But you and I know that can make things...um...very explosive. If you know what I mean... 

(You're romance readers, so we all know you do.)
 Name: Walsh Brackens AKA Walsh Davidson AKA Damian "Walsh" Thorne
Age: 26
Physical Traits: 5'11"; strawberry blond hair; green eyes
Job: rep for Ghost Squad Charities; former Army Lt; former conman
Most Likely to: End up in jail
Hobbies: plays guitar to steady himself
Affiliation: bff to the "real" Damian Thorne
Car: Yellow 2017 Corvette Stingray Z07
Skills: Smooth moves and charm
Biography:
After questionable beginnings in life, Walsh found his place in the Army. But after a roadside bomb killed four of his best friends, it's now Damian and him against the world. With Damian reluctant to leave his house, that leaves Walsh living both their lives...not a simple task, but one that brings him to Aspenridge, Colorado...and Lake.

Name: Lake O'Brien
Age: 24
Physical Traits: 5'4"; curvy; bleach blond short hair; icy blue eyes
Job: owner of Naked Brews (inherited from her recently deceased father...she'd much rather be brewing)
Most Likely to: bring a keg or 6-pack
Hobbies: flinging her body off mountain cliffs (i.e. rock climbing)
Affiliation: bff to Melissa and Alex (the three met in college)
Car: 1974 Ford Bronco that she rebuilt with her dad
Skills: mad sarcasm skills and the sense for unusual beer brewing blends
Biography:
Lake was happy with brewing beers and playing in the backroom of Naked Brews...until the day her father died unexpectedly. Now, she's trying to keep the front office afloat and desperately out of her element. Thank fuck for best friends willing to come and lend a hand.
*****

Naked Brews #1
(m/f New Adult romance)
Description:

Lake
The plan had always been finish college, move back to Colorado, and run Naked Brews with her dad. That plan fell apart when Lake's dad died and his ex-wife, AKA the absent maternal figure, inherited the brewery. Now Lake will have to convince her perfectionist mom not to sell the place, sweet talk the bank into a loan she has no credit for, and figure out how to turn the failing brewery into a success. No problem.

Walsh
The job should be simple. Pretend to be his millionaire best friend, buy a failing brewery, and honor their fallen brother-in-arms. But simple went down the drain the minute he met the sassy new brewery manager. Now he's stuck between a loud-mouth sarcasm factory and her mom. He'd prefer to be trapped between Lake and a soft bed, but he swore he wouldn't sleep with the brewery owner. Though technically she doesn't own the brewery...

Naked Brews
They both want to buy the same brewery and ignore the chemistry brewing between them. What could possibly go wrong?

This book was previously published as Deliciously Smooth by KB Jacobs (a pseudonym used by Sarah Nego and Christi Snow).

Purchase Links:
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
 
(which for some reason has my name as Christi Christi)
*****
Not sure yet?
Well, we have a FREE prequel novella
to introduce you to the characters, Unprepared.
You can pick it up HERE.




All great love stories start with Once Upon a Time. But what happened before the Upon a Time? The Before a Time? Once Upon the day before? Before the Time was Onced Upon? Nevermind.

The point is, there’s a lot of business happening before our characters reach Chapter One.

Bringing us to Unprepared. Before the Meet Cute, first kiss and HEA there were two people desperately living life, unprepared for the future. This is their story.


Book #2, Thick releases this week!!

Sunday, September 23, 2018

Setting goals...

This weekend, I'm doing an intensive weekend goal-setting bootcamp and the creator, Sarra Cannon, shared this quote. Very inspirational!


Watch out...a new life plan is coming, but don't worry...it just means more and better when it comes to my writing. ;)

Friday, September 14, 2018

It's release day for WHEN LOVE SURPRISES....

This is a standalone male/male romantic suspense novel, although it is part of the overall When the Mission Ends series.
Story Description
Raised in a religious household, being gay was never an option for Steven, but when an injury left him incapacitated, he was forced to face those urges that he’s been able to ignore for the last thirty-eight years of his life...
Lost...
Three months ago, Major Steven Hardesty’s life sat on the precipice of perfection. Now he’s trying to come back from a life-threatening injury and a devastating romantic loss all while trying to figure out what he’s going to do after separating from the Air Force.
Alone...
Billy Starr never planned on running his family ranch by himself. He was supposed to be doing it with his sister, Whitney. But when she died in a freak accident, it sent his life in a tailspin of despair and alcohol.
Healing...
Steven and Billy were friends. Billy offered the ranch as a good, private place where Steven could recover, but as their friendship deepened, so did other feelings. Is it possible that a love affair between the two of them could heal them both? Or break them even more?

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Steven watched Billy’s ass as he followed him through the house. Sometime in the afternoon, Billy had showered and slipped into some old jeans that cupped his muscular butt in the most delicious way. How awesome would it be to watch those glutes flex when Billy was naked? Steven inwardly cursed himself.  That wasn’t resisting his attraction to Billy. He couldn’t allow his thoughts to even go there.
He didn’t divert his gaze fast enough, because Billy turned and caught him checking out his ass.
Steven winced. “Um, sorry,” he mumbled.
Billy just let loose with a good-natured laugh. “Hey, if you want to objectify me, I’m okay with that.”
Steven groaned. “But that’s the problem. It sends both of us the wrong signal. You’re a good friend, Billy. I don’t want to blow that.”
“Listen.” Billy turned and grabbed him gently by the shoulder. “We are good friends. We’re also guys. That means that we can separate sex from intimacy and feelings and shit. Come on. Come sit down. Get some pizza, and then, I have something I want to propose to you, keeping the separate feelings in mind.”
With that kind of lead-in, Steven didn’t think he’d actually be able to eat, but then he took a single bite of the melt-in-your-mouth-good pizza. Any nerves that had been building up dissipated with the desire to inhale the wonderful, decadent pizza.
Neither spoke until they’d each eaten three slices of pizza. Finally, Billy looked up from his plate and met Steven’s gaze intently.
Steven wiped his hands on his napkin, suddenly losing his interest in the pie. “You mentioned a proposal?” he asked past the lump in his throat.
“Yeah. I heard what you said yesterday, and as awful as that perspective is, I can understand and respect your point of view. But I think you’re selling yourself short. Correct me if I’m wrong, but you’re attracted to men, right?”
Steven nodded, his dick growing half-hard at the turn of the conversation. He had no idea where Billy was taking this, but his junk seemed to have an idea.
Billy laid both hands on the table. “And if I’m reading what you said correctly, you’ve never explored that attraction, right?”
Steven shook his head.  
Billy lifted a hand. “Just hear what I have to say first, okay?”
Steven’s nodded a little more slowly this time.
“I’ll admit that as a gay man, the idea of you never having experienced the pleasure that can be found in a man’s body—with a man—physically hurts me. I get why you don’t want to go there, but I’m offering a way for you to experience sex safely. We’re out here in the middle of nowhere, completely alone. I’m proposing that you use me, enjoy me, explore me. Even if you never have sex with a man again, I want you to make the decision to forgo that option completely with knowledge and maybe a few memories to fuel your fantasies later in life.”
Oh, god, was Billy actually proposing that he’d be available for a pity-fuck? Steven inwardly cringed. His stomach churned with mortification and disgust...for himself, that he’d brought the two of them to this point.
Billy shook his head with a self-effacing chuckle. “I’m making this sound like it will be a sacrifice on my part, but that’s not at all how I’m looking at this idea. I’ve never planned on building a life like you want—finding a long-term partner for the rest of my life. As a result, I realize I’m going to spend most of my life alone.
“I’m thinking that this arrangement will work for me, too... It will provide some sweet memories for my spank bank to live on later in life. I’ll always be able to look back at those really hot-as-fuck weeks with my friend, Steven.” Billy gave him a wicked smile that heated Steven’s groin. “Because there is one thing that I’m sure of...the sex between us would be fucking hot.”
And just like that, Steven was fully hard. His chest felt tight, but that had very little to do with his injury and everything to do with the hot images of what Billy proposed barraging his brain.


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Also...
There is more info about the two main characters as well as another exclusive excerpt from the book that you can find in this blog post...HERE.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

***Surprise RELEASE*** Welcome to Aspenridge, Colorado...

I've been keeping a secret. 
Most of you already knew I was 1/2 of KB Jacobs, but no one knew who the other half was. 
Well, it's no longer a secret. 
We're exposing her identity by re-releasing all our original books AND bringing out two more before the end of 2018. 

So, let me introduce you to Sarah Nego...

Sarah Nego had the great fortune to win 5th place at a regional writing competition back in the 8th grade. This naturally propelled her to get a degree in public relations. Neither of which makes her qualified to write books. Nevertheless...she persisted.

She lives in Texas with her husband, two mini humans (which she grew herself), and a rotating supply of identical goldfish (which she did not grow herself). Sometimes she sings and dances onstage, because why not.

Sarah writes books without steamy scenes under the name Sarah Negovetich. You can find out more about her and all her books at SarahNegovetich.com. 


And now let me introduce you to our world...


Aspenridge Colorado is a (fictional) old mining town set in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It was founded in the 1850's when gold was discovered in the Aspen River

Set at 9750 feet elevation, it's a year-round outdoor playground with an average high temperature of 70* in the summer and an average low temperature of 0* in the winter.

Summer brings hiking, camping in the forest as well as kayaking down the river. Aspen Lake features an old-fashioned vibe with its historical grandstand (where bands will play on summer nights), classic playground equipment like seesaws and merry-go-rounds as well as paddle boats for rent on the lake.

In the winter, all the activity centers around The Edge the base for the Ski Aspenridge Mountain, which is the home for several world-class ski and snowboarding competitions. The Edge also has a high-ropes course, one of the worlds largest slides, and outdoor putt-putt in the summer.

But Aspenridge isn't all about play. Featuring a four-year liberal arts college, the town is a destination for a few thousand young minds who attend Goldmont College every year.

Many of those students like to visit Em-Dash, the local bookstore. The store's book club is particularly notable because it coincidentally occurs at the same time that the fire station across the street has scheduled to wash their fire trucks every week. 

No, really...it's totally coincidental. You know, just because the firefighters in Aspenridge are cut like Greek Gods has nothing to do with it. Really. No, seriously...

It's all innocent. In Aspenridge, we protect all our young minds. They don't need the distractions that come from carnal lust like that (ahem...even if it does provide some excellent creative fodder for a certain New Adult romance author duo). 


There are many other eclectic and fun businesses to visit in Aspenridge. I won't bore you with a listing of all of them, but be assured the town will provide us with YEARS of excellent stories to come. We already have the next several series plotted out, so we hope you love our little mountain town as much as we do. 

The heroes are sexy, the heroines feisty, and we hope their stories promise keep you up long past your bedtime.

But the best place to start learning about this incredible small town is in Smooth, the first book in the Naked Brews series.
*gasp* 
Wait a minute...I forgot to tell you about the most important business to know about right now...Naked Brews
Naked Brews is a craft brewery located in Aspenridge, Colorado. It was started twenty years ago by Pat O'Brien. What began as a hobby in Pat's garage turned into a hometown success story with the brewery and pub now run by his daughter, Lake O'Brien.

Well...kind of a success story. Everyone agrees...they do make excellent beer. It's just that Lake never planned on taking over the company this early. The sudden death of her father has made it so things are a little rocky around the Naked Brews...but that's a tale for the series. 
You know you want to hear more, right?

Well, Smooth released TODAY!!

Description:
Lake
The plan had always been finish college, move back to Colorado, and run Naked Brews with her dad. That plan fell apart when Lake's dad died and his ex-wife, AKA the absent maternal figure, inherited the brewery. Now Lake will have to convince her perfectionist mom not to sell the place, sweet talk the bank into a loan she has no credit for, and figure out how to turn the failing brewery into a success. No problem.

Walsh
The job should be simple. Pretend to be his millionaire best friend, buy a failing brewery, and honor their fallen brother-in-arms. But simple went down the drain the minute he met the sassy new brewery manager. Now he's stuck between a loud-mouth sarcasm factory and her mom. He'd prefer to be trapped between Lake and a soft bed, but he swore he wouldn't sleep with the brewery owner. Though technically she doesn't own the brewery...

Naked Brews
They both want to buy the same brewery and ignore the chemistry brewing between them. What could possibly go wrong?

This book was previously published as Deliciously Smooth by KB Jacobs (a pseudonym used by Sarah Nego and Christi Snow).

Purchase Links:
Amazon
Barnes and Noble 
(which for some reason has my name as Christi Christi)
*****
eeks...I forgot. 
Want to get to know Walsh and Lake before spending money? 
We have a freebie prequel novella, Unprepared, that you can get...HERE.