In 2024, I ran a series called ‘Past Pages’ in my reader group. Each month, I’d spotlight past books published during that month – sharing writing secrets, character insights, and the stories behind them. I even opened the floor for questions and comments. This year, I’m bringing ‘Past Pages’ to my blog! Feel free to join the conversation, whether you participated last year, or not. I’m excited to revisit these books with you!
January 2024 – 10 total books have been published in January since 2016! Below is the full list by year, click on each title to check out it’s full blurb, keywords, tags, preview the first chapter, and links to purchase.
-Submissive Confession (2016)
-Quiet Strength (2018)
-Trapped With His Temporary Daddy (2020)
-Something About Loren (2021)
-A Leap of Faith (2022)
-An Umbrella Drink Kind of Night (2022)
-Daddy Loves Confidence (2023)
-Finley and Jared (2023)
-Our Pup (2023)
-Ender’s Curiosity (2024)
Let’s take a closer look at 2 more of the titles released in the past! (click here to check out Part 1 for January, where I talked about An Umbrella Drink Kind of Night and Trapped With His Temporary Daddy).
Something About Loren
Something About Loren was the first novella I did for a Dirty Daddies Anthology and I was so excited to be asked to join those authors. They’ve been wonderful to get to know and I love those anthologies but Loren himself is just one of my favorite parts about this story.
I love characters that just see the world differently. There are so many ways that can happen in a story but I just love reading about it and writing it. There’s always that little bit of confusion or just stubbornness where they can’t or won’t see the world the same way everyone else does.
To me, Eli and Austin are won’ts, but Loren is more of a can’t.
He’s got a good case of ostrich going on when it comes to what he likes. Dino nuggets. Kids games. Stuffed animals. And he’s got very strong opinions on crayons. Luckily for him, he’s got a partner who’s more stubborn than he is and not afraid to poke at his cutie to get him to see what’s really going on.
Yep, adorable cuties who see the world differently are just the best kind of characters to write.
Who’s your favorite “see the world differently” kind of character? Is there anything you want to know about Something About Loren?
Finley and Jared
What I love just as much as characters who see the world differently…are ones who see it in in wonderfully naughty ways. Dirty cuties like the ones in my Beautiful Shame series are just as much fun as drunk ones lol.
They talk themselves into crazy things by thinking with their lower head instead of their higher ones.
They have the best fantasies.
They get adorably startled when they realize someone knows just how dirty their imaginations are.
Yep…so cute.
Finley and Jared were so much fun to write about, but what amazes me is that there are five books in the Beautiful Shame series and you guys still ask me when another will come out. I love all the dirty talk and the fantasies in these stories.
And I looooved the way Finley likes looking so sweet and innocent and that he’s adorably dirty.
And the way Conner came to hang out in this book and play matchmaker was so much fun too.
Ugh now I’m making myself want to write another in this series.
Okay, what kind of story would we want to see in the next book in this series? Do you have any questions for me about Finely and Jared?
Is the dragon cartoon that Addison and Tate watch in Daddy’s Little Sunshine about Boris from Something About Loren?
No but that’s a really good question. They were watching Dragon Goes House Hunting.