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!
September- 14 total books have been published in September 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. In 2024, I added 2 books to this list!
Let’s take a closer look at 4 of the titles released in the past.
Secrets in the Dark
I can picture exactly where I was when I started figuring out this book. I was listening to music on headphones (on Pandora, I think lol) and a song came on that had a line about secrets in the dark.
I remember wondering what kind of secrets needed darkness and then that led my squirrel brain to remember an article I read about a couple of restaurants around the world where people were eating in complete darkness.
Then the whole thing started taking shape.
It probably took thirty seconds from the song to the restaurant to the start of the book. Then Mason and Edward just took shape from there.
This was the start of me writing longer stories and figuring out what kind of Daddy books I wanted to write. So thank you to all the readers who took a chance on this when it first came out.
Answer in the comments: Do you have any questions for me about Secrets in the Dark?
Nick and Kyle
At one point there was a post in a Facebook book rec group where the topic was about humiliation play in books.
The general consensus was that for most people it wasn’t sexy and was just mean. I could understand that, but my brain jumped in and wanted to know if it had to be mean and if there was a way to make it sweeter for lack of a better word.
So I jumped to the most confused people I know. College guys.
I love their logic and the ridiculous decisions they make and I knew if any two people were messing around with humiliation without realizing what they were doing or why they were doing it then it would be young guys.
This turned out a lot cuter than I expected but when it came out lol I spent soooo much time explaining that it wasn’t mean.
I said that over and over and readers were like “well…okay but…”
But.
Over and over.
Have you read this one? Were you one of the first readers to try this when it first came out?
Eventually people took a chance and I’m soooo grateful for that. You guys have let me explore so many different kinks and I’ve had a lot of fun playing around with the different things that people are curious about.
Answer in the comments: Do you have any questions for me about Nick & Kyle?
Our Love: The Story
When Bishop first popped up, he seemed to know anyone and everyone but himself. He could tease and tell stories about all his friends but he didn’t seem to know much about himself.
I’d poke…he’d shrug.
I’d ask a question and he’d shrug.
He knew he was a pup but that was about all he knew.
His dates had gone wrong and his relationships had gone worse.
So he knew something was missing and I knew something was missing but I couldn’t decide where to start his book.
The book you guys kept asking for over and over…and I hated not knowing what he was doing.
It wasn’t until a couple of you mentioned that he might need two partners that things started coming together. But that brought in different questions, like how was I going to tell his story.
I did something different with this book, releasing the boxed set first and then the individual books after. It was different and I’d love to hear what you guys thought about that.
But I loved having the time to really explore what their relationships looked like and for Ian and Cohen to be able to share what they needed.
And I really love this cover lol.
Bishop showed up in the Leashes and Lace world as a friend of one of the characters and in one of the Beautiful Shame books. Like I said, he knows everyone.
Answer in the comments: So what did you think about having the boxed set come out first? Do you have any questions for me about Our Love?
Tanner
My omegas! I love how adorably badass these guys are. They figured out what they wanted and charged right into get it.
Okay, well, it took some bad dates and a lot of alcohol first, but they got there.
I love how these guys are all a bit different. Tanner rich and a CEO and has a lot on his shoulders but he’s looking for a Dom and he’s head over heels for his admin.
Those two are so cute.
And then there are the drunk scenes lol those make me laugh every time they happen in the series.
I remember starting to figure out this series after thinking that most of the omegaverse books I read (which I love…don’t get me wrong) weren’t realistic. Well, as realistic as this genre can be lol.
I wanted to see what I thought an omegaverse world would look like and I wanted to see how happy and kinky my cuties could be.
I love writing in this universe.
Answer in the comments: What do you guys think about Tanner? Are you team dark omegaverse or team happy drunk cuties? Do you have any questions for me about Tanner?
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