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!
July- 15 total books have been published in June 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 4 books to this list!
Let’s take a closer look at 4 of the titles released in the past.
I’ll admit that I was definitely in a learning phase when I wrote this, lol, but I really liked how it turned out until I got soooo much negative feedback from it. Some people hated how Sebastian didn’t have enough struggles with his bisexuality and other readers hated how the age play was presented in this book.
I think that’s part of why I haven’t gone back to play with those characters again. I love how this book turned out and how cute they are together, but man, my memories of this release are still stressful. It was the first time I saw how much the BDSM community can gate-keep and how people who play pretend will tell you that you’re playing pretend wrong (or you’re writing about it wrong because it’s not the way they do it).
That was really eye opening for me and still makes me nervous to this day.
But what makes it better is seeing how many of you really love this book and this couple. It still gets rec’d in groups and that just amazes me and makes me smile. So I want to thank you for that <3 Are you one of the wonderful readers who keep recommending this one? Have you read it yet? Do you think I should go back and expand this one? It’s sooo short compared to the newer books lol. What do you think? Answer in the comments: Do you have any questions for me about Curious Beginnings?
I love these guys and just this series in general. This book in general was the hardest because I could never decide how to tease Calen and what he likes. Should I tease what makes him different? Should I put it in the blurb?
In a weird way my ridiculous overthinking makes me feel close to Calen.
But they’re all some of my favorite characters because I spent so much time driving back and forth from my day job at the time, making notes into my phone about what would happen in the series.
LOL It was so weird to have to listen to the voice memos that I made as I drove. I’d have to sit down every night after my kids went to bed. I never got used to that but I have to admit it was helpful.
I think all those talking it out sessions might be the reason that I get so many random ideas when I get in the car now. Just driving to the grocery store gives me so many ideas that I have to take notes by the time that I park the car.
I think I turned myself into Pavlov’s Dog. But it was for a good cause because these books helped me be able to go to being a full time author and I’m very grateful for that.
Answer in the comments: Do you have any questions for me about Brent?
You guys might’ve seen me talk about this one before but this book has a fun backstory. I’d seen a post in a book group talking about tentacle stories and some of the new erotica they’d seen. Everyone was kind of giggling about it and just finding it fun, but my brain couldn’t stop wondering what my take on tentacle p*rn would be lol.
It never occurred to me that it would end up as a series or mostly romance or how cute my aliens would end up being. At that point, I’d only seen erotic shorts with tentacled sea monsters and it didn’t really occur to me that it could be anything else.
That’s why I didn’t try to talk the characters out of the first scene being that crazy shower scene lol. And it’s why it took me so long to go from the first chapter I posted on FB just for fun to a full book.
I probably wouldn’t have stopped them if I had thought about it more, lol, but I would’ve taken more notes about what my plan was…and tried to come up with a plan. Thankfully a lot of you guys helped with plans along the way and a wonderful reader friend went through the first random chapters I wrote to make it into a full book with adorable characters.
Answer in the comments: So, have you read my aliens yet? Have you been with them from the beginning? Who do you think should get the next book? I’m really curious to see what you have to say about these guys. Do you have any questions for me about My Cameron?
The first chapter of this makes me cry every time I read it. It’s one of the only books I’ve written that does that to me no matter how many times I’ve read it…and I still torture myself reading that first chapter at least a few times a year.
But I love how sweet these two are and just how innocent Hayden managed to be as a kid even when his world was crap. I love how they support each other and how growly Trent is. He reminds me of a few guys I dated in high school.
I love those growly bad boys who protect what’s important to them…his best friend in this case.
Trent and Hayden have the most clear version of friends to lovers that I could imagine. They’re each other’s whole world and always have been.
I don’t like thinking how their life would’ve turned out without the other around. I think having someone there who loved and supported them completely probably saved their lives, and I think that’s why they ended up with such a fairy tale ending.
Answer in the comments: Have you read about these two yet? Just a week or so ago I got a question about if there was going to be more for them. What do you guys think? What kind of bonus chapter would you give them? Would you want to see another complete book for them? Do you have any questions for me about Without Limits?
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