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!
June- 14 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 3 books to this list!
Let’s take a closer look at 4 of the titles released in the past.
His Missing Pieces
Just before I started writing this I remember having a conversation with someone about how there weren’t enough positive mothers in mm books. (If this was you then thank you but I can’t remember who this conversation was with.)
I loved the idea of having a positive mother figure but I could see how that would be traumatizing in its own way and funny in others. Once I figured out that point it was time to figure out who this wonderfully frustrating woman was going to torment.
Bryan.
He really is fun to fuck with so I can’t blame her.
I love these guys and I have from the very beginning, but when I started writing this book this was the longest amount of time I spent writing about any characters. Three books felt crazy and then the fourth was just waiting in the wings because I couldn’t wrap it all up in a trilogy lol.
Now that doesn’t sound nuts at all but back then it felt like I was writing about them forever.
Have you read about these guys? They started here but since then have been popping up in the Loving series (the Too Close books). Bryan’s grown a lot since this first book.
Answer in the comments: What are your favorite parts of their story or this series? Any standout moments that just make you laugh? Do you have any questions for me about His Missing Pieces?
Garrett
I remember exactly where I was when I figured out what this series was going to be about. I was driving to my daytime job at the time and I knew I had time to write a series of novellas. But that left me figuring out all the rest of the details lol.
As I drove through the tiny tiny town I was living in at the time I drove past an insurance office and I realized that I wanted to write a series about something I knew really well. Insurance. (At one point I was licensed to sell insurance in almost every state…car, home, life, and more.)
Once I got to that point, everything else fell into place and I spent the rest of the drive (sooo sooo long) talking into the memo app on my phone and talking about what the series was going to be about.
I never imagined that people would be reading this series years later or that it would still be getting recommended so many years later. You guys are amazing and I really appreciate how much you love this series and just how you recommend my books in general. That’s actually one of the best things you can do to help your favorite authors.
Now, I wrote this series based around a career that I knew well but what other careers do you think a family series could be about? These guys are fabulously close and their family leans toward oversharing, but what kind of families would you like reading about?
Answer in the comments: Do you have any questions for me about Garrett?
Unexpected
I love shy characters and scenes that are slightly unexpected and this book has so many things that I love.
I love that Ryland’s so shy and loves burying his head in the sand.
I love the first grocery store scene and how Holden overhears his ridiculous logic.
I love the teddy bear scene because it’s just so sweet and Ryland’s trying to open up.
This whole series was fun to write but Unexpected is one of my favorite books. Ryland is an adorable ostrich and just hides from anything and everything he doesn’t want to confront and he’s got a great best friend, Finn.
Have you read Unexpected?
Answer in the comments: What was your favorite scene? What are your favorite ways for the main characters to meet each other? Do you have any questions for me about Unexpected?
An Atypical Love
Oh, these guys are just so sweet.
Sometimes characters just stand up and say hi then do something interesting…like say they’re confused or that they need something different in a relationship.
Dayton (the sub in the book) was one of those characters. He just stood up and started explaining everything he couldn’t do because his pain tolerance isn’t the same as most people, and since that seems to be the only thing anyone has focused on it’s kind of ruining his dating life (It’s really the only thing the Doms at B&C have focused on, so he’s frustrated.).
So after I poked at random ideas, I turned to Conner and asked him what he thought and Conner to the rescue. (That’s always scary.) I love any excuse to go to the B&C club and to see what mischief Conner is getting up to because as one of the owners of the B&C club, he knows the most interesting people and always loves to chat.
This time he started introducing me to a Dom that he knows who’s had terrible luck with dates and subs in general. Somehow people don’t always understand what being asexual means or how to accept his limits. Luckily for him, he didn’t have that problem with Dayton.
Answer in the comments:
What did you think of the shibari in this book and the different kinds of scenes? Do you have any ideas for characters who would be a little more unique? Do you have any questions for me about An Atypical Love?
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