Apr. 15th, 2014

charlie_cochrane: (horns)
I'm happy to welcome that canny lass Becky Black, doyenne of UK Meet, as my guest today. When you were last here we chatted about watching your first book fledge. What does it feel like with the second and the third?

It's still as nail biting. There's no guarantee the next one will be accepted just because the last one was. The waiting on submission never gets easier. As I write this I'm waiting to hear back on my ninth novel submission. And I still jump a mile when I hear my inbox ping. I still check my email as soon as I wake up in the morning - well my tablet is right there... But what comes after acceptance does get easier, usually - if you treat your first time being professionally edited as a learning experience. ExpandRead more... )


Too Good a Man.

Alyn and Jarvez’s relationship is evolving, but thanks to Alyn’s principles it will face tests that could destroy it. To get his lover back Jarvez will tell any lie and burn any bridge he has to.
After months of sneaking around, Captain Alyn Evans and Jarvez Kashari have gone public as a couple. Alyn wants to move in together, but Jarvez isn’t ready. As the Red Dragon’s trading mission begins, Jarvez worries that Alyn’s principles will clash with the Company’s sometimes ethically dubious methods. The Company rep aboard ship, he fears he’ll be the one to feel the sharp edge of Alyn’s disapproval and could even lose him.
Alyn’s unbending sense of right and wrong leads him to give asylum to an enslaved man, Sumi, bringing threats of retribution from Sumi’s owner. This leads to tension between Alyn and Jarvez when Alyn makes Sumi his personal steward and Jarvez feels he can no longer get a moment alone with his lover.
Sumi’s owner follows up on his threats and Alyn is brought before a court in a politically charged trial, whose outcome already seems fixed. Kept apart from Alyn, terrified he’ll see him go to prison, Jarvez doesn’t think the situation can get any worse. Until Alyn’s ex shows up. In the end he’ll be driven to beg for help from the one person who’d like to see Alyn out of Jarvez’s life forever.

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