BeeCycling
Blog of writer Becky Black
Friday 1 March 2024
A leap back into self-publishing
Saturday 27 January 2024
Palace Ghosts - out now
My latest book is out now! It's a standalone M/M space opera called Palace Ghosts. It's available to buy now and this weekend only is half price on JMS Books as part of a sitewide sale.
Palace Ghosts
When evidence emerges hinting that a long lost starship wasn’t destroyed after all, Ishir Jha has to investigate. His father sent the last desperate message from the ship before it was lost in a battle with pirates. Ish must learn the truth, even if he has to do it alone. But his husband Finn Moran isn’t going to let him run off alone and get killed in the outer system, where the influence of the Li pirate empire is spreading again. This time under the command of the daughter of the warlord who once terrorized the colonies and the ships that plied their trade there. But Li Xhing doesn’t want to terrorize. She wants to rule.
When Finn and Ishir end up as prisoners at Li’s stronghold, The Red Palace, Finn appears ready to accept a recruitment offer to join their captor’s ranks, since the other alternative is a life of slavery. Ishir can only wonder if his husband is losing his mind. But thanks to Finn, plans are being laid elsewhere, to breach the Red Palace’s impenetrable defensive barrier. One that only a few people can navigate, all of them ready to die before giving up the secret. The plans that will change the destiny of the whole outer system and set Finn and Ishir onto a whole new path.
Monday 22 January 2024
Backlist Bonanza - Liar's Waltz available again now
Just over 13 years since my first published book first came out in January 2011, Liar's Waltz is out again, this time published by JMS Books. 😀
It's currently available exclusively on Amazon, available to users of Kindle Unlimited to read for free. It will be widely released to all the usual retailers and the JMS Books website in April.
Liar's Waltz
Lieutenant Greg Matthews took a transfer to space station Saira to make a fresh start. But a rogue military intelligence officer has discovered the closeted Greg’s secret and forces him to spy on Karl Webster, the owner of the last gay bar on Saira. The disapproving military authorities want Karl’s bar closed, and he’s feeling the heat. He thinks his new lover is an ally in his fight, but Greg is reporting on all of Karl’s plans to save the bar. Despite his fear that Greg is too jittery and unstable to bother with, Karl wants him too much to give him up.
He can’t guess the real reason behind Greg’s anxiety—fear of what will happen when Karl discovers his deception. As the campaign against Karl escalates, Greg becomes ever more reluctant to deceive the man he’s falling in love with. The inevitable revelation shatters their relationship and their lives as the blackmailer takes drastic action to silence Karl. Greg must sacrifice everything he’s been trying to protect to undo the damage and save Karl.
Tuesday 16 January 2024
Coming Soon - Palace Ghosts
My next book is out on 27th of January! It's a standalone M/M space opera called Palace Ghosts. It's available for pre-order now.
Finn and Ishir are chasing clues about a starship long thought lost in a battle with a pirate warlord. When the daughter of that warlord takes them prisoner, they face the choice of slavery, or being recruited to her team, as she expands her influence in a star system of remote colony planets. When Finn seems tempted by the offer Ishir can only assume his husband is going crazy.
Monday 20 November 2023
Backlist Bonanza - Dream for Me
Sunday 22 October 2023
Backlist Bonanza - Mapping the Shadows
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Check out the Release Schedule page on my website for release dates as they're available for the other books.
Ash Bowman is lost. Two years ago, he and his cop partner, Evelyn, walked in on a murder in progress that left her dead and him maimed. He left the force and became a private investigator, but Evelyn’s ghost still haunts him when he prowls the dark corridors of the Core of the space station Fraxin Yari. Ash is making a map. If there’s a map, then he won’t be so lost…
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Saturday 30 September 2023
News update - an interview and a cover reveal
- I did an interview with Veronica Scott on Amazing Stories blog. Check it out for some insights into what I've been up to with my writing.
- Mapping the Shadows re-release is coming on 21st of October, from JMS Books. Check out that new cover below!
Mapping the Shadows
Released 21st October 2023
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Cover Mapping the Shadows, the next of my m/m erotic romance backlist books to be republished by JMS Books is out now! It's currently av...
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It's been a month since I created an account on Mastodon . A few days after I created the account, I decided to lock down my Twitter acc...
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Check out my newest indie release, Vacant Possession . If you enjoyed my non-romance sci-fi books Shoot the Humans First and The Battle of H...