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Out now! Common Cause, a M/M sci-fi romance novel. Available at JMS Books and other ebook retailers. Common Cause "Kiran Grace and Andrelis Rossen meet as cadets at the Officer Training Academy of the Union of Independent Worlds and despite the rivalries and suspicion between their home planets, Akna and Parabellum, they can’t deny the attraction they feel. Kiran’s competence and flair impresses Andrelis and challenges his assumptions about Kiran’s people. For his part Kiran is attracted to the martial society Andrelis comes from, but not their stiff-necked attitude and cultural conservatism. After they graduate and go back to serve their home planets, they know they will probably never see each other again. They can only hold on to the happy memories of that intense academy affair. But several years later both are serving as officers aboard starships which are the first to reach the scene of a devastating explosion at a remote Akna mining colony. The two crews work together for ...

My next release is coming on 4th of October! Common Cause Kiran Grace and Andrelis Rossen meet as cadets at the Officer Training Academy of the Union of Independent Worlds and despite the rivalries and suspicion between their home planets, Akna and Parabellum, they can’t deny the attraction they feel. Kiran’s competence and flair impresses Andrelis and challenges his assumptions about Kiran’s people. For his part Kiran is attracted to the martial society Andrelis comes from, but not their stiff-necked attitude and cultural conservatism. After they graduate and go back to serve their home planets, they know they will probably never see each other again. They can only hold on to the happy memories of that intense academy affair. But several years later both are serving as officers aboard starships which are the first to reach the scene of a devastating explosion at a remote Akna mining colony. The two crews work together for days to help the victims of the disaster and the connection bet...

My newest release is available now - Chasing Ghosts is the latest in the Ghosts series, which are loosely related stories, so you don't have to have read the others to enjoy this one. But please, feel free to do so. 😁 This is the first time I've mixed in an F/F pairing with M/M pairings in the same series, so it will be interesting to see how that goes. How many readers are there out there who enjoy both M/M and F/F, as I do? Petra got her intro to the series as a guest character in Memory's Ghosts, now she gets her own story in... Chasing Ghosts Bad choices by overconfident maverick, Dani Novak, left a fellow marine dead and Dani cooling her heels in jail for five years. Now she’s out, with few prospects and fewer friends. Dani’s ex-commanding officer, Petra Hawkins, leader of the military contractor the Hawkins Free Company, offers Dani a job on her ship, the Persephone, after a chance meeting on the Red Palace space station. Petra still believes Dani has the potential ...

 My next release comes out next weekend! It's another story in the same series as Palace Ghosts and Memory's Ghosts. If you read Memory's Ghosts you already met Captain Petra Hawkins, and this book is hers.  Chasing Ghosts Bad choices by overconfident maverick, Dani Novak, left a fellow marine dead and Dani cooling her heels in jail for five years. Now she’s out, with few prospects and fewer friends. Dani’s ex-commanding officer, Petra Hawkins, leader of the military contractor the Hawkins Free Company, offers Dani a job on her ship, the Persephone, after a chance meeting on the Red Palace space station. Petra still believes Dani has the potential to regain some of what she lost, still believes she let Dani down before, and now believes she has a duty to help her. As the lowest ranking crewperson on the Persephone, with her history of a court-martial and jail, Dani faces distrust and suspicion from the company’s squad of marines and the ship’s officers. But after seeing the...

 The latest re-release in the Backlist Bonanza is here! Assumed Dead The zombie apocalypse left twelve people trapped, but safe, at a scientific research base on an Arctic island. Three years later, with supplies critically low, they know they can’t survive another harsh winter. But all of them fear what awaits them on the mainland. Former grad student, Matt Warner, has retrained as a nurse under the group’s doctor, Peter Lane. Training is not the only thing Matt wants to be under Peter for, but Peter has always resisted responding to Matt’s interest in him. Before all this started Peter had a husband, Harrison, back home. A husband he desperately hopes is still alive. Despair finally weakens Peter’s resolve and he and Matt begin sharing a bed. It’s Matt’s dream come true, even if he knows Peter’s feelings for him aren’t as strong as his for Peter. But everything changes, when the group learns of the existence of a vaccine against the zombie virus and they escape the island to sear...

It's a double date today! I've got a release and a re-release and news of the next re-release. It's all go around here! New! I have a short story in the charitable anthology Love is Free from JMS Books. All proceeds go to the American Civil Liberties Union Embedded Lucy, a young lesbian woman, is visiting her married uncles, Mike and Baz, once radical queer activists. About to start university, she wants to learn about how to fight for LGBTQ+ rights, as they did for so long. But Mike and Baz seem so domestic now. So settled into the life of a quiet village. Have the two former radicals sold out and given up the fight? To get Embedded and new stories from 50 other authors, (FIFTY!) check out the links below.  JMS Books More Links (Amazon link here now. More will coming soon on this link. Keep on checking.) Backlist Bonanza Ganymede Tilt: Now on wide release Union man Sean Morgan and mining company executive Alex Jackson already know how good they are together, after a few c...

A new year, a new release day. Yay! My new release, Memory's Ghosts is a bit of a surprise follow up to Palace Ghosts - which was intended as a standalone and now has this sequel and a third one in the works. This (and the third one) focus on different characters, but there are guest appearances from the characters from Palace Ghosts. Memory's Ghosts (Ghosts Book 2) Months after the liberation of the Red Palace, freed prisoner Max Murphy is still there, hoping for the return of his stolen ship and trying to forget the day he lost everything. Meanwhile, ex-Li pilot Jiang Tai is keeping his head down and wishing he could forget the secrets he carries. Or just forget anything at all. When the station is blockaded Max and Tai are sent off on a desperate mission to end the siege. Spending weeks on an awkwardly small ship with a weird, sleep-obsessed, former pirate of the most fanatical sort is not Max’s idea of a good time—even if Tai is kind of cute. Tai never reckoned on a long tr...

 Happy release days to me! Out now, Entanglement, m/m sci-fi romance novella.  Entanglement Two-hundred years ago the captain of a plague-ravaged spaceship set course for deep space. Elliot Stoll, an ambitious pilot, with a ship equipped with a hyperspace Tangle drive, is assigned to secure the derelict Iredoi , only to find salvager Kass Tyczkowski has reached it first. Arguments about authority and legitimate salvage are interrupted by an attack by rival salvagers, which ends with Kass rescuing Elliot from his destroyed ship, and jumping away with the Iredoi in tow, back to his home base - the Tumble. Elliot soon learns he’s landed in the middle of a family feud, but now the stakes are higher than the salvage value of an old derelict. A flotilla of pirate ships is heading for the Tumble to snatch the Iredoi , and whatever secrets it holds about the deadly virus that wiped out its crew. Kass’s mother Dominika—the boss of the salvage company and the station—assigns Kass to gu...

I'm back with the latest news, after briefly breaking up with Blogger, for reasons. Entanglement - NEW! Coming on 2nd of November from JMS Books - Entanglement, a new m/m sci-fi novella Pilot Elliot Stoll is assigned to secure a long-lost spaceship, only to find salvager Kass Tyczkowski got there first. A pirate attack ends with Kass rescuing Elliot and taking him and the derelict, Iredoi , home. Stranded on a station run by salvagers hip deep in a family feud, Elliot’s forced to work with Kass to keep the Iredoi and its secrets out of the hands of pirates. Why is life so complicated ? Available for pre-order at JMS Books Higher Ground - backlist re-release Now on wide release Books2Read Links Zach is impatient and likes to hurry. Adam likes to take it slow and to tease. But, they’d have worked it all out – if only the end of the world hadn’t gotten in the way. Ganymede Tilt - backlist re release Currently exclusive to Amazon, and available on Kindle Unlimited Books2Read Link Union...

My next book is now available  from JMS Books. It's a M/M novel with a near-future setting. Fool's Gold Seven years ago as the economy collapsed amidst ever more serious climate disasters, Ethan Casey went into a billionaire’s survival bunker in the wilds of Alberta. Now suspecting his boss is not telling the bunker’s staff the truth, Ethan sneaks out to learn if the world is really in chaos. He meets forest ranger Jules Martell, who tells him the world is changed but is rebuilding, and that he and everyone in the bunker would be welcome in the nearby town of Goose Lodge. Ethan returns to the bunker to tell the others the truth, prompting many of them to leave with him. Ethan had to go back to bring the others out, but he had to return to Goose Lodge to find Jules again. This time, he knows he will never return to that hole in the ground. Jules becomes Ethan’s guide to the town, and the way they live there, introducing him to strange ideas Ethan must learn to embrace. As they ...

Well it’s come to this, National Novel Writing Month has been enshittified . The whole organisation had been a bit dodgy for a few years, but they’ve finally fully lost the plot with a bizarre defence of the use of A.I. tools, claiming that to decry the use of A.I. in writing is “classist and ableist.” Despite the very real issue of large language models being trained on the work of authors who never gave consent for that. Despite the threat generative A.I. poses to writers, especially freelancers. In what I’m sure is an entirely unrelated matter , they currently have a sponsorship deal with a company, ProWritingAid, that sells A.I. tools to writers. Various writers have stepped down from the board of the non-profit and lots of writers are deleting their NaNoWriMo accounts from the website. There are plenty of articles if you want to get into the weeds about it.  NaNoWriMo is in disarray -The Verge NaNoWriMo Shits the Bed on Artificial Intelligence - Chuck Wendig NaNoWriMo gets AI ...

My second book published, Stowaway, is now on wide release again, available from JMS Books and on all good ebook retailers (over the next few days as it rolls out to them.) Stowaway The capture of stowaway Kit Miller brings some rare excitement to the life of Raine, security chief on a deep space cargo freighter. Kit’s a fugitive, a shameless flirt and the sexiest man Raine’s ever seen, but Raine’s determined to resist him. Getting involved with Kit would be inappropriate and Raine prides himself on his rigid principles. To Kit, Raine is just another authority figure like the ones who’ve screwed him over before, so he can’t work out why Raine makes him feel so safe. Why the muscle-bound hunk makes him so hot is easier to understand. Eventually, desire overcomes their wariness and they begin a passionate and mostly secret affair. When Kit proves his loyalty to the crew and the ship and Raine shows Kit he’s not the kind of man Kit assumed he was, their feelings grow deeper. But the end o...

Higher Ground, the latest rerelease of my older M/M books, is out now on Amazon, and available on Kindle Unlimited. It will go on wide release later this year. Higher Ground Zach is impatient and likes to hurry. Adam likes to take it slow and to tease. But, they’d have worked it all out – if only the end of the world hadn’t gotten in the way. Zach Benesh is sure his prediction is right – the island colony of Zahara is about to sink into the ocean. Adam Gray isn’t as certain, but he’s happy to follow the intense, brilliant geophysicist into the mountains to escape the flooding. Though he’d be even happier without three hundred other people – and their pets – tagging along. But Zach’s prediction is right and as disaster begins to unfold towards an unstoppable, inevitable conclusion, the two young scientists must become a team in the fight to save their people. They draw strength from their rapidly developing relationship, but the higher Zach and Adam climb, the more difficult the tests t...

Vacant Possession, my newest indie release,  is on wide release now, after a stint exclusive to Amazon.  If you enjoyed my non-romance sci-fi books Shoot the Humans First and The Battle of Hollow Jimmy, then I think you'll enjoy this. Find buy links here . At time of posting this it's still being pushed out to different retailers, and some library services, so check again for your preferred store if it's not there yet. Vacant Possession An alien race is trying to take ownership of the Earth, decades after rescuing the survivors of an attack which killed most of humanity. The oldest woman alive, one of the last Earth-born humans, gathers a group to launch the smallest ever invasion of the deserted planet, in a bid to reclaim their lost home. Eighty years ago, hostile aliens scoured most of humanity from the surface of the Earth with a monstrous weapon that left the planet uninhabitable for humans. Friendly alien rescuers helped the survivors build a refuge on the moon and pe...

It's new book day again. Something a bit different for me, a historical, set in the Old West. See there was a writing prompt, and I got an idea and here we are. It's a short novella, about 20,000 words long.  Three Times Elspeth Harris Rode to Town Three summer weddings bring Elspeth to town, kindling an urge in Rose to learn more about her. Rose learns they have many ideas in common, and hopes she can learn Elspeth’s secrets before summer ends. There had never been as much excitement in the town of Ghostbrook as there was the day Elspeth Harris faced trial for shooting a man. But it’s a clear case of self-defense, and she’s soon free to attend a wedding, where she meets Rose O’Sullivan, the town’s only seamstress, and engages her to make some unusual alterations. Rose knows Elspeth has a secret she is protecting, one Rose has only seen hints of. As a lover of dime novels and tales of adventure, Rose’s imagination runs wild. Could Elspeth be a government agent? An undercover la...

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 Hollow Jimmy, then check out my new release Vacant Possession. A fun sci-fi story I wrote for NaNoWriMo 2020, which I guess makes it my pandemic book. It's exclusively on Amazon for now, enrolled in Kindle Select, making it available to Kindle Unlimited subscribers. It will go wide in the summer and be available from Smashwords and all the usual places. Vacant Possession An alien race is trying to take ownership of the Earth, decades after rescuing the survivors of an attack which killed most of humanity. The oldest woman alive, one of the last Earth-born humans, gathers a group to launch the smallest ever invasion of the deserted planet, in a bid to reclaim their lost home. Eighty years ago, hostile aliens scoured most of humanity from the surface of the Earth with a monstrous weapon that left the planet uninhabitable for humans. Friendly alien...

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, sinc...

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 Bar owner Karl thinks his new lover is an ally in the fight to save Eternity — the last gay bar on space station Saira. But Greg is actually a reluctant spy desperately trying to salvage his military career. 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 ...

The Backlist Bonanza continues. Dream for Me is now available again, exclusive to Amazon for three months, and available on Kindle Unlimited. It will be available widely in February 2024.

A couple of quick news items. 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. Profiles in Science Fiction Romance – Becky Black Writes Exciting LGBTQ SFR Mapping the Shadows re-release is coming on 21st of October, from JMS Books. Check out that new cover below! Mapping the Shadows 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… Journalist Gabe Whitfield is on a mission to learn the truth behind that same murder. He doesn’t expect to stay on Frax after he finishes the job. But meeting Ash Bowman changes his plans. He came to the station a man without ties. He isn’t going to lea...