THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW OVER!
And its on sale right now! Link to ebook here: Paperback is here.
Dreamspinner has graciously put Fish and Ghosts up way early and included in their current 30% off sale. The sale ends.. couple of days I think so preorder now.
Dudes. WOOOOOT for the Coming Soon page and Happy Dances for the Sale.
So to celebrate… how about a giveaway!? And if you preorder, you still have a chance to win an ARC…of Dirty Deeds!
Today is Thanksgiving here over in America and my gratitude and blessings pretty much revolve around all of you. No really. It does. I cannot express to you how deeply you have all touched me…and not in a bad touch kind of way. Okay some of you but we’ve talked about it and it’s all good. *grins*
Some of you have been here since Dirty Kiss came out. Others have joined me along the way and have dragged friends and family with us. For that, I thank you.
I could never ever be here without you there. Plain and simple. There’s no other way to state this and if ever for a second I forget this, I am damned to a Hell reserved for Fox executives who cancel really good television shows.
I’m pretty sure that circle of hell revolves around eating steamed bitter melon with greasy cold balut and a side of split pea soup while having to listen to Chinese opera translated into nails on chalkboard tones but I could be mistaken.
So thank you. Really. And not just because I hate bitter melon but because I love all of you. Thank you for bringing my books into your lives and then coming back for more *grins* In the name of the immortal Freddie God of All Rock–I thank you all.
The giveaway? How about an ARC ebook of Fish and Ghosts? You know… to celebrate this day and it going live on really the most blessing-counting kind of day. Leave your comment down below and tell me something you’re thankful for. No sharing spoilers on what happens in the ARC but ah, Wolf and Tristan will be back in the next book. Probably. Most likely. Heh.
Contest ends Sunday, December 1st at noon, PST! If you have preordered… you can still enter! If your name is drawn, send me the receipt code from DSP and I’ll offer you an ARC of the next Cole and Jae book, Dirty Deeds!
And now an excerpt from Fish and Ghosts
The angle was awkward, but Wolf didn’t care. His palms were cupped around Tristan’s high cheekbones, and his mouth tasted of the man himself.
He was right about Tristan’s hair. The strands were soft, silken, and long as they slid through Wolf’s fingers, but they were nothing compared to the touch of Tristan’s tongue against his.
Tristan’s hands needed somewhere to be because they pulled and moved along Wolf’s shoulders and chest until finally settling on his sides. They tangled tongues, their teeth lightly touching when Wolf pushed in deeper. He wanted to crawl into the man, exploring every recess and shadow inside of him until Wolf came out the other side of his lust drenched in Tristan’s scent and feel.
Everything about Tristan Pryce was wrong… from his cracked mind to the ideas he’d packed in it, and Wolf should have run screaming as soon as he saw the lean blond lying in bed. He might have made his living taking on challenges other men fled from, but one as sinfully sweet as Tristan Pryce gave Wolf pause. The man had no idea how seductively innocent he was, and Wolf wanted to be the one to plunge through Tristan’s icy personality to the fire he knew lurked deep within Tristan’s body. Tristan vibrated with an intensity and longing Wolf’s body begged to touch, even if he knew he might singe them both beyond recognition.
Damning any whispering alarms from his brain to tread lightly, Wolf was just about to pull Tristan against him when the man pulled away, leaving Wolf wanting more.
“You… didn’t have to do that.” Tristan took a step back from Wolf and lifted his fingers to his mouth. “I don’t need a Prince Charming, Kincaid. Not even one to kiss me awake.”
“I’m not very charming.” Wolf was thankful the man didn’t wipe the taste of him off his lips with the back of his hand. He could handle Tristan’s need for space and air—they’d both been drowning in one another—but he didn’t think he could take the man rubbing away the feel of his mouth. “And if anyone needs to be kissed awake, it’s you, Pryce. It is definitely you. If you’re not going to let me kiss you, at least come inside. It’s fucking freezing out here.”
“No, I—” Tristan shook his head but didn’t finish the thought, leaving Wolf with a curious itch. “Besides, it’s time to watch fireflies.”
“Look, I’ve told you. Fireflies don’t—”
“Then what’s that?” Tristan pointed out to the lily speckled pond by the garden’s folly. “Swamp gas? An electrical disturbance? Bad mushrooms at dinner?”
There were hundreds of them. Floating through the misty curls rolling around the garden and over the folly’s large pond, Tristan’s fireflies danced and swarmed, tiny glowing dots leaving behind chartreuse trails in the moisture-thick air. Wolf stood, transfixed by the sheer beauty of the luminescent sprinkles rising and falling in their own silent ballet. They peppered the landscape, curving into the low points in the garden before cresting over the hillocks and banks of flowers.
They swam about, sparkling through the fog and weaving about, putting on a private spectacle for the men standing on the Grange’s grand pavilion balcony. Then in a whispering shush, the lights went out slowly, a few at a time at first, then entire waves of darkness ascending from the garden’s shadows to swallow up the lost, fallen stars.
“I’ll be damned,” Wolf whispered, then turned, finding himself alone on the balcony, the memory of Tristan’s hot body burned into his flesh. Picking up their discarded coffee mugs, Wolf shook his head and took one last look out at the grayscape of garden below. “Well, I’ll be fucking damned.”
Available now on Dreamspinner! Link to ebook!
Leave a comment to enter the contest… One winner will be chosen. In case of winner not responding to calls to pick up their prize, another will be chosen in their place. If you wanna leave your email address in the comments, go ahead and do so I can get a hold of you. Disclaimers are so odd. Like red penguins. Suddenly… CRIMSON!
Woooot!
snerks 😀 Don’t you already have this? *grins*
Hey, I’m excited! 😀
I adore you 😀
Even though I am not with them until Christmas, I am most thankful for the fact that my parents are still alive and doing fairly well. I dread the year when that is no longer the case. Ebook sales and giveaways are great too, but I think they come after family and pets. But probably before food. Although that may depend on the food.
I dunno about food. Coffee counts as food, right? <3 Friends and family– most definitely.
I am thankful for the kindle which led me to be introduced me to the MM genre and to “knowing” some wonderful people.
I am grateful for it too! There are some lovely people here. You included! *hugs*
I agree with Venecia; My Kindle introduced me to M/M and I’m never going back. I’m thankful for great writers like you who keep me reading.
andreams2013 at gmail.com
*squishes* And love, I am so glad you are here.
Happy Thanksgiving, Rhys! Mostly I lurk around here. I can’t recall if I’ve commented on your blog before. However, Thanksgiving seems the appropriate time to tell you how much I appreciate you. Your blog is one of the very few where I read each and every post as well as the comments. I am thankful for your talent as a writer because I absolutely love your characters and their stories. You are one of the authors whose books automatically jump to the top of my way-too-long-for-this-lifetime to-be-read list. I buy your books automatically as soon as they are available. I look forward to every new release and re-read the others in each series as the new ones come out. Thanks for many hours of wonderful reading and for such characters that allow me to immerse myself in their stories.
Aw thank you so much, love. Really… I am just so very grateful you are here and that you find some entertainment with my books and on the blog. I want nothing more out of life than to leave it saying… I made someone smile. And probably want to kill me but hey! Smile too! *grins*
Much love and hugs.
I am very excited for this book! I am always thankful to my family for the love they give me on a daily basis, but this year I have taken a huge leap in my life and I would have never been able to do so without friends that my heart call family.
Congratulations on your year! WOOOOT! May you continue to leap! *HUGS* Smoooches.
tooHappy Thanksgiving! I’mThankful For My Family And Friends And My Kindle Too Cuz I’d Never Seen M/m Either and really Enjoy It toI. Thanks Rhys Too For Your Books.
Thank you honey! And wooot for books! Really!
I’ve already preordered it and don’t need to win. I’m really looking forward to reading this! Tristan sounds great.
Ah even if you preorder… you can still win.. *grins* If you win, I just need the DSP receipt number and you can read Dirty Deeds ARC or perhaps even A Devil’s Brew.. which I haven’t even announced yet but…..
Oooooh, that would be wonderful!
*dances*
Oh yeah, I was supposed to leave my order number! It’s 250044. Ordered on Thursday 28th.
WOOOOT
Wow, thanks for your stories, your humor, and you pictures of hot men! Happy thanksgiving.
Aw thank you! *hugs* Heh.
Can’t wait to read the book!!
It is a LOT of fun!
Happy Thanksgiving Rhys! I am thankful for being able to appreciate a beautiful sunny day, for my family and friends (bless them all) and I am so very thankful for all of the great books I get to read every day (most especially yours!). Oops I can’t forget, I am VERY thankful for all of the eye candy you are so kind to post every day, SWEET!! 🙂
Thank you! Very much! Heh. Isn’t eye candy the best thing in the world? Right?
Congrats ont he new book. I am new to your blog and would lvoe if you did more “Dirty” books.
Ah… heh. Dirty Deeds, the next Cole and Jae book, is already at the publishers and is in the queue to be edited. If you’ve already preordered Fish and Ghosts, you can be added to the ARC Dirty Deeds distribution! 😀
I am thankful for my friends and family, and to you Rhys and authors like you who have allowed me to see into the lives of the characters of their books. Reading, for me, has always been an escape from the stress of everyday living. Thank you!
When it is all said and done, that’s all I really want… for you.. the reader… to have been entertained and be happy. Thank you!
I am thankful for all the friends I’ve made in the last year due to reading in this genre. Most may be on-line friends but every one that I have gotten to know has enriched my life in their own way and I appreciate it more than I can say.
smooooooooches 🙂
I’m thankful that I got to spend the day w/ my family and my best friend and her family. I’m also thankful that I got to meet you at GRL and am looking forward to the new books.
aaawwwwwwwwww and i am so glad you had a good family day! and smooooches!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving. I am thankful for my friends especially my online friends who have gotten me through a lot. and I’m thankful that I can read.
I want this book!!
Oh I really hope you like it. I do. *hugs* Smooooches.
I am thankful for family, friends (virtual and real), books, music and comfortable shoes. I would be thankful for winning this book, should it happen to work out that way.
Grins. I wish you luck! *grins* Smoooooches. *grins*
I’m grateful for so many things… it’s impossible to name them all but what I am MOST grateful for is the wonderful support system I am surrounded with.
And 90’s throwback: Rhys is the bomb diggity
WOOOT for the throwback. Heh. Smoooooches.
Happy Thanksgiving Rhys. I am very thankful for my family and friends and also to you and all the amazing m/m authors who have gifted me with many smiles, many tears, and many hours of pure escapism. When I need bolstering your many casts of characters always come through for me, they are the gift that keeps on giving. 😀
smooooooches and thank you. honey. kisses. and I hope you had a great day today. *hugs*
I just preordered Fish and Ghosts. I’m on a Thanksgiving book buying binge! I’m looking forward to the next Dirty book too.
whoooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooo
Yippee!!!!
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Thanks for all your stories!
smoooches thank you!!!!
Whoo hoo! Pre-ordered!
I’m thankful for family and friends. And awesome books. =)
Yay for preorder! And smooooches!
I’m thankful for my health, family and friends. I never could appreciate the appeal of Chinese Opera either. What is balut?
Thanks for the giveaway!
Trust me, balut… while a delicacy for some people.. is best not Googled. *grins*
And wooooot for friends, family and health!
Rhys: Somewhere in this string you cautioned against googling balut. OMG! You were right. Gonna pre-order as penance. Love your books.
Oh honey, when I tell you not to google balut… do not google balut 😀
I bought I bought…. Again 🙂
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!
I am thankful that everyone in my family is relatively healthy during this rainy season and that my country is relatively stable although there are a lot demonstrations happening right now. I am also thankful that there are so many great books to read whenever I feel down and need a little pick-me-up
Hugs and smooches. I am very happy to have you here. 😀 And wooooot for everyone in your life. Many thanks!
I already pre-ordered the book, but I thought I would enter anyway. I am looking forward to Dirty Deeds. I am thankful for a lot. I am thankful that my health is good, that I have a stable job and I have a pretty sturdy roof over my head when so many others do not. I also am thankful for great authors such as Rhys Ford who help keep my stress level down with quality characters and prose.
Smoooches and hugs! Ah, lower stress level is ALWAYS good. *nods* and I am thankful for you too!
Hey Rhys…. pick me…… Would love to add this book of yours to my growing collection….
I even help promote in on FB for you 😛
Though, if I don’t win it, I still will add it to my collection (have one non auto’ed and one autographed book by you so far)
Ah, the random number generator picks the person. It is all up to chance! *cheers you on* Heh. And wooot! Thank you.
Okay 250333 is my receipt number thingy! And I am thankful for that day about a year ago when a certain author accepted my stalker I mean *clears throat* er friend request on Facebook and now o have the awesome chance to say I know the Rhys Ford.
Heh. You aer so cute. *hugs* Smooooooches and hugs.
I’m thankful that even tho some family members are facing health issues, they are on the mend 🙂 I am so thankful for my furry four-footed family members and my kindle – what would I do without you? Thank you for offering this contest!
*hugs* I wish you the best, love. Smooches.
WOOOOOOOT got it pre ordered but would love the arc of deeds if the little generator lurves me
*cheers along with you* WOOOOOOOOOOT!
Pre-Ordered!!! Can’t wait to read!!!! I’m thankful for my family and friends and new friends I’m making each day!!!
Whoops, wrong email. Thankful for replies!!!
Smoooches! I do that ALL the time! Heh. Yay! *cheers*
I am thankful for family, friends and four legged furry cuddlers but mostly to have spent Thanksgiving with my son who leaves for boot camp withintwo weeks. Also just love all of your books!
Thank you for your son’s service! Very very much. And woot for the Thanksgiving!
I am thankful for…Donal. For without him there would be no Kane, Connor, Brae or Quinn! ;P
Awwwwww smooooches.
I’m thankful for family and friends most of all. I’m also thankful for all of the wonderful books I read. Getting lost in those stories has made even the bad days better and added even more fun to the good ones. Thanks for the chance to win and happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you honey! So much love love love love. *grins*
I’m thankful for my family and friends, for sure. I’m also very thankful for libraries! I’m really spoiled to be in an area that has tons of great libraries, both real and virtual (featuring OverDrive systems with lots of m/m!). Some places even let you request books from out-of-area library systems free of charge, and they often arrive within the week. It’s wonderful!
Oh libraries rock. Really. So much so. really. I would have had a totally different life without them. And yay for family and friends.
Wow! A late Christmas present & a Happy New Year surprise. Yes I have indeed pre-ordered “Fish & Ghosts”. and I’d do the same for “Dirty Deeds” if it was possible…& sequels to “Black Dog Blues” & Sinner’s Gin if offered. All the books & short stories have been re-read when I feel the need of a lift. Thanks for sharing with faithful readers.
heh well there are things coming down the line… i hope you like them!!!! and smoooooches
Have pre-ordered the paperback 🙂 Really looking forward to this and of course all your books 😛
whooooo hooooo! *cheers* smoooches 😀
I’m thankful for my family and friends. I’ve pre-ordered too! (250196)
whoooooo hoooooo! *cheers*
Hi Rhys, can’t wait to read more of your works. Hugs
Thank you!
Sounds good 🙂 Can’t wait to read it!
😀 thank you!
Meeeeeeeee unnirrrrrrr
Just preordered le ebook and I’m also excited for JaeCole too :3
wwooooooooooooooooot! smoooooches
Sounds so good! Your books are always amazing, though so no surprise there.
You are soooo cute!