Blog Tour Stop #4! Bad, Dad, & Dangerous Illustrated Novellas! And Giveaway!

On 02 Jun 2302 Jul 23 By Rhys FordIn Bloggy Stuff, Free Stuff, Rhys Ford12 Comments

First of all, welcome to my blog! I’m thrilled to bring you here for the fourth stop on the blog tour for Bad, Dad, and Dangerous illustrated novellas. I had so much fun on this anthology with my co-authors and we are delighted to now have them available as individual novellas, plus added content with illustrations by the extremely talented artist Emily Y. Chan, the creator of StupidFox.

You can find the illustrated novellas as standalones at the following links:

Wolf At First Sight: https://www.amazon.com/Wolf-First-Sight-Monster-Dads-ebook/dp/B0C3JQR4N2/
TA Moore‘s Elf Shot https://t.co/wuCMjooDhK
Bru Baker’s Monster Hall Pass: https://t.co/ByYQYV0ddb

However, the original Bad, Dad, and Dangerous anthology is still something I am very passionate about. It was an idea inspired by Bru Baker texting us on her way back from dropping her kids off to summer camp. Although I can assure you that her misdeeds peaked with a cheeky afternoon margarita, so we had to give it our signature twist for the novellas!

Bad, Dad, and Dangerous
BY RHYS FORD, BRU BAKER, JENN MOFFATT, AND TA MOORE

When the kids are away, the monsters will play.

School’s out for summer, and these dads are ready to ship their kids off to camp. Not just because their kids are monsters—whose aren’t?—but because they’re ready for some alone time to let their hair down and their fangs out. You see, not only are the kids monsters—their dads are too.

Even the most dangerous of creatures has a soft spot. These bad, dangerous dads love their kids to death, but they need romance.

Every year, for a few short weeks, these hot men with a little extra in their blood get to be who they truly are. And this year, life has a surprise for them. Whether they be mage, shifter, vampire, or changeling, these heartbreakingly handsome dads might be looking to tear up the town… but they’ll end up falling in love. All it takes is the right man to bring them to their knees.

Do check it out!

As a BONUS, please enjoy a sneak peek of one of the absolutely MARVELOUS illustrations AND the first chapter of In the Name, a free audiobook by TA Moore and narrated by Kale Williams! Follow the rest of the blog tour for a few more chapters.

Listen to In the Name on Crime, Curses, and Cheap Thrills

AND NOW FOR THE BEST PART… THE GIVEAWAY!

Enter to win this blog’s Giveaway: $10 Giftcard for online retailer of the winner’s choice! Just comment with your fave book trope below to enter! One entry per person. Winner will be chosen randomly! Giveaway Ends June 7th!

Catch the rest of the Tour here!

May 29: Paranormal Romance Guild

May 30: Love Bytes

June 1: Archeolibrarian

June 2: Coffee, Cats, and Murder

Release Day for the Illustrated Bad, Dad, And Dangerous Novellas!

On 30 May 23 By Rhys FordIn Rhys Ford2 Comments

Today is Release Day for the Illustrated edition of Wolf at First Sight by Rhys Ford! Now available on Amazon and other online bookstores! 10 illustrations by Emily Y. Chan.

https://www.amazon.com/Wolf-First-Sight-Monster-Dads-ebook/dp/B0C3JQR4N2/

Grab the “sibling” releases…
Elf Shot by TA Moore
https://www.amazon.com/Elf-Shot-Monster-Dads-Moore-ebook/dp/B0C3J7BZNC/

And Monster Hall Pass by Bru Baker

https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Hall-Pass-Dads-ebook/dp/B0C3J6FYP5/

Making Food: Sweet/Sour Spare Ribs and Pancit

On 29 May 23 By Rhys FordIn Food

I’ll share these recipes as I make them. Sometimes I’ll include the original photos I took but sometimes, like the pancit, I’ll have to grab one from Creative Commons.

I’m doing them as images so they can be saved like recipe cards but I’ll probably update the PDF later to include what I post.

Probes. Tests. More Slicing and Dicing.

On 17 May 23 By Rhys FordIn Rhys Ford5 Comments

Back from hospital.

So, the original issue apparently wasn’t fully fixed but was sneaky and presented in a different way.

This means another surgery.

I am tired. Hungry. Lacking coffee. And very very sore. There was a lot of exploring done with cameras and some tests. I’ll talk to the doc tomorrow and we’ll see what the plan is.

And so we go on.

The Final Borking Report…

On 12 May 23 By Rhys FordIn Rhys Ford34 Comments

Angus Missouri Blue aka The Potato has joined his brothers living across the Bifröst. He was the best of puppers and a delight to love. If you ever had the pleasure of meeting him, please know he carried you in his heart and never forgot you. Literally remembered everyone he ever met and was glad to see them.

Thank you for celebrating his life with me and I am so glad you all got to know him. He was a very beloved good pupper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcQXp1FAx5c

A Potato Update

On 11 May 23 By Rhys FordIn Borking Day8 Comments

The Potato is not doing well. He’s gone to the vets and there were a lot of tests but he is 15 and well, he’s tired. Right now, he’s resting comfortably and he’s had some dinner. I don’t know what this weekend will be like but we’ll see.

Love you all. I’m going to step back for a bit and get centred.

Not Dead. :D

On 09 May 23 By Rhys FordIn Bloggy Stuff, Food

I keep promising that I will post more often and then I get carried away into doing things or life just ask everything in close for a couple of weeks.

It’s been an interesting or rather a kind of sad time this past couple of weeks because the Potato is definitely slowing down and sleeping a lot. And I know that he is 15 which is ancient for his breed but it is still hard to know that you are reaching the twilight of your dog’s life. We have reached the you can eat anything you want to stage and he still gets excited to see company come through the front door. The weather is warming up so I know that will help with his joints and is Auntie Paige will be here this Friday to see if he is up for a walk. He still got doggie ice cream and his dinners are turkey burger and mashed potatoes which he does eat.

I am looking forward to writing this week because I have been some flashes of what I need to do so it’s important to focus and get that down.

I have been slowly watching a YouTuber who does “historical breakdowns” of foods and time periods. He just posted a one about Hawaiian luaus and I will admit to not wanting to watch it because my people have been done dirty by so many people. I didn’t want to get turned off his channel because he disparaged away or added sugar to it. I just read some of the comments on that particular episode and other Hawaiian people seem to be okay with what he presented so I might go take a look. I have had to stop reading certain authors and watching certain YouTube personalities because of how they presented my people’s food. Mind you there is also a chef who disrespected Sam Choy on a cooking show so as far as I am concerned, that person is dead to me and I hope sand mites burrow up into their sinuses.

Max Miller does do a good job and I wanted to continue to watch him so… Here is one of his videos that explores what ancient Egyptians ate and I really enjoy watching them re-create these foods and every single one of his videos. So if you’re into that, go take a look.

Dayum… D Soraki

On 28 Apr 23 By Rhys FordIn Rhys Ford

Damn this boy goes hard. Seriously, my favourite.

Rambling about being “Too Pale”…

On 24 Apr 2323 Apr 23 By Rhys FordIn Rhys Ford

It goes both ways… colorism. I’ve been told I’m too “pale” to be Hawaiian, despite very Hawaiian. Enough to attend and graduate Kamehameha Schools. But yes, I also agree Nani shouldn’t be scrubbed lighter. She is kanaka. And looks it.

But we as Hawaiians also need to have those hard discussions about gatekeeping, color, and what is cultural appropriation vs appreciation. The US overthrow of our Kingdom threatened our people’s language and culture, leading to things like grass skirt costumes and Elvis’ movies.

And even knowing all that, my own mother asked a friend I’d brought with me to visit the Big Island if he’d met a Hawaiian before he’d met my Dad 2.0. He replied; just the one that brought me. And my own mother said, Doesn’t count. Doesn’t look Hawaiian enough.

She isn’t the first one to say that. We code switch, pidgin to “proper English” both are valid. We need to fight for our culture, language and people. All of them. But yeah, Nani should be as she is drawn because she IS who we are. I’m still wondering why David wasn’t Kawika.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/23/entertainment/lilo-and-stitch-live-action-colorism-cec/index.html