The story opens in a British village with Daniel, a bomb-squad soldier back from Afghanistan and suffering great physical and mental trauma. He is psychologically isolated, tormented by survivor guilt, and unable to adjust to civilian society. He also suffers pain from a wrecked knee but refuses to take his meds for fear of addiction. (There is a gorgeous description of his eyes as “…deep mink brown and the lines…
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RJ’s News, Reviews, Releases, & Competitions
Festive Holiday Book Of The Year
The Christmas Throwaway has won *Festive Holiday Book Of The Year* at Kelly’s Place for Words… Thank you so much Kelly… See the full list here Kelly said – “Total tear jerker, one of the best holiday theme books I’ve read in a long time.” Buy Link
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All Romance eBooks, LLC 2011 Trend Analysis
As a self published author with All Romance Ebooks (Love is in the title and Love is in the Hallways, YA) I receive emails from them every so often and I have just have a *review of the year* email and thought you may be interested in some of their results: They receive 5.8 million hits/month to their website – I wish I did… All Romance, has an Alexa rank…
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Christmas Songs Top Ten: No 2 – Greg Lake -I Believe In Father Christmas
RJ’s Top Ten Christmas Songs… … Greg Lake -I Believe In Father Christmas Bing Crosby – White Christmas Take That – Babe East 17 – Stay Another Day Chris de Burgh – A Spaceman Came Travelling The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York Johnny Mathis, When a child is born Jona Lewie – Stop the Cavalry Wham – Last Christmas
The Christmas Throwaway gets 6th place in the Rainbow Awards Best Gay Contemporary Romance category
I’m really pleased that The Christmas Throwaway has received an honourable mention and 6th place in the Rainbow Awards Best Gay Contemporary Romance category. From the awards page: ‘From the first chapter, the author draws you into the story and you cannot put the book down until the very end. I like how the author described just enough about the setting and did not bog it down with a description…
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FestiviTea – Autism and Christmas
I was asked by Sylvia Violet to post a recipe for Christmas on her blog and it got me thinking about something we have in the UK called *The FestiviTea Party*, a fundraising initiative from the National Autistic Society in the UK. As The National Autistic Society (UK) say – “For most of us the Christmas season is full of fun, laughter and family, but for people with autism it…
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The Christmas Throwaway wins December Book of the Month at Goodreads M/M group
Oh my goodness, this is such an exciting piece of news! Thanks to the wonderful Beatrice who put this book forward for the vote… I am totally blown away that the story of Zachary and Ben has been chosen… Buy from Silver or Amazon or others. Blurb: Christmas is a time for giving – what do you do when no one gives a damn? For Zachary Weston Christmas means sleeping on a…
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Happy Thanksgiving and a new Free Read Chapter
The latest Chapter on my blog tour is at my friend Lori Toland’s website HERE. Thanks Lori! Also… wanted to wish all my American friends Happy Thanksgiving… Hope it is a good one for you all… RJ X
Reviews from Top to Bottom Reviews
All the King’s Men Kisses: 4.5 All the King’s Men is a perilous journey that’ll take your breath away as you turn the pages. Often poignant, endlessly entertaining, it will leave you with the faith that hope, perseverance, and the promise of love will always work its magic. The Soldier’s Tale Kisses: 4.5 RJ Scott has delivered not only a compelling addition to the saga but has also written a story with…
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