
2012 was the year everything got fucked up. LOL. For real. My publisher, Silver, absconded with a lot of my money, and I never saw payment for any Texas books, or my Sanctuary books š On a positive note, I released my first self published books – the short Love Is stories… this got me dipping my toe in the indy pub waters, and stood me in good stead when I abruptly received all my books back from Silver at the end of the year.
Books included: The Only Easy Day, Face Value, The Art Of Words, Still Waters, Full Circle, Child Of The Storm, Texas Heat, Follow The Sun, Book Of Secrets, Love Is In The Title, Love Is In The Hallways, Love Is In The Message, The Decisions We Make, The Journal Of Sanctuary One, How Much For The Whole Night?, New York Christma
I said in my last post (2011) that Sanctuary saved my house. This was because I managed to get out my first big self published book – Sanctuary 6, The Journal of Sanctuary One – in time for Christmas, and it sold well. Add in New York Christmas, and somehow we rode out Silver and made it out the other side alive.
One of the casualties of Silver was the Men of Halfway House series, book 1 of which I wrote with Reese Dante and which sold really well (not that I saw any money from it!). I handed my rights to that book to her and she continued on and made it a successful series. It was a relief I think, as it was way too tied into Silver and the mess I'd landed in.
I did, however, write Book of Secrets, which was the sequel to my first ever book, and one of my favorite books to write
My first co-authored book with Meredith Russell, The Art of Words, came out as well, the first of many to come.
Competition
The Journal of Sanctuary One is a classic Trapped in a Cabin story – one of my favorite tropes. Do you have a favorite trope in romance! Comment below for a chance to win.
Prize: An e-book from this featured year, or your choice from my backlist
Book of Secrets
Blackmail, immortality, and breaking into Windsor Castle could end up killing Luke when Alexās dark past catches up to him.
Alex is working with Chris and Griff to make up for his earlier mistakes by replacing the antiquities heād stolen before he met Luke. Itās dangerous and near-impossible work, considering Alex has lost his most useful Oracle-given powers. But he would do anything for Luke as they fall deeper in love, even the things that Luke hasn't asked him to do.
The Voynich Manuscript is locked in Windsor Castleās private library, hidden away from people who believe it could hold the key to immortality. With Lukeās life in danger, Alex is blackmailed into stealing the ancient document, only itās inside one of the most heavily fortified and secure castles in the world and worse, with no powers to fall back on, Alex is openly walking into danger .
One manās loss could be the death of Luke, unless Alex can achieve the impossible.
This MM Gay Paranormal Romantic Suspense from RJ Scott includes blackmail, kidnapping, secrets and lies, the key to immortality, and of course a happily ever after.
More info āThe Art of Words
Blu Taylor is an artist. After years of trailing up and down the country with his activist parents, he finally found somewhere to call home. He sees color and art in the world around him, and yet is never truly part of it. Despite the devotion and financial support of his best friend, thereās a line he canāt see through and that keeps him just on the outside of everything and everyone else.
Thomas Harrington has everything. The money, the car and the designer suits. But thereās something missing from a seemingly perfect life. Something he had the misfortune of losing when his mother was taken ill.
After attending a local art show, Blu is contacted by Tom and offered everything he has ever wanted; a chance to show at a gallery. Though there is a growing attraction between the men, their worlds couldnāt be more apart. Blu speaks through paint and brushes and Tomās life is wrapped up in words and paperwork.
Though opposites attract, it might be these same differences that push them apart.
More info āFollow the Sun
Lucas is hurt and close to losing everything; Dylan could be the man to save him.Ā
Lucas arrives on the idyllic island of Sapphire Cay with its white-sand beaches and warm balmy nights for his sisterās wedding. Grieving for a friend, stressed, and with an ulcer, he wants to see his sister happy before he returns home to an uncertain future. He doesnāt have the spirit or desire to form a relationship, but laid back, Dylan tempts him with the promise of a new future if only he were brave enough to take the chance.
Dylan never settles in one place for long. A free-spirited traveler, he follows the sun where it takes him and lives for today. Until he meets Lucas and realizes that sometimes the sun is brightest in peopleās hearts, and now could be the time to stop moving on.
More info āThe Decisions We Make
Daniel Keyes is an orphan, fostered by the Walkerās. The product of a lonely childhood, he is thrown into the chaos of the Walker family and into the life of his new foster brother Jamie.
This story is the journey of Daniel and Jamie finding their place in the world. Through Jamie being a victim of hate crime to coming out to family and friends, there are many decisions the boys have to make before they become men.
More info āChild Of The Storm
Ben Hyland is excited to be showing Yorkshire to Cory Vasilyev. Cory scouts locations for film studios and needs the right inspiration for a new film version of Wuthering Heights. Problem is, Ben wants to share his passion for the story and for the wild moors, but Cory just wants to go home.
Until abruptly he doesn't want to leave at all.
This story previously appeared in an anthology called Hearts of England published in 2012.
More info āStill Waters
Face Value
Beckett Jamieson, AKA Robert Bullen, has been rescued by Sanctuary from a situation in which he nearly died and is left temporarily blind.
Doctor Kayden Summers is the Sanctuary operative assigned to look out for him.
It soon becomes clear Beckett is the key to evidence left by his mom. Evidence that may well destroy the Bullen family. The two men become involved in a critical retrieval situation and when bullets start to fly there is only one thing between Beckett and death. Kayden.
More info āThe Only Easy Day
Dale MacIntyre, a former Navy SEAL, works for Sanctuary. Heās the acting handler for a member of the Bullen familyās inner circle. Heās close to obtaining the evidence he needs to prove Elisabeth Costain's death was ordered by them⦠until someone gets in his way.
Joseph Kinnon, an active Navy SEAL, is back on U.S. soil for the first time in months, and heās told the tragic news that his stepsister is dead, gunned down in an alley by an unknown assailant. Heās determined to find out who murdered herā¦until someone gets in his way.
More info āFull Circle
Sanctuary witness protection has failed Josh, and Manny risks everything to save him
After evading his Sanctuary agent, Josh is determined to confront his lying former boyfriend, and discover once and for all what turned his dad into a murderer. Shamed by his father's actions, he's determined to help bring the Bullen family to justice, and he's not going to be able to do that until he confronts his past.
Manny is better at breaking code than breaking heads, but he's proud of the set of ninja-cool skills that Sanctuary has taught him. When surveillance catches images of Josh entering the lion's den, there are no other agents available, and it's up to Manny to save him.
Manny risks his life. Could it be time for Josh to risk his heart?
More info āThe Journal of Sanctuary One
When a snowstorm stops his friends from joining him at Sanctuary One for Christmas, Jake ends up alone. Sean has only one place to go. The original Sanctuary cabin. Neither man is prepared for the secrets that threaten to destroy Sanctuary.
Jake spends every Christmas at Sanctuary One. With the third anniversary of the day his dad died approaching, he arranges for Kayden, Beckett, and himself to meet at the cabin a few days before Christmas. A snowstorm blocks his friends in NY, and Jake ends up alone.
Sean is being hunted and the only place he can run to is somewhere mentioned in an old journal. The original Sanctuary cabin. It is no longer in official use but it would be a good place to heal and take stock of just what is going on with his life.
Neither man is prepared for being stuck together for an entire week, nor for the culmination of a case that threatens to get them killed.
New York Christmas
Can a New York cop and a teacher find love in the city at Christmas?
It's been far too long since Christian Matthews has seen Daniel Bailey. In fact, the last time they met was in college.
Seven years down the road, Chris is licking his wounds after being 'asked to leave' the private school where he was teaching. He has no job, no money, and has to rely on his friend Amelia for a job and a room to live in. He needs a freaking Christmas miracle to make this Season anything other than a total loss.
Then Daniel comes back into his life and suddenly everything seems possible. Not only is Daniel still the man Christian wants more than anything, but this time Chris may well actually tell Daniel how he feels.
More info āTexas Heat
What happens when secrets are exposed and lies unravel? How far are Riley and Jack willing to go to play matchmakerāand what will it cost them?
Life seems picture-perfect for Riley and Jack Campbell-Hayes. Jack is thriving with the DD Ranchās expansion into training quarter horses, Riley is on the brink of securing his first ethical-based contract, and their daughter Hayley is nearing ten, her joy lighting up their world. But in Texas, tranquility rarely lasts.
When Jack hires Robbie, a man grieving a devastating loss, as his right-hand ranch hand, sparks of change ignite. At the same time, Rileyās audacious and flamboyant photographer friend, Eli, storms onto the ranch, declaring the DD the ideal location for a cowboy-themed model shoot. With twenty scantily clad male models parading across the ranch, the stage is set for chaos, humor, and unexpected revelations.
But Eli isnāt just here for his art. Beneath his charm and mischief, he harbors secrets even Riley doesnāt know. When Eli sets his sights on the guarded and grieving Robbie, his instant attraction sets tongues wagging. Everyone can see theyāre meant for each otherāexcept Robbie.
As Riley battles the unrelenting oil establishment determined to see him fail, the heat of a Texas summer stirs emotions, challenges loyalties, and pushes boundaries. From a raucous Gay Rodeo to a brawl at the Rusty Nail, Texas Heat is a story of humor, heartache, and passion, where love is tested, secrets come to light, and Riley and Jackās bond proves unshakable in the face of it all.
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Friends to Lovers or Enemies to Lovers is always good. I really like when couples get together young and stay together through all the crap life throws at them. The Decisions We Make is my second favorite Rj book after the Texas series.
Friend to lovers is my favorite trope.
I actually love the trapped in a cabin theme!
I love so many tropes!! I like some really dark such as kidnapping, noncon/dubcon, master/slave, but my all time favorite is gay for you with friends/enemies to lovers.
Miranda you’re a winner – email rjscott.team@gmail.com
Friends to lovers is my all time favorite
I like all of the tropes I read and go through phases as to what is favorite when. Current favorites are May/December and hurt/comfort.
I love many different books but my favourite has got to be Alpha male meets soul mate.
My favorite would be hurt/ comfort.
i am a huge fan of enemies to lovers stories with lots of angst
I absolutely love age gap stories!!!! And all the angst there is š
Oh gosh, I love ALL THE TROPES but I guess my favorite is friends-to-lovers with a healthy dose of oblivious pining and UST. The slower the burn, the better.
I love friends to lovers or manny helping single dads. These pretty much always bring a smile to my fast. If we are going fantasy, itās to large to choose from list mate stories or just magic and a quest and falling in love on the way.
Anything involving breaking stereotypes… especially in suspense/mystery genres.
I love most, enemies to lovers, gay for you, men in uniform too many to mention lol
Enemies to lovers… that’s my all time favourite
I love forced proximity. Along with friends to lovers and GFY, these are my favorites.
I’ve been reading a lot of Daddy/boy books lately, and I also enjoy Friends to Lovers and Hurt/comfort
Dark/light.
Taboo
Paranormal
I love enemies to lovers.
Enemies to lovers is my absolute favorite
Too many to pick. If a story is well written I can like it.
Hurt/comfort.
I like the unknown two people who may know each other or might meet for the first time but the more time they spend together the more they grow into one
Forced proximity, age gap, and hurt/comfort
My favorite trope is age gap. I also love vampires and aliens that look like aliens.
anything I read then all
I love older lovers and age gap lovers.
Friends to lovers, PNR fated mates, trapped cabin. As long as the MCs aren’t TSTL, I’ll happy.
Love Journal of Sanctuary One – any plans for audio book? Please say yes! I like second chance stories and forced proximity works well with that – you can see why I love This book so much!
I enjoy a good hurt/comfort story.
Second chance, friends to lovers, rockstars and protectors
Rockstars, tattoo artist, bodyguard, enemies to lovers, muscular boy with female boy.
Friends to lovers. and anything with LE/ Military
Friends to lovers or In love with a brothers friend….and thinking there is no way it’ll ever be returned.
I love them all. It depends more on how the author writes it.
Friends to lovers or gay for you are my two favorites.
It all depends on how I feel at the time of reading but recently I’m on a fated mates and mafia kick
Second chance. And friends to lovers.
I love anything dealing with family. To me family is everything and I love reading it and everyone getting their HEA.
Age gap or enemies to lovers
Friends-to-lovers and second chance stories are two of my favorite tropes.
I’m a sucker for both enemies to friends and nerd and jock. Love the conflict, angst, and HEA
This question is asked a lot and I guess I don’t really have a favorite trope. If a book is well written I like it!
I so sorry about your experience with Silver. Like the saying goes…adversity makes you stronger…but who wants to go through it?
I love the friends to lovers since they already have a deep connection…it feels really natural.