🎅 Is it just holiday magic swirling in the air, or is it something real? 🎅
GUEST POST – Nell Iris – Flower’s Under My Pillow #Excerpt #GuestPost
🌼 Smiling brown eyes. A dark beard. Dandelions. Sunny, happy dandelions. 🌼
RELEASE BLITZ – Flowers Under My Pillow by Nell Iris – #Excerpt #Giveaway
🌼 Smiling brown eyes. A dark beard. Dandelions. Sunny, happy dandelions.
OUT NOW! – They Met in the Library by Nell Iris – #GuestPost #Excerpt #Giveaway
📚 Can two guys plus one meet-cute equal a happily ever after?
RELEASE BLITZ – Regaining Trust by Nell Iris – #Excerpt #Giveaway
💞 Can trust once broken be rebuilt?
TREADMILL Week 184 & What I #AmReading – Boy Meets Boy Meets Boy by JL Merrow & Josephine Myles + Always You by Nell Iris
📚 From Friday:
My mouth goes dry, my heart thumps in my chest, and all my questions fall away except one.
“But…” I lick my lips—what was I going to say? His thumb, his thumb, his thumb “Loving me is one thing. What about…”
“…sex?” His voice is as husky as mine.
RELEASE BLITZ – Always You by Nell Iris – #Excerpt #Giveaway
💜 Best Friends. Roommates. And now, maybe…more?
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RELEASE BLITZ – Late Night Poetry by Nell Iris – #Excerpt #Giveaway
💖 A love story told in answering machine messages.
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TREADMILL Week 162 & What I #AmReading – JMS Books’ 2019 Top Ten Gay Romance
📚 From Monday:
The French guy agitates my heart with his singing, and Ronan calms it with his kindheartedness. The contrasts are intense, making my skin feel too snug for my body, my chest tight, and my stomach worried. My pulse flutters in my neck, and I worry that Ronan will see it. I don’t know what to do with myself.
So I allow myself to look at Ronan, seeking comfort in his calming presence. I drink in the warmth radiating from him as though he’s the sun and I’m a sagging flower in desperate need of his rays of life.
TREADMILL Week 161 & What I #AmReading – Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Nell Iris, K.L. Noone, and R.W. Clinger
📚 From Sunday:
As I approach, he brushes off the hood with his hand, revealing his face, and I stutter a breath. Dang, he’s grown up nice. When he’s not hunched over, he’s tall—and inch or two over my own six-feet-one—and muscular and broad all over. His hair is buzzed completely off, his ears sticking out a little too much, and a neatly trimmed beard frames and draws attention to pink, thin lips. His eyes are dark, almost black, and suck me into his gaze.
RELEASE BLITZ – Four Christmases by Nell Iris – #Giveaway
🎄 Will a decade-old family feud and long held secrets stand in the way of love?
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RELEASE BLITZ – Red Popcorn Strings and Gumball Rings by Nell Iris – #Giveaway
🍿 What more do you need to have a Merry Christmas than enthusiasm, ingenuity, and someone to love?
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TREADMILL Self Challenge & What I #AmReading – Legendary Loves, Volume 2
📚 From Tuesday: The perfect man, what a silly, childish notion. And yet, in the darkest hours of the night when he found it hard to sleep, spending far too much time staring up at the blank ceiling like it might magically produce answers to all of life’s most baffling questions, he ached for something more. Especially as of late, yet what exactly more was, he didn’t have a clue.
RELEASE BLITZ – Legendary Loves Volume 2 – #Excerpt #Giveaway
📚 JMS Books’ Trios are themed collections of three gay romance stories by a trio of authors. Each story is available separately, but readers can get all three for a discounted bundle price.
Legendary Loves Volume 2 contains three paranormal shifter M/M romances just in time for Halloween! It contains these stories:
In My Arms Again by Nell Iris
The Murky Depths by Kassandra Lea
Weekend at Bigfoot’s by Addison Albright
Legendary Loves 2 is LIVE early on Amazon!
🎉 When the Legendary Loves Volume 2 trio showed up on Amazon late yesterday, it wasn’t merely for preorder on the 19th as it is everywhere else…
It’s LIVE on Kindle!
INFO – Legendary Loves Vol. 2 – Release Blitz and Review Tour Info
JMS Books’ Trios are themed collections of three gay romance stories by a trio of authors. Each story is available separately, but readers can get all three for a discounted bundle price.
Legendary Loves Volume 2 contains three paranormal shifter M/M romances just in time for Halloween! Contains the stories:
In My Arms Again by Nell Iris
The Murky Depths by Kassandra Lea
Weekend at Bigfoot’s by Addison Albright
RELEASE BLITZ – Of Autumn Leaves and New Beginnings by Nell Iris – #Excerpt #Giveaway
🍁 Sometimes love finds you even when you’re not looking for it.
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RECOMMENDATION – Angel and Firebird by Nell Iris
📚 “Like what you see, Phoeeeenix?” he asks, voice full of glee as he draws out my name in the way he knows drives me crazy.
RELEASE BLITZ – Team Luker by Nell Iris – #Giveaway
💞 What if this is the last time we lie like this?
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RELEASE BLITZ – 9 Willow Street by Nell Iris – #Giveaway
💚 Will Hannes and Mattis’s newfound feelings survive unraveling secrets and meddling families, and grow into something real? Something deep and everlasting?
☆ GIVEAWAY ☆
TREADMILL Week 135 & What I #AmReading – 7 Short Stories by Various Authors
📚Reading 7 short stories this week on the treadmill:
– His Steady Heart by Nell Iris
– A Leather and Tea Morning by K.L. Noone
– Forever Yours by Kassandra Lea
– Slither by T.A. Creech
– Aim Higher by JL Merrow
– Finder’s Keepers by Rob Rosen
– The Gate by A.L. Lester
RELEASE BLITZ – His Steady Heart by Nell Iris – #Giveaway
🧡 …can Buck and Pippin trust in the love they’ve found?
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OUT NOW! – Diving In by Kris T. Bethke and Nell Iris – #Excerpt
🌺 With Preston and Sawyer living in another town and Wade worried about how he fits, can they find the courage to dive in head first? 🌺
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TREADMILL Week 121 and What I #AmReading – The Mutt by Kasia Bacon – All I See by Nell Iris – Something New by Kris T. Bethke – Snowed In: Nen and Anani by Nell Iris
🏃♀️📚 What I read on the treadmill this week:
– The Mutt by Kasia Bacon
– All I See by Nell Iris
– Something New by Kris T. Bethke
– Snowed In: Nen and Anani by Nell Iris
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OUT NOW! – All I See by Nell Iris – #Excerpt
💞 Will Theo and Kieran have to keep their relationship secret forever because of Kieran’s bigoted family, will they have to break up…or is there a third alternative? 💞
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OPEN GIVEAWAYS – February 17, 2019
💖 A rundown of the open giveaways on Stories That Make You Smile as of this posting. 💖
☆ Snowed In: Nen and Anani by Nell Iris
☆ Enukara Series by Nina R. Schluntz
☆ Devil’s Bargain by Kathryn Sparrow
☆ Eagle in the Hawthorn by Sam Burns
☆ In Case You Missed It by S.M. James
☆ Hat Trick by RJ Scott & V.L. Locey
☆ The Cassie Tam Files by Matt Doyle
☆ Road of No Return by K.A. Merikan
🌸 Read the book blurbs and enter the giveaways for a chance to win: ebooks, an audiobook, a signed paperback, and Amazon gift cards
RELEASE BLITZ – Snowed In: Nen and Anani by Nell Iris – #Excerpt #Giveaway
❄️ What happens when the snow starts falling again? ❄️
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OPEN GIVEAWAYS – January 13, 2019
💞 Are you all caught up on the current blitz giveaways? 💞
RELEASE BLITZ – Awakenings & French Songs by Nell Iris – #Excerpt #Giveaway
💖 Iggy has never believed in romance, but can Ronan show him he’s wrong? That love is a real thing? 💖
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Treadmill Week 110 & What I #AmReading – 2018 Top Ten Gay Romance
Daily snippets from my treadmill reading…
In the Spotlight – OUT NOW! – 2018 Top Ten Gay Romance from JMS Books – #Excerpt
From first love to true love, from submission to sensual, from heat to sweet and everything in between, the couples in these stories are sure to keep you turning the pages as you fall in love with them.
RELEASE BLITZ – Under the Felt Mistletoe by Nell Iris – #Excerpt #Giveaway
UNDER THE FELT MISTLETOE by Nell Iris
The most wonderful time of the year is about to get even better!
Publisher: JMS Books, LLC
Cover Artist: Written Ink Designs
Release Date: Saturday, December 8, 2018
Length: Novelette/13,000 words
Heat Rating: 2 flames
Genre(s): Contemporary, Holiday, M/M Romance
IN THE SPOTLIGHT – Finding the One Box Set by Nell Iris – #Excerpt
Woo! Nell Iris has collected four of her wonderfully sweet stories into one box set! Who doesn’t love a bargain? Not only is the collection a fabulous deal, but if you purchase it at JMS through November 23rd, you’ll get an additional 20% off! Purchase JMS Books | Amazon US | Amazon UK | B&N | Kobo Finding the One Box Set by Nell Iris Publisher: JMS Books Length: 258 …
RELEASE BLITZ – Us Again by Nell Iris – #Excerpt #Giveaway
Us Again by Nell Iris Publisher: JMS Books Length: Novelette / 9,200 words approx. Blurb When Alex gets a call in the middle of the night telling him his ex-boyfriend is in the hospital, he only hesitates for a second before rushing to Sammy’s side. But the Sammy in the hospital bed is fragile and not the same man who told Alex to leave seven months ago. Alex wants to …
RELEASE BLITZ – Falling into Love by Kris T. Bethke and Nell Iris – #Excerpt #Giveaway
Falling into Love (Family Found 1) by Kris T. Bethke and Nell Iris Series: Family Found (book 1) Publisher: JMS Books Length: Novella / 34,305 words Blurb Liam O’Donoughue is happy with his life. He runs V Wilderness Adventures with his best friends, his chosen brothers, and gets to spend his days hiking in the gorgeous Adirondacks. What’s not to love? But when he meets Austin on a hike, he …
RELEASE BLITZ – Nobody Else’s by Nell Iris – #Excerpt #Giveaway
Length: 20,000 words approx. Publisher: JMS Books Blurb Mars enters Pisces, giving Beckett Cooper the opportunity to assert himself when it comes to a secret infatuation; his best friend’s younger brother Levi. But can Beckett trust what’s in front of him and be brave enough to take what he wants? With Venus in Virgo, people usually become more reserved, but Levi Byrne always takes the opposite road of what’s expected …
IN THE SPOTLIGHT – Angel and Firebird by Nell Iris – #Excerpt #NowAvailable
I was privileged to be able to beta read this one. Even that earlier draft was fantastic, so I know the polished published story will be amazing! Book Info Publisher: JMS Books, LLC Release Date: Saturday, May 12, 2018 Cover Art: Written Ink Designs Length: Short Story – 5,285 words – 21 pages Heat Rating: 1 Flame Genres/Pairing/Tags: MM, Contemporary, Romance, Gay, Bittersweet, Tear-jerker Synopsis Five years ago, Phoenix lost …
Treadmill Week 68 & What I #amreading – Promise Me We’ll Be Okay by Nell Iris – Role Model by Becky Black
Treadmill Goals/Tracking Get on the treadmill (or equivalent exercise) daily Pace is fine at 30 min/mile, although I may up it on occasion Time range between 30 minutes and 1 hour per day Distance 1-2 miles per day Read the chosen book, which I won’t allow myself to read outside of my treadmill time, hopefully motivating me to reach or exceed the above goals (exception…at the end of the week …
RELEASE BLITZ – Promise Me We’ll Be Okay by Nell Iris – #Excerpt #Giveaway
Length: 27,000 words approx. Publisher: JMS Books Blurb What do you do when your past comes knocking? Six hundred and ninety-five days. That’s how long it’s been since Jude’s fiancé broke off their engagement. With the help of his brother and his all-encompassing love for music, Jude glued the broken pieces of his heart back together, but when his ex shows up on his doorstep late one evening, Jude fears …
Treadmill Week 56 & What I #amreading – Unexpected Christmas by Nell Iris – The Mistletoe Kiss by Ruby Moone – Secrets and Charms by Lou Harper
Treadmill Goals: Get on the treadmill (or equivalent exercise) daily Pace is fine at 30 min/mile, although I may up it on occasion Time range between 30 minutes and 1 hour per day Distance 1-2 miles per day Read the chosen book, which I won’t allow myself to read outside of my treadmill time, hopefully motivating me to reach or exceed the above goals (exception…at the end of the week …