A Little About Me
I was born in Peoria, Illinois. I am an avid player of tabletop role-playing games and backgammon. I enjoy storytelling in any form or genre, especially gay romantic suspense thrillers, comedies, and daytime soap operas. In addition, I enjoy any form of fiction, including plays, audio plays, poetry, music, short stories, novellas, and novels. As a gay teenager and young adult, I would often read my grandmother’s and mother’s romance novels, and since I wanted to know why none supposedly geared towards gay men ever ended with the kind of happily ever after I imagined, I decided that I would put my writing talent to good use and wrote three YA gay romances in high school and have been writing them ever since. Currently, I have several out in the ether. I also belong to the Passionate Ink Erotic Writer's Association, where I serve on the board of directors as Member Engagement Director.
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
Passionate Ink Angela Knight Service Award,
2024 Winner
The Angela Knight Service Award was established in 2010 to recognize volunteers who have contributed their time, knowledge, and talents to Passionate Ink and honor the contributions of Angela Knight, one of our founding members. It is a discretionary award presented for outstanding service and commitment to Passionate Ink’s membership and mission. There will be a maximum of one recipient per year.
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I was surprised when I learned that I had won the 2024 Service Award. I was nearly in pieces with emotions. To be acknowledged by my peers nearly did me in. I count all my writer friends as family and am glad that we can make this trek into the publishing world together.
COMING SOON
The House At West Forks
Coming Soon
​When successful mystery writer Jameson "Jamie" Parker's great aunt passes away, the last thing Jamie wanted was to inherit Summerview Estate. In this run-down haunted mansion, an unsolved murder occurred 15 years prior. Jamie dreams of fixing up the decrepit mansion and returning to his life in the city. However, a stipulation in his aunt's will requires him to live on the estate, located just outside the small secluded town of West Forks, for two years. To make matters worse, the estate's devastatingly handsome and broody caretaker, Hunter O'Rourke, doesn't seem to want him around, despite their immediate and mutual attraction to one another. As soon as Jamie takes possession of Summerview, a mysterious intruder starts stalking the nighttime halls of the great house, and near-fatal accidents begin to occur. Jamie realizes he must untangle the mansion's dark history before he loses more than just his heart. But will he discover that Hunter is the hero of his dreams? Or a cold-blooded killer?
NOW AVAILABLE
CAINE'S ALIBI
June 15th, 2021
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Caine Devilin has just gotten his life back in order after getting off drugs and living a harsh life on the streets. When he meets Alex Randall at his friend Johnny's barbecue, instant sparks fly, and he thinks he has it made. The two men decided to have a one-night fling. During their night of passion, Caine's friend gets murdered, and Caine becomes the prime suspect. He realizes that the only one who can give him an alibi is Alex. However, Alex has a secret, one he hasn't told Caine and is terrified to reveal. Alex can't give Caine his alibi because doing so would put his life in jeopardy. To clear Caine, the two must try to keep their growing attraction in check as they hunt down a cold-blooded killer.
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Praise for Caine's Alibi:
"A fantastic edge of your seat thriller. The romance is as hot and conflicted as the mystery that surrounds the characters." D. Camily.
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"A great blend of story, MM romance with just enough of an erotic tone to please." Bruce T. Lang
MASTERS
OF THE
ZODIAC #7:
Aries
March 20, 2023
There are plenty of perks that come with being the Master of any Zodiac guild.
A magical sword that grants the holder control over fire wasn’t a perk Hawk was expecting, however. Nor was he expecting to be thrust into a situation where he’d be forced to defend his closest friend from a criminal organization hellbent on his destruction.
The more time they spend on the run, the harder it is for Hawk to fight the attraction he’s hidden for years. But once he gets Prophet on his knees for the first time, he knows he’ll stop at nothing to protect him.
Even if it means putting his own life on the line and going up against a ruthless assassin determined to rip the only man he’s ever loved from his arms.
Aries is the seventh in a multi-author shared world. To check out the rest of the Masters of the Zodiac Series . . .
SOUNDTRACK OF MASTERS OF THE ZODIAC #7: ARIES
THE
SHADOWS
OF
THORNEBROOK
May 30th, 2023
When Jordan Foster gets a letter from his sister begging for help, he goes to his ex-boyfriend, FBI agent Garrett Anderson for assistance and they travel to the small town of Thornebrook. When they get there they find out that she has disappeared. As they investigate, not only do they realize that the old flame is still alive, they discover that the town is held in the grip of an ancient evil. As Jordan and Garrett come closer and closer to each other again, their investigation becomes a race against time to find Jordan's sister before the shadows of Thornebrook claim her forever.
THE SHADOWS OF THORNEBROOK
Soundtrack
This is the Playlist that I enjoyed as I wrote SOT. I hope that you enjoy.
Literary Erotica
By
Ryan T. Osborn
GROW OLD ALONG WITH ME
Now available
Full of the grief of loss, uncommon grace, and hope for a new beginning, Told in a lyrical form, "Grow Old Along With Me" is the story of Papa and Daddy. Two men who find their illicit love affair brought into the light of day by the final wish of a dying man.
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(3 Stars) "I absolutely loved this story of two men, who are brought together by a dying man's wish. This was Sweet and refreshing!" Maxine69
READER SEEKING MORE
(5 stars) a beautiful testimony to love, yes, indeed.
I was held fast by the romantic tension within the first few paragraphs.
Without any spoilers, I want to say this is a highly emotional situation, a love triangle that seemed to exclude the usual ugliness.
The story evoked the tenderness of The Bridges of Madison County. This was a short story and I'm reaching out to the Author to give us the full story on these three men. It would be a heart-rending story there, I am sure.
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Claiming Papa
Roger Callahan is at the end of his rope. After surviving one of the greatest tragedies of his life, he has lost his hope and faith in humanity and love. Then he meets Angel through a mutual friend. Angel is a young man on a mission. He's been lonely for way too long and yearns to find himself a new daddy to look out for him. In the course of one afternoon, Angel teaches Roger that there is still life to be lived and people who need him.
SOUL HATES
PASSIONATE INK'S 2024 ANTHOLOGY
October 8th, 2024
They're flawed.
They're scarred.
They have skeletons in their closet.
And if it weren't for the passionate desire slamming these characters together like a car wreck, they would rip each other to shreds. They still might.
But in the end, "I need" will become "I want" and the pages of this charitable anthology will be set on fire.
Soul Hates, the scorching hot 2024 Passionate Ink anthology, brings all the deliciously naughty enemies-to-lovers action while benefiting ProLiteracy, the leading resource and champion for adult education and literacy worldwide. Proceeds will go to support their mission.
Passionate Ink is also proud to introduce debut author Michelle May, the winner of the 2024 Passionate Plume Virgin award, with a teaser from her upcoming work, Runaway Bet.
Their Noble Deceit
By Regina Kammer
October 8th, 2024
Keeping up appearances requires unconventional measures…
Percival Wood, the Marquess of Norrington, is expected to marry. Yet, Percival wants nothing more than to settle down with his paramour and best friend, Bertram Atherley, the Viscount Ravensburgh.
Family debts require Lady Viola Pemberton to find a husband. Any wealthy man will do. However, Viola loves women, and is quite enamored in particular of the luscious Miss Penelope Hardcastle.
After meeting at a ball, Percival and Viola agree to marry with a secret understanding: Each will let the other pursue their own heart’s true desire. A perfect arrangement.
Until Percival’s father the duke presses the couple for a grandson.
Despite valiant efforts, Percival and Viola are unable to perform as man and wife. Still, the couple must do their marital duty and produce an heir.
Or make it appear as such.
Their Noble Deceit is Book 6 in Regina Kammer’s Victorian erotic romance Harwell Heirs series. This polyamorous, queer (MM, FF, BiMF) romance features an unusual marriage of convenience, a secret baby with a twist, and the revelation of long-held family secrets.
EMBRACING DESIRE
BY
MARIE TUHART
August 15th, 2024
Three hearts reunited, entangled in passion
Katie Crane decides it’s time to confront her past and the desires that drove her away from home. Eight years ago, she fled from the two men she loved because she feared they would destroy her. Now back home with a newfound understanding of the lifestyle, she questions her strength to embrace her own submission.
Katie’s unexpected return is both exhilarating and nerve-wracking for Ry McKade and Jed Malloy. Forced to confront their own insecurities, they’ll have to choose to let Katie in again. Letting her in means risking their hearts all over again, and if she leaves again there could be irrevocable damage.
As the three of them navigate their new relationship, tensions mount and emotions run high. Katie’s return could mark the beginning of everything they’ve yearned for, or the end of the only family they’ve ever known.
I Bury Them Alive
By
Matt Converse
When Max throws an elaborate Halloween party with his eclectic friend group, no one could have imagined one of the guests might be a serial killer.
The Tombstone Killer doesn't kill, or so he claims. He buries his victims and lets God decide their fate. Which leaves his hands clean, at least in his twisted mind.
Max and his best friend Colton are determined to find out who the killer is before more bodies are found buried, but this endeavor could prove fatal.
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