I made this announcement on my Twitter, but it really bears repeating here in a post all its own. I've had a lot of non-fiction books published in the past few years, but my first love is still fiction -- it's just much, much harder to get that published (at least, that's how it been for me).

So, given that difficulty, it is with great pleasure that I announce the release of two books. The first is an anthology of vampire erotica. It includes my short story "Wicked Kisses." (The name will be familiar -- the story was written as the title story of a collection of erotica I've self-published, Wicked Kisses, but then was not included in the final cut).

The anthology is from Cleis Press. It's entitled The Sweetest Kiss and it's shipping from Amazon right now.

And then, after what seems like an eternity, I finally, FINALLY can announce that my first full-length novel, This Heart of Flame, is live and shipping from StoneGarden Press, also on Amazon.

To give you a taste of what it's about, think of all those tales where nefarious magicians summon spirits from the otherworld, seeking power or knowledge or sex. Now imagine what it would be like to be the spirit thus summoned -- called into an earthly existence to sate the hungers of another, with no knowledge of what this world is really like. And eventually, you get away. As a spirit made flesh, you look human on the outside, but you experience everything very differently. And you find yourself, an incubus driven to feed on the passions of others, in Victorian England, where passion is forbidden in nearly all of its forms.

And there are people who know what you are. And they are out to destroy you ...

That is the world of my beloved demon Matthew. And if you enjoy paranormal thrillers with a sexy element (and you're not squeamish about boys liking other boys) then this is a book I think you'll enjoy.

The cover art was provided by the incomparable James L. Grant, whose own talesof supernatural horror and suspense I also highly recommend.

--M