Hard-bodied, tattooed, and British... Meet the men of London tattoo studio, Carved in Ink.For ten years, Rocco Rayne has tried to put his childhood best friend and first love Sophia out of his mind. She left him broken-hearted when she walked out of his life, and he never heard from her again.He used those years without her to harden his heart, and transform himself from a skinny teenager to the tough, tattooed man he is now. But when she shows up in the tattoo studio where he works, he discovers all those feelings never went anywhere.Except Sophia has had struggles of her own over the last ten years, and she's no longer the girl he once knew....*Please note, each of the 'London Inked Boys' stories follows a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but they're probably best read in order. Views: 12
When Richmond homicide detective Locklear is called in to investigate the attempted murder of a young Mennonite in a Virginian farming town, he is instantly drawn into a web of secrecy and lies spanning back to the American Civil War.
Frustrated by the refusal of locals to co-operate with the investigation, Locklear realises that to find the perpetrator he must first solve a 150-year-old mystery. With his leads restricted to historical records, the Native American is running out of time to save the orphaned boy's siblings from a similar fate. As the body count in a seeming local feud rises, Locklear is no nearer to solving the most complex case of his career.
Flanked by his trusted colleague Jo Mendoza and local cop Carter, Locklear finds himself embroiled in a silent religious community where nothing is as it seems and everyone has something to hide. Views: 12
Book Two in The Satan's Spawn MC Series Views: 12
Shortlisted for the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Unpublished Manuscript Award.
He shouldn’t have a life he never asked for and be expected to love men. With their problems never spoken outward. And childhood trauma and family issues. Men wanting to be held or hold.
Markus Bello’s life has stalled. Living in a small country town, mourning the death of his best friend, Grayson, Markus is isolated and adrift. As time passes, and life continues around him, Markus must try to face his grief, and come to terms with what is left.
Stylistically assured and quietly compelling, Ironbark is an elliptical and beautifully evoked contemporary coming-of-age story. Through his protagonist, Markus, newcomer Jay Carmichael depicts the conflict and confusion of life as a gay man in rural Australia, and explores how place can shape personal identity by both offering and restricting potential. A moving portrait of grief and loss, Ironbark is also a devastating account of the toll exacted by our society’s expectations of what it means to be a man. Views: 12
