Ashley James

Word to the wise: Getting hot and heavy one night with the broody, hot rancher in town is rarely ever a good idea.

Especially when said rancher is your ex-husband.

Conrad Strauss is the owner of Grazing Acres Ranch, home to some of the sharpest bucking bulls around.

And as Copper Lake’s only veterinarian in our small town, I have to see him more than I’d like.

It hasn’t always been easy, but it’s become manageable.

Until, of course, that night my need for him burned too hot to ignore.

The night I let my walls down and allowed myself to soak in his comfort and strong arms once more.

And if that wasn’t bad enough, now his Nana is coming to visit and she doesn’t know we’re divorced.

Conrad Strauss is many things, but a beggar he is not. So when he asks—no, pleads with—me to pretend we’re still married while she’s here, I lose all rational thoughts and tell him yes.

But this means temporarily moving back into the house where we shared so many memories. It means sleeping in our bed again. It means having his eyes on me like they never left. It means pretending I’m in love with him… when I don’t think it’s pretending at all.

It’s just a few weeks, though… how bad could it be?

Every Promise Broken

There are some things you just don’t do…

Don’t lie.

Don’t steal.

Don’t break the law.

And absolutely do not, under any circumstance, sleep with your best friend’s son.

I’ve always prided myself on being a good man. I am a doctor after all.

I consider myself to be a by the book man.

A man with strong morals and a clear conscience.

That is until a night out of town with too many drinks finds me naked and sweaty with the one person I shouldn’t be rolling around in the sheets with…

Colt Bishop.

Professional bull rider. Son of my very best friend. And now my most sordid memory. A memory that, despite my very best efforts, refuses to leave my mind.

After my father retires, I make the decision to move back to Copper Lake and take over the family practice. Avoiding Colt and every erotic memory that follows becomes impossible.

He’s flirty. Shameless. Suggestive.

He’s also half my age.

Keeping my distance and keeping my clothes on should be easy… So why does it feel like anything but?

The History Between Us

I'm a country boy, born and raised. He's new in town and all city. Bronc riding has always been my main focus, the plan simple: Work hard, go pro, show the world what I was made of. It hasn't been easy, but I did it through dedication and a whole lot of determination. My dreams came true, my life more than fulfilled... Or so I thought. I never knew how much l ached for more until I stopped to help a stranger on the side of a one lane road one chilly, fall afternoon. He couldn't be more different than me, with his messy curls and the chipped black polish.
But from the moment he fumbled over his words, flustered and tense, sitting in the driver's seat of his broken down ride, I knew I wanted to know more.
Know everything. This all-consuming need to get to know him, to get close to him is new. He's only in town for a short while, Copper Lake merely a temporary stop. Getting close to him is foolish... But there's no way I can stop it. Not when he makes me feel things l've never felt before. What happens when he goes back to the city and I'm left in the dust watching his tail lights disappear down the dirt road?

Dirt Road Secrets

A steamy one night stand in the bathroom of a bar in Las Vegas after a world championship win? Yes, please. Meeting him again months later, only to learn he's my newest competition? Not so much.
The weight of the legacy I carry is a constant tug in my mind, with the ghosts of the generations before me always whispering for me to push harder, train longer, be better. In the eight seconds I have to ride, everything else falls away and my sole focus is on doing what I do best. I am Shooter Graham, consecutive three time world champion bronc rider.
No one has ever come close to taking the title since I've had it... until him. Sterling Addams. The new cowboy in town with dark hair, eyes like honey, and a taste for me he likes to pretend he doesn't have.
He's green... but he's good. Too good. Suddenly, the already heavy pressure l'm under multiplies tenfold.
The need to beat him, the uncontrollable urge to put him in his place, becomes almost an obsession. The question is, how far will I go to prove l'm number one?

(Copper Lake Book 1)

Eight Seconds to Ride: A Rivals to Lovers Small Town Romance

The memory of Josiah DeMille has haunted me for close to a decade.

The way he looked.

The way he smelled.

The way his lips felt pressed against mine, even when they shouldn’t have been.

The one person I’ve never been able to get over.

The one singular part of my past I’ve never been able to move on from.

In every lyric sung into the microphone, in every chord strummed on the guitar, in the bottom of every single whiskey bottle, he’s there.

His memory has me in a chokehold.

His absence a gaping hole in my chest.

I gave up years ago wondering if I’d ever stop thinking about him.

Josiah DeMille is the ghost of my past. A past I left behind after my rock bottom.

Now he’s back, and he’s everything I remember him to be and more.

As mesmerizing as ever, a malt perfectly aged in an oak barrel.

But there are dark secrets and shameful lies between us, blurred lines, and an underlying temptation that we’ve never been able to ignore.

It’s a recipe for disaster, an imminent train wreck.

Where will we sit once the dust settles and the truth comes out?

Whiskey Nights and Neon Dreams

Rule number one: Don't fall for my brother in law. It should be easy, right? Wrong. When I moved in with my sister over summer break, I had no intention of returning to college in the fall. A work trip for her meant a lot of time alone for me with her husband.
Boone Stanton. World famous bull rider and way, way off limits. A few late night deep conversations between the two of us, only the midnight sky our witness, and suddenly, I can't look away. Can't keep my mind off of him. It's in the way he works around the yard, sweaty and shirtless. The way his eyes soften and he leans into his playful side around his daughter. And it's in the way he makes me feel seen.
The way he's slowly chipping away at my exterior without even realizing it. Then one night I see something I shouldn't. Something that makes my mouth water and my heart race. Except when he catches me, instead of stopping and reprimanding me, he... keeps going. Now, I have the opportunity of a lifetime but it means going on the road with him. It means living in even closer quarters than before. It also means doubling down on keeping my hands to myself and my gaze away from his dark, observing eyes. But I'm only human, and it's only a matter of time before I crack. Before I give in and do something I can't take back. Something that could cost me everything.

Burning the Midnight Oil 

Crew Collins

The rush of the high. The mind tingling feeling of that first line. This secret of mine has spiraled out of control, but I can’t stop. The drugs fill a void, helping me feel something and nothing all at once.

But him… He makes me feel everything.

Anderson Walker

He’s been my best friend for as long as I can remember. Thick as thieves. Life happened, our friendship has changed. Now I’m left with feelings I don’t know what to do with. There’s more to him hidden beneath the surface.

A dangerous secret.

A deadly obsession.

Love is worth fighting for. And the battle has just begun…

*Illicit Desires is the third book in The Deepest Desires interconnected series. It is a friends to lovers MM romance, and it touches on heavy subjects, such as drug use and overdose.

The Deepest Desires Series

illicit desires 

Welcome to Black Diamond Resort and Spa…

Where the rich and famous go to disappear. Some to relax, some to get sober.

For me… It’s my last shot, my final chance at redemption.

I’m hotheaded. Reckless. Self-Destructive.

I don’t want to be here, but not doing so means losing everything I’ve worked my whole life for.

It means losing my band. The only family and the only constant I’ve ever known.

They say I have a problem. That I need help.

I say it’s just part of fame.

The drugs help numb the pain. Keep the demons away.

I’m doing my best to keep my head down and bide my time until I can go home. Then he comes and makes himself at home at my breakfast table…

Rowan Davies.

Son of Hollywood’s most famous movie producer and my new pain in the ass.

He’s nauseatingly cheerful. Buoyant. A presence refusing to be ignored.

And he’s set his sights on me.

He wants to fix me. Make me feel.

He wants me to let him in. Love him.

But he’s here against his will too.

We’re both broken. Wounded where no one else can see.

Is a bond derived from lies and vices really a bond at all, or only a setup for yet another epic failure?

A Black Diamond Novel

Wounded

The Spirit Camp

Say My Name

It was only supposed to be one night.

I was never meant to see him again.

One unforgettable night and one nameless face changed everything.

He’s wealthy.

He’s powerful.

And he’s married… to my mother.

Staying away is impossible, and secrets and lies have become second nature.

He’s crawled under my skin, an energy larger than life, refusing to be ignored as he bends me to his will. And now, I’m so far gone, I’m willing to do whatever it takes to keep him close, collateral damage be damned.

*Insatiable Hunger is book three in the Hidden Affairs standalone MM series. This book features a relationship of forbidden nature, and has a significant age-gap

Insatiable hunger

My entire life has been one steady plan after another.

Go to college.

Get married.

Have a successful career.

More than a decade goes by, and my entire world is rocked in more ways than one. Everything I thought I knew is ripped from under me in one fell swoop.

Then I meet him.

The enticing man behind the camera with the boyish grin and the charismatic energy that makes me question everything.

He was only supposed to be a means to an end. But what I got was so much more.

Brazen Affairs 

Cash DeMarco Five years ago, I gave my heart and soul to my professor. He made me fall for him, only to destroy me with his silence. I've never been the same. I finally have the chance to leave this town, start over, and try to move on with my life. But what happens when fate insists the chapter of your life that haunts you isn't over? Stone Philips He was the temptation I shouldn't have divulged in. The secret that ruined everything. He was the beginning to my end, and when I left, I left as the shell of the man I once was. Just like with the angriest of storms, when he walks back into my life, destruction and chaos are never far behind. The universe has a funny way of bringing everything full circle, opening old wounds, and forcing you to face your destiny. *Kismet is a full-length, standalone, MM romance novel about missed opportunity, right person/wrong time, heartbreak, and second chances.

Kismet

Bossy. Frigid. Spinster. Sl*t. Mumsy. Milf. Bimbo. The English language has a seemingly infinite number of judgemental and hypocritical words to describe women and their life choices. We can't win, no matter what we do. Whether it's on the sofa of ITV's This Morning or online, Ashley James is a fierce advocate for women. In Bimbo, she unpacks the labels that box women in, and the systems that keep them there. From 'bossy' little girls, 'tarty' teens, to mothers who 'let themselves go', and 'left-on-the-shelf' single women, Ashley dissects the systems that try to confine us and asks: what if we broke free? Told through raw personal stories, humour and with a fierce feminist lens, this is a battle cry for every woman who's ever felt too much -- or not enough. This is a call to women stop shrinking, stop competing, and start rising -- together. This is a book to be shared, discussed, and cherished, and a beacon of hope for a better future.

Bimbo

From Dawoud Bey and Lorna Simpson to Sondra Perry and Kerry James Marshall, a multiethnic group of artists explores what it means to be seen, not seen or erased in the world through formal experimentations with the figure Going Dark brings together a multigenerational group of contemporary artists who engage the "semi-visible" figure--representations that are partially (or fully) obscured, including, in some cases, literally darkened--and suggests that the concept of going dark is a tool that has been used by artists for decades to probe enduring questions surrounding both the potential and the discontents of social visibility. Across mediums--painting, photography, sculpture, video and installation--Going Dark names, charts and makes meaning of the semi-visible figure, arguing for its significance in contemporary art as a genre of unique conceptual and formal power. More than 125 works in all of these mediums by more than 25 artists are featured. Essays by such curators as Legacy Russell and Jordan Carter, and professor Abbe Schriber, among others, contextualize the histories that inspired these works. In addition, four award-winning poets and three acclaimed graphic designers have contributed works. Artists include: American Artist, Kevin Beasley, Rebecca Belmore, Dawoud Bey, John Edmonds, Ellen Gallagher, David Hammons, Lyle Ashton Harris, Tomashi Jackson, Titus Kaphar, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Joiri Minaya, Sandra Mujinga, Chris Ofili, Sondra Perry, Farah Al Qasimi, Faith Ringgold, Doris Salcedo, Lorna Simpson, Sable Elyse Smith, Stephanie Syjuco, Hank Willis Thomas, WangShui, Carrie Mae Weems and Charles White.

Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility

A guideline journal filled with questions and statements set as a repetitive 13 week mindset reprogram journey for writers to accomplish their goals. There are tips and motivations throughout the journal set in, with a philosophical tone to keep on track and gradually succeed.

Master of Self Manifestation Journal

A step further from mental health to spiritual health, "The Philosophy of Me" is a simple, guided self reflection journal to aid you to express your clear authentic personal thoughts and beliefs. Written, is a series of questions and statements that keep you grounded and allows you to balance who you are in a society full of exhaustion, distractions and hardship.

Guided Self Reflection Journal

The Philosophy of Me

A guideline journal filled with questions and statements set as a repetitive 13 week mindset reprogram journey for writers to accomplish their goals. Throughout the journal are tips set in, with a philosophical tone to keep on track and gradually succeed.

Manifestation Journal

Master of My Reality

In this erotic short story a young college student who took a vow of celibacy for the semester returns home from college to visit with her parents. Her parent’s criticize her for her grades and all she wants is a little respect from them and to get laid while home on break. In the meantime, her father has to leave for the office and his best friend is coming over to go fishing. Now that Sherry is all grown up, she wants to fulfill her childhood crush... She’s tries to gain his attention, but is met with resistance...

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