Reads: February, 2022

February was a wild month. I've been full-throttle trying to catch up writing The Doctor (Magic & Steam 3), after all those weeks lost to Covid, so while I got a bit of reading done, it wasn't as much as I usually do. But I've got a never-ending stack of research books to delve into during March, and I'm re-reading an old favorite and genre cornerstone series: The Adrien English Mysteries by Josh Lanyon, so this will be a fun month!

The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City by Jennifer Toth

Domestic Animals (Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand 3) by Gregory Ashe

As always, my reviews are available at both Goodreads and BookBub, so please follow where it's most convenient!

End-of-Year Blog Awards

A few of my titles were recognized in end-of-the-year reader and review polls! Thank you for reading, voting, and supporting these books.

Goodsreads M/M Romance Members' Choice Awards:

SCI-FI/FUTURISTIC/POST-APOCALYPTIC/STEAMPUNK
3rd The Gangster

Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewer's Choice Awards:

LGBT/MYSTERY/THRILLER/PARANORMAL/FANTASY/URBAN FANTASY/HISTORICAL/WESTERN
1st Interlude

LGBT/ROMANCE/FANTASY/FUTURISTIC/SCI-FI/URBAN FANTASY
2nd The Gangster

LGBT/ROMANCE/SUSPENSE/THRILLER/MYSTERY
1st Madison Square Murders

LGBT/ROMANCE/FANTASY/FUTURISTIC/SCI-FI/URBAN FANTASY – SERIES
1st Magic and Steam

Love Bytes Reviews:

BEST OF 2021
Madison Square Murders

Audio: The Mystery of the Spirits

The Mystery of the Spirits (Snow & Winter: Book Five) is now available on audio at Amazon and Audible, with iTunes to follow shortly after.

Narrator: Wyatt Baker

Length: 5hrs, 42min

Blurb: Antique dealer Sebastian Snow and homicide detective Calvin Winter have been happily married for a year and a half. In that time, there’s been nary a mystery in sight, and for a recovering sleuth like Sebastian, an uneventful life is exactly what he needs.

That is, until Calvin’s lieutenant enters the Emporium and demands insight on a bizarre object known as a spiritoscope, hailing from the early days of the Spiritualism movement. Sebastian’s extensive knowledge of Victorian curiosities leads him to consulting for the NYPD - putting him at odds with his husband. And as the bodies begin to stack up, so do the seemingly dead-end clues, which if Sebastian can’t make sense of, might result in a whole lot more death.

Mystery, murder, and marriage…Sebastian’s back.

Reads: January, 2022

My plans for beginning 2022 with once again keeping up with my monthly reads and reviews sort of went to the wayside when my cat got sick (he's better!) and I caught Covid (I'm also better!) But that lingering fatigue is hard to combat and I have only just now had the energy and attention span necessary for reading again. So long story short—no new reads in January.

I do post my reviews at both Goodreads and BookBub, if you'd like to follow at either website, and I have several books I expect to finish in February, including some wonderful research titles and an advance copy of Gregory Ashe's Domestic Animals!

Sale: Lights. Camera. Murder.

Lights. Camera. Murder. (The Silver Screen: Case One) is on sale for $1.99 until Friday, January 14th, in honor of Kiss A Ginger Day! Meet redheaded private investigator Rory Byrne and his love interest, lead actor Marion Roosevelt, in this, my first foray into a PI mystery series!

Blurb: Private investigator Rory Byrne, has gained a reputation as someone the elite of New York City can trust to solve their problems quickly and quietly. So when a hotshot television producer hires him to recover a stolen script, Rory isn’t surprised that he’ll need to go undercover on the set of a historical drama. He has his hands full trying to investigate a skeptical and agitated crew while they work around the clock on The Bowery, a new show which promises to shake up the television industry.

To make a delicate situation even more complicated, the production is led by out-and-proud Marion Roosevelt and Rory is downright smitten with the handsome and talented actor. But every member of the crew and cast is a suspect in the theft. And as Rory investigates, Marion’s behavior grows increasingly suspicious. Then the murders start.

If Rory is to find the thief before The Bowery is cancelled, he’ll have to share his identity with the one man on set he can’t trust—Marion Roosevelt.

Previously featured in the Footsteps in the Dark anthology.

This sale is open to all retailers! Add to your Goodreads and BookBub shelves as well. Audio is available, narrated by Kale Williams, but is currently exclusive to the Footsteps in the Dark anthology audiobook.

2022: Quarter 1

Welcome to Quarter 1 of 2022!

I felt this would be a decent way of giving folks a general idea of what they can expect to see from me every three months. Please bear in mind that this schedule is in no way set in stone, short of a book being available online for pre-order. These are simply my best estimates for how long research, writing, and editing will take on new books, as well as turnaround times for audio recording and mastering.

January

Writing:
The Doctor (Magic & Steam: Book Three)

Action on Murder (The Silver Screen: Case Two)

Audiobook Production:
The Mystery of the Spirits (Snow & Winter: Book Five) narrated by Wyatt Baker

February

Writing:
The Doctor (Magic & Steam: Book Three)

Action on Murder (The Silver Screen: Case Two)

Audiobook Release:
The Mystery of the Spirits (Snow & Winter: Book Five) narrated by Wyatt Baker

March 

Editing:
The Doctor (Magic & Steam: Book Three)

Action on Murder (The Silver Screen: Case Two)

End of 2021 with C.S. Poe

My usual End of Year post is a few days late, as I ended up getting very sick on New Year's Eve and am just now crawling to the computer... but better late than never, right? Here is a complete list of the releases through Emporium Press for 2021.

Novels:
The Gangster (Magic & Steam: Book Two) | Ebook & Paperback

Madison Square Murders (Memento Mori: Book One) | Ebook & Paperback

The Mystery of the Spirits (Snow & Winter: Book Five) | Ebook & Paperback

Co-written Novels:
A Friend in the Fire (An Auden & O'Callaghan Mystery: Book Two) | Ebook & Paperback

Novellas:
Interlude (Snow & Winter Collection: Volume One) | Ebook & Paperback

The Engineer (Magic & Steam: Book One) | Paperback

Audiobooks:
The Gangster (Magic & Steam: Book Two) | narrated by Declan Winters

11:59 | narrated by Wyatt Baker

Interlude (Snow & Winter Collection: Volume One) | narrated by Wyatt Baker

Madison Square Murders (Memento Mori: Book One) | narrated by Kale Williams

Co-written Audiobooks:
A Friend in the Dark (An Auden & O'Callaghan Mystery: Book One) | narrated by Garrett Kiesel

A Friend in the Fire (An Auden & O'Callaghan Mystery: Book Two) | narrated by Garrett Kiesel

Translations:
Das Geheimnis von Nevermore (Snow und Winter Buch 1) | German, dead soft verlag

 
Other Retail Platforms:
Payhip | Ebooks can now be purchased directly through my online shop, where I offer readers permanent discounts. (No pre-orders, anthologies, or co-written works available at this time.)

Authors Direct | Select audiobooks can now be purchased directly through my online shop, where I offer listeners permanent discounts. (No anthologies or co-written works available at this time.)

Radish | Reading app for Android and Apple phones.

Kiss | Reading app for Android and Apple phones.

Thank you for your support and here's to a wonderful and exciting 2022!