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Hi! I'm an author of Fantasy and m/m Romance fiction, and my books include:
Captain's Surrender is a gay love story set in the British Navy during the 18th Century, in which true love has to triumph not only over mutiny and the French, but also the Navy's Articles of War which state that the punishment for homosexuality is Death. Out now in print and ebook.
Buy 'Captain's Surrender' HERE
Witch's Boy is a dark Fantasy in which a man's attempt to leave behind an abusive childhood is made a lot harder because his abuser is a powerful sorcerer.
Out now in print and ebook HERE
Blurb:
For his first command, John Cavendish is given the elderly bomb vessel HMS Meteor, and a crew as ugly as the ship. He's determined to make a success of their first mission, and hopes the well-liked lieutenant Alfie Donwell can pull the crew together before he has to lead them into battle: stopping the slave trade off the coast of Algiers.
Alfie knows that with a single ship, however well manned, their mission is futile, and their superiors back in England are hoping to use their demise as an excuse for war with the Ottoman Empire. But the darker secret he keeps is his growing attraction for his commanding officer-a secret punishable by death.
With the arrival of his former captain-and lover-on the scene, Alfie is torn between the security of his past and the uncertain promise of a future with the straight-laced John.
Against a backdrop of war, intrigue, piracy and personal betrayal, the high seas will carry these men through dangerous waters from England to Africa, from the Arctic to the West Indies, in search of a safe harbor.
Review from Dear Author
Rarely, oh so rarely, I’ll read a book that is so sublime, so transcendent, I actually come away from it a little melancholy, because it’s over and I can never read it for the first time ever again, because I know I’ll never be able to do justice to it in my review or analysis, and because I know I won’t meet its equal for many a year. But the process of devouring the book, of eking out its layered, textured meaning, of savoring its descriptions, and the emotions–oh, the emotions!–leaves me flying for days and the melancholy only makes it all the sweeter.
This is one of those books. It ravished me. It scoured my insides. I feel like I’m stuck in it and I don’t ever want to get out.

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Some reviews for 'Captain's Surrender'
From Erastes at Speak It's Name
Now this is what I'm talking about. If you want a taste of what floats my boat when it comes to gay historical fiction, (no pun intended), then this is it.
Read the whole review HERE
From Lee Benoit at Rainbow Reviews

I said at the beginning of this review that Captain's Surrender thrilled me. It satisfied a craving I've had for decades, for a certain kind of book, the kind that's so seldom written it's an almost violent surprise when one crosses my path. It drilled right down to the bedrock of my psyche, dug out that part of me that whiled away childhood afternoons with elaborate seagoing, swashbuckling epic fantasies, then set it in the sunshine beside my adolescent longing for a more bent, more tolerant world. Add to that damned good writing to satisfy an adult self with high standards and broad tastes, and you've got a keeper. And something to recommend with impunity.
Read the whole review HERE
From Val Kovalin at Obsidian Bookshelf:
When you finish this succinct book (which is slightly under 200 pages) you will be amazed at the range of emotional and physical territory covered by Captain's Surrender... which is the best gay novel I've read this year.
Read the whole review HERE
Awarded Five Cups from Coffee Time Romance and

recommended by 'Joyfully Reviewed'.
And very importantly to me, it's been given a big thumbs up by Lee Rowan, author of 'Ransom':
When it's this early in the year--the first week of February--it's not saying much to call Captain's Surrender the best gay Age of Sail book of the year, but I have to say it anyway. ...
Captain's Surrender is a book I would recommend to anyone; it surpasses genre and is absolutely superb.


You can read the rest of that review or buy 'Captain's Surrender' HERE

My Blog

I Do anthology

The I Do anthology is now available for sale at All Romance eBooks! I Do -- an anthology in support of marriage equality By: Alex Beecroft | Other books by Alex Beecroft Published By:...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:50:00 GMT

Guess whos in Publishers Weekly today!

It's me and Erastes  :D  Admittedly not by name, but in an announcement of Running Press's new line of m/m romance:Running Press Enters Historical Romance FieldHee!  And the books have ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:26:00 GMT

New group for discussion of gay historical romance fiction

It is with great pleasure that The Macaronis, purveyors of fine historical romance out of the closet, announce the grand opening of 'Speak Its Name'. To be located at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:21:00 GMT

Petition

I know this isn't my country and I shouldn't interfere, but I couldn't resist passing this along from someone on one of my Yahoo groups.  Cut and pasted from the petition itself:~*~*~*~Have you s...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:15:00 GMT

Competition to win Captain’s Surrender

I'm running a short quiz over on Coffee Time Romance.  If you fancy winning a signed copy of Captain's Surrender, pop over to http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=39 1 and ans...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:03:00 GMT

Sewing

I've been starting to tackle the intricacies of 18th Century costume making.  My brain is such that I cannot understand how to read or use patterns, so I've been tackling the easy stuff first.&nb...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:06:00 GMT

Holland, Royalties and 90% Proof

Well, I'm back from Holland :)  It was a great holiday, though short and rather too hot.  We went to Rotterdam, the Zuider Zee museum in Enkhuizen, the seaside at Scheveningen, and Delft, wh...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:41:00 GMT

Woohoo! False Colors is official!

I'm such a professional pessimist that I don't dare to celebrate anything until it's signed and sealed. But this is! Woohoo! So I can now happily announce that my second Age of Sail novel, 'False ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:49:00 GMT

Friday roundup

I spent most of the day so far in Addenbrookes hospital, where I'd been drafted to drive my husband home after he'd had his kidney stone zapped with ultrasonic rays. Something which apparently leaves ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:16:00 GMT

Tax and the British Writer

In a thrilling move, I blogged on the Britwriters blog about the necessity of getting an ITIN tax number if you're being published in America. Possibly not everyone's cup of tea, but of considerable i...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 08:55:00 GMT