So, Gentle Reader, if you sign up for the Chirrup you get the option of a digital download of Marine Biology plus sample chapter of The Sumage Solution. (You’ll have to sideload it onto your device of choice. Google sideload + your device.)
Wanna know more about the cover?
I thought you might be interested in the companion Pinterest boards. Here’s the one that is for Marine Biology. You can see how I imagine Alec and Marvin look:
- Here’s Alec’s board.
- And here is Marvin’s board.
I hope you like exploring these two characters. Just wait until you get to meet Bryan and Max, the main characters in The Sumage Solution. They are soooooo adorable.
{Gail’s monthly read along for May is Radiance by Grace Draven.}
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“It is no secret in the circles in which he moves that Bertram Wooster, though as glamorous as one could wish when night has fallen and the revels get under way, is seldom a ball of fire at the breakfast table. Confronted with the eggs and b., he tends to pick cautiously at them, as if afraid they may leap from the plate and snap at him. Listless, about sums it up. Not much bounce to the ounce.”
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Tags: Cover, MARINE BIOLOGY
Interesting new cover. I still love the 2nd cover, even if it clashes with the new (I hope) series and cover theme. Either is a vast improvement over the original e-cover though.
Will Alec and Marvin pop up in “The Sumage Solution”? I loved how cute and adorable they were together in the original short and would like to see them pop up, if only in the background. I also hope that Alec is still an atypical werewolf alpha. I’ve actually always been a little wary of werewolf stories due to their massive levels of testosterone and sometimes toxic masculinity. I know i shouldn’t worry because you’ve always had a variety of male characters, but I liked how different Alec was (and Lyall and Biffy). M/M stories can sometimes be a little too heteronormative and have a distinct lack of realistic gay voices. I’m always annoyed that M/M fiction is almost afraid of being “too gay” sometimes.