August 30, 2013

Labor Day Sale!

This Labor Day weekend, we're having a HUGE sale on our site!

All e-books are 40% off now through September 2nd!

Visit JMS Books or Queerteen Press to save on all our e-books TODAY!

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August 29, 2013

JMS Books LLC seeks Holiday Stories!


CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS -- HOLIDAY STORIES
DEADLINE: October 15, 2013

JMS Books LLC is a small press specializing in LGBT romance ranging from sweet to erotic. We have over 90 authors publishing with us and our YA imprint, Queerteen Press. We release 4 e-books a week and 3-4 print books a month.

We are currently open to submissions, and are particularly interested in holiday stories to be released in December 2013.

We pay 50% net royalties on sales through all distribution channels.  Our contracts are for an initial period of 2 years. A sample contract is available upon request.

We do not accept reprints or previously published content (including self-published stories). We do not consider multiple or simultaneous submissions.

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WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

* Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender fiction
* Between 10,000 and 55,000 words
* Containing a romantic plot
* Revolving around a winter holiday (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Eid, Yule, etc)

Stories may be any subgenre (contemporary, fantasy, paranormal, etc). Erotic content is encouraged but not required; however, we aren't looking for stroke stories. Stories MUST BE a romance at heart.

We are not looking for young adult holiday stories at this time.

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TO SUBMIT:

Send the first 2,000 words and a full synopsis to submissions@jms-books.com with "Holiday Submission" and the title of your story in the subject line.

We will respond to your email in less than 2 business days. If we like the story and request the full manuscript, our turnaround time is less than 1 week.

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DEADLINE: All holiday stories must be submitted no later than October 15, 2013. Any stories sent in after this date are not guaranteed to be released in December.

Questions can be directed to submissions@jms-books.com.

August 28, 2013

Silence by Peter Melillo


Silence by Peter Melillo is now available in e-book format!

Brazie Deschinney had a talent for resurrecting dead or dying internal combustion engines, both large and small. Since his childhood in the San Gabriel Indian Reservation, he fixed cars, trucks, model aeroplanes ... bartering food, goods, and sexual favors for payment.

Urged by his parents to join the Navy to see the world and have fun, Brazie discovered that while discrimination always lurks, his amazing mechanical skills could make him friends in all levels of society.

Running roughly parallel to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the peaking AIDS pandemic the USA, this is the story of one boy who found love and achieved victory in the end.

Read an excerpt or buy a copy today!

August 25, 2013

Crazy Like Fox by Michael P. Thomas


Crazy Like Fox by Michael P. Thomas is now available in e-book format!

Fox McHardy leads a charmed life. Puget Sound penthouse, gorgeous boyfriend, jet-setting job -- everything he’s ever wanted, he’s gotten, including the heck out of the small Iowa town he grew up in. Even the trip he takes to Miami to surprise his boyfriend Jeremy is something of a long-shot wish fulfilled.

Until he arrives in South Florida.

Once things start to unravel, they do so with alarming speed, and he finds himself riding shotgun in a rented convertible with his new sworn enemy faster than he can say, “I want my old life back.”

During an unscheduled stop on the cross-country road trip From Hell, Fox passes up a perfectly good opportunity to keep his mouth shut and finds himself planning the town’s first legal gay wedding -- his own, to a man he’s pretty sure he should hate. But someone needs to set a positive example for the queer and questioning youth in this corner of Middle America and, after creatively arranging certain of the facts of his life more attractively, he is proud to offer himself up as a role model.

Small Town, USA, steps up; the grooms are widely celebrated, and generous offers of food, flowers, and picture-perfect venues pour in. The only real challenge will be keeping the lies straight and the truth under wraps until they can get out of town.

Read an excerpt or buy a copy today!

August 20, 2013

The Colony Book 1: Rebellion by J. Tomas


The Colony Book 1: Rebellion by J. Tomas is now available in e-book format!

Sixteen year old Aine lives in the Colony, and his whole life was decided before he was born. In two years he will marry the girl next door, Brin, who was assigned as his Other at birth. Then he will be assigned to a position in the Colony's workforce that best suits his talents. Each night he takes four pills, like everyone else in the Colony, and he knows the pills keep them safe and their world in order.

Everything is fine. Perfect, in fact. Until Aine accidentally drops one of his pills.

Terrified, he tries to hide the mistake, but when he dreams for the first time in his life, he discovers all he's been missing. What scares him more than not taking the pill, though, is how alive his dreams make him feel. Because it isn't Brin he dreams of but his best friend Kyer.

Another boy.

Suddenly Aine's world turns upside down, and he doesn't know what to think or who to trust. All he knows for sure is he's falling in love with Kyer, which is forbidden by the Colony's Code, and he will do anything to protect their budding relationship.

Even if it means defying the Overseer and leaving the Colony behind.

Read an excerpt or buy a copy today!

August 19, 2013

The Case of the Electric Resurrectionist by David Stroup


The Case of the Electric Resurrectionist by David Stroup is now available in e-book format!

In the steam-powered city of Sylean Tul, bringing the dead back to life is all in a day’s work for Ander Waeryn, the police department’s Consulting Necromancer. But even this ancient city steeped in dark magick is shocked by the latest sensation: a 'professor' who claims to be returning the dead to the land of the living -- without the use of magick.

His “electrical” process is like nothing the city’s wizards have ever seen ... but the formerly departed don't last for long. With wealthy, grieving families lining up to pay their fortunes for the 'miracle,' the Consulting Necromancer is hired to discover what the professor is up to. His race against the clock will take him from the homes of the bereaved to the darkest corners of the city’s boneyards ... and deep into the reanimator’s gruesome laboratory.

What is the secret of the process? What is the reason for the strange, inhuman behavior of the reanimated? And will the conquest of death put an honest necromancer out of business?

Read an excerpt or buy a copy today!

August 18, 2013

Stockton County Cowboys Book 1: Chasing Cowboys by R.W. Clinger


Stockton County Cowboys Book 1: Chasing Cowboys by R.W. Clinger is now available in e-book format!

Rugged and sexy Cord Darringer finds himself leaving Stockton County, Oklahoma, for three days when a business meeting for his belt buckle company sends him to Florida. While there, he meets adorable Bradley Hull, a no-nonsense businessman with a fondness for cowboys. Before Cord returns to Oklahoma, he agrees to have a date with Bradley. Unexpectedly the country boy falls for the city boy, and vice versa.

Cute and charming Bradley always ends up getting burned. Chasing Cord feels safe to him, though. Not only does Bradley’s clothes come off for Cord, but his heart begins to open up to the wealthy cowboy, and he wonders if he has finally met Mr. Right. Is loving Cord a risk worth taking?

Following his visit, Cord returns to Stockton County alone, but Bradley soon chases him to Stockton County. But when Bradley arrives, a raging tornado sweeps through Stockton County, destroying everything in its path. Will the two men survive the storm and live happily ever after? Or will the miles that separate them, and the tornado’s fury, keep them apart forever?

Read an excerpt or buy a copy today!

August 13, 2013

Waiting for a Spark by Lillian Francis


Waiting for a Spark by Lillian Francis is now available in e-book format!

Jerome’s life is humdrum, mundane even. Every day he catches the bus to work, listens to his best friend, Nav, rant on about the latest crisis in his life and tries to stop his attention from wandering to the gorgeous guy at the back of the bus too often. After all it would be embarrassing to get caught staring.

Friday morning had been no different. Except that the object of his blatant attention was definitely making eye contact, his Asian best friend had involved the entire bus in a racist rant against the East Europeans and Jerome appeared to have been struck dumb.

Now two days later Jerome’s run out of milk and all the local shops are shut except for the Polskie Delikatesy. Jerome’s hanging about on the pavement, studying adverts in the window which appear to be made up of far too many Zs & Ks, and wondering if he could do without milk for the evening. Stepping through the door brings Jerome face to face with the realisation that racism isn’t just about rants and rallies, but is inherent in thoughts and deeds, things said, or even in silence. That being a target for other people’s prejudice because of his sexuality, doesn’t mean he’s immune from false and pre-conceived notions. If he can come to terms with that and accept that everyone -- even a gay liberal trainee journalist -- might be just a little bit racist, then maybe, just maybe, he could be going home with more than a pint of milk.

Read an excerpt or buy a copy today!

August 12, 2013

Ticket to Paradise by Joann Lee


Ticket to Paradise by Joann Lee is now available in e-book format!

Jessa Dawson is a cynical manager of a five-star hotel in Roanoke, Virginia. She’s never been the type who longed for adventure, romance, or living in the moment. For Jessa, her career has always been her top priority, though lately even that part of her life is becoming less fulfilling. Jessa isn’t much of a people person and has always tried to fly beneath the radar whenever possible.

Beautiful and mysterious Holly Reynolds is quite the opposite. She’s always up for an adventure. As a retired model, Holly has traveled the world, yet she still has one fear in life. Holly is terrified of being in confined spaces, planes especially. When she travels, she finds herself becoming lost in an alcoholic oblivion to block out her anxiety.

Jessa's and Holly’s paths cross on a flight to Las Vegas. Jessa is instantly annoyed with Holly’s constant chatter, but Holly is simply trying to prevent a panic attack from occurring. By the time the flight lands, the sparks are undeniable, and Jessa finds herself becoming lost in Holly’s charms. After a little too much alcohol, neither of their lives will ever be the same.

Read an excerpt or buy a copy today!

August 11, 2013

Asperger’s by Peter Melillo


Asperger’s by Peter Melillo is now available in e-book format!

Marshall volunteers at the handicapped student office at Columbia University at the end of his fifth term to keep out of trouble. As an undergraduate working toward a sociology degree, he likes working with people, and he's assigned to work with Lyle, who has Asperger's syndrome. In trying to find a way to work together, the two develop a close bond. Then their roles are reversed when Lyle discovers Marshall needs tutoring about sexuality.

Read an excerpt or buy a copy today!

August 6, 2013

Ghosts of the Riverview by Elliot Arthur Cross


Ghosts of the Riverview by Elliot Arthur Cross is now available in e-book format!

Billy tries his best to keep his smile, even though he’s grieving the death of one of his closest friends, he's worried about another friend in rehab, and most Saturday nights he's stuck watching movies with his lonely lesbian roommate. To top it all off, he can't find a steady job and has a crush on a bartender named Reese, who happens to be oblivious of Billy's affections.

Now and then Billy works odd jobs for a wealthy eccentric, who has purchased the Riverview, once a popular restaurant immediately after World War II. But the business closed after a series of incidents that culminated with the unexplained death of a waiter in a freezer. Ever since, there have been reports of strange sounds and lights coming from the rundown building, and teens use the remote parking lot to fool around.

Billy leaps at the opportunity to clean out the old restaurant to show off to possible investors. It might also be a chance to get closer to Reese. Together with a small crew, he must brave a harsh winter storm to travel to the Riverview and make it presentable. But when they’re trapped in the eerie building as the snow piles up outside, strange things start to happen. Is any escape from the Ghosts of the Riverview?

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August 5, 2013

Front Loader by R.W. Clinger


Front Loader by R.W. Clinger is now available in e-book format!

Nolan Hawkins, a blond, pretty-boy accountant, hires on at Ashland Construction and soon crushes on his blue-collar boss, Joey Ashland. Joey specializes in buying and operating front loaders for the company, and to Nolan’s surprise, takes an interest in the accountant. Soon a secret romance begins to unravel between them.

Joey whisks the accountant to his cabin in upstate New York, where the two share a romantic weekend together filled with heated lust. But when the couple returns to Ashland Construction on Monday morning, all hell breaks loose.

Joey’s brother Brian is not an easy man to work for, and to top things off, he’s also a homophobic bully. When Brian learns of the relationship between Joey and Nolan, he gives the accountant an ultimatum: quit his job or quit Joey.

A battle between the siblings ensues, but Nolan wages his own emotional battle. Should he keep his job and forget about his feelings for the front loader? Or should he end his accounting position and begin a new life with Joey away from Ashland Construction?

Read an excerpt or buy a copy today!