Happy author

Within the space of half an hour, I received my copies of the various ebook formats of Lord and Master (it'll be on sale tomorrow), and my parcel from CafePress with some cover art merchandise I'd ordered. I am a happy author. :-)

I wanted a new tote bag for cons anyway, as the old Blake's 7 one is getting a bit tatty after several years of sterling service. That and the L&M teeshirt predatrix wanted came to $22, and Cafepress had sent me a "spend over $25, get $10 off" voucher that was only valid for four days, so I thought I might as well spend it on getting a ten pack of fridge magnets just to see what they were like.

The art on the direct-printed tote bag looks quite dark, but is nice and clear and the colours aren't posterised in the way I bitched about with the Mindscan black teeshirt last year. The direct-printed white value teeshirt is similar. How they'll hold up to washing I don't know, but brand new they look pretty good.

The rectangular fridge magnets are a very good reproduction of the artwork. They're plastic-coated rigid metal with a magnet sheet glued to the back. Relatively light, rigid, and fairly robust-looking. They're pretty nice; now I just have to figure out what to do with them. Birthday presents for such of my friends as may like them, maybe.

Out now from Loose Id: Lord and Master

Lord and Master
ISBN:978-1-59632-410-7
Available now from Loose Id

When Mark's PhD supervisor sent him for a job interview with an old university friend, he didn't mention that the friend was devastatingly handsome. He also neglected to mention to either that the other is gay.

Steven was just looking for a young scientist to train as a PA to help him run his technology company. No extra services required. But watching other people react to a young, pretty man playing secretary to an openly gay CEO amused them both. Watching people wonder if they were having an affair was an entertaining game.

But when the game became real and caught them both up, Mark was left wondering... how real? Because he's the one PA in the building who can't marry the boss.

Erotic excerpt