Coming next winter from Loose Id...

[julesjones]

Okay, the finals of the new cover art have arrived. :-)



Martin's a sexual submissive, but he's nobody's doormat. So when he discovered that his boyfriend was bi and married, he told him to go. When it still hurt weeks later, a seaside break housesitting for a friend seemed just the thing to help him heal.

When he made friends with two dolphins, he was simply grateful for the pleasant company. He didn't expect to need their help when his small boat was caught in a storm. And he never expected them to ask for payment -- or what shape they'd be in when they did so...

His dolphins turning into two handsome men had to be a hallucination, born of concussion and longing. Not just handsome, but the sort of men he wanted -- dominant without being domineering, men who were secure enough to consider his needs as well as their own. Doms desperate for a sub who was a real partner, not just someone looking for a few days' fling. It couldn't be real, not when it was so much what he wanted.

But it was real. And now Martin has a brand new set of problems to worry about. Two men. Men who aren't quite men, who have problems of their own...



Blurb and excerpts on my website.

Comments

[ruthi.livejournal.com]

Oooh, shiny.
(I have just been given a Sharp Zaurus. Handy for reading in bed. I have some shopping to do :)

[julesjones]

Well, my books are certainly good for reading in bed. :^) Though you won't be able to be this one just yet.

[jourdanlane.livejournal.com]

Oh, the cover is just beautiful!

I can't wait to read the book :D

[awritersweekend.livejournal.com]

That is a very tasty cover! Sounds like something I need to read!

[cicadabug.livejournal.com]

Very cool cover, congratulations!

[hafren.livejournal.com]

very pretty. Wherever do you get these ideas from? Maybe you shouldn't answer that...

[watervole.livejournal.com]

That is a gorgeous cover!

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Can I growl at you about the set-up with the ex? I kind of expect better from you than such blatant bi-bashing when the mainstream (and much of the queer press) is sustaining the stereotypes excellently anyway. Olympus knows I've done plenty of angsting over the F-M-M love-triangle in my universe and how obvious I need to make it that Richard's choice isn't between genders but between two entirely different people with different pros and cons, of which gender is about the least important. Now I'm paranoid again, right when I should be doing my final read-through.

The cover art is very pretty, though.

[julesjones]

You may growl away, and I would very much appreciate suggestions in improving the blurb. It's partly a problem of trying to write "in 300 words or less" -- Barry isn't just a plot device, and his problem is rather more along the lines of "closeted" than "bi". Poke me at jules.jones@gmail.com with a current email address so I can send you a synopsis and some more detail.

(Oh bugger. I still owe you a reply from another thread. Sorry. :-( )

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

The cover is just utterly wow. A little bit busy, but wow. And the story sounds complex and not-quite-predetermined. He can end up with both or with one of them, and one has to read on to find out just how those relationships resolve - never mind the _other_ problems.