luninosity

For today, I wanted to give some attention to one of my little stand-alone stories - one that I sometimes forget to promo, but it's holiday-themed and wintry!

"Revelry" was also one of the times I gave in to my publisher's wishes for shirtless men on the cover - what do you think? It's not something I always go for, but I do think this one's adorable!

The story itself is just under 7k and is full of historical trivia (hey, I'm a medievalist!), a scholarly conference and Christmas in California, a cute bartender, and a mermaid tiara...if that sounds intriguing, you can grab it at JMS Books here, or at Amazon here, or at various other book-buying places!

And here's the story blurb!

Stephen Hunt’s having a terrible holiday season. It’s mid-December, and he’s about as far from the familiar scholarly walls of his Oxford professor’s office as he can get -- Southern California, in fact, for an academic conference. Back home, his ex-boyfriend’s moved out, and Stephen’s alone and miserable in the hotel bar with his research on obscure ancient Roman holiday traditions. The bartender’s adorable, though, so at least that’s a good distraction from his thoughts.

Brian Dwyer’s a very good bartender. Good at making drinks and having holiday spirit, good at talking to customers, good at making people smile. He’s decided that the gorgeous but unhappy professor at the end of the bar definitely needs to smile. And once Stephen opens up and starts talking to him, Brian just might be in love with historical trivia, knowledge and passion, and those soft brown eyes.

And if the night’s one of those decadent ancient holidays that Stephen knows so much about, even better -- they’ll just have to find a way to celebrate together.