Nine Years!

Today is my nine-year publishing anniversary! On December 20th, 2012 I took a deep breath and released a book called Way Off Plan into the world. Friends, I had NO idea what I was doing. All I knew was that I had a story I wanted to tell, so I found a stock photo for the cover, read some tutorials about how to publish on Amazon, and went for it. There was no "marketing strategy." Hell, there was no marketing at all! But somehow, readers found it and asked for more.

Nine years later, I'm still publishing books in the Firsts and Forever universe, and those characters feel like family. Honestly, I still feel like I barely know what I'm doing as far as the whole "business" of publishing goes! But writing has remained an absolute joy, and with every new book, I'm so excited to bring the characters to life and to tell their tale.

I've published 35 books so far and will feel so very fortunate if I get to publish another 35! Some of you have been a part of this journey from the very beginning. Others have only recently discovered my books. But whether you've been reading my books for nine years or nine minutes, I'm so grateful for you! My readers mean absolutely everything to me, so I say this from the bottom of my heart--thank you. <3

Here's a look at the way the cover of my first published book has evolved over the years. I did actually like that first stock photo, but it ended up on approximately elevendy billion MM books so it had to go. Plus, I realized at some point I absolutely loved portraits on my covers. When I went to freshen it up recently, I stuck with the same model because he'd become Jamie to me.

A Look Back at 2021

I’m proud of the work I produced in 2021. Despite grappling with some ongoing health issues, I managed to publish five books and one audiobook, making it the most productive year I’ve had since I began in December of 2012.  

I’d actually forgotten that Fate came out this year! That feels like a really long time ago. It was fun to return to the paranormal world I’d created in my California Obscura Series.

 

After that, I got the idea to revisit the world of my Firsts and Forever Series—not by adding on to the existing series, but by writing character-driven standalones set in that same universe. I called them Firsts and Forever Stories, and they’ve been such a joy to write! My latest is coming out this Saturday. Bad Ideas is a sexy enemies to lovers story about a doctor and nurse who totally get on each other’s nerves, but who find they can’t stay away from each other after a hook-up at a holiday party.

 

My plan for 2022 is to continue these lighthearted Firsts and Forever Stories, beginning with a book called Cam Boy. You’ll get an introduction to the irrepressible main character, Lark, in Bad Ideas. He tried really hard to hijack the last book, and I can’t wait to let him run amok in a book of his own!

 

2021 Releases:

The California Obscura Series (paranormal)

 

Fate (February, 2021)

 

 

Firsts and Forever Stories

 

Pretenders (May, 2021)

 

Kept Man (July, 2021)

 

Tempted (September, 2021)

 

Bad Ideas (December, 2021)

 

Pretenders Audiobook (November, 2021)

Pre-Order Now Available!

The pre-order for my newest book is LIVE! Bad Ideas is releasing on December 18th. Here's the description:

Doctor Theo Koenig is the most annoying man I’ve ever met, and hooking up with him was a terrible idea. So, why can’t I stop myself from coming back for seconds? And thirds?

Maybe there’s more to this man than meets the eye. But will he ever show me what’s behind that cold, angry façade? Or is this destined to be nothing more than a fling I'll regret?

Bad Ideas is a doctor-nurse, opposites attract, enemies-to-lovers gay romance. It can be read as a stand-alone and is part of Alexa Land’s Firsts and Forever Stories. 

Pretenders Audiobook is LIVE!

 It's been a few years since I've ventured into the land of audiobook production, and I thought it was time I gave it another go! The audiobook of Pretenders just went live, and you can find it here. I had the great pleasure of working with a wonderful narrator named Zachary Zaba, and I think he did an amazing job bringing Ash and Wes to life. I hope you enjoy it! 

Comfort & Joy Now On Sale!

Comfort & Joy, my light-hearted holiday novella from 2019, is now on sale for 99 cents worldwide! 

Here's the description and a universal link: 

 

When two total opposites get stuck in an ice storm, sparks fly. But once they’re back out in the real world, can a nerdy workaholic and a tattooed bartender find a way to make it work?

 

https://geni.us/ComfortAndJoy

 

 

What's next

I'm so grateful for all the wonderful feedback I've been receiving for my Firsts & Forever Stories! If you're unfamiliar with them, I've been revisiting my long-running Firsts & Forever Series with a collection of stand-alones set in that universe. Some characters familiar to my long-time readers make guest appearances, but these books are written so you don't have to be familiar with any of my previous books or series to enjoy them.

If you read my most recent release, Tempted, then you were briefly introduced to the main character for my current work in progress. His name is Casey, and he's a pediatric nurse. I have to tell you, I absolutely love this character! He's a bit of a mess, but he has a heart of gold. He's basically a huge teddy bear, a former football player who desperately needs his happily ever after.

Casey's book is called Bad Ideas, and it's an enemies-to-lovers and opposites attract romance. His love interest is a doctor named Theo who seems like he's cold as ice, but I'm betting Casey can thaw him out. :) 

I'm hoping to have the book to you by early December, exactly date to be announced. I need to get a bit farther in this book before I can really pin down the date. As soon as I know though, I'll post it here and in my Facebook reader's group (which you're welcome to join, by the way)!

Great review!

My new release, Tempted, just got the most amazing review, so I thought I'd share it. The review is on the Love Bytes page, and you can find it here if you'd like to check it out.

Tempted is LIVE!

Tempted is LIVE on Amazon & KU! I had so much fun writing this brother's best friend romance. It's the third book in my Firsts and Forever Stories, which can all be read as stand-alones or enjoyed in order. You can find it here.

Here's the blurb:

I’ve been in love with my older brother’s best friend for most of my life. Now I’m a rent boy, and he’s a cop.

Not that I stood a chance with him anyway. He’s straight—or so I thought, until I caught him looking at me like I was too tempting to resist.

He considers me strictly off-limits though, so can I convince him to give in to temptation? And if he does will we be able to build something real, when all the cards seem stacked against us?

Tempted is Available on Pre-Order

I have a new book coming out at the end of September! It's called Tempted, and it's a brother's best friend romance. The main character is Seth, who you met if you read my most recent release, Kept Man.

Here's the cover for Tempted, as well as a quick teaser and the pre-order link on Amazon:

I’ve been in love with my older brother’s best friend for most of my life. Now I’m a rent boy, and he’s a cop.

Not that I stood a chance with him anyway. He’s straight—or so I thought, until I caught him looking at me like I was too tempting to resist. But he considers me strictly off-limits. Can I convince him to give in to temptation? 

Tempted is a low-angst gay romance set in the world of Alexa Land's Firsts and Forever series. It can be read as a stand-alone, and it’s now on pre-order.

 

https://geni.us/AlexaLandTempted

 

All of Alexa Land's Books In Order

I'm often asked about the reading order for my Firsts and Forever Series, so here's a complete list with Amazon links. Books ending in .5 are novellas.

The original Firsts and Forever Series:

1. Way Off Plan 

2. All In 

3. In Pieces 

4. Gathering Storm 

5. Salvation 

6. Skye Blue 

7. Against the Wall  

8. Belonging  

9. Coming Home  

10. All I Believe  

10.5 Hitman's Holiday  

11. The Distance  

12. Who I Used to Be 

13.  Worlds Away  

13.5 Armor  

14. All I Ever Wanted  

15. Take a Chance on Me  

15.5  Once Burned

16. The Rest of Forever  

16.5 Comfort and Joy  

The Castaways Series

This is a spin-off of the Firsts & Forever Series and picks up where The Rest of Forever ends:

1. Kindred Spirits 

1.5 Making Merry 

2. Starting Over

3. Keeping Secrets

His Chance Series:

Firsts and Forever spin-off set against the backdrop of the film industry:

1. Second Act 

2. Second Nature 

3. His Assistant 

Firsts and Forever Stories:

My latest books are stand-alones with a shared supporting cast, which are set in the world of the Firsts and Forever Series. Chronologically, they take place after the Firsts and Forever, Castaways, and His Chance Series, but you don't need to be familiar with any of those books to enjoy these:

1. Pretenders 

2. Kept Man 

3. Tempted 

4. Bad Ideas 

5. Lark 

6. Every Saturday Night 

7. The Thief and The Gangster 

8. My Brother's Enemy 

8.5 Cabin for Three

9. Boyfriend by the Hour

10. Payback

10.5 The Escape Room 

It's unrelated to the Firsts and Forever books, but I've also written the paranormal California Obscura Series:

1. Feral 

2. The Tinder Chronicles 

3. More Than This 

4. Fate 

Kept Man is NOW AVAILABLE!

Kept Man is now available for purchase on Amazon, and it's also available on Kindle Unlimited. You can find it here. This is the second book in my Firsts and Forever Stories, which are set in the world of my Firsts and Forever Series. They can be read as stand-alones or in order. This book follows characters introduced in Pretenders, but you don't have to read that book to enjoy this one.

Kept Man is Jasper and Micah's story, a lighthearted opposites attract romance about a rock star on house arrest and the sex worker he hires to keep him company.

Pre-Order Now Available!

The pre-order for Kept Man is now available! This is Jasper's story, who we met in Pretenders. It goes live July 28^th. Here’s the cover, blurb, and links:

Micah is a has-been rock star under house arrest, who’s managed to push away everyone he’s ever cared about.

Jasper is the sweet, beautiful escort Micah hires to share his home—and his bed—for the next six months.

The heat between them is undeniable. But can two very different men learn to trust and build something real, before the six months are up and life pulls them in opposite directions?

This low-angst, opposites attract gay romance is set in the world of Alexa Land’s Firsts and Forever Series, and it can be read as a stand-alone.

 

 

Kept Man International Links:

 

US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0999GM9Z1

 

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0999GM9Z1

 

Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0999GM9Z1

 

Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0999GM9Z1

 

DE: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0999GM9Z1

 

FR: https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0999GM9Z1

 

IT: https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0999GM9Z1

 

NL: https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0999GM9Z1

 

ES: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0999GM9Z1

 

BR: https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B0999GM9Z1

 

 

 

 

 

Pretenders is NOW AVAILABLE!

Pretenders is LIVE on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited! I had the best time writing this sweet-with-heat opposites attract romance, and I sincerely hope you enjoy it! You can find it here. 💜💜💜

Pre-Order is Live!

Pretenders is now available for pre-order on Amazon, and it goes live May 29th! I had the best time writing Ash and Wesley's story, and I hope you love it as much as I do. You can find it here.

Here's the description: 

Doctor Wesley Bennett is desperate to find a date for his ex-fiancé’s destination wedding. So desperate, in fact, that he’s decided to hire an escort to pose as his boyfriend.

 

That’s what he thinks, anyway.

 

My roommate’s the actual escort, not me. He wasn’t available, so I stepped in. This job was just way too sweet to pass up. 

 

It should be easy. All we have to do is convince everyone Wesley and I are a couple without getting emotionally involved. He’s adorable though, in a nerdy and endearingly awkward kind of way, and the attraction between us is undeniable. I have a feeling things are about to get complicated. 

 

And what’s going to happen when the job is over? Can we stop pretending and build something real? Or are a straight-laced pediatrician and a lavender-haired DJ too different to make it work? 

 

Pretenders is a stand-alone, opposites attract gay romance, set in the world of Alexa Land’s best-selling Firsts and Forever Series. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sale!

All three books in my His Chance series are only 99 cents each (worldwide) through Sunday!

Featuring actors, makeup artists, and more, this light-hearted contemporary series is set against the backdrop of the Hollywood film industry, and each book can be read as a stand-alone. You can find them here. 

What's Next

Here's a little information on my work in progress. The main character is Ash, the lavender-haired DJ introduced years ago in my Firsts and Forever Series, and in the photo above is his love interest, who we've never met before. It's an opposites-attract love story, and as you can probably guess by the working title (Pretenders) it's also a fake boyfriend romance.

The book is set in the world of my Firsts and Forever Series. Long-time readers will recognize some familiar faces in supporting roles, including a certain feisty senior citizen. But this book is absolutely being written as a stand-alone. I'm calling it a Firsts and Forever Story, as opposed to the next book in the series. Hopefully that'll appeal to both my long-time readers and new ones as well!

More information will follow in the upcoming weeks, including the cover and blurb. I just want to wait until we're a little closer to release day before all of that happens. I'm shooting for sometime in May, exact date to be announced, and there will be a pre-order beginning late next month.

I'm SO excited to spend time with these characters again, and this new couple has been a joy to write!

Now Available!

Fate is live!!! I had so much fun writing this paranormal romance, and I hope you have just as much fun reading it. ❤

Universal Link

Pre-Order Now Available!

Fate is now available for pre-order, and it's releasing on February 19th! This paranormal romance is part of my California Obscura Series. Each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone or enjoyed in order. Here are the links, along with the blurb that appears on Amazon:

US Link

Universal Link

Most people believe supernatural creatures are the stuff of myths and fairy tales.  

They’re dead wrong.

 

How do I know? Because I’m part-werewolf. While I don’t have enough wolf in me to shift, the universe still saw fit to bind me for life to a fated mate—a domineering, remorseless criminal named Elias Reyes. 

 

After spending the last century dodging him, Elias has finally tracked me down, and his timing couldn’t be worse. He’s managed to infuriate a pair of deadly demons, and they’re closing in fast.

 

Will we manage to set aside our differences and unite against his enemies? Or will one of us get caught in the crossfire when Elias’s past finally catches up to him?

 

 

Free this Weekend!

 I'm running a deal on Way Off Plan this weekend! The first book in my Firsts and Forever Series is free through Tuesday, February 2nd. I'm sorry to say this deal is in the U.S. only, because I'm running it through Amazon promotions and that was all they offered. But if you're in the U.S. and haven't checked it out yet, I hope you'll give this upbeat opposites-attract romance a try. 

I decided to freshen up the cover for 2021--it's the same model as the last cover, but in a different pose. Here's the new look:

Happy New Year!

 I really don't know how we're this far into January already! It feels like the holidays just happened a week ago, and I'm still trying to get back in the swing of things. 

The one thing I've accomplished this month is making a lot of progress on my latest paranormal romance. It's called Fate, and it's the next book in my California Obscura Series. 

In this series, magic is almost extinct throughout the world, though some people carry remnants of their supernatural ancestors in their DNA. For example, someone who's always been drawn to water might be descended from mermaids, but now supernatural creatures are written off as myths.

In Fate, Mateo has just enough werewolf blood to bond with a fated mate, but not enough to ever actually shift into a werewolf. Not that Mateo wants a mate, or even likes the man he's bonded to.

I introduced Mateo in More Than This, which I released back in the fall of 2019. That book is currently on sale for 99 cents worldwide, and it's available on Kindle Unlimited if you'd like to check it out.

Here's a look at the cover for Fate, Mateo and Elias's story.

I wrote Fate to work as a stand-alone, though More Than This does provide some backstory. Here's a cute promo I made for More Than This, and yes, the bulldog does feature prominently in the story. :) 

I don't have a release date yet for Fate, but I'm shooting for early February. I'll let you know when I get the exact date dialed in. 

In the meantime, I hope your year is off to a good start!