Hello my lovely flamingos!

Long time no see… I know I know. I always say that BUT I have been scrambling to catch up with all the projects I have in mind and I am happy to announce that I am finally figuring stuff out!

So, first order of business: If you don’t follow me on social media, tsk tsk go do so now my links are all below, then you wouldn’t have known that Frost Bite, my next release has already had a cover and blurb reveal AND the preorder link is LIVE! Look at me being all productive.

The book is ALMOST ready to go to betas and the initial response has been great! You should expect the book to go live on March 28th, crossing all fingers and toes that nothing goes wrong.

I love writing paranormal and I’m having fun with this vampyr and his little human who likes to get bitten… LOL

Scroll down to read the prologue!

See you again soon,

🦩 Lynn 🦩

PROLOGUE

In the very distant past I remember having a mother. I can almost see her face in my memory, hear her voice, recall her warm, safe scent. I have no memory at all of a father. I must have had one—at my advanced age I should be a father myself, but Night Men came and took me before that became my future. I miss my mother keenly but not the life that was stolen from me. They say I was born cursed, some evil spirit stealing all the color from my hair and skin. My eyes, from a distance, can almost pass for normal but the rest of me is… not. I am white and pale as winter frost. No woman has ever wanted me for her bedmate, but to be fair, I don’t want them, either. When the Night Men arrive to demand tribute, the solution, as far as the clan is concerned, is clear. All fear the Night Men. There are stories they can change shape, or disappear, or take away your mind and will. They drink blood but live by stealing your soul, one drop at a time. Some say they are holy. Others claim they are evil. All agree they commune with the gods. No one argues when they come and ask for their due. There is certainly no argument when they take me. It’s an answer to everyone’s problems.Even mine, as it turns out.The Night Man who claimed that night me tells me I was created just for him. I will serve him and he in turn will see me protected. It has been, in a strange way, something of a relief to escape an existence I never felt I belonged in. My Master says I am beautiful, not freakish. I am not the child of the winter god, come to steal the sun. If any spirit fathered me, it was the Moon, giving me my pale skin and hair and eyes like the darkest shadows at night. I don’t mind when he takes my blood or my spirit. It doesn’t hurt, which I’d expected. Instead it’s better than every wonderful thing I’ve ever known. The feeling is enormous and I think my spirt grows, rather than being consumed. I like the way he touches me, and how he allows me to touch him in return. Something he does to me has stopped me from aging. Everyone I once knew in the clan is now gone to where the gods reside. I am the last to remember any of them. I live the equivalent of many lifetimes with my Master, more seasons than I have a way of recalling. Slowly things change in the world but the Night Men, and their servants, are eternal.I am told it’s time for my reawakening. My master will die and I will be born anew. I beg him not to leave me, but he shakes his head at every protest. “It is time,” is all he will say. In the presence of the Night Men and their servants, the rite is completed. I spend one last night held by my master. Instead of him taking my blood, I take his. When I wake, in darkness, my master is gone. I am now one of the Night Men, taking my master’s place. He in turn has been taken by the sun goddess and is no longer in this world. I can’t image my existence without him. The years blur as they go by. I take my own servants, waiting for the day I will welcome the sun goddess’s arms. I wait a very long time, but the moment never comes. Not when plague stalks the land, or the seas rise in a deadly flood. Empires are born, only to die. People forget about Night Men and instead give us other names: Ekimmu, Vrykolaka, Lamina, Jiangshi, Rakshasa, Draugr, Strigoi, and the one name that has been used the most: vampyr.History takes place around me. Wars rage, monarchs are born, kingdoms fall. Still, I am eternal. The ways of the Night Men are lost, with younger members of my kind making children, rather than replacements. Vampire clans mushroom but I remain a clan of one. I have no children, and while I love, it is always fleeting. Ten years or a hundred or a thousand—everything ends eventually. Everyone eventually dies. Everyone except me.

Just popping in to remind you that the Forbidden Desires Series is DONE and you can now binge-read the whole series!

The Drakes demand your attention and devotion so you MUST read and reread the series. It’s pretty great, if I do say so myself. 😏

So, if you’re a fan of possessive dragon shifters, Egg-Preg and nesting galore, this series of FOR YOU!

Until next time!

🦩 Lynn 🦩

In The Pink, my flamingo-swan shifter book is in the wild! It’s finally live and a click away from your e-readers. 

Some of you who had already preordered must have gotten the news from Amazon that your preorders were canceled. I’m so sorry about that but it was the result of an Amazon glitch and my work schedule. I sadly had to make the decision to cancel preorders. 

Moving along, this book is my first, of hopefully many, solo Virginia Kelly books and I have so many ideas for more. Because this is my first Virginia book, word of mouth will be the best way to get this book seen. This is where you come in. If you read and love this book, then rating, reviewing and /or recommending this book on social media will make a huge difference and get this book SEEN. 

Finally, I really hope you love this book. It was a blast to write. 

That’s all from me,

Until next time!

🦩 Lynn 🦩

Misconduct is now LIVE and with a brand new cover! Scroll down for the pretty pretty man who is the perfect Maxie.

Also, the audiobook of Misconduct is LIVE TOO and Michael has narrated this book like BUTTER.

It’s so so good and I’m sure you’ll all love it.

Blurb:

Maxie has left Florida to come back home to help his newly-widowed mother. He’s found a fantastic law firm to work for, and while celebrating, Derek, a hot silver fox to warm his bed. Or possibly the other way around. It’s been one of those nights. There wasn’t supposed to be brunch the next day. Maxie was never supposed to see Derek again. The course of supposedly uncomplicated one-night stands, however, does not always run smoothly.

The following romance novella contains:

* One sparkly twink. He wears make-up and there are panties under his bespoke suits. Be careful. He’s a lawyer.
* One GenX aging gay silver fox with a terrible ex (may he rot in hell) and a taste for pretty men.
* A loyal, if bossy, best friend
* Banter for days
* A defiled dildo
* Gobs of hot sex
* Pastry theft
* Eomma
* Suit porn
* Probably a HEA if these guys ever get their act together

MISCONDUCT can be read as a stand-alone, but it does bridge the gap between The North Shore Stories series and The Oleander Chronicles. It contains Ryan from DAMAGE CONTROL and DADDY ISSUES as well as Jacob from REUNION and REBOUND. It is also related to STRAIGHT TO THE HEART and the upcoming STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.

This novella was originally available in the Your Book Boyfriend’s Boyfriend giveaway in 2022.

Straight To The Heart is now LIVE across the globe! 

I love these two.

They’re a breath of fresh air and I hope you love them too. I’m excited to see how well you love this book.

This is a super fluffy feel-good book just so you know!

Blurb:

Ben is having a bad week

Life is never easy for Ben, but this week in particular has been the pits. You name it, it’s gone wrong. What he needs is a prince to come and rescue him

Simon has a bad heart

Forced to retire early as CEO of his company because of his health, Simon is immediately bored. He needs a project, or a pet, or a very pretty man to rescue.

Together, they’ll save each other

Once Simon has his hands on Ben, he doesn’t want to let him go. But Ben knows that fairy tales aren’t real and dreams never come true.

Or do they?

Straight To the Heart is a 79k sweet, low-angst MM romance with a swoony billionaire in his forties, a much younger man who could really use some help, snarky staff, difficult mothers, amazing suits, and a lot of love.

The audiobook of Out of Control is LIVE and narrated by the amazing Michael Ferraiuolo.

He has done wonders with Tommy and Nik and I can’t wait for you to hear what he’s done. If you thought Tommy was a hoot in print, wait until you hear him in audio. 

Blurb: Tomasz has been in love with Nik for as long as he can remember. Nik is gorgeous and intelligent and sexy and even Tomasz’s parents like him. He’s perfect for Tomasz and Tomasz is perfect for him. Their love is meant to be and will be epic enough to make angels weep. There’s only one problem. Tomasz is just a teenager and Nik is a decade older. And Tomasz is college-bound for a university halfway across the country. And Nik sees Tomasz as only a kid. Also, Nik is kind of a mess. A scorching hot mess, granted, but the man has issues. So maybe there are a few problems. But there’s nothing Tomasz can’t overcome to make sure their happy ever after comes true. Nik and all his baggage don’t stand a chance. Out of Control is the third book in the North Shore Stories series. It’s got “the grumpy one and the sunshine one,” lots of found family, a little bit of particle physics, far too much food, and the happiest of happy endings.

Rebound (The Oleander Chronicles, Book 2) is now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited

All Jacob Goldman wanted was for his boyfriend to not take him for granted. His plans, however, only gained him an ex-boyfriend, a damaged classic car, a charge of bird murder, angry townsfolk, and a hot mechanic he wants nothing to do with. All he wants now is his car fixed and to not be run out of town by the angry townsfolk of Oleander for involuntary birdslaughter. Falling for his annoying mechanic is no part of Jacob’s plan.

Levi Greene is tired of being alone. He’s also tired of pining for his best friend, a man who’s in love with someone else. Jacob Goldman, an uber-twink from South Florida, isn’t even close to being Levi’s type. Nevertheless, he’s uncontrollably drawn to Jacob, and it isn’t just the lure of fixing his damaged classic car. Jacob touches Levi in a way that makes him want more, even if Levi knows that more isn’t in the cards for either one of them.

Rebound is the story of two men giving up on hopeless relationships only to fall into each other’s arms, more or less, and find that they complete each other in a way no other man could. There is hate sex, a bird funeral, “special” baked goods, a redneck seder, and an accidental overabundance of flamingos. Jacob and Levi fight each other but find they can’t fight the bond that forms between them or the love that will, despite all obstacles, have its own way. This novel is a sequel to Reunion, but features a new couple and can be read on its own.

The Reunion audio, with its beautiful new cover, is now live and, if you already own the kindle version, you can grab it for a lower price via Amazon’s Whispersync program.

Revisit Oleander, FL, this time through the amazing narration of Michael Ferraiuolo.

A man betrayed 

The day Brett Payne turned 18, he attended a party that left him disillusioned, his trust shattered, and feeling betrayed by Tony Russo, his first love. 

Nearly 15 years later, Brett returns to his hometown of Oleander, Florida, to help his mother, who’s in the hospital. When chance brings Brett and Tony back together, it turns out that while sex isn’t off the table (or the floor, or the shower, or the countertops), Brett isn’t sure he can truly trust the man who broke his heart. 

A man rejected 

Fifteen years after he was abandoned by Brett, Tony’s dreams for the future were smashed, one by one, until he’s forced to return to Oleander. Barely scraping by as a handyman, he’s hired, reluctantly, by Brett to make improvements at his mother’s house. Being near his first love awakens old feelings that Tony thought were buried forever, and he is irresistibly drawn to the stranger the years have turned Brett into. 

A second chance at love  

Together, Tony and Brett’s passion sets fire to both their lives and plans for the future. Past hurts are unburied, secrets are uncovered, and their lives will never be the same. For the first time in years, Tony feels he might have a future worth looking forward to, but only if Brett is willing to once again risk his heart. 

Reunion is an extremely steamy stand-alone romance with HEA featuring two grown men who desperately need to find their way home, geographically misplaced waterfowl, and a town where just about anything might happen and often does. ©2018 Lynn Van Dorn (P)2021 Lynn Van Dorn

Now available on Audible

 

Beck thinks the New Year’s Games his fraternity puts on are stupid beyond belief, but as a Senior and the frat Treasurer, he’s convinced to go along with them. This year, though, a new Game has been proposed, one that’s both utterly wrong and completely right. Because Beck has a secret, one that he barely acknowledges to himself, let alone his frat brothers. Beck isn’t gay, but he isn’t straight, either. Participating in this year’s Games might blow his cover. So to speak.

Adrian doesn’t want to be an engineer, or in a frat, but he’s agreed to both to get his college tuition paid for by his father. Despite the humiliation and drudgery of being one of the frat’s “baby bros,” he refuses to quit the frat. Besides, the fraternity does have its compensations, the major one for Adrian being his crush, Beck Farmington III. It’s only natural that when the Games throw them together in an unexpected way that Adrian takes advantage of the situation. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity he’d be crazy to pass up. Even if everything will end at the stroke of midnight.

When Prince Charming finds his Cinderfella, with his absolutely perfect mouth, all bets are off and things will never be the same for either of them ever again.

Meet Me At Midnight is a 14,000 word MM stand-alone Cinderella story with two cute college boys, inappropriate fraternity hijinks, and a happy ever after that starts at the stroke of midnight. 

Available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited

Available 6/30/20 from Amazon and Kindle Unlimited.

Take one betrothal gone awry…

Prince Angelo is destined to marry Prince Yuri. Never mind that Angelo isn’t gay and didn’t choose to be saddled with a moony-eyed princeling who is determined to ruin Angelo’s life. Then one day Yuri goes too far and Angelo has to take matters into his own hands.

Add one doomed arranged marriage…

Prince Yuri is destined forever to pine after Prince Angelo. Arranged marriages are archaic and awful enough without being stuck for life with someone you want who will never, ever in a million years want you back. Still, for someone who claims to want nothing to do with Yuri, Angelo is surprisingly possessive.

And you just might get one unexpected romance.

Two men, thrown together by fate and scheming parents, shouldn’t have a prayer of finding a happy ever after. But fate can be fickle, and love can exist where you never thought it could.

Royally Screwed is a 75,000-word M/M novel featuring royalty, a poorly-thought-out betrothal, one prince in need of a firm hand, a second prince who isn’t as straight as he always thought, drunken texting, bickering, practice kissing, odious British nobility, and falling in love despite all the reasons why you shouldn’t.