Second Chance at Romance… Writing?
Well, hi, y’all. It’s been a minute, hasn’t it?
If you’ve kept up with me at all via social media, you probably know my life has been pretty chaotic the past couple of years. I won’t get into it all here, but as a result of everything, I hadn’t written a word for over two years until I wrote a short fanfic last month. I don’t know when I’ll be able to get back to writing more consistently—I hope it’ll be soon!—but for now, I do have some other tricks up my sleeve.
I’m happy to say that I’ve republished one of my novels that’s been unavailable for the past few years. Unfortunate Son, originally published in January 2015, is back out there, on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited for the first time. I’ll be publishing it across other platforms once the KU period ends. For those who read it the first time around, it’s had only a few minor tweaks, no major rewrites.
The blurb:
Five years ago, Evan Day lost his lover in the Afghan sand, and in the fallout, he lost his military career and his family. With help from friends, he reinvented himself as porn star Trevor Hardball, but his scars are hidden, not healed. When Riley Yeats falls into Evan’s lap in a bar, he awakens a part of Evan he’d thought was dead and gone. Evan’s fascinated by the blond and twinky Riley, even though he’s the opposite of Evan’s usual type.
Then Evan’s family reappears his life, and Evan soon learns Riley has his own family-inflicted wounds—ones that make it hard for him to be there for Evan. A disastrous confrontation between Evan and his parents leaves Evan’s mother injured and Evan overcome by anger and fear. Losing his tenuous hold on his emotional control, Evan makes one bad decision after another, but maybe his final fall will be the wake-up call Evan needs to set things right—with his parents, and with Riley.
Now for some breaking news! Unfortunate Son is the first of three books in the Sons series, and yes, I’ll be republishing all three books, not just the first. Look for Wayward Son later this month and Nobody’s Son coming in March. Check out the covers for all three, including that beautiful image of my friend Trevor on Unfortunate Son.
Thanks for checking out UNFORTUNATE SON, and I hope to be sending out some new words soon!
Shae Connor lives near Atlanta, where she’s a lackadaisical government worker for a living and writes sweet-hot romance under the cover of night. She’s been making things up for as long as she can remember, but it took her a long time to figure out that maybe she should try writing them down. She was first published in 2010 and has released an extensive lineup of short stories, novellas, and novels.
Shae is part Jersey, part Irish, and all Southern, which explains why she never shuts up. When she’s not chained to her laptop, she enjoys cooking, traveling, watching baseball, reading voraciously, wearing tiaras, and hugging a lot. You can find Shae hanging out on BlueSky @shaeconnor.bsky.social, but for the more direct route, you can visit her website at shaeconnorwrites.com or email her at shaeconnorwrites@gmail.com.
