AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT
MAX VOS
Oh, Dani, how I’ve missed you. Thank you for letting me do a post here.
I was given several prompts to choose from for this post, and I’ve decided to pick none of them. Big surprise, I’m doing my own thing.
So… I’ve decided to share a little more than I usually do.
My routine is that I get up, put my socks on, pat the dog, have a sip of water and put on my glasses. I can somewhat focus at this point. I put the dogs outside, pour myself a cup of coffee and sit down in my recliner, and turn on the news. I am, after all, a news junkie, which most people who know me, know I am.
After about 8 minutes, I let the dogs in, give them their morning cookies and sip my coffee, and try to become human. If I don’t have coffee first thing in the morning, I am one grumpy old man.
After my first cup of coffee and many dog pats, I check my personal email. No, I do not check my work email until I am at work. It is all very mundane and boring. I may play some solitaire on my tablet if the news is dull. I will say this, the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), has the best weatherman I’ve ever seen, Nate Burns. AND he is openly gay and cute as a button. I think someone has made him start wearing tight briefs-type underwear. He used to wear boxer briefs and… well… he was generously blessed, is all I’m saying. I do miss seeing… well, moving on.
Once I have finished my second cup of coffee, which is around seven a.m., I go downstairs to my new office. Oh, can you guess what colour one of the walls is? Not quite Tennessee Orange, but metallic copper, which does have a whole lot of orange tones. That’s good, because that is where most of my very Tennessee orange is. Yup, you can’t take the Volunteer outta this boy. I even have a little Tennessee-themed Christmas tree.
Through the sliding glass door, I can see the lake. There are so many birds to watch as they swoop around, diving in or landing close to the water. My favourite bird here is the kookaburra. I love their laughing singing. If you’ve never heard one, you have to go find it. Hell, they even have a song written about them. Sooo cute. And then there are the wallabies hopping around early in the day and in the afternoons.
Then it’s down to business. Do the email thing. I give myself ten minutes to do social media. It can be such a time suck. I even have an alarm setting on my phone to tell me to give it up and get to work.
The writing. The process is almost the same each and every day. I read the past two chapters that I’d written the day before, or days. That puts the voices in my head. I start to feel what they are feeling, what they want, and what they are going to do next. I rarely have any control over them. They are going to do what they want to do, and I let them for the most part.
Now, if it is a new book, it takes a little longer to get going, and there are times when I will rewrite the first chapter several times until I feel it’s right. That doesn’t mean it won’t be changed or rewritten several more times. The hardest part of getting a new book started is that first chapter, or at least it is for me.
Twelve noon is quitting time. I have lunch, play with the dogs, put them out again and vegetate until one in the afternoon. If it’s spring, as it is right now, I’ll go out and dig in the dirt or start the mowing process. There are three acres that need mowing, so I do a lot of that.
And this… is where I’ve become a huge audiobook fan. It makes mowing much more enjoyable. Today I am going to mow, and I’m looking forward to it because I was left on a cliffhanger yesterday on the book I’m currently listening to. And in case you haven’t guessed, my big tractor is… orange!
Think of Steel Magnolias and Julia Roberts. “It is my signature colour!”
Is Love truly ‘Love is Love’?
BOOK 1
Book Title: Going Home (Book is also available in French and Italian)
Cover Artist: A. J. Corza
Length: 47 021 words/ 122 pages
Release Date: February 14, 2016
Pairing: MMM
Genres: Menage
Tropes: Forbidden Love
Heat Rating: 5 flames
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
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Blurb
Journalist Carter Roberts was required to interview Carl Foltz and Matt Evans for an article on their lives. It was not an assignment he relished: he just wanted to get there, get it done and get out. Thinking about the subject matter made his stomach churn. The interview reveals as much about himself as about the two men, and for the first time, Carter learns what a real home feels like. He never would have expected that meeting the two men would change his way of thinking – and his life – forever.
Fire ignites love with music and food.
BOOK 2
Book Title: Play Chopin for Me
Cover Artist: A. J. Corza
Length: 222 pages
Release Date: May 2017
Genres: M/M Fairy Tale
Themes: Music, Cuisine
Heat Rating: Three flames
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
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Blurb
After a devastating fire, Dale Lusk shows up at his sister’s door in nothing but his boxers and a raincoat, desperately needing her help. Losing both his restaurant and home has left Dale without direction or a place to live. While pushing her handsome brother into a new wardrobe to match his model looks, Chrissie introduces Dale to Al Borkowski. Al is in desperate need of a roommate before his grandmother takes more control of his life. Little did Chrissie know when she pushed the two men together the sparks that would fly and the changes that would happen in all of their lives.
BOOK 3
Book Title: The V Unit
Length: 83 866 words/290 pages
Release Date: July, 2014
Genres: M/M Romance
Themes: Military, Paranormal
Heat Rating: 5 flames
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
Content Warning: This books contains a scene of sexual assault.
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Blurb
Only a select few in the human world knew of the existence of the V-Unit, a small group of highly trained Marines – who happened to be vampires.
And it would have stayed that way.
But when events in the vampire world threatened the stability of the human world, the powers that be called for the unit’s specialized services.
An intrepid war correspondent, Bronson Rudan, who’d seen more than his fair share of fighting, stumbles across the unit by accident, and is drawn into their world.
Bronson has no problem with that, given that he gets to spend time with a hunky Marine Lieutenant, Sarge. Although he won’t remember any of this when they’re through.
At least, that was the plan…
BOOK 4
Book Title: Life After Living
Length: 96 350 / 300 pages
Release Date: June, 2016
Genres: MM, Romance, Military, Fiction, Contemporary, Drama, Disability
Themes: PTSD, Male Bonding
Heat Rating: 5 flames
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
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Blurb
Two men: each trying to cope with PTSD.
Vance Spence is suffering from yet another loss. The episodes are becoming more and more frequent. Only time will tell if he will be able to cope with yet another person leaving him.
Wade Farmer recently returned from Afghanistan only to have his family disown him for loving another man. He also is suffering from loss. When the two are put together, neither are comfortable with the situation, but agree to give it a try.
Two different lives. Two different men. Two different experiences, but common ground gives each of them understanding. Are they strong enough to battle their own demons as well as the others? Only time will tell.
Santa Claus Delivers
BOOK 5
Book Title: A Christmas Memory
Length: 22 293 words/ 55 pages
Release Date: November 2013
Genres: Contemporary MM Romance, Christmas, Holiday Romance, Short Story
Tropes: Teacher falls for the football coach.
Heat Rating: 5 flames
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Blurb
J.J. has always hated the holidays. Presents, decorations, the traditional family Christmas…It’s all his colleagues in the staffroom can talk about. J.J. avoids these conversations like the plague. He’d do anything to keep his co-workers from seeing the real J.J, the gay man who doesn’t want to be noticed. When he slips up and reveals that he is all alone with no plans for Christmas, the well-meaning ladies of his high school want to take him in for the holidays.
Oh hell….
Enter Coach Adam Sutton who comes to his rescue—and now J.J. is trapped by this hulk of a man who won’t take no for an answer. And he would have to be someone J.J finds attractive, wouldn’t he? Too bad he’s straight and J.J’s not about to step out of the shadows and make a move on him. He likes his arms where they are, thank you very much.
But Adam has a secret, one which is going to turn J.J’s world upside-down. Adam wants to give J.J. a Christmas to remember, but as it turns out, both men’s lives are never going to be the same again…
Max Vos is best known for his ‘inappropriate’ side. Bringing readers a range of stories with an unexpected edge. His bestselling novel My Hero is a hot and steamy romance, while his banned book Going Home questions what you know of love. With something for everyone, there is a Max Vos book for you.
Creativity has been a lifelong passion for Max, who retired from being a chef in 2011 and turned to writing. His strong relationships with the women in his life influence his stories and Max’s Southern charm shines through. Each new book will give you something to explore and love.
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