Cover reveal for The Bodyguard's Vessel! And How to Romance an Incubus is out tomorrow!

 Here is the cover for The Bodyguards Vessel!

This book will be released on the 14th November after a very short pre-order (4 days) 

Here is the blurb

Some would say Lord Eban du Fray was a spoiled brat.

Born into the British nobility and married to a lord, he has never had to work a day in his life.

Instead he drinks, parties and sleeps around. Much to his husband’s disgust.

But Eban is a vessel, a person who grows and absorbs magic within them, and his husband is a mage. As with all mages and vessels, his husband takes his body, to take his magic.

This arrangement, combined with Eban’s dazzling beauty, ensured that Eban’s husband tolerated his bad behavior.

Until now.

Alpha wolf shifter Bastion is happy to be paid a ton of money to keep a spoiled brat in line. Keep him safe. Stop him sleeping around. Make him behave. Easy money.

He knows the brat seduced his last bodyguard and that he has been hired as no human would sleep with a dog, not even the reckless Eban du Fray. Bastion can take the insult for the money.

Bastion expects to find a vain, selfish brat, bored in a loveless arranged marriage.

He doesn’t expect to uncover something far darker, or that beneath Eban’s dazzling exterior is a soul that shines far brighter.

But he can’t let himself fall in love. Eban is married to a powerful, dangerous man who is not going to let him go.

Falling in love with Eban will only lead to tragedy and heartbreak. Bastion must resist, must stay strong. 

Or will he sacrifice everything for the man who is carelessly stealing his heart?

The Bodyguard’s Vessel is a forbidden romance in a contemporary setting. It is modern day regency, but gay, and with magic!

Expect bucketloads of angst, vats of sweetness and a romance that will sweep you off your feet.

I can't wait to share it with you all!

Last, but not least, How to Romance an Incubus is coming out tomorrow, Eek! I don't think releasing a new book will ever stop being nervewracking! I hope people enjoy it.

Until next week, happy reading!

Sneak peek of How to Romance an Incubus

How to Romance an Incubus is coming on the 14th of October! Here is a sneak peek!

There was something in the shadows of my room. My heart started racing and my palms started to sweat as adrenaline raced through me. It was a struggle to keep my eyes on my phone.

I lay there in my bed, scrolling, trying to act like nothing was amiss. I felt like I deserved an Oscar for my performance. I didn’t want my late-night visitor to know I had sensed them. I needed time, time to figure out how to defend myself.

Carefully I reached out with my magic and checked all my wards. They were intact. Shining strongly. How on earth had this thing gotten in? Nothing that meant me any harm should have been able to.

I tried to sense what the thing in the shadows was, what sort of threat was I dealing with? As I felt the thing’s essence, my eyebrows raised in surprise, an incubus? Then the nuances of my earlier thought sunk in, ‘nothing that meant me any harm could get in.’ Therefore, the demon had no ill intentions.

I grinned. My visitor didn’t want to harm me. He was merely a hungry incubus, and as a young single gay guy with a very healthy appetite, who was in the midst of a dry spell, I was so up for that.

Carefully, I put down my phone.

“Hi! You can come out now. I know you are there,” I said.

Memories of last time I had slept with an incubus flowed through me. Mazakie had been gorgeous, sultry, confident, and as sexy as hell. It had easily been the best sex of my life. The things he could do with his tongue had blown my mind.

My visitor didn’t emerge.

“Come on, I know you’re hungry and my magic tastes good. I’m happy to feed you.”

A pair of bright amber eyes appeared first, then my guest slowly emerged from the shadows. I sucked in a breath. He was beautiful. Young, slender, very long dark hair. Smooth pale skin, everywhere, as he was already naked. He was like my wettest dream come to life.

All incubi were incredibly gorgeous, but this one was absolutely stunning. So much so that just looking at him was short-circuiting my brain.

He stared back at me uncertainly. His entire body language was timid and anxious, like he was going to bolt any second. It was nothing like any incubus I had met before. It flared my arousal. Confidence was sexy, absolutely. But something about shy guys just did it for me.

“Hi,” I tried with a warm smile.

I wondered why he was here if he was so nervous of my magic. If he really thought I was going to try to banish him, there was a whole world of people out there to feed from that couldn’t harm him.

He stepped hesitantly closer. His demon energy whirled around him, chaotic and weak and very hungry. I frowned in concern.

“Are you new?” I asked.

Amber eyes stared at me mournfully. He looked so lost, so confused. Slowly he nodded and my heart melted in sympathy. Poor guy.

“Did you get the bastards who summoned you?” I needed to know if he was bound to a master and if the creep was controlling him.

Solemnly the incubus nodded. I grinned in delight. Feeling strangely proud of this stranger. And also selfishly delighted by his answer. He didn’t have a master, there was no potential danger. There was no reason not to have the incubus in my bed.

Slowly I pushed back my covers to reveal my naked body. My cock, already standing to attention as it always did at the faintest hint that sex might be possible.

The incubus’s beautiful eyes fixed straight on it and he licked his lips with the tip of his wet, pink tongue. But he didn’t step any closer.

“I’m not going to hurt you,” I whispered softly.

His eyes flicked back up to mine, full of fear and longing. I could tell he wanted to believe me but he was scared. Trapped in a strange realm, all alone, torn from his friends and family in Hell. Yet desperately hungry. 

I don't know which book to write next!

 I’ve recently had an idea for a contemporary romance book, and I love it so much, I’m seriously considering making it the next book that I write!

It would mean bumping down the one I was going to write next. Thing is, I also love that one and have been looking forward to writing it for a long time now! It’s a story about an omega falling for his beta bodyguard whilst they are on the run from a million bad guys.

So, I’m going to run a poll on my next newsletter that comes out on the 14th!

You can sign up here. https://www.srodman.net/newsletter-sign-up.html

In the meantime, I’m thoroughly enjoying writing Eban’s story in The Bodyguard’s Vessel (Guess I have a bit of a thing for bodyguards at the moment!) Eban and Bastion were not meant to be so sweet. But that’s characters for you, they rarely do as they are told! 

These guys are breaking my heart with the pining, hand holding and stolen moments! I can’t wait to share their love with you.

In other news, How to Romance an Incubus is coming out on the 14th. I’ll give you a sneak peek in next week's blog.

Until then, happy reading!

My next book will be 'The Bodyguard's Vessel'

 Hi! I've been working on The Bodyguard's Vessel this week. It's going to be part of the Duty & Magic series and follows Eban, who was introduced in Earl Hathbury's Vessel.

There is a teaser scene in the back of that book.

But here is the blurb!

Some would say Lord Eban du Fray was a spoiled brat.

Born into the British nobility and married to a lord, he has never had to work a day in his life.

Instead he drinks, parties and sleeps around. Much to his husband’s disgust.

But Eban is a vessel, a person who grows and absorbs magic within them, and his husband is a mage. As with all mages and vessels, his husband takes his body, to take his magic.

This arrangement, combined with Eban’s dazzling beauty, ensured that Eban’s husband tolerated his bad behavior.

Until now.

Alpha wolf shifter Bastion is happy to be paid a ton of money to keep a spoiled brat in line. Keep him safe. Stop him sleeping around. Make him behave. Easy money.

He knows the brat seduced his last bodyguard and that he has been hired as no human would sleep with a dog, not even the reckless Eban du Fray. Bastion can take the insult for the money.

Bastion expects to find a vain, selfish brat, bored in a loveless arranged marriage.

He doesn’t expect to uncover something far darker, or that beneath Eban’s dazzling exterior is a soul that shines far brighter.

But he can’t let himself fall in love. Eban is married to a powerful, dangerous man who is not going to let him go.

Falling in love with Eban will only lead to tragedy and heartbreak. Bastion must resist, must stay strong. 

Or will he sacrifice everything for the man who is carelessly stealing his heart?

The Bodyguard’s Vessel is a forbidden romance in a contemporary setting. It is modern day regency, but gay, and with magic!

Expect bucketloads of angst, vats of sweetness and a romance that will sweep you off your feet.

I'm hoping to release on November 14th.

That's all for now. Happy reading! 😘

It's here!

 Evil Overlord Omega is out!

Thank you so much to everyone who has already bought or downloaded! 😍

The book came out on my birthday, so it was a lovely day.

Time to turn my attention to my next book, How to Romance an Incubus.

I have some ARCs left, if you would like one, email me at srodmanauthor@gmail.com

ARC stands for Advance Review Copy and it's a free copy of a book that is sent to a reader, for free and before the release date in exchange for a review.

That's all for now. Happy reading!

6 days till Evil Overlord Omega! Here is a visual sneak peek.

I've just submitted the pre-order to Amazon, eek! 

Sometimes it takes an hour to go live, sometimes 3 days! 

So, I will be watching my emails closely.

In the meantime, here is some wonderful reader art of Silas. It's from a reader who read an advance copy of Evil Overlord Omega and depicts a scene from the book. So, it's another sneak peek for you!

A Shadow man book!

I am very tempted to right a shadow man book!

The basic plot would be, a YouTuber goes to film overnight in an abandoned haunted house that is famous for shadow man sightings.

The resident shadow man sees him and is, "Well, hello there!" and follows him home.

At first it's all peeking around doors and hiding under his bed, but then love will blossom!

I even have some title ideas!

Loved by the Shadow Man
Romanced by the Shadow Man
Claimed by the Shadow Man
Taken by the Shadow Man
My boyfriend the Shadow Man

At the moment, I'm very keen to start writing The Bodyguard's Vessel, Eban is demanding my attention! But after that, a shadow man book might be next!