Category Archives: MJ OShea

May 4, 2013 · 3:58 am

Saturday Series Spotlight: M.J. O’Shea’s Rock Bay

Title: Coming Home by M.J. O’Shea
Rock Bay Series Book One
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Genre: Contemporary, M/M, Erotic, Romance
Length: 230 pages

Summary:

Rock Bay: Book One

Tallis Carrington ruled Rock Bay with his gang of jocks and an iron fist—until a scandal destroyed his family’s name. Ten years later Tallis is dead broke, newly homeless, and on the walk of shame to end all walks of shame. He needs money and needs it fast, and Rock Bay is the only home he knows. But the people of Rock Bay haven’t forgotten him—or the spoiled brat he used to be.

The only person in town willing to overlook his past is Lex, the new coffee shop owner, who offers Tally a job even though he appears to despise Tally based on his reputation alone. When Tally discovers his gorgeous boss is the kid he tortured back in high school, Lex’s hot and cold routine finally makes sense. Now Tally has to pull out all the stops to prove he was never really the jerk he seemed to be. After all, if he can win Lex’s heart, the rest of the town should be a piece of coffee cake.

Title: Letting Go by M.J. O’Shea
Rock Bay Book Two
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Genre: Contemporary, Erotic, M/M, Romance
Length: 206 pages

Summary:

Rock Bay: Book Two

Drew McAuliffe has lived in the small town of Rock Bay most of his adult life. He’d like to be happy, but not at the cost of having his private life under his nosy neighbors’ microscope, so he keeps his bisexuality under wraps.

After a messy breakup that caused him to pack up and move to Astoria, on the Oregon coast, Mason Anderson decides to avoid drama of the romantic kind. All he wants is to start over—alone.

But Drew and Mason were meant to meet. The long looks and awkward half hellos chance offered were never going to be enough. But when they do finally come together on the worst night possible, misconceptions and problems from their pasts get in the way. Until Mason learns to trust again—and until Drew learns to let go of who he thinks he is—a real connection is nothing but a pipe dream.

Title: Finding Shelter by M.J. O’Shea
Rock Bay Book Three
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Genre: Contemporary, Erotic, M/M, Romance
Length: 204 pages

Summary:

Rock Bay: Book Three

Justin Foster has nineteen years of nothing but trouble behind him. After escaping his abusive father, he finds himself in Rock Bay, Washington, with his cousin Travis. Justin is bruised and has a hard time trusting, but with the help of his family and the small town, he might be able to heal.

Logan O’Brien is also new in town, hoping he can finally get away from his past and the memories of the girlfriend who shattered his heart. It doesn’t take him long to realize Rock Bay can be more than safe harbor: it can also be home. And for the first time in his life, he finds himself captivated by a man—by Justin.

Justin is attracted to Logan too, but he’s also wary. Physically, Logan reminds him a bit too much of the closeted jerks who used to beat him up after school. But after one awkwardly amazing kiss, he’s smitten, despite how his past and insecurities continue to haunt him. Logan’s love, faith, and stubbornness are just what Justin needs to believe their love is worth fighting for.

I am giving away one eBook from the Rock Bay series-WINNER’S CHOICE. Here’s how to enter the Saturday Series Spotlight contest:

You must Do TWO of the Following:

1. Sign up for e-mail updates (upper left corner). One email daily with the day’s posts.

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Make sure you have filled out the contest entry form:

5. To be eligible to enter contests on Book Reviews and More by Kathy you MUST fill out the contest entry form (found HERE). This form only needs to be filled out ONCE. Your privacy is important to me, and I will not share your information.

And don’t forget to:

6. Leave a comment on this post telling me WHICH book you would like to win by 5 PM Mountain Time Monday afternoon.

It’s that easy! The winner will be selected using random.org. I will e-mail one lucky winner the eBook of their choice in their preferred format. The winner will be posted HERE on Tuesday.

***The eBooks in this giveaway have been purchased by Book Reviews & More by Kathy.***

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January 12, 2013 · 3:58 am

Saturday Series Spotlight: M.J. O’Shea & Piper Vaughn Lucky Moon & Contest

Title: Moonlight Becomes You by M.J. O’Shea & Piper Vaughn
Lucky Moon Series Book One
Publisher: Loose Id
Genre: Contemporary, M/M, Erotic, Romance
Length: Novel

Summary:

Eleven years ago Shane Ventura made the biggest mistake of his life when he caved in to pressure from his record label to kick his best friend Jesse Seider out of their band, Luck. Though he had a gorgeous voice, Jesse wasn’t beautiful and didn’t fit the label’s ideal look. But Shane’s never wanted anyone else more, and all the sex and alcohol in the world can’t fill the void Jesse left behind.

As his thirty-second birthday approaches, Shane’s more miserable than ever. Even the prospect of teaming up with Britain’s hottest band, Moonlight, for an epic world tour can’t get him out of his depressive funk. Until he meets lead singer, Kayden Berlin, and falls into instant lust.

Though Kayden acts like he’s not interested, Shane knows he feels the spark between them. The harder Shane pushes, the more Kayden pulls away. Then one explosive night things finally come to a head and Shane is left nursing a broken heart. That seems to be Shane’s lot — lucky at everything but love. But there’s a lesson in store for Shane: when it comes to love, you can’t always leave things to chance.

Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: male/male sexual practices.

Title: The Luckiest by M.J. O’Shea & Piper Vaughn
Lucky Moon Series Book Two
Publisher: LooseId
Genre: Contemporary, M/M, Erotic, Romance
Length: Long Novel

Summary:
Rock star Nick Ventura has finally hit rock bottom. Jealous of his brother’s new love, he starts overindulging in his usual vices and winds up crashing his car into a department store in a drunken haze. Publicly humiliated and on the verge of jail time, he enters into a court-ordered rehabilitation program.

Nutritionist Luka Novak is flamboyant, effeminate, the type of gay man that bisexual Nick would normally sneer at. His sunny nature hides a deep hurt from a previous relationship. Luka knows he should be wary of Nick’s reputation, but he’s drawn to Nick despite himself. Their tentative friendship turns into romance, but Luka soon comes to realize that Nick’s fear of losing his bad boy reputation means he’ll probably never go public with their relationship.

Nick never thought he needed anyone, until Luka Novak came into his life. Now he has to reconcile his carefree past with the future he suddenly wants more than anything. And the first lesson he has to learn is how to become the man that both he and Luka need him to be, the luckiest man, rather than stay the boy he always was. Alone.

Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: male/male sexual practices.

Title: Moonstruck by M.J. O’Shea & Piper Vaughn
Lucky Moon Series Book Three
Publisher: Loose Id
Genre: Contemporary, M/M, Erotic, Romance
Length: Novel

Summary:

Surya Patel is the drummer for the massively popular band, Moonlight. When his label suggests a collaboration with Luck, the band Moonlight toured with the year before, he should be all for it. Except for one thing–he slept with Luck’s manager during the tour, and then bolted in the dead of night. He’s regretted it ever since, but he knows being around Emmanuel will only lead to disaster. Unfortunately for Surya, the person the label sends to sweet talk him into joining the collaboration is none other than Em himself.

Emmanuel Cortez has spent months trying to forget about the hottest night of his life–the night he slept with Surya. It’s been a year, but not even the death of his beloved grandmother and the subsequent drama with his family could keep the memories away. Now it’s time to be professional. His job is to convince Surya to collaborate with Luck, nothing more, but a day spent together leads to yet another passionate night. This time Em is the one to leave.

But unexpectedly Surya has a change of heart. He isn’t satisfied with just one night anymore. He wants forever.

I am giving away one eBook from the Lucky Moon series-WINNER’S CHOICE. Here’s how to enter the Saturday Series Spotlight contest:

You must Do TWO of the Following:

1. Sign up for e-mail updates (upper left corner). One email daily with the day’s posts.

OR:

2. Be or become a fan of Book Reviews & More by Kathy Facebook page

OR:

3. Follow me on Twitter (@BookReviewsMore)

OR:

4. Friend Book Reviews & More by Kathy on Goodreads

Make sure you have filled out the contest entry form:

5. To be eligible to enter contests on Book Reviews and More by Kathy you MUST fill out the contest entry form (found HERE). This form only needs to be filled out ONCE. Your privacy is important to me, and I will not share your information.

And don’t forget to:

6. Leave a comment on this post telling me WHICH book in the series you would like to win by 5 PM Mountain Time Monday afternoon.

It’s that easy! The winner will be selected using random.org. I will e-mail one lucky winner the eBook of their choice in their preferred format. The winner will be posted HERE on Tuesday.

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May 18, 2012 · 3:58 am

Friday Feature: Guest Interview M.J. O’Shea

A Day In the Life

Do you write full time? If not, how many hours per day do you attempt to dedicate to your writing?

LOL. Yes and no. I do write full time, but I have a job as well. I recently cut my hours (and salary… eek!) on my day job so I could write more and focus on this. I usually spend a decent 5+ hours on this per night, and more on the weekends.

Do you listen to music when your write?

99% of the time, I can’t. I start listening to the music and then I space out or start dancing…I guess I’m easily distractible:) For some odd reason, when we were writing One Small Thing (with Piper Vaughn) I did. I listened to Death Cab’s album Codes and Keyes the entire time really quietly in the background. I have no idea why it worked that time, but forever now those songs will make me think of Rue and Erik.

Which of your books was the easiest/hardest to write?

The book that came the most easily to me was The Luckiest (again, with Piper Vaughn) . I think even though Nick Ventura was crass and a big pain, he came to me easily. That book flew out of my fingers. I think my half, which was about 45 thousand words give or take, took a little less than a month. Hardest was a regency short that hasn’t been published yet. I’ve been working on those fifteen thousand words twice as long as it took me to write 45. I have to keep erasing swear words….no, regency women didn’t say “shit”, MJ. Delete, delete…

Which of your books is your favorite?

Ooh, that’s a tough one. I think there are parts of certain ones that I like the best — like the setting for Dark Sun, or Nick Ventura/Tally (from Coming Home) as a main character. I like a lot of the ideas behind the Moon series, even though someday if I have lots of time I’m going to revamp and expand that one.

How did you celebrate the sale of your first book?

By having a minor panic attack. Lol. No, I think I went out to dinner, then got working on the second one!

Plotter or Pantser? Why?

Yes. To both. Mainly, though, I have to plot because if I try to fly by the seat of my pants, things get really disorganized and I end up putting the project aside. I’ve gotten far more into plotting the more I write.

Do you use a pen name? If so, how did you come up with it?

I do:) Mj O’Shea is not my real name. But my grandparents (mom’s side) were Mary and John O’Shea. There’s still a hotel, I forget the name, in Kerry Ireland that O’sheas I’m related to own. Someday I’ll go there! I decided to use a pen name because an eventual goal of mine is to write mass market young adult. I didn’t like the idea of a kid liking my YA titles (if and when they ever exist) and then going and finding ero-rom titles. I can see angry hate mail from parents on that one.

Links:)

Website
Blog with Piper
Twitter
Facebook

Thanks for having me stop by! Below is the blurb and cover of Coming Home, my newest solo title release from Dreamspinner Press:)

Title: Coming Home by M.J. O’Shea
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Genre: M/M, Contemporary, Erotic, Romance
Length: 230 pages

Summary:

Tallis Carrington ruled Rock Bay with his gang of jocks and an iron fist—until a scandal destroyed his family’s name. Ten years later Tallis is dead broke, newly homeless, and on the walk of shame to end all walks of shame. He needs money and needs it fast, and Rock Bay is the only home he knows. But the people of Rock Bay haven’t forgotten him—or the spoiled brat he used to be.

The only person in town willing to overlook his past is Lex, the new coffee shop owner, who offers Tally a job even though he appears to despise Tally based on his reputation alone. When Tally discovers his gorgeous boss is the kid he tortured back in high school, Lex’s hot and cold routine finally makes sense. Now Tally has to pull out all the stops to prove he was never really the jerk he seemed to be. After all, if he can win Lex’s heart, the rest of the town should be a piece of coffee cake.

Buy Link: Dreamspinner Press

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