Showing posts with label Mia Downing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mia Downing. Show all posts

Thursday, October 21, 2021

31 Days of Magic & Mayhem, Mia Downing

 Today’s 31 Days of Magic & Mayhem brings author Mia Downing. You wouldn’t be afraid of an everyday ghost named Michael, would you? A person you met once in real life, and came for a visit in the afterlife? 

 

When do you put up Halloween decorations? Any rules in the house?

 

We're not hardcore Halloween fans (except DD.) She has spooky things all year long. We did grow a white pumpkin by accident from a pumpkin we chucked in the garden last year, so he's on the porch! 

 

What's your favorite Halloween tradition/decoration/memory?

 

When the kids were little, DH would carve a pumpkin and put it on a very tall stump. For Halloween, we'd light it or put those battery candles in it. 

 

Have you ever had a paranormal/ghostly experience? Can you share a little about what happened?

 

Yes! The farm I lived at before I got married had a resident ghost named Michael. One of the tenants had committed suicide on the property a few years before. He'd do pranks like take things you needed and hide them, or he'd make messes. You could sometimes hear him walking in the hayloft or down an aisle, but you'd look, and no one would be there. It was creepy. I had met him once when he was alive (in passing, a quick thing.) But when I saw him once as a ghost, I knew it was him. I described him after down to the limp on the correct side. That wasn't something I'd known about him since he'd injured himself after the timeframe when I'd met him. It was incredibly weird, and I have a shiver just thinking about him! 

 

What do you think goes *bump* in the night?

 

Energy that's trapped here on Earth. Sometimes, it's my husband trying to find the bathroom at night. 

 

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Chasing Time

Mia Downing

 

Skye Worthington’s quest for family brings more than she bargained for…

My already turbulent life flips upside down the moment Marek Young appears. Nightmares from a childhood jumping between foster homes edge into sexy dreams of a man in leather pants with a simmering magical touch. As Marek is an important client at the bookstore where I work, I can’t say no when he asks me to dinner. I didn’t expect the pull of desire or the sizzle of familiar energy the first time we touched, but I need more than satisfaction. I need the truth. Yet the truth he offers seems too bizarre to believe…

One fated jump through time destroyed Marek Young’s life…

I have only one mission—make Skye love me again. Except the aloof bookstore clerk and grad student has no recollection of me. An emergency jump through time left Skye to grow up in this era with no memory of our adventures...or me. Unfortunately, she’s always had a temper, and my time is running out. All I want is to be the man she can fall in love with again.

Chasing Time is the first book in the exciting Bonded Souls series by Mia Downing. If you like angsty, second chance romance with a touch of magic and adventure, then this is the book for you! Jump into this magical new world today!

 

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Top 10 Reasons to Check Out Campus Cravings


There's a new M/M anthology on campus, and it's making the grade! I've got a lot of writer-friends in this blockbuster collection. 
Top Ten Reasons to Check Out Campus Cravings:
1. College is a time of eye-opening exploration and experimentation, and there's just something about a Cathia University man...
2. All the stories take place at fictional Cathia University—where not even homework or grading stands in the way of true love.
3. What's better than one hot man? Two! And what's better than two? Eighteen! (Nine stories, each with two heroes, yay!)
4. The stories are interrelated, so you'll see characters from stories appear in others, notice many of the same buildings being used etc. That was a lot of fun for us to write and we hope you enjoy that aspect too!
5. Every story is brand new! That's over 220k words! Four seasons of academic fun—from the first students arriving in Fall, to winter holidays, to March Madness and Spring Flings, to Summer loving—there’s something for every part of the academic year.
6. Unique pairings—whether you like friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, reunion romances, May-December pairings, first love, or hot-for-teacher flirtations, you arebound to find some of your favorite tropes! And if that's not enough, there are hot athletes, sophisticated professors, activist heroes, and lots more!
7. Sports galore—soccer, hockey, basketball, equestrian and more! Join the authors and the characters as we root for the Cathia Cougars!
8. Pranks, parties, and plenty of fun—you really want to find out who dyed the fountain red and who’s at Friday’s Frat party!
9. Fan favorite  m/m romance authors including L.A. Witt, Sara York, Cassandra Carr, Annabeth Albert, Bianca Sommerland, Whitley Gray, Dalton Diaz, Mia Downing, and KyAnn Waters.
10. Only $2.99 for a limited time!

To find out more information about Campus Cravings, including buy links, check out our group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/299579866886134/. Add us to your to-be-read list on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22738703-campus-cravings.
An excerpt from Winning Bracket...by Annabeth Albert

“Hold up. If I filled out a bracket and mine beat yours, you’d do whatever I wanted? Like anything?”
“Sure.” Ollie shrugged, an insolent lift of surprisingly wide shoulders inside a too-big shirt. “I mean not all day. But sure, you want me to be a slave for an hour or something, I can take it.”
Ka-pow. The firecracker exploded, hot want raining down on Edwin, sparking against his skin. Anything. Ollie-as-slave images began to run on repeat in his brain, Ollie getting considerably less clothing with each pass. Edwin could ask for anything, and it would just be a joke to Ollie—a lark to be laughed over later, no more of a big deal than opening up with a can of silly string or shorting his sheets every night for a week.
Oh my god. Would it work? Could he use something like this—a stupid bet on stupid basketball—to exorcise the Ollie demons that had plagued him for years, all without having to admit how he felt about Ollie? Because while Ollie had been busy with the jock-crush-of-the-month plan, Edwin had been hung up on Ollie. For three and a half years. If a stupid bet could shake Edwin free, then it was worth having to learn something about basketball.
“Okay,” he whispered.
“Yay!” Ollie clambered off the bed, springs squeaking as he hit the floor. “You’ll see. This is going to be a great couple of weeks! So what are we going to play for this week? If my bracket does better by Sunday night, you send an email supporting the next watch party and you show up. And if you win…”
“I want a kiss.” The words escaped Edwin before he could call them back, before he could temper them with logic or suppress them with reality.

Monday, July 21, 2014

Cover reveal: Campus Cravings



The library offerings never looked so good when I was in college!

Welcome to Cathia University, where school is in session! Nine of today's hottest gay romance authors have crafted brand-new interrelated novellas celebrating everything wonderful about college, with over 200,000 words featuring sophisticated professors, sexy teaching assistants, ambitious grad students, and spirited undergraduates, all looking for the same thing: an A+ in true love.

Annabeth Albert: Winning Bracket 
Cassandra Carr: The Eloquent Jock
Dalton Diaz: Lesson Learned
Mia Downing: Switching Leads
Whitley Gray: Artistic Endeavor
Bianca Sommerland: Solid Education
KyAnn Waters: Private Lessons
LA Witt: Did Somebody Order a Pizza?
Sara York: The Dust Of Everyday Life

The Campus Cravings male/male bundle will release on August 25, so don't miss out!

Add Campus Cravings to your Goodreads to-be-read-list here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22738703-campus-cravings