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And here I am with the joy and light of my life, Sarah Jane.
She came to me through the Great Plain PSCA.
And I am so grateful!
Namaste Everyone!
And have a happy New Year!
BG Thomas
I Am SO Excited! The Cover of My Next Book Has Been Reveled! This Will Blow You Away!
I am SO happy with this cover. I am so lucky with my covers, but this? By the incomparable artist Paul Richmond? I am crying! I am in tears! THIS IS IT!
This is THE cover! And you will LOVE the book!
I promise!
Review of Grumble Monkey and the Department Store Elf
Review by Carrigan Chantz
Joyfully Jay Blog Reviews “Grumble Monkey and the Dept Store Elf” 4.75 Stars!
Review by Crissy
I love the holiday season and the stories it brings. There is something so promising and romantic about this time of year. Grumble Monkey and the Department Store Elf (what a title) is my first holiday read of the season. And what a strong start it is. From the beginning, Thomas held my attention and made me fall in love with Nick and Kit. So, please let me introduce you to the first advent story I’ve read this season.
Kit Jeffries would have gotten on the road earlier if he would have been able to say no to his boss, but he loves his job as a department store elf, loves to see the children’s smiling faces when they first see Santa. When Kit’s Jeep breaks down in the middle of a winter storm on his way home for the holidays, he thinks all hope is lost until he runs into the handsome man at the rest stop.
Nick St. George has it all: money, success, and focus. Too bad those things can’t make him happy. His life has been spent trying to prove himself, and now he’s proven what a mess he actually is. When he encounters a Midwestern winter storm on his trek across the country, Nick is forced to seek shelter at a rest stop. That’s where he meets the obviously gay man in a ridiculous elf hat. He never understood why men have to advertise the sexuality so blatantly, never cared for it either. In fact, he hates it. But when young man tells Nick his sob story about breaking down on his way to see his family and asks for a ride home, Nick reluctantly agrees to give the man a lift. Continue reading
ARC Review: Grumble Monkey and the Department Store Elf
Sandra @ My Fiction Nook
Well, this was a cute short piece of Christmas fluff, without any explicit situations (sexy times were fade to black), but a message of love and family and taking a chance that just might save your life.
Beautiful imagery in a tiny little package. And while Kit was certainly over the top swishy, he owned it and thus only skirted the edge of annoying. To me. To Nick, well – that’s another story.
I really liked how the author pointed out their differences, what with Nick being angry and closed off most of the time, for reasons that are revealed slowly as the story progresses, and Kit being mostly happy, but also intuitive and kind and honest, again for reasons that are revealed through the narrative, without ever feeling like telling. Information is shared via dialogue and narrative, and the characterizations slowly emerge.
I’ve heard it said that anger can be an external manifestation of profound sadness. That certainly applies here. Grumble Monkey Nick is angry outwardly, hiding his pain so deeply that he doesn’t even realize how much pain he is in, or why he reacts the way he does. When he has his epiphany, it’s an awwww moment, and he does exactly what I wanted him to do.
There was one shocking moment toward the end, something that Nick relates as part of the narrative, something that I didn’t see coming, but that fit overall with his characterization.
Kit is just so frakking happy most of the time, and innocent to a certain degree, and his character radiates that with most everything he does or says. He’s the perfect antidote to someone like Nick.
A really cute Christmas story, with two lovable characters and a sweet message overall.
I received a free ARC from the publisher. A positive review was not promised in return. This short novella is part of the Dreamspinner Press 2013 Advent Calendar which you can purchase here: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4506&cPath=62_981
Grumble Monkey and the Department Store Elf Has Been Released and Already Has A Five Star Review!
Book Review from Rainbow Book Reviews
If ‘Grumble Monkey and the Department Store Elf’ is a typical example of the writing style of B.G. Thomas, then I will definitely be reading more of this author’s work. He has incorporated two of my favorite types of characters, the grumpy curmudgeon, and the young, flamboyantly gay man. He has mixed them together on Christmas Eve, stuck driving together in horrible snow and sleet conditions, and shaken them up a bit to see what comes of the mixing. Ahhhh, such fun! Continue reading
Top 2 Bottom Reviews – Anything Could Happen
There is something so exquisitely inviting about the way in which B.G Thomas writes. From the first sentence to the last you are engaged, invested and involved with all of his characters both major and minor alike. The connection is tangible and is grounded in a sense of familiarity as we are reintroduced to old friends from his previous body of work. Anything Could Happen is about discovering through those around you exactly who you are. Continue reading
Cover Reveal! My Christmas Story, “Grumble Monkey & the Dept. Store Elf”
Is there anyway I could be happier with my new cover? I don’t think so! OMG!
It was created by the loverly and talented Paul Richmond and it in now way could convey my story any more than it already does. I am SO happy! Soo soooooo soooooooo happy!
Life is good!
And just wait to you read this story! You are going to love it!
Here is the blurb: Kit Jefferies, a part-time department store Christmas elf, is an artist who loves life and his family. Unfortunately, his car dies at a rest stop in the middle of nowhere as he is heading home for Christmas. Enter Nick St. George.
Nick is a very unhappy man—he’s achieved his professional goals only to find the rest of his life bleak and empty. Deciding there was only one way to make everything right, he is on his way to San Francisco on a dark mission, and even the horrible sleet storm that blocked his path won’t deter him. That’s when he found Kit.
At first, Nick is pretty sure rescuing Kit was a big mistake. Kit’s personality is just too, well, effervescent. But as the miles go by, Kit begins to bring light to his dark heart. It might even be bright enough to illuminate a Christmas miracle.
I hope you will enjoy it and I will let you know when it is available!
Namaste,
BG
Joyfully Jay Site Review: Anything Could Happen by B.G. Thomas
Five Stars!
What would it be like to grow up in a small town where neighbors turned a blind eye to the abuse that went on behind closed doors and you, yourself, had fallen in love with someone whom you might never openly be able to love? To make matters worse, what if the one you love was male, just like you, and in one night of reckless abandon you showed him just how much you wanted him? Then he ran, fled, not only your house, but the town itself, and no one knew where he was other than the name of the city to which he had flown. How could you let him go? What if he was just escaping the years of abuse in his own home, and was afraid to let his family know he too liked boys? What if he loved you too? All these questions and so many more plagued poor Austin Shelbourne the day he took off to Kansas City to find Todd, the boy he was so sure he was in love with and who quite possibly loved him in return. Continue reading
“The Boy Who Came In From the Cold” is a Rainbow Award Finalist!
Okay… I am sitting here, tears ready to roll, trembling with excitement and so stunned I can hardly find words…
My novel, “The Boy Who Came In From the Cold,” is a Finalist in the prestigious Rainbow Awards! It is in the category of “Best Contemporary Romance.”
I never thought I had a chance during the nomination period and here I am in the company with such writers as Amy Lane. Andrew Grey, Feliz Faber, Shira Anthony, Venona Keyes, Pd Singer, Sue Brown, Tj Klune, Heidi Cullinan, Marie Sexton, and Zahra Owens!
I don’t even know how to wrap my mind around it!
I know this much. Being a finalist with such writers makes me a winner already. I am so happy and so honored. OMGosh!
Thank you to the amazing Elisa of Eliza Reviews!
Thank you to all the judges!
Congratulations to all the writers, everyone, in every category!
(((HUGS))) and Namasté,
BG Thomas
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