This is an update on my books. I realise that I have not posted for quite a while, unfortunately my time and energy has been filled with other things. As such, I feel that now is a good time to post what is going on with my books, website and myself.

My website:

As has been noted, the www.ljlabarthe.com website is now down. I decided not to renew it when the bill came in and let the site die, because of the situation with my books. I am unsure at this point whether or not it will go back up in the future. At the moment, I feel that my Dreamwidth account will suffice for now.

Less Than Three Press:

It was with great sadness that I was told of the closing of LT3; a feeling shared by many I have no doubt. They were one of the first to publish me, with a little story about an angel and his human lover in their angel anthology. With my rights reverted back to me, I am pondering what to do with them, though I am considering that I will most likely publish the trilogy I was aiming (hoping!) to publish with them. I hope that another publisher will take them on, although I am waiting to get some editing and beta'ing done on books two and three respectively before putting out the feelers on those. At this time, however, all my books with LT3 have been pulled and are no longer for sale.

I will miss working with LT3, they were a great indie publisher, very no-nonsense and very approachable. They were willing to take risks and publish good quality work, to provide excellent editing services and tremendous art. I will always treasure the covers done for me by Aisha, her art always took my breath away and exceeded every expectation and hope I could have. I always felt that this publisher had my back and the backs of all their signed authors and I will miss them.

Dreamspinner Press:

Several weeks ago, I asked for my rights back. I have recieved them. I don't know what I'll do with those books, I am considering self-publishing City of Jade, my historical set on the Silk Road during the time of the Byzantine Empire, and perhaps, if life gets quite a bit less hectic, the Archangel books, but condensing them considerably so that they are three books instead of nine. Beyond that, I think the rest of my books would be best left to retire.

Dreamspinner were also one of the first publishers to sign me, for a Daily Dose collection. I was very blessed to have a wonderful editor in Erika, and the amazing art of both Anne Cain and Reese Dante for the majority of my books. I'm also grateful to Elizabeth for agreeing to let me put together an all Australian anthology, Under the Southern Cross, and to Anne Regan for assisting us in doing it, and Lynn West for editing.

I'm sad it's come to this, but I feel that it's the right outcome for everyone.

The future:

As I do/don't release things, there will of course be updates here, on my Twitter (brbsiberia), my Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/lj.labarthe.9) and my Instagram (ljstar239). If you're interested in my daily life of cats, retweets and randomness, please feel free to follow me on Twitter and Instagram; if you have a Dreamwidth account or Livejournal account (I use the same name there), feel free to follow me. Everything from Dreamwidth is copied to my LJ account.

Thank you everyone for the past years of support, reading, feedback and reviews. I wish you all the very best for the future and I hope to see you in bookshelves soon. <3

All this week, all my books are on sale at 40% off on the Dreamspinner Press website. You can get there by clicking this: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/AuthorArcade/lj-labarthe or clicking the below image. It's a good time to get a bargain!

It's a hot day here in Adelaide. That's okay though, as my latest book and first release for 2016 is out today! Song of Song is out with Dreamspinner Press (it's the 18th here, so it counts, even though it won't be the 18th in the US until tomorrow here) and you can get it here in your choice of ebook or paperback.

And that's not all that's happening today. My niece is having her baby, her fourth child! She's gone into hospital with her husband and the whole family are waiting by our phones to hear if she has a boy or a girl. I'm about to be a great-aunt... again!

Brick by Brick co-authored with Cate Ashwood has won an Honorable Mention in its area of best gay contemporary romance in the 2015 Rainbow Awards. Thank you so much!

The comments for this one are so lovely, again, thank you. "This story is like the most delicious dessert for the brain! How beautifully written it was and what a great romance between these two so likeable men! This is for sure a well deserved ten across the board. Nothing less will do for this beautiful story. It's such a delight when one comes across a story so well written, a story that wraps you up in the softest wool cotton keeping you warm way after 'The End'. More stories like this one need to come out. So, I suggest to these two wonderful Authors to Get Going! I Want More!!!"

And don't worry, we two authors are working on more stuff together. :D

The final book in the Archangel Chronicles will be released on the 2nd. It's available for preorder now on the Dreamspinner site, but it is indeed the last one.

I have been so incredibly lucky to be able to write this seriews and have it find its home with DSP. I began them wanting to write about Archangels and Archdemons and how the two ancient enemies would interact in crisis that were bigger than their animosities. I also wanted to develop romantic relationships within that framework, and the main one is that of Archangels Michael and Gabriel.

Theirs is a love that is essentially "friends to lovers." I'm sure many--if not all--of us have had a crush on someone and kept it as quiet as possible for various reasons, and in Michael's case it's purely a lack of self-confidence. He doesn't feel that the dashing, handsome, outgoing Gabriel would have any interest in him at all. He hides it so well, so deep within himself that it's kept buried for centuries. Michael is shy and retiring, keeping himself separate from the rest of the Brotherhood and so it isn't until a meeting of all of the Archangels that Gabriel catches his attention and is drawn to Michael more than ever before. A slow and gentle courtship begins as the two open up more and more to each other, their relationship and their love growing.

Of course, nothing is ever easy and there is always some plotting or misdeeds that interfere with the path of true love.

Now, with nine books in the series, everything is over and with a happy end for everyone--except the bad guys.

I hope everyone has been with these characters since the first book will enjoy the last and I hope that new readers of the series will enjoy it just as much.

Thank you to all my readers, past, present and future; to Elizabeth and DSP for publishing the series; to Cate and Meredith for beta'ing; to Ericka, Lynn, Ian and the editing staff; Anne for the amazing covers. <3 <3 <3

The Archangel Chronicles can be bought here.

Reading order:

1. No Quarter
2. No Surrender, No Retreat
3. No Shadows Fall
4. The Wind-up Forest
5. The Crystal Lake
6. The Bone Cup
7. A Shot in the Dark
8. A Fire in the Heart
9. A Candle in the Sun

I'm pimping the backlist over at Rick R. Reed's place today, so come on down and say hello and read a bit about City of Jade.

http://rickrreedreality.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/good-karma-good-books-city-of-jade-by.html

Waiting for the Moon and You has been included as one of the ten books in the top ten list of great reads for summer at Gay ET News. You can see the other books listed and WFTMAY as well, right here.

For the release of the anthology, Piece Us Back Together, which features novellas by myself, Cate Ashwood and Raine O'Tierney, there is a blog tour going on. Thanks so much to Cate and Will for putting this all together for us. It's amazing! I'll update the URLs as each post goes up, so far it's the first day so the two first ones are up.



We got amazing covers from Paul Richmond for this collection and if you'd like more information about each of the novellas and the collection as a whole, just hop on over to here.

Tour Dates & Stops:

6-May

Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words: http://scatteredthoughtsandroguewords.com/2015/05/06/3-amazing-authors-3-books-to-rip-at-your-hearts-its-the-piece-me-back-together-anthology-tour-with-author-interview-and-giveaway/

Wicked Faerie's Tales and Reviews http://wickedfaeriesreviews.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/piece-us-back-together-by-cate-ashwood.html

7-May

Vampires, Werewolves, and Fairies, Oh My http://vampireswerewolvesfairiesohmy.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/piece-us-back-together-blog-tour.html

MM Good Book Reviews https://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/piece-us-back-together-anthology-blog-tour-excerpt-review-giveaway/

Bayou Book Junkie http://www.bayoubookjunkie.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/special-virtual-tour-piece-us-back.html

13-May

Amanda C. Stone http://www.amandastonebooks.com/2015/05/cate-ashwood-l-j-labarthe-and-raine-otierneys-piece-us-back-together/

Bike Book Reviews bikebookreviews.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/piece-us-back-together-blog-tour-stop.html
Hearts on Fire http://heartsonfirereviews.com/36063/

14-May

Carly’s Book Reviews http://www.carlysbookreviews.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/piece-us-back-together.html

Molly Lolly https://mollylollyauthor.wordpress.com/2015/05/14/review-guest-post-and-giveaway-piece-us-back-together-anthology/

20-May

Decadent Delights http://www.machurch00.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/pride-promotions-presents-piece-us-back_20.html

TTC Books and More http://www.ttcbooksandmore.com/2015/05/piece-us-back-together-blog-tour.html

Prism Book Alliance http://www.prismbookalliance.com/2015/05/raine-otierney-l-j-labarthe-cate-ashwood-on-piece-us-back-together-blog-tour-excerpt-guest-blog-rafflecopter-giveaway/

21-May

Inked Rainbow Reads http://www.inkedrainbowreads.com/piece-us-back-together-by-cate-ashwood-l-j-labarthe-and-raine-otierney-mm-romance-raineotierney-brbsiberia-cateashwood/

Love Bytes http://lovebytesreviews.com/2015/05/21/blog-tour-interview-excerpt-giveaway-piece-us-back-together/

BFD Book Blog http://bfdbookblog.net/2015/05/virtual-tour-stop-including-author-qa-excerpt-giveaway-piece-us-back-together-by-raine-otierney-l-j-labarthe-and-cate-ashwood/

Chris McHart http://chrismchart.com/2015/05/21/piece-us-back-together-bt/

It's coming soon, but first, here is the cover. This is a contemporary m/m romance written by myself and good friend and colleague, Cate Ashwood. The cover art was done for us by Bree Archer. The book is being published by Dreamspinner Press.

Blurb: They say that time heals all wounds, but losing Parley, his one true love, left Zach with a hole in his heart that no one else can fill. After forty-eight blissful hours alone together as teens in an abandoned house, Parley disappeared. Parley is what he is, and the pray-away-the-gay camp his parents ship him to won’t change that. However, finding the balance between accepting his true nature and not losing his family means tough sacrifices.

Sixteen years later, Zach is thunderstruck when Parley stands on the front doorstep of his house—the house that had been their refuge, which Zach restored. But Parley isn’t alone, and Zach wonders if he’s found Parley only to lose him a second time. If they can overcome the terrors of the past and the situation of the present, maybe they can build a new relationship just as Zach rebuilt the house—brick by brick.

Cover:




Isn't it lovely? We're very lucky. :D

I'm at Tempe O' Reilly's today, answering ten questions about A Shot in the Dark and other things too! Drop in and say hi!

http://tempesteoriley.com/interview-with-guestauthor-l-j-labarthe/