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JL Merrow is that rare beast, an English person who refuses to drink tea. She read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, where she learned many things, chief amongst which was that she never wanted to see the inside of a lab ever again. Her one regret is that she never mastered the ability of punting one-handed whilst holding a glass of champagne.

She writes across genres, with a preference for contemporary gay romance and the paranormal, and is frequently accused of humour. Her novella Muscling Through was a 2013 EPIC Award finalist, and her novel Slam! won the 2013 Rainbow Award for Best LGBT Romantic Comedy. Her novel Relief Valve is a finalist in the 2015 EPIC Awards.

JL Merrow is a member of the UK GLBTQ Fiction Meet organising team.

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Zig’s trying to build a life for himself after falling in with the wrong crowd in his teens. When his no-good dad threatens to force him back into crime, he runs all the way to Glastonbury. He’s just hoping his former sweetheart —whom he’s always remembered as the one good man he knows—won’t slam t

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	Muscling Through 3.95 avg rating — 6,396 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pressure Head (The Plumber's Mate #1) 3.89 avg rating — 5,094 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Relief Valve (The Plumber's Mate #2) 3.97 avg rating — 2,490 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pricks and Pragmatism (Southampton Stories #1) 3.63 avg rating — 2,608 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hard Tail (Southampton Stories #2) 3.78 avg rating — 2,414 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heat Trap (The Plumber’s Mate, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 1,892 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blow Down (The Plumber's Mate, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 1,453 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caught! (The Shamwell Tales, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,473 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slam! 3.68 avg rating — 1,204 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lock Nut (The Plumber's Mate Mysteries, #5) 4.15 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It's sad to fall asleep. It separates people. Even when you're sleeping together, you're all alone.”
― J.L. Merrow, Pricks and Pragmatism

tags: loneliness, sleeplessness

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“Please go" he said. "Just take my money - take anything - and go"
I didn't get why he wanted me to take something, but he seemed really worried about it. So I looked around, and he had a bowl of fruit on the side, so I grabbed an apple, 'cause I always get hungry after I've been drinking.
"I'll take this, okay?" Then I left him there, but I took the knives and I hid them in the hall cupboard, just in case.”
― J.L. Merrow, Muscling Through

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“I was thinking of Cambridge, and then I got a bit homesick for a minute, 'cause I never been this far away from home before. But the I remember you're here, and now I'm not homesick no more.”
― J.L. Merrow, Muscling Through

tags: home, lovers

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“My mom told me once—relationships end until the one that doesn’t. So you can’t be sad, really. Because if the wrong ones didn’t end, you wouldn’t be available when the right one came along.”
― Eli Easton, The Mating of Michael

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“I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

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message 7: by J.L.

Feb 11, 2013 11:33AM

Hi Susan - thanks for the friend req!
Nice to meet you. :D

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message 6: by Susan

Feb 11, 2013 11:31AM

Thanks you for accepting my friendship, J.L. I look forward to getting to know you better. :)

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message 5: by J.L.

Jan 28, 2013 08:30AM

Eli wrote: "I was just browsing Carina Press's website and saw you have a new novella out today -- Trick of Time. Congrats!"

Thank you! :)
Yes, it's a busy month for me - 2 more on Wednesday! ;)

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message 4: by Eli

Jan 28, 2013 07:55AM