Anyta Sunday's Blog - Posts Tagged "friends-to-lovers"

The first of a new "Friends-to-Lovers" series. Taboo For You . . .

Sam’s freaking out. He’s 30 in three weeks. And what has he done in his twenties? It’s pretty simple math: nothing exciting at all. But hey, he has three weeks right? Maybe that’s just enough time to tick his way through a 20s Must Do List . . .

Luke’s freaking screwed. He’s come out to his family, and his friends. Except there’s a certain someone who doesn’t know yet: his neighbor of 7 years. Who also happens to be his best friend. Who Luke needs to tell the truth, but he just . . . can’t . . . seem to . . .

Jeremy’s freaking over-the-moon. It’s the countdown to his 15th birthday, and his goal is simple. No matter what, he’s going to spend heaps of time with saucy Suzy. But first he needs to get his over-protective, no-girlfriend-‘cause-you’ll-get-her-pregnant parents off his back. And what better way than pretending he’s gay?

Sam, Luke, and Jeremy. Three guys who have a lot of history together, and a lot of future too—

—well, if they can sort out their issues, that is.


A Friends to Lovers novel.

***Out Now***

Taboo For You is now available on Kindle, via Smashwords in most electronic formats (epub, mobi, pdf, html and more), and at All Romance.

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So yeah . . .

I had a bunch of stories swimming around in my head and was lost as to where to start. I showed my darling hubby the list and his response was immediate.

He wanted me to write a story about a single dad, who wants to reclaim his twenties. So I did that for him and it resulted in the story Taboo For You.

The idea was inspired partly from my own family--a couple of whom know what it's like to have kids in their teens, and who have worked/are working their asses off to get somewhere in life. One went from a school drop-out to becoming a single mom, working to scrape together enough for the family, and then going back to uni to study and eventually earn a PhD. She is such an inspiration to me. I see her and know that if I really want something, and am willing to work for it, I can get places too. She is extremely successful now, and I'm so proud to be her daughter.

While writing this, I was hoping that things might turn out so well for a sibling of mine who is going through a similar life trial. So I wanted the book to be hopeful and light, and full of that wonderful fantasy that is the HEA.

With the help of my amazing editing team, Teresa Crawford, Lynda Lamb, HJS Editing, and my beta readers we made that book happen. Thank you guys so much! There was one particular Skype call that really steered me on track for this story when I got to the 'shit-where-is-this-story-going?-It's-all-crap' stage. So, cheers, Teresa.

Yeah, so that's about it. Though I'll add that this is the start of a "friends-to-lovers" series (or in some cases ex-friends-to-lovers), and all stories will be standalone.

For a chance to win a free electronic copy of the book, check out my website and leave a comment giving your opinion on one of the following questions. (Interpret as you like.)

In your opinion . . . What draws you in to a romance book? What makes a romance story a satisfying read?

(All names will be put into my son's old Halloween hat on Friday 12th of June, and he'll have the honors fishing for the winner.)

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Taboo For You is available at Amazon, All Romance, and Smashwords.

Rock.

Sometimes there are stories that you don’t ask to write, but that call to you, demanding to be written. This is how I felt with rock.
If I really think about it, Cooper and Jace have been lurking in my mind for a couple of years now. Slowly their story has been coming to me in bits and pieces, but nothing that really made sense. It was just . . . a feeling that one day, their story needed to be written.

And then I was listening to the radio and this song came on and everything crashed into place, and I couldn’t get to the computer fast enough.

Cooper and Jace are beautiful souls, and it was a privilege to write their story, I hope I gave it even a fraction of the love that these boys have for each other.



Big thank you to the following people for working with me to make the book shine.

Natasha Snow for the wonderful cover art. I cannot say how perfectly it captures the mood and romance of the book! Also thank you for the help reworking the end scenes of this story!

Teresa Crawford, thanks for working through the major plot kinks and how to work Cooper and Jace’s story so that it flows.

HJS Editing for going through and really scrubbing up the text. Big thanks, especially since the present tense isn’t your favorite to work with!

Lynda Lamb—cheers for proofreading the story, and for forgiving me for needing to write this book, when I have so many other books In Progress. ;)

Thank you my wonderful beta readers: Vicki, Sunne, Mishyjo, and Maria for text reading and catching slip-ups.

You guys are AWESOME. I’m so, so lucky that you put in your time and energy to help!

Rock is now available over Amazon.
In three months it will also be available via allromance/smashwords. If you would like to purchase an epub or PDF copy of the book before then, feel free to mail me at anytasunday (at) gmail.com. :D

Updated 7/12/16 to add group illustration of Cerdic, Rye, Prince Drake, Princess Alyssa, Kaitlyn and Milo:




Character art designed by Maria Gandolfo.
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[Cerdic] “I thought we were past this. I’m real.”
“Yeah, yeah. You and the dragons.”
“That’s right.”
Rye very slowly raised his head. “You’ve seen dragons?”
Cerdic stared at him. “I am one.”

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The Telluric people live in the four hidden kingdoms: Summer, Winter, Spring and Autumn, tasked with keeping Earth’s seasons in balance.
Forced into hiding during the crusades, their lore burned to ashes alongside many loved ones, the Tellurics work their magic unremembered by our world.
Through generations of secrecy, knowledge of their world has withered, with few warriors venturing outside the kingdoms to procure elements needed for their survival.


So excited to announce that the first book of my Telluric Realm trilogy has been released!

A companion website to the Telluric Realm trilogy-- delving more into the history, society, and magic of the Telluric peoples--comes out May 2nd.

This book is rich on the fantasy (and boy did I have fun with that!), and there are three very slow-burn love stories that will/are developing over the course of the trilogy (two gay and one lesbian) with friends-to-lovers and enemies-to-lovers tropes. <3

Big Thank Yous to all those who helped make this book possible! :) You're awesome!

And cheers again to Natasha Snow for the lovely cover art!

Oh, and in case you're wondering: Baby is doing well! :D

I can’t believe it’s already been two years since rock came out – it was released October 1st, 2014. Oh and I can still remember the writing rush, it just streamed out of me. When a book needs to be written there’s nothing to stop it (just ask my husband how much he saw of me during that time ;).

The reception of rock has also been nothing short of amazing – it’s by far my bestselling book, and has gotten so many lovely reviews. For all that love and support, I want to send a huge THANK YOU to all of you for reading rock! I’m so glad that it resonated with you. (I also hope it will resonate with my German readers – the translation is being readied for a December release!)

So happy book birthday, rock! To celebrate, rock will be available FOR FREE on Amazon November 1st – 5th! Additionally, I will tweet and facebook a quote from rock every day for the next couple of weeks. And I’d love to hear from you: what is your favorite rock quote? What does this book mean to you?

Hugs, Anyta

I am so excited - my latest novel is finally out!!! Thanks so much to everyone involved - Heather for the fantastic copy editing, Sunne & Vicky for the beta reading, Teresa for the content editing & Natasha for the cover art. Also, the book features Leo and Aries sketches by Maria Gandolfo. And last not least, big cheers to all the proof readers - you know who you are :D

As I said before, I really wanted to write a very sweet and light to warm the heart in these difficult times. This one's definitely no angst, with a big HEA. I really hope you'll enjoy it!

BTW, I'm trying NetGalley for this book, so if you're using them, you can get a review copy by clicking on this link.

This nemesis thing had never been so hard to navigate in Percy’s life.


"Scorpio Hates Virgo", book 2 in my sweet & light-hearted contemporary gay romance series “Signs of Love”, is coming September 1st, as a Kindle / KU e-book and paperback!

If you’ve enjoyed "Leo Loves Aries", you can look forward to a slow burn, will-they-or-won’t-they romance, full of sarcastic banter and a delicious slice of unresolved sexual tension.

For Pride Month, I’ve got a nice re-release of my first contemporary gay romance series, “Enemies to Lovers” in store – all four books (and a novella) in one e-book box set! This one is not KU exclusive, but will be available on all platforms – it’s already on Smashwords now and will be on Kobo, iBooks, you name it shortly!

Light hearted, sweet, new adult gay romance stories of guys turning from enemies to lovers.