The sequel to Discovery and the second book in the Inheritance series is now ready for beta readers! The planned release date is May 3, so I would need anyone who volunteers to beta read this short story to have their feedback submitted by April 26. It’s about 15K words and takes place immediately after Discovery. If you’re interested in giving it a read and leaving your feedback on what needs to be improved, I’d love to have you on the ARC team! Just send me a message and I’ll send you a link to a google doc that you can leave comments on.

Here’s the summary:

After finding Troy naked and locked in a secret room of their new home, Theo and Jun must work to acclimate to their new life together. They help Troy adjust to being a free man again, and Troy even finds himself enjoying the dominant role on occasion. Much to his surprise, Theo craves to submit to both he and Jun.

But a surprise visit from two men that Theo only barely remembers turns their whole world upside down. Jun knows what they’re here for, and it kindles a rage inside him that he hasn’t felt for a very long time. He is determined to keep his lovers safe, even if it means going against a promise he made to Theo.

Trigger/Content warnings – this story includes:
-explicit, kinky, gay male sex
-mentions/memories of kidnapping/imprisonment/human trafficking
-mentions/memories of abuse
-double penetration
-mentions/memories of brainwashing
-HFN/Happy for now ending

Ryders, check this out~! This month’s gay book promo is 100% Free! My ‘to be read’ list will never stop growing if I keep doing these group promos LMAO (not complaining btw, I love it!). Let me know which ones you get and how much you liked them. I love getting book recs from you!

Free LGBT Romances

Click here to read The Red Collar, Tokyo MPD Mysteries Book 1, by M. Kato!

I’ve got a couple more hot reads to share with you. This one is 100% on my TBR, and I can’t wait to have time to start it!

Chief Inspector Hayashi Teruo is short-tempered, impatient and a perfectionist. When another one of his partners resigns, Teruo is assigned a new one transferred from Hiroshima. But this comes with a condition: if his partner bails on Teruo before the end of the month, he risks demotion.

Miyazaki Shinji wants to forget the problems of his past, focus on his new position at Tōkyō MPD and work with the department’s best homicide detective. As a supernatural, Shinji speaks with ghosts of murder victims, gaining insight into the cases and solving them faster.

Before they get a chance to become acquainted, Teruo and Shinji are thrown into a new murder case. The body of a young man is found, killed with a weapon bearing a strange resemblance to a dog’s collar. As more victims are discovered, they need to dig deeper and find the connection between them.
While working on the case, Teruo and Shinji are caught into an irresistible attraction. But being partners on duty and lovers in bed isn’t easy. As Teruo slowly unravels Shinji’s secrets, he questions his partner’s integrity, while Shinji is caught in endless lies threatening his relationship with Teruo as lovers and coworkers.

Click here to read The Red Collar, Tokyo MPD Mysteries Book 1, by M. Kato!

I added an entire new page to my site with plenty of ways you can support me and independent authors like me without having to spend a dime! The graphic above shows the basics, but this page has a more in-depth description of how to do each one and why each one helps – https://ryderocox.com/best-free-ways-to-support-indie-authors/

No new questions this week in my NGL, but I do have some exciting news for me! If you want to send me a question to answer in the future, feel free to leave a reply to this blog. Or if you want to send anonymously you can use my NGL link – https://ngl.link/authorryderocox

Now for the exciting news… 

I have a girlfriend now! A friend who I’ve been spending lots of time with lately and who shares a lot of the same interests (and disabilities) asked me out and I said yes. She’s my first girlfriend and I’m all fluttery and excited and I just want to be around her all the time and it’s so hard to have to work instead of just snuggling and watching TV together LOL. I am feeling 100% how my characters in my stories feel – butterflies and blushing and everything whenever we’re together haha. She’s just so sweet and supportive and I could literally gush about here all day if you let me!