The Box of Nails Series

The Box of Nails series of books is once again available!

Devon used to be a server at the Hammer Club, the most exclusive BDSM club in town. But that was before he inherited a lot of money from his grandmother and decided to buy a big old house and convert it into apartments for Hammer Club waiters. It's hard to find decent, affordable housing and he wants to do something good for his fellow twinks. Unfortunately the house is in much worse repair than he knew when he bought it and he's slowly drowning under the weight of the demands from both the house, and the boys who live in it.

Enter Barney, the contractor Devon calls in for an emergency fix of the building's pipes. Barney's heard of the Hammer Club, in fact he's saving up for a membership, but it's going to take a while on his blue collar salary. He falls for Devon on the spot and can only hope the feeling is mutual. He also wants to make sure none of Devon’s twink friends are running roughshod over the man, and he’s determined to help.

Can they work together to find a way to keep Devon, and his old house, afloat?

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Jeff is the new manager of the house owners Dev and Barney are trying to create for the servers at the Hammer Club, and dealing with all those twinks is like herding cats. Still, he loves his new job, which is partly due to meeting hot, interesting sub, Paul.

Paul is Devvie's best friend, a bartender at the Hammer Club, and a sweet little bottom. He believes he breaks Doms, though, so when he falls for Jeff, he figures the best thing he can do is stay away. Jeff won't let him hide, and soon they're seeing each other, despite Paul's worries.

Can Jeff and Paul overcome the past and make a life together?

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Something terrible happened to Mike, and he’s been living in the attic of Devin and Barney’s house ever since. He’s shy, he’s scared and he cuts. Paul and Jeff do what they can to make sure his razors stay clean and that he’s fed, but they’re both worried that it’s not enough.

When Barney’s friend, police officer Angus, attends a summer party at the house, he catches sight of Mike in the shadows and is immediately drawn to the young man. Mike is clearly in need of help and that’s what Angus does best.

Will Mike let Angus in? And if he does, is there anything Angus can do to help Mike out of the nightmares of his past?

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Brad is crashing in his cousin Stephen's room while he tries to sort out his life. A perpetual student, he still hasn't settled on a major after a half dozen years at University. He loves learning, but so far that's the only thing that's been a good fit.

Dill is a full-time Dom who hasn't found the right sub yet. He's not worried about it -- he figures it'll eventually happen and in the meantime, there's plenty of boys at the Hammer Club who are eager to share a scene with an experienced master.

When Brad and Dill meet at a party at Barney and Devon's house for subs, the attraction is immediate and undeniable and Master Dill feels that Brad is the perfect sub for him. He also believes that as his submissive, Brad will learn the focus he needs to fulfill his potential and find satisfaction with his life. Now he just needs to help jack-of-all-trades Brad see they belong together.

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Sean
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Smutty Advent - Day 10

Day 10

Mikey finished hanging the Christmas lights as he waited for his Angus to come home. Their first Christmas together and Mikey wanted it to be nice, to be good for both of them.
Well, mainly for Angus.

When heard the key in the lock, he turned the house lights off so the Christmas lights would show more.

“Oh ho. It looks like Santa has been here!”

“Ho ho ho!” Mikey said, his smile easier every day Angus loved him.

“This is wonderful!” Angus put his gun in the lockbox in the desk drawer by the door and took off his shoes and his hat, then stepped farther into the room and opened his arms.

Mike launched himself over, his laugh muffled by his lover’s mouth. Angus kissed him eagerly, and held him close, held him safe from everything.

“Merry Christmas, Mike, thank you so much for bringing bright light to my life.”

“Thank you, Angus.”  For everything.

*** 

Angus got up early and slipped out of bed to start breakfast. He was going to bring Mikey his eggs and bacon in bed. A thank you for the wonderful decorations his boy had done all by himself. Angus was proud, really proud. His boy had come so far and took more steps every single day.

He said a little prayer of thanks to the universe for bringing him Mike and put a Christmas rose in a little vase, setting it on the edge of the tray. 

Time to show his thanks the bets way he knew how.

Mike and Angus are from Box of Nails: Making Repairs.

Something terrible happened to Mike, and he’s been living in the attic of Devin and Barney’s house ever since. He’s shy, he’s scared and he cuts. Paul and Jeff do what they can to make sure his razors stay clean and that he’s fed, but they’re both worried that it’s not enough.

When Barney’s friend, police officer Angus, attends a summer party at the house, he catches sight of Mike in the shadows and is immediately drawn to the young man. Mike is clearly in need of help and that’s what Angus does best.

Will Mike let Angus in? And if he does, is there anything Angus can do to help Mike out of the nightmares of his past?

Sean

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where the naughty boys come... and play

Smutty Advent - Day 9

Day 9

Dill smiled to himself as he worked on an article about figging for a holiday edition of a BDSM blog he contributed to. Brad had been researching this one over the last few days and his boy had been wriggling in his seat and turned on the entire time, though Brad would never admit it, of course. Still, the research had been thorough enough -- far more in depth than was strictly necessary -- that Dill knew it hadn't just been his imagination.

There was Christmas music playing and if he wasn't mistaken, he could smell gingerbread or ginger cookies baking. At any rate, Brad had gone shopping this morning and obviously ginger was on his mind. Dill hoped there was a good sized finger of it that hadn't been used because he had every intention of testing out Brad's research.

He hit save on his article and followed his nose to the kitchen. Brad had the table set for a seduction, the good plates out, candles lit, wine glasses and a bottle of red breathing on the far end of the table. And now that he was in the kitchen, he could smell a roast cooking as well, and if he knew his boy, there would be potatoes and vegetables roasting right along with the meat. It would be a meal fit for a king.

And after, there would be ginger and his sweet boy bent over the table.

Grinning, he he went over to give his boy a holiday kiss.


Dill and Brad are also Box of Nails boys -- their story is the latest in the series - Jack of All Trades.

Brad is crashing in his cousin Stephen's room while he tries to sort out his life. A perpetual student, he still hasn't settled on a major after a half dozen years at University. He loves learning, but so far that's the only thing that's been a good fit.

Dill is a full-time Dom who hasn't found the right sub yet. He's not worried about it -- he figures it'll eventually happen and in the meantime, there's plenty of boys at the Hammer Club who are eager to share a scene with an experienced master.

When Brad and Dill meet at a party at Barney and Devon's house for subs, the attraction is immediate and undeniable and Master Dill feels that Brad is the perfect sub for him. He also believes that as his submissive, Brad will learn the focus he needs to fulfill his potential and find satisfaction with his life. Now he just needs to help jack-of-all-trades Brad see they belong together.


Sean
smut fixes everything
where the naughty boys come... and play

Smutterday - Day 8

Day 8

Barney and Jeff organized the decorating of the House of Subs. Well, Barney had bought all the decorations along with his sweet boy, then he’d suggested that Jeff put together a decorating party.

It was a big hit. A big, noisy, messy hit, but everyone seemed to be having a good time, and the place was actually getting decorated, looking more and more like Christmas every moment.

Barney grabbed his soda and sat, watching his boy help with the tree.

Jeff threw Barney a mock glare as he broke up a fight over whether to just throw the tinsel on the big tree in the middle of the common area, or to put it on one strand at a time. Jeff finally ordered it go on a strand at a time, but that there should be a half dozen or so strands per branch. Barney approved.

Devvie bounced over to him, a bunch of mistletoe in hand. “Look what I found!”

Oh God, he could just imagine how much trouble the boys were going to get into with that hanging around. Of course he and Devvy had each other to get in trouble with. Smiling, he tugged Devvy into his lap and brought their mouths together.

He heard the laughter as someone stole the mistletoe from his boy. It didn't matter, though, he could have kisses all the time with or without mistletoe intervention.

***

The decorating party finally wound down, the boys dispersing to their rooms or sitting quietly together in the common room. He had to admit that the place looked nice, the lights on the tree brightening the whole place up. He was ready to retire with his Paul, though. He frowned as he looked around, his boy nowhere to be seen. Maybe one of the boys had needed some one-on-one time with Paul - sometimes they were more comfortable talking to another sub before coming to him.

He murmured goodnight to the room in general and headed toward his and Paul's little apartment. If Paul was gone for too long, he'd send a quick text to his boy to make sure everything was okay.

He went in and gasped, standing in the doorway with his mouth hanging open. Their place had been decorated as well, as if by magic, though of course he knew it had been the magic of Paul rather than the magic of Christmas. There was a little tree in the corner, twinkling with lights and decorations and tinsel, and classical music played softly in the background.

Paul came into the room, offering him a warm smile. "I have oil warming, would like a massage, Master?"

Nodding, Jeff closed the door. "I'd like a kiss from the most perfect boy ever first, but then yes, I'd love one."

Paul flew into his arm.



Barney and Devon are from This Old House while Jeff and Paul are from This Young Stud, both from the Box of Nails series..

Devon used to be a server at the Hammer Club, the most exclusive BDSM club in town. But that was before he inherited a lot of money from his grandmother and decided to buy a big old house and convert it into apartments for Hammer Club waiters. It's hard to find decent, affordable housing and he wants to do something good for his fellow twinks. Unfortunately the house is in much worse repair than he knew when he bought it and he's slowly drowning under the weight of the demands from both the house, and the boys who live in it.

Enter Barney, the contractor Devon calls in for an emergency fix of the building's pipes. Barney's heard of the Hammer Club, in fact he's saving up for a membership, but it's going to take a while on his blue collar salary. He falls for Devon on the spot and can only hope the feeling is mutual. He also wants to make sure none of Devon’s twink friends are running roughshod over the man, and he’s determined to help.

Can they work together to find a way to keep Devon, and his old house, afloat?

Jeff has hired on as the manager of the house owners Dev and Barney are trying to create for the servers at the Hammer Club, and dealing with all those twinks is like herding cats. Still, he loves his new job, which is partly due to meeting hot, interesting sub, Paul.

Paul is Devvie's best friend, a bartender at the Hammer Club, and a sweet little bottom. He believes he breaks Doms, though, so when he falls for Jeff, he figures the best thing he can do is stay away. Jeff won't let him hide, and soon they're seeing each other, despite Paul's worries.

Can Jeff and Paul overcome the past and make a life together?


Sean
smut fixes everything
where the naughty boys come... and play

Throwback Thursday - The Hammer Club Series

Today only the Hammer Club novels are on sale - there's a 25% rebate over on All Romance Ebooks. I believe the sale ends at midnight (central time) tonight. So I thought it made the perfect opportunity to make the Hammer Club books my Throwback Thursday for this week.

I've mentioned before but the whole Hammer Club grew out of a tiny cameo that Jim and Marcus had in a short story set in the Between Friends universe. Peter and Sammy visit a friend of Peter's who is a leather artist to pick out a whip and Jim answers the door. And BAM! I knew I had to write Jim and his master's story. You can find that short story here: Testing Leather. (The Between Friends books are the first series listed on my book page.)

So Bent was the first book I wrote and the guys just wouldn't shut up. It's a long one and every now and then the guys poke me to write the rest of their story. I think if I let them, I could be writing them for the rest of my life. Not a bad thing, I just haven't had a chance to do anything like that yet. Too many men, too little time!

Sidenote - Bent is one of my favorite covers ever. It's just perfect.

When Montana and Billy showed up, they took place well before the events of Bent - Tanny and Jim are close in age, but Billy found Montana when he was 18, while Marcus found Jim when he was in his late twenties.

Most of the other books all take place after Bent and can be safely read in the order they were written. The notable exception is Push, which takes place shortly after the Montana and Billy books, and Drawn takes place before Montana and Billy. But at the same time, I don't think reading them out of order would leave anyone confused, aside of course from the three Montana and Billy books that have to be read in order - Found, Snared and Owned.

Then there's the two side series that the Hammer Club inspired - the Briar Rose books, which follow from Sold - Adam and Matt go to the east coast and start their BDSM B&B (say that ten times fast!) - and the Box of Nails books which came out of the idea in Trust that the workers at the Hammer Club are often not very well off and the cheaper areas to live around the club aren't the best neighborhoods, so when Devin came into some money, he bought this big old dilapidated house near the club and turned it into the 'sub house' where Hammer Club subs could find cheap, safe lodging and have like-minded boys to share their off-time with.

Needless to say, I will be forever grateful for that little cameo by Jim and Marcus.

Hell, the Between Friends series began when I got this flash of an image in my head of two couples sitting on the couch talking about their love life and it spawned four novels. I suppose that's really where it all began!

Anyway as I'm often asked about a reading order, I thought I'd give one here. As I always say, I'd start with Bent, even though it isn't the first chronologically, just because it was the first one I wrote and I think it works well as an introduction to the series. From there, I'd work chronologically. If I were to place Bent in chronologically, it would go after Push.

Bent
Drawn
Found
Snared
Owned
Push
Baked
Forged
Spoken
Control
Christmas Auction
New: The Two of Swords
Toy Box: Submission
Toy Box: Domination
Burn
Christmas Angel
Little Jamie
Sold
Better Than Friends
Gravity
Christmas Homecoming
Solitary
Trust
Taking Inventory
Switch
Beaten, a Hammer Novel
Treat
Renew
Hitched
Flair (Bar None anthology)
Top Bidder
Deeper
The Games We Play (Take it Like a Man Anthology)
Put a Ring on It (They Do M/M Anthology)
New Toys
Cream
Screwdrivers
Need for Sale
Combine (coming December 9!)


Sean
smut fixes everything
where the naughty boys come and play

Smutterday - Box of Nails: Jack of All Trades

The latest Box of Nails book came out this past Wednesday and I'm really happy with how it turned out. It's a lot of fun doing the stories for this 'sidequel' Hammer series. A boy new to the whole BDSM scene turned up for this - heck, he doesn't think he has a kinky bone in his body. He is in for a surprise!

Box of Nails: Jack of All Trades

Brad is crashing in his cousin Stephen's room while he tries to sort out his life. A perpetual student, he still hasn't settled on a major after a half dozen years at University. He loves learning, but so far that's the only thing that's been a good fit.

Dill is a full-time Dom who hasn't found the right sub yet. He's not worried about it -- he figures it'll eventually happen and in the meantime, there's plenty of boys at the Hammer Club who are eager to share a scene with an experienced master.

When Brad and Dill meet at a party at Barney and Devon's house for subs, the attraction is immediate and undeniable and Master Dill feels that Brad is the perfect sub for him. He also believes that as his submissive, Brad will learn the focus he needs to fulfill his potential and find satisfaction with his life. Now he just needs to help jack-of-all-trades Brad see they belong together.

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smutty excerpt:

The other doors had numbers on them and they stopped at the one marked three, Dill opening it up and flooding it with light.

He was expecting a dungeon -- hard and black and janky. Filthy. Instead, it was a bright room with a bed, clean sheets, cream-colored walls, and a pair of easy chairs by a coffee table. There was also an armoire against the far wall.

"It looks so normal."

"What were you expecting?" Dill asked him, closing the door and setting the key on the little table next to it. There was a basket there, full of condoms and small tubes of lube with the club's name and logo on it.

"I don't know, honestly. Something from a Nine Inch Nails video?"

"I love them," Dill told him. "The driving beat is awesome for strong scenes."

Brad went to one of the chairs, sat. "That's like kinky stuff without sex, right?"

"Scenes can involve sex -- it depends on who is doing it, why they're doing it and what they want out of it."

He sipped his Coke. "So, do you have sex here a lot?" It was a fair question, right?

"No, I don't. Most of my scenes don't usually involve sex."

That led to an inevitable question. "What do they involve?"

"Discipline, pain, pleasure."

That was code for "that's none of your business".

"Ah. Do you, uh, have a list of guys?"

Dill shook his head. "I've done scenes with some of the members here, but I haven't found the person I'm looking for. My special someone. And that's what I want, someone special instead of random men. Then my scenes will involve sex."

"That's cool to know. I'm not... I'm a serial monogamist, I think. I have a lover and I keep them until they go." He'd had a couple of serious guys, but they didn't last. He wasn't easy.

"Have they always been the one to go?" Dill sat in the other chair and patted his lap. "Come sit while we talk."

"On your lap?" How intimate was that?

"Please." That heated look was back in Dill's eyes.

"Okay. Yeah." He moved over, perched on Dill's thighs. Dill's arm slid around his waist, hand landing on his thigh.

"Now. You were telling me about these lovers who left," Dill prompted.

"Oh, I've had a couple of serious guys, you know?" Mistakes.

"They didn't work out, hmm?"

"Nope." He wasn't stable or grown up or normal or ambitious or whatever enough.

"I'm sorry, Brad." Dill shook his head. "Wait. No, I'm not sorry. Because if any of them had worked out, we wouldn't be here now."

That was an honest answer, wasn't it? "I guess you take the good with the bad."

"And I think you're very good."

Dill kissed him, tongue sliding along his lips. Like at the cookout, these kisses were addictive, drugging, and they made him ache inside. They were why he'd come, after all. At least in a large part. And they went on and on, Dill masterful.

He began to kiss Dill back, moaning and breathing into Dill's lips. Grabbing one of his legs, Dill encouraged him to straddle Dill's lap. That brought his cock in contact with Dill's belly. Oh. Oh, damn.

Groaning, Dill put a hand behind his head, holding it there as Dill deepened the kiss. A dull heat began to grow in his belly, his cock pressing against his zipper.

"You make me hard, Brad. You make me want. Deeply."

He knew that Dill could tell that it was the same for him, that he was hard, needing.

Dill slid a hand along his spine, from his neck to his ass, fingers curling around it. The most natural action on earth seemed to be to relax, accept it. Dill massaged his ass, fingers strong, firm. Tingles shot up along his legs, into his belly.

Lips parting from his, Dill pressed their foreheads together. "I want more than kisses."

"Uh-huh. I want to orgasm together."

Dill smiled. "That sounds perfect."

"Like that we're on the same page."

"Me, too. Bed?"

"Yeah." Okay, stand up. Stand up, Brad told himself.

Dill stood, hands beneath his ass. Oh God, Dill was so strong. It didn't feel like Dill was in danger of dropping him, at all.

"Careful!" So hot.

"I might be shorter than you, but I'm plenty strong." Dill carried him to the bed and laid him down carefully.

"You're amazing." That was sexy as hell.

"Thank you." No false modesty, but not arrogant, either.

The more he learned about Dill, the more Brad liked the man. "Is Dill your first name?" He'd never fucked a guy that he didn't know the name of.

"It's short for Dillinger, and yes, it is."

"Dillinger. That's amazing." That was a fabulous name.

"You think so?"

"I do. I'm a Bradley."

"No one's ever called you Lee?"

"Lee? No. No, I've always been a Brad." He reached up, let his hands slide up along that ripped belly.

Groaning, Dill pulled his t-shirt off, giving Brad access to his skin.

"Mmm. Thank you." Okay, that was a wet dream.

Dill's body was like a brick shithouse, all muscles and warm, smooth skin, and Brad explored, tracing ribs and abs, the tight nipples. Dill made great noises for him. Groans, moans, sweet sighs.

"No ink?" Brad could get that. If he had a body like that, he wouldn't do anything to distract from it.

"Never had anything I wanted permanently."

"I can understand that." Perfectly.

"Your turn," Dill told him, nodding at his t-shirt.

"I'm skinny," he warned, pulling his own t-shirt off.

"And you think it's a problem?"

"I think it's different from you."

"I'm not looking for someone like me," Dill noted.

"No?" He wasn't either. He wasn't sure he was looking at all.

"Take it off, Brad. I want to see."

Sean

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