Celebrating Independence Blog Hop

On Wednesday, July 4th,  the United States of America will celebrate its 236th birthday as an independent nation. America, you've come a long way, baby.

I'm  not going to pretend that this country is perfect, or that it's the best that ever was. Sure, it has problems, but what country doesn't? But I believe that if everyone pulls together, these can be overcome. The important thing is to remember that we are Americans, that people fought and died for our right to be here, and we should be proud of who we are.

It's also important to remember that we're not here alone, and that for mankind as a whole to succeed, everybody on this planet needs to work together and put aside their differences, because face it - when push comes to shove, we're all human and we're all we've got. The differences are what make us unique, but they shouldn't separate us.

For this Independence Day, we're having a blog hop. It starts today and runs through midnight on Wednesday. Each author is giving away something - I'm giving three winners their choice from my backlist.
How do  you win? It's easy - join this blog, leave a comment on what being independent means to you, and don't forget to leave your email address.

Don't forget to see all the other authors and enter their contests too. You can find the main page here!.

















Here are just a few of the books you can choose from my backlist:

Boredom at the Junior Prom leads to a dare that leads to a kiss between two seventeen year old boys. Being gay in rural Georgia is no picnic. As circumstances force them together, Mark and Blake uncover truths about themselves, embarking on a daring relationship. But they’ve got one major strike against them already—Mark is unwilling to come out about his sexuality, and Blake doesn’t want to live in a closet. 

Can they fan the flames of their relationship, or will it sputter and die? 

Can love conquer all? Is there such a thing as Fate? Do dreams really come true? 

To help pay for his mother’s convalescence, Jakob Kohl leaves his musical studies in Germany in order to be a paid companion to his distant cousin Albert. It’s not a pleasant existence, but Jakob does get to travel to Paris, where he meets a beautiful man who asks for his help… a mysterious man no one else can see. Jakob soon fears he may be going crazy, because he finds himself falling in love with Damien, who says they were brought together by Fate—Jakob is the only one who can rescue Damien from the shadowy world where he sleeps and waits for his dream of everlasting love and freedom to come true.

What's a man to do, I ask you, when his own mother is more accepting of his lycanthropy than his homosexuality? I'll tell you what I do: absolutely nothing. (I'm really a laid-back kind of guy, despite that werewolf thing.) Maximillian Jean-Baptiste Montague, at your service. But please, call me Max. I write a syndicated column—To The Max—offering advice to the romantically challenged, and I think I'm doing pretty well for myself. Yet I can't seem to find the backbone to stop my mother from setting me up on blind dates of the female variety. Go figure.

I do my best to get along, not cause any trouble, and keep my life on an even keel. But right now somebody's rocking my dream boat, and I don't like it. Not one little bit. My longtime live-in lover Richard is coming and going without explanation. Amy Rose, a wannabe lover from my past, is back in town, and she's brought her nephew, Morgan, who is making a play for my Richard—why does no one see that but me? And on top of all that, my mother is dating a homophobic minister, and she wants to "cure" me. Can life get any worse?

Have fun and happy blogging!

♥ Julie