The Call of Home series – a little introduction, cover reveal and giveaway

The Call of Home series is set on the north east coast of Scotland, one of my favourite place. I’ve stayed there on holiday many times. The series begins with Choosing Home, out on general release 12^th July – there will be a book blast. It is up for preorder 31^st May from Pride Publishing. The MCs in this story are Zac McKenzie, a former international football player, who retired early to keep his sexuality a secret, not to mention his affair with another, even more famous player, and Seth Pritchard, a man seeking a hideaway from his past.
 

 

Six years after retiring, Zac owns a successful hotel. Seth, on the run from, his past rents a cottage in the grounds. Seth needs time and space to put himself together again, both physically and mentally. Having been seriously injured in a car crash that paralysed his girlfriend, and unable to stand living in the same city as his abusive and bullying step family, he decides to run rather than face his demons. However, meeting Zac changes everything. Zac is determined to find out the quiet Welshman’s secrets, and in doing so decides that perhaps it is time to air his own. The story also includes an interfering daughter, a grumpy brother, an older couple who seem to have everything worked out, and a ginger cat called Ron.

Now, on to the cover reveal for Returning Home.

In this story, we meet two new MCs who get a little mention in the first book. Other characters from Choosing Home do appear again. On the cover is Brice Drummond. I have to admit punching the air when I found this model. Brice has been living in a small village, a couple of miles away from the coast, for the last two years. He makes beautiful things – pottery, tiles, paintings, but remains mysterious. His only interaction is with the café owner down the road and the locals who buy his pottery until, one winter night his huge Norwegian Forest cat, brings home a tall, dark, handsome man. Darach McNaughton has returned to his home after twelve years working for the Glasgow police force. When he first meets Brice with his blond hair, shaved at the sides and tattoos, he wonders why the man is living in the arse end of nowhere, and even more how he ended up in a wheelchair. Curiosity peaked, he determines to find out what his can. Those investigations bring the two men together, but as Darach slowly unravels Brice’s past, he puts them all in danger. Can these two very different men find happiness, or will Brice’s shocking past come back to claim him? This story also contains a demonstration of pottery skills, a family glad to have the prodigal return, and a best friend owed an apology – oh, and of course, a spectacular cat called Princess.  

Both stories have plenty of angst and backstories which some readers may find distressing. I can, however, guarantee hard won, happy endings for all the main characters.

The third in the series will be Staying Home, but for now, the MCs will remain undisclosed – spoilers!

 

Both covers are by the wonderful Emmy Ellis. To celebrate this cover reveal, I’m going to offer a signed copy of either Sporting Chance or Comfort Zone for now and a signed copy of Choosing Home when it is published. Please comment on the blog post to enter.