A Husband for Steel and Blood

A Husband for Steel and Blood 

by Hollis Shiloh

When a young girl implores Edgar Finch to marry her older brother because "Charlie is unhappy," Edgar is at first amused. But Charlie is nephew to the horribly abusive Lord Fitzhannon, whom Edgar has set himself against, and the lad is suffering under Fitzhannon's cruelty.

Marriage is not in Edgar's plans, but he'll save the lad if he can—and marriage may be his one shot. Charlie is nineteen, wild and wounded, and extraordinarily beautiful. The marriage of convenience to Edgar is just what he needs to get free of his awful uncle, and to protect his innocent little sisters.

A rocky alliance between Edgar and Charlie grows into something more companionable, from reluctantly relying on one another to trusting and warm. But Edgar's heart is set on revenge against Fitzhannon, who is responsible for the death of the only man he ever loved. Nothing must get in his way.

He would rather not drag his young husband down with him, much less develop feelings for the brat. Now, if only Charlie would have the good sense not to fall in love with him...

37,500 words

A "Marrying Men" story. These pseudo-historical tales feature men marrying one another in various worlds and ways. Happy ending are to be expected.  

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Loved You Once - includes free short story - Regency romance

Two sweet gay Regency romance stories:
Loved You Once (novella of ~16,000 words)

Boyhood friends are separated and grow up apart. When they meet again, Sander is shocked to discover his friend Paul still has feelings for males—and acts on his feelings. Sander is disturbed and unnerved; he's never allowed himself to think those sorts of things, much less act on them. The punishment would be death, after all. But he doesn't want to lose Paul again, no matter what. Perhaps his friendship can be enough; perhaps Sander won't be jealous of more….


Laurent St. Claire (short story of ~6,000 words)

When Laurent St. Claire discovers the handsome singer he's been seducing is a virgin, he breaks things off cruelly between them. He doesn't want a hesitant lover—and he doesn't want matters of the heart to enter into it. Or so he thought….


Total length for both stories:
~22,000 words

Heat level: low

Categories: sweet gay romance, Regency romance, historical / English romance

Adrian's Librarian - published by Dreamspinner Press

Adrian's Librarian is now available from Dreamspinner Press!

This is a sweet gay Regency / historical romance.  103 pages, $3.99 from Dreamspinner Press.  It should be available from other retailers soon.  

Here's what it's about:

One night at a masquerade party, rakish Adrian Knowles kisses the wrong man by mistake and meets Oliver Windham. Feisty yet wary and broken, Ollie desperately needs a friend. Almost against his will, Adrian finds himself playing the hero… and falling in love. 

Adrian hires Ollie to set his library to rights—after having his servants put all the books out of order. He promises himself he’ll treat Ollie only as a friend, but Ollie quickly becomes the only man he wants. 

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I loved working with DSP on this story!  I hope to have more things published through them in future.  :D  The art and editing were all wonderful, and I just love the look of the finished product.  They did so well by my story.  I'm really pleased about it!  

I hope if you buy the story that you'll enjoy it. :)

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Adrian's Librarian - available for pre-order!

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3818&cPath=55_859

The price is 3.99 for an ebook copy.  Dreamspinner won't be publishing it in print; it's not long enough.

I'm very pleased with how everything has gone so far.  I love the art, I found the editing professional and helpful, and honestly, I'm just very, very pleased overall with my experience so far working with Dreamspinner Press.  I was really nervous at first, because I was scared about giving up control and working with new people, but I'm really glad they accepted it and the experience has been excellent.  I definitely hope they'll accept other stories by me in future.

Now I'm looking forward to seeing how the story sells.  But whatever happens, I know one thing: I had a lot of fun writing this, and it will always be a special story to me.

Adrian's Librarian cover art~!

Look at this!  My story, "Adrian's Librarian," coming from Dreamspinner Press next month, HAS COVER ART~!!!  :)

It was made by Paul Richmond, and all I can say is, it's perfect!!!!!!!!!!  :-)