Author: tltravis

How can one’s heart be divided without someone feeling left out, even if it’s yourself? That was the challenge Mickey Payne, bass player for the band Social Sinners, was tasked with when he fell in love with two men. “The heart wants what the heart wants, and you’d be a fool to deny it,” his mother told him when he brought his concerns to her over the unconventional relationship he was in.… in.Entering into the triad, he of course had his reservations, but all doubt gets cast aside when they need his help. Will his heart be able to survive?Book…

Joey Hayes and his best friend Ricky Branson have been together through the good times, as well as the bad. Attending their first concert as teens set the path for their futures in motion. Shortly after, the pair joined band class where they meet Ethan and Mick and the foursome formed the metal band, Social Sinners.Things were going according to plan until Lucas Shane entered their lives, … lives, disrupting the flow and testing the strength of their friendship.When Joey spirals down a dark path after catching his cheating boyfriend, this tasked the other three band members with making a…

For Ricky “Stoli” Branson, the stars were on his side. Social Sinners was headlining their first sold out US tour. Radio stations across the states were playing their songs, and he’d won the heart of the man he loved. Everything was going great, or so he foolishly believed…When an accident has them burying one of their own and leaves another fighting for his life, Stoli questions his beliefs. … questions his beliefs. Or lack thereof.“Have faith,” his mother tells him. But how can you have faith in something that threatens to take away your only reason for breathing?Book 1 –…

Greyson Fox, the man, the myth, the legend. The highly sought after, self-proclaimed permanent bachelor. Or so the rumor mill goes. Sure, I’ve heard it all – but the one that stung the most was being called a heartless bastard. Love ‘em and leave ‘em, that one in particular I found to be the most humorous since only one man had ever shared my bed more than once, and he’d long since passed away.I … away.I wasn’t the heartless bastard they all proclaimed me to be, but life had a way of kicking me in the teeth…Repeatedly, so I shut…

For Raphe Lombardi, life hasn’t been easy. Permanently disfigured by a car crash at the age of nine that claimed the lives of his parents, set him on a never ending path of doctors and painful procedures.“Never judge a book by its cover, Il mio piccolo,” Aunt Sophia would always say, tapping the space above her heart. “Trust what’s inside. Even beauty sometimes has an evil lurking beneath.” Over … lurking beneath.” Over the years her nickname for me, my little one, was shorted to Mio. Calling me little when I now towered over her five foot frame by more…

What do our boys have in store for us this time around?Through pain, attempted suicide, addiction and loss their bond never faltered. They’ve watched other bands come and go; some weren’t cut out for life on the road. Others simply…disappeared.But they climbed their way to the top, one painstaking grip at a time. So, what’s up next for our boys?Book 5, After the Final Curtain is the fifth and … Curtain is the fifth and final installment in the Social Sinners series. This book comes, with a surprise announcement.Book 1 – Behind the Lights (MM) Joey’s POVBook 2 – In…

For Social Sinners’ drummer, Ethan “Diamond” Taylor, everything that went wrong seemed to roll off him and life was about having fun and getting off. What others never saw was what simmered beneath the surface.Holding on by a string, things have reached their breaking point, taking a turn for the worse, and he’s forced to make some tough decisions. Is living in the limelight all that it’s cracked … it’s cracked up to be? Or is it time to cut the cord and move on?Is it in the cards for him to have the whole marriage, white picket fence, a…

Shunned and cast aside by his faith and family, Jamie is left to do whatever it takes to survive.He comes across a group of kids in the same predicament, braving the streets of Seattle due to circumstances beyond their control. Lost souls who’ve slipped through the cracks of the broken systems society forced them into. Yet they still offer what little they have to him, including their home.As … home.As time moves on, darkness surrounds him and when one of their own fall’s victim to the streets, Jamie wonders if there’s anything left worth living for. When his savior appears…

In The Awakening, book 1 of The Elders Trilogy, Jessica Cartright has come of age. On top of being new to adulthood and all it encompasses; her nightly dreams are haunted by a faceless man guiding her deeper into the darkness. Fight or flight mode ensues, but she’s trapped.When she’s finally reunited with her first love, her dreams start becoming a reality. Is this a coincidence or are they … they somehow linked? When these two worlds collide, she fears for her life but finds there’s nowhere left to run. Trigger Warning:Without giving away any spoilers, I need to warn…