Sadie Jay

I've starting to feel like Blind Ante and Cut Shot are never getting published. Always, there is something else that has a higher priority. I'm working on a novella at the moment for a project at the end of the year. Since it's a group project, it's front and center. And since I'm a slow writer, it'll probably take me all summer to finish the first draft. I need life to slow down! In this snippet from Blind Ante , Jordan has come into the bar where Reese works. He's not usually much of a drinker, but on this one night, there is something obviously bothering him. After a couple of shots and a beer, he starts singing. The little ditty has significance later in the story. Do you recognize it? Reese went back to work, tossing bottles and flirting, but he kept an eye on Jordan as he sat with his jaw resting on his palm. He was staring off into space, his mind floating somewhere far away.  Jordan began to sing, so low Reese could barely hear. “Pete and Repeat, si...

  No matter what genre you love, this one has it all—and they are all free! Normally I join promos that are all M/M authors, but this one has a little of everything. My submission is the short, (and sweet) story, Cocky Lady. It was a story I wrote for an anthology during Cocky gate. Find it here.  Click here if you would like to join my newsletter (it goes out approx. once a month), or to find my books or socials.  

After two years of low precipitation in my corner of the world, we seem to be making up for it. Or at least, we've got a good start. I always heard "rain on Easter means rain for the next 7 Sundays." I guess I should keep track and see if it happens this year! This week's snippet is the opening paragraph from a current WIP, Cut Sho t . I migh t have used a local bar as inspiration for the Short Stop, which is a recurring setting in the book. Jedidiah could feel the man’s gaze as if it was a physical thing. There was weight to it, a lowering of air pressure, a buzz behind his ears. He bent over the pool table and studied the balls, doing his best to not turn and stare back. If he bent over more than he normally would when lining up a shot, curious if he would get a reaction, there was no one else to notice. Old Frank and Jim Tag were sitting at the other end of the bar, flirting with Margo. The bartender may have been thirty years younger than the two, but she laug...

It was a rough winter for me, but spring is just around the corner.  Writing has been an uphill battle, and losing Vella hurt more than I thought it would. Hopefully,  open windows and bird song will help me get my mojo back.  This weeks's snippet comes from my WIP, Blind Ante . MC Jordan has a flocked, bobble headed cow in his car that he talks to at different times in the book. She's based on a similar toy my dad bought for me at the county fair when I was a kid, except mine was blue, not purple. And yes, my cow rode in the window when I bought my first car!      Instead of going inside and facing whoever had come to visit, Jordan sat in his car like a total dipshit and stared at the unknown vehicle, afraid there was a woman inside those metal walls trying to make time with Reese. Cow looked at him with her soulful eyes and her plastic rose clasped tightly in her mouth. If an inanimate object could truly have a soul, he believed at that moment she ...

This will be a first round of beta reads. As such, there is very little in the way of editing. (Why edit when I'll be rewriting whole sections?) This is the second book in the Bar Games series. Jed plays a major role in the first book, Blind Ante , but hopefully, this will work as a stand alone. Saying that, I do tend to closely weave books in a series together and reading the first will fill in some gaps that may have not been fully explained. This book is Jed's redemption. He was meant to be the bad guy in the first book, but as I wrote him and thought about his motivation, I realized he wasn't bad. Just a little broken. The two books are very different, but if you are interested, let me know and I'll let you read the first one, as well.   Cut Shot– 60k, There is some slight kink (Jed holding Ian down, spanking during sex in one scene). There is also a family member's death as a main plot point.  Blurb : After 15 years of traveling with his crew of roughnecks, Jed...

 I'm looking for beta readers for the first book of my Bar Games series.  Blind Ante —53K, gay/bi, relationships with other people on page before the MCs get together, which happens later in the book. Some light BDSM, mentions of parental abuse.  Jordan Hatfill grins as he lays his cards on the table. Full house against a trio of Aces. The deed he wins may be worthless, but Jordan’s tired of living in his car, moving from town to town in search of the next poker table. The trailer is old and rusty, but the plumbing works and the roof doesn’t leak. For the first time ever, he feels like he’s found a home.  ​ All Reece Daniels wants after a day of traveling is a quick shower and a good night’s sleep. Instead, he’s fighting off the advances of an old girlfriend while he verbally spars with the man he’s found in his bed. He doubts the legality of the deed his brother wagered and lost, but takes pity on the too thin, very lost young man, and offers to rent him the ex...