Holiday 20% Savings
- jrblackburnsmith
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read

The challenge of buying books for family and friends who love to read is the risk of buying something they have already read. That risk is reduced because many readers will eagerly reread a book they love multiple times (I do it to!), but I have a more foolproof solution. I can almost guarantee they have not read Love: a novel of grief and desire, which means they are missing out on an excellent story. Don't take my work for it: Love received several five-star reviews when published and was named the Amazon #1 New release in LGBTQ+ and literary fiction in December 2022.
And now, thanks to our friends at Black Rose Writing, Love: a novel of grief and desire you save 20% on your purchase, if you buy directly from the publisher. Just use the promo code SEASON20 at the link below. The discount is good through January 31, 2026.
Love: a novel of grief and desire is a complex narrative about how families respond to tragedy and loss. When Ed Gideon meets Bobbi Love, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the drunk driver who killed his wife two years earlier, it shatters the carefully constructed scaffolding holding his life together. Bobbi's mother is in a coma, having attempted suicide. When Ed learns Bobbi is going to be sent to a county facility and will not be able to sit with her mother as she dies, he is motivated to take Bobbi in, not thinking for a moment about his own daughters' feelings. The disruption in Ed's life is so complete that he soon finds himself caught up in desire for two women with no understanding how to choose between them, at risk of losing his relationship with his eldest daughter and stuck in the middle of the life of the woman who killed his wife.
Reviewers have called Love "a masterpiece," as well as 'bold and perceptive." It is a great holiday read. The discount is only available if purchased directly from Black Rose Writing, and the promo code can be used on all books on their website, so it is a great way to stock up for yourself as well.

