🌺 Hello From Xanthe Walter!
3rd June, 2025
Greetings, my lovelies!
I hope you’ve had a good fortnight. Today is a huge day for me as Crocodile Tears has launched. I hope you’re all enjoying it! If so, please can I ask a favour? Would you leave a review on Amazon? It will really help me reach more readers. If you also felt able to rec it on social media, that would be awesome, too!
We have the usual selection of goodies in this newsletter, and I’m excited to say that we have an audiobook promo listed, too, for all you lovely audiobook lovers out there. Check it out in the promo section. OH! And there’s another promo I set up in there – the MM Myster/Crime/Detective one. So, please check that one out. ❤️
I also have five FREE audiobook codes to give away to members of Walter’s World. You can check that out in the Giveaways section.
🐊 Sharing The Squee💧
I hope you’ll share in all the excitement as I release the books over the next few months. When I used to post my long fanfiction stories, I’d split them up and post about 30k words a day over a week on Livejournal, and we had SUCH fun with that as people used to stay up to refresh the page and be the first to comment, and they’d all chat on each other’s posts about what they were enjoying about the story.
Writing and reading can be quite solitary, but there’s so much joy to be had in connecting over stories. I therefore hope you’ll join with me in all the fun and excitement as I release this book series. By now, you all know my very long journey to get here, and the many ups and downs I experienced along the way. This book series was my own personal Everest to climb, and I want to enjoy every single minute of finally being able to share it with you.
So please feel free to reply to any of my emails to talk about the books. And to join my Facebook reader group Xanthology to chat to others about them. Everyone is welcome, and I encourage a positive, friendly atmosphere.
Let’s make the Summer of Dark Water one to remember!
💡Spotlight On …Ghost Eye
Book Two in the Dark Water series, Ghost Eye, is due out on July 1st. If you’ve read the Crocodile Tears ebook, you’ll already have seen the full Ghost Eye graphic, but it’s so pretty it deserves its moment to shine, so I’m going to do a full cover reveal.
You know the routine! The obscured graphic is below – and the full reveal will be in a Special Edition newsletter next Tuesday. I can assure you it’s every bit as pretty as the Dark Water series graphic and the Crocodile Tears graphic. The latter focused on Alex, while Ghost Eye features Josiah.
🎁 Giveaways
NEW! Audiobook Giveaway
- I have FIVE free audiobook codes to give away to members of Walter’s World. Just reply to this email to let me know if you’re interested, and I’ll select winners on June 5th. You MUST let me know if you want a UK or US code.
- The ebook giveaway is now over and the winners have been selected at random and contacted. There are too many to list here, but congratulations to them.
- I’ll be running more giveaways throughout the summer – next up will be 5 signed paperbacks of Crocodile Tears. Keep an eye out for how to enter that in my next regular newsletter.
🧑🏻🤝🧑🏻 Featured Author
Each newsletter, I feature another MM author’s work, to share the MM love. In this newsletter, it’s Casey Morales. I love Casey’s work, and recently recommended his audiobook An Archer’s Awakening, so DO check out his book! He’s a really terrific writer.
I didn’t run when he kissed me.
Why didn’t I run?
I thought we were just two friends going to see a movie. He thought it was a date.
When he picked the movie Threesome, I thought it was odd. Then his arm pressed against mine.
When he kissed me, I thought my heart might burst.
What followed was a hilariously authentic beginning to a lifetime of love and laughter.
In Raised by Wolves, you’ll walk with Michael as he discovers who he is, who he loves, and who he wants to become. He will fumble through first-time experiences, find new friends and a wonderful found family, and face the many challenges of love and loss.
You’ll love this story because everyone, gay or straight, can identify with Michael’s journey and root for him as he grows and evolves.
📚 Book Promotions!
A selection of themed book promotions – mostly MM romance – but make sure before downloading. Many of the titles are free or available through Kindle Unlimited – but again, please check. Your next favourite read could be just a click away!
There’s a special promotion just for audiobooks in this batch, too, for all you audio lovers out there. Also, the Murder-Mystery/Detective/Crime one is a promo I set up, and I’ve been blown away by the response from my fellow authors to this theme – there are tons of lovely MM Romances featuring crime mysteries and sexy cops in there!
🎧 Xanthe’s Audio Recs
This one’s a bit cheeky, but I’m going to rec the Crocodile Tears audiobook because it really is terrific. I wouldn’t normally rec my own books (!) but I really want to rec the performance by Matt Addis, the narrator. He’s a master of characterisation, and I love how he brought to life even the most minor characters. It goes without saying that I love his Josiah and Alex, but his Winston is a revelation and his George Tyler is just brilliant. Spot on!
He’s also a really lovely person. We’ve had a few chats about characterisation, pronunciation etc during this process, and he’s great fun and a true professional. I think he’s one of the best voice artists I’ve ever heard narrating an audiobook – and that’s fantastic because there’s a huge cast of characters over the four books, and he makes each and every one distinctive and special.
Crocodile Tears on Audible.com
Crocodile Tears on Audible.co.uk
👨💻👩💻Do You Want To Be On My ARC Team?!
As an ARC (Advance Reader Copy) member, you’ll get a free copy of my upcoming books, in eBook or audiobook form (your choice) before they are officially released. In return, you will be expected to leave an honest review on sites like Amazon and Goodreads. This is important, so please only apply if you can do this. Find out more by clicking on the link below.
🐈⬛ Indigogo!
I’m leaving you with a photo of Indy sitting in the sink. I love how he always has such an earnest expression on his face, even when he’s being ridiculous!
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👋 That’s All, Folks!
Until next time, my lovelies!
XOXO
Xanthe
PS Remember to download The Worlds of Xanthe Walter to read the first two chapters of Crocodile Tears!
