Author Spotlight: RB Bartels

It’s the Daily DNA – Discover a New Author from the QueeRomance Ink site. Today:

RB Bartels

MM Contemporary, Erotic, Gaylit, Gothic, Interracial, Military, Western-Cowboy

Award-winning Texas author. Born and raised in the Lone Star State. Reading (and listening to audiobooks) is one of my favorite pastimes, especially gay romance. I live in the beautiful Texas Hill Country northwest of San Antonio with my precious little dog Missy. I’m retired, but I went back to work because I got bored. I am a widower (my husband of 20 years passed in 2004) who is surrounded by good friends and good times. I spend many hours laptop-in-lap working on my next book. I hope you enjoy the fruits of my labors.

My novel Red Truck (just published) placed third in the 27th annual writing contest of the San Antonio Writers Guild. My novel Husker (yet unpublished) placed second in the San Antonio Romance Authors Emma Merritt contest in 2016, and my novel Classmates (yet unpublished – due out Summer 2023) placed third in that same contest.

I have one published non-fiction book for which I was a co-author: “How the Internet of Things Is Changing Our Colleges, Our Classrooms, and Our Students” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019), and one short story, “Use By”, published in SoUneque magazine, Winter 2021 edition.

More Info: https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-author/rb-bartels/

Some of RB’s books:

Emerald Mission - RB Bartels - Texas Sterling

YOU CAN “FAVORITE” THIS AUTHOR TO GET UPDATES BY CLICKING THE STAR NEXT TO THEIR NAME ON QRI

U Might Have Missed

Word Count: Information not available

Character Identities: Click here to revealGay, Lesbian (Click here to hide)

Summary: The Taldra novels focus on gay relationships, people of color, and powerful women. In an alternate reality, Earth is Valchondria. The one-world government consists of Leader, the Supreme Science Council, and a police force called “the Maintainers.” Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure introduces the Iroquois scientist Taldra. One of her twin gay sons becomes trapped on the other side of a time portal while the other loses himself to the religious cult Degranon. Can they find their way back to each other before the Degrans destroy Valchondria? In Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure, alien shapeshifters and the secrets of the Maintainers threaten humanity. Taldra’s twin sons and their boyfriends rally to her side, along with a lesbian Maintainer. First published in 2016 as an eBook, Sons of Taldra now appears in this collection with the revised, third edition of Degranon.

Check This Out Too

Word Count: Click here to reveal70,000 (Click here to hide)

Character Identities: Click here to revealGay (Click here to hide)

Summary: American Niall Monroe accepts a new position in Hong Kong―a place he calls home―after being away for eight years. He hopes time and distance have convinced his closeted lover, Peter Wei, that they are a perfect match. But Peter has been put in an untenable position by his millionaire father. James, Peter's younger brother, and Niall's best friend since they were schoolmates, encourages Niall to ditch his older brother and move on. Local artist, Gerard Sun, never expected to see Niall again, but what happened in Sin City follows them across the globe. Coming home seemed like a great idea until reality sets in. Niall finds himself a stranger in a familiar landscape, slammed on multiple fronts by broken promises, jealousy, intrigue, and unimaginable evil. As his dreams quickly turn into nightmares, Niall reaches out to new allies for support.