Daryl Banner

Chase Holt isn’t fast.

He’s as smooth as a river you’ve known your whole life, water that’s carried you from childhood to adulthood, patient and wise.

He’s the water that keeps you afloat, laughing and joyful, even as it rains.

He’s the water you drink to stay alive.

"No Fool For Love Songs" A Spruce Texas Romance. Coming soon... 🎸🔥

Add it to your TBR!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251262229-no-fool-for-love-songs

Cover model: Jordan Johnson
Cover photography: Eric Battershell Photography / Eric D Battershell
Cover design: Daryl Banner

COVER REVEAL! (The real one this time. 😏)

"No Fool For Love Songs" is the next Spruce Texas Romance, coming very soon! Cover photography by Eric Battershell Photography with cover model Jordan Johnson. Designed by yours truly.

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TJ McPherson has his future mapped out for him: graduate college, move back to Spruce, Texas, take over the family business, and die of boredom.

So he plans one last shot at freedom: the summer road trip of a lifetime - until his best friend blows it up.

That's how TJ ends up at a Chase Holt concert he didn't even want to attend, pouring his heart out in a dim hallway to a total stranger.

Chase Holt is a country rock star living under stadium lights, fighting label pressure, and feeling trapped in a version of himself he recognizes less and less each day.

Neither were prepared to meet the other.

And wanting each other may not be something either can afford.

But some people are worth risking everything for - even if the rest of the world seems determined to pull them apart.

"No Fool For Love Songs" is a new emotionally-charged slow-burn standalone in the Spruce Texas Romance series. Coming soon 💕

IS IT TIME FOR A COVER/TITLE REVEAL?!

I'm soooo excited to finally share details about my upcoming new Spruce Texas release: Mama Sue & Daryl Move To Spruce And Get Messed Up. (I worried the title was too long, but my glass of wine said it's ok, just go with it.) The plot is basically me being tired of being single in this increasingly lonely world, and where better to go than Spruce where, like, all the guys are gay, I guess? My mom was bored and just wanted to come, too. (Also, she has undisclosed beef with Nadine Strong.) The basic gist of the plot is, I don't find a guy. The guys find me. They're all like, Daryl, why are all the dudes in this town gay? This town is only so big. You're gonna run out of guys to write about. And I, armed with my glass of wine, am like, "No, I won't run out of guys, I will find 500 more guys to write Spruce Texas stories about, and why are you complaining? Isn't it nice here? Isn't love great? You literally have a mayor whose side hustle is matchmaking lonely gay men!" Long story short: no one's having it, I don't find myself a boyfriend, and my mom and Nadine are still going at it about God knows. Also, there's a cow in the story somewhere. I don't know when this book will release, but hopefully soon, because we're still stuck in Spruce and I wanna get home before BTS drops another music video and my mom loses her s**t.

Honestly, I'll probably just scrap this whole story and continue my original idea of what's-her-name's lonely son chasing a handsome rock star across Texas. Happy April 1st, everyone! 💕💕💕

Objectively, this is the funniest audiobook I've done yet. Dean tries to spice up his marriage - and it goes horribly (and hilariously) wrong. It involves a surprise th*****me and leather. That's all I'm saying.

If you haven't checked out the others (it's recommended; these boys are up to all sorts of hot stuff every book!) the first 3 in the Boys & Toys series are now available on Audible.

Grab Dean's Dare and slide this sexy guy into your ears here:
https://amzn.to/3MYrFTI

First batch of book orders are on their way! I can't wait until they get into your hands! 🤩 Thank you so much for your support and for all your kind messages to my mom. (She reads every single one!) For those who would still like to put in an order, I have a limited amount of books left (including out-of-print anthologies!) and am only keeping the sale open for one more week. All proceeds support my mom's health journey, including those of you who didn't order but simply donated - so THANK YOU from the bottom (and top) of our hearts. 💕💕 Link to the order form is in the comments as well as info on how to just help out if you're interested. Thank you!! (PS. My mom told me I'm obligated to give an unrelated update, so: I am still working hard on the next Spruce Texas book, one of the leading men you've known since literally book one. Any guesses? 😏)

While waiting on Audible to finish publishing Wade's Workout, I'm recording Dean's Dare, and I ask my French-Canadian mom how I did with my French in one of Dean's chapters. Her answer was "lol".😐😶☠