The Coming Soon shelf is the orderly side of my office. When books arrive here, the craziness of meeting characters and drafting scenes is all done. Stories listed here are either contracted or in production, so bookmark this page to see what’s coming next to an e-reader near you:
Releasing this Winter:
The White Knight Security series
Four m/m bodyguard romances and a prequel.
Grant Keeping lives for action. He hates close protection jobs filled with grumpy clients and long, boring days. Then trauma surgeon Spencer Corel – who relies on order, control, and cake to manage his busy life – hires White Knight Security to find the man stalking him, and suddenly Grant has a client who pushes all his buttons, and no time to be bored.
Despite escalating attacks, Grant is confident he can find the stalker and protect Spencer, but what will he do when the job is complete?
Rylan Jeffers has silent and dangerous down to an art form, even though it’s just a ruse to keep the world at a distance and protect his big, soft heart.
Then nightclub owner Kris Hillyard turns up in hospital, badly beaten, and Rylan can’t stay away, even as Kris and his entourage turn his life upside down.
Rylan can handle the danger that comes with protecting Kris. He can even handle Kris’s particular brand of stubborn. But can he drop his shield and find the courage to ask Kris to stay?
Luca Birch talks to strangers as if he’s known them for years. So why does he struggle to connect with White Knight Security’s latest client? Because the man is gorgeous, and Luca has seen him on stage? Or because Jax Monroe lives to push Luca’s buttons?
Luca may be a tiny bit starstruck, but if he can’t figure out who is harassing Jax and how to stop it, he won’t ever get the chance to unravel Jax’s many layers and find out what’s beneath.
And that’s one conversation he doesn’t want to have with his heart.
Fritz Bronnley lives to keep his men safe and happy. But since his friends have all found their “one”, he’s feeling a bit surplus to requirements.
A driving holiday through the Scottish Highlands sounds like a good remedy for feeling maudlin. Answering an unexpected call for help sounds like a better one.
But when Fritz ends up rescuing a tough, opinionated cutie who doesn’t know why he’s been kidnapped, and who’s too stubborn to give up, his heart might be in as much danger as Hollis Crewe’s life.
Joanie
This looks like an exciting departure. Talent will out. I’m in!
jackiekeswick
Thank you. I hope you enjoy Kieran and Joel’s story.
martin
Jackie,
Looking forward to ‘The Power of Zero’ as reading about Jack and Rio’s relationship has been good it will be nice to see it in a standalone novellete. I’m biased though, I look forward to everything you write (as long as you don’t go into vampires or werewolves that is LoL).
Thanks,
marty
jackiekeswick
I hope you like. Rio is one of my “oldest” characters, ie. he pre-dates this incarnation of Jack. In the very beginning – Jack was a girl. The story never worked until Jack became Jack. Then it was like a stack of dominoes and I was suddenly writing m/m. Power of Zero is hard for me. It was hard to write and I find it hard to edit now, especially as it drags me backwards. Jack is only twelve at the beginning. But I love Jack in Swings, so focussing on him coming this far should help me get through the edits.
And while I do write fantasy, vampires and werewolves are nowhere on my menu.
martin
Looks like I’ll have to stop using Kobo as an eBook provider. The book will NOT download to either my PC or my cellphone even though it’s in ‘my Library’. Frustrating, so want to start reading it.
jackiekeswick
Sorry to hear you’re having trouble. I’m happy to send you a copy. I’ve just emailed you for more details.
J
Maryann
Exciting new reads coming out!! Can’t wait.
jackiekeswick
Thank you!
Maryann
Excellent cover for Undercover Star!
jackiekeswick
Thank you! I like it very much.
Maryann
You have so many good books coming out! I had no idea a sequel for Matisse and Josh was going to come out. Rathbone and McGowan sounds good too.
jackiekeswick
Thank you! And yes, I’m having a thing for Ian and Patrick, even though it came a bit out of the blue. Swings first. That story sat around waiting for ages. 😉
Mandy
Just read “Undercover Star” and loved it. Very much looking forward to the sequel and will definitely check out your other books!
jackiekeswick
Thanks a lot! 🙂 I’m hard at work chasing art thieves and stalkers…
Cole
Hi,
I just discovered the Power of Zero series and have read the entire thing this week. I love them and love Jack in particular. I sometimes want to beat Garett for not communicating. At the end of Swings and Roundabouts it says the series continues in ASimple Mistake. I can’t find the book on your coming soon or WIP pages. Is it already out, or is it a free read, or if not out do you have an estimated date? Thanks so much. I love the series and am going to be working my way through the rest of your books shortly.
jackiekeswick
Thank you so much – you just made my day! 🙂
And I would have sworn A Simple Mistake was on the WiP shelf… but you’re quite correct. I’ll fix that. I’m currently working on ASM, and the follow-up, Mouse Hunt, is already done. Not sure yet when it will be out. End of this year or very early 2019 is my best guess at the moment. Meanwhile, there are a bunch of Jack & Gareth shorts and one-shots on the site and I’ll be re-organising the Free Reads section to make them easier to find.
As for their communication issues, I think they’re as bad as each other at times with Gareth bottling things up and Jack not realising that he now has someone he could be talking to. But they’re getting there, or that’s what it feels like to me. 🙂
Cole
Disregard. I can see A Sinple Mistake on your WIP page now. Guessing it was an issue with my phone. Thanks!
jackiekeswick
It wasn’t. 🙂 I just redid the page when I realised it wasn’t there.
Maryann
Jackie, Just wanted you to know I’m working my list of 2018 Goodreads nominations.
Jack & Gareth – Best Established Couple; Swings & Roundabouts – Best Family Drama.
Waiting for the moderator to post: Favorite Author – Jackie Keswick and Best Main Character – Jack. I’m having trouble deciding if Swings & Roundabouts would fall under a whodunit or more intelligence/spies?
jackiekeswick
Oh, wow! Thank you so much! I certainly never thought I’d write a family drama, but that’s what happens when Gareth goes on the rescue. 😉
I’m not one for labels, so I always struggle to find the right box for what I write. There’s not a lot real spy stuff in there. Less a whodunit and more suspense, probably. Even though there are always things to unravel… I’m not a lot of help, am I?
Franziska
Any indication when the next book in the Power of Zero series, A simple Mistake, is coming. I keep re-reading the books so much via Kindl unlimited that I just had to buy them… I love the story and the characters.
jackiekeswick
Thanks so much, Franziska! I’m glad you like Jack & Gareth. My writing schedule got a little jumbled by the re-edit / re-issue of all the books at the beginning of the year. Both A Simple Mistake and Zero Tolerance are on the slate for a 2021 release. Fingers crossed everything else plays ball.
Diane
I just finished ‘Divided by Zero’. It was so good! I can’t wait to delve into the third book in the series
jackiekeswick
I’ll try to get it done as soon as possible! <3
Chrissy
I was just wondering about A Simple Mistake – any news when this might be out? I just finished rereading the series with all the extra short stories and it was even better than the first time around! I love the series and am really looking forward to this one.
jackiekeswick
You’ve made my day with that comment – thank you so much! <3
And I'm pleased to say: I AM WORKING ON IT!
I'm thinking early summer for Zero Tolerance, and autumn/winter for A Simple Mistake, barring disasters and excursions.
They're both certainly long overdue.
Chrissy
Great! I can’t wait…lol! 🙂