TL Travis

Biography

TL Travis is an award-winning published author of LGBTQIA+ contemporary and paranormal romance and erotic musings that have earned “Best-Selling Author” flags in the US as well as Internationally.

In her free time, TL enjoys catching up with her family, attending concerts, wine tasting, and traveling.

TL is surrounded by her extensive 4-legged rescue pets, her sons, and adorable grandkids. She will continue saving furry friends in need for as long as she lives. Tl would like to remind you to “Adopt, not shop.” Saving that lost soul may be just what you need.

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Series

The Elders Trilogy
The Awakening
Price: $5.99 USD.
Consequences
Price: $3.99 USD.
Resurrection
Price: $3.99 USD.
Maiden Voyage
Maiden Voyage Boxset
Price: $12.99 USD.
Ryder's Guardian
Price: $5.99 USD.
Derek's Destiny
Price: $5.99 USD.
Jaxson's Nemesis
Price: $5.99 USD.
Shadow's Light
Price: $5.99 USD.
Claiming the Guardian
Price: $0.99 USD.

Books

Resurrection
Series: The Elders Trilogy, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 25,910. Language: English. Originally Published: October 23, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Fantasy, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Romance » Multicultural & Interracial, Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » Vampires
Jess is dead. It's been three days since we found her and nothing. Mother's execution comes at sunrise. Father is an empty shell of the strong man he once was. How am I expected to keep it together? Bloodshed amongst our kind was frowned upon, but the hideous crimes my mother and her band of rogues committed left the council with no other recourse. An eye for an eye. Blood for blood. Now what...
Ryder's Guardian
Series: Maiden Voyage. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 72,090. Language: English. Originally Published: August 28, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Billionaires, Fiction » Romance » Workplace, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
For Maiden Voyage guitarist, Ryder Hampton, life is great. He and his bandmates are embarking upon an epic European double headlining tour with their friends from Social Sinners with the band Embrace the Fear opening for them. Since joining Maiden Voyage in his twenties, Ryder's life has been a whirlwind of the cliched, "Sex, drugs and monumental doses of Rock 'n Roll. And he's loved every...
Claiming the Guardian
Series: Maiden Voyage, Book 5. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,090. Language: English. Originally Published: September 28, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Billionaires, Fiction » Romance » Workplace, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
They may be unconventional to some, but it works for them and that's what matters most. Claiming the Guardian is a bonus story from Ryder's Guardian, Maiden Voyage series book 1. How do Ryder Hampton, guitarist for the award-winning heavy metal band, and his partner and bodyguard, Max Hightower manage to keep their love alive? Being on the road most of the year is challenging but finding...
Heat
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 51,410. Language: English. Originally Published: August 25, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Workplace, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
What do you get when you throw a burly blacksmith and the town's poster child for clumsiness together? A whole lot of swearing and a threatening use of duct tape. And the need to construct a sign that reads, "DO NOT LET CAMPBELL NEAR THE FORGE!" Alabaster Falls' local blacksmith, Daughtry Blackburn, was satisfied with his reclusive status. He had iron to bend and orders to fill but he knew he...
Maiden Voyage Boxset
Series: Maiden Voyage. Price: $12.99 USD. Words: 265,250. Language: English. Originally Published: September 28, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Billionaires, Fiction » Romance » Collections & Anthologies, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Metal's about getting down and dirty, releasing the demons that haunt you and beating them into submission. I think of it as poetic therapy with a side of rage. That's how the bandmembers of Maiden Voyage—Ryder, Derek, Jaxson, and Shadow describe the endorphin releasing music that flows through their veins. Now you can get all 4 books in 1 download plus a bonus scene of Ryder and Max that was...
Jaxson's Nemesis
Series: Maiden Voyage, Book 3. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 62,110. Language: English. Originally Published: August 28, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Billionaires, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Jaxson Duvall, bass player for the band Maiden Voyage wasn't born into wealth or fame. He achieved it with hard work and a need to prove himself. To whom, well, that is the million-dollar question right there. When his foolish antics threaten to bankrupt him, it's time for him to stop acting like a spoiled brat and grow the hell up before his band brothers find a new bassist. Shephard "Shep...
Shadow's Light
Series: Maiden Voyage, Book 4. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 68,600. Language: English. Originally Published: August 28, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Billionaires, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
You never know what hides behind sad eyes. For Javier Jimenez, aka Shadow, drummer for the award-winning metal band, Maiden Voyage, life off stage isn't all glitters and rainbows. He plays the part of the Devil May Care drummer when he's in the spotlight, but outside of it, the only person who knows the real Javier besides his family is his bodyguard, Tony. Lucas Shane never expected to run...
Derek's Destiny
Series: Maiden Voyage, Book 2. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 58,950. Language: English. Originally Published: August 28, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Billionaires, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
For Maiden Voyage lead vocalist, Derek Masters, life has had its fair share of ups and downs. Most recently, almost losing his best friend and lead guitarist, Ryder Hampton while they were on the road. They've just come off a whirlwind European tour and have a few weeks of R&R before hitting Rocktoberfest in Nevada this fall. While Derek's looking forward to time with his family, the loneliness...
See Me
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 57,110. Language: English. Originally Published: August 27, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
For Raphe Lombardi, life hasn't been easy. Permanently disfigured by a car crash at the age of nine that claimed the lives of his parents, set him on a never ending path of doctors and painful procedures. "Never judge a book by its cover, Il mio piccolo," Aunt Sophia would always say, tapping the space above her heart. "Trust what's inside. Even beauty sometimes has an evil lurking beneath...
Greyson Fox
Series: Greyson Fox Saga, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 55,640. Language: English. Originally Published: September 18, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Later in Life, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Greyson Fox, the man, the myth, the legend. The highly sought after, self-proclaimed permanent bachelor. Or so the rumor mill goes. Sure, I've heard it all – but the one that stung the most was being called a heartless bastard. Love 'em and leave 'em, that one in particular I found to be the most humorous since only one man had ever shared my bed more than once, and he'd long since passed away...
Forgive Me Father
Series: Greyson Fox Saga, Book 2. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 54,930. Language: English. Originally Published: September 18, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Call me a sinner if you must, it's no skin off my back. Life isn't all it's cracked up to be. Don't try and tell me otherwise. Not after everyone who was supposed to love me discarded me like trash. Down on my luck doesn't even come close to my circumstances. Then he stormed into my life, changing everything. But hope is too much to wish for. I just want the pain to go away. This is Jamie's...
Summer Boy
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 28,540. Language: English. Originally Published: August 27, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » New adult, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Summer romance is not for those who are led by their heart. For Jonah Thomas, life is wake up, eat breakfast, go to work at his family's restaurant Ahoy Matey's. Lather, rinse, repeat. Next! His hometown, the sleepy little Stoney Brook, Maine, doesn't offer much for someone like Jonah. He's not really living and has no clear path in front of him. Jonah merely…exists. Party boy, Micah Hannigan...
Girl Crush
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 27,110. Language: English. Originally Published: September 17, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Romance » Later in Life, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Bisexual, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian
friend·ship /ˈfren(d)SHip/ noun the emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends. a relationship between friends. "she formed close friendships with women" What happens when the definitions of said friendship are tested? When one feels something…more for the other? What if the feelings aren't reciprocated? Girl Crush is the story of that one time… This #OwnVoice story is catered...
Social Sinners World Tour
Series: Social Sinners. Price: $12.99 USD. Words: 247,950. Language: English. Originally Published: August 24, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Collections & Anthologies, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Stand tall, stand proud, and never back down. That's the motto the bandmembers of Social Sinners—Joey, Stoli, Mickey, and Diamond live by. Family doesn't need blood to form a bond, it only needs to have a heart. These four have built just that—a family, the most important thing there is to them. Now you can get all 5 books in 1 download plus a bonus scene of Diamond and Easton's Vegas elopement...
Rules of the Game
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 9,580. Language: English. Originally Published: August 27, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Workplace, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Kendall Shaw is in a rut. Sick of feeling like his dad's personal puppet. Sick of being set up on less than stellar dates by so-called friends and family. Just plain sick of everything. That is, until Joe enters the equation. Joe Butler has worked diligently to build his architecture business and reputation, which has just signed its biggest client to date. A law firm with endless connections...
Coffee, Tea, or Me?
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 12,060. Language: English. Originally Published: August 25, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Urban, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Workplace, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
For Howie, the lonely barista, he longed for the dream life. Husband, house with a white picket fence, 2.5 kids and a dog. Sadly, all he could get were meaningless one night stands leaving him feeling…empty. Jackson Milsap, the introverted writer, quietly pined for Howie from the corner of the café. Stepping outside of his comfort zone and asking him out on a date sent his social anxiety into...
What Works For Us
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 8,800. Language: English. Originally Published: August 25, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » General, Fiction » Erotica » BDSM, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Romance » Later in Life, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian
A lady walks into a bar… Isn't that the way it always starts? Bad joke or not, this is what my life had been reduced to. How does one begin again over the age of forty? Instead of China, as was the customary gift for your twentieth anniversary, my husband decided to serve me with divorce papers. Literally that very day. Instead of citing irreconcilable differences, he informed me that not only...
Snowed In With You
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 19,120. Language: English. Originally Published: August 24, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Holiday, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Holiday, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
This year has been the worst for Braxton Parker. Losing both his mother and grandmother has taken the festive from his holiday spirit. Braxton's best friend Callie presented him with a gift he really wants to return but she won't allow it. Checking his pride at the door, Braxton embarks upon the journey bestowed to him, certain the outcome won't be what Callie expects. Little did he know, fate...
After the Final Curtain
Series: Social Sinners, Book 5. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 18,590. Language: English. Originally Published: August 24, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Collections & Anthologies, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
What do our boys have in store for us this time around? Through pain, attempted suicide, addiction and loss their bond never faltered. They've watched other bands come and go; some weren't cut out for life on the road. Others simply…disappeared. But they climbed their way to the top, one painstaking grip at a time. So, what's up next for our boys? Book 5, After the Final Curtain is the fifth...
Beyond the Curtain
Series: Social Sinners, Book 4. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 51,560. Language: English. Originally Published: August 24, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Collections & Anthologies, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
For Social Sinners' drummer, Ethan "Diamond" Taylor, everything that went wrong seemed to roll off him and life was about having fun and getting off. What others never saw was what simmered beneath the surface. Holding on by a string, things have reached their breaking point, taking a turn for the worse, and he's forced to make some tough decisions. Is living in the limelight all that it's...
Pity the Living, Not the Dead
Price: $4.99 $2.50 USD. (50% off until Dec. 31!) Words: 41,810. Language: English. Originally Published: August 24, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » Vampires
Trust is earned, not given. Clichés meant to make one feel better in a time of sorrow. How do these apply when the one you trust most isn't among the living? Beware of things that go bump in the night when what you really need to fear is life itself. The one thing you will never get out of alive… Elijah Walker has done his best to blend in amongst humans for centuries, drinking his fill and...
In the Shadows
Series: Social Sinners, Book 2. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 58,170. Language: English. Originally Published: August 24, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Collections & Anthologies, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
For Ricky "Stoli" Branson, the stars were on his side. Social Sinners was headlining their first sold out US tour. Radio stations across the states were playing their songs, and he'd won the heart of the man he loved. Everything was going great, or so he foolishly believed... When an accident has them burying one of their own and leaves another fighting for his life, Stoli questions his beliefs...
A Heart Divided
Series: Social Sinners, Book 3. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 50,430. Language: English. Originally Published: August 24, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Collections & Anthologies
How can one's heart be divided without someone feeling left out, even if it's yourself? That was the challenge Mickey Payne, bass player for the band Social Sinners, was tasked with when he fell in love with two men. "The heart wants what the heart wants, and you'd be a fool to deny it," his mother told him when he brought his concerns to her over the unconventional relationship he was in...
Behind the Lights
Series: Social Sinners, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 58,910. Language: English. Originally Published: August 24, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Collections & Anthologies
Joey is spiraling out of control; will he lose everything, even the music which has kept him going for so long? Joey and his best friend have been together through the good times, as well as the bad as their band Social Sinners has gone from small bars to the world's largest stages. When a stranger joins the mix, he tests the strength of their friendship—and the strength of the bands bond...
The Sebastian Chronicles
Price: $4.99 $2.50 USD. (50% off until Dec. 31!) Words: 44,510. Language: English. Originally Published: August 24, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Fantasy, Fiction » Romance » Historical » Renaissance, Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » Vampires, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Bisexual, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
The Sebastian Chronicles is a series of five erotic Paranormal novelettes that take you through each century since Sebastian Benoit's Vampiric inception in 1692. Throughout these chronicles, we live vicariously through our beloved Sebastian's memories. Via his trials and tribulations, lost loves, and heartache. Neither his exploits nor his love has any boundaries, but will he ever find that one...
Diamond & Easton's Vegas Elopement
Series: Social Sinners. Price: Free! Words: 10,940. Language: English. Originally Published: August 24, 2023 by Sapphire Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » Collections & Anthologies, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
How do you plan a wedding and keep the paps in the dark when your life was in the spotlight? Diamond and Easton's Vegas Elopement is a bonus story from Beyond the Curtain, Social Sinners series book 4. Ethan "Diamond" Taylor, drummer for the award-winning heavy metal band, and his partner and band manager, Easton Masterson finally decide to tie the knot. Even after Diamond's botched attempt at...