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About Me

Evan Purcell is a teacher who has worked everywhere from Bhutan to Zanzibar. He’s helped over 200 students from developing countries publish their first stories and poems. He writes romance and YA novels, films, and podcasts.

Finding His Prince

Gay Romcom Novella

Dorji is the crown prince of Bhutan, a tiny Buddhist kingdom high up in the Himalayas. He lives a life of responsibility and rules, especially with his coronation fast approaching.

 

Michael is an American botanist working for the royal family after a very public scandal forced him to leave his country. He’s drawn to the handsome royal, but he knows that any interaction between them would lead to yet another life-derailing scandal. The two men come from different worlds, and even though the attraction between them is palpable, they can never give in to their feelings. 

 

During a royal visit to their national park, Prince Dorji's bitchy fiancée, Karma, gets lost, and Dorji has to team up with Michael to find her. In the process, sparks fly between the two men. This sweet, comedic romance follows the two as they trek through the most beautiful country on Earth, all while a humbled and embarrassed Karma develops an unexpected side-romance of her own. But as the dangers worsen and the reality of their impossible situation begins to sink in, will Dorji and Michael accept that their love is stronger than the forces keeping them apart?

I Hate Your Face

Marcus returns to his hometown and is forced to work with his high school bully Eli on their ten-year reunion. But through their nonstop fighting, the two realize that they might be falling in love.

I Hate Your Face is a seven-part romcom podcast on the Headfone app. It's a wild, unconventional romance full of cliffhangers, sabotage, and lots of humor. Recorded by some amazing voice actors, this show will make laugh at loud at the party-planning shenanigans before striking you right in the heart with its enemies-to-lovers story.

The first episode is free to listen wherever you are, but the remaining episodes are only available if you subscribe to the Headfone app. Check it out! Where else will you hear a dramatic monologue all about JLo's disastrous quinceneara?

A Romcom Podcast

Followed by Fear

A Romantic Suspense Novel 

A city girl needs the help of a small-town sheriff to stop her stalker.

Harper’s Bend is the perfect small town, especially on Halloween. Filled with friendly locals and rural traditions, Sydney views this place as her only chance to take back her life and flee from the mysterious stalker who’s been after her since the death of her husband.

She didn’t expect the danger to follow her, and she definitely didn’t expect to develop such an instant connection to local sheriff, Preston Blacker. He’s standoffish, treating her more like a problem to solve than an actual person. There’s a reason for his distance, though, and Sydney realizes that she’s not the only one struggling with a dark past.

As the stalker’s efforts escalate, Sydney and Preston must work together to find out who is following them. But can they keep their emotions in check long enough to save themselves?

Waking Up to Love

As a kid, Ramona always loved visiting the McInney family next door. They provided comfort that her own household never could. Plus, she always had a thing for Scott McInney . . . the boy who knew all her secrets . . . the boy who up and married her twin sister, Vanessa, instead. Scott broke Ramona’s heart.

Now that Ramona and Scott are all grown up, things aren’t going well for the McInney family. Mrs. McInney is in a coma after a cruel twist of fate, and Vanessa ran off soon after the wedding. No one knows where she is or why she left. Now it’s Scott’s turn to be heartbroken.

Before things can get any worse, Mrs. McInney wakes up in her hospital bed.  The only problem is that her heart is still weak, and any shocking news could prove fatal. Scott knows he can’t tell her about his wife’s disappearance, at least not right now. There’s only one thing he can do: ask Ramona to pose as her sister - his wife - until things calm down.

Ramona thinks she can handle the charade, but the more time she spends with the handsome boy next door, the more she realizes that she can’t keep her hands off him.

A Romance Novel

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