


Books in series

#1
Our Secret Wedding
2016
A friends-to-lovers, feel-good gay romance. Contains a whole lot of man-on-man love action, and an elopement to Gretna Green for a secret wedding.
Impulsive and romantic, Connor is set to take over the family business, Sky High Scaffolds, with his siblings. But he might be ruled out as possible CEO, because even though he's almost thirty, he's still single.
Connor makes a life-changing chance discovery about a member of his construction team. Lee is gay, but no one at work knows. The macho scaffolding crew aren’t known for their gay-friendliness.
At twenty-nine years of age, sexy scaffolder Lee is looking for love and commitment. He’s not about to hook up with any straight guy who’s going through a gay experimental phase. Especially not his work colleague, Connor.
Lee fears rejection if and when Connor wakes up and realizes he’s not bisexual and not into guys.
Connor fears losing the love of his life if he can’t prove he’s serious about him and win Lee’s heart.
Standalone novel, there is no cliffhanger, no cheating, and there is a happy ending.
Book 1 in the Sky High Scaffolders series.
55,000 words of gay construction workers friends to lovers romance.

#2
Our Secret Christmas
2016
A feel-good, heartwarming, sexy story unlike any other story that you've read with Christmas in the title.
Christmas is a really big deal in Britain. The parties and preparations begin in November, at the latest.
In the construction industry, Christmas means two weeks off work for Connor and Lee.
Yes, two weeks.
They've only been dating since September.
In secret.
They just want to spend the holiday time together, like any other gay guys in love.
Alone and mostly naked.
And we all know the true meaning of Christmas is explaining and justifying to friends and family how you are spending the holiday and who with.
This is another Sky High Scaffolds' story, written mostly in British but with American spelling.
An M/M story of 44,000 words. A long novella, not quite long enough to be a novel when size matters.
Our Secret Christmas is a companion to Our Secret Wedding.

#3
Tread the Boards
2016
A feel-good, love at first sight gay romance. There’s lots of kissing and no angst.
Ben’s shook up when two of his work colleagues come out. Ben considered himself liberal and broadminded but also straight.
Macho construction workers aren’t gay. They just aren’t. So of course, he can’t stop thinking about it.
And he can’t stop thinking about Tom.
But if Ben fall’s in love with A MAN how will he tell his family, his friends and his son?
Tom is slowly getting over the heartache of his past when he’s swept away by a straight-acting but flirty scaffolder. With enough baggage of his own, should Tom spend time with Ben when he discovers Ben wasn’t acting?
Is it time for Tom to ditch the low paid work, pick up the threads of his life and resume his professional career?
A standalone romance novel. Overlapping characters with Our Secret Wedding.
55,000 words.
Set in Britain with (mostly) American spelling.

#4
A Secret Boyfriend
2017
Opposites attract and when the macho construction worker meets the sexy guy from the supermarket it changes both their lives.
Kevin is bisexual.
He knows the truth: He’s had girlfriends and craves experience with men. He'd never tell anyone his sexy or romantic fantasies. And could never imagine coming out to his dad or his mates. They are all blue collar workers like him. He's a super romantic and sweet guy who just hadn't found anyone to fall in love with until...
Opposites attract.
Out, loud, and proud: Perry is at a stage in his life when he doesn’t need a boyfriend just casual fun. He avoids hookup apps. Luckily, there are plenty of other ways to meet guys. Some of those are not things you’d admit to your coworkers in the supermarket.
When you don’t want a boyfriend, fate will send along the perfect candidate. Sometimes several to choose from. This time lady luck has sent a couple of guys for Perry to choose from: Kevin and Kevin's brother.
Unlikely circumstances bring Kevin and Perry together. The chemistry between them inevitable means they can’t keep their clothes on. And they must make physical connections involving hands and mouths.
There is a great deal of kissing and man loving man in this story.
No cheating and a happy ending.
Kevin & Perry's story is another low angst, feel-good, gay romance in the Sky High Scaffolders (Our Secret Wedding) series.
A first-time gay romance.
\\\ This can be read as a standalone title. \\\ Audiobook available in July 2017 \\\*
51,000 words of sexy, feel good romance.

#5
Friends With Benefits
2017
From friends to lovers
"You bottom, right? I don't mind if you want to top."
Did he prefer to top or bottom? Having never done either, Jamie wasn't sure.
Completely out at work, it was just a matter of time before his family at home found out he was gay. His brother and father were so macho, he worried how they’d take it.
But Jamie had more urgent concerns, in the bedroom, what did he want to do first?
Dylan likes guys, a lot. Especially a certain type. Muscular and masculine, like himself, and a man who’s going to take control in the bedroom.
His best friend is sweet and handsome, but not his type at all, or so he thought.
When their friendship includes additional benefits, Dylan discovers more than he expected. Jamie looks surprisingly hot without clothes.
Over 50,000 words of sweet and steamy gay romance.
\\\ A standalone title. \\\
\\\ This book contains characters from the SHS series and the main character, Jamie, first appeared in A Secret Boyfriend. \\\

#6
The Glass Ceiling
2017
Chris is a rising star in the world of art.
His sculptures may look like junk, but each piece sells for the price of a modest English home. A famous artist, a fabulous baker, and a caring BFF to the men in his life.
Why can’t he find a special man who appreciates all his attributes?
Frank is so much more than a tattooed hunky construction worker with a quirky smile.
When he first met the artist Frank had just been dumped after ten years in a one-sided relationship.
He was devastated.
Still in shock over the breakup, when the right man entered his life at the wrong time Frank couldn’t cope with the issues it brought up for him.
Cruel fate brought the men together at the wrong time.
Both men held on to secrets to protect themselves.
Revealing the truth when they meet again threatens their second chance.
This full-length novel of 67,000 words contains creative, sensitive men engaging in sizzling hot passion.
Plus lots of feel-good moments and a happy ending.
This book can be read as a standalone.
It contains a great deal of Connor and Lee plus other characters from the rest of the series so
you will enjoy all those cameos and references to other events if you have read:
Our Secret Wedding
Tread the Boards
A Secret Boyfriend
Author

H.J. Perry
Author · 18 books
Approaching my mid-50s, and I'm not sure if which will get there first: my age or my stomach circumference. I live in England. I'm an avid wide-ranging reader. Mostly reads: * YA * SF * M/M romance. * Books with LGBT themes and characters. Latest book ~ is a Poddlington Village Romance ~ published 2021.