Release Blitz: Ziggy's Voice: Saxon James
Ziggy's Voice
The Wilde Men #2
Saxon James
January 29, 2026
Kennedy
I’ve always been the relationship guy.
I love big, hard and fast … but unfortunately for me, that’s the quickest way to make a new romance crash and burn.
Moving to Wilde’s End, our not-so-abandoned town, is exactly the fresh start I need. What’s better than a town in the middle of nowhere and long days of hard work to swear off relationships? At least that’s what I think, until I meet Ziggy.
He’s the town electrician who has a weird habit of making sparks fly whenever I’m around him. He’s cute, snarky, and his piercings are hot as hell.
Too bad I don’t trust myself not to make the same mistakes I always do.
Ziggy
I’ve always been the weird loner. The strange kid who doesn’t talk.
So when Kennedy shows up in my life, with his big energy and sunny personality, I don’t know how to take him. I’m used to being the invisible shadow that goes unnoticed in the Wilde.
Kennedy makes me feel seen.
He doesn’t expect me to talk when the voices in my head get too loud, he doesn’t expect me to be funny or witty or anything that I’m not.
He’s happy just to be around me, and that’s not something I’ve experienced before.
He’s sworn off dating. And I’ve never so much as been kissed.
But with the sunshine he brings to my life, it’s impossible to feel like a shadow anymore. I’m determined to win him over, no matter what it takes.
We’re back in Wilde's End, and this time it’s Kennedy and Ziggy’s story. Kennedy is the Bellamy brother who is full of sunshine, energy, and always wants to make everyone happy. He’s a sucker for romance and falls easily, but comes on too strong and chases people away.
Ziggy is one of the Wilde's End inhabitants, and he has past trauma that has left him kind of a loner who doesn’t speak much. He’s plagued by anxiety that extends to his voice. He has a lot of thoughts and feelings, but just can’t always get them out. He has a big crush on Mr. Sunshine, Kennedy, but he’s not sure how to get that point across. Especially because Kennedy has vowed to himself and his brothers that he’s going to take a break for romance.
But Ziggy is there day by day, helping Kennedy with the construction they’re working on and listening to everything he has to say. There’s a comfort between the two of them and a developing understanding that is comforting to both of them.
Ziggy is one of the Wilde's End inhabitants, and he has past trauma that has left him kind of a loner who doesn’t speak much. He’s plagued by anxiety that extends to his voice. He has a lot of thoughts and feelings, but just can’t always get them out. He has a big crush on Mr. Sunshine, Kennedy, but he’s not sure how to get that point across. Especially because Kennedy has vowed to himself and his brothers that he’s going to take a break for romance.
But Ziggy is there day by day, helping Kennedy with the construction they’re working on and listening to everything he has to say. There’s a comfort between the two of them and a developing understanding that is comforting to both of them.
I loved seeing the friendship and closer connection build between Kennedy and Ziggy. Especially when Ziggy didn’t really talk much. It was a lot of unspoken communication and having to really pay attention to how the other was acting to figure out what they were feeling. And Ziggy is just such a sweet, naïve guy, but he’s also got this strength, sassiness, and he can be strong-willed and jealous. And Kennedy’s just trying to understand and doesn’t want to hurt anyone, so he feels guilty if he thinks he does, and he just wants to protect and care for the people important to him. And Ziggy likes that to a certain extent, but he also doesn’t want to be treated like he can’t take care of himself, so it’s an interesting dynamic.
And then when you add in the more physical component, you have a man who’s experienced and one who is not at all. And you have a man who usually loves too fast and too hard and scares people away in conflict with a man who doesn’t even know what love is because he’s never really had it from anyone.
I just really liked these two together with their sunshine and silence, the energy and stillness, the hyper talkative to the man whose words have deep meaning so he speaks with intention. But I loved seeing how Kennedy could figure out how to temper himself enough to allow Ziggy the room to feel safe to use his words when he wanted to, but at the same time would read his nonverbal cues as best he could to understand what was going on with him.
It brings back all of the eccentric and strong-willed people of Wilde's End and the still-figuring-their-own-sh*t-out Bellamy brothers. There’s a bit of drama in the background, and Kennedy has a lot to figure out as far as what his own future looks like and whether this is still just a temporary project or if he's really building a home. It also sets up the next couple of the series, and that should be very interesting.
And then when you add in the more physical component, you have a man who’s experienced and one who is not at all. And you have a man who usually loves too fast and too hard and scares people away in conflict with a man who doesn’t even know what love is because he’s never really had it from anyone.
I just really liked these two together with their sunshine and silence, the energy and stillness, the hyper talkative to the man whose words have deep meaning so he speaks with intention. But I loved seeing how Kennedy could figure out how to temper himself enough to allow Ziggy the room to feel safe to use his words when he wanted to, but at the same time would read his nonverbal cues as best he could to understand what was going on with him.
It brings back all of the eccentric and strong-willed people of Wilde's End and the still-figuring-their-own-sh*t-out Bellamy brothers. There’s a bit of drama in the background, and Kennedy has a lot to figure out as far as what his own future looks like and whether this is still just a temporary project or if he's really building a home. It also sets up the next couple of the series, and that should be very interesting.
Genre: M/M Bi Awakening Romance Standalone
Tropes: Enemies to lovers, small town, city boy x wild man, grumpy x snarky
Microtropes: I had no where else to go, scars reveal, bearded Cinderella moment, get out of my town
Hudson
Give me the smallest reason to make a bad decision, and I’ll jump in with both feet. Case in point: thinking that drunkenly buying an abandoned town with my brothers is a good idea.
As builders, we plan to renovate and flip the town, maybe turn it into something worth seeing, but the longer we’re here, the more things feel … off.
It’s not until a bearded mountain man breaks into my room in the middle of the night and threatens for us to get out of his town that I realize Wilde’s End isn’t as abandoned as we were told.
But there’s nothing waiting for me in the life I left behind, and in making his demands, Wilde has accidentally tapped into my competitive side.
Terrible decisions? Me?
Wilde can bring it on.
Wilde
I escaped to Wilde’s End twenty years ago, and since then I’ve dedicated my life to the town and the people who live there. Because if I focus on others, I don't have the time or energy to face everything I’ve been running from.
The Bellamy brothers coming to town is like three horsemen of the goddamn apocalypse. They leave destruction in their wake, and when the eldest, Hudson, ignores my very kind request to leave, it’s time to take things into my own hands. Protecting this town is all I know how to do.
But I’ve never faced someone like Hudson.
His stubbornness matches mine, and his attitude has an irritating way of worming under my skin. The more I push him, the harder he pushes back, until we’re locked in a game neither of us will walk away from.
With his smart mouth, bullheaded recklessness and those damn eyelashes I’m starting to question whether I can win this one.
But if I lose, this town isn’t the only thing on the line.
Saxon James
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Saxon James unapologetically writes happy endings for LGBT+ characters.
While not writing, SM is a readaholic and Netflix addict who regularly lives on a sustainable diet of chocolate and coffee.
Member of SCBWI.
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