Marriage is Murder (Sawyer and Royce
Spring is in full bloom, love is in the air, and Cupid has taken deadly aim in Savannah. Newly engaged, Royce Locke and Sawyer Key are ready to set the date and charge full-steam ahead into their happily ever after, but homicides and unresolved conflicts keep getting in their way. Neither detective has met a case they couldn't solve, but their latest investigations will push their limits and challenge their faith when the line between friend and foe becomes blurred. And if that weren't enough, a random encounter with a stranger will trigger a series of events that could either make or break the couple. Love-often a thriller, sometimes a killer, but always worth the battle. Marriage is Murder is book two in the Matrimony and Mayhem trilogy, the second story arc for Royce Locke and Sawyer Key. ** New readers should start with the Zero Hour trilogy before reading Matrimony and Mayhem. ** Marriage is Murder is a continuation of Royce and Sawyer's happily ever after as they move into the next phase of their lives-professionally and personally. Though some storylines span the trilogy, this book does not end in a cliffhanger. Heat, humor, heart, and homicide abound. You have been warned. 18+
Becoming Michael
Michael was from birth, both a loved and hated child. No amount of love and nurturing, generously given by his mother and uncle could override the hatred and abuse of his father.Follow his growing up and developing years, as he comes to terms with the realities of his existence. He must gain strength and determination to become who and what he was meant to be. Only in achieving this goal will he live a happy, loving and productive life.
Through the Embers
The Lost Princess.For 10 years Titaia secretly took refuge in the Palace of the King who killed her family and stole their crown. She had been safe, until the Prophecy that made her the most dangerous person in the Realm was discovered. Now the Kings deadliest assassin is in the Kingdom and Titaia fears she's being hunted. However, when secrets are exchanged, and truths revealed new fears set in. Titaia had been hiding from her birthright, but it has come to the point that she has no choice but to fight. The King has set his sights beyond their Realm with plans to conquer and rewrite the world and she is the only one with the power to stop him. With the help of someone who is not what she seems Titaia faces two questions, can she win? Can she keep her heart safe?The Assassin.Aife is the Realms most accomplished assassin. It is no surprise that she is brought in to eradicate the traitor believed to have infiltrated the King and Emperor's circle. But that's not her only job. Aife secretly works with the Rebellion fighting against the Kings reign and is tasked to obtain information on what the circle knows about the Druids and Rebellion. Secrets have littered Aife's entire life, world changing and insignificant alike. What she finds out in her search is enough to change her motivations and loyalty. After twenty years of torture, Aife finally has something to fight for. Nothing comes without a cost, will that cost be her life, her heart, or both?
An Angry God
A Serial Killer is Stalking and Murdering Young Gay Men.A Hateful Minister Says It's the Hand of God.Who Will Be Next?A serial killer is stalking young gay men in a Midwest college town. High school senior Kevin Bland, rich, brilliant, and a wild-child, meets a college freshman, Mitch Christman, who is just Kevin's type. And also the killer's type. Adding to the mix is college sophomore Brent who enlists Mitch's help in finding answers and possibly unmasking the killer. And all the while, Dr. Spencer Fellows, anti-gay crusader, and hate-monger, stirs the pot, praising the killer for ridding the city of gay men, one by one by one.
Bleeding Stone
Mundo Lopez, a minor player in the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, has killed a man of unexpected importance to the Mayan gods of war and death. After his release from prison, Mundo journeys with his lover, Pedro, through the jungles of Guatemala to steal a fortune in sacred gold from the Pyramid of the Dead. It is there among the ruins of Tikal that the dark gods, in their quest for vengeance, force him to make a monumental and horrific choice... Brian Yapko is a lawyer who tries to make up for it by writing narrative fiction and poetry. His debut science fiction novel, El Nuevo Mundo, was published in 2022 by Rebel Satori Press. His novella San Damien and the Red Daggers was published in serial form by Bewildering Stories in Spring, 2023; his short story "Paradox of the Twins" was recently published by The Ancible and his novella Erica Victor will be published in late 2023 by Gypsy Shadow Publications. His poetry has appeared in over fifty publications He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his husband, Jerry, and their canine child, Bianca.
Deep Dish
Geo is a poorly closeted Lit Professor on the rebound when he first sees Dima stripping and working the pole, and with that one look Geo is forever lost. A backstage trick turns into a treat of a date for the two broken men as they go out after the show, when the Angel of Fate adds her unique magic to the standard pie toppings and transforms a mere pizza pay date into a blessing of promise, and a chance for redemption and love. What should be a simple transaction of sex for money turns into something not so simple. From seemingly out of nowhere, as if by literal magic, suddenly now there is love, hope, salvation and the need for two men to take a chance. When Fate is in the mix, all bets are off the table, and the bookmakers had better run for cover on that day when the long shots finally do come in. Reciprocal need unleashes all the forces of the male psyche, both dark and light. Passion, needs, wants, desires, and the eternal drive for an alpha to rise to the top all come together to make for a story full of magic, hope and surprises aplenty. This illustrated love story reassures that the magic at the heart of every love is still alive and well in Boytsown, with a thrilling fantastical tale of romance as Geo and Dima take a roller coaster ride from Russian white nights to the darker side of gay male love.
Blended Whiskey
The original Whiskey Verse Six celebrate Aidan & Jamie's wedding in this Agents Irish & Whiskey short story.Aidan "Irish" TalleyandJameson "Whiskey" Walkertogether with their family & friendsrequest the honor of your presenceat their weddingSaturday, the Seventeenth of MarchTwo Thousand and Eighteenat High NoonHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaBlended Whiskey is a short story featuring multiple points of view during Aidan and Jamie's wedding weekend. It should be read after the other books in the Agents Irish & Whiskey series. This second edition features a new cover and formatting and light content editing.
Best Kind of Awkward
A new job, a move to a small town, and it takes less than ten seconds to get hung up on the delicious single dad wearing gray sweatpants.In my defense, he has the whole... package.He's fun and generous, kind and intelligent. He also agrees to help me coach the new youth basketball team. Does it matter that he's clueless about the game? Apparently not, since I'm keen to spend as much time with him as possible.Will Evans is a little older, no doubt a lot wiser, and he's also distracting in the best possible way.But there's something holding us back. It's not our chemistry, as together we are combustible. Which means that, like me, Will's not fully opening up. But you know what they say about secrets. They can get in the way of happiness, and if we're not careful, they're going to sneak up on us and destroy any possibility of a future we may have together.With the support of our busybody neighbors, the cheers of the youth basketball team, and the unwavering conviction that we're meant to be together, we're reminded that true happiness lies in embracing our vulnerabilities and daring to love with our whole selves is always worth the risk. Six couples, six low-angst romances, six reasons to fall in love... Best Kind of Awkward is the first book in the multi-author series. Each book is stand-alone, but if you enjoy swoon-worthy romances set in a small town, then stay a while. You'll fall in love with the men of Collier's Creek.
Fandom
DenverEveryone remembers the night the boy band Eleven broke up. Hearts shattered around the world, including my own. I made a mistake, and I've been avoiding bandmate Mason Nash ever since. At first it was hard, but eighteen months ago, he made it easier by leaving Hollywood and disappearing. When Eleven reunion talks start, I'm against it completely. I could really do with the publicity, but I don't want to face Mason again. I'm sure he won't want to see me either.MasonI don't miss LA or anyone in it. Not even the guys from Eleven. So, when they turn up on my doorstep talking about reunions, the last thing I want to do is hear them out. I hold strong too. Until my eyes land on Denver Smith. My ex-best friend. Two and a half years ago, he ghosted me, and I still don't know why. I want answers-I miss him-but I don't want to let him back into my life if there's a chance he'll walk away again. **Fandom is a full-length MM novel that mentions/deals with/addresses some heavy topics. For a list of triggers, look inside the free sample and find them in the front of the book.
Pop Star
HarleyWhat happens when the most successful boy band on the planet breaks up? How about 20,000 fans screaming my name. But the price of fame comes with an increased risk to my safety. I've been avoiding the dreaded B word for as long as I can, but after a close call with a rambunctious fan, I can't do it anymore. It's time to give in. I need to hire a full-time bodyguard. And when he shows up, he not only screams badass, he's another B word I try to stay away from: boyfriend material.BrixProtecting people is not what my company usually does, but the boss knows I need money, and the pop star is offering an insane amount to live with him and make sure no more crazy fans break into his house. I'm doing it for the money and nothing else. He may be the prettiest man I've ever seen, and I may feel sorry for the celebrity life he's been forced into since he was a teenager, but that doesn't mean anything. Just because he fascinates me, that doesn't mean I like him. It doesn't.Professionalism. I'm gonna live it. Breathe it. Enforce it... Mostly.
Encore
BLAKENever make a bet with Jordan Brooks. That's how I've ended up here, doing a movie that risks my entire acting career.Taking on a gay role when I'm straight is problematic in its own right, but when production gets put on hold, and a fabricated story breaks out in the media, Jordan and I have to go into hiding.Our livelihoods are put on the line all because of an ill-timed photo and Jordan's bitter ex-boyfriend.Scandals, lies, and PR nightmares. Welcome to Hollywood.JORDANWhy am I always drawn to the straight ones? You'd think I'd learn my lesson, but when our movie is delayed, I repeat old patterns.My plan to bury my hurt and anger toward my ex by "method acting" with Blake Monroe is foolish. But Blake is as irresistible as he is good-looking, and he settles into his role easier than I thought he would. In fact, he likes it a little too much.There are too many PR problems hooking up with Blake for real would bring, especially when the media thinks he's the reason my relationship fell apart. Yet, I can't walk away from him, and it seems, he can't walk away from me either.
Spotlight
RyderWhen I quit the biggest boy band on the planet, I was supposed to get my life back. It's not that I wanted to leave the spotlight. I felt like I had to for my daughter. Her picture shouldn't be splashed all over the tabloids. I thought I could do this parenting thing on my own, but it's obvious I need help. I just didn't expect to find it in the form of a gorgeous guy I meet by chance. I can put my attraction aside for my daughter's sake. I've put my whole life on hold for her. If only he wasn't so tempting.LyricWorking as a nanny is my backup to my backup plan. My first plan is fame, but something always holds me back. When I randomly run into Ryder Kennedy and end up becoming his daughter's nanny, I figure it'll be a short-term thing. But then Ryder finds out I can sing. He wasn't ready to give up music, and now he's found a new way to have it: through me. He wants to produce my demo and make me a star. He says I was born to be in the spotlight, but I think I was born to run from it. It doesn't help that each day I'm with him and his daughter, the deeper I fall into fantasies of being part of their family. And not just as the nanny.
Amid the Haze
Maeve Drakos and Hazel Fischer continue their college journey, moving back to the city and starting the peace officer training program at the community college. They pick out their first apartment, and everything seems awesome. Until they meet the neighbors.Members of Oakley University's men's lacrosse team live in the big house behind them. After many late-night parties and several instances of vandalizing the girls' apartment, Maeve has had enough. She decides to confront them on their own turf. Except while there, she discovers team secrets far darker than broken windows and spray-painted walls. Yet they all insist it's nothing-just tradition. The captain's a nice guy; they're all good guys. Yeah, no.Maeve thought she and Hazel were supposed to be the perfect team-in more ways than one. But when she approaches Hazel about reporting the guys, Hazel doesn't necessarily see what's happening next door the same way. And she's hardly ever home anyway, because she's been spending loads of time with her friend Doug. All this leaves Maeve doubting herself and questioning everything she thought she understood so clearly their freshman year.Yet there's no time to figure anything out before Maeve and Hazel find themselves embroiled in another murder mystery. Who has time to care about a crush when there's a rotting corpse in the basement?
Violent Mistake
SPECIAL EDITION full glossy wrap hardcover featuring unique character art!Internet sensation, Kazimir Skokan, is loved around the world for his luxury photoshoots and enviable lifestyle. But Felix Quaid has never hated a man more. Felix, investigative reporter turned true crime podcaster, knows something is off with playboy Kazi. From the late-night back-alley meetings to the people around him who later vanish, behind Kazimir's flashy smile, he's rotten to his core. Not to mention rumors of darker, dangerous, some say supernatural occurrences around Kazimir. Felix even has photos to prove it.But the last time he tried to expose Kazimir Skokan, his story was inexplicably shut down, taking Felix's career as a reporter with it. Kazimir owes him the truth. And Felix is going to make sure the whole world knows it. * * *Kazi has new orders. Kill Felix Quaid. The Blackrose Brotherhood leader, Mikalis, is never wrong. But in this, Kazi disagrees. Sure, Quaid is a pest, perhaps even a stalker, but no more than any other overzealous fan. Still, what Mikalis wants, Mikalis gets. And what's another dead meatbag to Kazi anyway? He stopped caring who lived and who died long ago. Making Quaid disappear should have been easy. But in Quaid's final, crucial moments, a pack of cult members kidnaps them both, mistaking Quaid for a member of the Brotherhood. Now, trapped together and with their time running out, Kazi must work with Quaid if they're to survive the insane Nyx-worshipping acolytes.But as soon as they escape, Mikalis's orders still stand: Quaid must die.Kazi thought he'd long ago given up on caring who lived and who died. Apparently, he was wrong...
Pollyanna Gay
August Applegate is sixteen years old, and he's known he's gay for eleven of them. But in 1963, life in a small Appalachian hamlet doesn't offer many opportunities to learn what that truly means.That is, not until August spends one magical-if tumultuous-summer at Buck's County Theatre Camp. There, he steps behind the curtains that shield the gay world from view and enters a bewildering universe of heated flings, dramatic breakups, and unspoken rules that leave his head spinning. Or perhaps that's just his bunkmates: Pete, beautiful, charismatic, and secretive; and Farley Fairfield, chaos incarnate, who seems to hate August no matter what he does.Thus begins a journey of many years, as August leaves camp and returns home to his loving, dysfunctional family; completes high school; attends college; survives life (once again) as Farley's roommate; and finally sets out to build a life on his own terms. Navigating the uproar of the 1970s and into the next decade, August witnesses the defiant joy of the gay rights movement and the creeping dread of the AIDS crisis. Yet even amid the waning of old friendships, the withering of old loves, and the unspoken traumas that hold his family in their codependent orbits, the one thing August can't get rid of is his tender, trusting "Pollyanna" heart.But August's stubborn optimism is more than just a chic set of rose-colored glasses. In fact, it might be the only pillar to which his loved ones can cling amid the relentless tides of fate. . . .
Violent Desire
SPECIAL EDITION featuring exclusive character art and a full, glossy wrap. Detective, killer, vigilant. Eric Sharpe is tired of watching criminals walk free. When a low-life drug-dealer kills his partner and escapes justice, Eric plots his own revenge. His plan is faultless, but for one thing: The handsome, mysterious man who arrives moments before Eric's plan comes to fruition. Not only does the mysterious man know Eric's an undercover cop, he knows exactly what Eric did fifteen years ago-an event so traumatic Eric has been trying to bury it ever since. And the mysterious man? Fifteen years ago, Eric killed him.Now he's back to reclaim what's his: Detective Eric Sharpe.Immortal. Predator. Vampire. After betraying himself and the Blackrose Brotherhood, Zaine can't afford another mistake. There's one rule above all others the Brotherhood stand by. One rule that can never be broken. Never, ever, care. All Zaine has to do is hunt and kill the savage nyktelios vampires and keep his head down. And he was doing just fine, until saving Detective Eric Sharpe from a vicious vampire attack. Zaine can't stop thinking about the intelligent, handsome but haunted man. Walking away is the right thing to do, but the detective and Zaine are hunting the same killer-the same vampire-a vampire who knows more about the both of them, and the brotherhood, than anyone realizes.A vampire seeking to bring down the Blackrose Brotherhood, for good.Zaine can't walk away. Eric won't walk away. Brotherhood rules be damned, the vampire must be stopped, and they'll go down fighting together to end him.
Let the Waters Roar
THE DEAD ARE NOT GONELegend tells of a witch who can grant your every desire ... for a price. Your soul, taken upon your death and stored in a stone.Harriet Landau made the deal.Now the stone containing her soul has been discovered. Her widow, Clio Landau, current captain of the Banshee, has the chance to be reunited with the woman she loves.But they aren't the only ones who have discovered the witch's secrets. If Clio can't stop a vicious captain's reign of terror, Harriet's resurrection may be very short-lived... and this time the Banshee's crew may be joining her.
Love Junkie
Adored by the likes of Amy Sedaris, Madonna (who optioned the film rights), and Gordon Lish, Love Junkie is Robert Plunket's cult novel of the heady heyday of gay New York at the dawn of the AIDS epidemic: scandalously long out of print, it is now gloriously reissued for a new generation of readers.Mimi Smithers, a modern-day Emma Bovary, is a fortyish suburban housewife who has an eye for d矇cor and dreams of hosting lavish cocktail parties. Reflecting on her time in Tehran with her Union Carbide executive husband, she says, "In the waning months of the Shah's regime, entertaining became more and more difficult. Hams--always a problem in Islamic countries--were as rare as hen's teeth." After their move to Westchester, a party she hosts for Mrs. Rockefeller goes south, and she falls into a deep funk. But then life takes an unexpected turn when she stumbles down into the gay rabbit hole of Manhattan and Fire Island society and meets Joel, a porn star with a chest "as smooth as a Ken doll." Soon she's helping him with his lucrative mail order business (signed photographs, used underwear, "verbal abuse audiotapes"), and her real dreams and adventures begin.
The Road Between
Just because you can go home again, doesn't mean you should. Television personality, Parker Houston has spent a lifetime following that motto; Running away at seventeen and vowing never to return to the small, country town that made growing up gay, unbearable. When the death of a loved one forces him home for the first time in twenty years, Parker has to reconcile the life and the people he left behind -- unearthing secrets and conflicts long buried. While trying to mend the fractured relationships within his complicated family, Parker meets Bryce, a cocky rancher with a womanizing past. Although the friendship seems unlikely, neither man can deny the explosion they feel when their two worlds collide.
The Prince's Angel
In present day London, vampires exist side-by-side with mortals and live under two sets of laws. The Romanorum makes the vampire rules, helping the Princes who rule the cities, but not all vampires are thrilled with the system. A rash of rogue vampires-vampires who have killed mortals-has descended upon London, and it is up to London's vampire prince, Mael Black, to bring them under control. When he learns who is behind the rogues, however, Mael's task becomes more complicated than he would like. His only choice is to turn to a sorcerer of questionable reputation: Cian Carmichael. But Cian is more than he seems to be, and despite the dangers inherent in becoming involved with him, Mael finds he is unable to resist. Cian Carmichael is an angel, sent to bring the rogue vampires under control. Acquiring a reputation as a vampire hunter, Cian becomes notorious in the city Mael rules. The last thing he expects is to fall in love with the prince of the London vampires. Can these two deal with their growing attachment and save London from the threat it faces?
The Look of Death
Berlin, summer 1994 ... where past and present collide ... a serial killer haunts the sweltering cityColin Buxton arrives in Berlin, which - like him - is facing an uncertain future. And things turn sinister when the bodies of five gay men are found in parks around the city.Colin suspects there's a serial killer on the loose, and as he delves deeper into the men's lives, evidence suggests it could be someone they've known intimately. But despite the mounting evidence, the authorities seem unwilling to listen. Will it take another victim for them to act?The Look of Death is the 2nd tense, gripping crime novel in best selling author CC Gilmartin's Colin Buxton Series.
Extended Capacity
A school shooting is a nightmare that happens in other towns until it comes to yours.A small town in Maine wakes up thinking it's just another winter day, but a tragedy has been set in motion by dark secrets from the past and an unfortunate series of recent events. The horror that every town fears is about to come to Hobbs.Dr. Liz Stolz is preparing to teach a gun safety class. Police Chief Brenda Harrison is heading to present her new conceal carry requirements to town manager, Olivia Enright. The principal of Hobbs Elementary, Courtney Barnes, and the new teacher, Susan Gedney, aren't looking forward to an afterschool meeting about active shooter drills. On the other side of town, Sam McKinnon is finishing work on the school bathroom. Each woman will unwillingly play a critical role in the drama that is about to unfold. Hobbs will never be the same again.
A Study in Spandex
Grieving his husband's untimely death, Alec Archer doesn't feel up to donning the Whirlwind's skintight turquoise costume to defend Centerport against yet another supervillain. But the evil genius who calls himself the Zookeeper doesn't care about Alec's feelings. The Zookeeper has chosen Centerport as the perfect place to demonstrate his latest creation, a genetic process that converts harmless house-pets into lethal bio-weapons. Whether he's battling giant spiders, rescuing the city from a vicious army of mutated puppies and kittens, saving a child from an angry Grizzly bear, or simply babysitting a pair of awkward newbie superheros who are more trouble than they're worth, Alec dutifully does his best, even though his heart isn't in it. Unfortunately, the Whirlwind's unique biology proves irresistible to the Zookeeper. Captured, and horribly tortured to unlock the secrets of his superhuman genetics, Alec's despair and grief threaten to overcome him, and the outcome of the Whirlwind's final confrontation with the Zookeeper is far from certain.
Roustabout
A con man and a government agent walk into a carnival... Bartlett Gibson is a necromancer and an agent for the Tennessee Bureau of Supernatural Investigation. He's hot on the trail of RJ Tucker, a psychic con man who has eluded him at every turn and led him on a merry chase. Pursuit leads to grudging respect in their game of cat and mouse, which becomes a high-stakes game of seduction. Bart chases RJ to the Carnival of Mysteries and realizes that nothing is as it seems. A dark witch's curse ups the ante, creating a deadline for revenge and redemption, and the clock is ticking.Falling in love breaks all the rules. Can Bart and RJ stop the witch, break the curse, and find a way around RJ's spot on the "most wanted" list before time runs out?Roustabout is a fast-paced MM paranormal romance filled with supernatural suspense, snarky humor, crafty carnival workers, sarcastic ghosts, midway magic, hurt/comfort angst, adversaries-to-lovers tension, and a very happy ending!Part of the multi-author, shared-world Carnival of Mysteries series. Can be read as a stand-alone.
The Picture of Dorian gray
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to
Music Heard in Hi-Fi & Other Stories
Music Heard in Hi-Fi and Other Stories is the third book by bestselling author Noel Alumit. This moving collection of short stories explores the lives of those straddling the United States and the Philippines. These memorable characters are both tender and illuminating: a grief-stricken man returns to a country that only knew him as a woman, an aspiring Broadway star is haunted by her past, a husband rebuilds a life after his wife leaves him, and a boy testifies against the man who abused him. Brave and thoughtful, these stories delve into the most universal of themes-family, community, love and understanding.Noel Alumit's graceful, understated stories resonate long after one is done reading them. Each one is an engraving of the diasporic Filipino experience, etched with finely drawn emotions of melancholy, longing, regret, and love. Deeply personal, often queer, always vulnerable, these stories reveal the ways in which history embeds itself in the body, in the mind, and, most of all, in the lonely soul. -Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize Winner, The Sympathizer These achingly tender short stories, centering around Filipino lives in Los Angeles, cross of all kinds of borders-gender, nation, opportunity, risk, the moment when life changes direction forever. They will crack your heart wide open. -Janet Fitch, White Oleander, Chimes of a Lost Cathedral
Big Diehl - The Road Home
Home, for any soldier, that single word became a mantra, repeated thousands of times, enveloping the images, aromas, love, and peace of places and times left behind when duty called. For Diehl, the word also held the inescapable specter of an inflicted misery, a profound hurt that even the savageness of war had not managed to best. Originally published in 2010, this novel explores the coming-of-age of gay men growing up on the High Plains of Colorado and Wyoming. While Diehl sees possibilities for himself and his boyhood friend, Joe Tye, he finds himself seeking those possibilities alone, enlisting with the US Army and going to war in the Middle East. Upon his return, he must decide if he can continue to "love 'em all" or devote himself to just one man. And he must deal with circumstances he cannot control while he and his newfound companion, a Border Collie he names Jack, navigates the unkindness of strangers. This third edition replaces the original novel published by MLR Press in 2010, and the reissue of the novel in 2022 by Untreed Reads. MLR Press no longer publishes, and Untreed Reads no long publishes this genre. This edition has been edited and some material has been removed.
Not Dating Material
MOLLYMoving to Seattle is supposed to be all about getting a fresh start and leaving the bitter man I was becoming behind.I have new roommates-quirky, sometimes strange, roommates-a nosy, next door neighbor and a grumpy kitty for company, but even surrounded by people, I still don't feel like I belong. Plus, it turns out the men in Seattle are exactly the same as the ones I left behind, and my string of romantic disconnections continues.It's not until one of my roommates, Seven, hits me with some hard truths that I realize where I was going wrong.Maybe the men aren't the problem.I am.And there's only one way to fix that.SEVENBeing found tied up naked to my bed by my cute new roommate isn't an ideal way for us to start a friendship.But apparently a quid-pro-quo is.He keeps his pretty lips zipped about the compromising position, and I step in as his dating coach. We go out, I note where he's going wrong, and he magically becomes dating material.The problem is, between my codependent brother Xander and a new best friend I can't get rid of, Molly and I are the target of a matchmaking scheme. My life is way too busy to add another person to it, and Molly is the kinda guy who needs to be made a priority, which I just can't do. Xander's medical anxiety takes up too much of my time, and I've never found a partner who doesn't resent it.I'm determined to help Molly find his ever after.But that guy will never be me.
Love in the First Degree
Robbie Sexton is heading home to north Alabama for his father's funeral. In Baltimore, he could be himself, but in Athens, Alabama, he figures he'll be back in the proverbial closet. Then he meets Seth Ellis. Before long, he realizes maybe heading home wasn't such a bad idea.Over several months, Robbie's life winds up in a bit of a whirlwind, but there remains one constant in his life: Seth.
Locked Up In H.E.L.L
THIS IS BOOK 3 OF THE THEY ARE H.E.L.L SERIES. Please read We Are H.E.L.L and Running From H.E.L.L first, as this book is a continuation.Elsie and Lu Torres Alvarez have been sentenced to fifty-five years in prison each. They won't be out until they are seventy-three years old. And that's only if they survive the first year of their sentence.From the moment they are brought back to the prison after being handed their sentence, things aren't easy. Old friends turn up in unexpected places, surprises turn up around every corner and things end up feeling like they never really left high school at all.Meanwhile, on the outside, Olivia Swanson tries to do what she can to stay out of prison herself, giving in to Jorge Torres Rodriguez's blackmail, while trying to stay out of a potential stalker's radar.Will Elsie, Lu and Olivia survive the year ahead, or will everything come crashing down? Will love conquer everything or will the past continue to haunt them?Find out in the last installment of the They Are H.E.L.L trilogy, Locked Up In H.E.L.L.
Deadly Ties
Five years after her beloved mother's death, Mila is forced home to Vancouver Island to care for her alcoholic, terminally ill father. But it's not all bad. While moonlighting as a cabdriver to pay the bills, she meets Ava, a beauty with a golden voice who immediately captures Mila's heart. And yet, Ava's world isn't exactly the peaceful escape Mila yearns for. Ava is forced to board her arsonist sister, Jessica, and turns a blind eye to reports of local fires. With difficulty, Mila helps Ava break away from Jessica's toxic dependence. However, the couple's peace is short-lived when a strange man begins stalking Ava. Despite Mila's efforts to protect her, the hunter closes in. It takes a shotgun blast to reveal the truth -- a truth that leaves Mila in a fight against the deadly ties that bind her.
Tea Leaves
Tea Leaves is an astonishing collection of fables for our time by a young writer of tremendous power and promise.Tea Leaves presents 16 speculative short stories that place queer characters in larger-than-life situations to emphasize the surreal experience of marginalization. A queer romance spans multiple incarnations, but only in doomed cities. A gay medieval scholar must testify for his life to the otherworldly octopus who traps him in a cafe bathroom. Ignoring their better judgment, a witch brings their mortal partner on a hunt for a dangerous sorcerer and must cope with the dire consequences.Each of the stories within Tea Leaves explores the urgency of modern queer life in encounters between the otherworldly and the queer other. In juxtaposing queer narratives with new, larger-than-life myths, Tea Leaves both exalts and lampoons the queer experience while examining the sometimes surreal obstacles of marginalization.
The Alabaster Hedgehog
"We always leave the hearth lit, and refreshments laid out on the table." "Have you ever stayed to watch?" "Absolutely not. Against the rules! You do NOT want an angry bwbach!" The Alabaster Hedgehog When 18 year old Thadeus is kicked out of his house after coming out, he takes refuge with a strange, elderly relative. He discovers a world of faeries, dangerous creatures, and sexy possibilities. Thaddeus may even find someone to date, if he doesn't absolutely need the date to be human... and if he doesn't end up dead first. (This is not YA, there are sexual situations, nudity, and some sexual interaction between characters)."Awkwardly funny, occasionally twisted, and extremely imaginative...." "A sex comedy with a dash of murder mystery... and the world of faerie." "An amusing read."
Reality In Check
From the multi-award-winning, best-selling author of Broken Beyond Repair comes a new sapphic celebrity ice queen romance - read as a standalone or as the second book in the South Downs Romance series.Sculptor Arte Tremaine is thrown into the hospitality industry when her beloved late grandmother bequeaths her and her sister a charming yet rundown country hotel with zero guests. Arte is determined to make a success of the business, despite her sister snapping at her heels to sell it and painful memories confronting her inside.Charlotte Beaufort, heiress to a hotel empire, television celebrity, and self-confessed city woman, hits the countryside to film an episode of her reality television show, Hotel SOS, where she immediately clashes with the overwhelmed Arte and her inquisitive Labrador, Rodin.Arte doesn't take kindly to Charlotte's attitude and frank opinions about her hotel, but when they are thrown together, she begins to realise not everything is as it seems with her attractive nemesis. As Arte begins to chip away at Charlotte's icy exterior, both women begin to realise dreams and reality rarely entwine and that, sometimes, our dreams are not even our own.Can the artsy dreamer and ambitious heiress face the reality of their situations and discover their true paths? And if so, can those paths lead them toward true love?
And the Train Kept Moving
And the Train Kept Moving is about Bryan Meigs, a gay alcoholic with OCD who struggles with the aftermath of getting date-raped and potentially infected with HIV. As Bryan works up the courage to confront his rapist, he must confront his present fears of infection, ghosts from his past, and brutal truths about himself.
Fear of Surrender (The Hampton Road Club 3)
Linus aches to surrender to Master Thomas, yet despairs of overcoming his fear of the Hampton Road Club.After being attacked by Master Preston, Linus refuses to go back to Hampton Road. Even though he yearns to belong to Master Thomas, he isn't sure he can ever trust another Master not to abuse him again.Thomas is furious with himself for not protecting the beautiful young submissive whose company he'd enjoyed on occasion. That's why he's relieved that new rules have been put into place to help protect the submissive men at the secret sadomasochism club-it's about time Hampton Road was brought into the progressive age of the 1920's. Perhaps now he can woo Linus into returning?As Thomas showers him with kindness, Linus wonders if he's misjudged the handsome Master. However, what if he's too traumatized to ever surrender to another man? When he allows Thomas to teach him the joys of dominance and submission, Linus discovers that he not only wants to surrender, he wants to be claimed permanently. But Thomas' old life comes back to haunt them and their chances of being together may forever be destroyed... Publisher's Note: This book was previously published under the title The Fear of Surrender with a different publisher. It has been reedited, revised and expanded. Fear of Surrender is Book 3 in The Hampton Road Club series, and comes with a satisfying HEA, no cliffhanger and the joys of figging. This installment can be read alone but is best enjoyed after the first two books in the series: Hesitant Heart and Rules of Love.Trigger warning: Threat of assault and reference to past assaultThe Hampton Road Club 2nd Edition reading order: Hesitant HeartRules of LoveFear of SurrenderComing June 2019! Mastering L
Hesitant Heart (The Hampton Road Club 1)
Sam might be innocent, but the Roaring Twenties aren't...Sam is used to living with lots of secrets. He's always had to hide who he is or else incur the wrath of his strict and abusive father. After he's faced with a horrible ultimatum, he flees to Hollywood where he hopes he can escape the specter of his miserable upbringing.Aaron is a wealthy, sophisticated man who loses himself in painting portraits of bound men to stave off his loneliness and despair. Unable to find a lasting connection with anyone, he has resorted to paying lovers so he can indulge in his darker passions. Aaron's only respite is the Hampton Road sadomasochism club where he's a respected Dominant.Na簿ve in the ways men can please one another, Sam takes a job at a bathhouse where he first glimpses a handsome older man. Aaron has his interest sparked when he spies a shy towel boy watching him whenever he patronizes the Temple of Eros. When a traumatic event triggers Aaron's protective nature, he rescues the gentle Sam from the clutches of the disreputable establishment's manager.As their bond deepens and Sam is trained for his first night at the Hampton Road Club, an unknown danger lurks. Will Aaron's heart be crushed once again?Publisher Note: This book was previously published under the same title with a different publisher. It has been reedited, revised and expanded. Hesitant Heart is Book 1 in The Hampton Road Club series, but there is a satisfying HEA with no cliffhanger!
Spy Mad Libs
Fifteen years.That's how much of his life Daniel must dedicate to Forward Colony 47⏤a self-contained ecosystem built 10 miles above the surface of Atlanta. But if that's what it takes to ensure his husband Paul and daughter Samantha are safe from the climate catastrophe FC47 and others like it were designed to combat, so be it. When his feet touch ground again in 2071, the toil and the sacrifice will all be worth it. After all, what's fifteen years in the span of human existence?As year eight inside the Colony draws to a close, Daniel meets a young woman calling herself Adrasteia after the Ancient Greek Goddess of Rebellion who warns him that life inside the Colony is not as it seems, that fifteen years is actually a life sentence, and that he will never see his family again.Daniel is faced with a choice: see through in his mission to make life better for his family or join Adrasteia's insurgency of gods to fight the wrongs of the heavens and return to the land⏤if there's any land left to return to.
Dark Park
DARK FACTORY opened the doors to a reality-bending dance club, an online immersive portal, and the feeling that the whole world is on the brink of something new. DARK PARK takes you there.DARK PARK follows visionary filmmaker Sergey Kendricks as he tracks Ari Regon and Felix the DJ through the fever and chaos of stardom and celebrity culture, while Max Caspar quests deeper into the unstable gaming landscape of Birds of Paradise: pursued and idolized by fans, acolytes, haters, and schemers, all dazed by beauty and searching for the end of the world.DARK PARK is the encore to DARK FACTORY, Kathe Koja's wholly original novel from Meerkat Press, that combines her award-winning writing and her skill directing immersive events, to create a story that unfolds on the page, online, and in the reader's creative mind. www.Darkfactory.club
The Emptiness of Oedipus
From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster comes an emotional, young adult gay romance!The pain is overwhelming.My life means nothing anymore.Black. Lonely. A void.I have an expiration date and the final hour is here.Until a boy bounces into my dark world.Too short. Too young looking. Too smiley. Too much hair.I want to look away because he's too much. Too much everything.Bright and bustling with energy.A train wreck of color.His name is Kit Strong.Loud, adorably dorky, and absolutely my type.In another life, I could love someone like him.It's too late, though.I'm ready to leave.I've already made my decision.But he wants me to stay.***This is a MM emotional romance that touches on sensitive topics like death and suicide but ends happily. This story was formerly in an anthology.***
The Saucer-Heads
Don't mess with the hothead-or he might just mess with you. Slater Ib獺簽ez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap.Hired to track down Finley, the missing boyfriend of tech worker Truax, Slater soon discovers that the job isn't really what he was asked to do. The search for Finley leads him to an arcane book and the flying-saucer subculture, where a deep dive takes Slater out into the Mojave Desert, leaving him unsure of the precise boundaries of reality itself. With input from Doris and his operatives, and begrudging help from his romantic partner, Pike, to weasel him out of a jam, Slater cuts a dogged path to sort out what Truax really wants, and what Finley is really up to, all the while juggling high explosives, navigating his deepening narrative complex with Pike, and never failing to throw that punch.A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age, Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society, keeping his balance with the back-channel support he gets from main squeeze Pike, business partner Max, and operatives Andy and Etta.
