Sweet Caroline
Gabriel "Reaper" Collins lives his life always looking for that next big thing. He was the star rugby player in University and moved up quickly through the ranks of police until he was offered his dream job in Police Special Operations. That was nearly 5 years ago and now he's looking for something new and exciting. Approached by his former boss, Gabe and his partner are recruited into MI6's newest off the books team. Parliament's answer to diversity and inclusion; a team made up solely of LGBT+ members, The Charing Cross Boys. There's only one problem, Gabe is straight, married, and a father of two boys. He has never even looked at another man in that way, but recently he's beginning to wonder why he has issues keeping his eyes off his best friend and partner. Nigel "Diamond" Sweet has loved Gabe since he saved Nigel from racist and homophobic bullies when he was sixteen. Knowing there could never be anything between them since Gabe was straight, Nigel resigns himself to the fact they will be nothing more than friends. When he is recruited with Gabe into MI6's newest team, he loves the job, loves his team, and still loves... his straight partner. With a knock at the door one evening, Nigel's life changes and with it, his visions of the future. Gabe's wife cheated on him, and he and the boys need a place to stay. But will the forced proximity, the domestication, and the family aspect of their suddenly merged lives bring with it a realization that even though Gabe is straight, he just might have deeper feelings for his best friend. Working their newest case, one that claimed the lives of two other agents, The Charing Cross Boys Team juggle their personal lives with the uncertainty of their professional future. There's a traitor in their midst and the CCBoys will stop at nothing to bring them to justice. Though this wasn't intended to be read as a standalone, it can be. Sweet Caroline reads best after Set Fire to the Rain book one in the Charing Cross Boys series. This is a friend to lovers, gay-for-you, HFN, MM romance with a spy twist. Trigger Warning: Cheating by secondary character affecting one of the main characters, intense on page bullying, homophobia and homophobic rhetoric. For full list of triggers see the Trigger Warnings inside the book.
Stealing Hope
Sam Payton is a high school senior with a bit of an identity crisis. Raised in a well-to-do family, she dutifully plays the role of Samantha Rose Payton, the wealthy debutante. Now, almost one full year into her life-changing relationship with Lisa Brown, Sam is hit with many life-challenging events. Her best friend, Susie Torres, struggles with alcohol addiction and a wrecked home life as her parents go through a bitter divorce, and Sam tries to help her friend keep her head above water. In another struggle, two friends cross the line between friendship and intimacy-a line that should not have been approached. Sam finds herself trying to make them see how incredibly egregious the transgressions are for all involved. And to top it all off, Sam's mother is diagnosed with a serious illness. Through the love of her parents and her girlfriend, Sam navigates these challenges the best way she can, all while trying to fulfill everyone's varying expectations of her. Sam struggles to break free of the preconceived roles she seems to be bound by to figure out who she really is. It ultimately comes down to whether Sam can make everyone see that she is both a softball-playing ice-hockey-loving lesbian named Sam as well as a classically-music-trained debutante named Samantha Rose.
Going, Going, Gone
Susie Torres planned to spend most of the summer before her senior year of high school with her girlfriend, Marlee McAllister, but that's proving to be quite challenging. Marlee works at D'Amico's restaurant, and Susie babysits for Mrs. Johnson, her mother's boss. Susie hates the job because she not only works like a slave but almost gets paid like one. Susie is desperate to take her physical relationship with Marlee further, but she knows she has to go at Marlee's slower pace. Complicating things is the attention that a pretty blonde softball player from another team shows Marlee, and Susie falls into a funk when Marlee seems to enjoy it. On top of that, nothing she does seems to be good enough for her summer softball coach. Frustrated with life, Susie accidentally, on purpose, comes out to her mother. It would be an understatement to say that her mother didn't take it well. Can Susie deal with a girlfriend whose head has possibly been turned by another, an employer who treats her like dirt, a coach who doesn't respect her, and a mother who tells her she is unnatural? Can she get her life back on track before senior year starts?
Going Under
Susie Torres is a second-semester senior with devoted friends and an amazing girlfriend in Marlee McAllister. Susie's father has the kind of job that takes him away from home on frequent business trips, but lately, his trips seem to be longer and more frequent. Tensions rise at home when Susie's mother challenges him about that. At first, Susie and her younger brother Miguel hide in her room when their parents' frequent squabbles elevate to out-and-out yelling matches. But as her parents' war escalates further, Susie finds other ways to escape the tension. A fake ID becomes a clear and easy way to anesthetize herself with alcohol. Her crumbling home life becomes momentarily forgotten whenever she swims in a sea of peaceful drunken bliss. Unfortunately, Susie doesn't realize that she is alienating everyone around her with her attempts to cope with her parents' possible divorce. Including Marlee. Her best friend Sam tries to warn her that her excessive drinking is driving away all of her friends, but Sam's well-meaning advice isn't heard. Will Susie finally realize that it is her own actions that are making her life fall apart around her? That her new love of drinking is getting in the way of everything good in her life? That her amazingly patient girlfriend isn't going to put up with much more?
Stealing Second
Samantha Rose Payton likes girls, but her parents don't know that. And Sam would like to keep it that way because her parents are ultra-conservative Republicans. They live in a mansion and have servants and chauffeurs. However, instead of playing the dutiful debutante who plays the violin and still has a nanny at age seventeen, Sam would rather watch ice hockey on TV and play second base on her summer softball team. Having to hide her relationship with her girlfriend, Lisa, from her parents is becoming an agonizing struggle. Not only are her friends pressuring her to come out to her parents, but they are also trying to convince her to attend a very public gay pride festival at the local college. At least she has her nanny Helene to confide in, but for how much longer? Sam is acutely aware that the time for Helene to move on may be fast approaching. And if that isn't enough, Sam's summer softball coach gives her no end of grief after an error-filled game and isn't afraid of making an example out of her. Will Sam remain the perfect princess her parents expect? Will her beloved nanny leave her forever? Will her girlfriend get fed up about being kept hidden? Will her friends continue to pressure her about coming out? Will Coach Greer make her life miserable? All of these questions are answered in Stealing Second: Sam's Story.
Tools of Ignorance
Lisa Brown is the starting catcher for the Clarksonville Cougars High School softball team, and she has a major crush on her pitcher Marlee McAllister. Lisa continues to carry her torch for Marlee, even when Sam Payton, a rival softball player, flirts sweetly. However, Lisa becomes more confused than ever when Tara, the first girl she ever kissed and the first girl who ever broke her heart, resurfaces. Since Marlee doesn't know Lisa's alive, should Lisa give up on her once and for all? Sam seems to have secrets of her own, but Lisa wonders if she should overlook them and allow her fledging attraction to grow for the pretty blonde, or should she fan the tiny flame still burning in her heart for Tara? Lisa faces these problems and deals with society's tools of ignorance in her quest for love and acceptance.
Romantic Rescue
A nasty fall on a hiking trail represents Daniel's crumbling life, but a handsome park ranger will rescue him in more ways than one.Catching your boyfriend and best friend together would be bad for anyone, but being arrested for punching your best friend in the nose makes it much worse. When Daniel heads into the mountains for some alone time, things go from bad to awful as a fall leads to a life-threatening injury. Ranger Joseph is everything Daniel has dreamed of, but his dreams never involved being carried down a mountain on a stretcher. As Daniel mends he discovers a relationship with Joseph may be his one chance for true love.Daniel can't seem to catch a break; just as his life starts improving, he's attacked by an unknown assailant. With his life now in jeopardy, can the fledgling relationship survive or will everything he cherishes be lost?Romantic Rescue is part two of the MM/gay Romantic Series. If you like instant love, hurt to comfort gay romances, and just a touch of suspense, then you'll enjoy this heartwarming novel by Blake Allwood.
Romantic Renovations
Bennett goes from homeless to millionaire and meets reality TV star Les. Will their love be enough to save Bennett from his father's malicious plots?Bennett Jackson's life abruptly changes when he inherits a massive real estate portfolio and is given his own home improvement show to feature the rehab of the properties. When this surprising success is jeopardized by an unscrupulous costar, his world begins to crumble until coming face to face with his new costar, the muscle-bound and ridiculously handsome Leslie Cooper.Les is pissed. He had no intention of continuing working in reality TV, but since he still had time on his contract, he really didn't have a choice. Les fully intended to be in charge as he walked onto the chaotic Seattle set but his temper waned as he came face to face with his handsome co-star Bennett Jackson.Just as things begin heating up between Les and Bennett, Bennett's abusive past emerges. But this time, it puts both their lives in jeopardyIn this hurt/comfort, suspenseful romance, will Bennett's will to survive, and Les's inner strength be enough to keep them alive and save their fragile relationship?
Twilight Manors in Palm Springs
Brian and St矇phane strike again!As if they haven't caused enough trouble already!Everyone's favorite politically incorrect couple, Brian and St矇phane, embark on yet another zany adventure in Twilight Manors in Palm Springs: The Peculiar Case of the Follies Dancer.It begins when St矇phane's birthday "treat "goes awry. While having breakfast in a Mexican restaurant in Rancho Mirage, a skeleton falls out of the wall onto their table. It's the beginning of a treasure hunt to uncover the secrets of a silent movie star from the 1920s.Along the way, the duo wreaks havoc and mayhem everywhere they go, including a Hells Angels wedding, a zoo, a funeral, a silent film festival, the Antiques Roadshow, and a lecture on "How to make a beautiful corpse.'New characters help or hinder our heroes in their quest. Among them are Nigel and Simon, two British make-up artists, Krystal the stand-up comedienne, and a Christian lady with a potty-mouthed parrot.Twilight Manors in Palm Springs: The Peculiar Case of the Follies Dancer is book three in the hilarious Brian and St矇phane series. WARNING! You will laugh out loud and may annoy others around you. Do not drink and read, it may come out of your nose.
Under Her Wing
This is basically the Shasti and Madison Story. Madison Kim finds herself on a bus headed to Denton Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. Her mother sent her there without notice to care for an elderly Korean woman Madison had never met. Madison is twenty-two-and-three-quarters years old, has a high school diploma, but isn't smart enough to go to college...so they tell her. Now she spends her time caring for Mrs. Park, going to the beloved Cincinnati Zoo, and watching movies on her outdated phone. She's not really sure why she's there, but she's taking it day by day. And then she meets strong nurturing Miss Shasti at a tea dance. Shasti Balakrishnan has been looking for someone to call hers for more years than she cares to count. She wants a woman to love and care for in a nurturing Mommy Domme/little girl scenario. She's thirty-two and already a partner in a thriving medical clinic in Denton Heights, but truth be told - she's lonely. She thought she'd found a companion in Amber back in D.C., but that fizzled out once they realized they weren't what each other wanted. Or needed. And then she meets adorably precocious Madison at a tea dance.
Ink Stains & Ill-Fated Lies
No scribe has ever returned from the Sunglade. It's a continent of burning sunlight and terrifying suncreatures, and the home of the worshippers of Ponuriah, the evil sun goddess. When Adaris Kavari, a disgraced wandering scribe with a lame leg, finds herself following her curiosity too far and gets captured by those worshippers, she's forced to record their side of history in order to survive. Much to the worshippers' glee, Adaris is also a Divus-a race whose crafting is used mainly to heal, and sometimes to hurt-and a terrifying young researcher immediately latches onto her because of it.But Adaris isn't the only prisoner here. She meets an attractive and snarky painter named Rhonwen with an unfortunate link to Adaris' past. Wanting to save them both, Adaris conforms to the sun goddess worshippers' ways while looking for an escape. She knows that once she's free, she'll have recorded a keystone story that would help restore her tarnished reputation and might even turn the tide of the upcoming war. The sun goddess worshippers' influence is strong, especially with the new elements of crafting Adaris encounters-elements that could turn her pitiful crafting into something new and powerful-and her scribe's curiosity twists into something even she didn't anticipate. As a scribe, she's recorded many heroes' adventures. Now, it's her turn to become the hero-by any means necessary. (2024 Goldie shortlist in Fantasy)
Code
In the shadowy underbelly of Washington D.C., Kyle and Josh uncover a web of deceit and corruption that threatens to undermine the very foundations of democracy. As they race against time to expose the dark truth, they navigate a dangerous world of espionage and betrayal. With their lives on the line, the duo must rely on their wits, courage, and the strength of their friendship to expose the powerful forces at play. A gripping tale of conspiracy, redemption, and the relentless pursuit of justice, this electrifying novel will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.
Raven's Creek
2023 Bookstagram Winner for LGBTQ+ Novel of the YearAn abandoned motel.A woman flees an unknown danger, taking refuge in a motel. She is never seen again.A mad scientist.A geneticist stretches the boundaries of nature. His experiments, once human, are now something else. Something new. Something hungry.The couple.Michael and his husband Geoff have lost something precious. Their search takes them to a motel. What they find there will reveal a cruelty neither knew existed. And creatures beyond imagination.Welcome to Raven's Creek.
Sky High
The mages need to find their lost dragons before it's too late.Ansley has been looking for his dragon since Byron was taken from him a hundred years ago. The sacrifice of his shield and the man he was in love with was necessary, but Ansley can't find peace, and neither can the other five mages he considers his brothers, who also shared that sacrifice. They've been without their other half for so long that some of them have lost hope.But not Ansley.Parker has no memory beyond the past hundred years. He's been moving every ten years or so because he's not aging-which probably has to do with his ability to shift into a dragon-but this time around, it's harder to leave everything behind. He doesn't have a choice, though.When Ansley finally finds the right spell, it leads him straight to Byron. But Byron isn't Byron anymore. A hundred years and no memories turned him into a new man.A man Ansley likes even more than he did Byron.Ansley's job is to find the other five dragons, but with the threat that caused the mages to lose the dragons rising again, he might not be able to do it in time.And if he can't, it could mean death for all of them.
Sapphire Water
Setting the third brother free should have broken the curse for good, but the darkness still threatens everything. The curse cannot be truly broken until the fourth brother is found and he too finds true love.David is bitter, having lost his entire family after his mother passed. Now, he clings to his love of the ocean. When that love brings him face to face with a mystical selkie man, will he accept his destiny or turn from it and the selkie who desperately needs him?Muir is tasked with finding the male witch who can help save the last of the Selkie people. When he is attacked by the enemies of the Selkie and loses the seer stone everything feels lost, at least until he finds David, the sexy witch man who may help him rewrite all of the selkies' destiny.As David and Muir work through their emotional and physical attractions, the lives of the Selkie people hang precariously in the balance. Will these men be able to bridge the tide that flows against them, or will hope for the Selkie's salvation be lost forever?
Republic of North London
An anxious father battles to stop his world crashing down around him. A bereaved schoolboy waits half a lifetime to honour his mother's memory. An apprentice spy makes a desperate last stand against the forces of fascism. In the contemporary city, on the sunny Costas, and in a dystopian future kingdom, three reluctant protagonists struggle to live up to an ideal of themselves before ultimately succeeding against all odds and expectations. In these three loosely linked and fiercely honest novellas, the author returns to his signature themes of desire, regret, death, and the possibility of love.
Republic of North London
An anxious father battles to stop his world crashing down around him. A bereaved schoolboy waits half a lifetime to honour his mother's memory. An apprentice spy makes a desperate last stand against the forces of fascism. In the contemporary city, on the sunny Costas, and in a dystopian future kingdom, three reluctant protagonists struggle to live up to an ideal of themselves before ultimately succeeding against all odds and expectations. In these three loosely linked and fiercely honest novellas, the author returns to his signature themes of desire, regret, death, and the possibility of love.
Turning Together
Enjoy this special edition print only box-set of Turning Point and Turn for Home by Lara Zielinsky celebrating the 10th anniversary of Turning Point's publication. Her award-winning work was an anchor in lesbian fiction and has inspired countless authors and readers.Turning Point: 2007 Winner Lesbian Fiction Reader's Choice Awards: Favorite Lesbian Romance Book2008 Golden Crown Literary Society Finalist for Lesbian Debut AuthorTurn for Home: 2010 Rainbow Award Winner: Lesbian Contemporary
Price of Passion
In an introspective journey of self-discovery, Jason, a 40 something gay man, embarks on a trip to Istria, Croatia, seeking solace and healing from the wounds of a challenging year. Carrying with him little more than his speedos and his yearning for release, he is unaware of the looming shadows that await him. It is there that he meets Igor, a handsome and youthful pool boy whose gaze lingers on him, awakening an obsession that threatens to unravel everything. What begins as a harmless flirtation soon evolves into a dark and perilous dance, with unforeseeable twists and turns around every corner. Brace yourself for a heart-stopping thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat until the very end.
Blue Streets and Avenues
In an attempt to get as far away as possible from her dysfunctional family in Florida, Rayne Holmes finds herself in Boston barely making ends meet by busking in South Station. Her husky voice catches the attention of a beautiful barista named Juniper, and Rayne quickly realizes she would do anything to get to know her. What she didn't know, is that this desire would force her to cross paths with Boston's most notorious gang, the Fire Jackals. Juniper will stop at nothing to find the truth, and Rayne would never forgive herself if Juniper got hurt in the process. Will Juniper's quest for the truth tear their lives apart or forge an unbreakable bond between them?
Shattered
Earth's first black, lesbian superheroine has had enough of humanity and disappeared. In this moving, opposites-attract, science-fiction tale, a stubborn tracker is sent to bring her home...any way she can.Shattergirl is a brilliant but aloof black, alien superheroine, called a guardian, who can hurl and destroy large objects. The world reveres her and other guardians like her, yet she's suddenly refusing to save people and has gone off the grid.Lena Martin, the street-smart human tracker with a silver tongue and a disdain for the rogue guardians she chases, has only days to bring Shattergirl home.As the pair clash heatedly, masks begin to crack, and brutal secrets are exposed that could shatter them both.An award-winning, opposites-attract, lesbian science fiction tale embracing the special people who pass through our lives and change us forever.
Not for a Moment
Desperate situations call for desperate lies in this charming, fake-relationship lesbian romance.Andi Barrons has no time for kids or the chaos they bring-certainly not when she runs a high-end decorating business. Mischief and little fingers around expensive materials? No thanks!But then her gorgeous friend, Sarah Santoro, winds up in a custody battle with Sarah's former in-laws and now... Well, somehow Andi's agreed to pretend she's Sarah's live-in partner.She's still not quite sure how she got stuck playing a role she's so utterly clueless about and that's everything she doesn't want in life. But as long as Sarah and Noa, the world's cutest seven-year-old, don't get a hold of her heart, she'll be fine.Easy, right?
In Too Deep
This lesbian summer holiday romance comes with tangy cocktails, arched eyebrows, and a sweet side of mystery.Lucy Holloway is dying for an escape. The high-flying lawyer's life has just spectacularly imploded so it's time to hit the reset button and soak up some sun, sea, and relaxation at a swanky hotel across the Atlantic.Laid-back physical therapy student Elena Garcia is home for the holidays. Picking up a few shifts as a lifeguard at Sol Plaza, the hotel her father manages, sounds like fun. Speaking of fun...there's also that sweet summer flirtation she's having with a smoking hot American lawyer. But when their sizzling romance slides into real emotions, everything gets complicated.Also complicated? Wild accusations against Elena's father about how Sol Plaza's being run. Teaming up with Lucy, Elena's determined to clear his name.But will working together bring the two even closer? Where do flings end and feelings begin, anyway?
Trial by Night
If you have ever been in love way over your head, this is the book for you. In TRIAL BY NIGHT, Perry Brass, author of bestselling classics like Angel Lust, How to Survive Your Own Gay Life, and The Manly Art of Seduction, presents two novellas, longer short fiction, exploring love, the innocence of falling in love, and deception, that snake in the garden path. In the first, Ghosts, or The Dangerous Fog, he presents himself as a fictional character and meets Stephen Hong-Moore, recently divorced from his Chinese husband of many years, and raring to be "gay, single, and in New York." He comes on to Perry like Al Capone at a bootleggers' convention, sweeping Perry into that "dangerous fog" of love, with a potentially lethal undertow in it, the fact that Hong-Moore is "neuro-divergent" and any involvement with him will be measured, guarded, and, most probably, disastrous.In the second novella, The Seduction of Perry, Brass takes us back to the 1990s, and gay Chicago, to a bathhouse assignation with Adam, a young man who so radiates beauty and youthful innocence that anyone will be charmed and struck by him. But his innocence is merely another variation on not judging any book by its cover-for Adam has secrets of his own, and a lifetime that goes back many, many years beyond his young looks, and that includes the threat of the worst kind of slavery.Both of these novellas are tributes to the life of the mind, of books, and of writing-that writers live in places inside themselves that other people want to visit, but that does not safeguard writers, or anyone else, from the dangers around them. These are two novellas of the horrors of the human heart. They also deal with autism as well as other places "on the spectrum" that, of course, includes heartbreak.Activist and author Perry Brass is well known to readers for his more than twenty books, including fiction, poetry, erotica, advice books, horror, and science fiction, as well as his journalism, plays, and musical collaborations.
The Rings of Sodom
Ethan Trendeau, a concert pianist, and his partner, Shawn McAllister, an architect, leave their New York City apartment and buy a turn-of-the-century Victorian house on the coast of Maine. It is located north of Portland and south of Bar Harbor. After doing some research on the house, they realize it has a strange history. Everyone refers to it as the 'Haunted House'. Little did anyone really know how strange until they discover a hidden room in the basement. Hank Morris, a carpenter and plumber from town, helps them open a bricked-up doorway to the room. After removing the bricks, they enter the room and discover a horrifying sight. None of them had any idea the Pandora Box they had just opened and the terror that was released.
A Thousand Short Lives
Chaos was made to love the darkness, but now she must prove her devotion. A Thousand Short Lives is a colorful love story that transcends time and space. Written as a novella-in-flash, follow a soul's journey as they explore what it means to be truly alive amongst the varying shades of humanity. This quest for love spans the tales of many individuals, all unique, yet intimately intertwined with the next. A Thousand Short Lives is micro-art designed to be felt, more than read. So, soak up all the color, and on your own time and pace, be ready to laugh, to cry, and above all else, to fall in love.Praise for A Thousand Short Lives: "One of the most unique, thought-provoking, imaginative stories I've ever read.It's about life, death, spirituality, pain, the afterlife and raises all kinds of cosmic questions. It puts you in the shoes of so many different souls, and makes you think about what it is to be human (and in some cases, NOT human).The prose is absolutely beautiful. It's strange for those used to storytelling in a chronological order, and some may not get it. But for those that do get it, the ones who have a creative soul, it will take you on a journey.This is not a book to be read in one sitting. With prose this stunning, you need to take your time, and savor every last word.I can NOT sing the praises of this story enough. Well done W.B. Clark. It's artistically brilliant, a canvas of words, and it was my pleasure to read it."--Avery Kingston, Amazon bestselling author
Raised by Wolves, The Complete Series
★★★★★ "Storytelling at its best. . . laugh out loud funny. . ."Who knew one date could literally change everything?I went to a movie with my roommate's friend.I didn't know he was gay. I certainly didn't know I was. I didn't even know it was a date.I'm not talking about the fairy tale kind of date where bunnies fly out your butt and butterflies break into dancing and song.I'm talking about a date where you don't even know you're on a date until the guy kisses you.OMG! I nearly passed out. I can't believe I was ever that na簿ve and clueless.I mean, not until after we got naked and . . .Over the next few years, my whole world changed. I went from never-do-anything-wrong preacher's kid to a wild child sowing his oats. Man, I loved oats . . . or men . . . if men were oats.This series is my story. You might find it hard to believe, but it's all true. It's also hilarious and heartwarming and sad (but only in spots) and uplifting . . . Did I mention funny? It's really funny.Check it out. The complete series is more than 1,200 pages. You're going to laugh your hiney off!Raised by Wolves is Michael's story, a classic, 5-book series that follows his life over decades of searching, finding, and losing love. It mirrors Michael's journey, beginning with simplicity, a single date, and grows in depth and complexity as his life evolves and changes. And yes, there is plenty of naked goodness.Michael's tale is one of found family, hurt/comfort, new experiences, intimate moments, remarkable innocence and growth, self-deprecating humor, and most of all, boundless love.This series will move you to tears, both in laughter and sorrow, while warming your heart in ways few stories ever will.NOTE: Raised by Wolves is not a shifter series. There are no shapeshifters, and no one was raised by actual wolves. Rather, this is an American idiom referring to people who were raised in an extremely conservative, religious household. No wolf was harmed in the making of this series.This is the author's true story. Names and locations were changed to protect the innocent (and a few guilty).
Avenging Des
Des (The Destroyer) 29, strong-willed, on the run from a gangster who wants me dead. Oh yeah, and I'm secretly in love with my best friend. Love. What a pain. Why is it that some people are blessed with all the good looks and charisma, while the rest of us mere mortals must work hard to even be noticed? Take my best friend Cillian, for example. The guy is a walking wet dream and has a personality that can charm the pants off a cobra. Is it any wonder I've secretly had feelings for the guy since we were kids? What can I say? He's always been there for me. My guardian, my protector... and the one place I've always felt safe. That's what I need right now. A place where I can hide and figure out what to do about the man who wants me dead. Cillian Fitzpatrick 29, Irish, professional barback... well, as professional as you can get. It's not like you need a certificate or anything. Oh yeah, and apparently, I'm a so-called manwhore.All right, I get it. I'm a good-looking guy, and I enjoy the company of women... lots of women. Okay, perhaps a few too many women. But it's just because I haven't found the right one - that special someone you can't bear to be without. You know, that one person you would battle a thousand demons to protect. Kind of like the way I feel about my best friend, Des. He and I have been through a lot together. There are no lengths I wouldn't go to keep my buddy safe. So naturally, when I discover that some guy is trying to kill him, I take matters into my own hands... with the help of my crew, of course. This is a MM thriller/dark romance filled with plenty of heat, steam, violence, and mayhem.
Bound In Flesh
BOUND IN FLESH: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror brings together 13 trans and non-binary writers, using horror to both explore the darkest depths of the genre and the boundaries of flesh. A disgusting good time for all! Edited by Lor Gislason. Featuring fiction by LC von Hessen, Theo Hendrie, Derek Des Agnes, Winter Holmes, gaast, Charles-Elizabeth Boyles, Hailey Piper, Joe Koch, Layne Van Rensburg, Bitter Karella, Amanda M. Blake, Lillian Boyd, and Taliesin Neith.
Running From Darkness
Conall is on the run. Kyle wants someone who will want him for who he is. Can they find what they need in each other, or will it all blow up in their faces?An unthinkable situation leads Conall to violence. On the run with his injured sister, he makes a snap decision to seek the favor that the Dark Angels' president, Killer, owes the Chosen Few. When Conall's brothers turn their back on him, he has everything to lose if Killer refuses to help. When Kyle, a member of the Dark Angels, gives him a place to stay, Conall realizes the most valuable thing he could lose isn't his freedom but his heart.Kyle is in a dating funk. Then late one night, while caring for Killer's daughter, River, a late-night visitor throws him a curveball. As everything unravels, Kyle offers Conall sanctuary in his home. But will Conall's past make it impossible for there to be more between them? Kyle's putting everything on the line, but is Conall?Running from Darkness, the third book in Dark River Stone Collective, is an MC gay romance with angst, hurt-comfort, and newfound family. Trigger Warning. Please check these out.
My Heart's Desire (A Yakuza Path Romance)
Some high school romances just won't fade. As a high-ranking yakuza, Yuuki enjoys his relatively quiet job. If only his mother would stop asking for grandchildren. Unwilling to come out, he contemplates a sham marriage just to shut her up. After all, it's not as if he'll ever be lucky in love again. Blacklisted after his divorce, the only reason luxury suit designer Kazuki is still in business is his yakuza clientele. Desperate to find new clients, he starts looking for a collaborator for the upcoming fashion show. But who's daring enough to partner up with him? When Kazuki's high school sweetheart walks into his shop, all those worries disappear. Although Yuuki has far from forgiven Kazuki for his past betrayal, Kazuki wants nothing more than to rekindle their love. But then he learns Yuuki is in the yakuza... Can these two mend their love, or are they now too different to thread their lives together? Buy My Heart's Desire to find out if they were always meant to be!
Turning In
More stories about Cassidy and Brenna after the events of Turning Point and Turn for Home The End of the Beginning: Brenna and Cassidy film the final scenes of their Time Trails series and enjoy time together with their castmates and alone in their trailers.Becoming Family: Cassidy and Brenna spend domestic time at home with their sons between dinner, a family game night, and bedtime.Family Functions: Cassidy and Brenna visit Cassidy's home to collect some of her and Ryan's things and Ranger gets into trouble at the neighbors, leading to a need to reassure Ryan.Galway Getaway: The combined Hyland and Lanigan families take a vacation trip to Ireland before Brenna has to report for filming of an on-location movie.Handling the Holidays: Cassidy and Brenna navigate the holiday programs at Ryan's elementary school and then James' high school before the entire family goes camping in northern California with new friends.The Premiere: Cassidy is Brenna's plus-one at the small venue premiering the Irish film she worked on and they mix and mingle with the movie's other cast and the director.
Silent Ground Part 2
At one point in time, Sasha thought that just being told he wasn't crazy would be good enough for him. After years of thinking he was losing his mind, being understood and accepted seemed like a pipe dream. But now, Sasha's living with two men with abilities like him, Kheva and Kel Swift, two men who know what he's going through. However, this lakeside house is no vacation. Sasha is being abused and tortured in the worst way, and the only reason he's been given as to why, is that it's supposedly growing his powers.Powers that are now responsible for killing someone like them, another nightcrawler.This is madness, all of this is madness. Revenge is sweet, but murder? Sasha is beginning to realize he's been brought into something that far outreaches the insanity he had signed up for.And Rob. What about Rob? While Sasha is being trained by Kheva, Rob is the voice in the back of his head urging Sasha to free him. But there's something about Rob that Sasha is uncomfortable with, and he starts suspecting that there might be more to this story than he's been told.And back home, Lex and Jobe have teamed up with Ian Lariat, a private investigator, and Ian's younger brother Nate. Nate once had close ties to Kel, and is just as determined as Jobe and Lex to bring their loved ones home where they belong. But determination can only go so far, and they will soon learn that nothing good comes from messing with Kheva, or who Kheva has deemed his property.
Seeking Kokopelli
Love never hits a wrong note.Ever since Nate McKenzie hired on as a roadie, musician Adam James has lusted after him. So far Adam has kept his distance, knowing Nate is mourning his dead wife. But lately Adam has caught the man returning his stares. Maybe it's time to test the waters.Besides, there isn't much chance Nate will find out that Adam was once his people's Kokopelli. His powers were stripped from him, along with the magical tattoo on his chest, when his orientation was discovered.Nate is going crazy with guilt. Before his wife's death, he never looked at anyone else, woman or man. Now his dreams are filled with Adam. He tries to keep his mind on his job and off Adam's sexy body, but in a moment of weakness they share a kiss that sends them both up in flames.Their relationship risks both their hearts and Adam's female fan base, but the attraction is too strong to ignore. Then someone takes a shot at Adam--and his tattoo begins to reappear, forcing him to come clean with his lover. And Nate to decide exactly where his future lies...before a killer steals it away from them.Warning: This book contains rockin' music, smoky pubs, the mystical legend of Kokopelli and lots of playful, hot manlove.
Blue Billy's Rogue Lexicon
Strap in for a rollicking descent into 18th-century London's queer underworld. William Dempsey rose from a life of thieving and prostitution to be the personal plaything of the Marquess of Argyll. Then, a betrayal sees him returned to the rough streets of London without patronage, his West End apartment, or a place among the ton.So on a stormy night, he arrives at a bawdyhouse in Southwark - the house he worked in during his ascent and where he earned the name Blue Billy. Here he meets Tom, a quiet, conflicted man, who senses in Billy a kindred soul. The attraction is immediate, and they take the first, tentative steps towards each other. But soon Billy is struggling to understand Tom's motivations. And Tom's silences open the spaces for doubts to grow.Then an echo from the past brings the promise of a much different future - a seductive young rogue arrives and asks Billy to return to his roots.To the street language of vagabonds, the canting dialect of thieves.To the schemes, and the dreams, of his youth.By turns bawdy, heartfelt, and lyrical this true-to-language period piece is a visionary bildungsroman perfect for fans of Alexis Hall's A Lady for a Duke and Mackenzi Lee.'I am a really big fan of what this author is doing with queer historical writing.'- KJ Charles, author of The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen
Leveling Up
Six years after completing her internship, Clarke Parson, a video game graphic designer and animator, finds herself back in the orbit of Haboob Software's CEO, Fran Silvetti. Clarke contacts Fran to warn her that the game her company is developing was stolen from Clarke's computer by an ex-girlfriend after an acrimonious breakup. As Clarke is swept into a torrid affair with the fascinating woman, she covets their time together, hoping Fran may someday return the love Clarke harbors for her.
Kerwin
Can a fake start lead to a real future?Kerwin is training to be a council assassin against his mother's wishes, but then he does a lot of things against his mother's wishes. The only thing she wants for him is to marry a nice demon woman and have lots of demon babies, so when he finds himself on a surprise blind date she organized, he grabs the first cute guy he finds and tells his date he has a boyfriend.Fergus was at the coffee shop to meet his best friend, not to play fake boyfriend-to his mate? When Kerwin leaves, Fergus panics because he hasn't had the time to tell him they're fated to be together, but luckily for him, his best friend knows exactly who Kerwin is. Their problems aren't over, though.Fergus and Kerwin are just starting to work things out when Fergus's sister gives birth to a half-demon baby she doesn't want. Fergus can't abandon his nephew, but he also can't be sure that Kerwin is ready to be not only a mate but also a father. Will he have to choose between being the two?
Stumbling Over His Love
Keeping the Peace: While escorting his king on a diplomatic mission, a dragon stumbles upon someone who threatens his commitment to his duty.Vicar Rhomes has had the honor of being head honor guard to King Leortis-the dragon king-for several centuries. Escorting the king to Savannah to discuss a rogue dragon they're tracking with the Shifter Council is normal procedure. Joining a couple of councilmen for a meal, Vicar fills his plate only to stumble over a pretty auburn-haired cutie... spilling his clam chowder all over the poor man. Mortified, Vicar snaps at the shifter. It's only after the blushing beauty strips his shirt that Vicar gets a clean whiff of his heady scent and learns who the man is to him-his mate.Getting doused in clam chowder isn't the worst thing that's ever happened to Desmond while working in the cafeteria. It's the blistering put-down spouted by the huge, gorgeous black man that makes him blush. After whipping off his soiled shirt, Desmond assures the male that he'll get him a fresh bowl... and is shocked when the guy does a one-eighty-nearly falling all over himself to apologize. Then Desmond smells the man, and he realizes the source of his sudden change. The guy is his mate... and he's not just a dragon, but a powerful one. While Desmond wants his mate, he remains wary. He can't help but wonder which personality is the dragon's real one.Can Vicar figure out how to continue to do his duty to his king while proving to Desmond that he's not an unmitigated jerk?
Blue Billy's Rogue Lexicon
Two men offer two very different futures to a young rogue struggling to make his way in 1771 London. Blue Billy's Rogue Lexicon is a meticulously researched dive into 18th century London's queer underworld - the journey of a young man searching for himself which just might lead him to first love. William Dempsey rose from a life of thieving and prostitution to be the personal plaything of the Marquess of Argyll. Then, a betrayal sees him returned to the rough streets of London without patronage, his West End apartment, or a place among the ton. So on a stormy night, he arrives at a house in Southwark - Marathon Moll's in the Mint - the bawdyhouse he worked in during his ascent and where he earned the name Blue Billy. Here, amidst the parties and antics at Moll's, he meets Tom, a quiet, conflicted man, who senses in Billy a kindred soul. The attraction is immediate, and they take the first, tentative steps towards each other. But soon Billy is struggling to understand Tom's motivations. And Tom's silences open the spaces for doubts to grow. Then an echo from the past brings the promise of a much different future - a seductive young rogue arrives at the house and asks Billy to return to his roots. To the street language of vagabonds. The canting dialect of thieves. To the schemes, and the dreams, of his youth.
When the Past Finds You
A company buy-out. An arch nemesis returns. A crush that never went away.Wil thought she had the world ahead of her-eight years of experience in her job, her temper under control and working for her, and a manager who understood her. All Wil's fears tumble out when her best friend's stepmom becomes her new manager. No longer able to hide who she is, Wil fights to control her temper and crush on the one person she's never been able to hold back on.Lynda has worked hard to get where she is, but when she takes over a new financial company, she knows she has to lay low and rebuild her reputation. When the opportunity arises to work with her estranged stepdaughter's best friend, she leaps at the chance to reconnect. But she never thought the past would haunt her and the memories of her husband's death would resurface.They never wanted to see each other again. Will they be able to overcome their mutual past and find love in the person they least expected? What will happen when fire meets ice?When the Past Finds You is an ice queen age gap lesbian romance with bisexual and demisexual representation. It's a story of grief and loss, how three people grieve differently from the same tragic death.
Summer's Second
Asher Brock's last summer of youth is far from ideal. His hopes for the future, including an escape from his constricting Ozark Mountains hometown, seem increasingly fragile as he faces hurdles of poverty and abuse, all while coming to terms with being gay. Raised by an alcoholic single mother, he clings to his noted intelligence as an escape to a better life. But it will take more than brains-namely, strength of character and aspiration-for him to navigate the months leading to his senior year of high school.The pregnancy of his recent girlfriend, the heightened aggression of his long-time bully, and the increasing presence of his long-absent father create a season of turmoil, spurring unease and self-doubt. But with support from family and friends, an opportunity for love, and the shedding of generations of secrets, Asher sees beyond preordained fate and starts to realize the opportunities in his grasp.
I Hear You
I Hear You follows the journey of Tyler, a devil-may-care, party boy mechanic who loves his job, his friends, and his faithful dog, but the thought of settling down is the last thing on his mind.That all changes when he meets Gabe, an adorably dimpled, floppy haired deaf man who challenges him in ways he never imagined.As Tyler starts to fall for Gabe, he realizes his carefree lifestyle may be holding him back from true happiness.Will he be able to overcome his past and embrace love, or will his desire for freedom and the lure of the party scene prove too powerful?This heartwarming and steamy story of love, self-discovery, and second chances includes scenes of hurt/comfort, found family, and the cutest doggone puppy love. It is a must-read for mm romance fans.
You Matter
Chrissy Kramer became pregnant during her senior year of high school and was abandoned by her parents, her boyfriend, and her friends. She became a loner, working hard to provide for her son. It was her and him against the world. She eventually earns a paralegal degree and works for a powerful female attorney, Reggie Esposito, a senior law partner at a leading Boston law firm. Chrissy's smitten from the beginning, but she refuses to jeopardize her job by acting on her feelings. When a disgruntled former client attempts to kill Reggie after she loses his lawsuit, Chrissy prevents him from shooting Reggie, but she's hurt in the process. While Chrissy and her son, Ben, stay in Reggie's home to recuperate, Chrissy's connection with Reggie deepens, and they embark on a romantic relationship.
The Red Book of Farewells
For fans of Claire-Louise Bennett and Eileen Myles, an enigmatic work of autofiction set in a time of leftist politics and criminalized sexuality.Pirkko Saisio's autofictional novel, in Mia Spangenberg's tender translation, is a mesmerizing account of radical politics and sexual awakening in a series of farewells--to her mother, to the idealism of youth, to friends and lovers, and finally to her grown daughter. The novel embeds readers in a delirious Finland, where art and communist politics are hopelessly intertwined, and where queer love, still a crime, thrives in underground bars. But then one morning in 2002, on a remote island off the coast of Finland, the narrator Pirkko Saisio informs her publisher that she's accidentally deleted her latest manuscript, The Red Book of Farewells. Playful and mysterious, The Red Book of Farewells is a work that stoically embraces the small revolutions of moving on.
Rite of Purification
In this third tale of "The Asgard F矇lag Saga" the story of Lars and Sven expands beyond the borders of their personal universe and the city-boy comes in contact with the Coven founded by Sven in Hessdalen Valley.When the Rite of Purification joined by Lars will be ended not him, Sven, or anyone else either will be the same again. Cover Graphics designed and realized by Gabriel Wolf
Lars' Awakening
At the end of the working season two Norwegian lumberjacks, after a whole summer spent together in the northern woods, one night happen to find themselves alone for the very first time: they will learn about each other, and themselves too, much more than they could ever imagined.Cover Graphics designed and realized by Gabriel Wolf
In Memoriam
GMA BUZZ PICK - INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER AND AWARD WINNER - A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during World War I - "Will live in your mind long after you've closed the final pages." --Maggie O'Farrell, best-selling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, The Washington Post, NPR "In Memoriam is the story of a great tragedy, but it is also a moving portrait of young love."--The New York Times It's 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. News of the heroic deaths of their friends only makes the war more exciting. Gaunt, half German, is busy fighting his own private battle--an all-consuming infatuation with his best friend, the glamorous, charming Ellwood--without a clue that Ellwood is pining for him in return. When Gaunt's family asks him to enlist to forestall the anti-German sentiment they face, Gaunt does so immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings for Ellwood. To Gaunt's horror, Ellwood rushes to join him at the front, and the rest of their classmates soon follow. Now death surrounds them in all its grim reality, often inches away, and no one knows who will be next. An epic tale of both the devastating tragedies of war and the forbidden romance that blooms in its grip, In Memoriam is a breathtaking debut.
The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants
SHORTLISTED FOR THE UK POLARI BOOK PRIZE 2024Kirkus Reviews "BEST OF 2023" SELECTION.International Latino Book Awards 2024--Best LGBTQ+ Themed Book (Honorable Mention)Award-winning author and immigration attorney Orlando Ortega-Medina returns to 1990s San Francisco in The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, a powerful family drama that plays out within a captivating legal thriller.Attorney Marc Mendes, the estranged son of a prominent rabbi and a burned-out lawyer with addiction issues, plots his exit from the big city to a more peaceful life in idyllic Napa Valley. But before he can realize his dream, the US government summons his Salvadoran life-partner Isaac Perez to immigration court, threatening him with deportation.As Marc battles to save Isaac, his world is further upended by a dark and alluring client, who aims to tempt him away from his messy life. Torn between his commitment to Isaac and the pain-numbing escapism offered by his client, Marc is forced to choose between the lesser of two evils while confronting his twin demons of past addiction and guilt over the death of his first lover.The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants is an extraordinary and timely tale about the value of family and friendship, loyalty and love, in the face of adversity.
