Trafalgar Versus Boone
When we last visited our intrepid heroes...The partnership between DOROTHY BOONE and MISS TRAFALGAR had come to an ignominious end. A protective curse on an ancient queen's gravesite felled not only Trafalgar but infected all of London with a fatal virus, forcing Dorothy to take extreme measures to prevent a catastrophe. Her actions stopped the illness, but the people of London were imbued with new and dangerous magical abilities.To put things right, BEATRICE SEK and the other three elementals united at the Tower of London to create the fifth elemental: void. Their plan worked, and magic was effectively dampened, but at a tremendous cost. Beatrice has apparently lost her life, and Dorothy's rash actions during the crisis led to a rift with Trafalgar which eventually led to an agreement to part ways.The world marches on. The MNEMOSYNE SOCIETY continues to grow and thrive, with the former members of the Forty Elephants proving themselves worthy new additions to the ranks. Scotland Yard has come to respect the contributions of the group and often consults them in situations that have a supernatural bent.It has been seven years since Dorothy Boone and Miss Trafalgar were alone in a room together, but that is soon to change.
Hope's Last Refuge
Where hate cannot find you...Not so very long ago, Alex Washington had a loving wife, a beautiful home, an adorable dog, and a fulfilling career that fed her soul. And then came the virus, the political unrest, the chaos and violence...With the death of society came the destruction of everything Alex knew and held dear. Forced to flee a crumbling civilization, she took up shelter in a remote summer vacation house turned makeshift forest fortress. All she has left now is her will to persevere and survive-even if only for one day at a time.But though she may think she's safe in a world of solitude, stockpiling, and sanctuary, Alex is far from alone.
Sativa Strain, The San Francisco Mystery Series, Book 5
A legal thriller/crime drama that tests the bonds of love and loyalty among District Attorney Amanda Hawthorne, Dr. Jen Dawson and Detective Tommy Vietti. In Sativa Strain, Amanda carries with her the quiet confidence of a yogi, the unrelenting burden of a prosecutor, and the demons that torture the corners of her soul.Newly re-elected as San Francisco's DA, Amanda faces her biggest internal and external foes yet when she and Detective Tommy Vietti investigate a high-profile murder implicating Kara Montiago, the CEO of a Silicon Valley tech company and candidate for President of the United States. Sleep evades Amanda as she obsesses over the specter of a respected colleague's involvement in the toxic murder scheme. Navigating the shoals of SFPD corruption, Tommy and Amanda learn that Kara Montiago is a philandering, Sativa-smoking dominatrix who preys on male subordinates at her company. Amanda is especially vulnerable during her outpatient drug rehab therapy, fighting urges that tempt her day and night. Battling her desire to control everything around her, Amanda rekindles her relationship with Dr. Jen Dawson, the love of her life, testing the boundaries of Jen's patience. "If you can imagine Shonda Rhimes (GREY'S ANATOMY, SCANDAL) writing a White Lesbian cop drama, then you've pretty much got the tone of this entry in the San Francisco Mystery Series by Alexi Venice. It's got grue, cop work, interagency pissing matches, North Korean Villainy (because what's a cop drama without The Fiendish Whiff of Fu Manchu?), sex scenes, violence, and as much Soap Opera as a typical Shondaland Production...like the Shonda Rhimes shows I mentioned above, the story's ridiculously addictive, the characters engaging enough that you hope for the best and expect the worst, and it's certainly never dull." Bookbub - D Binder for Stabscotch (April 2018)"All four books are 5 Star! If you love women and you love San Francisco, there is absolutely nothing better than this series. Some of the best writing available to LGBTQ readers, this story really does have it all - mystery, action, narrative, rhythm, characters you love and hate, and GREAT sex scenes. This writer very accurately describes the intense emotions and inner thoughts of two women in love." Amazon 5 stars - PJC for Tinted Chapstick (May 23, 2018)
To China with Faith and Love
To China with Faith and Love tells the story of God's love for the Chinese people, while knowing they are being oppressed by the Chinese Communist Party. He uses the Father's Touch Ministry to reach out to people struggling with unwanted same sex attraction and gender confusion. Though a small ministry, the Father's Touch Ministry has a lot of experience behind it as it expands throughout the U.S.A., some parts of Europe, Russia, Mexico, South America, and even Israel. The Ministry faces opposition from the Gay Enforcers organization and other people opposed to seeing individuals reaffirming their biological gender identity and religious values. There have been incidences of harassment and violence. Members of the leadership are in hiding to protect their families, as other staff members are vulnerable to attack. The novel offers hope and optimism in the midst of danger and tragedy. But God is still in control!
Always Yours
Will Becker was raised by his grandfather, a retired colonel in the United States Army. His upbringing was unemotional and strict to prepare him for a military career like all the men in his family before him. With no companionship other than the stern old Colonel, Will spent his time writing stories and exploring the mysterious old Victorian mansion in which he grew up.John 'Woody' Yeoman, a free-thinking blonde haired surfer from California, sets out in his old Chevy pickup to see the country. Born in the back of a VW van, he was always encouraged to express himself and pursue a life of love and fulfillment. A chance encounter with Will at a truck stop near Green Grove, Illinois leads him to spend some time in the small community.The two men are opposites in so many ways, but they have one thing in common: A desire to connect with another human being in a real and meaningful way. But are their differences too much for them to overcome, or are they even meant for one another in the first place?
Tear the World Apart
"Become the greater monster."The God of Order marches on, approaching victory with every stride. Frustrated with the stagnation of politics, Etoli矇 takes matters into her own hands, resolving to find the reborn God and defeat him herself-with the help of her favorite half-demon, of course. An unexpected ally finds them in the woods, and while Etoli矇 knows better than to trust vampires, Mereen Fireborn seems honest enough.Meanwhile, Flowridia basks in her impossible victory, even if the haunting memory of its cost lurks in every shadow. Joy comes with compromise, however, because the woman she loves will never die, and so neither must she. Immortality holds a soul-wrenching cost. Flowridia agrees to pay it with a single addendum-that they first be wed.Gods rise, kingdoms fall, and a monster is unleashed in the fourth installment of FALLEN GODS.
Charting by the Stars
Ms. magazine called Charting by the Stars "a memorable account of growing up about the ways we invent and reinvent ourselves reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's Surfacing." Linsey Abrams' passionate and eloquent first novel chronicles one girl's coming of age, from a 1950s childhood into the '60s world of New York. Her love affair with another woman begins a profound shift of identity and world. The New York Times said of this nationally reviewed novel: "Abrams has a superb talent for the specific. . . . She [has] her own style--a mixture of introspection, common sense, daydreaming and recollection-and controls it beautifully."
The Garden Path
Rosie Mortimer, celebrity gardener with a successful TV show, has a pleasantly uneventful life with her undemanding beau. Her gay son and his partner live nearby. When her estranged daughter, Susannah, product of a fractured family, returns to Rosie's Connecticut town with her husband, a former priest, to open a restaurant, the tense relationships among these three build to a near-tragedy. Rosie is forced to face the mistakes and failures that have plagued her--and Susannah, who has her own demons, learns to forgive.
Our History in New York
Our History in New York covers a single year in the lives of narrator Chloe, her long-time lover, Helen, and their friends. From AIDS to the glory of Greenwich Village to romance and aging, the novel addresses time, art, mortality, and community at a century's end. The New York Times said of this nationally reviewed author: "Abrams has a superb talent for the specific . . . She [has] her own style-a mixture of introspection, common sense, daydreaming and recollection-and controls it beautifully." Sojourner called "each chapter an exquisite short story. . . . Abrams paints . . . neighborhoods with the precision of the old Dutch Masters."
On Chasing Brad Through Purgatory
Two men are involved in a car crash: Brad dies, and Danny--who can't stand the thought of living without him--kills himself, convinced that with so little time having elapsed between their deaths, he'll be able to catch up to Brad on his way to Judgment. The novel becomes a modern Pilgrim's Progress, detailing the tests inseparable from a journey through purgatory.
An Eagle River Christmas
Rory Woodward thought he would never set foot in Eagle River again. He left years ago to get away from his family, the Redstones. Now, with word that his grandmother is dying, he must leave his peaceful life as an author in San Francisco to come home and pay his respects. To do so, though, he must confront an overbearing mother, a viciously greedy sister, and the rest of his kin, who are all eager to take the Redstone reputation for benevolence and shove it in the coffin with matriarch Winifred Redstone. Staber Montana never enjoyed the life of leisure the Redstones have. He has spent most of his life fending for himself while dealing with his drug-abusing, overpossessive mother and alcoholic brother. He has never kept a healthy relationship because his mother would scare away potential mates. More than anything, he wishes he could escape his life. Rory and Staber may come from two different lives and backgrounds while growing up in the same town, but their paths are about to cross at the most wonderful time of the year. They find themselves drawing closer, but they need to find a way to keep their overwhelming pasts at bay long enough to see if they can create their own Merry Christmas, perhaps the first of many.
The Hidden Ones
We are tuath.We are the hidden people.In Eire, our lives and deeds are behind every story of the fair folk, the sidhe, or faerie. Behind all the old tales, warped and bent by history, is one of us.But what happens when a myth-made-flesh no longer merits legends? What happens when he falls from grace?
Another Chance With Love
Trevor comes out as bisexual, meets the man of his dreams, and learns he's a new dad. Will he be able to survive his conservative parent's wrath?Two years after Peter lost his fianc矇e, he's convinced love isn't in his future. At least until sexy new father Trevor and his very opinionated infant son step into his life.As their relationship begins to blossom and grow, the baby's disapproving grandparents decide to intervene.Will Trevor and Peter have the strength to overcome the obstacles they face to have another chance with love?
The Demon Equilibrium
Grace Carter, a "source" of magic, has spent the last nine months searching for Maggie Mulvaney, her "catalyst." The joy of reuniting with her partner--and her lover--is thwarted by her worst fear: Maggie remembers neither Grace nor their life together in the Order of Saint Teresa, the centuries-old organization that trained them to be the strongest demon-hunting duo in generations.When Maggie and Grace unexpectedly come face-to-face with the demon Horde, they are forced to team up once again. As they begin to piece their lives back together, they discover that their memories have been masked by someone within the Order. Should the Horde succeed in their plan, those who have committed their lives to slay worldly demons will be relegated to little more than minions as humans are completely enslaved.Now, Grace and Maggie must sacrifice everything, possibly even their love, and their lives, in an all-out battle to save humanity.
Love By Chance
Elian, a sexy restaurateur meets Martin, an equally sexy food critic. Will their past keep them from giving love a chance?Restaurant entrepreneur Elian Whitman believes hard work and determination usually wins out in the end, but that theory is put to the test after meeting the handsome but reticent Martin Williams.Martin knows better than anyone that relationships can fall apart when you least expect them to. After a nasty break-up he leaves his Texas home and restarts his life as a restaurant critic in Fort Lauderdale. Just as Martin is coming to terms with the belief that he's going to spend the rest of his life alone, he comes face to face with the sexy Elian who throws his perfectly controlled world into chaos.Despite the roadblocks Martin throws up, Elian is persistent, but is persistence enough to break through Martin's thick walls and give them both a chance at love
Fontaine 21
The attempted con artistry comes to an abrupt and violent end for the would-be cons; while half of the "Suicide Six", offspring, and acquaintances, are entangled in that drama, the others are informed of the latest issue to scandalize Fontaine junior high: newest Fontaine hellions with nothing to lose and everything to gain. Enjoy this next installment where tensions are high, tempers are flared, and relationships go up in flames.
Literal Demons
"Everyone has demons. If you're lucky, they stay on the inside."The Incarnate Watch: a collection of urban myths banding together for safety, camaraderie, a place to belong. Caden Malek is determined to build something that will last, even through multiple lifetimes. And Emery Luple, the best boyfriend the world has ever seen, will do everything he can to make sure Caden succeeds.If only murder wouldn't keep getting in the way. This time it's mortals who are dying, likely at the hands of an incarnate, and the deaths threaten to undermine the Watch before it even gets started. As Emery investigates, he unearths old enemies and new nightmares. And, worst of all, a former lover with secrets Emery will do anything to bury.The Watch is in jeopardy, and Caden's dreams are on the line. Will Emery's past demons-both literal and metaphorical-destroy everything he and Caden have worked to create?
Surge
Damea is broken.A cataclysm has left Damea on the brink of total destruction. While the land's nations scramble for survival, Andrea must push herself far beyond the limits of her enchanter training to find Cassie and return order to Damea, before everything and everyone she cares for are lost forever.
Writ in Blood
Courage. Honor. Loyalty. All fine things, but they've led John Ringo to kill a man. He was raised right and he knows he's not a murderer, but otherwise he's a mystery even to himself. Doc Holliday claims to have some insights, but Doc is too devoted to Wyatt Earp to spare much attention for the man who's already lost his soul. Which leaves Johnny Ringo prey to the distractions of a demon. Imaginary or not, if this creature abandons him, too, then surely his sanity is forfeit - and what will his life be worth then?This Queer Weird West novel follows these three along the complex trails that lead into and out of Tombstone, Arizona in 1881.
Instigante
Bruno poderia ser considerado um homem bem-sucedido. Formado, trabalhando, namorando uma 籀tima garota e propriet獺rio de um grande apartamento, ele n瓊o teria do que se queixar se n瓊o fosse a crise financeira. Para manter o dispendioso apartamento, ele decide dividi-lo com quatro rapazes, todos estudantes e trabalhadores. Eric precisava de um quarto no centro da cidade e tinha pressa. Podia ser dividido. Podia ser at矇 o quartinho de empregada nos fundos do apartamento do Bruno, embora a falta de ventila癟瓊o piorasse as suas alergias. Sens穩vel e misterioso, ele come癟a a despertar sentimentos diversos nas pessoas ao seu redor. Romance Gay para maiores.
Pangs
"Cinematic and seductive from start to finish! A wholly unique addition to vampire mythology--one dripping with darkness and gay majick."-Tom Cardamone, author of the Lambda-award winning speculative novella Green Thumb and Night Sweats: Tales of Homosexual Wonder and WoeUnlike their blood brethren, Warner and Seth are vampires who subsist on talent. They have been enemies for centuries, competing to feed on artists with the most prodigious musical gifts, and country blues singer Wade Dixon is no exception. But the pursuit and capture of Dixon unleashes unexpected forces that carry these combatants from the earthly realm to a dangerous land of eternal night where they must work together or die alone."There's magic in the pages of Jerry L. Wheeler's Pangs, and it's not just the paranormal goings on that taunt, tease, and push his characters deeper into adventure. The prose enchants, exposing the reader to bleak wonders and radiant dread, while sparks of humor crackle through the narrative. With a charming and fresh voice, Pangs lures the reader from the intoxicating streets of New Orleans across a shimmering threshold into another, fantastical realm. The story offers the erotic and the horrific, the vicious and the sublime. It is entertaining in every way." - Lee Thomas, Lambda Literary Award and Bram Stoker Award winning author
The Moon is Distant
Lucifer is dead. There's a new Queen of Hell.Ira stays safe by aligning himself with the high society that supports the queen, through his friends Georg and Astrid. The farce gets harder every day.As Lucifer slowly returns to life, he finds himself chained and captive and in the dark. But something's not right - his wounds aren't healing, there are things he can't remember, and he's starving, in more ways than one.Ira receives an unexpected advantage--he is put legally in charge of Lucifer's affairs. Will that be enough to save his prince and himself?
Vindictive
The best revenge is revenge. Getting it is all that matters.Jules Cartell has it all: wealth; beauty; a handsome, loving husband; a partnership in her father's law firm; and the top executive position at one of Canada's leading corporations, Cartell Worldwide. Aside from her secret, problematic desire for the married owner of the internationally renowned Ch璽teau Berg矇, Jules believes she and her life are pretty perfect. But the discovery of an unforgivable crime perpetrated against her family by her husband, Phillip, years before the two met sets Jules down the path of revenge. There is no option for forgiveness. Phillip has to pay. An eye for an eye.It is said that when seeking revenge, you should dig two graves. Someone from Jules's past, someone aggrieved by her actions, seeks vengeance for themselves. This is an enemy without compassion, without morality, without mercy. An enemy who will accept no restitution short of Jules's death.In the city of Fairporte, ON, secrets, lies, and betrayal can be found everywhere. As adversaries close in, will Jules get revenge before her past catches up with her? Unexpected allies may be instrumental to her success. They may also be the key to her very survival.
Vindictive
The best revenge is revenge. Getting it is all that matters.Jules Cartell has it all: wealth; beauty; a handsome, loving husband; a partnership in her father's law firm; and the top executive position at one of Canada's leading corporations, Cartell Worldwide. Aside from her secret, problematic desire for the married owner of the internationally renowned Ch璽teau Berg矇, Jules believes she and her life are pretty perfect. But the discovery of an unforgivable crime perpetrated against her family by her husband, Phillip, years before the two met sets Jules down the path of revenge. There is no option for forgiveness. Phillip has to pay. An eye for an eye.It is said that when seeking revenge, you should dig two graves. Someone from Jules's past, someone aggrieved by her actions, seeks vengeance for themselves. This is an enemy without compassion, without morality, without mercy. An enemy who will accept no restitution short of Jules's death.In the city of Fairporte, ON, secrets, lies, and betrayal can be found everywhere. As adversaries close in, will Jules get revenge before her past catches up with her? Unexpected allies may be instrumental to her success. They may also be the key to her very survival.
Loyalty, Love, & Vermouth
After a bitter and humiliating breakup, Charlie Vernon lives not-quite-alone in his Capitol Hill town house. He kept Mamie, the cockapoo that he and Freddie adopted together, but he's just arrived home to find he's been visited by thieves...and they've taken Mamie.For the next thirty-six hours, he and his family of choice-a pair of rhyming lesbians, a Georgia-born man who might be married to a sex addict, and the hostess of DC's hottest Drag Bingo-will band together to search for Mamie. What's at stake isn't just a beloved dog, but whether Charlie will be brave enough to love anything or anyone, ever again.
The Chinese Garden
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Michel Le Morne
If a life can be measured in blows and parries, papal agent Michel le Morne has filled his first twenty-eight years to the brim. Over the course of a night with his latest target, he recounts the path he took from innocent child through crusader to villainous deceiver, all in service to the Holy See. He must somehow win the sympathy of the younger man he has entrapped in the Vatican's mission to keep Interdict England a part of Saint Peter's Church or risk dying outside Christ's grace!
Making a Mark
When Troy and Saul became lovers, they worried about a lot of things. There was their age gap, their younger Dom-older sub relationship, and Troy's health, which was made worse by job stress. They managed all that and more with a deep commitment, and with a lot of help from Troy's longtime best friends, fellow Dom and sub couple Carter and Geoff. In fact, Saul seems to be what all three of the other men need to see what's been there all along, and to provide the balance they need to deepen their relationship in a very meaningful way. They've already made their marks on each other's hearts. Now it's time to start living the life they've all been dreaming of. Nothing is ever perfect or easy, though, and they all have to shift their perceptions. Geoff has to come to terms with his need for submission and desire to dominate Troy, and Carter must redefine the two most important relationships in his life. Troy struggles to understand why Geoff and Carter want this with him now, after years of watching from the outside. And Saul has to create a whole new definition of family. Can they all break the rules again and become something more special than they can even imagine?
Fathers of the Bride
After more than two decades together, Andrew Lane and Miles Kettering-Lane are going through a nasty divorce. Not only are they unraveling their relationship but also their business-Miles once had a popular home show on cable with Andrew serving as his producer/manager-the failure of which they blame on each other. Now, they'd be happy to never, ever see each other again. But the daughter they both adore, Kelly, announces she's getting married, and that means one very important thing: a wedding.Thrown together, at event after event-meeting the in-laws, planning the wedding, throwing an elaborate engagement party-the two clash over everything until, their future in-laws, Bradley and Pudge Lincoln and Terry and Lissa Collins, try to take over the entire wedding. The Lincoln-Collinses' are very wealthy, to quote Pudge, "People think we're in the one percent but that's so embarrassing. We're barely in the two percent!"Andrew and Miles realize they have to work together in order to compete with the overbearing Lincoln-Collinses' and give their daughter the wedding she deserves. Along the way, they realize things just might not be over between them.Honorable Mention Rainbow Awards
Opposed Desires
Closet Romantic falling for the Hookup Queen? Never gonna happen... until one memorable vacation changes it all.When it comes to women, Aubrey Moore believes in no-strings-attached hookups and keeping things simple. On her beach trip, her plan is clear-hit the bars and find single hotties. What she doesn't bargain on is the phone call from her sister. Distraught, Aubrey would like to have a breakdown in private, but the one woman who's never fallen for her slick lines takes her by surprise and blurs her simple rules.The last thing owner of the Renegades bar, Selina Beckett, expects to see on vacation is Aubrey Moore in the middle of a personal crisis. Every time they meet, they clash-whether Aubrey was picking up women at Selina's bar or flirting to try and get her attention. Selina's not interested in flings, cheaters, or womanizers, so she's made a point to avoid Aubrey at all costs. But this raw, real side of Aubrey convinces her to bend those rules, just a little.The more Selina gets to know Aubrey beyond the bravado, the more she begins to fall. But each day closer to the end of their vacation marks a return to reality-one where this entanglement between them won't survive.
Conduit
Magic has returned to Damea.Andrea is living the life she's always dreamed of. Damea's magic has been restored, she's been appointed Royal Enchanter of Gurdinfield, and best of all, she and Cassie are finally together. But their perfect life in the City of Towers cannot last forever. Andrea and Cassie must journey to the neighboring Azgadaran Empire, a land struggling to adjust to the return of magic, to help secure a precarious alliance between old enemies. Soon Andrea will come to wonder if bringing magic back to Damea had greater consequences than she thought...ones she may not be prepared to face.
No Angels, Tome 1
*/!\ Publi矇 au format num矇rique sous le nom Les Liens du Diable (Les Rois de l'Ombre, Tome 1) par DP ?ditions. Dans un monde de marionnettistes, ils n'avaient pas pr矇vu de se choisir.Alekse簿 Nouriev, 21 ans, second des Rapaces, un gang de rue puissant, joue un double jeu pour le compte de son p癡re adoptif, capitaine de police. Micka禱l Duran, 19 ans, tout juste sorti de prison, tente de se reconstruire tandis que le pass矇 refait surface. Entre secrets et loyaut矇s bris矇es, leurs chemins s'entrelacent dans un 矇quilibre fragile o羅 chaque d矇cision peut 礙tre fatale.Seul refuge pour l'autre dans ce chaos, pourront-ils survivre dans un monde o羅 les apparences n'ont d'矇gal que les lames brillantes de la trahison ?Une romance MxM o羅 loyaut矇s bris矇es, blessures du pass矇 et violence quotidienne obligent Aleksei et Micka禱l ? se tenir debout, m礙me lorsque tout semble s'effondrer.Avertissement: Cet ouvrage comporte des sc癡nes ? caract癡re sexuel explicite entre hommes. De plus, des sujets sensibles sont abord矇s, comme le deuil et la perte d'礙tres chers, la violence sous toutes ses formes, l'amn矇sie, l'ambigu簿t矇 morale, entre autres. Prudence est de mise.*** EXTRAIT ***Il continua son observation avec l'arrondi de sa pomme d'Adam, la veste en cuir matelass矇 qui d矇formait la ligne de son corps. Alors, il se d矇tourna vers son bras tendu, 矇tudia les plis du tissu solide mais tout de m礙me souple contre les muscles du blond. Arriv矇 ? son poignet, son front se plissa face ? deux pointes d'un noir profond qui paraissaient peintes sur l'int矇rieur de celui-ci. Mick d矇glutit, gorge s癡che. Il voulait voir. Son coeur se serra lorsqu'il parvint aux lignes rouges striant ? pr矇sent la main d'Alekse簿. La peau s癡che et craquel矇e commen癟ait ? former des croutes. Le blond bougea et Mick entendit son souffle se couper, une plainte 礙tre 矇touff矇e dans sa gorge. La main gauche d'Alek revint border les c繫tes sans doute contusionn矇es, peut-礙tre m礙me pire. Ses yeux rest癡rent ferm矇s et sa respiration devint contr繫l矇e, sans doute pour tenter d'apaiser la douleur. Mick plia un genou et leva le bras vers la petite t璽che marron qui s'estompait. Une trace 矇carlate en couvrait une partie. Il se doutait bien que rares devaient 礙tre les missions desquelles Alek ressortait indemne. N'y tenant plus, Mick fr繫la la br羶lure de la pulpe de son index, le souffle court. D'un geste r矇flexe, Alek retira sa main. Leurs regards s'accroch癡rent. Lorsque aucun mot ne franchit la barri癡re des l癡vres du blond, Mick passa sa langue sur les siennes, profitant de l'attention d'Alek maintenant sur celles-ci pour tenter ? nouveau. Ses doigts saisirent ceux du blond avec douceur, leurs mains s'embo簾tant parfaitement. Mick prit garde ? ne pas appliquer de pression sur les plaies et tourna leurs mains pour 矇tudier le tatouage ? son poignet. Le dessin 矇tait d'une forme ronde de quelques centim癡tres de diam癡tre. Il repr矇sentait un ph矇nix d矇pouill矇 de tout artifice, ? peine les contours d'un profil perceptibles avant que ses ailes ne prennent le pas sur le reste. Tout l'int矇rieur 矇tait noir. Mick l璽cha sa prise pour pouvoir l'effleurer. Il vit la chair de poule se former sous sa caresse et retint ? son tour un frisson. - Tu as le droit de ne pas vouloir faire semblant, souffla-t-il sans r矇fl矇chir. Son pouce poursuivit son chemin et remonta sur les lignes rouges jusqu'? atteindre la chevali癡re dor矇e ? la base de son index qui d矇tonnait avec tout ce qu'Alek semblait 礙tre. Ce fut le geste de trop.
Crazy Ladies in Capes Debut
Louie witnessed a murder... Or did he?Midtown is overrun by crime and this group of little old lady activists is ready to do something about it! Come to Anchorage, Alaska in the summertime where a group of concerned silver-haired foxes have a plan to wipe out crime. Will the young people who stumble on their secret society help or hinder them?Join Louie and Rita from Arlie Undercover and a few others who try to make the world a better place to live...at least their little corner of it.l
Plain Bad Heroines
NATIONAL BESTSELLER"A delectable brew of gothic horror and Hollywood satire . . . [and] what makes all this so much fun is Danforth's deliciously ghoulish voice . . . exquisite." --Ron Charles, THE WASHINGTON POST"A multi-faceted novel, equal parts gothic, sharply funny, sapphic romance, historical, and, of course, spooky." --ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYNamed a Most Anticipated Book by Entertainment Weekly - Washington Post - USA Today - Time - O, The Oprah Magazine - Buzzfeed - Harper's Bazaar - Vulture - Parade - HuffPost - Refinery29 - Popsugar - E! News - Bustle - The Millions - GoodReads - Autostraddle - Lambda Literary - Literary Hub - and more!The award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post makes her adult debut with this highly imaginative and original gothic horror-comedy centered around a cursed New England boarding school for girls--a wickedly whimsical celebration of the art of storytelling, sapphic love, and the rebellious female spiritOur story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. They meet in secret in a nearby apple orchard, the setting of their wildest happiness and, ultimately, of their macabre deaths. This is where their bodies are later discovered with a copy of Mary's book splayed beside them, the victims of a swarm of stinging, angry yellow jackets. Less than five years later, the Brookhants School for Girls closes its doors forever--but not before three more people mysteriously die on the property, each in a most troubling way.Over a century later, the now abandoned and crumbling Brookhants is back in the news when wunderkind writer Merritt Emmons publishes a breakout book celebrating the queer, feminist history surrounding the "haunted and cursed" Gilded Age institution. Her bestselling book inspires a controversial horror film adaptation and a searing piece of Hollywood satire, starring celebrity actor and lesbian it girl Harper Harper playing the ill-fated heroine Flo, oppo-site B-list actress and former child star Audrey Wells as Clara. But as Brookhants opens its gates once again, and our three modern her-oines arrive on set to begin filming, past and present become grimly entangled--or perhaps just grimly exploited--and soon it's impossible to tell where the curse leaves off and Hollywood begins. A story within a story within a story and featuring black-and-white period-inspired illustrations, Plain Bad Heroines is a devilishly haunting, modern masterwork of metafiction that manages to combine the ghostly sensibility of Sarah Waters with the dark imagination of Marisha Pessl and the sharp humor and incisive social commentary of Curtis Sittenfeld into one laugh-out-loud funny, spellbinding, and wonderfully luxuriant read."Full of Victorian sapphic romance, metafictional horror, biting misandrist humor, Hollywood intrigue, and multiple timeliness--all replete with evocative illustrations that are icing on a deviously delicious cake." -O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE
Whenever, Wherever
Kayla e Lexia erano destinate ad amarsi per sempre.Sedici anni dopo, Erika e Alyssa erediteranno il loro destino.Due donne, in due mondi diversi e in due tempi diversi.Primo Volume
Sewing Deceit
Bailey is still heartbroken, working as a rum-runner, desperate to find her people and save them from a life of indentured servitude to the Coalition. When she's sent on a lucrative delivery contract to the Capitol, she's pulled into a swirling vortex of conspiracies, impersonating a high-ranking general.When Mae's parents summon her back to Gamma-3, she is reluctant to leave her successful seamstress business behind in Bradach. Will she fit into her new role in the family business, or will she ignore her father's threats to expose the pirate city?Overseer Allemande is pulling the strings in the Capitol - how far will she go in quest for power?
Land On Me
Landon Griffin has everything going for him. He's a high school senior on the brink of receiving a football scholarship, his dad is running for mayor of Madison, Texas, and his future with his girlfriend looks bright. But his simple life shatters when feelings spark for a guy he's never met. Giving the stranger the codename Mystery Boy, Landon hesitates to step out of his comfort zone to solve the mystery. Living in a conservative town, he struggles to hide his new obsession while trying to figure out where he fits within the spectrum of sexuality. Can he dodge the constant questions from his friends and find answers before the escalating anxiety becomes too much to handle? Land On Me is Matthew R. Corr's debut novel akin to the drama of Christopher Rice and the coming-of-age brilliance of Alex Sanchez.
Victory Over the Demonic Hordes
The seventh novel reflects the intense rivalry between the Father's Touch Ministry and the Gay Enforcers. The gay militant organization continued to harass, threaten, and attempted to kill members of the Christian ministry. There were incidences when even the relatives of the leaders of the Ministry were attacked. But in spit of it all, the Ministry expanded in Europe and North America. It even received an invitation from Russia to set up its centers. Meanwhile the Gay Enforcers became more violent in its methods against Christian ministries, and against its own agents. It employed more sadistic and satanic methods of punishment for individuals it deemed its enemy. Without God's intervention, more deaths would have resulted. Fortunately some of the main characters fell in love and got married. Even Reverend Jerry Gilligan, a gay priest, found his heterosexual soulmate. All things are possible with God!
The Right Closet
Creama LaCroppe is San Francisco's sensational Puerto Rican drag queen diva extraordinaire. Her nemesis is the venomous anti-LGBT Congressman Dick Peak. When Creama is recruited to follow Peak to Puerto Rico to expose his dirty deals, she reluctantly agrees. Then their plane ditches in the Caribbean and the lifeboats disappear before Creama can evacuate with the unconscious congressman in tow. Soon they find themselves in a hospital stricken with amnesia, and not realizing they're supposed to hate each other, Creama and Peak become best friends. Consumed with grief for persuading Creama to board the ill-fated flight, Tawny Beige--Creama's best friend and sexy lesbian newscaster--is determined to investigate the disappearance. Joining forces with Kate, the alluring flight attendant, their search delivers results that no one could have anticipated. With unsuspected humor and switchbacks at every turn, The Right Closet flips the script, proving once again that politics makes for strange bedfellows.
All or None
In a world where everyone has a soulmate, uniquely powerful mage Royiora and reluctant assassin Kalo collide in the worst of ways. Royiora Daralkaen, the only mage alive able to use all five kinds of magic, has a near idyllic childhood in the country of Porescalia - before war breaks out with their antagonistic neighbors, Kloria. Kalo Porla, a naturally magic-proof individual known as a Null, is trained to be as an assassin by the authoritarian empire known as the Domain. When Kalo and his partner assassin are sent to kill a mage and his apprentice, it starts a journey neither man was prepared to begin.
Blink
Ghosts always remember. Mobsters never forget. Erik Mitchell helped Interpol bust cartels, oligarchs, and spoiled billionaires for art fraud. As an undercover cop, Ben Nolan helped bring down a Newark crime family. Now Erik and Ben have started over in Cape May, leaving their danger-filled jobs behind them, excited about a fresh start and their new relationship. Plans to renovate a historic old theater stir up dangerous ghosts and revive interest in unsolved Mob hits. The curse of a murdered witch strikes a close friend, old movie props reveal clues to long-ago crimes, and a shakedown scheme sends Ben's cousin running for cover. Time is running out to lift the curse. The Russian Mob wants revenge on Erik, and the Newark Mob is gunning for Ben. A grieving ghost seeks justice. Secrets, lies, and deception unravel in the blink of an eye. Erik and Ben were planning for happily ever after. But unless they can outwit witches, wraiths, and wise guys, they could go down in a hail of gunfire and a blast of dark magic-and see their plans go up in smoke. Blink is a suspenseful MM paranormal romance mystery-adventure filled with second chance love, hurt/comfort, true soulmates, awesome food trucks, dangerous secrets, restless ghosts, psychic visions, powerful witches, angry mobsters, and a very haunted theater. Book Two in the Treasure Trail series.
Rebledo
Luis is just a young man in his teens when he suddenly finds himself alone in the world of sixteenth-century Spain. Destitute and with nowhere to turn, he is taken in by Nicolas, the Count de Rebledo, who gives him employment and shelter in his household. Little does Luis realize just how much the count's kind gesture will change his life. He will come to question who he is and how his actions affect the world around him, eventually turning his naivety into wisdom that will help him accept himself, and grow personally as well as in social status. This new wisdom will be needed as he navigates the complex and power-hungry court of King Philip II. Finally, he will need to summon all his knowledge and put aside his fears to survive and thrive in a world that does not want to accept him because of who he is, and his past.
Better Angels
What would it look like if Lesley and Dusty had a romantic relationship? A good Jewish girl from an upper-class upbringing and with a degree from a private college whose first musical influences were jazz singers and a Catholic singer with the voice that would define white female soul vocalists to this day.The good girl falls for the older British singer whose life would be riddled with addiction and bouts of mental health issues. How would the two traverse the winding roads of fame, being in love and losing their places in the pop music industry from the sixties? Could their careers rebound after fading away to the majority of the public? How would 2005 find them in their personal lives and in their music careers?How does their relationship end? Does it?I hope you enjoy the music, fame, passion, and heartache I've taken Lesley and Dusty through!From Chapter 1"All the American performers were on the Mercury label. They arrive early and were chaperoned by a Mercury manager. Lesley was the last in line as they filed through the narrow hall. She stopped to look at the photographs and posters on the wall. Absorbed in a photograph of Edith Piaf, Lesley felt the presence of someone behind her. She turned to find Dusty, her arms folded across her chest and smiling. "Well, love. It's true.""Hi. I'm Lesley. What's true?""I know. I'm Dusty. Your eyes. They are beautiful." Dusty winked, turned, and walked away.
Prisonnier sur Terre
Joan est hant矇 par un 矇v矇nement traumatisant qui a boulevers矇 sa vie. Malgr矇 les th矇rapies et les traitements, il reste prisonnier de cauchemars incessants. En qu礙te de paix, il choisit l'isolement, r矇sign矇 ? attendre la mort comme seule 矇chappatoire. Pourtant, au moment o羅 il s'appr礙te ? tout abandonner, il se r矇veille chez lui, face ? un inconnu myst矇rieux et d矇nud矇, pr礙t ? lui offrir une aide inattendue. Quelle est la v矇ritable nature de cet 矇trange sauveur ?
Verano Franc矇s
Reci矇n divorciada y con la venta de su parte de su empresa, Nathalie alquila una casa vacacional en el sur de Francia. Despu矇s de a簽os de duro trabajo y un matrimonio fallido en Chicago, solo busca algo de paz y tranquilidad, un lugar donde aclarar su mente y resolver su futuro.A Lena le encantan las mujeres, su perro y el paisajismo. Eso es todo lo complicado que tiene. Cuando conoce a su nueva inquilina para el verano, resulta dif穩cil mantener su profesionalidad como cuidadora, sobre todo cuando la inquilina resulta ser todo lo que siempre quiso y m獺s.A medida que pasa el tiempo y los l穩mites se difuminan, el momento del adi籀s se vuelve inevitable. Nathalie no est獺 buscando un nuevo amor, especialmente no en la forma de una mujer, y Lena no desea que su coraz籀n vuelva a romperse en pedazos.聶Es posible encontrar un hogar en un lugar en el que nunca has estado? 聶Y merece la pena el riesgo, renunciar a todo por alguien a quien acabas de conocer? Dicen que el hogar es donde est獺 tu coraz籀n...
Al segundo click
La relaci籀n de Alison y Jessie parece consolidarse, hasta que un doble tic azul en la conversaci籀n con Jess_92 remueve en Alison sentimientos que cre穩a superados. Su necesidad por descubrir qui矇n se esconde tras ese nickname despierta en Jessie viejas inseguridades, y el deseo de cerrar por fin ese cap穩tulo se mezcla con el miedo que le da perder a Alison si se conocen en persona. Ambas se enfrentan a una pregunta cuya respuesta tiene el potencial de romperlas o de hacerlas m獺s fuertes: 聶en el amor es suficiente con que haga click tan solo una vez?En Al primer click, la autora planta las semillas de la monta簽a rusa de emociones de Al segundo click. Tras Cosas del destino y El Plan C, Anna P籀lux vuelve a traernos una historia que va m獺s all獺 de lo rom獺ntico, con toques de intriga y giros inesperados en la trama.
It Gets Even Better
These stories are about identity, relationships, and community. They're about hope, acceptance, affirmation, and joy. And most of all, in a time when uncertainty feels inescapable and overwhelming, they're about taking one another by the hand and choosing together to embrace the unknown.The possibilities are endless.This anthology is full of uplifting, affirming short stories about queer possibility by an outstanding lineup of speculative fiction authors including Charlie Jane Anders, Zen Cho, Amy Griswold, Nibedita Sen, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, and S.L. Huang.
Valiente
High school valedictorian and college-bound Chente Jimenez thinks he finally has his life together. But after he attends prom with his new boyfriend, Henry Hamilton, Chente returns home to find his first love, tennis coach Aaron Doss, in his mother's kitchen. Coach Doss has been playing follow the leader all his life-until now. After leaving his bride-to-be at the altar, it appears Doss has finally found his voice and the freedom to pursue Chente. But when he shares his news with Chente, the unexpected update unleashes a chain of events for the high school senior and his family and friends as the faceless menace that has surrounded Chente for months manifests into real danger. Before the dust settles on his high school days, hearts will be broken, secret conspiracies will be exposed, and death's fingers will grip the small town of Avalon. While navigating the final chapter of his high school life, Chente is about to experience the undeniable definition of truth, honor, and finally love. In this gripping novel, a bold voice and a fearless stance leads to explosive consequences for a high school senior and his loved ones.
