Below the Belt
Noah Avidan has not led a charmed life. His first serious relationship crashed and burned with his boyfriend in the bed of their dog-walker. After achieving his dream job working as a Classics Professor at the University, his life is derailed by a car accident, leaving him blind in one eye and battling to lecture through a stammer. Whatever his luck, though, Noah is bound and determined to pick up the pieces and find his own way to happiness.The day Noah walks into Baum's Boxing is the day everything changes. Adrian Flores, an ex-Marine boxer with his own story to tell and his own struggles to overcome, is immediately taken with the timid man taking his first kickboxing class. It seems like a fairy tale waiting to happen, until the day it doesn't. A miscommunication between both men leaves them vulnerable for one cruel, obsessed man to take matters into his own hands. Will their relationship survive blackmail, violent attacks, and a promise to destroy their livelihoods? Or will the two be forced to part ways and accept that fate is just not on their side? Below the Belt is the first in the series, Baum's Boxing. Each book will contain an HEA with no cliffhangers.
Codirection
They killed a girl to keep their secrets. They won't stop there.A new home, a fresh start, a chance to do things right this time-and Shaw and North are determined to make it work. But the night of their housewarming party, things don't go as planned. A reporter arrives, wanting to talk to North about his ex-husband, his father, and a criminal syndicate. No sooner have they gotten rid of her than another unwanted guest appears: a street boy named Nik, whom Shaw met months before, begging them to help him find his missing friend, Malorie.Retracing Malorie's steps, North and Shaw learn about the dangerous demimonde of runaway teenagers. Their investigation takes them into the path of men and women who have learned to profit off the suffering and abandonment of children: shelters, clinics, labor brokers, and pimps.Meanwhile, North's Uncle Ronnie is set on revenge, and his target this time is North's father. As North struggles to track down Ronnie and put an end to the danger, he finds himself considering a deal with the devil, and the offer might be too good to pass up.When North and Shaw find Malorie's body, evidence suggests she was murdered-and that her death is connected in some way with a truck stop halfway across the state. But as they draw closer to the truth, the danger grows. The people who killed Malorie have the Borealis detectives in their sights, and North and Shaw must race to save their own lives before the killers can strike again.
The Master Is Here
An Episcopal priest has a fateful encounter with an Amsterdam teenager who may be a prostitute-or something else entirely. An Iowa supermarket patron repurposes Bible verses for a love note to a handsome cashier, with consequences both tragic and transformational. A disgraced seminarian shows up at his lover's first Mass, determined to be remembered. One way or another, the characters in The Master is Here happen to find themselves in a place larger and more interesting than many others can imagine: the intersection in the Venn diagram of Christian and gay experience. Whether there by choice or quite against their will, whether making good decisions or bad ones, whether driven by love or lust or foolishness or faith, their lives are a valuable testament to the complexities and the conundrums of the human experience, and their stories chronicle the reckonings that none of us can avoid.
Fringe Contender
Reeling from his divorce, Rhys Anderson is trying to find his footing again. Having just returned from a long trip, he finds the lives of the people he cares about most in total disarray. In the midst of trying to help his brother's ex deal with a blackmailer, a man enters his office for a consultation and divulges a secret of his own-he, too, is being targeted by the blackmailer. When Rhys suggests that Trevor Greene go public, Trevor reveals a secret which would prevent him from coming forward, and he quickly leaves. Not sure Rhys will ever see Trevor again, the mysterious man stays on his mind until one night he runs into him and sees just how badly the blackmail has devastated Trevor's life. Rhys immediately steps in and insists he be allowed to help. He expects to get to the bottom of things. What he doesn't expect is to find a reason to love again. If only things weren't so complicated. Will Rhys and Trevor be able to find their way together, or will the danger Trevor's in keep them apart? Each book will contain an HEA with no cliffhangers.
The Summer of Us
It's going to be a long hot summer. John is an exceptionally good lawyer. He's driven, arrogant, and hides a warm heart beneath a fa癟ade of cool politeness. He's used to people disliking him, but for some reason, when meeting Matt in London, the other man's open dislike bothers him. He's therefore surprised to find himself offering Matt a place to stay in his villa in the South of France while he's working nearby. He'd actually planned to spend the summer working on his book and plotting to get his ex-wife back. However, his perfect plans take a blow as the long hot summer progresses and the two men get closer, and John starts to nurse an unexpected attraction to his houseguest from hell. Matt is John's polar opposite. He's warm, funny, sociable, and scruffy. He loves people, and they love him back. However, to his consternation, he hates John. His arrogance, public school voice, and the air of superiority that he carries around aggravate Matt unbearably. So the idea of staying in his home with just him for company sounds torturous and not in a good way. However, as the summer days slip by, he's forced to realise that maybe he's not such a good judge of character because underneath that arrogance is a warm, vulnerable man who's incredibly sexy. The only problem is that while Matt is gay, John is straight, and Matt now wants him more than he's ever wanted anything in his life. See what happens when two men who think they have nothing in common apart from a past mutual hatred find out that they might be each other's future. From bestselling author, Lily Morton comes a scorchingly hot romantic comedy. This is a spin-off from the Beggar's Choice series. It features characters from the series but can be read as a complete standalone.
The Price of Betrayal
When Audie Wade's wife of 20 years dies from cancer, she finds her secret diaries. Carlie wrote of another woman; someone Audie never met, yet someone Carlie cared for deeply. Reeling from the discovery of Carlie's indiscretion, Audie does everything she can to erase her memory; and her betrayal. It's not until she meets friendly, and much younger, Reagan that she feels there's a real chance at happiness again. Reagan Malloy has the handsome Audie in her sights right away. While Audie is put off a bit by their age difference, Reagan does her best to get through Audie's armor. But when betrayal visits them again, will Audie and Reagan's new relationship survive? Or will they succomb to the betrayal and deny their love?
Sexy Gay Couples Cookbook Journal
This cool cookbook journal is filled with perfect images and designs for the sexy gay couple you love or a part of. Filled with lovely water-colour paintings, and cool designs, this fun book is a must. You can organise your kitchen while enjoying sexy mates for you to enjoy.
The River City Chronicles
A group of strangers meets at Ragazzi, an Italian restaurant, for a cooking lesson that will change them all. They quickly become intertwined in each other's lives, and a bit of magic touches each of them.Meet Dave, the consultant who lost his partner; Matteo and Diego, the couple who run the restaurant; recently-widowed Carmelina; Marcos, a web designer getting too old for hook-ups; Ben, a trans author writing the Great American Novel; teenager Marissa, kicked out for being bi; and Sam and Brad, a May-September couple who would never have gotten together without a little magic of their own.Everyone in the River City has a secret, and sooner or later secrets always come out.
Life, Love, and Other Inequalities
Matt Ruiz is a man with a plan for professional advancement; he won't be a teacher forever. But when he's asked to help out a new substitute teacher, his already packed schedule is thrown into overload. Even worse, Sawyer Evans, the new substitute, is cute. Really cute. Matt finds himself questioning whether or not his carefully plotted life will bring him happiness. But Sawyer lives by the seat of his pants, and Matt can't let go of his unbending attitude. Will a chance at romance give him the courage to chase his dreams of love?As much as Matt loves his life, he's alone on this journey. If he can't learn to let love into his heart, what's the point of pushing himself to be the best? Argentina Ryder's debut novel Life, Love, and Other Inequalities is a modern day, opposites-attract romance where even teachers discover they have something to learn about love.
Life and Lemonade
Blaine and his friends have all found love, but there are others who aren't so lucky. In a world filled with all kinds of relationships, some of them can heal while others can hurt. Blaine and friends must find their way around their relationships, new and old, if they are to make sense of the world around them. Sometimes love pulls people together, even when life is trying to push them apart. All is fair in love and war...but sometimes, life gets in the way. "It was like Season 2 of my favourite series got released and I had to binge-watch it." Cait Gordon, Author of Life in the 'Cosm"You will laugh and cry and curse and cheer along with them. And I promise, you will fall in love - as I have."Dava Gamble, Author of Jade Ascent and Jade Bestowed"A frothy, big-hearted, romantic delight, with grit and steel at its core, and told in every colour of love in the rainbow."Stephen Graham King, Author of Soul's Blood"Jamieson takes the big-and little-moments of life and infuses them with such a wonderfully queer reality. The older aren't necessarily wiser, the younger aren't necessarily the go-getters, and the end result is a sense of living, breathing chosen family that charms." 'Nathan Burgoine, Author of Triad Blood and Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks
I’m Really Glad You Got Fired
How do you find love when you can barely stay out of the hospital?How do you keep love, when your life's passion is, unconventional?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Please note each of the books in the Simply Entertainment Collection are standalone stories. They are grouped together because they are all simply for entertainment. If you are looking for something with a little more substance to read, then you might consider a book that is part of the Mature Content Collection.
Insatiable
It was just a bet . . . until feelings got involved.This job sucks but someone's got to do it. My readers expect me to chronicle my very real, very steamy encounters in my novels. I'd never want to disappoint my fans, but the creative well has run a bit dry. Burlington, Vermont, seems like a good place to fill it up. This town offers a tempting array of artists, craftsmen, farmers, lumbersexuals . . . and so many beards.But no one prepared me for Brody. He's young. He's hot. He's definitely a grump. And he's getting under my skin. Where I want him is under my bed sheets.When my friend bets I'll never be able to get Brody there, I make winning my mission. Turns out being with Brody is more than a plot device. He's so very wrong for my life . . . but is he right for my heart?Insatiable is a standalone book in the Vino & Veritas series by Heart Eyes Press and contains a big/small, grumpy/sunshine pairing, a bed-hopping author, a jilted sugarmaker and a reluctant fake relationship.
Remedy
At just 28, Peter is one of the youngest athletes ever to secure a spot on Team USA's Show Jumping roster for the Paris Summer Olympics. With the support a large, equestrian-centric family behind him Peter's a shoo-in to win individual gold--until a freak on-course accident badly injuries Peter and the talented mare he'd been riding. Dreams of success in Paris quickly coming apart, he holes up at the family complex, Tulip Farm, to rehab and re-assess. His parents and three siblings try to keep his spirits up, but it's hard to focus on the future when by night he's plagued by reoccurring headaches and by day he can barely walk without pain.Reed Androku has recently chosen to follow their passion: holistic equine rehabilitation. Tulip Farm - an immaculate facility run by the famous McAuley-Griffin clan - seems the perfect place to chase that dream, and when the family unexpectedly opens up Barn A to boarders, Reed jumps at the opportunity. They'll happily take advantage of roomy stalls, heated arena, and state-of-the-art footing even if it means putting up with Peter Griffin, the family's youngest son and ex-Olympic hopeful.Peter needs healing, and a reason to hope. Reed's got a knack for rehab and a soft-heart for hard cases, but they also have a dangerous secret. Fate throws Peter and Reed together, sparking a passion that could turn into something deeper, but first they must weather Peter's recovery, the McAuley-Griffin family's obsessive need to meddle, and Reed's violent past.
A Different Man
What does it mean to be a gay man in America today? This diverse collection of stories chronicling the challenges of gay life at various ages shines a light on the progress made and the progress still to come as family expectations, cultural norms, and religious practices continue to influence gay self-perceptions and out and proud identities in America. With openly gay celebrities, homoerotic images, and LGBTQ+ popular media, being gay is becoming increasingly mainstream. Are gay men still different?
Acceptance
Selena Wilson seems completely normal on all accounts except for her family's secrets, glowing eyes, unusual strength, and other random occurrences. Now, as others' paths start to intertwine with hers, the uncertainty within her begins to bare its fangs. Inner peace is her goal, but will she be able to find it as she is forced to accept the unthinkable while discovering who she really is?Acceptance: The Beginning is an award winning first book of the Acceptance Trilogy. Followed by Acceptance: The Reality and Acceptance: Reborn.
Wolf
Wolf is the story about a girl. Alone in the world, Casidhe Keneally is frightened to unravel her family's secret, a secret her own body has been reporting in disturbing ways. She must travel far from the only home she has ever known, to uncover the clues her dead parents left her.Tracked to a sleepy pub in Butte Montana, Casidhe locates the strange people who can reveal the truth, but the discovery could, quite literally, kill her.Amidst all the changes she struggles to assimilate, Casidhe meets Dana, a woman who simply cannot exist, sparking a fire inside herself, she cannot fight.Her travels take her deep into the realm of the Fae, the powerful and ancient Irish mythological beings, who she realizes still endure. But some Fae are angry she has returned and will not stop until she follows the way of her parents.In Wolf, Casidhe discovers her true identity, finds her people, but also finds cruelty and danger as she learns what real magic looks and feels like.Wolf is the first book in the State Changers series, following the extraordinary life of Casidhe, as she learns about love, magic and the veritable power of her own spirit.
Mr. Perfect (Sinister in Savannah Book 2)
Word-slinger. Purveyor of truth. Jaded heart. By day, Felix Franklin is an investigative journalist. By night, he produces Sinister in Savannah, an investigative podcast, with his two best friends. Felix's life revolves around three principles: fortune favors the bold, honesty is everything, and love is for schmucks. The podcast is back to investigate allegations that a local businessman is dabbling in money laundering. On the surface, everything about Cameron Spencer, aka The Auto King, appears to be perfect. The trio of trouble quickly learns all that glitters is not gold. Seeking the truth will challenge Felix's convictions and put his life in grave danger. The biggest threat to his well-being isn't an unknown villain; it's the reappearance of his first and only love. Jude Arrow had it all: great looks, charming personality, and a lucrative career as Atlanta's hottest news anchor. So, why had he recently relocated to Savannah? When the two reporters are forced to work together, Felix will get a chance to ask him. The answer will stun Felix until he remembers not to believe anything that comes out of the heartbreaker's pretty mouth.Love and hate are two sides of the same coin and just as conflicting as the battle of wills that ensues. Will the chip on Felix's shoulder save him from trusting Mr. Wrong or ruin his chances with Mr. Perfect?Sinister in Savannah series is a fictional podcast exploring the city's most nefarious crimes with Southern-fried snark. The books explore friendship, love, loss, and the irrepressible human spirit. Mr. Perfect is book two of three. While each book is written about a different couple, the series should be read in order due to continuing storylines. Sinister in Savannah is an LGBT romantic suspense series with mature language and sexual content intended for adults eighteen and older.
Gideon’s Wish
Award-Winning Finalist in the Fiction: LGBTQ category of the 2021 International Book Awards He might be Mr. Right, but their timing is all kinds of wrong...Gideon Miller is done letting his heart do the thinking for him. Been there, done that, still has the emotional scars to prove it. Besides, he's leaving Los Angeles soon. There'd be no point in starting up a new romance now. But when he meets the off-the-charts sexy, ex-military man next door, Gideon starts to question everything...Isaiah Williams needs a fresh start. With his time in the Navy-and a painful, toxic relationship-behind him, he's ready to start a new life. Now all he has to do is figure out how to keep his matchmaking mother out of his business...and how to not fall for his sweet, nerdy, and entirely too attractive neighbor...They're complete opposites with nothing but trust issues in common. Their timing? Terrible. And yet...none of that matters when they're together. Will love be enough to get Gideon and Isaiah to happily ever after? Or are they destined to remain star-crossed?"Gideon's Wish, a standalone, steamy, lightly angsty, M/M contemporary romance, features a loveable, openly gay handyman and the not-so-openly gay alpha male of his dreams. HEA guaranteed. Download today and get ready to fall in love with your next favorite read."
The Ashland Witches
A lightly paranormal lesbian romance series about four witches learning, growing, and finding love.Read the complete Ashland Witches series in this special omnibus edition, which contains all four books in one collection.A Charmed LifeFiona thought she knew what she wanted: travel, excitement, and a new lover every week. Everything changes when she loses her father, returns to the Midwest, and reunites with her best friends, a circle of elemental witches. There's no place like home, but it's Gabrielle, a gorgeous bartender, who gives her a reason to stay.Will Fiona and Gabe be able to release the past, so they can they weave the magick of their present lives together?A Garden DreamEmma and Crystal have been together for seven years, but now it looks like it's over. The pain of infidelity lingers between them. Vowing to give their relationship another chance, Emma and Crystal go on a road trip. After a mysterious desert encounter, they set their feet on a new path - a path to forgiveness.Will they each come into their own as women and witches, and let go of the past betrayals?A Magick DanceWith a gift for dance and perfect technique, Waverly could have been a world-class ballerina. But her empathy is a curse she cannot bear. Only one thing brings her peace: music. When Lark, an up-and-coming violinist, comes into her life, Waverly isn't sure she's ready to share herself with another person. Will Waverly bring her dark secrets into the light and open herself to Lark, or run away from love?A Prairie LoveAvery has everything: looks, a prestigious career, and a flawless life. Everything, that is, except somebody to love. While her covenmates think she's too cool and logical for romance, the truth Avery hides is very different. But there's no hiding her feelings when Isabelle, the girl who taught her how to love 'em and leave 'em, shows up in Ashland. Will Avery reconcile her feelings for the woman who broke her heart and give Isabelle a second chance?Celebrate the wheel of the year as the lives of one small coven change thanks to the magick of love!
The Awaited
The Awaited captures the story of a young man, Murli, who has to come to terms with his evolved sexuality, after his family cruelly abandons him. Amidst his struggles to suppress his inner conflicts, he strives to stand up for people who are orientated like him. Na簿ve, closed in and vulnerable, he is forced to isolate himself when his own confidants become his foe. Just when he's about to lose hope in love, the KHAAB Foundation turns him to someone he is unable to resist.Who is Rishabh Singh?A charismatic and confident philanthropist, with his own secrets, lights his soul on fire while becoming his only confidant. And just when Murli is about to give in for love, he faces the most pathetic encounter of his life. Will his spirit muster up the courage this time? Will he accept a love like never before?
Backwards to Oregon
"Luke" Hamilton has always been sure that she'd never marry. She accepted that she would spend her life alone when she chose to live her life disguised as a man.After working in a brothel for three years, Nora Macauley has lost all illusions about love. She no longer hopes for a man who will sweep her off her feet and take her away to begin a new, respectable life.But now they find themselves married and on the way to Oregon in a covered wagon, with two thousand miles ahead of them.
Twisted Pretty Things
Something wicked is moving in the shadows of London...In the underground world of glitzy illegal auctions, fast cars, and stolen magical artifacts, John "Dom" Domenici knows he's out of his depth. But he needs the job at Kempthorne & Co like he needs to breathe. The alternative-going back to the organized crime gangs of London's East End-is unthinkable.So when Alexander Kempthorne, boss of Kempthorne & Co Artifact Retrieval Agency, wants him on a special case to track down an illegal artifact dealer, Dom can't say no.It shouldn't matter that Kempthorne's world is full of deadly secrets. It shouldn't matter that the billionaire is sexy as sin, and it really shouldn't matter how there's an American agent stalking Dom, an American who knows more than he should about Dom's case, including the real reason Alexander Kempthorne hired Dom.The only thing that really matters to Dom is solving the case and finding the artifact dealer. Because there are worse things in London than a conflicted billionaire and a trigger-happy American. Something wicked is stalking London's streets, and if Dom doesn't stop it, its shadows will rise and consume them all.***Please note the Shadows of London series is set in London and the characters are all British (so is the author). Although the series has been edited in US English for the US market, to include US spelling and grammar, many English slang words and spelling remain as part of the character of the work.
Chorus of Witches (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
A thrilling rediscovery - a lost gay classic about a traveling drag show in 1950s EnglandAs far as Eric and Gertrude Ford know, their teenage son Colin is off at art school. So imagine their shock and horror when they attend a show at the Palace Theatre and see him take the stage - wearing a dress and wig!Chorus of Witches is the story of Colin, sexy but heartless, and the two men who love him: Jock, a rough but tender-hearted Scotsman and Alan, a refined older gentleman. It's also a fascinating look at backstage life at one of Britain's earliest drag shows, with an unforgettable cast of bitchy queens like Josie, Netta, and Tessa, whose bickering and banter is as fresh and funny as any modern-day drag queen reality show.First published in 1959 and never previously reprinted, Paul Buckland's Chorus of Witches is an exciting rediscovery, one of the first novels about drag queens and a rare example of an early gay novel with a happy ending.
Redenzione
Luis, un gangster pentito, si innamora perdutamente del suo capo. Quando la loro amicizia si trasforma in amore, sta a Paolo convincerlo che vale la pena soffrire per avere una seconda occasione. Luis Pope torna nel suo quartiere dopo sei anni passati in prigione, ma la vita fuori dal carcere sembra al di l? della sua portata, specie quando tutti sembrano conoscere la sua faccia per le ragioni sbagliate. Paolo ha un caratteraccio che gli rende difficile conservare troppo a lungo lo staff che lavora nel suo caff癡 e conosce sin troppo bene la reputazione di Luis. Ma suo nonno crede nel potere della redenzione e Luis non 癡 pi羅 il criminale dei ricordi di Paolo. La prigione ha lasciato il suo segno, dentro e fuori, e tutta la gentilezza del mondo non pu簷 far scomparire la cicatrice di sette centimetri che Luis ha sul cranio. E non pu簷 tenere lontani i fantasmi. Luis 癡 il miglior aiutante che Paolo abbia mai avuto e Luis non 癡 mai stato cos穫 felice. La sua vecchia vita, per簷, rifiuta di rimanere relegata nel passato. I guai si presentano alla sua porta e quando gli viene fatta un'offerta che non pu簷 rifiutare, proteggere Paolo vuol dire prendere la decisione pi羅 dolorosa della sua vita. Redenzione 癡 un m/m indipendente con tanto angst, seconde occasioni, famiglie trovate, amici che diventano amanti e molto, delizioso, hurt/comfort.
Kuntana
Externally, Amelia is a strong, powerful woman, though many perceive her to be cold-hearted. As a mafia boss she needs to be seen as such, yet internally, she struggles with her life choices. Realising her own destiny is set, Amelia focuses on her son, Nicco, who is maturing into what she fears most. Nicco is desperately trying to emulate the legend of his father, while trying to break free of his mother's grasp. Becoming a respected mafia boss always claims a few lives. And with his singular focus on power and control, Nicco may become the ultimate undoing of his family. Amelia will use any means possible to protect her son from the family business. Nicco will use any means possible to take control of the family business. A heart-wrenching book about lost dreams, an overpowering desire for power and finding the strength to forgive.
The Kenryk Series
Amari hides a burning ambition in the warrior-ruled Kingdom of Sagar, where women are forbidden to fight. Hidden in a small village in Synia, she's honed her skills in secret, yearning to become the first female Sage Warrior.One reckless act in the brutal Orrick pits throws her carefully planned life into chaos. Now a target, Amari must flee to the legendary Great City of Sagar, where the elite Laurean Sage competition offers a chance to fulfil her dreams - and escape her intended fate.But a chance encounter unveils a shocking truth about her heritage, forcing Amari to confront a destiny far greater than she ever imagined. Duty clashes with desire as she's left with a heart-wrenching choice: embrace her fated identity as the Avaris of the fire tribe, the Kenryk, or fight for the future she's always craved.Will Amari defy tradition and claim her place among the legends? Or will the weight of her past shatter her dreams of becoming a Sage Warrior?
Mirrored in Evergreen
Rosemary has been cursed.And, despite being heir to a family of powerful wizards, his ambivalence towards magic renders him incapable of ending the complex spell on his own. In order to break his curse, he must make some desperate alliances-and regain the trust of his partner, Rowan, who has not only forgotten his existence, but the fact that they are capable of using magic at all.Mirrored in Evergreen is an atmospheric and thought-provoking contemporary fantasy-a character-driven story about the loneliness of queer young adulthood, and the possibility for escape.
The Vegas Dilemma
The Vegas Dilemma, a collection of twenty-seven short stories, weaves a vision of contemporary America through the eyes of its outcasts. Set largely in Las Vegas, featuring a recurring character of a footloose, morose woman who likes to eat Cheerios in grocery stores, each story takes up quotidian concerns-staying in Starbucks past closing time, a visit to Hoover Dam, falling in love over Instagram-and mines them for their political and existential undercurrents, which fly off the stories like sparks from a pinwheel. A cycle of stories-"Pulverized Oat Wheels," "Mother Nature is Belligerent", "Symmetry of Provocation", etc.-make use of a vignette style to suture seemingly disparate scenarios and emotions. Thus, in "Not Capable of Giving her Leprosy" we meet a sexually exploitative American professor at a South Korean University; a reading group who meet in Starbucks to discuss the ethics of eating meat while reading The Vegetarian; palm trees that are mistaken for armadillos; and Walmart identified as a nerve agent. Other stories, such as "Your Sadness is Salt on Salt" and "In My Youth My Father Is Short and Poor," use a sparse first-person voice for more poetic effect. Connected by themes of alienation, bad romance, and microaggressions, The Vegas Dilemma combines the inventiveness of fiction and the richness of everyday life to show that such American tragedies as Trump's ascendency and the Weinstein scandal aren't divorced from everyday interactions, but arise from them.
Dear Mr. Brody
Parker, I never meant for any of this to happen, to fall for you. It doesn't matter that we're both adults, or how much we want this to work. The college policy is clear. I can't see a way around this without one of us getting hurt. If I would've known who you were when we met online, I would have never pursued a relationship. I'm new to all of this, and besides my daughter, getting to know you has been the best thing to ever happen to me. But I can't make you hide again. I won't. It's not fair to either of us.Deepest regrets, Donovan****Dear Mr. Brody, You're right, we are adults. I'm twenty-four years old, and I think I can decide for myself what's best for me. If this is about you losing your job, I'll walk away. But if this is you trying to protect me, then you're an idiot. I want you. I care about you. My past isn't an issue. What we're doing... it isn't the same thing. If we have to hide, so be it. I'm not ready to let you go.Your Lost Boy, ParkerDear Mr. Brody is a 93,000-word interconnected standalone, contemporary, MM slow burn romance that is light on angst and features, dating app shenanigans, student/professor fraternization, single dad swoonery, waffles, "Peter Pan" references, and a fish named Tony. TW: Brief mention of a past assault on page without graphic detail.
Chaser
A teenage girl charged with a shocking murder. A female bounty hunter hired to track her down her. And a horrific truth buried for years.Uncover a dark and twisted truth in the pulse-pounding debut of the Jinx Ballou Bounty Hunter series. Jinx, a fiercely determined bounty hunter, finds herself on the trail of a missing teenage girl charged with murder. But as she delves deeper into the case, Jinx unearths a horrifying secret that's been buried for years and puts both her and the young fugitive in grave danger.Against all odds, Jinx races against time to bring the girl to justice and save her own career, facing relentless challenges and pushing her skills, strength, and luck to the limit. With twists and turns around every corner, will Jinx survive long enough to catch her quarry?Join Jinx as she defies expectations and rises to the challenge in this action-packed crime thriller, where trans women are the heroes in the face of evil. Buy Chaser today and be transported to a world of danger, justice, and a heroine you won't soon forget..
The Christmas Ball
Alice doesn't want to go to this Christmas party. Pretending to be straight around all her family and the Fowler family for an entire month to prepare for a ball, for her to dance with the man they want her to marry is not in the top 100 ways to spend December. But since her family is paying her tuition, she can't risk saying no. Besides, it's only once every ten years. She just has to survive. She thinks she can handle it, until she finds out her rehearsal partner she'll be spending the month with is the same one from ten years before--and the first girl Alice ever liked. And unfortunately for her, her feelings haven't changed. The Christmas Ball is a 50k-word f/f romance with family drama, a secret romance, a childhood crush, plenty of mutual pining, and of course, they only have one bed. Content warning for open-door sex scenes, queerphobia, and a really sleazy man.
A Slice of the Watermelon Moon
Written in the Southern vernacular, A Slice of the Watermelon Moon is an intimate portrayal of August, the rough Jewish trucker from West Virginia, and Cecil, the obsessive gay narrator, raised on a small family farm and living in Athens, Georgia. It's an unusual, authentic Southern "slice" of time. Each vignette, gathered from the narrator's past and present, carries the reader on a quirky journey that's as real as a personal diary.August's handmade cabin in the tiny town of Grayberry, Georgia, is the central location for a love affair that spans several moon-filled, sexy years in the Deep South. The author invites you to look through the cabin window at this secret and scandalous relationship hidden in the tall pine groves of rural Georgia.
Love at Leighton Lake
Tallulah 'Tally' Roberts decides that a few weeks staying in a cabin at Leighton Lake will help mend her shattered pelvis and broken heart.Caitlyn Matthews works at the lake resort her mother owns, loving nothing better than spending her morning swimming in the lake. That is until she meets Tally. Their attraction is instant, but both are wary of these new feelings with their history of previous relationships.As they get to know each other, secrets from Caitlyn's past come to light. Caitlyn fears her mother has been lying to her and together they search for the truth.Love at Leighton Lake is packed full of love, drama, and a cow called Houdini who likes to roam the cabins, much to Caitlyn's delight.
Coming Darkness
A 900-year-old vampire, a dangerously charming demon, and the Morning Star himself: they are the creatures that haunt human nightmares, but a new threat is coming that even nightmares fear to face.Kai is having a rough week. His impulsiveness has led to consequences he'd rather not deal with. As a powerful vampire and Lucifer's lover, he views the petty supernatural politics as beneath him.Lucifer is not inclined to listen when his estranged brothers come begging for help, preferring the comfortable life he has built with Kai. But when the archangels reveal that their Father is missing from Heaven, he realizes he can no longer ignore the family he walked away from.Kai will have to question everything he thought was true, and whether their love is real. And soon, that may be the least of his problems.
Coming Darkness
A 900-year-old vampire, a dangerously charming demon, and the Morning Star himself: they are the creatures that haunt human nightmares, but a new threat is coming that even nightmares fear to face.Kai is having a rough week. His impulsiveness has led to consequences he'd rather not deal with. As a powerful vampire and Lucifer's lover, he views the petty supernatural politics as beneath him.Lucifer is not inclined to listen when his estranged brothers come begging for help, preferring the comfortable life he has built with Kai. But when the archangels reveal that their Father is missing from Heaven, he realizes he can no longer ignore the family he walked away from.Kai will have to question everything he thought was true, and whether their love is real. And soon, that may be the least of his problems.
Coming Darkness
A 900-year-old vampire, a dangerously charming demon, and the Morning Star himself: they are the creatures that haunt human nightmares, but a new threat is coming that even nightmares fear to face.Kai is having a rough week. His impulsiveness has led to consequences he'd rather not deal with. As a powerful vampire and Lucifer's lover, he views the petty supernatural politics as beneath him.Lucifer is not inclined to listen when his estranged brothers come begging for help, preferring the comfortable life he has built with Kai. But when the archangels reveal that their Father is missing from Heaven, he realizes he can no longer ignore the family he walked away from.Kai will have to question everything he thought was true, and whether their love is real. And soon, that may be the least of his problems.
Coming Darkness
A 900-year-old vampire, a dangerously charming demon, and the Morning Star himself: they are the creatures that haunt human nightmares, but a new threat is coming that even nightmares fear to face.Kai is having a rough week. His impulsiveness has led to consequences he'd rather not deal with. As a powerful vampire and Lucifer's lover, he views the petty supernatural politics as beneath him.Lucifer is not inclined to listen when his estranged brothers come begging for help, preferring the comfortable life he has built with Kai. But when the archangels reveal that their Father is missing from Heaven, he realizes he can no longer ignore the family he walked away from.Kai will have to question everything he thought was true, and whether their love is real. And soon, that may be the least of his problems.This is the large print edition of Coming Darkness, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
Coming Darkness
A 900-year-old vampire, a dangerously charming demon, and the Morning Star himself: they are the creatures that haunt human nightmares, but a new threat is coming that even nightmares fear to face.Kai is having a rough week. His impulsiveness has led to consequences he'd rather not deal with. As a powerful vampire and Lucifer's lover, he views the petty supernatural politics as beneath him.Lucifer is not inclined to listen when his estranged brothers come begging for help, preferring the comfortable life he has built with Kai. But when the archangels reveal that their Father is missing from Heaven, he realizes he can no longer ignore the family he walked away from.Kai will have to question everything he thought was true, and whether their love is real. And soon, that may be the least of his problems.This is the large print edition of Coming Darkness, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
The Dark Winter
In this fifth volume of the series, the residents of Hobbs, Maine, are relieved to have gotten through the summer relatively unscathed by the pandemic. Town doctor, Liz Stolz, is warning about a fall surge, but everyone is desperate to get back to normal. Liz has agreed to help her friend, architect, Sam McKinnon, build a sound-proof practice room over Erika Bultmann's garage. As the days grow shorter, Erika is worried about her wife, former opera singer and Episcopal rector, Lucy Bartlett, who walks alone on the beach before dawn. Fortunately, the early Christmas gift is ready before tragedy strikes. In the process of keeping a promise to a friend, Liz antagonizes her wife. Their marriage has been rocky since an impulsive kiss last summer. As the women of Hobbs pull together to help a beloved friend heal from her loss, the dark winter brings tension and realignment to their small community.
The Other Side
Samantha had a great but ordinary life, not complex at all. She had a good job, amazing friends and family plus a boyfriend that most women prayed for. She knew exactly what she wanted. That was until she started having dreams and feelings about someone that wasn't her boyfriend or in fact a boy at all. With the support of her twin sister, Jo, she explores her feelings and turns everybody's life upside down. Will her selfish secrets ruin the relationships of everyone around her? Come along for the ride with Samantha and her journey to The Other Side.
Dragon Ever After
Note to self: You can't teach an old dragon new tricks... he likes to invent his own.After half a century of chaos, my retirement from leading the Community of Species Government has been bliss. No more hellhounds playing pranks. No more snippy demons demanding my attention. No more cajoling money from the wealthy to support the community. Just peace while I avoid my overbearing father and try to work out what my next steps will be.Although... maybe three years of peace is enough. It might even be starting to get... boring. In fact, an adolescent dragon crash-landing on my landlord's shed is just the kind of excitement I need-especially when he brings his species leader to my door.Brandt. Wing leader of all dragons, suave, sexy, and... slightly unhinged. It doesn't take much for him to convince me to give up my solitude and spend some time getting to know him. It's hard to care about the future when I've got a dragon of my own to "play" with. Naked dragon rides for the win, right?But Brandt's the leader of his people, on call for them all the time, and I've left that part of my life behind me. Plus my father insists I should fulfil my duty to the family by getting a nine-to-five job and "marrying well." That's not what I want, but riding herd on a group of beings who fly, breathe fire, and could literally crush me beneath their feet would be a huge challenge, especially since Brandt's kind of loose with rules. It all comes down to how much I want my very own dragon ever after.
The Witch
The healer returns from a distant capital, where he almost lost his life while treating courtiers and members of the royal family. Mayene - a demon, the eponymous witch - indestructible, heartless decides to take over his abilities. The healer stands up to fight with her, and at the stake in this battle are the lives of his loved ones and others around him. He can't allow anything bad to happen to them, especially those to whom he extends his above-average sensitivity. However, he does not remain alone: he is helped by the reliable friends we met in Part One. Everyone is engaged in a hard and ruthless fight against evil, which claims many victims.
Rippling Waters
Beneath the surface, tension is building in Scott and Garrett Pedrick's marriage. Once thrilling and passionate sex has become infrequent and stale. Long days at his private practice keeps Scott away from their new home, leaving Garrett resentful of the mounting list of household chores and new responsibilities on his shoulders, including hiring someone to take care of the pool.Logan Rippling, the new pool boy, meets Scott and Garrett and immediately sees in them everything he wants: friends, money and domestic bliss. Week after week, he cleans their pool, growing envious of their lifestyle from afar, until the seemingly perfect couple invites him to their summer bash, and then into their bed. Like water, obsession distorts reality, and no one is who they appear to be. One of these men is manipulative.One is hiding a naughty secret.And one is downright deadly.Warning: contains sexual situations, sexual sabotage, shenanigans in an Uber car and just downright dirty manipulationFollow BJ Irons on Instagram @BJIrons
The Circuitous Route
Grant Sutor Vuille's plays/screenplays and Novelette were originallywritten in the 1980s. THE CIRCUITOUS ROUTE contains four one actLGBTQ inspired stories based on the authors lifestyle and experiences asa gay man coming to terms with his sexuality. AQUAMARINE is about thereminiscences of two men who discovered their sexuality when they wereyoung teenagers and how their first ten year high school reunion broughtthem back together. ASCORBIC ACID FREAK is a play about two menliving together as lovers with AIDS in 1988 and explores the trauma oftheir experiences. ETERNALLY YOURS JAYNE MANSFIELD, SHAMUSDRAGAY, TWELVE TULIPS FOR TINSELTOWNE, & VAPID all exploresthe LGBTQ experience in various ways, with tragedy, comedy, and satiricalsituations and experiences, both fantastic, and realistic in scope.Grant's living as a gay man who suffers from beingHIV+ and of having had 40 years experience onstageand in films, both professional, semi-professional, and amateur beginning at the age of 16 in the year1966. Grant studied theatre in both high school, and in two colleges, The University of Houston in1968,67,& 70, and has a Bachelor of Arts degreefrom Florida State University School of Theatrein 1982. Grant has been stories, writing plays andscreenplays since the late 1950s in the third gradeup through 1980, many short comedies and dramasshot on 8mms & 16mms film.
Bobby Carapisi
You never know what life will throw at you.Bobby Carapisi got slammed when he was living his dream job as a relief pitcher for an expansion baseball team and went out to buy ice cream for his pregnant wife. For Eric Larson, it was when he was en route home after a particularly nasty shift of waiting tables. Each man happened to cross the path of Allen Barrow...and the brutal encounter sent their worlds spiraling out of control.To all appearances, Allen was a quiet, unassuming kind of guy...but he was also partnered with a pair of sexual predators who had a plan to get away with sexually assaulting any young man they chose. The three of them first brutally assaulted Eric then, not long after, chose Bobby for their fun.Eric reported what happened to him but ran headlong into the nightmare of an uncaring system of justice. Bobby, on the other hand, just wanted to ignore it all so he could focus on his family and career...not realizing his own psyche would not play along. What was worse? The rest of the world had other plans for them both, and when society decides to crush you, what can you do but fight back? Even if it means destroying someone innocent?This book is a story of acceptance and redemption, even as each player in this tragedy fights to avoid his destiny.
Princely Submission
Who says love has to be gentle?A spoiled prince on his first overseas tour is torn between resenting his hot bodyguard-and yearning for him.Prince Jordan is twenty years old, rich, and finally seeing the world. The last thing he needs is a babysitter. Especially one as rigid as Stuart Whitmore, an older, muscular man who makes it clear from their first meeting that there will be consequences if Jordan misbehaves.No one has ever laid a hand on Jordan his whole life, but for the first time he's contemplating the possibility-and trying to figure out which buttons to push to achieve his goal. Because there's something behind Stuart's eyes that tells him he feels the same magnetic pull that Jordan does.Stuart doesn't give a damn that Jordan is a prince-he's still the most entitled brat he's ever laid eyes on. He's also a temptation, igniting desires Stuart had thought long since extinguished. The prince needs a firm hand and Stuart is just the man to provide it, but there's a vulnerability to Jordan that calls to him.A call that proves too difficult to ignore.What happens when discipline crosses the line into intense heat?And what are the ramifications when the connection becomes so much more than just physical...For both of them?
The Payback Murders
Free-lance book editor, Kathleen O'Brien, approaches attorney August Mapes desperate for help. A mysterious writer is sending the editor murder stories that are connected to traumatic events in Kathleen's past. Are the murders real or fevered fiction? What is the potential killer's connection with Kathleen? August needs answers in order to get the NYPD to take on the case. As the stories pile up, August finds herself unable to resist becoming personally involved with the beautiful green-eyed redhead.
Poaching Spree
Wildlife is being slaughtered at an alarming rate near the small border town of Oroville, Washington. Unfortunately, for Game Wardens Lisa Bennington and Clay Newberry the deadly poaching spree has become a source of extreme frustration. Every potential lead ends in another dead end. Dozens of big game animals are being killed and left to rot for no apparent reason. While Lisa and Clay battle to keep up with the rapidly increasing wildlife slaughter, the local sheriff's office is overwhelmed by the alarming rise in overdoses from fentanyl laced heroin. In Clay's thirty-years of experience, he has never seen poaching scenes so devoid of physical evidence. These poachers leave little behind other than their footprints, and even those seem to vary from scene to scene. Lisa and Clay work to apprehend the most crafty and cautious poachers they have ever dealt with, but without witnesses or evidence, they wonder if it is even possible to put a stop to the senseless killings.With "Poaching Spree" Todd Vandivert is quickly becoming the Joseph Wambaugh of Game Warden investigative tales. "Poaching Spree" is anything but a stereotypical game warden tale. The author shows his vast field experience in the career field with his revelation of the typical investigative techniques combined with the newer techniques and equipment available. The story accurately depicts the difference yet similarities between the old school game warden and the more modern counterpart and how these two generations can effectively work together. While the story is classified as fiction, similar investigative methods are still being used by most wardens who have ever donned a uniform. Similar suspects and situations can be found in most cities and towns. If you want to read a great investigative story that is atypical of similar police novels. Don't miss "Poaching Spree".C.W "Corky" RobertsUSFWS Special Agent/Pilot (Ret)
