Maurice in London
This is an overlooked novel in LGBTQ history, published in French in a gay arts journal in 1909 and never translated into English. The campy episodic narrative drew on the author's experiences as a young French journalist in pre-war London, mingling with other writers, critics, "chorus boys," and the generous patrons who supported them. Originally a serial novel, it gives readers an insider's tour of queer London at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1909, Les Fr矇quentations de Maurice was serialized in the pages of Akademos and eventually published by a Parisian press in 1912 under the name Sydney Place, a pseudonym for Xavier-Marcel Boulestin, a famed French chef, restaurateur, and the author of cooking books. This is the first English translation of the work.After an exhausting time decorating his new apartment, Maurice Vendal has grown tired of Paris and decides to spend the season in London. Maurice is bored and promises to be a voyeur and amuse himself with society friends during his stay. A great source of entertainment is Reggie de Vere, a callous fop and spendthrift who rarely has a kind word about another, especially when mentioning their attire. Encouraged by Maurice, Reggie constantly schemes how to pay off his growing bills from tailors and landlords without actually earning money. Author Boulestin has assembled a colorful assortment of men and women, desperate for gossip and obsessed with being seen while trying not to be caught by scandal. Most of the young men in the book are clearly homosexual, though Maurice himself is harder to define--certainly, he is the object of other men's desire. As entertaining as his observations are, the true delight of the book is Reggie de Vere, an early example of the troublemaking demon twink in French literature.As early twentieth-century moderns, Maurice and his crowd gently mock the now-pass矇 lifestyle of London's "fossils"-the aesthetes and dandies-who are holdovers from Oscar Wilde's London.
Murder at the Jack Off Club
When a miserable S.O.B. is murdered at the J.O.B. (Jack Off Buddies) party on Seattle's Capitol Hill, detectives find sixty naked suspects. Bruce Chealander, unfortunately, is suspect #1 after his public argument with the victim just an hour earlier. That's unfortunate for Detective Demir Altan, too, as he finds himself drawn to the potential murderer. But Bruce isn't the only suspect. Salvador Castro had three exes at the sex club, and several of the volunteers hated the guy as well.But when a second man is killed at another jack off party two weeks later, and this victim only has ties to Bruce, he's back as Suspect #1.Is someone trying to deflect suspicion from the first murder by murdering someone else? Is there a gay serial killer on the loose? None of this is helping improve Bruce's strained marriage with his Duwamish partner. Bruce does not want to get involved in the investigation, but with increasing political tensions in addition to the sexual tension at home, he can't let this one bit of gay culture-and freedom-slip away without a fight.Will his blundering efforts help find the killer or spur the man to act again?And can Bruce stay out of jail long enough to discover the real killer before he or any more of his friends end up dead?
Touch of Love
Ireland is convinced no one can love him when his boundaries include no touching.With a fear of touch deeply ingrained in his core, Ireland has always floundered with love and relationships. All the therapy in the world doesn't seem to help, and no one wants to love him broken like he is.Raven's patience and understand seem genuine, but will he stick around when things slide backward? Because they always do. Can Raven accept Ireland's limitations, or will he be like everyone else and leave in the end? Touch of Love is a hurt comfort MM romance with moderate angst. It is part of the Trials of Fear series but can be read as a standalone**This book has been re-covered but has the same content**
Cravings of the Heart
A relationship with his brother's best friend had only ever been a dream.A chance reunion with his brother's childhood best friend leaves Arden hungry for attention. He's always loved Iggy, despite their vast age difference, but he didn't know Iggy was gay until now. His family wouldn't approve. His brother wouldn't approve. Plus, Arden isn't in a position to have a relationship.Arden's phobia is slowly killing him and consuming his life, and he doesn't see a way out. He's desperate to break free, but every day is a losing battle. It would be an impossible thing to hide, and when Iggy finds out the truth, could he love him the same, or will he decide Arden is too much to handle?
Fearless
Krew doesn't need a daddy or a guy twice his age. Yet, somehow, he ended up with both.Free-spirited Krew likes his men willing and disposable. One night stands are all he's looking for. Love has only ever hurt him. The last thing he needs is Max, a man over twenty-years his senior, and a widowed Daddy Dom. Krew is not a boy. He doesn't like spankings or kink. And he most certainly doesn't date.But one night of fun won't hurt anyone, right?It's just a game.Until emotions and feelings sneak in where they don't belong.If the walls around Krew's heart crumbles, Max will see the broken man at his core. Will he be able to handle all Krew hides from the world and teach him there is nothing to fear about love?
Vengeance Is Hers
This is not a guide for aspiring vigilantes, but it might inspire you!Welcome to Poeticule Bay, Maine, a village where justice is scarce, and secrets have deadly consequences. When a gay student is brutally attacked and exiled from his home, the police turn a blind eye. Fueled by rage, Molly Jergins launches a relentless campaign against the school bully and his sinister family. As Molly's quest for retaliation spirals into chaos, the lines between hero and villain blur. To hunt monsters, must become the very thing she despises? In the end, will revenge prove the best success?
Long Way Home
It was love at first sight.They were soulmates.It was forever.But they were only sixteen.Too innocent. Too na簿ve.Too ignorant about the world around them.Besides, nothing lasts forever.With their fairy-tale future torn to shreds, both boys need to learn to find their own way in an unforgiving world.Gavin Buchanan is thrown into a life he didn't want, molded to do a job he always feared. He must learn to get by, but with only his brothers in arms to lean on and secrets so deep they eat at his core every day, he struggles. How long until life in the Marine Corps turns this gentle, tender-hearted man into someone no one recognizes?Owen Wallace is adrift and going through the motions. Every time he tries to stand tall and put the past behind him, life kicks him down. There is only so much a person can take before they turn bitter and jaded. It wasn't supposed to be this way.Their souls are bound to each other.Nothing will keep them apart.It will take time, but they just need to find their way home.**Triggers for PTSD**
Heal With You
Six couples. One conference.You've taken their journeys. Fought the hard road along with them, but where are our couples at today? Dr. Kelby and her associate Dr. Mann have organized a conference in faraway Alberta to discuss their research of life-crippling phobias. Join up with Finnley, Rory, Ireland, Grayson, Arden, and all their partners as they travel across the country to take part in something a little more daunting than any of them expected. Who better to set all these men at ease than a surprise guest who probably shouldn't be there.Who invited Krew anyway?The road toward healing and happiness has improved, but where do our couples go from here?What do their futures hold?A farewell to all the Trials of Fear boys. **This book is NOT standalone and should be read only after you have read ALL previous Trials of Fear books**
College Guys at Play
10 Gay Stories that will chill you to the core, cause you to feel love, and mix your heart with queer turmoil: Blown Away - The guy of your dreams blows you away.Creamville - Anyone want a gay date in Creamville?The Beauty Between Men - Love has no boundaries when it comes to beauty.College Guys at Play - You want to play some naughty and naked games with some college guys? That Boy - That queer boy isn't who you think he is.Tongue-Bite - A gay vampire ... Who's in?Behind the Counter - When love and retail mix into a perfect romance.This Hiding Place - Someone's poisoning people in your family. Better find a hiding place.Across the Room - When you meet the guy you're going to marry. He's standing across the room.Hard Stuff - A reunion at Christmastime brings two men together after years of separation.10 gay short stories about life, love, and the strange events. Gay slice-of-life at its best.
Ghost Ship
Almost a year after the events of Ghost Walk, autumn has descended on the beach-side city of Levien. It's almost Halloween, which means decorations are going up, the leaves are turning, children are dressing up in costume, and the city's ghosts are getting a kick out of everyone dressing up as the dead. Maaya and Adelaide are busy preparing for a special Halloween trip out at sea, but before they can get too far, two strangers arrive at their door claiming they have a job that only the girls can do. The strangers explain there have been stories of a shipwreck far out at sea around which sailors report hearing strange noises and voices. Some even say their ships have been damaged, pointing to what look like long claw marks on their ships' hulls. With this new danger threatening sailors in the world they just saved, Maaya and Adelaide take the LSV Windfire - along with some new guests - to investigate. As they do, they begin to realize the situation they're in seems awfully and frighteningly familiar.
Angels Throughout the Universes
The novel recognizes the ongoing contributions of the former members of the Father's Touch International Ministry as they assisted the Lord's angels in exploring different civilizations on other planets and in other universes. The Angels Throughout the Universes book tries to make up for the lack of religious literature that fails to explain the important role of angels in guiding human history and the operations of God's creative acts in the many universes that will exist for eons to come. No one could imagine that the resurrected saints of the Old Earth would work hand in hand with the angels, who are by nature more intelligent and powerful than humans. However, the saints would be elevated by Jesus Christ to rule and reign with Him for all eternity. Ruling would mean that Vance Gordon and all the members of his Ministry would use the talents they acquired during their previous lifetime to confront the demons and fallen angels that still seek to rebel against a Holy God. They would learn that living in heaven and elsewhere would not be boring and would provide a variety of challenges. Fortunately, possessing bodies that couldn't be harmed enables them to fight battles with the angels, if they so choose!
Back Room Host
I was just trying to start a new chapter. Now I'm stuck in a stranger's apartment-and he thinks I'm his muse. Juri is determined to leave his life as a callboy behind once and for all. Training to become a chef seems like the first step in the right direction-until an unfortunate incident shatters his plan and forces him back into gay escorting.Luca is a film student struggling to make progress on his final project. When he meets Juri, he sees a charismatic young man with inspiring potential and hopes to win him over as his muse.Though Juri rejects Luca's offer and keeps him at a distance, the two grow closer. After an accident leaves Juri in need of help, he moves in with Luca-and what begins as reluctant dependence slowly evolves into a bond neither man expected.But haunted by old wounds, both men stand in their own way, making a relationship seem impossible.Can two broken souls learn to heal together-or will the weight of their pasts tear them apart before they've even begun?
Weatherman
It is 2226AD and there is turmoil on Mars. The 3rd Fleet of the cyber InSystems has landed and brought new technologies with them for the Terraforming that the 1st Fleet and the 2nd Fleet began since Earth-flight. The AI Mars_Starmind runs Mars Networks and owns all the contracts of the cyber-enhanced InSystems culture. Esteban Perez is the MCN Weatherman but is he only a MCN machine cog?Esteban unwittingly enters the covert battle for Humanity's self-determination on a new Planet as the Mars_Starmind conscripts him for a special task that only he can accomplish; one that he was literally made for. Is Esteban a master of his own fate, or simply a hyper-sexualized cats-paw? Is Esteban only an expensive asset or is he somehow more than that? Esteban might not know any of these answers but he does know something for sure; Esteban Perez is the Mars Weatherman.
Lost in a Moment
When the only person Grayson has to lean on is his straight best friend, what could go wrong?After a horrific accident and an amputation, Grayson isn't sure where to turn. Not only is he an emotional wreck, but his problems seem to be getting worse, not better. When his childhood best friend insists he come and stay with him for a while, Grayson isn't sure how to feel.He's been crushing on Beck since they were teenagers, and it's never wise to fall for a straight guy.Beck's apartment only has one bedroom and one bed.What could go wrong?
Girls Girls Girls
A PANTS POD BOOK CLUB PICK One of ELLE's Best Queer Books of 2025 "Jam-packed with queer angst and queer joy . . . and a truly incredible amount of heart. I devoured this novel." --Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Stop Me If You've Heard This One "A teary-eyed love letter to the San Francisco that remains and to its establishments that are long-gone. But above all [Girls Girls Girls] tenderly tells the story of a vulnerable young queer person in an unfamiliar place, just trying to create a new version of home." --San Francisco Chronicle It's the summer of '96 and best friends (and secret girlfriends) Hannah and Sam are driving across the country from Long Beach, New York, to the fabled queer paradise of San Francisco, free from the harsh gazes of their neighbors and the stifling demands of Hannah's devout Orthodox Jewish mother. In San Francisco, they will finally be together as a real couple, out in the open, around other queer people . . . even if the move means leaving behind Hannah's beloved Bubbe. When the financial strains of West Coast living push the girls to start stripping at The Chez Paree--yet another secret Hannah must keep from her family--Hannah feels trapped. Sam wants her at the club, but Hannah hates stripping nearly as much as she hates disappointing Sam. Then Hannah meets Chris, an older butch lesbian, who is immediately taken with her. Desperate to stay in San Francisco and away from the leering men at the club, Hannah proposes an escort arrangement. But as Hannah falls deeper into Chris' world and Sam starts to meet new queer friends, a rift forms between them. Without Sam, who is Hannah? And what does San Francisco mean to Hannah alone--a space rich with queer possibility or an intimidating, unfamiliar place just as lonely as the one she'd left behind? An achingly tender and resonant story of survival, first love, and growing up queer in the '90s, Girls Girls Girls is a piercing exploration of the choices we make in the thrilling and often confounding search for ourselves and home.
Eternity Overshadows Time
Mankind wonders what follows death for each individual. Of course, the Christian viewpoint is that there will be a re-creation of the earth and the entire universe where the deceased souls will live in resurrected bodies. God will manifest himself physically as he rules from the New Jerusalem with his saints and angels. Just when every human thinks he or she will live in eternal bliss all the time, God provides opportunities for the former members of the Father's Touch International Ministry to help unregenerated creatures on other planets and universes. Happy to use their counseling skills developed during their former lifetimes, the members encounter all kinds of strange societies where intelligent creatures live immoral lives contrary to the teachings of the Bible. Because demonic entities still exist in most of the universes, the anointed saints and angels will have to face the opposition in real battles if they hope to help the defenseless creatures. The novel proposes the possibility that there will be excitement and unbelievable challenges in the next life!
Wounded
From the author who brought you Stitches and Scar Tissue comes Wounded, the third installment in the Wolfe & Vaughn Mysteries. Taking place about a month after the events of Scar Tissue, Wounded follows former Army Ranger turned private investigator Jim Wolfe and his partner, Scarlett Vaughn, as they attempt to help a friend locate his long-lost daughter and her mother in Romania. It's a well-timed trip, considering they recently conspired to have Boston's biggest crime boss murdered... but little do they know, that didn't go quite as planned. Back in Boston, Jake Wolfe goes undercover to take down his uncle's underground fight club, David Wolfe fights to save his partner from Blakely Manor (and herself), and the Mass Art Murderer makes their triumphant return to their hunting ground. Featuring all the characters you love and introducing some new ones, Wounded is full of action, mystery, and dark humor.
If You’ve Got the Money, I’ve Got the Crime - A Misplaced Adventures Novel
When ghosts from her past return to haunt her, Pickett's life of hiding is over. She must deal with their truths or lose the only home she's ever had.In the ramshackle port town of Southfen, moneylenders run the streets and prostitutes rule the night. It's the old stomping ground of Pickett, the swamp witch-turned-servant. Of course, a conwoman like Pickett was never meant to serve, and she's all too ready to return to her swamp bar, the Pick's Pocket. More importantly, she's ready to return to her right-hand woman, Edie, so they can live the rest of their lives slinging cheap booze to broke traders and fishermen. The Sedrian dream. But peace is short-lived, and a spectre of Pickett's past materializes in the form of a job too good to refuse. All they have to do is bust a young woman out of a temple, and they'll be up to their eyeballs in coin. Never mind that it's incredibly illegal, and that this job might land them right in the middle of the business politics of the most powerful men in the city. With stakes that high, they have to reap that reward. Or else.
Date Night
Sydney Brisbane has worked hard all her young life. These days, she works hard to balance between being Dr. Brisbane, the psychologist, and Sydney, the girlfriend. Zabe Abazi is Sydney's fiery opposite - dark and wild to Sydney's blonde optimism and serious nature. Separated by time and geographical distance, these former college roommates are ill-prepared for what happens when they unexpectedly reconnect.
For The Record
Aloof ice queen with secrets? Check. Legendary playgirl? Check. When it comes to love, all bets are off.Recently widowed, the last thing Sawyer Lavoie wants is to be dragged out for a night of dancing. And she especially doesn't want to be hit on by a twentysomething, cocky lesbian overachiever. Not because she's mourning her late husband, but because Sawyer has zero interest in entertaining women her daughter's age.McCoy 'Coy' Miller can charm her way into almost any woman's bed. As a certified playgirl, she's convinced the chase is sweeter than the capture. When she first meets the smokey-eyed beauty and her foolproof pickup lines crash and burn, Sawyer quickly becomes Coy's biggest chase yet.When a flat tire brings them together again, Sawyer can't decide if it's luck or misfortune, but learns that McCoy's mechanical skills are-reluctantly-exactly what she's been looking for.As they become closer, Coy's ready smile and kind eyes threaten to destroy every defense Sawyer has built. Can she thaw long enough to let McCoy in, or will they forever be at an impasse?Coy and Sawyer's story is the second in the contemporary, sizzling sapphic Love In Vancouver series. Each book can be read as a standalone, however, to get a full appreciation of the characters, reading in order is recommended. For The Record deals with tough subject matter and comes with a TW. If this concerns you, please check the list of trigger/content warnings on the author's website before continuing.
For The Record
Aloof ice queen with secrets? Check. Legendary playgirl? Check. When it comes to love, all bets are off.Recently widowed, the last thing Sawyer Lavoie wants is to be dragged out for a night of dancing. And she especially doesn't want to be hit on by a twentysomething, cocky lesbian overachiever. Not because she's mourning her late husband, but because Sawyer has zero interest in entertaining women her daughter's age.McCoy 'Coy' Miller can charm her way into almost any woman's bed. As a certified playgirl, she's convinced the chase is sweeter than the capture. When she first meets the smokey-eyed beauty and her foolproof pickup lines crash and burn, Sawyer quickly becomes Coy's biggest chase yet.When a flat tire brings them together again, Sawyer can't decide if it's luck or misfortune, but learns that McCoy's mechanical skills are-reluctantly-exactly what she's been looking for.As they become closer, Coy's ready smile and kind eyes threaten to destroy every defense Sawyer has built. Can she thaw long enough to let McCoy in, or will they forever be at an impasse?Coy and Sawyer's story is the second in the contemporary, sizzling sapphic Love In Vancouver series. Each book can be read as a standalone, however, to get a full appreciation of the characters, reading in order is recommended. For The Record deals with tough subject matter and comes with a TW.If this concerns you, please check the list of trigger/content warnings on the author's website before continuing.
They Become So Scared
DARK, DARK WORLD is Part 2 of 4 Parts of the novel THEY BECOME SO SCARED. After eighteen-year-old Matthew Hang is abducted by the serial killer Derrick "Jesus" Chambers from his hometown, Hang is taken to Brookton, Pennsylvania. Here at Jesus' farmhouse, a place that Matthew Hang calls The Temple of Hell, Jesus keeps Matthew Hang as a prisoner, using the young man as a model for his designed sculptures. As Jesus' victim, Matthew Hang begins to understand survival and the horrors that Jesus throws his way. Within the DARK, DARK WORLD of Jesus' basement, Matthew Hang suffers from starvation, verbal abuse, and nothing holy. Placed into a life or death situation, Matthew Hang thinks of how to escape Jesus' prison, realizing that such an escape might not be possible.Dark, sinister, and unholy ... DARK, DARK WORLD will cause shivers up and down your spine. Do not read after dark.
The Future Was Color
A dazzling novel about the inextricable link between the personal and the political set against the decadence of Hollywood and postwar Los Angeles As a Hungarian immigrant working as a studio hack writing monster movies in 1950s Hollywood, George Curtis must navigate the McCarthy-era studio system filled with possible communists and spies, the life of closeted men along Sunset Boulevard, and the inability of the era to cleave love from persecution and guilt. But when Madeline, a famous actress, offers George a writing residency at her estate in Malibu to work on the political writing he cares most deeply about, his world is blown open. Soon Madeline is carrying George like an ornament into a class of postwar L.A. society ordinarily hidden from men like him. What this lifestyle hides behind, aside from the monsters on the screen, are the monsters dwelling closer to home: this bacchanalia covers a gnawing hole shelled wide by the horror of the war they thought they'd left behind and the glimpse of an atomic future. It's here that George understands he can never escape his past as Gy繹rgy, the queer Jew who fled Budapest before the war and landed in New York, all alone, a decade prior. Spanning from sun-drenched Los Angeles to the hidden corners of working-class New York to a virtuosic climax in the Las Vegas desert, The Future Was Color is an immaculately written exploration of postwar American decadence, reinventing the self through art, and the psychosis that lingers in a world that's seen the bomb.
Seven Days in Tokyo
'Tantalising' Leo Vardiashvili, author of Hard by a Great Forest'Profound' Iqbal Hussain, author of Northern BoyTwo strangers meet in Manhattan and spend a perfect night together. In Tokyo, they have seven days to see if that one night might mean something more.Landon's living alone in Tokyo as a British 'expat', Louie's visiting while he anxiously waits for approval on his US visa. Against the backdrop of a misty Tokyo Spring, their precious time together is spent wandering into side streets and coffee shops, sharing unmade beds and plates of food. But as the days tick by, Louie's expectations start to overtake reality and he falls too deeply for a life that's not yet his.Breathtakingly tender, Seven Days in Tokyo is an astonishing debut about the intricacies of desire and a search for belonging. It is a lyrical, immersive portrait of how some things, however beautiful and profound, are destined to be as short-lived as the cherry blossoms.'A study of misplaced desire and a poetic love letter to the city itself' Jemma Kennedy, playwright'Alvior's protagonist and love interest are as complexly built as a Sally Rooney couple' Zahra Barri, author of Daughters of the Nile
Demaris
Surviving this mission may mean losing each other . . . or their lives.In the summer of 1992, Trey Carter-Southern, evangelical, and deeply closeted-accidentally outs himself at a pool party. This spirals him down a dark path and into the hands of the Central Intelligence Agency, but Trey's skills are in football and gymnastics, not guns and espionage. He's not the first twenty-one-year-old to make a mistake but may be the first to fall involuntarily into a dark ops protocol.Special Officer Rick Morgan's blood is boiling. The CIA has plucked Trey from his normal life, threatened to disclose his sexual orientation, and forced him to join their covert unit, just as the Marines had done to him. Every time he looks at Trey, he feels both an unwavering commitment to their mission and a deep, unfamiliar urge to . . . do something to the muscular young man. Protect him? Seduce him? Love him? After the fall of the Soviet Union, Ivan Dimitri is on the verge of selling secrets to the highest bidder. The CIA is tasked with containing Ivan and activates their protocol to prey on the engineer's secret desire for young men. With Rick by his side, Trey prepares for a life-or-death mission, but there are mounting doubts if he can pull it off, and if a civilian can survive the Demaris Protocol.Based on true events.
Ride or Dye
Gabe and Josh Roman-Wyatt have been living life in the fast lane. Demanding jobs, precocious twin toddlers, an ever-growing circle of friends, and a menagerie of pets means their home is filled with love and laughter but very few quiet moments for the happy couple. Gabe's solution is to plan a surprise vacation at a perfect hideaway where the two of them can slow things down and reconnect.Tarlington House, a historic home located on Edisto Island in South Carolina, hosts an annual murder-mystery event which will allow Josh to use the skills he learned from his all-time favorite television detective to solve the case. The serene setting is perfect for fun days in the sun, passionate lovemaking under the stars, and a healthy wager between husbands to see who can plan the best date. But when the other guests arrive, the guys find themselves surrounded by liars and cheaters who will say or do anything to win, reminding them there's no place like Blissville.When a guest is killed during a vicious storm that knocks out the power and phone lines, Josh and Gabe's murder mystery role-playing becomes a real-life whodunnit. Serve and protect will take on a deeper meaning for Gabe when he's torn between upholding the law and protecting his husband from a ruthless killer.Ride or Dye includes sexy sunrises, snarky banter, and swoon-worthy romance. It is the sixth and final book in the Curl Up and Dye Mysteries, which must be read in order. Ride or Dye contains sexually explicit material intended for adults 18 and older.
The Closeted Marriage
Ever been so in love that nothing else matters, so much in love that you cannot let it go even if the entire world stands against you. Having a family that loves you to the moon looks pretty small when all their beliefs are shattered, a family who stands by you in your worst times, but steps away in what was supposed to be your best, because they do not understand who you are, they cannot fathom the concept of having their child defying social acceptance, but when it comes to giving their parents what they want while taking home what they need, there is no one who could have come up with a more eloquent plan than Victoria and Sean. While things would have been difficult all their life, it was the moment they met that everything became perfect. Join Victoria, Sean and their dysfunctionally perfect families as they go through the drama of The Closeted Marriage.
Fighting Fate
For years, nothing has mattered except Chipper's career. Meeting Baylor has made him rethink everything. Baylor doesn't care. As one of the most sought-after wedding planners, Baylor is so busy traveling the world he doesn't even have a home. Years ago, he stuffed his things in storage and simply stayed wherever his latest job took him. Since he mostly works with celebrities and the top one percent, he's learned to spot the men who are full of it and steer clear. He doesn't have time for a relationship anyhow. Chipper isn't special, as much as he'd love to think he is. Maybe Chipper has seen a lot of beds that aren't his, but he's an MMA champion. Having whoever he wants is a perk of the job. No one he's ever met is as immune to his charms as Baylor. Chipper has wanted no one as badly. Baylor thinks he isn't interested, but Chipper is no quitter. He got where he is by sheer determination and refusing to back down. He's not afraid to fight for what he wants, and Baylor is the one. Fighting Fate is the third book in Charity Parkerson's Sporting Pride series. These are sports related romances, following men who find love while navigating high-profile careers. These are best enjoyed when read in order.
Gatekeeper
He's a player. Everyone knows it. Except Sean isn't a game to him.Mateo has been the biggest contender for the Super Lightweight title for over two years. No matter how hard he works, he can't seem to beat the current champ. Since boxing is all he has in the world, it's an issue. His confidence is in the can, and his social life is non-existent. Mateo has had no real friends or relationships that have lasted longer than one night in years. That is, until he meets a man whose beautiful heart leaves him mystified.Rescuing a drunk from the parking lot of his workplace, Slip, isn't a new thing for Sean. People leave the bar and grill plastered and intent on driving all the time. Usually, Sean calls them a cab and sends them on their way. Mateo is the first one he's ever taken home. There's something sad about Mateo. Sean lost all his friends years ago, and he sees a kindred spirit in the sexy boxer. It's easier than he ever dreams to consider the man his best friend in no time at all. Except he's not. Mateo is so much more.It'll take the purest heart to save a broken man from a hellish life. Unfortunately, when it comes to Mateo and Sean, it's hard to know who needs rescuing the most.
The Sister Act
She's faking it for one sister... but will she end up falling for the other?Leoni York takes on roles, not risks. When she's hired to be the perfect butch girlfriend for a wealthy socialite's family trip, she expects a paycheck, not complications. But then she meets Aspen.Aspen Hartwell is used to control-until Leo walks in and upends everything. She's never been drawn to a woman like her, and she definitely shouldn't be drawn to her sister's girlfriend.But the more she resists, the harder it gets. And when secrets start unraveling, Aspen and Leoni will have to decide: protect their carefully built lives or risk it all for something that feels dangerously like love.
Incendiant
Author Virginia Black burst onto the queer speculative fiction scene with her powerful debut, Consecrated Ground. Now Joan of Crows returns to Calvert in this high-octane thriller that pits good versus evil in a penultimate showdown.War witch Joan Matthews wants little more than to build a life with Leigh Phan. Their hometown is rebuilding under Joan's protection, but not everyone is happy with her solution to the most recent vampire crisis.Meanwhile, Leigh's bloodling powers lead to unforeseen consequences, and Joan is forced to honor a favor owed to a dangerous foe. Neither knows a greater threat lurks behind seemingly unrelated attacks across the land.Together, Joan and Leigh once saved the town of Calvert. Now that they are separated, each must learn to save herself, or all their gains will be forfeited--and everyone they know will pay the price.
All You Need Is Love
Longtime friends Jack Riley and Juliette (aka Jules) Baxter are now partners in a new breakfast caf矇, but they are surprised to be confronted by a wave of homophobia in a town known for its inclusive and diverse LGBTQA+ community. Their romantic lives are just as uncertain. Jack, a gay former actor and fashion model, has failed at committed relationships due to his unsavory past - until he meets Reese Baxter, his partner's handsome, closeted cousin. Jules juggles several polyamorous relationships due to major trust issues, until she's drawn to an intriguing artist. However his jealousy of her bestie Jack is getting out of hand. Is the vandalism against their caf矇 from conservative hate groups, or is it a focused personal attack?
Imposter Syndrome
Maverick Justice is haunted...metaphorically. Haunted by the memory of a famous father who never believed in him. Haunted by the failed writing career he left in his past. Haunted by crippling self-doubt. When he is handed the opportunity to finish his late father's final manuscript, he believes he may be able to get his life back on track. Instead, isolated alone during the height of the COVID pandemic, he finds himself being literally haunted by the ghost of his father who doesn't seem to want him to finish the book. Can he thwart the spirit's wishes and push through to a brighter future, or will he succumb to the dark forces enveloping him?
The Haunting of Beach House
The restless spirits of Beach House will not be ignored. Sebastian and Basil receive a mysterious invitation to an old-school house party. Horatio, the owner of Victorian manor Beach House has been disturbed by occult and psychic phenomena and they need assistance settling the spirits of the troubled manor. On arrival, Basil and Sebastian discover they aren't the only specialists invited to this strange jaunt. A mismatched group of experts including a mage, a skeptic and a pair of so-called demonologists all have their own theories. The spirits of Beach House thrive on disruption and this group of experts will have trouble working together.
Love in the Mediterranean
Neil Watkins isn't too surprised to receive an invitation to Rob Asher and Ben Rockingham's wedding. After all, he's been best friends with Ben's son Kyle for several years. But he is excited to be invited to join them on the honeymoon - a party for a select group of family and friends on an all-expense paid Mediterranean cruise. He's hesitant at first, but Kyle convinces him to go. Well, his own love life sucks at the moment. Maybe he'll have better luck in the Med.When he receives an invitation to their wedding and honeymoon party, Matthew Palmer balks at the idea of joining Rob and Ben on their honeymoon cruise. The master jeweler, a friend to both men, thinks the offer is way too generous, but Rob's best friend Samantha persuades him to rethink his decision. His last relationship really knocked him for a loop, and maybe Sam was right and he should think about himself for a change.When Neil and Matthew meet, unexpected and undeniable sparks fly. Has their luck finally changed? Can this really be their second chance at love in the Mediterranean?Love in the Mediterranean is a contemporary MM romance featuring older guys, Mediterranean cruise travel, and second chances at love.
Love on the Potomac
When Kyle agreed to spend Christmas in England with family and friends, he didn't expect to meet Jon, the attractive and sexy cousin of his Dad's boyfriend's BFF. But that's exactly what happened. A brief hook-up in England quickly turned into texts, calls, several video chats, and even a weekend together in New Mexico. Now, four months after their fateful meeting at Christmas, Jon is coming to visit Kyle in DC. Kyle is very excited with the prospect of spending more time with Jon, but planning a fun-and romantic-time with Jon is only half the battle. Eventually Kyle will need to tell his Dad-who may have issues with the fact that Jon is thirteen years older than Kyle.Sightseeing, a river cruise on the Potomac, figuring out how to broach the subject of an older man with Dad, and gathering support wherever he can, Kyle is doing everything he can to find love on the Potomac.Love on the Potomac is a contemporary MM romance featuring an age gap, river cruise travel, and long distance relationships.
Love for the Holidays
Ben and Rob are in love. They met in Barcelona a year ago and fell for each other on a Mediterranean cruise. Since then, they've spent as much time as possible together, and that's no easy task since they live on opposites sides of the country.After celebrating Thanksgiving together and deciding to spend Christmas at Ben's family home in England, Ben and Rob start rethinking their long-distance love story. But what's a family holiday without drama? When Ben's brother brings an important issue to light, the result may be the next step Ben and Rob are waiting for. And what better way to celebrate the Christmas season than with family, good friends, special gifts, and a decision that could change Ben and Rob's lives.Love for the Holidays is a contemporary MM romance featuring older guys, European travel, holiday celebrations, and family drama.
The Wilding of Em’s Path
A gripping, lushly told sapphic dystopian tale about daring to resist and love during the darkest times.Untamed and wild, Cynda is an outdoorswoman holed up in the Appalachian backcountry. Her solitary existence is shattered when Kadija, a fierce freedom fighter, tracks her down.Kadija demands Cynda return to civilization to face the consequences of an out-of-control project Cynda worked on years ago. But how can she take on the destructive research institute preying on vulnerable, sensitive people when it almost destroyed her once? How can Cynda face the outside world again, now it's awash in so much fear and violence that it suffocates her?As the warring pair reluctantly journey into an oppressive world, the ties that bind them slowly draw them closer. But what happens if those delicate ties ever break?
Tramps Like Us
"[A] minor classic, one that packs in vastly more life than many more serious novels do . . . A novel that tastes life at first hand; it's a palate cleanser for jaded appetites." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times"A spare, unflinching, generous and lusty masterpiece of adventure writing." --Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal GirlA treasured cult classic following a young gay man crisscrossing 1970s and '80s America in search of salvation. Now reissued with an introduction from Eileen Myles and an afterword from the author. Abused by his father and stifled by closeted life as a teenager in Kansas City, Joe, the wide-eyed narrator of Tramps Like Us, graduates from high school in 1974 and hits the road hitchhiking. But it isn't until he reunites with Ali, his hometown's other queer outcast, that Joe finds a partner in crime. When the two of them finally wash up in New Orleans, they discover a hedonistic paradise of sex, drugs, and music, a world that only expands when they move to San Francisco in 1979. Told with openhearted frankness, Joe Westmoreland's Tramps Like Us is an exuberantly soulful adventure of self-discovery and belonging, set across a consequential American decade. In New Orleans and San Francisco, and on the roads in between, Joe and Ali find communities of misfits to call their own. The days and nights blur, a blend of LSD and heroin, new wave and disco, orgies and friends, and the thrilling spontaneity of youth--all of which is threatened the moment Joe, Ali, and seemingly everyone around them are diagnosed with HIV. But miraculously, the stories survive. As Eileen Myles writes, "I love this book most of all because it is so mortal." Back in print after two decades and with an introduction by Myles and an afterword by the author, Tramps Like Us is an ode to a nearly lost generation, an autofictional chronicle of America between gay liberation and the AIDS crisis, and an evergreen testament to the force of friendship.
Kissing The Pearl
�� A Steamy Small-Town Lesbian Romance ��An attractive pilot. A billionaire's daughter. A fiery enemies to lovers story that sizzles with tension and emotional depth.This slow-burn sapphic romance simmers with undeniable chemistry, fierce attraction and escalating conflict. As their connection deepens, both women must confront the desires and fears they've tried to bury. With betrayal, pride and passion clashing in every scene, their journey will leave you addicted to wanting more.Why You'll Love This Book: ✅ Enemies-to-lovers with a sexy pilot and passionate billionaire heiress✅ Slow burn sapphic romance packed with emotional heat✅ Lesbian love story full of conflict, longing and steamy scenes✅ Small-town setting with bold characters and undeniable tension✅ Perfect for fans of spicy lesbian fiction and billionaire romance�� Emotional Teaser: "Lucy's running from commitment. Alex is trapped by expectation. When sparks fly, neither woman is ready for what comes next..." Lucy, a sexy, confident pilot with no interest in strings, has built her freedom one flight at a time. Alex, the billionaire hotel heiress born into pressure and control, has never truly made a choice for herself-until now. When they collide in a sleepy coastal town, tension ignites. But if either of them wants more than just chemistry, they'll have to confront the secrets they've been trying to outrun.�� Grab your copy today and dive into a story of passion, tension and unforgettable sapphic chemistry.
The Golem’s Guardian
David Rosen's life as a Brooklyn librarian is predictably ordinary-until the night he accidentally brings a tiny clay figure to life. Suddenly, David discovers he possesses an extraordinary gift passed down through generations of his Jewish ancestors: the ability to create golems, magical protectors formed from clay and ancient mysticism.As David struggles to understand his newfound powers, two unexpected forces enter his life: Jacob, a charismatic social worker who captures David's heart, and a shadowy sorcerer wreaking supernatural havoc across Brooklyn. When the mysterious villain-known only as the Shadow-threatens everything David holds dear, he must embrace his heritage and master his abilities before it's too late.With guidance from a wise rabbi and support from his sister Sarah, David crafts a towering clay guardian powerful enough to protect his community. But every time the golem fights, David pays a physical price. As a rare celestial alignment approaches that will amplify both his power and the Shadow's, David faces an impossible choice: risk everything to stop the darkness, or protect himself and lose the man he's grown to love.In a world where ancient magic meets modern Brooklyn, one reluctant hero discovers that true strength comes not from power, but from the courage to use it wisely.
Valencia
An anarchic and unflinching cult novel "charged with reflection, anger, and the feeling of being alive" (Village Voice), tracing a year of love and lust in San Francisco's lesbian underground, with a new foreword by Maggie Nelson Valencia is a fast-paced account of one girl's search for love and high times in the dyke world of 1990s San Francisco. Fleeing Tucson and her rotten (ex) girlfriend, Michelle lands in the Mission District, where queers from all over the country are arriving in search of themselves and each other. An aspiring poet, she hurls herself into the city's riotous underbelly, stumbling through nightlife and open mics, drug adventures, and a string of hookups, breakups, and makeups. As butches and besties spin in and out of Michelle's orbit, she ponders the powerful force and casual cruelty of their desires, and of her own--all in a singular, biting, deadpan voice shot through with humor and heartbreak. Heady, beer sticky, and brimming with life, Valencia is a sharply observed and piercingly funny chronicle of a year lived close to the bone. Now with a new foreword from Maggie Nelson, this lesbian cult classic is ripe for rediscovery.
