Minder Series by Joely Skye

As a whole, the trilogy has a well planned arc with very difficult themes. There are many things that I thought were handled well … if bad stuff HAS to happen then I have no trouble believing that this is how it could have happened. Both Josh and Kir where likable characters and what they went through was vile. This series is not for the squeamish.

So why the 3 stars. Mainly, I felt that the writing was too abrupt for my taste, almost choppy. There isn’t anything that I can point to as obviously wrong, but just overall unsettling.

**I had never read anything from Joely Skye but the latest Wolf Town releases have caught my attention, and as I understand that the Minder series, Northern Shifter series, and the Wolf Town series are all connected, I have to start at the beginning. Especially since one of my book club members is a huge fan and keeps adding them to my ever growing TBR list. As they are all getting great reviews on goodreads, I am optimistic about the next series in Skye’s Minder/Shifter world.

To buy these or any other Joely Skye stories:
Samhain Publishing
All Romance ebooks

Josh Mackay is hired to bring in Kiran Brunner, a Minder with the psychic ability to manipulate and kill. But Kir has been abused by the agency that wants him back and he’ll do anything to escape.

First book in the Minders series.

Josh Mackay’s job is to lure Kiran Brunner to a safe house. That part’s easy. The boy—Minder or no—is beautiful and surprisingly naive. Hunted by those who want to harm him, Kir doesn’t recognize Josh’s trap until it is almost too late.

But Kir gets his hooks in Josh. When his job is done, Josh cannot walk away. Not only because of what Kir is, but because of why the agency wants Kir back.

Josh wants above all to protect Kir. But Josh doesn’t know if that’s the right thing to do, or if he’s unknowingly succumbed to the Minder’s control.

**Due to the serial nature of these stories, the author recommends reading the series in order.

For two years the agency has controlled Josh Mackay’s every move. But his real nightmare begins when Brad, a Minder, makes Josh his zombie. Kiran Brunner decides it is time to meet Josh again—and save him.

Second book in the Minders series.

Two years after Minder Kiran Brunner abducted Josh Mackay, Josh’s life is in ruins. The agency controls his every move. He is essentially their prisoner. Josh dreams of escape. Instead, a nightmare arrives in the form of Brad.

When Josh becomes Brad’s zombie, Kir rescues Josh from the amoral Minder and the agency. Now Josh knows what Kir is and how he was used two years ago. Their relationship is built on hatred and fear, no matter how badly Kir wants Josh to trust him.

Kir is patient and protective. However, Kir may not be able to protect Josh, and himself, from those who wish them harm.

**Due to the serial nature of these stories, the author recommends reading the series in order.

The time has come for Kir to use his powers to destroy the agency and bring Josh back to safety.

Third book of the Minders series.

Josh goes to ground after being given the compulsion to kill his lover. But the agency ensures Josh is not the only threat to Kir’s life.

Last summer, Kir arrived home to blood and death. Josh was gone. All Kir has left is his belief Josh is still alive. Until the agency entraps Kir and suddenly Josh is back in his life. But Josh is not the same man who disappeared almost a year ago…

Josh knows how to kill. Kir, a Minder, can bend people to his will. They will each have to act to keep the other safe, no matter the cost.

**Due to the serial nature of these stories, the author recommends reading the series in order.

Cherie Noel talks about furture of The Soldier & the State Trooper

From the Desk of Cherie Noel:

This idea of yours to have a reading challenge for GayRomLit was fecking brilliant. I hope everyone has told you that. I have a ton of reading to do still, but I may actually get caught up. 

I wanted to take a moment to talk about the Soldier & the State Trooper, why it’s so dear to my heart, and what I’m working on to follow it up. The Soldier & the State Trooper was originally birthed in response to an open call for submission. The publisher I wrote the original short for declined my little story, written back in February of 2011. I won’t lie and say that didn’t sting, because it did. I really like the work that press publishes, and I was sad that I wasn’t going to be one of their writers. Fortunately for me, as well as for Christie and Robert, I’d already found Patric Michael, my Balthazar, and he told me in a wonderful way to get up, dust off my hiney and keep moving.

Um, not in those words.

Patric used all his wizardly word skills and made me an enchanted pair of spectacles to look at my own work through. I spotted some flaws, and set about fixing them. Three weeks later, The Soldier & the State Trooper had morphed from a medium length short story to a full length novel.

Another dear friend beta read the book for me and persuaded me to submit it to Mlr press. Mlr sent me thoughtful, detailed rejection letter…well, sort of. The missive was really more of a please revise and resubmit this. We like it, but can’t give you a contract as it stands. I revised, and then resubmitted.

Eight days later, a contract showed up in my inbox. It’s really a good thing the weather was still cold so the neighbors didn’t have to deal with my crazy squeals of joy! LOL.

Now I’m working on Evans’s story. Evans was Christie’s best friend and comrade at arms in the first story.

Oh. One last thing. I’m going to post an excerpt from Evans’s story over at my blog today. If you pop over and post a comment, you’ll automatically be entered to win a signed print copy of The Soldier & the State Trooper. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy.

May You Be Well–Cherie Noel
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Tara Lain’s Golden Dancer Blog Tour

From the Desk of Tara Lain:

I’m giving away a copy of Golden Dancer, a copy of Volley Balls and some Golden Dancer Swag in each of 4 drawings. Sept 27, Oct 1, Oct 8 and Oct 11. People come to my Book Blog, Beautiful Boys Books, http://beautifulboysbooks.blogspot.com Leave a comment to be entered in ALL 4 Drawings.

Earn additional entries by commenting on the blog posts I make at different sites. All the activities are listed at Beautiful Boys and also on my website under events. http://www.taralain.com

Response to Jessewave’s post about oversaturation on M/M

This is a post in response to Jessewave’s post about oversaturation of M/M … are readers getting bored? You can find the original article HERE.

I tried posting my response on JW site, but it kept getting kicked back as spam … probably since it is so long. So here it is in case anyone is interested …

I’ve heard a lot of the same talk about the M/M genre but I’m still on the fence. I have my favorites set on auto-buy and none of them have enough duds yet to be kicked off the island. In addition, there are quite a few themes that I go for regardless of author. I’ll at least give it a shot, anyway, and if the writing or editing is too bad then at least I know for next time.

I’ve been reading M/M for years and here are a few of my observations that may tie into your topic today.

1) Too many shorts -
A short story written well is a masterpiece. The economy of language alone is amazing. Choosing the right words to tell a complete story is not something every author can do. I compare it to runners – some are sprinters, some are cross country. It takes a different set of skills for each distance. Insisting that a runner switch their distance would end in disaster more times than not.

I don’t know the reasoning for why some distance authors are writing sprints. Do they not know their own strengths and weakness after so many years of writing? Is it by publisher requests/call outs? Does the author lose interest in the story and just wrap it up to get rid of it? Is the author not an author but instead a reader with a plot bunny? Whatever the reason, it has littered the genre with stories that are not as complete as they should be. And because they are between the $0-$4 range, they are the most accessible for new readers looking to try the genre and for M/M veterans who are looking to try new authors without spending a lot in this economy.

2) Book-lite -
Beginning – Middle – End. It is what every trained author is taught, what every natural author figures out, and what every reader responds to. I think I can say that we all like the build up, the tension, the what-in-the-world-is-all-this-about parts of any story. And I think I can say that we all like the a-ha moment, the awww, and the everything-will-be-all-right-eventually moment. I think the problem happens somewhere in the middle.

Regardless of length, many M/M stories pad the beginning set-up and rush to a quick resolve, leaving the middle to rely heavily on sex or obvious/stereotypical action. I call these stories “surface stories.” They hint at what’s under the surface, but they never dig deep enough to really develop the characters or plot beyond the immediate events. There are true authors out there that have made a great career out of these stories because they have managed to find just the right combination of words to allow for a carefree afternoon of reading without getting too heavy and without missing anything important. For those authors, great job!

For novices with a plot bunny, however, not so good. The result is one dimensional characters, plot holes, timeline inconsistency, events of convenience designed to fast-track the story, illogical responses and often too-sweet dialogue. Personally, I want a story to develop at its own pace, not rushed to the finish. I want as much care and attention to the conflict part of the story as the characters on the page pay to each others cocks.

And some authors and publishers will be quick to say that the “sex” books far out sell the “no sex/limited sex” books. And I would have to agree … only because of the shear volume of erotically based M/M titles. But I can think of 6-8 titles right off the top of my head that I have read in the past couple of months that had little to no on-page sex and seem to have been quite successful.

IMO 1 – if 50% or more of the plot is guy 1 being distracted by guy 2 instead of saving Timmy from the well … OR … if 40% or more of a story involves sex in speech, thought, or deed then I consider it an erotically based book.

IMO 2 – lust does not automatically equal “love at first sight” … sex does not automatically equal “romance” … babies do not automatically equal “family.” For these concepts to work then there has to be more to the story then just the author saying it is so.

3) Attention span -
This is something my sister pointed out. Not sure how valid, but I think it might have some basis. Most of M/M stories fall in the short to novella length … from which I am told is about 10-50,000 words. From my estimation when I used to buy pdf’s instead of kindle format, that translates to between 30-150 pages (depending on publisher’s formatting.) That’s a lot of story potential in a short amount of space. Especially when you compare it to mainstream titles found in your local print bookstore.

Because of their lengths, we are able to plow through them at a faster rate, therefore hopping from story to story with little thought to the one we just read before starting a new one. Unless it was something spectacular, it just fades into the background until it becomes just a hint of itself. Then we read something similar and it pulls at our memories until we either remember the other story or until it all bleeds together into a jumbled mess. And then we move on to the next one … and so on, and so on.

Another side effect of reading so many of these size stories is that we are getting used to quick and easy resolutions. We have less patience for letting the scene unfold and enjoying the journey. Readers have always wanted to be drawn into a story from page 1 but were usually willing to give it a few chapters before abandoning it completely. But the average M/M story only has a few chapters. If the story doesn’t have a quick and obvious start then it is easy to lose focus and move on to something else. I’ve personally found this to be a problem for me after reading a lot of stories for my M/M book club and then having to read a mainstream title for my larger book club. Especially since I am crazy at work right now and have less time to read. Much easier to read a smaller M/M book with less characters and back story to keep track of then a longer more in depth novel. For those who have more time to read, though, this book-lite might me frustrating.

4) Sequels and multi-releases -
I like a good sequel when it is appropriate, when there is a valid story that brings our favorite characters back to us. I even like a good serial soap opera on occasion. The problem I have with sequels is when characters are brought back without a real reason and the story is just …. blah. No matter how good the first one was, unless the second is just as good, it brings the rest of the series down. Sometimes I think an author is trying to piggy back on the success on the first one instead of creating something new and sometimes I think authors are swayed by publishers and fans who want more and enforce a deadline that doesn’t allow enough time to flesh out a great follow-up. Personally, I’d rather wait, or not have one at all. Sometimes the end is really the end.

Mainstream authors are putting out 1 novel every 10-15 months. For M/M authors who write novel length stories, who may think that in this age of e-book explosion and economy fallout that they will be forgotten in the shuffle if they wait that long in between releases, I would hope that we as reader wouldn’t let that happen. For novella length M/M authors who try to slip in 6 or 8 releases a year, I would ask that they try 4 or 5 instead, using the extra time to polish. And for those authors/publishers who specialize in putting out a new edition every week or so, I say try every two weeks, or even once a month, so that there is time to check for continuity and edits.

Point being, for every fan satisfied by rushing a release at the expense of story and edits, there are even more loosing faith and jumping ship after every installment.

5) Novices -
Everyone who has ever written anything has put time and effort into creating it. I don’t care if it is 300 words or 100,000. Whether they simply “save and print,” hit the “send” button, or place the stamp on the envelop, they think they are done; that they’ve done the best they could and are proud of their accomplishment. So knowing that, I mean the next section with all the respect in the world for these brave folks.

But not everyone should be published for profit.

Anyone who has an idea, who puts pen to paper or fingers to keyboard should write and write and write. Share those stories with friends and family. Create a blog to share them with the world, if that’s what they want. Gain experience, hone the craft/style, work out the kinks, and gather helpful criticism without inviting official “reviews.” With very few exceptions, the first thing an “author” writes should not be available for $2.99 from an e-book publisher.

Having said all this, I still love the M/M genre. I hope that every author finds their target audience. I hope that every reader supports their favorites so they can continue to produce stories for our enjoyment. I hope that authors who aren’t quite up to industry standard go back to the drawing board and come back with something great. I hope that erotica is erotica regardless of gender and M/M isn’t pigeon-holed into the erotica section. And I hope that publishers take better care of their authors so that the M/M genre finds its way to traditional print bookstores all over this country. It is very inconvenient to have to order everything online and wait for it to ship.

Promises and Lies

When Sean Murphy meets Jeff Hayes in a park one day, he’s charmed by the simple pleasure Jeff finds in walking his dog, and despite Jeff’s guardian, Jesse, hovering over them, a friendship is born. Sean realizes there’s something different about Jeff, something that would explain his timid nature and fear of disappointing Jesse, and he suspects Jeff has been a victim of abuse.

Sean works hard to earn Jeff’s trust, but there are so many challenges to meet: Jeff’s unusual dependency upon Jesse, Sean’s devil-may-care attitude toward the past, and old nightmares and disabilities that continue to haunt Jeff to this day. Their growing love might not be enough. Jeff will have to find courage from somewhere deep within to take control of his life and decide if he wants Sean to be a part of his future.

Dress Up

Broadway director Wyatt Stark’s smash hit, Dress Up, a free-spirited, spaghetti strap of a tale set during New York’s legendary fashion week, has played at full capacity for almost two years. Wyatt is taking his wildly successful musical to Hollywood with the help of his business partner, Murphy. But Wyatt is on the edge, overworked by the industry and overwrought by a terrible breakup, and so he agrees to spend the summer before production starts recuperating at Murphy’s secluded beach house in Maine.

It’s there that Wyatt meets and falls for Ryan Taylor—but Ryan isn’t who he portrays himself to be. Distressed and desperately in love, Ryan weaves a web of lies in an effort to secure Wyatt’s heart, hoping and praying that their romance can survive the deception. When Wyatt discovers the truth, will their love be there to stay, or will it be, like a worn-out fashion trend, yesterday’s news?

Love Ahead: Expect Delays

Austin thinks driving a 1989 Geo Spectrum fourteen hundred miles in the middle of winter is a bad idea. But he would never forgive himself if the man he loved, Zach Roth, got himself killed in Idaho, so he agrees to go.

Besides, he has something to prove. He wants Zach to know it’s more than just Zach’s deliciously wicked body he adores. And if it takes spending Hanukkah in Zach’s grandma’s old hatchback to prove it, then so be it.

Ever the optimist, Zach believes everything will turn out for the best. But bad weather, robberies, blown gaskets, run-ins with the police, and motel bedspreads of questionable cleanliness seem to conspire against them, and they may need eight days of miracles just to keep each other…and their romance…alive.

Life Series

1 – Life Or Something Scary Like That
When Jack Cutler’s roommate Paul ditches him to move in with his pregnant girlfriend, Melissa, he recommends someone else to take his place: Melissa’s brother, Cliff. Cliff is young and hot, but Jack is sure that Cliff is straight. And even once Jack learns the truth, he knows he’s not right for Cliff. Cliff wants the real thing, commitment, and Jack’s not heading down that path again. When jealousy flares once Cliff starts dating someone, Jack must re-evaluate his position on long-term relationships and whether he wants to risk one with Cliff.

When Cliff gets sick, the shaky foundation of Jack and Cliff’s relationship is tested. Even so, sometimes true love really does conquer all, for the moment, anyway.

2 – Life Changes Everything
Ben might be young and only recently out, but he knows what he wants, and the hot blond on the dance floor definitely fits the bill. The last thing he expects is to discover that he’s not only met Aaron before, but that he likes the guy as well. That’s something he’s never encountered before.

Aaron’s no player, but when the universe throws a tall, built slab of gorgeous beefcake in his path, Aaron knows better than to question his luck. Ben unexpectedly turns out to be smart, funny, and a really good fit, which is definitely a bonus. Ben might be young, but he’s mature enough to keep Aaron interested, and happy.

They both have pasts and regrets, but everyone does. They’re determined to work through their issues, though, and just when they’ve started to move on together, life happens, throwing complications in their path. Can their fledgling relationship survive when everything changes?

Authors who deserve more press.

Everyone knows the big names. Poll 100 readers about who they have on their auto-buy list and nearly all of them will include the same 10-15 authors. Another 15-20 authors will make it onto 50% of the lists. Those authors have the marketing savvy to match their writing talent.

But what about those who have great stories to tell, but who haven’t been seen the break out success their stories deserve? My favorite example is Helen Gabriel. I loved her stuff. Unfortunately, even with 3 novellas under her belt, I never hear anything about her. Is she even writing anymore? I surely hope so. But I can’t find a website or blog for her anywhere. Did we let a good author slip through the cracks?

My question is: What new/little known authors do you feel deserve more press? Whether you promote them here or on your own website/blogs, please include their name, website, and favorite story.

Friday Night Jamie

Jamie is an accountant who lives by a strict schedule: every day is planned; the future is predictable. And that schedule includes one night a week when he allows himself to blow off steam at a gay dance club in the City. One Friday night he gets more than he bargained for when he meets Matt, an out of work stranger with long dark hair and rough hands. The attraction is undeniable but Matt does not fit Jamie’s idea of the perfect man to share his carefully ordered life.

Instead, Jamie longs for a date with his dream man: handsome, sophisticated Keith, a successful Vice President at his prestigious New York accounting firm, a man on his way up.

But everything changes when Jamie discovers a suspicious error in one of his accounts. Suddenly, he finds himself on the run from both the mob and the FBI — and the only man who can help him is the tall, dark-haired stranger he rejected. Because Matt is not who he seems — and neither is Keith.

Dudleytown

College sophomore Alexander Strauss has one rule: no messing around with straight guys. Especially not his mouthwatering roommate, Shannon. When their ride share drives off the side of a mountain, the two young men find themselves deep in an uninhabited forest searching for their missing friend. Wandering the famously cursed grounds of Dudleytown, Alex figures something truly unholy must be at play, because only insanity could tempt him to break his cardinal rule.

Fallen

Man has free will, and guardian angels have an eternal place in the holy host.

When unexpected feelings interfere with Malchediel’s guidance of a mortal being, he must decide if his love for one man is true, or the work of the devil. Charged with the soul of handsome but suicidal Bran Weller, Malchediel faces a new challenge: Bran’s steadfast belief that homosexuality is not wrong despite the Church’s view of his lifestyle.

In the course of his angelic duties, Mal is tempted to turn a blind eye to long-standing rules of guardianship as he falls in love with his charge. Torn between faith in God and belief that every man deserves love, Malchediel must find a way to balance heart and soul or risk a Fall to Hell.

Florida P.I. Series

1 – Like Coffee and Doughnuts

Florida P.I., Dino Martini, is as old school as he can be in the modern age. He may do much of his work on a computer these days, but he carries a gun, he drives a convertible, and he lives on the beach. Well, close to the beach. He’s got his best friend and mechanic, Seth Donnelly, to back him up in a fight, and there’s not a lot more he could ask from life.

That is, until his world is turned upside down. In the space of a few days, Dino moves into a new apartment, gets tangled up in a dangerous case, and finds himself with a new boyfriend. The snag is, he’s never had a boyfriend before, and the one in question is Seth. Dino’s got to figure out if he can handle this new twist of fate. Just as he’s thinking maybe he can, the shit hits the fan and he stands to lose Seth in more ways than one.

2 – Like Pizza and Beer

Working for his ex and his boyfriend, Dino’s past and present cross.

Dino is caught off guard when his ex shows up out of the blue asking for help. His current lover, Seth, is pushing him to find dirt on his sister’s boyfriend. Juggling between two cases – and his boyfriend and ex – isn’t easy, but what choice does he have?

Working with his ex takes Dino on a trip down memory lane, raising a few doubts and stirring up Seth’s jealousy. Now he must save his ex’s restaurant and his relationship with Seth before it’s too late.

Almost Heaven

When Chris meets Kevin at his brother’s school, he instantly gets hot for teacher. He can only hope that the sexy guy is gay. Later, when Kevin shows up at the gym where Chris works, Chris is sure he’s got him hooked. A shared kiss is absolutely electric but then Kevin turns tail and runs. What the hell? Maybe he’s in the closet.

Yes, in fact, Kevin is in the closet, Deep in the closet. He has to be. He’s going to be a priest. While he’s very attracted to Chris, he simply can’t pursue it. Giving in to that attraction would ruin his life. Still, he can’t deny what he feels so instead he vows to stay away from Chris.

But steering clear is not so easy when what you’ve found is Almost Heaven.

Shifting Sands Anthology

Witches, shifters and ancient curses, such is life on the Shifting Sands.

A woman’s wrath is bad, but a witch’s wrath is hell on earth. No one knows this better than the six men of Shifting Sands Ranch. When the owner’s Chinese witch of a wife abandons him and the ranch, she takes one of the cowboys and leaves behind a curse that dooms the remaining inhabitants to a life that is anything but normal. Now, every month when the moon comes full, each man takes on the form of an animal. Witches, shifters and ancient curses, such is life on the Shifting Sands.

Stories by Ally Blue, Brenda Bryce, Jet Mykles, JL Langley, Kimberly Gardner, and Willa Okati.

A Shared Range

After a year in medical school, Dakota Holden returned home to take care of the family business full time and help his father cope with multiple sclerosis. Devoted to his family, Dakota allows himself just one week of vacation a year, which he spends in some exotic location having all the fun he can stand. On his last vacation, a cruise, Dakota struck up a friendship with Phillip Reardon, and it fills an important role in Dakota’s life.

So when Phillip decides to take Dakota up on his invitation to visit the ranch, Dakota is happy to see him and meet his veterinarian friend, Wally Schumacher. Despite Wally’s inclination to help the wolves Dakota’s men shoot to protect the cattle, he and Dakota find they have a lot in common, including a fierce attraction. But they’ll have to decide if the Wyoming range is big enough for Dakota’s cattle, Wally’s wolves, and their love.

In Darkness Bound

Data Collection by Dalhousie, Dr. Donna L.

Patient 331
New, confused. His powers unknown.

Patient 289
No longer viable in the test pool, he remains in isolation.

Patient 77
Reclassified to staff status. Useful, malleable.

Confined in a sterile research facility and treated like a lab rat, Chris is alone and terrified. His special powers are his only escape, allowing him to psychically connect with other patients.

Alone in his cell for longer than he can remember, Vance is hungry. When newcomer Chris makes a mental connection, Vance is intrigued and soon wants more than just conversation.

Chris and Vance seek comfort with each other, and with Simon—the only staff member who’s shown them a hint of compassion. Their relationships develop during stolen moments, and they turn their thoughts to escape. But as Dr. Dalhousie’s madness spirals, more than cell walls threaten to keep them apart…

Indigo Knights Series

***A spin-off series to the Heaven Sent Series***

1-Squire
Rabin Squire is on top of the world. At long last, everything is going his way. He’s about to go into the studio with none other than Brent Rose to put together a new album for his band, the Indigo Knights. Okay, so there’re currently only two members of the band, but with Brent’s help, that’ll soon change. Things are looking up.

Then there’s Izzy, Brent’s cousin. Rabin’s never been interested in a guy before but he can sure tell when one is gorgeous, and Izzy is that. He’s also funny, and sweet and…sexy as hell.

Since he’s not gay, Rabin never expected to have a fling with Izzy. But Izzy says their having sex doesn’t make him gay. Rabin’s not so sure about that but if Izzy’s good with it, what harm can come of it? Izzy agrees; no one else needs to know.

Then an even bigger opportunity means that Rabin has to move away. So if the thing with Izzy was no big deal, why does it hurt when it comes to an end?

Mother Earth Series

1 – Dragon’s Kiss
The rules governing a Pack-Brother’s existence are simple. Love your Brothers. Protect each other and your Tribe with your life. Seek sex only within the bonds of Brotherhood, or your life is forfeit. The laws are harsh, but fair. Or so Bear has always thought. Then he and his Brother Lynx capture a stranger in the Carwin Tribe’s outlying lands—Dragon, a Brother from a distant Pack, banished from his Tribe for the crime of challenging things he shouldn’t.

Dragon intrigues Bear from the start, and not just because of his exotic beauty. Interest in the decadent old world is discouraged in this post-Change society. Dragon is the first person Bear’s ever known, other than himself, who’s curious about the vanished past. That kinship sparks a forbidden attraction between them. An attraction which is, if they give in to it, punishable by death.

In the space of a day, everything Bear was raised to believe is called into question, and he must make a life-changing decision—follow the law, or follow his heart.

2 – Shenandoah
Bear has never regretted leaving his old life behind for his exotically beautiful lover, Dragon. Following his heart, though, has left them in need of a home. There’s only one place he can think of where they can be together and be happy. Shenandoah. A place of myth—until he encounters signs that it’s a real place that lies somewhere to the north.

Dragon doesn’t share his lover’s faith that it even exists, much less that it will live up to Bear’s high expectations. Yet they are Brothers now, bound by love and so much more. No hardship will keep Dragon from Bear’s side. Even if it means nothing but disappointment waits at the end of their journey.

Danger lurks in the wilderness, the ruined cities of the lost Old World, and especially within themselves. As Bear’s quest for a new home becomes a spirit journey of mystical power, Dragon doubts his own strength—an unbearable shame he tries to hide deep within. But when a chance encounter turns into a fight for survival, Bear’s life depends on Dragon’s ability to put his doubts aside…and dare to hope.

Conquest Series

1 – Conquest
A life filled with music, or a life filled with love…

As the vocally gifted lead singer of his band, Conquest, Jesse Alexander refuses to let anything hold him back from achieving his dream of becoming one of the greatest performers to ever hit a stage. Evan Arden was thought of as a musical genius when at the height of his career, he vanished from the spotlight. Together, their relationship is just as intense as their music careers, but when the pressures of success and fame push down on them, Jesse must decide what’s more important to him, his life of music, or his life with Evan.

2 – No Fear
After touring for more than a year with his band, Conquest, singer Jesse Alexander is ready to head home for a long rest with his partner, superstar vocalist, Evan Arden. When it’s time to hit the studio again, there’s competition from two new bands and tensions reach a breaking point that threaten not only Conquest’s future, but Jesse’s relationship with Evan. As he faces challenges unlike any he’s ever known, Jesse must somehow keep it together to duplicate Conquest’s success and reach his ultimate goal: showing NO FEAR and announcing his love of Evan publicly.

3 – Keys To Love
For two years, Julian Forrester’s been playing keyboards and piano for Conquest. Having left behind a classical career, he’s reached a level of fame like he’s never dreamed. But fame and fortune can’t bring him the one thing he wants most; love. Morgan Chandler spent years teaching students to love music until budget cuts forced him out of a job. With family debts rising, Morgan accepts a job as a roadie for Conquest. He thinks he’ll hate it, with one exception–he’ll be close to Julian. Can the two find the right music together that will lead them to the Keys to Love?

Life After Joe

It’s not the breaking up that kills you, it’s the aftermath.

Ever since his longtime lover decided he’d seen the “heterosexual light,” Matt’s life has been in a nosedive. Six months of too many missed shifts at the hospital, too much booze, too many men. Matt knows he’s on the verge of losing everything, but he’s finding it hard to care.

Then Matt meets Aaron. He’s gorgeous, intelligent and apparently not interested in being picked up. Still, even after seeing Matt at his worst, he doesn’t turn away. Aaron’s kindness and respect have Matt almost believing he’s worth it—and that there could be life after Joe. But his newfound happiness is threatened when Matt begins to suspect Aaron is hiding something, or someone…

Fugly

What happens to a young man’s self-image, and his sex life, when he wakes up one morning to see his good looks significantly altered for the worse? Three twenty-something gay friends—an embalmer, a movement coach, and a literary agent—find out the answer when they hit on the wrong patron of a club one night.

Todd, Fallon, and Jake, aka the Hunt Club, think they’re pretty damned hot. As a result, their standards for worthwhile hook-ups are appallingly superficial. The men aren’t total jerks; they just need an adjustment in perspective. And they get it, in spades, from a mysterious stranger who’s sick of seeing his beautiful partner pawed by dawgs.

There’s no medical explanation for the hideous rashes that erupt on the trio overnight. Doctors can’t even detect it, much less cure it. Still, the Hunt Club’s mirrors reflect ravaged faces, and the toned, handsome guys they normally pursue now shun them.

As the vulnerability that’s always lurked beneath their vanity begins to surface, Todd, Fallon, and Jake begin to see themselves and potential partners in a new light. Little did they know that in the eyes of three ordinary, overlooked men on the sidelines of their lives, it’s always been the heart that’s mattered far more than the hot.

Cops And Rubbers

Hell hath no fury like a pirated ebook author…

Jason Jagger has finally realized his dream. After years of struggling, he is a successful, multi-published author of gay erotic paranormal romance ebooks. His happiness, however, is shattered by rampant online piracy. He feels he’s in a constant cat-and-mouse game with pirates fond of uploading his books to multiple file-sharing sites. One flagrant, prolific pirate in particular seems to feel it’s his duty to illegally upload Jason’s books as fast as Jason can write them. Just who is this person with the nickname of Private Eye? And why has he targeted Jason?

With his obsession about e-piracy growing, Jason knows both sides of the argument, but he doesn’t see it as a victimless, faceless crime. He’s struggling to make ends meet as it is. Rumor has it that the theater where he works is on the verge of closure, and his lover, a recovered meth addict, is starting to act weird again.

Jason can’t help but wonder how the thieves would feel if he turned the tables on them. So with nothing to lose, he decides to track down Private Eye. But has he picked the wrong guy to mess with? This game may have long-lasting consequences, especially when, in the eyes of his quarry, it’s a game of Cops and Rubbers…

At Piper’s Point

Ten years and many boyfriends later, Cassidy Winters finally returns to the ancestral home of his late grandmother, Sadie Hart, despite the best efforts of his father to prevent it. Cassidy’s plans of a quiet, seaside ceremony to wish a final farewell to Sadie quickly unravel. Interruptions run roughshod, beginning with Neil, who walks out of the ocean and straight into Cassidy’s bed. The dominos topple one by one when the little dog he rescues from the hounds of hell brings him to Ben, the hunky vet who rescues Cassidy right back. News of his arrival spreads faster than Cassidy’s legs, bringing his boyhood friend and first love Nate Sommers to his doorstep — leaving Cassidy spiraling into a multi-layered love snafu. As if the island wasn’t getting crowded enough for Cassidy’s good taste and bad decisions, best friends Ollie and Spencer arrive in time to witness the uninvited return of Cassidy’s most recent ex, Teddy, who’s refusing to stay dumped.

Fists fly and all hell breaks loose amid mojitos and martinis while Cassidy finds himself planning a huge party to celebrate Sadie’s life. Accusations are aimed as arguments and libidos boil over, but even through the chaos Cassidy knows exactly who he wants. While he’s certainly willing, he isn’t sure if he’s ready or able for love and life at Pipers Point.

Touch Of A Wolf

On a rebound from his cheating lover, Matt Winter has sex in a Philadelphia alley with a man packing a gun and sniffing like a coke addict. When Matt’s stranger from the alley lets himself into Matt’s apartment through the window, Matt learns that the man has a badge to go with that gun. Detective John Channing of the Philly PD has been passing as a dirty cop.

Channing needs a safe place to get himself clean and sober so he can be a credible witness in court against a murderer. And he wants sex. The anonymous encounter was not enough for either of them. As Channing goes into withdrawal the hallucinations start, but it’s Matt who wakes up in bed with a wolf. Matt doesn’t believe in werewolves. But then, he doesn’t believe in love at first sight either…

The Reckless Series

1 –  Reckless Seduction
When nineteen year old Cody Bradbury gets his hands on an invitation to the hottest party of the year at The Casbah, an exclusive gay men’s club owned by his uncle, he doesn’t plan to let anything stand in his way of attending. With a stolen invitation, fake identification, and a hastily thrown together costume, Cody sneaks into the club during its annual Halloween bash with the intention of checking out the action and possibly losing his long-despised cherry.

He can’t believe his luck when Dante Santiago comes on to him. He’s had a hard-on for his uncle’s friend and employee, Dante, ever since he realized what his dick was good for. He’s so enamored of the older man that he doesn’t think twice when Dante starts referring to him as ‘pretty boy’, instead of by his given name.

Between his fears for his job and his stubborn certainty Cody can’t possibly be the bottom he wants, Dante’s giving him the cold shoulder. He knows Dante wants his body, but Cody wants his heart. Is there any chance the older man might want more than an orgasm? There’s only one way to find out, and Cody plans to make it a night neither of them will ever forget.

2 – Reckless Behavior
After six months with his lover, Cody yearns for monogamy. The threesomes he and Dante engage in are fun, but he needs more from the man he loves. Although Cody longs to tell Dante how he feels, he fears love and fidelity are two words missing from his older lover’s vocabulary.

The discovery of a naked man in Dante’s apartment confirms Cody’s worst fears. The cliche Dante uses as an excuse for his betrayal further clouds the issue at hand. Cody doesn’t know whether to trust the word of a man notorious for screwing around, or believe the worst and walk away from love he wants more than anything.

3 – Reckless Passion
Beau Bradbury has it all. He’s good looking, owns a lucrative business, and has an endless supply of hunks vying for his attention. His skinny, uptight personal assistant shouldn’t rate a blip on his radar. Nevertheless, there’s just something about Adam that Beau can’t resist.

One night of drunken passion leads to nearly a year of secret trysts during office hours. Adam keeps his private life confidential, while Beau pretends to want nothing more than a good time. It’s a good arrangement, until a simple phone call ruins the status quo and makes Beau green with envy.

Frustrated that Adam might be seeing someone else, Beau tries to put his attraction to the younger man behind him. However, all that changes with the introduction of Adam’s son. Instantly charmed by the sweet little boy, Beau is all the more driven to claim Adam for his own. All he has to do is convince his wary lover to open his heart and trust that there’s more to Beau than his playboy persona suggests.

4 – Reckless Heart
Cast out of the family home for being gay, Milo Santiago considers himself lucky to have a soft place to land. However, crashing with his older brother isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Desperate for an escape from his dismal reality, he turns to work and casual hookups to take his mind off his troubles.

He isn’t prepared for the Campbell Brooks or being rejected in front of all his coworkers. Another run in with the older, enigmatic man is serendipitous, but not entirely unwelcome once he gets a gander at Cam in a pair of tiny swim shorts. One hot night leads to a weekend of debauchery. Long before the weekend is through, Milo finds himself falling for the mysterious man who insists on keeping things casual. Milo doesn’t want to let Campbell go, but there doesn’t seem to be any other option.

Afterward, Milo isn’t sure if they’ve parted ways as friends or lovers. Cam’s eventual return leaves Milo with a hard choice. A little persistence could go a long way toward landing the man of his dreams. Or it could alienate Cam and send him running right back to New York for good.

Truth In the Dark

“I am not beautiful…”

Knife’s entire existence has been as twisted as his flesh and his face. The only thing beautiful in his life is his sister. When Gwennie is obliged to turn a suitor down because she fears to leave her brother to the brutality of their village, Knife is desperate for anything to ensure her happiness.

Her suitor’s cousin offers him a way out, but it won’t be easy. Aerie-Smith has been cursed to walk upright in the form of a beast, and his beloved village suffers from the same spell. Aerie-Smith offers Gwen a trousseau and some hope, if only Knife will keep him company on his island for the span of a year and perform one “regrettable task” at year’s end.

Knife is unprepared for the form the island’s curse takes on his own misshapen body. In one moment of magic, he is given the body of his dreams—and he discovers that where flesh meets spirit and appearance meet reality, sometimes the only place to find truth is in the darkness of a lover’s arms.

The Forbidden Room Series

1 – The Forbidden Room
When Jayden Carter applied to be Ethan Bryant’s roommate, he never expected his whole life to change. Drawn into a world he knows nothing about, Jayden joins the beautiful and mysterious Lexi as Ethan’s submissive. He then begins a journey of self-discovery that teaches him more than merely BDSM.

2 – A House of Cards: Deconstructing Ethan
Ethan Bryant’s world has been turned upside down by the loss of his submissives. Alone and desperate, his life spins dangerously out of control.

Will a return to Chicago give him the closure he so desperately seeks? What happens when a childhood friend comes back into Ethan’s life, vying for his love. Will Ethan find what he is looking for, or will Jayden’s jealousy tear them all apart and make everything come crashing down?

Dragon Streets

After Dale Burnett’s abusive common-law wife and innocent son are killed in a car accident, he finds the courage at last to express his bisexuality. And London is a city of hope and potential for a young American. But when a blind date goes horribly wrong, Dale is rescued by Phirun, a British Cambodian who has the astonishing ability to manipulate water. Dragons walk the streets, and they’ve taken human form to live in the world of Man. As two kinds of dragon wage a secret and vicious war, Phirun needs Dale’s help for his side to win, and the stakes include the very survival of the human race.

But one dragon crime boss won’t stop until he gets his hands on the American, who has a mysterious yet vital role to play. As Dale investigates, he grows closer to Phirun, but also to a compassionate female detective of the London police. If the battle is won, Dale must choose between a beautiful female cop who offers stability, affection, and a chance at a new family, or a gorgeous, unpredictable being who is more than man, who has given him ecstasy he has never known before.

Nine Tenths Of the Law

Without trust, common ground can get pretty shaky…

“I believe you have something of mine, Zach.”

Zach Owens doesn’t even know who this angry stranger is, let alone what the man is talking about—until he learns what they have in common. Their boyfriend, Jake. Once Jake’s out of the picture, Zach’s apology to Nathan Forrester leads to a long conversation, a kiss, and a chemistry that goes far beyond revenge sex.

Nathan can’t help but fall for the sexy movie theater owner, but it’s a long way from sheet-tearing sex to mutual trust. And a series of “coincidences” that throws Zach into Jake’s company leaves him unconvinced Zach was the complete innocent in their previous love triangle.

Zach can’t seem to make Nathan believe that Jake is up to something. But protesting his innocence isn’t working, and Jake’s carefully orchestrated campaign to destroy their love could leave them both with nothing…

Fugitive Color

Max Lancaster’s neighbor–his muse, the young ballerina Elena–has gone missing. Between secrets from his past and the fact that he’s altering his paintings in his sleep, Max is worried that he’s lost his mind. By the time forensic artist Sumner Ellison arrives as part of the investigation even Max can see himself in the role of “person of interest.”

Sumner Ellison doesn’t believe that Max killed Elena, yet he isn’t certain Max is entirely sane. Sumner offers Max oblivion in bed and unflinching honesty. Max takes what Sumner offers, losing himself in the younger man’s body while hiding his heart from Sumner’s love.

When doubt pulls them apart, it takes the all of Max’s passion and the purity of Sumner’s faith to find answers create a love that won’t fade away over time.

Sommelier Wines Series

1 – Bottled Up
Sean Bielecki has built a new life, leaving an infamous identity and painful past behind. Now Sommelier Wines is Sean’s dream. And after taking in Bobby, a homeless teenager who was attacked in the alley behind his store, parental instincts wake in him that didn’t know he had, giving him new courage and direction.

Officer Sam Davis has been watching Sean for a while—not because of his past—but because Sam wants to be a part of his life now. Sam finally asks Sean out, and they seem to click, but Sean is haunted by his memories.

It all comes to a head when the man who attacked Bobby returns, awakening Sean’s buried fears, which are compounded by a hateful ex and a new lover who puts his life on the line for others. Can Sean come to terms with his past and present to move into the future? Or will his dream of love end before it starts?

2 – Uncorked
Bobby Bielecki is heading home from art school to help run the family wine store so his adopted father and partner can take a vacation. While filling in, Bobby will have to deal with his once-best friend and lost love, Kenny, who pushed him away from their burgeoning relationship, encouraging him follow his dreams and realize his artistic talents. Despite the tension between them, Bobby and Kenny decide to put their differences aside and work together to figure out what happened to a case of expensive wine.

Their investigation leads them to a young runaway and people from Bobby’s past, and dealing with them reminds Bobby and Kenny of how close they once were. But despite their growing feelings, Bobby is afraid Kenny will do what he’s done before and push Bobby away for his own good.

3 – An Unexpected Vintage
Gary Keller is enjoying a cruise with new friends when he meets Scott Haworth, and unexpected attraction flares between them. But Scott has a past he’s trying to leave behind; nine months earlier he was released from prison after almost a decade. The Innocence Project and DNA evidence exonerated of the crime, but the victim’s brother still holds him responsible.

Gary finds himself drawn to Scott for many reasons, not least of which is that the big, physically strong exterior hides a vulnerable, unsure man trying to restart his life. But it’s only a seven-day cruise, and when it ends, they both have to go back to their lives in different parts of the country. Is a week long enough to build a relationship that will stand the strain of separation? Or will the cruise just fade to a happy vacation memory?

Immortality Is the Suck Series

1 – Immortality Is the Suck
Adam’s an undercover vice cop dealing with a dark past. He’s no stranger to bad nights; in fact, he’s lived a lot of them. But he won’t survive this one. First, a drug deal he’s working goes south. Then his partner and sometimes-fuck-buddy Peter has to watch him bleed to death. But the kicker: he’s not sure what’s worse. Watching Peter cry over him or waking up undead.

Peter’s a good cop in love with a bad man. Or a bad vampire, now. Watching Adam die was the worst thing he could imagine. Until he woke up. Now their relationship’s in crisis. Adam’s in the middle of a vampire enclave at the center of Los Angeles motorcycle clubs and Peter just can’t hack it.

Adam thinks he’s fine with that. He’s a commitment-phobe. But he’s about to discover, immortality is seriously the suck.

2 – What To Buy For the Vampire Who Has Everything
As Christmas approaches, LAPD detective Peter Ortiz suspects that his former fuckbuddy and currently undead boyfriend, Adam Bertoni, is dwelling on his evil mortal life again, and going into one of his despondent slumps.

Neither Peter nor Adam have a clue why Adam’s here, how the undead thing works, or what he’s supposed to do now. What Adam does know is he’s not going to be the scumbag after death that he was in life.

Peter dreads Adam’s slumps. Partly because they often coincide with frustrating celibacy, but also there’s the niggling fear that Adam’s going to take his own unlife in a fit of remorse. Peter’s seen Adam die once and he’s not going through that again if he can help it. So, he decides to give Adam a little Christmas cheer.

But what do you give the vampire who has everything?

3 – No Rest For the Wicked
Adam has gone through a lot of changes in the past year, a new taste for ‘O’ neg blood and allergy to sunlight being the least of them. Maybe it’s the cute young grad student who has been sniffing around Adam’s longtime sex partner, Peter. Or maybe immortality gives a man a little too much time to think. But Adam’s feeling motivated to change a few of his ways. If he could just get Peter to stop working long enough to notice.

Peter has his own issues with dating a dead man. And after over a decade of being in love with a commitment-phobe, he’s finding it hard to believe that Adam isn’t sampling the goods of the hot young vampire he works with.

They manage their issues the way they always have. By not talking about them…until a high profile computer software genius turns up drained in Hollywood, revealing a new vampire gang in Los Angeles, and all of their troubles come to a head. There’s no rest for the wicked.

Cattle Valley Series

The Cattle Valley Series is a spin-off of Carol Lynne’s Good Time Boys, a 4 book series. While it is possible to enjoy this series without reading GTB, please note that the cornerstone characters are brought together prior to the beginning of the Cattle Valley series.

Another cross over storyline comes in book 8 of Lynne’s Campus Craving series, A Biker’s Vow and book 11 of Cattle Valley, Eye of the Beholder … where the events of these characters should be read in that order when meshing all 3 series.

1 – All Play & No Work
When a three man partnership becomes too much for their small Texas town, Ryan Blackfeather knows it’s time to head for greener pastures. With a new job awaiting him in Cattle Valley, Wyoming, he convinces his men, Nate and Rio to make the move.

A community built on tolerance, Cattle Valley’s one of the few places in the country where the residents won’t bat an eyelash at the threesomes relationship. Nate, Rio and Ryan fit right in. However, with Ryan busy in his new job as town Sheriff, Rio and Nate are left to wonder how they’re supposed to make a living. What use are a highly trained mercenary and a private detective in a peaceful community the size of Cattle Valley?

2 – Cattle Valley Mistletoe
The Reverend Casey Sharp loves his church, his congregation and his community. He just wishes they loved him in return. Paying for the sins of his predecessor has left him feeling like an outcast.

Contractor Halden Kuckleman, loves his quiet life. After a childhood trauma, Hal gave up on love and God. When hired by the church to finish work on a new meeting room, he tells himself it’s just a job like any other. He’s fine working on the addition as long as Reverend Sharp doesn’t try to save him.

With a tight deadline for getting the room finished, Hal begins to wonder how he’s going to get the work done before the annual Christmas Eve party. When Casey offers to lend a hand however, he begins to wonder if the willowy minister will help or lead him straight into temptation.

3 – Sweet Topping
Wheelchair-bound, Kyle Brynn loves his home above the bakery he owns and runs. He’s proud of everything he’s managed to accomplish since the accident six years ago that took the use of his legs. At the age of twenty-six he’s an independent man living on his own, despite the protests from his family. However, with his independence comes loneliness. It’s not the townspeople’s fault that they see him as less of a man, it’s his.

Darshawn ‘Gill’ Gilling quit professional football at the height of his career without a word to the press as to why. Now settled in Cattle Valley, Gill’s happy running his garage and gas station. His life is much easier since coming out of the closet to his friends and family. He just wishes he’d had someone to come out for. Most folks in town tend to be a little awestruck when Gill comes around, but if he wanted fans he’d have stayed in football. What he really wants is that cute little baker down the street.

4 – Rough Ride
For rancher, Ezra James, life is pretty simple. He wakes before dawn and spends his day working with the cattle he loves. For twenty years, the EZ Does It ranch has been enough to drown out his loneliness and guilt. To the world, he appears impervious to everything. The only chink in his armour – the man who owns the clothing store in town.

Palmer ‘Wyn’ Wynfield caught Ezra’s eye the first time the rancher stepped foot in the store. Though Ezra knew his large size intimidated others, his little self-confidence was shattered when Palmer backed away in apparent fear. In a moment of self-preservation, he referred to Wyn as Mr. Fancy Pants. That was six years ago, and he’s never been forgiven.

An early morning phone call changes all that. Though the line is scratchy, Ezra definitely hears the words he’s been waiting to hear for years. “I need you.”

5 – Physical Therapy
Doctors Sam Browning and Isaac Singer opened the Cattle Valley Medical Clinic when they were both fresh out of medical school. It was the best thing they ever did, other than loving each other for more than twenty-five years. They’ve enjoyed a thriving practice and an even better sex life, but lately routine has started to set in.

With the growth of the town, the doctors decide it’s time for the clinic to hire a physical therapist. They thought hiring Matt Jeffries over the phone and offering him the use of their garage apartment was the smart thing to do. That is until Matt shows up, suitcases in hand. Three months after returning from the war in Iraq, Matt has bigger problems than his attraction to two gorgeous older men. Night sweats and flashbacks are keeping him locked in his own shell.

Can two doctors offer the physical therapist a little therapy of their own?

6 – Out Of the Shadows
When Shepard Black left the rodeo circuit, he thought his days of lusting after young cowboys were over. Now owner of the Backbreaker Ranch, Shep raises mean spirited bulls like the ones that used to toss him around the arena. It’s a challenge, but he never imagined his best friend’s son, Jeremy, would prove to be his toughest one yet. Watching Jeremy’s long legs wrap around a bucking bull gives Shep too many ideas for comfort. Even worse, Jeremy seems to know exactly the affect he’s having on his boss and teacher.

When Jeremy asks Shep to help him train for the upcoming Cattle Valley Rodeo Days, he has two goals in mind. To spend time with the man he’s lusted after since he was a teenager and to beat his father. He’s been through hell as the son of the reigning National Champion, and he wants his dad to have a taste of his own medicine. He might just get a taste of what he’s longed for all this time, too.

7 – Bad Boy Cowboy
When Logan Miller pulls up to the EZ Does-It ranch atop a gleaming black Harley, bearing tattoos and killer green eyes, Jax Brolin knows he’s in trouble. How can this be the same skinny kid who used to play with his baby brother? Still recovering from a secret affair gone bad, Jax knows his heart can’t take another beating. Distancing himself is his only weapon, and he uses it well.

Until Logan reunited with his best friend’s big brother, he’d thought the best thing to have between his legs was a motorcycle, followed closely by a horse. Now, at the age of twenty-six, Logan wants the man he’s fantasised about since puberty.

The town may classify Logan as a bad boy, but all he wants is to be is a good man for Jax and he’ll do anything to get the man’s attention.

8 – The Sound Of White
Finally healed after a beating that almost took his life, the last thing Richard Johnson needs is to be attracted to Chad Neal. He’s got a bar to open and a heart to mend.

Despite his smaller stature, Tall Pines Lodge Manager, Chad Neal, needs to be in charge, both in the bedroom and out. So why is he attracted to a six-foot-three man who looks like he could rip the limbs from Chad’s body?

Electrician, Collin Zeffer, longs for the kind of relationship he sees his friends have, but who would want someone as boring as him? When he meets the reclusive Abe Cross, Collin decides maybe there is someone made especially for him.

Hiding his face from the world, Abe Cross is content to live out his life alone. His cabin in the woods above Cattle Valley seems like the place to do it. The last thing he needs is a sexy as sin electrician showing up to remind him of what he can never have, but when an unexpected blizzard blankets Cattle Valley and the mountains above it, his life, and the lives of the three other men, will change forever.

9 – Gone Surfin’
Since the age of six, Kai Hachiya’s entire life has been centred on surfing. Now, at the age of twenty-six, he’s begun to drop in the rankings. Memories of a small-town mayor have him completely off pace, and only one thing can fix it, finding that man.

Winters in Cattle Valley are torture for Mayor Quade Maddison. Standing around singing Christmas Carols with friends only serves to remind him how completely alone he really is. The only thing that gets him through the cold, lonely months is his annual vacation to Hawaii.

When a gorgeous professional surfer washes up at the grand opening of the Tall Pines Lodge, Quade knows his Christmas prayer has been answered.

10 – The Last Bouquet
Tyler Manning hates seeing Hearn Sutherland mourn over a jerk like Mitch Lanham. Every week Hearn comes into Tyler’s shop to pick up fresh flowers for his lover’s grave, and every minute spent with the good-looking man makes Tyler love him more.

Since Mitch’s death, Hearn has become withdrawn and sullen. For months before Mitch’s accident, Hearn tried to fight the attraction he felt for his best friend, Tyler. Now nine months later, he learns the truth about his long-term partner, one that will change Hearn’s life forever.

When Tyler convinces Hearn to run for mayor against Cattle Valley’s own favourite son, Nate Gills, Hearn knows he’s in for a bumpy ride.

Nate has his own bumps in the road to overcome. With the threat of a long-time secret being exposed, Nate must finally come to terms with his past. Opening himself to criticism from his partners, Ryan and Rio, isn’t going to be easy, but Nate knows the time has come to confess his past sins.

11 – Eye Of the Beholder
For a year, Bo Lawson has tried to get closer to his boss, Backbreaker Ranch foreman Rance Benning, but the stubborn ex-rodeo champion refuses to be swayed. Bo can’t understand Rance’s aversion to being alone with him. Could it be Bo’s HIV status?

Rance noticed Bo the first day he laid eyes on him at Brynn’s Bakery. Since that time, he’s done anything and everything to stay away from the dangerous-looking gardener with the chiseled six-pack and tight-fitting jeans. Rance has seen what pity in a lover’s eyes looks like, and he doesn’t plan on ever putting himself in that position again.

When one of the ranch’s prize bucking bulls breaks through the fence and disappears, Rance and Bo are thrust together to help find the one ton money-maker. Although Bo sees their forced time alone as an opportunity, Rance sees it as torture. Every minute with Bo threatens the secret Rance won’t tell anyone, least of all this dangerously sexy man.

12 – Cattle Valley Days
Saddle up, Cattle Valley residents. It’s time for the annual Cattle Valley Days, which means one thing. Cowboys, lots and lots of chapped cowboy butts.

We’ll be checking in with some of your favourite couples from the past as well as meeting a few new residents. Our old friends from the Good-Time Boys will also be dropping by for the annual rodeo festivities.

So slap your spurs in and get ready for a wild ride!

13 – Bent, Not Broken
After the tragedy at Cattle Valley Days, Carol McGowan woke in the hospital to find George Manning hovering over her. George confessed he’d fallen in love with her, but Carol is skeptical. She knows George is bi-sexual and has been in an ongoing secret affair for years. She’s been down that road before and ended up on the wrong side of lonely. Carol learned from her previous relationship and isn’t in any hurry to jump back into another ménage.

George Manning has spent the last nineteen years hiding his love for his closeted friend and country music legend, Trick Allen. After almost losing Carol, George decides to grab hold of the love in front of him, instead of the dream he’s always chased.

Trick Allen spent years building his career. With the reputation of being a typical love ’em and leave ’em superstar, Trick hid his love for George from the rest of the world. When presented with the choice of losing George forever, or stepping out of the glittered closet he’d become accustomed to, he is faced with the ultimate decision. Is a real life worth risking his career?

Three people, with very strong personalities, try to blend love and home amidst a national outcry of vehemence.

14 – Arm Candy
Asa Montgomery is a hard man to figure out. He’s got millions of dollars in the bank, a host of men vying for his bed and he’s still miserable.

When a tragedy leaves him broken and battered, Asa quickly finds out who his real friends are. Left alone with only his household staff to nurse him back to health, Asa realizes he wants more than just a pretty man to adorn his bedroom.

Mario Benta was fooled by a rich man in the past. They may say you’re the only one for them, but what they really mean is, you’re the only one until something younger and sexier comes along.

Despite Mario’s growing attraction to Asa, he’ll be damned if he’ll allow himself to be another man’s arm candy.

When Asa sets out to change Mario’s mind, he’ll discover it takes more than money to gain the heart of the ex-Army Ranger.

15 – Recipe For Love
After years of living in fear, Jay De Luca has finally found a safe haven in Cattle Valley. Although he’s beginning to open up around his friends, he’s far from ready to get involved in another relationship. When handsome, Erico Morrelli tries to hire him away from a job he loves, Jay declines the restaurateur’s offer, afraid of spending time with the town’s playboy.

Ashamed to tell his friends he’s sick, Erico tries to run The Canoe on his own despite protests from his physician. When he collapses at work, Erico begins to re-evaluate his future. His attraction to the one man he knows he should stay away from haunts him.

Can Erico invent a Recipe for Love or will he face his toughest challenge alone?

16 – Firehouse Heat
Despite the eighteen year age difference, Sammy Lee wants his new boss, Assistant Fire Chief, Leo Burkowski. Living and working side by side at the firehouse several days a week is wearing on Lee’s control. When Leo asks for his help with a special project, Sammy can’t take it anymore and makes his move.

Although Sammy is playing for keeps, Leo refuses to think of the relationship as anything more than a passing affair. Age has been an issue in the past, and although Leo’s attracted to the younger man, he’s learned the hard way to keep his heart out of it.

Will the heat generated between the two men be enough to melt Leo’s resolve, or will Sammy’s hopes go down in a blaze of disappointment?

Sculpting Clay

When Taran Lorenz enters Clay Stevens’s life, Clay is still reeling after his long-time partner, Javier, abruptly ended their relationship. Taran gives Clay the motivation to start living again, but Clay’s insanely jealous ex threatens to nip their relationship in the bud… only Taran won’t give up, even when Javier gets their mutual employer, the manipulative billionaire Vincent Torres, to mark Taran for “removal.”

It’s the start of a fight on three fronts: Javier confessing his continued love for Clay while he tries to run Taran off, Taran fighting to be loved and accepted for who he is—not what he is—after magically returning from the dead, and Clay trying to figure out how he got stuck in this fairy tale of monumental proportions and where he can find the happily-ever-after ending.

Timing

Stefan Joss just can’t win. Not only does he have to go to Texas in the middle of summer to be the man of honor in his best friend Charlotte’s wedding, but he’s expected to negotiate a million-dollar business deal at the same time. Worst of all, he’s thrown for a loop when he arrives to see the one man Charlotte promised wouldn’t be there: her brother, Rand Holloway.egg

Stefan and Rand have been mortal enemies since the day they met, so Stefan is shocked when a temporary cease-fire sees the usual hostility replaced by instant chemistry. Though leery of the unexpected feelings, Stefan is swayed by a sincere revelation from Rand, and he decides to give Rand a chance.

But their budding romance is threatened when Stefan’s business deal goes wrong: the owner of the last ranch he needs to secure for the company is murdered. Stefan’s in for the surprise of his life as he finds himself in danger as well.

The Christmas Visit

After his mother’s death, a Chicago advertising executive in his early thirties returns to his tiny upstate New York hometown to spend the Christmas holiday with his recently widowed father. While struggling to get along with his prickly father, he finds himself becoming involved with the teenage crush he’s never forgotten, now a closeted sheriff’s deputy. The relationship still has the same old fire, but it complicated by the old crush being married. Suddenly, everything takes a backseat solving the mystery at the center of the deputy’s marriage. Will a Christmas visit bring happiness to anyone, or will it end in misery?

Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries

A former police officer turned private investigator, Nick Nowak is haunted by his abrupt departure from the department, as well as, the traumatic end of his relationship with librarian Daniel Laverty. In these three stories set in Chicago during the early eighties, Nick locates a missing young man for a mysterious client, solves a case of arson at a popular nightspot, and goes undercover to prove a dramatic suicide was actually murder.

When he isn’t detecting, and sometimes when he is, Nick moves through a series of casual relationships. But his long suppressed romantic side surfaces when he meets Detective Bert Harker. Will he give love another chance? Or, will he continue to bury himself in the arms of strangers?

Simple Addition

When a middle-aged man finds himself trapped in the trunk of a car, he must examine his life to determine exactly who might be taking him on his final journey. Short story, approximately 3300 words.

Lucky is Lost

When divorced dad Richard Gibbings gets a call from his little girl telling him that Lucky, the family dog is missing, he immediately rushes over to look for her. Unable to find the dog, he posts flyers around the neighborhood hoping someone might call. Unexpectedly, he receives a ransom note. Someone has taken Lucky. Who would do such a terrible thing? The creepy babysitter? His troubled teenage son? His ex-wife’s new boyfriend? As Richard struggles to learn the truth, his world is turned upside down when he discovers a terrible family secret.

Coffee Clutch

In the mid sixties, homemaker Jan Birch maintains a tight circle of friends in her Upstate New York suburban neighborhood. When the divorcée down the street is murdered, the women attribute her death to a hobo they’d seen months before. Quickly, though, Jan begins to suspect that the hobo had left the neighborhood long before and the murderer may be one of her dear friends.

The Beneficiary

Set in the ’90s during the Los Angeles riots, this contemporary noir follows a struggling real estate agent who’s cooked up a plan to make a big pot of money. Hanging around a Narcotics Anonymous meeting she finds a former addict struggling through the last stages of AIDS. Offering him support, she mortgages her home and uses the money to buy property in his name. Property she insures. As she waits for him to die so she can collect her big payday, she begins to suspect he may not be everything she thought.

Welcome To Paradise

Determined to live life by her own rules, Jordan’s more than ready to devour two yummy men, what her religious father thinks, be damned.

Eager to escape the bitter cold of the frigid Northwest and especially her strict, overzealous religious father, Jordan seeks a new life in sunny Florida at a resort called Paradise. When she meets the proprietors, Evan and Chris, she’s ready to try new, titillating things with the yummy pair, even blindfolded BDSM and especially ménage a trois. She reasons that if the men in her father’s religion can have more than one wife, she certainly can have more than one husband.

Simple Men

Chip Arnold is a well-liked football coach at a small liberal arts college, but his personal life is in a bit of a rut. He goes out drinking with his colleagues, gets along well with his players, and dates all the prettiest women in town—he has the life most straight men dream of. But lately none of the women he dates seem to be igniting any passion in him. Then he meets the new school chaplain, Foster Lewis.

Romantic attraction to another man is new and terrifying, and Chip just can’t put his finger on why he’s drawn to Foster, but it’s stronger than anything he’s felt for anyone in his life. Never one to back down from a challenge, Chip decides to go for it. But love is never simple, and sometimes it’s a downright mess!

The Little Boy Lost Series

1 – Enlightened
Brian goes to school, he does his homework, and he helps his foster parents around the house. Brian also has a secret. He is in love with his best friend. In Crayford, Alabama being in love with another boy is the worst kind of sin.

In this first book, Enlightened, Brian and his best friend Jamie discover just how deep their emotional bond runs, and at what cost. From fumbling through their first sexual experiences to shrouding every aspect of their relationship from everyone in their lives, Brian and Jamie battle for the one thing that is truly theirs – love.

What will they do if their secret is discovered?

Stealing My Heart Anthology

Be it in another time, another dimension, or another world, the authors of the Stealing My Heart Anthology will take you away to a world where male/male love and passion reign.

Stephani Hecht, Jambrea Jo Jones, A.J. Llewellyn and D.J. Manly, Carol Lynne, Jaime Samms, and Serena Yates, have all contributed their talents and their time to make this exciting contribution to male/male erotic romance.

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Stolen Memories by Carol Lynne
On the eve of his mother’s funeral, Aden Brousseau met Victor DePasse for the first time. For years his mother had warned him to stay away from the dark-haired neighbour, but on that particular evening, Aden hadn’t listened. He’d been fascinated with the handsome man since the day he’d overheard his mother and grandfather refer to Victor as a vampire.

Now, twenty years later, Aden once again is in the presence of Victor DePasse. Only this time he’s older and knows exactly what he wants.

After years of visiting his charge in his dreams, Victor suddenly has the man he’s fallen in love with in front of him. Does he defy his orders and make Aden his, or does he obey and give Aden up to his destiny?

Stealing Rain by A.J. Llewellyn and D.J. Manly
In the not too distant future, water becomes so scarce the hunt is on for any drop on other planets. Drew and Trace, former lovers find that love, not just rain, is high at any price.

Drew Lecour was once the pride of the military, until he’d decided to leave the federation and became a rogue, selling water to the highest bidder. Trace had a history with Drew, one that involved some hot sex and broken promises. And now, after not seeing him for years, Drew and his crew suddenly show up on a planet Trace has been contracted to protect, a planet where Drew is set to drill for water.

Trace doesn’t have a choice. He has to defend the water supply. His men are waiting for their leader to give the order to kill, but he can’t bring himself to do that. So he confiscates Drew’s equipment and takes him prisoner; but having Drew naked and at his mercy proves far more challenging than he’d anticipated, and then, there are others forces at play.

Hotwired Heart by Jaime Samms
A good car thief needs sixty seconds, but grand theft heart might take even less time than that.

Freedom and trust; opposite sides of the same coin that could give expert car thief, Marky, the win he’s looking for. Little does he know escaping his gang ties will lead him through heartbreak and into cuffs he hadn’t even thought to watch out for. Now he can trust the powerful man who wants to help, or he can keep running.

It all depends on how much he values his freedom, and whether or not Roland has managed the impossible; hijacking Marky’s carefully guarded heart.

The Magic Thieves by Serena Yates
Elryk Muyd’omir is the most powerful lightning wizard born on Tah’Nut in two hundred years and a pacifist. When he refuses to co-operate with the illegally ruling Xoh’kas family they torture and kill his lover. Rather than risking the death of thousands by losing control over his lightning magic in his rage, he flees to Earth—a place without magic. When the gateway that connects Tah’Nut to other worlds opens Elryk knows that the Law Forces have found him. It is time to either face cruel punishment or fight.

Kaythan Vs’urr is a Law Force Commander who is sent to retrieve the criminal wizard Elryk. He is expected to return him to Tah’Nut for ‘reprogramming’. Secretly disgusted with the Xoh’kas’ lack of determination to stop the magic thieves, he has decided to win Elryk for his plan of defeating them. All they need to do is find the fabled Magic Shield to prevent further thievery.

Can Elryk trust the gorgeous Law Commander who wants his help? Will the two men be able to work together to defeat the Xoh’kas and eliminate the magic thieves?

Stealing Michael by Jambrea Jo Jones
Can one wrong make it right?

Robert’s mother pushes him into stealing a painting. He is in over his head when the homeowner catches him in the act. It leaves him wondering what to do now?

Michael’s life turns in a new direction when a stranger enters his home and the urge to protect the thief overcomes his common sense. He knows he should be angry but who can resist a thief that looks like an angel?

Dragon’s Eye by Stephani Hecht
After a decade of living under the iron rule of a sorcerer, dragon shifter, Duncan Moore finally has his chance for freedom. With his former master dead, all Duncan has to do is steal the very thing that has been holding him captive all these years, his dragon’s eye. The stone holds his magic and his dragon self and without it, he can never go home again.

What should be an easy theft turns complicated when he finds that someone has beat him to the eye and he has no idea where it could be. To add to things he suddenly finds himself teamed up with the dead sorcerers’ son, Trent. For years Duncan has longed for Trent, but had never dared act on his desires. Then one night of passion between the men changes everything and Duncan realizes that he could lose something far more valuable than his dragon’s eye, he could lose Trent.

Will Duncan be able to save them both? Or will he have to make the ultimate sacrifice?

Special Delivery

Sam Keller knows he’ll never find the excitement he craves in Middleton, Iowa—not while he’s busting his ass in nursing school and paying rent by slaving away in a pharmacy stockroom. But before his mother died, he promised her he’d grow up to be a good man, so he needs a stable career and a good husband, not a dead-end job and empty sex.

Then Sam meets Mitch Tedsoe, an independent trucker who makes a delivery to a shop across the alley. Innocent flirting quickly leads to an affair, and when Mitch offers to take Sam on a road trip west, Sam jumps at the chance for adventure with his fantasy man… but Mitch also comes with a past. A threesome with the other man in Mitch’s life would have been just another kinky ride, but somewhere between the Mississippi River and the Colorado Rockies, Sam falls in love.

But can a relationship born out of escape and indulgence become something that lasts? Will a fantasy man be willing to settle down into reality, or is the adventure and excitement Sam finds with Mitch just another stop on a delivery man’s journey? For better or for worse, eventually Sam is going to discover the answer, because no matter how far away he travels, eventually all roads lead home.

Hero

Hal Porter is no man’s hero; he’s just another Los Angeles construction worker. So when he sees a building appear on what the day before was an empty plot of weeds—a site where people have been found dead—Hal knows a guy like him should steer clear of whatever is going on. But a vision at the building’s window draws him inside, and there Hal finds Morgan, a magical shapeshifter held captive by a rival clan… and Hal’s the only one who can save him.

It doesn’t take Hal long to realize he’s in over his head, not only because the clan has powers beyond his imagination but also because he’s fallen in love with Morgan. There’s no escape for them now without a hero to break the curse, and Hal knows it can’t be him. But as Hal and Morgan work together, they discover gifts far more powerful than magic and that heroes aren’t always in shapes they expect.

An Unnatural Worth

Lexis was once a powerful and respected vampire, who had the best things money could buy. When his ambitions get the better of him, he becomes blinded and left for dead by his leader. When humans imprison him and perform experiments on him, he loses all faith. When another captive, the werewolf Bryce, breaks out he takes Lexis with him. Not wanting to live a life of weakness, Lexis is reluctant to go with the werewolf, but soon Bryce shows him the error of his ways.

Del Fantasma Series

In this series by Aspen Mountain Press, each individual story is named for an alcoholic drink. Del Fantasma is a safe haven for all things paranormal with a little splash of human thrown in. The bar is run by Cody Warren, a matchmaking vampire who hasn’t been wrong yet, be it shapeshifter, demon, vampire, human, siren, or fae.

Multiple authors have contributed to this collection. The stories are listed by release date and are loosely related. They can be read in any order, however, as the characters are introduced and continued, mating bonds and events are sequential, it is recommended to read the stories in as close to published order as possible.

Texas Tea by Maura Anderson
M/F
Photographer Lara Saunders has a lifelong secret — she can see and hear ghosts. When she was rescued from a near drowning by the ghost of a lighthouse keeper, he set her on a mission to document historic lighthouses and the lives of their keepers so they were not forgotten. Now on her third book in the series, Lara has arrived in San Diego to document the Old Point Loma Lighthouse but hasn’t counted on becoming the target of Cody Warren, the matchmaking owner of the Del Fantasma bar. Or falling in love with a handsome Park Ranger whose secret is even more strange than her own.

A Slow Fuzzy Screw by Sharon Marie Bidwell
When Shayne asks for a Slow Screw to capture the bartender’s attention, he’s not aware there’s more than one blend of the cocktail.

Shayne’s careful when it comes to relationships, even those that last only a few hours. Leon’s disillusioned with life and haunted by his past. To complicate matters, he’s a shape-shifter.

Shayne’s looking for something out of the ordinary and he can’t say he hasn’t found it. Leon’s looking for company but Shayne’s not quite what he expected.

Screaming Orgasm by Michelle Hasker
M/F
Tara’s not looking for love, and will go to great lengths to avoid becoming intimate with a guy. Brandon is tired of taking no for an answer. He loves Tara, and when a mysterious stranger takes a very active interest in her, it’s time to stake his claim.







Sea Breeze by Jade Rivers
M/F
Serai, a sea siren, has one chance to leave the ocean’s depths and walk on land to find a mate. Failure means death.













Undertow by J M Snyder
Derek Meredith lost his lover, Tad Archer, in a boating accident. Four months later, anonymous phone calls lead him to the Del Fantasma bar, where he runs into an old friend named Kellen who has found what Derek has lost.

Both men are merrows, a mythical race of sea creatures. Kellen has loved Derek from childhood, but Derek’s heart led him to the shore. Tad was why he left the ocean behind, and Kellen never managed to move beyond that rejection.

Now Kellen offers Derek an “indecent proposal” ~ a night of passion for the return of his lover.



Black Wolf – Jade Buchanan
Adam Bates is in trouble. He’s virtually penniless, is being threatened by his landlord, and now he’s late for work at his new job. Expecting to be chastened by his boss, Adam doesn’t expect Cody to provide him with a protector instead. He definitely doesn’t expect his minder to be a big, bad wolf with attitude.

Marcus Black has just arrived at Del Fantasma after his latest black ops mission. He’s ready for some R and R, but Marcus won’t refuse Cody when he asks him to help a little tabby cat. When Adam is threatened by his landlord in front of Marcus, his alpha wolf won’t let him stand by and let it happen.

Adam is about to find strength in submission, and his own set of claws. Marcus is about to find the mate he’s been searching for in a deceptively small tabby. Now, if only they can hold on long enough to survive.

Silk Panties by Celia Kyle
M/F
Lisa Bradenton is breaking out of her shell. What better way to take a walk on the wild-one-night- stand-side than a visit to the infamous Del Fantasma? At the urging of her friends, Lisa goes to the bar with the hopes of finding a lover to take her mind off her ex-boyfriend. Soon after walking through the doors she’s overwhelmed by the sexy bartender who has a quick smile, sexy eyes and deep rumbling voice. He is definitely one-night stand material. Definitely.

Jonathan and his inner beast crave the sexy, sultry and curvy siren’s touch. A smile and good conversation aren’t enough for him. Even after he’s gotten her in his bed, he still craves everything about the seductress. Her looks reeled him in, but her uncertainty and open nature snare him forever. But after one night of bliss, she disappears. What the hell is he supposed to do now? Lisa is his mate and without her, he’s lost.

Latin Lover by Tina Bendoni
M/F
Grace Ridge is a waitress at Del Fantasma, and has recently moved to the late shift. She is trying to pay off debts her ex-boyfriend left her with when he skipped town. Debts both legal and illegal. When a mysterious vampire butts into her life, she is anxious to keep him out, but circumstances beyond her control drag him further in than she wanted. Once he is there, though, does she really want him to leave?

Riley’s Sparrow by Mary Winter
M/F
Exiled into the mortal world with one condition—not to use magic—Cheri Aerchere, fairy princess, knows she can’t live on the run forever. She’d used magic, broken the terms of her exile, and now, she has to pay the price.

In order to redeem himself for a night of passion he spent with Cheri, Riley Hawk knows what he has to do—bring her back to the Fae realms to face her punishment, then forget about her. In the world of Fae politics, his feelings are of no consequence.

But once he sees her again, their sexual attraction cannot be denied, and neither can their feelings for one another. Because Cheri has always belonged to Riley, and once he marks her as his mate, nothing, not even the Fae Court, can separate them. Now that he’s found her, it’s up to him to teach her how good it can be to fly…together.

Tie Me To the Bedpost by Celia Kyle
M/M/F
What’s a girl to do?

Engaged to be married, full-figured Niccy had resigned herself to a lackluster marriage both in and out of bed. Just once, though, she wanted to experience passion the same way the heroine of one of her favorite books did…tied to the bedpost and pleasured by two men. But the two hottest men at Del Fantasma were already mated…to one another.

Virgin Special by Sharon Marie Bidwell
M/M/F
When the temptation to end his misery proves too much to deny, unbeknownst to James his very existence is about to change.

Seth doesn’t want to visit with another vampire, but his beloved wants to see Cody, and whatever Hannah wants, Hannah gets. Cody may have the answer to their grief, but while Hannah is optimistic, Seth’s moods are interfering with her plan. Then there’s the complication that the human who might well save them is a virgin.

Unicorn by Jet Mykles
It takes a special kind of virgin to bind a unicorn.

Scott would never have dreamed he was pure of body, heart and soul, but then he had no cause to believe unicorns even existed until he reluctantly drove to Del Fantasma late one night to rescue his stranded brother, Bryan.

Jack may be a unicorn, but he’s he avoids virgins like the plague. The chances of meeting that special type of virgin is slim-to-none in bars like Del Fantasma and he delights in every opportunity to feed his own lusty appetites while he can. After all, a unicorn may be undeniably attracted to virgins but that doesn’t mean he has to be one himself.

Unfortunately for Jack’s plans, their bond is instantly formed when he meets Scott. Jack is now Scott’s to command. He just has to convince him what he is, something that sounds a lot easier than it is.

And Bryan? Well, it turns out that their meeting wasn’t entirely by chance. Bryan was instructed by a group of vampires to get the two together. Now that he has, can Jack and Scott discover the threat against them and save Bryan in time?

Mudslide by Selena Illyria
M/F
Pietro, future king of the demons is looking for a mate. He doesn’t expect to find her in mortal, Callisto Monroe. At first he wanted a fling but as be begins to bond with her, he ends up falling in love with her. He claims her as his mate and future queen of the demons. Will she accept what fate has now thrust upon her?

Callisto Monroe works a negotiator for the paranormal world. When she goes to a friend’s wedding and meets sexy as sin demon, Pietro, sparks fly. She agrees to spend the weekend with him. When she finds out he is the future king of the demons, their growing relationship takes on a whole new dimension. Will he be able to convince her to stay with him and rule by his side?

Can he convince her that they should be together despite the fact that she is mortal and he is a demon?

Winter Break by Dawn Montgomery
M/F
Christmas alone isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and for adult toy QA tech, Nicollete Snow a little non-silicone action at the Del Fantasma is just the ticket. Who shows up a little ticked off and delicious riding a sweet bike but Jack Frost, ready to cause a little mischief. What happens when Old Man Winter takes a holiday?

Scotch On the Rocks by Liadan Brodie
When Braeden and Matt are sent to bring a rogue wolf home, they have more than justice on their minds. They had been together for years before Elizabeth came into their lives. When Elizabeth is taken from them by a rogue member of their clan, they realize how much she’s come to mean to them.

Rescuing a child was not on their list of things to do but it brings them one step closer to saving Elizabeth .

With the help of a local panther clan, will they be able to bring down the wolf who has stolen their love and is threatening the panthers before it’s too late?

White Russian by Selena Illyria
M/F
Halfling Tuesday Dean never thought she would see her old lover, demon Gavriil Chimera again. When he comes back into her life wanting to be with her she has a choice to make, let the past influence her happiness or be with the man she loves.







Tiger Juice by Melisse Aires
M/F
Widow Letha flees a repressive religious community on the northern prairies, where she lived under the suspicion of having demon blood. Her journey ends in Vista Loma, CA at the Del Fantasma bar. Perhaps working for vampire Cody in a paranormal friendly bar will give her some answers regarding her psychic abilities.

Jagger comes from a tight knit clan of white tiger shifters, but he left the family entertainment business to run a contracting business. Hanging out at his friend Cody’s bar he’s waited on by the repressed widow. And, when Cody asks Jagger to take Letha home to keep her safe during the Storm of the Century, Jagger and Letha discover not all is as it seems when it comes to the paranormal.

Duck Fart by Jade Buchanan
Keith Malone is incredibly content. He loves coming around Del Fantasma… great food, great company, and a decent place to rest his soul when he needs it. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that Cody lets him dust off his carpenter skills with the odd job here and there.

Bailey Mitchell is incredibly nervous. He’s come all this way to San Diego, following up on a chance encounter that happened months earlier, and now he doesn’t know what to do. One glance and it’s obvious Adam’s already taken. What’s a lonely Siamese shifter to do?

Drake McKale is incredibly grouchy. He’s sick and tired of every shifter he’s run across making fun of him. Hey, duck’s have feelings too! So what if he’s smaller than everyone else? Spoiling for a fight he can actually win, he decides to pick on the shy, little kitty in the corner. Only, Drake never reckoned the diminutive cat would proposition him. Or that the big human in the corner would want in on the action.

One part burly human, one part shy Siamese shifter and one part twinky (and kinky) duck shifter… layer together and enjoy!

The Adrien English Series

1 – Fatal Shadows
One sunny morning Los Angeles bookseller and aspiring mystery author Adrien English opens his front door to murder. His old high school buddy (and employee) has been found stabbed to death in a back alley following a loud and very public argument with Adrien the previous evening.

Naturally the cops want to ask Adrien a few questions; they are none too impressed with his answers, and when a few hours later someone breaks into Adrien’s shop and ransacks it, the law is inclined to think Adrien is trying to divert suspicion from himself.

Adrien knows better. Adrien knows he is next on the killer’s list.

2 – A Dangerous Thing
In this second LA-based adventure, bookseller Adrien English arrives at the Pine Shadow Ranch (left to him by a beloved grandmother) to find a corpse in his driveway. But by the time the unfriendly local sheriffs arrive, the body has disappeared.

Who are the mysterious strangers excavating on his land? And will he sort out his problems with LAPD Detective Jake Riordan, heavily into S/M sex but not so hot on relationships? Find out in this engrossing, slyly witty thriller.

3 – The Hell You Say
Demons, death threats…
and Christmas shopping.
It’s gonna be one Hell of a Holiday.

In the third in the popular Adrien English series, the “ill-starred and bookish” mystery writer has to contend with a Satanic cult, a handsome university professor and his on-again/off-again relationship with the eternally conflicted LAPD Detective Jake Riordan.

And, oh, yes, murder…

4 – Death Of A Pirate King
Gay bookseller and reluctant amateur sleuth Adrien English’s writing career is suddenly taking off. His first novel, Murder Will Out, has been optioned by notorious Hollywood actor Paul Kane.

But when murder makes an appearance at a dinner party, who should be called in but Adrien’s former lover, handsome closeted detective Jake Riordan, now a Lieutenant with LAPD — which may just drive Adrien’s new boyfriend, sexy UCLA professor Guy Snowden, to commit a murder of his own.

5 – The Dark Tide
Like recovering from heart surgery beneath the gaze of his over-protective family isn’t exasperating enough, someone keeps trying to break into Adrien English’s bookstore. What is this determined midnight intruder searching for?

When a half-century old skeleton tumbles out of the wall in the midst of Cloak and Dagger Bookstore’s renovation, Adrien turns to hot and handsome ex-lover Jake Riordan — now out-of-the closet and working as a private detective.

Jake is only too happy to have reason to stay in close contact with Adrien, but there are more surprises in Adrien’s past than either one of them expects — and one of them may prove hazardous to Jake’s own heart.

FU

When a screw-up by the Fullerton University Housing Office leaves Parker Galloway shacked up with four sexy men, Parker thinks four just might be her lucky number… as long as she can get Kei Yamamoto to join in the fun.

But will taking advantage of FU’s mistake end up getting all five roomies kicked off campus, or will it be the closest thing to heaven Parker has ever experienced?

Not Quite Wicked Series

1 – Open Sesame
Alister Baban overheard a business discussion that netted him and his Uncle Cassimer a lot of money. When the Simsim Group’s stock crashes and they declare bankruptcy within weeks, the owners immediately suspect the Babans of playing dirty.

Oz Adamo, one of four brothers who owned Simsim Group, agrees to abduct Alister in order to obtain information and win back the former employees’ lost pensions.

Tied to a bed and lusting after his captor, Alister fights the sexual attraction he has for Oz. They want information and he isn’t about to give it. But Oz loves a good challenge, and the shrewd, serious and oh-so-sexy Alister is naked and his—at least for now.

She’s Got Balls

What do you do with a “wife” who is more man than you can handle?

The FBI and local law enforcement are attempting a mutually beneficial crime stopping partnership. Rookie Agent Chris Tarpington and Detective Vin Pilk team up to prototype the new alliance. How better to bust a ring of drug dealing suburban house wives than to go undercover—way undercover, as a married couple.

Though Chris reluctantly gets in touch with his feminine side, he quickly finds ways of making his sexy partner squirm. And Vin is definitely squirming, but will he run toward or away from his faux wife? As the investigation heats up, inter-agency cooperation takes on a whole new meaning.

Faerily Imperfect Series

1 – Mind F*cked
Sage, the first born has the ability to read minds but only in high passion moments when thoughts transmit at a higher frequency. But the gift is double-edged. Sage is inordinately handsome. Some might even say he’s a walking orgasm. So what’s a half-breed to do when every thought seems intent on seducing him and how will he know if the man he chooses will love him, or what he sees?

Joe has never been the object of anyone’s lust before. Certainly not the center of a sexual fantasy for the hottest guy he’s ever laid eyes on. If only Sage could shut up for one minute and quit talking about how hot he is. Joe doesn’t believe for one moment that Sage can read all minds but his, so why should he believe that Sage seems unable to keep his own thoughts private just because Joe is near?

Protecting the Zodiac Stones from theft has become an awkward cat and mouse game. Could Sage really more than a body or is he looking for a one night stand Joe isn’t sure he’d recover from?

2 – Faery Surprising – M/F
Flora Harper isn’t amused when her faery “gift” transports her in the middle of a self-induced orgasm to a professional football locker room after practice. The fact that it’s the team she works for, and their new quarterback, Ian Tate, wants to finish what she’s started, flies in the face of the non-fraternization policy.

Ian has been traded to a rival city so he catch a blackmailer red-handed. Time is against him, as are the number of injuries he’s had in his career. It sounds like a great deal, except filming the Public Relations specialist in a sexually compromising position leaves a sour taste in his mouth. When he discovers that the PR person is emotionally distant, hard-on inducing Flora, getting a whole lot closer to her feels so incredibly right… until she finds out why he’s really on the team.

Claimed By Darkness

After twelve years of friendship, Damien is sure he has found The Keeper, the savior of the vampire race, in human form. The werewolves have a prophecy of their own and like Damien, they believe that Dr. Wolfrik Usher is their long-awaited answer.

Rik’s long-avoided attraction to Damien shifts into high gear when the sexual and physical demands of being a changeling wolf besiege his weakened inhibitions. And Damien isn’t sure he can resist the man meant to be a savior. Coming out on top has a whole new meaning as they fight their own biases in the midst of a species war. Whether the physical or sexual battle prevails, will they embrace the darkness or be claimed in its embrace?

Bad Boys, Bad Boys

What you gonna do when they cum for you? A police force partner submits to his desire while under the influence of alcohol. But since neither of the men are gay, what do they do with their lurking lust?

Geo Wilson has been partnered to Mack for three years. Sharing the same muscular build, dark hair, and olive complexion, they’ve been dubbed ‘the twins’ by the department. But lately Geo’s dreams have taken an erotic twist to center around Mack.

Mack values his friendship with Geo, would give his life for the man. Then one night Geo has a few too many beers and plants a kiss on him, he can’t forget. He might have been able to pass it off as beer-haze except in helping Geo get back to his apartment, Mack is taken off guard by Geo’s tackle and a mind-numbing blow job.

Now the partnership has to redefine itself while the criminal world continues around them. They could lose their badges, or lose each other.

Sex Ed

M/F
Mina Lasky has a pesky crush on Biology professor, Derek Link. They’ve worked in tandem in the same University facility long enough that even the sound of his voice makes her hot. It’s time to put the fantasy to an end. Mina signs up to be his guinea pig in a female sexuality lab for those on the doctorate track. She hopes to work Derek out of her system while enjoying some much needed sexual stimulation.

Dr. Derek Link has been itching to get his hands on the quiet, sexy Chemistry professor. He can ’t believe his luck when she signs up to be his lab. But one night isn’t enough and Mina won’t admit they can have something a lot more long term.

And when one of the students recognizes Mina, her heart isn’t the only thing on the line. With her career in the hands of a blackmailer, and her heart begging to trust Derek, she’s beginning to think the lab was a very bad idea.

Bring the Heat

Police Detective Riley Ellison has a new habit…stopping by a coffeehouse called the Java Pit on his way to work. The coffee’s good, but it’s not the rich flavor that lures him to drive blocks out of his way each morning, and it’s not an addiction to caffeine either. He’s half-embarrassed to admit it, but it’s the man who keeps him coming back. The long-legged, painted-on-jeans-wearing, dark-haired, edgy sex god with the teasing eyes. He’s everything Riley—who has a history of geekdom and being flustered around hot men—is not. Riley knows he should put a stop to the daily forays because nothing can ever come of it. Guys like that aren’t interested in men like him. Yet every time the hunk meets his gaze across the crowded shop and aims a sizzling grin at him, Riley gives in and comes back to participate in the silent, sexy flirtation another day. Needless to say, the last thing he’s expecting when he goes to question a witness about a murder at a local gay strip joint is to discover the witness is his coffeehouse hottie.

Dane Scott works as a stripper strictly for fun. He doesn’t need the money—he’s got plenty in the bank from his other career. He just likes to have something to keep him busy a few nights a week. When one of his fellow dancers turns up murdered outside the strip club, the police detective who shows up on Dane’s doorstep asking questions is none other than the sexy, blond cutie he’s been flirting with at the coffeehouse for weeks. Riley Ellison’s a fascinating contradiction—rugged, strong, serious-eyed hero and bashful boy next door. A combination Dane finds all too appealing and a refreshing change from the selfish, shallow men he’s known and dated in the past. From the moment Riley flashes his badge, Dane’s determined to show the skittish cop they can make magic together.

The heat between them quickly soars to the boiling point and not even a murder investigation can cool the passion they share. That is, until new information on Riley’s case implies Dane may not be all he seems…

Falling

As the leader of an elite British group that hunts criminals of the magic world, Christian Wetherly comes to the U. S. undercover, posing as a British cop, to investigate a series of murders he suspects have been committed by a dark mage. He never expects, however, to find himself intensely attracted to the American police detective in charge of the case. Christian has long struggled with his hidden desires and hasn’t admitted them to anyone. But Alec Anderson stirs something deep within him that’s difficult to ignore.

Still…even if he could master his fear of coming out, Christian’s dedicated himself to protecting the world from magic terrors. It’s a dangerous life an ordinary human could never understand or accept. And to complicate matters, Alec’s emotionally vulnerable, still grieving the death of his previous lover, a fellow cop killed in the line of duty. So Christian’s determined to keep his true occupation and powers hidden from Alec.

Neither man can deny the powerful chemistry that burns between them, and both realize they’re falling hard for one another, yet with so many secrets and complications, a relationship seems impossible.

When the two men become the target of the dark magic, however, and clues about an ancient legacy come to light that indicate Alec may not be exactly what he seems, can they find the strength to tear down all the barriers between them and risk their hearts in order to save each other’s lives?

The Professor’s Secret Passion

Professor Aidan Sheridan has secretly fantasized about his grad student, Nathan Turner, for two long years. And now Nathan is hinting he’d like to move beyond their professional association to something on a deeper, more intimate level. Although Aidan longs to claim the sexy, younger man as a lover, he doesn’t dare admit that he, too, burns for more. Not if he intends to protect Nate from a bitter event in his own past that still haunts him.

When Nate suspects Aidan is hiding his real feelings, he takes matters into his own hands. The long-pent-up passion between them explodes into a night of erotic and emotional intensity neither man can forget. But in the light of day, will Nate’s love be enough to heal Aidan, or will the professor’s fears tear them apart?

Souls Deep

As a child, Griffin Hilliard’s special abilities were attributed to an overactive imagination. But by adulthood, his psychic talents were so strong he’d become a threat to his politically powerful family. To protect their dirty little secrets, they arranged an “accident” for him. He survived, but now he lives on the run, only one step ahead of his family’s hired assassins. Until one night, when he’s finally caught…

His life is saved by a mysterious man named Jarrah. Griffin senses a dangerous, primal undercurrent in the stranger—as if he’s not quite human. Yet Griffin’s inexplicably drawn to him. It could be the emotional pain he suspects his rescuer hides. But Griffin fears the real reason is more disturbing—Jarrah stirs a powerful longing in him that goes against everything Griffin’s ever believed about himself. As the assassins close in once again, and his rescuer reveals himself for what he really is, Griffin’s torn between running, as he’s done his whole life, or standing up to face his past and his own soul-deep desires.

Wanting

It started with one kiss. Which led to another. And another. And then to a mind-blowing night of intimacy Jeremy Reynolds can’t forget. He can’t stop thinking about the gorgeous, smart, compassionate man who tilted his world. Can’t stop seeing warm, sexy eyes gazing at him with breath-stealing intensity.

Jeremy tries to tell himself to let the incident go, move on, and chalk it up to a life experience. After all, what transpired between him and his best friend and roommate, Ben Cross, can never happen again. Ben is gay, and Jeremy…isn’t. At least he’s never thought he was before. But now he’s torn and confused and not sure what the night with Ben meant—for either of them. Already stressed about final exams before the holidays and his difficult family situation, Jeremy doesn’t know how to deal with the conflicting feelings he’s having. And the one person he’s always been able to talk to about everything, and who’s always been there for him, is the very person he’s been avoiding for the past week because he doesn’t know how to face him after waking up in his bed.

Afraid he might have already screwed up his and Ben’s friendship beyond repair, what haunts Jeremy even more is the backlash he could face if he admits to Ben, or even to himself, how much the night they spent together really meant to him.

And how much he still wants Ben even now…

The Call Anthology

Werewolves under the moon. City boys forced to accept their wilder side. Primal danger. The Call anthology has all this and more. Three stories give us an inside view of the life of the wolf.

Instinct by Jourdan Lane
Jourdan Lane, author of the popular Soul Mates series, gives us Instinct. Construction worker Ethan hates being a werewolf. He hates the man who made him what he is. When he meets Noah, he finds a fellow wolf who wants his help, and his body. Can he open up to Noah enough to put aside his fear? And what happens when the man who turned him wants him back?

Son Of A Bitch by Emily Veinglory
Emily Veinglory pairs the small town werewolf Nate with the city boy Steven. When Steven’s car breaks down at Nate’s gas station, Nate figures he’s found something worth keeping. He has secrets, though, and he might be too wild for the sophisticated Steven. Can he juggle his past and make a new life?

Home Fires by BA Tortuga
From BA Tortuga comes Home Fires, the story of Houston, who escapes torturous captivity to return to his mate, Jackson. Jackson welcomes Houston back to their remote New Mexico home, and sets about healing Houston, body and soul. Can they remove the scars that Houston can’t hide? And can the two wolves escape the ghosts of the past when they come looking.

Pandora Project

1 – Runaway Star
Elios Campbell is working on a top-secret project: translating messages from the Pandora, an alien spaceship on the edge of human territory. A favor from his mentor drops Elios into the arms of Sender Kinnison, a pilot who seems like everything Elios has ever wanted.

Their attraction is immediate and threatens to lead to more in a hurry. Even Elios’ wary heart and Sender’s burdened soul can’t keep them apart, until a single tragic moment changes their lives forever. Elios is helpless, as Sender, driven by ghosts and duty, goes racing out of reach. Fate brings them together one last time, but Elios has to decide if he’s willing to take another chance on his runaway star.

Additional slice-of-life stories in the Pandora Universe:
Space Trash stories available for free at pandorastories.com.
The Space Trash stories began with the tales of Ceb and Tal, two men out alone in a little tin can space station above a black hole, Cerebus Tres, watching as it devoured a small blue star. Because these stories were simply intended as random, floating slice of life scraps from the Pandora Project setting, Space Trash seemed like the ideal reference.

Space Trash stories are provided for free but cannot be reproduced anywhere else without permission. On your first visit to a story page, you will encounter a little warning; simply follow the instructions (provided that you are old enough to be viewing explicit material and are comfortable queer relationship) and carry on. Enjoy!

Note: all Pandora Project stories are written in the “queer erotic romance” genre and may contain explicit sexual scenes between people of any sex or gender; stories will carry a label to help readers find what most appeals to them.

De Luna Mellis
* Seedlings — Zilla Glénan lives on a large farm, De Luna Mellis, one of many farms in Luna’s main agricultural complex, Campania Latifundia. Zilla is the older sister of Elios Campbell (Runaway Star); she’s taking time from her work as an astrophysicist to enjoy the three children she shares with her three husbands: twin brothers Judicael and Mael, and Ignatius. When the children — Kasper, Savely, and Savannah — go missing after a nap one day, Zilla finds herself searching for them with Ignatius, whose ethereal thinking can be as irritating as he is attractive. There are so many places on the farm where the children could be hiding, and some of them are more dangerous than the rest. No explicit content; gay and hetero relationships.

Cerebus Tres
* Cerebus Tres — Cebrian Agustin and Talfryn Milburn are a scientific analyst and a pilot assigned to an observation station — a tiny tin can with a lot of electronics — hovering above a black hole. Their relationship consists of banter and ignoring each other until an accident brings them closer together. Explicit gay sex.
* The New Normal — After the accident, nothing is quite the same between Ceb and Tal, but the question of the moment is: are things better now? Explicit gay sex.
* A Whole Lot of Nothing — Fraternizing is hardly encouraged on deep space observation stations; Tal is quite certain that there’s none of that going on, though. What’s between him and Ceb is, he keeps telling himself, nothing at all. Explicit gay sex.
* Second Blessings — Months have passed since Ceb and Tal went their separate ways and each misses the other, but neither is willing to be rude enough to contact the other uninvited. Even Tal has manners. But, it seems, the Gods have their own ideas. Explicit gay sex.

Bird Series

1 – Birds Of A Feather
Love Bites is an anthology edited by S.A. Clements. In Dianne’s story, “Birds of a Feather,” more than one unusual shapeshifter finds out that love comes in all shapes and sizes. Lindy and Ross are a pair, but Lindy doesn’t think Ross is safe. When Tau shows an interest, can Lindy convince Ross to accept his offer?





2 – Snake Charmer
Shifting Them is an anthology edited by Vincent Diamond. In Dianne’s story, “Snake Charmer,” Ross, Tau, and Lindy are back. Now that Ross has Tau, Lindy isn’t sure where she fits in. When she finds a whole nest of albino snakes like herself, will Ross and Tau be able to convince her that her place is still with them?





3 – The Lion’s Share
Shifters Ross and Lindy really want their third love, Tau, to move in with them. Were-lion Tau is reluctant, if only because he has problems in his past that he doesn’t want Ross and Lindy to have to deal with. When those problems show up in a very real way, Tau knows he has to do something to stop them from spiraling out of control.

The Vampire Fred: Wicked Game

Being a vampire sucks, especially when you’ve got to deal with things like a dead-end job as an office drone, avoiding vigilante vampire slayers on the subway, and being price-gouged on blood from the slaughterhouse. Add in a crush on your annoyingly charismatic sire, and unraveling a little conspiracy to upset the balance of power among the vampires of the City, and it’s all in a night’s work though for fledgling vampire Fred Tompkins, as long as he doesn’t miss out on any overtime.

Blood Eclipse Series

1 – Blood Eclipse
Vampires have come “out of the closet” and they’re buying up real estate and running brothels in the City of Angels. Rory bitterly hates vampires. After all, one of them murdered his friend. So when his best friend Dennis begs him to accompany him to a vampire brothel on his birthday so that he can experience what is widely believed to be the sex of his life, Rory tags along reluctantly.

Rory and Dennis both find their worlds changed forever as the sun goes down on Eclipse. As they enter the er…revamped Magic Castle, they discover sex, love and blood can mix. Dennis finds himself falling in love with the mysterious Thiago and Rory is taken by Carden who is so beautiful, Rory isn’t even sure if he’s real…but evil is everywhere, permeating everything as the night closes in around them.





2 – Rapture
In the continuation of Blood Eclipse, Rory finds himself hopelessly enamored with Carden and will finally experience the rapture of loving a pure blood vampire. But there are those who are determined to have Carden at all costs to satisfy their own self interest, and they won’t let anyone get in their way.

Carden still seeks the truth of what happened to his parents long ago, and he won’t rest until he finds the answers. And when the discovery is made, and shocking secrets are revealed, all hell breaks loose as Carden sets his sights on vengeance. And suddenly the fragility between good and evil will be blown wide open.





3 – City Of Blood
Carden is on the run, on the other side of the world in the ‘cradle of civilization’ in Petra, Jordan. Far from his human lover, Rory, he’s learning that reclaiming his father, Declen, the King of the Vampires might restore world order–but hasn’t done much to strengthen familial ties.

Declen is angry that Carden worked as a whore and that he is gay…worse, he is furious that Carden not only fell in love with Rory, a mortal man, but abandoned him. Declen declares Carden unfit to help him in the epic battle between good and evil. He tells Carden to right his wrongs with Rory, that without love, without….entasy he is useless in the final showdown set to take place in the City of Blood.





4 – Apocalypse
The Apocalypse which has been foretold is now here. Vampires and humans scavenge for survival. Carden, the Pureblood vampire must decide…fulfill his destiny or sacrifice Rory.

Carden, Roy, Thiago and Dennis have survived the carnage of the Vampire/Human war. Carden is destined to battle his uncle for the title of King of the Vampires, whilst struggling with his own urge to drink human blood. He must make desperate choices – but the war is not over and an unexpected new enemy emerges from the fire. Rory fights for his life and his soul mate.

With a new world order emerging from blood and ashes, he’s convinced he and Carden can be together. Thiago and Dennis have their problems too. Dennis is dying from his injuries sustained in his abduction. Will any of them survive the Apocalypse, and emerge from it, together?

Two If By Sea

Having just led his men to victory over the Persians, Greek sea commander Carpus knows the victory does not belong just to him, but also to the aquamarine he wears around his neck. The stone, originally a gift from Poseidon the sea god to Carpus’ grandfather, is the most valuable item Carpus owns. But the sea god has always regretted giving away the stone, and when a storm rises from the ocean depths, Carpus knows who’s behind it. Poseidon, come to steal back what he freely gave decades before.

But Carpus is wrong. It’s not Poseidon who carries him from the sea and gives him more intense pleasure than he’s ever felt. It’s Hesiod, Poseidon’s son, a merman sworn to seduce the stone away from Carpus. Or die trying.

Can be bought individually or as part of the Aquamarine Allure Anthology.

Love & Loyalty

Screenwriter Griffin Drake needs to win over sexy and stoic Detective James “Jim” Shea in order to get the story of a lifetime, but he finds himself wanting Jim’s heart.

Faith & Fidelity

One lonely widower and one disgraced ex-cop find friendship at the bottom of a shared bottle. Then they fall passionately in lust and love, and it shakes these two straight men to their very cores.

Taste Test: Horns and Halos Anthology

Who doesn’t love hot demons and untainted angels coming together to make with the sin? Horns and Halos has all that and more!

Sinful by Zoe Nichols
Reverend Lloyd Jamison lives with a sin that’s as big as Eve eating the apple. Thanks to youthful foolishness, he has a permanent craving, and the most delicious stalker you could have: lust demon Ripper. Try as he might, Lloyd can’t avoid Ripper, but will he be the one with the upper hand in the end?

Limbo by Clare London
The beautiful, fragile Yoshiel and the strong, fierce Labal have broken the no fraternization rule, and live to pay the price. They seek each other out, realizing their masters have exacted a penalty from them both, a punishment that’s both ironic and cruel. Will their shocking transformation prove their undoing?

Deja Vu by Dakota Flint
Angel Graham meets up with his arch nemesis, demon Cale, at the annual “Horns and Halos Bash” held as the one night a year that the angels and demons of the world can put their differences aside and get together to let loose. Things between them turn heated, quickly, and Cale gives Graham pleasure he never dreamed of. But what will happen when Graham wakes up the next day?

Taste Test: The Boy Next Door Anthology

Sometimes it’s the guy right under your nose that’s perfect for you, but what does it take to notice the boy next door? The Boys Next Door Taste Test explore the untapped joys of what’s right at your doorstep.

A Perfect Match by Cassidy Ryan
Keaghan is trying to keep his hands off his brother-in-law’s kid sibling, but Trace is just right for him. Will they be the perfect match?

Breaking Point by Dakota Flint
Jonathon Burns moves back into his childhood home after the end of his long-term relationship. He’s not prepared for Alex Walsh, the boy he once loved, trying to rekindle old flames. Jonathon doesn’t want to risk his heart again, so he tries to resist and even tells Alex to back off. When Alex doesn’t, will Jonathon give into the attraction and open himself up for the possibility of more?

Peep Show by Zoe Nichols
Seth Richards is your average thirty-five year old man whose life is pretty normal. Until Dillon Callaway moves into his neighborhood, that is. When Dillon gives him a show from across the way, Seth knows his life is about to turn upside down. Can he find the courage to break his comfortable routine?

First, A Dance

Tyler lost Rory three years ago, taking a promotion, and a move, that Rory just couldn’t accept. Miserable without the one man he truly loves, Tyler finally returns to his hometown to try and win Rory back, only to find he’s too late. Rory is about to get married. Heartbroken, Tyler decides to try to stop the wedding, but even if he can, will Rory be willing to give him another chance? The proceeds from the Wedding Sip Blitz will be donated to gay and lesbian legal defense funds supporting the rights of gay marriage.

The Match

Drake is just back from a war zone, and he’s cruising the neighborhood bar, hoping to catch a glimpse of Chris. Chris knows that a new bunch of guys are in, but he certainly doesn’t expect to see Drake sitting on a stool. The two men have a past, one that ended badly, but they can’t seem to resist each other. They come up with a game of one-upmanship, just to see who gets to be on top, but will they end up with more than they bargained for?

Studs & Spurs Anthology

Saddles, spurs, Stetsons . . . and love? Sexy cowboys grab hold of more than a saddle in these entrancing stories from four talented authors of the genre. Kiernan Kelly takes us on an adventurous cattle drive to the Oregon Territory with a greenhorn and an old hand. Angela Fiddler’s retired rodeo men accept each other and the black riders. Two men overcome grief, rebuild a ranch and find love in Dakota Flint’s story. And JL Langley offers a light-hearted tale of a city boy and a rancher filled with love, laughter and a marriage of convenience

Seeing You by Dakota Flint
Everything changed for Dylan the night his brother, Simon, was killed in an accident. Unable to face the pain–or Simon’s partner, Wade–Dylan leaves life on the Lazy G ranch behind. Over a year later, Dylan gets a call saying he’s needed at home and he returns to find both the Lazy G and Wade in bad shape. Will Dylan and Wade be able to deal with their grief and rebuild the ranch? And will Wade see that sometimes you can find happiness again?

Forgotten Favor by Angela Fiddler
Angela Fiddler’s retired rodeo men accept each other and the black riders.

Judas Steer by Kiernan Kelly
When Granger Blue signed on as a drover for the Lazy J, he expected to suffer all the hardships involved in riding herd across the wild, dust-choked plains from Nebraska to Oregon. What he didn’t expect was temptation in the form of a young greenhorn with cornflower blue eyes named Billy Bower. With as many secrets as heads of cattle, the drive may turn out to be the most dangerous of Granger’s life as he works to bring the herd in with his skin — and heart — intact.

His Convenient Husband by J L Langley
At the tender age of seven, newly orphaned Micah Jiminez lost everything—and got lucky. The Delaney family opened their hearts and their home, treated him like one of their own. One Delaney in particular, though, became more than a brother to Micah. The handsome and protective Tucker is the man to whom he wants to give his love.

But after a single passionate night together, Tucker rebuffs him and hightails it to Dallas to pursue his dreams. Leaving Micah to pick up the pieces of his broken heart—and feeling like a fool.

The impending death of the Delaney patriarch brings an unsavory relative out of the woodwork, threatening Micah’s beloved adopted family. They’re going to need all hands in the fight to keep The Bar D from being pulled out from under them all—including Tucker. Micah steels himself to convince the man he can’t forget to come home.

To his everlasting surprise, it’s Tucker who comes up with the perfect solution: a marriage of convenience—to Micah. His gut tells him Tucker’s motivation involves nothing more than saving the ranch. Now he just has to convince his fragile heart.

Also available with an additional 10,000 words in standalone, ebook format.

Tinseltown Blues: All That Glitters

Everyone knows all that glitters is not gold and in Hollywood that couldn’t be more true.

For screen star Harley Sheffield, the constant sparkle of champagne bubbles and flash of the media’s cameras are made bearable by only one thing—his older brother, Trey. Unfortunately, in a world where a celebrity’s life is held under continual, microscopic scrutiny, Trey is increasingly uncomfortable with their illicit affair and leaves for six months to search his soul for answers.

When the need to see Harley becomes overwhelming and Trey returns home, Harley gives him the night to decide what is more important: avoiding the cold glare of Tinseltown and the risk of being discovered, or once again knowing the warmth of his brother’s love.

Content Warning: This title contains a consensual sexual relationship between adult brothers and a fair amount of angst.

From the Desk of Acer Adamson:
I yanked Tinseltown because I wasn’t all that thrilled with it, and I really don’t plan on revisiting those characters after all. Most of the time, I get so attached to my characters that I want to write them forever, and I go through a sort of separation anxiety when I finish a story. That particular story I wrote it by request, and as it turns out the characters didn’t really resonate with me or feel from the heart. A little too angst-riddled for my tastes.

Four Seasons: Autumn 2009 Anthology

The autumn weather might be cooling things off, but you won’t need that sweater – we promise our erotica will warm you up! This time of year involves metamorphosis, from the changing of the fall colors to the places between, where the world wears thin and the strange and unusual happens. Join your favorite eXcessica authors in this sexy, sometimes spooky, seasonal anthology, bringing you the best of all things autumn! (Includes stories by Marshall Ian Key, Vivian Vincent, J.M. Snyder, Amicus, Varian Krylov, Giselle Renarde, Kenn Dahll, Sandra Fowke, Molly Wens, and Reno MacLeod and Jaye Valentine.)

Purple Hearts by Reno MacLeod and Jaye Valentine
Bravery. Courage. Patriotism.

Those words that brothers Erik and Howard Cheval grew up with were rendered meaningless when Howard came home from Afghanistan in a flag-draped casket. Four months later, Erik is disenchanted with the politics of war and distraught at the loss of his brother, and it takes the gentle words of the late Howard’s fellow Marine, Greg Simmons, to soften the pain.

After losing his left leg and a Marine brother in Howard, Greg understands the raw sorrow of loss eating away at Erik. Hunting for meaning and a way to heal the past, Erik and Greg spend a night of soul-searching together and find something unexpected in each other’s company.

Love In The Library by J M Snyder
Johnny’s job at the campus library isn’t as glamorous as it sounds. In fact, when the wheels of the returns cart get stuck in the gap between the floor and the elevator, he’s ready to just quit right there. But a stranger’s kindness leads to chance encounter that improves Johnny’s whole semester.

Marshall Ian Key

Vivian Vincent

Amicus

Varian Krylov

Giselle Renarde

Kenn Dahll

Sandra Fowke

Molly Wens

Firecracker

Isaac Lang is deeply in love with his live-in life-partner, Baltimore City police officer Jeff Clark, and has a serious kink for risky role-play sex with strangers. Jeff finds Isaac’s wild ways incredibly hot, and he’s more than willing to help facilitate Isaac’s lustful cravings.

Jeff trusts Isaac to be emotionally faithful despite the sexual experimentation, and Isaac trusts Jeff to watch his back and keep him safe from harm. Not a lifestyle everyone might aspire to or could successfully manage, but Isaac and Jeff make their quest for kink work to keep the sparks flying in their relationship.

From the Desk of Jaye Valentine:
My short “Firecracker” takes place in [...] Baltimore, and anyone who knows the “gay ghetto” area of Mt. Vernon will recognize some landmarks mentioned.

Like Magnets, We Attract Anthology

Lovers who are polar opposites. Perhaps one is an unskilled surfer falling for the surf god of his dreams. Maybe one is a fussbudget attorney who ends up going home with a grease-monkey. A prince trapped in a tower and a fairy with gossamer wings. A knight errant and the dragon he’s been sent to slay. Vampires and their human lovers. The computer geek and the jock. These stories and more will bring you hot men who appear to be complete mismatches for their partners.

Like Magnets, We Attract brings you erotic stories that range from the sweet to the scorching hot, from the dramatic to the whimsical, written by both well-known veteran writers of the genre and those contributing with their first professional publications.

Damn Gorgeous

Spencer Patterson writes “news” reports on paranormal phenomena for The Weekly Harbinger, a national tabloid magazine. He’s had a lifelong love affair with all things supernatural, and having failed at serious news reporting, he eventually merged his hobby with his journalism degree and embarked on a tabloid career.

On assignment in the sleepy Massachusetts town of Fall River, home of the infamous Lizzie Borden axe murders, Spencer meets and falls for sexy Virgil Slade, lifelong resident and owner of a nearby bed-and-breakfast. Things are not as they seem. Virgil, with his hot body, sexy dreadlocks and unusual tattoos, harbors a tremendous secret that turns Spencer’s world upside down.

A Perfect Game

Twenty-year-old Christopher “Kit” Pennington dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. He has the talent and the drive needed for the sport, but finds his lack of interest in formal education barring his way. Under threat from his wealthy father, an important alumnus and contributor at the private Christian college Kit attends, Kit has been barely muddling through. Not until the very handsome Liam Dalton replaces one of Kit’s regular professors at the exclusive school does higher learning take on any real meaning.

Soft Focus

Ethan Bouwer has always been the adventurous sort. A freelance nature photographer, he travels the globe and writes erotica on the side whenever things get a bit slow. Hunting for a topic for his next writing project, he stumbles upon a man named David Turner and the taboo world of BDSM. His curiosity piqued, Ethan discovers that David Turner and his beautiful partner Kiyoshi are coming to town for a convention.

Ethan makes arrangements for them to meet, but little does Ethan know that he is about to embark on a safari into a world more wild and untamed than anything he has ever encountered before.

Warning: This title contains graphic language, BDSM, and attempted rape.

Kid Christmas Rides Again

These are the epic adventures of Kid Christmas! The unthinkable has happened: the Jolly Old Elf himself keeled over, and the Committee to Oversee the Christening of Kringle (COCK) had to find a replacement. Enter the Kid: a lot more fit, a little less clumsy, and quite a sight in that tight red uniform. His mission to deliver Christmas around the world is threatened as he fights the evil Snow Globes, but all is not lost as he escapes traps, finds love (and more love, and more love) with Johnny Longjohns, and stops at a disco on his quest to reclaim his magic sled, the Claus 3000. Hold on tight: this humorous romp may have you spitting your eggnog!

This novella includes the previously released short story Kid Christmas Meets Snow Globes and the original three graphic images by Absolutbleu plus 10,000 words of new erotic adventures and 4 new Absolutbleu illustrations.

Starcrossed Series

Starcrossed 1: Demon Tailz
Famous for the witch trials of 1692, Salem has been trying to smudge out the horrible images of murder and injustice for centuries. In a complete turnaround, the town began welcoming all witches, and by the early 21st century one in four Salem residents either claimed to be a witch or to know one.

Jace Barton is a demon making a comfortable living as co-owner of Tailz—a colorful pub in Salem—along with his twin brother Konnor. Strange people pass through its doors all the time, but on Halloween things always tend to get even more bizarre. Still, Jace is surprised when Cash Rowan pays him a visit with a tale that stands Jace’s hair on end. Ten years of desperate searching has brought Cash to Jace’s door, and he isn’t leaving until Jace gives him exactly what he needs.

Warning: This dark urban fantasy contains graphic violence and a consensual sexual relationship between non-human twin brothers.





Starcrossed 2: Opposite Ends of the Spectrum
Incubus Dekin Swain finds himself plucked from his monochrome, sex-feeding lifestyle and thrown into the harsh, chilling world of a traveling carnival freak show. His life gains a vibrant splash of color when he is caged beside a fellow ‘freak’ who should be his mortal enemy.

A prisoner of the carnival long before the demon arrived, Kelly, the ‘Scarlet Angel’, has almost given up hope of ever escaping his captors. His extraordinary hair and wings quickly catch Dekin’s interest and lustful stares. Thrust together by the cold fingers of fate, Dekin and Kelly are forced to put aside their differences and work together. The appearance of an artist with an unusual talent puts the fragile bond between angel and demon to the test. Dekin and Kelly quickly discover that although life together will never be easy, life apart would be unbearable.





Starcrossed 2 1/2: Sangria and Seraphim
Identical twin demons Jace and Konnor Barton run Tailz, a supernatural-friendly bar in Salem, Massachusetts. The sort of place where things are never dull, on the weekend of a full moon things can get even more interesting. When Jace encounters an angel in distress, he can hardly resist the urge to offer his own special brand of help.Ariel is an angel with an itch to experience the darker side of earthly life, and he has heard through the grapevine that Jace is the demon for the job. Much to his surprise, Ariel finds out he will be getting both brothers coming to his aid for the price of one.

Warnings:This title contains graphic language and a consensual sexual relationship between non-human twin brothers. This erotica title is not a romance. It is not advertised as a romance, nor is it published through a strictly romance publisher.





Starcrossed 3: Objects in the Mirror
StarCrossed 3: Objects in the Mirror takes us back to the town of Salem, Massachusetts, famous for the witch trials of 1692. In the wake of that tragic time, the town has done everything in its power to be charitable toward its more unique residents. Tarot readers, a nightclub with a twist, and little shops dedicated to magic and New Age arts line the downtown streets. One of every four Salem residents claims either to be a witch or to know one.

What newcomers don’t realize, however, is that witches are hardly the only usual people who might be living next door.

Jace and Konnor Barton are demon twins enjoying a much-improved life after narrowly escaping a very rough start. Given a second chance, they live in the protective care of their adoptive father, vampire Gennady Zaitsev. Trouble starts when local clergy are brutally murdered, and the Salem Special Council—of which Gennady is the president—is asked to rein in a potentially dangerous citizen.

Twenty years should have been enough to leave their past behind them, but it has come charging after the Barton twins with an unholy vengeance. When one brother falls under suspicion for the clergy murders, it shatters the heart of the other. Only an unlikely alliance of angels, vampires, were-creatures, and humans can help the brothers and keep the secret of supernatural beings living in Salem safe from the outside world.

The clock is ticking.





Starcrossed 3 1/2: Angel Tears
Now a free download here.
Angel Tears is a “deleted scene” from the novel StarCrossed 3: Objects in the Mirror. The authors felt it slowed the pace of the story. However, character development and information in this scene will become important and meaningful as the series progresses.

While reading the cemetery scene in StarCrossed 3: Objects in the Mirror, did you wonder how the angel Sariel came to be in John and Matthew Banks’ possession, and how Sariel ended up in the condition he was in at the onset of that scene? If so, you don’t want to miss StarCrossed 3 1/2: Angel Tears.

Content Warning: This title contains adult language, graphic violence, coerced sex with dubious consent, and generally dark themes.





Thursday Nights at Nine on the CW!
A Starcrossed free read available here.





From the Desk of Jaye Valentine:
Yes, the StarCrossed series is based in Salem, and we have borrowed many real locations and fictionalized their purpose. The restaurant/bar called “Tailz,” which is owned by twin demons Jace and Konnor Barton, is actually a very popular bar/restaurant (another name, of course!) on beautiful Lafayette Street. The vampire Gennady Zaitsev (Jace and Konnor’s adoptive father) owns one of the grand Victorian mansions on the same street.

We picked out a lovely house on Leach Street on the harbor in Salem that serves as the supernaturals’ brothel. We mention the central police station, the post office, and other businesses by their actual locations. And of course, we give a nod to the hated-by-locals statue of Samantha Stevens from “Bewitched” that sits in the town square.

We’ve referenced Gallows Hill, and in the next book (the 100,000-word behemoth known as “StarCrossed 4: In the Blink of an Eye,” due out this spring), we will have even more local references. “StarCrossed 5: Panacea” is currently in first draft (about 50,000-words so far) and among the other plot points, it will introduce our explanation of a very creepy New England legend.

Messiah Series

Messiah 1: Three of Cups
In the year 2039, the world is a better place, thanks to one man. Fresh from college, Malcolm Wilder engineered a cheap fix to fossil fuel dependence. The new energy-for-all economy brought on world peace, and as Earth and its people began to heal, creatures once thought to be the stuff of myth decided it was finally safe to reveal themselves. A decade later, Malcolm is a corporate giant living in exotic Dubai.

He’s on the cover of every magazine and his name on everyone’s lips. Malcolm’s business partner and lifelong friend, Levi Tanner, is concerned that Malcolm isn’t allowing himself to enjoy his fame and fortune. Levi finally takes Malcolm to Mortal Sins, a local hot spot that caters to those looking for something a little different in the way of adult recreation. Little does Malcolm know, but the world still has a few problems of Biblical proportion and all hell is about to break loose.

Authors’ Note: Dark, futuristic urban fantasy. Discretion is advised for those sensitive to religious themes

Messiah 2: Page of Wands
In the year 2039, the world is a better place thanks to one man. Humans have all they could wish for, and supernaturals have moved in to peacefully co-exist. Famine, disease, and environmental issues are all but a thing of the past. Earth is practically a new Garden of Eden.

A shame it isn’t going to stay that way. In the sequel to Messiah 1: The Three of Cups, Malcolm Wilder, creator of the HydroGo fuel cell and the world’s new messiah, has begun to feel the weight of the sins that surround him. Levi and Suki do their best to help Malcolm keep the world — and their anointed prince — from falling into shambles. Unfortunately, the jealous tension between the two demons is mounting, and the others have taken notice. Just when things seem their darkest, an unlikely visitor brings the world an unexpected message of hope.

Authors’ Note: This dark, futuristic urban fantasy contains graphic violence. Discretion is advised for those sensitive to religious themes.

Max and Skyler Series

1 – Only Words
Maxwell Fielding is a police detective. Gruff, stubborn, and a little blind to subtlety, Max is the perfect poster boy for stereotypical masculinity. Used to dealing with the dregs of society, he never backs down from a fight, but his attitude is a reckless one.

Max’s lover, Skyler Trent, is a dress designer who happens to be a cross-dresser and the polar opposite of Max. When a rough day on the job sets the stage for disaster, Max’s quick temper and a need to play knight in shining armor makes a bad situation even worse. After a very observant Skyler patches Max up, both are forced to face some less visible wounds that are just as in need of healing. Max needs to find the courage to admit a few things to Skyler—and to himself—or he might lose everything.

2 – Any Excuse
In this follow-up to “Only Words,” author Acer Adamson gives us another glimpse at the complicated lives of Detective Maxwell Fielding and his beautiful cross-dressing lover, Skyler Trent. The police department is honoring Max for performing above and beyond the call of duty, and Max has asked Skyler to accompany him to the awards banquet—a huge step for both of them. Nervous about how the unconventional manner in which Skyler dresses will be received by a hotel ballroom full of cops, the press, and the city’s highest elected officials, Max is in for a bigger surprise than he bargained for, and Skyler doesn’t disappoint.

Got Mistletoe

Blake Roberts just wants to buy some wrapping paper and go home. That changes when he’s surprised by a supercenter employee keeping the Christmas spirit alive by singing and doing some impromptu dance moves. Ryan Jolly is bouncy and a little flamboyant… and Blake is immediately smitten with him. Despite being total opposites, Blake’s heart is captured by Ryan’s bubbly personality and sweet smile, and when attraction flares between them, Blake starts to hope his new Christmas wish–to spend more than the holiday with Ryan–might come true.

Gone Baby Gone

Slater has been in love with his best friend, Luke, for as long as he can remember, but one important detail has kept him from confessing his feelings. Slater is a werewolf, and that is a secret his kind cannot share. When Luke’s life becomes in danger Slater breaks every law of his pack to insure the love of his life is never Gone, Baby, Gone.

This story is a free download available on Sage Whistler’s website.

Broken

Sometimes bravery and love are one and the same.

Gabriel and Tristan Stalling parted ways seven years ago when their father kicked Gabriel out of the house for being gay. The years that passed were hard on both brothers. Tristan was left with his guilt and shame for not sticking up for his twin, the relentless need to please their parents, and the gnawing ache for his other half.

Gabriel manages to make his dreams of becoming a rockstar come true, but with his fame comes drugs and meaningless sex as he tries to drown out the hurt he feels when Tristan abandoned him.

As fate would have it, the Stalling twins are about to get one last chance to make things right. Both Gabriel and Tristan will be tested as never before. Not only will they have to make a choice between giving in to a love so taboo it can never be revealed or spending their lives forever broken, but they will also have to face the ghosts of their past, even the ones with the power to destroy them.

Reader Advisory: This book contains a twincest storyline, sexual intimacy between twins, and may be offensive to some readers. This is a TABOO story.

Ho Ho and Mistletoe: All I Want For Christmas

Daniel has been in love with his boss, Jacy DeSalvo, for nine long years. Back then he was little more then a boy, but even as a man grown Daniel hasn’t been able to move on.

Jacy’s wife Marissa is a cheating harridan who trapped her husband with claims of a false pregnancy. Jacy has always been a pushover until proof hits him square in the face. He walks in on his wife having sex with a stranger in, of all places, a bar.

Things only get more complicated when Daniel is injured in a scuffle outside the very same bar, and has to come live with Jacy. Tensions are high and lust is rampant. And it seems inevitable that with this much testosterone in one place that something is bound to happen.

The only question is how Jacy will handle his new found interest in a man he’s always seen but never noticed. And now that Marissa’s gone Daniel is going to have to take his heart in hand if he’s ever going to get what he’s been hankering after, for Christmas.

Author’s Note:
This author advises buyers to purchase any releases from Cacoethes Publishing from All Romance E-books as the site is more user-friendly. For more information, please visit here.

It Takes A Thief

Anthony Young has spent half his life as a member of the gang Tray Side, but getting out of a gang isn’t easy. Blood in. Blood out. Even his close ties with the gang’s leader become twisted, as a man he once thought of as a father figure reveals a dark side Anthony never wanted to see.

With the demand of payment for his freedom, Anthony sets out to pull off what he hopes is his last job.

Valery Balen is the target, but not the kind of mark Anthony imagined he’d hit. When fate and circumstance intervene, Anthony finds himself on the end of another bargain: belong to Valery for a week. But the cost of this freedom may be more than his body… it might just be his heart…and soul.

Author’s Note:
This author advises buyers to purchase any releases from Cacoethes Publishing from All Romance E-books as the site is more user-friendly. For more information, please visit here.

Torn

Josh and Jaime have always been different…from the rest of the world that is. To them, they are one and the same person. Born identical twins, even they have difficulty telling where one ends and the other begins. They know that their love for one another crosses all social boundaries, but living apart would kill them. Fearing the backlash of being discovered, they bide their time, and explore the new dynamics of their powerful relationship.

But will they be Torn apart?

Reader Advisory: This book contains a twincest storyline, sexual intimacy between twins, and may be offensive to some readers. This is a TABOO story.

Author’s Note:
This author advises buyers to purchase any releases from Cacoethes Publishing from All Romance E-books as the site is more user-friendly. For more information, please visit here.

G-Strain

What hides in your genes?

When Kenano Smith and Jared Mariner awoke in the morning they had no idea that their lives would change forever. Both men are carriers of the G Strain, which make them the perfect candidates for mating on Lykur.

Lykur is the home world of a race of alien warriors known as Lykurgans. The only thing these Lykurgans crave more than a good fight are plentiful mates. War has ravished their planet and sent these dominant, blue beings to the edge of the universe in search of viable mates.

They’ve finally found what they have searched so long for, but there is one thing they did not count on: there is no way to conquer love. It must be freely given, and for Lykurgans and humans it may mean compromise. It may mean sacrifice. It may just mean altering everything they’ve ever believed in.

Author’s Note:
This author advises buyers to purchase any releases from Cacoethes Publishing from All Romance E-books as the site is more user-friendly. For more information, please visit here.

Strings Attached Series

1 – Strings Attached
Seventeen year-old Jeremy Tyler is about to enter a world he never dreamed of. When his alcoholic mother is forced into rehab, Jeremy moves from poverty in the slums to a cliff-top estate with his wealthy relatives. Believing he’s just landed in paradise, Jeremy tries to fit in with the upper-crust community of Ballena Beach. His gifted good looks and swimmer’s physique, combined with Aunt Katharine’s money, grant him tentative admission into the elite inner circle.

Soon, Jeremy is deep in privilege – but at what cost? His demanding relatives begin to dictate his every move, and his desire to “fit in” conflicts with his growing need for authenticity. He dates an exotic socialite – the girl he hopes will obliterate his growing attraction to men – until two boys, one a calculating swim champ and the other a rebellious ranching scion, execute their plans for the besieged Jeremy. Then a phone call identifies his late father’s murderer, while suggesting Jeremy will be next, and the web gets even more tangled at the posh beachside locale. Pulled in every direction, Jeremy makes a wish to become a ‘real man’, then seeks guidance from the one person he trusts – his family’s butler, who is an extraordinary man with a stunning secret identity.

Strings Attached is backed by a rich cast of characters – menacing villains, social-climbing teens, and ‘friends’ with ulterior motives. With a thread of the supernatural, and a murder-mystery woven within, this coming-of-age story reads like a cross between Brokeback Mountain and the hit TV show “Laguna Beach“. A page-turner that traverses boundaries of age, gender and sexual preference, Nolan suggests what truly binds people, and teasingly reveals how every major theme in the story – beauty, wealth, love, betrayal, lust, greed and temptation – has consequences, or ’strings’, attached.

2 – Double Bound
An exclusive resort is rising on a pristine Brazilian island: lavish suites, world class casinos, imaginative theme architecture. But most important is its elaborate security—it’s going to be the safest locale this side of the Pentagon.

Because of Katharine Tyler’s investment there, her nephew Jeremy journeys with his lover Carlo Martinez and former US Marine Arthur Blauefee to assess the resort’s progress. But for the young man and his companions, their visit proves to be anything but leisurely or safe—because when all seems well, the trio is swept into the clutches of a charming trickster, sensual temptation, kidnapping, murder, a mandate from the US State Department, and an unexpected double-cross, with Aunt Katharine playing puppet master before getting tangled in her own strings.

Although DOUBLE BOUND features the central characters from the award winning novel STRINGS ATTACHED, this is now Arthur’s story: his abuse-filled youth, his precarious years as a gay US Marine, then his treacherous journey to Brazil—where he is challenged to heroism, while agonizing between love and duty and his crippling personal demons.

DOUBLE BOUND—when turning away from the truth only winds tighter the restraints of greed, of unspoken longing, and of lives unfulfilled.

And Call Me in the Morning

Take two, and call me in the morning.

Eli and Zane. Colleagues at work and close friends, though on the surface it’s an unexpected friendship between an odd couple. While Zane took the “high school to college to med school” track, medicine is Eli’s second career and the best choice he ever made. He has work that he loves, an extended second family of colleagues and friends, and Zane.

So why does everyone make such a big deal about the pair of them?

Yes, they spend a lot of time together. It doesn’t mean they’re a real couple. When teased about it one too many times by their colleagues, Zane challenges Eli to set the record straight with a kiss to prove there’s absolutely no chemistry between them.

Neither expected a spark to ignite between them. More than a spark. Desire. Passion.

Zane wants to try getting up close and personal again to see if it was a one-time fluke or something more. Eli thinks he’s too old to jump the fence now, but he can’t say no to Zane and he doesn’t want to.

Truth be told, Eli’s not so sure they can set the record straight after all.

I Do Anthology

21 authors contributing 20 stories of love and commitment

Do you support the right of any human being to marry the person they love? The right to say ‘I Do’ to a life of commitment and sharing with that one special person? We do.

We hope that marriage will soon be a dream that everyone can share. That’s why the following authors of LGBT fiction have donated stories to this anthology, in aid of Lambda Legal Fund’s fight for marriage equality.

All profits from the sale of this anthology will be donated to the Lambda Legal Defense to fight Prop 8 in support of marriage equality for all.


The Lindorm’s Twin by Tracey Pennington
To save two kingdoms, an outcast prince without a name and a lonely young man half-freed from enchantment must outwit a serpentine king and his sorceress spouse. Wvil magic stripped Stefan of everything that he possessed or was. It forces his lover Andor to become something he was not. Now that the evil has returned twice as strong as it was before, only these two men – who have lost everything but each other – can defeat it forever.

Desire and Disguise by Alex Beecroft
An 18th Century tale of sexual frustration and mistaken identity. Robert Digby’s marriage is failing. Over hearing two gentleman discussing a place where “talented ladies” may be found in abundance, he resolves to find solace there, only to be taught a very different lesson. Featuring a frustrated haberdasher, a skittish horse, a bevy of beauties, a very rude lieutenant and a wooden leg.

The Roaming Heart by Charlie Cochrane
Alasdair Hamilton, Toby Bowe and Fiona Marsden are the hotest properties in post-war English film. Shame that Fiona believes what she reads in the gossip columns …

Outed by Clare London
Guy said afterwards it was a relief to him that someone finally said something, but did it have to be Auntie Queenie’s apparently artless comment, right in the middle of her eightieth birthday celebration tea?

Lust in Translation by Storm Grant
A dedicated cop rescues a stoned-out hooker leading to sex, drugs, and a blinding reaction. It’s a hard road from false arrest to true love.

Making Memory by Lisabet Sarai
F/F
In mid October, the isolated Maine hamlet of Spruce Point is the last place Boston executive Nicole Stewart wants to spend the night. However, a flat tire leaves her no choice. Maggie Bensen, owner of the Bellweather inn, offers Nicole a bed, a home-cooked meal, and a sympathertic ear. As the women share their memories and their sorrows, sharing their bodies becomes natural, almost inevitable.

Swansong by Sharon Maria Bidwell
Richard believes what little love he had in his life has withered but before she died his darling Gloria unlocked her silent throat. Now the time has come for Richard to sing his own song, to face the future, to make the right choice.

Finally Forever by Jeanne Barrack
When Manny and Rafe met they knew they were destined to be together. Manny made the move believing it would be forever. Then fate stepped in and their dreams were dashed. Now, they may have that chance again. But will fate continue to thwart their plans?

Code Of Honour by Marquesate
When Joe Evans joined the French Foreign Legion at twenty, he would have never imagined that becoming a man entailed more than becoming a tough soldier. The legion’s motto was “Legio Patrio Nostra”, but with Sergent Roux, Joe found more than just a home.

Tango and Temptation by Z A Maxfield
Dance and dishonesty bring two men closer than they want to be in this contemporary story of choosing between what is easy and what is real. Gabriel Aimar lies about where he’s from. Xander Farmington lies about what he wants. Neither man can deny their passion because when they dance, sparks fly. A story of hard choices and harder … other things … all choreographed to the sexy rhythm of the tango, the traditional dance of desire.

The Mistake by P A Brown
When recently unemployed Rusty Donaldson lets his stomach overrule his common sense and lets himself be hustled off the streets of West Hollywood he’s hoping to make a quick buck to fill his stomach. He’s not expecting to end up handciffed to a motel bed in the presence of a cop who’s way too hot for anyone’s good. Officer Hank “Hawk” Wilson is after big game, but ends up falling for the last thins he expects – a suspect.

Holy Macaroni (and Cheese) by Allison Wonderland
F/F
Twenty years ago, two first grade girls got married. To each other. the pair dared to tamper with tradition, eschewing all the trappings of a conventional wedding: the gown, the groom, the gaggle of grumpy, frumpy bridesmaids. They imagined that one day they would live in a house made of candy, like the witch’s dwelling in the story of Hansel and Gretel, but without the witch, of course. And while their dream house remains just that – a dream – the knot they tied is still secure, and their marriage has outlasted the Ring Pops they exchanged at the ceremony.

The Snow Queen by Erastes
The Snow Queen is impervious to love. Josh isn’t. Everything wonderful happens when it snows. Josh loves the winter. He wishes his heart were ice after Sam died, but when he meets Sean he feels it threatened by an unexpected warmth.

Better Than Beautiful by Zoe Nichols and Cassidy Ryan
F/F
For two years Becca and Charlotte have been forced to keep their relationship a secret for the sake of Charlotte’s career. In just two months Chrlotte will retire from the catwalk and they will be free to marry and live together openly. But Charlotte has been keeping a secret that could ruin it all.

Semi-detached by Emma Collingwood
Is gay marriage a matter of equality, commitment or the right choice of wallpaper? Thomas has never really thought about it, but at the end of the day, it’s all about knocking down walls.

Rules Of the Game by Mallory Path
The problem with unpoken agreements is that they are unspoken. Charlie and Noah have done everything under the sun – almost. When words fail, Charlie must come up with a new way of finding out what his partner really wants.

Templeton’s In Love by Jerry L Wheeler
Tom and Stan broke up when Templeton’s music stopped. Ten years later, Templeton is playing again. Is he in love? After all this time, are they? Can a kiss and a song glue together two broken hearts? Find out in this poignant tale of loves and losses over linguine in an Italian restaurant in Denver.

True Love by Moondancer Drake
F/F
Some wished come true. But not all miracles come without hardship. Shona and Kai finally have the baby they’ve dreamed of for years, but soon discover that bringing a child into a less than perfect world will test their own love for each other.

Salad Days by Fiona Glass
A fennel bulb causes havoc between two lovers in this “kitchen-sink” style romp.

Wedding Announcement by Lee Rowan.
Kevin and John had been through hell together and separately, in the military and after it. But for Kevin, telling his father the truth was more unnerving than anything he’d ever faced on the battlefield.

The Witch’s Boy

Are the sins of the fathers really visited upon the sons? And is there no way of breaking that cycle? Is evil doomed always to repeat itself, ruining everything good through its tainted seed?

These are not the questions young Oswy is asking himself when he is sold to the witch-Lord Sulien FitzGuimar – he’s too busy wondering ‘why me?!’ They are, however, the questions which plague Sulien himself. Locked in a struggle for freedom, sanity, the very survival of his soul, Sulien must daily battle not only angels and demons, but the core of evil in his own heart.

When the King’s vile sorcerer stages a coup, dragging ancient magic, the elves, and the royal court into his Empire-building plans, the woman he has set his sights on as a bride – timid, aspiring nun, Adela – sets out to find someone to oppose him. It’s just unfortunate that the only candidates are cowardly Oswy, Adela herself and Sulien – who, deep in his heart, wants to surrender and join in.

When the hope of redemption is balanced against the lure of revenge, which will prove stronger, flawed good or perfect evil?

Note From Alex Beecroft: taken from website
I’ve taken this book out of circulation because I’m currently in negotiations with Lethe Press to produce a new, better edition. The new edition should hopefully be available in the Autumn of 2009.

Note From Alex Beecroft: taken from goodreads.com
‘The Witch’s Boy’, a dark fantasy which I first published through Lulu, but which is now under contract to Lethe Press – new edition expected in 2010.

The Wages of Sin

Charles Latham, wastrel younger son of the Earl of Clitheroe, returns home drunk from the theatre to find his father gruesomely dead. He suspects murder. But when the Latham ghosts turn nasty, and Charles finds himself falling in love with the priest brought in to calm them, he has to unearth the skeleton in the family closet before it ends up killing them all.

Note from Alex Beecroft:
It’s also due out in a print format very soon, in the anthology ‘The Mysterious’ along with stories by Josh Lanyon and Laura Baumbach. More news on that when I get it.

Hidden Conflict Anthology

Blessed Isle by Alex Beecroft
1790 British Age of Sail:
Blessed Isle is the long-lost diary of Captain Harry Thompson, recently discovered in a dusty safe deposit box and faithfully reproduced in Hidden Conflict. Thompson wrote his diary entries at night and in the morning, his lover and former lieutenant, Garnet Littleton, would add his thoughts and commentary. Thus, Blessed Isle is a dialog between the two men, telling the story of the ill-fated voyage of the HMS Banshee, its mutiny, their escape, and ultimately, how they overcame all odds to build a life together in Rio de Janeiro.

No to Reason Why by Mark R. Probst
1876 US Cavalry:
Corporal Brett Price is tired of being a soldier, tired of endless expeditions against the Lakota and Sioux, and tired of hiding his deep love for his friend and sergeant, Dermot Kerrigan. Unfortunately, as a member of the 7th Cavalry stationed at Fort Lincoln, North Dakota, there is little he can do to change his present situation; his love for Dermot is particularly distressing because Dermot is married and devoted to his wife, Sarah. Their commanding officer, Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer, has been relentless in rounding up the various Native American tribes of the western plains and forcing them off their lands to designated reservations. These battles between love and loyalty, duty and honor, with one of the most horrific battles ever fought on American soil as its backdrop, is the story that is told in Not to Reason Why.

No Darkness by Jordan Taylor
1915 World War I Britain and France:
When Lieutenant Darnell and Private Fisher are trapped in a root cellar after being shelled behind the trenches on the Western Front, they struggle to survive and escape their black tomb. Strangers to one another, the days and nights underground in pitch darkness bring them together as they share stories of their upbringing. While their lives hang in the balance, they find refuge through the growing bond between them that neither expected.

Our One and Only by E.N. Holland
1944 US World War II and aftermath:
What happens when one must grieve in private? That is what Philip Cormier is forced to do when his closest friend and lover, Eddie Fiske, is killed in France during the second round of D-Day in September 1944. The story covers a forty year arc, told in decade-long intervals, that chronicle Philip’s loss, his life without Eddie, and ultimately, the acceptance and resolution of his grief. Most importantly, it demonstrates the healing power of love that can be found in unexpected places and ways.

Age-of-Sail Series

False Colors
1762, Georgian Age of Sail:
For his first command, John Cavendish is given a ship—the HMS Meteor—and a crew, both in need of repair and discipline. He’s determined to make a success of their first mission, and hopes the well-liked lieutenant Alfred Donwell will stand by his side as he leads his new crew into battle: stopping the slave trade off the coast of Algiers.

Alfie knows their mission is futile, and that their superiors back in England will use the demise of this crew as impetus for war with the Ottoman Empire. But the darker secret he keeps is his growing attraction for his commanding officer—a secret punishable by death.

With the arrival of his former captain—and lover—on the scene of the disastrous mission, Alfie is torn between the security of his past and the uncertain promise of a future with the straight-laced John.

Against a backdrop of war, intrigue, and personal betrayal, the high seas will carry these men through dangerous waters from England to Africa to the West Indies in search of a safe harbor.

Captain’s Surrender
1779, British Age Of Sail:
Ambitious and handsome, Joshua Andrews had always valued his life too much to take unnecessary risks. Then he laid eyes on the elegant picture of perfection that is Peter Kenyon.

Soon to be promoted to captain, Peter Kenyon is the darling of the Bermuda garrison. With a string of successes behind him and a suitable bride lined up to share his future, Peter seems completely out of reach to Joshua.

But when the two men are thrown together to serve during a long voyage under a sadistic commander with a mutinous crew, they discover unexpected friendship. As the tension on board their vessel heats up, the closeness they feel for one another intensifies and both officers find themselves unable to reign in their passion.

Let yourself be transported back to a time when love between two men in the British Navy was punishable by death, and to a story about love, about honor, but most of all, about a Captain’s Surrender.



Valentine’s Day on a Tropical Island
Available for free Alex Beecrofts website, this short is an out-take from ‘Captain’s surrender’, set during those years when Josh and Peter were desperately trying to pretend they weren’t in love.



Insubordination
This is a free short story set around the middle of ‘Captain’s Surrender’. Unlike the book, it’s a foray into erotica without a great deal of plot, because you can’t fit a lot of plot into 2,000 words This story is ONLY available at All Romance eBooks

For the sake of their lives and careers, Josh and Peter agreed to put their need for one another behind them. But then a luxurious and sensual dinner together becomes foreplay, leading Josh to an act of insubordination that Captain Peter Kenyon will never forget.



Blessed Isle from Hidden Conflict Anthology
1790, British Age-of-Sail:
Blessed Isle is the long-lost diary of Captain Harry Thompson, recently discovered in a dusty safe deposit box and faithfully reproduced in Hidden Conflict. Thompson wrote his diary entries at night and in the morning, his lover and former lieutenant, Garnet Littleton, would add his thoughts and commentary. Thus, Blessed Isle is a dialog between the two men, telling the story of the ill-fated voyage of the HMS Banshee, its mutiny, their escape, and ultimately, how they overcame all odds to build a life together in Rio de Janeiro.

Meant To Be

Montgomery has always felt unwanted, starting with his mother, who pawned him off on relatives, and ending with his latest ex, who dumped him for wanting more. But it was Luke Lassiter who truly broke his heart… and when Montgomery runs into him unexpectedly, the past crashes in on him all over again, and he fears his broken heart will be shattered forever.

Left Of Center

When self-confessed player Brand Faulkner arranges to meet three different Goth guys over the course of one weekend, he isn’t expecting to meet someone like ‘Enigma’. Enigma isn’t like anyone Brandon’s met before. He’s unpredictable, volatile and… well, downright weird! To make matters worse, the gorgeous Enigma isn’t at all impressed with Brandon and is unafraid to crush the man’s ego at every opportunity. For the first time in his life, Brandon has to work hard to win the guy. Will Brandon agree to Enigma’s left of center, bizarre requests, or is the player about to get played?

Well Hung

M/F
Gabe Jackson is one sexy hunk of a man.  He’s the bare-chested carpenter all the women are swooning over on the new cable TV renovation show, Dream Room.  But Jen Hunter has never watched the program.  So when she wins one of Dream Room’s coveted “kitchen makeovers” she has no idea the carpenter who arrives to do the job might be interested in more than just her cabinets.

***Available alone, or at the end of the After Hours paperback***

Take It On Faith

M/F
Hotel heiress Elizabeth Sandringham is in Mexico for her wedding.  But two nights before the nuptials, her fiancé reveals he’s more into his best man than his future bride.  Disgusted and disillusioned with love, Elizabeth ditches the ceremony only to end up stranded in a seedy bar in the middle of nowhere.  When a drug war shoot ‘em up breaks out, she’s kidnapped by gun-toting bad guys.  She assumes her situation can’t get any worse…until the gang’s leader claims her as his own.  Suddenly, Elizabeth’s trouble becomes a whole lot more intimate.

Miguel Delgado is every woman’s bad boy fantasy.  He’s brooding.  Dangerous.  And hot enough to singe the panties off a good girl like Elizabeth.  Although he attempts to maintain an air of steely control around her, there’s no stopping the heat that rises between them.  Even as she seeks a way to escape, she’s drawn in by the powerful magnetism and erotic lure of the sexy desperado. But forbidden passion with an outlaw can only lead to one thing—heartbreak.

Unless a girl’s willing to take it on faith…

Night Shadows

M/F
The year is 2067.  Life on Earth is a mess thanks to global warming and the oil wars that devastated the environment, government, and the economy.  But some things never change.  Like the existence of bad guys, and the cops who hunt them down.   

Rachel Jones is a third generation police detective who knows her mind, can take care of herself, and doesn’t take shit from anyone.  But when she discovers the serial killer she’s hunting is undead, it opens her eyes to a whole new segment of the underworld.  A segment that only comes to life in the dark of night.  Reluctantly, she turns to one of the killer’s own kind for help, a vampire named River.  But he makes it hard to focus on the job at hand. He weaves an erotic web around Rachel, enveloping her in a constant haze of sexual desire that leaves her wondering if her ally is the man of her dreams or the very killer she hunts.

Masks

M/F
Andrea Matthews can’t seem to pull herself out of the emotional slump she’s been in since her husband’s scandalous death a year and a half ago.  So when her well-meaning best friend gives her a ticket to see the Phantom of the Opera on stage and encourages her to “start getting out,” Andee’s not enthusiastic.  But from the moment the tall, dark-headed man playing the Phantom steps on stage, she’s riveted.  He has a confident, sensual power that shakes Andee to her core.  She can almost feel his hands stroking her, hear his gritty, erotic voice whispering in her ear.  At times it even seems as if his piercing gaze is on her and he’s singing for her alone.  

When the Phantom approaches her in the dark theater after the performance, Andee discovers the magic she felt from him on stage is nothing compared to the emotional and seductive allure he holds in person.  This magnetic stranger makes her feel more alive than she’s been in months.  Yet with her faith still shaken from her husband’s secrets, she’s not certain she’s ready to trust her body and soul to someone who hides in shadow.  Who is the man—the real man—behind the mask?

The Bounty Hunter

M/F
When a sleazy con-man steals Lucy Hart’s last dollar and leaves her handcuffed, stark naked, in the shower, she figures life’s thrown her about all the curves it can dish out. That is until a bounty hunter named Rider comes to her rescue. Well…sort of. He thinks she’s in cahoots with the thief, so he frees her from her rather revealing position, only to snap the cuffs on her again and drag her off into the night! Lucy’s not sure who the real bad boy is…the con or the sexy-as-sin man who keeps her cuffed and blindfolded. But there’s no doubt about it–the temperature’s rising and she’s in for the ride of her life.

The Bodyguard

M/F
Sheila Quinn makes a living watching the rich and famous. Watching their backs, that is. But when she agrees to protect buff and beautiful porn star Taylor Knight, the word “watch” takes on a whole new meaning. She never, ever mixes business with pleasure, and has little respect for those who do. But this man is a god in human skin. Every move he makes, every word he speaks, every touch he places on her body is calculated to bring the ultimate erotic satisfaction. It’s up to Sheila to keep him safe when a killer strikes. But in a world where sensual passion is all part of the game, and the man she’s protecting isn’t really who he seems, who will protect her if she loses her heart?

After Hours

M/F
Not only does Gracie Krantz’s new next door neighbor keep strange hours, but he also has some exceedingly erotic habits.  If only she could get a glimpse of the guy.  Is he as sexy and masterful as he sounds through the paper-thin walls of their adjoining apartments?  And who exactly is he speaking to during all those lusty encounters she overhears?  The man’s sex talk is hot enough to set the building on fire, not to mention Gracie’s long-suffering libido. 

But the truth of her mysterious neighbor’s identity might just be more than she’s willing to believe…and could also lead her right out of her quiet little life and into a heap of trouble.  Because you never can be sure what really goes on after hours.

The Vertigo Chronicles

1 – Vertigo
Each night Simon Saint-Saëns hunts the creatures of darkness that others fear—beings that come through dimensional rifts into our world from a world called Vertigo.  Simon has unexplained superpowers that help him fight, but his is a desolate existence, fraught with danger.  He works by himself and never allows anyone to get too close to him because his powers come at a terrible cost—a secret he’s never revealed to anyone.  Better to be alone than jeopardize the life of someone he cares about.     

Enslaved in Vertigo for years, Jaden Cole was one of the innocent lives Simon saved when he first started hunting.  Jade had almost forgotten what it meant to be human…until Simon found him and brought him back to this world.  But when their friendship turned into something more, Simon sent Jade away and cut him out of his life to keep Jade safe. 

Nine years later, when a new, powerful evil stirs to life in Vertigo and targets Simon as its enemy, Jade returns.  He’s not the same innocent he was all those years ago, though.  Now he has his own secret, one that could turn Simon against him, even force Simon to kill him.  But Jade’s willing to risk everything, even his life, to save the man he’s always loved.

2 – Shattered
With a mysterious past he can’t remember, and special powers he can’t explain, Simon Saint-Saëns hunts the creatures of darkness others fear—beings that come through dimensional rifts into this world from a world called Vertigo.  It’s a dangerous, desolate existence, and with only one exception from long ago that left him broken-hearted and riddled with guilt, Simon’s chosen to isolate himself and fight alone.  But when the man he’d once loved and thought dead makes a sudden and shocking appearance, Simon finds himself torn between his self-imposed duty and the deeply entrenched feelings he still has for Jaden Cole. 
Enslaved in Vertigo since childhood, Jade was one of the innocent lives Simon saved when he first began hunting.  Simon took him in and nursed him back to health, but when their friendship grew into something deeper, he sent Jade away and cut him out of his life. Nine years later, when a new evil stirs to life in Vertigo and targets Simon as its enemy, Jade returns.  He’s not the same innocent he was when he and Simon first met, though.  The years as a slave in Vertigo left him with a permanent and savage affliction, one he must battle constantly in order to keep a tentative grip on his humanity.  His reunion with Simon is emotional and complicated.  But even though he’s now a creature of darkness, he’s never stopped loving Simon and will risk everything to protect him. 

After a battle in which Simon is almost killed, Jade knows there’s only one being powerful enough to help them.  He and Simon journey into the dark caverns beneath the city to an ancient realm of magic and illusion.  There, Jade makes a deal that will help ensure Simon’s protection from the wraith that wants him dead.  However, in a world where human inhibitions are stolen at the door, and primal passions reign, Jade quickly finds himself losing control not only of the beast that lives within him, but a dark dangerous secret he’s yet to share with Simon…one that could shatter everything.

Under My Skin Series

1 – Under My Skin
“The smart guy”—Sebastian Keller’s lived with that label most of his life.  Though he hasn’t always appreciated it, and it hasn’t exactly made him a man magnet, he’s put his intelligence to work building his store, Great Escapes Travel Book Shop, to the point it’s now the favorite recommendation of travel agents in the St. Louis area.  His customers—especially the jet-setting senior citizens—love him for his amiable personality.   

He doesn’t feel very amiable, however, when Rad Tattoos moves in next door to Great Escapes.  Its owner, Dylan Radamacher, rubs Sebastian the wrong way from the get-go.  The man’s insufferable, stubborn, and, worse, a bad boy.  Everything Sebastian loathes.  To add insult to injury, Sebastian’s certain the loud music, the congested parking lot, and the constant colorful parade of the counterculture in and out of the tattoo studio are scaring away his loyal, conservative customers. 

And yet, much to his annoyance, the teasing sparkle in Dylan’s eyes, his hot, inked body, and come-hither voice set Sebastian’s libido on fire.  Sebastian’s been there, done that with the bad boy type before, though, and almost lost everything because of it.  There’s no way he’s going down that road again. 

But when Dylan sets his sights on Sebastian and is determined to take him for a walk on the wild side, Sebastian knows he’s in big trouble.   It’s going to take all his smarts and a whole lot of will power to resist the sexy tattoo artist before the man finds a way to burrow deeper under his skin…

2 - Under My Skin 2
Sebastian Keller’s lived with the label “the smart guy” most of his life.  He hasn’t always appreciated it, and it certainly hasn’t worked to his advantage in most romantic relationships—for years it seemed he was destined to attract the wrong type.  So the last thing he’d wanted this past spring was to fall for the hunky tattoo artist who moved his shop in next door to Sebastian’s thriving bookstore.  Dylan Radamacher, owner of Rad Tattoos, was everything Sebastian loathed.  Let’s face it…bookish geeks and counterculture bad boys weren’t made to mix. Something Sebastian knew from painful personal experience.

But when Dylan, with his teasing smile, hot, inked body, and come hither voice, set his sights on Sebastian, determined to prove that some bad boys could be very, very good indeed, Sebastian found the man impossible to resist.

For two months now things between them have been sinfully spectacular, so Sebastian hates to rock the boat.  But the truth is…in spite of his own commitment issues, he’s fallen in love with the sexy tattooist.  Dylan, on the other hand, seems determined to avoid the “L” word at all costs.  As their relationship makes a turn toward the serious side, can the guys overcome their fears and take the steps that will bring them the kind of love that lasts a lifetime?  Or will their old baggage come back to haunt them and tear them apart for good 

Sebastian Keller’s lived with the label “the smart guy” most of his life.  He hasn’t always appreciated it, and it certainly hasn’t worked to his advantage in most romantic relationships—for years it seemed he was destined to attract the wrong type.  So the last thing he’d wanted this past spring was to fall for the hunky tattoo artist who moved his shop in next door to Sebastian’s thriving bookstore.  Dylan Radamacher, owner of Rad Tattoos, was everything Sebastian loathed.  Let’s face it…bookish geeks and counterculture bad boys weren’t made to mix. Something Sebastian knew from painful personal experience.

But when Dylan, with his teasing smile, hot, inked body, and come hither voice, set his sights on Sebastian, determined to prove that some bad boys could be very, very good indeed, Sebastian found the man impossible to resist.

For two months now things between them have been sinfully spectacular, so Sebastian hates to rock the boat.  But the truth is…in spite of his own commitment issues, he’s fallen in love with the sexy tattooist.  Dylan, on the other hand, seems determined to avoid the “L” word at all costs.  As their relationship makes a turn toward the serious side, can the guys overcome their fears and take the steps that will bring them the kind of love that lasts a lifetime?  Or will their old baggage come back to haunt them and tear them apart for good?

Passion Series

1 – Passion
As the owner and CEO of his own company, Robert Bauer has spent the past fifteen years building his business into a multi-million dollar corporation.  It’s taken all his time and energy, which hasn’t left much room for a personal life, especially a love life.  That’s fine with Robert because he doesn’t believe in the L word anyway.  Lately, however, every time he goes to his favorite bar, he can’t keep his eyes and thoughts off Jesse McIntyre, the gorgeous bartender with the soulful blue eyes. Even though Robert’s not looking for a relationship, and tries to shake the attraction, he can’t get the younger man out of his system. There’s just one problem…he believes Jesse’s straight.   

Jesse’s been on the run from his old life for the past two and a half years.  Even though he slings drinks at a gay bar, he has a hard and fast rule about never hooking up with customers.  He’s been down that road before, and though his physical wounds have healed, the emotional ones aren’t so easy to forget.  He lets his customers assume he’s straight because it makes it easier to keep his distance.  That is until the businessman with the sexy smile starts coming into the bar.  Jesse’s drawn to Robert, even though he knows there’s no way a wealthy, powerful man like that would ever be interested in a tattooed, college drop-out bad boy like him.  But even if Robert weren’t his opposite, it wouldn’t matter anyway, because Jesse’s determined not to break his rules for anyone.

When fate throws them together, and they find themselves alone for a weekend, the passion that’s silently simmered for months ignites a firestorm that leaves them both shaken.  Will it be enough, though, to convince Robert, who’s sworn to never fall in love, that he might be pushing away the best thing that’s ever happened to him?  Or to force Jesse to face his fears once and for all and learn to trust his heart?

2 – Satisfaction
Although Jesse McIntyre slings drinks in a gay bar, up until recently, he kept to himself and stuck to his hard and fast rule never to hook up with customers.  He’d been down that road before and still bore the physical and emotional scars from it.  So the last thing he’d wanted was to fall for Robert Bauer, the wealthy businessman with the sexy smile who began frequenting the bar.  They were opposites in every way, so Jesse never dreamed Robert, the pressed and polished owner and CEO of a multi-million dollar corporation, might be interested in a tattooed, college drop-out bad boy like him.  But when fate threw them together for a long weekend, after months of longing from afar they finally gave in to the fierce passion that had been brewing between them.  The resulting explosion rocked their worlds. 

Now, five months later, though the fire’s still burning sinfully hot between them, the realities of their opposite lifestyles are beginning to take a toll.  Robert’s constant business travel weighs heavily on Jesse.  When he realizes they’re having more phone sex than real sex, and he’s sleeping alone the majority of the time in spite of the fact he and Robert are supposed to be living together, he begins to worry there’s more behind Robert’s frequent trips than just business.  Jesse’s sure Robert’s avoiding him, avoiding them, but his lover’s built up so many protective walls over the years to guard his emotions, Jesse’s finding it tough to get past them and discover why.  He loves the man like crazy, and doesn’t doubt Robert loves him, too.  But will love be enough to overcome whatever is haunting Robert from his past and heal the rift that’s slowly tearing them apart?

Out Of My Mind Series

1 – Out Of My Mind
For four years Rafferty Jones and Nick Tucker have worked side-by-side as police detectives in their small Maine town.  But lately, Rafferty’s imagination has been creating fantasies about Nick—more specifically, about Nick and him together—that have shocked Rafferty.  Detailed erotic scenarios a thirty-something, set-in-his-ways straight man shouldn’t be imagining.  He’s been struggling to keep them secret, afraid that if Nick discovers the truth it will end their friendship.  But with each passing day it’s getting harder and harder to pretend Nick is “just” a friend.  And harder and harder for Rafferty to come to terms with the possibility he might not be as straight as he’s always believed. 

Nick’s always known he’s gay and he’s had deep feelings for Rafferty for years.  But after a difficult experience at his former police precinct in Boston, he decided when he moved to Maine to keep his sexual orientation under wraps on the job.  He wants to be acknowledged at work for what he can do, not who he’s doing.  And with Rafferty being straight, there’s always been a clear-cut line that Nick’s known he can’t cross with his unsuspecting partner and best friend.  And yet…for the past few months it’s become difficult to remember that line.  He’s not sure why, he just knows that for the first time in four years his heart and his body are urging him to go for what he really wants…Rafferty. 

When a stormy weekend trip on Rafferty’s boat gives birth to an unexpected night of passion, will it be the spark they need to forge a new and deeper relationship?  Or will Nick’s past and Rafferty’s fear drive a wedge between them that will destroy not only their barely-begun love affair, but their partnership and friendship as well?

Never Let Go Series

1 – Never Let Go
Will McLaren and Ethan Gallagher first met in high school.  Ethan—sophisticated, cocky, and full of wild daring—was everything bookish and quiet Will was not.  Yet they’d instantly connected and forged an unlikely friendship that had carried them through their teens and well into adulthood.  Even as teenagers, though, they’d always kept secrets from one another…hidden bits about their lives and desires they feared could destroy their friendship. 

As adults, the secrets have become heavy burdens to bear, forcing them to keep their distance from one another and make up stories to hide the truth.  Then, in an unguarded moment, Will lets his slip.  His revelation explodes into a night of unexpected passion that stuns them both. 

When Ethan disappears the next morning, Will blames himself, and as the months pass with no word, he’s convinced he’s driven away his best friend.  He forces himself to move on with his life and try to forget. 

But three years later Ethan shows up again, only a shell of the vibrant man Will once knew, and mysteriously evasive about where he’s been. When Ethan makes a confession of his own, can the two men recapture the friendship they’d once shared, and maybe even build something more powerful?  Or will the hurts and deceptions of the past tear them apart for good?

2 – Hearts and Bones
For years Will McClaren and Ethan Gallagher hid their deepest desires from one another, each thinking the other was straight, both of them too afraid of shattering their friendship to admit their real feelings. Then, in a vulnerable moment, they discovered the truth and gave themselves over to an explosive passion that would forever alter their relationship.  But after only one night together, Ethan’s secret life interfered and the two were torn apart for three long years.  When at last Ethan returned, the two men had to overcome years of deceptions and tragic truths in order to heal their friendship and find the kind of love that lasts a lifetime. 

But now, only a few weeks later, their hard-won peace and contentment is put to the test.  Someone from Ethan’s dark and dangerous past has returned to settle a vindictive score, luring Will and Ethan into a deadly game.  When Will’s caught in the crossfire and his very life is at stake, will Ethan be strong enough to overcome his debilitating fears and face down his old enemy?  Or will this shadow from his past destroy the one man he’s ever loved?

The Draegon Lords Series

1 – True of Heart
A hundred years ago, the high sorcerer of Velensperia launched a swift and deadly attack against the draegans—a race of dragon shapeshifters who’d always lived in harmony with the humans.  The draegans were all but destroyed, with the few who remained, scattered and in hiding.  Now, a group of them have united and begun to fight back.  Their leader, Keiran Hareldson, seeks to free his people from the cruel repression the high sorcerer’s reign has imposed on them. 

Gaige Rizik is captain of the sorcerer’s High Guard, and known for his lethal ability to hunt down his prey with no remorse. His orders are to infiltrate the draegan rebels’ camp, learn their plans, and identify their leader so he can be destroyed.  But when Gaige joins the rebels, posing as a human sympathizer to the draegans’ cause, he discovers the shapeshifters aren’t the bloodthirsty beasts he’s been led to believe, and their leader is a passionately captivating man who only wants what’s best for his people.  Keiran sparks powerful emotions in Gaige, tearing down his walls of steely control, and stirring a longing in him he can’t deny. 

Torn between his duty to the high sorcerer and his growing feelings not only for Keiran, but for the draegan way of life, Gaige knows he’s damned no matter which he chooses. In a world of lies, deception, and dark secrets, one false move will bring destruction to all he’s begun to hold dear.  With the fate of so many lives on his shoulders, Gaige’s only hope is to follow his heart…and pray it’s true enough to save them all.

2 – Lords of Kellsborne
A hundred years ago, the high sorcerer of Velensperia launched a swift and deadly attack against the draegans—a race of dragon shapeshifters who’d always lived in harmony with the humans.  The draegans were all but destroyed, with the few who remained, scattered and in hiding.  But after a century of cruel repression, a group of them have united and begun to fight back.  Their leader, Keiran Hareldson, is determined to free his people from the high sorcerer’s tyranny. 

Gaige Rizik used to be the captain of the sorcerer’s High Guard, and known for his lethal ability to hunt down his prey with no remorse.  His last assignment was to infiltrate the draegan rebel’s camp, identify the leader, and eliminate him.  But the more deeply Gaige became entrenched with the draegans and their passionate, compelling leader, the more torn he became over his mission.  Keiran sparked powerful emotions in Gaige and stirred a longing in him he couldn’t deny.  No one, least of all him, expected him to fall in love with the very man he’d sworn to kill.  When he chose to defect to the draegans’ side, his betrayal to the sorcerer came at a high personal cost.  Left for dead in the sorcerer’s dungeon, Keiran barely found him in time.

Now, the hunter has become the hunted.  With the high sorcerer bent on annihilating every last draegan and all those who support them, a secret revealed from Keiran’s past becomes their best hope for survival.  From the deep forests of Velensperia to the ancient draegan stronghold of Kellesborne, only the strength of two determined men and their fierce love for one another stand between the people they protect and an evil conjured from the bowels of hel itself. A hundred years ago, the high sorcerer of Velensperia launched a swift and deadly attack against the draegans—a race of dragon shapeshifters who’d always lived in harmony with the humans.  The draegans were all but destroyed, with the few who remained, scattered and in hiding.  But after a century of cruel repression, a group of them have united and begun to fight back.  Their leader, Keiran Hareldson, is determined to free his people from the high sorcerer’s tyranny. 

Gaige Rizik used to be the captain of the sorcerer’s High Guard, and known for his lethal ability to hunt down his prey with no remorse.  His last assignment was to infiltrate the draegan rebel’s camp, identify the leader, and eliminate him.  But the more deeply Gaige became entrenched with the draegans and their passionate, compelling leader, the more torn he became over his mission.  Keiran sparked powerful emotions in Gaige and stirred a longing in him he couldn’t deny.  No one, least of all him, expected him to fall in love with the very man he’d sworn to kill.  When he chose to defect to the draegans’ side, his betrayal to the sorcerer came at a high personal cost.  Left for dead in the sorcerer’s dungeon, Keiran barely found him in time.

Now, the hunter has become the hunted.  With the high sorcerer bent on annihilating every last draegan and all those who support them, a secret revealed from Keiran’s past becomes their best hope for survival.  From the deep forests of Velensperia to the ancient draegan stronghold of Kellesborne, only the strength of two determined men and their fierce love for one another stand between the people they protect and an evil conjured from the bowels of hel itself.

3 – Fires of Ballian
A hundred years ago, the high sorcerer of Velensperia launched a swift and deadly attack against the draegans—a race of dragon shapeshifters who’d always lived in harmony with the humans. The draegans were all but destroyed, with the few who remained, scattered and in hiding. But after a century of cruel repression, a group of them have united and begun to fight back. Their leader, Keiran Hareldson, is determined to free his people from the high sorcerer’s tyranny. For years he hid the secret of his heritage, knowing the truth would make him and those around him a target of the sorcerer’s wrath. But the time has come to fight the sorcerer in the open, and once the news spreads that Keiran is the sole surviving draegan lord, draegans and humans alike begin to flock to the draegan camp for protection.

Gaige Rizik used to be the captain of the sorcerer’s High Guard. His last assignment was to infiltrate the draegan rebel’s camp, identify the leader, and eliminate him. No one, least of all him, expected him to fall in love with the very man he’d sworn to kill. Gaige defects to the draegans’ side, and he and Keiran bind themselves to one another not only by love, but by blood when they go through the true mate ritual. With their blood merged, it allows Gaige to inherit the powerful magick of the draegan lords. But inheriting it and using it are two different things. Gaige has trouble tapping into the magick because he feels unworthy of the gift. Only half-draegan, he fears his human side and his past as the high sorcerer’s right hand will forever tarnish his future as Keiran’s mate and second in command.

When Keiran is stolen by an ancient demon from the shadow world, Gaige is left with the fate of the draegan people in his hands. They turn to him as their new lord, and he’s torn between his duty to them, and his desperate need to find his mate. Through shadow and torment, fire and darkness, Gaige and Keiran struggle to hold back the tide of the sorcerer’s ever-expanding war and stop the new and even deadlier evil that threatens their lands. In their darkest hour, only their fierce love for one another, and Gaige’s acceptance of his power, stand between them and the destruction of all they know.







***Loosely related to the Draegan Lords series

The Elf and Shoemaker
Logan Shoemaker is honest, hardworking, and loves what he does. Though he never expects to get rich, up until recently he’s fared well enough with his quirky metaphysical store, Shoemaker’s Magick Shoppe, to stay comfortable. But when the economy comes on hard times, his store pays the price. As each month passes, slow sales turn into no sales, and soon Logan’s living off ramen noodles and sleeping in a freezing house during the cold winter nights as he struggles to make ends meet. His personal life isn’t much better—the worse business at the store grows, the more isolated and lonely he becomes. After a string of mishaps that wipe out the last of his small savings, he finally hits rock bottom the day he discovers the disconnection notice from the electric company hanging on his door. That night, desperate and in despair, he makes a plea to the universe, asking for help.

Needless to say, he never anticipates receiving a response so quickly. Not only does he wake up the next morning to find on his kitchen table four little bottles of a special potion labeled “PASSION,” but he keeps remembering the erotically charged dream he’d had during the night. A dream where a tall, gorgeous man with pointed ears comes to his bed and shows him just what kind of magick they can make together.

But was it a dream? All Logan knows is that his customers can’t get enough of the PASSION potion–an aphrodisiac–and he can’t stop thinking about the sweet seduction of the nighttime visitor who made it. As he tries to sort out what’s real and what’s not, he discovers there’s a much bigger world out there than he’d ever believed, and his true heart’s desire might come in a most unexpected form.

Sensational Series

1 – Coming to His Senses
Jasper has never known life outside institutions and hospitals. Necessity leads him to a permanent placement at Raindell, where his doctor begins to suspect that there’s nothing the medical establishment can do for him. Samson has lived his life in a haven for shapeshifters, but he yearns to be with his person. When an elderly telepath meets Samson, he’s sure that the troublesome patient of a friend at Raindell is that very person. Jasper just has to hold it together a little longer, and he might find himself face to face with the cure he needs.

2 – Heightened Senses
Jasper is sure that he shouldn’t feel the way he does about Samson, his guide and protector. He finds his shapeshifting friend fascinating, and dreams of a deeper relationship, but will he be able to break the rules.

3 – A Trick of the Senses
Jasper is a reluctant psychic with difficult powers and Samson is his service dog in canine form and his best friend when human. At a very strange time of year, Jasper’s powers are troubling him more than ever. He’s determined to face down the danger, but Samson will do anything possible to keep him safe. Can they find a way to survive the season.

Renovations Series

1 – Flipping Out
Toby is a lawyer who spends his free time “flipping” houses, which means buying a fixer-upper and selling it once it’s cleaned up. He met contractor Ven on his last flip, and decided he liked the guy a lot. He likes Ven’s work ethic, his style, and maybe a lot more.

2 – Playing House
Ven is still working as Toby’s main contractor, flipping houses, and this time around there’s more than one project going on. Toby’s other contractor falls behind, and Toby asks Ven to fill in, but when Ven gets another job offer, will the boys be able to work things out and keep on working together?

2.5 - Making Time
Ven hopes his lover, Toby, has no plans for Halloween, because he has a lot of things he’d like to do. When he calls Toby up, though, the man is with his kids, trick-or-treating. Toby is more than happy to join Ven for some dancing and more afterward, though. Will they get all the treats they want?

3 – Moving Day
The pleasant routine of Ven’s life is upended when Cake gets notice that he can move into the assisted living facility where he’s always dreamed of living. Cake is ready to live on his own, and Toby is ready to make other moves, but Ven isn’t ready for any of it.

3.5 – A Renovations Addition: Counting Blessings
SS in Renovations 1 – Framework print anthology

3.75 – In A Family Way
Toby’s children come to visit in the days before Christmas, but it takes more than just fixing up a bedroom and building a playhouse to build a family. When Josie and Charlotte have to face the reality that Daddy isn’t coming back home, can Ven and Toby convince them that this is their home, too?

4 – Full House
Ven and Toby finally have the perfect life, Toby’s ex throws a wrench in the works, but not in the usual way. Brenda offers Toby half of every week with his girls. Toby is thrilled, right up until Ven stops coming home from work on time. Things blow up one night, and only hard work keeps Ven and Toby from pulling their family apart.

5 – Mending Fences
Life for Toby and Ven has settled down into a new ideal: half of every week with Toby’s girls and half to themselves. But what Toby’s disapproving father-in-law has to say brings everything crashing down. Suddenly, Toby and Ven are faced with losing time with Toby’s girls because of their relationship.

6 – Coming Home
Ven is ready for the next step. But to make his plan to pop the question work, he needs everyone’s support, including Toby’s ex-wife, Brenda. And he has to do it while renovating his future in-laws’ house. Toby seems happy with the way things are, and Ven knows he risks losing everything if Toby doesn’t want to marry again.

6.5 – A Renovations Addition: Wedding Day
SS in Renovations 2: Framework print anthology

Pit Road Series

1 – Support System
Denny Clay is a sprint car driver, or he was before a crash took him out. He walked away from it, but a few hours later, compartment syndrome knocked him down. Now, he’s on crutches, in physiotherapy, and his (secret) boyfriend and mechanic is on the road with another team.







2 - Home Team
Denny Clay’s boyfriend, Sully Price, is home from his time on the road, and Sully isn’t content to leave Denny miserable and alone. He’s good at fixing things, but when he comes up with a plan to fix things for Denny, will Denny play along?











3 – Percussive Maintenance
Denny is frustrated and sore after his accident, and he thinks that his lover, Sully, needs to find someone who’s not scarred and out of shape. Sully doesn’t want anyone but Denny, though, and he’s willing to find creative ways to keep his man, even if they’re the last things Denny expects.









4 – Heating Up
Denny and Sully are still struggling with Denny’s accident, especially because Denny’s leg is getting worse. He’s still hesitant to share his doctor visits with is lover, but Sully is determined to help Denny out. Can the boys make a breakthrough in time to save Denny’s health?







5 – Oil Change
Denny’s out of surgery. The one good thing about the hospital stay was how accepting folks seem to be of his relationship with Sully. Back home, Denny knows the whole situation has been a huge stress on Sully. He wants to find a way to be less of a burden, but will he come up with a foolproof plan to make Sully happy?









6 – Out To Lunch
Denny is on the mend, getting back into the swing of things. He’s still nervous about being seen in public with Sully, worried what people will say if they’re seen together. Denny’s willing to try to get over his fears, though, and lunch with Sully seems like a good start. Will he work up the courage to finally show the world how he feels?









7 – Southern Comfort
Sully tries hard not to panic when his mother falls ill. Through the fast trip to get to the hospital, all the waiting and all the tests, Denny is there for Sully, offering up the kind of comfort only Denny can give. Will it be enough to see them through?









8 – Training Wheels
Denny is having some problems with homework and his lack of a job and with his role in his life with Sully. Denny’s not sure what to do, but Sully knows just what they need. Sully knows the key to easing Denny’s worries, and is more than happy to make Denny forget everything but him, including physics, at least for a little while.

Animal Attraction Anthology

Make Me Beg by Aaron Michaels

Brahmas and Pitbulls by BA Tortuga

A Hound, A Bay Horse, and A Turtledove by Elazarus Willis

White Mountain by Sarah Black

Cold Iron by KC Warwick

Gerbils Fall In Love by Dianne Fox
Dwarf hamsters are bringing people together. Finn Spencer has loved and lost, and doesn’t want to get involved with anyone again, but Dr. Truman Decker makes house-calls for more than just hamster-related problems.

Chasing Samson by Kiernan Kelly

Bungalow Bill by Ansley Vaughan

Canine Connection by Neil Plakcy

Indigenous by JL Jensen

Birds Of A Feather by CB Potts

Horseplay by Sean Michael

Puppy Tax by J Rocci

What We Leave Behind by Shanna Germain

Angels Come To Visit

Keir is an incubus called home by his mother, the queen. When he’s sent on a quest with the angel Christophe as his guide, Keir not only has to complete the quest, but he also has to deal with Christophe’s attitude . It takes Keir a while to figure out why Christophe is so angry, and even longer to figure out how to fix it.

Ghost Notes

F/F
Becky, grad student and pianist, is having a tough time getting her recital piece just right. Not long after she passes the scene of a car accident, though, she gets some help in the form of Sam, a ghostly woman who appears out of nowhere. Becky and Sam have an instant connection, but can they make it work with one of them not in this world?

Yesterday, Today and Always

Mike and Owen have been together for more than thirty years, but they only got married two years ago, after Canada legalized gay marriage. When they discover they’ll be sharing their anniversary, Mike takes a little walk down memory lane, and then Owen takes him back upstairs for a bit of a second honeymoon.

Proceeds go to Lambda Legal!

Other Magical Creatures Anthology

Witches and demons, shifters and ex-gods; Other Magical Creatures has it all. These stories explore the magical and human, all in hot m/m/f style.

Crossroads by Sommer Marsden
Wesley Moore bargains with a demon to find success. The price seems cheap when he’s alone and his family has a history of early deaths. What he doesn’t count on is falling in love with two different people just before his deal comes due. Can Wesley come away with his life and both the boy and the girl?

A Family Most Unconventional by Mychael Black
Werewolf Ric Deveraux leaves home after a personal tragedy. With his father on his death bed, Ric is returns to his family, where complications like his deceased wife’s brother and an unexpected discovery keep him on his toes. Will he be able to forgive himself for his wife’s death and focus on the good things in his life?

God of Wine by Dianne Fox
Succubus Maggie is a bartender for ex-god of wine Dean. He understands her needs, and lets her come and go as she pleases. When ex-boyfriend Tor blows back into town, he and Maggie get back together. Only this time, they’ve both got their eyes on Dean, too. Can Maggie find happiness with two very different men?

Slapshot

Jay isn’t sure about the new kid on his hockey team. He and Mattie start off with a fist-fight, in fact, neither of them willing to give an inch. When it comes time for them to start rooming, together, though, Jay has some advice for the lonely new star of the ice. Can Mattie give up feeling like an outsider find what he needs with Jay?

The Longest Night

A curse has kept Gray and Vale apart for decades, save for one night a year.  When night falls on Winter Solstice, Vale appears to tell Gray that he has a plan to break the curse, but the plan may be more dangerous than Gray realizes.

Jasper Lane Series

1 – SubSurdity: Vignettes From Jasper Lane
Jasper Lane is a well-off neighborhood, not much different in appearance than most others, with a tree-lined drive, manicured lawns, and crystal clear ponds. But underneath the pleasantry there is a completely different world, oftentimes more menacing. Cassie Bloom, the grand dame of Jasper Lane who lives in a giant house on the cul-de-sac, has a missing son and husband, and throws gay porn parties that are the social event of the year. Her best friend, a transsexual named Vera, owns a nightclub. Melinda Gold is the resident religious fanatic whose views clash with that of her son Patrick – but she too has a secret. Sandy and Steve Jones are the all-American couple – well, except for the fact that Steve acts in gay-for-pay porn unbeknownst to his pregnant wife. Rick Cooper just moved to Jasper Lane and, despite his qualms about ever getting into another relationship (having literally lost an eye in the previous one) falls for ex-army man, James. And David and Cliff are the most “normal” couple on the block – but for the fact that David helped Cassie with some past nefarious deed and Cliff is the biggest gay porn star in the biz. All these stories interlock and play out in a brightly comic way with gay porn parties, a dog named Gayhound, and a dead body all being thrown in the mix. It may not be perfect, but it sure is fun!

2 – Suburbilicious: Vignettes From Jasper Lane
Take another turn down Jasper Lane, the well-off neighborhood where gay porn parties, fresh cheesecake, and friendly busybodies welcome newcomers while a dog named Gayhound helps with the landscaping.

 Cassie Bloom is thrilled her son Jason is home, but she’s worried about the secrets buried around the house, especially when a scary-looking stranger starts spying on her! Rick and James are basking in the blush of love-or is it the flush of jealousy as Rick’s rugby teammate starts hanging around?-and the flamboyantly gay Terrence is off bonding with his newly discovered son, Christian. Melinda, divorced from her stuffy husband, is looking to dip her toe in the dating pool, but she’s got one problem: her potential date’s embarrassing last name. Steve and Sandy Jones are now proud parents, but Sandy’s got to find something to do with herself, and running for office in the Gay Porn Wives Club may be just the ticket. And remember, it’s a do-unto-others mentality on Jasper Lane, so when lesbian couple Asha and Keiko move in and Sandy helps Keiko get a directing job at Steve’s gay porn film company, it’s par for the course!

Gone To The Movies

Never before seen and yet somehow strangely familiar – HvH’s wilful new gay interpretation of these more or less famous movie posters is highly entertaining. The artist masterfully plays with our expectations, playfully tweaking the history of cinema a bit, where until now gays have always gotten short shrift. His work is sometimes ironic and irrelevant, occasionally affectionate and amusing and in the end is simply a magnificent homage to cinema!

Mr. Right Now Anthology

Are you searching for Mr. Right? We all dream of that magic moment when sparks fly and the attraction is undeniable. However, during the search, it is often enjoyable to take a time out and share a few stolen moments or even a whole weekend with Mr. Right Now. This anthology showcases a series of stories that describe random encounters involving Mr. Right Now: sizzling-hot lunchtime meetings, passionate, tense clashes in the back seat of a car, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities or casual arrangements of convenience. These moments can last a handful of explosive minutes or build into lasting romance – you never know when Mr. Right Now is going to surprise you and become so much more. Have you met him before and desired him from afar? Or is he a complete stranger you bumped into at the corner supermarket or in a dark club? Give Mr. Right Now a chance. Even if all you think you have is the now… he might surprise you.

Snowbound, Lovebound? by Fae Sutherland & Marguerite Labbe
When animosity is stripped away, all that’s left is desire. Traveling together in snowy New England, Bryan Tam and Jimmy Murphy are at each other’s throats long before they lose control of their car. Attraction and tempers collide and the storm raging outside is nothing compared to the one going on in the backseat.

Deacon Decides by Eric Arvin
Deacon’s always been a reserved, quiet man, even ‘socially retarded’ – according to his friend Carol. But when he meets flight attendant Joel on the plane to Australia, he must decide if the risk is worth the reward.

A Screw and A Stud by Sonja Spencer
Meeting in the hardware store around screws, studs, and lube, Mark offers to help Tommy hang a picture in his home. Turns out Mark has plenty of experience with that kind of screwing, and Tommy is willing to help him practice the other…

Odds Are by Chrissy Munder
Returning to an annual conference without his long-time live-in boyfriend, doctor Rick Page discovers his lover had a secret he never suspected. Luckily, Mr. Damn Smoking Hot Jonah is willing to provide sexy therapy.

A Thorough Workout by Alix Bekins
Ryan had taken to hanging around the gym late, waiting for Marc to approach him for hot, steamy, sticky sex. Ryan wanted Marc – and he knew Marc wanted him. But what was taking Marc so long to make his move?

Know When to Spread ‘em by Catt Ford
In the mood to ditch work and find play, Jay goes looking for a good lunch hookup and finds a hot bodybuilder who occasionally likes to walk the guy side. Their no-strings lunch turns out to be firsts, seconds…and thirds!

The Proposition by Rhianne Aile & Madeleine Urban
Looking for a weekend companion, Marcus chooses Gerard, an uptown, classy young man who’s willing to listen to his proposition. Sparks immediately fly and the weekend speeds by… and they both discover they don’t want the proposition to end.

Wanna Ride? by Sonja Spencer
In a dance club where ‘anything goes’ isn’t just a catch phrase, Raul wore black leather pants. Painted on. And nothing else but sweat. He was a vision Cris couldn’t and wouldn’t ignore, and asking for a dance might lead to a hell of a lot more.

Power Struggle by Anais Morten
Jason and Gero just don’t get along, on or off the soccer field. Knowing something had to be done or the team would suffer, they try to work it out. But talking just leads to a fight, and Gero has to take drastic measures to find a compromise.

Special Offer by Clare London
The grocery store on a Saturday night wasn’t Mitch’s idea of a good time. It got worse when he ran into Will, his neighbor from down the hall. Both beyond annoyed, they work on finishing their shopping, and with each department they discover a growing attraction that cannot be denied.

Slight Details & Random Events

A collection of short stories from one of today’s most talented and challenging new writers. Eric Arvin covers everything from college love to mystical river sprites, from deep tragedy to bawdy sex comedy, in this collection that takes the everyday and finds the adventure within. It’s a read sure to keep you guessing.

The Rest Is Illusion

A coming of age story with a supernatural bent, The Rest is Illusion is set on the campus of Verona College, a small liberal arts school that overlooks an ancient river valley. The story centers on five students at critical points in their lives. Sarah, a young woman at odds with everything her parents stand for; Ash, a mysterious genius; Dashel, a young man with a mysterious illness; Tony, a closeted football star; and Wilder, a manipulative hopeful politician. Their individual stories run in and out of each other in the course of a week. Personal problems are further complicated by an unseen force that surrounds the college, living deep in the woods. As this entity begins to more fully touch the lives of the characters, things begin to unravel. For some this is a needed change, but for others this is a catalyst to a terrifying end.

Ultimate Gay Erotica Series

Marked

Matt really has no desire to spend Halloween in a haunted house. He really wanted to spend the night with Zack, his lover and business partner, just handing out candy or something. They are a paranormal investigation team, though, and they do have a job. Can they beat whatever it is they’re up against on the most haunted night of the year?

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Dale and Brandt Series

1 – Surrender from Cowboy Up Anthology
Ride ‘em cowboy!

2 – Stroke of Luck from Studs & Spurs Anthology
Dale and Brandt are doing all right on their ranch in Colorado, raising horses and living together. Brandt still has a jealous bone, and sometimes they fuss about the small stuff, but Dale knows they love each other, and that things will straighten themselves out as long as he and Brandt are honest with each other.

When an old friend arrives from Texas, though, jealousy rears its ugly head, and Brandt and Dale find themselves at odds. Can they help Evan get back on his feet, and keep their own feet on the ground about their relationship with each other?

Soul Mates Series

1 – Bound By Blood
Houston nightclub Rave is famous for nearly-naked male dancers and beautiful bartenders, like Peter, a young man with a strict rule about one-night stands. He breaks that rule for Lucien, the owner of The Den, a rival gay nightclub where there are no boundaries, no taboos. Anything goes at The Den, including vampires.

When Peter finds out about Lucien’s vampire nature, he figures he should have stuck to his rule, because Lucien pulls him into a dark world of vampires, werewolves and feuding in-laws. No one approves of the human vampire match, and Peter and Lucien have to struggle to stay together. Can they beat the forces that will try to tear them apart forever?

2 – Deceptions
Angels and demons, vampires and werewolves… And Peter, bound to Lucien the master vampire, walks amongst them, no longer all human but without a place of his own. Desperate to be turned and baffled by Lucien’s continuing refusal, Peter is starting to feel that he’s losing his vampire lover.

Their relationship has become purely physical, with Lucien pushing Peter away at every turn. And after a night watching werewolf Xander hunt, a night that sees Peter attacked, that might not be all he’s losing.

Fearing for his very life, and working hard to keep Lucien’s increasingly uncertain temper from hurting his friends, Peter’s doing all he can to prove that he belongs at Lucien’s side, not just as a master, but as an equal.

Then Lucien disappears, and Peter knows he has to call on every ally, every power he has, to get Lucien back before he’s gone forever. Can Peter find a way to beat the forces working against them, or will he lose all that he holds dear?

3 – Sacrifice
Peter and Lucien are back in this third book in the Soul Mates series! Sacrifice picks up after a vicious attack on Peter’s new paranormal family.

Peter may have rescued Lucien but his problems are far from over. Caleb, a vampire who was once a friend, is chained in the dungeon and waiting judgment. Peter’s body is dying. He needs Lucien to make him a vampire, but no one knows what he might become if Lucien goes ahead with the change.

With his control slipping, even as a human, Peter knows he has to cross over. But he needs Lucien to help him control his instincts, to keep him from hurting the people he loves the most.

As enemies gather and allies appear in the strangest of forms, Peter has to make choices that may affect not just his life with Lucien, but also the lives of the vampires and Lycans who look to them both for leadership. Their coven. Unrest among the werewolves, friends’ betrayals, and broken emotional connections conspire to keep Peter off balance, looking to Lucien, and deep inside himself, for the answers.

Answers that could cost him everything, including his life. Good thing Peter thinks some things are worth making sacrifices for.

SS – A Coven Christmas also included in print version of Secrets
Peter can hardly believe his eyes when he wakes up and finds the house he and Lucien share with the coven decorated for Christmas. Their friend Simon has decided he wants some joy back in the house after the horrible time the coven has had, and it breathes a little happiness back into Peter and Lucien, as well. Spend the holiday with the Soul Mates boys!

4 – Secrets
Peter’s life gets more complicated with every passing day. His relationship with his vampire lover Lucien is on the rocks, he can’t seem to get enough of his friend and confidant, Nikolas, and events going on inside the coven are making him wonder when everything is going to blow up in his face. Through murder investigations and negotiations with angels, Peter doesn’t know who to trust, as old friendships and loyalties begin to shift and change.

Jealousy, intrigue and deception abound, and all Peter wants is for his life to get back to normal, if his life can ever be normal again. His love life is incredibly complicated, the Council wants him to get to work for them, and there’s someone out there committing crimes who looks an awful lot like him. Can Peter find a way to mend his broken friendships, fix what’s wrong between him and Lucien, and keep the coven together when everything seems to be against them?

SS - Mark of the Beast
Sabaan has no idea what to do to make things better between his lover, Nikolas, and his master vampire, Lucien. Heck, Sabaan doesn’t know how to help Lucien reconnect with his lover Peter, either. All he knows that the four of them have a connection like no other, and that he has to try to help make it work. When Nikolas gets a little jealous, Sabaan also knows that he has to do something to keep his relationship going strong. Can he make everyone happy, or is it a lost cause? Lovers of the Soul Mates series won’t want to miss this one!

*Note: This short story takes place at the same time as Soul Mates: Secrets, but from Sabaan’s POV.

SS - Clarity from Toy Box: Biting Anthology
Clarity, brings us back to the world of Soul Mates. In this story Caleb’s punishment is coming to an end and he is finally allowed to feed again. While he’d love to begin with master vampire Lucien, it is his lover Xander he turns to.

SS – Possession from Spiked Anthology
Possesion, by Jourdan Lane features Lucien and Saaban, from the Soul Mates series. What they do might just surprise the whole coven.

Never Let Go

Grant and Devon have been best friends — with benefits, of course –  since college. Grant is a best-selling author of a well-known action/adventure series, but it still doesn’t pay well enough for him to live on. Devon is a photographer that works in the porn business and he’s gotten pretty close with many of his subjects. Grant and Devon roomed together in harmony, each putting up with the other’s quirks, until Grant developed stronger feelings for Devon.

After a night of passion-fueled love-making, Grant finally tells Devon of his feelings and Devon reciprocates. However, only hours later, Grant walks in on some unknown model showing Devon just how good he is at his craft. Six months later, Grant’s trying to find a job and Devon’s still trying to win him back. But Grant is hurt and still sees Devon as the player that he’s always been. The two of them will have to get past what happened between them in order to find out what’s in store for the future.

Here, Kitty Kitty Anthology

Saving Pride by Jourdan Lane
In the cat-eat-cat world of the Pride, lion shapeshifter Nathan has lost everything – more than once. When his lover, Kane, returns from exile, his life is again thrown into jeopardy, but his heart remembers a love that can’t be denied. With a Pride of hunters out for their blood, Nathan and Kane must decide whether to risk it all, or live their lives forever on the run.

The Tale of Tom Katt and Martin Rue by Jamie Booth & Kit Zheng
Martin Rue is as sly as a cat, and with good reason: he is one. Technically, that is. He prowls bars and seduces men into his bed, exchanging amazing sex for a sip of their souls.

Tom Katt is a taxi driver who recognizes something incredibly familiar in Martin, something they both have in common…and an answer to a dilemma that has plagued Tom for years.

Beckett’s Pride By Sara Bell
Cyrus has a secret he keeps close to the vest, but when he meets Gideon, a man with a few secrets of his own, it doesn’t take him long to come clean. Gideon understands Cyrus on a level few — if any — have before. The feeling is addictive, and the love that soon blooms between the two even more so. When Cyrus’ past catches up to him, Gideon provides the strength he needs to face it head on.

The Lonely War

The key issue keeping the U.S. armed forces from going beyond Don’t Ask Don’t Tell to give gay servicemen equal rights is a blind fear of love relationships forming, not between enlisted soldiers but between officers and soldiers, which would undermine the chain of command. The Lonely War tackles this topic head on.

It tells the story of an enlisted sailor who falls in love with his executive officer. When the crew of the USS Pilgrim become POWs in Changi, a notoriously brutal prison camp, this sailor is elevated though hardship and love to discover his inner resources and extraordinary courage, allowing him to sacrifice himself to save the life of his beloved.

Like most war novels, The Lonely War envelops all that is unique to war, the horror of battle, overcoming fear, the cruelty of soldiers, the loyalty and camaraderie of men caught in a desperate situation. Yet, it stands alone in two important ways. First, it is a passionate story written about a tender love developing between an officer and an enlisted man, revealing a rare and dignified portrait of a couple struggling to satisfy desire within the confines of the military code of conduct. Even more importantly however, it describes the heart-wrenching measures of how much one man will sacrifice to save the life and reputation of the man he loves.

Island Song

Two years after the death of his lover, Garrett Davidson finds himself sitting in a Hawaiian beach shack, gazing out over the vast, empty Pacific. He has nothing left. Despair has robbed him of his elegant home, his lucrative job and his sanity. The single thread holding him to reality is the story he has come to this shack to write: Marc’s story, the story of his lost love. Then Songoree breezes into his life.

Songoree, a Hawaiian surfer and Garrett’s new cook, is not gay, but he can’t help being captivated by Garrett. Songoree has always been attracted to broken things, like the crane with a broken wing he once mended and cared for. He is drawn to anything that reminds him of the broken image he has of himself. When Songoree attempts to heal Garrett’s spirit they become entwined in an extraordinary relationship.

The stakes are raised when Songoree’s grandfather, a venerable Hawaiian kahuna, frees Garrett’s mind from anguish by secretly using ancient shamanic methods to induce altered states of awareness.

During Garrett’s convalescence, he and Songoree struggle to transcend their differences in age, race, and life experiences. They soon find that some islanders will stop at nothing to destroy their unique bond, while Songoree’s grandfather is hell-bent on bringing them together to fulfill an ancient Polynesian prophesy. A clash of wills erupts between grandfather, grandson and hostile islanders, with Garrett caught in the middle fighting for his life — driving the plot to an unexpected ending that will brutally test the boundaries of the human spirit.

Dreaming In Color

Can a house possess a soul and want two men to fall in love?

The sight of the red door saves Colin Baxter in his dream, but very quickly a man appears and the dream becomes something of raw sexual need with a person Colin can’t identify. He just knows the man needs him, and Colin aches to heal his lover…even if the man doesn’t really exist.

Marek Donovan just wants to be left alone to lick his wounds and recover from a terrible loss. The rundown house in Fiji suits his minimal needs just fine. He doesn’t want to face the world again, and on a small, secluded island figures he’s safe from everyone and everything. Particularly guilt from his past.

Dreams of this nameless man and his house plague Colin for two years, but he’s come to care about his phantom lover so deeply he doesn’t want them to end. Then Colin visits Fiji and comes face-to-face with the house from his visions, prompting him to believe these dreams just might be his destiny.

Colin knocks on the door, determined to find answers.

He doesn’t expect the man who answers to be someone he already knows.

Foster Siblings/Coleman, Florida Series

1 – A Fostered Love
Christian Sanchez never thought he would see Jonah Roberts again. Foster brothers for a short time as teens, Christian developed a massive crush on Jonah, his tough, older roommate. That all ended when the cops came and arrested Jonah, stealing him from Christian’s uncertain world.

Jonah never forgot Christian, even though he cut off all contact with the boy. Jonah knew the kid with the crush on him would be better off forgetting that Jonah ever existed. Jonah stayed in contact with his foster mother Marisol, but refused to hear stories about Christian, and made the woman promise never to tell Christian anything about him.

Upon her death fifteen years later, Marisol leaves a request that Jonah come home and help Christian renovate her house. Jonah can’t refuse, even though he knows he will have to face Christian once again.

Although they haven’t seen each other in years, neither man has forgotten the other. Neither man will deny Marisol her final request…even if it means facing their past, working together, sharing the room they had as teens, getting to know one another now as men, and discovering that the brief friendship they shared has altered into a consuming, abiding love.

Redemption Series

1 – Seeking Redemption: Aiden and Ethan
Redemption, Maine. Never had the name of a town been more apt or mocked a person more.

Aidan Morgan made many mistakes in his young life, but moving to Redemption gave him a chance to wash away his poor choices and repair his relationship with his siblings.

Ethan Ashworth had the blond good looks of a hometown football star, but the picture didn’t match the heart and mind of the young man living inside.

The new kid in town with a history of getting into trouble and an unlikely geek don’t often make a match, but a unique friendship forms. With one searing kiss on graduation day, promises of a future are made. One day later Aidan is gone, and Ethan’s heart is left broken.

Redemption, Maine. Never had the name of a town been more apt or mocked a person more…twice.

Thirteen years ago Aidan disappeared in the dead of night, but he is home now. Aidan has come home to take the job of chief of the fire department and to reconnect with his brother and sister. He wants Ethan back too. Unable to forget their kiss, Aidan wants to explain why he went away, and he wants a second chance to win Ethan’s heart.

Too bad for Aidan, Ethan isn’t so quick to forgive and forget. He dealt with a life-changing crisis after Aidan went away. His hurt and anger at how Aidan left him alone has resurfaced, bringing the controlled man back to life. Ethan will listen to Aidan’s reasons for leaving when he’s damn good and ready…and not a minute before.

Redemption, Maine. A place for second chances. Will the town — and Ethan Ashworth — give Aidan Morgan another shot to get it right?

Cabin Fever Series

1 – The Sweetest Tattoo M/F
Her twin was a dead man.

Tattoo artist Kelsie Cole cannot believe her brother would give his best friend use of his cabin the same week he promised it to her. She had been butting heads with straight-laced John McBride since they were kids.

John McBride only takes one week of vacation a year, and there isn’t any way he’s driving down a mountain back to Raleigh just because Kelsie Cole is already standing on the porch staking her claim when he arrives.

The cabin has two rooms, and they are adults. They can share a space for seven days. It’s not like they’re attracted to each other or anything, right? Kelsie grits her teeth, but assures herself she can handle it.

And then John kisses her…

2 – Grey’s Awakening
Greyson Cole needs to get out of Raleigh. Everywhere he turns, he sees people falling in love, getting married, and starting families. It’s enough to make a grown man want to rip out his own hair. And for a cynic like Grey, one more employee getting engaged signals the need for a long overdue vacation. Grey owns a cabin in the mountains that he has never even used, and he figures that’s just the ticket out of this nightmare of happily paired up couples.Grey doesn’t expect to be greeted by a belligerent, half-naked man the minute he opens his cabin door. Sirus Wilder has known Grey’s twin sister for years, and she has given him permission to stay in the cabin while his residence across the lake is under repair. Sirus has never met Greyson Cole before, but he is thankful when the man lets him share the cabin for a few days. There is plenty enough room for them each to keep to themselves. Sirus has had his heart broken and isn’t interested in a hook-up, let alone something more.

Even so, Grey is, hands-down, one of the sexiest men Sirus has ever seen. Too bad he’s an arrogant ass and his eyes are so damn cold. Every once in a while, though, Sirus thinks he sees a hint of fiery passion in the controlled man sleeping one room away.For Grey, one look at the roughly handsome Sirus puts Grey’s celibacy pact in serious jeopardy. One problem: Grey doesn’t believe in love, has even less patience for relationships, and he refuses to get mixed up in another messy romantic partnership that can only end badly.Two weeks. Two hard men. Both running like hell from love.

Look out. Something’s gotta give.

Quinn Security Series

1 – Finding Home
Picking pockets and stealing cars, Adam Reyes does what he must to survive. Working Chicago’s O’Hare airport, he feels pretty confident when he spots his next mark.

Security expert Rhone Quinn can’t believe the wiry kid who grabs his cell phone almost gets away with it. Logic says turn the teen over to the cops, but Rhone is a man who trusts his instincts, and his gut tells him to offer the young man a job and a chance to begin a new life. Little does Rhone know that when he makes this choice it will forever change his life, too.

Over the years that follow, a mentor relationship turns into a unique, abiding friendship. It eventually leads to true equality between Rhone and Adam when Adam becomes a full partner in Quinn Security. Unbeknownst to Rhone, as time passes by, Adam is also falling deeply in love. With Rhone. Who isn’t gay. And who doesn’t know that Adam is.

Then, one day, Rhone discovers the truth. Will Rhone’s new awareness of Adam’s feelings bind the men together even more intimately, or tear them apart for good?

2 – The Ultimate Kink M/F
Partners in Quinn Security, there isn’t anything Canin Quinn and Kasey Jordan won’t do for the good of the company. Anything.

The job: Catch a serial rapist before he attacks again.

The plan: Go undercover in a sex club, the source of the attacks…posing as husband and wife.

Canin and Kasey spend a lot of their time exchanging sharp-tongued jabs. At the same time, Canin has been nursing a simmering attraction for the tough-as-nails, secretive Kasey. By moving into her apartment as part of their cover, Canin will take this gift-wrapped opportunity to change their friendship to something much more intimate.

Kasey has her reasons for keeping Canin at arms length, knowing that he could never accept her as a partner if he understood her most private needs. Working undercover together will test her ability to keep her secrets safe from the man whose respect she craves more than anything else in her life.

The sex club opens a world of bondage and voyeurism, as well as a host of other fetishes…and reveals secrets that neither of them ever thought they would share with another soul. This job will expose them to their ultimate kinks.

3 – Saying “I Do”
When Rhone Quinn caught Adam Reyes picking his pocket in Finding Home, he never dreamed the young man would become his best friend, his business partner, or that, as that friendship grew, Adam was secretly gay and falling for him. What really knocked heterosexual Rhone on his ass was discovering Adam’s feelings, and realizing he felt an equally fierce attraction and love for Adam.

Fast forward two years. Rhone and Adam are engaged and headed to Vermont for their wedding. Nothing can mar this beautiful occasion. Right?

Wrong. A bride staying at the hotel fuels Adam’s fears of losing Rhone to a woman; a feuding couple that Adam and Rhone run into every time they turn around sparks disagreements between them; and a hotel employee’s strange behavior spurs Adam’s professional curiosity and later rouses his protective juices.

What was supposed to be a week of celebration and hot lovin’ quickly turns into a Quinn Security investigation.

Now all Rhone and Adam need to do is get a bickering couple to admit they’re in love, help a sweet young man out of a terrible situation, and maybe, just maybe, Rhone can get his fella to the chapel on time to say “I do.”

Hawkins Brothers/Quinten, Montana Series

1 – Demon Moon M/F
Rancher Connor Hawkins despises every drop of demon blood that courses through his veins. He would give just about anything to become human. The only way he can make that happen is to participate in a darkly sensual ritual under a rare full Halloween moon with a woman who loves him unconditionally. He’s got the full moon, if only he can risk his heart and tell Cassandra Claire what he really is.

Cassie Claire thinks she already knows the real Connor, and she’s been in love with him since she was eighteen years old. They’ve shared a unique friendship from the day her father died and Connor brought her home to live with his family. But she’s twenty-three now, and on this
Halloween night she’s determined to make the stoic, stubborn Connor open his eyes and finally see her for the strong, capable young woman she’s become.

But it’s hard to trust when you never have, and Connor has precious little time before the full Halloween moon wanes, not to be seen again for many, many years. He has to tell her, but if he does, will she love him enough to do what must be done?

They’ll both find out, one passionate night under a Demon Moon.

2 – Falling: An Erotic Love Story
Cain Hawkins is a master at suppressing his desires. After all, he’s been doing it for over one hundred years. What Cain wants more than anything is a man to love, but he knows that no matter how much he craves it, it can never be. Because Cain is a Naverto demon, and to desire another man is more than forbidden, it is an act that will bring about his execution. So he keeps to himself, working with abused horses on a small patch of land, all on his own. But then his brother makes a request that Cain cannot refuse.

Luke Forrester just wants a job and a place where he can recover from the brutal beating he took at the hands of his former boss. He dreams of a place where he can work with the horses that he loves so much. The fact that he’s had a crush on Cain Hawkins, his best friend’s brother-in-law, for more than two years threatens everything. But Luke’s determined not to screw things up. He will do the work and prove to Cain that it wasn’t a mistake to hire him, and he won’t allow the fact that he desires something more with Cain to interfere with his work one bit.

But working and living in such close proximity can test the best of intentions, and when one kiss leads to something much, much more, Cain must open himself in a way that he never has before. He must trust Luke completely and tell him everything about who and what he is. And together, they must find a way to fight for Cain’s humanity and save him from his demon clan before he is found out and they are ripped apart forever.

3 – ReneCade
Lawman Cade McKenna moved to Quinten, Montana in order to forget his past, one that left his face half covered in scars. He does his job with quiet authority, but otherwise wants to be left alone.

Ren Boone loves his job as a jack-of-all-trades for Hawkins’ Ranch. If only his personal life were as uncomplicated as his work. Ren needs to get over a crush on his best friend, and he has to find a way to tell his father, the sheriff, that he’s gay.

When sabotage hits the ecological project Ren is working on, Cade is assigned the case. Suddenly, Cade is fighting an attraction for the boss’s son, and Ren starts to see the serious Deputy McKenna, a man who can no longer smile, as breathtaking and beautiful.

As danger mounts, tempers and desires flare out of control. Ren and Cade explode in an act of passion that sends them both reeling. A secret affair begins, one fraught with peril and misunderstandings right from the start. Then Ren makes a catastrophic mistake that almost costs Cade his life. Can Cade forgive him and let Ren back into his vulnerable heart?

4 – Ride M/F
Bull rider Risa Forrester and Sheriff Duke Boone have been dancing around their attraction for the better part of a year now. Almost everyone in Quinten, Montana can see it, even though Risa and Duke have never so much as kissed, let alone anything more. Risa has been in love with the sheriff for a long time and senses Duke feels something for her, too. He’s so damned rigid though — and used to being in complete control — that he won’t let go with her and act on the fire that burns between them.

Duke knows he can never give in to the simmering lust he feels for the much younger Risa Forrester. Their age difference alone makes anything between them wildly inappropriate, and he will not invite small town gossip to his front door by engaging in a relationship with the vibrant young woman, who also happens to be his son’s best friend.

But when Risa begins to seriously compete against men in her bull riding career, emotions long unused start to stir in Duke, ones he cannot ignore. Duke’s fear of Risa getting hurt drives the passion between them, and before Duke knows it he is knee-deep in an affair with the hottest, most wildly engaging woman he has ever known. Duke finds himself almost obsessed with Risa — something he hates feeling — and is constantly fighting desire he swore he would never let in his life again.

The need to keep Risa safe pushes Duke into a reckless ultimatum, and in doing so forces the independent Risa right out of his arms. Can Duke find a way to let go of the strict control he holds over his life and allow a woman back into his heart? And if he can, how much of his soul will he have to give to this fiery woman in order to convince her that she’s the only one he wants, forever?
 
5 – Knowing Caleb
Caleb Hawkins has watched his brothers fall in love, all the while knowing that for him, it can never be. Caleb has terrible secrets locked in his soul, events in his past for which he can never atone or be forgiven. Someone discovering that he is a demon is the least of what leaves Caleb trembling with nightmares.

Jake Chase lost his wife six years ago and has never recovered. He doesn’t want to fall in love again and has shunned even a simple date, let alone something more with a woman.

Caleb needs a foreman, and Jake needs a job that will get him off the rodeo circuit. Caleb hires Jake. Problem solved. Only, Caleb starts noticing little things about Jake he never has in a man before…things like hard lips and a honed, muscular body. For Jake, six years of celibacy have pushed him to a place of sexual need and he finds his gaze straying Caleb’s way…and watching, hungrily.

Can Jake let go of his wife enough to find love with a man? If he can, will Caleb let down his walls and trust Jake with his past, risking his very soul for a chance at forever?

6 – Becoming Three M/M/F
Deputy Jace Maxwell has fought an attraction to Sarah Tennison for far too long. Jace looks out for Sarah while his friend is overseas. While Jace has always wanted the fiery woman, he knows he can’t have her. For Jace, as much as he craves Sarah, he also lives with a secret, fierce attraction to other men.

Sarah has suppressed her love for Jace, knowing he will never see her as anything more than a chore. Enter cowboy Jasper Simmons. Jasper is as sweet and gentle as Jace is hard. As much as Sarah tries to keep both men separate in her mind, fantasies of all three of them tangled and sweaty in bed together are never far away.

When Jasper finds a dead woman nailed to a tree, he is thrown into contact with Jace…and the proximity draws out an attraction the shy, awkward cowboy has only felt once before.

Seeing the men together in an emotion-filled situation has Sarah wondering if Jace is keeping secrets. Then Jasper admits to Sarah he once had a crush on another man, and Jace suddenly kisses her in a shocking lapse of control.

Sarah sets out to get her men, realizing the only path right for them is becoming three.

Carol Of the Bellskis

Paralegal Seth Bellski is tired of being the secret lover of his boss, Lars Varga, founding partner of Finch & Varga Law. So when he asks Lars to spend Hanukah with Seth’s family at their kosher B&B in Whistler, B.C., and Lars refuses, Seth realizes he will never get his self-conscious boss out of the closet.

So Seth prepares to spend his Hanukah holiday alone in the B&B. Instead he finds himself running the place, as his aunt and uncle are missing, and seven demanding, peculiar, and danger-prone guests have arrived. To make matters worse, Lars shows up, begging forgiveness. Lars’s touches remind Seth of why he put up with his boss’s behavior in the first place. If only the words that came out of that beautiful mouth were as sweet as his kisses.

But how can Seth find time to fix his broken relationship when the guests are demanding kosher, gluten-free diets, losing their pet terriers, and hitting their heads on the ice?

Tangle XY Edition Anthology

Moons of Blood and Amber by Gene Mederos
“Are these the chosen ones?” It asked in a low, cold voice. The crowd murmured their assent. “And are the choosers also present?”

“Aye,” said four shaky voices, barely loud enough to be heard.

“Then, the Dark Lord willing, these four sacrifices will suffice to appease the sleeper…” But Dallan could no longer hear anything the shade priest said past the blood pounding in his ears. If no god of Hallow but the Dark Lord would sanction what was being done to them, then Dallan knew that there was no hope for him. A cruel and terrible death awaited him in the pit.

Monument by Steven Adamson
“We could just meet for a few hours at a motel here in the city,” he had told me. “That way I wouldn’t have to get any permission.”

Yuck.

No, for me it was to be Clair de Lune or nothing. I wanted candlelight and music, fresh air and wine. Most of all, I wanted to hold him through the night. Or was it that I wanted him to hold me?

Lord Ronan’s Shoes by Astrid Amara
Evander soon learned that his new master was a hard man, greatly feared by all who worked for him. The first piece of advice Evander received was from Lord Ronan’s butler and Master of Servants, Mr. Manfrey, who advised Evander never to make eye contact with the lord, as it would inevitably lead to a thrashing.

But unlike the other servants, Evander found it difficult to keep his eyes off Lord Ronan.

Los Conversos by Jesse Sandoval
Only my grandmother had ever known how I came by my pearls. I still remember her hunched by the fire, spitting opals into the flames, as she waited for my grandfather to come home. At dawn he would stagger in, reeking of wine and the sea. The fireplace would be pitted with the cracked remains of precious stones.

“He gets drunk and fucks the fishes,” grandmother would say with her scraping Egyptian accent. “Your aunts are all mermaids.”

She was not the kind of woman who lied, but her honesty was strange and profane.

The Lost Gentleman by Mark Allan Gunnells
Looking down to the first floor, he noticed that the light emanating from the parlor was stronger now, though still flickering, shadows dancing wildly throughout the foyer. Jeremy sniffed the air and detected the distinctive aroma of burning wood, and faintly he heard a sharp crackling. Starting down the stairs, Jeremy suddenly paused on the third step down, glancing back at the upstairs hallway. There were several closed doors; secrets hidden, revelations waiting to be discovered.

Release in A Minor by Tenea D. Johnson
“Just tell me what you see.”

For a second more, his back remained tense. He turned to his lover, craning his neck to come eye-to-eye. “I saw magic.” He paused, waiting for reproach. Only the cicadas answered.

“Balls of fire in the sky, over there,” Tony said, pointing off to the left, “and there.”

Clyde rested his chin on Tony’s shoulder and looked up into his eyes, a smile playing at his lips.

“Ball lightning.” His voice was soft, satiated. “No one knows what causes it.”

“You’ve seen it before?” Tony asked, wonder calming his tone.

“Every time, mon cher,” Le Appeleurf replied. “Every time.”

The Coming of the Fourth Dawn by Jeremiah Job Levine
Chalith and I worked as bodyguards and caravan protectors. Business was far from steady, but it was enough to survive. Between Chalith’s sowrd and my own skills, we had acquired a solid reputation. Of course tongues wagged, the same small-minded whisperings about unnatural unions that followed us wherever we went. But no one said these things to our faces, and if anything, our scandalous partnership may have even added to our mystique. Certainly, we were sought out by many who had dangerous roads to travel. The Children of the Fourth Dawn were no exception.

Fag Hag by Lawrence Schimel
The witch’s fork fell to the floor during dinner.

“Man coming,” Avery told her.

The witch did not doubt her familiar. He had always been better than she at reading omens.

“I wonder what he wants,” she said, wiping the fork against her skirt and knowing Avery would know. She stared at the cat, who would not open his yellow eyes to look at her. His tail swished back and forth over the edge of the table.

“Love potion.”

Remember by Astrid Amara
As I shaved, I noted a bite mark on my neck. I attempted to recall the moment, but the evening was already fading from my mind. The memories of my affairs, plagued by guilt, always seemed anxious to dispel themselves. It was a great pity, this failing memory of mine. I wanted to fall back on these dangerous affairs to last me through the long years of my impending marriage. And yet here I was, less that twelve hours past my latest sin, and I could hardly recall the gentleman’s face, let alone his intimate affections.

Crossing the Distance by Erin MacKay
“Why do they stare?” I whispered. Trest replied without speaking.

Because we are White Children and they wonder if we will be taken to the Guildhouse to become Relays.

Relays.

Instantly I got this image of tall, ghostly people clothed in the black robes of their office, who moved purposefully and silently through the sunlit corridors. I had seen them in his thoughts over the years, and now I leapt at the chance to ask him about them. “What are they?”

His understanding was so vague that I made him stop walking and concentrate. “We serve the king. We… we talk to each other’s minds.”

Feral Machines by Ginn Hale
Through the haze of smoke, the synthetic looked almost human. Except the shoulders were far too wide and the limbs moved too fluidly. The synthetic observed Andrew with dull, red eyes set into hard, simple features that resembled an ancient battle mask.

Andrew retreated a step. Despite his familiarity with the concept of synthetics, (they were a popular and easy subject for second-level science reports), Andrew had never seen one in the flesh.

Decent people with good educations and middle-class families were never exposed to war machines like this one.

Water

On Joel’s birthday, he watched his lover Charlie drown while saving Joel’s life. Since then, no other man has been able to match the erotic chemistry the two of them once shared.

But a year later Joel is shocked to discover Charlie alive and well, looking as mysterious and attractive as ever.

However Charlie is different. He has new, arcane superpowers. He doesn’t seem to remember Joel at all.

And he murders people with his bare hands.

Suddenly Joel finds himself on the run from both his lover, and a frightening group of dangerous individuals who can wield the elements at will, and who are determined to kill him to keep their secret safe.

But the smoldering looks Charlie gives Joel reminds him of their former, heated passion, and even with Charlie’s new homicidal tendencies, they discover their bodies remember what their minds may have forgotten…

The Archer’s Heart

Lambda Literary Award Finalist for 2009

In the ancient kingdom of Marhavad, noblemen dominate the lower castes, wielding mystic weapons, known as shartas, against any who oppose them. For generations the rule of Marhavad’s kings has been absolute. But now the line of succession is divided, and whispers of revolution are heard in even the royal palace.

Keshan Adaru, an outspoken man of unearthly charms, welcomes these changes. All his life he has foreseen an uprising that will shatter the castes and end the tyranny of the old laws. His visions have driven him but now, at the brink of their fulfillment, he finds himself obsessed with Prince Jandu Paran– a man whose entire family must be destroyed if the kingdom is to be freed.

Tarek Amia would gladly see Jandu Paran brought low. Born the son of a charioteer, Tarek has no love for the royal princes who have slighted and insulted him all his life. Only Keshan’s philosophies have elevated him from the brutal ranks of common soldiers. Tarek owes Keshan his devotion, but he is a pragmatic man and when he discovers Keshan’s reckless affair he realizes that Keshan may have to be sacrificed for the sake of his own revolution.

Young Prince Jandu Paran has never concerned himself with court intrigue. His life has been dedicated to the lordly art of archery and mastering the immense powers of the shartas. Handsome and arrogant, he is sure that no man can surpass him and yet Keshan Adaru’s mere touch brings Jandu to his knees. But his desire for Keshan is more than forbidden; it threatens to destroy Jandu’s pride, position and family. In the midst of this turmoil, an unspeakable event forces Jandu to redefine the meaning of honor and loyalty.

And now, as armies arise to war, each man must decide where his allegiance lies and what he will sacrifice in his heart and on the battlefield.

Intimate Traitors

Armen Markus is a member of the resistance fighting the corrupt regime of the Council. He works as a double agent within the Council’s most notorious prison as Commanding Interrogator, with one special purpose: to keep the secrets of the rebellion safe.

When he discovers that his ex-lover, Ravi Jai, has been arrested, Armen wants to help him. But he can’t risk compromising his position. Now, more than ever, he must stay the course; for the Council has captured the man who has the one weapon needed to end the war, and Armen must find him.

But his newfound power over Ravi proves too much of a temptation. Armen can’t resist the lure of Ravi’s body, shackled and at his mercy.

For his part, Ravi Jai is shocked to discover his lost love has become a torturer. Now with secrets of his own, Ravi needs to escape before he’s discovered and he’s pretty sure his old flame Armen can help him. He just needs to be convinced the right way.

A Policy Of Lies

Twenty years ago, Levi Kaszeri survived a brutal rebellion on the mining colony of Tarus 9. Now as an aspiring reporter, Levi has a mission: to expose the massacre to the public, and bring the men responsible to justice.

But after a violent attack he is rescued then seduced by Tiergan Seoras, a young doctor with a dangerous past and a slave tattoo.

Soon Levi finds all of his investigations leading him back to Tiergan. And he begins to fear that the best lover he’s ever had may also be his worst enemy.

Hell Cop Series

Hell Cop

Next of Kin by Astrid Amara
Jay Yervant is a Hell Cop so powerful that his bare skin incinerates anyone he contacts. Isolated, he is tortured by desire, until he meets Brian, a sensual young man who touches him with impunity. But Jay’s burgeoning hope is threatened when a malevolent sorcerer unleashes a host of demonic assassins against Brian. Keeping his lover may cost Jay his life.

Red Sands by Nicole Kimberling
Anthropologist Michael Gold’s got problems. His apartment’s been ransacked, his dad’s missing, and he’s been framed for murder. As a half-demon he expects trouble from the city’s Hell Cops. Instead, he gets Argent, a man with intimate knowledge of Michael and whom Michael can’t penetrate with his psychic powers. Does Argent want to clear him or expose him?

Touching Sparks by Ginn Hale
When photojournalist James Sparks discovers an underworld of sorcery, blood sports and demonic drug traffic, he turns to Detective Ben Moran, a hard-bodied Hell Cop who’s touch sends James’ pulse racing. But when James uncovers evidence of police corruption he realizes that Moran may be in as much danger as he is.

Hell Cop 2

The sequel to Hell Cop is here!
Hell Cops have to do more than just serve and protect the humans, sorcerers, and demons of Parmas City. They also have to fight to keep their romances alive.

Trust Me by Astrid Amara
Brian Day is no longer the naïve country boy Jay Yervant fell in love with. A hardened hell cop with dangerous powers, Brian’s osmotic abilities are growing out of control. When two men are found dead, killed by an osmotic, Jay wants to clear Brian’s name. But Brian’s erratic powers threaten even Jay’s survival, and he’s left wondering if his lover is as innocent as he claims.

Dark Waters by Nicole Kimberling
After a year of seeing Detective Argent, Michael Gold is uncertain about the future of their relationship. Can a liberal university professor and a Hell Cop find a happily ever after? When Michael invites Argent on an anthropological study, he thinks they’re performing an experiment in domesticity. But when a dead body appears, Michael and Argent end up playing detective instead of playing house.

Such Heights by Ginn Hale
Photojournalist James Sparks fled to the exotic Storm Palace to escape his relationship troubles. But soon he’s witness to a murder, and the man he least wants to deal with — his lover, Detective Ben Moran — is on the case.

Keeping You Series

1 – To Find and To Keep
Four years ago Ryan’s parents disowned him for being gay. To escape their threats, he ran away to Canada. Now his twin sister Nicole is getting married to his best friend Peter, and Ryan will risk anything to attend. Help arrives in the most unexpected form: Peter’s older brother Daniel, the man Ryan had never stopped loving.





2 – To Keep and To Love
Ryan Johnston and Daniel Miller, reunited at Ryan’s twin sister’s wedding after four years of forced separation, are hoping to build a happy life together. Ryan wants nothing more than to be an equal partner to his lover, but his self-confidence is very low and his biggest fear is that he has nothing to contribute to their future. Daniel, thinking all is well now that Ryan has accepted his marriage proposal, is unprepared when their relationship is threatened.

Ryan’s homophobic parents plan to break up the couple, and they let nothing stand in their way as they attack Ryan, hoping to force him to end the engagement and leave town forever. It almost works – Ryan is ready to give in to protect his lover – but Daniel isn’t willing to let him go. Ryan can fight the outside forces trying to tear them apart, but only if he realizes what his fears of unworthiness are doing to the man he loves. Daniel and Ryan will have to stand together to protect their right to keep each other and their love.

Mistletoe Science Series

1 – The Mistletoe Phenomenon
Magnus Carstens, an eminent glaciologist, has recently had to change his life. He’s become his nephew Jakob’s guardian after the boy’s parents died in a plane crash, he’s taken a new job as a park ranger, and he’s moved them to Mistletoe, Wyoming, so he can offer a stable home to Jakob while still contributing to science. There he meets Lance Rivera, a disillusioned physical therapist who is working in his sister’s store to make a living after his lover took off with all their money.

When the two men come together–literally under the mistletoe–both realize all they really want, despite adversity, is a family to love.

2 – The Solstice Mistletoe Effect
Lance Rivera and Magnus Carstens are settling into their new life as a family with Magnus’s nephew Jakob. But Magnus’s parents are not enthusiastic about his choice of life partner and try to separate Magnus and Lance while they vacation in Sweden with Jakob. The woman they think more suitable for Magnus is Sigrid, an ex-student who is his intellectual equal and has loved and pursued him for years. Magnus seems oblivious, but when an attractive offer from the University of Stockholm is added to the mix, Lance faces a crisis: What if Magnus chooses the new job and a life with Sigrid over the family he’s started with Lance and Jakob?

Last Man Standing

A story of humankind’s insatiable global destruction told from a unique, touching perspective.

This is a short story found on Zathyn Priest’s authorsden page.

Liquid Glass

Lillyport House, a Gothic Revival mansion, is one of Britain’s most actively haunted residences. Cameron McKenzie, a shy reclusive painter, doesn’t believe in ghost stories. Not until he accidentally initiates a necromantic ritual put in place over 150 years prior, raising the ghost of Victorian poet, Viscount Eldon Davenport, from the dead.

Lillyport House was one of Britain’s most haunted residences. Originally home to Viscount Eldon Davenport, one of history’s most controversial poets, the house was sold in 1857 by Davenport’s parents after Eldon is found dead of a gunshot to the head, the pistol that killed him in his own hand.

Reclusive painter Cameron McKenzie is the latest owner of Lillyport and he doesn’t believe in ghosts, at least he doesn’t until something he does accidentally raises Eldon from the dead.

Enter parapsychologist Malcolm and psychic Trudy, each with their own agendas. Malcolm wishes to sever the link between Cameron and Eldon, while Trudy is attempting to keep them together. Will she be able to unravel Lillyport’s secrets or does the answer to Eldon’s survival depend on Cameron, a painting, and a guilt-ridden 19th century stable boy?

This story is part of Torquere Book’s Turn of the Screw subscriptions series, where a chapter at a time is released to subscribers. The novel will be slated for release, in its entirety, at the end of the subscription period.

One of Those Days

When Alex wakes up one morning, and everything starts to go wrong, he knows it’s going to be one of those days. Things get worse when his high school bully, captain of the football team and meathead extraordinaire, Ric Saunders, shows up for an appointment at the chiropractic clinic where Alex works.

Things go from bad to worse in a comedy of errors that leaves Alex’s head spinning. Has Ric turned into a crazed stalker, ready to pick up the bullying where he left off eight years before? Or has Ric got something else in mind this time?

This story is a free read available on Zathyn Price’s website.

The Curtis Reincarnation

Jordan’s got a good life. He’s got his own web business, a fat cat for a pet and his own house, which he shares with his sister — oh well, nothing’s perfect. Also not perfect is not having someone special to share his life with. His sister Rebecca believes it’s because he’s too picky and too unapproachable, but Jordan just wants someone to do the Sunday crossword with, take walks with, someone who’ll be his mate for life. Is that really too much to ask?
One night Rebecca drags Jordan to a Tyler Curtis concert. Tyler is a notorious bad boy who treats his audience with contempt and sleeps with a different groupie every night, and Rebecca is determined to be tonight’s groupie. Jordan is there under protest. At least he is until he meets the man beneath the crass, bad boy image. Will Jordan get to know the true Tyler or will Tyler’s manager and a world wanting the man to match the image conspire against them?

The Slayer’s Apprentice

When Senior Constable Daniel Hart stops bartender Phoenix Love from picking his pocket one evening, it’s an inauspicious beginning, but Daniel falls for the beautiful Phoenix anyway. Things become complicated when Detective Paul Somerset, who’s been on the trail of Australia’s notorious serial killer “The Crucifix Slayer”, sets his sights on Phoenix.

Convinced that Phoenix Love is the killer, Detective Somerset pursues him single-mindedly. As evidence, and Phoenix’s behavior, point toward Somerset being right, Daniel must protect their fledgling love affair, his own heart and his lover while
deciphering whether or not Phoenix actually is the killer. Is Phoenix Love a victim or is his love affair with Daniel doomed to fall at the whims of a monster?

Something More

Paul knows his lover, Will, is in love with someone else. A woman named Emma, who Paul himself is inexplicably attracted to. When he formulates a plan to bring the three of them together, will they accept, or let doubts and insecurities keep them apart?

For years, Will O’Malley has harbored clandestine feelings for Emma Taylor, despite the abiding love he feels for Paul Argonaut, his lover for the past two years. Watching her from afar, but loath to approach her as anything more than a friend, tests Wills control on a daily basis until he finds he’s no longer able to deny the kaleidoscope of feelings she evokes within him.

Paul is aware of Will’s feelings for Emma and shares his affection for her. He comes to realize that unless he makes the first move, Will won’t ever let her know how he truly feels. If the three of them are to be brought together, it will be up to him to facilitate it.

Emma Taylor has been in love with Will for as long as she can remember. The problem: he’s her boss, and is obviously smitten with his lover, Paul. The last thing she expects, after walking in on Paul and Will making love, is to be invited into a ménage by Paul himself.

As they delve into their new relationship, misunderstandings and hurt feelings abound, resulting in a disastrous car accident that will test the fragile bonds the three lovers have only just begun to build.

Sins Of the Past

Two men bonded by love. A long forgotten secret neither knew they shared in common.

Andrew Vought is a wealthy single parent who’s all but given up on love. Ryan Ward is an up-and-coming landscape architect, who’s never believed true love exists. In each other’s arms, they find the love they’ve sought. But can a budding new love survive the secrets both men harbor?

Pyromancer

One desperate night, a rent boy hot enough to scorch the motel sheets, and Christian is doomed to burn for love.

Christian Ryder is rich and lonely. When the people around him keep dying, Christian forgoes personal attachments. The thought of his Pyromancy hurting anyone else, isn’t something he’s willing to risk.

Tanner O’Bannon is broke and desperate. The recent loss of his father has thrown Tanner into a tailspin of debt he can’t afford to pay. Working as a rent boy allows him to pay the mortgage and his college tuition, but it’s eroding his soul in the process.

Through the machinations of Male Companions — the escort agency for which Tanner works — the men are thrown together. Through a series of startling revelations and danger, Tanner and Christian both face changes. Smoldering embers of desire fan the flames of love, but will it be enough to make Christian overcome his fear of love, or to save Tanner from the fire? Only one thing is certain; both men will burn.

Furtive Liaison

A blowjob was all Shawn wanted when he met Marc at XXX bookstore. Instead, he discovered instant, explosive chemistry with a man he had nothing in common with. The last thing he wanted was to fall in love with anyone, much less an impulsive guy sporting chipped black nail polish.

Love was a four letter word he never wanted to take part in, until Marc strolled into his life and turned it upside down in the best way possible. For the first time in his life, Shawn isn’t concentrating on work.

The discovery of a yellow rubber ducky in Marc’s luggage sends Shawn on a downward spiral of confusion and heartbreak. Has their entire relationship been nothing more than the illusion of happiness, or could there be more to Marc’s betrayal than meets the eye?

Husbands and Husbands: GWM Wanted

Finding true love is only half the battle. For Mark and Sam, love and commitment came easily. Holding onto it, won’t be nearly as simple.

Mark Peterson is still deeply in love with Sam, his partner of 15 years. He’s perfectly happy with their relationship, even if their sex life has grown a little stale over the years. When he begins to notice Sam’s gaze wandering toward other men, he fears that his younger lover may be losing interest in him.

When Sam suddenly suggests they broaden their sexual horizons by inviting a third man into their bedroom, Mark reluctantly agrees, willing to do whatever it takes to hold onto his lover. He’s willing to share his husband’s body, so long as he retains his heart.

Together, they answer an ad in an online advertisement. The other man seems to be just what they’re looking for — handsome, hung, and only interested in no strings attached fun just as they are. It isn’t until after the excitement begins that they find out they’ve made a terrible mistake.

MIA Series

1 – Missing In Action
Sara believed Tristan died while stationed overseas. The last thing she expected on the eve of her engagement to another man was to be attacked by a monster…and have Tristan come to her rescue.

To everyone who knew him, Tristan McKade is dead. Only the SCS (Supernatural Control Squad), a top secret division of the military know differently. Sent back to his hometown, Tristan is on the hunt for the serial killer.

Sara McCoy is just beginning to move on with her life without Tristan. Ready to let go of the past, Sara is celebrating her recent engagement. The night is going well-until she notices a man lingering at the back of the room. His resemblance to Tristan too strong to ignore, she follows him outside, where he vanishes.

Unable to concentrate on his assignment, Tristan is determined to let go of the past before more innocent women die. In a bid for closure, he pays a clandestine late night visit to Sara’s house to say a final goodbye to the woman he loves – and the son he never knew he had.

Learning the shocking truth, Tristan and Sara are drawn into a bizarre triangle that pits them against The Mangler, an entity determined to possess Sara at any cost. A bloody battle of mind, body and soul ensues. Only one man will walk away alive-with Sara as his prize.

2 – Shameful
On a frigid winter night, vengeance is what he sought. A love strong enough to melt the ice surrounding his battered heart is what he found.

After six years of forced exile and servitude, Shamus Long is finally going home. A grisly discovery upon his arrival plummets Shame into a world of darkness and vengeance that threatens to consume him.

With single minded purpose, Shame tracks down the Master Vampire responsible for ordering the hit on his family. Upon his arrival, a viscous snow squall postpones his attack on the murderous cartel, forcing him to seek refuge in a small motel on the edge of town to wait out the storm.

There he meets Gail, a shy loner working the night shift. Instant chemistry and a power outage throw them into one another’s arms for a night of scorching passion. When Ty, a man accompanying him, with his own retribution to deliver unto the supernaturals, disappears, Shame grows paranoid and seeks anonymity by following Gail home.

Hot nights of blistering love making, while he continues the search for both the cartel and the man he has grown to consider a friend, put Shame on edge and leave him feeling emotions he refuses to accept.

All of Shame’s secrets come to light when he’s forced to involve Gail. What he doesn’t know, is Gail has secrets of her own. Secrets strong enough to rock the foundation of his beliefs and threaten not only his bruised heart, but his very life.

Chicken Ranch Series

1 – Hunger
Disowned and cast out of his home, eighteen year old Declan Mayo turns to the only thing he can think of to help him get back on his feet. Working at Chicken Ranch, a rural brothel that caters to women and gay men, seems like the perfect solution. He isn’t about to let a lack of sexual experience stop him from taking what he sees as his only way off the streets.

Falling in love with one of his clients wasn’t in the game plan, but Declan can’t seem to help himself. Killian Hamilton is sweet and kind, with a stutter Declan can’t help but find adorable. Surely, if anyone could overlook Declan’s choice of employment, it would be a kindhearted man like Killian.

What Declan doesn’t count on is Killian’s connection to one of the brothel’s regular clients, or the way his love life is about to blow up in his face.

Daywalker Series

1 – Secrets and Lies
After the near genocide of his race, Teague Johnson now spends his life hiding in plain sight. In a city of populated by humans and nightfeeders alike, he and his brother are forced to cloak themselves in forged histories in order to blend in among the hierarchy of society.

When he’s not working at Oasis, the sex club he and his brother own, Teague keeps to himself. He relies on strangers to feed his sexual desires, but anything more intimate is off limits. A nosy boyfriend snooping around in his business is the last thing he needs.

Kyle Drake’s arrival at the club makes Teague rethink his favorable stance on one night stands. From the very first touch, Teague can’t get enough of Kyle. Their weekly trysts give Teague a reason to anticipate the future — until Kyle unexpectedly disappears.

A visit from an old friend thrusts Teague’s life under a microscope and endangers everything he holds dear. Allegiances are tested, and the lines of friendship blur in a race to stop an inhuman killer. Kyle’s fate hinges on Teague’s ability to untangle the intricate web of secrets and lies before it’s too late.

2 – The Hard Truth
Blackmailed into claiming a birthright he doesn’t want, Cadge Johnson is thrust into a world of politics and intrigue. He’ll do whatever it takes to save his brother – even sleeping with his enemy.

Thrown together with a man he’s kept at arm’s length for decades, Cadge fears for his sanity. His only ally is old friend and former lover, Red Taylor — the very man who swindled him into traveling to the council’s stronghold. The sordid past they share is nothing compared to the trials ahead. After nearly a century of love, loss, murder, and deception, only the cold, hard truth will finally set them free.

Melting the Slopes Anthology

Sno Ho by Ethan Day
Boone Daniels seems to have trouble finishing things. Along with the half dozen or so novels he’s started, only to abandon mid-way through, his love life could be best described as a series of drive-by’s.

Boone has spent the past week staying at a ski-lodge in the tiny mountain town of Summit City. He’s been using his time alone to write while waiting for his boyfriend to join him for their anniversary.

What happens to Boone when he winds up dumped on the eve of his one-year anniversary and ends up at a bar having one too many cocktails? Wade Walker.

William Maltese’s Bottom’s Up mixes erotic lovers and exotically lit-and-layered Pousse Cafes amidst the snowfalls of London, Paris, Brasov, and Aspen.

Jason Eddings’s One Fire, One Ice mixes enough Grant, Babhru, schnapps, and steamy cocoa to melt slopes and loving hearts.

As You Are

Operation Danny… that’s all bartender and recent college graduate, Julian Hallowell has had on his mind the past year. Julian may have no idea what he wants to do with his life, but he definitely knows he‘s in love with the boy next door: The one in next room to be exact, his roommate Danny Wallace.

Danny owns a used text book store just off campus and while Julian has done his level best to make Danny fall for him, all his hard work appears to have been in vain. Danny doesn’t seem to view Julian as anything other than that…a roommate and friend. So when new guy in town Andy Baker asks him out on a date, Julian can’t seem to think of a good reason to say no.

Julian has already instituted a Reverse Operation Danny plan, which he’s positive will purge all thoughts of love and lust for his roomie out of his head. He’s ready to move on and start looking for his next Mr. Right, and Andy just might fit the bill.

Dreaming Of You

Aden Ingle is a restaurateur who’s been in love with the perfect man since his fourteenth birthday. The only problem…his perfect boyfriend only exists in his dreams. Aden’s always believed it was his destiny to meet his dream man, and has seemed perfectly content to wait around for him to walk into his real life.

When he meets Logan Price at a Hotel/Restaurant Trade Show, he finds himself drawn to this man who shakes him out of his dream world and into a new reality where the real thing is beginning to become more appealing than the fantasy. The only problem is Logan lives half way across the country in California.

Will Aden give up everything he’s built for himself professionally and uproot his whole life for Logan, or will the man from his dreams prove to be more than meets the mind’s eye?

Self Preservation

Davis is a Historic Preservationist who’s stuck in the past. It’s been six years since his steamy four year relationship with stage actor Jack Monroe ended and Davis still can’t imagine his life with anyone other than Jack, the only man he’s ever loved.

When Jack calls and invites Davis to his wedding to Tadd Austin, a prominent architect in Chicago, Davis is stunned. There’s no way in hell Davis can stand by and watch the life he always expected to get back slip away to some guy Jack barely knows. Tadd Austin, indeed…more like Toad Ass-ton, Davis thinks. He’s going to the wedding with only one goal in mind. To do whatever it takes to win back Jack…the Toad is toast!

Jack is stuck between the possibilities of what could be with Tadd and the passionate past he had with Davis. In the short amount of time Tadd has known Jack, he’s fallen hard. He’s willing to do whatever it takes to keep from losing the new love in his life.

Alex Parker is a wealthy British playboy who’s always had a different guy on his arm and in his bed. He’s never been one for convention and is a bit taken back when he stumbles across Davis. He’d like nothing better than to knock Jack out of Davis’s head once and for all.

Only true love will survive as the tug of war ensues in this Bermuda love triangle from hell.

Tales of Eternal Love Anthology

Desire Beyond Death by Abigail Roux
Scott Cunningham has a ghost problem, a problem that requires a specialized touch. Enter Zacharias, Leo, and Andy – professionals, if you will – in solving said problems. But solutions don’t always come easy, and if Zacharias and his crew can’t get the job done, someone innocent might get hurt.

Serving Love Anthology

Court Appointed by Annmarie McKenna
After receiving several suspicious “gifts”, His Honor Jackson Benedict is assigned an agent for protection. He’d be fine with a bodyguard…if he was anyone but the man who enters his courtroom looking hotter than any man has a right to look. Thank God Jackson’s robe hides his interest.

Trey London is more than happy that Jackson has practically been handed to him on a silver platter. If his job requires he stay close to one of the country’s youngest federal judges, it’s no skin off his back. The closer the better, actually.

But someone else is getting closer, too, and when the gifts turn into attacks, Trey is forced to trade his status of new lover for that of protector. He’s not about to let anyone come between him and his judge.

Hot Ticket by K A Mitchell
Elliot Graham doesn’t make mistakes. So when he ends up serving community service at a recycling plant for inadvertently buying stolen property, he’s certain it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to him. That is, until he finds tickets to a sold-out concert in the trash, tickets that immediately disappear into the pocket of the hottest—and most exasperating—guy he’s ever met.

Cade McKuen has never been one to follow society’s expectations. That’s why he’s serving time sorting trash for destroying his cheating ex-lover’s car rather than apologize. Finding those tickets is an unexpected bonus to an otherwise smelly sentence. But when cute, sputtering Elliot claims a share, Cade decides community service might be the best thing that’s happened to him all year.

Cade is determined to keep Elliot off balance and tap into the passion he senses is hidden under that buttoned-down exterior. Elliot is fascinated by Cade’s outrageous way of thumbing his nose at the world.

Opposites attract, but can passion be the ticket to something lasting?

For Love and Country by Mary Winter
Vampire Basile Gagnon wants nothing more than to put the United States, its war, and the heartbreak he found on its shores far behind him. He has suffered the loss of one too many mortal lovers, and refuses to risk his heart again, not even for Emil, the mortal he turned away five years ago.

When Union soldier Emil Franks steps aboard Basile’s ship, his mission is to try to convince Basile to lend his vessel to the Union cause. But with one look at his former lover, he reveals far more—his lingering love for Basile.

Neither time nor the fires of war have dimmed their passion for each other, but not even the fact that Emil is now a vampire can sway Basile from his course. In two days’ time, he leaves for his native France.

On this war-torn Valentine’s Day, Emil must choose: Love? Or country?

The Cadet’s Officer

Living on an exploration spaceship light years away from any civilization can get real lonely, even though there are thousands on board with you. Adam Wilkinson dreams of being with another man, and secretly he has a crush on the second in charge, Evan Cleary. But will the hunky, hard as nails officer want to be with Adam? Or more to the point, does the dreamy, absolutely perfect man even know Adam exists?

The cover of this book is part of the Fantasy Garden series eXtasy is doing, however, this story is a stand alone book and is not related to any other series or story.

Mama’s Heart

Growing up is never easy and growing up liking the guys is even harder. Especially if you are one. Mama delivered her messages with roses, each colour or combination a special meaning, but a meaning I understood well. Love was another story.

The cover of this book is part of the Fantasy Garden series eXtasy is doing, however, this story is a stand alone book and is not related to any other series or story.

Lost & Found Series

1 – Cut & Run
A series of murders in New York City has stymied the police and FBI alike, and they suspect the culprit is a single killer sending an indecipherable message. But when the two federal agents assigned to the investigation are taken out, the FBI takes a more personal interest in the case.

Special Agent Ty Grady is pulled out of undercover work after his case blows up in his face. He’s cocky, abrasive, and indisputably the best at what he does. But when he’s paired with Special Agent Zane Garrett, it’s hate at first sight. Garrett is the perfect image of an agent: serious, sober, and focused, which makes their partnership a classic cliché: total opposites, good cop-bad cop, the odd couple. They both know immediately that their partnership will pose more of an obstacle than the lack of evidence left by the murderer.

Practically before their special assignment starts, the murderer strikes again – this time at them. Now on the run, trying to track down a man who has focused on killing his pursuers, Grady and Garrett will have to figure out how to work together before they become two more notches in the murderer’s knife.

2 – Sticks & Stones
Six months after nearly losing their lives to a serial killer in New York City, FBI Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett are suffering through something almost as frightening: the monotony of desk duty. When they’re ordered to take a vacation for the good of everyone’s sanity, Ty bites the bullet and takes Zane home with him to West Virginia, hoping the peace and quiet of the mountains will give them the chance to explore the explosive attraction they’ve so far been unable to reconcile with their professional partnership.

Ty and Zane, along with Ty’s father and brother, head up into the Appalachian mountains for a nice, relaxing hike deep into the woods… where no one will hear them scream. They find themselves facing danger from all directions: unpredictable weather, the unrelenting mountains, wild animals, fellow hikers with nothing to lose, and the most terrifying challenge of all. Each other.

Warrior’s Crossing

Cameron Jacobs is an open book. He considers himself a common waiter with normal friends, boring hobbies, harmless dogs, and nothing even resembling a secret… except a crush on a tall, dark, devastatingly handsome man who dines alone at his restaurant on Tuesday nights. All it takes is one passionate night with Julian Cross to turn Cameron’s world on its head.

Julian’s love and devotion are all Cameron could have hoped for and more. But when his ordinary life meets and clashes with Julian’s extraordinary lifestyle, Cameron discovers that trust and fear can go hand in hand, and love is just a step away from danger.

The Archer

Rocked to the core by traitors and spies, the Organization made an unprecedented move in bringing together six highly trained men to track down one rogue wolf: The Archer.

There are three field agents: one at the top of his game, one hoping to retire, and another walking the line; a cold-blooded assassin who can use any weapon known to man; a demolitions expert who can’t resist the allure of fire; and a computer hacker with more tricks in his mouse than Houdini. This team is made up of the best of the best, and if it can’t succeed in this impossible mission, no one can. But no plan survives first contact with the enemy – especially when you can’t even find out who he is!

Despite what a cluster the assignment is from the start, the six men try to get their act together to track down the rogue operative, and in the process they discover there’s more to life than the next assignment. Now it’s up to them to survive by working together and determining who the real traitor is: an unknown friend, a close-by enemy, or the Organization itself.

Feast Of the Flesh

After centuries wandering the mists of the Otherworld, Caradoc, a former river god, returns to Earth on Samhain to have his revenge against his lover, Padraig. In ancient times, Padraig swore allegiance to the new god, betraying his oath to Caradoc and banishing him from the earthly plane. Now Caradoc has one night to make Padraig pay, with a brand of erotic torture Padraig won’t forget.

Patrick never dreams the man who interrupts his tribe’s Samhain ritual wants more than just a passionate encounter in the woods. But as memories of his past life return, Patrick knows he must make amends to Caradoc and prove to him that the sins of the past don’t have to haunt their future.

Is one night long enough to bring two souls back together forever?

Can be bought individually or as part of the Taboo Treats Anthology.

Sacrifice Of the Stone

The Underworld is full of secrets, some wondrous, some deadly…

High born Mayan son, Ah Kaht, will do anything to bring Esh, the man he secretly loves, back from the brink of death — even steal a sacred stone and holy scrolls from the temple to perform a forbidden rite. The stone is destroyed, the ritual begun, but something goes awry.

Instead of bringing Esh back to the living, Ah Kaht is transported with him to another place. In the Underworld they live out their every carnal fantasy until Ixtab, patron goddess of men killed in battle, is alerted to their presence. She is not pleased to have an intruder in her land and vows to seduce Esh and send Ah Kaht back to the mortal world.

Now Ah Kaht must wage another battle — for the heart and soul of the man he loves and the life he knows they can have together.

Can be bought individually or as part of the Glamorous Garnet Anthology.

Lift Me Up

Hurt and betrayed by his best friend, Avery is not exactly on a quest to find love when it literally stumbles upon him in the form of Dylan Kincaid, his new, sexy neighbor. Avery is quick to forgive the fact that Dylan’s arrival brings with it a series of unfortunate events hairy enough to keep the most optimistic person down, and he sets about trying to get into Dylan’s pants. But love isn’t so easy to catch, and Avery will have to face Dylan’s past and his own aversion to elevators on his way to happiness.

An Improper Holiday

He followed all the rules…until one man showed him a dozen ways to break them.

As second son to an earl, Ian Stanton has always done the proper thing. Obeyed his elders, studied diligently, and dutifully accepted the commission his father purchased for him in the Fifty-Second Infantry Division. The one glaring, shameful, marvelous exception: Nicholas Chatham, heir to the Marquess of Carleigh.

Before Ian took his position in His Majesty’s army, he and Nicky consummated two years of physical and emotional discovery. Their inexperience created painful consequences that led Ian to the conviction that their unnatural desires were never meant to be indulged.

Five years later, wounded in body and plagued by memories of what happened between them, Ian is sent to carry out his older brother’s plans for a political alliance with Nicky’s father. Their sister Charlotte is the bargaining piece.

Nicky never believed that what he and Ian felt for each other was wrong and he has a plan to make things right. Getting Ian to Carleigh is but the first step. Now Nicky has only twelve nights to convince Ian that happiness is not the price of honor and duty, but its reward.

Florida Series

1 – Diving In Deep
You never forget your first time.

Cameron Lewis loves his job as an instructor/trainer for a water safety firm that inspects water parks. He gets to travel from March through September, always moving on to something different. When a strange emptiness starts plaguing him, he chalks it up to turning thirty.

He manages to shake off the feeling-until he walks into a classroom and discovers that the eye candy in the front row is actually a very grown up version of his best-friend’s kid brother.

Noah Winthrop never forgot his first time. Scary, painful and then absolutely amazing-and with Cameron, the guy he’d always wanted. He’s had a crush on his brother’s best friend since puberty and now nothing will keep him from finally getting Cameron Lewis to notice him.

Even though Cameron once rejected him, Noah is determined to get it right this time.

2 – Collision Course
Immovable object? Meet the irresistible force.

Paramedic Aaron Chase doesn’t have anything against love. It just comes with a lot of responsibility, like when he had to raise his sister and brothers after their drug-addicted mom took off for good. Now that the last one is off to college, Aaron’s anticipating enjoying life on his own terms. He certainly wasn’t expecting Joey Miller to accidentally drop into his life.

Joey’s sexy, funny and annoyingly optimistic, and his tendency to get into trouble keeps sending him Aaron’s way. Even the fact that Joey works for the hated social work system isn’t reason enough to keep him out of Aaron’s bed.

Joey knows all about love. He’s fallen in it ten times—he thinks. It’s not that he can’t tell the difference between sex and love. All that experience has to count for something, right? With Aaron it’s different. Maybe because there’s something to fight for.

This time Joey’s fallen for good. He’s not going to let number eleven get away.

3 – No Souvenirs
A vacation fling. No complications. No connections. And no regrets.

Trauma surgeon Jae Sun Kim has just lost the job he wanted more than anything else in his life. Looking for a way to hit the reset button, he takes a scuba vacation. He didn’t plan on seasickness, or a dive master who is sex-on-the-beach personified.

Shane McCormack’s tendency to drift away from complicated situations has landed him a job as a dive master in Belize, which isn’t as glamorous as it sounds. But with the big three-oh looming, asking his parents to bail him out again isn’t an option. The job isn’t without its perks, though, and as soon as he figures a way to keep that hot but arrogant ass of a doctor from tossing his cookies over the side of the boat, he plans to flirt the control freak out of his brittle shell.

The close quarters on the ship generate more heat than either expects, but a vacation fling is all that’s in the plans. An unexpected adventure leaves them changed in ways that make it impossible to go back to their old lives. The risks they’ll both have to take could leave them with nothing but more scars, or the best souvenir of all.

Chasing Smoke

An old mystery brought them together. Solving it could tear them apart.

In the best of times, Daniel Gardner hates visiting his family. With his boyfriend pressuring him for a mortgage-serious commitment, Christmas in Easton, PA sounds, for once, like a welcome escape. His old house holds more than memories of a miserable adolescence, though. It has Trey Eriksson.

At seventeen, Trey was taken in by the wealthy Gardner family after his father was jailed for his mother’s murder. Until he left for the Army, he fought a double-edged battle—for proof of his father’s innocence and against his attraction to Daniel.

Fifteen years later, things haven’t changed. Trey is still looking for the real killer. And Daniel has never forgotten how Trey used to sneak into his room at night.

Now new clues to the murder are resurfacing—and so is Trey and Daniel’s sexual chemistry. Except this time, Trey has come to terms with his orientation.

But their connection may not be enough to overcome the mistakes of the past. Not while a murderer still walks free…

A prequel to this story can be read for free on K A Mitchell’s website.

Regularly Scheduled Life

It’s a long way back to happily ever after.

Sean and Kyle have enjoyed six perfect years of what their friends called a “disgustingly happy” relationship. But what happens one sunny Tuesday morning in October might be more than even the most loving couple can survive.

When the bell rings that morning in chemistry teacher Sean Farnham’s first-period class, a terrifying sound fills the halls—gunshots. Without considering the consequences, Sean runs to tackle the shooter, sustaining a bullet wound to his leg. Despite his actions, he is unable to save the lives of the principal and two students.

Architect Kyle DiRusso hears about the shooting on the radio, and in the flash of an instant finds his life irrevocably altered. Everything—especially his heart—hangs suspended in a nightmare until he finds out Sean is alive. It doesn’t matter that Sean will be left with a permanent limp. Kyle’s just relieved the worst is over.

Or is it? Putting that day behind them isn’t as simple as it sounds. As Sean struggles to make something positive out of the tragedy, Kyle fights to save their relationship from the dangers of publicity—and Sean’s unwillingness to face how the crisis has changed him.

The Pauper’s Prize

The ruling family of Corrus needs an heir and the Viscount’s son, Wilhelm, must provide it. He is to be wed to Catherine within the week to ensure the family name continues. He, however, doesn’t love her. He can’t love her, for she cannot give him what he really desires. Wilhelm needs a man to satisfy him.

That man is the most unlikely person in the whole town, a pauper named Pavel.

Will Wilhelm give up everything, his title, his wealth, and all his family inheritance just for the chance to be with Pavel? Or will Catherine make sure he marries her so she can solidify her place as a ruler of Corrus?

Call Of the Hunted

The widdershins, an ancient creature that has walked the Earth for an eternity, calls out in the night for a companion. He has been alone for so long and yearns for another. When he comes to a small farming community, he calls out again, desperate to find the one that will love him and accept him for who and what he is, a being of great power hunted for an eternity by those that fear him.

This time someone unexpected answers his call.
A young man named Kayvan who has the exuberance and innocence of youth as well as being filled with everything that is pure and good comes to the widdershins. Will the widdershins accept Kayvan? And more importantly, what will happen if he does?

Between Friends Series

1 – When Harry Met Jason
When a frat party goes bad, Jason ends up more than just drunk, but Harry shows up just in time, policing the party and taking Jason home. That’s the start of something neither one of them can deny, a relationship that Harry wants to take slow, while Jason would like to go in fast forward.

The party starts something for Jason’s best friend Sammy, too, something not so great. He’s been hurt, and is being stalked to boot, which makes Jason hesitant to leave Sammy alone to pursue Harry.

As Harry and Jason become closer and closer, Sammy’s stalkers get more and more violent, until finally something has to break. Can Harry and Jason keep Sammy safe and fall in love all at the same time? Read this wonderful love story today and find out!

2 – Sammy’s Place
Sammy has the worst luck with men, and too often it shows on his face, or his body. His best friend Jason worries about him, and finally convinces Sammy to come stay with him and his lover, Harry. Sammy hates feeling like a failure, but he doesn’t know what else to do.

Peter has been Harry’s best friend for a lot of years, but somehow he’s never managed to meet Sammy. When he does, he knows just what Sammy needs, and he’s surprised to find that he wants to be the one to give it to the beautiful young man.

Sammy’s not so sure. He likes Peter, a lot, but he’s messed up every relationship he’s ever had, except for his friendship with Jason. Peter’s pretty convincing, especially when he ramps up the BDSM lifestyle that Sammy craves.

Between Harry, who’s worried that his old friend Peter is no better than Sammy’s other men, and Sammy’s ex-boyfriend, who isn’t willing to let go, Sammy and Peter face one challenge after another. Can they find a way to make their love work, or will Sammy walk away from the best thing he’s ever found?

3 – Trial By Fire
In this new installment of the Between Friends series, Harry is not just Jason’s hero. He’s a cop who wants to help people, who wants to make a difference. The thing is that Harry isn’t so sure that moving from Homicide to Vice is such a great idea. He hardly ever sees Jason anymore, he doesn’t get to hang out with their best friends Sammy and Peter much, either.

Jason isn’t thrilled with Harry’s new position, either. The job is far more dangerous than it used to be, and the drug dealers Harry is trying to catch red-handed might just be too hard to handle.

Meanwhile, Sammy is wearing himself out trying to look after everything, from his best friend Jason to the shop he runs to his lover, Peter. He’s worried about Harry, too, because Jase is keeping him up late at night with frantic phone calls. Peter knows that Sammy needs a little mastering to keep him from wearing himself out, but when the worst happens and Harry is put in terrible danger, nothing goes right. In fact, the boys aren’t sure that anything will ever be the same again.

4 – Between Friends
Two very different couples. Two very different lives. Yet somehow they manage to keep things between friends.

Schoolteacher Jason and Harry the cop have a pretty good life together. Or at least they always have in the past. When Harry starts acting strangely, withdrawing from Jason and displaying bouts of mysterious anger, Jason starts to wonder if he’s losing his hold on what he and Harry share.

He turns to his friend Samuel, a college roommate, for a little moral support. Antique dealer Samuel has enough on his plate, buying a new house with his lover, Peter, and keeping up with their inventive love life.

Luckily for Jason, Samuel’s lover, Peter, is also a good friend of Harry’s. When Peter hears about the troubles between Harry and Jason, he forces Harry to confront his demons, and to give Jason the chance to help.

Can Harry and Jason come to terms with secrets that might change their lives forever? With Samuel and Peter’s help, they just might, as they find out what friends are for, and what it means to let someone help share the load.

Sean Michael creates a finely woven web of friendship, where two couples and two sets of friends become family, and where the intricate dance of everyday life comes alive in the most beautiful way.

Short Stories in the Between Friends Series
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Good-Time Boys Series

1.  Sonny’s Salvation

Sonny Good loved his life as an FBI agent, but when his father died and he was needed back home, he quit the agency and became a rancher. Now several years later, Summerville, Nebraska is starting to seem a little isolated. An openly gay rancher in the middle of Nebraska just doesn’t have many prospective dates.

That is until Garron Greeley moves to town. Garron is the town’s newest resident and bad boy bartender with shoulder-length dark brown hair and tribal tattoos. Sonny is struck by lust at first sight. Things between the two of them take off like a rocket until Sonny learns Garron is also the brother of the man who owns the neighbouring ranch. The man Sonny considers his enemy, which leaves Sonny to decide, what’s more important-the feud with his neighbour or a potentially blazing passion with Garron?

2. Garron’s Gift

Garron Greeley thought he had it all—a great new job and the man of his dreams to call his own. When his lover Sonny sprang the idea of a commitment ceremony on him, Garron couldn’t have been happier. Except for a few men, the town seemed supportive of their relationship, and many showed up to witness their special day. The ceremony is everything he hoped for, until an act of bigoted violence shatters Garron’s world, leaving his new husband in a pool of blood in the middle of the street. He’s left wondering if asking for everything will leave him with nothing.

Working with his new brother-in-law, Garron sets out to prove the identity of the shooter and bring him to justice. Along the way he learns that true love can have many different forms.

3. Rawley’s Redemption

After unjustly losing his job, ex-Sheriff, Rawley Good turns to the one person he has long denied himself, rancher Jeb Greeley. But Rawley soon learns he can’t always be the boss when it comes to love. Relationships aren’t like running a town and a man like Jeb is not about to be dominated, even in the name of love.

Though he is no longer the Sheriff of Summerville, Rawley isn’t about to back down from his investigation into his brother’s shooting. Something’s not right. There is a murderer to catch, corruption to fight and a job to get back. More importantly, Rawley isn’t about to walk away from the greatest love of his life. Sheriff or not, Jeb Greeley is the man for him.

4. Twin Temptation

For twins, Ryker and Ranger Good, life has never been easy. Kicked out of the house when they were barely eighteen, the brothers started a new life, together. Now in their thirties they are ready to make a commitment, not only to each other but to the woman they’ve waited to claim for four years.

Lilly Bevin’s has been in love with the Good twins for years, only to be treated like a child by them. Now twenty-one, Lilly’s ready to spread her wings. Working in the town bar is just one of the ways she’s declaring her independence, dating is the other.

When the twins find out the woman they want is dating a smarmy hustler they try to talk some sense into her, only to be told to butt out. Now it’s up to them to tame their wildcat and bring her into the fold of their love. A wildcat, however, has claws and Lilly isn’t shy about using hers to her advantage.

This story contains a twincest relationship.

Between Lovers

Morgan Joseph Shearing, Mojo to his friends, loved his life. He and his long-time partner, Jasper had the best of both worlds. While they loved each other exclusively, they were also free to bring women into their bed. When Mojo spots April in Club Maverick, he knows he has to have her.

When April Lawson sets eyes on the large bald bartender, she thinks she’s died and gone to heaven. Even the fact that Mojo has a partner doesn’t deter her from what she craves. All she wants is to be in Mojo’s bed, as soon as possible. The thought of sleeping with two men is new and exciting for the small town girl and April jumps feet first into sex with both men. But that just might lead to a broken heart.

Over the years, Jasper has shared Mojo with many different women, but he senses April is different. He begins to wonder if they’ll be able to walk away with their bond intact or if the affair with April will forever change the face of their relationship.

No Longer His

Kelly Mullins seemed like a happy, All-American housewife. Two beautiful children and a successful husband should make anyone happy, right? But Kelly lives her life in constant fear of her abusive husband, Jack. Any father seemed better for her children than having none at all. After all, Jack never hit the girls and she always made sure they weren’t around when he got into one of his moods.

On a rare vacation to San Diego, Kelly sees there is so much more to life than what she has. She meets Sam and begins to wonder what life would be like without Jack. Does she have the strength to break away from her brutal husband? In one horrific night, the decision is made that will forever change her life.

Sam is instantly attracted to Kelly. He is horrified to see the pain in her eyes and to learn of the terror in her life. No man should treat a woman like that. Once Kelly finally ends her marriage, Sam makes it his business to give Kelly the love she deserves. Can Kelly learn to trust another man? Can love conquer all?

Corporate Passion

For Brassil Industries President, Shane Brassil, life is finally looking up. After years of begging his long-time lover, Damon Johnson, to return from London to take over the job of company Vice-President, he’s finally gotten his wish. Now Shane’s sights are set on the next leg of his plan. The sweet but sexy Rachel Ellerby has tempted him since the day he hired her as his executive secretary.

Now that Shane has everyone in the same place, it’s time to start the family he’s always longed for. He already knows Damon is interested, they’ve talked about bringing Rachel into their relationship for months. Rachel is definitely interested in him, the sparks between the two of them are too intense to misread, but how will she feel about Damon?

When a near-tragedy threatens to disrupt his plans, Shane will stop at nothing to keep the two people he cares about safe. Will it be enough? Or will outside forces tear the threesome apart?

Dalton’s Awakening

After weathering a bitter divorce amongst rumours of his sexual preference, Dalton Montgomery finds solace at his favourite new restaurant Bella Lucina’s. His lunches spent talking to the restaurant’s bartender, Sal, get him through the lonely days and nights. When Dalton begins to feel attracted to the hunky bartender, his world spins out of control. Had his ex-wife been right?

Naughty Nooners Anthology
Indulge Me by Kaenar Langford
Dalton’s Awakening by Carol Lynne
Lunches in Laguna by J.P. Bowie
Raven by Dakota Rebel
Lunch is Served by Jude Mason

Ghosts of Alcatraz

Suffocation, mutilation and dismemberment aren’t the normal outside influences that bring two people together, but inside the newly refurbished Alcatraz Prison, anything can happen.

Inmates begin dying in shocking and sometimes gruesome ways. The deaths prompt Warden Jensen Black to bring in sexy parapsychologist, Brian Phipps. With the help of Brian, Jensen hopes to get to the bottom of what is killing the men he is responsible for. What he didn’t count on is falling and falling hard for the smaller man with the heart of a lion.

The attraction between the two men is instantaneous, but before they could fully explore the depths of their passion, the ghosts set their sites on Brian. As their relationship begins to heat up, the danger escalates, leaving both men to wonder if they’ll ever make it off Alcatraz alive.

Saving Doctor Ryan

Oncologist, Brannigan Ryan is used to people falling for him. With his black-Irish good-looks and easy bedside manner he’s a favourite among patients. Surrounded by death on a daily basis, however, Bran has learned to harden his heart quite effectively. That is until he starts treating Ian Fitzgerald.

Ian’s warm smile and determination easily punch holes in Bran’s barriers. Taking a step back to rebuild the walls around his heart, Bran takes off to his weekend house in Newport. He can’t surrender to Ian and he can’t ever get involved with a patient. When a treasure and a message in a bottle wash ashore on his beach, he’s forced to re-examining his determination and wonder if he can’t open himself to love after all.

Legend Anthology

A Legend Arises by Brynn Paulin
Saving Doctor Ryan By Carol Lynne & Cash Cole
Gaining Hope by Lacey Thorn
Moonlit Magic by Bronwyn Green
A Legend Accomplished by Brynn Paulin

Saving Noah

Dexter Krispin arrived in the small Kansas town of Schicksal with one thing on his mind: finishing his doctorial thesis. He hoped getting away from his hectic life in Pittsburgh would allow him to concentrate on the long overdue paper and to forget about his last lover.

Life-long Schicksal resident, Noah Stoffel, has managed to keep his sexuality a secret. Yet, after one look at the dark-haired newcomer, he knows his life in the sleepy town will never be the same.

But more than Noah’s desire for privacy stands between him and Dexter. For years, the residents of Schicksal have been hiding a horrific secret, one that takes Dexter mere days to uncover and expose…a secret that could destroy-or heal-them all.

Men In Love Series

1.  Branded By Love

On the run from her stepfather, Jenny Barnes wakes up in hospital to find the two men she’s loved for years are with her. Her stepbrother, Jake, and his best friend and lover, Cree, have finally been called to her side after they spent years searching for her. But when they take Jenny home to their new ranch, even they can’t keep her tormentor away. With the help of their ex-Seal buddies they set out to keep the love of their lives safe and to capture Jake’s own father.

This book contains references to rape.

2.  Ben’s Wildflower

What would make a woman cut herself off from the town she grew up in for seven years? For Kate the answer is one man, a powerful man.

When Kate is in danger of losing her ranch to the bank, she enters into a partnership with Ben. This six-foot seven-inch, overly endowed ex-Seal is looking for a home. He finds a home and love with Kate. When problems on the ranch begin to escalate, Kate points the finger at one man, the man from her past who is determined to drive her out of town.

What’s an ex-Seal to do but bring in the rest of his team? Ben summons a few members of his team to help protect Kate from a man who believes he’s above the law.

This contains graphic Violence.

3. Open Possibilities

Gabe Whitlock had been without a family his entire life. Gabe’s best friend Jake sold him his father’s ranch and told Gabe the way to find love was to open himself to all possibilities. Gabe had no idea what he meant until he met and fell in love with his ranch foreman, Rex Cotton. The two men decided to build a life together. When Rex hears there might be oil on the Double B he and Gabe decide to find out if its true. They hire Boone, a geology student, for the summer to help determine if their dry and dusty ranch has oil. The threesome quickly form a three-way bond. With three men loving each other the possibilities are endless.

4. Completing the Circle

Left alone and pregnant, Cory did the unthinkable and married the best friend of the man she loved. For eight long years Cory paid for her choice. She was finally set free from her torment the day her husband died.

Remy loved Cory, but was heartbroken when he returned after fighting overseas to find that she’d married his best friend.

When secrets and lies are revealed, bridges are mended and Cory and Remy embark on a new life together. Their happiness is soon threatened by the appearance of a mysterious gift and phone call. Cory is convinced the voice on the phone is her dead husband. When an explosion threatens their lives, Remy decides it’s time to call in favors. With the help of his friends, Remy and Cory’s lives are about to become complete.

5. Going Against Orders

Raised under the iron control of his father, Nicco pushed aside the one true love of his life. When Nicco realizes that nothing short of perfection will garner the love of his father, he decides to take back control of his life.

Mac has loved Nicco since they were teenagers. When Nicco pushed him away and joined the Navy, Mac thought he’d lost him forever. He joined the Marines and was shipped overseas. When an explosion almost costs him his life, Mac is saved by his then lover Amir. After waking in the hospital, Mac makes a promise to himself. If he can’t have Nicco, he’ll have no one.

After years of celibacy it seems Nicco has finally decided to go against his father’s orders and love whom he chooses. Life together seems promising for Mac and Nicco, but with Amir still in the background how will their relationship survive? And what will happen when Nicco goes against orders?

6. Tortured Soul’s

Two very different men, two very different pasts. Private Investigator Bram Blackstone thought he’d closed off his heart forever. Making do with one-night stands and short-term relationships, Bram thought he was satisfied. Until the day he met Dr. Declan O’Malley.

Once upon a time, Declan O’Malley thought he had it all. A rewarding and promising career in front of him and a long-time lover beside him. When life dealt him an agonizing blow, Declan shut himself off. Then he met Bram. His heart told him he was ready to take a chance at love but when push came to shove, Declan turned away.

When Bram’s past catches up with him and Declan becomes the pawn in a game of revenge, Bram will do anything to save him. Even if it meant traveling to the place of his nightmares.

This book contains references to rape.

7.  Reunion

For over ten years, Gabe Whitlock’s ex-SEAL buddies have searched for the woman who abandoned him as a small child. When Jake Sommers receives a phone call from a woman claiming to be Gabe’s long-lost sister, he calls the team together once more.

As the past unfolds, and mysteries are uncovered, the gang converges on the Triple Spur to rally around their friend.

Bodyguard’s In Love Series

1. Brier’s Bargain

Love is always special, but when you’re a thirty-six year old man experiencing it for the first time, it’s everything.

After spending his entire life in a hospital, Brier Blackstone is finally free to become the person he’s always wanted to be. With the men of Three Partners Protection Agency as role models, how can he go wrong? And falling in love with bodyguard Jackson Benoit, is a dream come true, but the dream becomes a nightmare when Jackie is gravely injured in the line of duty. Feeling helpless, Brier makes a promise to God in exchange for his lover’s life. One he intends to keep no matter what.

Jackie Benoit cherishes the love he’s found with Brier. When his new lover insists on testifying against a violent man from his past in order to fulfill a promise, Jackie has no choice but try to stop him. If that doesn’t work, Jackie will protect Brier with everything at his disposal.

In For A Penny

What’s the old saying…you can never go home again? Raven Black resigned himself to never returning after being ordered from the only real home he’d ever known. Now, seven years later, Raven is back to face the man who sent him away. Zane Conner is not only Raven’s foster brother but the only man Raven ever loved. Despite his mixed feelings about the situation, Raven can’t deny Zane when the older man asks for his help in saving the Lazy C Bar Ranch. A boy found dead on the ranch clinches Raven’s decision. Why did the young boy look so much like he had at that age—the same age he’d been when his own father had beaten him and left him for dead?

Gio’s Dream

For advertising executive Giovanni Brunelli, moving back to his hometown was the right thing to do. His father’s heart surgery and the consequent need for a slower lifestyle pulled Gio from the skyscrapers of Manhattan. Now in Kansas City, Gio sets out to help his father save a dying downtown business.

There’s only one problem. How is he supposed to work with his dad’s business partner and best friend? After years of dreaming, Gio’s ready to start doing. But how do you tell your father’s best friend you’re in love with him?