Once firefighter David Newsome found the courage to admit his sexuality, he expected life to get better. Instead, studying to become an arson investigator is kicking his ass, his father’s critical voice plays relentlessly on his mind, and he still can’t get to first base with another man. Scoring a date at a charity auction might have meant things were looking up… if only the man who’d won him was gay.
“Love is guaranteed to break your heart.”
After losing his wife to a drunk driver, Quinn Harper only has two concerns: raising his son, and finding a job. When his sister pawns off the “date” she won at a charity auction, he’s definitely not looking for love. Especially not with a man.
“The holidays add stress I don’t need right now.”
With the holidays bearing down on them, the two concoct a plan to fake a relationship together. Keeping well-intentioned, matchmaking friends and family off their backs seems like a great idea… but will the lie they’ve trapped themselves in deny them the chance for true happiness?
Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice by Hayden Hunt
But it’s not the best time of the year for Luke, who is dealing with a situation beyond anything he ever imagined. Life is more than a little rough right now. Can he deal with the trauma in his life and open his world up to Peter at the same time? Can Peter even handle the weight that Luke is carrying on his shoulders? Only time will tell.
Mating the Omega by Ann-Katrin Byrde
When Mac captures the feral shifter that climbed the walls surrounding the Mercy Hills Pack enclave, he feels for the young shifter’s fear, though he knows his Alpha isn’t the sort of shifter Jason believes he is. He’d be happy to see the two mated, except that, as time goes by, it becomes more and more difficult to deny his own feelings for the young, damaged omega.
A sudden turn of events sees Mac and Jason mated and expecting, but Jason’s old pack isn’t done with them yet.
His Island Alpha by Rosie Burns
Reformed addict Neville has clawed his life back from the edge. He’s clean, runs a successful island restaurant and has the respect of the local community. But he’s lonely. Maybe he doesn’t deserve love. Perhaps he’ll never find it.
Cast out by his family, Alpha merman Gill has the world’s oceans open to him. He’s not looking for romance, all he wants is to have a good time and lose his cherry. But when he’s accidentally washed ashore, he finds his tail has disappeared and he has legs now! Stranger yet, a handsome human appears at his side, caring for him. The mutual attraction is instant and the two seem fated to find love together.
Complications ensue when Neville’s dark past catches up with him. And if that’s not bad enough, Neville learns the secret Gill has been trying desperately to hide. His lover is a merman. The question is, is Neville’s love strong enough to accept this? And can Gill withstand the siren calls of the ocean, forever beckoning him to return to the sea?
Liam and Adam were best friends and bandmates, on their way to being rockstars. At least until Adam took a job at the bank his mother worked at. Adam’s mother and his new job demanded professionalism, dedication, and a haircut, but that wasn’t the worst of it. When Adam quit their band to pursue his career as a banker, Liam was heartbroken, but neither young man was willing to give up a friendship for the ages…
For years, Liam has worked at his dream. Even without Adam in the band, he’s clawed his way up, and finally, they’re getting some recognition. An agent who wants to sign them, something Adam had never believed could happen. But Adam is climbing the ladder, too, and the bank continues to demand more and more from him, driving a wedge between the two friends something both of them are determined to keep from happening.
What happens when love starts to build? Can their friendship stand that test?
Ilyas wants someone he can trust. As the heir to a great kingdom, all he can count on is the treachery of his younger brothers as he protects his future throne. When he receives his latest spoils of war, he meets a slave who’s different. A slave with a hidden agenda…
Jem is the last chance for his people. Shunned by his brethren, he yearns to save them with an impossible task: kidnap Prince Ilyas and sacrifice him to Jem’s Dark God. Against all odds, he captures the prince and carts him across the frozen wasteland.
Now Jem must keep Ilyas safe for the sacrifice and push down his urges to do more than protect the heir to the throne. Ilyas knows he can’t trust the slave, but he feels like he’s finally found a man he can love. As their attraction builds, they grow closer to a god that could destroy them both.
Settling the Score by Eden Winters
Novelist Troy Steele has an axe to grind against Hollywood heartbreaker types. Transforming Joey into a gorgeous, unobtainable hunk would be payback worthy of Troy’s poison pen. It’s a brilliant way to get back at Joey’s image-obsessed ex-boyfriend and the movie producer who’s mutilating Troy’s novels.
What begins as simple revenge may tangle them together in something far more complicated. Living well may be the best revenge, but Troy and Joey could rewrite that to loving well.
Loving Jordan by Andrea Dalling
Jordan knows his crush on Rick is hopeless. His football teammate and lifelong friend is straight. Now that they’re heading off to college in separate states, maybe Jordan can finally find a man who’ll return his feelings. He doesn’t know Rick’s secret: every time he’s with a girl, all he can think about is Jordan.
A shattering encounter…
Two weeks before they start their freshman year, the pair spend the weekend in a mountain cabin with a king-sized bed. Years of simmering desire hit the flash point, and Jordan can’t help falling in love with his best friend.
But Rick struggles to accept the truth. He’s afraid of his parents’ disappointment, and as time passes, he only retreats deeper into the closet.
A wrenching choice…
Jordan can’t stop loving Rick, but he won’t live a lie. His ultimatum—come out, or we’re through—traps Rick between his all-American golden-boy image and the man who could be his everything. Will he risk it all to win Jordan’s love?
In a world where one’s place in society is determined by orientation in a dynamic of Alphas, Betas, and Omegas, masquerading as a Beta is the one security that a closeted-Omega has at his arsenal. With a widowed, athletic legend Alpha for a father — and the judgement of an entire community nipping at his heels — the LAST thing Tracey can afford to do is reveal himself to someone like dreamy, all-star soccer captain Aaron Harper.
Caught between his duty to his prestigious father and his forbidden, innermost desires, Tracey is faced with a difficult choice: (1) continue to hide behind pheromone dampeners and omissions, cementing his father’s reputation, or (2) take that leap of faith, where a particular green-eyed Alpha may or may not catch him.
A Hell-Hound’s Tale by Azalea Moone
The Trouble With Off-Campus Housing by Shane Morton
Forced to find housing off-campus, Bobby discovers a room-and-board opportunity ripped from the pages of the gothic novels he loves: Oversee the repairs of Lovett mansion, the ominous, forgotten property on the far-edge of town.
Upon his arrival, Bobby meets the property’s reclusive owner, Adam Lovett. A shut-in who hides in the dark corners of the house, Mr. Lovett piques Bobby’s curiosity with his odd speech and age-old vernacular. What are the secrets that cling oppressively to him?
With the help of his new boyfriend, Bryan Van Owen, and his best friend, the much beloved drag queen Ursula Moolay, Bobby begins to uncover the vast secrets that the Lovett Mansion holds and looks fabulous doing it. But someone is willing to do whatever it takes to keep the secrets buried.
The Omega Prince by Lia Cooper
But there is more than friendly competition underway as the mysterious Lord Riven returns to court for the first time in nearly a decade and assassins plot against the King.