Bücher von Amy Lane

Les saisons, numero hors serieAu cours d'une adolescence malheureuse et d'une vie adulte solitaire, Skipper Keith n'a reve que d'avoir une famille. Il trouve ce qui s'en approche le plus avec l'equipe de football qu'il entraine apres le travail et son meilleur joueur et meilleur ami, Richie Scoggins.Un soir venteux d'octobre, le partage pratique d'une voiture d'aprs l'entranement se transforme en une rencontre sexuelle qu'aucun d'eux n'attendait et ne veut oublier. Bientt, Skip et Richie vivent pour les week-ends, leurs matchs de football de la saison d'hiver et les jeux qu'ils apprcient hors du terrain. Grce des nez briss, des dcorations de ftes et une grippe svre, ils en apprennent davantage l'un sur l'autre que ce qu'ils auraient pu rver.Chaque nouvelle dcouverte les emmne au-del des limites du terrain de football vers les possibilits infinies de la meilleure relation de la vie de Skipper.Skipper ne peut pas rver d'une meilleure famille que Richie, mais celui-ci a de vrais problmes familiaux dont il ne peut pas se dptrer. Skipper doit le convaincre de rester avec lui au-del du coup d'envoi du tournoi d'hiver, afin que la relation qu'ils ont dbute sur le terrain se transforme en un avenir heureux dans la vraie vie

Familiar Love: Book OneOne hundred and forty years ago, Harry, Edward, and Francis met an angel, a demon, and a sorceress while escaping imprisonment and worse! They emerged with a new family-and shapeshifting powers beyond their wildest dreams. Now Harry and his brothers use their sorcery to rescue those enslaved in human trafficking-but Harry's not doing so well. Pining for Suriel the angel has driven him to take more and more risks until his family desperately asks Suriel for an intervention.In order for Suriel to escape the bindings of heaven, he needs to be sure enough of his love to fight to be with Harry. Back when they first met, Harry was feral and angry, and he didn't know enough about love for Suriel to justify that risk. Can Suriel trust in Harry enough now to break his bonds of service for the boy who has loved his Familiar Angel for nearly a century and a half?

The ManniesStarting over and falling in love.Tino Robbins's sister, Nica, and her husband, Jacob, are expecting their fifth child. Fortunately, Nica's best friend, Taylor Cochran, is back in town, released from PT and in need of a job.After years in the service and recovering from grave injury, Taylor has grown a lot from the callow troublemaker he'd been in high school. Now he's hoping for a fresh start with Nica and her family.Jacob's cousin Brandon lives above the garage and thinks "e;Taylor the manny"e; is a bad idea. Taylor might be great at protecting civilians from a zombie apocalypse, but is he any good with kids?Turns out Taylor's a natural. As he tries to fit in, using common sense and dry wit, Brandon realizes that Taylor doesn't just love their family-he's desperate to be part of it. And just like that, Brandon wants Taylor to be part of his future.

Bonfires: Book OneTen years ago Sheriff's Deputy Aaron George lost his wife and moved to Colton, hoping growing up in a small town would be better for his children. He's gotten to know his community, including Mr. Larkin, the bouncy, funny science teacher. But when Larx is dragged unwillingly into administration, he stops coaching the track team and starts running alone. Aaron-who thought life began and ended with his kids-is distracted by a glistening chest and a principal running on a dangerous road.Larx has been living for his kids too-and for his students at Colton High. He's not ready to be charmed by Aaron, but when they start running together, he comes to appreciate the deputy's steadiness, humor, and complete understanding of Larx's priorities. Children first, job second, his own interests a sad last.It only takes one kiss for two men approaching fifty to start acting like teenagers in love, even amid all the responsibilities they shoulder. Then an act of violence puts their burgeoning relationship on hold. The adult responsibilities they've embraced are now instrumental in keeping their town from exploding. When things come to a head, they realize their newly forged family might be what keeps the world from spinning out of control.

a Winter Ball novelMason Hayes's love life has a long history of losers who don't see that Mason's heart is as deep and tender as his mouth is awkward. He wants kindness, he wants love-and he wants someone who thinks sex is as fantastic as he does. When Terry Jefferson first asks him out, Mason thinks it's a fluke: Mason is too old, too boring, and too blurty to interest someone as young and hot as his friend's soccer teammate.The truth is much more painful: Mason and Terry are perfectly compatible, and they totally get each other. But Terry is still living with his toxic, suffocating parent and Mason doesn't want to be a sugar daddy. Watching Terry struggle to find himself is a long lesson in patience, but Mason needs to trust that the end result will be worth it, because finally, he's found a man worth sharing his heart with.

The ManniesGrowing up and falling in love...Sometimes family is a blessing and a curse. When Tino Robbins is roped into helping his sister deliver her premade Italian dinners when he should be studying for finals, he's pretty sure it's the latter! But one delivery might change everything.Channing Lowell's charmed life changes when his sister dies and leaves him her seven-year-old son. He's committed to doing what's best for Sammy but he's going to need a lot of help. When Tino lands on his porch, Channing is determined to recruit him to Team Sammy.Tino plans to make his education count-even if that means avoiding a relationship-but as he falls harder and harder for his boss, he starts to wonder: Does he have to leave his newly forged family behind in order to live his promising tomorrow?

A Candy Man BookIn the Army, Robbie Chambers turned on his lover out of fear-and he hasn't been able to live with himself since. Now he's out of the Army but still trapped in the closet that brought on his most cowardly moment, and he starts to think he'll never be able to fight his way free.Until he sees Cy McVeigh. Beautiful and uninhibited, Cy is dancing on the boardwalk at Old Sac for no other reason than the moment called for it. Robbie not only joins in the dance but is smitten from the very beginning.However, Robbie still has old business to clear up, and when he helps out a kid in need and comes face-to-face with the man he betrayed, he's forced to come clean with himself. He can't redeem his mistake if he's still locked into his old patterns, and he won't ever be worthy of Cy if he can't earn Adam's forgiveness. He's going to need all the help he can get from the people at Candy Heaven in order to make things right with his past so he can have a future with Cy.