Bücher von Ariel Tachna

L'amour suit une courbe d'apprentissage abrupte.Proviseur adjoint au lycée Henry Clay, Blake Barnes a tout ce qu'il désire : une chance d'aider des étudiants en difficulté et un exutoire à sa passion pour le théâtre. Enfin, presque tout - personne ne l'attend chez lui. Et voilà que son béguin du lycée fait un retour explosif dans sa vie en la personne du tuteur inattendu de deux garçons qui se trouvent sous sa responsabilité.Thane Dalton a toujours été un bad boy pur et dur. Peu de choses ont changé depuis l'époque du lycée, y compris la méfiance qu'il éprouve envers les représentants de l'autorité, et aucune bureaucratie institutionnelle ne l'empêchera de protéger ses neveux des petits caïds qui les terrorisent. Si cela veut dire se prendre la tête avec Blake, ainsi soit-il.Blake et Thane ont chacun des leçons à apprendre et notamment qu'ils ont tous les deux les intérêts des garçons à cœur, mais aussi que la tension qui couve entre eux n'est pas seulement conflictuelle et que des étincelles peuvent voler lorsque les contraires s'attirent.

Quando Caine Neiheisel da una svolta alla sua vita e si trasferisce in Australia per amministrare l'allevamento di pecore del prozio, porta con se sogni e speranze grandi come l'outback, e poco altro. Non immagina di trovare l'amore in quella nuova vita, e tantomeno una comunita che si stringe attorno al "e;novellino"e; nonostante le loro differenze. Ma la vita nella stazione non e facile e Caine dovra dimostrare la sua forza di carattere a tutti, dal sovrintendente al cuoco, se vorra portare avanti l'eredita dello zio e fare di Lang Downs un porto sicuro per chi ne ha piu bisogno, incluso se stesso.

Some things crumble under pressure. Others are tempered by it instead. For three former soldiers, a tragedy might be the catalyst that binds them together-stronger than ever.Richard Horn and Timothy Davenport met in the SEALs twenty years ago and have been lovers ever since. Now running their own paramilitary organization, Strike Force Omega, they work in the shadows to protect their country and its people. When Tim falls for Eric Newton, a deadly sniper and strategist on their team, Richard accepts that Tim's heart is big enough for two men. He respects, admires, and even desires Eric enough to accept him into their relationship-and their bed-but he's never been fully a part of what Eric and Tim share.Then Eric is captured by terrorists and Tim is gravely injured in an op gone wrong, bringing Richard's world crashing down around his ears. Even if he gets his men out alive, Eric must face the aftermath of months of physical and psychological torture-and without Tim to lean on, Eric's PTSD is tearing him apart. Richard has to figure out the third leg of their triangle fast, or Tim won't have a life to come back to.

An At Your Service NovelPascal Larocque, a waiter at a high-end Montreal restaurant, knows what it means to love-and he knows what it means to lose. He buried the man he expected to spend his life with years ago. He's perfectly happy with his solitude, or so he tells his friends. But a chance encounter in a neighborhood bar followed by a run-in at his apartment building turns his world upside down.Mathias Perras is twenty-four, newly arrived in Montral, and works two jobs so he can live on rue Sainte-Catherine in the heart of the gay district. During the day, he's on a fast track to management at the Banque de Montral. At night, he waits tables at a gay bar down the street. He's burning the candle at both ends, but it will be worth it when his career takes off and he has the life he's always dreamed of. When he meets Pascal, one more piece of that dream slots into place. Pascal is everything he wants in a lover: older, self-assured, established in his life and his career. But Pascal doesn't look at him twice. What's a boy have to do to get a little action?

All for Love: Book Three"e;Are you surprised that strength is drawn to strength?"e;For the last six years, the gypsy healer Ral has lived a life he never dreamed possible. Gerrard Hawkins has stood at his side, his love a source of silent strength like nothing Ral has ever known.When a letter from Gerrard's estranged father forces them in separate directions-Gerrard back to England to make peace with his family and Ral to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer for his annual pilgrimage-Ral expects to suffer for their parting, but he holds on to their plans to meet again in France when Gerrard has satisfied his father's demands.Gerrard left England never expecting to return, especially after he pledged his life and love to Ral. Yet he cannot dismiss his father's offer of peace without some acknowledgment. When he arrives in England to find tragedy, his sense of duty toward his family's tenants wars with his promises to Ral.As tensions mount and illness spreads in France, Ral stands as a bastion of hope, but his strength is not limitless. Gerrard is the rock he leans on, and without that strength, Gerrard's arrival in France may come too late.

Suite de Alliance de sangPartenariat de Sang, tome 2Les sorciers et les vampires ont forge une Alliance fondee sur le sang et la magie dans l'espoir de renverser la tendance de la guerre contre les sorciers rebelles. Quelques liens sorcier-vampire sont aussi reussis que celui d'Alain Magnier et Orlando de Saint-Clair, mais d'autres le sont beaucoup moins, menant a des disputes, des ressentiments, ou carrement a des combats entre les allies en depit de leurs objectifs communs.Suivant l'exemple de son meilleur ami Alain, Thierry Dumont accepte rsolument un partenariat avec le vampire Sbastien Noyer et ce malgr l'inconfort du sorcier tre si proche d'un vampire - et un homme - si peu de temps aprs le dcs de sa femme. Mais ils constatent que leurs dsespoirs sont peut-tre la clef pour former une Alliance qui fonctionne : Thierry et Sbastien sont presque immdiatement dvous la scurit de l'autre.Avec cette nouvelle force qui la soutient, les dirigeants de l'Alliance se prparent annoncer son existence au monde entier dans l'espoir de les rallier contre les sorciers rebelles qui menacent de dtruire la vie telle qu'ils la connaissent. Luttant pour trouver sa voie dans la guerre en pleine expansion, l'Alliance dcouvre que malgr ses avantages, les partenariats ont une incidence sur l'quilibre des pouvoirs magiques lmentaires dans le monde qui peut tre une menace encore plus grande que la guerre elle-mme.