Bücher von Ariel Tachna

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.

When a Category 4 hurricane hits the Texas Gulf Coast and critically damages a nuclear reactor, the NRC brings in robotics engineer Derek Marshall and professor Sambit Patel to avert a disaster. Unfortunately, putting the men in the same room could be nearly as dangerous as the reactor: Derek's out and proud, gruff, and occasionally obnoxious; Sambit is closeted, quiet, and reserved. Faced with isolation, ungodly living conditions, and the very real possibility of acute radiation sickness, they race against time to stabilize the reactor. But the attraction growing between them may be beyond their control.On the surface, Derek and Sambit have nothing in common. They live in separate cities, come from disparate cultures, and have trouble just getting along, never mind navigating a relationship. All they have to hold them together is a few isolated weeks of trying to save the world, or at least the environment. Sambit is convinced the end of the assignment will be the end for them as well-and despite their many differences, he's beginning to wonder how he'll survive the fallout once Derek leaves him behind.

All for Love: Book OneWhen sword-for-hire Teodoro Cieza de Vivar accepts a commission to "e;rescue"e; Lord Christian Blackwood from unsuitable influences, he has no idea he's landed himself in the middle of a plot to assassinate King Philip IV of Spain and blame the English ambassador for the deed. Nor does he expect the spoiled child he's sent to retrieve to be a handsome, engaging young man.As Teodoro and Christian face down enemies at every turn, they fall more and more in love, an emotion they can't safely indulge with the threat of the Inquisition looming over them. It will take all their combined guile and influence to outmaneuver the powerful men who would see them separated or even killed.