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L'amour ne peut pas..., numero hors serieJeremy Cox a grandi dans une petite ville du Kansas, ou sa vie etait un enfer. Des que possible, il s'en est echappe. La quarantaine passee, il gere les parcs publics de Portland, Oregon, tout en faisant de son mieux pour aider les gens de la rue, SDF et jeunes fugueurs. Son ex, Donny, dont il s'est separe quelques annees plus tot a cause de ses addictions - alcool et drogue - reapparait un jour devant sa porte et, par inadvertance, le met en grave danger. Comme si ca ne suffisait pas, Jeremy rencontre alors un homme fascinant, mais enigmatique, lui aussi hante par son passe.Qayin Hill ne possde pratiquement rien, part des squelettes dans son placard et des dmons dans sa tte. Ancien toxicomane en lutte permanente contre l'anxit et la dpression, il ne sait pas combien de ses secrets il peut rvler Jeremy ni comment ragir en ralisant que ce dernier veut le sauver de lui-mme.Malgr leurs problmes respectifs, Jeremy et Qay dcouvrent ensemble l'amiti, la passion et un fragile espoir d'un avenir deux. prsent, il leur faut dcider si l'amour peut tout conqurir, comme le prtend le vieil adage, ou s'il ne suffit pas.

Vice City: Book TwoHolding on to a life worth living can be hard when the nightmares of the past come knocking.Eight months ago, Nicholas Pierce, ex-mob enforcer, faked his death and assumed a new identity to escape sadistic mob boss Jeremy Vice. With no contacts outside the underworld, Pierce finds work with a washed-up PI. It's an easy enough gig-until investigating a human trafficking ring drags him back to his old stomping grounds.Miles Devonport, Pierce's partner, is top of his class at the police academy while single-handedly holding his family together. But when one lieutenant questions Pierce's past and his involvement in the investigation, Miles must put his future on the line to keep Pierce's secrets.The situation becomes dire when it's discovered the traffickers have connections to the Vice family. The lives of everyone Pierce cares about are in danger-not least of all his own, if Jeremy Vice learns he's back from the dead. Pierce and Miles face a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels-one that will gladly destroy them to keep operating. As Pierce uses every dirty trick he learned from organized crime to protect the new life he's building, he realizes that no matter how hard he tries, he might never escape his past.But he's not going down without a fight.

Ce que font les cowboys, numero hors serieRand McIntyre se contente d'une vie satisfaisante. Il aime son petit ranch en Californie, elever des chevaux et apprendre a monter aux enfants - mais pour avoir ses propres enfants et une personne a aimer, il serait oblige de reveler son homosexualite et cela mettrait en peril tout ce qu'il a construit. Un jour, malgre sa phobie de prendre l'avion, il part en vacances a Hana, Hawaii, avec ses parents et rencontre le tenebreux et mysterieux Kai Kealoha, un vrai cowboy hawaiien. Rand se prend d'affection pour le petit frere et la petite sA ur de Kai autant qu'il s'eprend du jeune homme, mais Kai est plus piquant qu'un lezard a cornes et plus mysterieux que le territoire exotique dont il est originaire. Kai tient son intimit et vit pour protger ses enfants Pour le bien de tout le monde, il vaut mieux qu'il garde ses distances avec le beau et grand cowboy - mais comme cet homme n'est qu'un *haole* venu prendre de courtes vacances, peut-il vraiment causer des dommages? Quand les plus grandes peurs de Kai et les cauchemars les plus atroces de Rand deviennent ralit, il y a peu d'espoir pour une relation entre deux cowboys qui ne peuvent pas - ou ne veulent pas - se rvler au grand jour.

A billionaire and a Bedouin girl-each with a shocking secret.Billionaire Fathi al-Murzim is a workaholic businessman, too busy running the family's companies to even think about marriage. Too bad he never told his grandfather he's gay, because Grandfather just announced a childhood betrothal-to a Bedouin girl Fathi never heard about before.Ikraam din Abdel was raised as a woman by his avaricious and abusive older sister, who didn't want him to be their father's heir. He'd never thought to be married either, and is surprised when his sister informs him of his betrothal.When Fathi and Ikraam meet, they are drawn to each other in a manner neither of them expected. As the plans for their wedding progress, they both realize they need to tell the other the truth. But can they, with both cultural taboos and family pressures to deal with?

Sequel to Can't Live Without YouForever Yours: Book TwoFriends since they met in school, Ashton and Brighton soon become much more. Ash and his aunt are Brighton's haven away from his mess of a family, and when Ash enlists in the Army, Brighton learns to endure his long absences and eagerly awaits his return from missions.Until one day Ash doesn't come back, and Brighton thinks his greatest fear has come true.Months pass and Brighton grieves for Ash, not knowing that a terrible misunderstanding sent Ash running, unable to cope when he thought Brighton had betrayed him. Even after an emotional reunion, their relationship isn't the same-Brighton is now responsible for his young niece, and he's having a hard time rediscovering the trust he once had in Ash. Ash must still tend to his mental health, but before he can, he'll have to deal with a past secret that puts all their lives at risk. With so many forces determined to tear them apart, can Brighton and Ash hold on to each other and never let go?

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?

Il est pret a tout devoiler pour sauver le ranch.Aubrey Klein a de gros ennuis : il a besoin d'argent au plus vite pour sauver le ranch familial. La solution ? Travailler comme strip-teaseur le week-end dans un club de Dallas. Chaque samedi soir, le temps de deux spectacles, il est le Rancher Solitaire. Il est la star.Un jour, il fait une dcouverte inattendue : l'issue d'un spectacle, Garrett Lamston, un vieil ami d'enfance, l'aborde alors qu'il est toujours masqu, pour lui proposer de s'amuser Aubrey n'avait jamais souponn que ce garon tait gay. Confronts des mres envahissantes qui veulent tout prix leur trouver des pouses, les deux amis se rapprochent et deviennent de plus en plus intimes.Aubrey sait bien qu'entre le ranch et le club, sa vie n'est qu'un chteau de cartes. Il espre seulement tenir le coup suffisamment longtemps pour mettre l'exploitation familiale hors de danger, btir la vie laquelle il aspire et trouver l'amour.

Hagen Wylie has it all figured out. He's going to live in his hometown, be everybody's friend, explore new relationships, and rebuild his life after the horrors of war. No muss, no fuss is the plan. He's well on his way-until he finds out his first love has come home too. Hagen says it's no big deal, but a chance encounter with Mitch Thayer's two cute sons puts him directly in the path of the only guy he's never gotten out of his head.Mitch returned for three reasons: to raise his sons where he grew up, to move his furniture business and encourage it to thrive, and to win Hagen back. Years away made it perfectly clear the young man he loved in high school is the only one for him. The problem? He left town and they have not talked since.If Hagen's going to trust him again, Mitch needs to show him how he's grown up and isn't going to let go. They could have a new chance at love but Hagen is insistent he's not reviving a relationship with Mitch. Then again, you never know.

Sequel to Setting the HookLove's Charter: Book TwoTo achieve happiness, they'll have to find the courage to be their own men.As first mate on a charter fishing boat, Billy Ray meets a lot of people, but not one of them has made him as uncomfortable as Skippy-because he's drawn to Skippy as surely as the moon pulls the tides, and he's almost as powerless to resist. Billy Ray has spent his life denying who he is to avoid the wrath of his religious father, and he can't allow anyone to see through his carefully built faade.Skippy is only in town on business and will have to return to Boston once he's through. After all, his father has certain expectations, and him staying in Florida is not one of them. But he doesn't count on Billy Ray capturing his attention and touching his heart.Billy Ray doesn't realize just how much he and Skippy have in common, though. They're both living to please their fathers instead of following their own dreams-a fact that becomes painfully obvious when they get to know each other and realize how much joy they've denied themselves. While they can't change the past, they can begin a future together and make up for lost time-as long as they're willing to face the consequences of charting their own course.

Seventeen years ago, Forge Reynolds fell in love... and had his heart broken. When Staff Sergeant Gage Livingston was brought into Forge's Army field hospital, temporarily paralyzed, Forge sat with him, read his letters, answered his mail, and formed a connection he thought would last. But Gage was sent home, Forge transferred to a new post, and his letters to Gage went unanswered. Now in the middle of a bitter divorce, Forge is sick and tired of his husband's manipulation. He's almost ready to make any sacrifice to get closure-then he finds Granger murdered execution-style in their home. Forge had no idea about Granger's illicit activities, but the killers don't believe that. They think Forge has something they want, and they're coming after him.When Forge's lawyer arranges for professional protection, the last face Forge expects to see is Gage's. Can he even contemplate a second chance for them after almost two decades, or will hoping only lead to more heartache? Before they can explore the possibilities, they must figure out what information Granger had-that others are willing to kill for-or that possible heartache could become a certainty.

Riley Parker: temp, twink, geek... sleuth?Maybe Riley isn't living up to his full potential, but being a temp executive assistant suits him. He's never bored at work, he's got friends who let him geek out, and he's got a carefully crafted twink exterior which might be getting constrictive now that he's on the other side of thirty. Life isn't perfect, but it's comfortable.It all unravels when he takes a job working for a tea-obsessed cosmetics queen, the owner of Gautier Cosmetics. During the launch party for a new product, Riley finds his boss dead under suspicious circumstances, and the homicide detective is none other than Tadeo Martin, Riley's high school obsession who never knew he was alive.Tad drafts Riley to get the scoop on the inner workings of Gautier, and for Riley, it's like a drug. His natural inquisitiveness is rewarded with more and more Tad. Unfortunately, his snooping puts him in the running for two other roles: suspect and victim. The killer doesn't care which.

Le professeur d'anglais Nathan Qells, quarante-cinq ans, est doue pour donner de l'importance aux personnes qui l'entourent. Cependant, il est moins bon quand il s'agit de preserver une relation. Il est sympathique, mais il a du mal a discerner les sentiments des autres personnes. Ainsi, meme apres tout le temps qu'il a passe a s'occuper de Michael, le lyceen qui habite en face de chez lui, il ne realise pas qu'Andreo Fiore, oncle et tuteur legal de Michael, a commence a tomber amoureux de lui. Dreo a des problmes plus urgents rgler que de montrer Nate qu'il pourrait tre un partenaire potentiel. Il lve son neveu, tout en essayant de quitter le monde de la mafia et de monter sa propre affaire, un processus rendu plus difficile lorsqu'une fusillade survient, liminant quelques personnages cls du milieu. Cela n'empche pas Dreo de persvrer dans sa qute d'une nouvelle vie dont il pourrait tre fier - une vie dans laquelle Nate aurait une place essentielle. Une vie qui pourrait ressembler celle dont Nate a toujours rv. Malheureusement pour Dreo - et pour Nate - la dernire fusillade n'tait que la partie immerge d'une restructuration importante de la mafia, et l'amour vident que porte Dreo Nate fait de ce dernier une nouvelle cible.

Les contes de Pennymaker, numero hors serieMark Sintorella (surnomme Cendres) travaille sans relache en tant que valet dans un hotel de luxe le jour, et dessine des vetements la nuit, dans l'espoir secret de reussir un jour a entrer en ecole de mode. Mais tous ses plans tombent a l'eau le jour ou il rencontre Ashton Armitage, fils de la cinquieme plus grosse fortune des Etats-Unis. Le Prince Ashton est sans conteste le jeune homme le plus seduisant que Mark ait jamais vu de sa vie.Le testament du grand-pre d'Ashton le contraint se marier s'il veut toucher l'hritage familial, aussi dcide-t-il d'pouser Kiki Fanderel. Ce que personne ne sait, c'est qu'en ralit, Ash est gay, et c'est le garon qui nettoie les chemines qui fait battre son cA ur.Pour compliquer encore la situation, l'trange Carstairs Pennymaker, petit homme espigle et factieux, dcouvre que Mark est styliste et dcide de lui faire porter ses crations en le faisant passer pour une femme, esprant ainsi impressionner les gourous de la mode qui sjournent l'htel. Et lorsque sonnent les douze coups de minuit, le prince se retrouve confront non pas une, mais deux princesses. Seulement l'une d'entre elles n'est pas ce qu'elle semble tre. qui la chaussure ira-t-elle ? Seul le mystrieux Monsieur Pennymaker le sait

Carlisle Cops: Book SixCarlisle police officer Dwayne knows what Robin is doing the moment he lays eyes on the young man at Bronco's club. But he doesn't know that, like him, Robin also comes from a family who cast him out for being gay, or that he's still lugging around the pain of that rejection. Robin leaves the club, and soon after Dwayne decides to as well-and is close by when things between Robin and his client turn violent. When Dwayne finds out Robin is the victim of a scam that lost him his apartment, he can't leave Robin to fend for himself on the streets. Despite Dwayne's offer of help and even opening up his home, it's hard for Robin to trust anything good. The friendship between them grows, and just as the two men start warming up to each other, Robin's sister passes away, naming Robin to care for her son. Worse yet, their pasts creep back in to tear down the family and sense of belonging both of them long for.Will their fledgling romance dissipate like fog in the sun before it has a chance to burn bright?

Les flics de Carlisle, tome 1L'agent de police Red Markham sait bien a quel point la vie peut etre moche depuis qu'un accident de voiture l'a prive de ses parents et l'a laisse defigure. Son metier, qui l'amene a sillonner les rues de Carlisle, en Pennsylvanie, ne fait qu'ajouter a l'horreur, d'autant plus que le nombre des overdoses a dernierement considerablement augmente. Puis, un apres-midi, il est appele au centre de loisirs pour une noyade impliquant un enfant. Arrive sur les lieux, il decouvre que le petit garcon a ete sauve par un jeune maitre-nageur du nom de Terry Baumgartner. Red n'est guere surpris lorsque cet homme magnifique fait tout son possible pour ne pas avoir a regarder son visage couture de cicatrices. Quand Terry surprend un jour un commentaire de Red le dcrivant comme un homme superficiel, il en vient se dire qu'il n'est pas vraiment aussi gnreux qu'il veut bien le croire. Son amie Julie lui suggre alors d'aider les plus dmunis en livrant des repas aux personnes ges. Cette action de bnvolat lui permet de faire la connaissance de Margie, une vieille dame au franc-parler, qui s'avre tre par ailleurs la tante de l'agent de police.Les mondes de Terry et de Red entrent en collision alors que Red s'efforce de dcouvrir la source du trafic de drogue et de protger Terry d'un ex qui refuse leur sparation. S'ils parviennent voir au-del des apparences, il se pourrait que les bnfices qu'ils retirent de l'aventure dpassent leurs plus grandes esprances.

Digging Up Bones: Book OneCloister Witte is a man with a dark past and a cute dog. He's happy to talk about the dog all day, but after growing up in the shadow of a missing brother, a deadbeat dad, and a criminal stepfather, he'd rather leave the past back in Montana. These days he's a K-9 officer in the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and pays a tithe to his ghosts by doing what no one was able to do for his brother-find the missing and bring them home.He's good at solving difficult mysteries. The dog is even better.This time the missing person is a ten-year-old boy who walked into the woods in the middle of the night and didn't come back. With the antagonistic help of distractingly handsome FBI agent Javi Merlo, it quickly becomes clear that Drew Hartley didn't run away. He was taken, and the evidence implies he's not the kidnapper's first victim. As the search intensifies, old grudges and tragedies are pulled into the light of day. But with each clue they uncover, it looks less and less likely that Drew will be found alive.

A Club Whisper NovelLife is perfect for Richard and Dean. Richard is a wealthy and successful businessman who also owns a BDSM club, and Dean is a best-selling author and sub to Richard. They're young, happy, and in love. The future is bright....Until tragedy strikes and an accident claims Dean's beloved sister. Dean finds himself the guardian of a three-month-old infant, and soon he's trading in his leather fetish gear for diapers and drool bibs. But little Emily is all that remains of his family, so how can he abandon her?It's not what Richard signed up for. As much as he tries to be supportive, he never wanted kids and misses having his partner to himself. Suddenly the life he imagined for them is gone, and he's not sure their relationship can survive the upheaval. But fate isn't through with Dean, and when misfortune strikes again, will he be able to turn to the man he loves? A final crisis will determine if they can pull together as a family or must face facts and part ways.

A Phantom Fixers StoryWith love and ghosts, the challenge is figuring out what's real. Software engineer Cruz Guthrie needs money for his sister's cancer treatments. He needs it so badly he's willing to stand in for a ghost hunter friend and investigate a millionaire's supposed specters. It should be an easy gig-after all, nobody thinks the haunting is real.Neurological researcher Brody Weber is furious that Cruz would take advantage of Brody's father. But his mind changes when spirits manifest-and he realizes Cruz genuinely wants to help. When they learn the paranormal activity centers on Brody, Cruz is willing to fight to free Brody from the entities determined to make his life miserable. With a little help from friends and family-both living and dead-they must figure out why Brody is attracting spirits and how to banish them. Only then can they pursue a future together.

WMU: Book TwoViolinist Logan has spent most of his life training for a career in music. But as the pressure mounts during his junior year, he questions whether playing in an orchestra is the future he wants, or one chosen by his parents. His new roommate-that annoying jerk Peter from last year's production of Guys and Dolls-complicates matters. Crammed into a dorm room with the overconfident but undeniably hot accounting major, Logan can't stop snarling. Then Peter sprains his ankle building sets, and Logan grudgingly agrees to play chauffeur. But instead of putting further strain on their relationship, spending time together reveals some common ground-and mutual frustration. Logan discovers he isn't the only one who doesn't know what he wants from life, and the animosity between him and Peter changes keys. But just as the possibility of a happier future appears, Logan gets a dream offer that will take him away from Western Massachusetts University-and Peter. Now he has to decide: will he live the solitary life laid out for him, or hold on to Peter and forge his own path?

Matt Bowers's life ended at sixteen, when a vicious betrayal by someone who he should have been able to trust left him a shell of himself, fighting OCD and PTSD, living in constant fear and always running. When he buys a remote tract of land, he thinks he's found the perfect place to hide from the world and attempt to establish some peace. For ten years he believes he's found a measure of comfort, until the day a stranger begins to run on Matt's road.He returns every day, an unwelcome intrusion into Matt's carefully structured life. Matt appeals to the local sheriff, who cannot help him since the jogger is doing nothing wrong. Gradually, after tentatively breaking the ice, Matt begins to accept the man's presence-But when the runner doesn't show up one day, it throws Matt's world into chaos and he must make the hardest decision of his life.

Sequel to Planting His DreamPlanting Dreams: Book TwoLove can grow in even the harshest conditions.Life has been a struggle for Lachlan Buttar ever since his mother passed away and left him unprepared to take care of himself. He's gone from homeless to staying with a local minister, but it soon becomes clear he will be better off, and safer, on his own. Fortunately Foster and Javi agree to take Lachlan in and offer him a real home on their dairy farm.It's there that Lachlan meets another of the workers, local farmer Abe Armitage. Though the attraction between them is instant, Abe refuses to act on it until Lachlan returns his interest. By then, strong feelings have taken root, and a passionate romance quickly blossoms. But both men carry baggage that could crush any chance of happiness together, particularly since Lachlan witnessed a crime, and there are those who will do anything to make sure he cannot reveal what he's seen.

Welcome to Dim Sum Asylum: a San Francisco where it's a ho-hum kind of case when a cop has to chase down an enchanted two-foot-tall shrine god statue with an impressive Fu Manchu mustache that's running around Chinatown, trolling sex magic and chaos in its wake.Senior Inspector Roku MacCormick of the Chinatown Arcane Crimes Division faces a pile of challenges far beyond his human-faerie heritage, snarling dragons guarding C-Town's multiple gates, and exploding noodle factories. After a case goes sideways, Roku is saddled with Trent Leonard, a new partner he can't trust, to add to the crime syndicate family he doesn't want and a spell-casting serial killer he desperately needs to find.While Roku would rather stay home with Bob the Cat and whiskey himself to sleep, he puts on his badge and gun every day, determined to serve and protect the city he loves. When Chinatown's dark mystical underworld makes his life hell and the case turns deadly, Trent guards Roku's back and, if Trent can be believed, his heart... even if from what Roku can see, Trent is as dangerous as the monsters and criminals they're sworn to bring down.

Opposites attract, but are some differences too drastic for a romance to survive?On the surface, Benson Howard Winthrop III and Hugh Bayard have a lot in common: they're young, handsome, and blessed to be one of the wealthiest couples in the country. Surely they have everything anyone could want. But Ben is no longer satisfied with their long-running relationship. Hugh's need to control every situation is suffocating him, and Ben needs to know if he can make it on his own merits by following his passion.But Ben's mother isn't about to let her son live in a rundown apartment as a struggling actor. She's determined to get him back to his rightful place at the top of the social ladder-and back with Hugh.Rekindling their romance will require more than doing what's expected. Ben and Hugh need to understand and embrace each other's differences. They'll have to support each other even when one makes a decision the other doesn't agree with. For their passionate love to grow, they will need to redefine the meaning of romance only then can they find true happiness.

Un hiver de loup, numero hors serieLe monde s'acheve non pas dans une explosion, mais dans un deluge. Des tornades ravagent le cA ur de Londres, une chaleur etouffante fait fondre le bitume a New York et des couches de permafrost de plus en plus epaisses paralysent la Russie. Au debut, les hommes se mobilisent, organisent des co-voiturages et evacuent les populations, mais le temps ne fait qu'empirer. Durham, Danny Fennick, un professeur affable, s'est calfeutr chez lui en attendant que la tempte passe. lev dans les Highlands d'cosse, il a connu des hivers plus rigoureux. Et surtout, il possde un avantage : c'est un loup-garou. Ou, plus exactement, un chien-garou. Moins impressionnant, mais tout aussi pratique.Nanmoins, les loups-garous n'y voient pas qu'un simple hiver et franchissent le Mur du Nord pour marquer leur nouveau territoire. Parmi eux, son ex, Jack, fils du Numitor de la meute et prince hritier, et son frre, qui rve de fratricide.Un hiver de loup n'est pas blanc. Il est rouge comme le sang.

Love's Charter: Book OneIt could be the catch of a lifetime....William Westmoreland escapes his unfulfilling Rhode Island existence by traveling to Florida twice a year and chartering Mike Jansen's fishing boat to take him out on the Gulf. The crystal-blue water and tropical scenery isn't the only view William enjoys, but he's never made his move. A vacation romance just isn't on his horizon.Mike started his Apalachicola charter fishing service as a way to care for his daughter and mother, putting their safety and security ahead of the needs of his own heart. Denying his attraction becomes harder with each of William's visits.William and Mike's latest fishing excursion starts with a beautiful day, but a hurricane's erratic course changes everything, stranding William. As the wind and rain rage outside, the passion the two men have been trying to resist for years crashes over them. In the storm's wake, it leaves both men yearning to prolong what they have found. But real life pulls William back to his obligations. Can they find a way to reduce the distance between them and discover a place where their souls can meet? The journey will require rough sailing, but the bright future at the end might be worth the choppy seas.

A Hearts Entwined NovelAs a stunningly attractive man and the owner of a successful chain of auto repair garages, Trevor is used to attention, adoration, and getting what he wants. What he wants tends to be passionate, no-strings-attached flings with men he meets in clubs. He doesn't expect anything different when he sets his sights on James. Imagine his surprise when the charm that normally brings men to their knees fails to impress. Trevor will need to drop the routine and connect with James on a meaningful level. He starts by offering to take James home instead of James riding home with his intoxicated friend. For James, losing his sight at a young age meant limited opportunities for social interaction. Spending most of his time working at a school for the blind has left him unfamiliar with Trevor's world, but James has fought hard for his independence, and he knows what he wants. Right now, that means stepping outside his comfort zone and into Trevor's heart.Trevor is also open to exploring real love and commitment for a change, but before he can be the man James needs him to be, he'll have to deal with the pain of his past.

Secrets: Book OneSix years ago Ellis walked into his first briefing as the newest member of London's Specialist Firearms unit. He was partnered with Wayne and they became fast friends. When Wayne begins to notice changes-Ellis's erratic temper, the effects of sleep deprivation-he knows he has to act before Ellis reaches his breaking point. He invites Ellis to the opening of the new BDSM club, Secrets, where Wayne has a membership. His purpose? He wants Ellis to glimpse the lifestyle before Wayne approaches him with a proposition. He wants to take Ellis in hand, to control his life because he wants his friend back, and he figures this is the only way to do it.There are a few issues, however. Ellis is straight. Stubborn. And sexy. Wayne knows he has to put his own feelings aside to be what Ellis needs. What surprises the hell out of him is finding out what Ellis actually requires.

Violence is hard to escape because of the scars it leaves-on the body, the mind, and the heart.Small, skinny, and timid, Matt is the school's punching bag. He suffers in silence and holds no hope anyone will come to his aid. The last thing on his mind is finding someone special. He's sure it's impossible, so why bother trying?Shane is no stranger to pain. At his old school, he broke a football player's arms for tormenting his friend, and with his size and multiple tattoos, he looks every bit the thug everyone-Matt included-assumes he is.Building trust isn't easy, but a sweet yet passionate romance slowly unfolds. Their road isn't without bumps, but Matt and Shane navigate them together, finding happiness and security in each other-until another act of violence and its aftermath threatens to tear their lives-and their love-apart once and for all. But like the symbols etched into Shane's skin, some things are made to last.

Three misfits, mismatched in every way-Henry Perkins, Brody Decker, and Danny Denisco-have been friends throughout high school. Now in their senior year, the boys realize their relationship is changing, that they're falling in love. But they face opposition at every turn-from outside and from within themselves. Moving to the next level will take all the courage, understanding, and commitment they can muster. But it could happen.Henry is a star athlete and the son of religious parents who have little concern for the future he wants. Brody is a quirky dreamer and adrenaline junkie, and Danny is an emo artist and the target of bullies. Despite their differences, they've always had each other's backs, and with each of them facing a new and unique set of challenges, that support is more important than ever. Is it worth risking the friendship they all depend on for the physical and romantic relationship they all desire?In this unconventional new adult romance, three gay teens brave societal backlash-as well as the chance that they might lose their treasured friendship-to embark on a committed polyamorous relationship.

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.