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Set in the same world as 911, Cheek to Cheek follows firefighters Mallory and Will and the ups and downs of their relationship from their first anonymous meeting at a quiet gay bar to discovering that they're about to be working at the same fire station when Will is sent in to replace injured firefighter Drew, and beyond.

Their plans of a quiet, easy, no-pressure physical relationship will be put to the test as they work together, as ex-lovers and family put their two cents in as well. Can Mallory and Will find more than just the physical together? Follow this hot serial and find out!


Ch 1 available | read sample

Alexander Myers and his twin sister Tabitha were born with the incredible ability to “hear” the thoughts of animals. Alex has managed to keep this a secret and has actually used it to his advantage for his job, working in an emergency animal care clinic and volunteering at the animal shelter. But when he meets Dylan Travers, a local animal control officer, it becomes harder and harder to keep his own secret. At the same time, he's worried about how Dylan will react if he shares his secret.

Add to that debilitating migraines from especially 'loud' animals, and a co-worker who Alex butts heads with, and Alex's life is suddenly far more exciting than he'd like. Will he be able to keep his job, his lover and his sanity? Tune in each month to find out.


Ch 1 available | read sample

Becca, Dave and Nip met in college and have been playing together ever since. Three young professionals, they get together on a regular basis for a little wine, a little chocolate and a kinky game of Truth or Dare. They love each other and the easy-going relationship is a good fit for their busy lives. 

When the unthinkable happens to Becca, she closes herself off from the world, and from Dave and Nip. She not only gives up Truth or Dare nights, but shuts the boys out completely. Left to their own devices, Dave and Nip discover their feelings for Becca, and each other, run deep. But will they be able to convince Becca their love is true or is it too late for all three of them?


Ch 1 available | read sample

Phillip doesn't want to go back to Louisiana. He's got a good thing going in Las Vegas, with a political career on the rise and a past he's put behind him. When that past raises its ugly head, though, bringing him full circle, Phil meets up with some people he never expected to see again.

One of those people is his childhood friend, Grant Thibbideaux. Grant is a successful businessman, just as eager to forget their past as Phil is. Some things can't be hidden forever, and Phil and Grant have to work together to find enough common ground to face their demons. Can they build their friendship from the ashes of what it once was, and maybe find love in the process?


 

Ch 1-2 available | Read Sample

Kim is in his last year of high school and just hopes to make it through the year without running into any gay bashing. The thing is, Kim is not only gay, but he's transgender, too. He's unhappy and lost in his female body, and his mother has agreed it's time for him to undergo hormone therapy and possibly surgery.

Things get even more complicated when university student Dash joins Kim's mother's coven. Dash is immediately attracted to Kim and they wind up going out together, but when Kim reveals he's a female to male transgender, Dash reacts badly.

With all the other things going on in their lives, will Kim and Dash be able to try again and find happiness with each other?


Ch 1-2 available | Read Sample

Denny and Robin meet when Denny falls in Robin’s lap. Literally. Having lost a leg in a muscle car race, he’s got a prosthetic, which sometimes leaves him unsteady on his feet. A shared table at the best pizza joint in town soon leads to a night of passion.

Robin, a writer, is footloose and fancy-free and brand new to town. He finds himself coming back to the slightly older and more settled Denny, loving the way the man makes him feel. But will it last? Will Robin stick around for the whole deal?
 


Ch 1-2 available | Read Sample

Ryan and Shreve share an apartment that has it all for such an old building. An open floor plan, a huge shower, and a picture window in the bedroom. When Ryan notices he and Shreve are being spied on by the attractive female photographer across the way, he decides it's time to get friendly with the neighbors. Real friendly. And he sets out to get Shreve to jump on board with the plan.

Leanne has no idea the boys know she's watching. They inspire her to pick up her camera for the first time since a disastrous showing of her work, and they make her hot, but she's not sure she wants to meet her subjects. Can Ryan convince Leanne, and Shreve, that the whole situation is picture perfect?


Ch 1-4 available | Read Sample

Nicky and Brandon are back, and this time they're on Brandon's turf.

Nicky's still on disability when he comes to Riverside to visit Brandon and pick up his 'Querida' from the Bakersfield's impound lot. Brandon loves having Nicky around, but at the same time, he's worried someone might find out that Nicky's more than just a friend.

When Nicky becomes involved with the Task Force Brandon's on, the tension ratchets higher as Brandon's paranoia about being outed increases. Will his inability to step out of the closet mean the end of his relationship with Nicky? Or will the danger of the case they're on make it all a moot point?

Find out in this exciting sequel to Cheating Chance.

 


Ch 1-4 available | Read Sample

Hannah's a hard-bitten cop on the trail of a killer. When the trail leads her to exotic dancer John, she's as fascinated as she is suspicious. John has a boyfriend, graphic designer Ben, but he's pretty fascinated by Hannah, too. He and Ben decide to play a little, and that's when things start to get really weird for Hannah.

She's not sure what to think of these two hot guys who are willing to overlook her scars and her past, but Hannah knows mixing business with pleasure is a mistake. Even if it turns out that John is not her main suspect, she shouldn't be messing around with witnesses. Hannah knows she shouldn't get attached, but Ben and John are hard to resist. Will the killer get to one of them before Hannah can solve the case?

 


Ch 1-5 available | Read Sample

Shapeshifter Dakota thinks he’s the only one of his kind in the whole world. Then he meets Jax and the sparks -- and fur -- flies. Convinced now that there must be more like them, Dakota and Jax seek out others and bring them all to the Shifting Sands ranch where they can be free to be themselves.

But what if not all shifters are content to just subsist side by side with humans? What if there are predators out there from time long past who consider themselves to be the top of the food chain?

Can Dakota and Jax save themselves and the world from the predators? Or have they bitten off more than they can chew?

Stay tuned every month and find out!

 


Ch 1-5 available | Read Sample

Gideon Blueplum has made a lot of money working hard and now it's time to play. He's come to the Velvet Glove, ready to pay for a year in advance to enjoy the pleasures that the club offers.

He doesn't expect to meet someone like Tybalt within his first hour of being at the Glove. Tybalt is beautiful, shy, and everything Gideon's been looking for in a sub and Gideon sweeps the man right off his feet.

But Tybalt's a refugee, and his people were all but wiped out by their conquerors. Will he and Gideon be able to play and enjoy each other's company, will they be able to fall in love, without Tybalt's past interfering?

 

Ch 1-5 available | Read Sample

The Five O'clock is a gay bar just outside of Denver. Owner Craig loves his bar, his life and his man, trucker Barney. But Craig and Barney are just two of the men who haunt the Five O'Clock. Join authors Kathleen Dale, Sean Michael, Chris Owen, Julia Talbot and BA Tortuga as they each bring you stories about the men of the Five O'clock.


Ch 1-5 available | Read Sample

Jenner, Grey and Lysander are back, trying to make things work between the three of them as well as they can't. It's not an easy task with one of them a universally loved singer, another a Duke, and the third from a far away culture with traditions that are far different from the other two. Lucky for them they love each other as much as they do.

Things seem to be going well, or at least they do until Jenner's family starts interfering. Everyone from his father, to his uncle the King have plans for him, and none of them include settling down and living a quiet, happy life with his lovers.

Will Jenner be able to balance fulfilling his familial duties with living the life he wants?

 


Ch 1-5 available | Read Sample

Lyle's a workaholic. The only thing he indulges in aside from making money is exercising and sleeping. Then he meets Rupe.

Rupe is the exact opposite of Lyle, working construction jobs during the summer and saving the money so he can hang out, ride his bike and just plain enjoy life the rest of the year.

For two men who are so different, they get along like a house on fire. But can it last? Do they even want it to? What are they willing to give up to keep seeing each other?

 


Ch 1-6 available | Read Sample

Times are tough in Western Australia. There's a war on, though nobody will call it that yet. Dan, injured in the line of duty, now takes in orphaned children until the Red Cross can find a place for them. He's become an old hand at looking after the kids, running his little hand crank radio, and just surviving.

That is until Sid rolls up to his house on a motorcycle, claiming to be the uncle of the baby girl Dan is currently looking after. It isn't that Dan doesn't believe Sid, it's just that the man knows nothing about taking care of babies and Dan doesn't see how Sid is going to manage taking the child across the outback on his bike.

Heavy bombing in the area prompts Dan to flee eastward with Sid and the baby, but neither Sid nor the baby are your ordinary humans and the so-called police action is becoming more and more of a war every day. Will Dan and his companions survive the army, the war, the outback, and worst of all Sid's relatives to become something more than they are?

Stay tuned to this exciting futuristic tale and find out!

 


Ch 1-6 available | Read Sample

Ken and Bay are rich young men who like to party, make love to each other, and party some more. They also happen to be twins. Estranged from their father since their mother died when they were little, they've learned to rely only on each other.

When their father hires a pair of bodyguards to watch their every move, they think it's just a bid on his part to keep them under his thumb and they do their best to run the bodyguards off. Then an all too real explosion rocks the mansion, and their bodyguards split them up, each running in a different direction to keep them safe.

Will Ken and Bay survive the threat that hangs over them? Will they survive being apart for the first time in their lives? And will their poor, beleaguered bodyguards learn to deal with the twins and with each other before the threat is over?

 


 

Ch 1-7 available | Read Sample

The boys from Big Enough for Five are back. They've sold the press and are each pursuing different jobs, doing their own thing. They still come back together again at the end of the day though, living and fighting and loving as only a fivesome can. They're finally investing in a new bed, too. Something custom-made that'll fit them all just a little bit better, something that's made for five.

But what happens when street musician Rhymer decides he'd like a taste of each of them? Will his interest fracture what the fivesome have managed to build together? Or will they discover that they've got room for one more?

 


Ch 1-10 available | Read Sample

Bryan has been making sweets for a long time. Too long, maybe, especially when he's missing his dead lover. But he has a calling, a special talent that makes his confections more than they seem. Just the thing to help sweeten a life here, spice up another there.

Magical truffles make for wonderful stories from their customers, and assistant James is pleased for the people Bryan helps, but he thinks his maddening boss needs a little help in the happiness department. Can he help Bryan in and out of the kitchen?

 


Ch 1-11 available | Read Sample

Nick is just a working man, trying to get his job done. When a routine job goes sour, though, he knows just who to blame; the guy who threw himself in front of Nick's car. Ty.

Ty's in trouble, and he's hoping Nick will help him. He's not sure what forces brought them together, but he knows they're meant to be, and he's willing to use his talent for generating heat to keep Nick at his side, ready for more of his special gifts. And ready to defend him from anyone who wants to hurt him. Will these two be overcome by the fire inside?


Ch 1-11 available | Read Sample

Jordan's got a good life. He's got his own web business, a fat cat for a pet and his own house, which he shares with his sister -- oh well, nothing's perfect. Also not perfect is not having someone special to share his life with. His sister Rebecca believes it's because he's too picky and too unapproachable, but Jordan just wants someone to do the Sunday crossword with, take walks with, someone who'll be his mate for life. Is that really too much to ask?

One night Rebecca drags Jordan to a Tyler Curtis concert. Tyler is a notorious bad boy who treats his audience with contempt and sleeps with a different groupie every night, and Rebecca is determined to be tonight's groupie. Jordan is there under protest. At least he is until he meets the man beneath the crass, bad boy image. Will Jordan get to know the true Tyler or will Tyler's manager and a world wanting the man to match the image conspire against them?


 Ch. 1-11 available | Read Sample

Darren Cox has been an operative for the Retriever’s Division of the Agency for Afterlife Activity for ten years, ever since he was killed by a rival sniper agent on earth. In that time, his cold demeanor has scared off too many partners to count. When he meets Tanner Simms, the youngest operative to work in their division, he knows his afterlife is about to become a lot more complicated. The energetic, friendly nineteen year old is only too happy to glue himself to Darren’s side and learn all there is to know about helping the troubled souls of the dead cross over. Even the prospect of banishing a demon or two isn’t enough to scare off the exuberant young man.

What Darren cannot make sense of is why his boss insists that Tanner needs to learn from him, or what the special talents are that his partner supposedly possess. It isn’t until he sees a telltale marking on Tanner’s lips and his partner shares the events in his dark past that Darren realizes the power Tanner possesses, and that he is the one the demons speak of in fear as the “Demon Slayer.” Tanner’s unique abilities will be needed in order to defeat the possessed ghost of a serial killer determined to take one last victim with him before crossing over.

Can Tanner and Darren take out the bad guy without losing their afterlives? Find out in this exciting novel.


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Todd McPhie thinks that running the Jerusalem Coffee company is a lot easier than what he used to do for a living. He gets plenty of people watching time, and occasionally picks up someone for a little more than observing.

Then JD comes along, getting Todd more hot and bothered than he's been in a long time. He convinces JD to play, but JD might just have the most conservative job on earth, and the man is kind of a workaholic.

Can Todd convince JD he's worth more than a one night stand?


Ch 1-16 available | Read Sample

Michael’s a fallen angel who doesn’t believe in love. How he managed to find Seth, the only demon between heaven and hell whose one weakness is a belief in true love is a mystery, but the pair are lovers. They’re also trapped at Club Fantasy, a gay bar and casino, by a mysterious man who is not of this earth.

And Club Fantasy is no ordinary casino. Play the fantasy slots and if you get three devil’s horns or three angel’s wings, your payout is a very special prize: just tell Seth and Michael your heart’s deepest desire, and they’ll arrange for it to come true. Or will they?

Be careful what you wish for at Club Fantasy, but be even more careful of the wishes you don’t realize you’re making!

This is an exclusive Turn of the Screw serial.


Ch 1-16 available | Read Sample

You've never seen a country and western band like Luck of the Draw. They travel by day and play hard at night, and when their bus driver, Ramon, dcides to leave them to start a family in El Paso, they have quite a quandary.

None of them can drive in the sunlight.

Enter Scooter, commercially licensed driver and completely unaware that the guy he's trying to pick up in a bar has ulterior motives. Soon enough he finds out he's getting a whole lot more than a one night stand, and then the fun begins. Every one of these band mates has a story, and you're not gonna want to wait for the next tale. Sink your teeth in today!

This is an exclusive to Turn of the Screw serial.


Ch 1-17 available | Read Sample

The Rossi family has a long history of mystery and intrigue. Alessio Rossi likes to collect the family records, but when he finds an account of a mysterious death in Renaissance Venice, he takes more than just a passing interest.

Together with his brother and his cousins, he researches his ancestor's demise, and finds that someone else worked to solve the same mystery, all those years ago. The characters of Mysterious Ways and The Peacock and the Firebird return in this sprawling mystery!

This is an exclusive to Turn of the Screw serial.


Ch 1-17 available | Read Sample

Cowboys and broncs. Bullfighters and bulls. That's what eight seconds is all about. These guys are rough and ready, all about hats, chaps and spurs. And about what goes on when the rodeo is over and they go home.

From bullriders who find what they're looking for in salty old Aussie bullfighters, to bronc busters who get more than they bargain for out of stock contractors, these boys meet life head on. They'll leave you feeling like you've had the ride of your life, but can they keep it in the saddle for eight seconds?

This is an exclusive to Turn of the Screw serial.


Ch 1-20 available | Read Sample

Ericio didn't particularly want to become King. He found politics tedious, in fact most of his duties were tedious to this spoiled prince. To top it all off, someone is trying to kill him.

Now bodyguard to his childhood best friend, Kane is devoted to his King. Nothing seems to phase him, not attempts on Ericio's life, nor the demands Ericio himself places upon Kane.

Will that devotion be enough to keep Ericio safe when insurgents rise against the ruler and try to replace him with one of their own? Will Ericio be his own worst enemy as the attacks escalate? Find out in this fantasy story about boyhood friends who must fulfil the roles they are destined to play.


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Ch. 1-49 available | read sample

A gentleman's club of distinction, that's the Velvet Glove. Set in a future world where space has been colonized, the Velvet Glove follows the life of the people who live and work at a finely tuned club offering the finest in diversions, from food to sex, catering to every wish of its members. Delicious.

This is an exclusive to Turn of the Screw serial.


Ch. 1-13 Available/Series Completed | Read Sample

What sorts of things do two Marines and their very own redneck get up to on their off hours? Find out in this series of missing moments from the popular stars of the books Three Day Passes and Tempering. Rock, Dick, and Rigger give an intimate look at the games they play and the trouble they get into, from the small details of everyday life to their scorching hot sexual antics. Don't miss this one.

This is an exclusive to Turn of the Screw serial.


Ch. 1-10 Available/Series Completed | Read Sample

The Thatcher brothers live hard and play hard. They fly planes. The jump out of planes. They drink beer and eat like lumberjacks, and they always go after what they want. Jed Thatcher wants Eli Marshall, his iceman firefighter lover. These two just combust, making as much trouble as Eli's smokejumping skills and Jed's search and rescue talents get other folks out of.

Ross, on the other hand, wants Kevin O'Donnell, his adorable twink cryptographer boyfriend. Ross has a ball teaching Kev about the redneck things in life, and about how much fun coming out of his shell can be, and Kevin teaches jaded, Army hardened Ross a thing or two about love.

Featuring the characters from the popular double novella Jumping Into Things, Adrenaline Junkies is a series of missing moments from Jed and Ross' lives and loves. Guaranteed to get your heart beating!

This is an exclusive to Turn of the Screw serial.

Coming in June

Hyacinth Club 2 by BA Tortuga

Just the Right Notes by Sean Michael

 

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