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Their love story is ten years in the making. Long-time rivals on the ice to lovers in the dark. Torn apart by misunderstanding and brought back together by fate. Can their recently renewed relationship survive being forced into the light after an intentional act of violence takes one of them out of the game? Caleb Donovan is the golden boy of the NCAA. Kaden is the chaos to Caleb’s order, the rival who sees the struggle behind the perfect smile. For years, their explosive, hidden connection was kept in dark hotel rooms and hushed phone calls. By luck or fate, they end up on the same NHL team in Boston, and just when they have their chance to bring their love into the light, their relationship will be put to the ultimate test. A violent, calculated hit leaves Caleb with a severe brain injury, shattering his mind into fragments of static and fear. The control he craves is gone, replaced by a terrifying loop of confusion where memories fade within minutes. Kaden sacrifices his rookie season, staying by Caleb’s side to anchor him as the only voice that can cut through the static. As Caleb fights to rebuild his mind and return to the game that nearly killed him, he realizes the man holding him together is breaking apart under the weight of a love they’ve never dared to voice out loud. To survive the season, Caleb has to find his way back to the ice. But to find the quiet he needs, he must claim the one thing he’s always been too afraid to keep. The Quiet is a high-angst, emotional M/M hockey romance about the noise of the world, the silence of trauma and the person who holds you when the static gets too loud. This is the first installment of Ice & Anchors, a series of interconnected standalone novels and novellas, with some overlap on the same timelines.

Indrie is a newly freed slave building a life in a city that welcomes him. He has everything he never dared to want. Everything except the man he can't stop wanting. Eskil has never kept anyone. He is a warrior king, devoted to his kingdom and his younger brother. He doesn't lie awake at night thinking about the way a healer half his size sounded when Eskil kissed him for the first time. Except he is doing exactly that and he is losing his mind. But Rengara's enemies are circling. A treacherous alliance threatens to tear Eskil's brother from his side. Forces press the borders with coordinated strikes designed to bleed the kingdom dry. And the man Eskil loves is carrying scars far deeper than the ones on his skin, scars that make him believe he isn't worth keeping. Eskil intends to prove him wrong. If his enemies don't kill him first.

Gabriel Mensah has secretly been in love with his sister’s fiancé for two long years. Bobby is kind, loyal, and everything Gabriel knows he shouldn’t want. Being the perfect brother in law to be is the only safe option… until Vegas happens. At Bobby’s stag do, he discovers his fiancé and best friend have been having an affair. With Gabriel the only person he can trust, one night of heartbreak and too much tequila ends with them waking up in a hotel bed wearing matching wedding rings. They laugh it off as a Vegas stunt, until they’re back in London and learn the marriage is very real. Bobby is kicked out and accused of being the one having the affair, leaving Gabriel to pick up the pieces. What starts as hero worship shifts into something deeper for Bobby, but he has no idea what to do with these new feelings. It’s only when he sees Gabriel on a date with someone else that he risks what’s left of his already broken heart. Gabriel wants to protect Bobby, even if loving him has always been off limits. But how does he guard his own heart from the man who’s held it for two years? And when Bobby finally faces the truth about their accidental marriage, will he file for an annulment… or admit he married the right Mensah sibling all along?

Easton Chase can't keep taking swings. Baseball was his way out, the ticket to college and a life no Chase before him had ever lived. But after he fights for a state title, his arm gives out for good. At home, everything's broken. His mom is gone. His dad's in jail. He's stuck with grandparents who barely know what year it is. The hardest part isn't what he's lost. It's what he's been taught to be. A voice in his head that sounds a lot like his father's decides what he's allowed to feel and want. Strength means silence. Emotions are hidden. The only place that feels like home is the Quinn house. But that's changing. Tanner Quinn is the one person Easton never got over. He's still around, close enough to see, close enough to hurt. But he's moving on, and Easton isn't part of where he's going. Alcohol quiets it, for a few hours. But the deeper Easton sinks, the harder it gets to hold on to anything: baseball, the Quinns, or himself. If he can't silence that voice and decide who he really is, he won't just lose his future. He'll lose himself.

Casper is used to being the attentive "nice guy". So when his girlfriend develops a sudden interest in dark romance, he is determined to deliver her fantasy. He buys the mask, perfects his broody alter-ego and climbs the garden fence. The only problem? There's already a masked man waiting at her window. Miles can be a little reckless and watching Casper from the shadows has him tired of waiting. He wants to be the one to finally wake him up, because he sees Cass. Maybe it's all the cinnamon romanticising the season, but Miles wants Casper to be his before Halloween. That's a promise. He just needs a new tactic. Think less slasher, more secret admirer. Say hello to their Masktok era. Between pumpkin patches, spooky-season movie marathons, overpriced spiced lattes, cosy moments on ferris wheels, eerie coastal getaways and Halloween plushies, an unexpected real spark ignites. Casper finds himself falling for the charming literature student, never suspecting Miles is the masked man who started an awakening. He's haunting his DMs and his dreams. Miles wants a dark romance? He’s about to get one.

Carlos Reyes is having a quarter life crisis. Once a hopeless romantic who believed in the power of the romantic comedy, Carlos is struggling to find anything about his life romantic or comedic. Life in the wake of losing his dad is difficult enough, but throw in work pressure and a broken heart, and everything's a mess. But then he gets the professional opportunity of a lifetime: follow blockbuster author and recent recluse Claudia Leighton on her upcoming book tour and write the tell-all piece her fans have been dying for. Carlos wants to jump at the opportunity, but there’s a problem, Claudia’s publicist, Elliot Simpson. He’s arrogant, insufferable and the man who broke his heart. And if he takes this job, Carlos will be stuck with him for weeks.

London 1825. When a young American heiress arrives at a Society ball draped in long-lost sapphires and diamonds belonging to the late Duchess of Ashington, jaws drop and tempers rise. Thirty years earlier, those jewels vanished after a deadly shooting party. Now, they’ve resurfaced around the neck of the odious Marquess of Talybridge’s beautiful betrothed. The current Duke of Ashington wants them back where they belong, and his close friends are only too happy to plot a daring heist on his behalf. But he’s not the only man with his eyes on the prize. A mysterious French viscount, new to London and shrouded in scandal, wants them too. Enter Mickey Maurice, gambling hell owner Tommy Squire’s right-hand man. Loyal and discreet, Mickey glides through Society largely unobserved. Under the duke’s instruction, he’s tasked with seducing the truth out of the foreigner. But when secrets, schemes, and seductions collide, the real thief might just be a matter of the heart. And for young Mickey, love might be the riskiest heist of all.

My father thought he was punishing me by sending me to the barbarians to avoid a scandal. To me, it sounded like a great deal of fun. I was expecting fast riding, a great deal of alcohol, and a wild adventure. And hopefully to experience the magic of barbarian cock. It wasn’t at all what I’d expected. When two barbarians begin to fight over me, I’m thrilled. But the more I get to know them, the less I want to choose between them. If I can convince them to share me in bed, is it possible I can convince them to keep me without forcing me to choose? Winning each other was never the goal. They may be rivals, but they both want me. And sharing is caring, after all.

TURNING BACK THE CLOCK Sent back in time three years to the day he met Xiang Shu, Chen Xing and his fellow exorcists have been given a fresh chance to thwart the Demon God. As Chen Xing journeys north to Chi Le Chuan for the second time, he hopes his experiences in the previous timeline will allow him to avert disaster for the Akele people and the Deer God Lu Ying. However, while Chen Xing and the others have retained their memories from before the reset, however, Xiang Shu seems to be none the wiser…leaving Chen Xing the only one who remembers their feelings for one another. Will Xiang Shu's memories return? And if they don't, can Chen Xing count on him falling in love again?

I’ve been in love with Trace Bishop half my life… And I’ve been hiding it just as long. He’s my father’s best friend. The man who tracked me down and kept me safe my entire childhood… The man who looked me in the eyes six years ago and said we were impossible. So I poured my longing into love songs. Songs no one knows are about Trace. I shared them with the world under a secret identity and won a Grammy. Just another thing to hide. Then one stupid kiss changes everything. Trace can’t want me back. It would cost him his friends, his family, and the life he’s built. And I’m tired of wanting the impossible. So I run… Straight into the crosshairs of someone who knows all my secrets and doesn’t care who gets hurt. Trace does what he always does, he finds me. But this time, he’s not tracking his best friend’s son. He’s tracking the man whose kiss he can’t forget. The man he’ll burn his life down to keep. Because if Trace and I want a chance at forever, hiding is no longer an option. Tracking Wolfe is a father's best friend, age gap, secret identity, road trip romance from bestselling author Lucy Lennox. It is full of forbidden love, pining, protector vibes, and forced proximity, plus a hint of danger and suspense. It is part of the Made Marian Legacy series, but can also be read as a stand alone.

Landon has always kept one foot firmly planted in the ordinary world. He’s an accounant after all. But then he discovers monsters are real… and an elf prince insists they're fated mates. Dashiel has waited centuries for the one person destined to be his. The moment he meets Landon, he knows he's found him. However, convincing his human is another matter entirely. Landon isn't ready to believe in fated mates. He's still trying to accept vampires, shifters, and elves exist. But the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to deny the bond growing between them. And when danger comes calling, Landon must decide if he’s ready for a love he never saw coming.

Stefano, the youngest prince of Thanytsia, wants nothing more than to quietly study the natural world and cherish Henry, his servant, his only friend, his beloved. But Henry is also the whipping boy, destined to be beaten whenever Stefano defies the king. When the king orders Stefano to wed the princess of a neighboring kingdom, Stefano wavers, too fearful to act. He knows that obeying this particular edict is impossible, but disobedience could cost Henry’s life. And then a curse changes everything. Although it constrains Henry’s emotions, it doesn’t dim his loyalty to Stefano, and they set out to lift the curse. But even if they succeed, a future together looks unattainable, and they may need to face the fact that not all heroes get a happy ending. This book is part of the Romance Fairytale Retellings multi-author series.

If you can't beat him, keep him. And his boyfriend. WALL There are many things a Chicago Wolves goaltender should be doing, and despising Milwaukee's goalie tops the list. Not to brag, but I've been nailing it for eight years straight. It's public record. There's merchandise to prove it. What a goaltender should never do is walk in on said goalie, hand deep in his winger's pants, and…stay. So anyway, guess what just happened. In my defense, observation is my craft and this was film study. Kind of. The incognito-mode googling afterward was also film study. And then that time on a video call was…film study with live narration? I've been straight for twenty-eight years. I'd like to speak to a manager. PATRICK They say you never know what you've got until it's gone. Turns out I had a blissfully uncomplicated life. Right up until Wall walked in and shattered it. I'm not out, and it has never been a problem before. But now a man who hates me is knocking on my closet, and the possibility of the entire world finding out what I’m wearing is getting too real. Even my code-red protocol, deny, won’t fly this time. Denial is hard to pull off when he catches you pressed against another man and, instead of stopping, you stare back and keep going. So I do the next best thing, get Theo on board, lure Wall into my closet, and close the door behind. It’s a chaotic process. An unmuted mic here, an “accidental” invitation there. One very strategically positioned chair. Some men bury the hatchet. I'd rather keep mine. Both of them. THEO Okay, recap for the rafters: my no-labels goalie arrangement has somehow acquired a no-labels plus-one, who's in a no-labels feud wit my original arrangement. Nobody is labeling anything, which some might call an unhealthy environment. Not me, though. Turns out, it’s my natural habitat. See, I've spent my whole life being too much, too loud. Too Theo. Butone of these idiots likes running the show, the other one can't stop watching it, and I am, and I cannot stress this enough, the show. They can hate each other all they want. None of my business, really. Now, if you'll excuse me. There's a hockey sandwich about to happen and I'm the meat.

David joins a gym to distract himself from his increasingly dirty thoughts, only to discover that his personal trainer is his best friend’s older brother… and exactly the kind of alpha he’s been trying not to think about. Then his supposedly infallible suppressor fails, sending David into his first heat… with Matt close enough to smell every second of it. Now David has to survive a dangerously tempting trainer, a forbidden attraction, and the unfortunate realization that going to the gym may be making his problem much, much worse.

Aria Charms is an uptight, small-town elven bard and Noble Yves St. Clair is a scandal-prone human who is twelfth in line for the throne. Their first meeting makes two things clear: they have nothing in common, and they could never be friends. When their paths cross a second time, both are reeling from cheating exes and social scandals, and they decide to ally together to repair their now-sullied reputations. As the cozy autumn days turn to chilly winter weeks, this newfound kinship becomes flirty in a way neither expected. But indulging in these growing feelings could cost them their friendship and their fresh start in high society. As they grapple with what they want from one another and from the rest of their lives, one truth remains: they could never be friends.

Theo I’m just me, plain, boring Theo. Everyone’s friend but no one’s boyfriend. Dating apps don’t work for me, and the one time I try to change my image is a total disaster. All I want is someone to come home to and hold hands with. A boyfriend who’ll love me. It doesn’t help that I have this silly crush on Jaxon Polaris, our sexy, gorgeous, district attorney. He’s a flirt who’s never without a date. No matter how nice he is to me, I know the truth. A man like Jaxon would never be interested in someone like me. Jaxon I love being the district attorney of Appleton Falls, but I definitely have dreams of sitting on the bench. When the leader of the party approaches me, suggesting I run for a judgeship, I’m thrilled…until he tells me my image as a party boy might hurt me with small-town voters. I can’t deny it, I’ve had more than my share of lovers, and I’ve never hidden my desire to remain single. His suggestion? Find a nice guy and make him my boyfriend. Problem is, I don’t know any nice guys…except shy, quiet Theo Sweeny. Reluctantly, Theo agrees to my boyfriend proposal, and the man proceeds to challenge me at every turn. Shy? He’s stubborn and feisty. But his kisses are so sweet, and I can’t stop thinking about him. Being with Theo means I’ll have to tell him my truth, a secret that could prevent me from achieving my dreams. But the more I get to know Theo, the more I come to realize: Win or lose the election, what I’m searching for might be right here by my side.

Selwin I planned on coming out in the NHL. I didn't plan on having to switch teams to survive it. With the New York Rush, keeping my head down should be safe, until rookie defenseman Finn Baran shows up. Finn is talented, determined, impossible to ignore. Every late-night conversation and every stolen glance on the ice pulls me closer to a line I swore I'd never cross. Falling for my teammate was never part of the playbook. Finn After going undrafted, I thought my hockey dreams were over. A last-minute tryout with the Rush gives me one more chance, and puts me face-to-face with Selwin Kirkland, a player I've admired for years. Our chemistry is undeniable. The timing couldn't be worse. As friendship turns into something more, we have to decide if protecting our careers is worth losing the one thing we never saw coming: each other. Rookie Attraction is a bi awakening, friends-to-lovers, hurt/comfort MM hockey romance. Book 1 of the NY Rush series, where love doesn't play by hockey rules.

In a world of rogue organic war-machines, it’s Saunders’s job to neutralize them alongside his partner, Malachai. Living up to his father’s career-climbing ambitions for Saunder’s powerful ice affinity, however, clashes with Saunder’s increasingly complicated feelings for Malachai. After their first fight against the rogues, Saunder and Malachai are left shaken. This job, this life, isn’t what they expected, and when Saunder’s father exerts more pressure to drive a wedge between them, things become even thornier. Saunder realizes he can either continue on the strict path dictated by his father, or risk his future, career, and the only family he has by fighting to keep Malachai at his side.

Madrid, 1958. Tomás Navarro has spent fifteen years building a life that bears little resemblance to the one he left behind. In Barcelona, he has a respected career, a well-appointed apartment and, most importantly, the freedom to be known only as the man he has chosen to become. Then his grandmother dies. Tomás returns to Madrid intending to settle her affairs, sell the crumbling apartment building he has inherited and leave as quickly as possible. But the building is full of tenants whose lives cannot be reduced to leases and rent books. Across the lane, the old print shop is still run by Gabriel Ortega. Gabriel was once Tomás’s closest friend. His first love. The man whose final letter Tomás never answered. As a wealthy developer makes an offer that could solve every practical problem at once, Tomás becomes increasingly entangled in the neighbourhood he thought he had escaped. At the same time, he finds himself drawn back towards a man who has every reason not to trust him. In a city where neighbours notice everything and love between two men must be lived carefully, Tomás and Gabriel must decide whether what they lost fifteen years ago belongs safely in the past, or whether some things are worth the risk of choosing again.

I wrote a half-million-dollar bail bond for a man I didn't know was a vampire. He's asleep in the windowless room behind my desk right now. He ran because his arraignment is at nine in the morning, in a courtroom with south-facing windows, and if I don't put him in front of that judge in time, the county takes my office and my mother's house. There's no lock on that door. There never was. He came here because a bail bondsman's office is the last address his own kind would check, and because I'm the only man alive with the legal right to walk him into a cell with an east-facing window and let the morning finish him. Fifteen years, I've never let a skip walk. So I did what I do with every skip, I told him exactly how I'd bring him in. The transport tunnel. The corridor with no glass. Which way the door of 4B swings. Casimir Roux listened like a man taking directions to his own execution. Then he said, Then you know the way in. Take me in by that way. What he wants is my arm, the night before. Fed that close to dawn he can stand twenty minutes in daylight, long enough to enter a plea and walk out on his own feet. Fed or not, what burns still burns. He won't tell me what those twenty minutes cost him. And somewhere in nine nights I stopped wanting him surrendered and started wanting him. He's guilty. He did what they charged him with, and I'm going to open my arm so his lie stands up in court anyway. My partner Dez keeps offering me the clean way out: county intake, east block, morning-side cells, good light. He has no idea he's describing an execution. And Teodor has come to my porch to take Casimir home to his own kind. He was polite about it. He gave us until, his words, the morning Casimir has chosen to die on. Twenty minutes of sun. One arm. My mother's house. And one sentence I'll say out loud in open court, in the flat language of my job: he appearsthis morning in my custody.

The Hell’s Hounds pride themselves on their unwavering commitment to ridding the world of hell bound souls, but as someone who never really fit the description of a hellhound, Casey always had trouble being the little brother to everyone else as a hound who has never killed. It would take letting the hound out a little more, and sacrificing more than he was ready to give up, to keep the one thing he realized he couldn't let go. The cozy life of running a farm for years has finally come to an end for Colton when the farm he managed for twenty-five years is on the market. When a biker shows up at his doorstep he turns everything Colton thought he knew upside-down. Going with the flow wasn't going to be easy when the flow leads him straight to The Hell's Hounds, a biker club that seems to be the definition of trouble. The gentle flow of his life turns into rushing rapids quickly, and he's left with fighting for his life before he can be dragged away. Can the hounds handle the danger still lurking around Savage, let alone the cowboy, or will the revelations of the club manage to tear them apart?

Set in the north of England where the beautiful game is almost a religion. What happens when one player is outed? It sets off a chain reaction that could change the face of football forever. All four Love Goals books are here. Eight sizzling soccer stars ready to fight for their happy ever after.

Basher 32, rough, ex-con, member of the Death Cruisers Motorcycle Club Okay, I’ll be the first to admit I’ve got a bit of a temper. It’s not that I’m an angry guy, I just can’t stand bullies or loudmouths who think they’re tougher than everyone else. You want tough? I’ll show you tough. After getting out of prison, my boss shipped me off to New Mexico to help out the Shadow Vipers crew. That’s where I met him. A smiling ball of sunshine with incredible blue eyes and a vulnerable side that awakened every protective instinct I possess. Some people might call my protectiveness a little excessive. Others might call it borderline stalking. But is it really stalking if the person you’re protecting doesn’t even know you’re there? Unfortunately, old enemies never forget. And obsession can be far deadlier than hate. Cameron 25, sweet, cheery bartender with a weakness for bad boys covered in tattoos. From the moment Basher walked into my life, my heart and hormones decided I was doomed. Let’s be honest, I have a weakness for bad boys with tattoos and poor life choices. Basher might be big and intimidating, firmly believing that communication consists of two grunts and a growl, but there’s something behind those sad gray eyes that makes me want to know the man beneath the scars. He may be an ex-con and a biker, but I know there’s more to him than meets the eye. Now, if only I could convince the stubborn giant that he deserves to be loved.

A struggling ranch owner. A younger man he should never want. A spark that could cost them both everything. Wilder Boone is fighting to keep his family’s Texas ranch and the legacy his father left behind from slipping through his fingers. The last thing he needs is to fall for a younger man who works for him. But something about the new ranch hand has Wilder questioning his own moral code. Asher Torres came to Boone Ranch for a job, not to lose his heart to the older ranch owner who keeps him at arm’s length. But as tensions on the ranch turn dangerous and the line between boss and employee begins to blur, the spark between them becomes impossible to ignore. With the future of Boone Ranch on the line, Wilder must decide if risking his heart could cost him everything or finally give him something worth fighting for.

After moving into a small house on the outskirts of Minden Hills, Noah is perfectly happy for the first time in his life. After a difficult life as a highly sensitive person, he is now trying, secluded from the world, to forge his own path and live for his greatest passion: painting. Christmas, his favorite holiday, is just around the corner. Of course, a real Christmas tree is a must. But while searching for one, he meets Alder, a bisexual Christmas tree grower. Suddenly, his plan to spend the coming year alone and content begins to falter, a plan he’s clung to ever since he stopped believing in love with a man. Escape to a snowy Ontario winter in this heartwarming MM Christmas novella filled with love, a touch of magic, festive charm, and just the right amount of spice. The perfect feel-good holiday romance!

Having spent the summer antagonising Rupert, the gorgeous sweet shop owner next door, I’m ready to make amends. Unfortunately, he thinks I’m a prick. Rupert might be uptight and annoying, but he’s also the most interesting man I’ve ever met, and I’m utterly intrigued by him. When one casual hangout blossoms into friendship, I can’t help feeling I’ve misjudged the man I’ve spent months annoying. But Rupert guards his heart carefully. He’s convinced nobody wants to be around someone so prickly and sensitive, and refuses to let anyone in. I’m not one to back down from a challenge, and I know there’s more to the bright, beautiful man next door than he’s ever let anyone see. It won’t be easy, but I’m determined to show Rupert he’s not the unlovable irritation he believes himself to be. In fact, we might just be perfect for each other.

When you think you’ve finally found your place in the world, something unexpected has a way of stitching itself into the seams. Kinder Graham is on the brink of everything he’s ever wanted. A self-taught designer, his sharp eye, daring silhouettes, and relentless ambition have earned him a coveted invitation to showcase his work on an exclusive fashion reality show in Paris. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime, the kind that launches careers and rewrites futures. Armed with talent, nerves, and a suitcase full of dreams, Kinder arrives in France determined to prove he belongs among legends. That is, if he can survive the tutelage of Claude Barrons… A household name in haute couture, Claude is as enigmatic as he is brilliant, an icon whose designs have shaped decades of fashion and whose reputation is as meticulously curated as his collections. Draped in quiet confidence and effortless elegance, he commands every room he enters…always with a tiny, impeccably groomed dog nestled in a sling at his hip, peering out at the world like it owns it. To Kinder, Claude is everything he both admires and fears: experienced, untouchable, and wholly out of reach. As erratic production shoots stretch into late nights and the pressure of the show mounts, Kinder begins to see beyond the legend. Beneath Claude’s cool exterior lies a man who understands creation, sacrifice, and the lonely cost of brilliance. Between whispered critiques, shared sketches, and quiet moments stolen under dancing boughs, admiration turns into something far more dangerous, and far more irresistible.

Benjamin Losing my entire family in one night because of rogue vampires, meant I had nothing left to lose. My entire life’s purpose was now to avenge the family I’d lost when I was nothing but a child. I was prepared for a life without love, friendship, and family. Mostly because I wouldn’t survive losing it again. So, when the alpha of the town my new assignment was in, declares that I’m his fated mate but that he doesn’t want me, I don’t take it to heart, even if his rejection stung. Thankfully, I had enough to deal with and I soon found myself busy killing off the rogue vampires who kept showing up at night and storming towards the town’s library. The alpha was hiding something in there they desperately wanted, but he refused to tell me, the ass that he was. Suddenly, the situation turns dire and my boss declares that we need outside help, in the form of vampires. Did I mention I fucking hate vampires? They might not be rogue ones, but still. When the vampire Salizar turns up and is all composed and competent, I slowly begin to lower my walls. I shouldn’t have. Never trust a vampire. You’ll only end up bitten and claimed without your consent. Oh, and the alpha did not like that I, his rejected lump of meat, was claimed by someone else. I soon found myself claimed by both men, again without my consent.

Summertime is quiet in southern Florida. In the humidity, the streets are empty, and the nights are still, perfect for a little mischief while the police aren’t looking. One of five brothers, Dallas Jaeger grew up proud of his community on the wrong side of the tracks, Sanoa Bay, and now, as a man, he’s ready to fight to protect it. Callum Ames has a reputation in St. Carmen, the affluent neighborhood bordering Sanoa Bay. He’s the hottest. The most popular. The one all the women want. But he has one major secret: he doesn’t want them. Summer is also storm season. Heat, wind, rain… and a lockdown. In a desperate bid to impress his powerful father, Callum suggests a curfew to hinder their rivals’ hold on the Bay. Unfortunately, the Jaegers don’t like rules. As Dallas and Callum clash, out for each other’s blood, they can’t ignore the heat between them, or the ending they can already see coming… After all, curfews were meant to be broken.

As the heir to the most successful tutoring company in the world, Rory studies harder than anyone else and he never loses. Except to Luca – the infuriatingly good-looking hockey player who wins every academic competition without even trying. When Rory has a public meltdown, he sets his sights set on winning the most cutthroat academic camp in the country to salvage his reputation . . . then Luca shows up. But this time, Rory has a plan: make Luca fall in love with him – and break his heart. As rivalry turns to romance, will Rory risk losing the competition or losing Luca?

Tl;dr: Am I the problem for trying to sabotage my gay roommate's relationship? I transferred colleges just to room with my best friend. Turns out, while we were apart, he came out as gay… and got a boyfriend. I'm totally supportive. Really. So why does seeing them together drive me insane? His boyfriend is the worst, and somebody has to save my roommate from making a terrible mistake. Right? Except the harder I try to break them up, the more I realize I might be hopelessly in love with him. Is it gay to want to smell your roommate's sweaty T-shirt? (Asking for me.)

Haunting #362: Grimthorne Manor, nr Devizes, Wiltshire History: Built 1347. 21 confirmed deaths, 37 suspected. Current owners bought it sight unseen, big mistake. Wanted: Immediate ghost removal. Renovation crew refuses to work after "flying hammer incident." The ExorSquad Team: Star employee Brad Harrington (works alone, prefers it that way) & new recruit Charlie Hayes (doesn't believe in ghosts, yet). Additional notes: Unusual EMF spikes detected near the music room. Recon team reported "aggressive 90s alternative rock" playing at 3am. Black smudges appearing on bathroom mirrors, appears to be eyeliner. P.S: Avoid the basement at all costs. Charlie I'm broke, I'm desperate, and I've just signed up with ExorSquad, a ghost-busting company that's definitely conning vulnerable people out of their life savings. But hey, minimum wage is minimum wage, even when it means spending multiple nights in a crumbling Georgian manor with my new colleague Brad, a complete tosser. The job's simple: pretend to clear out the ghosts, collect our fee, go home. Easy, right? Except the locals keep crossing themselves when I mention Grimthorne Manor, the renovation crew literally ran away screaming, and I just got locked in the attic with dust motes that stroked my cheek. Still, ghosts aren't real. They can't be. Can they?! Bat Being dead has its learning curve, but I've gotten quite good at it, thank you very much. Grimthorne Manor is mine, well, mine and the other forty-odd spirits who call this place home, and we've perfected the art of scaring away anyone stupid enough to disturb our peace. But then Charlie walks through my door with his fluffy golden hair, coaxing melodies from my forgotten guitar that I thought were lost forever, and suddenly I don't want to terrify him. I want to protect him from the thing lurking in our basement. I want to touch those gentle hands. I want to hear himplay again. Problem is, I'm dead. He's alive. However… His insufferable partner Brad is looking very… possessable.

Cody Wallace is pretty used to the pain of his heats. He doesn’t have the option to not work or play through them and his inhibitors keep him from losing his mind, so he grits his teeth and bears it until his heat has run its course. Besides, the press, and many hockey fans, don’t care for an omega in the NHL. So Cody has to be the bigger person. Always. At least the guys on Cody’s team, the Detroit Cougars, have never treated him any differently for being an omega. Even when Cody was a rookie, the Cougars had been welcoming. Especially Leo Blanter, the captain of the Cougars. Leo has such a calming presence and is so free with his praise and he’s always looking out for Cody. Cody counts himself lucky that they’re such good friends. When Cody’s heat comes early during an away game, he takes his inhibitors and plays the game like normal. But the heat pain following the game is unlike anything he’s ever experienced before. And a terrified Cody doesn't know if he can weather this heat on his own.

I saved a monster’s life in the dark. Three years later, he came back to claim mine. Three years ago, underground doctor Leo Nowak pulled a bullet from the chest of a bleeding stranger and asked for nothing in return. He never expected that single act of mercy to drag him into the deadly crosshairs of the Chicago underworld. When the Corelli Syndicate orders Leo’s execution, the ruthless mobster sent to pull the trigger is the very man he saved. Vincent Corelli is the lethal, ice-cold heir to a mafia empire. He equates emotion with weakness and never disobeys an order. But staring down at the fiercely defiant medic, Vincent commits the ultimate treason. To spare Leo’s life, Vincent lies to the Don, claiming the doctor is a valuable cartel spy. His punishment? Leo must become his hostage. Locked away in a high-tech penthouse, the ultimate battle of forced proximity begins. Leo refuses to cower, using his sharp wit and resilience to fight his captor at every turn. Vincent is a master of control, yet this defiant captive is slowly dismantling his impenetrable armor. The air between them crackles with a dangerous, explosive sexual tension. Every fiery clash blurs the treacherous line between captor and protector, pushing them closer to a possessive, high-heat surrender that could get them both slaughtered. But in a brutal world where love is a fatal liability, a fabricated lie can only buy so much time. With a paranoid Don demanding blood, a volatile brother closing in on the truth, and a relentless detective circling their gilded cage, Vincent must decide what he is willing to sacrifice to keep Leo breathing. When the bullets start flying and the family turns on him, will the heir burn his own empire to the ground to protect his hostage… or will the treacherous weight of the Corelli crown ultimately crush them both?

When Caleb escaped to Veil Lake, he wasn't looking for a team, a home, or a man. At nineteen, he’s finally put some distance between himself and the family and church that have a word for what he is. Veil Lake offers something else: a new life, and the chance to figure out who he is when no one else is deciding for him. Connor came back to Veil Lake to look after his family, not to find someone. But after giving Caleb a shot on the ice, he finds himself making room for him off it too. In his life and eventually in his bed. Caleb knows he wants Connor. Wanting him is the easy part. Staying means something harder: believing he can build a life around the things he was taught he should never want.

Dark, deprived and deliciously unhinged omegaverse world where vampires own humans as pets. These books have content warnings for a reason. A world where vampires are Alphas, Betas, and Omegas, at the top of the food chain. And humans are bred and sold as their pets and food. Blurb Coming Soon. An omega breaks into a rich alpha's home and becomes the alpha's plaything.

Evan Daniels has been struggling with writer's block and mounting debts even though he's in one of the most scenic towns around. Simon Williams is still living at home with his mother and stepfather and poor boundaries, despite making a good living as a software engineer. Everything changes when Simon takes Evan on a motorcycle ride to a scenic overlook outside of town to try and help cure his writer's block. Will their growing friendship do more than cure Evan's writer's block?

When obsession meets hesitation… sparks don’t just fly, they burn. After a brutal breakup, I decide to put love on lockdown. Being a firefighter means long nights, constant risk, and the terrifying question of whether he’ll make it home, something his ex could never accept. At least that’s what he told him in the letter he left. So I do the only thing I can. I ban dating my life. Unfortunately, someone didn’t get the memo. It starts with anonymous gifts sent to my home… and then the firehouse. Cute at first. Funny, even. Until it isn’t. Until the feeling of being watched follows me everywhere, even when no one’s there. Then a planned stop at a bakery throws my carefully controlled world off balance. One conversation. One man. An instant attraction I never saw coming. Maybe my life really is changing. Now if only the anonymous person sending the gifts would stop before things go too far.

Love On and Off Set includes four novellas Acting the Part Down-on-his-luck actor Dade really needs a break. Horatio, his friend’s uncle, offers him a room in his swanky Vancouver condo. The man is a workaholic, but Dade convinces him to have some fun. Specifically at a work party where Horatio is expected to show his business prowess. Somehow, he agrees to let the much-younger Dade be his fake date. The real question is, what happens when they get home? Acting the Part is a 15k fake relationship, gay romance novella with a successful entrepreneur, an unemployed actor, and a night to remember. This story first appeared in the anthology Fake It Til We Make It. No Rough Handling Bodyguard Hallstein’s new assignment is clear, protect the Ming vase at all costs. Not exactly up the alley of the former police officer. When he meets Myles, the set decorator, suddenly Hallstein is interested in getting up close and personal. Can he handle both or will he fail in his assignment? No Rough Handling is a 15k opposites-attract, age-gap, gay romance novella with a protective bodyguard and a flamboyant set decorator. This story first appeared in the anthology Protect My Heart. Persuadable Years ago, while in university, Andreas was persuaded to leave his first love, Freddie, who moved back to Canada and worked on mending his broken heart. Andreas lost his crucial football scholarship, so he turned to modeling and acting. A scandal drives him from his home in Los Angeles to a film studio in Vancouver, and Freddie is the last person he expects to be his bodyguard. Turns out those feelings haven’t really disappeared after all. Persuadable is a 15k word gay romance novella about impressionable young men, second chances, and the magic of one Canadian night. This story first appeared in the anthology Texting Ms. Austen. The Last Laugh Robbie is shocked when he literally runsinto his coworker. The guy who he saw die. Unable to form a coherent thought before the man disappears, Robbie’s left confused and bereft. He encounters the guy later in a bar, where he’s about to get the shock of a lifetime.

A grumpy cryptid falls for his sunshine human. I didn’t come to Wisconsin looking for a legend. I came to get out. Out of staged smiles. Out of corporate campaigns. Out of photographing happiness that felt manufactured. I was supposed to spend two months in the woods. No clients, no deadlines, just open sky, real silence, and nothing that needed editing. What I find instead… is Calder. Seven feet of muscle and shadow and ancient forest stillness. He doesn’t trust humans, but I don’t scare easily. And the more time I spend with him, the harder it is to ignore the way he looks at me. The way his body reacts when I get too close. The way mine answers. But the forest isn’t as empty as it looks. There’s something else out there. Calder won’t name it, only follows its movement, and keeps himself between me and whatever’s slinking through the trees. And I’m starting to understand that whatever he’s been guarding me from isn’t the only danger in these woods. I should leave… but I don’t. Because knowing that doesn’t change anything. I still want him. And the worst part? He wants me too. Enter the Legends world, where National Parks hold secrets, and monsters steal hearts.

Steal one artifact and clear all your debts. A hundred-year-old vampire should have savings, but money has always slipped out of Luke’s hands. Luckily, some mage always wants to rip off someone else and he has a useful skill set: cat burglary. His latest job will solve his current financial problems and get his head above water. His life will become more than a survival test, with money, Luke might actually enjoy his undead existence for a change. Too bad the job goes sideways. Magus Clint Ravenwing has spent the last three years in his tower in the middle of nowhere. After a betrayal, he isn’t eager to engage with the rest of the world. But when an alarm goes off, Clint has to confront the intruder. No one should have been able to break into his solitude, especially not an uninvited vampire. A cute, bratty vampire. When a second crew pulls off a heist at the same time, Luke sees an opportunity. Since he can’t complete the original job, he’ll appeal to the powerful magus to help him instead. To do that, he has to gain Clint’s elusive trust. Will he win over the man he meant to rob, or will his charms fail him? Can Clint open his heart, or is it locked away like the treasures in his vault?

Lance: I'm obsessed. No more than he is, probably. He watches my every move on the cameras, and I live for his attention. In person? He's insufferable. He hates me. But… the chemistry we have is undeniable. So, we make a temporary agreement. He stops acting like a prick and I start taking my clothes off. He teaches me the ropes, then sends me off into the world. Casual. Fun. Private. No strings attached. With us thrown into each other's orbit more than ever, secrets start bubbling to the surface. My body isn't the only thing he gets intimate with, and what he finds beneath the surface, he isn't afraid of. There's just one teeny tiny issue… I have a mystery guy in my inbox that knows all the right things to say. I'm smart. I'm funny. I'm perfect. I should want him, but with the hands of the devil on my body, how could I ever walk away? I might be chatting with mister right, but sleeping with Roman Easton? Pffft. Who needs love, anyway?

Ekon’s hunt to discover who he is puts him in mortal danger and his newfound mate. Can they find the answers before it’s too late and both die? Scientific experimentation turns Ekon into an assassin with different animal spirits and something more. What, he doesn’t know. Seeking help from friends, it sets him on a path that leads him to the figure he’s been dreaming about. Except finding a dying eternal fae is only the beginning of his troubles when he becomes ‘Keeper of All’ the lost souls. Mao Putney, a bomb expert, with mixed feelings accepts a job to blow up a bunker that contains the records of all shifters, even those who were stolen. It holds information about Thalassas’ krakens, and Alexi the oldest brother, wants them gone before someone stumbles across them. What Mao finds is something completely unexpected, his fated mate. They should be looking to the future and making plans, only that isn’t what's happening. They work diligently to find answers to Ekon’s origins, and time is running out. It takes them from the States to Paraguay and back. When all seems lost, they find the Thalassas family holds the key. Now the race is on, and they must all return to the Mariana Trench to find what the sea hides to reunite all the lost souls and set Ekon free. Simple! Nothing is simple with krakens. Keeper of All is a standalone in the Thalassas and Assassin’s to Order worlds. This is for everyone who wanted Ekon’s story.

We couldn't be more different, but Lyric has always been the one that got away. My first love. My High Note. After 8 years solving the mysteries of the universe as a nuclear physicist, I burnt out. I needed a break, and spending a summer as a bartender on Palm Island sounded like the perfect cure. I expected the wild parties, strong drinks, and loose dress code. What I didn't expect was to step off the ferry and see the man I let get away nearly a decade ago. Lyric and I couldn't be more different. I'm an introvert, he's always the life of the party. I'm lost in my own head, he's content to live in the moment without overthinking anything. He hasn’t thought about me, but I never stopped thinking about him. Finding him here feels like fate. It feels like a second chance, I’m just not sure he wants one. Good thing Palm Island is starting to grow on me with all of its long, hot nights and quirky locals because I don’t think I can leave without seeing if there could be anything left between us, and it’s starting to look like I might be stuck here for a while…

The king will have his elven mate in his arms again, all eight of them, no matter the cost. Woodland elf Kalysin is thrust into a riptide of dreams as a dangerous drought parches the land. Stolen memories of a bronzed muscled figure who bathed him in ecstasy, but disappeared back into the sea, gone forever. Could the dreams bubbling up from forgotten depths have anything to do with the shadowy stalker in the forests surrounding his liege’s orchards and withering fields of crops? Or have they been stirred up by an evil magic that threatens famine and starvation across the lands? When Kal is forced to make a sacrifice to save his mother, will he survive long enough to be reclaimed by his mate? Or will the real monster doom him to take his memories to the grave?

A guarded Montana rancher. A relentless filmmaker. A wildfire that leaves them nowhere to hide. Harris Shaw has built his life around things he can control: the family ranch, the horses in his care, and the parts of himself he has never allowed anyone to see. Then Jay Navarro arrives with a camera, too many questions, and an infuriating talent for noticing everything Harris wants to keep hidden. Jay came to Montana to make a documentary, not to become fascinated by a stubborn cowboy who seems determined to dislike him. But beneath Harris’s silence is a man Jay can’t stop watching, and their growing attraction soon becomes impossible to ignore. What begins in secret is supposed to stay uncomplicated. Jay will finish the film and return to New York. Harris will remain on the ranch, where no one has to know what happened between them. Then a wildfire cuts off their escape. Forced into the Montana wilderness on horseback, Harris and Jay must depend on each other to survive. With the fire closing in and every careful boundary stripped away, they can no longer pretend that what is happening between them means nothing. But surviving the flames may be easier than deciding what comes after.

Grey has been watching his boss for months. He knows his schedule. His passwords. The way his voice drops when he's tired. He collects things: pens, paperclips, a photograph he took through the window of Cain's apartment. He thinks he's invisible. He's wrong. Cain has known all along. He's been watching Grey watch him. He's been waiting to see how far Grey will go. When a third player enters the game, a woman who's been obsessed with Cain for years, the lines between predator and prey blur. Who's hunting who? And what happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?

Married off as a dominant Omega. Divorced without a fight. And somehow, still not over him. Lee Sunyu's life turns upside down the moment he manifests as a dominant Omega, and just like that, he's married off to Hyun Jegyum, third son of the powerful Hyunjin Group. Their marriage is arranged, cold, and painfully polite, the kind where two years pass without a single real conversation. So when Sunyu finally asks for a divorce, he expects a fight. He doesn't get one. Jegyum agrees instantly, and just like that, it's over. Except freedom doesn't feel like Sunyu thought it would. And just when he's finally moving on, Jegyum comes back, warmer, more honest, and asking for something Sunyu never thought he'd hear: a second try. He signed the divorce papers without hesitation. He's not letting Sunyu go without a fight this time. Perfect for fans of second-chance romance, arranged-marriage-turned-real, omegaverse dynamics, chaebol love interests, and officially licensed Korean BL now available in English for the first time. Omegaverse · Second Chance · Arranged Marriage · MPreg · Chaebol · Romantic Comedy

Dr. Reese Thorne has spent his career studying ancient myths. He never expected one to move in next door. Tenured, controlled, and firmly on track for the Department Chair position he's spent a decade earning, Classics professor Reese Thorne does not have time for the chaos that arrives in the form of the university's new visiting fellow. Dion is arrogant, impossible to ignore, and teaches ancient mythology like an eyewitness account. He smells like ozone and something ancient, his eyes are the color of old Merlot, and he is systematically dismantling every wall Reese has ever built, starting with the one between their offices. The rivalry was manageable. The obsession is not. Because Dion isn't just another eccentric academic with a family fortune and a suspiciously pristine artifact collection. He is Dionysus, god of wine, madness, and ecstasy, and he has decided that Reese is the most interesting mortal he has encountered in several millennia. The classical texts are full of fragile humans who burned to ash for daring to want a god. Reese has read every single one of them. He wants Dion anyway.

Trying to run a hotel is hard when you're dead. Alex This is the totally accurate, not at all exaggerated account of my untimely death, ghostly rebirth, and career pivot from humble hotel cleaner to crime fighting badass. Who may or may not find love along the way. I'm just a regular guy trying to make ends meet by taking a cleaning job at a hotel located on a huge estate in the middle of nowhere. What could go wrong? It's the perfect job, until one day I wake up to find I've been murdered, an event I have no recollection of. I'm trying my best to adjust to my new reality when a handsome stranger walks into the hotel one rainy day and complicates everything. Doesn't help that he's a total hottie with the personality of a cactus. Swoon. Jake I don't want to be here. That's the mantra that runs through my head as I walk through the doors of my family's Keystone Manor Hotel. I want to tell my family where to shove this poor excuse for a hotel, but sometimes you have to play the cards you're dealt, even when they're all jokers.

An ancient vampire who never wanted a family. A human who is quickly becoming impossible to leave. A newly turned vampire who needs them both. Bringing Benji home to Willowhope was supposed to keep him safe. Lysandro Moretti didn't expect it to feel so much like keeping him. Just as Benji begins discovering the sweet, colorful man beneath the terrifying vampire he met at The Velvet Vein, another complication arrives. Ego has been turned against his will, and his maker is missing. Whether Lysandro wants the responsibility or not, the newborn vampire needs someone powerful enough to show him how to survive. While Lysandro teaches Ego how to feed, control his new instincts, and navigate an eternity he never asked for, Benji is quietly becoming the one thing an ancient vampire never expected to need, someone waiting for him at home. But Ego's maker isn't finished with him. When the fight for Ego's freedom finally comes to Willowhope, Lysandro will have to decide just how far he's willing to go to protect a vampire he never asked to be responsible for, and face the destiny he's spent centuries avoiding. Everyone in Willowhope knows Lysandro is kind. They're about to discover just how dangerous kindness can become when someone threatens one of his own.

He came for the hot dogs. He stayed for the man who felt like home. Jack Walters has poured his heart into his tiny hot dog shop, creating a life built around good food, loyal customers, and hard work. After being hurt in the past, he's convinced romance isn't worth the risk. Love has only brought disappointment, and the last thing he needs is another man promising forever. Then Henry Lord walks through his door. Well-traveled, successful, and endlessly charming, Henry has dined at some of the world's finest restaurants. Yet the place he can't stop thinking about is Jack's little shop in Cedarwood, and the handsome owner behind the counter. From the moment they meet, Henry knows Jack is someone special. The challenge is convincing Jack that his feelings are real. As their connection deepens, outside pressures threaten everything Jack has built. While others want him to change, expand, and become something he's not, Henry sees the man behind the business and loves him exactly as he is. To find their happily ever after, Jack will have to trust again, and Henry will have to prove that some loves are worth fighting for. Sometimes the greatest adventures aren't found around the world, they're found when you finally come home.

Born on third base, the American who specialized in gym selfies and fist-bumps was sure he’d hit a triple. And if accountability was a burden to the local hero’s routine impunity, then how were two soft green eyes of intrigue and wonder robbing him of every secret he’d never shared, shining into his darkness like blinding headlights and revealing his transparency? At twenty-two, Finn leaves England for small-town America with a simple plan: teach second grade, build a new life, find love, and settle down. Then he runs, quite literally, into Marshall. Twelve years older, the hometown Olympic boxing hero and everybody’s favorite local celebrity, Marshall has spent thirty-four years playing the part everyone expects of him. One look at the handsome young Englishman sends him into a panic he neither understands nor controls. Their first encounter is a disaster. Marshall, mortified and hopelessly smitten, wants another chance. An apology becomes a friendship, and friendship becomes something neither man can ignore. Before long, they're best friends, and secretly falling in love. When their relationship is exposed, Marshall faces a choice: protect the image everyone loves or the man he loves. Panicked and desperate to keep his secret, he does something unforgivable. And just like that, Finn is gone. Losing Finn forces Marshall to confront the man he has become. If he ever hopes to love Finn again, he must finally fight for the man he wants to be.

Benji The Anson Day stands before me. The founder of a billion dollar tech company, the man I've idolized since I was a kid. The man whose picture may have helped clued me in to my sexuality. The Anson Day is interviewing me, about-to-be Doctor Benjamin Warren for a job at New Day Technologies. If I wasn't so jazzed, and confused, and… attracted, I may have wondered why the head of a famous international company was interviewing an entry level employee. Anson It's the smartest work to cross my desk, well, possibly ever. A project so close to my own that my business team was worried about espionage. But, no, I can tell this work is unique and I can tell that the author and I are barreling toward the same conclusions. But when Benji looks me directly in the eye, not with hero-worship, or scientific interest, but with something deeper, more intense, more real, are those conclusions work related, or something more?

In this heartfelt and hilarious coming-of-age romance, Sean discovers his bisexuality and his true voice while chasing his dream as a stand-up comedian. "What can I say about this brave, disarmingly funny, heart-punch of a book? Tim Manley writes with vulnerability, wit, and unblinking honesty, and his debut is a love letter to humor, authenticity, and hard-won self-discovery. I felt things I haven't felt since reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower at sixteen.", Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Sean O’Brien copes with anxiety by being the funny guy, at school, in his relationships, and onstage at local open mics. But when his stand-up act starts feeling like a performance of someone he’s not, everything changes. As Sean struggles with awkward girlfriend encounters and rising panic, he meets Elijah, a new guy with quiet confidence and an honesty Sean has never allowed himself. Suddenly, Sean’s life, his comedy, and his self-awareness come into sharper focus. With wit and emotional depth, My Own Kind of Person explores the courage it takes to speak your truth, even when your voice shakes.

An M/M Romantic Suspense for fans of C.S. Poe, Cat Sebastian, and Lev AC Rosen! New York City, 1905. Investigative journalist (and fierce anti-capitalist) Laurie Tulley is no stranger to the sins rich men commit in the name of profit. He’s made a front-page career out of unearthing the injustices of industry. But when his editor turns his sights onto wealthy glass industrialist Charles "Chary" Wright, Laurie sees neither injustice nor sensationalism. All the openly queer and once-disowned Fifth Avenue businessman seems to have is a dead brother, a bizarre inheritance of a blueberry farm, and a lotta trauma. Chary has his secrets, however: the big, life-ending kind. When Laurie comes snooping, he’s determined the reporter won’t find them out, no matter how handsome he is. Then a worker from the glass factory is murdered. Chary himself is brutally attacked. As Laurie uncovers murder after past murder, he realizes there’s a story to be written after all… so long as he can keep a professional distance. And when Chary finds himself in the arms of the very man meant to be his ruin, he must confront exactly how far he’ll go for love, and just which ghosts he’s willing to bring forth from the past.

Murad is an Imperial Messenger, and he has a secret… He’s a witch. On a visit to the foreign court of Mercia in Britain, he has a vision of the crown prince, Aaron, in serious trouble. In his desire to save Aaron’s life, Murad becomes entangled in Mercia’s political strife, border disputes, and rising Paganism. At the heart of the conspiracy, Murad encounters a powerful blood witch who has plans to sow division in the land. Her magic is too strong for Murad on his own, so he seeks out new allies in two very different witches: a green witch, and a Viking seer. As lines are drawn in the sand, both at court and on the battlefield, Murad stands with Aaron, bolstered by their allies. Together, they can unite Mercia for good.

I was never anyone's first choice. Until two monsters made me their only one. One bad decision leads me into the woods and straight into the hands of two masked strangers who chase me through the dark, pin me down, and leave me questioning everything I thought I knew about myself. Then I learn who they are. Serpents. And not just any Serpents, but six-foot-ten Hunter Kincaid and his other half, six-foot-eight Atlas Trembley. Atlas gets under my skin like a splinter. He fights me, steals from me, and doesn't care that I want to kill him. He's counting on it. Hunter doesn't speak. He takes. He decides. And he's decided on me. They even call me Little Titan like I belong to them. The worst part? I want to belong to the two hockey players who fight over marshmallows and look at me like I'm the best thing that's ever happened to them. But Hunter's past isn't done with him. And when it threatens to tear us apart, I learn exactly what kind of monsters my Serpents are.

New York Times-bestselling author Aiden Thomas returns to the beloved world of Cemetery Boys, this time following Julian, chaos magnet extraordinaire. With restless spirits vanishing and a dark demon from their past emerging, he and Yadriel might be the only ones reckless enough to stop a threat that could tear their world apart. Julian used to be a ghost and now he can’t stop seeing them. Ever since Julian was sacrificed as part of a forbidden ritual, he has been able to see and talk with spirits. And that’s really cool, since it allows him to be part of his new boyfriend's community. But Julian’s seeing other things, too: flickers at the edge of his vision, eyes burning in the night, and “dark spots” on people, gaping wounds that thrum and bleed shadow. Yadriel has never heard of anything like it, either, and he’s so busy with his new brujx responsibilities that Julian hates for his problems to ruin what little time they have together. Then a strange new brujx shows up. Angel, as a nonbinary bruje, can heal the living and release the dead, but more than that, they can also see the same dark spots as Julian. Despite Yadriel’s reservations, Julian eagerly accepts their help. But, Angel’s ruthless methods feel wrong to Julian. With the shadows growing darker and the discovery of a gaping dark spot on his friend Luca, Julian has to decide who he wants to put his trust in, and just how far he’s willing to go to save what is his.

I’m the last one standing. My four best friends found their fated mates thanks to a hookup app. Me? I’m the hopeless romantic of the group, the poet who writes about love but is starting to think the universe forgot all about me. For a year, I’ve been getting anonymous gifts. I’ve built a whole fantasy around the man who makes them, a ghost who sees me when no one else does. But I'm starting to get tired of waiting for my fairy tale, and when I'm saved by a quiet, stoic alpha during a disastrous date, I'm suddenly torn. Between the man in front of me and the one in my mind. Because I fell for a fantasy. What if the real man can’t live up to the myth I built?

Hunter Look, it's not like I'm being unreasonable here. Daniel is a liar. He betrayed us. And his mistakes cost us our home, our relationship, even our humanity. We're werewolves now because of him. The fact that I grew up loving him (or that I still can't stop) doesn't mean a damn thing. Lee can shove it. I'm never letting him back in. Lee Hunter is a lot less ready to forgive than I am. He won't talk about the mate dreams we’re having (starring Daniel), or the fact that both of us are constantly pulled to our warlock the way a compass finds true north. I've been patient for… well, too long. But the moment I watch Daniel almost die, everything changes. Hunter can hate me all he wants. We're protecting our mate. That's final. Daniel When my initiation into the Crescent Springs pack starts triggering dangerous magical accidents, I'm suddenly forced to share a space the size of a postage stamp with the two men I've hurt most. It’s not exactly what I’d call fun times. Especially since I'm desperate for Hunter and Lee to forgive me. And, if I'm being honest, to do a lot more than forgive, too. But they have every right to hate me. I did this to them. Which is why I've got a plan to fix what I've broken. The only itsy-bitsy downside? Pulling it off will probably cost me everything I have left.

Mason When I pretend like I’m a main character in one of my favorite dark romances and stalk my hot waiter, I never imagined I’d end up chained to the pole in his basement. The outcome is better than I could’ve hoped for. Zane insists he has to kill me because my stalking attempt led to him accidentally committing multiple crimes he thinks he needs to cover up. He keeps talking about loose ends, but I know he'd never really hurt me. He's just fighting what we both know is inevitable. We're meant to be together. All I have to do is convince Zane that giving in to his dark side is a lot more fun than resisting it.

Addison Harper and Sergeant Jake Murphy are off to a shaky start with their new living situation. So, when Addison has the chance to get out of town and clear his head, he’s quick to climb aboard. The day’s scenic railway journey features a powerful steam engine pulling lovingly restored heritage carriages. On the train, passengers enjoy dramatic landscapes and endless cups of tea. When it comes to driving Milverton’s tourism, Addison can see they’re already on the right track. Unfortunately, a death en route threatens to derail not only the day’s excursion but any future marketing efforts. Passengers have been promised an unforgettable day out, and they’re going to get it.

Owen swore he’d never love again. Matt never got the memo. Matt Daley thought the summer would be simple. A dissertation to finish, then figuring out what comes next after his master’s. When Owen Lane, his dad’s best friend from his university days, moves in next door and offers him a paid gig maintaining the pool and garden, it feels like an easy yes. What Matt doesn’t plan on is Owen himself, fifty-two, silver-haired, broad-shouldered, confident, and openly gay. And Matt discovers very quickly that curiosity can be a dangerous thing when the man teaching you is this tempting. Owen hires Matt for the help, not the way he fills out a pair of shorts or how the summer sun turns his skin golden. He did not expect Matt’s curiosity, or the slow burn of attraction that crackles between them as days stretch long and hot. Conversations turn intimate. Boundaries blur. Desire simmers just beneath the surface. Until it doesn’t. What starts as a summer job becomes an exploration of desire, trust, and firsts, and the more time Matt spends with Owen, the harder it becomes to pretend it’s only about sex. One summer could change everything. If they can survive what happens when casual stops being enough. One summer. One pool. Two men about to dive headfirst into everything they want, but are afraid to claim.

He came to Clover Ridge to heal his knee, not fall in love with a working class guy who thinks he’ll never stay. Famous playboy hockey star Brooks Carter is supposed to spend six weeks at the Clover Ridge sports rehab center before heading back to the city, his career, and his very comfortable life. Then a disastrous meet-cute lands him in the path of Mason Stone, a stubborn small-town stone mason who has no patience for rich athletes who think money fixes everything. Mason knows better than to fall for a temporary visitor. But Brooks is charming, generous, and impossible to resist. Soon, small-town matchmakers are pushing them together, sparks are flying, and six weeks starts feeling like forever. There’s just one problem. Brooks is leaving — and Mason refuses to believe the rich city playboy could possibly be serious about him. "Sticks and Stones" is a funny, steamy MM small-town romance featuring instalove, opposites attract, a rich hockey star, a hardworking blue collar guy, forced proximity, and meddling small town matchmakers determined to help them find their happily ever after.

Walt Bennet doesn’t take risks. He certainly doesn’t buy bars and he definitely doesn’t fall for handsome strangers. But when an unexpected inheritance leads him to buy a neighborhood bar, he quickly realizes he’s in over his head. Desperate for help after his bartender is a no-show, he reluctantly accepts help from a charming stranger. What starts as a kind offer turns into something he never thought he’d take on, a walking, talking risk named Johnny Hudson. Fresh from losing his job, Johnny finds himself at Walt’s on Water, a new neighborhood bar, watching a flustered owner try, and fail, to serve customers. Looking for a new start, Johnny takes a job with Walt, whose grumpy exterior hides more than what he lets on. As they settle into life behind the bar, their friendship turns into something neither of them expected. Set in 1980s Milwaukee, Icy Pour is a sweet and steamy MM novella about taking risks and finding love in unexpected places. Icy Pour's Tropes Include: MM Romance Workplace Romance Virgin MMC Grumpy sunshine Set in the 1980’s Opposites Attract Forced Proximity

Shepherd’s life was supposed to be simple, and short. Very short. Then the FBI raided the cult compound he was raised and suddenly there was no one left to sacrifice him to his demonic spouse. So much for destiny. Luckily even the damned and the dead still need errands run, curses managed, and carnivorous plants pruned. These days Shepherd works for Renfield Concierge Services as a jack-of-all trades. His latest gig is house‑sitting The Murder House, a necromancer’s delight in Connecticut. All he has to do is keep out nosy teens, feed the books, and stop the coyotes, or next door’s poodle, from digging up the “vegetable” garden. Easy enough. Until the necromancer’s “son” shows up with a death certificate, a notarized will, and a suspicious lack of knowledge about the supernatural world. Now Shepherd has to honor his signed‑in‑blood contract without attracting the attention of any legal, or infernal, authorities who might still be interested in his cult‑related past. Because Hell loves a notarised document.

Four hockey players. Four unforgettable love stories. One collection packed with heart, heat, and happy endings. Welcome to the Boston Rebels. A rookie hockey player discovers that falling in love can be every bit as life-changing as being drafted into the NHL. A summer fling between a hockey star and his best friend's brother turns into something neither man can walk away from. A surprise child brings two men together in the middle of a heartbreaking custody battle. And as Christmas approaches, a second chance at first love collides with danger, secrets, and a snowstorm that changes everything. From the bright lights of professional hockey to small-town cabins buried in snow, the men of the Boston Rebels are about to learn that love rarely follows the rules. Featuring found family, first love, second chances, best friends to lovers, best friend's brother, single parent romance, emotional journeys, unforgettable characters, and all the hockey action readers love, this collection includes the first four books in the bestselling Boston Rebels series: Lost In Boston Top Shelf Back Check Snowed Over 900 pages of hockey romance, family, friendship, passion, and hard-earned happily ever afters.

Joey I don’t know what’s up with my best friend, Lee. He’s been the sunshine of our trio for the majority of our friendship. Beau is the strong but quiet one who roots us. I’m the goofy one who is impulsive but keeps everyone on their toes. And Lee… Lee is everything. He’s family in a way I’ve never known before. He treats my daughter, Savannah, like she’s his own. Now he’s putting distance between us for reasons beyond me. I have to fix it. I have to keep him. Lee’s my best friend and he’s all mine. I can’t let Lee go. Lee I thought I’d be free of my drunk father once I was a grown adult, but the joke's on me. Now he needs me even more. I don’t want to make any decisions for him, and now I’m taking on more responsibility at the farm. Life is a blur of work, gardening in my backyard, and wishing with all my heart that my best friend, Joey, loved me back. The same way I love him. But living the way we are isn’t just hurting me; it’s hurting Savannah, too, and I love her too much to keep explaining why I can’t be her second dad. It’s time to put distance between us so Joey can find another person to love. Another wife. Grow his family. And maybe this time he’ll leave me behind so I can be free from this curse that’s loving him in secret.

Book 3 in the Lest Is Moore series featuring drummer Naz Lester and his bodyguard Scott. I’ll never forget The first time you looked at me like that Like this was more than a game we played More than a name I threw away Never forget We swore we'd never cross that line But all the lines blurred and disappeared The second that I made you mine

Some ghosts never stop haunting you. Mine wears the face of the only boy who ever knew the real me. His blood stains my conscience, and the guilt I carry keeps everyone in my life at arm's length. I don't deserve love. I don't deserve forgiveness. After what I've done, I only deserve the darkness. Then a handsome lumberjack of a stranger walks into my dance studio. And I crave him. I need him. Not to save me, or to fix me. I need him to help me forget. Just for a little while. Samson Buckingham is the perfect distraction. But getting involved is dangerous. Not because of his family ties or the violence he's clearly capable of, but because I promised myself I'd never let anyone get close again. And Samson is the only man who could make me risk unearthing the parts of me long buried…

Haunting #389: Gravely Stables. Number of ghosts: Catastrophic. Location: The picturesque English village of Big Spanking cum Bottomly-on-the-Wold. History: Converted 1600s stables. No confirmed deaths. Current owner ‘has no idea what’s causing any of this but it’s definitely not him.’ Wanted: ‘Just please get someone over here before everyone in this village dies horribly.’ The ExorSquad Team: New recruit, Liam Locke, first day on the job. (Company note: try to find someone – anyone – to go with him. Whoever’s still alive will do.) The Complication: Archer Gravely. Too-hot-for-words antiques dealer who keeps distracting Liam on the job. Not that Liam seems to know much about ghosts. While, weirdly, Archer seems to know rather a lot… Liam Locke A chronically unemployed high school dropout, living with my overprotective mum at the age of 25, I didn’t think things could get much worse. Not until I got a job with The ExorSquad. The hours are bad, the boss is weird, and the work itself… Well, let’s just say I might make a better ‘Spirit Extraction Expert’ if I actually believed in ghosts. But this is the first job opportunity I’ve been given in years, and I’m determined to not mess it up. So what if it’s nothing more than soothing paranoid people with overactive imaginations? That’s important work! And, as an added bonus, my first client is actually super hot. Shame he’s also, clearly, stark raving mad. Oh well. What’s the worst that could happen? Archer Gravely Everything is massively, catastrophically, irrevocably screwed. I cannot overstate how screwed we all are. This is a disaster from start to end and back again. So yes, maybe I’m a necromancer, and yes, maybe I slightly, kind of, very much opened a gateway for spirits to enter my home/this astral plane. But I did NOT give permission for whatever that THING is to cross over. Or to bring with itwhatever THAT is. But it’s okay. Help is at hand. I’ve called The ExorSquad, and they’re going to put these spirits back in their bottle. Or so they say. The problem is, one of these guys looks incredibly dodgy. And the other? Very cute, very sweet, and very, very naive. So despite the catastrophe that awaits, I can’t help but keep an eye on him, while also trying to hold this evil at bay, while also trying not to let on to either of them that this is all my fault. Because if they find out, and if I go out of business, the consequences could be worse than even The Exorsquad could imagine.

MM romance OV / Lost in the woods / Cabin in the woods After surviving severe abuse in a past relationship, Instagram model Jared Ferguson is left with nothing. Storm, a matchmaker specializing in finding fated mates, has taken on Jared's case, but even he's at a loss. Despite his special ability, he can't sense anything concrete about Jared's True Mate. Instead, he finds himself staring at an empty spot on the map. Why? Who lives there? Who's hiding deep in the woods? Jared is about to make the biggest decision of his life. Should he leave everything behind and set out into the unknown, hoping to find the mate he's destined for? The problem is… his heat is only days away.

England, 1816. A nosferatu, a rogue vampire, hunts unchecked through Sussex. Jeremy Takeshi Colbourne is honor-bound by ancestral duty to find and destroy such madmen. Foremost among the vampires of England, he must find a way to ensure the safety of the English citizens and the vampires that live among them. Then Jeremy and his blood-host Morgan Holland discover a brutally savaged girl. With this latest victim of the nosferatu, Jeremy realizes the time has come to make Morgan aware of the Colbourne responsibilities. But the situation could not have come at a worse time. For years, Morgan has served as Jeremy's blood-host. Though Morgan adheres faithfully to his Contracted terms, he refuses to surrender to the sexual seduction that completes each feeding. He yields neither his body nor his heart, though Jeremy yearns for both. As the nosferatu's atrocities grow, Jeremy must ask everything of Morgan to gain the strength needed to fight the ravening monster. Will Morgan relent and give up body and heart to help Jeremy defeat their enemy, or will the battle destroy them both?

Can a happily ever after start with a faceful of cake? Adam At 32, it’s safe to say that Adam isn’t growing out of his awkward and accident-prone phase. Unbreakable charms and mending spells only help so much, and past experience has taught him that no one wants to put up with him for long. He loves his job at the bakery and the friends he’s made there, but he’s given up on the thought of anything more. Besides, he’s a witch who doesn’t want a familiar, and he certainly doesn’t need a shifter familiar bond. That’s not ever going to change. Calder Calder has been waiting for centuries to find his mate. But he’s a shifter with patience, so he’s sure he can get past the defenses of the adorable witch who’s the clumsiest and most charming person Calder has ever met. But if Adam doesn’t believe in bonding or connecting to shifters, how’s Calder going to break the news to him that he’s Calder’s fated mate? Is it possible that just this once, the Magic got it wrong?

Welcome to E.V.I.L! (Every Villain is Legendary.) Mission Guidelines: Be evil. (Except, y’know, when someone’s in trouble, or might need a rescue out of an open grave, things like that.) Adopt new members. (At least, Fenric would love to keep the sexy bard, but would Lirion even want to join them?) Retrieve Fenric’s mother’s stolen treasures (and beat up the heroes who stole them if possible) Rescue Lirion’s sister and wait, what do you mean breaking up a sex ring and helping a village from being overrun by finfolk LOWERED our villain rankings overnight? Future Goals: climb the villain rankings, find a lair, get revenge, and trash talk The Box Welcome and try not to die (but if you do our necromancer will raise you). Tags: LitRPG, gay romance, shapeshifting, high fantasy, possessed clubs, accidental poisonings, chosen family, heroes vs. villains, band of brothers, a shapeshifting rogue, an elf necromancer, a loquacious barbarian, a warlock with a talking stick, a half-merman pirate, a poisonous Puppy, quest of vengeance, Fenric’s not sure how he became the mother hen of the group, Maxie doesn’t need more seduction lessons, Lirion begs to differ, Tub Time is sacred, incompetence can be sexy, apparently, High Seas Hijinks, another example of a bard f*cking his way in AND out of trouble, if villain bad, why hot? calling all passengers: Hop on board, the shenanigan ship is about to sail! Skelebabies Trigger Warnings: sex ring (that they break up)

It’s easy to fall in love with Paradise. Lucky Wilde didn’t know a stalled motor could lead to love until handsome alpha Antonio Saavedra offers to tow him back to port. He thinks it might be magic. Especially after a night of passion leaves them both wanting for more. As head of the search and rescue squad, Antonio knows not to accept drinks from the people he saves. But it’s his day off and Lucky is the prettiest omega he’s ever seen. Between random animal facts and blue eyes that threaten to pull him under, Antonio wants more than a single night. Despite Lucky’s marine studies and an endless slew of tourists in need of saving, they carve out time. When a new hotel threatens the historic hatching grounds of a rare sea turtle, interests clash. Lucky refuses to let such an important beach be taken over while a land dispute forces Antonio to confront his family’s past. They're in it together. For the island and for their love story, Lucky and Antonio are willing to do the work.

Dundee I woke up in a jail cell after a saloon fight which the handsome sherrif said was my fault. My punishment is something called Community Service. It doesn't mean what I thought it did. Russell Dundee is a cheat and a liar. And a thief, he's stolen my heart. How can I compete for his affection against the flirty inventor with a steam powered vehicle who has just arrived in town?

Priestley Rosenthal wins … that’s what he does. Only one student can be awarded a prestigious internship at Rosenthal Asset Management. The victor will be handed the keys to the finance world while the loser will have to face graduation without the RAM stamp of approval. When Priestley Rosenthal, heir to the Rosenthal empire, steps into class on the first day of his Master’s program, he expects to be the best student in the class. Nepotism has nothing to do with it, he will win that internship, fair and… well perhaps fair is a strong word. Will O'Reilly has finally made it to his dream college after years of sacrifice and hard work. He may be trying to leave the fire that helped him on the ice back home in Boston, but he's worked too hard and waited too damn long to get here to let some snooty rich boy stand in the way of him winning a prestigious internship and the chance to pay off his family's debts. Will is not prepared for the levels of crazy Priestley is willing to stoop to in order to be the best in class. What Priestley doesn’t realize yet is that Will O’Reilly isn’t going down without a fight! Break Points and Face Offs is book three in the East Coast Matches series. Each book can be read as a standalone but features returning characters and is best enjoyed in order.

Can two opposites clash their way into love? On a road trip from Vancouver to Toronto, Harry and Charlie have an endless stream of verbal sparring and heated debates. They conclude they are complete opposites and go their separate ways. When they meet years later, older, wiser, and love-worn, will their sparring become a prelude to romance? An exciting turn on? Will they be there for each other when it's needed most?

Grayson starts to get turned into a vampire by Artemis’s poisoned blood, but Ryder and his friends arrive just in time to take over. Grayson is now the product of three bloodlines: Ashyr, Weryn and Kaly. Even in his weakened state, Grayson has powers that surprise him. But after the rescue is done, the Immortals learn that they can’t escape their violent and bloody past. Even if the future is good, they can only watch their past selves ruin everything that they love.

A grieving doctor with a dangerous secret. A couple struggling to find the balance between protection and trust. A town weary from past onslaughts. Cody Bower thinks he and his husband, Demetrius, have marriage and monster-hunting down to a science. Until, that is, people start disappearing and they both begin taking dangerous risks to dig into the reasons why. Meanwhile, on the outskirts of town, a bar, unfamiliar to both of them and older than any resident of Parson's Hollow, may hold the answers neither of them want but both of them need. A new enemy has been at work in the shadows, making frightening new inroads to the general population and building up their forces. As the attacks grow more personal, unexpected allies make themselves known, helping to potentially even the scales when Parson's Hollow once again finds itself under attack, with only the Critter Catchers and their found family of amateur monster hunters standing in the way.

I had one damn job: Infiltrate the gala of a psychotic trafficker, find the anonymous informant, swap a secure phone, and forever vanish… but of course, the shitty universe had other plans. When the operation goes sideways, my only exit strategy involves the one thing I swore I’d never do: a relationship. Even if it’s a fake one. As a former CIA operative… I was ready for the danger. I was ready for the violence. I definitely wasn’t ready for him. Now we’re trapped in a deadly game of pretend. But as the bullets fly and the tension mounts, I’m realizing the only thing scarier than failing the mission is the possibility that this "fake" romance is the truest thing I’ve ever felt.

Luca knows he's falling for Drew. Drew just isn't sure what falling for Luca means… Following Break the Chute comes a new spicy MM romance novella filled with unexpected feelings and undeniable chemistry. Luca Having a thing for a rodeo agent was not on my bingo card, but here I am falling. He has this smile that lights up the room, and the most captivating green eyes I’ve ever seen. Every time I’m near him these stupid butterflies zoom around my stomach, completely out of my control. The friendship feels like more but… It’s just a crush. A crush I shouldn’t have, because he’s not interested. But I’ve never felt this way… Drew This is a whole new feeling. I can’t get him out of my head. But I’m not… I didn’t know a single matchmaking mission would turn my life upside down, but the more I think about it…maybe my life wasn’t that great when it was rightside up. He makes me feel different in the best possible way. His laugh sends shivers up my spine, his touch ignites my entire body and whenever I can’t see him…I wish I could. But I’m not…well maybe… I’ve just never felt this way…

Lights. Camera. Second Chance. Miguel Espinoza My first mistake? Falling for a celebrity. The second? Ending our secret relationship after four years together. When the pressure became too much, I hit my breaking point and left. The only way I’ll get over Graham is by moving on. But he shows up with flowers, sweet talk, and reckless determination. As he sweeps me away again, I forget all the risks of loving someone famous…and the reasons I ran in the first place. Graham Kingston I’ve never shied away from a challenge. When my perfect man joins a dating app, the decision to split my focus between him and my directorial debut is a no-brainer. I’m used to leading a double life. How hard could it be to run a film production in one time zone while chasing down a stubborn man in another? Miguel is mine. He just needs a reminder. And if my plan to win him back fails, I’ll burn the script and try again.

He’s a fixer-upper. So is he. Howie Cartwright doesn’t go by Cart anymore; he’s worked a long time to move past that name, and all the mistakes that went with it. Things are different now. He’s got a great job flipping houses. He’s in recovery. And he’s single. Or so he thought. When a chance phone call reveals that Howie isn’t technically divorced, he’s determined to get answers out of his ex. Instead, Noah offers him a deal: if Howie will help Noah get through the holiday season while Noah’s family is in town, Noah will give up his claim on the house Howie is flipping, a legacy of their time together. It’s a deal too good to pass up. Isn’t it?

As the alpha heir to his clan, Fenris’s mission is simple: marry his omega brother to the arrogant Wolf Prince. But the Wolf Prince seems far more interested in getting under his skin. *** Fenris, the alpha heir of the Winterthrope Clan, chaperones his omega brother to attend Prince Damien’s Mate Selection Ball, hoping to secure an alliance with the powerful Nocturne Clan through marriage. But shortly after arriving in Nocturne, Fenris manages to make Prince Damien, the prospective ally and hopefully brother-in-law he is supposed to impress, his sworn enemy. The two alphas can’t spend ten minutes in a room without it ending in a full-blown brawl. After the Full Moon Hunt, one clash between them takes an unexpected turn, and Prince Damien accidentally binds Fenris in a mate-bond. In a world where alpha-alpha bonds are forbidden, and submitting to another alpha is seen as weak and humiliating, Fenris must fight his way through shame and a secret, vulnerable yearning for something he shouldn’t want as an alpha, and confront his feelings for Damien, the devilishly handsome yet dangerous wolf prince he is determined to hate.

A cynical model living in a golden cage. An ex-soldier who knows exactly how pain feels. And the slow-burn healing that changes everything. GAVIN Rich. Famous. Beautiful. And completely shattered. To the world, I’m the face of a multimillion-dollar campaign staring down from Manhattan billboards with a ruthless attitude. Inside, I’m trapped in a prison of my own making, drowning my trauma in alcohol and paralyzing panic attacks. I don’t leave my house. I don’t let anyone close. So when my therapist demands I hire a bodyguard, every single alarm bell in my head goes off. I don’t need a shadow. Especially not a giant, quiet ex-soldier who looks like he can see right through my armor. JAMIE I’ve survived the military, but finding a new client in a cutthroat industry is a different kind of war. When I get the call to protect a high-profile model, I think it’s just another job. It isn’t. Gavin Lennox is defensive, prickly, and fiercely resistant to anything resembling help. But beneath his sharp jawline and cynical remarks, I see a vulnerability I recognize all too well. We share more than just the scars of a violent past, we share the ghosts that keep us awake at night. I am stubborn enough to pull him back into the light, one step at a time. But as the walls between us begin to crumble, the darkest nightmare of our past threatens to tear us both apart.

When Evan Halloway must travel to Northern New Mexico to stand-in with his best friend’s son, Max, because the fool kid has gotten into a sticky situation, that last thing he expects is to love the place. Everything there seems designed to poke, scrape, prod, or burn a guy including the food, but it makes Evan admire the landscape. And then there’s cowboy bull fighter Sam Marron, the father of the young woman his best friend’s kid has gotten pregnant. He rubs Evan the wrong way from the get-go. Until he doesn’t. Sam is a cowboy through and through, and he has no time for the fancy retired hockey player from Boston. Or his adopted family. It’s his little girl who will have to deal with this for the rest of her life, and he’s going to defend her to his last breath. But Sam finds out that Even is not only unreasonably hot, he’s a good guy, too. And that goes a long way with him in making Evan his lover, not his enemy. The two of them navigate family politics, careers where they both travel, and wrangle some long-distance problems, but everything comes to a head when Sam and his daughter come to Boston meet Max’s family face to face. Then Evan has to decide what family means to him, and Sam has to learn to lean on Evan a little bit and fully let him in. Can they learn to let ‘er puck and be together all the way, or will the stress tear them apart? When a hockey family collides with a rodeo man, the ice might crack and the dirt may fly.

Hilary Davis knows how to disappear. After years of being mocked as "Hilarina Ballerina," he's perfected the act. He has a popular girlfriend he can't stand, friends he doesn't trust, and a strict rule never to dance where anyone can see. It's a brittle kind of safety, but it's all he has. Then he meets Trenton Wells. Massive, solemn, and the school's most devoted outcast, Trenton doesn't play by anyone's rules. He reads through every class, speaks with unnerving calm, and sees straight through every mask Hilary wears, including the ones Hilary himself doesn't know he's wearing. What starts as a simple trade (calculus tutoring for ballet lessons) becomes something neither of them can walk away from. Choosing Trenton means losing every shield Hilary built to survive. But as the town's cruelty sharpens from slurs to violence, Trenton is willing to become any kind of monster to keep Hilary safe, and Hilary will tear his own world apart to stay at his ogre's side. What they don't know yet is that some devotions outlast memory itself, and some damage can only be undone by the people brave enough to keep choosing each other.

A fanged alien from the deep sea and a human who doesn’t mind bioluminescence find love in this fast-paced, steamy novella. Jaeyong Baek is a 22-year-old midwife, fresh out of college and new to Mermade Miami. Eksal Coasi is what some might call a spiny, clawed nightmare, and what Jaeyong calls the most attractive Mer he’s ever seen. When a rare biological phenomenon puts Jaeyong and Eksal in a tight situation, the heat rises and passion flares. Their innocent start rapidly transforms into something much, much deeper.

If there’s one thing missing in Kilian Howard’s life, it’s dignity. Talent, good looks, and social skills wouldn’t go amiss either, but more than anything, he longs to be taken seriously. With everyone on his team treating him like a child, including the second hockey coach in two years threatening to bench him for not being good enough, is it any wonder Kilian turns to a virtual stranger in the form of Damir Denisov to explore some very adult needs? Damir is more than willing to engage with Kilian’s clumsy attempts at seduction. Kilian might be a menace on the ice, but he’s sweet in bed. As a gay, Muslim Russian, Damir’s life has been a long sequence of rejection for one or the other part of his identity, and the pressure is getting to him. Kilian is at first a welcome distraction and then one of the only people to understand Damir’s situation. When Kilian is traded to Damir’s team, what worked as a long-distance situationship becomes much more complicated than either of them anticipated. With Damir’s support, can Kilian overcome his self-doubt and find a place in the world of hockey? Or will Kilian’s desire to become the queer role model he never had force Damir to abandon their budding relationship to protect himself?

Is stalking just a one sided meet cute? Ash Conrad throws his meticulously curated life plans out the window to attend an Ivy League. In a country he’s never been to, against family tradition, all in the hope of gaining entrance to an ancient and exclusive secret society. The Legacy of Power isn’t just an elite secret society, it’s where the heirs of the criminal underworld play. Admittance would guarantee Ash access to the type of people who might help him save his brother. But first he has to get through Rurik Locke. Son of the world’s most notorious assassins, Rurik’s family founded Legacy. He’s a ruthless, violent enigma of a golden retriever, who’s not above a little stalking, and is utterly obsessed. Ash needs his help, but Rurik’s chaos threatens every aspect of the careful structure he’s built to survive. They’re about to find out the skeletons in their closets are a lot more intertwined than they realize, and Ash will have to let Rurik in to save them both.

Jason My whole life people hurt me, but no one as much as Gabe. He was supposed to be my best friend. My everything. His mom wrecked my home, and Gabe broke my heart. I had every intention of never seeing Gabe again, but when my mom kicked me out, I had nowhere to go except back to Belmont. Alone in a trailer with Gabe…my now stepbrother. Now he’s back in my life, and he won’t talk to anyone. Except me. And that shouldn’t make my chest tighten the way it does. Everything about him lights a fire low in my stomach that’s impossible to ignore. But I can’t let him back in. I'll join the HellCats, make the money I need, and get out. I’m done drying people’s tears. Nobody ever dried mine. Gabe I haven’t spoken since the night it happened. The night that changed my life forever. In less than a month, I lost my best friend, my dad, and then my mom. I won’t speak. Because I don’t deserve to speak. I don’t deserve to take up space in this world. Nothing matters except for waiting for my mom to come home so I can hold her again. Then he came back. Jason He was everything to me, but he despises me now. He acts like he can’t stand me, but I catch those longing glances, the way he licks his lips when I’m close. I want Jason to wreck me. I don’t care how much he hates me, just as long as his hands are on me. But the deeper Jason falls into the HellCats, the more dangerous loving him becomes. I hate that he’s doing it. But I’ll accept it. For him.

When a Healing Witch and his Chimera mate set out to humanely capture a mischievous baby ice dragon before Pumpkin Festival, one enchanted muffin threatens to derail their mission in the most delicious way possible.

Drag queens, burly bears, closeted CEOs, steamy romps, and a town that welcomes all. I am supposed to retire. One final performance. One last lip synch. A tasteful exit before forty turns me into that queen. Mabel Syrup is drag royalty. Firefly welcomes her with open arms. Mike, on the other hand, is shy and awkward. The problem is, he is me. I am Mike. Then a buttoned up CEO walks into Firefly, enamored by a town trying to throw its first pride parade. He’s closeted and achingly ordinary. He thinks Mike is the bravest man in the world, living as his authentic self. He’s not looking at Mabel. He’s looking at Mike. Did I mention I have no idea who I am anymore? Firefly wants majestic and mouthy Mabel. He wants whoever I am underneath the performance. I’m not sure those are different people anymore. I’m scared if I give the town what it wants, I’ll scare off Mr. CEO. He’s not ready to see me in all my drag glory. Because maybe Mabel isn’t the mask. Maybe she’s part of my truth.

A young adult romance about the terrifying, life-saving possibility of letting someone in. It's 2009, and Zach has decided to live. He's just not sure what that means, yet. But now he's facing senior year with zero friends, maximum awkwardness, and an outdated suicide note still tucked in his backpack like the world's worst safety blanket. He's doing okay, mostly. Ish. The last person Zach expects to connect with is brooding loner Parker Reid. But when Parker finds Zach's note, the two discover they share a painful secret. They form what Parker likes to call the "Dead Boys Club," and suddenly Zach has an ally who's even messier than he is. Between panic attacks and late-night emails, school plays and road trips, it finally becomes clear: living is more than just surviving. When Parker's parents threaten to send him away, he and Zach are forced to admit, with the help of a ragtag friend group that neither of them saw coming, that maybe, definitely, there are things worth sticking around for. Including each other. Note to readers: Help is available! If you or a loved one are in crisis or considering suicide, text or call 988 to speak to someone today.

Lisa paused, hands on Sevastyan’s ribs, staring at the bullet wound. “I’m trying to decide if I’m as brave as Rei.” Sevastyan kept himself still. Lisa took a shuddering breath. “If you’re really going to take them down, I’ll… I’ll be your slave. I’ll help you, from the inside.” Sevastyan, Rei, and Lisa are injured and their base compromised. Ellisandre is the only one left standing. And more attackers could come at any moment. Sevastyan is done with waiting and playing things softly. Stripping off the gloves will come with a price. But they touched Rei. No one is allowed to touch Rei. But can Ellisandre keep Sevastyan’s soul together as he pays the price? Meanwhile, Lisa is making choices, ones that could mean salvation but also darkness. And Rei is wrapped in it all, holding the fragile tendrils of their collective battered hearts. The pieces are now being laid on the chess board between Sevastyan and the Merchari. The question remains, who is actually calling the plays? Is it Sevastyan? Ellisandre? Or Rei? And will they be set in place fast enough to save themselves and the ones the Merchari are hunting?

At the Academie of the Grand Duchy of Sieuxerr, every mage with the healer’s gift has five years to master their power and to prepare for the infamous Grand Exam, a five-day trial whose results will determine their entire future. The list of exam rules includes: • You will perform five practical cases. • Your exam group is chosen at random. • You pass together, or fail together. It does not include: • On the first day, your exam group will find a classmate's dead body in the exam hall. And as they will soon discover, this particular group all have something to hide… and all have a connection with the dead girl, a brilliant scholar who would have been first in their class. Five scholars. Five secrets. Five days in which to solve a murder, pass the most important exam of their lives, and uncover a secret larger than all of their own combined. One with the potential to change the world. Are you ready? Let’s begin.

"… it started off by finding a few floaters in the harbour, but that caused a huge amount of attention in the press. It's only a theory that they're linked, but we've found six men, almost skeletons, in the past seven months dumped in all sorts of places, all with the same ligature marks and signs of abuse on their backs." 1932, Sydney, Australia, in the height of the Great Depression, Joe Ing, one man among the two-thirds of Australian men out of work, will do anything to put food on the table for his family. A casual job as a waiter at a private party leads to more opportunities, some of which push his limits and lead him into dangerous waters. Then the disappearance of his best friend, selling his body in the darkened streets of the city, precipitates a train of events that cause a change in his circumstance; both for better and for worse.

Elliott Archway is deeply attached to upperclassman James Wilde. He would forsake his soft heart for him. He would surrender his life for him. Their intense passion for each other emerges dangerously when their vile peers volunteer a terminally-ill student for the annual sacrifice in the frozen forest. At Æscwulf College, everyone must deliver their plea for mercy in the hibernal tradition. Every winter, one individual is chosen as a living sacrifice. When a student commits the sacrilegious act of killing the wrong young man on sacred ground, the students are prepared to take their secret to the grave. However, the winter demands more sacrifices. Elliott would sacrifice his mortal soul for only James. James would start a war of carnage for Elliott.

Flirt with a stranger. Get the photo. Walk away. The job should have been simple, if the stranger hadn't turned out to be the most famous ice hockey star in the league… Stellan is very good at being the right kind of irresistible to the wrong kind of man, it pays the rent, and that's the deal. But when one Chicago hotel lounge job results in a career-ending photo of NHL star Matt Harkins and Stellan is fired for trying to stop it, the whole disaster gets filed under the worst day of his life. Seven months later, Matt walks into a Seattle suit fitting and finds Stellan holding out the next jacket. Matt is blindsided and absolutely not over it… but the chemistry between them is undeniable. He knows he should walk away, but one stolen night turns into two, then more, and a closeted ice hockey captain with everything to lose is about to find out exactly how much he's willing to risk.

As a panguan, a cultivator tasked with putting the dead to rest, Wen Shi has spent a thousand years sending souls on to their next life. But without a soul of his own, he's trapped in an endless cycle of rebirth, desperately searching for the lost pieces of himself. Now, reborn for the twelfth time, he feels a constant hunger that can only be satisfied by consuming the dark miasma that clings to the dead. So when failed panguan Xie Wen responds to Wen Shi's ad for a roommate, Wen Shi is taken aback by the dense miasma cloaking the handsome young man. Smug and irritating, Xie Wen instantly becomes Wen Shi's most tempting meal. Yet the longer Wen Shi spends with Xie Wen, the more mysterious he seems. Xie Wen appears to know things about Wen Shi even Wen Shi has forgotten–things that could end his millennium of lonely wandering.

A fake engagement to the hot sheriff who escorted me to family camp? Weirdly delightful. Failing to tell him that my family is a bunch of professional thieves? Small oversight. I left the Callahan family business years ago. These days I’m a law-abiding citizen. A photographer who takes nothing but pictures. A man who’s learned not to get greedy for anything… or anyone. But my family hasn’t gotten that memo, so I expect my week at family camp to be filled with guilt-trippy attempts to lure me back into the fold. Until Holden Axford comes along… and everything goes axe backwards. Winsome’s gorgeous sheriff was supposed to be nothing more than a one-night-stand. He doesn’t have a clue why I’m dreading this week, but he takes his protection game seriously. So when he thinks I need a rescue, he steps in and declares himself my fiancé… and I’m too busy swooning to argue. Now Holden’s sharing my bed, stealing kisses like Callahans steal Rembrandts, planning a camp heist (for fun, obvs!), and charming my family of criminals. Our motto is ‘Callahans don’t get caught’ but nobody warned me about catching feelings. Unfortunately, secrets don’t stay buried forever. And when someone forces the Callahans toward one last impossible job, protecting the family I love means becoming the man I swore I’d never be again. But if Holden learns the truth about my past, it’ll be goodbye fake engagement, goodbye sheriff… goodbye heart.

Casey I had everything. A stable job, a good life, an Alpha who loved me. But then Adam stormed in like a wrecking ball, shattering everything I thought I knew. I should resist him. I should walk away. Loving him is dangerous, wanting him is reckless, and needing him the way I do? It could cost me everything. But the more I fight it, the harder I fall. Adam This omega belongs to my son. But from the moment I laid eyes on him, I knew he would be mine. I should keep my distance. I should let him go. Instead, I find myself breaking every rule, stealing every forbidden moment, drowning in a hunger I never thought I’d feel again. I lost my wife. I won’t lose him too. Even if it means tearing my world apart.

I never expected to love again. I planned to warm my hands on memories of Jace for the rest of my days. My well-meaning best friend has other ideas. She brought Tim back into my life. I’m not sure what to do with that. Part of me will always adore Tim… but I’m still married to Jace. Even though he’s gone. I only have one regret from the magical time we shared. Jason, the son we never got to adopt. He’s still out there somewhere. I know he needs me. So whether I’m ready or not, this is it. My heart is coming out of retirement! When Ben Loved Jason is the emotional conclusion to the He Loved Him series, and Ben’s last chance at getting the happy ending he so desperately needs.

I am a ghostmaker. A bringer of death… When a new psychic arrives in Salem, Copeland Forbes is eager to meet him. But Jonas Crawford isn’t looking for friendship. He’s looking for something far more dangerous: the death spell, a closely guarded secret of the Devereaux coven that Cope has spent years trying to escape. Meanwhile, the Cold Case team is fighting for its survival. With the mayor threatening to cut their funding, Fitzgibbon suggests they make a good impression on the auditor sent to determine whether the unit is worth saving. Jude is onboard with the plan until he learns West Strickland has spent fifteen years blaming cold case detectives for failing to solve his mother’s murder. West wants nothing to do with psychics or the detectives who promise they can finally catch his mother’s killer. After fifteen years of disappointment, he has no reason to believe this team will be any different. Then, days after Jonas Crawford arrives in Salem, people connected to the mysterious psychic begin turning up dead. Is Jonas responsible for the murders? Is he using the death spell to eliminate his enemies? Because the killings have only just begun. And whoever is next may be closer than anyone thinks.

Off the field, off the grid, and accidentally falling in love… I’m a professional baseball player, or I was, until I was forced into early retirement. I’m still getting used to the idea of my team heading to the playoffs without me when I total my Lambo, an accident, I swear, and my agent ships me off to a private lakeside retreat in the wilds of Maine to get my head on straight. No phone. No internet. Just trees, stars, and too much time to think about how baseball’s been my whole life since my dad first tossed me a ball. The only thing keeping me grounded is Blaze, the retreat’s activities director. He’s way too easy to talk to and up for anything. Hiking, fishing, stargazing, somehow we end up doing everything together. And when one of our “activities” turns into an unintentionally date-like candlelit dinner, I realize that maybe dating Blaze is what I’ve wanted all along. But when I get an unexpected offer from my old team, I have to make a choice. Should I go back to the life I used to know, or is off the trail with Blaze exactly where I’m supposed to be?

Harlow Young: What’s worse than being left at the altar? Being left at the altar at a wedding you didn’t want. Josh’s family is mega-rich and entitled, and they’ve planned this massive thing with no input from me, and now I’m standing here looking like an idiot. Oh well, I guess. I’ll just take my best friend and best man, Grayson, with me to my honeymoon in Las Vegas. Maybe a best friend vacation is exactly what we need. It can’t get any worse than this. Grayson Taylor: What’s worse than watching your best friend get left at the altar? Being so in love with him that you don’t just feel rage for his now ex-fiancé, but also relief. Stark relief. Not that I think it means I have a chance. Harlow has never seen me as anything more than his best friend. And what kind of best friend would I be if I turned down his watery-eyed request to go with him on his Vegas honeymoon? I’ve never been able to deny him and those doe eyes a single thing.

Oh, FFS. Apparently we’re doing this again because nobody wants to give up this life. Not Ricardo, who’s bored out of his skull because he hates being retired. Not August, who won’t stand for anyone but his husband outranking him on RateYourHit. Not the authors, who can’t resist another round of explosions and shenanigans with our favorite hitmen. So… here we go again. After witnessing, but not participating in, an ill-fated art heist, August and Ricardo are restless, itching for another taste of the chaotic life they once knew. When an opportunity presents itself, they take the gig. It’s just one hit for old time’s sake, and the job itself is pretty straightforward. Why not? But of course it doesn’t take long for things to go sideways. Now instead of just coming out of retirement for funsies, they’re in way over their heads. And this time, they might not be able to get out alive. Business vs. Pleasure is just further proof that we jinxed ourselves when we called Hitman vs. Hitman a standalone, and that we have absolutely zero willpower when it comes to August and Ricardo. Is it the final installment? Like for real this time? We have no idea.

Liam Marsal arrived at Aspire Academy knowing two things: how to cause trouble and how to survive it. Ethan Farley arrived four years earlier knowing only how to endure. Together, they built something neither of them knew how to name, a family, a future, and a reason to keep going. Book 2 follows their first year together in all its mess and beauty: snow cones and discipline, birthday cakes and belts, a water fight in the courtyard and a hotel room the night before a tournament. It follows Harry unraveling, Jack grieving the life he almost lost, Miles learning to take up space, and Tyler arriving at rock bottom with nowhere left to go but up. And underneath it all: the slow, terrifying realization that Ethan's way out is getting closer, and that what they've built might have to survive the distance.

He was never supposed to fall for the man standing between his firm and the waterfront. Sutton Doherty has spent twenty years repairing what other people abandoned. Boats. Buildings. Family debts. The reputation his father destroyed. Now the county wants the last thing Sutton has left, and Eric’s review could give them everything they need to take it. Including the secret hidden in Sutton’s books. With the boatyard office condemned, Eric is forced into Sutton’s cottage and straight into the life of a man who would rather work himself into the ground than admit he needs anyone. Sutton expects judgment from the polished city architect. Instead, Eric keeps his secret, challenges his stubborn isolation, and stays close enough to become the first man Sutton has trusted in years. Attraction makes that trust even more dangerous. Eric sees a man who has confused punishment with responsibility. Sutton sees someone with every reason to leave who keeps choosing not to. Then Sutton discovers redevelopment drawings filled with details he shared only in private. Suddenly every confession, every touch, and every promise to stay looks like information Eric collected for the people trying to take his home. When a developer uses Sutton’s past to threaten him with prison, Eric must decide how much of his own life he is willing to destroy to prove whose side he is really on. Sutton has spent years believing loyalty means carrying everything alone. Eric’s single demand is that Sutton finally let someone carry it with him.

"Go away, little man," Rask grunted at the creature who'd dared to dog a bergsrå's footsteps for the past three days. "Big storm coming. Rask's mountain no place for you." Limned by moonlight, the human stepping cautiously out from behind the knobbled trunk of the ancient pine looked nothing like the figure Rask first spotted trailing his goats on the far side of the ridge. Once, the tunic he wore had been the light blue of a morning sky, and whole. His dark hair and beard had been sleek and tidy; his rucksack full; his eyes bright. That had been quite some time ago, however. Now, after chasing Rask's path up and down and through some of the mountain's worst terrain, the man's gaze was wary and tired; his pack gone; all of him mud-streaked and ragged. Standing there in the tall summer grass, the human looked about as stubborn as the most mischievous little goat of Rask's herd, and twice as disreputable… ————- There Be Monsters is a spicy cozy fantasy romance series set in the world of a Sunless Land, inspired by Scandinavian folktales and Norse sagas, stirred liberally with classic sword & sorcery fantasy, then all given an LGBTQIA+ twist. Warning: Get ready for steamy open-door MM romance, low stakes adventure, wonder, magic lessons, mystery, cross-cultural exploration, size differences, age gap, quests, folklore, hurt/comfort, HEAs, and, on occasion, a fae and a human sharing a sauna together.

Micah I’m not a creeper. Maddox McAllister is my soulmate. He just doesn’t know it yet. If I’d known I’d meet my soulmate through a pet-sitting service, I would have listed my skunk, Princess, like…way freaking sooner. But Maddox is here now, all dark and broody and scared. And hot. Did I mention hot? I know a few things about Maddox, like his childhood pet, his favorite snack, and what kind of underwear he wears. Okay, listen, I swear all of this came up in natural conversation. Now it’s my job to figure out why Maddox is scared and show him that we are, in fact, meant to be together. Forever. Easy peasy! No one can withstand my charm for long. Maddox What the fuck did I get myself into? Micah is…well, my boss. He’s the most eccentric boss I’ve ever had. Did I lie and say I knew how to take care of skunks just to get here? Maybe. Should I run the other way? Probably. But then my apartment burns down and a threat from my past won’t leave me the fuck alone, and somehow I’m stuck with a skunk, a gun, and a man who somehow knows I wear boxers, not briefs. What could go wrong?

“No pressure either way,” I murmur. “Just opportunity. If you want it.” I thought I was the one helping him. Giving him something. How wrong I was. FRANKIE I’ve learned something interesting about myself over the years: I’m either the guy after the guy, there to help you recover from your latest romantic disaster, or I’m the guy you experiment with before you move on to find the person you really want. I can’t blame them. I am awfully pretty. And judging by the way my brother’s teammate watches me when he thinks no one’s looking, I’ve found myself another curious closeted man. Well, Ollie-baby, lucky you. This Frankie fun-ride is at your service. Trust me, sweetness, I'll treat you so right. And the best part? It can stay our little secret. Just don’t get attached. Because like all rides, this one comes to an end. I made the mistake once of believing I could have it all. Never again. JACKSON My plan is simple: stay locked up tight until my baseball career is over. I’m just another straight ballplayer in a straight world, keeping my head down. Because in my family, inside every locker room I’ve ever known, being gay isn’t an option. Baseball is supposed to be enough. It has been. Then Frankie Nebiolo walked in and offered me something I couldn’t resist. A secret place to be myself in a way I’ve never risked before. With him, I can finally breathe. I can finally want. Except…the longer we're together, the more painful hiding becomes. Now I'm starting to wonder if I'd trade everything for the chance to stop pretending.

Bastian may be a vampire, but he doesn’t bite. … Not anymore, at least. These days, Bastian just wants to live his best undead life: visit charming Italian villages, maybe dance in the square with a cute boy, all with Whitby, his best friend (and magical talking cat) by his side. What he doesn’t want? To stumble across a dead body on the beach, a girl who appears to have been killed by a vampire. It wasn’t Bastian. He swears, on his own grave. But the local police chief doesn’t trust Bastian, or any vampire, for that matter, so he assigns detective Nico De Luca to keep an eye on him until his trial. And while Bastian normally wouldn’t complain about having a gorgeous, mysterious man by his side, he has more important things to worry about, because the police chief has called the Vampire Council, and if the real killer is still at large when they arrive, the whole town could be in danger. As more bodies begin to pile up, Bastian, Whitby, and De Luca must get to the bottom of who in Vernazza is framing vampires, before it’s too late.

Can an amateur podcaster solve his own murder live on air? Haunting #401: The Paragon Phantom Number of ghosts: At least six and a half Location: The Paragon Hotel, Cornwall History: Built in 1899 and opened its doors to guests in 1900, The Paragon is claimed to be Cornwall’s most haunted building and the home to a long spate of mysterious deaths and disappearances, including most recently a famous local actress. Wanted: Figure out what’s causing the mysterious deaths and stop it. The Expert: Podcaster extraordinaire Gary Runcorn. The Complication: International surf legend and ghost of twenty eight years, Trystan Retallack. Gary Runcorn is a boring man. Even his name is boring. He presents Britain’s dullest, and unsurprisingly, most unsuccessful true crime podcast, and he’d do just about anything to increase his listener numbers. Including dying for them. When the opportunity to work for an infamous paranormal hunting team The ExorSquad arises, Gary grabs it with both hands in the hopes of uncovering an exclusive mystery or two for his radio show. He soon finds himself in the cliffside location of Cornwall’s most haunted hotel and the presence of The Paragon Phantom, but Gary never expected that on his first night he himself would fall victim to this gruesome unsolved mystery. With the help of the hotel’s spectral residents, including one very charming local surfer dude Trystan, Gary sets up his new studio and endeavours to solve his own homicide, live on air.

Dylan Briggs knows exactly who he is on the ice. Off it, things are a little messier. He bounces from hook-up to hook-up and tries not to overthink what comes next. But when he meets Miles Reed, the Burlington Bobcats’ new athletic trainer, there’s nothing to overthink. Miles is his fated mate. Dyl is sure of it. Except Miles is a shifter too, and he doesn’t feel the same pull. Something’s wrong. Still, the attraction between them keeps growing, along with Dylan’s hope that maybe fate matters less than the fact that Miles keeps choosing him. But getting closer to Miles also means getting pulled into the danger he came to Burlington trying to escape: a stalker who has spent years watching and threatening him. And now they’ve noticed Dylan too. With the season heating up and the threat escalating, Dylan and Miles will have to figure out what’s real between them before someone else decides their fate for them. ICED OUT MATE is a spicy MM hockey shifter romance featuring a one-sided fated mate bond, forbidden attraction, teammates and found family, and two men determined to find out whether love really needs fate’s permission.

Torn from his home and trapped in a foreign world for nearly a century, Aryn has devoted his life to searching for a way back. He finally escapes, only to land in a small village surrounded by a few familiar faces and a crowd of new ones. Cato is fiercely loyal and dangerously tempting, running from a past he refuses to share. He’s a wildcard, and Aryn knows better than to get distracted as they fight to find a way back to the home he lost. Drawn together by fate and an undeniable bond, Aryn and Cato find themselves at the center of a conflict that spans worlds, straddling the thin line between survival and surrender. As long-told prophecies awaken, new challenges rise, and the thin barrier between realities begins to fracture, Aryn and Cato must form alliances, navigate buried secrets, and fight for a love that could either save their worlds or destroy them both. With danger closing in from every side and the fate of two realms hanging in the balance, they’ll have to decide what they’re willing to sacrifice, and what they’re willing to fight for.

Ryan This is my year, I can feel it! The year we take home the Cup. Playing for the Hunters since finishing college has been a dream come true. But this is the year we go all the way and bring it home. The only issue with being a Hockey superstar is that my love life has taken a few hits, the only people who have been interested recently were either in it for the wrong reasons or there was no chemistry to be found. My best friend Leon finding the love of his life hasn’t helped, while I’m happy for him I can’t help feeling a bit jealous. Is it too much to ask for a spark? Matty I’ve just decided to take a break from dating to fulfill my lifelong dream of being a professional dancer and I’m throwing everything I have into my career. Working harder, practicing long hours, going to more auditions, but it’s always the same. I’m more committed than ever to staying single so I can focus on my goals. Seems this is the moment the Goddess decides to send the perfect man my way. Karma really is a cruel mistress. I try to ignore the attraction that’s blooming between us, but Ryan makes it harder and harder with how thoughtful and attentive he is. Can I really keep fighting before the flame swallows me whole?

A slayer haunted by torturous memories and a Nephilim tricked into assisting evil. Will the final battle against the rogue demons destroy their hopes of being together? The skies have been quiet for months since the last battle against the rogue shadow gargoyles. It should be a time of solace, but the long nights without distractions are like a cruel punishment for Ronen. Being left alone with his dark thoughts as the days go by is eating away at his soul. Tanner is too smart for his own good. A young, introverted college student with no interests other than honing his expert hacking skills, he’s an easy target for the rogue demons. He’s so focused on the money he’ll make and the flattery he receives from the deceptive creatures that he overlooks how he’s being used. The rogues are desperate and running out of time. All Ronen knows is that he’ll never give up on Tanner, his fated mate who doesn’t recognize him. Even if the rogues come after him again, Ronen will die defending the one whose heart speaks to him like no other’s. But has his mate already been too corrupted?

A man who’s desperate to stay young. Another who wants the same, plus revenge. Friends facing an eternity together, but what can transform rivalry to love? Mateo Alverstoke’s youth is slipping away fast. He’s desperate to succeed as a solo singer. Consumed with jealousy, he tempts his rival’s fiancé to marry him instead. Harold Stubbington fears he’ll be jilted. Conflicted, he's secretly holding a candle for his long-term rival too. The secret of eternal youth seems like the perfect revenge but he never expects what happens next. Can they risk their hearts or will a lifetime of rivalry ruin their chance at love?

Stefan Petryk is figure skating’s golden boy, but after a disastrous performance when it counted most, he’s falling apart under the pressure to redeem himself. When he’s forced to room with a rival at Worlds, he’s certain the break in routine will be the end of everything. Except… Evan Marquez is charming, patient, and the best artistic skater in the world. Stefan wants to spend more time with him, rituals be damned. Get to know him, learn how he moves the way he does. Stefan’s always assumed he was straight, but everything about Evan appeals to him. If Evan wants him in return, what will he do? He can’t have a relationship, not with the pressures on his time and energy. He certainly can’t have one with a man. He’s under constant media scrutiny. His sponsors would probably drop him, his fans might hate him. It’s best for everyone if he just focuses on his skating. Does what he’s supposed to do. Pushes back his feelings like he always does. But how can he, when Evan is right there all the time?

This is the final book in the A Royal Arrangement series.

What chance do they have at love when neither belongs in the other’s world? Roland Bancroft III is in the line of succession to the British throne. Way down the line. Even so, he’s expected to behave a certain way so as not to embarrass the monarchy. “Duty above all else” is, after all, the family motto. But before he’s locked into a life he doesn’t want, the lure of adventure takes him to the untamed wilderness and rugged, cowboy-boot-wearing men of northern Colorado. Gunner Rockwell found true family and belonging when he arrived at the weathered gates of Snow Creek Ranch. The addition of an LGBTQ+ safe space for kids to the decades-old working cattle ranch is a dream, but city slickers playing at cowboying fray his nerves. Enter one posh brit with a knee-melting accent and enough money to buy the ranch ten times over, and Gunner’s patience is put to the test. But under all the polished manners and air of entitlement is a simple man with simple desires who captures Gunner’s heart. As the two grow closer, demands from the other side of the pond threaten to undo the fragile bond they’re creating. And when Roland’s royal family arrives unexpectedly, more than cow manure hits the fan.

One (unrequited) crush. One (fake) relationship. It's a matter of interpretation… British Sign Language interpreter Ben Cooper excels at sticking to the background. Keeping quiet is literally the gig. And he loves it. The only problem is his unwieldy, unethical, entirely unrequited crush on his sole client, Simon Azie. Overachieving Simon is everything Ben's not. Career-forward and composed, the deaf PR agent sparkles through life, reversing celebrity scandals with a wink and a grin, until, that is, his insta-perfect image glitches. Tagged in an anonymous sex tape filmed in a closeted client's country pile, the agency cues Simon for cancellation before their reputation gets as muddy as a music festival. Panicked they'll never work together again, Ben blunders in with the worst idea he's ever had. No celebrity; no scandal. What if the unidentified other man is him? Either they fake the relationship or their intertwined careers are toast. So, commitment-averse Azie boyfriending better than Ben ever daydreamed doesn't mean anything…right?

Make 1 an openly bisexual mafia prince. Make 1 a "perfect" Catholic cowboy. Now, make them stepbrothers and force them to work on a ranch in the middle of nowhere. Carter I’ve worked hard my entire life to be the person that everyone expects me to be, the perfect son and the perfect little Catholic, bound by the rules and expectations of others. But underneath those masks, I crave someone I can never have, a relationship that goes against God’s law, and the freedom to live the way I want. After years of shoving my feelings down, I’ve finally gotten to a place where I don’t even consider them any longer. Until the night he showed up and ruined everything. My stepbrother, Leo Caparucci, is the opposite: a walking nightmare, a spoiled, self-centered, openly bisexual mafia prince who couldn’t care less about others, and he just became my biggest problem. Leo I shouldn’t even be here. The plan was always for me to be named the next Don of my family, but somehow I ended up on my dad’s cattle ranch in the middle of nowhere, stuck with my bratty stepbrother. Carter Montagna is hot as hell, smart and self-confident…well, at least that’s the image he tries to project, but I see right through his perfect cowboy persona. Underneath the façade, there’s a man starved for affection, too concerned with pleasing others to act on his own desires. But there’s more beneath the surface, and if anyone is gonna crack that mask he's wearing, it’s gonna be me.

When his out-of-town hookup turns out to be the library's new hire, Connor gets busy CHECKING OUT THE LIBRARIAN. CONNOR. Connor McMillan has his life together. Mostly. Teaching second graders is a perfect job for his high energy, but why can't he find a boyfriend who likes his enthusiasm too? He wants someone in the bleachers cheering just for him, someone to cook dinner with, someone who will maybe, possibly, dress up and do a little Regency cosplay, but that last thing he doesn't say out loud. JONATHAN. Starting over in Oregon means Jonathan Park has to try new things, meet people who don't work at the library, and hope that this time he won't repeat the same mistakes. Who's he kidding? He self-sabotages the hell out of anything good, but maybe the first step to self-improvement is saying yes to a real date with his internet hookup. And step two? Learning to pet Connor's dog. Connor's friends tell him to dial back and be more chill with Jonathan, but every time he looks at the man he wants to call his boyfriend, his brain chases his tail. Unlocking the librarian's fortified heart will be a challenge, but Connor's taught kids to read. How hard can it be to teach Jonathan to say I love you?

Since he’s found his mate, Rory had to make a lot of adjustments. His new family is from a different world, and there are some cultural differences, but he’s learning to fit in. In fact, fitting in has become one of Rory’s life goals. He’d be a lot closer to achieving those if it weren’t for his own magic, the human mages out to get him, and the monster mages who threaten not just him but the people he cares about. Rory is going to have to do something about it, whether he wants to or not. But no matter where the fight takes him, there’s one thing he can rely on: his family will never be far behind.

Ryan Smith inherited a house from a grandfather he barely knew, in a country he’s never been to. Once he sets foot into the rural village in the South of France, he discovers his grandfather’s name carries a dark scandal that drove the old man to America decades ago. No one except the frankly gorgeous man who lives on the neighboring estate is willing to explain his grandfather’s ruin, but even then, Ryan knows there’s something more that he’s hiding from him. Camille Moreau is a reclusive venomologist with a beautiful mouth, a patient stare, and a grief he wears like armor. And he knows exactly what Ryan’s grandfather helped conceal. Decades ago, Ryan’s grandfather was involved with a notorious man whose crimes left bodies, secrets, and silence in his wake. One of those bodies belonged to Camille’s mother. Now the old man is dead, his house belongs to Ryan, and Camille believes something hidden on the property may finally expose the truth. Unfortunately, he is not the only one looking for it. Ryan came to France looking for answers about a grandfather he never loved. What he finds is a legacy of blood, a man with every reason to hate him, and a dangerous kind of devotion that might be worse than the threat hunting him. Where the Snakes Sleep is a dark MM gothic romance featuring an American trans man, a reclusive French venomologist, an inheritance mystery, obsessive protection, deadly snakes, and love with a venomous bite.

“I’ll return your vessel when you return my son.” As one of several hundred children of the devil, Az doesn’t think anyone will care when he leaves hell. That is, until he’s kidnapped right out from under his angelic lover as part of a rebellious plot against his father. Damien was supposed to keep Az safe. Since he failed, the devil has taken Damien’s lover, refusing to give him back until his son is rescued. Heaven and hell collide when a demon and an angel join forces to hunt down the rebels and save their lovers. This 27k word novella follows both the short story "The Vessel" and the novella Divine Punishment. Both couples are previously introduced and this story is best read in order. It features themes of kidnapping, confinement, and body transformation.

Zalman Darcy was simply indulging his best friends in their outdoor pursuits when they each fell through a fairy ring. Now he has to follow them and single-handedly save the world or something. At least the Autumn Prince is there to keep him company and give him someone to do. Except there’s a curse that might have something to do with the prince working too hard…and being single? And it seems like everyone knows all about the curse, except Zalman. Well, once he knows what’s really going on, he’s going to take charge, get what he wants, and fix a whole realm while he’s at it. And though Zalman’s never been in love, when Prince Incendis takes his advice, really listens to him, and then goes and saves his life, falling in love seems like a real possibility. Which means barriers will fall, secrets will be revealed, and… Hold on. Who the heck is Lars? Zalman solves that mystery, too. The Autumn Prince is the final in a series of four books about the princes of the Seasonal Fae Court who’ve been locked away until they can become better men and earn the love of another.

Wanting him is the real scandal. Chris Green was an Olympic Golden Boy, the pride of his hometown, until one mistake turned him into a name people won’t say out loud. With his athletics career in ruins, he’s already at rock bottom. Then a masked man online makes him want something even more impossible than redemption. Isaiah Owens is a dedicated academic who lives on his own terms. Camming pays the bills, and working at his uncle’s sports agency is just a means to an end. Antagonising the agency’s entitled clients, especially the disgraced athlete he can’t stand is simply a bonus. Everything is neatly compartmentalised, until Isaiah breaks his one rule and starts falling for a man he’s never met. A man who, despite the mask, sees the parts of him he’s spent a lifetime hiding. When the truth is revealed, neither of them will get out unscathed.

Carver I drove across the continent to escape memories of death, accusations, and a crashed career. My refuge ended up being the small town of Mission City, British Columbia. I imagine I'm content here with my good job and two rescue dogs, until the day I bump into an old friend on our modest Main Street. Styx is an echo of the tragedy I'm trying to forget, but he's also broke and alone, and I have to invite him to stay with me. Problem is, he's gorgeous temptation personified. Can I be around Styx every day without losing my peace, or my heart? Styx My bandmate Baxter and I were supposed to be on a road-trip to forge a new life in Vancouver, after the death of our drummer. With my vocals and guitar, and his keyboard, we hoped we might still make a living from our music. Except before we got there, Baxter vanished in Mission City, BC, leaving me stranded, low on cash, and homeless in a new town. When I run into our old roadie, Carver, on the street, it's a gift from the gods, a friendly face and a place to stay. But Carver's also the guy I crushed on for years, and I don't know if I have the strength to be just a friend, or to leave when it's time for me to go. Carver’s Craving is an age-gap, interracial, small-town romance between a rockstar chasing a dream, the man he thought he’d never see again, and the two cutest rescue dogs ever.

A BLOODY JOURNEY THROUGH MOUNTAIN SNOW Although Xiahou Lian and Shen Jue have reunited, danger casts a shadow over their lives together. Xiahou Lian hasn't managed to stamp out Qiye Garden, and under a new leader, that sinister enclave of assassins has become more bold. Xiahou Lian and Shen Jue's allies have already begun to vanish, die, or turn against them. And making matters worse, the mysterious, debilitating "Paradise Fruit" has grown more and more entrenched in Great Qi. Staving off Qiye Garden and eliminating the Paradise Fruit will require a journey into remote mountains blanketed with snow and riddled with foes. But as Xiahou Lian prepares to depart on the perilous quest, he's unaware of the lengths Shen Jue will go to in order to keep him within reach.

A clean hit takes him out of the game he was born to play. Cash Benjamin limps out of yet another doctor’s office with the same answer, no one will fix his knee. They won’t even try. Their advice, accept the facts. Cash Benjamin will never play professional hockey again. No contract + No insurance = No future. Not on the ice anyway. Enter Dr. Thaddeus Vale and Halo House. A hidden sanctuary where powerful patrons take in broken men, Angels, and give them a chance to rebuild. Cash doesn’t believe in do gooders or angels. Cash believes in hockey. And he’ll do anything to get back to it. Even make nice with Angel and…Dr. Thaddeus Vale. A brilliant, intimidating former NCAA hockey player turned world-renowned surgeon who sees Cash all too clearly… and offers to fix more than just his knee. At Halo House, Angels choose their patrons. But Cash is about to learn what it costs when the man helping you heal… falls first.

A prince trapped by the great red stag he transforms into. A hunter who was never meant to catch him. Prince Hina of Ilystra has spent his life in brother’s shadows, the warrior, the strategist, the crown prince. He has his books, his experiments, and his place as the family's healer. As their transformations threaten to become permanent, the only way to break the curse is to find the girl who cast it. The trail leads north, into a dying forest, and into the path of a hunter who nearly kills him. Sylvan is a widower, a father, and a man who has learned not to hope for better. When a stag appears to be a danger to his child, he acts on instinct. Only where there was a stag, now there is a man, and Sylvan finds himself facing a prince who is everything he is not: noble, educated, and utterly incapable of understanding the weight of a single father's life. Thrown together by fate, they must trust each other to survive a forest that is rotting from the inside, a tower that should not exist, and a curse that has already claimed too much.

My warlock boyfriend turned me into a squirrel. And now, I need to ruin his life. It will be difficult. He finds everything I do adorable. There will be delicious grapes deployed to distract me, acorn hats to humiliate me, and head scritches in front of gently crackling fires to confuse and disarm me. But I am adamant. Before this is over, I will make him regret EVERYTHING. Because loving someone, and knowing a whole lot of magic, doesn’t mean you get to decide when the fight’s over. And s ometimes the hardest part of loving a warlock is convincing him you’re allowed to be pissed.

The holidays are messy. His love life? Even messier. Hotshot celebrity publicist, and certified Christmas cynic, Graham Bartlett couldn’t imagine a worse place to spend the holidays than his quaint hometown of Mistletoe Grove. But that’s exactly what’s happening now as he’s forced to take a paparazzi-magnet actress undercover and out of the tabloids leading up to her comeback movie premiere Christmas Day. It’s not all bad, though. This assignment could earn Graham his dream promotion, provided he can pull off the fake relationship he’s concocted with his client to keep her identity a secret and make it through the holidays without another PR scandal. There’s just one snag. Brent, the hunk who owns the local hot cocoa shop, and Graham’s old high school crush…who’s about to become the unwitting target of a matchmaking scheme courtesy of Graham’s phony girlfriend and meddling mother. Now, despite having sworn off love, and his hometown, long ago, Graham’s finding that his strictly-business work trip is fast becoming a fiasco. It’s a recipe for disaster, but as Brent’s small-town holiday cheer melts Graham’s icy exterior, this Grinchy ladder-climber might just learn to see when love is right in front of him, and maybe even rediscover the magic of Christmas along the way.

TV writer Alex is having a bad day. Dumped by his soap star ex and on the verge of being fired for being too American to write for a British period drama, London has never felt more isolating for a Black, gay history graduate from Chicago’s South Side. When his Scottish flatmate drags him to her home on the Isle of Mull, Alex expects a distraction. Instead, after a whisky-soaked night, he meets Fergus, a flame-haired fisherman who speaks only ancient Gaelic. After a stormy night of passion, Alex wakes in ancient Dalriada, a kingdom that has not yet found its missing king. War is coming to fifth-century Scotland. The Roman general Valerius is closing in, and Fergus may be the leader Dalriada needs to survive. Alex has a different problem. Without his HIV medication, time itself is killing him. To have any chance of getting home, Alex must face a vengeful Celtic goddess and choose between the man he is falling for, and the future of a kingdom.

’Twas the flight before Christmas…. Zach is heading home from his first semester at college with presents for his family, a voicemail from his ex, and about as much travel anxiety as can fit within the confines of the human body. After a series of humiliating events, including having his bags stolen, he meets the captivating, beautiful Kieran, who’s dreading his return home for Christmas and traveling with his sister, Rena, and her boyfriend, Lucas, who are dealing with some baggage of their own. As the snow falls and sparks fly, Zach and Kieran must learn to trust in themselves and in each other if their love is ever going to leave the ground, while Rena and Lucas must decide if their turbulent relationship can withstand another storm. Infused with Alex Ritany’s signature warmth and wit, All the Way Home is a story of first loves, flight delays, and finding home for the holidays, wherever or whoever it may be.

What if a regular guy accidentally got turned into a vampire? Meet Gabriel Sorenson, 30something tech podcaster, city gay, and newly-made vampire. Becoming a surprise vampire came with a lot of complications, but most of them are strangely…mundane. Tom Collins, yes like the drink, is 150 years old and was not ready to have progeny, let alone move his three-night-stand into his precious restored Victorian. Too bad he let hunger get the better of him, and found himself with a new responsibility and a new boyfriend. Simon Tomasi is a barista, a goth, and an avowed biting fetishist. Somehow, this turns into the best threesome of his life, and maybe more? Read Gabriel's adventures in being an everyday vampire in this charming, cozy, slice-of-life urban fantasy novel.

Tom I know a secret that can destroy the most powerful crime organization in America. For years, I’ve watched Enzo Ferrante get away with murder. Literally. He’s slipped between the FBI’s fingers time after time, spreading terror and mayhem on the streets of New York, masked beneath a gorgeous face and elegant pedigree. A sloppy error on his part results in an incident that unexpectedly binds us together. Suddenly, I’m no longer the special agent who is thirsty for his blood. I’m his savior. His god. The light in his pitch-black existence. Now that I caught the social butterfly in my spider web, I’m never letting go. He is about to taste the venomous kiss of betrayal as I put him and his entire family behind bars for the rest of their lives. Because when the night falls, the Camorra’s enforcer crawls between my sheets and whispers all his sordid secrets in my ear. Enzo Ferrante is completely and utterly mine, and nobody knows. Not even his lovely fiancée.

Arya’s always been a “one-and-done” man when it comes to romance, but with his friends all pairing up and the big 4-0 creeping ever closer, he’s starting to question his life choices. Especially when he discovers his latest hookup is the new committee chair for the charity ball Arya’s company is planning. Ben’s plan to start over in Kansas City isn’t going so great. And having to spend lots of time with the one-night stand who ghosted him isn’t helping. Worse yet, when his ex-boyfriend shows up looking for a reunion, a panicked Ben claims he’s already moved on, with Arya. Torn between staying professional and helping the man he can’t forget, Arya agrees to give Ben a hand, in exchange for Ben’s help landing a big client. But when the lines start to blur, they’ll have to decide if it’s time to change their tunes about love.

One perfect lie. One dangerous billionaire. And an obsession that could burn it all down. Marcus Philips has overdue rent and a gift for becoming whoever he needs to be. When he cons his way into his dream journalism job, his editor hands him a career-making assignment: infiltrate billionaire Alistair Blackwood’s inner circle and expose him as the predator he is. Blackwood runs a twisted game of power and submission: pass three tests and win your heart’s desire. But Marcus knows better than to trust a promise like that. He’s there to free the men Blackwood has ensnared, not get pulled into the game himself. He doesn’t expect Jake, a brilliant tech founder trapped in Blackwood’s game, or the shock of wanting a man for the first time. As Blackwood pushes them through increasingly intimate tests, Marcus and Jake stop pretending their attraction is only part of the game. On Blackwood’s private island, every touch between them is watched, every weakness exploited, and what began as temptation twists into something darker. With the final test looming, Marcus must choose between the story that could make his career and the man he can’t stop wanting.

A vintage love worth savoring… Ingredients: One openly bisexual winemaker with a gruff exterior, a generous heart, and a quiet ache for forever love. One closeted FBI director who buried pieces of himself to climb the ladder, only to realize success is fleeting when the world’s on fire. A growing season overflowing with buried desires, second chances, and chemistry too intoxicating to resist. Directions: Blend together stolen days in the vineyard and a slow-burning attraction that refuses to stay bottled up. Add years of regret, the yearning for more, and the bravery to live honestly. Let age to perfection until passion deepens into something rich and built to last. Best served under stormy skies, with full-bodied courage and the kind of love that feels like coming home.

BACK FROM THE DEAD? The head of the Lomonosov family does the unthinkable–he publicly acknowledges Lee-won as his son! The crime families, and Caesar's feelings, are thrown into turmoil. As he reels from the seeming betrayal, a rival faction within Caesar's own Sergeev family takes advantage of the confusion to mount an assassination attempt on the Tsar. Will Lee-won accept his mafia father and step into the role of Lomonosov heir? What will topple the mighty Caesar first–the attempt on his life or the heartbreak of losing Lee-won?

DEATH ON ALL SIDES : Duan Ling and Wu Du make a desperate bid to break out of the Mongol siege at Luoyan, escorting Yelü Zongzhen, the emperor of Liao, to safety in Southern Chen. Riding with them is the captured Lang Junxia, whose loyalties remain as unreadable as ever. Is he Duan Ling's enemy, or is there some hidden purpose behind his betrayal? And if it came to it–could Duan Ling really bring himself to kill him? Meanwhile, the secret of Duan Ling's true identity grows harder to keep with each passing day. As he remains stuck in the north, fighting to secure the nation's precarious border, both Cai Yan and Mu Kuangda are closing in on him from the capital. If Duan Ling is exposed before his plans are set, even Wu Du's unwavering protection may not be enough to save him.

Jackson Manning Don’t breathe. Don’t think. Just sink. A motto I’d chanted nearly every day of my life, content to bask in the serenity of the water surrounding me. That was until I’d lost control. I’d lost in the hands of nature, finding myself clawing my way through the ocean current and, in turn, every second of my life thereafter. I hated not having control. It would eat me up inside. Everything had to be perfect, or my entire life would go up in ruins. One wrong move. One wrong night. One person could change everything. Just like Forrest Castillo, the only man I’d ever thought about giving all my control to. Forrest Castillo When I walked into Driftwood Jack’s, I hadn’t expected to go home with the owner. I also wasn’t expecting to like him so much. Thankfully, I could handle rejection. Because Jack kept rejecting me, but we also kept running into each other. I called it fate, and he called it a coincidence. Sure didn’t feel like a coincidence whenever he leaned into the hand I had around his throat. But what would I know? I just knew Jackson Manning desperately wanted to give himself to me. He kept saying he couldn’t, yet wouldn’t explain why. None of that mattered, though. I had enough patience and determination for both of us. And I sure as hell wasn’t going to give up. The Intimacy of Control is an MM hurt/comfort one-night stand turned more romance, featuring a man terrified of romance and a man who's… apparently not afraid of anything. Expect a lot of yearning, a hint of groveling, and a whole lot of scenes that'll make you look over your shoulder to make sure no one else can see.

Benny De Carlo's anonymous blog went viral. Readers are obsessed. And they all want the same thing: for him to finally confess who "Guy" is, the unnamed mystery first love at the heart of every post. There's just one problem: Benny would rather hide in his hometown forever than tell them. Jack Knox is the only person in Arbor Bay who knows the truth…and who doesn’t care. He’s the grumpy bartender who’s never had patience for Arbor Bay’s gossip. That goes double for Benny’s surprise homecoming. But when it’s clear his family’s bar is on death’s door and in need of some out-of-the-box publicity, a deal is struck between the least likely pair in town. Benny gets to pretend Jack is his first love and protect his secret while Jack gets a chance to save his bar. All they have to do? Pretend they’re in love while enduring the trials and small-town tribulations of the Sailors and Mermaids Festival. But when fake kisses start tasting real and their act shifts from strategy to genuine, the fake couple start to realize that sometimes the biggest lies can serve up some of the tastiest truths.

Boone Hatcher stayed. Five years ago, the fire on Carson Ridge killed Dutch Kroeger, the man who taught Boone everything, and shattered the crew Boone called family. Boone survived. He took over Silvertip. And he's spent every day since making sure he never loses another man. Dante Vega ran. He was the best natural jumper Dutch ever trained, and the only one who saw something on Carson Ridge that didn't belong. Concussed, grieving, and unable to make anyone believe him, Dante walked away. Eventually, he stopped believing himself. Now Dante is back. He says he only wants to requalify. Boone knows better. Too much between them was left unfinished; too many questions neither man would ask, but five years apart hasn't done a damn thing to kill the attraction. Then another fire behaves in a way it shouldn't. Boone has spent five years keeping everyone safe. Dante has spent five years running from what he remembers. This time, neither of them can walk away. Because someone erased the truth about Carson Ridge. And fire has a way of bringing buried things to the surface.

Life is good for Daire, the spoiled heir of the head of a powerful witch coven. At least, it should be. But privilege has become his cage, and the punishments for questioning his mother grow crueler each time. But hitting Daire with a spell that stole something from one of the Wildwood pack and left it howling inside him? She’s gone too far, and Daire can’t ignore when the thing in his head starts whispering doubts he’s quietly ignored for years. His mother is wrong. The coven has veered into madness. Daire’s new conscience encourages him to follow his instincts like never before, which ends with him freeing a captured werewolf and running for his life from the witches who raised him. Taken from his pack and reeducated to be a soldier as a teenager, Viktor always expected to die fighting. But when the coven steals his wolf, he can’t even protect his pack anymore. He goes to retrieve his missing half or die trying, but a botched ritual sends him on the run from the coven with the witch who’s got his wolf and an intrepid raccoon who’s determined to help them. Forced to work together, they race to figure out what Daire’s mother has done to them before she kills them both and takes hold of the infinite power of a witchwolf. But neither witch nor wolf has ever had to rely on another before. Trust might be too much to ask, or exactly what they both need.

When a stalker begins hunting me, I turn to a protective mafia warrior for help. He’ll burn the world to keep me safe, but can I trust him with my heart? Hale I’ve been alone a long time. It’s safer that way. But when I start receiving threatening messages from a stalker, I turn to the only man whose touch can set my body alight. I’ve always been too afraid to trust after what I lived through, but Griffin makes me want to be brave enough to try. He treats me like I’m more than my horrifying past. But when my stalker starts closing in, can I really expect Griffin to love me through the danger? Griffin I’ve been in love with Hale a long time, and I know the things he’s suffered have left him too wary to trust a man like that. But when I learn someone is stalking him, there’s no line I won’t cross to keep him safe. Hale needs someone to protect him. To love him. I will be that man.

Kade is finding himself. Lachlan Tanner remembers the life Kade doesn't, sharing their history written in scars, danger and a love Kade has no memory of earning. The truth should point Kade north. Instead, it sends the compass spinning, with only Lachlan holding steady. The Tower is still his home. Iron Star is still his family. And Riley Harker is still the man Kade trusts above anyone else. But as the attacks against Iron Star escalate, something hidden in Riley begins to surface. Kade is discovering that knowing the truth and embracing it are two very different things. With the past closing in, bargains coming due and secrets spilling like blood, one thing becomes clear: fight or hide, you can’t stay lost forever.

Twenty-five years ago, Hanson Swaim broke my heart and left Forestville without looking back. I stayed. I built a life, a brewery, a reputation as the town’s most reliably single bachelor. I told myself I was over him. I told myself I deserved more than a man who would always stay in the closet. I told myself a lot of things. Now I’m forty-six, boarding a gay cruise with a rolling suitcase and what’s left of my optimism, and there he is, looking exactly like the boy who walked away from me, except older and more tired. He’s out now. He’s single. And when our eyes meet, twenty-five years collapse. I have one week at sea to decide if I can trust him with my heart again. I’m forty-six years old. I should know better. I don’t think I do Returning the Runner is a standalone short story in the Forestville Silver Foxes series.

Asystole is a friends to lovers MM romance between a surgery resident and a helicopter pilot with a bi-awakening and a guaranteed HEA. LOGAN I excel at running from my problems and my past. Unfortunately, I’m also really good at running straight into trouble. While trying to get as far away as possible from the man who broke my heart, I ended up sharing an apartment with his fiancé’s best friend. I’m determined to keep Chase at arm’s length, but Chase is determined to get inside my skin. Who knew straight guys with long term girlfriends were so into platonic cuddling? Chase’s stressful days as a medical resident have me doting like an eager housewife, which is ridiculous… Until we cross a line, and I’m left wondering what’s crazier: Chase still thinking he’s straight, or me thinking this could end in anything other than heartbreak. CHASE Ninety-hour weeks as a general surgery resident leave me hollow and mentally fried, so when running into an old acquaintance offers me a break I desperately need, I jump at the opportunity. As the Life Flight helicopter pilot for Boston Memorial, I expected to see Logan from time to time. What I wasn’t expecting was to become his roommate so soon after reconnecting. Nor was I expecting my platonic feelings for him to turn into something… more. I blame it on my need for physical touch and the long-distance relationship I have with my girlfriend. Until a kiss with Logan at the stroke of a New Year’s midnight changes everything. I need Logan in ways I never imagined, but by the time I figure that out, it may be too late. Asystole is book one in the Boston Memorial series. It can be read as a complete standalone but does feature characters from, and contains light spoilers for, Avalanche (Part of the Ricochet Ridge series).

COLBY For almost ten years, the world of hockey has had their eyes on me, watching my every move. I’m projected to be the first overall pick in the NHL draft this summer, and have been nicknamed a franchise altering talent. But with high praise comes a lot of pressure I can’t escape, and has resulted in me being a rookie in more ways than one. The only problem is there’s only one person I feel safe with, and I'm pretty sure there are rules about not crushing on your teammate. TYLER Ever since I met Colby, I’ve kept an eye on him. No one should have to put up with the pressure the world has laid on his gorgeous shoulders and the defeated look in his beautiful eyes. But you shouldn’t notice these things about your teammates. So when Colby asks me to teach him everything I know in the bedroom because I’m the only one he feels safe with? I should say no, but there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for Colby McKay. I should’ve known it wouldn’t be as simple as a friends with benefits arrangement.

Daniel Hoyton has been a thorn in my side for as long as I can remember. We play for rival hockey teams. We attend rival universities. Our families are on opposite sides of the law. I hate him, with his irritatingly smug smile, his arrogance, and his inability to take anything seriously. I want to wipe that smile from his face with my fist. …Or my mouth. I can’t decide if I want to punch him or kiss him, and it’s beginning to be a problem. A problem with big consequences. Not only is he completely wrong for me, but his family and friends are under investigation…and my uncle is in charge of the operation. I know we’re going to crash and burn. But I can’t seem to stay away from the flames.

The last thing Matthew Kincaid needs is to get involved with Troye Whittaker Troye’s impulsiveness doesn’t make the best first impression on Matthew when it gets them both kicked off a flight. Stranded and remorseful, Troye agrees to let Matthew share his hotel room. Despite the terrible way they met, Matthew is quickly enamored with Troye, who is more than the walking disaster he first appeared to be. Troye Whittaker is a semi-famous streamer. He’s built up a solid following playing games online and earning himself millions of subscribers. He has a secret love for cozy games and has a lot of ideas to offer someone like Matthew, the CEO of Gemstone Games and a part-time philanthropist whose work benefits foster kids. Troye might be impulsive, but he’s thoughtful and brilliant and just the kind of talent Matthew needs on his team. But if Troye is going to work for him, they probably shouldn’t get involved. Too bad Matthew’s already in too deep to let go. Troye tries to stay grounded, but Matthew is dreaming big. He thinks he can have it all. His company. His charity. His brilliant new consultant, and maybe even the love of his life.

Cassiel has never brought a man home to his parents. Then he hires one. As a child, Cassiel Lim named himself after the angel of temperance and time. Now he repairs watches, and his life runs like clockwork. He's autistic, keeps his world quiet and manageable, and his mother is afraid he'll die alone. When a family dinner for a major Korean holiday looms, he books a date through an app. May Huang is a dishwasher in Chinatown, managing a brain injury and ADHD with color-coded notebooks and phone alarms. He's chatty, good with parents, and needs the money, so he takes the gig. They meet on a Thursday to build their cover story, then again the next Thursday. It was meant to end after one dinner. Instead the days stretch into Christmas, then into a new year. The fake life is starting to look real, built on money neither mentions and a story that was never true. Neither of them is ready for what happens when the arrangement stops being one.

My stalker is a problem… but my bodyguard is a monster. I never asked for Roman Petrov. I made one mistake, got threats on my life, and now my brother hires me a bodyguard? Roman is six-foot-five, pure muscle, and a gorgeous, scowling face. I break a few of his rules on my first night of his protection. Provoke him, 'til he pins me to the wall. And something explodes between us when he lays his hands on me. Our size difference sparks a pure physical addiction. His two rules: His family runs the mob… but we don’t talk about it. And he’s usually 100% straight… but completely obsessed with me. I can take a man who’s taller and bigger in every way. As threats escalate, Roman demands I stay in his room, closer than ever. When I’m attacked on campus, Roman’s unhinged, vowing to destroy anyone who hurts me. He’s the heir to a powerful Bratva crime family, and war with the mafia is erupting now, too. I know I’m in danger. Lines blur between who I can or can’t trust. But I have Roman close to me. And I believe it when he says I’m his.

I thought the hard part was over. I survived getting turned, beat a death sentence from the Council, and landed a mate who looks like a Greek statue and ruins me like it’s his job. Life with Jesse van der Meer was just getting good. Then the werewolf who bit me turned up alive in Rome. The same rogue Jesse killed with his bare hands. The rogue whose bite shouldn't have been able to turn me at all. Now the Council wants answers, and they're sending us to get them. But the trail leads straight to a four-hundred-year-old vampire who runs his empire from an opera house and has a history of eating people who disappoint him. Worse, my prophetic gift has gone dark. Jesse is keeping his worry locked behind our bond where he thinks I can't feel it. And the closer we get to the truth about Ulfrik, the more I realize that the monsters in my new world don't play by any rules I understand. But I’ve never liked rules. And if Rome thinks it can take Jesse from me, this whole city is going to find out that I don’t play fair when it comes to the man I love.

When does hate turn to love? Before or after he ruins my life? Warren Burke It’s not that I hate Dane Walker. It’s more like a deep, deep annoyance. Kinda like when your sock slips in your boot and you can’t fix it until you get home. You put up with it until you’re in private. That’s what it’s like with Dane. He keeps beating me. I want to rub his face in it and win just once. I wouldn’t even be mean about it. I’d do a happy dance and shake my ass before doing something stupid… like kissing him. When I finally win following an unfortunate series of events, it’s as his partner in the ring. This wasn’t supposed to happen. My time for glory finally arrived, and now I have to share it with the man who always has my number, always the slipped sock in my boot. I should hate him. But then he kisses me. And now I hate him a little less. Dane Walker Warren Burke thinks he’s better than anyone else because his dad was a rodeo superstar. I hate his dumb laugh. I hate his stupid, sexy smile the most. I want to punch it off his face just so I can touch him. My sister would be sad if I hurt someone on purpose, though. So, I never throw a punch… unless you count punching someone with your mouth when you press them against the wall. Except now I’ve made a bigger mess. I’m sleeping with my biggest rival. And I don’t hate it. But it might cost me everything when he learns my secret. Roping My Rival is the first book in the spin-off series from Kissing Ridge Cowboys. Found family vibes, forced proximity and care taking with food. Cameos from the original Kissing Ridge series are plenty…even Lewis the groundhog.

Dragon history was easy. This particular dragon? Anything but. I was sent to Dragon's Ending to uncover lost dragon history. What I found was Dominic Bedwyr. The heir to one of Britain's oldest dragon-shifter families, Dominic has a reputation for turning heads and causing trouble in equal measure. He flirts. He provokes. He has an infuriating habit of appearing when least expected and interrupting my research. And each time I think I've worked Dominic out, he proves me wrong. Because behind the studied indifference, I catch glimpses of someone else entirely. He’s a man born to inherit everything, yet trusted with nothing. Before long, I catch myself listening for his footsteps. Waiting for him to appear by my side, pretending not to help and somehow making me laugh anyway. But dragon families are complicated. Dominic’s, most of all. It's one thing to fall in love with Dominic. It's another to fall in love with the Bedwyr heir.

Haunted by the past. Fighting for the future. Finding love in between. Gideon "Taft" Taftwell has spent years outrunning the past, on the ice, in the gym, and behind a carefully built wall of silence. As kids, he and his brothers spent countless hours dreaming about professional hockey and everything that came after. Then one reckless moment changed everything. Ten years later, he's still carrying the guilt of this brother's death and the certainty that his family is right to blame him. Ryan Vale had dreams of beauty school, movie sets, and making a name for himself in Hollywood. Instead, one bad decision became another, and before he knew it, addiction had stolen years he could never get back. Now sober and rebuilding his life one day at a time, he finds an unexpected purpose working for the Rochester Copperheads, sharpening skates and staying focused on the future rather than the past. When their paths cross, neither man is looking for love. Taft is haunted by a loss that's shaped every part of his life, while Ryan is fighting every day to become the man he wants to be. Friendship comes first, then trust, and slowly something deeper. But moving forward means confronting old wounds, and both men know that healing is never as simple as letting go.

Haunting #412: Lynch Hostel Number of ghosts: 5. Possibly more? Location: Lynch Hostel, Old Town Edinburgh, Scotland. History: Five ghosts have been reported on site for the past century, since Earl Fergus Lynch, the original owner of the house, summoned them during his seances. So far, the residents have tolerated the ghosts, and they became part of Edinburgh’s paranormal history. Apparitions, whispers, drops in temperature… But lately, they have been more active, showing poltergeist-like behaviours and damaging parts of the house. Wanted: An immediate expulsion of the ghosts on site with limited damage to the building and the customer experience for the guests on location. The ghost hunts are to be conducted late at night, when everyone is asleep. The ExorSquad Team: James Sato and Ewan Hamilton (new recruits). Additional notes: The owner of Lynch Hostel asked firmly that our team respect her seven cats living on site. The team can stay for free at the hostel for the duration of the mission. Accommodation has been prepared. … What do a timid rugby player, a tattooed short king, and seven cats have in common? Ghosts. Lynch Hostel is one of the most haunted places of Old Town Edinburgh. From the infamous Burning Crone, a witch burned at the stake, to the Lady in Red, a seductress who haunts the quiet library, and the Urchin who grabs people’s ankles in the communal showers. Tourists and ghost hunters flock to the hostel in the hope of getting a glimpse of its spooky dwellers. But the five ghosts have been restless, and their constant attacks threaten the integrity of the house. Help is needed, and who is better appointed for the job than one of the ExorSquad team, UK’s shadiest ghost-busting operation? "ExorSquad, where all your hauntings go to die." James really needed a job, so he joined ExorSquad reluctantly, ghosts, really? His first mission was ajoke, and so his expectations are abysmal when they send him to Edinburgh to hunt a few spirits in a haunted hostel. But he gets more than what he bargained for: a soft giant of a teammate and very real ghosts. Ewan remembers seeing ghosts when he was a wee kid, but they eventually faded into the background of his childhood in the Scottish countryside, until he could no longer see them. He still has nightmares sometimes. Now the visions of the afterlife are back, and he wonders if he lost his marbles or if there is really a world beyond the veil. On his time off from his rugby training at university, he joins ExorSquad in the hope of finally knowing the truth and facing his fears.

Tl;dr: Am I the problem for sleeping with my cousin’s groom before their wedding? I did her a favor, really! I hate weddings. I was jilted at mine a few years back, so I’m cynical about love. But I won't say no to free food and a weekend at a five-star hotel. And why not have a little fun before the festivities? So when I spot a ripe peach, I reach for it. The next day, at the rehearsal dinner, I discover my hookup is the groom. That’s a problem. A big, big problem. He’s marrying my cousin, and I’m not about to let that cheating bastard walk down the aisle. Especially when he keeps making eyes at me. So I’ll tease and taunt him until he admits he’s gay and calls the whole thing off. Except he’s sweet. And adorably confused about his sexuality. And he cooks. And has a ridiculously cute dog. The man I was supposed to expose becomes the man I can’t stop thinking about. I wanted to wreck his wedding. I didn’t expect to wreck my single life along with it.

Fear doesn’t end when you escape. Sometimes it lingers, waiting for the perfect moment when your defenses are down. Then it strikes. At twenty, Ohm is already drowning beneath his alcoholic mother's debts, balancing university with long hours at a restaurant to survive. As if that wasn't enough, a modeling audition turns into a nightmare, and he is taken. No one even noticed for three days. When he's finally rescued, he returns with fractured memories, a constant sense of danger, and the knowledge that the man responsible is still free. As Ohm struggles to come to terms with what happened, two unlikely men step in: a cop who will not look away, whose steady kindness slowly turns into something tender, and a volatile ex-con with a protective instinct that feels almost parental. Truth is costly, though. And against a giant, protection is the real fight. A queer psychological crime novel with found family, trauma and morally complicated characters. Told from the inside out.

Three years ago, Cyaire Reed and Jamie Maxwell shared one night that neither of them was ever supposed to remember. No names. No promises. Just two strangers standing at the edge of becoming someone else. For Cyaire, it was the final night before he walked away from the future his family had planned for him. For Jamie, it was a fleeting connection that should have disappeared by morning. Instead, it stayed with him long after the man from the hotel room became one of the most recognizable faces in the world. Now Cyaire is an international film star living under constant scrutiny, while Jamie has spent the last four years keeping his head down as one of the Seattle Vipers’ most dependable players. Their worlds were never meant to collide again. Until they do. Thrown back into each other’s orbit, old memories resurface alongside something far more dangerous: the realization that neither of them ever truly moved on. Real life, however, is far more complicated than one perfect night. Fame comes with attention. Hockey comes with pressure. Two men who have spent years carefully controlling themselves may finally have to confront what happens when restraint stops being enough. Some connections don't disappear with time. Some stay with you until the world finally gives you a take two.

Are you looking for more cuddles and chaos with the Shadow Elite team? Let’s check in with Charlie, Kairo, Edison, Westin, Soren, and their boyfriends to see what kind of mayhem and madness they’re causing in their happily ever after. This collection contains TEN fun, heart-squeezing, laugh-inducing short stories featuring the couples of the Shadow Elite series. Among those stories are: Christmas Closure Save the Princess Helping Alexei with a Hit Revenge And Waking Up in Mykonos Find love and chaos all over again with the Shadow Elite.

Ezra Jiménez has spent years secretly working toward opening a tattoo shop. He never wanted the responsibility (or sacrifice) necessary to run a shabby bowling alley. That was his father’s dream. But when his dad dies and leaves Spare Time to his son, along with an opportunity to host the USBC National Championship, Ezra has no other choice. Truett Thorne is tired of travel, the expectations, and the pressure his father places on him to be the best professional bowler in the nation. Coming home is supposed to be a chance to finally settle down and rediscover his love for the sport. So he rolls back into Spare Time… and runs straight into Ezra. Though USBC policies forbid them from being together, a reluctant partnership turns into something neither of them can ignore. As they race to rebuild the alley before the USBC makes its decision, the lines between obligation and desire blur. If the truth of their relationship comes out, it could cost them everything they’ve worked for. And maybe each other, too.

Taken in by the Avrorin family as a child, Daniil has only ever had one safe place: Mikhail Avrorin. For eight years, he’s wanted more, consumed by a one-sided crush triggered by a forbidden encounter in their teens. A crush so devastating, and buried so deep, he’s almost at a breaking point. When he tries to pull away, Mikhail pulls him in tighter, unwilling to let him go despite both wanting the impossible. Over the years, they’ve become inseparable, codependent in ways that cross every line of what’s healthy. And they shouldn’t want each other the way they do. It’s forbidden. Wrong. But one kiss has the power to destroy every wall they’ve built. When Daniil decides to search for his biological family, against the Avrorins’ wishes, Mikhail is the only one he trusts to help. But the truth runs deeper and darker than either of them expected, and some of it was never meant to be found.

Starting over might mean getting too close. When DI Harrison Black transfers from the Met to the small Yorkshire town of Hartswick, he’s chasing distance, from London, guilt, and the grief of losing his husband. He expects a quieter life. Instead, within hours of his arrival, a seventeen-year-old girl vanishes on a woodland path, plunging Harrison straight into a case with a chilling echo. Thirteen years earlier, another young woman disappeared from the very same place. Robyn Whitton was never found. Her brother Jake never stopped looking for her. Roofer. Drummer. Ex-con. Local troublemaker with a temper and absolutely no faith in the police, Jake Whitton is everything Harrison should keep at arm’s length. He’s also fiercely loyal, infuriatingly persistent, and determined to involve himself in Harrison’s investigation whether Harrison likes it or not. Which would be considerably easier if Harrison weren’t becoming far too interested in the man behind all that anger. Jake knows better than to trust a copper. The police failed Robyn. Then they failed him. And DI Harrison Black, with his quiet authority, wedding ring and grief he wears like armour, should be the last man capable of getting beneath Jake’s skin. Except he does. Jake knows how to want a man. He’s far less comfortable with wanting one to stay. As a present-day disappearance drags Robyn’s cold case back into the light, Harrison and Jake are pulled closer together, blurring the line between professional and personal. Because Harrison isn't only getting dangerously close to a man connected to his investigation. He might finally be getting close to the truth. And in a town that has kept its secrets for thirteen years, someone will do anything to make sure they stay buried. For Harrison, getting too close could cost him his career. For Jake, it could cost him the answers he’s spent half his lifesearching for. For both of them, it could cost far more than they’re ready to lose.

Without him, I’m a dead man, but if he knew who I was, he would kill me himself. Miles Castillo has spent his entire life running from the crime his parents committed. He’s an alpha without a pack, and a son whose very name is poisoned. When two werewolf hunters catch him, he has to choose between a man who wants his head mounted on a wall and Cade Bartlett, the mage prince who doesn’t realize who Miles is. The icy prince has a job for Miles, one that will keep Miles’s head on his shoulders: become Prince Cade’s consort and find out who is trying to kill him. As Miles delves deeper into Cade’s court, he begins seeing the truth beneath Cade’s chilly exterior. The more the prince trusts him, the closer he gets to seeing under Miles’s mask as well. What will happen when Cade realizes the secret Miles holds puts both of their lives at risk?

A broken dragon. An unknown task. Insurmountable odds. A warrior’s life gives Prince Daire Thorne a sense of purpose and defines his place in dragon shifter society. Independent, daring, and resourceful, he’s one of his court’s greatest defenders. His uncle’s betrayal destroys everything in a single evening: his home, his father…his wings. A mage spirits him away to recover from catastrophic injuries, intending for Daire to return one day. But going home is no longer an option. How can Daire fight if he can't fly? If he can’t fight, what good is he to anyone? He’s never met a human until he arrives badly injured in their world, but the proud dragon will have to learn to rely on his new friends to overcome his limitations. And one determined dragon’s unwavering support might be enough to convince Daire he’s got more to offer than teeth and claws. Because not going back could doom his brothers and the entire dragon world. Dragon Heirs – Three brothers. Two choices. One destiny.

I wasn’t even supposed to be there. My business partner, James, co-owner of Forgotten Folios Rare Book Shop, is the one who meets with clients. But an accident kept him in New York, so I took the train to Hart’s Leap, Massachusetts, to meet with eccentric book collector Zebulon Hart. I was the one who walked through the eerie marsh with its strange sculptures. Who knocked on the door of the old manor in the middle of nowhere. Who was attacked and drugged by my host. Now I’ve awakened a year and a half later, with no memory of anything that happened during that time. I don’t know where I am, or why someone is trying to kill me. My only ally is the insurance investigator who says he’s been pursuing me for the last few months. According to him, I stole a rare book, and his firm wants it back. I have to find out what happened during my missing year. Because it’s not just my fate that depends on it. It’s all of humanity’s.

Miller Anderson isn’t the type to make impulsive decisions. He’s organized, responsible, and totally done with love after his fiancé dumped him two days before their wedding. Then Collin Souza very literally crashes into his life. Collin is chaotic and charming, and he turns Miller’s carefully ordered world upside down. Soon after they meet, Collin faces a medical emergency that would leave him drowning in debt, so a snap decision is made, marry Miller for the insurance, and have it annulled later. It’s supposed to be a short-term thing. But between nursing Collin back to health and chemistry that can’t be denied, both men begin to wonder, could this fake marriage turn into more than either of them bargained for?

Travis Life for my friends and I has never been easy. Doing whatever we can to keep the lights on for our broke parents, scamming our way through high school, and causing general chaos were our norms. But when my mama decides I’m no longer useful to her, the itch to get out of the trailer park we grew up in turns into a need. Fast forward past some shadiness and we find ourselves in a ritzy, glamorous town where we stick out like sore thumbs. I try my best to adapt and make a life for myself, but for people like us, things never go our way. Now I’m stuck trying to figure out how to outrun my past, while holding on to the life I built. Then comes Nathaniel. He’s everything I despise. Born with a silver spoon in his infuriating mouth, I’m forced to come to terms with just how little worth I have. But there’s something about him that’s different from his preppy friends. Something I can poke and prod at and… Well, I’m nothing if not toxic.

A self-assured Beta mage. A widowed Omega who never expected to marry again. And an ancient enchantment that mistakes practicality for love. Alric has spent decades travelling from town to town, repairing ancient enchantments before they fail completely. He prefers broken magic to complicated people, and after a lifetime without finding a mate, he's made peace with a solitary road. Then he meets Bram. Once the beloved husband of a gifted healer, Bram now lives alone in the sprawling estate he shared with his late wife, quietly funding the surrounding villages while avoiding the magic that took her from him. When someone begins tampering with sanctuary wards across the countryside, Bram reluctantly agrees to accompany the Beta mage who is determined to uncover the truth. As they dig deeper into the goings on, Alric discovers that earning Bram's trust may prove harder than solving the mystery itself. And Bram must decide whether opening his heart again means letting go of the life he once promised never to leave behind.

Some houses remember what the world tried to forget. After losing both of his parents, Eli’s world has become painfully quiet. College. Home. Grief. And his older brother Ben, who is trying to be a brother, a parent, and everything Eli has left. Then Eli sees the boy in the window. Valle House has been abandoned for years. Its windows are dark, its doors are locked, and its history has become little more than a whispered local legend: a boy was murdered there. But the boy Eli sees isn’t a legend. His name is Noah. And he’s been waiting. Bound to the decaying house, Noah is warm, funny, lonely, and very much not alive. What begins as an unlikely friendship slowly becomes something neither of them expected. Because somehow, Eli can feel him. A touch. A shared sensation. A moment that feels almost like being alive. As Eli gets closer to Noah, he begins uncovering the truth about what happened at Valle House, and why Noah is still there. But the past isn’t finished with either of them. And now Valle House is scheduled for demolition. If Noah is bound to the house, destroying it could mean losing him forever. With only hours left, Eli, Ben, and the few people who know the truth must attempt a desperate ritual to free Noah. Because sometimes love means holding on. And sometimes love means letting go. But what if neither of them is ready to do either?

Hamish Reid discovers the penalty for obeying his cousin instead of reporting to the matriarch as the family negotiates an alliance.

Previously released as Cursed at Christmas, Wanderer is the first book in the Greyhaven series, reworked with additional content. Some names and plot details have been changed. Welcome to Greyhaven, a sanctuary town where supernaturals of all kinds can find a home and love. For Riley, Greyhaven is not only a sanctuary, it's his last hope. Cursed to wander from place to place until he gives in to his warlock step-father's desire to own Riley for what he is, Riley is looking for a way to break free so he can save his mom and get his revenge. He finds more than he's looking for in Greyhaven. Hope for a better future for people like him, a found family in the people he meets there, and a mate. Can he overcome his fear of what Gareth is to accept his heart? Greyhaven has always been Gareth's home, but there has been a growing restlessness, a loneliness inside him. As one of the few in the town able to protect it, is he willing to give up the safety of all that he's known for a man he's just met? Torn between his duty to his town and the growing bond with Riley, Gareth needs to break the curse or risk losing Riley forever. Though Greyhaven promises to be a sanctuary for all beings looking to live in safety, far from prying human eyes, the town is in danger. Even if they can end the curse that stops Riley from finding a home, is a life in Greyhaven too much of a risk?

I have to keep him safe… A chance encounter. A silly favor. Once it's done, I walk away. But someone spotted us. That puts Preston in danger. Because of me. Which means I have to protect him. Even if he fights me on it. Because of course he does. Preston Miller is fiercely independent, adorably chaotic, cute, and refreshingly, he has no idea who I am. The world I inhabit. The things I've done. I've always been alone. It's easier for an emotionless bastard like me. So how has Preston slipped past my walls? And why do I want to make sure he never leaves? I'm not just falling for him… I'm obsessed.

Ten years ago, Graham Wilder almost kissed me at prom. Four weeks later, I asked him to meet me behind the auditorium. I waited forty-five minutes. He never came. So I moved to New York, perfected the art of being gloriously single by choice, and filed Graham Wilder under Things We Absolutely Do Not Discuss. Then I walked into my ten-year high school reunion. And there he was. Gray. My former Physics partner. Hillside High’s golden-boy pitcher. The first boy I ever wanted enough to risk being hurt by. Now we’re back in the same hallways with years of regret, unfinished business, and chemistry that clearly spent the last decade getting worse. Only Gray isn’t the scared eighteen-year-old I remember. He’s out. He knows what he wants. And apparently, what he wants is me. Which would be incredibly romantic if I hadn’t spent all this time becoming very good at never needing anyone to choose me. But Gray isn’t asking me to forget the past. He’s asking me for tomorrow. And that might be the scariest thing I’ve ever wanted to give him.

A merry fake kiss-mas! Heart surgeon Graham hates Christmas! It’s a sore reminder of his inescapable doctor ex. So when influencer Dr. Sunny claims Graham as his “boyfriend” to help Graham save face, he reluctantly forges a fake dating deal! In exchange, he’ll be Sunny’s much-needed plus-one to the hospital’s festive fundraiser. Only, who’d believe Sunny’s smitten posts about a grumpy doc and an unnaturally upbeat cardiologist? Everyone, apparently! Until Graham’s all-too-true feelings for the Sunny behind the sunshine complicate their yuletide arrangement…

Heated Rivalry meets The Great British Baking Show with a dash of Hallmark Christmas magic and a whole lot more spice in this baseball romance novella set in the Pacific Northwest. Baseball fans know Matty Miller as a two-time Gold Glove nominee, the American League West's Sexiest Player, and proud "dachshund daddy" to Instagram's favorite wiener dog. Off the field, though, he's just a bisexual farm boy from Alabama who's spent the past few years renovating his fixer-upper farmhouse… and pretending the butterflies he gets around his handsome left fielder are nothing more than pregame jitters. But when the anonymous author of some wildly popular Roasters fanfiction turns out to be the very man he's been quietly falling for, his carefully ordered world is turned completely upside down. Peter Diaz has never been accused of being subtle. The charming, larger-than-life Puerto Rican left fielder wears his heart on his sleeve, quotes Chris Evans movies at every opportunity, and secretly writes filthy fanfiction under a pseudonym. He never imagined his anonymous stories would lead to real-life flirting with the teammate he's wanted for years. When the truth comes out, the disappointment in Matty's eyes hurts far more than any strikeout ever could. Determined to earn Matty's trust back, Diaz agrees to join him on a nationally televised holiday baking competition during the All-Star break. After all, if making a complete fool of himself in an apron is what it takes to repair the damage he's done, so be it. As it turns out, what happens in the baking tent doesn't stay in the baking tent… or the locker room.

I was ordered to kill him–not kneel for him. When my cousin orders me to assassinate Zane Vilani, head of the Vilani Mafia Family, I don't ask questions. I'm the Cuore family's ruthless, cold-blooded hitman. I've never failed to kill my target. Our sensual first encounter makes my hand waver. His hands around my throat, his lips against mine, sear his brand into my soul. I can't betray my family. I won't bend for anyone closeted. Not again. Yet every encounter with him leaves me yearning. Every possessive touch, every piercing glance. All I want to do is kneel for him. He's the one person who could tame me and give me the domination I crave. The two of us together could take the world.

He saved the wrong man's life. Now they can't survive apart. Young firefighter Dashiell Novak has run into burning buildings his whole career without a second thought. But the night he pulls mafia prince Lorenzo Diamante from a house fire, he doesn't just save a life, he paints a target on his own back. The Diamante family doesn't forget a debt. And Lorenzo Diamante, cold-eyed son of an empire built on blood and loyalty, has decided that debt is his to pay personally. When hitmen start circling Dash, Lorenzo offers him the one thing standing between Dash and a body bag: himself. Protection, full-time, no questions asked…as long as Dash moves in and plays along with the story Lorenzo needs the world to believe. They're dating. That's the cover. Living under Lorenzo's roof, sharing his space, his silences, his simmering intensity, Dash starts to wonder how much of it is actually pretend. And Lorenzo, who has never let himself want anything he couldn't control, finds that the one thing he can't seem to command is his own hunger for the man he's sworn to protect. While Dash and his crew at Station 27 chase a serial arsonist torching San Francisco one building at a time, Lorenzo hunts the man who murdered his father. The closer both investigations creep toward the truth, the more it looks like they're circling the same fire. Somebody wants Lorenzo's empire in ashes. Somebody wants Dash dead. And both Dash and Lorenzo want something they think they absolutely cannot have.

James will do whatever it takes to see his brother’s memoir-turned-movie succeed. Change his name and take a job as the lead producer’s dog-sitter? Done. Pretend to date the producer’s scandal-ridden son to get on set? Why not? But there’s a massive catch: William Chapman is nothing like the entitled brat the tabloids claim. He’s sweet, sexy, and the most talented actor James has ever seen. But making their romance real means admitting the relationship started as a lie. If James is caught, he’ll lose his job at the agency, and there is no way in hell he’s going back to stripping to pay the rent. Will Chapman would rather be anywhere than trapped on set with the A-list actor he was falsely accused of assaulting. Well, probably falsely. Will can’t remember what happened that night. His father insists this is a necessary step in his comeback journey, but Will’s pretty sure it will just lead to more accusations that he’s dangerously obsessed. Lucky for him, his mother’s new dog-sitter, James, has a plan to dispel those rumors, pretend to be lovers. But in Hollywood, fake relationships have a way of feeling all too real…

Bailey He tastes like cotton candy and freedom. Like the best and worst ideas I’ve ever had. College started off with a bang. With my two best friends at my side, I was well on my way. That is, of course, until I met the man that turned my world upside down. Now, working at the local pharmacy, I find my thoughts still drifting to brown eyes and a brilliant smile. To dorm room kisses and stolen glances. I spent the last two years slowly putting the broken pieces of my heart back together. Hoping that, against all odds, I could become a better version of myself. Lolly Kissing him is like touching something forbidden. It’s intoxicating. I swore I'd never entertain another straight guy. The problem is that I can’t seem to stay away from him. That beautiful boy with freckles and a soft smile. Even after years apart, he’s still on my mind and on my heart. It’s like he carved something of himself so deep inside me I can’t buff it out. It’s exhausting missing someone you can’t have. I took my friend’s advice and tried the dating scene, but it's a lost cause, honestly. Because every night, crowded or alone, those green eyes are all I see.

A student exchange program mix-up turns hilarious and heartwarming in this YA rom-com from debut author Dan Perucco, cultural exchange has never been this complicated. Enzo Rossi knows that Irontown, Michigan, the small declining mining town he calls home, isn’t exactly a study-abroad dream destination. So when his family is chosen to host an exchange student, he welcomes the opportunity to spend his senior year with a fellow music nerd from the outside world. But when the Rossis arrive at the airport expecting Davit from Tbilisi, Georgia (the country), they’re greeted instead by Garrett Andersen, a handsome football jock from Atlanta, Georgia (the state). Apparently something got lost in translation. Living across the hall from someone so cool, so hot, and so obviously straight is not what Enzo signed up for. He can’t stop putting his foot in his mouth, and Garrett, infuriatingly, always has a comeback ready. Enzo dismisses Garrett as a spoiled, cocky city boy, and Garrett writes off Enzo as too stuck up for his own hometown. While Garrett dazzles the rest of Irontown with his Southern charm, Enzo starts stumbling over his feelings. The more time Enzo and Garrett spend together, the harder it is for both boys to keep their guard up… and the closer they come to finally seeing each other clearly.

Gabriel Winning people over has always been my greatest talent. One smile, one joke, one perfectly timed wink, and I have them eating out of my hand. But I don’t think that’s going to work so well on Prince Alejandro of Solterra. The man my twin, King Nicholas Valemont, cast aside for his footman in his pursuit of true love. Alejandro is infuriatingly handsome, impossibly stubborn, and determined to turn every conversation into a competition. Every move feels suspiciously like a trap designed to make me, the other Valemont brother, suffer. So naturally, I decide to make a game of it. No feelings. No jealousy. No falling in love. Simple. At least…it was supposed to be. Alejandro I’ve already been the world’s biggest royal headline because of a Valemont once. I have no interest in becoming one again. Then Gabriel arrives, charming, relentless, impossible to ignore, and somehow turns every argument into flirtation and every competition into something dangerously fun. We agree on one rule above all else: no falling in love. It should’ve been easy. Instead, every sharp word, every stolen kiss, every moment no one else is watching makes it harder to remember where the game ends…and where real feelings begin. Because the most dangerous thing about competing with Gabriel isn’t losing. It’s realizing I’d happily let him win.

WHEN THE HEAVENS LIE, WHO DECIDES WHAT IS REAL? With Xiao Fuxuan at his side, Wu Xingxue survives the ordeal of recovering his memories–only to find himself with lingering questions. Their search for answers leads them to an impossible place: another Urbs Caelestia, where history repeats in warped reflections. Amid the fractures, Hua Xin's truth surfaces, shaped by the devotion he carried, the choices he cannot undo, and the reckoning that awaits him. To complicate matters further, the reckoning is interrupted by Tianxiu and Rex Spiritus, who believe their world is the core reality–which makes Wu Xingxue and Xiao Fuxuan a threat. Despite all opposition, Wu Xingxue is determined to destroy the Heavenly Principles for good. But when reality threatens to collapse under divine wrath, will the love he shares with Xiao Fuxuan be strong enough to save what remains?

Danger and desire clash in a Romeo and Juliet retelling set in modern-day Oxford, with enemy vampires on opposite sides of a brutal power struggle forced to choose between their families, or each other. Centuries ago, Tobias Osian had his mortality stolen from him when he was unwillingly turned into a vampire. Ever since, he’s been consumed by the need for revenge against the monster who took his humanity, Vladimir Damianos, the head of Britain’s most powerful vampire clan. Now, Tobias is finally ready to enact his plan for vengeance, using Vladimir’s son Alexander to infiltrate the family and bring down the entire clan. But what he doesn’t expect is that Alexander has rebelled against his bloodthirsty father by protecting mortals instead of hunting them. When the two meet, Alexander is instantly enamoured with Tobias. And as a string of attacks rocks the city of Oxford, Alexander proves himself committed to protecting Tobias, unaware that Tobias is just as much of a monster as he is. With his attraction to Alexander growing, Tobias must decide what means more to him: vengeance, or a love growing from the most unexpected of places.

Maybe fairy tales are worth believing in… Daren Montgomery is a fisherman in his small hometown on the coast of Nova Scotia. His heart is as empty as the waters in winter, until he meets Lilo, a beautiful creature of the ocean depths that Daren never believed could be real. Their courtship may be a fairy tale, but the gentle curl of a tentacle or wet kiss in magically warm waters has Daren dreaming of summer and a storybook ending.

Caspen Coolsby’s dad is missing. But even though it’s only been a few months, everyone has given up on finding him. Except for Caspen. He finally gets a break in the case when he meets his new upstairs neighbors and discovers he can somehow transport himself into each of the college students’ memories using candle scents that remind them of important moments. No one loved candles more than his dad, so Caspen is sure there must be clues pointing toward where to find him hidden in the memories. His thinking hits a snag, though, when a handsome boy named Lars keeps popping up in memories where he also doesn’t belong. As the lines between memory and reality begin to blur, Caspen can’t help but fall for the mysterious boy who keeps chipping away at the rose-colored lens he’s always seen life through. But will Caspen be able to find his dad and his crush outside of these stolen moments if it means reliving the hard truths of his past and not just the good parts?

A candid exploration of identity and the love we deserve, this steamy rom-com will remind you that sometimes you have to get a little lost before you can find yourself. Daniel Wu’s life in Amsterdam is far from spontaneous. When his boyfriend dumps him on the same day a work mishap lands him on leave, he breaks all his rules by impulsively escaping to Beijing to visit his best friend, Poppy. There’s just one hitch, Poppy isn’t there. Alone in the foreign city his late father grew up in, Daniel wants nothing more than to fly home early. After all, running away is what he does best. But then Poppy signs him up for a tour of the Great Wall. Enter Yang Li, the PhD student moonlighting as a tour guide. A transplant to Beijing, Yang has never felt at home in the bustling capital, or with himself. Cynical and disciplined, he isn’t the least impressed when Daniel shows up to their tour hours late. The tour is painful in more ways than one, but at least it’s a one-time ordeal. Then life pushes them together again and again, until time spent together over stunning sights and mind-blowing eats feels less like vacation and more like finally finding home. From Beijing, to Xi’an, to Tokyo, will they confront their own ghosts, past and present, to find their happily-ever-after?

It was supposed to be just one night. One wonderful night with a handsome alpha at a business hotel. I never expected him to set my heart and body on fire. I never expected to walk away with a piece of him inside me. And I never expected to see him again. But when an interview for a PA position brings me to a security company a year later, it’s him behind the desk. My new boss. He should be off-limits for so many reasons; we work together, he doesn’t know what happened after that night, and he carries shadows I know nothing about. If only I didn’t remember what being in his arms felt like. If only he didn’t look like he remembers it too. Hart is an MM, non-shifter omegaverse romance, featuring a boss and a personal assistant who can’t stay away from each other, sizzling chemistry and soft caretaking, and a chance meeting that almost feels like fate. It is Book 2 in the Body Heat series, but it can be read as a complete standalone.

Personal trainer Callum West is drowning in overdue bills when a late-night private session finds him on the 50th floor of a Manhattan skyscraper to train some rich CEO. Instead of a typical corporate client, he meets Julian Newman, a striking, billionaire whose ‘Titan’ business persona hides a deep, secret vulnerability. Driven by an instant mutual attraction and undeniable chemistry, their rigorous gym workouts ignite a high-stakes game of mutual desire and denial. Who will succumb to their desires first? As Callum juggles the mounting pressures of his failing gym and dancing at a gay club to survive, whilst Julian struggles under the pressure of his financial empire, the strict boundary between trainer and client dissolves.

The past has a funny way of catching up to those who run from it. How far will Hayden have to run to escape his? When Hayden’s carefully guarded past is exposed to the entire university, his world begins to unravel. Marco’s reign of terror shows no signs of ending, and this time, Hayden’s life is thrust into the spotlight for all to see. Desperate to escape the chaos, Hayden flees to California to see his father, and a family he never knew he belonged to. But running doesn’t stop the life he left behind from catching up. Back in DuBois, the trial date is set, and Liam Harrington will finally stand before the court. Justice seems within reach, but nothing about Liam is as simple as it appears. The truth continues to unravel as Hayden is forced to question whether the courtroom can deliver the closure he desperately needs, or conspire against him and let the man he fears most back into his carefully protected world. As the case tightens its grip on the Cromwell family, fragile bonds are pushed to their breaking point, and more faces from Hayden's childhood are back to haunt him once again. Claire’s role becomes impossible to ignore. Will she finally fight for her son and atone for her wrong-doings, or will she betray him once more, shattering what little trust Hayden has in her? With secrets resurfacing and danger lurking in the shadows, Hayden must decide if returning to DuBois is worth the risk. He fought so hard to escape, and now, he has to face the town that turned its back on him many times before.

“I’m tired of men thinking they know me from their right hand.” HILTON: After ten years of putting on a persona and taking off my clothes, I’m starting over on Sunrise Island. And I know exactly how to handle the young guy next door when he gives me that attitude. One dare later, I’m getting behind the camera again. I see something real underneath Drew Cole’s brash youth, and I want to capture it before it’s gone. But good portraits always reveal what’s behind the lens. As I try to reveal the truth, will I finally expose my own heart? “I found myself by watching him, and now he knows my name.” DREW: I’m Sunrise Island’s golf cart mechanic and jokester, but nobody sees past my smiles. And then my new neighbour steps straight out of my college fantasies. Hilton Saint is older, less innocent, and way hotter than he is on my hard drive. I can’t seem to get my foot out of my mouth, until Hilton challenges me to lay myself bare for his lens and see how it feels. I have a lot left to learn, but there’s only one thing I want to know: am I ready for everyone to see the real me?

The code is simple: your best friend's little brother is off-limits. Wyeth Stack has kept it for years. Every season on the blue line beside Rocco Rizzo. Every Sunday dinner at the diner with Rocco's brother Gio. Every look Gio sends across the room like he already knows. Gio Rizzo is done waiting.

Max Having a stalker should be thrilling in a ‘run for the hills screaming ’ kind of way, not a 'lights me up from the inside ’ kind of way. Alas, here we are. To my great dismay, I want to climb that big, scary, masked man like a tree. But seriously, can I be blamed? Have you seen him? My life has always been black and white, good and bad, right and wrong, but my Masked Man revels in the gray. He kills bad guys. Which should terrify me, except it only adds to the magnetic pull that reels me in time and again. He’s my stalker, my rescuer, my alpha, and my soul's deepest, darkest desire. Even still, he insists on keeping secrets. And when I finally find out the truth? They become life or death. How much can I overlook for the man who makes my omega scream, mate, mate, mate? The Masked Man I’m a hunter, a killer. I live by a simple set of rules, and I don’t break them. Playing the hero? Not interested. Until him. From the very first moment, the omega calls to me. His cautious curiosity makes my alpha’s mouth water, aching to bite and claim. He’s mine. Mine to hunt, mine to protect, mine to watch. But never mine to have. So, I’ll do everything, and I mean everything, in my power to keep him safe, even if that means longing from the shadows forever. Heat Lightning is an omegaverse romance that is dark, cozy, and full of heat, featuring a morally gray, masked vigilante alpha and the omega he will protect at all costs. This is a non-shifter story with no Mpreg (but possible in world).

Caspian and his best friend, Ash, go to the Renaissance Faire every year. Caspian isn't looking for much. Just some inspiration for his writing. A little escapism. A day where the world feels lighter. He doesn't expect to find himself lingering at a quiet booth at the end of the merchant alley, talking to a blacksmith who isn't the best salesman but doesn't posture, doesn't charm, just listens. So Caspian comes back. What begins as a conversation over mutual interests becomes shared time, then parallel work, then friendship, and with time, more—all while Caspian confronts a past he thought he'd already navigated, and Fenris learns that his steadiness doesn't have to mean standing alone.

Lill went up the mountain to marry Vanu and make himself a widow in the name of vengeance. But when he came down from the Spring Pass, he left Vanu alive. Now he is trying to piece together a life without the man he loves, because of course he has no intention of ever seeing Vanu again. Absolutely not. What would be the point, when Vanu knows the truth and must hate the thought of him now?

Rhys – It’s been a decade since I left the tiny backwoods town I grew up in, on track to be a pro football player. Now I’m back in the most pathetic way possible: jobless, in the middle of a divorce, and staying with my parents. I’m completely miserable until I reconnect with Kendall, my younger brother’s childhood best friend and my parents’ honorary third son. The massive crush he’s always had on me is still in full effect, and he has absolutely no qualms about expressing it. I’m straight, but the attention he gives me is starting to feel kind of… addictive. I find myself making excuses to be around him all the time, but that’s just because he’s so nice to me, right? Or am I actually developing feelings for a guy? Kendall – Rhys Kensington has been my dream boyfriend since I was a little kid. When he comes back to Cherryvale after a string of terrible life events, I realize the ten year separation didn’t change my feelings at all. If anything, seeing him so beaten down and unhappy only makes me want him more. He’s never been into a guy before, but when I make it my personal mission to soothe his bitter, broken spirit by building his ego back up, I can tell he’s questioning everything he thought he knew about himself. It’s unbelievable, but the closer we get the more I realize I’m exactly what he needs in his life. Now I just have to convince him.