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Luke is a monster, and he knows that better than anyone. He has no problem hopping from one relationship to the next, taking advantage of whoever he can and manipulating people to get exactly what he wants. As long as he gets pleasure from it, he is going to get it. This is all partly due to him being a Switch, a dynamic so rare that the only way for him to find a partner is to pretend to be exclusively a Sub or a Dom, always settling for less than what he craves. If Luke has to choose, he’s going to do it in the most pleasurable way possible. Until he meets Corin, another Switch masquerading as a Sub. Finally, Luke doesn’t have to choose. He can be exactly who he was always meant to be, but he wants this relationship to stick, and his old methods just aren’t going to work. So, he does his best to be the ideal partner to win over Corin. But just because Luke is trying to be better now doesn’t mean he can escape his past. Some of the darkest things he’s ever done are coming back to haunt him, and Corin may not be willing to stick around, even for the man he’s destined to be with.

Montreal traded its future for Eero Mäkinen. Matty Soucy only offered him a spare room. Eero arrives in Montreal with a championship ring, a firebird tattoo, and a seven-year contract everyone in the city has an opinion about. He plans to keep his head down, prove he was worth the price, and follow the rule that has protected him for years: never get involved with a teammate. Then his new roommate starts cooking for two. Matty is supposed to help Montreal’s high-profile acquisition settle in. He is not supposed to become obsessed with the deadpan Finn taking over his kitchen, or with the fact that Eero sees straight through every joke Matty uses to hide. For the first time, Matty wants a man. For the first time in a very long while, Eero wants something he can’t afford to lose. Their solution is simple: keep it secret, and keep it feelings free. It lasts about as long as any plan involving two hockey players, one spare bedroom, and a judgmental cat should. Soon Eero is finding a place inside Matty’s family and Montreal’s locker room. Matty is learning every silence Eero owns. And the life they refuse to name is becoming the most real thing either of them has. But when the pressure attached to Eero’s price tag begins to break him, Matty’s instinct to protect turns into the one thing Eero cannot accept: someone else deciding his future.

One app. One accidental match. One line they were never supposed to cross. Sam Karter knows better than to hook up with a teammate. Especially his defense partner. Especially Landon Marks. But after a lonely night on the road, Sam downloads Mixr looking for something uncomplicated. No names. No expectations. Just a little distraction from the pressure of hockey, the endless travel, and the parts of himself he’s never been brave enough to explore. Then he matches with Landon. At first, neither of them knows who is on the other side of the screen. The messages are easy. The flirting is addictive. And the chemistry is impossible to ignore. Until they figure out exactly who they’ve been talking to. Landon should be the last person Sam touches. They share a locker room, a defensive pairing, a team, and far too much of their lives. Crossing that line could cost them everything they’ve worked for. But wanting each other has never been the problem. Stopping might be. Because some lines are meant to be crossed, and once they do, there’s no pretending they never happened. Offside is a steamy MM hockey romance about secret hookups, forbidden desire, teammates who should know better, and two men discovering that the person they can’t stay away from might be the one person they can’t afford to lose.

It seemed practical at the time. A gorgeous man with a body apparently designed to override long-term planning, a double-wide that should have sent me back to my car, an old dog named Diesel, three Coleman chairs where a couch should have been, and a pair of black Crocs I would eventually come to regard as a personal attack. I was supposed to leave. I did. Then I came back seven hours and seventeen minutes later. That became the problem. Because somewhere between the hookups, the arguments, the groceries, the toothbrushes, the clean sheets, and the things neither of us particularly wanted to talk about, I stopped being able to tell where the arrangement ended and the rest of my life began. I’ll Be Around is a funny, intimate queer love story about two men who were very good at having sex without talking about their feelings and considerably less prepared for what happened when they started staying afterward.

Something always has bigger teeth. Aspen I've spent my life chasing emotions I can't understand. I don’t feel bad for what I am, I don’t feel much at all, really. I’m a monster, comfortable in my own skin. When I move to a small town where people go missing and they say the woods are haunted by a beast, I think I’ve finally found a place to settle. And then he finds me… A creature made of shadow and moonlight. A beast with wings that feeds on pure emotion. A monster who says I belong to him. Nox I am the shadow that hangs over my small town by the mountains. I am the thing the children fear and the adults speak of in hushed voices. I’ve never cared to know a human, until Aspen shows up in the woods with blood on his hands. I feed on emotions, but his are volatile… different. He doesn’t feel fear, but I can taste the desire for violence just beneath his skin. I want to consume him. I want to keep him. I want to peel away his layers and wrap him up in my wings until I can taste his heart on my tongue. I never believed in mates, but I know Aspen is mine. ~~~ Pareidolia is a full-length MM dark monster romance, and is part of the Mayhem Manuscripts Cryptids shared world collaboration. Expect dark themes, scorching heat, and two monsters figuring out what love means in their twisted world.

One has never been told no. The other has never dared to ask. Avery Lawson grew up lucky, with a loving family and a spot in the NHL draft that felt like a certainty. Then one bad hit takes it all away. Now, two years later, he’s calling in a favor just for a shot at the minors. He’s never had to fight for anything, until now. Finn Murphy has never had anything come easy. Hockey was the one steady thing in a childhood full of chaos. Now, he’s finally paid to play the game he loves, and he doesn’t dare to risk it by wanting more. When the two end up sharing an apartment, Avery only expects a place to stay. What he doesn’t anticipate is the quiet, careful kid who’s never been anyone’s first choice, or how much he wants to change that. But Finn is chasing an NHL dream that could take him hundreds of miles away, and Avery is running out of time to decide what he’s willing to give up.

Have you already accompanied Max to Budapest and traveled with Attila through Hamburg? Then get ready to experience a very special pre-Christmas season with the two of them. After a long time apart, Max finally returns to Hungary to visit Attila. What Max doesn’t know is that Attila has planned a surprise for him. Together, they set off from Vienna, but Attila keeps their destination a secret. It is only when they arrive in the small, romantic town of Szentendre, about twenty kilometers from Budapest, that Max begins to suspect something special is waiting for him. There, a magical pre-Christmas season begins, one that gives Max an unexpected gift: hope. Hope for a love unlike anything he has ever experienced before. Attila and Max for Christmas is the third part of Attila and Max’s story, a love story that leaves deep traces across the snowy Hungarian countryside. Let yourself be enchanted by the extraordinary Christmas atmosphere between Attila and Max and discover a winter filled with tenderness, surprises, and the promise of something truly special.

He came home to bury his past. He never expected to find his future. When Ben Carver returns to his small Tennessee hometown, the last person he expects to see is Ryan Matthews. Fifteen years ago, they were inseparable. Now, Ben is unsure of how to navigate his upturned life, while Ryan is at rock bottom. Taking Ryan in was an easy decision. What comes next isn't. As old camaraderie flares into an unexpected, undeniable heat, both men must face truths they spent their youth avoiding.

For twenty-one years he hated my Family. Vengeance was what kept him breathing. I was the debt he came to collect. He bought me to avenge his father. Kept me in the dark. Broke me down to pieces. Now he’d slaughter anyone who touches me. There’s a bounty on my bloodline, and now there’s a price on his head, too. He turned his back on his Family to put himself between me and the grave. My enemy became my protector. The only man I trust. But even if we survive what's coming, I'm not sure we'll survive what comes after. When we're left alone with the truth…and each other. Nothing on this earth gets to take him from me. Not our enemies. Not the truth. Not even the beast himself. He's never begged for anything. He’ll beg for me.

Caleb had a secret. The kind that would destroy his tough guy reputation as the enforcer on his college hockey team. Not that he was gay – That’d be easier to deal with. No, it was much worse. He was afraid of ghosts. And now he was trapped in a cabin in the woods with his best friend. It was haunted. The ghost knew his secret. And there was only one bed. Halloween Temptations Multi-Author Series This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, the forest may be dark, but it’s full of many eerie-sistible monsters. Are they real? Or is it a trick? Our boys will find out – and if they also find love? They’re in for a real treat.

Sometimes falling apart is the only way back together. Mike is sweet, supportive, and everything Brandon’s ever wanted in a boyfriend. But then there’s his grueling career, Brandon’s empty bank account, the impossible differences between their families. Not to mention the long-distance thing. So when Brandon finds himself unexpectedly jobless, he decides it’s time for Mike to cut his losses and sets out across the country to break up with him. He hitches a ride with Vera, and the two forge an unlikely friendship as the story of Brandon and Mike’s relationship unspools. Vera has her own reasons for hitting the road. What starts as a simple mission to reunite an abandoned urn with its rightful owner becomes a stark reminder of her self-imposed isolation. As highways blur into cheap motels, she and Brandon discover they’re not so different after all, and that by refusing to let go of hurts from the past, they're both holding themselves back from happiness. Can Brandon face up to what's important in time to reconcile with a heartbroken Mike, or will he have to start over, fractured and alone?

A prince who's never been wanted for himself. An alpha with nothing left to lose. And a prime match that could get them both killed. Prince Aurelio has never known a moment unwatched. Heir to a small, traditional kingdom where omegas are property in all but name, he is the crown's most guarded treasure, paraded on cue, curated for the cameras, kept far from any alpha who hasn't been approved. The press calls him the hothouse prince. His diplomatic tour of America is meant to charm a superpower and bless a marriage that will quietly hand his throne to another man. Aurelio has learned to perform for the crowds, and to trust no one. No one has ever asked him what he wants. And then, on foreign soil, he is kidnapped for ransom. Roan Kessler takes the job because he's out of options: guard the cargo, ask no questions, walk away richer. He doesn't know the cargo is a person until he arrives and every instinct he owns roars mine. The kidnapped omega he is meant to guard is his prime match. He's also a stolen crown prince, and the men who hired Roan will bury anyone who lays a hand on him. Roan should hand him over and vanish. Instead he does the one thing guaranteed to get them both killed. Two men who have never had a single soul to trust and both know that giving in could cost them everything. But the pull of a prime match was never something either was built to resist.

ELI I’ve spent years building the reputation that will make me captain of the Corvus College rugby team. No distractions. No mistakes. No secrets. Except for one huge one that I’m convinced will change how everyone views me. I’ve planned for everything. Enter Hunter Crowe. Suddenly he’s my stepbrother, my teammate, my roommate, and the one person who refuses to take anything seriously, except for me. When we’re tasked with planning the games for our team’s bonding weekend, every smirk, tease, and touch feels like so much more. The worst part isn’t that he’s getting under my skin. It’s that I want him to. But wanting Hunter could cost me everything I’ve worked for. Falling for my stepbrother isn’t just complicated, it’s the most wicked game of all. HUNTER My new stepbrother is impossible to ignore, even before the familial ties. He thinks we’re rivals on the field, both vying for the title of captain of the rugby team next year, but I’m playing a completely different game. When our coach tasks us with planning a memorable team-bonding weekend, I make sure I give Eli exactly what he needs: a fight, a chase, and some private brotherly love. Eli is determined to be captain next year, and I’m determined to make him mine. Because after the games are done, I don’t just want his attention. I want his heart. Let the games begin.

Paul I’m not exactly sure how I became sheriff of Paradise Falls, but I take the protection of the people in my town seriously. That even includes Jude, who’s constantly pulling pranks in the hopes of getting arrested. I know he’s flirting with me, but how can someone as damaged as me be a match for his eternal good cheer? Never mind the fact that I may also be losing my mind, I’m getting crazy feelings about people, and the urge to act on them is getting stronger. My goal has always been to save people, not to harm them. Something is changing, though, and I’m not sure who I am anymore. Jude Being an assassin and a hellhound is all-around fun, and teasing my sexy sheriff makes my life complete. Lately, though, something’s been wrong with Paul. He’s been cranky and secretive, and I’m determined to get to the bottom of it. Is something from Paul’s past haunting him? Because if someone needs killing, then I’ll be happy to do it. Although maybe it’s time to show the sheriff what he’s really capable of. He’s a kindred spirit, I can sense it, and I’m only too happy to show him how hellhounds take care of the bad guys. Tags: Sheriff Paul can sense things; Jude is, as always, ridiculous; there are numerous Beatle references, so get ready to have songs stuck in your head; Jude is the happiest assassin you’ll ever meet; these two have explosive chemistry; Paul might kill Jude (or at least shoot him); the entire pack is there for all the fun; Paul isn’t exactly what he appears; Oracles give the vaguest advice; trying to get arrested is Jude’s love language.

A HAUNTING NIGHTMARE. A PROMISE OF HELP. ONE VERY UNEXPECTED CONNECTION. Vincent never thought that his dreams could hurt him until months of sleepless nights pushed him to the brink of insanity. Just when he is about to snap, he remembers the card his friend had given him. A sandman sleep therapist. Jay is the only person who can help him figure out why he’s unable to stay asleep. When countless sessions brew an undeniable chemistry, they must decide between working together and being together.

Two stubborn demons in love. Will they find they way to each other? Keziah They broke me, and he really tried to heal me. He tendered my wounds and tried to bring light into the darkness in me, but even when I craved his presence, I craved Lucifer’s more. It made me pathetic, and Derav saw it. Every fucking day, he saw it, and still he let me use him, but his lust or anger was better than pity. And now maybe I will never be able to tell him. Derav I wanted Keziah before they broke his body and cracked his soul. Every scar on his body was beautiful to me. Something inside me broke that day. With his blood and darkness in his eyes, I knew that I couldn’t continue like this. I helped him heal his body and soul at least little bit. After that, I focused on other things – torture, cooking, fucking others, but in the end, it didn’t matter. My thoughts always ended with him, and now maybe I won’t be able to tell him.

Zero survived HVC. Unfortunately, HVC has always been very bad at accepting defeat. Still House is supposed to be safer now. Not safe, because that would be adorable and wildly inaccurate, but safer. There are locks on the doors, heat in the rooms, people who knock before entering, and Colt sleeping close enough that Zero can pretend he doesn’t need the sound of his alpha breathing to keep the nightmares from climbing into bed with him. It should be enough. It isn’t. When old HVC signals begin pulsing through the buried infrastructure beneath Still House, Zero’s body starts answering before his mind can refuse. His scent blanks. His heat cues fracture. His bond with Colt glitches hard enough to turn want into panic and safety into something that feels sickeningly close to command, because HVC didn’t just build protocols for captivity. They built protocols for escape. They planned for survivors to find shelter, form bonds, trust, and love. Then they taught the old systems how to use that love against them. Colt knows how to protect Zero from enemies with hands, weapons, and names, but this isn’t a man at the door. This is a signal under the floor. A ghost of HVC reaching through the bond Colt would burn the world to keep free, and when Graves arrives to track the dead pockets waking beneath Still House, he hears something worse than an old system coming back online. He hears absence, silence moving, and proof that Zero may not be the only survivor HVC left buried in its infrastructure. However, before Still House can follow the sound in the walls, Zero and Colt have to survive what HVC left inside them, because the aftershock protocol is waking. Zero has never been good at staying quiet when something tries to own him.

Haunting #434: Plot 47 (Bowen’s Farm) Number of ghosts: 76 Location: Clawson & Stoker Land Development Group, Cockfosters, London Borough of Enfield. Wanted: A swift and discrete resolution. Bonus offered. Sometimes, dying can change your life… Paranormal expert Hollis Nachtmann is close to completing the first-ever ghosthunting app. All he needs is to study a few remaining entities, and survive another month with ExorSquad: the UK’s shadiest ghost-busting operation. When a strategic land development group offers ExorSquad a tidy sum if they’ll exorcise whatever haunts Plot 47, Hollis has an opportunity to fill a gap in his database… The problem? He has to take new recruit, Theo Irving, with him. The former country-bumpkin-turned-city-boy hasn’t completed basic training, let alone encountered a ghost. So when the incomplete building rattles and shakes, Theo’s mischievous grin is useless. When a menacing apparition manifests, his need to be the centre of attention is an unwanted complication. And, when a blast from his plasma ray kills Hollis outright, Theo’s spicy attitude can’t bring his mentor back to life. As a technomancer, Hollis has to navigate not only electrical systems, but those constant little zaps firing between him and his murderer. To help Hollis ‘move on’, they’re forced to work together to solve the haunting, but when it turns more dangerous than anyone predicted, could Hollis become the spark that keeps Theo’s heart beating? Hot Ghost Summer is for lovers of dark romcoms, stern ghosts, bratty farmboys, and emotional support cows. The ExorSquad Series is a collection of standalone MM romcoms centred around the unfortunate employees of ExorSquad Ltd, the UK's shadiest ghost-busting operation. Expect supernatural shenanigans, things that go bump in the night, sizzling encounters, and hard-won happy-ever-afters.

Matt: Only I could end up in a love triangle between two people. Caleb: Your geometry has a certain logic, given our circumstances. Caleb: Except it can’t be “only” you since you’re conveniently forgetting the second person in this triangle. Matt: I am not. You’re unforgettable. Matt: I see you preening over there. Caleb: What can I say? When you look as good as I do, Matt: Hush, huldrekall. And by the way, no one’s going to know what a huldrekall is. Caleb: Some will. Matt: But for those who don’t, do you think we should tell them? Caleb: No. Let them find out by reading the book. Matt: Are you also going to tell them how you made getting me in your bed the subject of an ill-advised bet with your frat brothers? Or are you going to keep that from them the way you kept it from me? Caleb: How many times do I have to apologize? Matt: Once more. Caleb: I’m sorry, love of my life. Matt: Apology accepted. Caleb: Other Alpha Claw Omega business goes to the grave, though. Matt: Except when it doesn’t. There was that time when you had to streak across campus. Tons of people saw. Caleb: It wasn’t that many people. Caleb: Besides, babes, if you want my tail, you just have to ask for it. Matt: Are you going to tell them about the book? Caleb: No. They have to read it for themselves. Matt: At least give them a hint. Caleb: Fine. They can read the list of tropes. Matt: You’re so generous. Caleb: Don’t give away my secret.

Morgan is a diplomat, not a fighter. But when a southern warchief's marriage proposal turns out to be a front for conspiracy, Morgan is sent into enemy territory with only one protector: Bohdi, his brother's second-in-command, and the man he has been secretly in love with for years. Bohdi is loyal down to his bones and has done everything Eskil, his king and best friend, has ever asked. But things between him and Morgan have been different since Morgan grew into a man, and Bohdi has never claimed to be a saint. Morgan is his king's younger brother. Untouchable. Off-limits. But, alone together in hostile territory, the lines are starting to blur. When their mission collapses into violence and survival becomes all that matters, the line Bohdi swore he would never cross starts to feel less like loyalty and more like cowardice.

"I’m not homophobic. I just really hate it when my best friend hooks up with other guys." To say I was thrown when my boy Orion came out is something of an understatement. It’s not that I mind that he’s queer. I definitely don’t. We’ve been tight for years. He’s my favorite person on the planet, and I support the heck out of him. I love the man. I want him to be happy. The problem is that when I think of some random guy touching him, I have a bad reaction. My heart begins to pound, my fists clench in rage, and I feel kind of dizzy. I don’t mind that he’s gay. I really don’t. I just don’t want him doing gay things with anyone…but me.

Lucca is twenty-five, human, spoiled, and very happily owned. On Aconche, humans are pets. For Lucca, that means a collar, a cozy crate, rules, discipline, and O'li, the seven-foot alien botanist he adores more than anything in the universe. Four years after O'li chose him, Lucca knows exactly where he belongs: at Daddy's side. Unfortunately, O'li occasionally has to do unreasonable things like go to work without him. When an important laboratory problem sends O'li across the city and Lucca to daycare, one very long alien day puts Lucca's separation anxiety, obedience, and determination to be a good pup to the test. There are strange art projects, terrible nutritional paste, new friends, public discipline, an alien market, and one extremely necessary treat waiting along the way. But no matter how strange Aconche becomes, Lucca is learning one thing for certain: home isn't a place. It's wherever O'li comes back for him. A cozy, kinky, slice-of-life MM sci-fi romance featuring an alien Daddy, his bratty human pup, pet play, caretaking, discipline, and a very strange planet that is only beginning to open up around them.

Desmond has spent his whole life expecting people to ask him to leave. He has an apartment, a job, a best friend, and people who have slowly become important to him. The Chang Pack has welcomed him, and for the first time, he's beginning to wonder if this could become something more than somewhere he happens to live. Maybe it could become home. Most of all, he's found his mate, Rafe, one of the pack's security wolves who works the front door of their building. Desmond isn't ready to risk his heart just yet. Not until he knows whether he can really stay. Rafe knows exactly what he wants, but he also knows better than to rush Desmond. If his mate needs time to decide what he wants from their bond, Rafe is willing to wait. He'll be there while Desmond learns what it means to belong, not because fate says he should, but because Desmond chooses it, and him, for himself. He knows Desmond needs time to understand that he will choose him again and again and that the pack truly do ee him as family. But someone is hunting supernatural beings in New York and when a young husky shifter is targeted and another member of the pack disappears, the danger gets too close to ignore. As the pack works to protect their own, Desmond finds himself facing something just as frightening as the people hunting them: the possibility that he might finally have a real family, a mate who will always choose him, and a place that truly is home. Desmond realizes he has to learn to trust what his heart has been trying to tell him all along. Home isn't just the place where people make room for you. It's the place where you finally choose to stay, and the person who makes you want to.

A dimpled smile and a suggestive joke, has River Arroyo knowing one thing for certain…he’s in trouble. River It’s been four years since tragedy struck Coach River Arroyo, and the life he thought he would have was shattered. Haunted by his past, River chose a solitary existence, pushing everyone away. Adrift and lonely, River is floundering, afraid he has lost his spark for life forever. River's only friend sends him videos of a young swimmer desperately seeking a new coach, sparking a flicker of hope that life might, after all, be worth living. Chris Semi-pro swimmer Christopher Page’s camera worthy smile makes it seem as if he has it all: a promising swim career, a wealthy family, and a face that captivates everyone he meets. Except the pool feels more like a jail cell, his family hides their atrocities behind their wealth, and his smile is a mask to cover the painful secret no one knows. Chris has never allowed anyone in, but one glance at his new, tall, and severely freckled coach has every locked door inside Chris creaking open. Over a summer of training, these two find solace and safety in one another, but what happens when their carefully constructed refuge is tested? Is the shelter they created strong enough to weather the storm? Is River ready to live after so much loss? Is Chris willing to be vulnerable and finally tell his truth? Or will both of them let the trauma of their pasts ruin the future they so desperately deserve?

A man who believes discipline can conquer death. A poet condemned to guide souls through the darkness he cannot escape. Michael Dante has spent his life mastering control, over markets, over people, over himself. Emotion is inefficiency. Love is indulgence. Christmas is a distraction for those unwilling to face reality. When he dies on Christmas Eve, Michael expects oblivion. Instead, he wakes in a silent Manhattan stripped of warmth and sound, trapped in a loop logic can’t escape. Waiting for him is Virgil, an ancient, damned poet whose eternal punishment is guiding the lost. He knows the rules of this place. Michael refuses to accept them… until the only way out is down. To escape, Michael must descend through hells shaped by memory rather than fire. But Virgil carries a curse of his own, and with every step deeper into the dark, the bond between them becomes something neither expected, and neither can afford. Blending the moral reckoning of A Christmas Carol with the mythic descent of Dante’s Inferno, Where Light Cannot Follow is an intimate, lyrical fantasy about control, grief, and the quiet terror of being known.

“ The longer they were in the maze, the longer they could stay in their own world, the one they had created in between the hedges.” Oliver Catesby is a painter who doesn’t paint. Instead, in the years since his grandfather’s passing, he’s used every ounce of his money and energy to ensure that his beloved family estate doesn’t fall into ruin. Running out of options, he turns to Emerson Enterprises for help. What he doesn’t know is that asking for help would lead him down a path to reuniting with the boy he fell in love with at fifteen. Jesse Alvarez regrets the day he made a deal to work at the family company. Stuck in a passionless job appraising trinkets for the fallen English aristocracy, he feels lost until he’s called into a meeting and sees Chapman House illuminated on the conference room screen. Emboldened by memories of their time together within a centuries-old hedge maze, Jesse will do anything to help Oliver. If that includes making him fall in love with Jesse all over again, well, that’s just a bonus. Beyond the Hedge Maze is a queer, open door, second chance romance, that explores how life and love can be altered by grief. Filled with found family, beautiful scenery, watchful muses, and the memory of an overzealous ancestor, Beyond the Hedge Maze will leave you laughing, crying, and rooting for two childhood sweethearts to find their happiness together. Beyond the Hedge Maze is book one in an interconnected series. It can be read by itself or as part of the series.

Gay cryptid hunters fight the monsters within. In the red oak backwoods of Northern Appalachia, Austin lived to serve a secret brotherhood of cryptid hunters. Until he killed a human. He swore he'd never come home. But Austin is a liar. Three years later, two months sober, and one secret heavier, Austin feels like the only part of his hometown that's changed. Moss still fills the granite boulders like caulking, the single gas station still closes at ten, and the voice of his once-best-friend with covert benefits is still the sweetest sound on a summer night. The only difference is that half the people he loved now hate him, and absolutely no one trusts him. They shouldn't. In the woods lurks a creature with too many victims and twice as many tentacles. Austin faces crossed loyalties and long-simmering tensions as he teams up with with Cole to kick some monster ass. There's only one problem, the monster ass just might be his own.

Finding my pack was supposed to complete my life, not turn it upside down. I thought I had everything I wanted in life: my farm, my animals. Then enters a random hookup at the local bar with an unusual alpha. His pack is everything I never expected… including my childhood crush who just came home. They’re creating their own video game, while I spend all my time outside on my homestead. Two very different lifestyles that we somehow have to bring together. While we’re trying to find common ground between keyboards and chicken coops, my ex-situationship refuses to accept that I’ve moved on. “We’re done” isn’t in his vocabulary and he’s determined to make sure I don’t get my happily ever after without him. Can we all navigate this new level with all its obstacles or will this guide to gamers end in game over?

Beau has been my right hand man on the ice for years, but this season I'm learning a lot of new things about his wrist shot. We’ve been best friends since our rookie year. On the ice Beau is the tough guy, quick to slam any opponent into the boards so I'm free to show off with a goal. Off the ice, I'm his protector, his wingman, and the guy who's happy to speak for him when he's all done playing nice for the day. We’ve roomed together hundreds of nights on the road, so I was bound to walk in on him cranking one out eventually. No big deal, we all do it. So why can’t I get the image of it out of my head now? The look on his face, the sounds he was making… Chalk it up to mid-season stress and exhaustion, I guess? And, hey, if we’re both going to be doing it anyway, no problem if we do it at the same time. We’re both only playing with our own sticks, right? Neither of us are looking to be the token queer players in the league, but it’s getting harder and harder to deny that something is happening here. Beau getting traded mid-season isn’t just going to screw up my game, it feels like a whole part of me has been ripped away. How are either of us supposed to get our heads around these feelings and still crush it on the ice? If we can figure that out we might just have a scoring chance. Tags: Wrist shots aren’t just on the ice, what’s a jerk off between besties, Show Off takes on a new meaning in private, the Tough Guy sure likes his cuddles, they’re a bonded pair, do not separate, no catching feelings allowed (spoiler: feelings will be caught) but wait, we’re straight guys. Do straight guys kiss? They do now.

Everyone says the monster in the North Keep will tear me apart. They're wrong about which monster. I married the beautiful one once. The whole region adored him – golden, charming, kind. I found out what he really was too late, in a life that ended with his hands squeezed around everything I had. And I learned, too late, that the feared beast he'd taught us all to shun had been the only one to tell me the truth. So when I wake on the day the debt comes due – the day I'm sent to the Keep as payment – I don't beg the handsome lord to save me this time. I go to the monster willingly. They didn't lie about him, exactly. His hands are clawed, his scent drives strong men back, and something in him turns feral in the dark and has to be caged. But I have a rare enough nose to smell what was done to him – the corruption worked into his blood to steal his name and his lands and his face. And I have a scent, it turns out, that is the only thing on earth that can call him back from the beast. He's terrified he'll hurt me. He doesn't understand yet that I already died once for trusting the wrong man – and that I came back for him.

They built the wall between them. Now it's coming down one construction mishap, baseball game, and coffee-fueled fight at a time. Gilbert Kyle Jameson broke my heart eight years ago and never looked back. Now he's flexing his construction muscles right next door to my family's café, and every hammer strike on the other side of that wall feels personal. I've spent eight years building a life and a business that doesn't need him in it. I don't care how good he looks swinging a sledgehammer. I don't care that he still remembers exactly how I take my coffee. And I definitely don't care that some stubborn, hopeful part of me still lights up every time he walks through my door. I do not care. I'm just very loud about not caring. Kyle I panicked once. I let Gilbert Meyers go because I wasn't ready to be seen, and I've regretted it every day since. Now I'm building the shop next to his café, catching hell from him at every turn, facing him down on the baseball diamond, and losing my mind a little more every time he glares at me like he wants to kill me. Or maybe he wants to kiss me. I came back into his life to finish a project. I didn't expect to find out I still have unfinished business with the one guy I never stopped wanting. This time, I'm done hiding. The only question is whether Gilbert will let me back in.

A lost wolf pup, a pair of broken glasses, and the alpha Fate sent to save the day. So feared no one dares whisper my name. When they catch me out of the corner of their eye they turn their head and deny seeing a thing. When others mention seeing me, they say, “No, you didn’t.” They wish I didn’t exist. I am an alpha. But not the kind anyone wants. My purpose is to watch over the dead. To gather their bones when something has gone wrong. I hang them as wind chimes in the trees, hoping the music will soothe their restless souls when all the pieces can’t be fit back together. They call me macabre. Morbid. Evil. I’m none of those things. When I wander into Whisper Grove, a hidden haven for paranormals, shifters, witches, and otherworldly beings like me, I think I’ve finally found a place to belong. A small town even a bone collector alpha might call home. But there’s one thing I want more than sanctuary. An omega. An omega to claim. To cherish. To protect. An omega who won’t look at me and see only death. In Whisper Grove, Fate has a way of binding souls together and, for the first time in my cursed existence, I wonder if even someone like me deserves a mate.

Death never looked this good. Halloween night. Freshly dumped by my girlfriend in front of the whole party. And now there’s a Grim Reaper in the woods telling me he’s here to collect my soul. Sure, buddy. Great costume. But I’m enjoying his little roleplay. And secretly, this six-foot-seven tower of muscle in that dark robe is exactly what I’ve been craving. I’ve spent years fantasizing about a big dude stretching me open. I just never had the guts to admit it out loud. And hey, I’m about to die, right? So maybe he can give me one last ride before I go. Halloween Temptations Multi-Author Series This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, the forest may be dark, but it’s full of many eerie-sistible monsters. Are they real? Or is it a trick? Our boys will find out – and if they also find love? They’re in for a real treat.

Camden They call him the Ice Prince of figure skating. Ren Hasegawa. He’s controlled, brutal and beautiful, and he doesn’t look twice at me. I’m the one who’s too loud, too chaotic, the tattooed ice dance YouTuber. Our paths were never meant to cross. Until Ren’s partner quits before a prestigious international competition. Nobody else will work with him. His career could be over. He’s desperate. The new Gender Open category gives him one final option: Me. He hates me, but he needs me, and I’ve got debts to pay and a whole lot of people to prove wrong. It should be simple. Train, compete, win. But when Ren puts his hands on me, when we dance close on and off the ice, everything becomes complicated. Ice dance doesn’t forgive mistakes. Have I just made the worst one of my life? Ren Camden Navarro is undisciplined, hot-blooded, and uncontrollable. He’s also my last chance to save my career. We clash off the ice, but on it, there’s a heat to our dancing, and a passion I’ve never known. A passion I must resist. In a sport where every fall is punished, I am falling for a man I can never have. Every step with him is dangerous. Every dance pulls him close. Every moment we share threatens to expose a secret I have spent my entire life burying. Without him, my career is over. With him, my heart is vulnerable. How much of myself am I willing to sacrifice to win?

This book is the sequel to 30 Levels, taking Dominic and Ben’s love to a whole new level. A must-read for everyone who simply can’t get enough of these two! Sometimes it takes a scandal to make a fresh start. Or two. Dominic’s private life is dragged into the public eye, throwing his company into a major scandal. Ben doesn’t escape the fallout either. Social media turns its attention to him, accusing him of being ungrateful toward his family. All they want is peace, and a place where they can simply be themselves. So they decide to take a break and travel together to Sitges, a picturesque coastal town near Barcelona. For fourteen days, they leave behind obligations, expectations, and the masks they wear for the world. This time, it’s Ben who has an exciting surprise in store for Dominic, and wants to explore his fantasies. A new game begins, taking the two of them to an even more intense level of passion, desire, and love.

When teacher Rob Cooper becomes concerned about the falling grades and lack of motivation of one of his pupils, Sam, he contacts the boy’s widowed father, Ken, hoping they can work together to get him back on track. Rob can’t help but feel for the grieving father and his son, and before long, he’s spending more time at their home, helping Sam catch up and offering the support the little family so desperately needs. But as Rob is drawn deeper into their lives, he finds himself increasingly attracted to Ken. The quiet smiles, the lingering glances, the moments of unexpected tenderness, all make it harder to remember where his professional boundaries end and his feelings begin. Rob knows he should keep his distance. Ken is vulnerable, Sam needs stability, and the last thing Rob wants is to complicate their lives. Except Sam has other ideas. And sometimes, the person who needs a little help finding their way back to happiness isn’t the child at all.

One runaway witch. Three alpha werewolves. A happily ever fated (and mated) Halloween. I’m supposed to be walking down the aisle. Offering my neck to a fanged immortal to secure an alliance between my coven and a vampire clan. Instead, I grab my broomstick and fly directly into the eye of a storm to escape my wedding. I think I’m finally free. I thought wrong. I end up crash landing in the dark woods. Lost. Hurt. Alone. My rescue comes from the most unlikely source: a pack of rugged werewolves. Griff, the grumpy leader. Ridge, the gentle giant. Heath, the feral one. Shifters hate witches. Yet these flannel-clad beasts don’t hesitate to help me. Taken to their rustic cabin, they tend to my wounds. Each promises to protect me. They keep calling me mate. I’m about to learn everything my coven kept hidden from me. My first lesson? How to be shared between all three of my unlikely rescuers. Shared With The Pack is a MMMM gay harem romance between a runaway groom and his four mountain man werewolf fated mates. Halloween Temptations Multi-Author Series This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, the forest may be dark, but it’s full of many eerie-sistible monsters. Are they real? Or is it a trick? Our boys will find out – and if they also find love? They’re in for a real treat.

You’re formally readmitted to Creelin University, known locally as “Creepin U.” The only things wilder than the monsters prowling around campus are the spicy male/male love stories unfolding between classes. ‘Shadows and Stone’ is a monster romance. This is a fun and steamy novel between a protective gargoyle who lost his memories and the famous K-drama actor he wants to claim. Expect a sexy monster turned bodyguard, a sassy human with purple hair, and a romance that has the perfect blend of spicy and sweet. It’s part of the Creepin U: Season 2 collab series, and each book has a HEA. Tropes & Vibes: Size Difference Forced Proximity/Roommates Steamy yet Cozy Monster Romance Gargoyle x Human Touch Him and Die Vibes Purple Hair Don’t Care Them Horns!! Wing Play For the Win Academia Vibes Grumpy/Sunshine Bodyguard/Celebrity Age Gap

Adrien survives by being a weapon. Trapped by debt that isn’t his, he collects blood money, supplies nightshade, and ignores the guilt rotting him from within. Until the crew drags a prisoner into the basement. The kudari boy is horned, marked with strange, pale patterns, and utterly silent. When Adrien is ordered to take something he can’t give back, he obeys. He always obeys. But a smuggled apricot becomes a conversation. A conversation becomes a plan. And when the orders turn to butchery, Adrien does the most dangerous thing he’s ever done: he says no. Two broken people. One long road. And the fragile, desperate hope that they can become something other than what the world made them. The Long Way Home is a slow-burn fantasy romance for fans of found family, hurt/comfort, and two people learning each other one mile at a time. Featuring a delightfully oblivious asexual protagonist and an ostracised mute boy who communicates through sign language and devastating eyebrows, this is a story about honesty, trust, and the courage to stay.

Bennett Verreault knows how to take a hit. He’s spent his entire life becoming the man everyone expects him to be. Captain of the Toronto Reign. Hockey superstar. Leader. Role model. Closeted. He knows how to protect the life he’s built… until Toronto mob boss Nico Marzano steps into his penthouse with a threat, a demand, and a problem Bennett can’t ignore. Nico is dangerous and part of a world Bennett wants nothing to do with. He also needs Bennett’s help finding the player who hurt someone he loves. What begins as an uneasy alliance quickly becomes attraction, then something neither man is prepared to name. For the first time, Bennett finds someone who knows exactly who he is and wants him anyway. And Nico, who has spent his life believing love is a vulnerability, discovers that Bennett may be the one person he can’t bear to lose. But Bennett has a career built on secrecy, while Nico has an empire built on fear. Choosing each other could cost them everything. Some hits you can see coming. Falling in love isn’t one of them.

Enjoy a forbidden love, mutual pining, duke-and-valet MM historical romance from a New York Times bestselling author. When the notoriously buttoned-up Duke of Southbury is forced to attend a matchmaking festival, he knows it will end in solitude, just like every soiree and ball. The duke doesn’t want a bride. He wants his charming French valet, Vachon. An untenable situation the duke refuses to admit, even to Vachon. The only way to avoid scandal, and the pull of temptation, is to dismiss his handsome valet before Southbury says or does something that cannot be taken back. But Vachon has pined for his taciturn employer since the moment they met. When the duke announces his impending dismissal, Vachon has only a fortnight to change his mind… and convince the ton’s model of propriety love is worth breaking all the rules!

I want him to hold me in his big arms all night long. Getting lost in the woods isn't fun. Getting cornered by wolves is even worse. Getting saved by a huge guy in a cape…well, that part I liked. Roman goes to my college, but we've never really talked. Now, I'm wondering how I never noticed him before. And after saving me in the woods, Roman seems very protective of me. He wants to spend a lot of time together. The strange thing is…I want to be with him, too. I've never felt this way about another guy before. And I'm so focused on his ripped body and his surprising sweetness, I hardly have time to wonder how he scared off a pack of wolves, or how he gets from place to place so fast without a car. Roman can have his secrets. I just know there's something that I want to tell him. Halloween Temptations Multi-Author Series This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, the forest may be dark, but it’s full of many eerie-sistible monsters. Are they real? Or is it a trick? Our boys will find out – and if they also find love? They’re in for a real treat.

Silas I've spent ten years feeding this whole town and telling myself that was enough. A full dining room, a decade of trust, a life built entirely around taking care of everyone else. I never let myself ask what it might feel like to be taken care of in return. Then a stonemason with a truck full of river rock and a fearless two-year-old on his hip scattered his life across my parking lot, and told me, in no uncertain terms, that he didn't need my help. His son had other ideas. So did my wolf. Mate. He doesn't trust alphas. He doesn't trust easily at all. But I've spent a decade learning how to feed a town, I can learn how to earn one wary man's trust, one day at a time. Jasper I left four years ago with my son, a truck, and exactly the tools I could carry. I learned the hard way that an alpha's kindness has a way of turning into a leash you don't feel tightening until it already has. I don't stay anywhere long enough for that to happen again. Then I took a hearth job in a town called Silver Hollow, and a wolf who runs the local restaurant wouldn't stop showing up, with lunch, with patience, with my two-year-old already wrapped around his finger before I'd decided whether to trust him at all. I told myself it was temporary. I told myself I'd finish the job and move on, same as always. Then my past caught up with me, and he didn't flinch. He offered me something no one ever had, not rescue. Just proof I didn't need to be rescued at all. No cheating. No cliffhangers. Just wild hearts coming home, a mate, a family, and a guaranteed HEA, every time. Each book in the Fated Mates of Silver Hollow series is a standalone romance featuring a different couple.

Welcome to Dauntless Island, where the doctor is in. Alastair Jones comes to Dauntless looking for a sea change after the death of his husband. The quiet island seems like the perfect place to slow down and forget the rest of the world exists, after a career working in a busy Melbourne hospital. As the island's first and only doctor, he has a purpose again. Robbie Finch has spent his whole life on Dauntless, working the family farm and keeping his head down. But every few weeks, the quiet becomes unbearable, and he takes the ferry to Newcastle to find what he needs, rough, anonymous sex with strangers who won’t remember his name in the morning. It's reckless, dangerous, and the only way he knows to quiet the noise in his head. When Robbie is forced to visit the island’s new doctor, Alastair is intrigued, and a tentative connection forms. For Robbie, spending time with Alastair is at once a safe haven and the riskiest leap he’s ever taken. Could this be a way for Robbie to get what he needs without putting himself in physical danger? And is he willing to put his heart on the line to find out? Reckless contains an emotionally closed-off doctor who thought he was done with love, a stubborn farmer who doesn’t know how to be gentle with himself, an arrangement that might almost be a relationship, and the mortifying ordeal of being known. Also, a horse that likes to chew hair.

When Steel started Steel Security, he thought he had it all: the perfect man, a budding career, and a bright future. Two of those things were true. The other ruined his life. In the early days of Steel Security, Steel worked as a guard himself until he gained enough clients to branch out. Unfortunately, before he reached that point, Steel learned the hard way about sleeping with clients. Now Steel is too busy to date, much less let another man destroy him. Yet, somehow, the same guy who wrecked him decades ago has managed to sneak back into his life. Steel doesn’t have the same heart Krystof once broke. That doesn’t stop Krystof from trying. Just not in the way Steel expects. Steel has always been the one for Krystof. Life and loyalty pulled him in a different direction the first time around. Everything has changed now, and Krystof won’t give up. He’s determined to win back Steel. Krystof won’t stop until Steel puts him out of his misery, one way or another. Hard as Steel is the fifth book in Charity Parkerson’s Steel Security series. These showcase some of the toughest bodyguards in the country as they fall hard for men they never see coming.

Some beasts never wanted to be monsters. The most dangerous ones always did. For sixty years, Kael has survived by hunting anyone foolish enough to enter Barrowfell Woods. Bound to his inner demon, every meal leaves him drowning in guilt. When he finally refuses to kill again, desperation drives him beyond the treeline and into the world of humans. Teddy Adler has spent his life surrounded by the dead. As the mortuary technician at his family's funeral home, corpses don't scare him. Demons, apparently, don't either. Instead of running from the seven-foot cryptid he catches eating one of his clients, Teddy offers Kael a solution neither of them expected. One that lets him feed on the dead instead of the living. But while Teddy teaches a demon how to survive without murder, a centuries-old cult is preparing to finish what its founders started. Their leader has spent a lifetime searching for the beast his family once enslaved, and he'll burn down an entire town to drag Kael back into chains. Mortis is a full-length MM dark (ish) monster romance with a hungry cryptid that loves to bite and a sassy human that's great at cooking. Expect black comedy vibes, a wholesome found family, cults and secret societies, and some "ethically sourced" flesh. Mortis is part of the Mayhem Manuscripts Cryptids shared world collaboration. Each book is a standalone containing themes and situations not intended for readers under the age of 18.

A shy human A lonely vampire A fright that turns into a lasting love The last thing Lucas expects when he sets out to explore a supposedly haunted house is to run into a vampire. He doesn’t believe in paranormal entities, but what else would you call a man with glowing eyes and fangs dripping blood? Lucas should put the incident behind him, except he can’t get the vampire out of his head. What if he isn’t the only lonely one looking for more in life?

RENO Jake is nearly seven feet of muscle, terrible jokes, and the best sleep I’ve ever had. We share beds. We cuddle. We give the guys at our search-and-rescue outpost plenty to joke about. We’re also straight. I kissed two guys in college to make sure. You have to check your hypothesis more than once. Then we try kissing under the stars. His first attempt barely counts, so I pull him back for another. Suddenly I want a hell of a lot more than cuddles. Jake’s taking it all in stride. Of course he is. Now I can’t stop wanting his hands on me. It’s afterward, when my brain catches up, that everything gets complicated. He’s my best friend. He’s already had to tell his mom she can’t adopt me. Jake’s who I’d call if this went to shit. JAKE I don’t remember throwing Reno toward the riverbank before the dam broke. He does. He’s alive, I’m in a cast, and he’s furious that I nearly got myself killed. Now I need his help taking a shower. That part has its perks. He helps me through the nightmares, puts up with my sulking, and somehow makes needing him feel okay. Momma always said that to be seen is to be loved. Reno’s been proving her right for years. He keeps kissing me like he’s already decided, then getting lost in his head again. I can wait. But I want him to call me his boyfriend as easily as he calls me a dork.

ALEX I spent years in a marriage where love faded, or maybe never even existed. Where love should have been there were cruel words, criticism, and the quiet ache of never feeling like enough. SAM I am familiar with pain. The kind of pain that leaves scars on my body and fear in my heart. I am trapped in a relationship where love has been replaced with fists and violence. Two men two different kinds of suffering. Both of them longing for acceptance, gentle touches and love. Can Alex & Sam help each other heal? Will the past come knocking on their door?

I leave the Halloween party after finding out my girlfriend cheated on me. Then I meet a seven-foot alien in the woods, and what he needs from me is something I’ve never done with a man. Solverian needs physical contact to restore his powers and get home. It should be simple enough. I help him, he gets what he needs, and we go our separate ways. Except when I put my hands on him, it gets harder to remember that’s all I’m here for. The more he lets go, the more I want to know what makes him shake and beg for it. Before long, I’m not sure who’s really in control, and I’m discovering I want things of my own. Things I never expected to want from a man. I know Solverian will have to leave by the end of the night. Which is probably why I shouldn’t get too attached, or start hoping for more. Then again, maybe Halloween isn’t done surprising me yet… Halloween Temptations Multi-Author Series This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, the forest may be dark, but it’s full of many eerie-sistible monsters. Are they real? Or is it a trick? Our boys will find out – and if they also find love? They’re in for a real treat.

You’re formally readmitted to Creelin University, known locally as “Creepin U.” The only things wilder than the monsters prowling around campus are the spicy male/male love stories unfolding between classes. ‘First Kiss with a Mothman’ is a monster romance. This spicy novel sings the tale of one grumpy mothman and a blind dude new to the university. Don’t read unless you enjoy first times, disability representation, musical moments, and dangerous twists. It’s part of the Creepin U: Season 2 collab series, and each book has a HEA. I only want to keep my antennae down at college. That can’t happen while the distracting human boy has me hearing a new type of music. Being the most well-known mothman in the country, I was never meant to live a normal life. My upbringing was far from average. I simply want to get my degree and start working. But then I’m butting heads with a human dude, the only blind guy on campus. When we realize we have more in common than we thought, he asks to hang out. For some reason, he wants to be friends with a grumpy bug like me. Still, I choose to befriend Arie. I find him more fascinating than I should. He’s a vulnerable human who ought to be more scared of the world than he is. He’s cheerful, optimistic, and way too endearing. When his life is irrevocably changed before Halloween, I help him navigate this new identity. I need to be there for him as his friend, his confidante, and so much more. Our lives are so different. Despite this, Arie is a flame I can’t stay away from. If we get together, will we fly into the sunset together? Or is our ballad a tragedy from the start?

He brewed a love potion to make his enemy fall for him. Instead, he accidentally enchanted the entire town. Theo Mangan has terrible luck. He's a twenty-four-year-old witch running his family's struggling Louisiana diner, The Spoon, where the gumbo is hot, squirrels are undead, and his magic has a habit of going spectacularly wrong. Then there's Alex Everett. Two years ago, the polished New York businessman bought the diner out of foreclosure and has been renovating it ever since. New ovens. New roof. Better bookkeeping. Even a notebook documenting Theo's magical disasters. Theo hates him. The problem is, Alex is annoyingly handsome, infuriatingly competent, and impossible to hate properly. When Alex moves into the room above the diner for Halloween week, their constant bickering takes a decidedly more dangerous turn. So Theo does what any sensible witch would do. He brews a love potion. His plan is simple: make Alex fall madly in love with him, then reject him in front of the entire town. Unfortunately, Theo's spell has one tiny problem: it works on everyone except Alex. Now every man in Gullhaven is hopelessly in love with Theo. Everyone except Alex. As marriage proposals, flooded kitchens, magical disasters and hordes of overenthusiastic suitors turn Gullhaven upside down, Theo starts wondering if the man he thought was trying to control his life might be the only person who has never seen him as a mess to be fixed. And Alex has been keeping a secret. Because sometimes the strongest magic isn't a spell. It's love. Wicked Little Hexes is a funny, cozy, witchy MM rom-com featuring enemies to lovers, forced proximity, a disastrous love potion, Southern Gothic charm, small-town chaos, and a happily-ever-after.

Dylan Everett is a superstar. First round pick. Two-time Stanley Cup champion. Gold-medal Olympian. Elite goal scorer. Captain of the Albuquerque Turkeys. He’s had a great career…up until his best friend / linemate / kind of boyfriend decided to change teams. Luc-Henri Baptiste is not a superstar. He thought he had that in him, but after being bounced around a couple of teams, he’s given up that dream. He just wants to play hockey. When he’s traded to the Turkeys, he worries this is his last chance to make it in the NHL. Dylan’s just trying to help out a new teammate. It’s his job as captain, right? He didn’t mean for feelings to get tangled up in it, and he certainly wasn’t expecting to get tangled up with a teammate all over again…

Evan Reed never wanted to join the volleyball team. Fate had other plans. Evan just wants to survive his final year of high school. He wants to avoid his crippling anxiety, as well as the history he’s been running from for years. He also wants to steer clear volleyball. He hates volleyball. He also hates everyone who plays it. There’s a reason he quit. It was boring, monotonous and it came with too many bad memories. However, after his brother’s best friend, and star hitter of the volleyball team, Kei Sasaki shows up in his AP chemistry class, Evan’s plans fall apart. Basically, Evan joins the volleyball team. Again… As Evan and Kei get closer, Evan is forced to confront his feelings, and he finds out that maybe volleyball isn’t so bad after all. Also Kei. He’s not bad. Actually, he’s better than anything Evan could have hoped for.

I came here to study. I stayed to serve him. My only chance to escape poverty and study law is the Cavendish scholarship, but it comes with strings attached. I must join a fraternity in order to build lasting bonds with New York's most notorious trust-fund kids. What isn't in the small print is a hazing challenge that puts me in complete and total service of Everett Cavendish himself for a whole month. I am his toy. I am his to command. I can't say no to him. Walking away from the challenge means walking away from Kappa Gamma Phi. And from the generous scholarship his family doles out. But Everett's idea of owning a freshman is confusing and complicated. He wants me, but he doesn't claim me. He humiliates me, but he protects me. He gets into fights over me, then sends me away so he can be with his girlfriend. Until I discover his weakness. He can play a straight hotshot all he likes. But when I give him that thirsty look of mine, he caves in a heartbeat. And if there's one thing I'm good at, it's looking at Everett Cavendish like I want him. This game has just become a lot more dangerous. THE HAZING PRINCE is a dark M/M college romance depicting a dangerous attraction, an arranged 'relationship', forced proximity, and raw obsession. It's a standalone novel. Before reading, see the content warnings inside the book. Tropes: Dark Gay Romance ∣ Enemies to Lovers ∣ Forced Proximity ∣ Contractual Bond ∣ Hate to Lovers ∣ Bisexual Awakening ∣ Morally Gray MC ∣ Power Imbalance ∣ Standalone ∣ HEA

He came for the job. He left owned. Alex Mercer was built, not raised. His father conditioned him from before he can remember to want nothing, need no one, and never bend, and it worked. At thirty he was the golden heir to a powerful Los Angeles law firm, untouchable and unreachable, dispatched to Las Vegas to bring the chaotic Global Combat League to heel. Instead, he met Jack Doyle. Compact. Battle-hardened. Close-cropped dark hair just beginning to gray. The cold, calculating stare of a man who built an empire from nothing and never learned how to lose. One command from across the desk and Alex's perfectly tailored world began to unravel, jacket, tie, shirt, every step an exit offered and refused, every refusal a choice Alex made with open eyes. What started as an interview ended with Alex stripped bare on Jack's desk, claimed so thoroughly he could still feel it weeks later. What started as a contract became something neither of them had a name for. And what started in Las Vegas wasn't going to stay there. Then his father found out. Richard Mercer did not build his son to belong to somebody else. The price of saving Jack's league is Alex himself. And when a father sets out to remove the part of you that can love a man, he does it slowly, and he calls it love the entire time. By the time Jack calls again, Alex is the best attorney in the sport and there is nobody home behind his eyes. Some men break you. Jack owned him. And the worst part? Alex let him. A dark MM romance about power, possession, and the cost of being chosen by a man who doesn't share what he claims. Book One in the Global Combat League trilogy. Does not end with a HEA, the story continues in Reclaimed.

Keeping a secret cost him the one person who made him feel whole. Eli has spent his life certain of who he is, until he meets Marcus, and his world turns upside down. What began as a friendship quickly becomes more as Marcus and Eli find themselves drawn together by an unexpected connection. The more time he spends with Marcus, Eli begins to question everything he thought he knew about love and himself. As their relationship blooms in secret, Marcus waits patiently for the day they no longer have to hide. Secrets, though, have consequences. When the pressure becomes too heavy, heartbreak forces them apart. Sometimes losing the person you love is the only way to find the courage to truly be yourself.

Rowan Makepeace has always preferred logic over emotion, invention over vulnerability, and distance over heartbreak. It’s worked well for him… until a letter from his past arrives. Summoned back to the elite American college where he met his first love, Rowan is forced to confront the man who broke his heart twenty-five years ago. Griffin Tully was sunlight and rebellion wrapped in Southern charm, living a double life between family expectation and the freedom college allowed him. Their love burned bright, fast, and secret… until betrayal forced Griffin to choose duty over truth, leaving Rowan to carry the ghost of a future they never had. Decades later, old friends reunite and both Rowan and Tully search for the truth in a long-buried mystery that refuses to stay buried. Older and wiser now, they must confront their past mistakes and forgive each other… and decide whether love deserves a second chance after a lifetime of silence.

London, 1784. The valet is a thief taker. His gentleman is a thief. Everyone is lying. Elias Cole spent eight years hunting outlaws. Now he's certain the notorious highwayman Wessex is Viscount Rowsley. To prove it, Elias joins his household as valet to Rowsley’s distracting younger brother, Kit. Christopher ‘Kit’ Duvall is resorting to desperate measures to save his family from ruin. He despises Society and has no need for a valet. But he recognises Elias immediately. Kit knows exactly what Elias is and who he’s hunting, because it’s him. He is Wessex. While playing the honest gentleman, Kit keeps his enemy close and quietly misdirects his suspicions. Elias is blind to Kit’s game, partly because he's too busy playing his own, but mostly because they’re falling in love… Two men. Two lies. And a truth that will cost them everything.

I never thought I’d meet my best friend while rescuing townsfolk from Eldara. Bram was quiet, shy, and it took time for him to warm up to me. But now, a year later, I look forward to our visits. He lives in Talqara, not far from the settlement and our visits are too far and few between for me. On my most recent visit, Bram surprised me with a gift for the clan. A gift that could give us an independence we’d lost after moving to our new home. The clan leaders of the settlement asked him to share his gift with all the clans. As the clan leaders were deciding who would escort him, I volunteered. I didn’t expect the attention he received from other clan brothers would incense me the way it did. For the first time in my life, I wanted something more. I wanted to claim the sweet man who’d ensnared my heart.

SPECIAL EDITION A fresh start, a cautious heart, and one opinionated cat standing between them and forever. Shaun Fallows came to Cedarwood determined to leave his past behind. After too many disappointments, romance is the last thing on his mind. He's ready to focus on building a new life and finding peace in a small town that feels like home. Then he meets Kevin Keiser. From their very first encounter, the attraction between them is impossible to ignore. Kevin is kind, handsome, and everything Shaun never expected to find. Suddenly, avoiding relationships doesn't seem like such a good plan. The only problem? Convincing Kevin that taking another chance on love is worth the risk. Kevin knows all too well how badly relationships can go wrong. After being hurt before, he's learned to trust only a select few, including his beloved cat, Leo. Protective, stubborn, and surprisingly good at judging character, Leo has become Kevin's unofficial relationship advisor. If a man can't handle the cat, he definitely can't handle Kevin. Fortunately for Shaun, winning Kevin over might be easier than winning Leo's approval. As sparks fly and feelings deepen, both men must decide whether they're willing to leave old heartbreaks behind and embrace the possibility of something real. Because sometimes the best things in life arrive when you're brave enough to start over. A sweet and steamy MM romance featuring a fresh start, lovable pets, small-town charm, and a heartwarming journey to happily ever after. Includes exclusive KU bonus scenes not in the original release. ✨ Tropes You'll Love: • Fresh start romance • Small-town romance • Instalove attraction • Pet lover romance • Opposites attract • Emotional healing • Protective hero • Found family

Who are you, Cyrus Beldon? Having fled the chaos he left in his hometown by exposing his family’s crimes, Cyrus Beldon finally has a chance to live as he pleases, miraculously with the man he loves. Yet Cyrus and Lucien’s work is not done. As they travel across the province in search of a place to call home, they discover that the monstrous Wild vampires they faced in Chestervale are more widespread than they thought. When a particularly strange encounter leads them to the vampire-friendly city of Byronia, at first they think they’ve found a perfect new home, but within days it becomes clear that trouble lies beneath the idyllic surface. A strange cult, a vengeful alchemist, and suspicious disappearances all weave around one common thread: an alarming frequency of Wild vampires. Cyrus and Lucien need a solution if they hope to settle safely in Byronia, and an elusive alchemist could have all the answers they need, but he too hides a sinister secret. The pair find themselves snared in a greater danger than before, one that will test their bond, threaten their future together, and beg the question: is it worth the risk of losing everything they’ve fought for?

In a sweet-yet-seductive introduction to the Shadow King Omega series, Book 1 is the first step in a deeply passionate werewolf romance between dear “friends.” Renowned as a global diplomat for wolf shifter packs, Markus has one communication problem he can’t solve: he’s fallen in love with his childhood best friend. Actually, he might have craved Ari for a long time, but they live on opposite sides of the globe. Ari has been unrequitedly in love with Markus for as long as he can remember. If only Ari could resist his primal instincts to return to Markus’s side. When Markus agrees to sneak Ari into a gladiator-style strength competition for all pack leaders, neither of them expect it to be so easy for Ari to win. However, Ari’s new urban legend status as the “Shadow King” doesn’t create the effect he and Markus hoped for; despite Ari’s physical prowess as an Omega, society still sees Alphas as the default leaders. But Markus and Ari have another long-kept secret. Ten years ago, a frisky, teenage Ari accidentally bound their souls in a sacred mate bond, except they’re not fated mates. How could they be? Sure, they care for each other more than anyone else in the world, but they’ve known each other forever. Ari’s guilt drives a wedge between them despite how tender their friendship remains. They just want each other to be happy. Half bonded with half a world between them, Markus and Ari aren’t happy. Enough is enough. Neither Lycan knows how the other feels, and that the next time they see each other, they’ve both vowed to speak their truths. But once they do confess, how will that change their relationship after twenty-six years? As their bond morphs into something new, Ari and Markus uncover more about themselves than they ever have, and plot their next move to protect the Lycan world at large.

Bryce lives for hockey. As a 38 year old player who still hasn’t retired, it’s no surprise to anyone that his body isn’t quite keeping up like it used to. When he finds himself darkening the door of the training room at the beginning of the season, the only person there is the new trainer he hasn’t been able to get out of his head. The one person who isn’t willing to listen to any of his bullshit. Paul doesn’t like hockey. He doesn’t really like sports at all, even though he’s based his whole career around them. But when an opportunity arises to work with Nashville’s professional hockey team, the Stockmen, he can’t say no. Equally hard to say no to is Bryce Nolan, the team veteran and resident macho man. As the intense, physical attraction turns into something more, Paul has to decide what’s more important to him: his job or a chance at something real.

I was supposed to protect my net, not fall for the defenseman who once left me behind. Philippe I trained all summer for this. Fixed my smile. Cleaned up my English. Built my body, sharpened my game, and pushed every doubt aside. This year, I’ll prove I belong in the NHL. Then Jacob Buchey walks back into my locker room. My old defenseman. My best friend. The man I kissed three years ago before he left Montreal and we disappeared from each other’s lives. He’s supposed to protect my net, not wreck my focus. But every familiar smile, every stolen touch, every heated glance drags me back to the one man I never really got over. And when I see someone else wanting him, something in me snaps. Because Jacob was almost mine once. This time, I don’t know how to let him go. Jacob Arizona was supposed to be my fresh start. A new team. A safer locker room. A chance to stop hiding who I am. Then I see Philippe again. Older. Stronger. Still the goalie who knew me better than anyone, and still the man I regret leaving behind. I tell myself I came here for hockey. But every road trip, every secret kiss, every moment alone with him proves that’s a lie. Philly is fighting for his NHL dream. I’m trying to survive the grief I buried after losing my father. And whatever this is between us could cost more than either of us is ready to risk. But when Philly looks at me like I’m the only man he wants to save… I start believing our second chance might be worth everything.

You can’t score if you don’t take the shot. Brett Iverson has spent years controlling his image and his career. Coming out was supposed to be the hardest thing he’d ever do. But when an anonymous woodworker steps into his social media comments, he finds himself drawn to a man who might be more dangerous than any opponent he’s faced. Cam Stewart can’t afford distractions while he builds Stewart Prime Construction. A relationship isn’t in the blueprint, especially not with an NHL defenseman who shows up at his youth hockey clinic and refuses to stay casual. What starts as post-clinic smoothies turns into midnight texts, lazy Sundays, and a connection neither of them expected. When a career-defining contract lands in Cam’s inbox, Brett must choose between the selfless answer and the honest one. Both risk everything.

The artefact he fought to recover across two continents is now secured. But the Crimson Codex does not intend to be contained. Duke Evander Ravenwood’s magic is changing. The Crimson Codex may be secured in Scotland Yard's vault, but it is far from dormant. The ancient power he wrested from the Alps has lodged itself inside him, erupting without warning and beyond his control. A secret he had yet to reveal to anyone, including the man who shares his bed. When two of Viggo Stonewall's agents disappear in Liverpool, Evander and Viggo lead a team on a rescue mission that will drag them from the rain-slicked dockyards of the industrial north to the gilded drawing rooms of London's elite. Soon, the fragile peace they fought for begins to fracture. The Mage Council wants the Codex. Parliament wants the Arcane Division on its knees. And the foe whose reach stretches from the streets to the highest corridors of power is tightening a noose none of them can see. With allies stretched thin and enemies hiding in plain sight, Evander and Viggo must navigate a web of conspiracy, political ambition, and dark magic that threatens to consume everything they have built, including each other. This time, the greatest threat may not be the enemy at their gates. It may be the force awakening inside the mage himself.

Eli worked his butt off to earn a spot with the Vermont Trailblazers, and he has absolutely no intention of losing it. Unfortunately, his second NHL season has brought a sophomore slump, an endless parade of team obligations, and the possibility that enthusiasm might not be enough to keep his plates spinning, or keep him from being sent to the minors. So naturally, this is the perfect time for Nolan Madolora, his coach’s son, his sister’s ex, and the man Eli had an impossible crush on a decade ago, to walk back into his life. Nolan knows a thing or two about not fitting in, which makes getting paid to figure out why the Trailblazers work so well together almost funny, he’s in Vermont to conduct a team culture audit and deliver an objective assessment. What he shouldn’t do is get involved with one of the players, especially when that man is Eli Parker: his ex’s little brother, ten years his junior, and all grown up in ways Nolan is trying very hard not to notice. When Nolan and Eli stumble across an old set of unsent letters at the arena, amateur sleuthing gives them an excuse to spend more time together, and makes their growing attraction increasingly impossible to resist. Eli’s old crush has a chance of becoming something very real, while Nolan’s carefully maintained objectivity doesn’t stand a chance against the one person he never thought to look at twice. The closer they get, to the truth and to each other, the harder it becomes to remember all the reasons getting involved is a terrible idea.

Always remember. Never forget. What happens to the mind when you start losing your grip on reality? What happens when you don’t know who to trust? What happens when you’re isolated with no one to turn to? You’re told you have a mental health disorder. You’re told that what you know is real with every fiber of your being doesn’t exist. That the very person you love was a figment of your imagination. Your broken mind made it all up. But I remember. He was ripped away from me. His name is inked all over my scarred skin. Theo. I’m forced to attend Thornridge Academy, which is not only a college but also an innovative treatment facility for mental health and disruptive behavior. So why am I getting worse? Theo, the love of my life, is here now and has forgotten me. He’s my father’s adopted son. He’s my adopted brother. He’s my enemy. Theo will soon learn that we exist in this world only for each other. He’ll remember, too. I’ll make sure of it.

Creed As the drummer in the band Razor Made, I’m on a hell of a high. We’ve performed at Rocktoberfest. We have a brand-new amazing album. We’re making waves as social activists. Now, though, all that is at risk. I did a favor for an ex-girlfriend and now that decision is coming back around. My ex has taken off and ditched her infant, a little girl who has my name on her birth certificate. Do I step up and accept responsibility for a baby I never wanted, or do I bow out and trust her brother Brayden to take care of my innocent child? A guy I'm not sure I even like? Brayden My beloved sister is in the wind somewhere, leaving behind her infant daughter. As her brother, it’s my responsibility to take care of my niece until Seraphina returns. The problem? Creed is listed as the father on the birth certificate. He’s claiming that, as the father, he’s ready to step up. But the bad-boy rockstar isn’t someone I trust. He wasn’t involved in my sister’s pregnancy. Now she’s gone, he says he should be making all the decisions. I don’t trust him to do the right thing. But I might not have a say… Drums and Lullabies is an opposites-attract, interracial rockstar gay romance with a freespirited drummer and a dedicated brother as they fight for what’s best for a little girl.

An awakened Omega. A dangerous High Lord. A prophecy written in the stars. At twenty-three, Brenner McKinney was already struggling with his sexuality on Earth. Now he’s stranded on a rogue alien planet where his earthly riches mean nothing and survival isn’t guaranteed. When the powerful and enigmatic Pytharian High Lord, Torin Kange, offers him a way out, Brenner knows he should be cautious. But walking away from a man so commanding, intelligent, and impossibly captivating may be harder than he expected. After a brutal attack leaves Brenner in the hands of a lethal Eclipsian hunter, Faelixz Saurox, everything changes. Drawn to the fierce warrior in ways he doesn’t understand, something deep within him begins to awaken, binding them in ways neither can ignore. As ancient instincts stir and a long-forgotten prophecy comes to light, rivalries ignite and loyalties are tested. Can Torin and Fae set aside their differences for the fate of the galaxy, or will their growing obsession with the Omega between them destroy everything first?

“Run. Please. Nothing’s funnier than trying to escape Death.” Publicly dumping my girlfriend at a frat house Halloween party should be the most dramatic thing to happen to me this semester. Then I take a short cut on the way home. He’s waiting in the trees, shirtless, sporting a pair of black angel wings. And wearing a grin like he's been bored for a thousand years and has finally found someone who sparks his interest. I’m not gay. He says that’s not the point. He’s already waited centuries for me, and he’s not waiting any longer. He’s not here for my soul. He’s here for the rest of me. Amusing the Angel of Death is a 13k MM spicy short story. It is a bi-awakening, fated mates paranormal romance between a nerdy college senior and an ancient heavenly being. Standalone, HEA, 18+ Halloween Temptations Multi-Author Series This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, the forest may be dark, but it’s full of many eerie-sistible monsters. Are they real? Or is it a trick? Our boys will find out – and if they also find love? They’re in for a real treat.

He left without saying goodbye. He came home to find the one person who never stopped waiting. Twelve years ago, Ethan Hale left Juniper Falls, Maine, without a word. Now he's back, with his late grandfather's hardware store, a mountain of debt, and one condition in the will: keep the doors open through the Lantern Festival. Sheriff Jack Moreno never left. He has spent twelve years keeping the peace, keeping his secrets, and keeping a spare taillight bulb in his trunk, just in case. Six weeks of sawdust, storms, and stolen glances. A town that has been watching all along. And a developer who wants every building on Main Street, including the one Ethan can't afford to keep. Some people leave. Some people stay. And some are brave enough to come home. The Long Way Back to Juniper Falls is a steamy, small-town, second-chance gay romance with humor, heart, and a happy ending. Book 1 in the Juniper Falls series. Content notes: romance between two adult men, with sensual scenes; grief over the loss of a family member; themes of fear of disclosure and financial stress.

Trapped in a cabin in the woods with a guy you hate, what could go wrong? When I decided to hike down to Totem lake I never expected to almost get run over by some two-percent-body-fat fitness freak. And I especially didn’t expect to have to come to his rescue when he rolls his ankle. Serves him right, but I’m not an asshole, so I decide to help him out. That’s how we get caught in the middle of a thunderstorm (thanks, lousy weatherman) and have to take shelter in an abandoned hunting cabin. With a fire and a couple of quilts, we’re safe, and it turns out Mars is actually kinda funny when he’s not being a total brat. We find ways to keep each other warm and pass the time as the storm rages on outside. Could a chance connection turn into something more? Or were we simply each other’s shelter in the storm?

He raised his hand, still clutching the mysterious thing. ‟Guy?” he said in a voice that quavered suddenly. ‟Why am I holding a skull?” After a whirlwind romance, Guy and Adam have been blissfully married for five short months. Living happily at Greystones Hall, they’re determined to keep their promise to Adam’s many-times-great-uncle Alfred to build a gallery to house his paintings, which they discovered the previous year. When planning consent finally comes through they think all their prayers have been answered, until a team of rescue archaeologists turn up, intent on finding the Saxon chapel that’s reputed to lie buried under the lawn. Meanwhile, strange things are happening in the Hall, and in the midst of his research, Guy finds himself under psychological attack from an insistent young ghost nobody has ever come across before, a ghost who seems desperate to find his missing brother. As the archaeologists drag their heels, the soil heaps pile up, and the strangeness evolves to whole new levels, it’s up to Guy, Adam, Gramps, and even the local vicar to work out what’s going on. What is the link to a twelfth-century knight who still roams the Hall? Will they defeat the forces of, if not darkness, at least petulant archaeology? Will the gallery be started before Uncle Alfred explodes? More importantly, will Guy ever find the time to snuggle with the husband he adores? This fun, breathless, low-heat sequel to Ghosts Galore is full of the same characters, setting and general silliness of its predecessor, but is told from Guy’s point of view.

A dead influencer. A forgotten serial killer. A gay detective on the edge. When controversial influencer Todd Summers is found strangled by his own seat belt, DCI Carter takes on the case. Todd was about to release an explosive podcast about a string of suspicious "suicides" of gay men in the '90s that police wrote off. Todd was convinced those men were murdered, meaning the police let a serial killer get away. Someone killed Todd to make him part of the story. Todd's murder ignites a firestorm, with conspiracy theorists flooding social media and the streets of Melbourne. Accusations of a police cover-up spread and when Carter sees the state of the cold case files, he starts to agree. But this case won't let go: gay men murdered in the '90s, a community failed and now more murders staged to look like history is repeating itself. For Carter, it's getting personal and his own secrets are closing in. The gambling Carter hides, the guilt he can't shake and the new boyfriend he's terrified to lose. Someone in Melbourne’s laneways is killing to protect old secrets and Carter is running out of time to stop them. Streaming Blood is the gritty second detective mystery in the DCI Carter series, following High-Rise Blood.

Hell isn’t a place you go to. It’s a place inside you. Hell is a pit inside your mind, a dark hole where nightmares are born and hope dies screaming. Sami Malik isn’t a hero. He was raised an OI assassin. When he was rescued by Damon North, he became the first Liquid Onyx FISA agent. Years later, Sami comes home from an extended mission and finds himself unwillingly dragged into a dangerous, messy situation with another volatile superhuman assassin. There will be dire fall outs from exposed secrets and fractured relationships in need of healing. Nothing and no one will remain untouched by what came before, and everyone will need to move forward into their uncertain futures with a bravery born from hope.

Dryden Roy’s desire for love died years ago when his marriage ended. He lost things he never thought he’d have to part with, and discovered aspects of himself that he hadn’t known were there. Above all, he learned a hard lesson about trust. Spencer Davis likes to walk. In fact, it’s his job. A vlogger who lives on the road, carrying everything he owns on his back, he strolls into Siren’s Point looking for footage of lobster boats. What he finds instead is a lobsterman. Dryden and Spencer are different in too many ways to number. In only one thing can they relate, their mistrust of each other and everyone else. And yet, a chance meeting in the dark leads to time spent together in the light. Circumstance has them occupying the same space, and it’s only a matter of time before a bond begins to form over knots, lobstering, and the water. But trust is a hard thing to earn, and an even harder thing to give away. As Dryden and Spencer become close, they discover that some scars are physical, some emotional, but all can heal.

Jack lives his life on social media, cosplaying as the cryptid local legend. Sure, he is an actual monster, but that detail doesn’t really matter when he’s focused on trending posts. All is going well in Jack’s life until a group of hunters show up, intent on taking the famed monster’s head as a trophy. Dimitri has been trapped by hunters for years, forced to use his abilities so their organization can track down other cryptids. When he encounters Jack, he learns that not all monsters are made the same way. Jack easily removes the threat at his doorstep, and Dimitri gains a chance at freedom. Jack introduces Dimitri to the world and the many wonders he’s missed out on during his captivity. Dimitri follows Jack’s lead as he explores this new era. But the hunter’s organization doesn’t take their loss lightly, and they set out to reclaim Dimitri and behead Jack. These monsters will have to trust their hearts and each other if they want to put an end to this threat. Hollow is a full-length MM dark (ish) monster romance as part of the Mayhem Manuscripts Cryptids shared world collaboration.

Marcus Gage has spent three years perfecting a system built for two. He never planned for a variable he couldn't optimize away. The loft is immaculate, the calendar is synced, and the silence between Marcus and Leo has gone carefully unexamined, until the wedding on Naxos, where Dion's brother makes a connection with Leo that Marcus never accounted for. Paul is patient, disarming, and impossible to hold at a professional distance. He smells like ozone, sea salt, and crushed laurel, his eyes are pure molten gold, and he's finding every silence Marcus ever built, while Leo gets just as good at pretending not to notice the walls going up around him. Marcus has never left a bug unresolved. He's about to lose everything trying to delete this one. Because Paul isn't just Dion's brother with a recording studio and too much free time. He is Apollo, god of light, music, and prophecy, and for the first time in three thousand years, he cannot see what happens to the three of them. No timeline. No outcome. Just a void, and a control freak with a system for everything telling a god to figure it out step by step, together. None of them know how this ends. Tritone Resolve is the second book in the Sweat & Ichor series, a high-heat MM polyamorous romance about a relationship running on legacy code, a god who can no longer see how the story ends, and two men who ran out of ways to avoid the truth. The Sweat & Ichor series follows the mortals who stumble into the orbit of the ancient Greek gods, five books, five pairings, and a growing list of men who should have known better.

One human sacrifice and three vampires. One mansion. What could go wrong? Colin I wasn’t supposed to be the sacrifice. Yet, here I am, about to enter a mansion filled with monsters. I’d wondered about them my whole life and now I would finally learn their secrets. But entering a house full of monsters isn't easy, and as I learn more about them, and myself, one thing is crystal clear. I want them all. As secrets are revealed, we must fight for our freedom and end this blood vow once and for all. I can only pray that my monsters and I are strong enough. The Coven’s Sacrifice is a Paranormal MMMM Romance between three vampires and one human. An eight-hundred year old blood vow and hearts on the line. Expect fangs, feedings, pining, jealousy, sizzling tension, a grumpy bat, brownies, witches, some angst, and an earned HEA.

Westin As a professional hockey player, I’ve learned staying in the closet isn't a choice, it’s survival. Thankfully, I’ve mastered the art of faking a carefree persona to hide the scars of my past, right up until my best friend's twin brother walks into my life. Knight is completely off-limits, but he’s also a gorgeous, perceptive temptation. The chemistry between us is magnetic, and soon we're risking everything for secret hookups in the shadows. When my worst nightmare returns to the ice, it triggers a catastrophic reaction that leaves my career in jeopardy and my mind spiraling. Desperate to help, my best friend unwittingly orchestrates the ultimate nightmare: he pushes our coach to bring in the man I'm falling for as my therapist. Now, the only person who can save me is ethically forbidden from touching me. Knight I learned the hard way that giving my heart to a closeted athlete leads to devastating ruin. I swore I’d never cross that line again, but Westin shatters my carefully constructed defenses. We agree to keep our incredible connection hidden from my twin brother, but playing house in the margins is a dangerous game. When Westin’s mental state goes into a sudden tailspin, I'm forced into an impossible corner. To protect his secrets and save his mind, I have to step in as his therapist. The ethical lines are drawn in stone: I can't sleep with a patient without losing my license, and I can't drop his case without destroying his life. I have to heal the man I love, even if it means curing myself right out of his life forever. Some rules are meant to be broken, but keeping our secret could leave us shattered.

SOMETIMES ORDER BECOMES CHAOS Leopold Lane, after being “collected” for the Office of the Lost by Crispin Eladrin Moss’caladin, is tucked away cozily with his beloved office fae in their treehouse. Happily ever after, right? Not so fast. Before Leo can even get settled, Crispin’s mother disappears, leaving Crispin in charge and his brother Aspin in a panic. As Queen of the Fae, she has also left them a little surprise: a bit of oxymoronic magic that turns their world upside down. Crispin and Leo set off in search of the queen and a solution to their predicament. Aspin tags along, with some less-than-helpful friends. On the way they will discover important family secrets and learn new things about each other… and themselves. Nothing is simple when Chaos and Order get involved. Besides, it wouldn’t be a proper quest if it was straightforward, would it?

"Do you normally snatch people from the woods?" "No, only you," one answers. “Because you're ours,” the other adds. Asher takes the long way home, not wanting to feel the loneliness of his apartment just yet. In the woods, he comes across two strange ravens. They follow him, croak at him, and dance around him until he can't look away. And when they turn into humans right before his eyes, Asher doesn’t want to leave them. So, they whisk him away to their castle. They’re broad, covered in tattoos, and demanding. And they keep calling him theirs. They teach him things about pleasure he’s never experienced. Twice the men. Twice the fun. And twice the chances to rile them up until they snap. Ravished by the Ravens is a fated mates MMM short story, and features a bratty bottom, two smoking-hot, hunky raven-shifters, and a mysterious castle in the woods. Halloween Temptations Multi-Author Series This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, the forest may be dark, but it’s full of many eerie-sistible monsters. Are they real? Or is it a trick? Our boys will find out – and if they also find love? They’re in for a real treat.

Kieran When I got recruited to transfer to Creelin University to play football, I thought this might be my chance. I would be the first human on the team. I would make campus history. Okay, really, I just liked the full scholarship that came with it. It was a great way to escape the small town I lived in with my Pops my whole life and the not-so-great college I attended. I didn't expect to feel like a fish out of water. I really didn't expect there to be a werewolf going after the same position as me. How can I compete with a supernatural creature? Evander When Coach Shaw said we were getting a human on the football team, I was excited! Except the human in question is grumpy, surly, and I'm not sure he knows how to smile. He also wants to be the number one wide receiver on the team, the same position I'm trying to get. I know I'm the better player, but he keeps distracting me. He smells really good, you know? I really need to stay focused, and not on the distractingly handsome grumpy human. You’re formally readmitted to Creelin University, known locally as “Creepin U.” The only things wilder than the monsters prowling around campus are the spicy male/male love stories unfolding between classes. ‘ The Golden Receiver’ is a monster romance featuring a golden retriever werewolf and a black cat human. Expect rivals-to-lovers, football, and a himbo werewolf whose whole job is to play catch.

Ash Thorne doesn’t trust easy smiles, loud laughter, or men like Max Renaud. He learned young that attention always comes at a painful price, and he’s spent his life making sure no one ever gets close enough to collect. As a forward for the Colorado Dragons, Ash keeps his head down, his game sharp, and his distance absolute, even from the teammate everyone else can’t get enough of. Max Renaud is the heartbeat of the Colorado Dragons. Charismatic. Untouchable. A lifebound dragon whose power feeds on emotion, drawing people in, binding them to him until they can’t let go. He’s seen what that does. Watched it destroy someone who loved him too much … and paid the price when he walked away. Ash should be just another team member he can keep his distance from. Instead, he’s the one person Max wants to risk getting close to. And Ash won’t let him anywhere near. Because for Max, every choice leads to devastation. If he gets close, he might destroy his mate. If he stays away, he’ll destroy himself. And this time… there might be no saving either of them.

Banished. Freed. Torn from the Martelli Family, and the life he’s always known, Luca Martelli is thrust into a new status quo. Forced to defend his place and compete with members of a Family he always thought he knew. Broken. Strong. The task of taking over this faction of Martellis turns out to be more complicated than he had hoped. Especially when faced with Dominic, the ruthless and cold Second in Command, and Teo, the charming yet confounding Heir. Both of whom have their own agendas. Choices. Orders. Luca may think he knows how to play the game, but in the Midwest, the question isn’t how to excel, but how low must he go to survive. Stolen Compliance is book 1 of the Deceit and Defiance series and ends on a cliffhanger. All books in this series must be read in order. This is a dark MMM mafia story. Please see inside for the full list of TWs.

Barrister Samuel Follett of Chathom County keeps to himself. After a life filled with betrayal and scandal, it’s safer this way. Until a powerful man from his past returns, threatening to take everything he’s worked for away … again. John Mowbray, the future Fourth Earl of Rothesay, has known Samuel since he was a boy and Samuel played with his older sister, Rose. Boisterous and outgoing, John wishes for nothing more than to bring Samuel out of his shell. And if he has to fight a Duke to save the man he loves, so be it.

The last thing that Harald ever wanted was the crown. Now, with his father barely cold in the ground and enemies circling from within and without, he must shoulder its weight and become the leader his country needs, while protecting the man whose love makes him strong enough to try. Jakob Eliasberg returned from the Winter War a battle-hardened and ready to stand beside his prince. But the palace that should be their sanctuary hides vipers in its walls, and the queen mother who tried to destroy them once will stop at nothing to reclaim her power. As Germany's shadow stretches north across Scandinavia and traitors wear familiar faces, Harald and Jakob face their ultimate test. The last fight for the Silver Throne of Sweden won't be fought on distant battlefields. It will be fought in palace corridors, in desperate choices, in the space between duty and love. Because in the battle for a nation’s soul, love isn't just rebellion, it's revolution.

Six nights a week, six hundred pounds of tiger lies on a dais in the middle of Lady Leo's club and does nothing at all. Nobody touches him. Nobody buys a minute of him. He's the reason the night stays polite. It's the first job Sabra has ever had that paid him to be left alone. It's also where he first watched a man kneel and hand the whole weight of himself to someone else, and understood he'd been starving for it his whole life. The face he put on the man standing over him was Loren's. Loren owns the house Sabra sleeps in and the wall around it, which is exactly why he won't take what Sabra keeps trying to give. Not until there's no roof riding on it. Not until the answer is free. A tiger who's never once been allowed to want. A hedgehog who forgot he was allowed to. And one word that means stop, taught before anything else.

He came to Valcere to expand an empire. He never expected to find a man who could make him risk his heart again. Laurent is one of Ronan O’Shea’s most trusted men, sent from New York to establish the family’s interests in Valcere, a city ruled by the Caligos. He understands power, loyalty, and violence. What he no longer understands is how to live with the silence waiting for him at home. Four years after losing his husband, Laurent wants companionship without love. An exclusive arrangement with an escort should give him pleasure, warmth, and someone beside him at the end of the night without asking him to love again. Sasha Nikolaev is a gifted ballet dancer trapped as an escort at Ruby Manor, bound by a contract that keeps freedom just beyond his reach. From the moment Sasha walks into the room, Laurent’s attraction is all-consuming. He wants Sasha in his bed more than he’s wanted anyone since his husband died. Laurent hires him as his exclusive companion. What should be a simple arrangement quickly becomes something neither of them expected. Sasha slips into the empty spaces in Laurent’s life far too easily. The sex is intense, but it’s everything outside the bedroom that neither of them knows how to handle. The companionship starts to feel real, and suddenly the arrangement they both understood is becoming something else. Laurent wants Sasha in his bed and at his side, beyond the reach of anyone who might touch him, threaten him, or use him against the O’Sheas. But Laurent’s growing presence in Valcere is attracting dangerous attention, and Sasha is quickly becoming the one vulnerability he can’t afford. Sasha has spent years dreaming of freedom, and Laurent has the power to give it to him. But Sasha doesn’t want another man deciding what his life will be, and Laurent doesn’t just want to set him free. He wants Sasha to choose him. Because beneath thegentleman’s perfect control is a hunger for Sasha that no arrangement could ever satisfy. Hunger of the Gentleman is a dark, high-heat M/M mafia romance and the second book in The Sins of Valcere series. Each story follows a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but the series is best enjoyed in order.

The first man to break my heart is back. Now, suddenly, he’s my billionaire boss, and my fake boyfriend. Josh Parker left me ten years ago. I moved on, became captain of my NHL hockey team, the Sacramento Thunder, and tried to forget the only man I’ve ever loved. Then Josh inherits the team from his father, and nothing is what I expected. His plan? Fake dating me. We’ll give the media the romance of the season while he comes out publicly, with me on his arm, to settle an old family score. It’s the perfect revenge. I should refuse. Instead, I agree to play along. I thought I could protect my heart, but the longer I fake date my ex, the harder I fall for him all over again.

Kit Forrest is officially the saddest man in Cedar Falls. A year after his boyfriend turned down his proposal and left town, Kit's beloved bookstore is falling down around him. The old brick firehouse has overstuffed shelves, a resident orange cat with an attitude problem… and repairs Kit can't begin to afford. Sage Ballard is a hometown boy who got famous, then became a tabloid disaster, and now urgently needs a nice, ordinary boyfriend to convince one very rich investor he's a changed man. Three months of fake dating, and Sawyer's Books will get the cash injection it needs to survive. And it’s not like he has to actually be nice to the guy, right? Kit thinks Sage is a rude, sunglasses-indoors diva. Sage thinks Kit is an earnest nerd who talks too much. But then something shifts. Sage starts turning up at the bookstore for no particular reason. Kit starts saving him the good armchair. And the cat, who bites everyone, won't leave Sage alone. By the time the first snow falls, pretending has begun to feel a bit too real. Which would be wonderful, if the whole thing weren't built on lies. You know what they say about small towns and secrets…

“Such a pretty little dragon. You belong to us now.” I should know better than to walk through the woods at night during spooky season. Soon I get the feeling I’m not alone. I hear whispers, feel red-hot breath on my neck. There’s the smell of smoke. Two men appear. They’re huge and hot and reckless… and they want boring little me. That’s not even the weirdest part. They tell me they're dragon shifters. And I’m a shifter too, I just don’t know it yet. Is it a Halloween trick? I have to know the truth. Physical pleasure is the key to unlocking my powers. That’s how I find myself trussed up and blindfolded by the two strangers. Teased, taunted and tormented until I can barely breathe. The dragons don’t just want to free my powers. They want to claim me. Both of them. Claimed by the Dragons is an MM Halloween short (~13k words). Halloween Temptations Multi-Author Series This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, the forest may be dark, but it’s full of many eerie-sistible monsters. Are they real? Or is it a trick? Our boys will find out – and if they also find love? They’re in for a real treat.

Haunting #439: Ardruin Castle Number of ghosts: It’s anyone’s guess, really Location: The village of Ballycorven in West Kerry, Ireland History: Long and bloody. Full of fire, covert poisonings, plague, and various mysterious deaths since its construction in 1219. Wanted: Get the ghosts under control by October 31st for the grand opening of Céad Míle Fáilte Medieval Dining Experience inside the renovated castle, “Where the Mead Flows, the Bards Roar, and Everyone’s a Lord (for the Evening).” The Expert: Rafferty O’Meara, formerly Kerry hurling’s star midfielder The Complication: Eric James Crawford. Ghost, American, tourist. Chaotic Good Boy who’s about to rearrange Raff’s world as they try to figure out just how Eric really died. Rafferty O’Meara has somehow survived six months of working for the ExorSquad, the UK’s least reputable ghost removal service, after a career-ending injury took him away from the sport he loved, hurling. Living out of his van on little pay, Raff has already seen his fill of haunted pubs, soggy bog brides, and endlessly chanting monks when he gets called to his biggest assignment yet: Ardruin Castle, a crumbling estate in west Kerry, Ireland. The ancient building’s ambitious new owners have been trying to renovate the place for months, but there’s always some catastrophe pushing back the grand opening, because the place is undeniably haunted. Enter ExorSquad, or rather, Raff. He’s on his own to remove the castle’s many ghosts so the new tourist attraction can open to guests the week after Halloween. Well, not entirely on his own. The hot, smug ghost of an American tourist who loves D&D turns out to be helpful in learning about and managing the other ghosts. Plus, Eric is easy to talk to. Easy to trust. And…Raff isn’t sure he can be the one to move him on. Not when he’s forming an unearthly attachment that feels a lot like love. He’salso not sure he can protect Eric or the castle’s other ghosts, who, despite their quirks, aren’t all that bad, from the more sinister presence that’s doing its best to avoid him. Something powerful and ancient, an entity that might have murdered Eric and now wants Raff’s heart, literally. The ExorSquad Series is a collection of standalone MM romcoms centered around the unfortunate employees of ExorSquad Ltd, the UK's shadiest ghost-busting operation. Expect supernatural shenanigans, things that go bump in the night, sizzling encounters, and hard-won happy-ever-afters.

In Sangre, Florida, vampires and humans live in a peaceful co-existence until a string of murders starts to threaten their tranquil way of life. All Asher Riots wants to do is work at Everlasting, the salon where he styles hair nightly, with his friends Jerrod and Tory. But when Niko Torres, the new barber at Killer Kuts across the street, begins to show an interest in Asher, his predictable life starts to become unpredictable… and dangerous. While attempting to clear Niko's cousin, Mario of involvement in the murders, the barbers and hairstylists band together to do what it takes to save Sangre and possibly themselves. It's hard trying to stay alive when you're immortal.

Farrokh sacrificed everything to build a life of his choosing, instead of being a dutiful son and living the life his parents wanted. Then he lost everything to a scheming, backstabbing wife who left him broken and alone. Now he spends his days a mere tutor of wealthy, entitled brats, and the beautiful, fascinating Crown Prince Bakhtiar, wishing for things he will never have. Kurosh does not usually take loud jobs. The money isn't worth the risk or attention. But when he's approached to assassinate Crown Prince Bakhtiar, he's at least intrigued enough to investigate the matter further, and finds not only a man who doesn't deserve to die, but a man worth dying for.

Postgraduate student Andrew Chin arrives in London not only to study, but to explore life away from his traditional family in Singapore. His adventure begins at the airport, where he finds the diary of a wealthy British businessman and endeavours to return it. James Howard is twice Andrew’s age, and he’s not used to selfless youngsters. Despite a rocky first meeting, the two develop an unlikely friendship as James introduces Andrew to the city. James is looking forward to the festivities leading up to Christmas in London and maybe a celebration with Andrew. But will a nasty bout of the flu ruin their romantic holiday? Not if Andrew has anything to say about it.

Omega bear, Brad Boston, is a single father of twin six-month-old bear cubs. He’s secluded himself away in his rural estate and doesn’t have the time, patience, or trust for anyone’s nonsense. Seeped in his own trauma, but thriving in fatherhood he’s built a happy and safe little bubble for himself and his babies. Their safety and happiness are all that matter to him, all he’ll allow himself to care about after his parent’s betrayal and his chosen mate’s death. Everything changes when alpha bear, Durin, shows up on front porch with a delivery from the Temple of Frost. Brad doesn’t care if fate says they should be together. Fate can mind its own dang business and let him get on with taking care of his babies. Only Durin won’t go away. He’s just there, no matter what Brad says or does. He’s right there inside his house! Sleeping outside his bedroom door and carrying around his own haunted past. Will Brad and Durin overcome their painful pasts? Will Durin be able to earn Brad’s trust or has fate really screwed everyone over with this one?

New town. New place. It’s small but it’s exactly what I was looking for when I scoured the map for inspiration. Coming to Bearcreek felt like a taste of the freedom I’ve been so desperately waiting for. A town painted in celebration with a local legend is just a bonus. A fresh start that was supposed to rejuvenate me. But it’s the past I brought along that might destroy me. If I don’t go up in flames first. Palingenesis is a full-length MM dark (ish) monster romance as part of the Mayhem Manuscripts Cryptids shared world collaboration.

Four people. Different faces. Another unpaid bill. Detective Jack Mercer and his partner Erin Walsh have been called to investigate a growing string of strange magical dine-and-dash cases. The only thing the suspects have in common is that there are always four of them, and nobody can agree on who they really are. The latest case brings Jack to The Black Cat Café and its charming owner, Theo Whitaker, a witch who knows far more about magic than Jack does. Theo may be the key to solving the mystery. He may also be the man Jack can't stop thinking about. As the cases become stranger and the magic more dangerous, Jack and Theo find themselves drawn closer together, and closer to a secret someone is desperate to keep hidden. Sometimes the biggest mystery isn't who committed the crime. It's falling for the one person you never expected.

Atlas After blowing my life up over the summer I know one thing for sure. I need a change. New city. New team. New sober life. Easy right? When I need to escape my thoughts, I head to the rooftop of my building for some air and find a man sitting in the shadows looking like a supervillain straight out of one of my comics. He’s irritated, looks like he might punch me, and is very, very hot. I see an opportunity. Gage and I make a deal. No backstories. No personal information. No getting to know each other. No feelings. Strangers with benefits. Easy. Except nothing about this easily annoyed man is easy. What starts as a simple arrangement quickly becomes an affair that consumes me. He’s all I think about. The boundaries we have keep melting away. When he’s around my thoughts finally go quiet. For the first time in a long time I feel like I can breathe. Every moment with him makes leaving him harder. I start finding reasons to see him, excuses to text, and hear his voice. What was supposed to be a temporary arrangement with a time limit begins to feel like the only thing in my life that’s real. Gage While sitting on the edge of my buildings rooftop I never expected to meet the most irritating man alive. Atlas is loud, obnoxious, and apparently incapable of keeping a single thought inside his head. He gets under my skin from the moment we meet. Then he offers me an arrangement. Help him explore his sexuality, no strings attached. Atlas is as irritating as he is sexy, and damn is he irritating. How can I say no? No backstories. No personal information. No feelings. Perfect. For the first time in a while I feel like I belong to myself again. There is power in being with him that is addicting. I’ve felt helpless for years and being with him is like rediscovering parts of myself I thought were dead. When Atlas is in my bed, it’s easy to forget my pain. Easy to pretend themonsters waiting to snatch me don’t exist. Only the more time we spend together, the less this feels like a stranger arrangement. Strangers with benefits was supposed to be easy. Only now, we’re starting to become something neither of us agreed to. And falling for him was never part of the deal.

Can a happily ever after start with an accident? Max Owning a bookshop would be perfect if only it didn’t involve customers. As a witch who’s also a rare Spellreader, Max can find the spells that other witches need, as long as they’re not so rude that he hangs up on them. This keeps his store afloat, and his life follows a predictable pattern, just the way he likes it, until Rory crashes, literally, into his life. Max has never met anyone like this cheerful shifter, and he doesn’t know quite what to do with him, but he’s also… intrigued. Rory Rory’s spent the last ten years, he’s pretty sure it’s not more than ten years! in his bird form. He takes life as it comes, and he’s happy flying place to place as he waits to find his mate. When his excitement at finally spotting the man leads to him crashing right into his mate’s window, he seizes the opportunity to get to know him. Together, Rory’s certain there’s nothing they can’t do… if he can convince his grumpy mate that they’re meant to be together.

Believing in love and in luck is something Gavin swore he’d never do again — until he meets Ford. After being left at the altar by his former fiancé, he’s a firm disbeliever in good fortune and love. Though there’s an immediate attraction between himself and Ford, they’re just too different to make a relationship work. The sex is explosive and despite himself Gavin even grows to like Ford’s quirky sense of humor and skewed view of life. Isn’t that good enough? Not for Ford. A happy-go-lucky diviner of fortunes and omens, he’s sure from what he’s seen that Gavin is the love of his life and the man he’ll marry. He makes it his mission to overcome Gavin’s doubts and fears and teach him how to love again. Never giving up in his enthusiastic pursuit of the once-burned twice-shy secretary, he brings Gavin back to life and helps restore him to the man he used to be. Ford makes Gavin want to believe in love again. But when Ford begins to lose his faith, it’s up to Gavin to save the magic they have between them and blaze the trail toward their happily ever after.

To the world, Valla are monsters. The nightmares you tell your children about, something to be feared. My appearance does little to stop the stereotype, so I’m avoided, used only for my size and strength. My life is a dull routine of winning illegal fights to line the pockets of the man who owns me. But the Omega across from me sees not of that, he only sees me as a person. Now I have something to fight for, to live for, and with the promise of cutting my debt by a third, I’m itching for a future. But when an incident happens during the most important fight of my career, putting my Omega in danger, I’ll do whatever it takes to protect him. Even if it means ruining everything.

Makoto and Will must accept their bond in order to stop a madman’s killing spree. London, 1816. Someone is killing vampires and their Hosts, leaving brutalized bodies on display in the heart of London. Makoto Morinaga, minore and lead hunter for the Baron of Colbourne, must find and stop the madman. Yet the mission is in peril almost from the moment it starts. In despair over loving his master’s Host, he breaks his oath and finds himself bound through Compulsion to the last person he would choose as his Host — the flamboyant young man who has spent years pining over their master. Makoto can ill afford this appalling distraction while he hunts for a monstrous killer. Will Carter is an experienced Host who has offered up body and blood to vampires since reaching his majority. He spent years learning the duties of the Colbourne Host, only to have his dreams crumble when his master finds a man more perfect than Will. In his frustration, he taunts Colbourne’s lead hunter into committing a forbidden act. His punishment? Being bound to the last person he would ever wish to hold his contract — Makoto Morinaga, a man whose body he knows well, but whose heart is a dark mystery and whose stoicism grates on Will’s every nerve. An unexpected emotional connection heats their hearts even as their Host bond heats their bodies. Just as they begin to find common ground, the madman strikes again. Finding the madman’s lair might end the violence, but the price might destroy them both.

Games are short. Temptation isn’t. Connor The Olympics were supposed to be simple, play hard, win gold, go home. No distractions. No complications. Then Étienne finds me. He’s loud where I’m controlled. Chaos where I’m calm. And from the second he looks at me like he’s already decided I’m his next mistake… I know I’m in trouble. It starts easy. Fun. No strings. But somewhere between late-night texts and stolen hours, he stops feeling temporary. And I don’t do temporary that sticks. Étienne I came to the Olympics for Nico, and because, hello! They’re the Olympics. I didn’t expect to find my own entertainment. Connor McVoy is sharp, steady, and gets under my skin way too easily. He plays along with my games, keeps up with every tease, and never lets me have the last word. It’s perfect. Because it doesn’t have to mean anything. We don’t talk about what happens after the closing ceremony. We don’t need to. Because this was always supposed to be just a distraction. This book is an MM hockey romance. It can be read as a standalone.

"Do you trust me, Adrian?", Kel I transferred to Whitcomb for the track scholarship and the science, not my microbiology course assistant, Kelvin Manchester, the smartest guy I've ever met. When Kel invited me to a Halloween party at the Whitcomb Union manor, I didn't expect a midnight hunt through the woods, and I definitely didn't think he could catch me. Turns out he’s faster than he looks, and way more built than I imagined under those sweater vests. Okay, whatever. I can appreciate when a guy works out. That doesn't mean anything. The kissing part might mean something, though. Especially since I kissed him back. But I'm straight. And we said it was just an experiment. We’re both scientists, after all. Would I be stupid to follow Kel into the abandoned building on the edge of campus? Or just mad? Because some experiments can't be undone. And some results change everything. Bound by the Mad Scientist is a spicy bi-awakening MM Halloween short featuring a farm-boy jock, a genius with secrets, and an experiment gone deliciously wrong. HEA. Halloween Temptations Multi-Author Series This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, the forest may be dark, but it’s full of many eerie-sistible monsters. Are they real? Or is it a trick? Our boys will find out – and if they also find love? They’re in for a real treat.

You're formally readmitted to Creelin University, known locally as "Creepin U." The only things wilder than the monsters prowling around campus are the spicy male/male stories unfolding between classes. More information coming soon about Anchored To You.

I didn't realize when I sent for a sell-sword to protect my inn from undead monsters they would send Ulgrind, my lifelong crush… Lorian, a half-elf innkeeper and mage, is exhausted from holding back an early winter migration of undead beasts. Desperate to save his business, he hires a sell-sword to clear the roads, only to discover the guild sent Ulgrind, a towering, fiercely protective giant-kin Lorian has secretly pined for since childhood. Ulgrind has always treated Lorian with a gentle, paternal affection. But when a cursed wound forces the little innkeeper to use his magic to heal the massive warrior, something changes. Suddenly, Ulgrind isn't looking at the boy he watched grow up anymore. He sees the beautiful man Lorian has become. As the storms rage outside, the cozy hearth of the inn becomes the setting for an intense, yielding surrender. Lorian is about to learn that the safest place in the world is pinned beneath a giant who wants to keep him forever.

Lev knows exactly who Bjarke is. Bjarke has no idea who Lev is. Ten years ago in Vienna, a young violinist auditioned for Sonda, the band half the world can hum. He walked out with one sentence he never forgot, shut his violin case, and has hated the band ever since. Lev Kuhar was in that room. He was the one who clapped. For twenty years he was the half of Sonda nobody saw: he wrote the music while someone else stood on the stage. A year ago he walked out without a word and went home to the Soča valley, to his bees, his sister's boats and a music room he keeps shut. Then Bjarke, who now fronts a Nordic folk band from behind a stag skull, turns up at a festival in Ljubljana. Lev follows him into a cellar and doesn't give his name. Afterwards Bjarke tells him exactly what he thinks of Sonda. What follows is a summer: a valley, a river the colour of its name, and a two-week list of things to see that keeps getting longer. Every day Lev keeps quiet, the truth gets more expensive. And someone from his old life wants his signature. Keeping quiet is the one thing Lev has always been good at. Some names stay off the record. Some get said out loud.

Liam Rain I didn’t think I would ever come back here. I swore to myself when I left this bizarre seaside town after my mum died that they’d have to drag me home kicking and screaming. Not literally. Probably not literally. I wouldn’t put it past the residents of Colbie to form a mob and commit a community act of kidnapping. It’s just that sort of place, though I’ve been reliably informed by everyone I’ve met since leaving my zany home-town that there is no ‘sort of place’ like Colbie. Turns out, I shouldn’t have jinxed myself about never coming back because seven years later, I’ve had no choice. Everything I worked so hard to earn over those seven years is gone. Beautiful wife? Divorced me. Amazing job? Got fired. Big house in the city? Lost because of the divorce. Fat bank account? Drained soon after the firing. My life has turned into one cosmic game of dominoes and the last one fell when I was forced to admit defeat and ask my aunt for a job at her pub. There’s nothing but bad memories and nightmare fuel for me in Colbie but I have to stick it out for long enough to get back on my feet. As soon as I can come up with a new plan, I’ll be leaving home again, hopefully for the last time. One thing I really don’t need is an intense attraction to the only gay biker in town. Mick Bell Does third time lucky apply when you’re talking about the number of times you’ve been released from prison? I’m hoping yes but the answer is more likely a no. You don’t get banged up multiple times before your twenty-fifth birthday if you’re lucky, or good at breaking bad habits. Unfortunately, my bad habit also happens to be an integral part of being a Bell. Everyone in Colbie knows that Bells are trouble, the local biker gang that might as well have a revolving door in prison just for us. As far as most people are concerned, we’re violent, thieving thugs and to be fair to thosejudgemental pillocks, they’re not wrong. It’s born in us, the compulsion to instigate chaos and destroy our lives in the process. I want, no I need, things to be different this time. I love my family, despite how much they get on my bloody wick, and that’s a lot, let’s be clear about that, but I can’t go back. I don’t know if I’d survive a fourth stint inside, not after what happened during my most recent sentence. My only choice is to step away from the family business even if it leaves me feeling like I don’t know who the hell I am anymore. One thing I really don’t need is an intense attraction to the temporary bartender at my local pub. ***** Liam Rain left Colbie, the little seaside town he grew up in, to create a new life for himself in the city. But when that life collapses in on itself, he has no choice but to return home and try to start over in a place he spent his entire childhood wanting to leave behind. Mick Bell was born into a family of bikers, a gang infamous for auto theft, as well as their violent criminal records. But when Mick gets out of prison for the third time in his life, he decides he wants to leave the family business. Unfortunately for both men, the past is hard to forget and the people its made them into are even harder to let go of. When Liam and Mick's lives collide in the local pub, neither of them are prepared for the impact of falling for someone they probably shouldn't. They both have secrets they want to keep and pain they want to stay buried, but can they be brave enough to trust each other or will this new start be nothing more than a pit stop?

Darius It takes some people most of their lives to find the other half of their soul. The one person who gets them. I found mine when I was eight and a new family moved into the house next door. The pretty blonde with the pouty lips and the glittery eyes that held a darkness underneath ʼem. A preacher’s kid. Well-mannered. Respectable. Everything I was supposed to be and wasn’t. ʼCause of the secrets I was hiding. The biggest secret of them all? The other half of my soul was a… boy. As the years passed, that boy changed. He became less well-mannered, less respectable, his old man would say. Certainly less straight. He also became his own person. He didn’t care so much what people thought about him, except for me. He still looked at me like I hung the moon until I ruined it. That one time he showed me what things could be like between us and I pushed him away… Alvin I never had a problem figuring out who I was. The church did. My daddy sure as hell did. But me? I knew the moment the bed-headed boy next door welcomed my crying, bloodied ass into his window that I’d found my home. Loving Darius wasn’t the hard part. Waiting for him was. I couldn’t help but remember that one time at summer camp, when he kissed me back. For a single perfect moment, I had everything I’d ever wanted before fear stole it from us. Now the only man I’ve ever loved is back and that window is cracked open again… The question isn’t whether I want to climb into his arms. It’s if my heart can survive him closing it for good. That One Time is a standalone MM romance with a HEA. Please heed the trigger warnings at the beginning of the book.

When I stalked my best friend into the woods, I didn’t expect to get my reality shattered… or my world thoroughly rocked. I’m sure Logan is hiding something from me. So, trailing him isn’t exactly slighted-lover behavior, no matter what anyone says. We're just friends. Nay, best friends. Besides, why would a giant Greek god who can have anyone he wants choose a tiny introvert with an attitude problem? Also, Logan is straight. Just ask his revolving door of hookups. Admittedly, driving into a dark forest wasn't my brightest idea. So, when my poor life choices make me bait for the monsters lurking in the darkness, I’m not even surprised. But when rescue comes in the form of a very familiar wolf, I have a lot of questions. Starting with how the giant animal that’s been randomly showing up at my doorstep for years ended up here? Turns out those visits weren’t random at all. Will the truth break the one relationship I can't live without? Or will it finally unleash the desires I’ve spent my whole life denying? Halloween Temptations Multi-Author Series This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, the forest may be dark, but it’s full of many eerie-sistible monsters. Are they real? Or is it a trick? Our boys will find out – and if they also find love? They’re in for a real treat.

Fun-loving August is just trying to get some air when he finds a guy in an alien costume alone, half-naked, and shivering in the forest. The second they lock eyes, August wants him, and before he knows it, he’s sneaking the stranger into his home. Clay knows August is his mate. That’s not a bad thing, since August seems more than willing to explore their mutual attraction. There’s just one complication. Okay, two: August doesn’t know soul bonds exist, and Clay is a kissless virgin who’s spent his whole life saving his strongest bond for the person he was destined for. Their attraction is immediate, and one very steamy night later, Clay is more sure than ever that August is his future. But Clay’s career on his home planet is only just beginning, and he can’t stay on Earth forever. Convincing August to leave his entire life behind is harder than surviving a crash landing. But Clay crossed the galaxy to find his mate, and he’s not going home without him. Halloween Temptations Multi-Author Series This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, the forest may be dark, but it’s full of many eerie-sistible monsters. Are they real? Or is it a trick? Our boys will find out – and if they also find love? They’re in for a real treat.

A delightfully eerie quartet of M/M adventures where every bump in the night brings a new mystical match. Step into a world where the shadows hold more than just secrets, they hold the promise of eternal romance. In this bewitching new anthology, the paranormal meets the passionate in a collection of four spellbinding tales designed to make your heart race for all the right reasons. Whether you’re drawn to the mysterious allure of the supernatural or the timeless magic of a soulmate connection, these stories prove that the greatest thrills aren't found in the dark, but in a lover's arms. Prepare to be whisked away by a haunted elevator, feel the desperate ache of a man burdened by an inescapable ancestral curse, laugh and swoon as a comfortable, established wizard couple finds their quiet life turned upside down by a pair of chaotic, super-powered children, and watch the magical sparks fly as a young man awakens to his own mysterious gifts, and an undeniable, fiery attraction. Filled with wicked charm, supernatural hijinks, and breathtaking happily-ever-afters, this collection is the perfect companion for a cozy, moonlit night. If you crave swoon-worthy heroes, magical mishaps, and sweeping romances that defy the boundaries of the mortal realm, it’s time to unlock the magic and lose yourself in these enchanting pages. Grab your favorite blanket, turn down the lights, and let this spooky, sexy anthology put a spell on you.

Once upon a time, there was a naive and noble Boy-Priest that fell in love with a beautiful cursed immortal prostitute. Stop me if you’ve heard this one. The Boy-Priest was shy. Bookish. Curious. A busy body. He was also pitiful enough to accept exile without much of a fight. On the way to his miserable remote new assignment, he met someone extraordinary: Tragic. Beautiful. Mysterious. Irish. A body and face that most people raised in the church would’ve known to avoid. Naturally, our idiot hero fell hopelessly in love. But there was a problem. The lovely cursed immortal already had a boyfriend. A Warlock. One of the most powerful Warlocks in the realm and a damn good boyfriend too. Ask anyone. The foolish Boy-Priest was adamant, though. He had goodness on his side, nosiness in spades, and questionable access to centuries of forbidden archives. So when the Warlock returned to retrieve his beloved, the Boy-Priest decided to jump in the fray. A decision he might just regret. Because saving someone is one thing. Trying to steal them from a Warlock is another. How to Break Up with a Warlock is the first full novel in The Cursed Reliquaries: MM Chronicles, a series of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and very questionable ex-boyfriends. Romantic, irreverent, and occasionally dark, The Cursed Reliquaries blends fantasy romance, magical mayhem, and unforgettable characters into a series where devotion is dangerous, and falling in love may be the most cursed thing of all. If you love: Curious Strangers to Forbidden Lovers Darkly Enchanting Villains Mysterious magical boy x gentle, anxious boy dynamics Dark, gothic fantasy worlds, cloaks, inns, abbeys, relics, rain-lit road Heated Banter Slow-burn to RED HOT Gay romantasy full of longing Magic that blurs the line between blessing, curse, and desire Beautiful boys with dangerous secrets Happy Endings and HighStakes

I came to Oregon to disappear. A simple night shift guarding an old lumber mill deep in the mountains sounded easy enough. Make a quick buck, no people, no reminders of the life I destroyed back home. Then the locals started warning me to stay out of the woods. None of them will tell me what they’re so afraid of, but I've felt it watching me in the dark. Seen its eyes through the trees, felt its breath on my neck. The people here are keeping secrets. And the further I fall down the rabbit hole on the history of this town, the more I understand why my parents fled before I was born. I came here to escape my past. Instead, I may have stumbled into something far worse. Tenebrous is a full-length MM dark monster romance as part of the Mayhem Manuscripts Cryptids shared world collaboration. Each book is a standalone containing themes and situations not intended for readers under the age of 18. Both characters are consenting adults. This story features a massive size difference, claustrophobic tunnels, a beefy Sasquatch obsessed with his human and a guaranteed HEA.

A nerdy gamer, an exiled incubus, and one night to break a curse. Halloween parties aren’t my thing, so I opt for a late-night jaunt into the forest to explore reports of a supernatural phenomenon. When I trip and sprain my ankle, a hulking guy donning super realistic horns appears out of nowhere. He offers to carry me to his nearby (hopefully not a murder) cabin so I can ice my injury. By the time we arrive, I’m an overstimulated mess. It’s not my fault! He carries me like a koala and, uh, things bump and rub a lot. Finally relaxing in his surprisingly swanky digs with my leg elevated, I doze off and experience the most sensual dream of my life, featuring none other than my big horned host. I wake craving him for real, but I’ve never been with a man. When he confesses a secret that leaves me questioning everything I thought was real, he makes me an offer I can’t refuse. I have the power to break his curse, and in exchange, he’ll give me everything I desire. Am I brave enough to accept? Halloween Temptations Multi-Author Series This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, the forest may be dark, but it’s full of many eerie-sistible monsters. Are they real? Or is it a trick? Our boys will find out – and if they also find love? They’re in for a real treat.

The police chief, the lumberjack, and a new start… Reg My kids come first…always, and being chief of police for the Four Forest area is a big job. Honestly, my schedule doesn’t leave much time for extracurricular activities, if you know what I mean. I’m okay with that. Really. But I have to say…the new lumberjack in town is making it difficult to focus. Waylon isn’t like the other loggers. He’s a mountain man. I’m not sure what it is about him, but I’m drawn to him. And not just physically. This could be a problem. Waylon I should be irked about the speeding ticket. I mean, c’mon. I wasn’t going that fast. Thing is…I’ll take any excuse that puts me in the police chief’s orbit. Reg is the quintessential silver fox. Seriously. He’s also a good man, a great dad, and a cool human. I like him, and I love Wood Hollow, but I’m not staying. At the end of my contract, I’m heading home. My family needs me. But hey…there’s no crime against having some fun while I’m here. Is there?

Some hotels offer a place to stay. The Soul-Maker Hotel offers a second chance. When Ethan unexpectedly inherits a forgotten hotel hidden from the world, he expects debt, decay, and impossible repairs. Instead, he discovers a staff who have been dead for decades, ten strangers searching for healing, and a hotel that seems to have a will of its own.

Devon O’Brien has a few secrets: He is an assassin who must find the Crown of the Undying, and he killed the sire of the vampire he must serve. Living on an isle overtaken by an imperial power, Devon is tasked with traveling to a dreary, peculiar, and seashell-filled coastal manor in Etierre, and he must retrieve a necromantic artifact called the Crown of the Undying from the vampiric lord of the manor, Naberius, who rules over three other vampires. When Devon, undercover, is assigned to serve the fastidious and dry-humored vampire musician Cillian Gallowglass, the two, despite themselves, grow closer and keep each other moored, but never one to let anyone truly know him, he finds himself in a dilemma: Years ago, Devon murdered Cillian’s true sire, and therefore he’s responsible for all the pain Naberius inflicts on Cillian after he took him in. The discovery of that truth may unravel everything, or in their colliding paths toward freedom, penance, and vengeance, Devon and Cillian may find a way to embrace the worst parts of themselves.

Middle-grade horror novelist Burke Bennett has been hit hard by writer’s block. He finally decides to get out of San Francisco and head for the tiny town of Rainbow Arroyo, New Mexico, and a B&B called the Raven. He’s hoping the peace and quiet and change of scenery will help kick him back into high gear so he can finish his latest Sir Reapy tale. The town is known to be welcoming to LGBTQ folx, but what he doesn’t expect is for the B&B owner Dayton Barnes to be so attractive, for Dayton’s daughter Vicki to be an uber-fan of his books, or for the town to be so… Well, nosy, quaint, and adorable all at once. The chemistry between Burke and Dayton is off the charts, but navigating a relationship between them while running a business and spending long hours writing is a challenge, not to mention they have to consult Vicki and there is a lot of distance between their homes. Will the fall harvest festival and Halloween set the tone for romance, or just for a terror of a disappointment? Harvesting Love is a heartwarming small town romance featuring a Bed and Breakfast owner with aspirations of opening a gluten-free bakery, and a frustrated horror author who discovers that trying to build a family isn’t quite as scary as his books.

A mating pact between besties. Alpha wolf shifter Porter and his college roomie promised each other that if they didn’t find their fate before they turned thirty, they would mate each other. Eight years later, it’s time to admit Fate doesn’t have their back. It might not be the happy ever after of Porter’s dreams, but a life with his bestie at his side doesn’t sound too bad. Sometimes you just need a nap. Omega capybara shifter Chip is excited to work on Animals’ indoor habitat. It is one thing to have a pool, yet another to bring the outdoors in. The place is spectacular and doesn’t need much work. When they offer to let him use it anytime he wants, he instantly accepts. Who doesn’t want to float the day away, taking a nap? When Porter arrives at Animals, he runs into his college roomie in the parking lot with his fated. He’s happy for him, but it is hard not to be a little jealous. Until the wind shifts. A Pact For Porter is a sweet with knotty heat MM shifter mpreg romance featuring an alpha wolf who made a drunken promise in college and is there to make good on it, an omega capybara who is taking a nap one second and “being saved” by his fated mate the next, and the night at Animals that changes everything, Karma doing what Karma does best, true love, fated mates, a sweet baby, some familiar faces from the Omegas of Animals universe, and a guaranteed HEA. Each book in this series can be read as a standalone. If you like your alphas hawt, your omegas strong, and your mpreg with heart, download A Pact for Porter today.

Todd My life is exactly how I built it. Successful. Solitary. Under control. No attachments. No unwanted feelings. No mess. Be the one holding all the cards, and no one gets to hurt you. Walk away first, and no one gets to leave you. It’s a state of affairs I have zero interest in changing, least of all for some compulsively-ironed, square-as-can-be… Squarespace of a man who has the audacity to turn me down when I offer him the night of fun he obviously needs. And when next Monday rolls around and said Squarespace turns out to be my new coworker? Why, that’s just an opportunity for a little entertainment to liven up my work weeks. Ari Lopez should be effortless to dismiss. He’s quiet, obnoxiously rule-following, and so far from my usual type, it’s not even funny. Worst of all, he insists on calling me Theodore, even after I’ve made it perfectly clear that’s something no one gets away with. Except, the longer I look at him (hey, I’m just bored, alright?) the harder it is to look away. The more I try to get under his skin, the more it feels like somehow, he’s the one getting under mine. And don’t even get me started on those long lashed, hazel-blue eyes of his. I am only human, after all. As for the… things …he’s starting to make me feel? Well, the less said about any of that, the better. When a fake-boyfriend scheme gives me the perfect excuse to get closer to him, I tell myself I’m only doing it for a laugh. Oh, and the benefits. Don’t forget about those. I mean, what other reason could there possibly be? Ari I’ve accepted that some things are simply not meant for me. Romance. Relationships. Being wanted by someone who actually means it. And really, it’s alright. I have safe, comfortable routines, work I enjoy, a best friend determined to keep my life interesting, and a loving, albeit sometimes overwhelming family. That does not mean I never wonderwhat it would be like to have more…I just know better than to expect it. Especially from a man like Theodore Lancaster. Theodore is everything that terrifies me: arrogant, rude, loud. Confident, intrusive, sharp-edged, and impossible to ignore. Beautiful in a way that sucks the air from the room and leaves me breathless. From the moment he becomes my new coworker, he seems determined to turn my carefully ordered life into something chaotic and deeply inconvenient. So when my well-meaning mother calls with yet another blind-date setup and I panic my way into inventing a boyfriend, the last name I should give her is Theodore’s. Naturally, it is the first one my brain supplies. Now Theodore and I have an arrangement. A few rules. A few appearances together. A very clear understanding that none of it is real. Which would be much easier to remember if he weren’t so surprisingly convincing. Or if I weren’t starting to wish that maybe he wasn’t just pretending after all. Color of Surrender is a high heat, enemies(ish)-to-lovers MM romance between a self-proclaimed a**hole and the sweet but snarky coworker whose attention he unaccountably craves. Their story features fake dating, hard-won vulnerability, hurt/comfort, first times, swoon-worthy amounts of possessive protectiveness, and enough tension and chemistry to give human resources a heart attack. Color of Surrender is book 3 in the Colors of Us series, but has its own HEA and can be read as a standalone.

Tommy Wiseman wants two things from Hollywood: a byline on a successful picture, and to be forgotten by the small town that drove him away. Three days into his job as Empire Pictures' lowest-paid scriptwriter, he gets neither, he gets a murdered studio fixer, a police cordon, and the undivided attention of the biggest movie star in America. Jack Lynley has spent his whole career being protected, managed, and dictated to by men who own every hour of his day. What he wants is simple and impossible: someone who will see him as a person and not just a star. When Jack seeks Tommy's help in finding the murdered fixer's notebook–a treasure trove of blackmail material if it falls into the wrong hands–an impossible partnership turns into an even more impossible friendship, and Tommy has to ask himself if he really wants to know where all the bodies are buried. The Fixer delivers a murdered studio fixer, a blackmailed matinee idol, and an M/M romance where the only man a star can trust is a junior scriptwriter miles out of his depth.. Perfect for readers who take their old Hollywood glamor shaken not stirred.

A sweeping historical novel about hidden, forbidden love in the early 1900s by bestselling writer and former poet laureate of Kentucky, Silas House. "A masterful storyteller, House has crafted an ambitious and utterly beautiful love story so attuned to the minute moments in which a life can change.”, Kevin Wilson, author of Run for the Hills Amos and Tom fall in love while working in the tobacco fields during the hot summers of the early 1900s, yet Tom cannot shake his strict religious upbringing nor the responsibilities of his family’s farm. His longtime friend Maeve also pines for a man she can’t have, lest she endanger his already tenuous life in a town and world shaped by racial lines. How do you live a life that feels untrue, and at what point do you risk everything? The Tulip Poplars is a gorgeous and moving novel spanning most of the 20th century, centering on four people trying to find happiness in a world that demands conventional choices. House tells a deeply intimate story of faith and doubt, race and class, sexual desire and the longing to be good when you’ve been taught that you are evil for loving who you love. Based on the story of an ancestor, House’s new novel takes us from NYC to Southern cities to Appalachia and will leave you with a bigger heart.

Sometimes the most dangerous thing isn't what's lurking in the dark, it's having someone who you can't afford to lose. At a young age, Rob Zelensky learned that monsters were real. He knows how to keep people safe from supernatural threats. What he’s never quite mastered is how to quiet the voice in his head that insists the people he loves are safer at arm’s length. But watching his older brother, Jack, find his own happy ending has forced Rob to confront something he never saw coming: maybe he doesn’t just want to survive. Maybe he wants a life — and a love — worth fighting for. And maybe he’s already found it: with Cam. Cam Katsaros didn’t grow up with a sawed-off shotgun within reach and he wasn’t taught to lay salt at every threshold. But when Rob shattered everything he thought he knew about the world six months ago, Cam didn’t run. He stayed. Now he’s noticed a pattern: whenever things get real, Rob puts up another wall. Cam is done settling for stolen moments and carefully guarded pieces of the man he loves. He wants all of Rob, not just the parts that are easy for him to give. When a string of disappearances leads to an exclusive wellness retreat promising transformation, it quickly becomes clear that the polished facade is hiding something far more sinister than self-improvement. Worse still, it’s a threat Rob has faced before — and almost didn’t survive. This monster isn’t mindless. It knows exactly where Rob’s defenses are weakest. Because shoring up your own walls sometimes leaves the people outside of them exposed. And when something this hungry has deemed you a threat, it’s often the ones you love who are most at stake. — Let's Slay Together is a standalone "sequel" to You're The One That I Haunt — the main cast of characters is the same, but the plot is self-contained. This is a contemporary romance with high-stakes suspense elements anda guaranteed HEA. Perfect for fans of Supernatual and those who love stories about two people learning that choosing one another is the bravest thing they can do.

In Tomothy Burke’s mind, people think of firefighters as strong, confident, bold, and brave. They do not think of him, a man trapped behind a desk and afraid of the shadow his large frame casts. Tom’s dissatisfied with the present. Wary of the future. Haunted by his past, including a fastidious red head who used to live next door, but mysteriously vanished one night from their small Aussie town. Zac Hutton has a thing for bow ties, flirty banter, and giant men. He’s has been living a nomadic existence for a decade, but when fate calls him home, he answers, bringing with him laughter, sunshine and an eternal spark a certain grumpy fireman feared he’d never experience again. Will Tomothy open himself up to happiness? Will Zach stay long enough to find out? Part of the Too Hot to Handle series.

A requiem for the living. That’s what my life had been reduced to. And like a ticking time bomb, I waited for the moment it would all go up in flames. Because when caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, what else can a man do to survive? Only this wasn’t a story about men, but monsters. And yet, in the midst of this mayhem, there was one who stood out. Santiago Rivas. A boxer. A fighter. A force to be reckoned with. Captivated from the very beginning, I became consumed by him. For better or worse, I could never take my eyes off him, and now my only wish was to become the wound he’d never heal from. So even if, by some rare chance, he managed to survive, he’d never truly live. Now that the lines have been drawn, the two are left to their final fight, with one question lingering above all: Is love enough? When there are no more masks to hide behind, no more lies to tell, and most definitely, no more hope to cling to, Santiago and Ariyan are put to the test. Will they finally break free? Or simply trade one prison for another? **You can check the book preview for Trigger Warnings**

A sparkling queer holiday rom-com about a former book editor determined to save his family’s failing inn… and the infuriatingly charming contractor he can’t seem to cut from the narrative. Freshly dumped and jobless, Adam Wheatley has a list of personal failures as long as his arm. Forced to move back to his sleepy Maine hometown, he feels completely without purpose… until he learns that his aunt Rose has been keeping a secret: her beloved inn is failing, and she’s just weeks away from losing her home and her livelihood. Adam has a brilliant idea to save the business: he’ll take charge of renovating the inn, and organize a grand re-opening on Christmas Eve. Then, victorious, he’ll move back to the city to rebuild his life and his career in publishing. But when the renovation proves more “flop” than “flip,” Adam realizes it will take a Christmas miracle to turn things around. Enter Graham, the maddeningly competent, ridiculously attractive contractor who offers to help… in exchange for a place to stay. He’s talented, patient, kind, and far too easy to like, which is inconvenient, because Adam has sworn off romance. Permanently. As the inn’s future becomes even more uncertain, and his feelings for Graham grow more confusing, Adam finds himself rewriting more than just his to-do lists. Because the future he thought he wanted, and the one he’s starting to build with Graham, might not be the same story at all. And this time, there’s no easy edit.

Some things are harder to survive than murder. Hakeem Morales wants to be the kind of horror actor people build midnight screenings around. At the moment, he’s mostly working nights at a Los Angeles horror bar, The Last Cue; trying not to spiral about his stalled life; and wondering whether his new roommate is trying to kill him. Antonio Sanchez is older, private, unfairly attractive, and suspicious in ways Hakeem feels should be illegal. He writes cryptic things in notebooks. He jokes too much about Hakeem’s upcoming twenty-seventh birthday. Every time Hakeem almost convinces himself he’s being dramatic, Antonio does something else deeply alarming. Unfortunately, Hakeem’s growing list of evidence is matched only by his growing attraction, because nothing improves a possible murder situation like developing a crush on the man you’re pretty sure is planning it.

Tangled are the promises given from the heart. When the Council of Witches demands Bran Gallagher cast aside his dying coven and join a new one, he flees to the Otherworld with the man he loves to escape his sentencing. Cillian Dunne returns to the Otherworld as the long-thought-dead Winter Prince, his past still lost to him in his mind. To win back the Winter Court stolen from him, Cillian must seek allies in the Fae who judged him guilty of associating with witches long ago. Among the Fae, who are his sworn enemy, Bran will do and become anything to stay by his lover's side, even if it means wearing Cillian's collar and being seen as his pet. Journeying with Bran to the Autumn Court, Cillian rejoins Fae high society during the Midsummer Festival. Little do they know the pitfalls that await, including an adversarial King Lugh, who wants Bran for his personal entertainment. Cillian will do whatever it takes to keep Bran safe. Navigating a dance of long-forgotten manners and insidious words, he strikes an unbreakable bargain with Lugh that sets the clock ticking for Cillian to prove his innocence. But as a threat to the Autumn Court creeps ever closer, the stakes become impossibly high. In the end, Cillian must choose between keeping his bargain and his life…or lose forever the witch who owns his heart.

"A narcoleptic demon and a human medical examiner meet in a morgue," sounds like the start to a punchline, not a love story. Who says it can't be both? When Absylom Inoré wakes in a body bag, the last thing he expects is to fall head over tail for the M.E. preparing to perform his autopsy. Oscar “Doc” Herrera is everything Abi could ever want but never believed he could have, not with his complicated baggage, crippling anxiety, and tendency to fall comatose at the slightest provocation. But in Doc’s firm, caring hands, Abi discovers the safety he’s spent years searching for and the strength he never knew he possessed. At thirty-nine, Doc is content with his simple life of jazz records, build kits, red wine, and tending to the dead to ensure no one is forgotten. That is, until he unzips a cadaver pouch to reveal a very undead demon twelve years his junior deadset on painting his monochrome world multicolor. As a human raised in the Hell dimension, Doc’s never been anyone’s first choice, but if Abi’s relentless pursuit proves anything, it’s that he knows what he wants and what he wants is Doc. Death brought them together, but will life keep them apart? Or will Abi and Doc discover that, sometimes, the safest place to land is the one least expected, autopsy rooms included? Join Abi, Doc, and the rest of the eccentric staff of The Passing Through Cafe in this laugh-out-loud LGBTQ+ urban fantasy rom-com, full of found family, sweet stalking, morgue meet-cutes, and a gentle love that heals a multitude of scars.

He was supposed to distract the boss’s nephew. Falling for him wasn’t in the contract. Telling the truth is fucking hard. Jonah has made some incredibly dumb decisions in his life, the worst of which left him buried beneath a mountain of debt. It’s fine. He’ll just work his ass off for the next ten years and hope his soul isn’t repossessed first. Then his boss offers him a way out. All Jonah has to do is take Avery Kendrick, the intimidatingly gorgeous coworker he’s been crushing on for months, on three dates. Keep Avery occupied, report back afterward, and every cent Jonah owes will disappear. It should be easy. Jonah can lie a little, survive three dates with the man of his dreams, and walk away debt-free. Except Avery isn’t the coldhearted executive everyone believes him to be. He’s thoughtful, unexpectedly soft, and dangerously easy to fall for. Soon, their pretend relationship feels painfully real, Jonah’s lies are getting harder to contain, and it’s becoming clear his boss wants Avery distracted for reasons that have nothing to do with matchmaking. Jonah was prepared to risk his heart. He wasn’t prepared to discover just how much the truth might cost them both.

Ashley Montagu, accomplished jewel thief and son of an earl, has a vengeful heist to plan and does not need a kind-hearted man with the arse of a Roman god falling into his life. Especially when that man is looking for a wife. Henry Cavendish, country gentleman and Bow Street police informant, is up in Town for the Season to find a wife, not an exquisite man with sky gray eyes and a sober mouth that wants kissing. He struggles to reconcile his feelings with his duty, and then discovers Ashley’s identity: the jewel thief Henry has been tracking for years.

A guitarist on a redemption tour and the angel who is haunting him. The high school romance neither of them can get over. Emerson Golding is dead, but that hasn't stopped him from haunting his twin brother’s best friend. While his past life of self-denial helped him achieve all of his goals, it robbed him of the only person he ever truly wanted. West Maedina knew it was a mistake to start hooking up with Emerson in their senior year of high school, but somehow, even six years after his death, he still can't get over him. The last thing West needs while Tilted Haze is on their second tour is to start hallucinating Emerson’s scent, his voice, his touch, and yet, West isn’t sure if he wants to escape from him. Sell Your Heart is a steamy MM rockstar romance with a paranormal twist, following two guys through their past high-school relationship and what happens after Emerson dies and becomes an angel.

Will I’m not well. Never have been, really. Monsters have chased me most of my life. And recently, I let them get out of control. Now I’m a divorced single dad trying to get my life back on track. I do everything I can to make the monsters go away. But one stays. Nothing stops him. I’m at my breaking point. Until slowly, I find myself chasing him… Even if it ends up ruining me. Rouge He’s not like the others. My sweetling. His misery is unique. A taste that I do not wish to give up. I have a role to fulfill. I should move on from him. But I won’t. I’ll stay. Even if it ends up ruining him.

Hector has his life under control. Mostly. He’s got a steady job, a plan to dig himself out of debt, and exactly zero room for distractions, especially not gorgeous ones with teasing smiles and too much confidence. At twenty-nine, Hector is a virgin by choice, a grumpy wolfman who keeps his head down, works hard, and refuses to rely on anyone. He’s learned the hard way that family is a liability. Unfortunately, his job comes with Mason Grant. Mason is everything Hector isn’t: charming, infuriating, tattooed, pierced, and impossible to ignore. A Pooka with biker vibes and a face that promises trouble, he used to needle Hector relentlessly, until one day, he didn’t. Now there are soft words, lingering looks, and a warmth that sinks under Hector’s skin no matter how hard he fights it. Mason knows exactly what Hector is. And more importantly, who he is. Hector is his mate, fierce, loyal, breathtaking, and Mason is done pretending otherwise. If banter pushed him away, then devotion will pull him close. He’ll be patient. He’ll be gentle. He’ll worship every sharp edge and stubborn refusal until Hector finally understands that wanting doesn’t make him weak, and that being claimed doesn’t mean being owned. The moon is rising. The bond is pulling tight. And Mason’s demon agrees on one thing: Hector belongs with them.

Phillip Gregory, or as his students affectionately call him, “Professor Gory,” is deeply dedicated to the field of thanatology, the study of death and bereavement. Yet at nearly sixty years old and well-versed in the effects of death on the living, even after a decade, he still hasn’t gotten over the loss of his husband. Determined to take his sabbatical finally and further his research into artistic depictions of specters, death gods, and other undead around the world, the last thing Phillip wants is company, least of all in the form of a handsome young grad student he never asked for. Only Corbin Fearnley might be more than he appears. A stray touch to Corbin’s hand awakens something in Phillip, a connection to the dead he never expected. Suddenly able to see the spirits in his library that he once thought a quirk of his imagination, Phillip is brought into a world beyond the study of death and into the real reason Corbin was sent to him. A malevolent spirit somehow tied to Phillip's library is growing in power, and Corbin and the society of death he belongs to, Aborientes Umbrae, are the only ones capable of stopping it. With Phillip's newfound abilities, and Corbin boasting powers of his own, the two embark down a path of danger, discovery, and mutual attraction. But is Phillip ready to accept new love into his life or is the malicious force growing in power around them destined to keep them apart? Welcome to the world of Silver Linings, where old age doesn’t have to mean bad backs and regrets. Silver Linings is a shared concept collaboration about older silver foxes and their magical midlife awakenings. Grab your tea, light a candle, and dive into six magical cozy worlds full of whimsy, warmth and happily-ever-afters.

One star reviews are a fact of life, or so I told Zee. But when someone leaves the SOS HOTEL a scathing review online? And that person insults Zee’s honor as the hotel’s Halloween experience manager? Yeah, you guessed it. Things escalate from there… * * * SOS Hotel is a whacky adventure about a vampire lord, an adult-movie-star demon, and a boring human who absolutely does not have any secrets. You'll find dark humor and explicit language throughout the books. Proceed with caution. No guest refunds. Have a GREAT stay! Note When to read: This novella can be read at any time during the series, but it's advisable to read a few of the main SOS HOTEL books prior to this to get a feel for the world and its characters. There are no major series spoilers in this novella.

He said yes before he could stop himself. Now the whole town thinks he's taken. Dr. Noah Whitaker has never once said no to anyone. So when Mrs. Cutter corners him at the Juniper Falls Inn reopening and asks who he's seeing, he points at the nearest man: Rory Callahan, a big, quiet carpenter with a slow smile and a talent for giving people whatever they want. Rory plays along. They draw up Terms: nine clauses, two riders, an end date, and one line in underlined ink: nobody falls in love. But a sister's wedding, an ex-husband with a garden, a clinic that might be sold out from under him and a bed that is only supposed to be for show are about to make the Terms very hard to keep. Fake dating. Slow burn. One bed, and a lot of arithmetic. A steamy small-town romance with a guaranteed happy ending. Book 3 of the Juniper Falls series. Each book is a standalone romance with a guaranteed happy ending.

He said no cooking. No restaurant. No press. Cal Brennan came to Juniper Falls with a cot, a hot plate, and a locked kitchen door. Sammy Okafor has never left anyone alone in his life. When Ruth Abbott hands the town's beloved festival coordinator a $140,000 grant and a deadline, Sammy walks into Cal's half-restored inn with a clipboard and a color-coded schedule. One broken boiler, one flooded apartment and one very narrow daybed later, the grumpiest chef in Maine is learning to open doors. But a Boston job offer sits unanswered in Sammy's drafts, and a reporter is asking about the fire Cal never talks about. Grumpy × sunshine. Forced proximity. One heater. A slow, steamy thaw. Book 2 of the Juniper Falls series. Each book is a standalone romance with a guaranteed happy ending.

Levi Anderson has never felt more alone. Since saying goodbye to his husband, he has drifted between long shifts at the hospital and quiet, empty hours in his apartment, surrounded by boxes he can’t bring himself to unpack. He refuses to face the pain, or imagine a life without him. Shay Miller has never been more furious. In one devastating moment, he lost the man he loved, his job, and the home they shared. He’s barely holding himself together. He’s tried to start over, but deep down, he knows he can’t move on until he lets go of the past, and stops hurting himself. When fate brings Levi and Shay together, they immediately see how different they are and can’t imagine ever being drawn to one another. Levi is still learning how to live again, while Shay is learning how to forgive. Yet, with this stranger who’s appeared out of nowhere, Levi slowly begins to open up and trust again. And with this man, terrified of letting himself go, Shay starts to long for someone he can protect and love. For the first time, the future feels possible for both of them. But Levi doesn’t know Shay has lied about who he is, or that he’s hiding a secret capable of destroying everything, leaving Levi to hate the man he loves for the rest of his life.

Humans, AI, Tha’fell and Altaeth get a lesson in working together is the only way they have a chance of holding their own against the Khul. Even the Osiris discovers it has more to learn. But after the battle, Jace and Khoth finally become bonded mates, a status that has great personal happiness for their families, but worrying consequences should something happen to one of them. And finally, Chili the pig gets a new bow, and Gehenna gets a new terrifying form in this action-packed fourth book.

Is he as innocent as he looks or just as dangerous as I am? Blush Whisper is one hell of a man and all I’ve wanted since I first saw him. I laid it on thick, and when he finally said yes, I figured it would be one and done. That’s always how it goes. Men obsess about my looks and charm, my body and sensuality, but as soon as they get what they want, they ghost me. Which is fine. My life is complicated and messy. I have a secret, a big nasty one, that if anyone discovered, it would ruin me and my motley family. So I protect it by keeping people at arm’s length, even those I love. Keeping Whisper at a distance though? That’s proving difficult. Whisper The second I laid eyes on Blush, I knew I was in trouble. He flirted with me for months, and I tried to stay away, but there’s only so much temptation a man can resist. I’m only human. Blush is sexy, beautiful, and sassy, a perfect blend of what I’d be into if I wanted a relationship. I don’t. Fortunately, neither does he. I gave my heart away once and after what happened, I locked it away, where I plan to keep it. The plan was casual hookups only, but with Blush, that’s not as easy as it sounds. The closer I get to him, the more I start to suspect that the laid back flirting is just an act and that danger simmers beneath his gorgeous exterior. What I can’t figure out is if he’s in trouble or am I.

I have a crush on my shadow. Ok, he's not actually my shadow, he's a shadow man from the Shadow Realm. But he follows me around like he's attached to me. Wherever I turn he's there, watching me from a shadowy corner with those fathomless amber eyes. He's silent, looming, brooding and terrifying. Me? I'm annoyingly cheerful, apparently. So having a being called Dark decide to stalk me is, you know. Ironic. Not that I mind, because for a literal monster, he’s kinda sweet. Considerate. Extremely attentive. All in all, moving to the city really has been wilder than I thought. I work in a coffee shop where the owner is engaged to a shadow prince and my manager is a witch, and that's how I met my shadow. Although he isn't actually mine. But I think I want him to be. There’s just the small matter of saving the world from a doomsday prophecy to deal with first.

As the son of a hockey legend, I’ve spent my entire life under a microscope, my skills with a puck the only thing people seemed to care about. Now that I’m in the pros, every eye in the building is on me to deliver on the promise of my last name. Then there’s Mikey Porter, a grinder up from the minors with absolutely nothing riding on him. The guy’s loud where I’m quiet, relaxed where I’m wound tight, and comfortable in his skin in a way I’ve never been. And he’s good, too, better than anyone’s giving him credit for. But his conditioning’s a disaster, and unless something changes fast, he’s going to get cut. For the sake of the team, I offer to help. That’s the excuse I go with, anyway. What starts as extra ice time turns into shared dinners, then a shared address, and the first real friendship I’ve ever had. The closer we get, the harder it is to pretend what I feel for him isn’t more … until one night makes pretending impossible. At least in private. But when a careless moment in public blows our secret wide open, I have to decide if I’m willing to keep being the person everyone expects, or if I’ll burn my image to the ground for the one thing I actually want, him.

I was made to be forgotten. No human should know my face. I should have left their town a long time ago when my feathers first started forming to join my flock in the deep forests. Except, I wasn’t allowed to. Held captive and starved long after all memory of me should have faded away, I have lingered here in the darkness of this foul, old attic. I am not as I should be, my body used for too many years as a tool for humans to harvest the most precious pieces: my golden quills. But there is hope of escape. A new human has come to this house and his eyes hold kindness inside them. There is a softness in him I can use to my advantage. He reluctantly agrees to help me heal what his kind have broken and in doing so sows the seeds for my revenge. I am feathers and claws. I am monster made of bone and blood. But when Conway looks at me, I can see the gentle creature I could have been instead. The more I grow, the stronger I become and the harder it is to hold back my hatred and anger, but he is my safety. Conway is the calm to my storm and the peace in my soul. When I leave this place, he will forget me as he should. The only problem is that I don’t know if my heart will survive being forgotten. Golden is a full-length MM dark monster romance as part of the Mayhem Manuscripts Cryptids shared world collaboration.

You’re formally readmitted to Creelin University, known locally as ‘Creepin U’. The only things wilder than the monsters prowling around campus are the love stories unfolding between classes. Thane feels like a fish out of water when he enters Creepin U. Most of his life has revolved around taking care of his younger siblings and now that he’s on his own, it hits him all at once that he’s a thirty year old who’s got a lot to catch up on. For one, it might be nice to finally experience his first kiss. Maverick needs a break. When he’s offered the position of taking care of the campus medical center, Maverick jumps at the chance at a slower paced job. That’s where he sees Thane for the first time and sparks fly. The two can’t seem to stop running into each other and what starts as mild intrigue, very quickly turns into something much deeper. Terrible parents, deadlines, jobs, and blood moons threaten to make them stumble but every twist and turn only serves to bring them closer together. All of Thane’s focus is on taking care of his family while Maverick just wants to take care of Thane. All Orc Nothing is part of the Creepin U: Season Two collab series. Inside you’ll find an overworked human doctor, an orc who’s busy taking care of everyone around him, insta-love, an age gap, first times, size difference, power dynamics, a sexy blood moon, a Halloween Ball, a supportive twin sister, two younger siblings who ‘ship it’, found family, and of course, a happily ever after!

When portals from another world split open the sky, humanity braces for war… only to discover the monsters from Erethar aren’t here to conquer. They need something from humans. Something oddly specific in order to survive. But being a Deaf man, they’ve wanted nothing to do with me. At least, up until I meet a very high-ranking monster in Las Vegas. My night with Eissa is meant to be a one-time thing with very specific rules, but when we get back home, he’s there, and still cornering me in dark alleys to take what he wants. Unfortunately, just as I’ve decided to move on, I become a target of an anti-monster faction, and I have no other choice but to take sanctuary on Erethar… …as a newly contracted Vyastil companion to none other than Eissa himself. While Eissa hasn’t changed, here on Erethar it’s becoming obvious there’s more to his story than I thought. And if I play my cards right and learn exactly how to tempt him, he may be willing to do more than just take what I have to offer. He may be willing to keep me. My name is Luca, and I’m working my gym-tightened ass off to win the heart of a scarred Vyastil who needs more than just a little romp in the sheets. You’re welcome, Eissa.

QUINN When my maker turned me into a vampire, he stole everything that made me human. My conscience. My emotions. Even my free will. But the moment I looked into Derek’s eyes, I felt like myself again for the first time since my heart stopped beating. He's kind, earnest, and honest. I couldn’t help falling for him. I’d give him anything he asks for. Except the blood bond. Because that would mean letting him experience every terrible thing I've ever done. And if he sees the monster I used to be, I'm terrified I'll lose him forever. DEREK Everything about me is a lie. And Quinn can never know. Five years ago, I witnessed a mafia hit. I barely escaped with my life, and I've lived in hiding ever since, pretending to be someone I'm not. My name is fake. My past is made up. Quinn is the only thing in my world that's real. But now, the past has finally caught up with me. And I have two choices: I can disappear again, abandoning the only man I've ever loved. Or I can stay and fight for the life we've built together. But staying means facing the cold-blooded killers who intend to tie up a loose end, me, at any cost. And worse yet, it means finally telling Quinn the truth about who I really am. The mafia might just kill me. But losing Quinn would destroy me. On the Run with His Vampire Mate is an open-door MM paranormal romance novella featuring a human/vampire pairing, fated mates, hurt/comfort, found family, familiar faces from the Blood Bonded Mates series, attempted mafia hits that might not go quite as planned (because… vampires), and at least one exasperated immortal who is absolutely done with all these lovestruck idiots. This book features a guaranteed HEA with no cliffhanger. While it can be read as a standalone, for the best reading experience, this novella should be read after Taming His Vampire Mate.

I was in the wrong place at the wrong time when I caught the attention of a notorious mafia heir. I’ll do anything to pay off the debt hanging over my head, including becoming a stripper. But then Antonio Scalera buys the club, and the only job he offers me is to be his tutor. He’s a ruthless prince, and the last man I should work for if I want to keep my peace of mind. He gives me no choice anyway, because once he decides I belong to him, there’s no escaping him. He controls everything about me including my schedule, life, and even my body. When his enemies realize they can get to him through me, I do the only thing I can think of to protect him. I run. But there’s one thing I forget about Antonio Scalera. He never lets go of what’s his. Tropes: 🔪Mafia Heir x Nerdy Tutor 🔥Mafia Romance 🔪Morally Gray MMC 🔥Touch Him And Die 🔪Grumpy x Sunshine 🔥Size Difference 🔪Possessive/Obsessive Vibes 🔥Stalking

Everybody says senior year is the best time in your life, but A.J. Walker would trade it for another chance at grade eleven in a heartbeat. The fact that time keeps moving forward should be a good thing. After all, Bren O’Shea promised they’d be together again. But a lot can happen in a year, and even if things don’t fall apart, they still live on two different continents. Imagine A.J.’s surprise when a familiar red-haired boy shows up at Peacock Collegiate on the first day of class. With the two of them together, it’s all A.J. can do to keep from losing himself in dreams of what senior year might look Bren's first Canadian winter, trips to the family cabin, and matching suits at graduation. But there’s no hiding from the Irish certs, even when they’re an ocean away, and Mrs. O’Shea isn’t about to let her son risk his future on a lark. He needs to ace every one of his classes or he's on the first plane back to Glenbridge. Bren is a lot of things, but a straight A student isn’t one of them. And even if he was, what might happen now that he’s put that kind of pressure on himself?

When the family secret is a history of being lunch… I don’t have the best track record when it comes to jobs. Since finishing uni, I’ve been drifting from hospo to retail and back again, searching for something that will hold my interest and leaving a trail of irritated wanker bosses behind me. When I once again find myself unemployed, my long-lost cousin steps in with a fantastic opportunity. Turns out, when my parents decided to walk away from the family, they left a generational business as well, and there’s a job waiting for me if I want it. The catch? Vampires are real, and they’ll pay to drink my blood. The Barale family sets the gold-star standard for vampire feeders, and the mere mention of my name gets me a job with a salary and benefits beyond my wildest dreams. In return, I need to move into a vampire’s house and offer him my wrist twice a day. Simple. Except my new community, including my vampire, Tristan, doesn’t know that I’m clueless about their world, and it’s more complicated and dangerous than I thought. I’ve got to keep my head down and mouth shut while I learn the basics. How hard can it be? After all, I’m a legacy.

Siren outcast Aleks Parthenope knows loss: abandonment by his mother and family when he came out as trans six years ago, and the sudden departure of his favorite coach before that. Now, after years of fighting, he’s earned his return to competitive artistic swimming, and qualifying for the Clash of Creatures in Monstralia is what he’s dreamed of. There’s only one thing standing in his way, he needs a coach, and no one is willing to work with an outcast. Artistic swimming coach Javier Zamora, the human offspring of a siren, has spent years carrying the guilt of a young siren’s death. Javier has built a new life for himself, but everything crumbles around him when he sees an article about a siren trying to return to competition after transitioning, a siren whose pale green scales he’d recognize anywhere. When Javier shows up on Aleks’ doorstep looking like he’s seen a ghost, the siren wants nothing to do with the coach who disappeared from his life years ago. But with no other options, working with Javier is the only way Aleks can get what he wants, a chance to win.

One rescue changed everything. I came to Clover Ridge planning to settle an inheritance and head back to the city. The last thing I expected was to end up in the arms of the gorgeous firefighter who pulled me out of danger. Rescuing people is my job. Falling for the stubborn newcomer I can't seem to stay away from definitely isn't. The longer he's in town, the more excuses I find to see him, and the harder it becomes to imagine Clover Ridge without him. He insists he's only passing through. I'm determined to prove some places, and some people, are worth staying for.

Haunting #442: SoulCycle Spin Studio Number of ghosts: A boogie bunch of phantom disco divas Location: West End, London History: Former site of an underground gay nightclub from the 70s. It burned down in an unsolved arson incident and killed a number of men who got trapped in the club. Wanted: Immediate ghost removal. Customers can’t handle the flickering lights, ectoplasm facials, or ABBA and the BeeGees playing on repeat while they’re trying to work out. The ExorSquad Team: Callum Fraser, former Detective Inspector turned ghost hunter. Visiting American paranormal podcaster, Beau Montgomery. Additional Notes: Apparitions spotted in studio mirrors. Flying objects and ectoplasm. All exercise music that is played switches over to disco classics. Instances of temporary possession reported, customers made to do The Bump and The Hustle. Phantom strobe lights and illuminated floors have begun to manifest. A disco ball hanging from the ceiling keeps reappearing no matter how many times it is removed. Notable increase in paranormal activity signals growing danger. Be careful! Glitter. Ghosts. One grump, one sunshine, and a haunting that might just spark a love story. Callum Fraser From Detective Inspector to ghost hunter, how did my life go this spectacularly wrong? The supernatural upended my world, and after some highly questionable training from ExorSquad Ltd. I’m chasing ghosts instead of criminals. My latest case? A haunted spin studio and a gaggle of disco-loving spirits from the 70s. Enter chaos in the form of Beau Montgomery. An absurdly cheerful American in suspenders and a bowtie who insists on calling me “big fella.” Beau’s all glitter, warmth, and a smile sweeter than sin. I prefer order, control, and silence, but somehow he manages to dazzle and confound me in equal measure. Meanwhile, our ghosts are upping their paranormal antics, and if we can’t helpthem move on soon, their funky little afterlife party might turn dangerous. Beau Montgomery My plan? Come to England for a paranormal pilgrimage and research trip for my podcast. Not in the plan? Meeting Callum Fraser, tall, brooding, and grumpy enough to sour a glass of lemonade. Back home in Mobile, Alabama, when someone blows into your life like a tornado, folks just call it fate. We’ve got some sassy spirits to help get their eternal happily ever afters ASAP, but I’m laying on the charm while we work. Who says I can’t multitask? Wooing my grumpy, guarded Scotsman isn’t about to take a backseat. A Southern gentleman doesn’t go down without a fight… and I sure as hell will prove it. If we want our very own HEA, we have to wrap up the case and figure out how to keep our spark alive across the Atlantic. Otherwise, our chance at love may turn (un)deader than disco. The ExorSquad Series is a collection of standalone MM romcoms centred around the unfortunate employees of ExorSquad Ltd, the UK's shadiest ghost-busting operation. Expect supernatural shenanigans, things that go bump in the night, sizzling encounters, and hard-won happy-ever-afters.

My name is Mordecai Ashenvale, and I am a vampire. My species exists on the outskirts of society. Segregated by choice. Forgettable by design. We are myth and legend. We were never meant to befriend humans, for it is dangerous. We were never supposed to invite them into our world… But that all changed one fateful night when power-hungry kin raised an army of human hunters, usurped the throne, and kidnapped the great elder, my uncle. As his direct descendant, I’m the only one with the power to save him, but it’s the last thing I want to do. Here is my secret: I despise the curse I carry, and it was he who cursed me. Since I don’t want to rule our people, rescuing him is my only option. The journey requires integration with humans. The last thing I expected was to form a bond with one of them. For my long-dead heart to reawaken. To find a love so glorious in its simplicity and so crushing in its impermanence. Ensley Elowen is a blissful reprieve from misery that I don’t deserve. I can’t be part of his life, but I refuse to curse him with mine. Besides, I have a mission. A dangerous mission that he can know nothing about.

Desiring your enemy can be terribly inconvenient. Adam Milnes deliberately bankrupted Lord Milnes-Wilkes because he killed Adam’s best friend Rose. Revenge tasted sweet until he met Lord Milnes-Wilkes’ heir. The last thing he expected was for the Earl’s heir to be the opposite of his terrible father. Is this regret he’s feeling? Or something else entirely? Theo, Lord Milnes-Wilkes, has arrived home from the Peninsula War to inherit a complete mess from his abusive father, the previous Earl. The estate is bankrupt, and Theo’s sister wants him to marry an heiress to save the estate. His desire to try and recoup the money from the man responsible for the estate’s troubles has nothing to do with the fact that the man is stunningly handsome… Will they get their Regency Christmas wedding with a twist?

Shiloh: Ridiculous. Shiloh knows why he has to go through the portal. It’s his destiny…well, the destiny he was given. Either way, what he doesn’t understand was why the fates would give him two mates who not only don’t understand what being a sub is, they don’t even understand each other. Zorin: Frustrating. Zorin has decided English has many wonderful words like frustrating and nuance. It also has many interesting concepts such as being a Daddy and caretaking a mate. What it does not have is an explanation for what the fates were thinking. Raxius? Raxius: Confused. Raxius knew why he was confused…there were a variety of reasons if he was being honest. He also knew he had a confusing mate. Zorin? Really? What he didn’t know was how to help his shy Earth mate or how to take care of two very different males. Author’s Note: This slow burn romance is the third book in the spinoff series from the original Blue Ridge Magic books. This takes place after the events in the original series and should be read in order for it to make sense. This series contains spoilers for the original series. (That’s still obvious, but I’m going to remind you anyway.)

Forbidden didn't stop me from wanting him. It's not going to stop me from having him, either. Hansel is my omega step-brother. My best-kept secret. The one person I was never, ever supposed to want, and the reason I'd burn this whole enchanted house to the ground. In the life before this one, I was noble about it. I kept my distance, kept my hands to myself, kept my mouth shut about the old woman who raised us and what she was really doing to us behind all that kindness. Being good got him taken from me. Being good got us killed. I'm not going to be good again. Somehow, I've woken back up before the trap closed around us. I have one chance to figure out how to get us out of the debt that is keeping us bound here, to this home and this village. And somewhere between saving his life and stealing every kiss he's too dazed to refuse, I'm going to make sure Hansel finally understands what I've wanted since before either of us should have: everything. He doesn't remember loving me. That's fine. I remember enough for both of us, and I intend to remind him, thoroughly, every night we survive.

Newly minted werewolf Luke Forrest was prepared for fangs, fur, and full moons. But nobody warned him that ‘lack of rear end awareness’ was something he’d be dealing with. What do you mean, he can’t remember how to climb stairs and ladders? If Luke wants to keep his job as a construction worker he’s going to have to figure this out, and fast. Enter Hunter Madison, an expert who specializes in shifter coordination issues. When Hunter stumbled upon the supernatural world, he also found a niche market for his Personal Training skills. Who knew so many new shifters had trouble making their brains and limbs cooperate, or that they’d need a PT to help them figure it out? What follows is a series of hilarious and hopeless efforts to help improve Luke’s coordination. To be fair to Hunter, his training sessions would probably be more effective if they both weren’t so distracted by the sizzling chemistry between them, but Hunter has a hard and fast rule about not dating werewolves, even if they are exactly his type. It looks like Luke is going to have to jump through some hoops if he wants a chance with his hunky personal trainer.

Roommates. With Dallas Rucker. This is what I get for signing my contract late. Now I have to share a room at a remote winter lodge with someone notorious for kicking his roommates out to hook up with guests: the charming snowboarding instructor who just so happens to be the same guy who caused my gay awakening four years ago. Nikola is worried he might not survive another day watching his roommate flirt with girls. Until he challenges Dallas to a bet: no flirting, kissing, or sleeping with anyone at the resort. The first person who breaks has to grant the winner the ability to kick them out of the room for “privacy” any time they want for the rest of the season. What could go wrong? For Dallas, who hasn’t had a dry spell this long in several years, and is only just now starting to notice how ripped his friend and roommate is, a lot. Snowplowed is a 75k word spicy romance novel in 1st person dual POV, set in a remote mountain lodge in Western North Carolina. Get ready for a bisexual awakening, hot snowboarders and ski lift engineers, and four years of yearning culminating into one winter season.

Can a flirtatious camboy let down his guard long enough for a lonely silver fox Daddy to show him he’s worthy of a love that lasts a lifetime? Camboy Tristan likes casual hookups, but love and relationships aren’t for him. Then a silver fox crashes one of his live streams, and everything he believed about himself starts to unravel. After decades living as a straight man, Henry is looking for the right guy to give his heart to. He nearly gives up until he realizes the masked entertainer he’s been lusting after online and the gorgeous younger man he’s been eyeing at his gay bar are one and the same. Henry’s elated when Tristan gives him a chance. But then Tristan pulls away, convinced he’s not good enough to be loved by a Daddy like Henry, and Henry determines to show his Angel Baby that he’s worth it. There’s no question they fit together in bed, especially as they discover new facets of themselves that turn their dynamic on its head, but can they work through their hangups and make room to fit into each other’s hearts, too?

Two dedicated doctors. Two terrible role models. One sudden family to build before the paint is even dry on the nursery. Dr. Preston York can de-escalate a panicked patient using nothing but his signature charm and the name of the man's dog. But getting his husband to discuss their future? That usually ends with one of them sleeping on the couch. Dr. Luke Silva can run a trauma bay during a Code Blue without breaking a sweat. But ask the stoic attending about his estranged father, and watch him walk right out of the room. One year into their marriage, the two physicians are finally hitting their professional stride. Life is good, even if they're sharing a Queens walk-up the size of a spice rack with a radiator that clanks in D minor at 3:00 AM. But it’s only four hundred square feet of good life, and something is going to have to give. Then Preston's father calls with a surprise. In the York family, that word ranges from "delightful" to "federal subpoena" with nothing in between. Suddenly, their tiny world is overflowing. Mama Ortiz has upgraded from asking about grandchildren to aggressively planting baby brochures in coat pockets. Luke's sister Elena just arrived fresh out of college with a CPA, two suitcases, and a life plan nobody voted on. Catherine York is plotting, and has entered into an unholy alliance with Mama Ortiz. And to top it all off, an unexpected face from Luke's past has reappeared, wearing the exact same grin he had the day he walked out. Preston reads people for a living. Luke stitches them back together. But as they face impending fatherhood, neither man has a clue what to do. The men who were supposed to teach them how to be dads left them with nothing but a masterclass in what not to do. They will figure out this sudden family thing. Loudly. Expensively. With at least one fainting incident, and a truly upsetting amount of Tupperware.

Accidentally bonding with an alien prince who growls at anyone who gets too close to me? Not on my Terrafeara survival bingo card. I was supposed to be snowboarding in Portugal. Instead, I got dragged through a dimensional rift, dropped into a monster-filled world, and nearly died before I even figured out which plants were trying to eat me. Then I met Aelith. Prince. Warrior. Walking political disaster. He’s also six-foot-something of glowing-eyed devotion who apparently decided I’m his person after sharing enough life force to keep me breathing. Now he watches me like I hang the stars, growls at anyone who upsets me, and makes my pulse do deeply embarrassing things whenever he’s nearby. The problem? His mother is the Queen. The rebellion wants her overthrown. And the entire realm is one bad day away from falling apart. As the bond between us grows stronger, secrets about the rifts begin to surface, secrets that could change everything we thought we knew about Terrafeara and the worlds beyond it. Because if we fail, we won’t just lose each other. We might lose every world connected to the rifts. Aelith is the fourth book in the Monsters & Mates series, a monster-filled MM romantic fantasy featuring fated mates, hurt/comfort, found family, political intrigue, portal fantasy adventures, possessive devotion, and a love powerful enough to change worlds.

Twenty years ago, my mother vanished from Hollow's End without a trace. Now I'm back, rifling through the cottage that used to be home, poring over the memories of a mom I never got the chance to know. But this town has secrets. Darkness. And the house on the hill that looms over my cottage raises goosebumps along my skin. Someone is up there. Three someones, who won't stop watching me. Drawing me in. Calling to me. And God help me, I want to answer. Aurel, who never breaks, until he tastes me. Silo, who wants to hear me scream. Winston, who begs me to run and won't let go. They say my blood sings to them. That they've been starving for a taste of me for a hundred years. I should lock my doors… Instead, I find myself climbing that hill in the dark, heart racing, pulse pounding in the exact spot they're staring at. Samhain is six days away. The town wants to offer me up as a sacrifice. But the monsters on the hill want to keep me. And I think I want to let them.

Darian When I was thirteen, my brother Nate’s death tore my family apart, leaving me to deal with the agony of losing both my brother and my grieving parents. Nate’s best friend, Levon Richardson, my crush for years, was the one person I thought I could count on. I was sure Lev would stick around and help me through the pain. But he left, just like everyone else. Six years later, he’s back, but something has changed. The feelings I have when I’m around him might be enough to start piecing together my shattered heart. I needed him then, and I know that I need him now. But the risk of being hurt again might be more than I can handle. Levon Inheriting my uncle’s motorcycle shop was always my dream. But as I settle back in my hometown with my new job and life, nearly everything reminds me of the loss of my best friend, Nate, when we were only sixteen. Guilt and shame around Nate’s death made me leave six years ago. Coming home now brings back all of those demons I tried to forget, especially once I cross paths with Nate’s younger brother, Darian. He’s no longer a kid, and the feelings that come with seeing him again are not entirely innocent. But he’s been fighting his own demons, and it’s not until he starts to open up to me that I realize just how much my leaving hurt both of us. Can I be here for him now, like he needed me to be here then? And can we both find the healing we desperately need in each other?

An NHL golden boy. A camboy dancer. One unfinished love story Skylar I did what I had to do for Maverick’s sake. Sometimes love means letting go. And since he’s living his dream and playing in the NHL, I’ve never doubted my decision. But he’s furious, standing in front of me and figuring out my secret. I want to do the right thing, but he’s right here, close enough to touch. I can’t resist him. Maverick I don’t know if I should kiss him or punch him. He left me with nothing, and I won’t force myself on him. One day we were dreaming of our future together, and the next he disappeared. We were starry-eyed kids, but I was in love with him. Still in love with him. I’m not letting him go without a fight. But I didn’t count on fighting my Sky.

Welcome to the world of Silver Linings, where old age doesn’t have to mean bad backs and regrets. Silver Linings is a shared concept collaboration about older silver foxes and their magical midlife awakenings. Grab your tea, light a candle, and dive into six magical cozy worlds full of whimsy, warmth and happily-ever-afters. Dean lives a very average life, some people would go so far as to say he’s boring but he doesn’t mind. At his age, boring isn’t such a bad thing. All of that changes when his daughter drags him to a coffee shop to meet two men who specialize in helping people discover their magical abilities. Dean always assumed he didn’t have magic, but it turns out, he just needed Nix and Kassian around to awaken it. Kassian has the ability to use other people’s magic in order to explain how they work. When he gets a glimpse at Nix and Dean’s soul lines, he realizes they’re meant to be together. He should be happy that his best friend has found his soul mate, so why the hell is he so jealous? Nix has been pining for Kassian since Kindergarten but assumes there’s no way that Kassian could feel the same way. When the two meet Dean, something between them changes and suddenly, with Dean’s help, they can finally see what’s been right in front of them the whole time. Seeing What’s in Front of You is an MMM urban fantasy story in the Silver Linings series. Inside you’ll find a silver fox who’s learning he’s a seer, a trans MC, bros who’re too busy pining to realize their feelings are returned, homoerotic T shot scenes, shwoopy fluff, an older demi MC, a silly mystery to solve, and of course a Toby Approved Happily Ever After!

Deep in the Sweet River forest, something ancient is watching… After my life fell apart, a ranger post in my old hometown sounded like the perfect escape. Quiet trails, familiar woods, and enough distance from my past to finally breathe again. I don’t expect the thing watching me from the trees. The locals have always whispered about the Lantern Stalkers, horned creatures with skull faces, swinging lanterns, and a trail of disappearances behind them. It’s all just folklore to me until I see the light in the forest and feel him watching me. Powerful, possessive, and bound to the forest by a forgotten goddess, Onyx is no campfire story. I know I should run from the monster in my woods. Instead, I follow the pull in my blood and discover that being claimed by a monster feels less like ruin and more like coming home. But Onyx isn’t the only thing hiding in the woods. There’s another creature out here, something that has decided if I belong to Onyx… Then I belong to him, too. Hush is a full-length MM dark monster romance and is part of the Mayhem Manuscripts Cryptids shared world collaboration. Kindly note that the cryptid featured on the cover is not a Wendigo.

We’re just friends. Nothing more. Jaxon My crush on the hot ogre goalie isn’t going anywhere, but my best friend and roommate, Christopher, is certain that he can help me and Aaron get together. Chris should know; he’s famous on campus for his hook-ups and dates. I’m hesitant about his plan, but I can never say no to Christopher. And then I will be with Aaron, and that’s what I want, right? Christopher Jaxon, my shy ogre best friend, needs my help to get Aaron, one of the most popular guys in school. I’ll help him, of course–I’d do anything for Jaxon–but I have no experience with romance besides fictional. So armed with romance books and a foolproof plan, I decide we’ll pretend to date each other to make Aaron jealous. It’s genius and will definitely work! Nothing is going to get in the way of my plan, not my annoying siblings, not my lack of dating experience, and definitely not this odd feeling I have when I see Aaron and Jaxon together. You are formally readmitted to Creelin University, known locally as “Creepin U.” The only thing wilder than the monsters prowling around the campus are the spicy MM love stories unfolding between the classes. This is a stand-alone romance with an introverted ogre, his mandated extroverted human, friends-to-lovers, fake dating, and lots of feels. This book is intended for adult audiences only.

Just how far can he fall? Asher Finnley’s life hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows. He lost his parents years ago in a tragic accident, leaving him and his twin sister, Ashlynn, with only each other. But a phone call late one night destroys even that. Beyond devastated and more alone than ever, Ash rushes down to California, completely unprepared for the responsibility awaiting him. His life in shambles, he tries to hold himself together. But his trip back home to Seattle proves too much. Stuck halfway there with a four-month-old infant he’s barely learned to care for and no one to lean on, Ash has no choice but to rely on a stranger’s help. Caspian Jacobs didn’t intend to return to his hometown of Redding, California after finishing college. But when his mother’s health took a turn for the worse, everything changed. He moved back home to become his mom’s full-time caregiver. Cass didn’t mind; he’d do anything for his parents, including putting his life on hold. When an unpredictable early-December snowstorm hits the region and an out-of-town stranger literally falls into Cass’s arms, turning his entire world upside down, again, he does what he always does: helps as best he can in an impossible situation. Once the roads clear, the two men find themselves six hundred miles apart, their fragile friendship the only thing holding Ash together. But as Cass starts hoping for something more, Ash can’t seem to look past his grief to let their relationship grow. Will the distance between them be too much to overcome?

When workaholic, Tyler Heaton outs himself at a family brunch, he never expected his sister to tell a lie. A lie that involves a non-existent boyfriend he’s been dating for three weeks. Since his sister enjoys seeing him frazzled, she takes her fun a bit further and invites them out to family dinner. He needs to find a boyfriend and fast, except he’s a bit of a recluse. With less than two hours to go he enlists the help of an escort app. Milo Hart is a freelance painter and legal guardian of his sister's two children since her untimely death. Raising two kids isn’t cheap and he’s turned to escorting to pay the bills and help the kids stay in their only home. He’s loud, proud, and a bit over the top, but Tyler isn’t complaining, because he’s cute. When a pro-LGBTQ law firm seeks to do business with Tyler’s family architecture firm, his father thinks Tyler can use his new public relationship to schmooze the owners into choosing Heaton Architectural over the five other companies that bid on the project. After a month of wining and dining the potential clients, Tyler and Milo want to give the dating a real chance and forgo the app. But without the extra income, Milo might lose the only home he’s ever known and the kids as well. Milo makes the choice to do one more escort job and is caught by Tyler, which leads to a breakup. Worried about keeping his dad’s approval, Tyler hides his breakup with Milo from his father and the clients. He needs to figure out what he really wants and acts quickly, or else risk losing the affection of the man he’s come to love.

My bag’s always packed but nobody warned me I’d want to unpack it. I take work with an expiry date for six weeks or three months, then I'm gone while it’s still fun. So a temporary manny gig for a single dad and his triplet daughters should've been easy with a clean exit. But the girls are always pulling tricks, they talk about dragons like they’re in the room with us, and they never take off their charm bracelets. Their father is the most gorgeous man I've ever met but he keeps his distance even when I catch him looking. Somewhere between bedtime stories and the almost kisses, I stop watching the exits. And wanting to stay scares me far more than whatever this family's hiding. The Dragon's Temporary Manny is an M/M mpreg shifter romance featuring fated mates, a single-dad dragon shifter counting down to the day his heart walks out the door, three little dragons with fire in their fingertips, a career temp who reads people for a living and still misses the obvious, a baby on the way, and a houseful of love hiding behind charm bracelets and a locked workshop. If you love a big-hearted human, an overprotective dragon shifter, and kids who accidentally singe the curtains, this one's for you.

Tyler doesn't have time to be an alpha, let alone scent match with the date he accidentally stole from his best friend, Alden. His only focus is finding a more reliable and affordable suppressor to give omegas and alphas control over their bodies. But when the cute omega with an irresistible scent falls into danger, he has no choice but to rescue him. Then Tyler's worst nightmare happens. His alpha takes over, and he loses his control. Omega Elliott needs an alpha, and fast. That's why he set up a date with Alden, a kindhearted alpha he met on the Heat Seekers app. But when Alden runs late for their date, a chance meeting with Tyler feels fated. Then the unexpected happens: a wave of agonizing cramps barrels into him far sooner than he planned. What are the odds of scent matching with the wrong alpha just before his date? Going into heat with a stranger should be terrifying, especially after what happened last time, but his omega instincts promise Tyler is the safe haven he's been searching for. Alden doesn't look like your stereotypical alpha. He doesn't act like one either, according to the ex-omega who dumped him for another alpha. His ex was right. What kind of alpha pines over his best friend more than his omega, wishing he could match with him? But Tyler doesn't have time for romance, let alone Alden. They may share the same house, but Alden is lonelier than ever. His only choice is matching with an omega who actually wants him, and Elliott just might be the one. At least until he ghosts him. Alden's disappointed, but when Tyler appears in a feral flurry with Elliott on the brink of heat, it destroys him. How could Tyler have time for Elliott, but not Alden?

An omega on the run. An alpha searching for a purpose. Theodore’s running from his past. Changing names and bouncing from town to town, he never stays anywhere for more than a few months, least those hunting him uncover his location. When he arrives in Elk Cove, it’s the same as every other small town: unassuming and perfect for laying low. That is until an alpha kidnaps him and claims him as his fated mate. Royce has given up hope. Hope of happiness, finding his place in life, of getting a fated mate. But when a mysterious new omega moves to Elk Cove, his wolf perks up and demands to learn more about this newcomer.

Dead. He's dead. It echoes in my head like a waking nightmare. Shadows in Bloom was my fresh start. All the baggage I’ve carried around background noise that feeds the songs we play on stage each night. Sweat-soaked and trauma ridden, we found ourselves in each other’s beds more nights than not. Blood stains my hands, my cheeks, my clothes. Hell, it’s probably stained my soul with how tightly I hold his lifeless body to mine. This isn’t how my story was supposed to go. Our story. The start of the one unbroken thing in my life. He’s dead. Legend says there’s a creature in the woods made of bark and vines who preys on the desperate and lonely. Maybe, just maybe if I lay here long enough the creature will come for me. Maybe they’ll devour me whole. Encase me in a cocoon of endless darkness. I hum into the void. Fade into the pain until it's all that I am. Until a voice rasps into my ear, "Mine, silly human. You've always been mine." Leech is a full-length MM monster romance centered around grief, healing, and the lengths a manipulative little plant creature will go to to own his favorite human. This novel is part of the Mayhem Manuscripts Cryptids shared world collaboration.

Grant Hendricks has spent two years pretending he doesn’t want Jaime. It would be easier if Jaime weren’t funny, impossible to ignore, and dating Grant’s little sister. Except Jaime isn’t dating her anymore. Grant just doesn’t know that. When a family vacation puts them in each other’s orbit, years of tension finally come dangerously close to crossing a line. Then a routine supply run goes horribly wrong, leaving Grant and Jaime stranded alone on a deserted island with limited supplies, no way to call for help, and absolutely nowhere to hide from each other. Survival should be the hard part. Instead, Grant has to deal with the fact that the man he’s spent two years avoiding is now the only person he can rely on. Jaime has to figure out why Grant’s coldness suddenly feels a lot less like dislike. And both of them have to survive hunger, storms, bruised pride, late-night confessions, and one very badly chosen nickname. Because once the truth comes out, the island isn’t the only thing trapping them. And getting rescued might be a whole lot easier than figuring out what happens next.

THE THIRD MARRIAGE…AND THE FINAL TWIST OF FATE Lin Qingyu's late husband Jiang Xing has returned: this time, in the body of the new emperor himself. But that powerful role could impede them when it comes to resuming their romance. People throughout the palace–from servants to the empress dowager herself–have a close eye on the emperor, and strong convictions about how his reign should unfold. If Jiang Xing insists on remarrying his widow, will he overplay his hand? But the two of them are not destined to stay confined to the world of the court. After all they've gone through with the cycles of Jiang Xing's death and rebirth, the final challenge may be the most difficult yet. Will their love survive if they're forced to leave the palace behind?

Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, Max Fischer delivers a raw, lyrical, and heart-shattering novel-in-verse, The Unpoetic Life of August Grey, about grief, first love, and the joy of becoming who you are. You can only hold your breath underwater for three minutes before you go unconscious. For seventeen-year-old August Grey, life in his small Nebraska town has felt like that endless third minute ever since his best friend Waylon died. When August earns a coveted spot at a prestigious summer writing program in New York, he believes it’s his one chance to heal, and to keep the promise made to Waylon to pursue his dream. But New York brings its own challenges: a strained reunion with an estranged father, the weight of trying to write without Waylon there, and the unexpected arrival of Levi, August's old crush who knows nothing of his failed coming out. As August wrestles with grief, secrets, and the tentative spark of new love, he must decide if he can finally surface, embracing his queer identity and the joy of being himself before the past threatens to drown his future. In the tradition of The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver, and Me (Moth) by Amber McBride, Pushcart Prize-nominated poet Max Fischer delivers a searing, unforgettable debut about loss, queer joy, and the strength it takes to breathe again.

Misfit scare actors at a Halloween attraction becomes a paranormal investigation team. A mash-up of supernatural horror and slow-burn MM romance. Maxwell saw the Haunted Mill attraction as nothing more than a temporary Halloween gig to get him through the fall. But he didn't expect Luke. Luke is quiet. Guarded. Strange in a way Maxwell can't quite explain. He seems troubled by things nobody else can see. The longer they work together inside the crumbling haunted house, the more curious they become about each other. Then the mill burns. An eccentric local fixture dies, and the people of Bramble Grove settle quickly on an explanation: arson, suicide, case closed. But when the smoke settles, strange things begin happening around Luke. Messages from beyond. Unexplained fires. Entities made of ash and soot. Maxwell doesn't believe in ghosts. But he believes Luke is terrified. Former cast members reunite to search for answers. The closer they come to the truth, the more certain they become that something followed them out of the flames. And as the danger surrounding Luke grows, so does the connection between him and Maxwell. Tropes & themes: Slow-burn gay romance • Opposites attract • Found family • Skeptic × believer • Forced proximity / working together • Paranormal investigation • Haunted attraction / haunted location • Ghostly mystery • Something followed them home • Small-town secrets

Two rival Bratva pakhans. One holiday. Zero self-control. What could possibly go wrong? Five years ago, my daughter ran off with Yuriy Orlov’s younger brother. I should’ve wiped the Orlovs off the map for that alone. Instead, I’m stuck under the same roof with Yuriy, playing nice for Christmas like we’re not one wrong move away from bloodshed… or from me dragging him into my bed. Because Yuriy isn’t just my enemy. He’s reckless. Arrogant. Infuriatingly beautiful. The kind of man who smirks like he knows exactly how far he can push me, and gets away with it. I should hate him. God knows I’ve tried. Because the only thing more dangerous than loving a Zhukovsky… is wanting an Orlov. Deck the Halls with Bratva’s Brawls is an enemies-to-lovers MM mafia romance with forced proximity, a tightly wound older pakhan, and a very inconvenient bi-awakening triggered by the one man who knows how to get him on his knees… and tells him he’s good for it.

At 52 Kieran Sherry inherits a crumbling castle half a world away and discovers he’s a witch. Now, with his long‑buried magic surging back to life and an accidental fated mates bond with the castle’s owl‑shifter groundskeeper, he must unravel his family’s curse before it claims his life. Tropes: silver fox fated mates forced proximity owl shifter family curse suddenly magical finding home set in the Familiar Mates world Welcome to the world of Silver Linings, where old age doesn’t have to mean bad backs and regrets. Silver Linings is a shared concept collaboration about older silver foxes and their magical midlife awakenings. Grab your tea, light a candle and dive into six magical cozy worlds full of whimsy, warmth and happily-ever-afters.

"A tour de force.", SLJ, starred review From National Book Award Finalist Josh Galarza comes a moving new young adult novel full of self-discovery, forgiveness, and acceptance. Rusty is positive Todd with two D's is a figment of his troubled mind. That’s the only explanation for why he breaks into musical numbers and lurks in the school bleachers to stare unabashedly at Burt, the cutest guy in school. But when Todd's antics go a little too far, Rusty quickly finds himself in a dangerous situation. Little does Rusty know, the boy he's head over heels for just might be the one to save his life. By day, Burt Espinoza is the only out kid in school who’s ever maintained his social status. But by night, he is a real hero: a secret agent rescuing vulnerable queer kids in danger. His handlers (also his adoptive moms) are concerned he’s pushing himself too hard to be the man he thinks he needs to be. Now Burt has to prove that he's ready for his biggest mission yet: saving the only boy he's ever hurt. Raw, surreal, and timely, this novel is perfect for fans of Rex Ogle and Randy Ribay.

So you've landed the dream job and the dream boyfriend. Everything should be perfect… right? Ben Cook seems to have it all. An awesome new cooking job at Cochon Doré, a steady writing gig, amazing roommates, and, best of all, super-dreamy boyfriend, Liam. Even better, reservations at the restaurant have skyrocketed thanks to Ben's recent viral article, and the staff is buzzing with excitement. But between the pressures of the growing restaurant, looming writing deadlines, and nosy parents, Ben is worried about making sure everything is perfect in his new relationship with Liam. When Ben can't quite figure out the perfect Halloween couples costume or the perfect Christmas plans, and Liam gets more and more overwhelmed with all the new responsibilities at Cochon, the new couple starts to grow distant rather than rely on each other. When pressure mounts and signals get crossed, will Ben and Liam be able to overcome their anxieties and learn that striving for love is better than striving for perfection? Bringing back all the steamy recipes and steamy romance, join Ben and Liam in Chef's Kiss Again, the much-anticipated sequel to Alex Award, winning and Eisner- and GLAAD-nominated Chef's Kiss. Perfect for fans of Heartstopper and Check, Please! experience the ups and downs of new love, new jobs, and new dreams.

Love hurts. Love heals. Love stays. Just This Kiss, Men of Porth Luck, #3 A single dad. A deaf farmer. A bond they weren’t looking for, and yet… “I know your voice.” Oscar is happy alone. He has his son, his boat, and no interest in men. He’d know by now, right? So why can’t he stop thinking about the man he kissed two summers ago? Those wheat-gold curls. Those ocean-blue eyes and soft lips like firebrands. Poet is starting over in Porth Luck. He doesn’t need anyone, doesn’t do relationships, and certainly doesn’t have time for the beautiful fisherman who keeps crossing his path. But Oscar’s voice is the first Poet has heard, and felt, in more than a decade. They fit together like sunshine and sand, like the earth and roots of the oldest trees on his land. And if Poet was raised to believe anything, it’s that sometimes the love that heals you is the love that makes a home. Their home, if Oscar wants it to be, and all they’ve built survives the wildfire they never saw coming.

From USA Today bestselling author Lucy Lennox comes an enemies-to-lovers MM college football romance. They say I’m Demere University’s Golden Boy. The Senator’s perfect son and heir. The kicker who never misses. The man who doesn’t make mistakes… Until I do, and my fall from grace lands me in a dorm room with Elliot Vaughn. Vaughn is reckless and rough. Solid muscle wrapped in ink. He runs an illegal fight ring. He breaks rules like it’s his job. And since he hates my guts, Vaughn’s decided to break me. He brings people home, men, women. Locks eyes with me across the room while he ruins them. Whispers teasing words that burrow into my brain. Calls me names no straight man should respond to. He steals my focus. Annihilates my control. Makes me want things I can’t afford to want. Like those rough hands on my skin. Like giving up everything they say I am for a future that’s all my own. Like choosing to be his babygirl, even if it destroys us both.

I’m a bad person. I’m chaos. Guilt. Destruction. I’ve got blood on my hands, prison in my rearview mirror, and five concerts that will decide whether I’ll ever be free. And then there’s Koh Komura, my house sitter. Right in the middle of my fucked-up life. He hates me. Despises everything I stand for. Until we get closer… and he sees the real me. I should push him away before I drag him down into the abyss with me. Because that’s what I do. I destroy everything that gets too close. But Koh doesn’t leave. He stays. Looks at me like he might be able to tame the monster inside me. Until I find out who he really is. Mafia. Darkness. Violence. I’m not sure anymore … who’s dragging who to hell. But one thing I know for certain: it’s already too late. I can’t let him go.

A drag queen, a fading superstar Secret exs… stuck on a dating show together What else could go wrong? Former boy band idol and (mostly) reformed hot mess Leo Starr needed a break. His drinking was finally under control, but that wasn’t enough to get his drag bar out of the red. Worse, his secret ex Martin was back. Leo had one last ace up his glittery sleeve: he’s off to “find love” on a reality dating show. A few bad albums dimmed Martin Mejia’s star power. The plan: a bombshell documentary to get him back into the public eye. The director wanted to cover his boy band days, but after he left the band and Leo, his former bandmates won’t talk to him. If he could just get Leo to agree, the others would fall in line, but Leo’s about to be unreachable, filming on an island. The solution: join the cast. Stuck together on a tiny island surrounded by cameras forced Leo and Martin to be more honest with each other than ever. When the show became a disaster not even the producers expected, they had to rely on each other to get out alive. Their relationship might heal under pressure but can it last once the cameras stop rolling? Or would it end in yet another break-up? No Love is an Island is the final book in the Pagans & Pop Stars series but can be read as a standalone. You can expect: Forced proximity Messy drag queen + over achieving pop idol Second chance Just one bed Hurt-comfort

They call me Joyride because it’s what got me sent to prison. But it only reminds me of all the pain I’ve caused… Two days after my eighteenth birthday I stole my parents car and went joyriding. I was mad at my dad, freaked out about my sexuality, and hurt that my best friend was dating someone who wasn’t me. I was reckless. Driving too fast. Heedless of the rain. Crying. The car spun out of control and crashed into another vehicle, changing the course of two lives forever. Five years later, I’m out of prison and finally at peace with being gay. I’ve got a good group of guys at Redemption Road who are focused on moving forward. But I can’t. All I can see is Dakota Willis, the other driver, paralyzed because of my actions. When I run into Kit, my hot hookup from Omaha, a physical therapist who seems interested, I think this might be my moment to look forward instead of back. Then I discover he’s Dakota’s brother. It’s over before it started. But if I can’t be with him, I can at least face Dakota again. Tell her I’m sorry. Try to make amends. If Kit hates me, I deserve it. If he uses me for his pleasure, I’ll serve as long as he wants. I’ve hurt these people, and I should hurt too. Even if I’m starting to love them…

It was supposed to be a joke. Summon a demon, get married, and avoid my mother's meet-cutes; she always forces me on around Halloween. And now I'm Lucifer's omega, which isn't bad. He's sweet. in a totally chaotic, unhinged, satanic kind of way. The only real problem is that my original meet-cute isn't so happy I bailed. Worse? He's an archangel, and neither Gabriel nor Lucifer is keen on giving me up. Either they'll rip each other apart or have to share. I'm kinda hoping for both.

I bartered my freedom to escape a monster. I didn’t expect to crave the demon who now owns me. Bellamy Running from my powerful, abusive ex isn’t a choice. It’s survival. When his threats turn lethal, I barely escape. Bleeding and desperate, I stumble onto a dirt crossroads and beg a cryptid for a miracle. He manifests from the shadows with striking blue skin, crimson eyes, and a terrifying aura that shatters everything I know. He offers a lethal bargain: absolute protection within his gothic manor in exchange for my total submission. Locked away in his gilded cage, I’m entirely at his mercy. Vesper is a creature of strict rules, tailored suits, and a devastating, possessive charm. I know he’s a monster, but the forbidden heat between us is an addiction. Every wicked, breathless touch ignites a primal physical pull I’m entirely helpless to fight. Vesper This human should fear me, and yet Bellamy looks into my demonic eyes and demands a savior. Only, my beautiful captive doesn't know my darkest truth. Bound to my soul is a second, far more savage predator. And the vicious devil dog inside wants nothing but to claim Bellamy completely. ~~~ Feral is a full-length MM dark monster romance, and is part of the Mayhem Manuscripts Cryptids shared world collaboration.

Two thousand miles. Eleven months. One night a year in a town neither of us lives in anymore. MARCUS Going home is a performance. One I’ve rehearsed my whole life, even if I’m not sure why I keep showing back up. Then I met him. Evan is confident, happy, free in a way I’m immediately drawn to. Our chance encounter was only meant to be a one-time thing, a way for us to blow off some steam while we were both in town for the holiday. But three years later, I find myself looking forward to going home in a way I never thought possible. Evan is the first good thing in my life in a long time. Which is exactly how I know it won't last. EVAN I have a great life in Seattle with good friends and my dream job, but it still feels like something is missing. Maybe it’s being so far from my family. Going home to see them is always one of the highlights of my year. Even more so since meeting Marcus. I know our situation is meant to be a holiday fling, but after three years of hotel rooms and opening up to each other in a way that feels like so much more, it’s hard not to wonder what we could be, if he’d give us the chance. Are we strong enough to survive the distance, or is one night a year all we’ll ever get? Every November is a standalone MM romance with a long-distance situationship, mutual pining, and hurt/comfort themes. HEA guaranteed.

My life was the all-American dream. I was the star quarterback, I took over the family business, and was on the fast track to marrying my high school sweetheart. But I also had a secret. Being “different” in a small town isn’t an option. So when the new guy in town shows up, I pretend that he doesn’t catch my eye. But Ryan’s persistent, and so are my feelings for the man. No matter how much I may try, I can’t shove that skeleton back in the closet. Even if it means risking everything.

Desmond I was sixteen years old when I met Oakley Manning during a family beach vacation. He was funny, gorgeous, as obsessed with football as I was, and hurting after his mom abandoned him. For two weeks, we were inseparable. Oakley made me feel complete, settling something inside me. Then one night, I kissed him…and he kissed me back. When he walked away afterward, I pretended it hurt less than it did. It’s a lesson that’s stuck with me, the people I want never choose me back. Oakley Everything about what I shared with Desmond Jackson was perfect. Then, on the last morning of our trip, my ex-girlfriend-slash-best friend dropped a bomb: “ I’m pregnant.” For the sake of the baby, we decided to make it work. Eleven years later, Serena and I are still best friends, but our relationship is over, though we haven’t told anyone. Between her mom’s recent diagnosis and our daughter, we aren’t ready for more complications. Enter Des, recently traded to L.A.’s second pro football team, my team being the first. Now he’s always in my periphery, infuriating and needling me…and still capable of making my pulse race. Our chemistry is as combustive as ever. Des worships my body in ways I’ve never experienced, but he doesn’t believe in forever, and I can’t do casual. We compete at everything, but he doesn’t know he’s already won my heart. I just hope it’s a prize he wants…and that my world won’t implode if I have him. The Lockdown Mann is a second-chance romance between two professional football players, with a complicated history and an even more complicated present. Expect banter, anonymous online messaging, and heart. There is no cheating in this book.

Can love burn stronger than fire? Teigan might be considered lazy, but sleeping in, day-drinking, staring at his ceilings, and the occasional magical arson take some rigid dedication. He's stuck in a life he hates, until his brother, the Archimage, orders him to get back to work, or back to the mountains. With a grand plan of only doing the bare minimum to get his brother off his back, he meets someone who makes him want to love again and gives purpose to his fire. Cynece is human, alone, and constantly exhausted. He had to work for every scrap in his life and has definitely no patience for the spoiled tavern owner who has nothing better to do than stare at him all night long. He wants one thing only: to pay off his brother’s debts and go home. But when gifts begin appearing in his house, Cynece is forced to question his sanity… and why Teigan would care about him at all. Especially when whispers of fated mates begin to surface. Teigan has made up his mind. But before he can convince Cynece he’s worth the risk, powerful mages start turning up dead, and somehow, both of them are in the middle of it. Between kidnappings and killings, can Teigan convince Cynece that mages are not that bad? And, most importantly, that they’re meant to be together, if they make it out alive?

“Welcome to Wolf House, you’re here to die” Nick As the newest resident of Wolf House, I regret every single decision that brought me here. Hunters and prey are natural enemies, but one hunter sinks his claws into my heart and breaks me apart piece by piece, determined to make me want to live again. He’s older, possessive, and everything I’ve never allowed myself to want. Time’s ticking, and every day I’m one step closer to death. I made my peace with it long ago. I just wish he would too. Preston Out of all my unhealthy coping mechanisms, killing is the one I’m least ashamed of. When I meet the boy in the fox mask at an exclusive human hunting lodge for “ethical hunters,” my carefully ordered world crumbles as my fascination with him evolves into obsession, tenderness, and an unexpected desire to protect. I keep telling myself I need to stay away from him. He’s prey. He’s a liability. But I can’t ignore my heart screaming that he deserves to be saved. Wolf House is a dark emotional MM romance series that combines a cruel survival setting with healing, found family, devotion, and redemption. Expect deeply flawed men, morally complex relationships, high heat, and an unforgettable cast. Each book follows a different couple while unraveling the mysteries of Wolf House and the people behind it, and every romance concludes with its own hard-earned HEA.

There’s nothing Charlie Barnes has wanted more than to play hockey with his brothers. Avery, Charlie and Ethan have been dreaming about uniting the Barnes brothers on one team since they were barely old enough to hold a hockey stick. When Avery’s traded to the Bandits mid-season, it should be the happiest day of Charlie’s life. Charlie loves having his big brother around again, but not everything is roses and sunshine. Charlie’s best friend Max, and the guy he’s secretly been in love with since his rookie season, is suddenly challenged by the team, the media and the fans to step up and be better leadership material than the newest Barnes addition. Everyone’s tired of the Bandits losing and the big trade means that winning is no longer optional. Being captain of the New York Bandits isn’t always easy, but Max Meier loves it. Loves the team and his teammates enough to give up his dreams of playing hockey in his native Germany. But there’s nobody he loves more than Charlie Barnes. He never dreamt Charlie might return his feelings, until a leaked video makes it crystal clear Charlie feels the same. It’s a challenge, navigating the intense politics of a hockey team, even without the big brother of your unrequited crush hovering over your shoulder. This time, though, Max is determined to ace every test, score the goal, and win Charlie, once and for all.

As a rookie NHL defenseman, Remy Ladoux ’s used to taking hits, but getting traded hurts. It’s bad enough that Remy has to leave his sister behind. Being dumped by his almost-boyfriend doesn’t make it any easier. And the hit that just might finish him off? His new teammate is also his long-time hockey idol, Jed Grant. Still, Remy’s not about to make waves by crushing on the goalie, even if Jed’s so hot that he melts Remy’s brain. And if Jed’s known for anything, it’s being rock-steady both on and off the ice. So it shouldn’t be a problem when Jed takes Remy under his wing. It turns out, though, that Jed’s not so rock-steady when Remy’s around. Remy’s smart and hardworking and eager to please, and for the first time in his life, Jed can’t help himself. Mentoring the gorgeous new rookie? Part of the job. Offering him a place to stay? No big deal, Jed’s done it before. Letting Remy fall asleep in his bed? That one’s a little harder to explain. Jed knows he’s getting in too deep, too fast. But Remy’s the first guy he can actually see a future with. He just hopes he’s not the only one who’s been knocked sideways.

Beau Wheeler ain’t scared of much. Not dirt, not hurt, not making a fool of himself, and certainly not bulls. It makes him one hell of a rodeo clown. The crowds love him. The riders respect him. And AJ Vaughn? Well, that particular bull riding phenom feels something else for Beau entirely. AJ has no intention of becoming the first openly gay professional bull rider. He doesn’t have funds or family to fall back on. Coming out could ruin his best shot at a stable and comfortable life, which is why this silly crush, and AJ’s sexuality, are both secrets he keeps close to his chest. Besides, it’s not as if Beau would ever reciprocate his feelings…right? Circumstance forces the pair closer, and Beau starts to wonder why his friendship with the bull rider feels different. Why he craves the other man’s touch. Why sharing AJ’s attention makes him angry. When everything between them finally changes, their world stays the same, which begs the question: What happens to love when it becomes the one thing you can’t afford?

Haunting #500: The Last Resort B&B Number of ghosts: between 5 and 34, depending on whether the pirate ship crew counts as they are not, technically, inside the house? TBD? Location: Pembrokeshire Coast,Wales History: Unknown. Owner made a purchase of the estate in secret and refuses to share information with anyone. Wanted: Immediate ghost removal. Owner being kept against his will. Possible mind control at play as he claims ghosts are his friends. The ExorSquad Team: New recruit on a first assignment, Ryan Brolyn. Additional notes: Do not go on board the pirate ship. Do not accept cookies. Massages are not complimentary and might result in unwanted possession. The shorts on the owner are a style choice, not a seduction attempt. Act accordingly. Owner has no clue his ass has the ability to topple nations. Welsh spoons are not supposed to be used like that. Owain Listen. Owain was aware of the fact that ghosts in general were considered of…well…a questionable friendliness level, okay? Despite what his exes said, he wasn’t a complete ditz. But his ghosts, the ones that were indefinite guests at The Last Resort B&B when he bought it, were lovely. Were they a bit loud? Sure. Did they come with a host of unresolved issues that caused them to riot sometimes? Of course. Were some of them trapped in that house against their will after a horrible death that left them unable to speak, or move on, thus resulting in about a century of pent-up rage that bubbled up to the surface every once in a while and threatened to send the entire building crumbling into the stormy sea beneath it? Also yes. But Owain wasn’t exactly a peach when he was annoyed, he even pouted sometimes, so he had no leg to stand on. Which is why when his family goes against his wishes and hires the ExorSquad to get rid of his friends, Owain will do whatever he has to to stop that from happening.Including, but not limited to, deploying the neon-colored shorts of doom. Ryan He should have listened to his mother. Ryan would absolutely never admit that to her, but he absolutely should have listened to her when she told him he was a moron who had no room starting a business of his own. Broke, jobless, and out of moves, he joins the ExorSquad to pay off some of his debts. The job is crap, the pay is crap, the clients are crap. But nothing tops the nerdy twink in neon-colored shorts insisting on calling ghosts friends, obstructing Ryan’s attempts to help him, and driving him insane in the process because…legs. And the greatest booty he has ever seen in his life. Okay focus. No booty, perfect or not, was going to distract him from the fact that this Welsh hottie had a ghostly pirate ship parked outside and a dangerous entity scratching at the walls trying to find a way inside. Screw an ExorSquad, this needed an ExorArmy. He should have listened to his mother. Eff his life. The ExorSquad Series is a collection of standalone MM romcoms centred around the unfortunate employees of ExorSquad Ltd, the UK's shadiest ghost-busting operation. Expect supernatural shenanigans, things that go bump in the night, sizzling encounters, and hard-won happy-ever-afters. The ExorSquad Series is a collection of standalone MM romcoms centred around the unfortunate employees of ExorSquad Ltd, the UK's shadiest ghost-busting operation. Expect supernatural shenanigans, things that go bump in the night, sizzling encounters, and hard-won happy-ever-afters.

He’s one of the men deciding my fate. I’m the fool who volunteered for my own nightmare. Everyone in the Reach knows what the Hunt promises. A better life. A way out. A chance to win something worth having. I only need one thing. My twin brother is dying, and the treatment that could save him costs more than I'll ever have. So I take his name, his place, his chance, and I walk into the Hunt alongside two thousand other people with nothing left to lose. Seven days. Seven waypoints. One brutal competition where elimination can mean losing everything. All I have to do is survive. Then the machine hesitates on my hand, and Ash Clement catches me lying. He should report me, but he doesn't. Ash is Tempest royalty, wealthy and untouchable, already promised to someone else. Worse, he's one of the men who decides whether I finish the Hunt. Avoiding him should be easy. It would be, if Ash had any intention of avoiding me. Because somewhere between the storms, the trials, and everything trying to eliminate me, his interest turns into obsession. I entered the Hunt prepared to risk everything for my brother. I never expected to become the prey.

Alpha fox, Arken, and his cat, Spinach, have survived a curse that spreads through bites and scratches from the undead for years. It’s been a year now since he’s seen another living shifter. He’s learned to avoid the undead and to fight only when he must to keep himself and his feline companion alive. Still, he’s ready to leave Obizad, but all the Other World gateways, the vital connection network between worlds, have disappeared. If something doesn’t change soon he and Spinach might suffer the same fate as the rest of Obizad’s citizens. When omega fox, Pollie, decides to pursue a vision to hurry along meeting his true-mate he never imagined that a stolen spirit board would summon his ancestors but also some hungry undead creatures from another world. He’ll have to not only navigate a battled-hardened true-mate’s trauma, but a threat that leaks onto Earthside, infesting the Hidden Fox Village of his ancestors. Will Pollie, Arken, and their furry friends survive Halloween to live their happily ever after?

They were always going to break the rules. Noah didn’t really think things through when he agreed to be his brother’s best man. Now he’s stuck in a tiny village on an island in the Scottish Highlands, surrounded by family and strangers, with no way to escape. Within the first week he’s feeling like lightning ready to strike at the slightest provocation. And yet somehow, a man he hasn’t seen in nine years manages to calm the storm within. Noah was eighteen the last time he saw Robbie. He can still remember his infatuation with the twenty-three-year-old Scotsman, and seeing him again after all these years threatens to bring all those feelings back. But Robbie isn’t what Noah needs, and he’s definitely not what he wants. ~ Robbie is in a world of trouble. His best friend’s little brother has just crash-landed back into his life, taken all Robbie’s rules about not getting attached, crushed them to pieces, and handed them back to him as if to say, We’re doing things my way now. And Robbie is going to let him, even if breaking his rules means breaking his heart. I'd Kiss You in the Rain is a Best Friend's Brother MM romance that ends in a cliff hanger. This is a prequel to Book 2 Don't Make My Mistakes. As with all my books this short story contains scenes that may be distressing for some. Please read the content warnings. This story also contains a lot of spoilers for The Face of My Killer as the timelines run parallel.

Jack Sullivan spent forty years building a career, a routine, a life he could set his watch by. Retirement was supposed to feel like freedom. Instead, it feels like silence, until the night his body does something it has never done before, and Jack learns the truth: he's a werewolf, and he always has been. He has one month to find his mate. Miss the next full moon, and he's stuck on four legs for good. Enter Connor, the warm, quick-witted voice on the other end of a customer service call Jack never should have made. He's twenty years younger, infuriatingly patient, and somehow the first person in years who's made Jack feel seen. Connor has no idea he's talking to a man on a deadline. Jack has no idea how to tell him. With the moon rising and time running out, Jack has to decide what scares him more: staying alone forever, or finally letting someone in. Welcome to the world of Silver Linings, where old age doesn’t have to mean bad backs and regrets. Silver Linings is a shared concept collaboration about older silver foxes and their magical midlife awakenings. Grab your tea, light a candle and dive into six magical cozy worlds full of whimsy, warmth and happily-ever-afters.

When my carefully planned life goes off-script, I escape to visit my college best friend with one simple goal: rest, regroup, retreat. I’m an exhausted reality TV interior designer, not someone looking to start over or fall in love. Especially not with my best friend’s brother, who’s grumpy, closed-off, and definitely not a fan. What’s supposed to be a quick visit turns into a situation, too much proximity, too much tension, and way too much of him. With him, there are no cameras, no big reveals, no pressure to perform. Just a guy who sees me exactly as I am. But when my old life starts calling me back and these new feelings refuse to stay simple, I have to decide: stick to the plan… or risk everything for something real.

Join the Tenleys and the other kinksters in Mclean for the Carter wedding, Shay demanding to know the true birthday of River and Reese, the family we don’t choose, and the family we do choose, plenty of kink, and much more. Tropes and blurb will be updated closer to release.

Tl;dr: Am I the problem for hooking up in secret with the local bad boy? (Everyone thinks I hate him) I’m an accomplished pre-law student with my life mapped out by my parents. One day, I’ll be a respected lawyer. For now, I’m enjoying college, writing shameless gay smut, and getting absolutely zero action. Then there’s Vex. My secret crush. Tattoo artist. Ex-burglar. Influencer. Obnoxious local bad boy. He’s ripped, inked, has ice-blue eyes, and is exactly the kind of guy I shouldn’t want. He’s also straight. Or so I thought. Because one day, Vex notices me. I’ve always been a skinny pale nerd with no game, but to Vex, I’m his sweetie, his baby boy, and his eager plaything. We’re so different, and this was meant to be only a fling, but now I’m falling for him way too fast. Everyone thinks I hate Vex. I really should have kept it that way. ********** Obnoxious Bad Boy is an M/M enemies-to-lovers, steamy opposites-attract romcom about a snotty nerd secretly hooking up with the bad boy of his dreams, then discovering that keeping things casual is a lot harder when he wants the bad boy to be his boyfriend.

When I was twelve years old, I saved a boy from certain death. He was Other, a creature of unknown origins and nature’s design to keep Telex in their place. I knew what fate had in store for him, so I kept him safe. He was mine. But boys had no business making friends or falling in love. Not in New Grove. The council’s fist slammed down hard on us, and I lost everything. It took me years to break free of my guardian’s hold and finally see what that boy had tried to show me so long ago. The world I knew didn’t exist, my reality was as manufactured as the biodome over my community. My only choice was to escape, hellbent on fulfilling my purpose: to find the boy who still made my heart bleed and unite him with his bonded. Outside New Grove, an entire world was ready to rip me apart. Bandits, other communities, and creatures that should exist only in fiction lay in wait for easy prey to fall into their clutches. In the Barrens, my kind wasn’t revered or beloved like I’d been taught. A rebellion had arisen, and at the helm, the blood pumping through my heart. The world called us Telex, but Ryx called me Mindeater.

Digging deeper might mean falling too far. DI Harrison Black knows getting involved with Jake Whitton is complicated. Jake is an ex-con who doesn’t trust the police. Harrison is the detective reopening the case of his missing sister. They should have kept their distance. They didn’t. Now the attraction they fought so hard has become something neither of them can walk away from, and Harrison is beginning to realise he has far more to lose than his career. Then a woman’s body is pulled from the river. After thirteen years without answers, Jake has imagined every possible ending to his sister’s disappearance. Now one of them may be lying in a mortuary, and Harrison could be the man who has to give him the truth. But first they need to know who she is. And while Harrison has an unidentified woman, a suspicious death and an investigation demanding his full attention, Jake has thirteen years of unanswered questions and absolutely no intention of sitting quietly while the police look for answers. Jake has waited too long to stay out of it. Harrison cares about him far too much to let him get hurt. And neither man is particularly good at doing what he’s told. With every step closer to the truth, the line between Harrison’s investigation and Jake’s need for answers becomes harder to hold. Because whatever they find in Hartswick, one thing is already becoming dangerously clear: keeping their distance from each other is no longer an option. For Harrison, falling too far could cost him everything he’s rebuilt. For Jake, digging too deep could put him in more danger than he realises. And this time, getting too close might be the most dangerous thing either of them can do.

Luke Wainwright never meant to let a monster into his home. A single father living in the same small town he grew up in, Luke’s world has become small and predictable. He takes care of his son, makes custom furniture when he can, and pretends he wouldn’t want to date even if he could. But when Luke is lured to the beach by strange nighttime serenades, only to find a beautiful, naked stranger in need of assistance, his careful routine is quickly blown apart in the most alarming way. Because Syrus isn’t only odd and flirtatious and full of endless secrets, he’s a creature from the depths, with sharp teeth and a powerful tail. A creature who has his sights set on Luke. Syrus never meant to find himself a sweet, single father. Taken from the seas, captured and hurt and weakened, Syrus’s only intention after escape was to call for help, hoping for a human he could trust long enough to heal and return to the ocean. But Luke isn’t any old human. He’s kind, and he’s brave, and he deserves more than bearing the weight of the world on his solitary shoulders. Lucky for him, he has Syrus now. Because whatever Syrus’s original intentions, what he intends now is to take this little family for himself. Don’t Hook the Merman is a heated paranormal romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger. It features a tricky, flirtatious merman with a giant crush; a caring single dad in way over his head; a toddler who just wants a donut already; and a small town with a few undead citizens who all have Luke’s back. While each book features its own couple, the series is best enjoyed in order.

Deacon’s birthday is just around the corner. That is, of course, no reason to panic, it’s not his first, after all. Unfortunately, it still feels like a big deal to turn thirty when one of your partners is a beautiful, terrifying creature of the night. Cassius and Seji agree that their man deserves something truly special for his birthday this year, something he hasn’t had since he swore off other men. If Cassius has his way, he'll make this important birthday unforgettable for Deacon. He wants to show Deacon just how much they love and desire him. And he’s pretty sure that this gift will not only please Deacon but also drive him mad – in a good way. Amid the turmoil of World War I, Lars is also struggling with his upcoming birthday because he knows he has a decision to make, and it should be sooner rather than later. With every year that passes, the transformation becomes more dangerous. Still, it’s no easy decision to leave his human life behind, and with it, the people he loves. It’s also unclear how the transformation into a vampire would affect his witch powers. He loves Valerian and wants to be with him forever. The question is whether he’s willing to give up everything else for his lover. Two short stories from the Blood on His Lips verse.

Two hundred years is a long time to live. And in six more months, I’ll finally be free. My body aches. My blood is thick. I’m losing my temper. I’m out of control. I’m tired of outliving everyone I care about. My soul has taken a beating, and I’m done getting back up. But of course, my plans are ruined. Like always. The bush pilot delivering our supplies crashes. When I find him, the weight of death escapes me. All that matters is saving him. That’s another surprise. Fate decided for my mate to be a man. I don’t know the first thing about being with a man. Neither does he. On top of navigating us, we learn his plane was sabotaged. He’s my reason to live now. No one will jeopardize that. Not even vampire hunters. Two hundred years of rage is about to be set free. And I’ll bathe in their blood if it means keeping Leo safe. Only one question burns in my mind now… Can I get him to love a man like me?

A haunted house, a Halloween party at Common Grounds, and two men who are about to find out that falling in love is dead sexy. Marco I moved to Glenside to build a new life on my own terms. That includes good cheese, good neighbors, and a fresh start next door to Common Grounds. The last thing I expected was to also end up with a Victorian fixer-upper with a very opinionated ghost. Turns out the only man in town who can help is the gorgeous, broody funeral director across the street, who looks like he stepped out of a gothic romance novel and talks to the dead for a living. So of course I invite him over for hot pasta and to investigate ghostly cold spots…in the bedrooms. He kisses me like he means it, then runs like I'm the scary one. Bastian People in small towns have opinions about everything. That includes weirdos with bright red hair who wear black like me. I don't do reckless. I don't do public. I definitely don't do falling for loud, warm, ridiculously charming shopkeepers who bring me manchego and invited me over for a ghost hunt. Except somehow I do, one midnight investigation, one Halloween party, one brush of his hand against mine at a time. Marco makes me want things I stopped letting myself want. All I have to do is stop hiding and embrace my freak as much as he seems to want to.

Emerson Bennet has a perfectly reasonable approach to uncomfortable situations and emotions: avoid them forever. But when his oldest brother looks at him with sad eyes and asks for a favor, Emery can't bring himself to say no. Even though that favor is helping a man Emery has spent years avoiding. For good reason. Several, actually. Dillon Montgomery clearly does not feel the same way because he likes to bring it up. He also likes to press all of Emery's buttons, get under his skin, and make him forget why he needs to keep pretending Dillon Does Not Exist. Dillon is a single dad with a business and very little free time. He shouldn't be playing games with his best friend’s younger brother, but…he never was good at telling Emery no. One completely reasonable arrangement. Emery has delusions and rules. Dillon has hope and patience. Both of them are running out.

What happens when a man who’s sworn off love meets a hopeless romantic who’s obsessed with him? (In a non-creepy way) At thirty-three years old, acclaimed tattoo artist Jasper Hayes has had his heart broken enough, thanks very much. He’s done with relationships. He has his job and his dogs, and that’s all he needs. It doesn’t matter if some gorgeous, smooth-talking man comes into the shop and starts courting him like modern day Mister Darcy. The pretty rich guy can go find his Elizabeth somewhere else. Forty-six year old Konrad Iversen isn’t looking for love either when he walks into Blackwing Tattoo, but from the moment he sees Jasper, he knows that’s his person. Jasper has a guarded heart but Konrad has known his fair share of heartbreak as well, and he’s nothing if not patient. He’ll win over that beautiful, feral artist, one way or another.

I thought I was here to inspect a building. Three days. A paycheck. In and out. Instead, the gates locked behind me. This house isn’t a home, it’s a maze. Every door a test. Every shadow watching. Bentley Brooks doesn’t hunt for sport. He hunts to assess. To break men down until only the truth remains. I’m not a guest. I’m the trial. Escape isn’t the goal. Survival is. And the most dangerous truth of all? The longer he watches me struggle, the more I realize, I don’t want him to stop.

I have a problem. His name is Kento Kurosaki. Yakuza heir with the most infuriating eyes, a mouth that never stops provoking me, and a talent for getting under my skin. We're enemies. At least, that's what we're supposed to be. I push him away. He gets closer. I threaten him. He smiles. I run. He follows. Every time I try to put distance between us, he finds a way to close it. Every time I tell myself I hate him, he looks at me like I'm lying. We are not falling in love. We are keeping score. And I'm losing.

He called for help, and I answered. That should have been the end of it. One voice on a crisis line. One night in October. One man who laughed after the panic broke and said sorry, I don't usually fall apart for strangers. I should have logged the call and moved on. Instead, I pulled his file and learned his name. Then his address, where he works… his schedule. I found his social media and learned his favorite foods, favorite places to go. I traded shifts to be the one who picks up when he calls every Monday and Wednesday. Same voice. Same fear. Same quiet that comes after, when he trusts me with things he's never said out loud. He doesn't know I'm parked outside his building. He doesn't know I've walked his halls. He doesn't know that on Halloween night, when the dark finally breaks him, I'll be the one at his door. Not because I'm saving him… Because he's mine. He just doesn't know it yet.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him. (James 1:12 KJV) In 1922, 20-year-old Josiah Hadley runs away from home, turning his back on his 13 siblings and his pious, abusive father. The Oklahoma winds blow Josiah into the path of William J. McGinty’s Fabulon Circus and Lorenzo, its temperamental strongman. When Lorenzo takes Josiah under his wing and convinces him to run away with the Fabulon, Josiah has no idea that a new world, colorful, confusing, and sinful, is about to open up to him. Over the ensuing summer, Josiah will meet lion tamers and knife throwers, fortune-tellers and roustabouts. He’ll encounter the Wonders of the Crescent Moon, the Fabulon’s sideshow, and its conjoined stars, Castor and Pollux. Amidst the striped tents and calliope songs of the circus, Josiah will discover that faith is often found in places that “good” people forget to look, that family is sometimes a thing you create yourself, and that love, confusing and powerful, is nothing like what he thought it would be.

The monster never promised to be good. Only loyal. ROWAN After my mother’s murder sends my life spiraling, my boyfriend carts me off to an isolated rehab facility. He calls it saving me. I call it suspicious. But the therapy and forced sobriety aren’t the worst things waiting inside. Something watches me from the corner of my room. Red eyes. Horns. A body made of shadows. He calls himself Caligo. And wherever I go, he follows. He wants to touch me. To possess me. And the more time I spend with him, the less certain I am that I want him to stop. CALIG O Humans are fascinating creatures―fragile, flawed, and deliciously dishonest. Rowan Hayes, however, is different. His pain drew predators who mistook him for prey. They were wrong. Anyone foolish enough to betray him will answer to me. And if blood must be spilled to see him smile again… So be it. He thinks he belongs to the human world. He never did. His fear. His grief. His heart. All mine. Noctis is a full-length MM dark (ish) monster romance as part of the Mayhem Manuscripts Cryptids shared world collaboration.

The Meridian Cup brought them together. The Olympics may tear them apart… Camden Ren and I scorched the ice with our Meridian Cup performance. After, our careers caught fire. Now we’re on our way to the Winter Olympics in Japan. On rival teams. It’s been months since I’ve worked with Ren, months since we’ve touched, so long that I no longer know if what we had was real, or some kind of fever dream I can’t forget. When I see him at the Games, my body remembers how it feels to hold him close, and I can’t stop craving what we had. Craving him. But Ren’s father is back, and Ren is more distant than ever. Was everything we had just a fleeting dream? Thrown into the spotlight, can we survive competing against each other, and is winning the Olympic Gold worth the price of my heart? Ren The time has come to prove to the world, prove to my father, that I am good enough. But what if the one thing I am searching for cannot be found on a podium? What if, the more I fight for Olympic gold, the more hollow I become? Because, the only thing I truly want, the only shining light in my life, is the one impossible thing I can never have. If I want to win, I have to let Cam go. And if I let go of my heart, what is left to dance for? The world watches as we circle each other; rivals on the ice, something else off it. I cannot have him and dance for gold. Do I dance to win or fall for love?

“This is not the honeymoon I saw myself having. But it is the one I should have expected.” All Blue Billings wants is a nice honeymoon with Levi. They’re staying in a stunningly romantic cottage by the sea, with a four-poster bed they could get lost in and two weeks to accomplish that fact. It’s therefore extremely vexing to find himself in the middle of a centuries-old murder mystery and helping the snarkiest ghost he’s ever encountered. Now, he and Levi are tangling with dead smugglers, having terrifying encounters at midnight crossroads, and battling one of the darkest and deadliest entities that they’ve ever encountered, an entity that is now focused on Blue’s new husband. From bestselling author Lily Morton comes the fourth book in the Black and Blue series. The books are intended to be read in order.

The alpha upstairs is tall, dark, handsome… and terrifying. My roommates are horrible. They’re loud, messy, and inconsiderate. I tell myself it’s manageable, if it means saving money for my own place. But when they threaten to rehome my bunny when I’m at work, if I don’t pay their missing rent, staying here is no longer an option. I sit down with a realtor and luck is on my side. A new listing pops up with everything I’m looking for at a price I can afford. I can’t apply fast enough. Move-in day has me second guessing my life choices. The place has a weird vibe and it feels like they don’t want me here, especially the hottie from upstairs. He turns and walks the other way every time we cross paths. I’m sure he hates me. That is until one night when I’m out with friends. I notice my neighbor in the corner nursing a beer, but don’t go over. Why should I? He hates me. Or does he? When an alpha starts getting handsy, my neighbor grabs him by the arm and I hear a crack as my rescuer says, “Hands off what’s mine.” WTF?

Mac Work, sleep, repeat. That’s my life, but what did I expect? As a doctor in the accident and emergency department, there's no time for anything else, certainly not a social life. Until, that is, I lay eyes on Frankie. I don’t know what draws me to him, but I’m determined to know more about the young man with the sad eyes and a talent that surpasses anything I’ve ever known. Skittish and wary, the last thing I want to do is scare him away, but little by little I chip away at the barriers he’s thrown up. Barriers that protect him from a family that doesn’t care. But neither of us are ready for the animosity we encounter and it’s time to decide. A decision that could change our lives forever. Frankie Invisible. That’s what I am. No one sees me. Well, no one that matters. But a chance meeting with Dr Mackenzie Flynn gives me hope. He sees me, but most importantly, he hears me. What starts off as friendship, soon develops into something more. Something neither of us is prepared for, nor the consequences it brings. But are we strong enough to step into the unknown and weather the storm threatening to tear us apart? Is being together worth the risk? Only we can decide.

1870 In a world of velvet, etiquette and rot, Dorian Vasiliev Ashford, obsessed with unmasking the culprit behind his parents' deaths, meets Evander, a young Viscount who seems to despise him at first sight. Yet, their initial disdain soon spirals into a volatile collision. The more they clash, the more they become consumed by a dangerous obsession with one another. Blurb: I'm above his depravity. I was, at least. Before I realized I want to be the one who breaks him first. Dorian Vasiliev Ashford is no gentleman. Only a seasoned deviant would be aroused by the sight of me in the mud. He presses against the limits of my patience without ever moving a muscle. I see it in his eyes; the quiet, maddening assumption that I’ve belonged to him for a lifetime, long before he ever laid a hand on my skin. I should be disgusted. Instead, I’m addicted. I hate the way his breath burns my skin. I hate the arrogance of his gaze. I hate the rough velvet of his Russian when he whispers. But most of all, I hate that I’ll do anything to see him on his knees, begging for me. Some sins you survive. Some you beg to repeat. Some were never meant for men like us.

A beloved childhood friend that he always idolized isn’t who he thought he was. Because even gods have bloody hands. Jun hasn’t left his room in the last three months. Finally being dragged to the mall by his roommate Alex, Jun’s world is turned upside down when he runs into Ruki, his childhood best friend. A friend he hadn’t spoken to since Ruki was slaving away to one of the biggest science research companies in the country. Their abrupt encounter left Jun and Alex the repercussions of Ruki’s confidential work that somehow ended up in the dark underbelly of Los Angeles. With Alex’s harrowed past of LA’s criminal world and Jun’s drive to salvage his relationship with Ruki, the young men dive into the city’s glittering lights by encountering corrupt celebrities, cops and gangsters. As more is revealed, neither of them realize how enormous the impact Ruki left behind. They will have to work out their differences together before their own secrets destroy each other. For fans of neo-noir films like Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Drive, and Nightcrawler that’s driven by a diverse found family and a queer love story at its core, Ideal Lost is a three-part crime thriller that deals with the destructive consequences of a young man’s struggle to carry everyone’s idealized expectations on himself.

As fires burn Tavornai and Bemishu marches on the Ariphadeus, something even more horrifying threatens the happiness Tallu and I have found. We have finally found an ally that will allow us to retake the Imperium from Kacha and Bemishu’s clutches. Even as we control the rivers that cross the empire, Kacha and Bemishu move with the confidence of experienced generals, keeping us from total victory. When Bemishu flees into the Ariphadeus, we must follow him because what lives there would change the war in his favor. Can we find it first? And if we do, could we possibly win at last?

I am certifiably the best goalie in the league, the Stanley Cup with my name on it proves it. So why am I suddenly completely off my game? And why the hell is a rival goalie the only person who can help? Nikolai Ivanov lost that Cup to me. He has every reason to enjoy my downward spiral, and no reason at all to talk me through a panic attack at midnight, or pull me out of my own head with his dry Russian humor right before a game. By the time I stop to wonder what’s in it for him, Nikolai has become the most important part of my pregame routine. And I’m craving even more. But there’s only one Stanley Cup, and we both want it. Getting involved with the goalie on the other side of the rink as we skate towards playoffs could cost us everything. Staying away from him should be easy. It's certifiably not.

Mason Reid is an award-winning, Michelin-starred chef and owner of Epicure, one of New York’s hottest restaurants. He’s also one of the city’s most eligible bachelors, not that it matters. The only man he wants is Zeb, his assistant who is nineteen years younger and off limits. Zeb spent years surviving on the streets, doing whatever he had to. He’s used to bad relationships and worse endings, and he’s convinced Mason will never want him that way. Trying to move on, he starts something new that forces him to quit his job and leave the people he cares about. When he returns bruised and bleeding, Mason feels like he’s been given a second chance, but it might already be too late. A break at Mason’s cabin in Cherry Falls is what Zeb needs to recover, even if well-meaning friends leave them “gifts” to push things along. Mason is fighting possessiveness he knows Zeb doesn’t need. Zeb is convinced Mason could never want someone like him for real. He doesn’t get a happy ending. When a snowstorm traps them together, honesty becomes unavoidable. In the magic of Cherry Falls, it’s easy to believe they’re meant to be. Back in New York, they have to deal with influential people’s opinions. Was this the start of something real, or just a holiday romance that won’t survive the New Year?

That’s it. My co-worker has to die. There’s no other way around it. If I have to spend one more day cleaning up his mess, no matter how good he makes the mess look, I’m going to lose it. My life is complicated enough with a soon-to-be ex-husband who won’t accept the marriage is over, a medically complex son, and a job I can’t seem to get away from. I really don’t need to keep nurturing this crush on the very obnoxious, very good looking, very straight firefighter. It’s too bad Easton’s beloved around the station. It’s too bad my kid also loves him. It’s too bad he’s starting to make me feel like there’s hope for something more. Especially when my life gets turned upside down after my ex starts stalking me, and my kid has a near-death experience. I’ve only ever relied on myself to get out of these messes, but now Easton’s making it seem like I can drop my guard. But I know better than that. The moment I do, everything will go to hell. So why does he keep showing up every time I need him? And why does he make me feel like, for the first time in my life, I can breathe under water?

There’s something in the woods. I’ve started sleeping with my boots on and a knife strapped to my leg. The sleep paralysis was torture, but what came next was even worse. Waking up alone and vulnerable in the woods, far from home, following the sound of distant howling like a siren call. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It feels like there is a beast inside of me, desperate to escape. I’m terrified to let it free, but I’m quickly discovering that I don’t have much of a choice. Every night the dreams return. Another place, another time. A face I can’t quite remember. Every time I wake up, I’ve walked further, until I find myself in an abandoned, crumbling cabin that feels oddly familiar. The decaying kitchen, with the haunting scent of stew and mint, the voices after dark calling a name I almost recognize, and a face in the mirror that isn’t my own. Then there are the eyes I feel watching me constantly, with a weight to them I try not to acknowledge. I don’t know what I’m searching for, only that it feels like the forest itself is summoning me, guiding my sleeping form into its depths, whispering its secrets as phantom wounds across my skin. The dreams are getting worse. I’m starting to think they might be more than dreams… Solivagant is a full-length MM dark monster romance as part of the Mayhem Manuscripts Cryptids shared world collaboration.

A troubled young reality star brings in the viewers with his wild antics, but when he becomes a liability for the entire production, it becomes one stressed out producer’s job to reign him in before the show gets canned. Taming Gunnar is the second book in the Pink Stallions series.

After coming out of the closet at fifty, I just wanted to learn how to play D&D to make some friends. Instead, I became the center of a world-ending prophecy! When a massive dungeon break tore straight through the floor of my local game shop, my dice, my cat Shango, and I were plunged into a pitch-black abyss. The catastrophic fall did something worse than break my glasses, it awakened my dormant core, empowering me with the rare, stabilizing magic of a Guide. Before I could even process my new reality, I crashed straight into a superhero on the brink of going supervillain. Tae-Hyun's a lethal, beautifully broken Esper from an elite, S-ranked Sentinel force, and his fiery starlight magic is losing control, threatening to go supernova and incinerate the entire dungeon floor holding the remaining monsters at bay. The moment we touched, a fated resonance sparked to life. I became his ultimate human lightning rod, anchoring his raw power with a single touch, that somehow also transformed Shango into a seven-hundred-pound werepanther who shoots lightning beams from his eyeballs! According to ancient system lore, our bond is prophesied to save both worlds. But I don't care about being a legendary hero or falling in love with a deadly warrior, even if he is completely devoted to me in a totally-not-hot way. I just want to soothe my aching lower back and save my niece and nephew trapped on the surface. Standing in our way are five brutal floors of carnivorous loot boxes, shadow beasts, and a holographic dungeon system that glitches between a soul-crushing DMV employee nagging me to speed up, and a sarcastic cheerleader mocking our intense emotional bond. I survived the closet and the eighties, but surviving the end of the world will take every ounce of old-school nerd luck, love, and logic these old bones can muster, and maybe an overprotective murder kitten… ortwo. Welcome to the world of Silver Linings, where old age doesn’t have to mean bad backs and regrets. Silver Linings is a shared concept collaboration about older silver foxes and their magical midlife awakenings. Grab your tea, light a candle and dive into six magical cozy worlds full of whimsy, warmth and happily-ever-afters.

From bestselling and award-winning author Kacen Callendar comes a tender and moving novel about two boys who find solace in each other while their worlds fall apart, perfect for fans of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe You stood still. Stared out at the ocean. Like you were searching for something. Maybe the same thing I was searching for, too. Something that belongs in my chest. Warm and bright. Kole has mastered the art of deflection. He explains away the real reason why he had to move to St. Thomas to live with his father and his new family. He makes excuses for any bruises or limps people notice. He starts dating a girl at his new school to avoid questions about who he’s really attracted to. But he can’t seem to hide how drawn he is to Gabriel. Gabriel wishes he could disappear. But everywhere he goes on the island he calls home, he can’t escape the people who misgender him, who threaten him. He’s haunted by the memories of a painful past. And with his single mother barely making ends meet, he knows there’s no hope for a better life after high school. As Kole and Gabriel slowly start to share their struggles with each other, their connection becomes a lifeline. But can a young love survive in a world determined to tear them down? Are there some wounds that can never be healed?

A HEART AS STUBBORN AS A ROCK Song Qingshi has lost his memories, and with them the truth of who Yue Wuhuan truly is–yet the two are drawn together all the same. However, something about reality seems…strange. Like Song Qingshi isn't the only one who's forgotten something important. In search of answers, he eventually enters a trial left behind by the legendary sword master Mo Yuan, forced to confront the same fatal mistake again and again. Meanwhile, Demons of Filth rise from the shadows, a devastating plague spreads across the land, and the world itself continues to crumble. But at least Song Qingshi has Yue Wuhuan at his side. Beneath the corruption and ruin, the ultimate truth lies waiting to surface. Even a being never meant to feel can grow a heart strong enough to defy fate. And a phoenix will always rise from the ashes.

Falling in love with your enemy? Impossible. Falling in love with him twice… After an accident leaves Riley Wilson with amnesia, he can recall everything except: the crash that landed him in the hospital, the last year of his life, and having a serious boyfriend. Who happens to be his older brother’s ex-best friend. And the guy he despises more than anyone… Learning this information sends Riley spiraling. In what world could someone as sensible and meticulous as Riley have ever willingly agree to go out with Aaron, the arrogant jerk who screwed up his brother’s future? Riley would love nothing more than to start fresh and snip Aaron out of his life. But with his family being cagey about the past, and his memories far out of reach, he realizes Aaron might be the only one willing to help him remember the last year. Despite his brother’s protests, Riley teams up with Aaron to unearth his missing memories, even if it means starting from square one and reenacting every date, every kiss, every “first” they’ve ever had. All Riley has to do is not make the same mistake by falling in love twice.

Harden is a grumpy dragon. Everyone knows that, even his best friends, Cade and Tyr. He herds of his animals, takes care of his farm, and sticks to himself. Which is why it comes as such a great surprise to him when he finds out how much he enjoys Guardian Dragon Brayden's company. Brayden thinks Harden is nothing short of miraculous, and he'll do whatever he can to spend more time with the big dragon. Brayden might be having a hard time adjusting to living in the dragon world instead of a human one but Harden doesn't have any doubts about When spending time together turns into more, the two fated mates learn to live together and start a family, but not everything is easy. They have to adjust to being a couple, and they must fight the outside forces that might be trying to tear away everything they hold dear. Can Harden and his mate Brayden take on magic they don't even understand, or will it be too much for them to take on? Dragon Windrider is a Dragon Vale universe mpreg romance with a grumpy sunshine relationship, lots of friends and family, cute llamas and some gorgeous new babies, both animal and dragon.

Edwin Beasley, a sweet, reserved, and sometimes churlish nurseryman, became the head of his household after the untimely death of his father over one year ago. Plagued with lingering insecurity, Edwin continues to struggle with being the Beasley family patriarch even after finally breaking free from another role, one he was never meant to play. Focused on finding his footing in an often-stifling society, as well as keeping his family out of poverty, Edwin is not at all concerned about something as unattainable as romantic love. Until he meets Andrew. Andrew Thompson, a physically and socially clumsy man with a cheerful disposition, runs a modest photography business out of the third floor of a boarding house. Awkward, practically destitute, and suffering from heartache after being rejected by the people he loved most, Andrew is resigned to spend the rest of his life alone, though he still longs for connection, family, and love. When Edwin and Andrew meet, neither can deny the attraction they feel for the other. But as their relationship transforms, first, into friendship, and then, into something more, Edwin begins to pull away, making Andrew feel as though he’ll lose the wonderful man he has come to adore. In order for Edwin and Andrew’s relationship to bloom, Edwin will need to find the courage to reveal the truth about himself and his past, while Andrew will need to trust that he won’t have his heart shattered once again. Set in 1888 in Albany, New York, Familiar Things New is a tender Victorian-era romance about the importance of self-love and the power in becoming who you were always meant to be. Filled with trans and queer joy, Edwin and Andrew’s story features plenty of pining, slow-moving physical intimacy, and the sweetest found family.

I’m at a college party to celebrate the festive season, ugly Christmas sweaters, festively decorated holiday cookies in shape of ‘appendages’ and all, when news breaks of my ex-girlfriend’s extracurricular activities. That leaves a bitter taste that not even too many tequila shots can chase away. In strolls an offer to get very naughty indeed. In this mood, I’ll agree to anything. A drunken three-way is the perfect cure to forget about cheating exes, right? Only problem, the hot cowboy who just walked in is the last person I should be putting my hands, or anything else, on. My ex-girlfriend's brother…

The only thing Jonathan Covey wants from the gloomy, moldering isle of Kelcarrow is to leave it. Summer is ending, and his friends are looking forward to college on the mainland, unaware that Jonathan was not accepted to join them. He'll be left behind with nothing but the ocean's haunts and a rising dread of being abandoned. In an act of wild desperation, Jonathan pays a tithe to Scorpion Deep, an eldritch sea god who many of the locals have dismissed as myth. He wants to forget the past, he wants to follow his friends, and most of all he wants to finally escape. To his shock and horror, the ritual works, Scorpion Deep awakens. And despite his terror, Jonathan can't help but feel drawn toward the ageless entity that seems just as mutually obsessed with him. As scales start growing down his spine and Scorpion Deep's adoration of him turns bloody, Jonathan realizes the only way to end the nightmare is to destroy the monster one way or another. But once a god has awoken, the only way to be free is to pay a price of blood. Also by CG Drews Don't Let the Forest In Hazelthorn

My body is my king’s, but my heart is yours. Valentine Fletcher's daughter is missing. On the eve of the British invasion of New York, his three-year-old Angel vanishes, along with the family who keeps her. An omega prostitute who dwells where the shadows of Trinity Church teem with thieves, spies, and murderers, Valentine knows he lives on borrowed time. But so long as he draws breath, there's nothing he will not do to ensure his daughter's safety, whether that means furrowing information to enemies or selling his soul alongside his body. British light infantryman Silas Sinnott has no soul to begin with, or so he insists. He's determined to eat, drink, and bed as many as possible, all while pretending he doesn't dream about a bloody hill every night, or what could happen if it’s discovered that a beta like him has a taste for omega men. When Valentine saves his life during the Great Fire, Silas resolves to pay his debt by finding Valentine's girl. In the meantime, Valentine will follow the camp, lay with him at night, and stay out of sight. United in a quest to find a little girl on a continent hacking itself apart, both men increasingly turn to each other for strength and comfort. But should they be found out, a relationship between a soldier and a strumpet will never be approved… and a beta male with an omega male could get them hung.

For readers of A Light From the Nether looking for a little more of Jasper and Liam's love story. Meet You Now is a romantic, angsty novella about second chances, taking place between the final chapter and the epilogue. How can Liam build a new relationship with Ashton, who is fragile and confused, when William and Jasper keep meeting in their shared dreams?

Caspian I didn’t die that day. My best friend says a beast saved me. A monster. A legend. A creature from stories told around campfires. But he’s wrong. Monsters don’t exist. That’s what I keep telling myself. And yet my dreams are filled with him, tall and strong, claws sharp like knives, vibrant green eyes that glow like beacons. He shouldn’t be real. He can’t be. Since the accident, I’ve been scrambling to hold my life together, fighting to keep what's mine from being taken from me. Running my bakery, and caring for my farm, while drowning in grief and jumping at shadows. I’ve never felt so afraid or so alone. Then a stranger arrives in Newbridge, carrying a sense of familiarity I can’t explain and warmth I want to lose myself in. Sterling I saved him that day. Dragged him from the waves and laid him on the beach in the shadow of his lighthouse. Now I watch him. Protect him. Care for him. And show him the only version of me he believes is real. The man and not the monster. There is nothing I won't do for him. Because he is mine.

Mostyn had never heard of fated mates…until he met his own. The capital is in the midst of a civil war, and radiology technician and beta Mostyn has taken refuge in his hospital’s ICU, trying to keep his last patient alive. He’s starving, scared, and convinced he won’t make it out when a stranger shows up and offers him a safe place to stay. Mostyn ends up in the Hayes pack, where he stumbles from one surprise to another, wolf shifters, the most powerful alpha he’s ever met…and his two fated mates. Stoic alpha Isam and tough-as-nails omega Servas tell Mostyn he belongs with them, and he has little choice but to accept their bond, since someone’s life depends on it. As the pack prepares for impending tragedy, Mostyn gets to know his mates…and discovers the surprises aren’t over yet. Beta’s Surprise is a bonus novella for the Irresistible Omegas series and isn’t meant to be read as a standalone. In the timeline of the series, it falls during book eight, Omega’s Power. It can be read after that or after finishing the whole series.

Bodhi Harrington knows all about responsibility. As the oldest of ten and a former Marine, he’s lived and breathed it his entire life. Out of all his responsibilities, the one Bodhi was most honored to accept was as the keeper of Wren’s stability and happiness. But when Bodhi’s life took a turn, he closed himself off, trying to keep everyone else’s peace. Bodhi never wanted to be a burden, especially not to Wren. Wren Paxton’s entire life changed when he became an international country music star. But fame and money only go so far. His heart has always been with the family who showed him what unconditional love really was and the person who has always been his best friend. If his heart has always been more involved with Bodhi than it should be? Well, that’s his own issue to deal with. When life brings them back together again, nothing is the same. It’ll take time and patience to work through the hurts and for Bodhi and Wren to see each other as the men they’ve become. The more time they spend together, the more their lives balance out. And with each passing day, Bodhi realizes that his heart, which he thought couldn’t engage with another person, has always been tied up in Wren. It turns out that what both Bodhi and Wren needed was just to come home; to Colorado, to the ranch, and to each other.

The dead call to Jude. His heart calls to Angel. The Weave is calling in a favor. Jude Holt is caught between worlds, learning to mend reality itself under the watch of a cranky, overworked deity who sees him less as a student and more as a potential replacement. Zhenjun didn’t save Jude’s life out of kindness. He’s recruiting. Angel Mao is done playing by the rules. With his mate’s soul hanging in the balance and a shadow god’s clock ticking, Angel leads a rogue team of cryptid cops on a near-impossible heist: break into a pocket realm, steal back what was taken from them, and perform a ritual that could either save their future or end it for good. But they’re not the only ones hunting for Erlik’s secrets. A desperate, body-hopping Changeling offers a dangerous alliance, and the military is closing in, ready to claim Jude’s volatile power for themselves. To survive, Jude must master magic that mends the fabric of reality, and Angel must become more than a protector, he must become a leader of a new kind of order. The Veil is fraying, the shadows are gathering, and love might be their anchor, but destiny is weaving a far more dangerous thread. Tags: My mate is taking lessons from a cosmic politician who sighs like the world is one big IT ticket. Our mission: break into a shadow demon’s pocket dimension and steal back what’s ours. Our team: a grumpy vampire, a haphazard crew of shifters, a wolf-god who’s seen too much, and a kid brother who’s in charge of "fae enrichment," which mostly means sending gifs of cats in tiny costumes. This isn’t a rescue. It’s a promotion. Welcome to the supernatural fix-it squad.

As spring semester deadlines loom, Archie and Phil are about to face something that doesn’t just haunt the dark, it lurks in the gaps in your attention. Archimedes Kee is trying very hard not to fall apart. Between final exams, a mountain of overdue projects, and keeping the family bookstore afloat, he barely has time to breathe, let alone chase ghosts. But with views on their paranormal webcast in need of a big hit and bills stacking up, Archie knows they need another hot case. He just didn’t expect his boyfriend’s parents to show up and supply it. He and Phil should be focused on school and each other but Phil’s being drawn into old tensions clawing their way through his family. Unresolved issues are flaring back to life, whispered arguments turning into full-blown fractures. Things are quickly reaching a breaking point for the Kestrel clan. As stress mounts and cracks form in both school and family life, Archie and Phil must face an entity that waits for you to look away, and the second you do, it steals you because this entity doesn’t chase. Kestrel and Kee, The Hidebehind of Camp Minnow Mingle is a queer new adult paranormal romance featuring an established couple, family drama, college chaos, a lurking unseen horror, and a hard-earned happily ever after.

Sasha I’m prey. Weak little helpless prey. At least, that’s what I let the wild men in Wilde’s End think. I haven’t trusted them one bit since I’ve been stranded here, and after Lynx tries to kill me, I know my instincts were correct. At least until I’m forced to spend more time with the machete-wielding animal. He’s got a past he won’t talk about, and a protective streak that anyone else would find suffocating. Anyone but me. And when he extends that protection to me, it feels better than I expect it to. I still want out of The End, but maybe I can have a little fun first. Lynx I’m a predator. When I was young, I promised myself that no one would ever get past my defenses again. People call me scary and unhinged, but they can think what they like so long as my town is safe. The influx of outsiders to Wilde’s End already had me on edge, and then in stumbles Sasha. A small, weak, walking tragedy. I have no idea how he's survived this long, but something about him calls to me. Everything from his pretty eyes to the way he bites back at me and fights battles he has no chance of winning. I’d assumed he was prey. But the more I push, the more I feel like I’m the one being hunted.

Five hockey players, second chances, and the small-town matchmakers determined to put them on the path to love in this fun and steamy MM romantic comedy collection. What happens when a pro hockey player comes to town to rehab his shoulder, a childhood crush comes home for a funeral, a retired player becomes a single dad, a hockey rivalry follows two men off the ice, and a grumpy defenseman gets stuck wearing a Santa suit? Clover Ridge happens. In this laugh-out-loud collection of gay hockey romances, five men discover that leaving the rink behind doesn't mean leaving their hearts on the bench. Between nosy matchmakers, festival chaos, forced proximity, old grudges, and enough small-town gossip to keep everyone entertained, these hockey players are about to discover that their biggest challenge might not be on the ice. From rivals turning into lovers to second chances, bisexual awakenings, single dads, grumpy/sunshine opposites, and unexpected holiday romance, these men are finding love in the last place they expected. This 5-book collection includes: Skates and Santa Hat Tricks and Hair Cuts Pucks and Pastries Ice and Ink Sticks and Stones Expect steamy MM instalove romance with hockey players, grumpy sunshine sparks, enemies to lovers, second chances, bisexual awakenings, opposites attract, found family, small-town meddling, and five sweet happily ever afters.

One last job before retirement. That was the plan. Then I died, got turned into an immortal vampire, and honestly? Score. That's how I met him. The cutest, sassiest little vamp ever. He might look twenty, but he’s ancient, perpetually grumpy, and convinced his divine patron is going to resurrect his paladin career any day now. In the meantime, he runs a tavern and hates every second of it. Nothing a good song or two can't fix, especially with my new bard magic which lets me wrap anyone around my little finger. The only problem? Hwan won't let us ride off into the sunset, or into the nearest bedroom, until the charlatan who killed me pays for his crimes. So much for an easy afterlife. Guess it's time for one last job before my happy ending. Better not screw it up. A "Mother Parker" AU cozy fantasy where Parker is the sunshiny gray-haired bard and Hwan is the grumpy ex-paladin vampire who saves him. Welcome to the world of Silver Linings, where old age doesn’t have to mean bad backs and regrets. Silver Linings is a shared concept collaboration about older silver foxes and their magical midlife awakenings. Grab your tea, light a candle and dive into six magical cozy worlds full of whimsy, warmth and happily-ever-afters.

Will has lived in Five Springs all his life, suffocated by the small town and small-minded people. They all know that he’s… different. Not right. All Will can do is try and shrink himself down to nothing to avoid the whispers and judgement that follow him every day. When a strange pull draws Will to the new spring at the construction site in his town, he finds Itori, a creature with scales and claws and glowing red eyes. An impossible monster that shouldn’t exist. Yet, despite his appearance, Itori has a gentleness to him, a sweetness when he touches Will that makes it hard for Will to stay away. But as the construction of the land rolls on, it begins to threaten the spring Itori is tied to. Itori’s only hope for survival becomes gaining enough energy to walk on dry land to escape the dying spring. While Will desperately wants Itori to live, he also selfishly doesn’t want Itori to go. He’d never ask Itori to stay, Will just… doesn’t want to lose the one person who’s ever touched him, kissed him, seen him for who he really is. Like Itori, Will is trapped in Five Springs. When Itori leaves him… what will Will have left?

Everyone thinks they know the man at the top of the world. I'm the one who married him. The workshop is real. The ride is real. The immortal who leads it, jolly and deathless and beloved by a whole world that has no idea what his job actually costs him – he's real too, and lonelier than the songs will ever admit. I know, because in a life he doesn't remember, I was the one who kept him warm during the coldest, longest nights. It didn't last. It couldn't, not according to the ancients who serve the office of 'Santa Claus' above the actual man, and took one look at the fragile mortal in their master's bed and decided to get rid of me. They sent me away. I didn't survive it. Now I've woken at the beginning again, and I know things a human nobody isn't supposed to know – how the Pole's magic really works. What the list can bind. And the loophole, buried in the immortals' own law, that could make my place beside Santa permanent… if I can satisfy it before the old guard realize what I'm doing and move against me the way they did before. I loved my husband then, and my heart still belongs to him now, when he doesn't remember me. I can't let him go – so this time, I won't. Reborn to be Santa's Mortal Omega is a standalone M/M omegaverse novella featuring workshop intrigue, steamy romps around the North Pole, and a much-needed second chance at forever. HEA guaranteed!

Fated to love one another, they are hunted for what they are. Ethan saved a vampire, Auris, and getting close to him nearly cost Ethan his life. But he won’t give up on what he and Auris can have, on what Auris says they are meant to have. They travel to Prague to follow a mysterious rumor, but it’s also a chance for them to get closer to one another and for Ethan to truly leave his old life behind. But the mystery that lured them to the Golden City is not at all what they expected. Radiant is the sequel to Illuminated, an MM vampire romance. The story should be read in order.

Is Jon happy to finally meet Seiji, the awesome Chaos Magician he’s been hearing about? Absolutely. Is he happy he needs to call Seiji in for a case involving hundreds of portals dripping blood he can read when he shouldn’t be able to? Absolutely not. Will lots of lives be lost to the living sacrifice altar if they don’t find the perpetrator quickly? Beyond a doubt. Do they know how to go about saving those people? Here’s hoping. Tags: Halloween special, macabre case, cannibalism, you know its bad when Jon calls a Chaos Magician in for backup, Seiji and Jon finally meet, Seiji explains Jon, Jon is thankful, apprentices, portals, not all psychics are good psychics, Jon does not like this timeline, Seiji doesn’t either, Donovan has left the building, Lachlan’s just sad he doesn’t get to stab anything, this case happens after Seiji x Lachlan story, Donovan prefers actual haunted houses over this Tropes: Police Procedural, Mystery, Contemporary Fantasy, Bonded Lovers, MM Romance, Psychic Powers, Horror, Paranormal

When it comes to relationships, Kodi's motto is ‘once bitten twice shy'. Only Lennon can switch off his chaotic brain. Can Kodi be brave enough to face what he hides from the outside world to claim the biggest prize of his life, Lennon’s love? Kodi Starling seems to have a perfect life. He's rich, attractive, and blessed with a loving family. But Kodi has a brain busier than an eight-lane highway. Drugs never worked for him and he learns to adapt. Well, kind of. All this focus leaves him with the emotional control of a toddler at times. Lennon's way of switching off Kodi’s brain comes with a delicious side effect. He even ignores his brothers' ribbing about falling for his PA, and slides into a relationship with the ease of a pro baseball player going for a home run. Lennon Dane has no clue how tricky life is going to become navigating Kodi’s out bursts. After months of dealing with them, Lennon oversteps a boundary with surprising results, and it's a game changer. As their relationship changes, his vampire bat forces their heat sending Lennon’s body out of whack resulting in a pregnancy. For Kodi, that means one thing, it's time to tell the truth. How hard can that be? He’s about to find out… Kodi’s Keeper is book 8 in the Divergent Omegaverse series, where sometimes a paddle is the answer to everything.

The biggest risk isn't telling a secret, it's keeping it. It was a simple arrangement. No strings, no feelings, no complications. Just stolen moments in the dark when the world isn't watching. Now I'm standing on his doorstep two weeks before Thanksgiving, breaking every rule we made. Ten years of loving him in the dark never prepared me for waking up next to Griffin Hall. But somewhere between shared meals and kisses on the couch that feel so much like a life I could have, I fell all the way in love with my best friend's younger brother. When the world catches up to us, I'll have to choose, keep hiding, or finally fight for him.

I am the King of the Academy. He is the dirt under my boots. And we are going to ruin each other. FELIX CENTO As the Academy's Rank One, I am the Golden Boy. The Strategic Asset. My life is a clinical cycle of "maintenance" and perfection, lived under the unblinking red eye of the Director's surveillance. Then they bring in the wolf. Leander Regillen is everything I am taught to loathe, undisciplined, filthy-mouthed, feral straight from the Sector 9 cages. He didn't come to play soccer. He came to take my crown. But when the Academy locks us in one dorm room, the hatred turns into hunger. He can never find out what I've already sacrificed to keep him breathing. LEANDER REGILLEN I have a death sentence in my pocket. If I wash out of the Academy, I don't go home. I go to the Front to die in a trench. Felix Cento is a beautiful fake, and I want to break his perfect porcelain mask. I want to make the King beg. But when the lights go out and the cameras keep watching, Felix stops being a rival. He becomes an obsession. And once I bite down, I don't let go. WIN OR DIE. The Culling Match is coming. Only one of us can lead the National Team. To survive, I have to destroy him… or let him consume me completely. Inside the stadium walls:

The agony of truth. The torture of confusing desires. Dammit. Why did I have to be caught up in both? Things are changing at an alarming rate, the world as I knew it unravelling into one chaotic mess. There is danger around every corner, and more wicked truths waiting to deliver yet another devastating blow. My heart can’t take much more. It’s already mired in confusion over my hunger for the vampire king’s touch. I want him, but it’s becoming too dangerous. I have to break this bond between us before it’s too late. Because there's nothing but a doomed future for us lurking on the horizon. Ha! Resistance is easier said than done… The Vampire’s Embrace is the third book in an M/M Fantasy Romance series. Dive into a world of magic, mystery, danger, and a slow-burning enemies-to-lovers romance between a vampire executioner and a vampire king that will bloom across the series. This book is not a standalone.

Babylon City’s newest Hunter, Gideon Caldwell, is on the trail of a vampire serial killer, until he stumbles upon a far deadlier threat to the Contract, the ancient pact keeping supernaturals hidden. Something dark brews in the city’s bowels, reeking of sulfur and death. But Gideon’s biggest problem isn’t the case, it’s Cor, his unexpected vampire sidekick: sexy, dangerous, and utterly off-limits. More beast than man, and worse: he’s very much interested in Gideon. But Hunters don’t get the picket fence life. Never. Especially not with the enemy. Cor, on the other hand, has no such qualms… As lies and intrigue tighten their grip, Gideon must unravel the conspiracy in time to save the one supernatural he is terrified to lose.

I’m going to kill a monster tonight. Fifteen years ago, my brother disappeared in the Austrian Alps. I was the last person to see him alive. I was also the only one who saw what took him. No one believed me. The authorities blamed the mountain. My parents blamed grief. Therapists blamed childhood trauma and an overactive imagination. They all said the same thing. Monsters aren’t real. So I did what everyone expected. I buried it. I buried the memories beneath college, friendships, parties, and a life that was supposed to move on. Eventually… I believed them. Until one college lecture changed everything. One centuries-old woodcut. One terrifying creature with horns. One name for the monster I’d spent fifteen years convincing myself wasn’t real. Krampus. Now I’m back in the mountains where my brother vanished, working alongside a team of cryptozoologists chasing legends. They’re looking for proof, I’m looking for revenge. Because monsters are real. And tonight… I’m hunting one.

Fate is a fickle creature, is he not? Sunday My name is Sunday Mourning. Yes, you heard that correctly. And no, I don’t want to talk about it. I don’t want to talk about the fact I’m having a dry spell, or that I’m about to lose my job because I told a kid to screw off. And I definitely don’t want to talk about the fact that my impromptu nosebleeds have just proven the existence of the occult. Bellamy After my marriage rots apart, I take a leap of faith and pursue a job at a museum in Salem. It feels like a lifeline, the perfect opportunity for a fresh start. That is until I stumble upon their resident taxidermist, a ghost from my past I’d thought I’d never see again. But when Sunday gets himself into a spot of my particular brand of trouble and realizes that I was never joking when I said I could see dead people, it seems like our tattered past might stitch itself together again. STILLWATER is an MM romance between a witch and a taxidermist. Set in the spooky atmospheric city of Salem, Massachusetts, it follows two men as they try to navigate old wounds and new versions of themselves. Between meddling ghosts, baby vampires and accidental witchcraft, will they find their way back to each other?

Every Harbinger has an expiration date. And I’m well past mine. I’m Eli and I had a promising future on Broadway before my friends talked me into a cliché road trip complete with showtunes. One stop at a gas station changed everything and now I spend my nights at that same gas station in a tasteless bathrobe and slippers begging other hopeful youths to turn their car around. They never listen, but I’ll never stop trying for as long for as I live. It’s the least I can do to atone for my actions. Judging by the Harbingers of past, that won’t be for much longer. Being the final boy isn’t as glamorous as it sounds. The only thing keeping me going is an endless supply of coffee and sexy bodyguard who’s decided I’m his to protect. And I’ve gone and fallen in love with him. MARCUS My orders are clear. Keep the harbinger alive ‘till his job’s done. I’m Marcus, Eli’s bodyguard. I’ve been around for it all. Bodyguards stay out of the spotlight, though. So, I wait in the wings and keep my eyes on my boy while he performs his starring role at that old gas station. Then I escort him home, force food down his throat, and protect him from behind closed doors while he kneels for other men. Goddamn, do I wanna be the one tugging on his soft curls. I’ll never crawl into his bed, though, no matter how much he shakes that cute little ass at me. ‘Cause I’m Eli’s protector and I won’t be another weapon in his self-destructive arsenal. Now, Eli’s job is coming to an end and I got two choices. I can step out of the shadows and take a bullet for that stubborn, adorable, bleeding-heart brat, or I can throw him over my shoulder and carry him out of Camp Kindred kicking and screaming to a different kind of happy ending. My boy and his adorable scowl will be the death of me one way or another.

What do you do when your biology betrays you? Delaney finds out devastating news that has him questioning who he truly is. In the midst of his tragedy, he meets an attractive alpha whose insistence to get to know him drives Delaney to make some questionable decisions that he'll later come to regret. Eli, an attractive alpha who lives a life steeped in secrecy, meets an omega that has him falling hard and fast, making him question if he can honestly share his life with someone. When the secrets are forced to come to light, can Eli salvage the best relationship he's ever had?

Tragedy follows Kit Brooks like a bad friend. He was twelve years old when a pack of rogue werewolves attacked and killed his family, leaving him orphaned and injured. The attack awakened something in Kit, memories of countless past lives returning in an instant. Taken in by a family of shape shifters, Kit found himself struggling to survive in a supernatural world where magic is mundane, soulmates exist, and monsters are very, very real. Only his friend and foster sibling, Everett Malkin, saved him from losing his mind entirely. When his foster parents were killed in a political attack, Everett left to seek revenge, and Kit was finally well and truly alone. Now, ten years after the last time he saw Everett, Kit has a career, friends, and a life he’s content with. When the jaguar shifter pops unexpectedly back into Kit’s life, he must grapple with his pasts, his futures, and a soulmate he used to think he wanted.

By desire. By thirst of the mind. Sitri, I summon you. I didn’t mean to summon a demon. Honestly, before this semester, I would have told you that demons are a myth, like the Lady in the Lake, Bigfoot, or free healthcare. Then I got drunk, read some Latin, and he showed up. Now there’s a six-foot-something demon with literal horns living in my apartment and correcting my conjugations. I’m questioning my entire worldview. Everything I thought I knew about religion, science … and my thesis. I’m not sure exactly what is going on, but I can’t seem to dismiss this as a fever dream. I tell myself I’m only keeping him around to help with my schoolwork, but that doesn’t explain why I can’t stop looking at him. Staring at his horns. And his lips. The way his golden eyes seem to shine brighter when I think about him. It should all be a red flag. A sign to seek psychiatric help. But what if he’s real? Lost In Translation is a MM paranormal romance between an ancient demon and a clueless graduate student. This story is set in the real world but includes paranormal elements such as magic and demons. This book is a standalone with a HEA ending.

He came looking for a story. He found a murder… and the man who would rewrite his life. Silas Everyone in Black Wing Bay knows I'm strange. The quiet antique shop owner. The man the crows always seem to follow. The one people whisper about whenever something bad happens. I've spent my whole life keeping my head down, protecting my family's secrets, and making sure no one looks too closely at me. Then a tourist is found dead in the Harvest Festival corn maze. Suddenly the town is looking at me again. Only this time, one stubborn mystery author refuses to believe the rumors. That's almost more dangerous than the murder itself. Because if James keeps digging for the truth, he won't just uncover a killer. He'll uncover me. James I came to Black Wing Bay to escape a crushing case of writer's block. Instead, I found a body. As if that wasn't enough, I also found an impossibly sweet antique dealer surrounded by crows, superstitions, and enough suspicious coincidences to fill my next bestseller. Everyone insists Silas is cursed. I don't believe in curses. I do believe someone is working very hard to make him look guilty. The deeper I investigate the murder, the more obvious it becomes that someone is trying very hard to make Silas the perfect scapegoat. And the more time I spend with him, the more certain I become that the shy man behind those wary eyes is hiding something far bigger than either of us imagined. The only problem? Someone will kill to keep Black Wing Bay's secrets buried. And I've never been very good at walking away from a mystery… or from the man who's slowly stealing my heart.