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Winterian Sky
by Rafe JadisonWith his planet under attack by the Moracci, and a strange virus devouring his people by the droves, healer scientist Chesterfield Tombre knows he must find a cure for the dreaded plague. Yet with a sinister boss running the Office of Federal Health and a planet slowly crumbling away, Chesterfield has limited resources and nowhere to turn.Winterian Guard Donacio Floresia can’t get the gorgeous healer scientist he saw on an informational broadcast out of his head. For a week he’s played the recording over and over, telling himself he really just cares about the man’s cause. When he realizes the Office of Federal Health is about to be destroyed, and possibly the gorgeous healer with it, Donacio knows what he must do. Donacio finds himself pledging his Oath of Loyalty to Chesterfield and sweeping him away to a mountainous fortress. Although they escape the burning city, will there be time to find a cure and stop the Moracci, or will everything fall apart that lies beneath a Winterian Sky?
Darik Wilson, Ghost Talker
by Edward KendrickDarik Wilson was normal young man in college until the day he stumbled across a man's body in a local park. When he touched it, the man's ghost appeared. It scared the hell out of Darik as the ghost of Cornell Albright begged him to find his murderer. He was the thirteenth victim of the serial killer dubbed as X for the way he laid out his victims. Cornell told Darik what little he recalled about his killer, which Darik passed on to Detective Lang, who believed in the paranormal. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to find X, who ceased his murderous spree after Cornell's death. Cornell stayed around, unable to move on because X was never caught.Ten years later, X reappears. Darik is on the scene when the third of his victims is discovered, and with Cornell's help he is able to talk to Morris and relay what he learns to Detective Lang. Now, Darik has two ghosts to contend with. At the same time, he meets Steve Grainger while out jogging. When Steve comes to Darik's costume shop to rent a costume they strike up a tentative friendship, planning to run together at a park the following Sunday morning.Things don't go quite as they expected when X strikes again, killing a man who, in the early morning light might have been mistaken for Steve. Darik and Steve are there when a woman finds the body, at which point Steve discovers he, too, has the ability to see ghosts.Now, the problem becomes, was Steve the intended victim? If so, will they be able to find and stop X, with the help of the three ghosts, before he strikes again?
Method to Madness
by Thomas Grant BrusoFive years ago, Jack Ballinger was a police officer.He has since moved from the small upstate New York town of Black Falls for greener pastures and a peaceful life alone in the Green Mountain State. Time has changed Jack -- he is no longer the man he used to be. A significant challenge for him has been the heartbreaking loss of his boyfriend, companion, and one true love, Steve. Now alone, Jack has yet to deal rationally with the immediate changes of his new life. After losing his partner, Jack drank heavily to numb the pain and forget his life-changing loss. Now he must find a way to move forward without Steve and the life he built for himself. Joining an Alcoholics Anonymous group helps quiet the voices that still keep him awake at night. But something much darker has followed him to his life in the quiet corners of Vermont.When Jack thinks he has buried the scars of his past, a new nightmare emerges. How far will Jack go to end the imminent evil in his life and kill it for good?Trigger warning: this story addresses suicide and suicidal ideation.
Love Defies the Odds
by Sean CunninghamSequel to Life Marches OnIan Hughes returns from a business trip to discover his wife Debbie brutally murdered. When a bloody note reveals Ian was the intended victim, Ian’s friend Detective Danny Diaz is assigned as Ian’s bodyguard. As Danny tries to keep Ian from being the killer’s next victim, the romance they each secretly desired years ago is rekindled and ignites into a sexual tension hot enough to destroy Danny’s career.Secret business deals, sexual liaisons, and long-held grudges are exposed as Danny tries to find the murderer. Amidst all the lies and cover-ups one thing is certain -- although everyone seems to love Ian, someone wants him dead. The closer they get to solving the crime, the closer the attempts on Ian’s life come to actually succeeding.Was it fate that brought Ian and Danny together? Will their relationship survive the scrutiny of the investigation or the stress of being a target? Will they catch the killer before the killer gets Ian? Only time will tell if Ian can survive to live happily ever after with Danny.
The Birthday Bear
by Holly DayFor more than a year, Gabe Callan has known Riley Irving is his mate, but Riley isn’t ready. He stumbled into Gabe’s bakery one night after having left his abusive ex, and he’s still dealing with what he’s been through. Gabe knows he needs time, but he doesn't know how much longer he can wait.All Riley wants is a safe, slow, boring life. He doesn’t want any adventures other than those he reads about in romance novels. But maybe he’s read too many paranormal books because he’s imagining the guys at the bakery growling, and sometimes he believes he sees their eyes shift color. Maybe he’s going insane.Gabe is scared to tell Riley the truth about what he is. If he waits too long, Riley will feel betrayed. If he tells him too soon, he will run away, and Gabe isn’t sure he can survive without Riley. How do you tell your skittish human mate you’re a bear shifter?
The Last Call
by Thomas Grant BrusoAn armed, violent man escapes jail and flees police in Talon County, Maine, where a widespread chase stretches from Bangor to Portland. A torrential rainstorm hits the coast of Maine in a fury of blackouts as police canvas the area for Brad Rayon, who terrorizes a small community, killing anybody who gets in his way.Several break-ins, thefts, and arsons are reported in the area, but for Ash and his boyfriend Wally, it is a series of personal threats that heightens to life-threatening attacks. With Wally at work, Ash is alone when he hears the first of many strange noises outside his house. It starts with crank calls, a heavily obscured voice calling out his name on the other end. There are knocks at the front door. He hears footsteps in the house, somebody walking around, and a large shadow filling the corner of a room.Ash’s past is riddled with abuse and violence, and he struggles to understand what’s real and imagined. Will Ash be the fugitive’s next victim, or is the ongoing trail of dead bodies a figment of Ash’s troubled imagination?
The Secrets of Heaven
by Reni StankovaSequel to The Enemy of HeavenRaphael and Dante, the enemies of Heaven who committed regicide and ascended a new queen on the throne, have enjoyed five idyllic years hiding in the mountains. But, their sanctuary shatters when Archangel Remiel, one of the best investigators in the world, closes in on them, forcing the couple into a life on the run.Meanwhile, Raphael stumbles upon a clue regarding his late mother's enigmatic discovery -- the ancient artifact that cost her life at the hands of her tyrannical husband. The clue leads him to the Holy Land.Determined to honor his mother's legacy, Raphael and Dante embark on a quest across three continents while avoiding Remiel's pursuit and contending with old and new acquaintances, all eager to exploit their predicament for personal gain. Turns out, enemies of Heaven are very valuable. But ffighting the world is nothing their powerful teamwork cannot overcome.But what will they find when they reach the Holy Land? Why does unveiling the secrets of the distant past threaten to unleash a cataclysmic force the world hasn't seen since the Great War? And what does Raphael's brother, Michael Azelys, have to do with everything?
Above Rubies
by Fyn AlexanderThe year is 1885 and all May Jakobsson wants is a home of her own and a woman to love. Leaving behind her poor immigrant family, she claims her one hundred and sixty acres under the Homestead Act in Dakota Territory. Life on the farm is lonely and there seems no hope of meeting the right woman, or any woman with her inclinations. That is, until an itinerant seamstress arrives in town.When wealthy Boston socialite Temperance Lowell decides to take her sewing machine and travel the rails staying in different towns, she is seeking adventure while escaping Boston where the woman she was having an affair with is getting married. The last thing she expects is to meet a tall, shy woman wearing men’s clothes to whom she is instantly attracted.Not only does their attachment cause an uproar in the town of Livingstone, especially among the men who were already hostile to a woman like May, and were more than interested in the beautiful and elegant Temperance, but it confuses May who, in her own words, is “as common as the dirt I dig.” Temperance, a little older and very sure of herself, knows May is the woman for her.Can they make a life together in a rough town among farming folk? Will their love survive the challenges thrown their way?
Evan Versus the Sharlotka (2019 Advent Calendar Homemade For The Holidays Ser. #5)
by Chrissy MunderEvery relationship has a defining moment. Will this be Evan’s?Gentle giant Evan Carmichael dreams of making a grand, romantic gesture to win the heart of his office crush, precise programmer Gavriil Cottan. He wants the moment to be perfect, but how can it when Evan himself is a rumpled mess? With the office holiday potluck fast approaching, Evan decides to go all out and make Gavriil’s favorite dessert, an apple sharlotka just like Gavriil’s mother used to make.The problem? Evan is a disaster in both life and the kitchen and time is running out. Can he learn to master the mysteries of the sharlotka and win Gavriil’s heart or will his dreams of a future with Gavriil go up in flames?
Christmas Below Stairs
by Ellie ThomasAt the age of twenty-three, Joseph Paul has come a long way from an abandoned foundling to the dizzy heights of a position as a second footman in London’s Bedford Square. But Joseph doesn’t want to remain in service forever and harbours ambitions to be his own master.Eli Turner might have become a valet by his thirties, but he is weary of his profession and lacks direction. He can’t even summon the energy to seek out a new position in a more prestigious household.Under ordinary circumstances, working as servants for the same family, these two men might not have the chance to exchange more than a few words, let alone confide their feelings. But when they both remain in the virtually deserted townhouse over Christmas, they take the opportunity to talk as equals and explore their mutual attraction.Is this just a short-lived holiday fling? Or might it be the start of a long-standing romance?
Projecting
by Alex WintersWhen Ryder Cassidy inherited the family movie theater, she revamps the downtrodden old theater into Chillerz Cinema, showing all scary movies, all day, even at Christmas. When Ryder walks into a supposedly empty theater at the end of the night before Christmas Eve only to find her high school crush has snuck inside all by her lonesome, she is not only peeved but pleasantly surprised.Tori Frampton is home on winter break and escapes her family to the old theater downtown. Only it isn’t so rundown anymore: flashy neon, an attached café, a gift shop, and a brand new owner, former classmate and school outcast Ryder Cassidy. Chillerz Cinema isn’t the only one who’s had a makeover while Tori was away at school -- Ryder’s looking sexier than Tori has ever seen her before.Once reunited, the former classmates from opposite sides of the tracks realize they have way more in common than they ever thought possible, including the sudden desire to spend the holidays alone ... together!
Fishnets and Tinsel
by Alexandra CaluenIvan Reznik’s been part of the drag act at the Pink Pussycat Lounge for five years when Jaime Rivera joins the cast. They both worked as extras for a scene in an action comedy filming in Las Vegas. Between the daily tests and the thrill of making a movie, a round of hookups was inevitable. Now 2020 is almost over, and Ivan can’t help wishing his new year might include more of Jaime. But first he has to tell the truth about something big.Jaime’s whole life changed with the lockdown. His roommate situation fell apart, his job went away, he had to move home with his parents in Phoenix, and his life of carefree casual sex seems to be over. He’s barely begun to think about what might be possible when he wakes up on Ivan’s couch to face a day full of upsetting truths.Ivan and Jaime decide to find out if the truth opened the door for a new way to look at the future. Can that be the holiday gift they both wanted most?
Lost in 2003
by Kimberly NicoleForty-year-old Traci Woods believes her life has finally reached perfection. She and her wife, Monique, have just moved into their dream home. Before they can even get settled in, they meet their eccentric neighbor Frank, who claims to be an inventor. He is working on a time machine to transport himself directly into his body of twenty years ago so he can change his life.Due to an unexpected glitch when Frank tests his machine, Traci ends up being thrown back into her twenty-year-old body in the year 2003. Can she persuade the younger version of Frank to build a new time machine to take her back to her real life? Should she contact twenty-one-year-old Monique and convince her they know each other in the future? Or will Traci completely regress into her young partying life?
A Thousand Cuts
by Eve MortonWhen PI Luca Nolan accepts a case from a man looking for his lost cousin, he doesn't expect to find artist Daniel Merriweather so quickly -- and so attractive. As he surveys Daniel in gay-friendly Provincetown, Luca finds more of himself in Daniel than he does for his client, leading him into questionable gray areas in terms of his personal life and his private practice.When Daniel discovers he's being watched, and Luca's put in a bad place that only reminds him of his past, will each man not let their past wounds dictate their future? Or will they fall victim to the death of a thousand cuts?
Not Sweet Enough
by Kim DavisCase Larson is restless. Although he has a loving boyfriend, contractor Ray Burch, he often feels neglected in their relationship because Ray is too busy with work to spend time with him. So Case decides to spend a little time with Luke Mills, a handsome guy from his gym. Case’s hookups with Luke help calm his restlessness and feed his need for the attention he’s not getting from Ray. But Ray finds out about Case’s cheating and their relationship implodes.Case quickly realizes he made a huge mistake and tries to repair the damage he’s done. But making things right with Ray means cutting ties with Luke, a job easier said than done. Luke refuses to go away quietly and he’s determined to make Case pay for using him.Case goes from having a stud to a stalker in his life, and he has to find a way to stop the harassment, win his boyfriend back, and maintain his sanity all at the same time.
Without Borders
by Dianne HartsockThe year is 2062, eight years since the United Nations evolved into the Global Alliance of Nations, when the last hold-out country signed the Intergovernmental Peace Treaty of 2054.So why, when a spacecraft of unknown origin crash-lands in a remote area of the Black Hills, SD, is Dr. Trevor Barwell filled with dread? The Peace Treaty should extend to any visitors to Earth, correct? As a doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières, Trevor is ready to aid the injured, whether human or not.With his lover, Dr. Miles Coleman from the Department of Global Sciences, and the beautiful, genderfluid Dr. Jase Graham with the United Environmental Protection Agency, Trev sets out to protect the travelers at any cost. But it’s always dangerous when politics are involved, and Trev wonders if the Peace Treaty is strong enough not to break under pressure, or is he in for the fight of his life?
A Festive Gathering at Chelsea
by Ellie ThomasSequel to May WeddingIn early December of 1817, shortly before the ton retires to the countryside for the winter, Percy Havilland decides to hold an informal Yuletide afternoon party for his companions and family.Within the unconventional social array of guests are Percy’s closest friends, the four couples consisting of gentlemen and working men who meet for supper each Thursday evening at The Golden Lion tavern.Percy’s aims are supported by his long-suffering and ever-reliable lover, Nathan. Meanwhile, gentleman Jo Everett relishes that he can proudly attend a social occasion with his life partner, the tailor Daniel Walters. And musician Luc has a private plan for Christmas to reveal to his actor sweetheart, Harry.But amongst these happy couples, all is not well between Captain Ben Harding and Edward Stephens. Can Ben’s best friend Jo intervene on Edward’s behalf? Or might Ben have already reached a decision, leaving Edward heartbroken?
Change of Luck
by David Connor E. F. MulderSequel to Lucky BreakSometimes, bad luck can’t be thwarted, Renny’s mother once said. You give it what it wants, and then pick up the pieces. Two broken mirrors. A fourteen-year curse. After a series of unfortunate events, Renny gave it what it wanted. He and Waz took a break, though they never stopped loving one another.When those fourteen years are finally over, what happens next? In Renny’s superstitious world, he needs a sign from fate before moving forward. Renny’s sister recalls a scavenger hunt their mother sent her seven years after she broke a mirror. Seven good luck charms had to be found and collected before the bad luck would officially end. Since Renny and Waz’s hex was doubled, Renny feels they must find fourteen.Will they succeed even if they slightly bend the rules? Is their love strong enough to fight bad fortune this time? Will Renny get his sign?
Three Golden Rings
by Alexander VerlangenIsaac has two boyfriends. One is a charismatic and stunning British man who loves Christmas. The other is an Australian who has never had a good holiday. This holiday, everything is perfect. They’re spending Christmas in the mountains in a snow-covered cottage. Cameron’s parents are coming. They’d enjoy the perfect Christmas.But disaster strikes when Cameron’s parents are stuck in a storm and can’t make it to the cabin. Jackson is anxiety riddled and nervous but refuses to tell anyone why. Isaac must ensure both his boyfriends have the perfect Christmas. Can Isaac give them the dream Christmas without their holiday spiraling into chaos?
Coming Arrival
by Adam CarpenterJohnny Lee Capstone never thinks about settling down. As the owner and proprietor of Capstone’s Dude Ranch, he tends to lust after the men who book vacations at his resort in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Sexy, insatiable, he focuses his attention on one man to feed his urgent needs.But something is about to change as he approaches his 40th birthday, which coincidentally falls on Christmas Day. From December 1st until the 25th, Johnny Lee decides to take a sabbatical from hid desires, if he can. It’s a chance for him to reexamine his life as a new year nears.Someone else has something else in mind, a challenge Johnny Lee finds confounding ... and intriguing. It’s the first day of the holiday season when that initial package arrives, with the simple phrase stating, “Just the Advent.” A beginning.Each day another missive arrives. Who is sending them, and why? Is it the fact he’s hitting a new decade giving him a reason to rethink the way he lives his life? Is the sexuality he thrives on about to alter him? Maybe, he’ll find a future.
Lights, Camera, Romance
by T. J. BrimstoneJason, owner of his own coffee shop, and Eli, shy but kinky librarian, meet on the set of a reality TV show and have to pretend to be a couple. Sparks fly immediately, especially when they realize they’ve been flirting at Jason’s coffee shop long before the show set them up.Jason has to accept that Eli feels like a kitten at heart, and Eli needs to trust that Jason is the playful Dom he’s been longing for. And someone has to send a memo to Eli’s abusive boyfriend to back off ... all before the show’s finale. With a little help from the show’s loyal fanbase, anything is possible; even a happy ending!
Savoring the Sauce
by Teal H.S. FieldsSummer is a time for relaxing and escaping the doldrums of life. It also is a time when a hot and steamy romance can unexpectedly alter a man’s life trajectory. Such is the case for Taylor Robinson, a sexually stifled underling at a major law firm, and Liam Dolan, an athletic trainer for a university football team. When they are left alone after dinner, an innocent massage escalates into a full-blown tryst as the two enhance supper with additional flavors atop the dinner table.As the days pass, Taylor and Liam continue their throes of seduction and passion, taking things to the next level with full-throttle intensity. Realizing they are finding themselves physically and emotionally attracted to each other, they navigate their feelings of desiring something more than just the mind-blowing sex they enjoy. As they enhance their desires, will Taylor ever find the courage to escape his own thinking to find a sauce he can savor for a lifetime?
Sleighed
by Shawn BaileyTaylor Ariza has landed the job of his dreams as senior editor at Braxton Publishing Company. Within the first week on the job, he gets invited to the wedding of one of the sons of Taylor’s new employer. At the reception he meets a young man named Alex with the face of an angel and the vocabulary of a seasoned sailor. Taylor can overlook the language, but not the way the Braxton family treats Alex. After spending one glorious night together, Alex is the one Taylor wants to spend the rest of his life with.Designer Alex Moore has always been the black sheep of his family because he’s loud, proud, and unapologetically gay. He doesn’t normally sleep around on a first date, but Taylor is hard to resist. Not only is he tall, dark, and handsome, but also charming, funny, and once Taylor finds out who Alex really is, he doesn’t back away, as Alex thought he might. Instead, he goes out of his way to prove to Alex none of that is important to him.With the holidays rapidly approaching, Taylor is looking for a gift to sweep Alex off his feet, and he finds the perfect present in a Manhattan jewelry store. Will Alex accept the gift and make him the happiest guy on earth?
Snowblind
by Ernestine Coleman-DupreeClay Jacobs is a young man that hasn't had a whole lot of luck in love. Life in general was going pretty good, but his love life ... not so much. Clay is driving across the country on his way home for the holidays after going through yet another breakup when he finds himself waking up to a life and surroundings he doesn't remember. More importantly, he has a lover named Hayden he doesn't remember. His mother is there to assure him that the three years he's missing due to intermittent amnesia after a head injury he sustained while skiing are locked in his mind and shall return.In the meantime, Clay has to face everything from wrapping his damaged mind around missing three years to going on a vacation with a lover he has no recollection of. Will love conquer all? Or will missing memories and injury be his undoing?
A New Finish Line
by A. F. HenleyWhen Gabe Devries loses his partner, he isn’t sure what he's going to do with himself. Once again, he's taken what should have been a good thing in his life and destroyed it. So, when an old friend shows up from the city, Gabe accepts his offer to help get Gabe back together with his ex.Jeff Rideau is a psychologist, he's known Gabe since they were both kids, and he won't put up with any of Gabe's posturing. So, if anyone can help, it will be Jeff. Recently out of a relationship himself, Jeff assures Gabe that love is real, and it will prevail.Yet the longer Jeff tries to get Gabe and Rory back together, the more Gabe realizes that might not be what either of them want or need.