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On a Roll
by Lynn TownsendFrom the farms of Tennessee, Beau Watkins had it all in high school: the cute girl, the popular jock lifestyle, a loving family. As a rising freshman at an out-of-state college, he's determined to find out who he really is behind the fake it 'til you make it attitude. He joins Rainbow Connection, the gay student alliance, hoping to find himself.Instead, he meets Vin Reyes. Raised by his grandparents and the heir to a prosperous company, Vin has been out of the closet since he figured out what that meant. He has it all: fashionable clothing, fancy cars, huge houses, and a real party lifestyle, even a bodyguard. Most of all, he has a secret.Uncomfortable with Vin's generosity, Beau fights his growing attraction for the president of Rainbow Connection, instead chasing a series of shallow affairs. Vin's never been denied anything he wants, though, and now he wants Beau.But it isn’t until an old rival puts Beau in the hospital that Vin realizes Beau means more to him than a simple affair. Can the two of them bridge the gap between their worlds and roll with the all the punches life throws at them?
Rainbow Connection Box Set
by Lynn TownsendAs a rising freshman at an out-of-state college, Beau Watkins is determined to find out who he really is behind the fake it 'til you make it attitude. He joins Rainbow Connection, the gay student alliance, hoping to find himself. Instead, he meets Vin Reyes.All three books in Lynn Townsend's best-selling Rainbow Connection series are collected together into a box set for the first time! Contains the stories:On a Roll: College is all about finding yourself, but nobody told Beau it was also about losing your heart. Can a farm kid from Tennessee make it work with a flamboyant rich man with a hidden past?Got the Blues: Beau gave up everything to be with his boyfriend Vin. But Vin turns to alcohol to drown his pain, and worse, a handsome transfer student is a little too interested in Beau. Vin throws away everything that's made him happy with both hands, terrified of his own feelings of inadequacy. Will they be able to find their place together in the world?A Classic Blunder: Beau and Vin have mended their differences, but that doesn't mean everything is back the way it was. Vin’s relationship with Beau has never been stronger ... until an unexpected email threatens to topple everything they've build together.
Room for Dessert
by Lynn TownsendSharon Gedes hasn't been the person she wanted to be for most of her life. She gave up the life of a writer, actress, and chose to settle in a small, southern town where she pretends to be someone she's not. Married, with four sons, she lives a life of quiet desperation, pretending to be straight, upright, and above all, normal.When she spends a weekend in New York with her old girlfriend, Pilar, to ostensibly pitch her television script to an executive producer, Sharon discovers everything she's been missing, a sense of purpose, love, adventure ... and the woman she used to be.Note: This story is included in the author’s anthology, Whetting the Appetite.
High Noon in Sandbridge
by Lynn Townsend Elizabeth L. BrooksSequel to Daybreak in SandbridgeLife is pretty good for Scooter and Andy Stahl-Howard these days. The restaurant is doing well and they’re happy with their little family.Then Scooter’s sister meets an untimely end, and Scooter and Andy are suddenly guardians to a niece they’ve only met a handful of times. Their attempts to make a home for the bereaved child are complicated by Andy's mother, Scooter’s ex-lover, and the man who claims to be Billie’s father.But whatever her parentage, Billie is a Stahl through and through -- stubborn and hot-tempered and not remotely interested in making a life in the one place her mother had sworn never to return. Will she ever learn to call Dockside and Sandbridge home?
Just Say the Word
by Lynn Townsend Elizabeth L. BrooksGabe Ellis knew some people were “like that,” but it never occurred to him those people might include his boyfriend, Tom Hampton. Now Gabe has to deal with the idea his gorgeous, successful lover enjoys hurting people -- and being hurt -- for fun. Worse, Gabe has to come to terms with the fact that so does he.Tom was once known in the local BDSM scene as a ruthless Dom, but he left the scene when he realized he’d rather have a vanilla partner than one who can’t deal with the fact that he’s a switch. Those old feelings come crashing back in, however, when Gabe confesses to darker desires.Gabe seems made for Tom, a switch who flips between stern Dom and sweetheart sub. But not everything goes smoothly as they explore their new dynamic. Will Gabe embrace the lifestyle, or ask for it all to stop?
Nights in Sandbridge (Sandbridge Ser.)
by Lynn Townsend Elizabeth L. BrooksAndy Howard dropped out of college to get away from his abusive father. When his longtime boyfriend reveals similar tendencies, Andy refuses to endure another moment of it, running away with nothing more than the cash in his pockets. He makes it to Virginia, where he's taken in by Scooter Stahl, a restaurant owner looking for an extra hand who's willing to be paid cash under the table.Scooter's been struggling for years: to keep the beachside restaurant he inherited from his parents above water (both financially and literally); to live down the fact that he's gay in a small southern town; to get over the man who's owned his heart since he was fourteen. But he's never had to struggle as hard as he is now, to keep his hands off Andy.
Whetting the Appetite
by Lynn Townsend Elizabeth L. BrooksRomance and erotica authors Lynn Townsend and Elizabeth L. Brooks have joined forces to assemble this collection of "flash-fiction" ultra-short stories generated in response to prompts offered by fans and friends and touching on dozens of aspects of lust, love, and desire.The stories in this collection span contemporary, historical, steampunk, fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, taking you from a modern living room to the high seas to Victorian London to planets and times at the edge of imagination. Explore relationships all along the romantic and erotic spectrums, including the thrill of a one-night stand, the fierce burn of rivalry, the heady flush of new romance, the intense trust of BDSM, and all the pros and cons of long-term partnerships. Meet characters who defy conventional gender boundaries, including a preoperative transmale, several aliens, and a few characters whose genders are left open to reader interpretation. Sexual orientations on display vary nearly as widely, with groupings that include M/F, M/M, F/F, and F/F/M -- not to mention those aliens!With 46 stories to choose from, there's something here for every moment and mood, something to whet any appetite.
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 01 (Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! #1)
by Yuu ToyotaIt's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male coworker's affections!Adachi, a thirty-year-old virgin, discovers he has the magical power to read the minds of people he touches. Unfortunately, the ability just makes him miserable since he doesn't know how to use it well! And to make matters worse, when he accidentally reads the mind of his very competent, handsome colleague, Adachi discovers the guy has a raging crush on none other than Adachi himself! Things are about to get VERY awkward!
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 02 (Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! #2)
by Yuu ToyotaIt's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male coworker's affections!Businessman Adachi turned thirty a virgin, and now he's a wizard who can read the mind of anyone he touches...which is how he learned that his handsome coworker Kurosawa was in love with him! Inexperienced Adachi was initially bewildered by Kurosawa's intense feelings, but after being exposed to Kurosawa's genuine affection, Adachi finds Kurosawa on his mind a lot more often than he'd care to admit these days! Will the upcoming staff business trip turn into a trip for two for Kurosawa and Adachi?!
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 03 (Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! #3)
by Yuu ToyotaIt's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male coworker's affections!Ever since he was blessed (cursed?) on his thirtieth birthday with the magical ability to read the minds of those he touches, virginal office drone Adachi has been put through the ringer, especially after discovering his colleague Kurosawa's feelings for him! And just when it seems like Adachi might be able to take his friendship with Kurosawa to the next level, Adachi's complex about not having any romantic experience gets in the way. Unfortunately for Adachi, taking things nice and slow is out the window when it turns out the two of them are going to be sharing an apartment!!
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 04 (Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! #4)
by Yuu ToyotaIt's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male coworker's affections!Gifted (cursed?) at the age of 30 with the ability to read the mind of whomever he touches (even the coworker with the hots for him!), virginal businessman-turned-wizard Adachi is taking his first tentative steps into love! After being wooed within an inch of his life by the tenacious Kurosawa, Adachi is at last on board with his feelings for his handsome, kind colleague and has come around to the idea of Kurosawa as his very first significant other. But now that the pair are officially an item, Kurosawa is chomping at the bit to do all the couple stuff he's been dreaming about, including dating! There's just one little problem: Adachi, the 30-year-old virgin, has never even been on a date!
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 05 (Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! #5)
by Yuu ToyotaIt's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male coworker's affections!Ever since Adachi and Kurosawa officially became an item, they&’ve been exploring their couplehood with both trepidation and excitement. But Adachi is stressed, and for once, it&’s not just romance that has him angsting! Conflicted about keeping his wizard self a secret from Kurosawa, Adachi waffles and frets, looking for the right moment to let the cat out of the bag. Before he can make a decision one way or another, however, Kurosawa&’s birthday arrives! And when a misunderstanding forces Adachi&’s hand, will the big reveal be a make (love)–or–break (up) moment for the pair?!
Murray Out of Water
by Taylor TracyPerfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Natalie Lloyd, and Jasmine Warga, this beautiful novel in verse explores one girl's struggle to regain her magic after a hurricane forces her to move away from her beloved ocean that, she believes, has given her special powers. Bighearted and observant twelve-year-old Murray O’Shea loves the ocean. Every chance she gets, she’s in it. It could be because the ocean never makes her apologize for being exactly who she is—something her family refuses to do—but it could also be because of the secret magic that Murray shares with the ocean. Though she can’t explain its presence, the electric buzz she feels from her fingertips down to her toes allows her to become one with the ocean and all its creatures, and it makes Murray feel seen in a way she never feels on land.But then a hurricane hits Murray’s Jersey Shore home, sending the O'Sheas far inland to live with relatives. Being this far from the ocean, Murray seems to lose her magic. And stuck in a house with her family, she can no longer avoid the truths she’s discovering about herself—like how she feels in the clothes her mom makes her wear, or why she doesn't have boys on the brain like other girls her age.But it’s not all hurricanes and heartache. Thankfully, Murray befriends a boy named Dylan, who has a magic of his own. When Murray agrees to partner with him for a youth roller-rama competition in exchange for help getting her magic back, the two forge an unstoppable bond—one that shows Murray how it's not always the family you were given that makes you feel whole...sometimes it's the family you build along the way.
Un’altra volta
by Rebecca Traduce Mary CalmesSei anni fa, Noah Wheeler andò a prendere il suo ragazzo, Dante Cerreto, all'aeroporto e tutto il suo mondo crollò. Dante stava baciando un'altra persona e dichiarava di esserne innamorato. Perciò Noah, con il cuore a pezzi e le foto dell'ecografia della loro figlia surrogata, chiuse la porta sul futuro che aveva pensato di avere, concentrandosi sul sogno che avrebbe realizzato, quello di diventare padre. Ora, in vacanza a Las Vegas, Noah incontra casualmente la famiglia Cerreto e rivede proprio Dante, scoprendo che non solo lui è stato incastrato, ma lo è stato anche il suo ex. Ora Dante vuole recuperare i sei anni sprecati; per farlo ha bisogno che Noah, l'unico uomo che abbia mai amato, e Grace, la figlia di cui ignorava l'esistenza, gli diano un'occasione per essere felice. Dante avrà però bisogno di un corso rapido e intensivo di tecniche di comunicazione e seduzione perché Noah non ha intenzione di innamorarsi per essere preso in giro un'altra volta.
La nostra identità (Un insolito triangolo #2)
by Rebecca Traduce Tj KluneSeguito di Un insolito triangoloBear, Otter e Kid sono sopravvissuti all'estate appena trascorsa con i cuori e le anime intatte. Si sono trasferiti nella Mostruosità Verde e Bear è finalmente capace di ammettere il suo amore per l'uomo che l'ha salvato da se stesso. Ma non è la fine della loro storia. Come potrebbe esserlo? I ragazzi scoprono che la vita non si ferma solo perché hanno avuto il loro lieto fine. C'è ancora la battaglia legale per la custodia di Kid. Il ritorno dei genitori di Otter. La prima serata in un locale gay. Kid va in terapia e la signora Paquinn decide che Bigfoot esiste davvero. Anna e Creed fanno... beh, qualsiasi cosa facciano Anna e Creed. Ci sono nuove gelosie, il ritorno di vecchi nemici, pessime poesie e gabbiani misantropi. E in tutto questo, Bear lotta per comprendere come sua madre abbia abbandonato lui e Kid, solo per ritrovarsi a scavare ancora più a fondo nel loro passato condiviso. Quello che trova cambierà le loro vite per sempre e lo aiuterà a capire cosa serve per diventare ciò che sono destinati a diventare. La famiglia non sempre è definita dai legami di sangue. È definita dalle persone che ci rendono completi, che contribuiscono a costruire la nostra identità.
Un insolito triangolo (Un insolito triangolo #1)
by Rebecca Traduce Tj KluneTre anni fa, la madre di Bear McKenna se ne è andata per una destinazione sconosciuta con il suo nuovo ragazzo, lasciando Bear a crescere il fratellino Tyson di sette anni, detto anche Kid. In qualche modo ce l'hanno fatto, ma visto che da allora è totalmente preso dal fratello, Bear non ha una sua vita, tranne che per poche eccezioni. Si è ritirato dal mondo e di solito gli va bene così. Almeno finché Otter non torna a casa. Otter è il fratello maggiore del migliore amico di Bear e, così come hanno fatto per tutta la vita, Bear e Otter si incontrano e scontrano in modi che nessuno aveva previsto. Tuttavia questa volta non si può scappare dalla profondità delle loro emozioni. Bear continua a credere che il suo posto sia come tutore del fratello, ma non può smettere di pensare che ci possa essere qualcosa di più per lui al mondo... qualcosa o qualcuno.
Il momento di decidere (Il momento di decidere #1)
by Rebecca Traduce Anna MartinUn libro della serie Il momento di decidereAll'apparenza, Jesse Ross è il tipico ragazzo che ha una tipica storia d'amore con la sua compagna di college, Adele. Ma quello che la sua ragazza non sa è che Jesse ha una storia - con un uomo - e sta esplorando la sua sessualità in modi che lei non potrebbe mai immaginare. La sua vita è divisa in rigidi comparti e va più che bene per Jesse, il quale non ha intenzione di definirsi né bisessuale né sottomesso. Tuttavia, Jesse si trova a un punto di svolta quando il suo Padrone, Will, ammette di volere di più, di volere Jesse come suo partner e non solo come suo sottomesso. Improvvisamente, la vita che Jesse aveva così convenientemente preparato non è più molto bella. Alla fine, Jesse deve mettere in tavola tutte le carte: per la sua ragazza, il suo amante e per sé stesso.
Ti appartengo (Il momento di decidere #2)
by Rebecca Traduce Anna MartinSeguito di Il momento di decidereUn libro della serie Il momento di decidereSono passati tre anni da quando Jesse Ross ha dovuto scegliere tra il suo Padrone e la sua ragazza, tre anni che ha passato vivendo una meravigliosa relazione con Will, il suo Dominatore, e in cui ha potuto finalmente essere onesto sulla sua sessualità. Dall'esterno, la relazione tra Will e Jesse è sicura, solida e romantica: le persone si aspettano che si sistemino, si sposino e formino una famiglia. Basterà un incidente d'auto per far emergere i problemi nascosti della loro vita insieme. Traumatizzato dall'incidente, Will ritrova la sua sicurezza fatta a pezzi. Dopo aver fatto involontariamente del male a Jesse durante l'incidente, Will scopre che gli è impossibile fargli del male in camera da letto e, all'improvviso, deve ritrovare la capacità di essere il Dominatore di Jesse. L'impasse in cui si trovano, sia emotiva che fisica, costringe Jesse a combattere per tenere insieme i pezzi della loro relazione in frantumi. Le cicatrici sul corpo potranno guarire con il tempo, ma il trauma emotivo ha fatto più danni di quanto i due uomini potessero prevedere...
Un incendio in montagna (Serie Le montagne #1)
by Rebecca Traduce P. D. SingerSeconda Edizione Serie Le montagne, Libro 1 Prendersi una pausa dallo studio, godersi le Colorado Rockies e spegnere un incendio ogni tanto: questo è tutto ciò che Jake Landon si aspettava quando aveva deciso di fare il ranger. Avrebbe avuto come compagno un vecchio montanaro, avrebbero fatto dei giri di ricognizione su una jeep, scambiato poche parole, e il montanaro sarebbe stato tutto tranne che attraente. Un parco nazionale è abbastanza grande da nascondere il segreto di Jake, che ha deciso di passare il suo tempo libero a pescare. Se non fosse che il vecchio montanaro si rivela Kurt Carlson: competente, sicuro di sé e con parecchia esperienza. Per non parlare del fatto che è giovane, bello, amichevole, e considera i vestiti un optional quando si sta in mezzo alla natura insieme a un altro uomo. Condividere il piccolo rifugio con quella tentazione vivente mette a dura prova la resistenza di Jake: gli sta inviando dei segnali oppure è il comportamento abituale di Kurt? E come reagirebbe Kurt se scoprisse che il suo nuovo partner ha intenzione di occuparsi di incendi di tutt'altra natura? Jake è terrorizzato perché, qualsiasi cosa succeda, dovranno vivere insieme per cinque mesi. Tra i due ranger ci sono abbastanza scintille da far andare a fuoco gli alberi, ma servirà un inferno di fiamme per far ammettere a Jake e Kurt la passione che divampa tra loro.
All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets)
by Paul Tran&“Paul Tran&’s debut collection of poems is indelible, this remarkable voice transforming itself as you read, eventually transforming you.&” —Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel &“A stunning debut.&” —Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and author of Memorial Drive A profound meditation on physical, emotional, and psychological transformation in the aftermath of imperial violence and interpersonal abuse, from a poet both &“tender and unflinching&” (Khadijah Queen)Visceral and astonishing, Paul Tran's debut poetry collection All the Flowers Kneeling investigates intergenerational trauma, sexual violence, and U.S. imperialism in order to radically alter our understanding of freedom, power, and control. In poems of desire, gender, bodies, legacies, and imagined futures, Tran&’s poems elucidate the complex and harrowing processes of reckoning and recovery, enhanced by innovative poetic forms that mirror the nonlinear emotional and psychological experiences of trauma survivors. At once grand and intimate, commanding and deeply vulnerable, All the Flowers Kneeling revels in rediscovering and reconfiguring the self, and ultimately becomes an essential testament to the human capacity for resilience, endurance, and love.
Camp Sites: Sex, Politics, and Academic Style in Postwar America
by Michael TraskReading across the disciplines of the mid-century university, this book argues that the political shift in postwar America from consensus liberalism to New Left radicalism entailed as many continuities as ruptures. Both Cold War liberals and radicals understood the university as a privileged site for "doing politics," and both exiled homosexuality from the political ideals each group favored. Liberals, who advanced a politics of style over substance, saw gay people as unable to separate the two, as incapable of maintaining the opportunistic suspension of disbelief on which a tough-minded liberalism depended. Radicals, committed to a politics of authenticity, saw gay people as hopelessly beholden to the role-playing and duplicity that the radicals condemned in their liberal forebears. Camp Sitesconsiders key themes of postwar culture, from the conflict between performance and authenticity to the rise of the meritocracy, through the lens of camp, the underground sensibility of pre-Stonewall gay life. In so doing, it argues that our basic assumptions about the social style of the postwar milieu are deeply informed by certain presuppositions about homosexual experience and identity, and that these presuppositions remain stubbornly entrenched despite our post-Stonewall consciousness-raising.
Desire and Anxiety: Circulations of Sexuality in Shakespearean Drama (Routledge Revivals)
by Valerie TraubIn both feminist theory and Shakespearean criticism, questions of sexuality have consistently been conflated with questions of gender. First published in 1992, this book details the intersections and contradictions between sexuality and gender in the early modern period. Valerie Traub argues that desire and anxiety together constitute the erotic in Shakespearean drama – circulating throughout the dramatic texts, traversing ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ sites, eliciting and expressing heterosexual and homoerotic fantasies, embodiments, and fears. This is the first book to present a non-normalizing account of the unconscious and the institutional prerogatives that comprise the erotics of Shakespearean drama. Employing feminist, psychoanalytic, and new historical methods, and using each to interrogate the other, the book synthesises the psychic and the social, the individual and the institutional.
Hold of the Bone
by Baxter Clare TrautmanThings are great for LAPD Lieutenant Franco; she's sober, loved, eligible for retirement--and bored absolutely out of her mind. When her squad is called out to investigate a decades-old homicide, Frank happily volunteers to "get out of Dodge" and follow the clues north to a small town in the Salinas Valley.There, the evidence unexpectedly leads Frank into the untamed wilderness of the Santa Lucia Mountains where she confronts the victim's daughter, "Sal" Saladino. A recluse with uncanny healing abilities, Sal seems as much a part of the landscape as the enigmatic peaks and canyons that Frank finds herself increasingly drawn to. Returning again and again to Sal's remote cabin, ostensibly to discuss the investigation, Frank delves deeper into the land's secrets and her own burgeoning talents.Sal reveals new mysteries with each visit, and with each visit Frank is called upon to rely on instinct over logic and to trust the ancient counsel in the hold of her bone over modern reason. But how far can Frank trust Sal on this journey into the unknown when Sal might well be the best suspect in her case?Baxter Clare earned a master's degree in biology at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and promptly turned her hand to writing. A practicing wildlife biologist, she lives in central California with her wife, dogs, cats, and chickens. Clare is a Lambda Literary Award finalist.
Abaddon's Locusts: 5 (BJ Vinson Mystery #5)
by Don TravisA BJ Vinson MysteryWhen B. J. Vinson, confidential investigator, learns his young friend, Jazz Penrod, has disappeared and has not been heard from in a month, he discovers some ominous emails. Jazz has been corresponding with a “Juan” through a dating site, and that single clue draws BJ and his significant other, Paul Barton, into the brutal but lucrative world of human trafficking. Their trail leads to a mysterious Albuquerquean known only as Silver Wings, who protects the Bulgarian cartel that moves people—mostly the young and vulnerable—around the state to be sold into modern-day slavery, sexual and otherwise. Can BJ and Paul locate and expose Silver Wings without putting Jazz’s life in jeopardy? Hell, can they do so without putting themselves at risk? People start dying as BJ, Paul, and Henry Secatero, Jazz's Navajo half-brother, get too close. To find the answer, bring down the ring, and save Jazz, they’ll need to locate the place where human trafficking ties into the Navajo Nation and the gay underground.
The Bisti Business: A Bj Vinson Mystery (BJ Vinson Mystery #2)
by Don TravisA BJ Vinson MysteryAlthough repulsed by his client, an overbearing, homophobic California wine mogul, confidential investigator B. J. Vinson agrees to search for Anthony Alfano’s missing son, Lando, and his traveling companion—strictly for the benefit of the young men. As BJ chases an orange Porsche Boxster all over New Mexico, he soon becomes aware he is not the only one looking for the distinctive car. Every time BJ finds a clue, someone has been there before him. He arrives in Taos just in time to see the car plunge into the 650-foot-deep Rio Grande Gorge. Has he failed in his mission? Lando’s brother, Aggie, arrives to help with BJ’s investigation, but BJ isn’t sure he trusts Aggie’s motives. He seems to hold power in his father’s business and has a personal stake in his brother’s fate that goes beyond familial bonds. Together they follow the clues scattered across the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness area and learn the bloodshed didn’t end with the car crash. As they get closer to solving the mystery, BJ must decide whether finding Lando will rescue the young man or place him directly in the path of those who want to harm him.