Mafia Zaddy
by Dinux Hooman
Yujin led me toward the bed with a painful grip of my wrist, speaking in what sounded like a low hiss. "Did it get you all fired up, flirting with people when I wasn't around? You're getting pretty f*cking bold." I looked over my shoulder at them, catching a wild look in their eyes that seemed to teeter between excitement and anger.After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend in an unfamiliar city, Imelda finds herself drunk in the wrong noodle shop on the wrong night. She is abducted by a terrif…
Tied Up In Knots
by Wayne Mansfield
Cody has never been lucky in love. In fact, he isn’t feeling very lucky at all. Losing his job and all his money means he has to sell his home. He feels overwhelmed at having to start from scratch again.<br><br>Cody decides to get away from it all, and retreats to a secluded forest for some peace and quiet. But two days into his journey, he’s hit over the head as he’s emerging from his tent. When he wakes up, he discovers he’s tied to a chair in a dark room. He struggles against his bonds, and w…
Forbidden
by Wayne Mansfield
Michael is thirty-nine and gay. Like his little niece, Kim, who has a learning disability, he is considered a non-citizen under the draconian Normalcy Laws. Kim’s parents quietly arrange to flee to New Zealand, where the Normalcy Laws haven’t been implemented.<br><br>As Michael has a good job and has been careful to hide his homosexuality, he doesn’t consider going with them. Instead, he remains behind and goes about his business as normal until one morning when he is confronted by two Black Gua…
Snowed In: Jonah and Cooper
by Kris T. Bethke
Jonah Lyons is looking forward to spending a weekend at a cabin with his sister, Ellie. So the last thing he expects is for his ex-boyfriend to show up.<br><br>Captain Adrian Cooper was once the love of his life, but Jonah thinks he’s moved past it. Getting trapped together because of a snowstorm wasn’t on the agenda, but it means they either have to talk or murder each other.<br><br>When Cooper admits the reason he left, Jonah doesn’t know how to react. The depth of Cooper’s love has never wane…
Red Dreams
by Mel Bossa
One thing Derek has always searched for is perfection. And in Nick's love, he thought he'd found it. But marriage is rarely perfect and Nick Lund isn't a myth, but a human being, faulted as anyone.<br><br>With their relationship on the rocks, Derek faces loneliness and doubt, estranged from the man he's adored for most of his life. When he learns that he has a cousin living in the city, a young man named Myles he never knew existed, Derek seeks him out. The two men begin a beautiful friendship t…
Heartwood: Forbidden
by EOK Gifford-Smith
"Do you like me?" I asked. "Do you really like me?"Imogen nodded. Water gathered at the edges of her eyes. "Yeah," she whispered, in a voice pained enough to crack my heart."Then let's...go out, after this," I said. "We'll go on a date. We can figure this out together, and we can take one step at a time. Okay?"Imogen nodded again. I took her hands in mine. Heartwood: Forbidden is the tale of the young, headstrong Ophelia stepping into a world of magic and witches. At first it seems like her grea…
Stockton County Cowboys Book
by R.W. Clinger
Which eccentric cowboy in Stockton County branded Evan Sting on Shotner Hill, murdering the young man? This is what private eye Joe Boxford asks himself when he's hired by Evan's father Benny to find the murderer.<br><br>Joe needs some help, and enlists the services of Tal Linear, owner of The Linear Bar. But sparks begin to fly between the two. As romance heats up between them, they attempt to solve the branding crime.<br><br>As the suspects start to pile up and weird relationships unfold in We…
Bliss
by Gordon Phillips
Private investigator Ian visits his friend unannounced, only to discover the man lying in bed, not asleep but dead. Ian resolves to find out how his friend died and, if he was murdered, to bring the killer to justice.<br><br>But the details of the case are bizarre: the door of the condo unit is locked and the only other occupant is a bodybuilder, Horst, found sitting on the living room couch, half asleep or drugged. Ian calls 911 and the cops, when video footage showing no one entered or left th…
EMT: A Tale of Love and Disaster
by Etienne
Brody Murphy just graduated with a BS in Nursing and has taken a summer job with the fire department as an EMT. He thought he knew what he wanted out of life but was about to get some big surprises.<br><br>It wasn't just the heat from fires he had to worry about either. There was only one question. Could he handle the friction that was coming his way or would he combust?
A Permanent Arrangement
by A.C. Katt
Colin Kelly returns from the war with the sure knowledge that his marriage to Edna is a sham. He only insists on his own child and he gets her, his darling little girl Babs. For the rest, he copes as best he can until Edna places Babs in a boarding school and Colin ends up on the streets.<br><br>Bill Teague has loved Colin since he first saw him strolling through the art fair with little Babs on his shoulder. So when an old acquaintance calls him to come to Colin's aid before he throws him out o…
After being forced to ascend the throne I went viral in the universe
by Miniyuki
In 2018, the Earth's spiritual energy revived, humans awakened superpowers on a large scale.In 2022, alien civilizations discovered Earth and conducted observations.In 2025, Earth applied for civilization verification and joined the Interstellar Alliance.·Su Yu had been weak and sick since childhood. Even when Earth entered the spiritual energy recovery, it could not heal his body to some extent. However, he awakened a strange superpower. This superpower was a system that encouraged him to ascen…
Playing the Field: Getting Wet
by J.M. Snyder
Rory Holt is the best swimmer on the team at State U. and he knows it. Swimming is his life, and if Rory hopes to attain his dreams of Olympic gold one day, he can’t let anything distract him. Every morning finds him practicing at the campus fitness center, and every afternoon he blows his teammates away with his speed and finesse in the water.<br><br>The new semester brings with it new tryouts, including the bright, up-and-coming Chase Cohen. Chase is sexy and sure of himself, both in and out o…
Burnt from the Heat
by _MBM_
Aosh Tsustumi is the textbook definition of an Alpha; devilishly good looking with the brains to match and a killer smile. Although society says Alpha’s are supposed to act a certain way, Aosh lives his life far from it. This kind hearted and sensitive Alpha only wants to find his fated mate,Tiza Jeannot, the person whose name has been scared on his body from childhood. The two have never met, but Aosh is determined to have the happily ever after he's always dreamed of. *CONTENT WARNING: This st…
Chasing Sunshine
by C. RG. Novaek Grimm-Pitch
As I looked over at her, it struck me how beautiful she was. Her hair was blowing carelessly in the wind, a halo on her head. I had the oddest impulse to reach out and touch. See if it was as soft as it looked. Her lips were curled into a soft smile that radiated warmth. I wondered who or what she was thinking of and my heart skipped a beat imagining her smiling for me. It's crazy how i never noticed how blue her eyes are. Or how her laughter sounds like summertime. It's strange how I never real…
Turning Thirty
by Shawna Jeanne
Lisa Keenan is turning thirty, and dreads the big “three-oh.” Her boyfriend Nick tries to make light of it, but she knows her youth is fading. The best birthday gift would be a marriage proposal -- they've been together ten years already, and neither is getting any younger -- but she doesn’t want to have to tell Nick to buy her a ring.<br><br>So when he asks what she’d like for her birthday, she says the only other thing she would really love. A threesome.<br><br>Nick’s best friend Ray has alway…
Gingerbread and Good Tidings
by Kris T. Bethke
Cody Schaefer loves the Christmas season and a benefit to working from home means that he gets to be surrounded by his decoration collections all the time. And as a bonus, he starts getting deliveries from a local café containing holiday treats flavored with gingerbread. The notes aren’t signed, but they clearly come from someone who knows him.<br><br>Out of all of Cody’s friends, Jason van Buren is the only one level-headed about the mysterious treats, and Cody begins talking to him daily. Cody…
Not According to Plan
by J.M. Snyder
Jonathan Banks and Peter Giles have worked together for five years, business partners in a planning firm that bears both their names. From the moment Jonathan was hired, the attraction between the two men was instantaneous and mutual, but he was dating someone else at the time and turned down Peter’s advances.<br><br>Now Jonathan’s boyfriend is out of the picture, and he’d love nothing more than for Peter to ask him out again, but he knows his partner all too well. Peter doesn’t take rejection e…
Promise Me We'll Be Okay
by Nell Iris
What do you do when your past comes knocking?<br><br>Six hundred and ninety-five days. That’s how long it’s been since Jude’s fiancé broke off their engagement. With the help of his brother and his all-encompassing love for music, Jude glued the broken pieces of his heart back together, but when his ex shows up on his doorstep late one evening, Jude fears it will fall apart again.<br><br>Two years ago, Vincent made a terrible mistake. He left the love of his life for stupid, ill-advised reasons.…
Untouchable
by R.W. Clinger
Charlie Keep loves his job at EyeZeal designing eyewear. Although his task is sometimes boring, it has one great perk -- Zeb Carlow, the owner’s drop dead gorgeous son, whom Charlie has a crush on. Thor-like Zeb is everything Charlie wants as a husband: he’s smart, financially secure, and positive.<br><br>There’s one huge problem Charlie has concerning Zeb, though. The guy is untouchable. Zeb is the boss’s son, and out of Charlie’s league. Plus, Charlie can’t possibly cross a line between busine…
A Second Chance
by Edward Kendrick
Ben Mercer is an ex-cop, lamed, framed, and thrown off the force for a crime his partner committed. Now homeless, he has no expectations for a better life until he's recruited by Durand, head of Vanguard Security, to join a team that deals with problems the police can't or won't touch. All Ben needs is the approval of the team leader, Zach Turner.<br><br>To get it, Ben has to prove to Zach that he still retains his skills as a sniper, and that he can handle any job thrown at him, despite the sti…