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Sounds of Love by Susan Laine

March 19, 2012

Can Sebastien overcome Jordan’s defenses while learning to trust his own heart? Sounds of Love by Susan Laine

What does love sound like? If you hear it, will you heed its call?

Police officer Jordan Waters is recovering from a shooting by moving to a new apartment in a new town and taking a new job. In other words, he’s lonely. His first instinct is to relieve his anxiety through uncomplicated sex—until he meets a man so far out of his league and experience that he stumbles for the first time.

Police volunteer Sebastian Sumner may be deaf, but his spirit, openness, and sense of humor give him the strength to get through anything—even the emotional defenses of Jordan Waters. But it’s his own family history that poses the biggest challenge. Can he learn to trust Jordan with his heart, or will his upbringing blind him to the sounds of love?

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Genre: Contemporary
Length: Genre

What Ever Happened to Jan Phillips? by Michael Halfhill

March 16, 2012

Jan’s association with Tim brings intrigue and peril into the life of Jan Phillips. What Ever Happened to Jan Phillips by Michael Halfhill, available from Dreamspinner Press.

Eighteen-year-old Jan Phillips is down and out, hustling johns in Philadelphia’s Tenderloin District, when he catches the eye of Tim Morris, a powerful lawyer with ties to a secret organization. Against his better judgment, Jan is soon caught up in a web of intrigue that will change his life forever—or end it prematurely.

It’s 4:00 a.m., and the phone is ringing. Waking from an uneasy sleep, Jan answers and in so doing allows two strangers into his life. One is a victim of a heinous crime, a man to whom Jan feels an instant connection. The other is a deadly enemy. Their appearance will lead to murder—and the first plight Jan faces as Master of the Mundus Society.

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Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Length: Novel, Second Edition

A Helping of Love by Andrew Grey

March 16, 2012

Will Russ and Peter find a way to survive the turmoil of Russ’s abusive ex? A Helping of Love by Andrew Grey, available from Dreamspinner Press.

Taste of Love series

If Peter Christopoulos has learned one thing from his last three years in a wheelchair, it’s that people have a hard time seeing past the hardware. When he asks out Russ Baker after giving him a quote on equipment for a new Greek restaurant, he’s disappointed but not surprised to be turned down.

Russ has been covering for his abusive boyfriend for so long it’s almost automatic, but with a little help from his friends, he finds the courage to break it off. To his surprise, Peter is still interested, and soon they’re falling hard and fast. But then their world is thrown into turmoil: Peter finds an old letter indicating he has a half-sister he’s never met, and Russ’s past interferes when his ex makes it clear he’ll do anything to get him back.

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Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novel

Sweet Lyric by Lisa Marie Davis

March 14, 2012

Can Lyric and Jonas overcome jealous friends and old lovers to find their way to a real future? Sweet Lyric by Lisa Marie Davis, available from Dreamspinner Press.

Lyric Spencer ran fast and hard to escape the scandal of his past, but all that running comes to an abrupt halt when he almost has sex during his job interview with Jonas Lamar. Jonas was offering Lyric a construction job when what he really wanted to offer the young man with the haunted eyes was a real home.

Lyric and Jonas may have found each other, but the past has always known where to find them. Jealous friends, old lovers, and heartaches that never healed threaten them now, but together, maybe, they can find their way to a real future.

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Genre: contemporary
Length: Novella

Once More, With Feeling by Alex Alder

March 14, 2012

Can Chase let go of his own fears to take a chance with Bryan? Once More, With Feeling by Alex Alder, available from Dreamspinner Press.

Meet Chase Chavez: bartender, ex-law student, and unofficial matchmaker. Traumatized by a past breakup, Chase has spent the past three years compensating for his own loneliness by helping his friends find dates, but when he meets Bryan, he finds himself fighting emotions he never thought he’d face again. Bryan’s belief in Chase and their relationship is unshakeable; Chase is feeling nothing but shaken. Can he risk it all and take the plunge, not knowing if Bryan will be there to catch him?

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Genre: contemporary
Length: Novella

Alex and Clayton John Simpson

March 13, 2012

Will a winter on the beach be enough for Alex and Clayton to build a relationship? Alex and Clayton by John Simpson, available from Dreamspinner Press.

After quiet, closeted years working as a librarian, Clayton decides to quit his job and use his inheritance to buy a small bookstore in the gay-friendly resort town of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. It’s the beginning of what he hopes will be a new life free of his old repressions.

Alex, an ex-military man and former cop, decides to retire to Rehoboth and buys a house three blocks from the beach. Determined to fill his time with more than chasing hot guys, he visits the local bookstore, where he meets Clayton.

As winter sets in, the town is all but deserted, and Alex and Clayton find themselves together more than apart. Clayton would like a relationship, but his fear of coming out keeps getting in the way. Alex’s sex appeal might be enough to convince Clayton to take a chance in the open… but it will take something more to make it happen.

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Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novel

Bencher’s Crossing, TX by A. Soon Donim

March 12, 2012

Will Clinton take a second chance at love? Bencher’s Crossing, Texas, by A. Soo Donim, available from Dreamspinner Press.

Murder, Murder, Everywhere!

Sheriff’s Deputy Clinton Greengrass meets Texas Ranger Ed Givens over a dead body. It’s a decidedly inauspicious beginning. When one body turns into three, the investigation—and the attraction between them—heats up, but Clint misses his chance when they close the case before he makes a move.

Three years and a promotion later, Sheriff Greengrass is out of the closet and working on the case of another string of murders, murders that bring Ed and all the sexual tension back to town. Despite the circumstances, Clint is happy to get a second chance, but a lawman’s job is never done. Can Macone County handle the two of them as partners on and off the job?

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Genre: Mystery/Suspense, Western
Length: Novel

Floods and Drought by Zahra Owens

March 9, 2012

Can Tim and Rory build a relationship strong enough to survive Rory’s past? Floods and Drought by Zahra Owens, available from Dreamspinner Press.

Tim Conroy knows all about patience. He’s waited three years for Rory McCown to get out of jail after doing time for stealing horses from the Blue River Ranch. Now that Rory is eligible for parole, Tim makes it his goal to persuade his boss, Hunter Krause, to give Rory a second chance.

He almost regrets it when Hunter agrees. Rory is a morose loner one moment, then arrogant and overconfident the next. The attraction between them is still there, but as soon as they start to get close, an old enemy throws a wrench in the works… and their fledgling relationship may not be strong enough to weather the coming storm.

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Genre: Western
Length: Novel

March 8, 2012

Can Grant and Tristan get past their hate at first sight to admit their deeper feelings? Spirit by P.A. Friday, available from Dreamspinner Press.

It’s hate at first sight when Grant McDowell meets coworker Tristan Wetherby-Hyde. Working-class Grant fought his way up in the world and into a position at Spirit Advertising, and he can’t help but think that Tristan, son of the agency’s homophobic CEO, had everything handed to him on a silver platter.

But their differences aren’t enough to keep their mutual lust in check, despite Tristan’s fear of exposure and his father’s reaction. Both Grant and Tristan know exactly what they have to lose—what they don’t know is that their hearts are also at stake.

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Genre: BDSM/Kink
Length: Novella

Office Hours by Rena Butler

March 7, 2012

Will Sean and Nick overcome issues of professional ethics and allegations of sexual misconduct? Office Hours by Rena Butler, available from Dreamspinner Press.

Buried under mediocre composition papers, adjunct college professor Nick Russo grows more cynical with each passing day—until he reads a fantastic paper written by the slacker who sits in the back of the class. That slacker is Sean Kendrick, a senior English major with a night job and a few general education credits left to fill.

Sean and Nick strike up a rapport over Cheetos and mutual academic frustration, but it doesn’t stay uncomplicated for long. Ethics won’t allow Nick to pursue a relationship with a student—and that’s before allegations of sexual misconduct put his job in jeopardy….

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Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novella