Contemporary Romance books

A Blue Notes Novel

British noble Cameron Sherrington has hit rock bottom. The love of his life, opera sensation Aiden Lind, is marrying another man, and Cam knows it’s his fault for pushing Aiden away. As if that’s not enough, someone is trying to take away his family business, and the US authorities are pursuing him on charges of money laundering. Fearing for his safety and unable to return to London, Cam runs, but he’s too broke to find a place to stay, and his fugitive’s life doesn’t even remotely resemble a Hollywood thriller.

Desperate and betrayed by the people he thought cared about him, Cam takes refuge in the subway station where Galen Rusk plays his trumpet for tips. Though Cam hears the beauty in Galen’s music, it’s Galen’s firm hand on his shoulder that stops him from throwing everything away. Their unusual relationship takes a turn that surprises them both, and neither man is sure he wants the complication. Galen is fighting the ghosts of his past, and Cam has his own nightmares to face. When Cam’s troubles threaten to tear them apart, Cam figures he had it coming—that it’s all penance due for a life lived without honesty or love. But he never considered the possibility that he might not survive it.

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Bad enough Elijah Colter’s life of comfort comes to an abrupt end when he’s seventeen and his family discovers he’s gay. Bad enough he must live out of his car and turn tricks. But when his perfect boyfriend, Alonzo, becomes the victim of a drive-by shooting, Elijah plummets into suicidal depression. The concepts of trust and hope become more alien to him than ever.

All that keeps Elijah going is a promise he made: that he would look after Alonzo’s stepdad, Dizzy, who’s on the verge of losing his house.

Diz and Elijah become companions in homelessness—until Elijah discovers a program for throwaway LGBT youth. Through it he secures an apartment… then loses it after a year. He’s kept his promise, though, and until he can get back on his feet, he’s resigned to joining Dizzy in the abandoned factory the older man calls home.

One fall day, a pair of new presences in Elijah’s life promise to shape his future: Michael, an outreach volunteer, and Alonzo’s ghost. Both prompt Elijah to decide which of his dreams to pursue, which to cast aside, and just how much he can dare to believe in love, and in himself, again.

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After a disastrous five years away at college, Joe returns to his aunt's farm and finds his childhood sweetheart Cameron eager to rekindle their relationship. Joe has a hard time confessing that he didn't come home until now because he's only just managed to leave Andre, his controlling boyfriend, and has a harder time renewing his submissive role in his affair with Cam. Cam thinks he has to find a way to remind Joe how to be strong. But what Cam doesn't realize is that Joe is strong, strong enough to leave behind a life of shame—though he's terrified his past will catch up to him. Joe must confront his ex and take back his own life, on his own terms, before he's able to give Cam everything they both desire.

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Haydn Prescott stood by and watched his friends fall in love, something he hopes never happens to him. It’s too much drama, thankyouverymuch. He just wants a hot guy to roll around with every once in a while. No muss, no fuss. Out for a night of dancing, he meets Trevor Ryan and the two are explosive together. The next morning, Haydn wakes up alone.

Trevor is gone and Haydn thinks he’s seen the last of him… until months later when Trevor walks into Haydn’s bakery in Hope Cove. Entanglements and complications ooze from Trevor, but Haydn can’t ignore him—Trevor won’t let him. Haydn always believed he wanted to be free and single forever, but now he’s torn: does he want to be with Trevor or should he play it safe and stick to what’s worked?

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Seguito di Dalla A alla Z
Un libro della serie Coda

Zach e Angelo si sono sistemati nella loro nuova vita a Coda, Colorado, trovando posto nella comunità con l’aiuto dei loro amici Matt e Jared. Zach e Angelo stanno anche lavorando ai dettagli della loro relazione, ma quando prendono una decisione che non trova l’appoggio di Jared, Angelo si ritrova in conflitto con il migliore amico del suo compagno, nonché compagno del suo migliore amico.

Quando i quattro decidono di fare un breve viaggio a Las Vegas, Angelo crede che lui e Jared potrebbero tornare ad andare d’accordo come prima. Invece, un incontro casuale con l’ex ragazzo di Zach porta Angelo a farsi molte domande riguardo a se stesso e alla sua relazione con Zach. Matt e Jared ci sono sempre stati quando Zach e Angelo hanno avuto bisogno di aiuto. Ma quando si tratta di riconsiderare la loro relazione, gli amici potrebbero portare più danni che benefici.

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Seasons of Love: Book Two

Scott Aberdeen doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, or God. Or love—at least, he knows no one will ever love him. After all, he has carried a torch for his best friend Sloan for a decade, hoping his feelings will be returned one day. But when Sloan finds springtime love with another man, Scott’s fantasies are crushed and his skepticism confirmed.

Cedar Carrington, raised by rock star parents, leads a free-spirited, nomadic life, never staying in one place for long. Due to a dark past he refuses to share or even think about, he is willing to let men into his bed for sex, but never for the night.

When Scott finds himself camping in the middle of nowhere with over a hundred men who all believe in love—and faeries and a magickal gay brotherhood—he's pretty sure he’s in the wrong place. And when Cedar connects with cynical, critical Scott, he wonders how he could be falling in for this man of all men. But hearts and lives have been transformed at the Heartland Men’s Festival before, and it might be just the place where two very different men can release their pain and find true love at last.

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Un libro della serie Amore Significa...

Joey Sutherland ha trovato casa con Geoff Laughton e il suo partner Eli; vivere e lavorare alla fattoria è diventato per lui una sorta di rifugio dopo che un incidente in moto l’ha lasciato con una faccia piena di cicatrici e un sacco di insicurezze. Mari, la zia di Geoff, li convince a ospitare in casa un musicista dell’Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Giovanile. Joey si ritrova messo alle corde quando gli viene chiesto di andare a prenderlo, perché riesce già a immaginare il disgusto sul volto del ragazzo.

Robert Edward Jameson però lo sorprende: è estroverso e amichevole e ha intenzione di provare praticamente tutto nella fattoria. E poi è cieco, il che aiuta i nervi di Joey a calmarsi.

Joey e Robbie diventano inseparabili e scoprono che si stanno innamorando. Ma l’estate sta finendo e Robbie tornerà a casa nel Mississippi, dove la famiglia e i domestici lo aiutano in ogni cosa. Joey può solo sperare che Robbie punti sull’amore per sfuggire a quei limiti che hanno segnato la sua vita cieca.

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Dumb Jock: Book Five

Rejected by his family for coming out, Bryan Helverson boards a plane for Tampa, Florida, where he plans to attend college. Brett and Jeff's family embrace him when he arrives, and his new “brothers,” Adam and Trevor, help him assimilate into the community.

While playing tennis with Trevor at the country club, Bryan meets aspiring pro tennis player Greg Lewis. But after a few minutes it’s easy to see the arrogant jock is not on Bryan’s menu, and he quickly dismisses the man. Forgetting he ever met Greg is not an option, though, when Bryan is hired as a waiter at the country club's restaurant, and Greg is assigned to train him. Unexpected romance blossoms just as Bryan discovers one of Greg's ex-boyfriends also works at the restaurant.

Greg is not the person Bryan first took him for, though. His true ambition is to become a doctor. And as their romance grows serious, Bryan discovers Greg’s mom suffers from the same debilitating depression that plagues Bryan. Unfortunately, just as Bryan is making giant strides with managing his depression, Greg’s ex—as manipulative as he is abusive—takes a battered Bryan back to point A and threatens to destroy his relationship with Greg.

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Im Alter von vierundzwanzig Jahren ist Carter Stevenson aufgrund seines Stotterns und seiner Tics völlig verschüchtert. Er entschließt sich, von Los Angeles in eine kalifornische Kleinstadt zu ziehen, auch wenn seine Freunde ihm vorwerfen, dass er sein Tourette-Syndrom über sein Leben bestimmen lässt. Carter beabsichtigt, sich bedeckt zu halten und andere Menschen zu meiden. Aber er hat nicht erwartet, dass sein neuer Nachbar, Ethan Hart, in seine Einsamkeit eindringt und ihn dazu zwingt, hervorzukommen und zu leben.

Ethan macht aus seiner Liebe zu Carter von Anfang an kein Geheimnis. Aber er hat Angst, dass Carter nur seinen Hirnschaden sehen könnte, obwohl er dadurch besser auf seine eigenen Gefühle eingehen kann als andere Menschen. Aber Carter hat ein größeres Problem: er hat sich bisher an sogenannten Traumpartnern immer die Finger verbrannt und möchte sein Herz nicht noch einmal riskieren.

Ethan will Carter unbedingt zeigen, dass sie zusammengehören. Aber dann erhält er traurige Neuigkeiten und braucht Carter, damit er ihm Kraft und Beistand spendet. Aber wird Carter für ihn da sein, wenn Ethan ihn am meisten braucht?

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At twenty-six, Gordon Stafford figures his days are numbered. At least he hopes they are. Wearied by guilt and regret stemming from a horrific automobile accident two years earlier in which a man was killed, Gordon wakes up every morning with thoughts of suicide. While the law puts Gordon to work atoning for his sins, personal redemption is far harder to come by.

Then Squirt—a simple homeless man with his own crosses to bear—saves Gordon from a terrible fate. Overnight, Gordon finds not only a new light to follow, and maybe even a purpose to his life, but also the possibility of love waiting at the end of the tunnel.

Gordon never imagined he’d discover a way to forgive himself, and in doing so, open his heart enough to gain acceptance and love—from the very person he hurt the most.

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Dealing, or rather not dealing, with a recent breakup, Ari Melrose, CPA, nearly takes his car over a cliff. Instead, he is rescued by Brandt Steuben, a big, burly ex-firefighter who pulls him to safety and into his arms. Near-death experiences can make normally careful, rational people grab life by the horns, or men by the biceps, and hop on for a wild ride, so Ari figures what better way to get over his problems than to work them out with his super-hot savior? But a fateful afternoon soon leads to more than physical passion, and Ari finds he might not want to let go of Brandt.

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Rylan Williams hates conferences: too many people, not enough routine, and way too much interaction with strangers. When he gets stuck in a broken elevator with Miller Jones, the kid who fell asleep in his lecture, he figures things can’t get worse. Then Rylan realizes he’s the same guy he just spent an hour perving over from afar.

Rylan wants to await rescue in silence, but Miller insists on conversation, or at least banter. But just because they don’t get along doesn’t mean they don’t have chemistry, and Rylan breaks all his rules about intimacy for a one-time-only conference hookup. He’ll probably never see Miller again anyway. So of course, two months later Miller shows up at Rylan’s office, having just been hired to work on a new computer program—with Rylan.

And Rylan thought being stuck in an elevator with him was bad.

Soon Rylan and Miller learn that they get along best when they take out their frustrations in the bedroom. Their arrangement goes against everything Rylan believes in, but the rules are simple: Don’t stay overnight. Don’t tell anyone. And don’t fall in love.

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Sequel to Biochemistry
Chemistry: Book Three

Science major Brad Jergens notices Jordy Fleming at school and at the grocery store where he works, but with the heat Jordy’s boyfriend emits, Brad doesn’t think he stands a chance. When Brad’s parents drag him along on a cruise, he and Jordy literally crash into each other, and the chemistry between them sends sparks flying. Unfortunately, as the weeklong cruise nears an end too quickly, Brad’s left to wonder if their mutual attraction will dissipate on a Caribbean breeze as soon as they return to dry land.

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Matthew Bryson spends his days working quietly and wishing for a chance to explore another side of himself. When he gathers the nerve to post on a BDSM message board, Matthew meets Evan Haynes, a Dom recently removed from the scene after a messy break-up with his boyfriend/sub.

Evan and Matthew enter into a tentative D/s relationship, but only Matthew receives gratification. Still shaken from his experience, Evan refuses sexual reciprocation from Matthew, afraid he’ll grow too close. While Evan is the perfect Dom to satisfy Matthew’s needs, he finds it harder than he anticipated to keep Matthew at a distance, and it eventually becomes more than he can bear.

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Fortsetzung zu Feurfuchs - Der Außenseiter
Buch 3 in der Serie - Der Außenseiter

Jeff, Evan und Dan haben zwei glückliche Jahre miteinander verbracht. Natürlich gibt es auch weiterhin Probleme – vor allem zwischen Evan und Dan –, doch da sie normalerweise in der Lage sind, die Spannungen zwischen ihnen in Lust umzuwandeln, besteht kein Grund zur Sorge.

Dann taucht plötzlich Dans lange verschollene Schwester auf – im siebten Monat schwanger und auf der Flucht – und macht die Situation damit so kompliziert, dass sie nicht mehr zu bewältigen ist. Jeff und Evan wollen helfen, doch zwischen Evans Sorge um die Sicherheit seiner Schwester und Jeffs Bemühungen, seine Gesundheitsprobleme zu verbergen, bleibt dazu nicht viel Zeit. Während Dans Schwester mit ihrer Vergangenheit kämpft, scheint Evan ihre Zukunft aufs Spiel setzen zu wollen. Auch wenn Gefühle und Familienbande sie in unterschiedliche Richtungen lenken, müssen die drei zusammenhalten – oder Gefahr laufen, von den Menschen in ihrem Leben auseinandergerissen zu werden.

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Josh Kelly è un attore eterosessuale che interpreta metà della coppia gay più adorabile della TV. Sam Peterson, veramente gay, è l’altra metà, almeno in TV. Nella vita vera, Josh e Sam sono migliori amici, anche se non si sono mai confidati che le rispettive relazioni amorose stanno giungendo al capolinea.

Un fan delirante aggredisce Sam, cambiando la prospettiva di Josh, che comincia a capire che l’amicizia potrebbe non essere l’unico sentimento che prova per il suo co-protagonista. Ma può trovare la forza di dichiararsi a Sam, mettendo a rischio la loro stessa amicizia?

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Do you believe in love at first sight?

Paul Auster doesn't. Paul doesn't believe in much at all. He’s thirty, slightly overweight, and his best features are his acerbic wit and the color commentary he provides as life passes him by. His closest friends are a two-legged dog named Wheels and a quasibipolar drag queen named Helena Handbasket. He works a dead-end job in a soul-sucking cubicle, and if his grandmother's homophobic parrot insults him one more time, Paul is going to wring its stupid neck.

Enter Vince Taylor.

Vince is everything Paul isn’t: sexy, confident, and dumber than the proverbial box of rocks. And for some reason, Vince pursues Paul relentlessly. Vince must be messing with him, because there is no way Vince could want someone like Paul.

But when Paul hits Vince with his car—in a completely unintentional if-he-died-it'd-only-be-manslaughter kind of way—he's forced to see Vince in a whole new light. The only thing stopping Paul from believing in Vince is himself—and that is one obstacle Paul can’t quite seem to overcome. But when tragedy strikes Vince's family, Paul must put aside any notions he has about himself and stand next to the man who thinks he's perfect the way he is.

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Dropping Anchor: Book Two

When an inheritance fell in Ian Mackay’s lap, he fled the high-pressure banking industry and didn’t look back. Since then, he’s spent four years living carefree on the island of Tortola, his life a series of hookups and hanging out with friends.

After his best friend moves to Seattle and gets married, Ian finds himself lost. His unapologetic existence doesn’t hold the same appeal, and he wonders if he’s throwing his life away. After visiting Niall in Seattle, Ian decides to stay, but that means taking his life off hold and finding a real job. Meeting Luke Keys, who is about as far from a player as possible, isn’t the plan but might be just what Ian needs. Luke and his values intrigue Ian, and he pursues Luke ruthlessly until Luke agrees to a date.

Their courtship sweeps Ian off his feet, and when the relationship gets complicated, Ian has the chance to cut and run. Habits born from years of being on his own are hard to shake, and self-proclaimed playboy Ian must decide if love is worth fighting for.

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