Contemporary Romance books

Mangrove Stories

It’s a lovely little life Kelly Seaton leads. He’s got his own landscaping business, a nice little house, and his best friend, Cosimo Renaldi, and Coz’s goofball family who have adopted Kelly as their own. Sure, it’s a little lonely at night, but it’s a sweet deal, and Kelly can’t chance ruining it by letting on that he wants more—has always wanted more—with Coz.

Then Kelly’s past comes to town, bringing bad memories and hurt feelings that start to break Kelly down, and Coz just doesn’t understand why Kelly won’t let him be the support and strength that Kelly’s always been for him. They’ve already been through war, Coz’s devastating injury, and starting new careers in Mangrove, Florida. Why shouldn’t they face their chaotic pasts and build their future of quiet nights… together?

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Successful lawyer Santi Herrera couldn’t be happier with the direction his life is taking. Not only is he on track to becoming a partner in his law firm, but he’s planning his wedding to Hank Burton, a south Texas contractor who has made a name for himself despite his humble beginnings. The introverted lone wolf Santi and the friendly, outgoing Hank complement each other perfectly. From the moment they laid eyes on each other, they were hooked, and as far as Santi and Hank are concerned, a happily ever after is their destiny.

But fate deals them a devastating new hand.

A construction accident leaves Hank with severe head trauma and brings him precariously close to death. When he finally awakens, Hank doesn’t remember Santi or the love they shared for the past three years. Santi faces the greatest challenge of his life. Can he respark a flame his lover can’t recall? And can he stop the diverging paths that fickle fate charts between them?

Santi has faith in the love he and Hank shared and in the words his father once spoke to him: “It’s never too late to fall in love. All over again.”

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An In My Heart Novella

With his ten-year high school reunion approaching, Harold wonders whether Mario will be as muscular, sexy, and tantalizing as he remembers. As a teenager, it was love at first sight for Harold while tutoring football star Mario, until homophobia and bullying drove Mario deep into the closet. Now they’re both married men. Mario, a model, is miserable with his producer wife, while Harold, a teacher, is perfectly content with his businessman husband, Stuart. When the two meet again, will the old flame reignite, setting Harold’s comfortable life ablaze? How can Harold be happy with Stuart when he is still infatuated with his Adonis, his first love, Mario? Harold faces this seemingly impossible situation with inimitable wit, tenderness, and humor as he attempts to reconcile the past and the future.

A Bittersweet Dreams title: It's an unfortunate truth: love doesn't always conquer all. Regardless of its strength, sometimes fate intervenes, tragedy strikes, or forces conspire against it. These stories of romance do not offer a traditional happy ending, but the strong and enduring love will still touch your heart and maybe move you to tears.

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Beyond Duty: Book Two
A Guards of Folsom Story

Gunther Duchene, aka “Gunny”, and Macalister Jones, aka “Mac”, have overcome the obstacles of coming out and retiring after serving more than twenty years as Marines. Their exit ceremony is behind them, their wedding vows are made, and now it's time for the honeymoon. What better way to kick off their marriage than enjoying the retirement gift Mac gave Gunny? With the leather pants and collar packed, it's off to New York City and the Guards of Folsom club to celebrate—BDSM style.

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Josh Kelly est un acteur hétéro qui joue l’un des deux rôles du plus adorable couple gay d’une série télévisée, diffusée en journée. Sam Peterson, quant à lui réellement gay, complète le couple. Dans la vraie vie, Josh et Sam sont les meilleurs amis du monde. Ils ne savent pas encore que leur relation amicale va prendre un tout autre tournant.

Un fan psychopathe qui en veut à Sam vient bouleverser la situation. Josh commence à réaliser que l'amitié qu'il ressent pour son partenaire à l'écran n’est peut-être pas que de l’amitié. Mais pourra-t-il trouver la force de se déclarer à Sam, quand cette même amitié pourrait être remise en cause ?

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Seguito di l fuoco della redenzione
Serie Il fuoco, Libro 2

Lee Stanton e Dirk Krause si frequentano da qualche mese quando, all’improvviso, arriva una brutta notizia: la stazione di vigili del fuoco dove lavorano rischia di essere chiusa, a meno che non si trovino i fondi per eseguire i lavori di riparazione della struttura. La squadra decide di lottare unita e difendere la stazione ma c’è un piccolo problema: l’unica buona proposta per salvare la stazione è quella di Lee, e Dirk è contrario.

Purtroppo per lui, tutti gli altri compagni pensano che l’idea di organizzare un Barbecue di Pollo e... Manzi, in cui gli uomini dovranno servire a torso nudo, sia fantastica e Lee si mette al lavoro per organizzare tutto. Le obiezioni del consiglio comunale e le scarse vendite dei biglietti, però, rischiano di rovinare i piani di Lee. Riuscirà Dirk a mettere da parte il suo orgoglio e la sua natura testarda e salvare il loro posto di lavoro e la loro relazione?

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Mitch Donnelly and Grady Gilmore are two damaged souls. While walking in Central Park, novelist Mitch finds actor Grady in terrible distress, digging up the grass as if he can bury himself in the ground. After hearing the story of Grady’s long-time partner's betrayal, Mitch is afraid to leave him alone, so he invites him to stay in his spare room until he feels better. Mitch understands—he lost his first love in a car accident.

Upon Grady's arrival, Mitch is much happier and his writing improves. Grady, with Mitch's constant support, auditions and is cast as Iago in a production of Othello. Attraction slowly blossoms, but each man has been so terribly hurt in the past, both are afraid to act on it. With the encouragement of Emma Latimore, Mitch's outspoken landlady and friend, and constant chatter from a parakeet named Tweet, Mitch and Grady might find the courage to face their doubts and find a second chance at happiness.

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Johnnies: Book Four

John Carey is just out of rehab and dying inside when he gets word that Tory, the guy who loved him and broke him, has removed himself from the world in the most bitter way possible—and left John to clean up his mess.

Forced back to his hometown in Florida, John's craving a hit with every memory when he meets Tory's neighbor. Spacey and judgmental, Galen Henderson has been rotting in his crappy apartment since a motorcycle accident robbed him of his mobility, his looks, and his boyfriend all in one mistake. Galen's been hiding at the bottom of an oxy bottle, but when John shows up, he feels obligated to help wade through the wreckage of Tory's life.

The last thing John needs is another relationship with an addict, and the last thing Galen wants is a conscience. Both of them are shocked when they find that their battered souls can learn from and heal one another. It doesn't hurt that they're both getting a crash course on how growing up and getting past your worst mistakes sure beats the alternative—and that true love is something to fight to keep if your lover is fighting to love you back.

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A Harmony Ink Press Title

Life in a small mining town can be like living in a fishbowl, where everyone knows everybody else's business. Fifteen-year-old Jodi's mother wants her father to quit his binge drinking and his dangerous job at the mine—even more so after a collapse leaves two miners dead and three trapped deep underground.

As tensions escalate both at home and around the town, Jodi seeks comfort with her friends but soon faces a double betrayal. Meanwhile, her ten-year-old brother Jake reacts by joining a gang of schoolyard bullies who engage in increasingly dangerous antics.

As Jodi struggles to gain autonomy over her life, she begins to discover the person she really is. But with everything around her spiraling out of control, it may not be the right time to let her family, friends, and ultimately the whole town know—no matter how much she wants to.

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Will Ashford lives in two closets. He meets his wealthy father’s goals as both the quarterback for the famous SCU football team and a business major, but secretly he attends art school and longs to live as a painter. And he's gay. But if he can win the coveted Milton Scholarship for art, he’ll be able to break from his father at the end of his senior year.

In a painting master class, Will meets his divergent opposite, Noah Zajack. A scarred orphan who’s slept on park benches and eaten from trash cans, Noah carefully plans his life and multiple jobs so he has money and time to go to art school. Will's problems seem like nothing compared to Noah's. Noah wants the scholarship too and may have a way to get it since the teacher of his class has designs on him, a plan Will isn't happy about.

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Leslie "Red" Parks was pretty surprised to find he was considered attractive enough to be a male escort. And once he started and the money came rolling in, he found he didn’t want to stop. For the first time in his life, people truly want him, and he likes that. A lot.

Kirk Toliver has never thought of himself as desirable either—which is why he is single. That, and he has spent years of his life caring for his ill mother. Before she passed away, she made him promise he would splurge on something crazy with the money she left him. So what’s crazier than hiring a male escort?

But neither expected that one night together could lead to what was missing in both their lives.

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Fin dall’infanzia, Jake, Adam, Kyle e Brendan sono stati compagni di squadra, migliori amici, quasi fratelli. Un giorno, però, compiuti venticinque anni, Adam sparisce senza dire una parola, sconvolgendo i suoi amici – nessuno però quanto Jake, che ne è stato segretamente innamorato sin dall’adolescenza.

Ora, cinque anni dopo, Adam torna e non riesce a smettere di pensare a Jake. Ma tutti quegli anni di rabbia, dolore e confusione sono troppo da superare e l’amico non riesce a perdonarlo facilmente. Non sa se torneranno più a essere perfetti l’uno per l’altro come lo erano stati in passato. Jake, Kyle e Brendan sono andati avanti con le loro vite, ma la carriera di famoso uomo d’affari di Adam lo costringe a rimanere nascosto – lì dove è rimasto per anni. Eppure le sue scuse sembrano sincere, l’attrazione è ancora presente e Jake vuole disperatamente concedergli una seconda possibilità. Ma prima, deve scoprire perché Adam se n’è andato e se è davvero tornato per sempre.

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Un libro de La saga de la ciudad de Coda

Zach Mitchell está preso en la rutina. Su novio de la universidad lo dejó hace diez años, pero él aún vive en el mismo apartamento, conduce el mismo coche y alimenta al desagradecido gato de su ex novio. Su negocio en Denver, el videoclub De la A a la Z, está en apuros. Tiene clientes molestos, excéntricos vecinos, y un romance vacío con su casero, Tom.

Angelo Green, es un tipo duro resentido que lleva botas de combate y se ha criado en casas de acogida. Está solo desde los dieciséis años, por eso nunca aprendió a confiar ni a querer a nadie. No tiene amigos, así que cuando consigue un trabajo en el videoclub De la A a la Z, decide que Zach está estrictamente prohibido.

A pesar de sus diferencias, Zach y Angelo se hacen amigos rápidamente por lo que cuando Zach rompe con Tom y la estabilidad de su negocio se tambalea, es a Angelo a quien se le ocurre una solución. Junto a Jared y Matt, sus amigos de Coda, Colorado, Zach y Angelo encontrarán una forma de salvar De la A a la Z, ¿pero serán también capaces de salvarse el uno al otro?

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Il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu...

Depuis le 11 septembre, Griff Muir, pompier à Brooklyn lutte contre ses sentiments impossibles envers son ami et co-équipier de l’unité 181, Dante Anastagio. Malheureusement, Dante est un parfait homme à femmes et le Corps des Pompiers de New York ne voit pas exactement l’homosexualité d’un bon œil. Pendant dix ans, Griff a caché son cœur dans un semblant de vie faite d’exploits publics et d’angoisses privées.

La prudence de Griff et l’effronterie de Dante font d’eux une équipe imbattable. Pour protéger son ami, Griff serait prêt à tout… jusqu’à ce qu’un Dante criblé de dettes lui propose le pire plan qui soit : tetebrulee.com, un site porno gay où des beaux gosses en uniforme se déshabillent et se donnent en spectacle. Et Dante veut qu’ils apparaissent là… ensemble. Griff devra protéger son cœur et vivre ses fantasmes les plus sombres devant la caméra. Peut-il sauver l’homme qu’il aime sans ruiner leurs carrières, leurs familles ou leur amitié ?

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Jeremy Linden’s a PhD student researching an HIV vaccine. He’s always short of money, and when biotech startup PharmaTek reduces funding for his fellowship, he’s tempted to take a job at a men’s dining club as a serving boy. The uniforms are skimpy, and he’s expected to remove an item of clothing after each course.  He can handle that, but he soon discovers there’s more on the menu here than fine cuisine. How far will he go to pay his tuition, and will money get in the way when he realizes he’s interested in more from one of his gentlemen?

Brice Martin is an attorney for a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. When he’s asked to take a client to the infamous Dinner Club, he finds himself unexpectedly turned on by the atmosphere and especially by his server, Remy. He senses there’s more to the sexy young man than meets the eye. The paradox fascinates him, and he can’t get enough of Remy.

Their relationship quickly extends beyond the club and sex. But the trust and affection they’ve worked to achieve may crumble when Jeremy discovers Brice’s VC firm is the one that pulled the plug on PharmaTek—and Jeremy’s research grant.

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A Love Means... Story

Together for over ten years, Geoff and Eli built a fulfilling life. Their love and support helped raise their adopted son. Their hard work and dedication grew their farm from raising cattle and boarding horses to expanding into therapy riding sessions. Surrounded by a loving circle of friends, Geoff and Eli couldn’t ask for more. Until driven Eli loses his energy, and the doctor gives them the dire diagnosis of cancer.

Caught up in never-ending doctor’s appointments, surgeries, and treatments, their world turns upside down. With so many people dependent on them, they must pull together to put on a brave face, continue living as best they can, and care for their family. Geoff fears Eli, the love of his life, while a fighter, may not endure this battle, but neither is willing to consider succumbing as an option.

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When Shawn Wells learns a planned development project threatens the quaint gay neighborhood of Trickstown, he jumps into action. This is his home turf. Plus, his favorite hangout, bathhouse Hot Haven, is the heart of the community--along with its owner, Toby Macintyre, who has been a sort-of friend to Shawn for years.

Surprisingly, Toby seems opposed to Shawn’s community-wide campaign to save the uniqueness and unity of the area. Even so, an unexpected attraction sparks between them, further fanning the flames of change.

Shawn has to fight for the future of his community, his beloved bathhouse, and for Toby. The sauna lover quickly finds himself in some real hot water.

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Faith, Love, & Devotion: Book Three

A year after deciding to share their lives, Matt and Evan are working on their happily ever after—which isn’t as easy as it looks. As life settles down into a routine, Matt finds happiness in his role as the ideal househusband of Queens, New York, but he worries about Evan’s continued workaholic—and emotionally avoidant—ways. Trying to juggle his evolving relationship with Evan and his children, Matt turns to his friend, former Seattle Homicide Detective Jim Shea.

The continued friendship between Matt and Jim is a thorn in Evan’s side. Jealous and uncomfortable with imagining their brief affair, Evan struggles to come to terms with what being in a committed relationship with a man means, and the implications about his love for his deceased wife, the impact on his children, and how other people will view him. His turmoil threatens his relationship with Matt, who worries that Evan will once again chose a life without him. But now, the stakes are much higher.

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