He has a few friends—okay, one real friend and his roping partner. But being the town pastor’s son isn’t easy. Not to mention he’s sure he was born askew, without the ability to experience life the way others seem to. It is the only explanation he has for why he isn’t like everyone else. However, when he rescues Zane, a misplaced city boy dressed in tattoos and leather, from a killer bumblebee, he experiences more than he expects. Zane shows Gabriel that sometimes the path you’ve chosen isn’t set in stone, and more times than not, you’ll find yourself in the last place you look.

    All he ever wanted to do was be a rancher, and that’s what he’s doing. He feels bad that his father didn’t leave the ranch to him and his brother Trent both, but Joe would never short his brother out of his inheritance. Lucky for them, they’re close brothers. They like to hang out in the evenings, get stupid then get on with work the next day.But it can be a lonely life. While Trent is a great brother, he can’t be everything for Joe, and vice versa. Joe would like to get laid sometimes, and living where he does, that’s a rare occurrence. So he drinks and does a little something else now and then. It’s all good—he’s just relaxing.He knows the road between his house and Trent’s trailer like he knows his own soul. Turning off the headlights one night just to make the drive more exciting isn’t a big deal.Until a werewolf jumps on his truck. Then the rules for everything change.

    Raph and Isiah have always had a complicated relationship. Can bringing a human into the mix help them all come together, or will having Laz in their lives end in disaster? Isiah I’ve been in love with Raph for well over a century, but my heart’s been broken one too many times to give him a chance. Still, I want him to be happy, he’s my soul-pledged, after all. So when the holidays come and I see how much he likes Laz, I push the two of them together. But now that I’m on the outside, my jealousy flares, only I can’t figure out if I’m jealous of Laz or of Raph. Raph Having a soul-pledged for all these years has been a dream, but I’ve always craved a romantic connection. So when Izzy pushes me toward Laz, I jump at the chance because I’ve never met anyone like him. My feelings keep growing for my little human, but that doesn’t change what I’ve always felt for Izzy. Laz When warlocks walked into my life a year ago, everything changed for me. Magic is real, soulmates are a thing, and no matter how hard I try, I can’t quell my attraction to Raph. Or to Izzy. But now that I’m dating Raphael, not Isiah, I need to push the crazy thoughts out of my head. Too bad my heart isn’t receiving the message. Will Izzy, Laz, and Raph be able to rifle through their complicated emotions and come together? Or will the danger Raph senses lurking by catch up to them before they truly get the chance? Building on a Hope is a standalone MMM paranormal romance featuring lots of sweetness, confusing emotions, holiday fun, and of course, magic. These characters were first introduced in the standalone novel, Wishing on a Dream.

    What good are you dead?Ezra Kneebone is most at home in the skies, piloting his airship with his best friend Jazz, even if it doesn’t quite pay the bills or warm Ezra’s empty bed. Those same skies are also the territory of a man known as Icarus, who uses his metal wings to steal from the rich and feed the poor. Icarus and Ezra could be soul mates but for one thing: Icarus has a bounty on his head, and Ezra is desperate for money.Against the wishes of Jazz and her partner, the formidable Lady Bart, Ezra is determined to get his man... in more ways than one. But when Icarus saves Ezra’s life, Ezra realizes he would be betraying a hero—and his heart—if he turned Icarus in. Unfortunately, the bounty is tempting more than one hunter, and Ezra will find that loving a fugitive may mean becoming one too.

    Boy falls for girl. Boy marries girl. And they both live happily ever after. Right?Not quite.I fell for the boy. So slowly I barely noticed, then all at once. I loved my best friend with my entire heart, letting him fill up the holes my family had dug. But boys don’t fall for other boys. Just ask him. So my story turned into boy meets boy. Boy falls for boy. Boy gets rejected. Boy meets girl. Boy meets boy. Boy loses them over and over and over again. Pretty twisted, right?My life story was really just a screwed up love story. A search for the one person that understood the darkness inside me. The monster I’d become. But sometimes the holes are too deep and far too bloody, for anyone—boy or girl—to fill.

    In Israel, the Sons of Simeon, a group of religious extremists, persecute sorcerers while the government turns a blind eye. After a march for equal rights ends in brutal murder, empath, moodifier and reluctant waiter Reed becomes the next target. While his sorcerous and normie friends seek out his future killers, Reed complicates everything by falling hopelessly in love. As the battle for survival grows ever more personal, can Reed protect himself and his friends as the Sons of Simeon close in around them?File Under: Fantasy [ Love Squared - Stuck in the Margins - Emotional Injection - Fight the Power ]

    Harper, the woman she'd been crushing on for the last three years.After five years of teaching accounting at the same college as her brother, Lauren Harper was finally settling in.She'd left behind a high paying, high stress job at an accountancy firm, and although teaching didn't pay nearly as well, she was starting to enjoy the simpler things in life, like sipping on a whiskey while she played cards at a local casino.When one of her students sits down at her poker table, it piques Lauren's curiosity. It wasn't unusual for students and teachers to mix in such a small town, but for some reason, she didn't expect to see Riley playing poker.Lauren had been badly burned by a student in the past, and there was no way she was going there again.No way. Under no circumstances.That's what Lauren keeps telling herself anyway, but as the two get to know one another, Lauren finds herself being drawn to the younger woman.How bad would it really be to date a student?

    So how can he explain his strange attraction to water, his powerful sensitivity to it, his extraordinary ability to swim as though possessed?Water is Leven’s natural element.And it’s water that takes the one he loves and destroys everything he’s ever called his own.Set on the Orkney Islands in the mysterious realm of Selkie mythology, Leven’s story of lost identity, lost love, and the search for redemption leads him from London to a terrifying meeting with the dark and volatile man who will change his heart forever.Something in the water is coming for Leven.But can a man born of chaos ever calm the storm?

    He’s booked a gay cruise as a way to go far away from where anyone knows him or where anyone might see him, and just be his nerdy self. It’s really far out of his comfort zone, but maybe that’s what he needs in order to cut loose and start living a little. Maybe he’ll even talk himself into hooking up with some guy there. On a ship full of gay guys, surely he’s got a shot with someone, right? College jock, Tyler, won two tickets to a cruise. A gay cruise. He’s not out – not even fully come to terms with his sexuality yet. He’s pretty sure he’s bi. He’s definitely attracted to guys, but has only been sexually active with girls. So, he hasn’t given friends and family any details of this cruise, just that he’ll be gone over Spring break. On the inside, he’s anxious but excited for his chance to finally at least have the opportunity to do something with a guy. Nobody will know or care – and if he doesn’t follow through with it, at least he’s still going to be on a cruise. It can’t be that bad. When Jay and Tyler meet, sparks fly between them. Neither were expecting such a connection...but when the cruise comes to an end, will either of them have the courage to face their true feelings? Or will it just end up being nothing more than a Spring fling? This is a steamy, standalone MM contemporary book - enjoy!

    Unfortunately for Grunk, he hates the city, he'd rather be in his dragon form than his human one, and he already hates the job even though it’s only his first day.Then he meets his assistant, Kyfan, and he's instantly smitten. When he finds out that Kyfan has never really flown and rarely spends any time in his dragon form, Grunk is shocked and insists on changing that, immediately. After all, flying with the lovely Kyfan's way better than sitting behind his desk in his office.It turns out that Kyfan is a lovely little dragon and once they've flown together, Grunk knows that they share a bond and he prepares to make his claim. The fact that it's going to annoy the council is only a bonus.

    He uses his power as a game of sexual consent until Cameron, a naive college student, enters his life. As Cameron begins to understand his sexuality and gain confidence under Wren’s tutelage, Wren grows to recognize new and unexpected things about himself. Can their game become a relationship as the power shifts from teacher to student?

    One stolen item.In the city of Wistal, a sorcerer is planning a holy war that will engulf kingdoms. But a theft at his manor has delayed his agenda, pitting him against the hidden rulers of Wistal, the criminal Syndicate.The likely suspect is a thief, the father of a family of robbers and prostitutes. The sorcerer sets a trap, only to find that the thief's extraordinary youngest son is a wildcard to upset the most ambitious plans of gods and men. (Content warning: Adult fiction. Graphic horror elements.) Bound in Stone: Volume One is the first novel in The Soulstone Chronicles, a fantasy adventure about an enigmatic deity reborn as a human being. The majority of the series has GLBTQ content.

    Her jugaad and privilege puts her directly in the path of a hardworking scholarship student– Vladimir Petrov, the vodka to her hot chocolate. Their tumultuous friendship is affected by global events, the landscape around them ever changing. And slowly, the Russian winter begins to melt for the Indian summer.Funny and endearing, Three Impossible Wishes is a heart-warming book about finding love and learning to love yourself.

    Deep in the Enchanted Forest, he finds Robert, a cross-dressing painter who lives alone in his tower. Mistaking him for a woman, Prince Aiden is determined to have Robert as his bride.When the prince of his dreams shows up at Robert's tower, he is far from happy, especially when the handsome prince refuses to believe he is a man. Can he convince Prince Aiden to love him as the man he is, or is their happily ever after doomed from the start?

    With an ultimatum—get a promotion by his 36th birthday or find a new job—and a deadline looming over his head, it’s easy to get wrapped up in his own Ivy League world. That is, until he meets Oscar. The last thing Oscar Nash needs is to take on a new charity case at his failing mechanic shop. But when a handsome, well-dressed art history lecturer shows up with a vintage car in need of some TLC, Oscar is too intrigued to say no. Sure he can fix up the car… on one condition. Ben has to agree to a date. Despite misunderstandings and clashing worlds, the two men hit it off, connecting over their deep love of art. As their connection grows, Oscar shares his greatest yearning: the car mechanic’s dream to become a sculptor and open his own gallery. But will their chemistry be enough to overcome the differences in their two worlds? More importantly, can Oscar step up with a mechanical miracle while Ben’s career hangs in the balance? Driven is a 50,000-word standalone contemporary gay romance, complete with lots of heat and a happily ever after ending.