Stories

Jake and Kody never expected to find each other. Jake arrives at college determined to leave his troubled past behind and keep the secrets that nearly destroyed him buried. Kody is looking for a chance to be himself and finally belong. Instead, they find each other. But falling in love means lowering the masks they’ve spent years perfecting. As Jake fights to stay sober and Kody confronts his fears of rejection and abandonment, they’ll have to learn that love isn’t about being perfect. It’s trusting someone enough to let them see you as you truly are. A funny, tender story about first love, second chances, and the courage to be yourself.

Martin is still feeling the effects of an acrimonious divorce and more recently the death of his mother.

He receives an email that could be a scam. It triggers events that upend just about everything Martin believes about himself. His path forward is not going to be smooth. Can he navigate this new life to make friends, find love and reestablish a family?

The election is a massacre. The Liberal Party is in ruins. And Julian Dufresne—a sociopathic academic backed by dark money—is poised to seize the ashes.

Shadow Minister Will Carter survived the bloodbath, but surviving isn't enough. As his husband Andrew races to disarm a Russian cyber-weapon in the shadows of Hong Kong, Will must play the longest game of his career—surviving Dufresne's rise, holding his party together, and protecting the family he's built.

From the campaign trail to the backrooms of Hong Kong, the Carters are about to discover that the real war is only beginning.

When Jamie and Connor find themselves stranded on a deserted island, they have to learn to put their rivalry aside and work together to overcome the challenges of the island and the primal urges of being young, red-blooded American men. Hate, lust, danger, and survival come together to forge a relationship that just might save their young lives.

Eli Mercer never expected the Vesper Society to want him. But once they do, he finds something he’s never really had: friends, warmth, and a place where he feels chosen instead of useful. Then he discovers Lucien, a vampire imprisoned beneath the campus chapel and bled for generations to sustain the families behind Vesper’s power. The more Eli learns, the more impossible his new life becomes. Because freeing Lucien may mean destroying the first people who ever made Eli feel like he belonged.

Noah Hampton and Ash Reeves have history; bad blood, shared secrets, and too many memories they never finished dealing with.

The football player and the musician. They aren’t friends. They aren’t lovers. They are just two people who know exactly how to get under each other's skin, and into each other's pants.

It was only supposed to be sex but turns into something addictive and consuming. Nothing stays simple forever and “casual” has a shelf life. How much damage are they willing to do pretending it isn’t more?

A spicy gay football drama.

As Jake and Danny begin their senior year, everyone has something to prove at Mon Valley High School. But as wounds from the past reopen, carefully constructed identities begin to unravel.

The Field of Love is the follow‑up to Trials and Tribulations, continuing the story of Pine Hills and the boys who call it home. Fifteen‑year‑old Sammy Day never expected a worn baseball field to change his life, but it becomes the first place he finds acceptance, friendship, and a sense of belonging. As Sammy, Andy Collins, Joey Adams, and their friends navigate questions of identity, they must also confront the darker truths of their Appalachian mining town — secrets, abuse, and a murder that still echoes through the hills.
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It's been said that suffering builds character. And there are few that know suffering better than young Justin. Only 14 years old, he has found an easy way out. A suicidal tendency that he is hoping will bring an end to his misery. But when he meets a mysterious boy at the end of Navy Pier one dark evening...he is given an alternative. One that will give him purpose, and set in motion the events that will lead to his ultimate destiny....in a world not like our own.

When Matteo Romano, a straight Italian guy, convinces his best friend Adrian to pretend to be his boyfriend to keep his ex away, things get complicated fast. What starts as a harmless favor turns into late nights, lingering touches, and the kind of tension neither of them can keep pretending about.