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The Montana sky is wide, coffee strong, and wounded souls are never turned away from Two Spirits Horse Ranch. When Jake finds a young stranger left for dead at the north gate, his promise to protect him draws the whole ranch into a fight against fear, memory, and the men who might return to finish what they started. Warm, funny, tender, and suspenseful, In the Barb is a Western romance about found family, survival, and the kind of love that begins as rescue but grows into home.

Sixteen-year-old Richard plans to come out to his parents - as he's in love with his best friend Nicholas - but his parents have a shocking surprise of their own. When he turns to Nicholas for support, it turns out Nicholas has a surprise for Richard too...

I originally put this story on here around 7 years ago but I have made a lot of updates to it, so decided to republish. Enjoy!

Eighteen-year-old neurodivergent graphic design student Arun likes his world orderly, predictable and comfortably quiet. University life pushes him beyond his usual routines - a loud new roommate, educational challenges and a residential dormitory full of people who seem to understand social rules he can only approximate.

His refuge is the university library, where he can work on assignments and freelance illustrations without anybody demanding his attention... or maybe he could consider an exception for the handsome stranger at the neighbouring desk.

Josh & Konstantin have been friends, with benefits, since High School. But one has been stuck in the past and one in denial. After an explosive night of sex, they begin to face the things they hid for so long. As they get closer to the truth, secrets are revealed, and by the end of the night, one of them will learn the greatest lesson of their lives.

After Gettysburg, the War settled into a brutal stalemate. Then, the war took an unexpected turn: General Grant was found dead. At first, this appeared to be a grim accident. But papers discovered at the scene told a darker story—conspiracy, foreign interests, powerful financiers, and the highest circles of government, tied together by a single missing ledger. Little is noted of the rain-soaked cadets from Virginia stumbling upon Grant’s party, other than they were there. But behind that account lay a frantic hunt to recover the ledger before its contents could expose those willing to reshape nations from the shadows.

The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery is one of mankind's greatest mysteries, which has never been explained. Until now. In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers—James Ducat, Thomas Marshall, and Donald MacArthur—vanished from the remote Flannan Isles in Scotland. A relief crew found the lighthouse empty, with a stopped clock, an overturned chair, and, inexplicably, one set of oilskins left behind.

Shane Kelly can command an arena, but not the life being sold in his name.

In 1999, the nineteen-year-old lead singer of the Dream Boys must keep millions of fans believing he might fall for one of them. The truth—that Shane is gay—could threaten the band, the label, and everyone profiting from his fame.

Mike Cooper was hired to protect Shane—and quietly watch him. Months of forced proximity have created trust and attraction, leaving Mike caught between the employers demanding his loyalty and the young man whose trust could cost them both everything.

In 2001, at a Catholic boarding school defined by strict rules and quiet expectations, Tommy Harrington expects nothing more than to blend into the background. Everything changes when he meets Brian McFadden, a charismatic, fearless boy who pulls him into a friendship unlike anything he has ever known. As the years pass, their bond deepens through shared secrets, quiet moments, and unspoken feelings. In a world where some truths are too dangerous to name, Tommy and Brian must navigate the fragile space between friendship, love, and everything left unsaid.

Julian and Leo are characters created for a story, "College Days Of Julian and Leo", written by a friend of mine on deviantart.com, tomkleinmann. He was kind enough to let me use his boys to write a continuation of how I saw their relationship progressing.