Romance

O’Malley Ramsey, math aficionado, grew up next door to Garrison Rook, All-American athlete. While O’Malley dreamed of numbers and kissing Garrison, Garrison’s tastes ran to home runs and hot chicks. During a family celebration the night before both young men were heading off for college, O’Malley joyously discovers that Garrison isn’t quite as straight as the star athlete had been pretending to be. Vows to return to each other quickly followed a few clumsy kisses in the old treehouse in the Rook’s backyard.

O’Malley came home to Garrison. Garrison never returned to O’Malley.

Four years later, the two ex-friends meet up at a summer camp where O’Malley is serving as a counselor. Garrison is desperate to make things right with his childhood friend, but can O’Malley, still nursing the pain and mistrust of Garrison’s betrayal, ever forgive or love Garrison again?

Two men are about to discover that dreams really do come true if you have love as your main ingredient.

People say Luis Duton has been incredibly lucky. Luis says that as well, but something’s been missing from his life. Even though he holds a glamorous position as cook/housekeeper/confidant for famed movie producer Caiden Dell, he dreams of attending culinary school. When he finally works up the courage to apply to one of the most prestigious institutes in all of Manhattan, he’s shocked when his application is approved. Overjoyed at first, he soon discovers that the heat is on big time as he battles with his insecurities along with one of his instructors.

With his dream about to go up in smoke, he goes to see a Broadway play to lose himself for a few hours. There he buys a box of candy from another young man with a dream: Fraser Wayne. Fraser’s passion is the theater, but his goal seems as far away as Luis’ at the moment. Drawn to the man’s devotion to his ambitions as well as the beauty of his smile, Luis soon finds himself caught up in a love affair ten times hotter than any kitchen.

Family comes first in all things. Whatever the cost.

Ten had always heard the saying ‘Out of the mouth of babes,’ but he’d not expected it to hit home as it had. After a comment from their daughter, Ten and Jared find themselves pondering an addition to the family. Moving into the adoption process is nerve-wracking and riddled with anxiety—kind of like how the Railers have been playing of late. Bringing two young men into their homes and hearts isn’t going to be a smooth ride. But with patience, humor, and love, the bumpy road might just be a little easier to travel.

Expanding their small family was always in the cards, but no one could have foreseen the process clashing with the worst ever start to a Railers season. A string of losses, a vital player missing from the defense, a captain in the emergency room, and winning a single game seems impossible, let alone getting the team to the playoffs. Faced with hard decisions, Jared refuses to take his work home, but it’s difficult when your husband is at the cutting edge of the losing streak. His focus fractures when one of the siblings they are matched with is frustrated, angry, and has a healthy dose of mistrust.

Jared and Ten’s parenting skills are tested, but they will do anything to make a place in their home the perfect gift for two children lost in the system.

Working side-by-side on a charityproject might just prove to be the foundation of anew romance.

DeandreJones is enjoying his single life quite nicely, thank you. He’s a defenseman onthe Watkins Glen Gladiators, gets to travel, dates frequently, and isn’t tieddown to anything other than his mom and brother back in the windy city. He hastime to do the whole family and kids thing. Right now he’s happy to befootloose, even if his mother has different ideas. As the playoffs near hisfocus should be on hockey, but for some reason, he can’t seem to give the sportits due. Ever since he volunteered to help the incredibly handsome assistantpastor of a local church work on an addition to the parish, his attention seemsto be locked on curly hair and bright blue eyes instead of breakaways and bodychecks.

GabrielHansley has quite the full plate. Not only is he the first openly out bisexualassistant pastor for a small but highly active parish, but he’s also got hisson to tend to as well as his work at the church, which keeps him hopping allday long. And that’s a good thing as the nights alone are hard for the youngwidower. Just when he’s about to give up on finding a person to share his lifewith—chaotic as it can be—he finds himself hammering nails beside DeandreJones. As they work side-by-side under the bright spring sun, he’s gettingwarmer under the collar with each shared smile and terrible carpentry pun.

Dumpand Chase is a low-angst, slow burn, age gap queer hockey romance with anot-quite-as-confirmed-as-he-thought bachelor, a harried single father, plentyof nosy but well-meaning parishioners and teammates, tons of joyous song, and aharmonious happily ending.

Une histoire d’amour initiatique tournant autour du lycée, de la rivalité entre hockeyeurs, de l’amitié, de la famille et d’un coming-out.

Le monde de Soren change en un instant quand son frère cadet et lui sont adoptés par la royauté du hockey. Il est déjà assez difficile de comprendre la logique de cette nouvelle vie, mais quand il est inscrit dans une école privée, il doit affronter tout un tas de nouveaux problèmes. Naviguer entre l’amitié, la famille et le hockey, c’est une chose, mais être attiré par le garçon qui le contrarie est à un tout autre niveau.

Felix a une réputation à protéger. Il passe pour le gamin qui a tout ce qu’il veut, mais les apparences peuvent être trompeuses. En inventant des mensonges sur sa vie parfaite, il s’est créé un monde fantastique auquel il a lui-même commencé à croire. Seulement, il ne faudra pas longtemps pour que tout s’effondre et que ses jolis mensonges soient révélés. Son plus proche rival est l’unique personne qui voit clair dans sa douleur et qui le soutient.

La bagarre est facile, l’amitié est ardue, mais l’amour est le plus important.

Est-il assez courageux pour arrêter de se cacher derrière son personnage et donner une dernière chance à l’amour ?

Jordan Stevens a vécu beaucoup de choses au cours de ses cinquante ans. Certaines de ces années ont été bonnes, d’autres mauvaises, et il aimerait bien en oublier quelques autres. Le monde n’est pas toujours tendre avec une queen vieillissante. Les amants commencent à détaler dans les champs interdits, vos rembourrages ont tendance à glisser et vous passez plus de temps avec des blancs d’œufs que la plupart des chefs pâtissiers. Le chagrin d’amour n’a rien de nouveau pour l’homme qui incarne Sitka Patel à la langue acide sur scène tous les soirs, ce qui a amené Jordan à jurer de ne plus jamais faire confiance à un autre homme de moins de quatre-vingts ans. Il a son club, sa famille de travestis et son chat bombay, Heckle. Qui a besoin de problèmes ? Cette philosophie lui a bien servi jusqu’à ce qu’un superbe jeune homme aux yeux chocolat noir se présente à la porte arrière de Campo Royale avec une valise, une histoire triste et un rêve.

Depuis qu’il a été assez vieux pour épeler le mot sequin, Yampier Perez savait qu’un jour il en porterait. L’un des trois enfants nés d’immigrants cubains, Yampier a toujours été un peu plus clinquant que les autres garçons du quartier. Son amour du stylisme et des arts de la scène était à peine toléré chez lui et encore moins dans les couloirs de son lycée rural en Géorgie. Pourtant, Yampier n’a jamais laissé sa lumière s’éteindre, pas même le jour où son frère aîné l’a surpris en train de confectionner la robe de bal de sa sœur. Battu, renié et livré à lui-même avant d’obtenir son diplôme, il s’est retrouvé obligé d’occuper des emplois minables, faisant des choses encore plus misérables, jusqu’à avoir économisé suffisamment d’argent pour se diriger vers la Big Apple. Cet argent est maintenant épuisé, le laissant coincé à Wilmington, sans nourriture, sans logement et sans famille. Il ne sait pas que son arrivée au Campo Royale Club, à moitié gelé et affaibli par la faim, est sur le point de lui apporter tout ce à quoi il aspirait.

Le célibataire et la cerise est une romance gay à combustion lente mettant en vedette une drag queen vieillissante, un nouveau venu vierge, beaucoup d’audace, des perruques à gogo, de la douleur/réconfort, une famille retrouvée et une fin heureuse riche en sequin.

Authors know that their muse is a fickle creature. Best-selling spy novelist Steven Ramsey has been in a hate-hate relationship with his inspiration for months. When Steven’s publisher lays a legal ultimatum upon him, with a rapidly approaching deadline, he knows he must do something to kick-start his creativity or face the unemployment line. His daughter comes up with a possible answer: a summer camp for the creative soul. With nothing to lose, Steven packs up his laptop, phonograph, and beloved record albums and heads from Greenwich Village to the Catskill Mountains.

There, among a horde of college students attending for extra credits, is Declan Pomeroy, a photographer of fey creatures who is twenty-two years younger than Steven. The woods are a magical place, and he quickly finds himself falling under the spell of the free-spirited photographer. Confusion wars with desire as Steven succumbs to the feelings welling up inside. But, sadly, summer camp always must end. Can a man who has just found himself really leave the person that makes his heart sing?

No matter how far you go, love will always lead you home again.

The world has changed quite a bit since Carl Cimino was a young man in Port Plechard. The small Connecticut coastal town once had everything that he held dear: his family, his friends, his hockey team, his school, and his first love, Mike Rinnert. Back then gay boys didn’t parade along the rocky shores in bright rainbow swim trunks. They hid their shame then moved away or married a nice girl and pretended to be happy. After a dismal marriage attempt and a lackluster playing career that ended with an equally unsatisfying coaching job, Carl is called back to Port Plechard to attend Mike’s funeral and swears that he’s just seen a ghost.

‘Tis the season for a second chance at love.

Stillman King likes his life in the small rural farming community of Rockmount, Pennsylvania. It’s a different pace of life than Philly, but Philadelphia was where his heart was broken, and he was happy to leave. He might be lonely, but he’s settled and has even managed to win over his snooping neighbors. Overall, his days as a small-town sheriff are peaceful with only the occasional traffic accident, drunk and disorderly conduct, or a random meandering cow to deal with. That was until the day the mayor announced that Rockmount was going to be the filming location for a Christmas romance movie starring the popular soap opera star, Tony Gugliotti. The same Tony who’d left him right after college graduation and headed west to the bright lights of Los Angeles without even a goodbye.

Hearing his former lover’s name shatters all the merry bucolic vibes that usually fill Rockmount, at least for Stillman. He’d not seen or spoken to Tony for over twenty years and had no wish to ever again. But, suddenly, here Tony was, looking just as good as he did way back when with his killer smile and movie star jawline. Hollywood descended on Rockmount and Stillman did his best to balance keeping the peace while maintaining a polite distance from his ex. Pity it’s such a small town packed with incredibly meddlesome people. All it takes is one stake out, a night stuck in the courthouse’s basement, and one kiss wound in a lighted pine tree to reignite the passion both men thought they’d left far behind.

The Christmas Extra is a standalone small town, forced proximity, gay second chance Christmas romance with all the glitter of Hollywood, two mature men who never really got over each other, a village packed with holiday cheer as well as inquisitive neighbors, a well-meaning cast and crew, and a tinselly happy-ever-after.

Can Liam and Tarcy’s relationship survive one career taking off while another is winding down?

The life of a hockey player centers on dedication to the sport. Years and years of honing your skills, road trips, summers spent training instead of vacationing, and winters away from loved ones for long, lonely stretches. Not many make it to the pros, so when the Watkins Glen Gladiators’ newest goalie is called up to Pittsburgh, Liam’s world is tossed into joyous chaos.

Thrilled to be getting a chance to play in his hometown for the team his uncle led to several championships is everything he ever dreamed of. But leaving the small village of Watkins Glen means leaving his boyfriend, stock car driver, Tarcy Hayward, as well. The summer they recently spent together touring the country and winning races seems to be a distant memory as the flying snows signal the start of new seasons of hockey and racing.

Racing has been a part of Tarcy Hayward’s life since he was a young man. It’s in his blood, in his soul. Sitting behind the wheel of his famed 66 stock car, pushing himself and his car to their extremes, is like breathing. And yet, of late, all those high-speed laps don’t seem to be packing the same punch as they used to. Ever since he broke a wrist in a crash and had to see the suffering and worry in his boyfriend’s soft green eyes, he’s felt a bit detached from the sport.

His winter off has been filled with simpler things, like long nights curled around Liam, cold days sledding with his grandson over the holidays, and planning his son’s wedding. As the start of another race season nears, Tarcy is unsure, for the very first time, if he even wants to run laps. Maybe the quiet life is what his spirit is yearning for but, then again, maybe not. Maybe it’s time to set some new goals, but he’ll be darned if he has any idea what they would be.

The Call-Up is a low angst, age gap, queer hockey romance with a young goalie about to get his big break, an older race car driver contemplating everything, loving friends and family, a city eager for a return to the glory days, and one big, happy icy ending. 

Litigare è facile, l’amicizia è difficile, ma l’amore è tutto.

Il mondo di Soren cambia all’improvviso quando lui e suo fratello minore vengono adottati da una famosa famiglia di giocatori di hockey. Dare un senso alla sua nuova vita è già abbastanza difficile, ma quando viene iscritto a una scuola privata, deve affrontare dei problemi completamente nuovi. Gestire l’amicizia, la famiglia e l’hockey è una cosa, ma essere attratti dal ragazzo che lo tormenta non faceva parte dei suoi piani.

Felix ha una reputazione da difendere. Sembra un ragazzo che ha tutto, ma l’apparenza inganna. Raccontando bugie sulla sua vita perfetta, ha creato un mondo di fantasia a cui persino lui ha iniziato a credere. Non passa molto tempo prima che tutto si sgretoli, che tutte le sue bugie vengano svelate e che solo il suo più grande rivale capisca il suo dolore e gli stia accanto.

Litigare è facile, l’amicizia è difficile, ma l’amore è tutto.

A stalker threatens Ben, the lines between his hockey career and his love for Ethan blur, and abruptly their future seems like an impossible dream.

Senior year is here, and everything is on the line. Benoit’s time to shine in the crease is now, and he’s going to do everything he can to make sure those professional scouts take notice. He’s earned a great reputation for his skills in the net, and his laid-back demeanor is his key to maintaining his cool when things get heated in the goal crease.

As the Eagles roar into a new season, Ben’s laser-sharp focus is shattered by a stalker who threatens his life, and his attraction to Ethan Girard, the team’s new defensive consultant. Trying his best to ignore the budding friendship that’s taking a hard, fast turn into something far more passionate, Ben is determined to keep his mind on the sport he loves and not let his feelings for the handsome older man creep into his performance. But love, like hockey, is wildly unpredictable, and soon Ben finds that he’s unable to distance himself from Ethan who is slowly and surely working himself into his heart.

Famed Boston defenseman, Ethan Girard, isn’t stupid. Celebrating his thirty-second birthday in the emergency room after breaking his leg, and with a warning that healing will be a long process, he knows he has to think about his future. He was drafted at eighteen, and he’s never known anything but hockey, but with no contract in place yet for the new season he considers that maybe it’s time for him to hang up his skates for good.

Volunteering to help out with the Owatonna Eagles fills his time, but from the moment he lays eyes on goalie Ben, he knows his world will never be the same again. Falling in lust is as easy as stealing his first kiss, but Ben refuses to engage. Has Ethan finally met his match?

It was supposed to be a fun-filled night at the arena, cheering on the Harrison Hawks, ogling the blond Acadian god/goalie in the crease, and maybe, if he was really lucky, catching an airborne puck with his hands and not his face.

Unfortunately for Daryl Hamilton, his first minor league ice hockey game ends with him catching something with his face, but it’s not a puck. It’s the fist of his dream goalie, Ryan Amirault. But while his nose may not be thankful for the badly timed autograph request, Daryl can’t say that the rest of him isn’t pleased with how things are turning out.

Not only is Ryan turning himself inside out to make things right with Daryl, the spark of attraction between the two men is slowly blazing up into a roaring inferno. The only problem – aside from two black eyes – is that Ryan isn’t out, there’s a viral video of the nose-crunching encounter, and a rather curious sports reporter is snooping around the daycare center where Daryl works. If their new love can survive all that, it will survive anything.

When you see the world through the eyes of a child, there’s magic everywhere.

And crumbs. Lots of crumbs…

But that’s not going to stop Mike and Bryn Kneller from traveling with their nephew Liam at their side. Not that deciding to take the lad to visit Bryn’s homeland was an easy decision for the two recently wedded men despite how much they adore the boy. This trip was supposed to be a romantic anniversary trip after all.

However, life, as it does, tends to lead us down a path of its own choosing. Combining an unexpected announcement from a family member with the not-so-subtle pleadings of Bryn’s parents, the decision was made. With lots of hand sanitizer and a heaping helping of patience, the journey begins, leading Bryn and Mike to discover a great deal about themselves, their marriage, and their plans for the future.