Cari Z

Workaholic attorney Max Robertson is one meeting away from making partner at a big NYC firm when his best friend calls and guilts him into coming back home for Christmas. But there’s a reason he hasn’t been back to Edgewood for a decade—too many bad memories. The plan was to go for just one night, until a wild deer and a snow bank wrecked everything. Former Army Sergeant Dominic “Nicky” Bell is the new guy on the Edgewood police force, so of course he drew the short straw and is stuck working the night shift. But his evening gets turned upside-down when he gets called out to a wreck in the snow—and it’s his one and only high school crush, looking even sexier than he did back then. When they both end up stranded together at Dominc’s house, sparks start to fly and Max isn’t sure what to do. But everyone deserves a present this holiday season, right?

His Holiday Crush

L. A. Witt

Detective Andreas Ruffner doesn't play by the rules, and he doesn't play well with others. With bodies piling up and a list of suspects who are way above his pay grade, the last thing he needs is a wet-behind-the-ears kid for a partner. Or babysitter. Not even if that partner is easy on the eyes.

Risky Behavior

In between recovering from a near-fatal wound and returning to work at a hostile precinct, Detective Darren Corliss is struggling to help care for his ailing brother. His partner and boyfriend, Detective Andreas Ruffner, wants to help, but doesn't know how. With his own family crises brewing, Andreas is spread almost as thin as Darren. For cops, though, life takes a backseat to the job. When a stack of unsolved homicides drops into their laps, Andreas and Darren think they're unrelated cold cases, but when a connection surfaces, they find themselves on the tail of a prolific serial killer who's about to strike again. Except they've got no leads and no suspects-- just a pile of circumstantial evidence and a whole lot of hunches. Time is running out to stop the next murder, and to pull themselves back from their breaking points.

Suspicious Behavior

After too many years of putting his job first, Detective Andreas Ruffner is getting his priorities straight. He's ready to spend some quality time with his adult kids, not to mention come clean about some things he should've told them a long time ago. And introduce them to his partner and boyfriend, Darren Corliss. But in a heartbeat, a family dinner turns into Andreas's worst nightmare. When the dust settles, one of his kids is hurt, and the other three have been abducted. Andreas is going to find his kids, and nothing, not even a broken ankle, is going to stop him. Thank God for his sharp, level-headed partner . . . who has a crisis of his own pulling him away when Andreas needs him the most. As both men try to support--and lean on--each other, they get no closer to finding the kids. And the longer the children are missing, the less likely it is they'll ever be found.

Reckless Behavior

L.A. Witt

Ricardo Torralba and August Morrison don’t agree on much besides the fact that they hate each other. According to Ricardo, August is a spoiled brat who really needs to knock off the sass once in a while. August insists that Ricardo needs a sense of humor, a good lay, or a well-placed bullet. Maybe all three. Fortunately, the assassin’s profession is a solitary one, and they can go about their lives without getting in each other’s way. Usually. When a contracted hit turns out to be a setup for both of them, they narrowly escape with their lives. Now, even if they don’t like it (spoiler: they don’t), August and Ricardo have to work together if they want a shot at survival. In between firefights and questionable interrogation methods as they hunt down their would-be killer, the cranky assassins discover that under all that mutual loathing is a spark of chemistry they can’t ignore. They want to ignore it, they probably should ignore it, but August can’t help flirting to annoy Ricardo, and Ricardo can think of at least one way to shut him up for a while. But they need to focus, damn it, and figure out who’s gunning for them and why. Assuming they don’t kill each other first. Hitman vs Hitman is a standalone* gay romantic suspense featuring two men who’d rather chew glass than fall for each other, a whole lot of inappropriate comments, and some buttons that will need resewing. * Okay, it was supposed to be a standalone, but August and Ricardo refused to be contained, so now they have a sequel, Sniper vs Spotter. Fans of L.J. Hayward and Alice Winters will love this assassin duo featuring a grumpy special forces veteran and the irreverently sunshine billionaire who drives him up a wall. Come for the enemies to lovers, stay for the feels. And explosions.

M/M Enemies to Lovers Romantic Suspense

Hitman vs. Hitman

Mortal-enemies-turned-furniture-breaking-lovers August Morrison and Ricardo Torralba have found a groove that suits them both. They’ve teamed up as hired guns, they live together, and by some miracle, they haven’t killed each other. It’s the closest to normal they’ll ever have, and they love it. But their guns-and-roses future is thrown into chaos when Ricardo’s past comes crashing into their present. What begins as a favor for an old friend—well, “friend,” but don’t tell August—quickly spirals into something far bigger than they anticipated. Now they’re in way over their heads with powerful people on both sides of the law, and it’s going to take more than snark and explosions to see them through. Nevertheless, there will be plenty of snark and explosions, because this is August and Ricardo, and no one would expect any less. In between the smoke and sarcasm, though, they are determined to bring an evil operation crashing down… no matter who they have to work with to get the job done. And no matter who they have to kill. Sniper vs Spotter is the sequel to the apparently-it-doesn’t-want-to-be-a-standalone Hitman vs Hitman, which absolutely was supposed to be a standalone, but August and Ricardo (predictably) refused to be contained. Our audiobook narrator also shares some of the blame, Michael. So here we are.

Sniper vs. Spotter

L a Witt

Ricardo Torralba and August Morrison don't agree on much besides the fact that they hate each other. According to Ricardo, August is a spoiled brat who really needs to knock off the sass once in a while. August insists that Ricardo needs a sense of humor, a good lay, or a well-placed bullet. Maybe all three. Fortunately, the assassin's profession is a solitary one, and they can go about their lives without getting in each other's way. Usually. When a contracted hit turns out to be a setup for both of them, they narrowly escape with their lives. Now, even if they don't like it (spoiler: they don't), August and Ricardo have to work together if they want a shot at survival. In between firefights and questionable interrogation methods as they hunt down their would-be killer, the cranky assassins discover that under all that mutual loathing is a spark of chemistry they can't ignore. They want to ignore it, they probably should ignore it, but August can't help flirting to annoy Ricardo, and Ricardo can think of at least one way to shut him up for a while. But they need to focus, damn it, and figure out who's gunning for them and why. Assuming they don't kill each other first. Hitman vs Hitman is a standalone gay romantic suspense featuring two men who'd rather chew glass than fall for each other, a whole lot of inappropriate comments, and some buttons that will need resewing.

Hitman Vs Hitman

Nikita Ravenov It was supposed to be a simple job-tail the Italian for an evening, see if he was up to anything shady, and report back to the Bratva. But I didn't expect him to go into gay bars. Is someone trying to out me to the Bratva? Am I being set up? And what the hell do I do now that my mark knows I'm following him? Lorenzo Ferrari It's insulting, really. My organization wants to do business with the Russians, but they're putting tails on me? That's just bad manners. But when that tail gets a beating from his own for failing to tell them everything he knows about me, I know something is up. Now we're both in way over our heads. Our only hope is working together. And even then, I'm not so sure we're getting out of this. CW On-page drug use, active addiction, graphic violence, suicidal ideation, domestic abuse.

You Had One Job

Detective Andreas Ruffner is no fool¿he¿s found a man who loves him, puts up with him, and has stuck with him through hell and back, and it¿s time to put a ring on it. Darren Corliss is the love of his life, and he wants the whole world to know it. Now the fun part¿the wedding! Well, after the not-so-fun part of planning the wedding in between dealing with overbearing and impossible-to-please family members. With future mothers-in-law driving them both up a wall, the guest list growing out of control, and the wedding getting ever more complicated, Darren and Andreas have to wonder if they¿re in over their heads. But they¿re going to make it to the altar if it kills them . . . and at this rate, it just might.

Romantic Behavior

Detective Mark Thibedeau is perfectly happy doing his job in Internal Affairs and going home to his cat. Still, when his assistant wants to set him up on a blind date, he can't help but be intrigued. Dr. Ryan Campbell loves the frenetic pace of working in an emergency department. He likes his life and doesn't need anyone. But that guy his colleague wants him to meet does sound pretty interesting. It's instant chemistry when they meet-and instant chaos. That chaos isn't just phone calls interrupting dates. When a patient comes into the ED rapidly bleeding out from a gunshot wound, Ryan suddenly finds himself in possession of evidence that could very well put two white cops in jail for killing an innocent black man in cold blood. Not sure what else to do, Ryan takes the evidence to the only cop he can trust-Mark. Now Mark is investigating a delicate case, and Ryan is a material witness, and putting their fledgling relationship on hold is the least of their problems. Dirty cops stalk Ryan and his colleagues. Higher-ups question Mark's investigative integrity at every turn. Worse, he's tugging at threads of a citywide systemic problem of cops getting away with racially motivated murder. And there are cops with blood on their hands who will gladly kill to keep that system running. CW: Racially motivated violence, white cop-on-black civilian violence

Protective Behavior

Wherever August Morrison and Ricardo Torralba go, chaos is sure to follow. The authors certainly know this, since their "standalone book" has now turned into a series with no end in sight, because...UGH. These two. We give up. Anyway. Detective David Chandler had no clue what he was getting into when he and his partner decided they were going to nail August for murder. They didn't realize it was one of the few murders August didn't commit, or that their homicide investigation would lead them into the middle of a mob war. Cavalcante underboss Pedro Silva knew asking August and Ricardo for help was a terrible idea. Just mentioning their names is bad for Pedro's blood pressure. Owing them a favor? Oh Lord. He still asked, though, because he was out of options, but he can't say he didn't know he'd regret it. Neither man expected things to blow up this badly. Now they're both on the run from the mafia, the cops, and everyone in between... except for August and Ricardo. On one hand, that means they have two expert assassins in their corner. On the other, it means they have the biggest troll on the planet heckling them at every turn. And sticking them in a safehouse together. With only one bed. And if August or Ricardo make one more comment about how Dave and Pedro should just hook up already... Cop vs. Capo is 67,500 words long, and is book 4 of the Hitman vs. Hitman series. CW: combat PTSD, alcoholism, on-page violence, discussion of abuse of a sex worker

Cop Vs. Capo

After too many years of putting his job first, Detective Andreas Ruffner is getting his priorities straight. He’s ready to spend some quality time with his adult kids, not to mention come clean about some things he should’ve told them a long time ago. And introduce them to his partner and boyfriend, Darren Corliss. But in a heartbeat, a family dinner turns into Andreas’s worst nightmare. When the dust settles, one of his kids is hurt, and the other three have been abducted. Andreas is going to find his kids, and nothing, not even a broken ankle, is going to stop him. Thank God for his sharp, level-headed partner… who has a crisis of his own pulling him away when Andreas needs him the most. As both men try to support—and lean on—each other, they get no closer to finding the kids. And the longer the children are missing, the less likely it is they’ll ever be found. This book was previously published.

Marie Sexton

Alien invasion has rendered Earth uninhabitable. Now, humanity survives in settlements on Mars, the moon, and distant space stations around Jupiter and Saturn. It's all people can do to eke out a living from mining, salvage, and scrap. Twin brothers Denver and Laramie Clayborne's salvage operation is a small one-just them, their friend Marit, and their quirky 'bot, OPAL. Their lives are simple and they like it that way, even though they barely earn enough to pay for Laramie's expensive, life-saving medications. They make do, just like everyone else. It's all they can do. Until the day they find something big floating in the wreckage of a battleship graveyard. Something so rare, so precious, it could change their lives forever. Trading it would make them loved. Selling it would make them rich. But keeping it might make them heroes. They have a chance at a whole new world, if they're brave enough to grasp it. And if Mars doesn't catch them first. co-written with Cari Z

The Lost Ship of the Tucker Rebellion

Mortal-enemies-turned-furniture-breaking-lovers August Morrison and Ricardo Torralba have found a groove that suits them both. They've teamed up as hired guns, they live together, and by some miracle, they haven't killed each other. It's the closest to normal they'll ever have, and they love it. But their guns-and-roses future is thrown into chaos when Ricardo's past comes crashing into their present. What begins as a favor for an old friend-well, "friend," but don't tell August-quickly spirals into something far bigger than they anticipated. Now they're in way over their heads with powerful people on both sides of the law, and it's going to take more than snark and explosions to see them through. Nevertheless, there will be plenty of snark and explosions, because this is August and Ricardo, and no one would expect any less. In between the smoke and sarcasm, though, they are determined to bring an evil operation crashing down... no matter who they have to work with to get the job done. And no matter who they have to kill. Sniper vs Spotter is the sequel to the apparently-it-doesn't-want-to-be-a-standalone Hitman vs Hitman, which absolutely was supposed to be a standalone, but August and Ricardo (predictably) refused to be contained. Our audiobook narrator also shares some of the blame, Michael. So here we are.

Sniper Vs Spotter

Geonn Cannon

Erik Schubach

Kate Richards

Caitlin Ricci

Louisa Bacio

Sara Daniel

Leigh Ellwood

Tara Quan

Anastasia Vitsky

Jessica Subject

Olivia Starke

Alyssa Palmer

Anne Odom

Victoria Cobretti

The Snow Liger by Jae Like most cats, liger shifter Griffin hates winter...until her human mate Jorie asks her to help with the research for a love scene she's trying to write. Mistress on Her Knees by Anastasia Vitsky When a Domme loves a Domme, strange things can happen. When a Domme loves a Domme who is her former submissive and cheated with her best friend, all of the usual fun with handcuffs turns into something darker. Sweet Sherrie by Louisa Bacio There's nothing quite as sweet as two friends, tussling between the sheets. The "shy one" Sherrie wants to explore a physical relationship, but not before teaching her sorority sister bestie Desiree a few lessons on teasing. Learning to Trust by Olivia Starke Cookie making gets naughty when Madeline surprises her fiancee, Casey, with some sweet treats. The Briefcase by Sara Daniel Sadie is on a mission to deliver an important briefcase for her boss, Rhea, whom she's lusted after forever. But an emergency changes Sadie's plans, and suddenly she is trying to keep a horde of well-meaning friends from prying the briefcase out of her hands. When the shocking contents spill out at the worst possible moment, much more than Sadie's job is at stake. Bank Shot by Geonn Cannon A bartender offers refuge to a woman fleeing a bad date during a storm. When the lights go out, they pass the time with a game of pool with very interesting stakes. Just Desserts by Tara Quan After messing up in a big way, Allison Chen attempts to bribe her lover with a box of cupcakes. Felicity has a far more delicious form of restitution in mind-one involving a crop, camera, and vibrating toy. Spanking Sidney by Leigh Ellwood Kit loves women, loves sex...and now she loves spanking. Just Chaps by Alyssa Linn Palmer Biker Alex suggests to her girlfriend Elly that she ought to wear leather chaps with nothing underneath, but Elly needs some convincing. Discovery by Anne Ferrer Odom When friendship is your greatest temptation, love is your enemy. What will Madison do, now that her love for Harper has become more than she can handle? Accidental Date by Erik Schubach Angela Sutter was waiting for her math tutor to arrive. When Kennedi shows up, misunderstandings snowball and Angel finds herself in a situation she never expected. The First of Many by Caitlin Ricci and Cari Z Danny was looking forward to celebrating her one month anniversary with her domme Lucy. She wasn't expecting there to be a test, though. Gold Rush by Cathy Pegau A rough and tumble gold miner and a prim assayer find love in the 1890 Nome AK gold rush. Terci's Dream by Kate Richards The Domme of Terci's dreams appears in a dream...in a dungeon, where the third door is always theirs. Can an author's fantasies come true or are they destined to stay between the pages of her bestselling books? Dating Storm by Victoria Cobretti Who knew that dating a Gargoyle could be so tough? Well, Maggie and Kalila are about to find out that when you are dating a Gargoyle, sometimes you have to settle for the unconventional dates. Love in Disguise by Jessica E. Subject Aeria dreads the coming of Valentine's Day, especially after being dumped two days earlier. Can a sexy android show her how much fun the day can be and all that she's been missing in her search for a lover?"

A Collection of Lesbian Romance Stories

Love Spanks 2015

Hacker Leotrim Nicolosi and Deputy Marshal Rich Cody may have escaped a vengeful crime boss by the skin of their teeth, but they're not out of danger yet. With the mob's tentacles embedded in everything from local law enforcement to federal agencies, the guys are running low on allies. Rich has one ace up his sleeve-the men who had his back in warzones during his time in the Marines. When he sends out a distress call, the cavalry comes running. Heavily armed, highly trained, and fully provisioned, they hunker down in a buddy's missile silo, ready to make a stand against whatever the Grimaldi family sends after Rich and Leo. Leo isn't so sure about the Marines, though. He trusts Rich, but something isn't right, and he's not a gambling man when his life is on the line. The Marines aren't so sure they trust him, either, and Rich suddenly finds himself in a standoff between the men he's bled with and the man he's quickly falling for. Now they're running out of time to either find the turncoat among them or get on the same side. Because the Grimaldi family is coming, and this time they're bringing out the big guns. Doubling Down is the sequel to Double or Nothing, and is the conclusion to the Double Trouble duology.

Doubling Down

Tempest

Devon Harper isn't just an agent of the Safeguard Systems private security firm, he's also a cambion, the half-breed offspring of an incubus and a human. While on the trail of Porter, a dangerous summoner, Devon's own demonic birthright betrays him to a warding spell and he's captured, leaving his sometime partner Rio to step in and save the day. Unfortunately, their quarry is well away by the time Devon is freed. If they don't catch him fast, Porter could once again vanish overseas and out of their reach.As the two men begin their search, the urgency of their mission can't quite distract Devon from the growing affection he feels for Rio--the one person whose calm nature seems to quiet his restless spirit. Their hunt leads them to a Seattle hotel, but Devon is captured and Porter almost killed as the demon who has been pulling his strings springs his ultimate trap. He's got plans for Devon, and unless Rio is willing to risk everything by revealing his own hidden nature to stop him, he may have found a way to become the most powerful incubus to ever walk the Earth.

Dark Around the Edges

Cambion

Elliot McKenzie is the king of reinvention. Five years after losing his job and his lover and almost going to prison, his self-help program, Charmed Life, is more successful than he'd ever dreamed. He thinks he's put his sordid past firmly behind him, until he starts receiving cryptic threats . . . and realizes it might not be as over as he'd hoped. Security expert Lennox West has been lost since a deadly skirmish in Afghanistan led to his forced retirement from the Army. His PTSD makes helping his ex raise their daughter a challenge. When his ex's sister asks him to set her boss up with a security system, Lennox isn't expecting anyone like Elliot McKenzie--a man who captures his attention and makes him feel relaxed for the first time since leaving the service. But Elliot is dangerously stubborn. Even as the threats against him escalate, he refuses to involve the police, and Lennox fears that stubbornness could kill him. A battle of wills ensues that brings them closer to each other than either man expected. But if the threats turn real, they might not live long enough to get their future together.

Friendly Fire

Anah Crow

Dianne Fox

Anna Zabo

Lisa Henry

Heidi Belleau

Four intimate tales of power exchange, discipline, risks taken, and pleasures earned. "A list of rules to live by." In Cari Z's "House Rules," jealousy leads Jonathan to break the rules his lover has established. He can't decide which he enjoys more: his punishment, or the reward afterward. Good thing he gets both. "A lesson in humility." In "The Harder They Fall" by Heidi Belleau and Lisa Henry, spoiled college boy Tad hires a prostitute, but "Daddy" couldn't care less about what Tad wants. Instead, he's going to give his spoiled little boy exactly what he deserves. "A cage that means freedom." In "Master Key" by Anah Crow and Dianne Fox, Marquis offers Navin the key to the most intimate of locks, hoping it will help them to prioritize their relationship. And it does-until work and insecurities threaten to drive them apart again. "A spool of rope and a desire to be bound." In "CTRL Me "by Anna Zabo, a night out between friends turns hot and tempting when Gabe deliberately pushes Tom's submissive buttons. Then Tom discovers rope in Gabe's glove box-and not the type for securing luggage.

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