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Kiss me again. Give me a second chance to accept you instead of running…


Dennis

I’ve had a crush on Mike Tanner, my brother’s best friend, since I was fourteen. It’s more than a crush. I love him. He’s the strong, silent type who would give you the shirt off his back. Mike has no idea how beautiful he is, both inside and out. Before I left for...

When obsession and possessiveness collide…


Thomas Lauder

Easton is my hero, and I’m obsessed. He comes into my life like a knight in shining armor, saving me from a horrible customer at the coffee shop. Then, out of the blue, he asks me out on a date. How could I say no to the mysterious, handsome man? My life revolves around surviving my lying,...

I gave them what they craved as they repaired my broken soul.

Knox

I’m the owner of Legends Nightclub, a safe place where the elite come to wheel and deal. It’s made me a wealthy man. My stepson, Finn, is more than family; we’re lovers. It’s him who convinces me to hire Ryder Jennings as a bartender at the club. But Finn wants Ryder for more than...

I’m stubborn, but even I can admit I need help from my family and Harley.

** Not a Shifter/Omegaverse **

Omega (Harley)

Hudson’s mother abandoned us six years ago, leaving me to pick up the pieces of my son’s distraught heart. With therapy and hard work, life is good. I’m the chef and owner of a successful restaurant, and Hudson is thriving. Now...

I have a second chance to right wrongs, even if it means I’ll lose my family and life.


Sid Virgil

FBI analyst Dalton Reed’s name is on my hit list, but I know I won’t do it. Though I haven’t seen Dalton in twenty-seven years, we have a history together. He saved my life many years ago, and he doesn’t even realize it. Now, it’s my turn to save him...

I didn’t want him, but I had to have him.


Blaze (Aiden)

I ruined my cush life five years ago. I came from wealth and was kicked out with nothing but the clothes on my back. Even the man I’d been with, who had mastered my mind and body, turned his back on me. Since then, I haven’t found anyone who could meet my… needs. That is, until Jaxon ‘Ajax’...

Say Their Names is an anthology of short stories about living and loving with HIV/AIDS by authors of gay romance. Proceeds from the sale of this anthology will be donated to The Names Project which oversees the preservation, maintenance, and display of the AIDS Quilt.

Featuring:
Solving the Puzzle by A.M. Arthur
Bittersweet by Ana Ashley
Under My...

I didn’t know what home was until I found you.

Darren

I need to get out of here and away from this small town and away from my father. My home life is less than ideal. I don’t only want to run away from him but from who I am. I fight every day not to be my father, and I struggle to forgive myself. It’s when I meet Christian, a new student, that...

*Disclaimer:* Previously published as A Home in You - A MM Small Town Stepbrother Romance by Dixon, Courtney W. (AUTHOR).

I love you. You’re my home. Forever.

Dillon

At first, when Cade and his dad came to the farm to live, I didn’t want a brother or a new father. Mom and I were doing just fine on our own, but when Cade walked into my house for...

One Halloween night changes everything between a boss and his PA.


Xander Hayes, my boss, may be especially hot, but that doesn’t mean he’s likable. In fact, he can be downright cold. Now, he wants me to give up my plans at the last minute so he can force me to attend a Halloween event tonight. But as the night wears on, I realize Xander’s...

A road trip that turned into a journey.

Logan

Nicholas Theodoropoulos had been my stepbrother since I was fourteen. Mom died when I was twelve, and I resented Dad remarrying so soon. Even worse, my stepbrother had grown into a gorgeous man. I hated looking at him, reminding me every day of what I could never have. No one knew I was gay and never...

The best things happen… After Dark

Enter a realm of passion and danger, where desire thrives in the shadows. In After Dark, meet heroes who play by their own rules, from mafia enforcers and rebellious bad boys to motorcycle club kings, dominant lovers, ruthless hitmen, and cunning assassins.

Succumb to the magnetic pull of anti-heroes who walk the...

He was my very survival. Without him, I was nothing.

Pippin (Sampson)

I’m broken, hiding my pain behind fake smiles and pretend joy. Inside, I’m a mental mess between being tossed into conversion therapy and foster care as a kid. I struggle to focus and suffer anxiety, panic attacks, and nightmares. My passions for skateboarding and bartending...

It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

Aspen

Cooper Summers is a rising football star at the University of Texas. And he happens to be my new roommate. He’s amazing and surprisingly chill. It doesn’t take us long to form a strong friendship. But serendipity is a funny thing. I suddenly find myself wanting to explore my sexuality with...

Game Night: Truth or Dare.

11 Authors. 11 Stories. 1 Game with unpredictable results.

From hot and steam to sweet and swoon-worthy, each author hits the mark and shows what happens when you try your hand at Truth or Dare.

Authors include:

Courtney W. Dixon

Joe Satoria

Kota Quinn

Nic Starr

R.A. Frick

Rikki Leighton

R.M. Neill

RS McKenzie

SA...

He is mine. I don’t care how long it takes. I will have Malik Amin.

Sullivan Beauchamp

Some people call me a monster. A psychopath. As if I care what others think. So what if I relish in the mayhem of slaughter or enjoy feeling the life blink out of someone? I am who I am. It was Malik who eventually brought me to his home and trained me to hone...

One was afraid to fall in love again. The other was afraid to be himself. Together they fight their fears.

Jace

A motorcycle accident several years ago nearly took my leg. Then, it took my UFC career and, eventually, my marriage. My current life revolves around working a dead-end job and barely living. The only thing keeping me moving forward and...

Who’s going to catch me when I fall?

Evan

Everything has been taken from me. My home, my family, and the love of my life. Raising a child on my own isn’t how I envisioned my young life full of hopes and dreams. Now, my youth is gone, too. I had been drowning with no way out until him. The one man I didn’t expect to hold my head above water....

He hates that he wants me.

Stone

Just the sight of Nico ‘Stix’ Jamieson makes me want to hurt something. Between his stupid smiles and the constant drumming of anything that makes a sound with those drumsticks of his, I want to throttle him. No one is that happy. I don’t trust it. Even when my hate for him is clear, he throws it back in my face...

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This year, join us in New Orleans Warehouse District on Halloween Night for an evening of fun, costumes and… romance?

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The Indie Pen PR and Beyond the Bookshelf Publishing are proud to host Lauren Helms, Kate Stacy, Mel...

He was my first crush. My forever crush. He was the reason I discovered my true self.

Ferguson

I met Jack Hogan at fifteen years old when my dad took me to watch him box in an underground fight run by the mob. I was instantly drawn to the older man and the reason I discovered I was gay. But that was my secret and burden to bear. A year later,...

He calls me his dark angel, but I’m merely a killer. A bringer of death.

Luca Davenport

He is my angel, sent to be my death bringer to save me from my tormentors and betrayers—those who sold me into slavery when I was only eight years old. Angel came in with guns blazing and black wings that were made to crush his enemies and envelope me in...

There’s only one man I will allow to know me. My mind, heart, and soul are my gifts to Mr. Carter.

Levi

I used to joke with my found family that I had daddy issues as a deflection from my problems. I didn’t want anyone to know that side of me. I had a classic case of it, keeping me from relating to young men my age. All because of my abusive...

To heal the body you must first heal the soul.

José

I lost everything. My parents were murdered, my best friend was sent to prison for a drug deal gone wrong, and eventually, my grandmother, who raised me since I was fifteen, died. I have been living life day to day to make a good life away from gangs and violence. As a nurse, I can finally do...

What do you get with an in-the-closet U.S. Senator and his stepson working on the Senator’s PR campaign?

You have a taboo romance in the making.

When Dane Foley’s political opponent targets the Senator in a mudslinging campaign, he needs the help of his estranged stepson, Adam Daley, who works for a PR firm. But when they finally reunite after...

Two men, an elevator, a hideous Christmas sweater, and a bottle of whiskey.

Rhett is the CEO of a vacation rental company and Patrick is a database developer for the company. Unbeknownst to either man, they’d both been mutually pining for each other until they both get stuck in the elevator on Christmas Eve after working late.

With a young man,...

Noah and I were like a double-up wave. Together we were stronger and more powerful.

Zayden

It didn’t matter if I was well-behaved or a good son. My parents refused to accept that I wasn’t a sinner when I kissed a boy at fifteen years old. I soon found myself without parents and a home. But fate had other plans for me when desperation had me...

From a blind date to lovers, can two friends with benefits, resistant to love, find their way to each other?

When Jane Bond’s entire world was turned upside down, she quit her job as a homicide detective with the Boston P.D. to start all over as a private investigator. After the disaster of her last job, and trying to rebuild her life, her...

To push past the trauma, it takes family and unexpected love to achieve the Pura Vida way of life.

Lucy

I struggled with change, unable to deal with the divorce of my parents, and my dad coming out as bisexual. He found a man to love, and as I tried to adapt, I sought companionship and love with a young man, and foster son to my father’s lover....

Learning to walk and love is a challenge, but it’s worth it to have Finley Mulligan in your life.

For snarky Finley Mulligan, life hadn’t always been easy. Both of her parents worked for the Irish mob, who were murdered, leaving Finley to put herself through college and nursing school, all while trying to raise her teenage brother. Eight years...

Two desperate encounters led to a dating arrangement. One for money. The other for sexual exploration.

Kel

I tried to save Ohana Surfing Club, a surf shop my father and I owned. Caring for young adults from battered homes, dealing with financial losses because of my father’s soaring medical costs, and being crushed by loans I could never repay,...

How can one find forgiveness if they can’t forgive themselves? Do monsters even get redemption?

Addy Knox left her small town to make a start as an artist in the big city of Boston. She happily painted and worked to make ends meet until her best friend was framed for murder and killed while in prison. Addy struggled after losing her friend and...

They protected each other at all costs. It was them against the world until it wasn’t. Now they have a chance to be stronger together once more.

When he was thirteen, Daniel Bell was ripped away from his loving parents and thrown into the foster care system. Alone, grieving, and desperate for companionship, he clung to his foster brother, Luke....

One night of lust could turn into an eternity of love. But desperation for vengeance could destroy their chance at happiness.

After a life of poverty and abandonment, Charles Nolan sought normalcy and stability. He controlled every aspect of his life with fine-tuned precision. Everything was orderly. Everything had its place. Then entered a man,...

Family is all that matters. Loyalty is everything. Obsession could destroy it all.

Cat spent her entire life cowering in submission against the monsters in her life. People she was supposed to trust. After a surprise pregnancy, she fled to the big city of Boston for a safe place to raise her child away from her abusive husband. But fate had...