Claire Thompson
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Claire Thompson - The Cowboy Poet m/m
Tyler Sutton can run all he wants from his past, but he's still got himself to contend with. Dark secret dreams of sexual submission continue to haunt the magazine reporter. The embers of his hidden yearnings burst into a bright flame of reality when Tyler meets Clint Darrow, the cowboy poet.
Clint, the foreman on a West Texas bull ranch, hides his dominant sensual nature behind the laconic, quiet persona of a true Texas cowboy. When the pair is thrown together in a search to uncover the culprit of a series of thefts at various local ranches, the connection is immediate and fierce. As they begin to explore their attraction for one another, Clint senses Tyler's need for sexual surrender. Clint must exert every ounce of self control to keep from pushing Tyler too far, too fast. When passion overtakes caution, the firestorm of desire that erupts between them threatens to burn everything in its path.
Safe in His Arms
In Wicked Hearts, Hank Seeley, Reese's controlling ex-lover, did his best to come between Reese and Jeff. Still bitter over Reese's desertion, Hank continues to use anger and sex to cover the shards of his broken heart. Not even bothering to pick up guys at bars, Hank orders in, calling for young rent boys to service him until he grows tired of them. When Russell Evans, a big bear of a man, shows up one night instead of the ordered twink, Hank ends up getting more than he bargained for.
Russell is a sex worker with issues of his own. He's also a Dom with lots of heart, who sees a glimmer of the real man trapped beneath the cold facade Hank presents to the world. Russell is used to comforting the lonely men who seek out his services, but he doesn't count on his own powerful reaction to the handsome, difficult Hank Seeley.
On this tough road to redemption, Hank will fall hard before he can hope to rise. The erotic exploration of dominance and submission is enough to draw the two men into a passionate connection, but in the end, it may not be enough. Unless Hank can face his own demons, he will lose the one thing worth fighting for - love.
Switching Gears
Jack told himself love was for losers, what he really needed was someone strong enough to show him the truth…
Jack Harris, a tattooed auto mechanic with roguish good looks, prides himself on being impervious to love. When challenged to reconnect with the one that got away, Alexei was the first to come to Jack's mind. It's been years since Jack walked away from the traditional leather scene, its rigid rules and conventions too confining for a man used to taking who and what he wants. Though they've lost contact over the years, he's always maintained respect and affection for his old mentor and scene partner, Alexei, the only man he ever trusted completely. Alexei hones in on Jack's anger and restlessness, with the same uncanny knack he always had. Alexei says he has the cure... Jack isn't so sure.
Marcos Savakis watches with disdainful amusement as Jack boasts of his sexual conquests at the monthly meetings of the Solitary Knights. Marcos has spent years in the scene, training submissives to serve others, his heart insulated from the process. At the request of a dying friend, he reluctantly accepts a new charge to train. The man he discovers waiting on his knees is the last person he would have ever expected, and the first person to touch his heart.
Submission Times Two
Ethan and Cam met the year before at an underground BDSM club and their connection was intense and immediate. There was just one small problem--they're both subs. To work around this, they agree to find their own Doms for play, engaging in hot scenes complete with whips and chains, but leaving their hearts at home.
The setup works fine, until the day a hot Dom named Maestro enters the picture. For the first time, Ethan finds himself keeping secrets.
Maestro has secrets of his own. Unrequited passion and sizzling hot D/s lead to the three agreeing to a play scene that ends up ensnaring them all in something more powerful than any of them had dreamed of. Can two subs submit to a man who would claim not only their bodies, but their hearts and minds? Or will the intensity of a D/s ménage break their world apart.
Switch
Dane Bishop is reigning king in the Austin BDSM underground scene. A chance meeting with a sexy local artist named Nathan Levi turns his world upside down. Imagine his indignant surprise when Nathan, Dom himself, dares to assert he can see beyond Dane's swaggering persona to the untapped submissive streak beneath the leather and chain.
Can Nathan convince Dane of his place at his feet and, more importantly, in his arms? As each struggles to gain and maintain control, the sexual sparks fly. It's only a matter of time before a spark catches and bursts into flame.
Golden Man
Rekindle your love affair with Johnny Wilson and Eric Méndez in this sequel to Golden Boy. Golden Man continues Johnny's journey of self-discovery as a gay submissive. Moving past the near-disaster at the gay BDSM club, Johnny strives to please his dominant lover while coming to terms with his family's disapproval of his lifestyle and his fledgling confidence in the scene. Eric, Johnny's sexy Latino lover, must deal with his own issues of trust and commitment.
Together they continue to explore their erotic exchange of power, with Johnny eager to press his own sensual envelope, as Eric learns to intertwine tenderness with the intensity of discipline.
The lovers are tested when a man from Eric's past returns to tempt him, while a sexy artist with designs on Johnny makes him wonder if he has what it takes to commit to just one man. Ultimately this is a love story set against the backdrop of disapproving family and temptation from would-be players in the scene. As the exchange of power deepens to a true exchange of love, each man must confront his fear of giving away the thing he holds most precious-his heart.
Masked Submission
When Dylan Reese first saw Tomas, the sensual masked Dom at Club Chained, he instantly felt the connection between them. Falling under his dark spell, Dylan is unable to resist his commands, baring his body and his soul for his masked lover. In an intense exchange of sensual power, Dylan submits with an honesty and a passion he's never known. He finds himself falling hopelessly in love with a stranger who can't or won't reveal himself.
Dr. Jack Marchand, a professor of medieval history, was smitten the moment he laid eyes on Dylan, the green-eyed PhD candidate he is mentoring. As their friendship blossoms, so does their trust - freeing Dylan to confess his submissive orientation while Jack admits his naturally dominant impulses. A tumble into bed after too much to drink convinces Jack he must possess Dylan on every level.
But just as Dylan is captured by a fantasy, Jack is held prisoner by a secret of his own creation. Jack finally realizes the only way to liberate Dylan's heart is to confess what he has kept hidden from the world.
A rather classic love story with a very unorthodox twist.
Finding Chandler
Eric Moore seeks out the guy who had been his college lover, the one who had promised to wait forever for Eric to return, but Eric never did... until now. The man he discovers isn't the boy he left behind so long ago... Will finding Chandler mean finding love at last?
Wicked Hearts
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave..."
Reese and Hank are used to taking what they want, just because they can. They set their sights on the office geek, a painfully shy whiz kid named Jeff. Hank bets Reese he can't get the guy in bed within a week - he makes the pot very sweet with an offer of $5,000, if Reese can do the job - on tape.
Reese, usually so cocky and sure, is completely disarmed by the quiet but intense Jeff.
What begins as a cynical seduction rapidly heats into flames of dangerous desire. Reese finds himself falling, hard, but disentangling himself from Hank is even harder. Jealousy, lust and unraveling lies threaten to shatter more than one heart in this tale of love and betrayal.
Polar Reaction
A passion hot enough to melt a glacier. A love that shakes them to the core...
The savage Antarctic winter is closing in, and three research scientists are scheduled for the last flight out - until an unexpected blizzard traps them in the compound. Thrown into a dangerous situation, the three of them turn to each other for survival, solace... and more.
Handyman
What can a hot, sexy Wall Street trader and asimple handyman possibly have in common?
Will Spencer was a player who used and discarded lovers aseasily as he made the stock trades that had earned him big money on Wall Street. Handsome, sexy and gay, he was used to taking what - and who - he wanted.
Jack Crawford, recently widowed, never thought of himself as gay.
Frightened by an erotic encounter with his best friend years before, Jack had never truly embraced his deepest sexual longings.
When Will hires Jack as a handyman, the connection between them is deep, instant and largely ignored.
How can two such different men, from different generations, different backgrounds, different worlds, ever come together?
What begins as a casual seduction turns rapidly into something far more serious. Will's frozen heart is melted by the heat of Jack's unexpected passion. Jack is terrified to realize he's falling in love with aman.
In a very unlikely pairing, these two men come together to explore an incendiary relationship, sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking, always scintillatingly erotic. Jack is forced to confront homoerotic feelings he's hidden for a lifetime. Will is faced with something he thought he didn't possess and isn't sure he can handle - the capacity for true love.
Julian's Second Chance - formerly Masks of Emotion
Alex Williams never got over the almost-fling he'd had one summer in Sri Lanka with the sexy Brit Julian Goddard. The story opens six years later, and both men have been through a lot in between, with Alex putting the dream of Julian firmly behind him. Julian has come to embrace his homosexuality, but he's never been able to find the love he knows he almost had with Alex.
A chance meeting, hidden behind masks at a costume party, re-ignites a passion never consummated. Against a backdrop of scorching erotic m/m love, this story delves into the layers of denial and self-deception we develop to protect ourselves from pain, and strips them away, one by one.
The man who begins as her captor and tormentor evolves into something much more as the two of them discover secrets about themselves that will either tear them apart or forge something unexpected and powerful between them.
A rather classic love story with a very unorthodox twist.
Blind Faith
When Aidan finds himself permanently blinded by a nearly fatal car accident, he almost gives up hope. After months of painful physical therapy to heal his broken body, he retreats into a world of quiet determination, his sole focus regaining his independence. Forget about love—who would ever want him now?
Enter Zane Wilde, Aidan's on-again, off-again lover over the years.
With exquisite tenderness and love, Zane works to help Aidan understand he is still desirable, scars, imperfections and all.
The sexual attraction they've always felt for one another has never wavered, but there's a new overlay of intimacy brought about by Aidan's condition. This story explores how both men come to grips with the limitations and, surprisingly, the new avenues of freedom and understanding Aidan's handicap creates between them. Beneath it all, Zane's gypsy blood simmers, his wanderlust coming to the fore once again, forcing them both to make hard choices.
Continuum of Longing
Tom Goodwin has kept his secret sexual fantasies about James Sutherland just that-secret. James Sutherland has always considered himself straight as an arrow. His occasional male erotic fantasies can easily be explained away as merely bi-curious passing thoughts.
When a situation at works throws them together unexpectedly, Tom finds the man of his dreams in his sensual grasp at last. The action is spicy hot as Tom helps James to confront his secret longings.
And along the continuum of sexual longing they have the chance to discover something forever lasting-true love.
Reader Advisory: Same-gender sex.
Odd Man Out
Attending a wedding with his ex-lover wasn't the smartest thing Ben had ever agreed to do since Carl could really be a horse's behind, but one look at David, the groom's best man, and he was willing to change his mind. The man was sex personified and it was apparent he was used to conquering his lovers with his masculine appeal and confident, sexy manner.
David is an actor-model, happy to play the scene, definitely not looking for love.
Ben is a New York stock research analyst, more than likely a man interested in a discussion of stock-market trends, the latest high-finance maneuvers or who was embezzling from whom. David was willing to play since Ben's looks intrigued him but he didn't see anything in the future for them. They were worlds apart, right?
Wrong. Ben and David fall for the intoxicating allure of hot, steamy nights neither can resist nor control. Too bad Carl decides he's not ready give Ben up to David. If he can't have him, no one will.
The Perfect Cover
Ryan Weston doesn't know what he's getting himself into when he signs on for the season at the Club Eros, a gay hedonistic paradise for the very beautiful and the very rich. Eager for what he sees as an easy job in a tropical paradise, Ryan fails to mention he's straight, probably the only straight man on the private island.
Sean Evans, a year-round employee dreads peak season when hot young studs invade his space, focused on casual sex or finding a sugar daddy.
When Ryan is assigned to his bungalow as his roommate, Sean expects more of the same.
Yet when the two meet, Sean becomes an instant believer in love at first sight. It never occurs to him the odds are absurdly stacked against him from the beginning.
Island of Temptation
When artist Sam Jamison finds himself stranded on an island with the dark haired blue eyed Donovan McNair he knows he'll have to keep a tight rein on his rising passions-as he assumes Donovan is as straight as an arrow. Survivors of a shipwreck, the two men are thrown together in a desperate struggle to survive.
Alone with no idea if they'll be rescued, Sam and Donovan forge a bond far stronger than mere friendship. Donovan discovers sexual attraction and love needn't be limited to the opposite sex.
Though afraid of his own impulses, he finds himself captivated by the blond, sexy Sam. A passion burns between them, experienced with a freedom not possible back in "the real world".
Rescue throws the cold water of reality on the lovers, as Donovan returns to his old life, a life with no place for Sam. Torn and confused by expectations and self-imposed constraints, Donovan must find the courage to go where love leads him. Sam can only wait in quiet desperation, praying the love they have shared will be strong enough to survive away from their secret tropical paradise.
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