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It's 1951, and US Air Force Captain Brian Flynn hails from Roswell, New Mexico. He's twenty-six, queer, and back in the closet thanks to his homophobic father. And he's deeply tired of alien jokes. But Brian has bigger worries than his hometown's recent extraterrestrial reputation. Brian's the new security director at a top-secret atomic energy research facility in the sage-dusted plains of Idaho. His job is simple: keep any plutonium from walking...
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Bradley James Winterbottom has a bigger-than-life dilemma this Valentine's Day. He is bringing his new boyfriend, Ronnie, home to meet his parents for the first time.After a few years away, Bradley's mother, Marla, and father, Harold, have summoned their only son back to the small-knit town of Holly Springs in upstate New York for a Valentine's Day family gathering.Bradley is thrilled to see his parents after all these years. When he arrives, however,...
3) Torn
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Ever been torn between two lovers? That's Ricky Comparetto's problem. It's 1995, and Ricky is making his very first trip across the pond with his best friend. Ricky, hungry for love and looking for it in all the wrong places, finds it in the beach city of Brighton. His new love has the curious name of Walt Whitman and is also an American, which only serves to make him sexier and more intriguing. By the time Walt and Ricky part, promises are made for...
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Becoming single in middle age was difficult for Alan, until a seemingly ordinary day turns extraordinary, when it presents him two very different but promising paths forward. On that day, Alan unexpectedly runs into a prior lover, moments after a new acquaintance offers him an unusual proposition.One man provides youthful comfort and enthusiasm, and the other, the task of forming intimacy with a person who was raised from a lineage quite removed from...
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"I want you to paint my naked body."A strange proposal made early one morning sparks the artistic collaboration of a lifetime.Morgan barely makes it through each day, weighed down by depression and loss. He's a well-respected artist, but he hasn't stepped into his studio in months. He's become more acquainted with the feel of his bathrobe than his paintbrush.Lu knows depression well. He still struggles with it three years after a disastrous performance...
6) The Terrible
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Once upon a time in the kingdom of Leithbrochen, a king and queen in need of an heir went to seek the aid of a fairy who lived in a hut that was never in the same place twice. Many years later, in a small village along a river, a monster made of shadows begins to kill and devour people in the night. Ness Catterick, the adviser on all matters magical to the Crown of Leithbrochen, is placed in charge of dealing with the monster. To his dismay, the attacks...
7) Soul Bond
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Soul Bond is normally the most romantic night of the year, but for Hew, that night promises to be a nightmare. Afflicted by a terrible curse, Hew knows he must either submit to blackmail or get help. Magic is illegal, so Hew must break the law and dive into the seedy underbelly of the city, where he finds more than he ever believed possible. However, even with Ren's help, breaking Hew's curse might ensure their executions on Soul Bond Night, rather...
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When Dr Waylan Robell left Vihaan, he did so on the understanding that he was leaving for the right reasons, and he could never go back. He's never regretted his life in Dnara, but it can be lonely. Taking care of the Vihaans of Dnara should be enough…it has to be enough…but he longs for someone to share his life with. Channon Taford has run the "A Taste of Home" food truck for nearly twenty years. He left Vihaan knowing the risks, the cost, and...
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Max Bergmann is Europe's hottest drum and bass DJ. From the outside, his life is a whirl of glamorous vodka-fueled parties and casual hook-ups, whilst inside he craves the one thing he can't have – his Greek childhood friend, Georgios Manolas. Following a disastrous PR stunt and one drunken hook-up too many, Max realises the time has come to reassess his life choices. Returning to his childhood home on the Greek island of Aegina, if he wants any...
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Ravee: a pious Rad-em merchant's daughter sailing with her family's goodsMairi: the Runonian king's advisor seeing the outside world for the first timeAlesh: an alchemist's apprentice in Joesar with a past rapidly catching up to herThree women find themselves caught in the threads of change as the world threatens to fall apart around them. From across the Oldal Sea, the southern kingdom of Dusset has declared war, and if anyone is going to survive...
11) Boiling Over
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On the run from trumped-up murder charges, Alex Dawson and his boyfriend Sev settle in a small town in Vermont on the recommendation of Sev's mob-boss cousin Bella. Chickadee is so tiny that it has only one major employer in the depths of the Great Depression: Trask & Co. Maple Sugar Mill. It's a quiet place. That is, until Walter Trask is found in his own maple grove with his head smashed in.Alex doesn't want to have anything to do with the death,...
12) Rescue
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Nathen, a newly created vampire, diagnosed with autism, and his boyfriend, Cameron, a telepath, find themselves swept up into a corporate plot between two seemingly rival corporations working together to create monsters. In so doing, they uncover a piece of tech they take to their technomage friend whose skills surpass their own. However, in exchange for information, they must assist in rescuing an ally-a rescue mission that brings them face-to-face...
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Sixteen years ago, Alex Nova defied the impossible and shook the world to its core. He made children into superhumans and, in doing so, made a villain out of himself. At age twenty, Rex Nova took the consequences of his father's actions and used them to make himself into a superhero, so he could protect the world his father almost broke. Unknown to him, however, are the secrets buried in his genetics. Hidden truths soaked in tainted blood. Like his...
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Love is the last thing on Justin's mind. Sure, he's noticed the big, shy guy who comes in for his coffee every morning, but Justin doesn't have time to indulge in a crush. After his last disastrous breakup, he needs to get his head out of the clouds and focus on climbing out of debt with his pile of part-time jobs. The singing telegram gig is the most embarrassing by far, but at least no one will ever recognize him in his ridiculous costumes. It's...
15) Shards of Trust
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Things are going good for Ravi. Sure, a bunch of vampires want to turn Atlanta into a bloodsucker paradise, and sure, Ravi's matchmaking aunt keeps shoving available bachelorettes at him left and right. Despite all that, Ravi's secret affair with the enigmatic time traveler Cayenne is making him happier than he's ever been in his life.But Cayenne has secrets of their own, ones they can't hide any longer, past and future on a collision course to disaster.When...
16) An Elf's Fate
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Orion was born to a wild werewolf pack that spent more time as beasts than men. That changed when he met an elf of the Redwood, Thalanil. For the first time in over a month, the timber wolf felt compelled to return to human form when he sensed the presence of his mate. Thalanil had never thought to be bonded to a werewolf, of all things, though he wasn't about to question the fate given to him by the Earth Mother. When he returned to his military...
17) Cassadaga Nights
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Santino Bellomi and his coworker, Cam, are sent to Cassadaga, Florida by the Aspida Pneuma, a group of psychics and mages. Their job is to rescue a nixie from a polluted lake and to check out the town, which is known for its psychics. New recruits to the Aspida are always welcome and where better than a spiritualist camp to hunt for them? What Santino wants most, however, is to finish the assignment quickly. He isn't a fan of heat and humidity, and...
18) We Still Live
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Running from a scandal that ruined his life, Isaac Twain accepts a teaching position at Hambden University where, three months prior, Professor John Conlon stopped a campus nightmare by stepping in front of an active shooter. When John and Isaac become faculty advisors for the school's literary magazine, their professional relationship evolves. Despite the strict code of conduct forbidding faculty fraternization, they delve into a secret affair-until...
19) Unraveling
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Randy Kay has the perfect life with his beautiful wife and adorable son. But Randy's living a lie, untrue to himself and everyone who knows him. He's gay.Marriage and fatherhood, which he thought could change him, have failed. He doubts if anyone can love him for who he really is-especially himself.With his wife's blessing, he sets out to explore the gay world he's hidden from all his life.John Walsh, a paramedic with the Chicago Fire Department,...
20) Bashed
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It should have been a perfect night out. Instead, Mark and Donald collide with tragedy when they leave their favorite night spot. That dark October night, three gay-bashers emerge from the gloom, armed with slurs, fists, and an aluminum baseball bat. The hate crime leaves Donald lost and alone, clinging to the memory of the only man he ever loved. He is haunted, both literally and figuratively, by Mark and what might have been. Trapped in a limbo...
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