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A “New Adult” novel from D.H. Starr: Wrestling With Love

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The second part of Scott and Derek’s story is almost here! Wrestling With Love follows these young men to their freshman year of college.  Where their first story was Young Adult, they’re maturing and becoming more sexually active, so consider this new novel to be New Adult. They are definitely facing adult challenges with coursework, classmates, and responsibility.

As a pre-release special, the first part of their story is on sale for $0.99, so if you’re coming in fresh to the series this is a great time to start Wrestling with Desire. And if you’ve been waiting for Scott and Derek’s next adventure, be ready to read on April 19.  You can preorder starting now at Amazon, and the rest of your favorite retailers as links go live.

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Derek Thompson and Scott Thayer met in high school. Facing challenges and overcoming obstacles that would make lesser young men fold, they now have a chance to forge a life together. As they enter college, they finally have the time and space to discover each other sexually and give their virginity to each other. However, in spite of the erotic thrill of exploration, there are still challenges ahead, challenges that will test their love and devotion.

While Derek wants to live as an openly gay man, Scott wished to maintain a degree of privacy. Not only that, but another freshman, Tyrell Jackson, becomes infatuated with Derek and wants Derek for his own. In the face of these threats to their burgeoning relationship, Derek and Scott are forced to look within themselves and make difficult decisions which will change both of their lives forever.

Is their relationship strong enough to bear the strain of balancing their needs as individuals and as a couple? The only way Derek and Scott will attain their ultimate reward is by finding the courage to face their fears. Will they rise to the challenge?​​​​

Get your copy of Wrestling With Love at Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, or Kobo.   Read an excerpt here.

A new shifter novel from Kayla Jameth: Save a Horse, Dive a Cowboy

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With a name like that, you know there’s a story.

Turns out a rollicking conversation turned into a challenge. Here’s a title, Kayla: write us a story to go with it. Josh Lanyon knows how to get an author’s imagination going.

So Kayla’s taken us to the America Southwest and set the Trickster upon our loving couple. Because Coyote never saw a beautiful thing he didn’t want for himself.

Now at Amazon and soon at other retailers: Save a Horse, Dive a Cowboy.

Shep’s just your average all-American cowboy. He runs his own ranch and rides the occasional saddle bronc. Nothing special there.

Unless you look too closely at his boyfriend.

Descended from a long line of Native American mustang shifters, Charlie “Hoss” Running Horse is anything but average.

When Coyote takes a shine to Shep, he decides that Hoss has got to go. With the theft of the medicine horseshoe that allows Hoss to shift from mustang to human, Coyote sets his evil plan to have his way with Shep in motion.

Will Shep be able to save Hoss before it’s too late? Or will Coyote destroy his rival?

(Read an excerpt here.)

Coming soon: Two Bears and a Baby

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Bear-165x244 Sawyer and Dillon are back. Eden Winters wrote a mountain full of shifters, and P.D. Singer couldn’t leave them be. Some back and forth, and a new story emerged. All your favorite characters who run the Bear Claw Bar or live on Ballantine Mountain are introduced here, from Sawyer, the Urso, Dillon, the young, untrained bear shifter, to Brad, the fox shifter with a heart of gold and the libido from hell.

With a cast like this, you can bet that not only is their first story explosive, but that they have more adventures coming.

o-naked-tailsAnd you may recall Eden’s lovely Southern-flavored romance about possum shifters and small town politics. Too much fun not to stir some Naked Tails into the mix.

Now that story’s almost ready to share. Brace yourselves, because there’s more adventures coming on Ballantine Mountain.

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A bear walked into a bar—and found a family.

The Urso of Ballantine Mountain intended to run a ragtag bunch of shifters out of his territory. Instead, Sawyer Ballantine found his mate. Once the lone bear on the mountain, now Sawyer shares his life and bed with Dillon, who’s still learning how to be a proper bear. Sawyer tells the stories of the First Bears, from whom all other bear shifters descended, but how did two male bears become the fathers of many?

The varied shifters of Ballantine Mountain coexist peacefully—Sawyer manages them with an iron paw. Yet danger lurks. The wolves have plans of their own, and they don’t include taking orders from bears.

Two bears, seven wolves, no contest.

If Dillon didn’t heave every time he smells bacon.

Two Bears and a Baby follows on from A Bear Walks Into a Bar but can be read as a standalone.

This short novel contains randy bears, rogue wolves, a bitey fox shifter, and a certain amount of morning sickness.

Coming soon!

Fallen Angel now available for preorder

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Fallen-angel-V8-360x570Noah, the Angel of 13th Street, and his lover Jeremy are back.  Fallen Angel has had an Eden Winters polish and a whole new face.  With the special preorder price of $2.99 USD, buy your ebook now and read on February 27. If you prefer print, that’s live now!

 

Who can save the rescuer of lost souls?

For ten years ex-rent boy Noah Everett has fought the good fight, offering second chances to those still in the life. Now he’s cracking under the stress. What began as a two-man mission is now going corporate, meaning rules, regulations and inexperienced volunteers needing guidance in a field Noah makes up as he goes along. Who can he turn to when his mentor’s strength is all but gone and his lover is leaving for college—possibly for good?

Four years at State with a full ride scholarship will launch Jeremy Kincaid’s future, but his present includes Noah, Doc, and the closest he’s ever had to a family. And a meth addict who’s become Jeremy’s own personal mission.

An attack sends Noah spinning out of control. Jeremy has to find the way to reach Noah before the man he knows and loves disappears forever.

At Amazon now, and coming to other bookstores February 27.

Settling the Score, now up for preorder

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settling-blue-360x570Eden Winter’s Lambda Award Finalist is back, with elegant art from Jacqueline Sweet and an even finer polish.  Joey and Troy have a surprise for the Hollywood hos who did them dirt, and a better surprise for each other.

Preorder price for Settling the Score is 99 cents, so get yours early.

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Outed and dumped on national television by his rising star boyfriend, Joey Nichols must face the bigotry of the locals in his small Southern town alone. His dreams of a happy ever after lie crushed at his feet.

Novelist Troy Steele has an axe to grind against Hollywood heartbreaker types. Transforming Joey into a gorgeous, unobtainable hunk would be payback worthy of Troy’s poison pen. It’s a brilliant way to get back at Joey’s image-obsessed ex-boyfriend and the movie producer who’s mutilating Troy’s novels.

What begins as simple revenge may tangle them together in something far more complicated. Living well may be the best revenge, but Troy and Joey could rewrite that to loving well.

The second edition of this Lambda Award Finalist is available for preorder now, ready to read October 6.

 

 

The Angel of 13th Street by Eden Winters

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Angel164x244Noah Everett shed his rent boy existence for a bar and helping young men get a second chance at life. Haunted by those he couldn’t save, he keeps others at bay until his self-imposed loneliness is shattered by ambitious but homeless Jeremy Kincaid.

Aged out of the foster system, Jeremy’s the perfect target for a ruthless pimp like Willie Carnell. He wants no part of any future that includes working for Willie, but without a strong ally, he may not have a choice.

Noah knows exactly what Willie’s capable of, and if he’ll fight for strangers, he’ll fight harder for Jeremy.

Even if it takes confronting his own past.

Now on Amazon and All Romance eBooks.

Finally Fallen (Dark Angels Book 3) by Z. Allora

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Finally Fallen Pic (LOGO)What’s the use of being a rock legend if you have no one to share the fame and fortune with? Not that Dusty Davis is looking. He’s content taking care of himself, his bandmates, and his rambunctious younger brothers.

And while the rest of The Dark Angels are happily paired with men, Dusty can’t be gay. A night in a club brings him face to face with the woman of his dreams. J is articulate, well-read, witty, and smart. How could Dusty not finally fall?

J didn’t mean to deceive Dusty; he introduced himself as Justin, after all. He didn’t realize the drummer heard, “Justine” and missed the other cues. Dusty’s declarations of love sounded too good to be true. After all, who could possibly want someone as broken as Justin?

But the heart wants what the heart wants, and love knows no gender.

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