Can a future be built from pieces of a broken past? Jordan Barnett is dead, killed as much by the rejection of his first love at his moment of greatest need as by his ultraconservative parents' effort to deprogram the gay away. In his place is Silver, a streetwise survivor who's spent the last three years becoming untouchable… except to those willing to pay for the privilege. He's determined not to let betrayal find him again, and that means never forging bonds that can be broken. No matte...

This volume is composed of extended versions of selected papers presented at an international conference held in June 2011 at Opole University—the seventh in a series of annual American and European Values conferences organized by the Institute of Philosophy, Opole University, Poland. The papers were written independently with no prior guidelines other than the obvious need to address some aspect of George Herbert Mead’s work. While rooted in careful study of Mead’s original writings and t...

15 biker bad boys15 MC Romance authors1 bookLike dirty-talking, alpha bikers who would do anything for their women?Check out this taster anthology, featuring the first chapters from 15 different MC Romance novels!

It's Christmas in Epiphany, Pennsylvania-the busiest time of year for Mel Halner. But running the family Christmas tree farm has worn down his love for the happiest season of all, and lately Mel's been wondering what if he'd said yes to a ticket out of town with millionaire Bryce Campion three years ago.Bryce isn't used to people saying no to him, and he can't forget Mel or their brief but sizzling affair. He might not have been offering forever, but Bryce can't understand a guy as...

Bartender Tony Gemetti has it all: a rich, hot boyfriend, a McMansion in the ’burbs and unlimited sex in an expectation-free zone. He thought that was all he ever wanted out of any relationship—until Jack begins making excuses for frequent disappearances. Realizing he has more than his libido and enough drawers for his T-shirt collection riding on this relationship, Tony figures it’s time to find out what’s going on. Jack Noble has spent his life hiding his real self behind a carefully cre...

Fall in love with Ethan & Wyatt in bestselling author K.A. Mitchell's male/male trilogy, now available for the first time in audio.Getting Him BackEthan may have followed his high school sweetheart to college only to get dumped his first day there, but that won't stop him from exploring his new life. Things start looking up when he meets Wyatt, who's mysterious, grouchy, hot-and possibly not gay. When their friendship deepens into something neither...

Blindfolds. Handcuffs. Submission.There's so much Jonah Kendrick hasn't tried, and so much he wants to explore. But just before Christmas he finds a ring box in his boyfriend's desk. Jonah panics. He loves Evan and their sex is hot, but how can Jonah be ready for forever, when there are so many items on his Naughty Bucket List? Desires that might drive Evan away.Evan's noticed Jonah has been distant. His usually talkative and cheerful boyfriend is preoccupied. The se...

Have a holly, very jolly Christmas…Lucas doesn't usually do the anonymous holiday gift exchange. But when his office crush, Zane, extends an invite, how could he say no? A little holiday cheer might be nice for a change.What he doesn't expect are the bonus presents accompanying the bulge in his Christmas stocking—increasingly kinky gifts that have him wishing he'd torn into them in the privacy of his bedroom....

Fall in love with Ethan & Wyatt in bestselling author K.A. Mitchell’s male/male trilogy, now available for the first time in printGetting Him BackEthan may have followed his high school sweetheart to college only to get dumped his first day there, but that won’t stop him from exploring his new life. Things start looking up when he meets Wyatt, who’s mysterious, grouchy, hot—and possibly not gay. When their friendship deepens into s...

Discover new approaches to promote a viable forest industry while protecting non-timber values!Frontiers of Forest Biology: Proceedings of the 1998 Joint Meeting of the North American Forest Biology Workshop and the Western Forest Genetics Association gives you significant new insights on current initiatives in forest biology. Because the field is changing rapidly, you need to keep aware of current trends, as the emphasis in forest research shifts from productivity-based goals to sustainab...

The patient's body is stuck in a hospital fighting a lung infection, but his mind remains free to contemplate the things around him: a bouquet of flowers, spaghetti, and a wooden rhinoceros—because it's the small things that make the difference. Softly defying sterile hospital monotony, the patient connects deeply with other people, affecting them with his positive attitude. The patient isn't just any chronically ill person, though. The patient is a child.

Some things are sweeter than revenge. "I need a boyfriend." Hearing those words from the mouth of his very straight ex-friend is enough to make columnist and editor Nate Gray choke on his Corona. It's been thirteen years since Kellan Brooks's father crushed Nate's family on his climb to wealth and power. Even longer since he entrusted Kellan with the confession that he might be gay -- only to have his best friend out and humiliate him to their entire high school. The last thing Nate expect...