A story from Boughs of Evergreen: A Holiday AnthologyA FRIEND FOR CHRISTMASby J P WALKEREve was always an outsider. So different from everyone else, she never made friends easily - until the day she met Anna, a totally mysterious girl who seemed almost too good to be true.A few times over the years they had found each other, and then Anna would disappear, leading Eve to conclude that she is an imaginary friend - a perfect girl she had created in her own mind ...

Never Too Late is a collection of nine stories featuring characters over the age of fifty – stories of travel, finding your purpose, of friendships past and present, and of love. Never Too Late brings you to a world where gender sees no borders, where the only way you're identified is by the goodness of your heart.STORIES:Trapped by Ofelia GrändAshes and Alms by A.M. LeibowitzThe Palette – A Lifetime by Caraway CarterClara by Hans M HirschiTo Be S...

Beaten Track authors present fourteen short summer reads filled with friendship, romance and, of course, enough heat to make your ice lolly dribble.Summer Bigger Than Others takes you away to your own private island of diverse stories that will make your summer days sweet, sizzling and sexy.From relaxing on a sandy beach or hiking in the great outdoors, to nights at the opera or days at the strawberry farm, an adrenaline-shooting roller coaster rush awaits.Make this...

Love Unlocked is a collection of seven short stories and novellas—unique LGBTQ romances inspired by the Love Lock Bridge.The Stories:The Trap by Claire Davis And Al StewartNew job—sexy boss—fate—Art… When Sal attends an open exam for an apprentice artist to work alongside the infamous Matthew Picard, the last thing he expects is to be the winner. Matthew Picard thought he was through with men and love. What he wanted was for Sal to help him create one final monstrou...

How would you react if your first great love died? Would you get lost in the past? Or would you embrace your present and future?When Maggie Fairway finds out Jane—her first great love—has passed away, she quickly becomes caught up in memories of their short yet passionate time together and loses sight of the present—the wonderful life she shares with her wife Jo and their children.Can Maggie let go of the past before it irrevocably damages their relationship?

Quinn is successful in business but never in romance. Always scared of rejection or abandonment, she keeps her love life simple and detached.But during a summer work assignment, she meets the beautiful, fiery and charismatic Sarah in line for a roller coaster, and within a few days her life is turned upside down.Quinn has to face her fears of rejection when she can't deny the chemistry they share, but will she see it through or run before she can be hurt?Part of "Su...

Nat's been through a rough breakup and trust does not come easily. When she accompanies a group of friends to Paris for a hen weekend, she finds a connection she wasn't looking for, in the form of beautiful, passionate Morgan. They quickly fall into a wonderful weekend fling and even engrave their initials into a lock and attach it to the most romantic bridge in the world, Love Lock Bridge.But was that weekend fling all there was, or will news of the bridge being taken down lead to...

What happens when you get everything you've worked for, only to discover it's not what you really want?Dan O'Leary worked night and day to finish law school, join a top firm, and make partner all before the age of thirty-five. He's found a man who swept him off his feet, and his best friend of twenty years has his back.His growing discontent with his job has Dan considering a change, but a series of betrayals, professional and personal, lead Dan to reconsider his whole life...

A sense of duty brings a soldier home… but a passionate cowboy makes him want to stay. Love can heal the deepest wounds in this M/M cowboy and military enemies-to-lovers romance.After his brother’s tragic death, Tripp has to leave the army and return to New Mexico to take care of his mother while his father is in prison for arson. Seeking work at the J-Bar Ranch, Tripp is immediately drawn to injured cowboy Lucho Reyes, whose foot was accidentally crushed by a resc...

On the surface, Ben seems to have it all: money, influence, good looks. He smiles and jokes in all the right places, but it’s all a façade. Inside he’s a wreck, and it’s only getting worse. With his Congressman father using Ben’s recent kidnapping for his own political agenda, and Ben still struggling to get over the only guy he’s ever loved, he feels like he’s losing his grip on reality and he’s quickly spiraling out of control.Then he meets Dante, an enigma of a man with as much ...

It's all fun and games until someone puts his heart out....After being outed to his hockey team and then changing schools, Jock figures he’s due for something good—like the sex he missed out on in the closet. Toby, the hot grad student he meets at a frat party, seems like a great place to start, and their night together is an awesome introduction to the fine art of hooking up.Toby’s heart takes a bruising after the near-perfect experience with Jock leads to . . . n...

A former Marine with a past buried in blood. A forest ranger with questions that could get him killed. When the hunt begins, survival means striking first.Former Marine Recon Mackenzie "Mac" Jackson has spent years burying his past—missions erased, ghosts locked away, secrets never to be spoken. But when his old Fire Team is targeted for elimination, the past refuses to stay dead.A dangerous shift in political alliances has made one mission a liability—one ...