Beauty is only skin deep, but some marks—and what they represent—are impossible to escape.Eric resents his comfortable college life and the restrictions his family's expectations put on him. Dwayne, his best friend Angel's cousin, is a pierced and tattooed ex-con trying to rebuild his life. Eric sees only the tattoos and the way Dwayne's upbringing have dictated his future. It takes a surprising revelation from Angel to force Eric to see past Dwayne's defenses to the generous heart...

They knew being famous would be one hell of a ride. They didn't know it might be a ride into hell.Singer Coby Kennedy and his drummer twin, Bruce, have steered their band, Patchwork Heaven, to the top of the country charts, bucking difficult band members and personal demons along the way. As cowboys do.The top of the heap makes them an easy target, though. Trouble starts with anonymous letters, but quickly escalates to sinister gifts and wanton destruction ...

As a teenager, Ira Bedford fled a troubled home life and people who didn’t understand his penchant for feminine things. In the city, he fell in with Cedric, who found him work as an underage stripper. It took him years to escape Cedric’s influence and try to build a life of his own.Now, he just wants to be left alone to create his art. But Cedric’s on-going harassment means Ira had to drop out of art school, is squatting in a friend’s apartment, and is still relying on his allure a...

Don Jenkins will do anything for a happy, thriving family and home, but keeping his farm going is a constant challenge. He's always depended on Griff McAllister, his partner and first love, to support him in his work and in his need to submit in the bedroom. When he discovers Griff might be losing faith in him, he's at a loss for how to mend the relationship. Then Howard Campbell—a man Don and Griff both love beyond words—is added to the mix. With jealousy threatening their bond and the vi...

Off Stage: Set OneDamian Learner and his grunge band, Firefly, are on a meteoric rise to success. If they get the right break, fame awaits. Seeking more professional management, Damian independently strikes a bargain with the best agent in the business, Stanley Krane. Unable to afford the penalty for breaking old contracts, Damian agrees when Stan's best friend, country and Western megastar Vance Ashcroft, offers to buy him out of his old contract....

Out and uninhibited Ian McVeigh has been playing the field for years, so he can't fathom the unexpected desire and feeling of protectiveness he experiences when he first sees rugby playing, unemployed David, his boss's newest and most delicious-looking squeeze. David Kelly is a hustler, and he's way out of Ian's league. He'd never look twice at a guy like Ian, a guy with little means to woo the needy but to-die-for David.Yet one day, David not only looks, but touches, flirts, and a...

When Sunny retires to the northern Ontario wilderness to mourn his parents' deaths, he's hoping the change of scenery will afford him some peace and quiet.His hopes are soon spectacularly dashed.In self-imposed exile, dragon Emile runs across the Fold between his dimension and Sunny's—and right into Sunny's arms. Centuries out of touch with human culture, bright, beautiful Emile incinerates any hope Sunny had for an ordinary existence. With dryads and water sprites coming t...

It takes a tough man to wear lace well…and an even tougher man to get close to him.I don't know if Levi understands how deep my love of lace goes. He's tough, but what if he's not willing to put up with the constant harassment that comes with dating a guy who wants to wear a skirt?He deserves to know all of me.I deserve to live as the true me.I just hope I don't have to choose between Lace and Levi.

Who needs a love life when there's so much work to do?Nothing is getting in the way of this tiny house build.Not my tiny budget.Not my tiny stockpile of supplies.Not the tiny question of legality concerning the practice of sneaking materials out of the dumpster on my neighbour's construction site.Not the tiny snowflakes threatening to fall sooner than I am prepared for them.Definitely not Cullen, the not-so-tiny foreman on the construction si...

Sebastian 's ideal Christmas looks nothing like his picture-perfect childhood experiences, but neither should it be spent wandering the cold streets alone and homeless.Cody has no time for the holidays if he wants to eat. He needs a new model for his next commission--and he needs him now.Seb can't go home and Cody's model took his pay and left. Both men are in dire straits, so when they meet over soup-kitchen chili they each see the answer to their problems in the other.

After filing charges that put his abusive ex-Dom behind bars, Jesse Turbul relocates halfway across the country, hoping to escape his past—but, of course, it's never that easy. When Jesse meets third-year law student Aadon at the library where he works, their mutual attraction is instant and obvious.Despite the sparks, they just can't seem to make it work. Aadon is mired in guilt over his inability to help his older brother, damaged by events far too similar to Jesse's past. Jesse ...

When Allan Song's ex, Mac, shows up to model for the life drawing class Allan teaches, he turns everything upside-down. Mac is still as infuriatingly attractive as when Allan first met him—and still trying to figure out where he fits on the gender spectrum. He's more than a little out of control, and he's taken some stupid risks that have come back to haunt him. If they're going to get back together, Allan wants a real relationship—but for that, he and Mac will need to look below the surfa...