The last thing Daniel, a hard-working public defender, expected to see the morning after a one night stand was his hook-up staring back at him from the wrong side of the law. Assigned to work his case, Daniel vows to keep things professional with Rafael but has a hard time controlling his craving for dominance, the control, and the connection they shared. Rafael, a paid Dominant in the Chicago underworld, has been dealing with a cop problem for far too long. Used to sex with no emotion, he...

Steven is tall, dark, and damaged. He doesn't let anyone close, comfortable on the outside of normal life where he can hide his scars behind a wall so high that nothing gets through…except them. Despite a childhood marred with black and blue, he's survived and moved in with his two best friends, Sam and Charlie.Life should get better, but it was Sam who held him when the dark threatened to swallow him whole, Sam who gave him a place that felt like home, and Sam who knew every scar ...

Love is for peasants; nobles marry for power. These are the rules Jocelynn has lived by. She is expected to be the poised and perfect vision of relentless power. Set to inherit the House of Akillie, she was bred to rule, and no man has ever turned her head—until now.Madden achieved the impossible, the first in over a century to escape the life of hard labor and earn a place among the elite. With the chance for a fresh start, he has to stay focused, not damn himself by falling for t...

All good things must come to an end.George is trying to hold his world together, but it's crumbling and he doesn't know who he's even fighting anymore. All the people he loves are suffering because of him.Jesse is shattering because he can't provide what George needs.Elliot is broken perhaps beyond repair.Zac is ruined by his own doing and isn't fit to be what Elliot needs him to be.There is no soothing light at the end of this tunnel. The reckoning ...

With the legal trouble behind them, Daniel Caplin and Rafael Argon are ready to settle into a low-key D/s relationship, but life is unrelenting, when blackmail shatters their illusion of happily ever after. Pictures from one of the Rafael's public scenes instill fear into his new submissive, Daniel, acting as a wedge driving the new couple apart.The building peril in George's community weighs heavy on his shoulders as he struggles to find the culprit—all while hiding his feelings f...

Their world is crumbling on the King's shoulders.Elliot is gone.George has failed, and his demons are threatening to swallow him whole. Jesse's life is slipping through his fingers. He feels like he's losing George, whom he has just gotten back. The search for Elliot is taking its toll on the pair of them, and the strain shows the cracks in their trust.Zac is doing everything he can, but he's been plagued with flashbacks of a life he can't remember. Even his iron co...

Burdens Beneath the HymnsIn the deep South, where pews creak beneath Sunday best and voices rise in polished harmony, fifteen-year-old Donovan "Van" Shelton struggles to keep his own voice from breaking under the weight of expectation.At church, he's the pastor's friend, the quiet boy in the back row expected to nod, smile, and fit neatly into the role his family and community have chosen for him. On the field, he's pushed toward grit and glory, his father ...

Welcome to Black Diamond Resort and Spa… and my exile…A guy in a skirt wouldn't turn a straight guy on, right?I spent the last decade performing next to him. I've never looked at him as more—until I walked in on him in a skirt.He's as broken as I am. We survived our childhood together. And when he's finally trying to embrace the parts his father tried to beat out of him, I can't handle it.He's taunting me with smeared eyeliner and a filthy s...

Dive into the epic saga of 'The Stone Man,' a unit engineered for a single, unyielding purpose: to maintain a perfect 18°C. This captivating narrative spans millions of years, tracing the silent endurance of a technological marvel encased in basalt. From ancient civilizations to the far future, witness how 'Systemic Stupidity' becomes its ultimate shield, allowing it to defy entropy, outlive humanity, and become a geological constant. A profound meditation on permanence, purpose, and the u...

In the library, The Surveyor of Null-Space would be found at the intersection of Borges, Lovecraft, and a Structural Engineering Manual. It is a book for those who find beauty in the precision of the end.

The spiders in the house already have names, habits, grudges, and backstories. The Coyote considers this normal.Ethel sings in the kitchen. Reggie maintains standards in the bathroom. Dolores runs security from the bookshelves. Hank hoards treasure on the porch. Esme predicts trouble from the ceiling. Together, they keep the house inhabited.Then a tiny spider named Midge arrives.What follows is not horror. It is expansion. Population growth. Administration. Territor...

Selling my virginity wasn't how I saw my first week of college going.But after my parents cut me off, an offer from a gorgeous rich stranger doesn't sound so bad. It's only twenty-four hours and I'll never have to see him again. Wrong.Much to my horror, the stranger is Oliver Godfrey, the captain of my fencing team. As if that isn't bad enough, his parents own half the city. There is no escape from him or the way he makes me feel. He's everything I don't wa...