If there's one thing I've learned this year it's that life isn't always fair.Sometimes things happen that test our resilience and our strength. My life was changed forever one fateful night last year when I lost my leg in an accident. It's affected my independence and my confidence. But there is one thing—one person—that hasn't changed, hasn't wavered when life gets hard.Finn Ledger. He's been my best friend since the moment we met in middle school. We're g...

I know this is wrong, but I can't help myself when it comes to him.My mom deserves to be happy after losing my dad to tragedy over a decade ago. But her blissful new relationship comes with a catch.His name is Emery, my new stepbrother, and he's the most infuriating, impulsive, chaotic, and strangely intriguing man I've ever met.I've managed to avoid him for a year but then on our way to our parents' cabin, we get lost alone in the snowy mountains o...

Straight guys don't have crushes on other dudes, right?Except my roommate, Whit, is intriguing, and I find myself watching him constantly. He's a mystery I can't figure out and these feelings I'm having about him are confusing.Then, one night, I find myself wrapped around him, and after that, I can't get enough.But Whit has secrets. He doesn't let people in, and the more I fall for him, the less I know.I can't let him go, though. Until I rea...

ColinI've devoted my life to my son, always putting his needs first, and honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way. Becoming a father was the best decision I've ever made, but hell, single parenting is difficult. I'm so tired of holding everything together.I need a partner, someone to share my life with. I miss intimacy and passion. I want someone who will take charge and help me let go of all this control I cling to. But an endless string of bad dates and...

Some people come into your life with the power to challenge everything you thought you knew about yourself.Lex is chaos personified. He's strange and alluring, unpredictable and unique. He drives me wild in a way I've never experienced.I've never felt desire like this, and now I find myself craving his touch and wanting him more than I've ever wanted anyone. I know I shouldn't trust him, though.Lex wants something from me, and my family. He watches ...

It's often said that everything is impossible until it's done.While I've always known my infatuation with Cash and Ford was meant to remain an unfulfilled dream, I never really lost hope. Hope that the two men, twice my age, would ever see me as more than just a kid. As more than just their best friend's son.I'm not a kid anymore, and at twenty-one, they're about to see that little meek and quiet Ben is old enough for many things. Old enough to finally attr...

They say love comes from the most unexpected places. I found mine hiding in my bushes from the cops.My life before Luke was a carefully structured routine. It was predictable and organized, just the way I like it. Some would call it boring, but I call it smart self-preservation. If there's one thing that could threaten to bring it all crashing down, it's Luke van Beek.He swept into my world like a tropical cyclone, all hot and chaotic, and tore down my safe...

The emo kid, the loner, the cynical wallflower with an attitude.It's no secret that I've never quite fit in. But it's glaringly obvious now that I've moved to this Podunk small town that seems to run entirely on sugar, friendliness, and cheer. (And cows, an ungodly number of cows.) I hate it—this place where everyone knows everyone, and I'm still the outsider.Who wants to fit in anyway? I've never really tried, never even thought I wanted to… until I met hi...

As a divorced man in my thirties with a throwaway job and very few friends, I admit that I've made a lot of bad decisions over the years.Rounding out the top of that epic list was allowing my son's best friend, Quinn, to talk me into taking him on a two-week summer road trip... alone.What was supposed to be quality father-son bonding time before Joshua went off to college has somehow transpired into a battle of wills between me and his nineteen-year-old bes...

After my honorable discharge from the Marine Corps, it only made sense to put my skills to good use as a personal bodyguard.The contracts keep me moving and traveling, and the money is good. All I've ever wanted was to make sure my mother and sister were taken care of after my father passed away. So when Anthony Costello, the notorious mob boss and my dad's ex-employer, asked me to take on a special job for his family, I couldn't say no.But not even my six-...

Sometimes your dream guy isn't who you think he is.Sem has been stalking me for months. He shows up everywhere I am and lurks in the background, his eyes always on me. I don't understand his fascination with me, but he won't leave me alone.He's definitely not my type. He's too big, too reckless, and too feral.But then one night he breaks into my apartment and dares me to do something crazy and I can't say no.Then I do it again. And again.

The path to self-acceptance has always felt like an uphill battle for me.It's hard not to feel that way when the most important people in my life decided long ago they can't accept me as I am, that they don't want a gay son, a feminine son, a boy who likes pretty things.Caring for myself from a young age has come with a lot of hardships, but finding myself bruised, homeless, and sleeping in my car just about tops the list.Fortunately, the person I l...