When Laurent, an older gay man, moves from New York to France for work, he faces an existential question: does he have another relationship in him? Laurent acclimates himself to a new job and community, meeting several gay professionals through his boss's network. As he frets over the decline of his body, Laurent ends up crossing paths with an irresistibly alluring man, André, who forces him to reconsider his vow to forego romance. André faces a crossroads of his own when his 20-year relat...

Inspired by true events, "Don't Push Me" is an intergenerational saga of gay romance and the shame that cripples it. On a ski vacation in the Alps, Elliott discovers that the owners of the inn where he is staying are the descendants of a physician, Hans, who took care of his grandfather, Clive, a prisoner during World War One. During the war, the Swiss housed German and Allied prisoners in resort towns as a way to shore up the fragile tourist industry, and Mürren was one of those towns. El...

On his way to meet friends at Winter Carnival in Quebec City, Brian wrecks his car in a snowstorm. The incident precipitates an interesting collision of cultures – Brian's gay secular world - and the conservative Muslim one of the garage owners in Sherbrooke. One of the owners agrees to drive Brian to Quebec City only to get stranded with him as the winter storm intensifies. Later in the week, the owner's handsome nephew, Omar, delivers Brian's car. Omar and Brian experience instant sexual...

The ski slopes of the Swiss Alps are the backdrop for this steamy gay love story. Bernard travels from Boston to Grindelwald to put the pieces of his life back together after a painful divorce and career change. He meets a local couple who inspire him to cross borders he had never anticipated. Bernard discovers that his past wasn't what it seemed, and this liberates him to embrace a new identity and set of relationships. This unconventional coming-out story challenges traditional gender an...

Killerphrasen beenden oft Gespräche, bevor diese überhaupt beginnen. Scheinbar harmlose Aussagen wie "Das war schon immer so", "Das ist doch übertrieben" oder "Die Natur hat zwei Geschlechter - basta" blockieren jegliche Form der Argumentation und verhindern kritisches Nachdenken. Das Buch zeigt, wie solche rhetorischen Abwehrstrategien in alltäglichen, politischen, wissenschaftlichen und kulturellen Kontexten funktionieren und wie man ihnen wirksam begegnen kann. Michael Hartwig analysier...

Paolo, a gay man, travels from Boston to the outskirts of Rome to settle his grandfather's estate and sell the family vineyard. The discovery of an ancient Roman mosaic on the property upsets his plans, forcing him to deal with a local archaeologist, Mauro, who he knew as a teen. Earlier animosities give way to a long simmering sexual fascination each felt for the other. As excavations take place, Paolo discovers family secrets and is forced to confront the demons of his past. Mauro, at a ...

This narrative is a tender, late-in-life coming out story of a gay man tormented by a troubling past. It is a sequel to the evocative and steamy gay romance novel, "Old Vines." This book picks up five years later. Patrick and Zeno live with their son, Massimo, on the family vineyard overlooking the Amalfi Coast. Pepe, the strikingly handsome foreman and cousin, lives next door. After a string of failed relationships with women, Patrick and Zeno invite Pepe to join them and Massimo for a wi...

The Accidental Italian is about vacations, the ones that surprise us with adventures we hadn't planned, discoveries that have more to do with an interior terrain to explore, not the itineraries we had mapped out in advance. Theo had hoped for a quiet retreat on the Amalfi Coast, but the sounds, tastes, and visuals of the sun-drenched village sweep him off his feet, most notably the strikingly handsome man, Raffaello, lounging on the sunbed next to him. Raffaello and Theo's lives become ent...

First Crush picks up where Entwined leaves off. The strikingly handsome Italian vintner, Pepe, returns from his life-altering trip to the States and is determined to find a romantic partner. Having come out as a gay man and having sorted through his entangled affections for Patrick and Zeno, Pepe posts a profile on a dating app. Since this is a romantic series, he eventually finds mister right but not without complicated missteps along the way. Zeno and Patrick play matchmakers and help hi...

Patrick grew up in a tight-knit Italian family in a Boston suburb but always felt a certain antipathy from his parents and grandparents over his being gay. Much to his surprise, as he was cleaning out his parents' house after their passing, he discovered an old, worn photograph of his grandfather arm in arm with another man, their shirtless torsos gleaming in the Italian sun. Tasked with settling his grandfather's estate and title, Patrick brings the sensually suggestive image with him to ...

This sequel to the book "Oliver and Henry" follows the story of a young gay couple in Rome who discover that their son, Luca, has special abilities – magical ones – and is connected to a past life, to a person who lived in their house during the 1500s. Through the discovery of a cardinal's journal and the grimoire of his resident scholar, pieces of a puzzle come together, and karmic justice paid. This compelling story - based, in part, on actual historical events - takes seriously the mode...

Luca always accepted that growing up in a gay family in Rome would be challenging, and that coming out as a gay man would be equally daunting. But Luca guards another secret, one that is perhaps more difficult to navigate. He has special gifts, magical ones. He can travel back in time. He has a keen sense of intuition, and his imagination is powerful. He is a wizard. So, when Luca spots a terribly delicious man in the Vatican Museums in front of an ancient Christian sarcophagus depicting J...