Newly elected President Jack Spiers's presidency is rocked from the very beginning, and he's working furiously to keep the world from falling apart. Between terrorism attacks ripping apart Europe, Russia's constant posturing and aggression, and the quagmire of the Middle East, Jack is struggling to keep his campaign promise—to work toward a better, safer world.For Special Agent Ethan Reichenbach, Jack is just another president, the third in twelve years. With Jack's election, he's ...

Federal Judge Tom Brewer is finally putting the pieces of his life back together. In the closet for twenty-five long years, he's climbing out slowly, and, with the hope of finding a special relationship with the stunning Mike Lucciano, U.S. Marshal assigned to his D.C. courthouse. He wants to be out and proud, but he can't erase his own past, and the lessons he learned long ago.A devastating terrorist attack in the heart of Washington, D.C., and the capture and arrest of the terror...

On September 11th, 2001, Kris Caldera was a junior member of the CIA's Alec Station, the unit dedicated to finding and stopping Osama Bin Laden. They failed.Ten days later, he was on the ground in Afghanistan with a Special Forces team. On the battlefield, he meets Special Forces Sergeant David Haddad. David—Arab American, Muslim, and gay—becomes the man Kris loves, the man he lives for, and the man he kills for, through the long years of the raging wars.When a botched miss...

President Jack Spiers and former Secret Service Agent Ethan Reichenbach throw caution to the wind, committing themselves publicly as the first out male lovers and partners to occupy the White House. Jack moves Ethan into the Residence, but as Ethan settles into his new role as first gentleman of the United States, not everyone is thrilled with their choices. When it seems like the world turns against them, Jack and Ethan must turn to each other, finding the strength together to press on.

President Jack Spiers fled Washington DC on the heels of a devastating attack on CIA headquarters, masterminded by one of America's own, former General Porter Madigan. While the world believes Jack was killed in the bombing, he embarks on a wild infiltration mission, smuggling himself into occupied Russia to rescue the love of his life: former Secret Service Agent and First Gentleman Ethan Reichenbach.Reunited, Jack, Ethan, and deposed Russian president Sergey Puchkov, along with P...

Step back to Jack and Ethan's first Christmas season and the tentative early months of their relationship under the world's spotlight.Three months into Ethan's transfer-in-exile in Des Moines, Iowa, the pressures of dating Jack, the president of the United States, start to wear Ethan down. His weeks are measured by the days he works in Iowa, chasing counterfeiters and financial crimes, and the weekends he manages to steal with Jack back in DC. The media stalks his ...

Im Jahr 1742 fallen die Panduren im bayerischen Niederwessen ein, plündern und morden. Am abgelegenen Puchberger-Hof werden sechs Leichen gefunden. Die einzige Überlebende ist die 11-jährige Amrei, die fortan stumm bleibt. Sie wächst bei einem Bauern im Dorf zu einer hübschen, freundlichen Frau heran. Der junge, lebensfrohe Schulmeister Korbinian kommt aus München in das Dorf. Dank ihm beginnt Amrei sich mitzuteilen. Kurz darauf wird Amrei mehrmals bedroht. In Korbinian wächst der Verdacht...