Clark Adamson needs a date for his sister’s wedding, but he’s sworn off the gay scene in Seattle. He turns to the internet and comes up with Mitch Hampton, a red-headed, muscly escort, who agrees to accompany him.Wes Palucinski keeps the closet door firmly shut to his family and invents a list of unavailable girlfriends as an excuse to go stag to his homophobic brother’s wedding. When Clark shows up with Mitch, Wes is forced to confront his feelings and his secrets, which threaten ...

Love is like honey—you might get stung, but the rewards are sweet, and they stick to you.Firefighter Shane Ward seeks solace in a new life as a beekeeper, embracing the rhythms of farm life while grieving the tragic loss of his husband. His attraction to his two kind bosses makes Shane wonder if he’s ready to take a chance on love again.Dante Sarcletti pours his energy into the farm he owns with his partner, Emmett Simpson, while Emmett manages the business side. T...

Parker Rice breaks into handsome attorney Anthony Swifson’s estate expecting an easy take. When he finds the attorney behind him while his fingers clutch a set of rings in a jewelry box, he fully expects to go to jail.The abusive home Parker returns to late each night to hide from his mother’s boyfriend, Earl Primack, offers no sanctuary from the train wreck of his life. At twenty, he has no future. The deal he’s been forced to accept from the attorney turns out to be the turnaroun...

Gay Male Contemporary Romance by Brent ArcherRay Cortez returned to Seattle after fourteen years to help his pregnant best friend and her partner. When he meets another fireman at his temporary station, he’s immediately attracted to the blond Viking, but Ray doesn’t date straight or closeted guys.Leif Ramsey has spent the last year trying to figure out how to come out to his mother and macho firefighter brother, terrified he’ll lose them. Because of Ray’s no closet-case men...

Danny Jarvis returns to his roots after the death of his abusive step-father, expecting to sell his mother’s house and get back to his home in Los Angeles as fast as he can. A surprise step-brother and the childhood coward who’d thrown him to the wolves to protect his own secret disrupt his plans.Todd Larson hadn’t ever expected Danny to return to town, but when his schoolboy crush reappears, he makes every effort to atone for his actions and convince Danny to give him a chance. Wi...

The last thing Mike Bryant needs after his overnight, hotel security shift is to find his truck has been stolen. But that’s exactly what he’s got. SPD officer Jason Lynch arrives to take his statement, and instead ends up taking his breath away.The two grow close until Jason is nearly killed on patrol. Soon afterward, Mike is attacked. The combined trauma brings back powerful memories of loss and death, and Jason struggles to overcome old fears and doubts.The pair faces man...

Roger Matthews has difficulty finding time to spend with his boyfriend, Seattle Police Officer Paul Tomlinson, between long days at the office and Paul’s long nights on patrol. When Paul is injured in the line of duty, Roger contacts Paul’s estranged family and quickly learns why he’s been so evasive about his past.Roger Matthews works for a marketing firm as their controller, but constantly stays late at the office because a problematic director continually runs off his staff. His...

Toby Hayden shows up to the only interview he’s gotten in two years sopping wet from a stormy day and a broken umbrella. Concierge Merrick Hamilton shakes his hand for luck and bolsters his self-confidence. Quickly proving his aptitude, Toby lands the job and impresses his bosses.But one of the directors finds out about the accusations that forced him to resign from his prior job, and she hires his former lover into the marketing department. After two years of silence, Mark Spencer...

Gay Male Contemporary Romance by Brent ArcherMacKenzie Wright needed a vacation, but a three-month work trip to Auckland over the holiday season wasn’t what he had in mind.Three years ago, MacKenzie said goodbye to Eric Parata, not envisioning he’d ever return to the sun-kissed beaches of Coromandel. Fate, in the guise of his best friend Alicia, intervened, and now MacKenzie finds himself face to face with the man he’d left behind.Over the holidays, his feelings run...

A Gay Male Menage Contemporary Holiday Romance by Brent ArcherThe holidays have rolled around again, and Mitch Brownlie finds himself without a date for his cousin’s annual bash. Not that he doesn’t have options in both Clark and Wes. He just doesn’t want his family to know these former clients come as a package deal.Complicating matters, another former client is demanding his attention in a way Mitch can’t ignore. Increasingly menacing threats are made, and he’s forced to ...

Kelton ran. Ran from the father who was supposed to love him. Ran from the lover he’d been caught with. Ran from his hometown of Ellensburg and the only life he’d known. After two years on the streets of Bellingham turning tricks to survive, Kelton found trust a hard commodity to trade. A chance encounter with businessman Alex Martinson after a john left him a room for the night resulted in an offer Kelton couldn’t refuse.In his new role as houseboy and general domestic at the Mart...

A queer Anthology that explores the romantic life and happy ever afters of gay men navigating the LGBT landscape. All stories are written by Own Voice gay authors! From small towns to big cities, each story shows that love is love, no matter the season. Stories by Blake Allwood, Kelvin Young, Brent Archer, J. Scott Coatsworth, RJ Peterson, Derek Puddester, David Gray, Andrew McQuinn, Duncan Gaye, and M.D. Neu.