Going from friends to lovers was easy. Getting married? That's going to take work.When Benny had asked Mikey to marry him, Mikey’s answer had been “I’m going to fucking kill you.” That sounded like true love to Benny. But Mikey was a widower with a daughter; a daughter Benny loved almost as much as he loved her father. That was a lot of Benny to have to complete with, but Mikey swears he loves Benny and wants to be married.So why does Benny have the fee...

A veteran and a veterinarian walk into a bar.Army veteran Troy is everything Dmitri’s ever wanted in a guy: gorgeous, smart, and funny. He likes dogs, he has the sexiest trace of an accent, and his kisses set off fireworks in Dmitri’s entire body. Too bad Troy is looking to stay in Red Deer Dmitri is getting the hell out of this small town as soon as he can.Still, they might be able to work it out, but Troy has secrets he won’t tell, and the demons he’s run...

Chris turned his body over to Jay-Cee as easy as breathing.But Jay-Cee wants things his beautiful artist Chris can never give him—his heart, his soul, and his trust.Jay-Cee offered his brilliant young protégé everything, let him see parts of himself he'd buried long ago in the mountains of Afghanistan. In return, Chris took only the pieces he wanted and rejected the rest, leaving Jay-Cee reeling.Haunted by their pasts, the deep connection between th...

When it comes to exes, there are some 'auld acquaintances' who should definitely be 'forgot'.Exhibit A: Angel’s exWhen the jerk crashes his best friend’s wedding, even the fictional boyfriend Angel made up isn’t enough to make him leave. If Angel wants to get rid of him without causing a scene, he’s going to need a real fake boyfriend ASAP.Exhibit B: Damon's exWhat’s worse than showing up alone to a wedding when you’ve RSVP’d for two? Having your cousin brin...

You never forget your first love. No matter how hard you try.Set adrift from the army with a Purple Heart, a less-than-honorable discharge, and an undiagnosed traumatic brain injury, Benny does the only thing he can think of. He goes home. But when the smoking hot masked man he hooks up with in the bathroom of a club turns out to be his ex-best friend Mikey, Benny's world implodes again.When he meets Mikey's four-year-old daughter and realizes he loves her ...

Troy and Dmitri have worked everything out - well, almost everything. Except for the part where Troy's family doesn't know Dmitri exists. Coming out to his family sounds scarier than going to war. And Troy would know.Troy's been out of the Army for almost a year, and except for a few short weeks, hasn't been back to West Virginia at all. Now it's Christmas and if he doesn't go, he'll break his momma's heart. Trouble is, Troy's afraid that going home with a boyfriend and service dog...

24 Extremely Short Halloween Stories for your Briefest MomentsFrom a Hillary Clinton stripper to mythical beast-women in the harsh Scandinavian tundra and from an unusual band of steadfast teddy bears to the last man in zombie-occupied Chicago, fill your briefest moments with pulse-pounding frights and off-beat chuckles with this collection of 24 flash fiction stories.Commuting to work? Grabbing a quick coffee? Each story tells a complete t...

FIVE JOBS. FIVE CHANCES FOR REDEMPTION.There's nothing like being blackmailed by a dead man to really bring a group of cons together. And what a group we are: a hacker, a thief, a con artist, a thug, and a Federal agent with an axe to grind.The deal is simple, we do the jobs and Charlie's lawyer wipes the slate clean for each of us, one at a time. Since job number one calls for some muscle, it looks like I'm up first. I'm Steele Alvarez, ex-Special Forces C...

"It just figures that the first guy I'm bringing back to my place is cute, single, and totally off-limits . . . "Sean Anderson has spent his life waiting to get the hell out of West Virginia. His plans got derailed when his dad shipped him off to "pray the gay away," but he's over it, ready to prove that he's a grown-ass man who can take care of himself. Of course, he'd have a better chance convincing himself if he could stop lusting after his grumpy roomm...

There's nothing like being blackmailed by a dead man to really bring a group of cons together. The deal is simple, we do the jobs and Charlie's lawyer wipes the slate clean for each of us, one at a time.Job number two lands right in my lap. I'm Bond. Wesley Bond. (I can't resist saying it that way. Blame my dad, if you can find him.) You could call me a hacker. I redistribute wealth—moving it from rich slimebags to poorer but infinitely more deserving people—and make a tidy profit ...

Home is where you make it.Beau Hopper is good at goodbyes. A minor-league hockey player, he goes where the league tells him. Single and estranged from his family, Beau drifts without connections or commitments. He makes a living, not a life.Former Marine Connor Casey's life revolves around his siblings. After Hurricane Harvey took their home and a car-crash claimed their parents, Connor is determined to rebuild their house and their lives.When Beau ...

From a creepypasta horror farm to a bullish love tale and from the bloody metal deck of the ESS Arclight to superhero octopus food trucks, you can transform your shortest stolen moments into utter delights with this diverse collection of 33 flash fiction stories.Commuting to work? Grabbing a quick coffee? Each story tells a complete tale in but a few short minutes with the added promise of a lifelong introduction to new indie writers.You never know, you mig...