"Wow. We haven't had dinner yet and that sounds like you're already laying the foundation for an out."A wrong number on New Year's Eve turns into a romance.Derek Bradley leads a secret double life. During the day, he works a regular nine-to-five, but when the sun goes down, his alter ego comes to life. Five nights a week, Rick January takes to the airwaves for your drive home with January After Dark.It's New Year's Eve and Andre Maxwell tri...

Ryan James’ job as a professional escort is the perfect mix of challenge and satisfaction. He’s handsome and charming, and the constant variety ensures he’s never bored. One day he’s attending a special exhibition at the River Street Art Gallery with a political wannabe who has trouble holding his liquor. Then later delivering the man to the home of a campaign contributor with no stops on the way. The next, he’s preserving the anonymity of a restaurant reviewer, showing a young tourist the...

A Saturday night out goes sideways when Zane Walker discovers a naked man hiding in the weeds along the side of the road on his way home. Zane doesn't know how the guy got there, but it's obvious help is needed. Zane takes him to the Bar RC Ranch, confident his foreman will know what to do.Weston Allen doesn't remember much, especially how he ended up along an empty stretch of highway in the middle of the night. When a pickup stops and the driver offers help, he's not at all sure i...

With a summer storm threatening to ruin his Friday afternoon, Asa Burton packs his briefcase and bolts for home before the driving gets dangerous. On the interstate, stuck behind an accident, he regrets his decision until he sees Ford Weston standing along the side of the road talking to a police officer.Ford Weston can't believe his luck, bad and good. First his car gets clipped on the tail end of an accident, and then none other than Asa Burton pulls over and offers him a ride ho...

Regan Oakley's luck ran out. After a stint in rehab, he's putting his life back together without the booze. What he thinks is an old friend's charity is really a plea for help. There's trouble at the Bar RC Ranch and the friend's son is in the middle of it. Regan takes one look at Wythe Carver and knows that young man isn't the only one with his world turned upside down.Wythe Carver's life took a strange turn. Suspected of murdering the ranch foreman, he's hanging on, one day at a ...

Michael Brooks' life took an unexpected direction when he found the Taylor Mansion, a two-story Colonial perfect for a Bed & Breakfast. An untenured college professor, he's suddenly also a successful entrepreneur. And best of all, he met sexy deputy Colin Jefferson and they hit it off in a big way. He's even made friends with the mansion's resident ghost.Deputy Colin Jefferson is a hometown boy who made good. As a member of the local police force, he serves the community he loves. ...

Runaway. Drifter. Andy Pulaski made choices.Fate can rule with a gentle hand, and one bright summer day she deposited Andy Pulaski in Sumnerville. Needing to work to earn enough money to get to the next stop in his journey, Andy hires on with Tom Sumner to help the older man on his homestead. Andy may be a drifter, but he's frequented public libraries and educated himself. He looks at every stop he makes as an opportunity to learn. Things are looking up and Andy may stay longer tha...

***No AI was used to create this story***As the reigning stud of the local gay club scene, every guy in the county knows Travis Templeton, and vies for his attention. Travis wears his crown lightly, careful not to break any hearts. He knows what it's like to really love someone who doesn't love you back-at least, not in the way you want.-Heath Kelley made the biggest mistake of his life the night before his best friend Travis left for college. One sm...

Calvin Lawson arrived in Clear River to rebuild bridges with his ailing father, not hook up with Emory Fleming, although being an honest man, he has to admit Emory's on his mind. But first things first, and before he goes looking for his boyhood friend, he needs to find a restoration project to generate personal income so he's not sponging off his father. Gutted by an arsonist, the Clocktower Theatre, affectionately called the Time by everyone in town, is in dire need of his special skills...

Edan Romney believes he's on the trail of the most significant archaeological find of his life. He's tracked the legend from Bolivia to Chaco Canyon and beyond. His next stop is Alaska, but a sudden winter storm takes down his plane in the Colorado mountains.Del Martinez is surprised there is a survivor when a small plane crashes at the end of his mountain meadow. His surprise turns to shock when he discovers it's Edan – the one lover he regrets losing. With a blizzard closing in f...

Garrett Webb has a five-point plan for starting his own business. To keep it on track, he takes a second job and settles into the evening delivery run between Owensville and Mt. Franklin. The solitude of being on the road clears his head and enables him to chart a better future for himself. When a foggy night sends him to the safety of The Downshift Diner and its owner, Oliver Sanderson, that future takes an unforeseen turn.Oliver Sanderson enjoys a quiet life along the lonely stre...

Mick Ambrose owns and operates an auto restoration shop specializing in all things American Muscle. When the black 1969 Camaro Z/28 he years ago dubbed Onyx pulls into his garage, Mick forgets his first love in favor of her driver, Logan Gregg. Mick's interested and cruises Logan at a speed worthy of the cars he restores.Logan Gregg's plan to avoid entanglements in his life drives away when he stops at American Muscle to ask a few questions about restoring the Z/28 he's inherited f...