He thought he'd experienced the worst kinds of pain imaginable. Apparently not. The past wasn't a patch on this.Born in the workhouse and moulded into an obedient slave, Kirill expected his life to be simple: serve his wealthy owners until they grew bored and sold him, repeating the process again and again until the day he died. He never wanted his master's precious only son to take an unhealthy interest in him, and he didn't expect one single horrifying summer's day to pl...

“We thought we had... disposed of him some years ago,” he said finally, breaking the interminable silence. “However, it would appear that we were mistaken.”David Deor is a naïve and Talented man — too naïve to realise when he’s being used. Now he flees across the vast deserts of his home planet, hiding his unusual features from people who have every right to distrust him.Cas is a mercenary, a single-minded man who’ll take any job for the right fee, and Dav...

Prince Gabrys fought against Iahra's plan to subsume his country with all the battlefield strategy he could muster. But once his two older brothers were lost, only one strategy remained: marriage to the Iahran king Ardashir.Ardashir is nothing that Gabrys expected: handsome, erudite and charming, a man his forces cannot speak more highly of. He welcomes Gabrys with open arms and arranges all preparations for the upcoming ceremony.But meeting Demiah, a member of Ardashir's s...

As the spring buds emerge, Tallon's future disintegrates.Only one thing will satisfy his father's debt to the powerful Baron Lagran: Tallon's indentured service, for one year, for the Baron's aloof son.But Dorin Lagran never seems to notice his new servant. No matter what Tallon does, from serving up beautiful meals to kicking doors open, not one thing ruffles a hair on Dorin's perfect head.It's only for one year. Tallon can do this. If it keeps his family safe, he ...

Whatever it was they’d been whispering, they conspicuously fell silent as Milos turned his head and Alex kissed him again, this time full on the mouth. Something else he’d trained him well in... but damn if the way he melted against him didn’t gratify the ego too. Milos, who insisted he only went along with Alex’s many and varied urges for a quiet life, kissed him back, his lips soft and his tongue sweet...This time, Alex means to do it properly.Last year's Valenti...

In an effort to prevent any further young male sex workers being murdered, one of the Goddesses of Silent Judgement, the Mutae Tacitae, turns to her best friend Caeso for help.Caeso is deodamnatus — damned by the gods — so what does he have to lose?Except not every job is created equal, and Caeso has to start work at the same house the other boys were employed, servicing men as he works to find the killer. And not all clients are created equal, either...Gen...

Before there was life as a Section 16 government agent, there was the Academy.As a reward for surviving the research inflicted on him, twelve-year-old Alex Jaska begins his formal education at The Academy — but quickly discovers life with other children his age is nothing at all like he'd expected.With a knack for making enemies faster than friends and a few secrets he'd rather not have broadcast, can Alex navigate the difficult new social experience and thrive?Or e...

Alex has a problem. It's Valentine's Day, but it's like everyone has forgotten. Forgotten him, anyway.He also has a plan. One perfect plan, just for one evening: he's going to give Milos a night to remember, and he won't let anything stand in his way.Not even the supernatural madman threatening to kill a restaurant full of Valentiners and, more rudely, thwarting Alex's plan with it.Can he make it a night to remember for all the right reasons?Genre: Modern fa...

The night fair arrives without warning and brings delights and discoveries, but none compare to the mysterious fortune teller Iphre and young soldier-to-be Kai is immediately smitten. But Iphre has his own secret — the discovery of which shocks Kai to his core.The two men must fight to overcome time and circumstance — or will the fair's cruel curse ensure neither finds happiness?

The day the travelling fair rolls into town, North is determined to show his boyfriend Seith all he loves about it. But while Seith's reaction isn't what North hoped for, he finds something amazing to attract him instead: a speaking, smiling mechanical man — an automaton. Despite Seith's disdain, North can't help returning time and again to discover more of the machine's personality — and uncover more of its secrets. It's not long before he finds himself becoming fond of it, but it's all p...

Visiting the sea-side to spend some time alone following the death of his mother, half-elf Maddeson finds fishing villages are just as full of suspicion as big cities. What he doesn't realise is that they can also be full of mystery, wonder, and midnight encounters with a handsome ... man?With only a seal pelt and some very cagey fishermen for help, Maddeson sets out to discover the truth — but is it worth risking his life for?Genre: Fantasy m/m romance

David's wandering days are forcibly behind him. Caught by the corporation he once fled from, every new weapon he's forced to create is more stunning in its destruction than the last. But when an impossible face from his past comes calling, he's left with a choice: remain in his prison forever, or take his chances with a dead man.He knows they will do everything to retrieve him or, failing that, ensure he never falls into a competitor's hands. Escape might put everyone he meets at r...