Like a million other young gay men, Bryan keeps his sexuality hidden because it's safer that way. Yet other guys know he's different -- they sense it, and make Bryan's life pure hell. At home, things aren't much better. He barely acknowledges his alcoholic father, and his mother has little time to spend with her family. So Bryan is alone, with no support, no shoulder to cry on.Years of torture and torment, of name calling and humiliation, have taken their toll. Bryan does what he c...

Rocky is keen to visit KUNT, the infamous fetish club he's heard so much about. The stories are legendary, filling him with great anticipation. As he opens the door, his heart begins to pound. From excitement, or fear? What lies on the other side?From the minute he steps inside, he knows this is a place where anything can happen. The muffled boom, boom, boom of industrial dance music permeates the walls, and he has a sudden urge to be in amongst it all.He pushes a second do...

Nathan Crosby has a gambling addiction that cost him almost everything he owns. When he tries to run out on newcomer Leroy in a backroom poker game, his troubles escalate. Leroy is not what he appears to be, nor does he have any intention of letting Nathan off the hook. On the contrary, he has an extremely interesting way of obtaining all he is owed.Unfortunately for Nathan, the payment will be far larger than the initial debt. He will be marked by every lie he has ever told, and t...

Australia's Outback is a tough place to work. The heat, the red dirt that gets into everything, the flies, and above all, the isolation. Mining is big business in Western Australia, but it's hard work. No doubt about it. Twelve hours on and twelve hours off. Just enough time to eat, shower and sleep. Or, if you're lucky enough, you might find another way to pass the time.Duke is all man. He's made of just the right kind of stuff to handle the demanding life of a miner. But even rea...

Dale is a university student working on his thesis. Fortunately, rather than having to endure the interruptions and distractions at university, his "Uncle" Tom has invited Dale to stay with him at Walton Manor. In the countryside he has plenty of space, almost continual silence, and a butler to cater to his every whim.Dale and Tom have always had a mutual admiration for each other, and now they have the chance to explore this attraction. Yet Dale doesn't count on falling in love wi...

One day fate decides to smile on Brennus.He's hunting in the woods when he is almost seen by a group of Roman soldiers returning to their encampment. He hides until they pass, then decides to bathe in the nearby stream. Naked, he finds a mossy rock on which to lie while the sun dries and warms him.It isn't long before his instincts tell him he isn't alone. He discovers a soldier watching him and leaps to his feet, ready to fight. But fighting is the last thing Cyprian, the ...

Pan is a simple, honest farm boy. In all his nineteen years, he has only ever known his father's farm. Yet in the few moments each day he has to himself, he dreams of another life -- something more than the back-breaking work, the loneliness, and the dirt of the farm.One morning his prayers are answered in a most surprising and unexpected way. Roused from his sleep by one of King Seronisis' hulking Hapsid Troopers, Pan is escorted from the bosom of his family and transported in a c...

Clint is travelling on a small Cessna Citation over the Pacific. When the plane hits a pocket of turbulence, he is wrenched from his nap and plunged into a nightmare. The plane plummets into the ocean.Clint and one other passenger, a man named Carlos, survive. The hulk of the plane sinks, leaving them adrift with no land in sight. They fight to stay alive, but thirst and exhaustion overtake them.Purely by luck Clint finds himself washed ashore on a mysterious island. But wh...

Two decades after first being brought to the royal court, Pan's romance with King Seronisis has not cooled. Pan, approaching his fortieth year, casts his mind back to his childhood spent on the family farm, working in the fields all day, and to the few hours a week he had to himself whereby he would disappear into the Great Forest to wander and daydream.The king has been doing some reflecting, too. He has become increasingly aware that, with the passage of time, he is one day soon ...

Jahl lives with his people, the Hamica, in the jungles of a nameless world. They live at one with nature. It's a simple existence, centred around family and community.One day all this is snatched away when Jahl is captured by slavers. But he's a proud man from a proud people, and he never shows his fright or anxiety, despite what he feels inside. They take him through the jungle, through swampland and farmland, to a town that has seen many like him come before.In a strange,...

Four of Wayne Mansfields's best-selling paranormal gay romance stories in one box set! Contains the stories:Before Lovers: Have you ever seen someone and had the strangest feeling you've met before? A chance meeting brings Paul and Calvin together. The evening starts with a drink and quickly develops into something more. But strange things happen to they get intimate; a bizarre transformation which leads Paul to consult a psychic. What he discovers will change the ...

The sound of the bathroom tap running late one night begins a mystery Devon is keen to solve. As small pieces of the puzzle are revealed, such as the man he discovers sitting on his couch in his house watching his television, he begins to wonder whether something paranormal isn't going on. However, having been in a bad motorcycle accident a few months earlier, Devon cannot be sure these things he's experiencing aren't hallucinations caused by brain damage sustain...