WINTER BREAKOliver – M. TasiaWill doesn't want to be tutored, even though he knows he needs it. He has to maintain his grades to keep his scholarship to USC. He's so not feeling the condescension coming from his tutor, Oliver, but he has to admit, the dude's into what he's doing and he's smart. What Will didn't expect was to be into Oliver.Family Ties – Emily MimsTexas A&M is huge and the chance Brody would run into Lemar next semester are slim to none. They s...

SANTA, BABYWhen Kate Nolan, a comedy writer living in Los Angeles, travels home to Connecticut for Christmas, everything goes wrong. She loses her luggage, her job, and her front tooth when she collides on the street with a man in a Santa suit.Tony Rossi is trying to give his sister and her children a perfect Christmas, but he's failing miserably. He gets into a brawl with another Santa and the video goes viral, which doesn't bode well given he's a Navy SEAL. Despite his gr...

THIS IS A STANDALONE NOVELART IMITATES LIFESeven feet tall, Carlos Fernandez is a famous artist who's been in self-imposed exile. His size, and the scar around his neck from a garrote attempt, has him looking so scary people stare, make rude remarks, or challenge him to fights.He decides to move to LA to live near his brother at whose wedding he meets Clay Everett, an LAPD officer with hyper-protective instincts.What starts as a shaky friendship turns into s...

STRADDLING THE LAWIn the not what he expected column, Brad Williams is shocked when LAPD Captain Eric Meyers shows an interest. Tempting…but, no. While Brad might be working at The Gates, and seems all law-abiding, in his former life he was a cat-burglar, and Eric knows it. There's no point in starting something that won't go anywhere, especially since Brad's sure all the captain's feeling is residual gratitude that Brad took a bullet for him. Yet, what they learn about each other ...

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLEWhen Sawyer Hudson has a run-in with the mercurial executive chef at The Gates where Sawyer works as a dishwasher, he's certain he's going to lose his job. For anyone that would be horrible. For Sawyer it's a death sentence for the person he loves most in the world: his disabled brother.Award-winning world-renowned executive chef, Alexander Larsen, has time for his kitchen, his culinary creations, and little else. As a member of a family known for its we...

Welcome back to Brighton, Texas. Where any man can find home.HEATING UPRoyce Evans has worked as a paramedic in Brighton since graduating college. After the accident, though, his life seemed over. His husband died. Then he met Jesse. Handsome, brave, loving—the short-order cook is everything Royce desires. Everything he'd thought forever gone. Now Jesse's tan, muscled body has brought him back to life, and nothing is going to shut that down. Not his own fears of heartbreak....

UNQUENCHABLEGabe Mason is a fifth-generation firefighter unable to move forward with his life after a devastating betrayal two years earlier. Graphic designer Johnny Jeffrey relocated to Brighton, Texas, to flee persecution and fear, and to begin living again on his own terms. The two meet amidst fire and smoke, and soon Johnny is in Gabe's arms, right where he should be. The connection is palpable, undeniable, and hot, and healing from the past is within reach of both men. And yet...

The Thrilling Last Story in the Fire Lake SeriesTHE INVISIBLE MANA cop down to his bones, Detective Ray Sommers has seen it all, and knows how to trust his instincts.While visiting an old friend, he finds what he knows with what he sees colliding right in front of his eyes. A man has appeared from out of nowhere. Literally. And in more ways than one, Ray's visit has gotten way more complicated.Darren, aka Ghost, ran from his traumatic past taking with him so...

If he's willing to take a risk Kenton realizes that there are so many possibilities to get what he desires…Jared.This book is best read in order as part of the series.

Countdown (Fire Lake #6.5) - M. TasiaA last minute mission sends the team away from their loved ones, and there's no guarantee they'll make it out alive, never mind making it home for the holidays.Mission: Undercover (Bear's Brigade #2.5) - Emily MimsA motorcycle rally from Texas to Mexico is not what it seems, and things get even more complicated for Josh, who's undercover on a holiday-ruining babysitting mission that's turned dangerous.

Wynn left home after a bitter fight with his father over his plans for marriage and his future career. Now he's back nearly twenty years later, divorced, with a son he barely knows, to settle his father's estate. He hopes to make a new life in Gaynor Beach and perhaps experience what he'd denied himself for years.Lance Willis was the spoiled child of the mayor of Gaynor Beach. Known to snub those he thought were beneath him and to use his father's position to get what he wanted. Un...

An unknown enemy wanted to take everything from us.GravesI’d spent all my forty-plus years paying for mistakes when I’d simply been human. Living in the shadow of my friend’s happiness grew harder every day. I didn’t mind being the odd one out. I didn’t mind being considered the unlovable strait-laced-ish one to their mayhem. Acceptance after a lifetime of not measuring up was nice. I’d found my rhythm and my place among the weirdness of my unit. T...