Being alone for the holidays isn’t good for anyone. Riley is spending Christmas alone as his partner Jaxon is serving overseas in Afghanistan for six months. His bar, Tumbleweeds, offers no respite and Riley finds himself missing his partner more and more as the holiday approaches.Jaxon has been relieved of his duty and has managed to get stateside in time for Christmas. He wants to surprise Riley, but the weather may not hold long enough for him to make it. As Christmas approaches...

Wolf returns from working in the fields to find his family dead and village attacked by bandits. Now, swearing an oath to the gods, Wolf vows to take revenge on the bandits and return peace to his village. Unfortunately, revenge comes with a price, and Wolf learns that you can't always go back home.

It’s midsummer in Cheyenne and things are heating up due to it being an election year. Kurtis ‘Ricky’ Thornton is running for election for Laramie County Sheriff. The only thing separating him from the others is the fact he’s gay and in a long-term relationship with his partner Garrett. Both were born and raised in Cheyenne, so they know what kind of problems to expect. As the week-long rodeo and carnival fill the city with citizens and tourists alike with cowboys everywhere you look, Kurt...

Being alone for the holidays isn’t good for anyone. Riley is spending Christmas alone as his partner Jaxon is serving overseas in Afghanistan for six months. His bar, Tumbleweeds, offers no respite and Riley finds himself missing his partner more and more as the holiday approaches.Jaxon has been relieved of his duty and has managed to get stateside in time for Christmas. He wants to surprise Riley, but the weather may not hold long enough for him to make it. As Christmas approaches...

Zach is a nurse struggling to pay the bills as his partner Andy continues to finish his college degree. Even though they have everything they need, Zach wants Andy to have the best Christmas he has ever had. After getting locked out of their car, and having to ask a pet store owner for a hanger, Zach finds the one thing that would do it, in the bundle of fear of a husky puppy. Knowing he can’t afford, he regretfully says no. Zach heads to work for a shift he regretted taking, and Andy is l...

Marriage is an amazing gift, and this is the perfect chance to make it last forever. Tyler is all he ever wanted, and he couldn’t see himself going on in life without him. Connor and Tyler fell in love after meeting on the local rodeo circuit and moved in together. Time has passed, and they bought a small ranch to make it their permanent home. Connor had always wanted to marry Tyler and be the husband he always wanted to be and now that it was legal for them to be married, Connor has plann...

I'm Lana Lovecraft, a detective for the Denver, Colorado police department. I deal with a crime just like any other enforcement officer, but my beat involves the supernatural. As a Wiccan, it gives me the chance to fight against the things that go bump in the night.A killer has set his eyes on models in Denver's fashion community. They are coming up dead, drained of their life-force. I've tracked down the killer to the Denver's Red Ball, a high fashion extravaganza celebrating local...

Raven is a young half-elf, gifted with magic that pours through his veins. He yearns to learn how to control as it burns him from inside. Unfortunately, the Kingdom of Valter forbids learning magic outside the Academy in the capital. Plus, only nobles can study there, and those imbued with natural talent are forced to see their gifts burn away, taking many of them with it.The local village festival has finally come. Here, wizards from around the kingdom go and choose someone to bec...

An AI inhabits a human body.Targeted marketing invades a man's life… and mind.Programmers battle their own government in cyberspace.Every day, the line between man and machine blurs.Drones replace postal workers, AI-operated cars fill the streets, and our carefully curated digital lives become as critical as our actual ones. How do unchecked technological advances shape us? How do we shape them? Does humanity still have time to choose our own future or is it too lat...

Matthew Polly, studente di Princeton con una passione per la crescita personale e le religioni, decide di lasciare gli studi e prendere un volo per Pechino. La sua destinazione è il leggendario monastero Shaolin, culla delle arti marziali e del Buddhismo Zen. Fin dall'inizio, i suoi sogni iniziano a vacillare di fronte alla dura realtà. Il suo cinese scolastico si rivela inadeguato di fronte alla miriade di inflessioni dialettali dei madrelingua. Il desiderio di spiritualità si scontra con...

Radical Municipalism offers a fresh perspective on the democratizing capacity of the politics of the common in the transformation of public services, aiming to foster social change at the local level and beyond.Building on a strong theoretical foundation and featuring 14 original case studies from Europe and the Americas, the chapters explore the challenges and possibilities of implementing common-based strategies. A unique and vital resource, this book is essential for scholars an...

Johnny is a lonely cowboy in search of love. Even though he has seen success on the rodeo circuit, it's done nothing to fill the void in his heart. When Derek, another competitor shows up, Johnny feels a desire he once shut out beginning to stir again. With his handsome and rugged looks, Johnny can no longer deny his need to feel Derek's body against his. When their lips touch, Johnny's defenses fall. When it comes to love, this may be the roughest ride of his life.