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Summary: The party of the first part does solemnly vow to... Weston Barnett learned early on not to let his father manipulate him or his twin, Tucker. Everything with Arnold Barnett is either a contract or a bet; most of the time at Weston's expense. Arnold’s last bet cost Weston his dignity and made him swear off dating forever. Also earned him the nickname Second-Rate in their small town. Wes has spent so much time protecting himself and others from Arnold’s games that he’s still a virgin at twenty-five. Cyan Lawrence has rebelled against his father's manipulations for twenty-five years. Even going so far as to build a cabin in the woods to get away from Bob's stupid bets with Arnold Barnett. When his grandfather's will is settled, Cy has to come home for the reading, only to discover Bartholomew Lawrence III Has one more trick up his sleeve. To prevent his sister from losing their inheritance, Cy has to take a 'nice boy' to the gala commemorating the town. When that 'nice boy' turns out to be shrewd, sexy, and fathomless Weston Barnett, all bets are off. He’s met his match, though. The ‘nice boy’ has a wicked streak that can’t be tamed in the bedroom or out.

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Summary: Faelen, cousin to the prince and son of a diplomat, has finally come home to Tournai after years away. The pull to return was almost tangible, and the sense of rightness at being back is absolute. He wants nothing more than to put down roots and build a life among family while pursuing his linguistic studies. Becoming involved in magic meant to protect Tournai isn’t part of his plans…and falling in love is even more unexpected and unfamiliar, but he finds himself doing just that as his friendship with Maxen deepens into something more. Maxen, second son of a wealthy merchant family, longs to leave Tournai and visit everywhere he can. All his life, he’s found places on maps and dreamed, planning out routes to get to them. For now, he’s tied to Tournai’s capital city by family obligations and his position in their shipping business. Someday, though, he’ll be able to travel. His sudden attraction to Faelen shocks him, but their friendship soon becomes a necessary part of his life. Love, however, has no place in his plans, especially not love for a royal cousin with secrets who wants nothing more than to stay in one place. For Faelen and Maxen to build something real between them, they must resolve their differences, but when magic goes awry and all Faelen’s secrets are revealed, will Maxen remain at his side?

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Summary: Prince Edmund of Thalassa and Prince Arden of Aither are eagerly anticipating their upcoming wedding, but the danger to their kingdom hasn’t lessened. They have a plan, but they won’t be able to carry it out alone: they need a strong wielder of each Element, whom they can trust implicitly, to carry out the magic. Rhys is a commoner and wielder of Earth magic. He and his sister have made a living from the use of their magic for years and have become highly respected in scholarly circles, though he prefers a more simple life with his plants. When a message from Prince Arden reaches them asking for their help, they don’t hesitate. They stop only to request that Gaz, a strong Fire wielder and the man Rhys has long been enamored of, accompany them on the journey to Thalassa’s royal palace. What no one knows is that Gaz was once known as Prince Gareth of Thalassa and is Edmund’s younger brother, long believed dead. He fled his home after his Fire Affinity made itself known and put him in danger, and he had no intention of ever going back. But he can’t keep himself from going to his brother’s aid, despite the risk of discovery and of the weight of his secrets potentially crushing his fledgling relationship with Rhys. Working against time, they must find a way to come together in a magical working the likes of which none of them has ever imagined, or their homelands will surely burn.

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Summary: Edmund is heir to the throne of Thalassa and a wielder of Water magic. Devoted to his kingdom and his duty to it, Edmund can do nothing but acquiesce to an arranged marriage with the queen of a neighboring kingdom. The marriage and the child it is required to produce will seal an alliance between Thalassa and Aither that is vital to Thalassa’s safety, and far more important than Edmund’s personal misgivings. Arden is the younger brother of Aither’s queen and a wielder of Air magic. Raised in the politics of the court to support his sister’s rule, he understands the alliance is important to Aither, even as he worries about his sister marrying someone she’s never met. When Edmund arrives in Aither to prepare for the wedding, Arden is tasked with helping him settle in at court. As they spend more time together, Edmund and Arden develop a close friendship, then stronger feelings, but with Edmund’s wedding approaching, they must hide their feelings, even from themselves. When someone tries to assassinate the queen, Edmund is blamed, and Arden rescues him before he can be executed for a crime he didn’t commit. To prevent a war between their kingdoms and protect them from a dangerous enemy, Edmund and Arden will have to discover who wants to pit Aither and Thalassa against each other and mend relations between the two kingdoms as they evade those searching for them—all while finding a way to be together.

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Summary: Why can’t everyone just accept that I’m a broken fucking wolf and be done with it?  Connor, beta wolf and second for the Davis Pack, could hold his own in any fight. He was a fair man, who dealt with all people equally, accepting who they were, and helping them where he could. His larger than average size meant that most other wolf shifters accepted his ways, but deep inside Connor always knew he was broken. Which wasn’t a problem, until he met his mate at a pack get-together, and realized his ‘differences’ would impact someone else. I knew what I’d been signing up for. I told Connor I would wait, and that I understood. Alpha Leyden was a typical alpha wolf shifter - he fought when he had to, cared for his pack, and enjoyed intimacies with anyone willing who crossed his path. It was the wolf way, and he never saw anything wrong with the way he lived his life. Until, one night he scented a huge man who seemed immune to his appeal - a man who when confronted with who they were to each other, ran away. “I still intend on biting you, Connor, and I want for you to bite me. So we’ll be mates, regardless of whatever else happens,” Connor was determined to stay away from Leyden for his own good. But when he learns Leyden is in trouble, he can't ignore it and goes to help. The two men came to an agreement, and Connor accepts Leyden's bite. But a lot of pack wolves didn't agree with Connor and Leyden's new reality. Were Connor and Leyden strong enough together to make the positive changes they both believe in, or would the old ways win out in the end? Not Even Close is an MM Fated mates story between a demisexual wolf shifter and an alpha. The first 14,000 words of this story was written for an MM Goodreads Anthology back in 2015. Forty thousand words have been added for those readers who wanted to know "what happened next."

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Summary: Argyle’s particular about how to be human, but rules must be broken to save his favorite town. Of all the towns on Argyle Mim’s trading routes, he’s always enjoyed visiting Merseton best. The residents understand the unusual, and he can’t deny he’s far from usual. So when he learns of a cavalry troop bent on destroying his favorite town, Argyle races to warn them and becomes more involved in the town’s defense than he’d anticipated. Fen Pepper never wanted to be a cavalry soldier, but when his brother is forcibly conscripted, he volunteers. He’s always protected Cor from people who don’t understand him, and he’s not about to stop now. A monster-killing obsessed captain leads the cavalry troop, and their target is the little town of Merseton, which might or might not exist. When Cor is injured during a skirmish, Fen stays with him while the rest of the troop flees—abandoning them to a town of monsters. But all is not what it seems, and Fen finds his prejudices and fears challenged at every turn. Trader Argyle takes Fen under his wing and helps him navigate this odd new world. The cavalry will return—Fen knows their captain well enough for that—endangering the people who rescued him and his brother. While Fen reconsiders the bad information he’s been fed all his life and tries not to consider his growing feelings for Argyle, he knows he’ll have to choose between questionable loyalty and the truth right in front of him. This book contains: one cat who knows more than she should, some horrible holy relics, and a number of very angry birds.

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Summary: Grief led him to a small town. Love found him there. Gideon Raines has been running for years—from guilt, from grief, from the night that stole his twin brother and shattered what was left of his family. With nothing but a duffel bag and nowhere else to go, he ends up in Foggy Basin, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it town where the locals are nosy, the diner coffee is strong, and the new vet is way too handsome for Gideon’s peace of mind. Dr. Malcolm Jones traded city chaos for small-town calm a year ago, buying the local vet clinic and trying to rebuild a quieter life. He’s smart, private, and firmly straight—or so he thought. When a down-on-his-luck drifter with haunted eyes stumbles into his clinic and unexpectedly saves the day, Malcolm offers him a job… and maybe something more. Gideon doesn’t plan to stay. Malcolm doesn’t know if he can risk his heart again. But the more time they spend together, the harder it is to ignore the slow, relentless heat building between them—aching, undeniable, and oh-so-dangerous.

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Summary: With just a kiss, he ruined my life. I never wanted to see Rome Ashbridge again. So, of course, I now need his help to save my job at the museum. Rome has cooked up a scheme to torment me before he’s willing to make the job-saving donation to my department. But this arrangement is poised to backfire and pull us together in the most unexpected way. Can we move past the years of hate to find something even sweeter than the friendship we’d both cherished as children? The Arrangement is the third full-length novel in the Executive Suite Secrets series, which includes a somewhat flighty billionaire librarian, an angry paleontologist, evil schemes, bisexual awakening, snark, teasing, stolen kisses, “helpful” friends, resolving a twenty-year-old argument, and a sweet, forever kind of love.

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Summary: Everyone who boards the superyacht Now, Voyager is about to meet their match! All five books in this MM romance series plus two bonus stories.  Oh Buoy (Rowan & Andrew): Start the series on a Caribbean voyage in this boss-employee romance between a lonely billionaire and a brokenhearted yacht steward.  Starboard (Dylan & Max): Set sail for the Mediterranean in this single dad, hurt/comfort, second chance romance between a struggling actor and his ghostwriter.  The Cockpit (George & Rafe): Prepare for adventure in Australia in this frenemies to lovers, age gap, swoony romance between a grumpy yacht captain and a flirty photographer. Endeavor (Jared, Alex, & Aiden): An unforgettable trip to Thailand in this MMM friends to lovers romance between a Hollywood director, his bodyguard, and his lawyer. Nauti or Nice (Charlie & Kiernan): A Caribbean holiday romance between the fun and flirty first officer and a grumpy bodyguard. It’s a Voyagers Christmas reunion!

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Summary: Life is hard, especially for those with good intentions. Eighteen years before Javi’s arrest, he is born in a small shed in Belqueña. Growing up on the streets, he faces every challenge life throws at him, convinced that people suck and the world’s in need of a drastic change. When Javi joins the Initiative, it finally feels like things are turning around, and a brighter future seems within reach. Together with his best friend and moral compass, Fynn Dareion, he leaves the city to fight for a better world. But what happens when his moral compass turns against him?

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Summary: Until he joined Protective Solutions and made true friends, Finn Kelly had avoided relationships of any kind, even in his love life. But now, he wants something more. When he’s assigned to protect the world-famous lead singer of Back to Chaos, it doesn’t take him long to realize Ajax may be the soulmate he’s seeking. The problem? The singer’s career, the fame Finn doesn’t want to ruin.   Ajax Craig loves the career he’s built, but the need to create something new leads him to take a solo sabbatical, much to the dismay of his band. He thinks he just needs a bodyguard to protect him from overzealous fans, but soon he learns that his life is in danger. And though he’s always written songs about the monsters he sees, he never expected this new hire to be one. Something is immediately different with his jinn bodyguard, an unexpected and powerful attraction that swiftly grows between them. But would a magical being over three hundred years old be happy tied to a short-lived human?   Jinn is a long MM paranormal romance novella featuring a jinn with abandonment issues, a sexy rock star, music goodness, soulmates, and some serious heat! It’s the fourth novella in the Mystic Guardians Series.

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Summary: It's Good? to be Home Lazarus Lenkov has been a civilian for almost two months, and it's going great. Sure, he's working at an art gallery instead of flying planes. Sure, his brother is preoccupied with his new husband, his sister is busy with her new baby, and he's plagued by nightmares and his malfunctioning foresight. But there are good things, too. He's got a new car. And just today, he got hit over the head with a bottle and then stitched up by a cute neurologist. Who then rejected his advances, but you can't have everything. Eli Sobel has never met anyone quite like Laz. He's smart and handsome in a scruffy way. He's also a mess. From the first time they meet, it's clear that Laz needs someone to take care of him, even heal him. And while Eli's a doctor, he's not interested in taking on any patients in his personal life. But Laz is funny and generous, and Eli can't help but get drawn into the investigation surrounding the attack he stitched the man up from. There's bad magic afoot, though neither of them quite understands it. From a similar crime at a Minneapolis art gallery to dead bodies in Edina, Minnesota, each step of the inquiry seems to pull the two of them closer together. But when they finally uncover the surprising motives that tie the events together, will they be able to move past their history into an uncertain future together? Lazarus, Home from the War is the fourth book in the Wisconsin Gothic series. It contains some spoilers for Troth, but can be read as a stand-alone.

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Summary: I never questioned who I was—until Eli moved in. Niall I don’t do complicated. As captain of Michigan U’s hockey team, my focus is on the game, not on the charming transfer student who landed in my apartment and upended my routine. Eli shouldn’t get under my skin, but he does—with his easy smiles, late-night cooking, and the way he looks at me like I’m something more than just a closed-off hockey player. Then I kissed him. I shouldn’t have. But for one reckless moment, I let myself want. Now he’s looking at me like he’s waiting for something—something I don’t know how to give. Because wanting Eli is dangerous. And letting him in? That might be the biggest risk of all. Eli A fresh start—that’s what Michigan U was supposed to be. A clean break from my past and the toxic relationship that made me forget who I was. I wasn’t looking for complications, but then I met my roommate, Niall; grumpy, brooding, and frustratingly hot and cold. He barely speaks to me, yet for some reason, I can’t stop thinking about him. Then he kissed me. And for a moment, I thought maybe—just maybe—there might be something real between us. But when he's too afraid to call me his anywhere outside of our apartment, I wonder if I've made the same mistake again. I should let it go. I should move on. But I know those walls aren’t just for keeping people out—they’re for keeping himself safe. And damn it, I think I want to be the one to break them down.

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Summary: Cake & Cocktails is a steamy, M/M age-gap romance featuring a grumpy teddy bear of a bar owner and a quirky baker just looking for love, acceptance, and a forever family. Henry is well-aware he’s a bit of a grump. Outside of his passion for running the Riggs Family Roadhouse, and a precious few close friends and family, Henry doesn’t need anything—or anyone—else. But when a mysterious young man walks into the bar, Henry finds himself obsessed with making sure the blue-eyed beauty is taken care of. Determined to get far, far away, Jack fled his nightmarish home life with barely a hint of a plan. Five hundred miles later, the small town of Haven Grove might just hold the perfect recipe for healing Jack’s wounded heart. Maybe he’ll stay a while, especially if the cuddly bear of a man behind the bar keeps plying him with food, kindness, and sweet smiles. Henry just wants to help the newcomer get back on his feet. Instead, for whatever reason, his interfering heart is mixing up a different plan. Jack doesn’t know how he could leave when Haven Grove has all the ingredients for his happily ever after, but do Jack and Henry have what it takes to bake up their very own perfect slice of love?

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Summary: Dating is complicated for a fox shifter on the demisexual spectrum.  In fact, Tim has kind of given up on it.  He devotes himself to his hobbies—books (and arguments about them) and running a forum for his favorite TV show. When an interesting new neighbor moves in, he wonders if something might eventually develop between them.  That question is quickly dashed when his best friend instead falls for the man.  Tim resigns himself to the usual—being forgotten about by his friends because of dating and sex. Ross, his neighbor's friend, shows up angry that he's been forgotten, too.  Tim and Ross strike up a conversation.  Wolf and fox shifters don't tend to get along very well, but these two have an easy chemistry from the beginning. Ross needs a fake date for his ex's wedding, and Tim offers to go with him.  Why not?  It sounds fun.  What starts off as a small favor gradually becomes friendship.  Could it grow to more?   m/m romance - demisexual shifter romance - fake-dating to real dating Heat level: sweet   

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Summary: At just eighteen, Paolo and Max meet at a conversion therapy camp. Abandoned by their families. left to endure literal hell on earth, their love is forbidden. Their secret romance grows and as they make plans to escape, they are brutally torn apart. They both spend the next twelve years building lives in different worlds. Paolo in the vibrant heart of Soho, London, surrounded by his found family, and Max thriving as a successful criminal lawyer in the bustling streets of New York. Both of them believing they’ve lost the love of their life forever. Max finds himself in London after defending a mobster, which leads to an offer he literally can’t refuse. Needing thinking time before his fate is sealed, he unexpectedly crosses paths with Paolo again. The spark between them reignites, yet their reunion is fraught with challenges, and even the magical backdrop of the holidays may not be enough for them to get their second chance at love. With Paolo's sister at risk of suffering the same fate they endured, the stakes are even higher. Stolen Dream is a tale of resilience, forbidden love, and the fight for a future that embraces who they truly are. Will they save Paolo's sister in time, and can they find a way to be together, against all odds? Join them on this emotional journey of hope and redemption, where stolen dreams may just lead to a love worth fighting for.

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Summary: Queer, spicy, adventurous, swoony, The Superpowered Love series explores the mixed-up love lives of the “awakened”, humans with superpowers. As they find their loves, the world around them is changing--and their secrets won't stay secret forever. 1. Equilibrium 1.1. Jealousy: A Love Story 1.2 Best Gift Ever 2. Riot Boy 2.1: Willoughby Spit 3. Nobody's Hero 3.1: Grá Mo Chroí 4. Losing Better 4.1: Caped Crusader 5. Re-Entry Burn 6. In Distress 7. The Playhouse 8. The Takedown 9. Under Siege 10. A New Beginning The series is complete, and this box set contains all 10 novels, as well as the 5 short stories that come in between them, at a steep discount. Available only from the author at KateyHawthorneShop.com.

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Summary: Getting used to being locked up in a safe house, Devan Sullivan deals with a past he would rather forget in his attempts to help the young doctor Kieran Sung heal from his recent attack. The group is confined to the large Seath mansion, a house made specifically to protect the mob-connected children of Irish Mobster Damien Seath. Things are not what they seem, and connections that were never intended are made between unlikely members of the Seath household and the people they are striving to help protect. Outside, the FBI is scrambling to avoid an all-out war between the rival mobsters Rian Callaghan and Liam O’Brien. However, is everything between the two Family Heads as simple as it appears? Safe Haven, the second part of the Doctor’s Training Trilogy, is a story of healing that examines D/s culture, the complexities of polyamory, and how people often deal with mental and physical trauma. Follow Kieran, Devan, Varick, Carmine, and the rest of their pack as they navigate a world that rarely accepts people who do not fit in with expectations.

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Summary: Josh Marchetti-Gordon is an average college student who loves to play the field and party with his best friend. He's hooked up with closeted guys before, even a few closeted athletes, so what makes this one so special? Find out when Josh meets shy but determined hockey phenom Campbell Ryan in Josh's Play, Book Four in the Hampstead Valley Series.

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Summary: One thing I know about Terry O’Connor—the man has complicated relationship written all over him, something I’ve avoided for pretty much forever. One thing I know about Terry’s hometown, Painted Bay—it’s a long, long way from my life as a Mackenzie Country veterinarian, and dedicated, carefree bachelor. All of which should be good news. No reason to look twice at the gorgeous man currently staying at Miller Station with his daughter. No reason to daydream about his soft lips, quirky sense of humour, sexy smile, or the way he blushes whenever he catches me staring which is far too often. No reason to second guess my future plans or reconsider the no-strings lifestyle I’ve worked hard to perfect. And absolutely no reason to feel disappointed that Terry is even less interested in a relationship than I am. I should be relieved. Then why can’t I stop thinking about him and how right it feels when we’re together? Why does my heart spin at the very mention of his name? And why does the thought of moving on without Terry and his daughter in my life feel like the loneliest decision in the world?