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CreamDrops - An Art and Literary Journal for Gay Men

by David Olin Tullis

In 2005, David Olin Tullis created an online art and literary journal for gay men which he named CreamDrops. He invited photographers, artists, and writers from around the country to participate. It was strictly a labor of love. No one was going to make any money from it. Thirteen issues of CreamDrops were published online and were available worldwide. Fast forward eighteen years, the CreamDrops website no longer exists, but Mr. Tullis has decided to offer a collector’s facsimile ... more

A Cape May Kind of Love

by Kimberly Brighton

What happens when your ex-boyfriend becomes America’s most sought-after bachelor? Just ask Marley, whose former beau bursts onto the reality TV dating scene as she’s about to embark on the most important event of her life: the dreaded bar exam. Between cramming the books and vying for a coveted lawyer job, the last thing Marley needs is to become a social media villain. If she can find a way to crawl out from the fall-out, she just may save her imploded career and fractured relationship with... more

The Way to Cape May

by Kimberly Brighton

Where choice meets chance, there lies happily ever after ... You’re cordially invited to Delaney and Dalton’s Cape May wedding…if it happens. Delaney is a successful criminal attorney who leaves nothing to chance. All she wanted was a simple seaside wedding, but as countdown to the big day begins, their love is put to the test. Her well-laid plans unravel at the hands of her over-the-top Groomzilla, with a life-altering secret that may veer this love story to Happily Never After before they c... more

X in Provence

by Tani Ruiz

In the idyllic setting of Provence, a tale of obsessive love, treachery, and survival unfolds. Rai, an accomplished English journalist, leaves her thriving career in Hong Kong to build a life with Alain, a brilliant French sculptor. The allure of the move is strong, and she’s hopeful for their shared future. But Provence, typically synonymous with paradise, reveals to Rai a whirlwind of cultural nuances, from the sweetness of life to unexpected promiscuity. Adding to the enigma is the strange ri... more

Let’s Get Lost: A Modern Fairy Tale

by Steven Ramirez

After joining Bland Corporation’s marketing department, Adam meets the boss’s daughter, Jenny, and they fall in love. As a result, the VP decides to eliminate the junior executive. At Bland’s science division in Cambridge, Adam meets Claire, an eccentric young genius fixated on time travel. Later, he uncovers the VP’s plot and, spiraling, ends up in a mental hospital. Ashamed to face Jenny, he seeks solace in the Hudson Valley with his mad scientist uncle. There, Adam ... more

Who Needs a Duke

by Amanda Mariel

Amidst Regency England's matchmaking frenzy, the charitable Lady Catherine Breckenridge and the charismatic Duke of Bedford enter a counterfeit romance, unraveling their convictions as they navigate the fine line between pretense and passion.

Ensnared

by Bridget E. Baker

A love story that sets the world on fire. . . Literally. Elizabeth spent her life preparing for the worst. As one of the fiercest MMA fighters in the USA, nothing scared her. Until the dragons came. To save her younger siblings, Liz makes a deal with the dragon prince sent to destroy them all. She also makes secret plans to take him down. But the more she learns and the deeper she gets, the more confusing things become. The dragon prince isn't who she thought he was, and Liz begins t... more

Under His Sheets

by R.L./Rochelle Merrill

Indie rock star Randall Sutter is hard at work creating a new life for himself in Spain after his band was robbed and decided to break up. The inspiration for his reinvention? The passionate night he spent with a Spaniard who encouraged him to consider spending more time in his country. So Randall 2.0 decides to dust off his credentials and take a job teaching music at an international school in a suburb of Barcelona. But questions soon arise when the stranger Randall can’t stop thinking about a... more

Forever Her Rake

by Scarlett Scott

After spending all her life pinned beneath her overbearing mother’s thumb, Lady Edith Smythe is desperately weary of being a respectable, dutiful daughter. What better time to finally cast aside her wallflower ways than at a country house party where women’s suffrage is the leading topic of the day? And there’s no better man to exercise her freedom with than a diabolically handsome rake who’s as sinful as he is irresistible. Valentine Blakemoor, self-made property magnate and one of the wealt... more

Released

by Reese D

The ladies of Trapped are back for a second round, and this time the stakes are even higher. Naomi is the happiest she’s ever been. She’s living a life of freedom she’d only dreamed of with the love of her life, but society isn’t so welcoming of her new relationship. Will Naomi succumb to the pressures of her family legacy, or will she fight for the one she loves? Arnya is getting another chance at happiness with the man of her dreams. Love is good the second time around, but her past loom... more

Promising Today: A Fake Relationship Romantic Suspense (Book 4) (The Emerson Family of Shattered Cove Series)

by A. M. Kusi

She needs a fake boyfriend. He has a hidden agenda. Will they succumb to their dark desires?

Nova Emerson has no time for love. Burned by past relationships, all she wants to do is avoid conflict and focus on her cannabis farm. But when the feisty, curvaceous woman ends up with a flat tire and confronts two sketchy men, she’s suspicious when a handsome stranger comes to her rescue.

Jude King is growing frantic. Hunting for answers, the retired Navy... more

Please Read Me: A Collection of Short Stories and Some Poems Too

by Kathryn Sprandio Ells

Please Read me is a collection of coming of age short stories and poetry. The stories are narrated by neurotic, but lovable female characters. The book takes you on the journey of the female experience from the teen years to adulthood.

Kingdom of Forgotten Curses

by Autumn Kaufer

A woman broken in grief. A villain with a curse. What will happen when their paths cross?

The prince is a bloodthirsty soldier who enjoys death, fine wine, and the company of beautiful women. Until one fateful night, when everything changes. 80 years later, the king's barrister, Marius, discovers a reference to the prince and is immediately sent upon a mission of discovery by the king, much to the dismay of his three daughters. At the chateau, Marius makes a deadly mistake,... more

A Forever Kind of Thing

by Carrie Thomas/Melinda Harris

Growing up on the proverbial "wrong side of the tracks" gave me a long list of bullies and a short list of friends. I spent most of my childhood days thinking of creative ways to escape the dirty pit that was Palmer, Georgia, until a new kid showed up on the first day of fifth grade and gave me every reason to stay. But as my rotten luck would have it, he disappeared two years later without a word, leaving me with a million unanswered questions and an irreparable hole in my thirteen year-old ... more

A Bargain with the Shadow Prince

by Genevieve Jack

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Light the candle. Stand naked before the symbol.   Offer your blood.  The advocate will come.  My ex is a monster, and everyone knows it takes a monster to stop a monster. 

A Vengeful Viscount

by Tammy Andresen

“I’ve just made a deal with the devil…” Nellie was the sort of good that other mothers like to use as an example. Not hers, of course. But when an illness ravages her lungs and she’s not sure how she’ll ever lead a normal life, or how long she’ll even be alive, she decides it’s time to really live, her mother be damned. Or perhaps, that’s Nellie herself. Because the moment Viscount Northville, enters her life, tempted doesn’t begin to describe how she feels. He is everything that Nellie... more

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