Vivien Dean - Let Yourself Believe

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Aries: Riddle Me Wicked

On his first day on a dig in California, gunshots awaken Ian Tunbridge, an assistant curator of classical antiquities at the British Museum. The only way to save his life is to run for it, but luck is not on his side. At least, not until he meets Lucas Arpini, the brash American photographer who seems to have some sort of clue what's going on. Together, they're supposed to be the tools in finding an artifact nobody believes is real - nobody, that is, except Lucas and the man who has kidnapped both of them.

Ian doesn't know what to believe. His colleagues are dead, he's injured, and he has no choice but to put his faith in a gorgeous stranger. Their escape should lead them straight to the police, but when Lucas shows him pieces of the puzzle they were meant to solve, Ian is too intrigued to walk away. He wants to solve the riddle as badly as Lucas does.

Unfortunately, they're not the only ones...

GENRE: M/M, action adventure, erotic romance

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Wranglers: Judgment

 

Co-counseling a case does more than give Derek Rossi and Sam Kimball another win in their column. It brings them closer together as a couple, on the verge of something more.

Until a surprise visit from Sam’s parents – who don’t even know he’s gay – changes everything.

Now, Derek needs to prove the last six months hasn’t been a fluke. And pray they’re strong enough to survive it.

GENRE: M/M, contemporary, erotic romance

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Colliding in Free Fall

At forty-three, Jay McGhee doesn't know how much longer he'll be able to withstand the physical rigors necessary for active duty in the Roseville, Indiana Fire Department, but that doesn't mean he's willing to be put out to pasture just yet. For most of his adult life, he's had to place his needs on the back burner, including the fact that he's a gay man in a small rural community. His career is not going to take the same route.

When twenty-seven-year-old Frank Kaplan breezes into town, Jay ignores his immediate attraction to the younger man. After all, he's an old pro at pretending. The long-haired, tattooed drifter shouldn't even be his type, but the friendship they strike up satisfies a space in Jay's life he never realized was empty.

Two men. Two lives in flux.

No regrets.

GENRE: M/M, contemporary, May/December, erotic romance

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Dead Man's Curve

Obsession brings them together. Now they risk losing everything if they can't let it go...

Playwright Spencer Szabo channeled his obsession with the mysterious death of Kip Palmer, a C-list 1950's actor, by writing a play about him, a show he's been repeatedly told is unmarketable.

Then hotshot director Mick Darby returns to New York with the burning desire to put Dead Man's Curve onstage where it belongs. Spencer's never met anyone so driven or determined before, but it's more than the level of professional respect the men seem to share that compels Spencer to agree. Something about Mick draws Spencer to him, something he can't quite put his finger on. It might be the intense physical attraction. It might be the easy friendship that starts almost as soon as they meet.

Or it might be something entirely different...

GENRE: M/M, contemporary, erotic romance

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Wranglers: The Defense Rests

 

They started out on opposite sides of the conference table. Now, lovers Sam Kimball and Derek Rossi find themselves assigned to the same case, for the first time since they started sleeping together. There's only one problem...Derek doesn't want to take the case.

Derek's frustration has both men lashing out at each other. Somehow, they have to find a way to resolve their differences before the situation destroys what they have...

GENRE: M/M, contemporary, erotic romance

 

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Wranglers: Voir Dire

Attorney Sam Kimball finally gets what he’s wanted ever since meeting Derek Rossi across a conference room table—his legal rival in his bed. The sex is fantastic, but Derek makes it clear from the start this is a no-strings arrangement. That’s why Sam doesn’t bother letting Derek know about the weekend he needs to spend in Napa as best man in his friends’ commitment ceremony.

But when Derek finds out, and inexplicably agrees to go along as his date, Sam is both excited and terrified. This will be the first time either of them has met the other’s friends. He has no idea how Derek is going to handle it, or worse, if he really wants to handle it at all...

GENRE: M/M, contemporary, erotic romance

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Wranglers: Discovery

Derek Rossi is used to being one of the best young lawyers in San Francisco...until he loses a case to his legal rival, the sexy and irrepressible Sam Kimball. The passionate, two-month-long court battle has left Derek frustrated, angry, and ready to take it out on Sam. But when Sam surprises him with a kiss, Derek has absolutely no idea what to do. All he knows is his preoccupation with the other lawyer now includes more than wrangling in the courtroom with him.

The only problem is, Sam honors Derek’s request to leave him alone. Derek thought that was what he wanted.

But now, with memories of the kiss consuming him, Derek doesn’t know what he wants at all anymore...

GENRE: M/M, contemporary, erotic romance

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Still, Life

When Joe Grace, an assistant DA in Los Angeles, discovers the best friend he had growing up has been taken in for questioning on a murder investigation, he drops everything and flies to Chicago. To help, he tells himself.

The last person Israel Jones ever expects to show up in his defense is a blast from his past, but now that Joe’s in town, Israel is convinced the truth will surface. Someone out there killed his son’s murderer, and though the police believe he was seeking vengeance, Israel claims he’s innocent. Together, Joe and Israel have to unearth the real killer, but to do that, Joe needs to find out about the life Israel has had without him.

Even if it means facing all his own ghosts as well...

GENRE: M/M, contemporary, mystery, erotic romance

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What We May Be

Fashion is Jared Harvey’s life. Once a top model, now an aspiring designer, he never expects to be attracted to a man who wouldn’t know his Versace from his Valentino.

But Rick Paulson makes Jared rethink everything he’s ever assumed he wanted in a man. Rick’s generous, built like a brick house, and best of all, hungry to let Jared take control. Together, they ignite passions in each other neither wants to extinguish. So what if Rick doesn’t care about Jared’s Cavalli?

Life’s more than a runway, especially with a man like Rick around...

GENRE: M/M, contemporary, erotic romance

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Interlude

Sometimes, it’s better to be friends than lovers...or is it?

Onstage, AJ Mobley is smart, clever, and commands attention. Offstage, he’s shy and lost to everything but his music. The reason for the difference? Tyrone Dahl.

For the past two years, AJ and Tyrone have been the star attraction at the Reno bar, Heat Wave. Their "dueling pianos" act is fast and funny, but their camaraderie isn’t just under the spotlight. They’re best friends away from the show, too. An opportunity to take their act to Las Vegas seems like the perfect next step in their careers. There’s only one problem—AJ’s been in love with Tyrone almost from the moment they met. He’s hidden it well; after all, Tyrone might be bisexual, but he’s also never lacked for company. AJ would rather be his friend than another notch on his bedpost.

But Vegas beckons. And Tyrone wants to take the leap. The last thing AJ can ever do is deny his best friend...

GENRE: M/M, contemporary, erotic romance

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Crave

After a grueling night in the ER, all Dr. Pete Coen wants is to decompress at his local watering hole. He’s not interested in casual hook-ups with sexy strangers, though Duncan Burgess is as seductive as they come. But their chance encounter seems not so random when Pete discovers he’s not a stranger to Duncan after all.

One explosive night changes his entire life. Pete saves Duncan’s life, Duncan saves Pete’s, and still, the danger for both of them has only begun. Pete doesn’t want to believe stories about demons who feed on pleasure, but Duncan has had centuries to perfect his powers of persuasion. They have no choice but to join forces.

Because sex can be killer. Even for the best doctor in town.

GENRE: M/M, paranormal, erotic romance

WARNING: Contains scenes with het contact

2010 EPPIE WINNER

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Walk Among Us

As an artist in New York City, Calvin Shumacher finally has the life he’s always wanted. In fact, only one thing can get him to come back to Illinois—his father’s funeral. All he wants is to bury his dad and hightail it back to New York, but a sniper at the graveyard puts those plans on indefinite hold.

So does Matthew Soto. The gorgeous gunman who speaks of monsters wearing human faces. And predicts there won’t be a body for police to find.

Calvin doesn’t know what to think when Matthew claims he didn’t do anything wrong. All he knows is that this man’s haunted eyes seem to pierce right into his soul.

But as each of Matthew’s assertions comes true, Calvin slowly realizes this killer could be the only thing standing between him and an unspeakable evil…

GENRE: M/M, paranormal, erotic romance

2009 EPPIE WINNER

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Bridge Over Troubled Water

Detective Brady Lindstrom deals in death, and not just because he’s a homicide cop with the slaughter of a century to solve. Ten years ago, vampires murdered his lover. Ever since, he’s looked over his shoulder, ready for vampires to strike again. Or maybe just the one he loved.

Exhausted and angry about the needless deaths he has to investigate, Brady worries that the killers he’s looking for aren’t even human. Those fears are compounded by an unexpected visitor, the battered and nearly broken Cole Singer, the lover he’d long ago given up for dead. When Cole offers to trade information on the killers in exchange for sanctuary, Brady realizes he doesn’t have a choice. He just can’t turn his back on the face of the only man he’s ever loved. Even if he’s a vampire…

GENRE: M/M, paranormal, erotic romance

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