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Deux hommes brisés peuvent-ils construire une vie ?

Dix ans.

C’est ce que Makai a perdu pour un crime qu’il n’a pas commis. Il a été disculpé, mais les abus qu’il a subis en prison ne sont pas si faciles à oublier. Il se dirige vers le seul endroit où il se souvient d’avoir été heureux : Acker, dans le Wisconsin, où il a passé les étés avec son grand-père. Malheureusement, tout le monde ne veut pas de Makai là-bas.

Dix jours.

Voilà combien de temps Emil, maintenant âgé de vingt et un ans, a été retenu prisonnier lorsqu’il était adolescent. Les blessures mentales et physiques qu’il a subies aux mains d’un réseau de trafic de drogue le hantent toujours.

Les cauchemars, l’anxiété et le SSPT remettent en question la connexion qui se forme entre Makai et Emil, bien qu’ensemble, ils pourraient trouver un moyen d’aller au-delà de leur douleur et vers un avenir – et une relation – que tous les deux avaient pensé impossible.

Il ne leur reste plus qu’à convaincre le père d’Emil, le shérif de la ville. Ce ne sera pas facile avec un danger plus proche qu’ils ne le pensent…

One day at a time, one cupcake at a time, I was determined to win him over.

Charlie Caldwell has hit a breaking point. With more than just his mental health on the line, he makes the decision to move across the country to work for his best friend, leaving his brother and niblings behind. A new start isn’t going to fix him. His dysmorphia isn’t going to magically go away. But his hope is that being in a new place and going no contact with his toxic mother will at least allow him to breathe.

Teague Mulligan might look like a lumberjack, but he’s really a marshmallow. And he likes it that way. He’s a doer, a fixer, and his wide shoulders are big enough to handle any problem. He’s always going to put himself between the world and the people he loves. But when he first meets Charlie, Teague doesn’t make a great first impression. Fortunately, he gets a chance to apologize and explain. Though Teague is immediately attracted to Charlie, he recognizes the other man has built walls around himself. Teague vows to go at Charlie’s pace, even if friendship is the only thing he can have.

The more they get to know each other, the more the attraction blooms. But Charlie’s past trauma keeps him from leaping. As much as he likes Teague, he knows the road blocks his mental health puts in the way. But Teague is as patient as he is kind, and as the days go on, trust is built. Slowly and surely, Charlie lets Teague in. Neither Charlie nor Teague were looking for love, but day by day, and cupcake by cupcake, love is exactly what they find.

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Dru and Thom have been together for three years, and despite Thom’s occasional bouts of insecurity and Dru’s fear of rejection, their relationship is rock solid. Then Dru’s long-lost friend, Skye, suddenly reappears, shocking them both. Skye suffered years of inconceivable abuse before escaping it, and while he’s back on track, he has nowhere else to go as he begins to rebuild his life.

Dru, Thom, and Skye each want to belong somewhere, to belong with someone—or someones—with no fear of being hurt, set aside, or left behind. It’s a challenge with daunting odds, especially for Skye, who’s never loved before. He’s determined not to come between his two friends who so clearly belong together, and it will be up to Dru and Thom to conquer their fears and convince Skye to stay.

Justin O'Dwyer is 19. Four days ago, his mother died of a drug overdose, and now Justin is back in Enterprise, Oregon, trying to figure out how to raise the younger siblings he's afraid of losing to the foster system. Justin is completely out of his depth. Harper is six, and hates him. Wyatt is four and doesn't remember him. And baby Scarlett, at fourteen months, has never even met her big brother before. When Scarlett gets sick and won't stop screaming, and when Harper runs off in the middle of the night, Justin is at the end of his tether. In desperation, he knocks on a neighbor's door begging for help.

Del Abbot is 38, and living in his grandparents' old place in Enterprise after his marriage broke down and he lost his restaurant in the divorce. He's a chef, even had his own show on cable for a while, but now he's looking for a new start, if he could just figure out what exactly that entails. When the O'Dwyer family barrels into his life one night, Del can't refuse to help. What begins as a trip to the hospital becomes a regular child-minding gig while Justin struggles to find his feet. And the more time Del spends with Justin, the more they both want more than friendship. But small town life comes with its own bigotry, and, in Justin's case, that bigotry has always been close to home.

When an act of violence threatens to destroy the small family they've built, both Justin and Del need to put aside their pasts and reach for their future together.

Mikael Jarvela may only be a half shifter, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be alpha of the eastern Finland farm-turned-sanctuary his father founded. Six wolves, a red fox, a black jaguar, and a lynx all think of him as the head of the family. But Mikael doesn’t have anyone to call his own until he comes across an injured Siberian tiger in the woods.

From the moment the animal recovers and Mikael and Maxim meet face to human face, the attraction between them is undeniable. They strike up a tentative relationship, but they’re both proud men, and their egos keep getting in the way. Just when it looks like their romance is doomed, an outside threat to the family—to Mikael—forces Maxim to choose between the life of solitude he knows and the love and companionship that could be his if he stays.

Jordan est très occupé à diriger l’entreprise d’édition qu’il sauvé au prix de sa vie personnelle. Il n’a pas le temps d’avoir des rendez-vous, mais ça ne veut pas dire qu’il n’a pas des besoins.

Au lieu d’essayer de trouver un rencard, Jordan prend rendez-vous avec un prostitué – quelque chose qu’il n’a jamais fait auparavant – et son compagnon s’avère être son béguin du Lycée, Gabe ! La panique pourrait tout ruiner, incluant la chance de vivre la relation solide que Jordan désire soudainement.

Following an amicable divorce, former stay-at-home dad Scott Mitchell needs to get a job—and a new lifestyle to help him manage his depression, since he lost his Domme along with his marriage. At least one of his problems is solved when finds work at Wilde Publishing. Fulfilling his boss’s needs at the office gives him a productive focus and pays the bills, but becoming a PA to publishing wunderkind Milo Brock isn’t without its trials.

After an injury put an end to his dreams of the NHL, Milo got an education and pursued other interests. At work, he runs Wilde’s sports division. At play, he’s always thought of himself as straight, but his attraction to his new PA casts that into doubt. Luckily a hard life has taught Milo to take things in stride.

Scott and Milo are battling separate lives, ghosts from their pasts, a sister dying of cancer, and a clash of preferences in the bedroom. Scott needs to submit to keep himself balanced; Milo prefers vanilla sex. If they can’t find some middle ground, they’ll lose the support they both desperately need.

Quand les parents de Brandon Roland l’ont jeté à la rue parce qu’il était gay, il a bien failli mourir le jour où il s’est fait agressé par des inconnus. Sauvé par un vampire du nom de Heath, sa vie fut heureuse durant l’année qu’ils passèrent ensemble… jusqu’au jour où Heath lui ordonna de faire ses valises sans lui donner aucune raison.

Ça, c’était il y a douze ans, et Bran a fait beaucoup de chemin depuis. Il a suivi des études, décroché un poste d’assistant social dans un abri de jeunes pour vampires et humains, s’est fait des amis ainsi qu’un tatouage auquel il ajoute un nouveau détail chaque année pour commémorer un anniversaire de plus sans l’amour de sa vie.

Le problème chez les très vieux vampires, c’est que plus ils vieillissent, moins ils ressentent d’émotions. Heath a plus de neuf cents ans ; il était certain de ne plus jamais sentir quoi que ce soit, et n’avait pas vu venir Bran. Quand Heath refait par mégarde surface dans la vie de ce dernier, cela change bien plus de choses que tous deux ne le croyaient possible… jusqu’au moment où le passé les rattrape et met leurs vies sens dessus dessous.

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When London bicycle messenger Matt Rooney has a run-in with a rich guy’s Mercedes, he ends up housebound with his leg in a cast. Bored, Matt uses his suddenly limitless free time to web-stalk American porn star Brian Enola. What he doesn’t expect is for his witty Tweets to develop into an actual correspondence.

A UK promotion brings Brian to London, where the online chemistry explodes into real-life attraction—but a potential romance is foiled by the forces of distance, misunderstanding, and practicality. After all, Matt and Brian live on different continents. But with the support of their loved ones, maybe they can find the strength to give love a fighting chance.

For thirty-five-year-old writer Frank Hudson and his partner of fourteen years, the spark is dead, and it’s time to move on. Frank sets his sights on a sleepy town in Vermont, where he plans to start over in peace and quiet—plans that are destroyed when fireman Conner O’Malley literally blazes onto the scene. To Frank, the tattooed, redheaded twenty-three-year-old and his bright smile are a flash of light in an otherwise dreary life.

But it’s a tricky situation right from the beginning. Frank’s passionless relationship has left him doubting that anyone could ever find him attractive. Conner’s juggling a demanding job and the unexpected responsibility of playing dad to his little brother and sister. Battling their own insecurities, Conner’s demanding schedule, and small-town homophobia is hard work—but sometimes hard work pays off.

After leaving trouble behind, Jackson Way has found a home on the Triple-R, but he hasn't found that one perfect horse--and men are pretty thin on the ground as well. Jack's got a once-a-year hookup with a carnival worker, but it's been quite some time since the carnival's been by. When the ranch owner's nephew comes to the Triple-R to work, Jackson has to admit, Blair McRae can tempt a man. But Jackson's not the only one with a past to make a man skittish, and Blair's not willing to risk his bruised heart if Jackson's not ready to let go of his past. Jackson had to work hard, be patient, and let go of the past to get his one perfect horse--is he willing to go to the same lengths to hold on to that one perfect man?

Sloane would've given anything to have been born with the right body, but he hadn't. He’d have given anything to have his family back, but his father insisted that until Sloane was ready to become his heterosexual daughter again, he wanted nothing to do with him. So Sloane dealt with the challenges of living transgendered as best he could. Luckily, his best friend Jace was there with him every step of the way. Jace is the best man Sloane has ever met, but Jace is gay and Sloane still doesn’t have the right parts – until Jace proves that he loves Sloane just the way he is.

When forty-six-year-old washed-up country musician Jasper “Red” Blue looks at the past, all he sees is a series of failures. His one treasured success is six years battling alcoholism without the help of AA. To secure his children’s future, Jasper desperately wants to produce a new album, but he can’t write alone. And he won’t work with just anyone.

Jasper's record company manages to secure the writer one of the biggest country music songs in recent history to help write the album. Cade Wallace is a long-haired former soul surfer, devastatingly handsome, talented, and willing to take a chance on the rugged musician. Jasper, on the other hand, is deep in the closet.

With Jasper's career hanging in the balance, he can't promise Cade anything, and Cade eventually heads back to his full-time job as a truck driver, taking Jasper’s hopes of a relationship with him. If Jasper’s dream of a life together is ever to come true, he will have to take some big risks, putting both his career and his children’s security on the line.

Even after a decade, the life that journalist Brent Walsh and Milwaukee homicide detective Shawn Mackey have made together is far from boring. But when a new case cuts a weekend getaway short, they aren’t quite prepared for how it will impact their personal lives. Suddenly there’s too much to juggle: Shawn will be working the case of the sharpshooter who is trying to infect random people with HIV, Brent needs to cover the story but fears a conflict of interest, one of Shawn’s colleagues is attracted to him, and Brent sincerely needs to mend the painful break with his childhood best friend, Ollie, and heal their broken hearts.

Though case comes to a close, it’s not the end of their troubles. Shawn and Brent still face a past of old white lies, a present possibility of inviting another man to their bed, and a future with children, not to mention health issues and national fallout from the case. It’s enough to make them want to run away—until they realize they have to face those challenges head-on so they can get on with the life of love they’re hoping for.

Seven years ago Timothy Perry, a playwright, lost the love of his life to the scheming of his agent. Heartbroken over the voluntary disappearance of his young lover, Tim moved from New York to Montana and eventually succumbed to a writer's block.

His luxurious house sits on 30 acres of pure silence, just the way he likes it. His only companions are the elderly housekeeper Mrs. A and a bunch of rainbow trout in the lake on his property. Somehow the trout ground him, even though his strategy of not eating them confuses just about everyone he knows. When he remembers he hasn't been taking care of the lake like the previous owner instructed, he panics and calls the fishery for help.

The help arrives quickly. To Timothy's shock, he recognizes the man as his lost lover, Caleb. The twinky blond artist Timothy knew in New York is long gone, and in his place is a tattooed man with an auburn ponytail, a working man’s body and a no-nonsense attitude. Now all they can do is try to figure out what to do with the past that haunts them, the present that seems so different, and a future--if they have one.

Take a hidden toy box, a dash of secrets and add few confessions…

Love was supposed to last forever. For Mackenna, it lasted seven years. Now, replaced by a plastic doll, she’s moving out of the apartment she’d shared with her ex and settling into a home of her own.

It’s the last night in her old apartment, a place filled with memories, and Dean (with his boyfriend Danny) are there to make sure the last few she has are the best she’ll ever have. The thing is, maybe Dean and Danny don’t want to simply be memories…

Lorsque sa vie tourbillonnante à Los Angeles devint trop pour lui, Liam Barton s’échappa à Solitude, une station de ski de l’Utah. Liam quitte non seulement sa carrière de star du porno gay, mais il se sépare également de Gael Torres, son partenaire à Woodspring Manor Entertainment.

La rumeur dit que Liam est mort. Mais Gael ne croit pas aux potins. Sachant que quelque chose ne va pas avec Liam, il le pourchasse afin d’obtenir des réponses.

Liam est choqué lorsque Gael se présente à Solitude et s’installe chez lui. À son grand désespoir, Gael est déterminé à rester là afin de l’aider à traverser ce qui lui a fait suffisamment peur pour s’enfuir. Alors que Gael brise l’armure de Liam, les deux hommes commencent à réaliser que peu importe ce que la vie leur réserve, ils n’ont pas à s’en sortir seuls.

Pub owner Sam and detective Jared have been together long enough to know each other through and through, so when the usually wordy Jared sends a clipped text message to Sam saying he’ll be late, Sam knows something’s wrong. If Jared is in a foul mood and wrapped up in a case that’s gone to court, he’ll be insufferable for who knows how long! Without some serious unwinding, their upcoming anniversary celebration might be ruined, so Sam plans something completely different for the evening: a foray that will take their lovemaking farther than ever before. With some luck and a little gentle coaxing, Jared should be unwound in no time.

Sam Becker, a horse whisperer, agrees to take one last job before retiring to his Texas ranch. It’s clear as soon as he meets the Taylor family in Kentucky that he’s in for a challenge. What he doesn’t expect is the way his own wounds reopen. He never really dealt with the suicide of his mentally ill wife, and he won’t be able to ignore that hurt forever.

Joshua Taylor and his horse, Calla, were a force to be reckoned with on the eventing circuit until an accident ended their careers. Most of the pain is on the inside, however, and Sam knows those injuries are the slowest to mend. Sam’s unique methods help Calla and, surprisingly, Josh, but he’s still lost without riding. Their feelings for each other come hard and fast, and Josh starts his first steps of recovery, but Sam needs to return to Texas eventually. Even if Josh is able to move past the accident, they’ll still have a long and difficult journey to make before they can be together.

When they were teenagers, Quinn MacGregor and Aaron Larsen fell in love over the course of one magical summer. It ended in bloodshed and tragedy.

Now, ten years later, Quinn is back in Spruce Creek, Nevada, to inherit his family’s criminal cartel. His cousin Jimmy has been making friends -- and enemies -- in dangerous places, but that doesn’t mean he’s happy to hand over leadership to Quinn. And Jimmy might not be the only one who wants Quinn out of the way for good, especially if Quinn’s secret comes out.

Aaron Larsen is back in Spruce Creek to sell his former family home. Aaron lost a leg in Afghanistan, and he’s drinking too much and battling depression and PTSD. The last thing he needs is for Quinn MacGregor to drop back into his miserable life. But when Quinn is shaken by the news that he left more behind in Spruce Creek than his bad memories, he turns to Aaron like it’s old times, and Aaron doesn’t know how to say no.

The events of ten years ago cast a long shadow, and in a town where they can’t trust anyone else, Quinn and Aaron just might have to learn to trust each other again.