All the world's a stage, but Hell's Kitchen private detective Jimmy McSwain learns life upon its wicked boards can be a killer.The Harold Calloway Theatre on West 47th Street is home to the new play Triskaidekaphobia, and its playwright has been receiving threatening messages. Theatre owner and lead producer Wellington Calloway has hired Jimmy to investigate, but it's a case not without its complications. His mother is the head usher, and Jimmy grew up on its aisles. His ex...

Hell's Kitchen private investigator Jimmy McSwain returns in a twisting tale of past sins and present-day vengeance. Jimmy McSwain isn't thrilled about taking a case for free, but when his sister fears her boyfriend Rocky is cheating on her, he has no choice.But the case takes a deadly turn when he finds Rocky standing over the body of a man he was just seen kissing, and he's holding the gun. He begs Jimmy to prove his innocence. Meanwhile, as a sweltering heat wave claims New York...

A Wall Street executive flies too close to the sun and falls hard, only to land at the exclusive gay resort, Icarus, where passions flare, and where he might just find his lost soul.Chris Dalton is at the top of his game, a cut-throat stockbroker who has just secured a major account. But his sexual celebration goes awry, and suddenly Chris is thrown into the midst of a gay scandal which may cost him everything. Exiled from his company, his friend Tanner Fox suggests they escape New...

The men of White Pine have their secrets. Trent Rogers prefers not to talk about his past, but the mysterious, half-naked man who stumbled into his secluded cabin can't even remember his own name. On personal leave from the White Pine Fire Department, Trent wishes he could escape his mistakes with such anonymity. Secluded together, each buries their emotions by indulging their wildest fantasies.Angel Montero is the new firefighter come to fill Trent's place, who in no time displays ...

After their cargo is seized by Customs, the crew of the fast freighter Tulyar are desperate for cash. Desperate enough to get involved in a jail break operation to liberate a rebel leader from a jungle planet where anything can kill you. Little do they know just how far the tyrannical regime that runs it will go to cover up their secret.

Welcome to the pleasures of the night in this collection of Adam Carpenter's hottest short fiction.In these ten stories, you'll be taken to dizzying new heights of pleasure and romantic entanglements. You'll be transported to some of the most exciting cities in the world, and even some fictional settings you may wish you could visit! Same for some of the characters you're about to meet, men who love and lust after other men. In these pages, sex may be the game, but love is the prize...

A new year always teases new beginnings. Except for Jimmy McSwain, who, as the calendar turns, is about to come face to face with a person from his past. Bringing with him a case that will challenge the delicate line between guilt and innocence.Jake Sauter and Jimmy were best friends growing up and shared an intimacy few knew about. When Jake appears after years of silence, he's come not to rekindle their relationship but to hire the private investigator to save him from the jaws of...

Welcome to historic Eden, Pennsylvania, where old-world mansions and sprawling horse farms house the secrets of the wealthy Singleton family. For Chad Singleton, a gay man who thought he'd left his complicated past behind, a surprise phone call draws him back to the family home, Edenwood. There he faces a series of challenges as he digs into the mystery of his estranged father's death. Amid passion, drama, scandals, and sex, Chad finds adversity as quickly as he discovers a reason to awake...

A rookie. A veteran. And the reporter sent to cover baseball's hottest story. Bats, balls, pitchers, catchers all report to the field for a fun, sexy romp. He's the hottest prospect in baseball and he has a name to go along with it: Burn, the hot young son of a fire chief, who only dreams of playing in the major leagues. When he's drafted by the New Jersey Skyscrapers, Burn Silva is sent to gain some experience playing for the team's Single-A team, the Suns. What happens when a sexy, allur...

Scandalous, sinister, suspicious, the Cane's Inlet Mystery series is a tour-de-force tale of two families, one secret, and, ultimately, one man's discovery of his own true self. For Noah Sanders, the story of his birth comes as a surprise to him, and it's as devastating as it is secretive. A web of lies that goes back over one hundred years could reveal a truth Noah doesn't want to know. Who stole him at birth, and why did his family not come searching for him?Contains the stories:...

Summer is winding down. For Jimmy McSwain, it's been a quiet couple of months, leaving this apprentice private investigator with little to do. Be careful what you wish for.Jimmy is asked by his boss to accompany his wife Beatrice to a fancy art gallery opening down in Manhattan's Soho district. The drama begins when the artist who goes by the name Rico pulls a disappearing act on the night of his big debut, leaving the owners of the Barrister Gallery stunned, not to mention the hoi...

Meet Matthew, Freddie, and Jake, three gay best friends looking for love but somehow always coming up empty. Can a steamy summer excursion to Europe's great capitals bring each of them the love of their lives? Or will love once again prove elusive?In this prequel to Adam Carpenter's European Flings Quartet, find out the reasons each man has decided to leave behind their New York apartments in search of love on foreign soil. Was it a lost love? A regretful one-nighter? Or maybe a da...