A gender-fluid cutie, a workaholic hottie, and a hookup gone right.BlakeNo romantic relationship could ever compete with my dream job. Sure, it gets lonely, but that’s what occasional hookups are for. Work-life balance? Who cares? I certainly don’t. Until chest pains bring me to my knees and land me in the emergency room.It’s a wake-up call I can’t afford to ignore.When my well-meaning family encourages me to make some major...

A lawyer and an architect walk into a bar…Jocelin:What do you do when your boss’s pushy nephew repeatedly asks you out and won’t take no for an answer? You create a fake boyfriend. One who works a lot, so he never comes to office functions or meets you for lunch. It works well until le salaud calls my bluff.So that’s how I find myself at a client event, practically begging a handsome stranger to play said boyfriend. Only after I cal...

Danger brought them together. Safety tore them apart. Can one act of recklessness reunite them forever?JamieAgainst protocol and my best intentions, I fell in love with the key witness I was assigned to protect. I know. Rookie move, Jamie.I guess I’m just a soft touch for beautiful, scared men who hide behind prickly sass and razor-sharp snark. With a little kindness and a lot of patience, I got to know the generous, caring man unde...

Sometimes, the best way to overcome differences — is to embrace them.Quinn:Nothing is more important than family. Someday I’ll have my own, if I can ever find the right guy. For now, I'm concentrating on my career and a promotion. That is, until my company hires a hot-shot with the right credentials to snag the position.I should resent him, but Tadhg Byrne is talented. And gorgeous. And though my ASL is pitiful, it means I’m the mos...

A cinnamon roll Viking, a socially anxious sweetheart, and a decades-long secret crush.Jules:I’ve been in love with my brother’s best friend since I was twelve, and twenty years later, Erik Osouf is still so far out of my league, we aren’t even playing the same sport. Not that I play sports. That means talking to people, and my social anxiety makes that all but impossible.It also makes my brother incredibly overprotective, and while...

When it rains, it pours. And right now, it’s a freaking monsoon.Bjorn:After my parents' deaths, I devoted myself to raising my younger siblings. It meant growing up fast, but I had to keep the family together. Romantic relationships weren’t a priority. My siblings had to come first.It takes my near-death experience for me to reprioritize yet again. I need to stop meddling in my siblings’ lives and focus on me. Only, I’m not sure I r...

Danger brought them together. Safety tore them apart. Can one act of recklessness reunite them forever?JamieAgainst protocol and my best intentions, I fell in love with the key witness I was assigned to protect. I know. Rookie move, Jamie.I guess I’m just a soft touch for beautiful, scared men who hide behind prickly sass and razor-sharp snark. With a little kindness and a lot of patience, I got to know the generou...

They say the Shabah doesn’t exist.They’re wrong.I know because I was one of them—an assassin trained to kill without question and vanish without a trace. Five years ago on a mission, the unthinkable happened. We were ambushed by one of our own, and when the man I loved bled out in my arms, I did the only thing I could to survive. I ran.Now I’m back in Amagi with a plan. I’ll uncover who betrayed us, and every name on that list will ...

When it rains, it pours. And right now, it’s a freaking monsoon.Bjorn:After my parents' deaths, I devoted myself to raising my younger siblings. It meant growing up fast, but I had to keep the family together. Romantic relationships weren’t a priority. My siblings had to come first.It takes my near-death experience for me to reprioritize yet again. I need to stop meddling in my siblings’ lives and focus on me. Only, I’m not...

…⁣:⁣⁣What do you do when your boss’s pushy nephew repeatedly asks you out and won’t take no for an answer? You create a fake boyfriend. One who works a lot, so he never comes to office functions or meets you for lunch. It works well until le salaud calls my bluff.⁣⁣So that’s how I find myself at a client event, practically begging...

A small-town photographer who’s given up on love meets a smoking hot firefighter with a smile to melt hearts.Try as they might, some flames are impossible to resist.Alex:⁣Maplewood is as wonderful and cliché as you’d imagine. Sure, the town gossips share everyone’s business, but neighbors look out for each other. Nowhere else would be as accepting of me as this queer-friendly small town I grew up in. The onl...

Sometimes, the best way to overcome differences — is to embrace them.QuinnNothing is more important than family. Someday I’ll have my own, if I can ever find the right guy. For now, I'm concentrating on my career and a promotion. That is until my company hires a hot-shot with the right credentials to snag the position.I should resent him, but Tadhg Byrne is talented. And gorgeous. And though my ASL is pitiful, it means I’m ...