For six years, Rex Payton has focused on two things: keeping his late father's small-town Kentucky bar afloat and raising his nephew, Tyler. After the tragic loss of his parents and sister, Rex has no interest in romance. He's respected in his community and regarded as one of Carlisle's most eligible bachelors, but he's accepted that his life isn't conducive to a romantic relationship, especially as a closeted gay man.Enter Josh Billings, a veterinary student who's serving an inter...

Dumb Jock: Book OneJeff Irwin is short, timid, and studious. A bit of a social outcast, he lives quietly in the shadows of the popular kids at his school, his life ruled by his ever-present fear of rejection or failure.Enter high school football hero Brett Willson and the chance for Jeff to embark upon the challenge of educating the world's dumbest jock.But what develops between Brett and Jeff proves far more challenging than any tutoring s...

High school junior Wesley Harris is a stereotypical shy, soft-spoken nerd. He is obsessed with crafts and art and doesn't even need to come out of the closet to become the target of antigay bullying. Though he has the support of close friends and liberal-minded mother, he finds it hard to believe in himself.Brad Johnson, Wesley's new neighbor, is Wesley's age—and his complete opposite. A popular jock and hero of the school's baseball team, Brad has an outgoing personality and a repu...

Dumb Jock: Book FourEvan Drake needs to be a role model to his younger brother Brandon, and although he's a star on his high school basketball team, there's more to him than meets the eye. He's interested in many things, including drama and singing, and when he joins drama club, he meets Noah Sheridan, and he's pretty interested in him, too.Noah is a super smart, cute but nerdy kid who has written a high school play about two gay students who atten...

Former Olympic diver Sam Lewis sometimes feels like a has-been. His celebrity status has faded and he now works as a stunt diver at Water World, a southern California aquatic theme park. Sam’s lived his entire life sheltered from most of society, and he’s guarded the secret of his sexual orientation for the sake of his celebrity reputation. But Sam yearns for love, and now that he’s not so much in the public eye, he allows himself to begin dating. When he meets a coworker named Percy in th...

Greg, a registered nurse, works a lot of hours. When he comes home after a long day, he expects his house to be neat and tidy because the last thing he wants to worry about is housekeeping. His roommate, Kurt, however, is a total slob. Greg tries talking to his younger, less-responsible roomie, but Kurt is ambivalent. When Kurt throws a party and trashes the house the day before Greg’s parents are due for a visit, Greg considers throwing him out. Instead, he devises a better, more erotic p...

Phil Mitchell pours his heart and soul into his job as manager of Speedy Mart, a local convenience store. He loves his work and he loves his fellow employees, but when it comes to his personal life, Phil is lonely and depressed and still pining for his long-departed ex.He embarks upon the week from hell where anything that can go wrong does. It begins with a truck crashing into his outdoor sign and only goes downhill from there.Add an asshole homophobic boss hell bent on se...

Shawn Graham and Bobby Wilder couldn't be more different. Shawn is a devout Christian fundamentalist from northern Michigan; Bobby is a street-smart latchkey kid from southern Ohio. From an early age, they are both confused and troubled by their attraction to the same sex. Shawn believes that homosexuality is sinful, and a traumatic incident of childhood sexual abuse adds to his guilt and shame. Bobby has an image to maintain and flatly denies the possibility that his same-sex attractions ...

Sequel to Dumb JockDumb Jock: Book TwoJeff Irwin and Brett Willson raised a fine son, Adam, in their unconventional, judgment-free family. But being the son of two dads has its challenges. Although Adam loves them, he’s determined to prove he’s not gay, like they are. To this end he’s become the star pitcher of his high school baseball team, a true jock.Then Adam is suspended after he gets into a fight at school, and his dads find out his gr...

Dumb Jock: Book ThreeAt age sixteen, Todd Hoffman is a social outcast. He lives with his mother in a rundown mobile home and doesn’t wear the nice clothes or drive fancy cars like the other students. He has one outlet: he secretly writes fan fiction about a boy falling in love with another boy he’s crushing on, and posts it online.When Galen Caulfield, Todd’s real life object of affection, notices him and asks him out, Todd feels like he’s living h...

Homicide detective Tucker Brown hasn't always made the right decisions, but one thing about his life he'll never regret is his son Jaydin. While at the hospital for his four-year-old's tonsillectomy, he encounters Jaydin's nurse, Ivan Ramsey. Tucker is taken aback, however, when he discovers he's been assigned to investigate the potential murder of Ivan's mother.Ivan Ramsey is a pediatric nurse, and he loves his job more than life. Raised in a devoutly religious family, he's not ye...

Dumb Jock: Book FiveRejected by his family for coming out, Bryan Helverson boards a plane for Tampa, Florida, where he plans to attend college. Brett and Jeff's family embrace him when he arrives, and his new "brothers," Adam and Trevor, help him assimilate into the community.While playing tennis with Trevor at the country club, Bryan meets aspiring pro tennis player Greg Lewis. But after a few minutes it's easy to see the arrogant jock is not on B...