‘A wonderful book – I was helplessly absorbed’ – Bill BrysonIn his memoir The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Gunner, former football journalist Patrick Mangan relives the agony and the ecstasy of growing up in rural Australia in the 1970s as an Arsenal-FC-supporting English immigrant cast helplessly adrift from the mother country.Like Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch set among the gum trees and the dust, this is the tale of a scrawny Pommy kid f...

Connor's week-long camping vacation in eastern Oregon takes a turn in the wrong direction when his car breaks down at a scenic location in the middle of nowhere. Things quickly get back on track when Jared, a local mechanic, passes by, offering to give him a ride into the small nearby town and fix up his car.Jared, a gay, closeted mechanic from a small town, finds himself quickly attracted to Connor, the middle school math teacher from the big city on the other side of the state. A...

Music is the only form of communication Connor Owens controls. No matter how badly he wishes to fit in, friendly banter and casual conversations have never been his thing. College is yet another social universe he has no clue how to navigate—until he meets Jared, a football player with chestnut eyes and a cocky grin that holds the power to shatter his self-imposed prison.Jared's attention opens Connor up to a new realm of emotional and physical intimacy. But as Connor's self-confid...

"I loved this fun road-trip romance with two friends you immediately know should be a whole lot more!" — Cindi Madsen, author of Anatomy of a PlayerJaime and I have been best friends—forever. Like, awkward teenager with braces forever. We barely crossed the line once, a million years ago, with a kiss, but we didn’t let it ruin what we have. He’s charming, hardworking, and no one makes me laugh till it hurts like him. Now we’re on a road trip to Ca...

Untouched…until she’s unwrapped!Jonas Buchanan is a man renowned for being arrogant and seemingly emotionless, both in business and in his private life. He never combines work and pleasure, and steers clear of any woman who doesn’t play by his rules…Rule 1: he doesn’t bed virgins. Rule 2: he doesn’t do Christmas. Mary ‘Mac’ McGuire loves the festive season, and she’s as pure as the snow falling outside Jonas’s window. But by Christmas Day she might well hav...

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU COULD BECOME INVISIBLE?A GIFTSince childhood, Noel Shaker has been able to disappear, without warning or explanation.A CURSEBut his gift leaves Noel alone and afraid - and the more he tries to control it, the nearer he comes to madness.A DISCOVERYWhen Noel learns that some people can see him - and that his power has unleashed an otherworldly evil - he mu...

Subject: Navy SEAL Petty Officer Aiden MastersCurrent Status: On leaveObstacle: Deploy "Mission: (Fake) Engagement"…without actually falling for his fiancée!The goal of Mission: Engagement is simple-a fake engagement concocted to bring happiness to Sage Taylor's ailing father.The Rules:Treat it like a military missionKeep the truth undercoverThe "engagement" lasts as long as the professor's health depen...

In Love, There's No Such Thing As A Simple PlanRule #1: Cops maintain their distance.It was supposed to be your average stakeout. My partner and I would scope out both the coffee shop and Laurel Wilkins, the latest target of con man Trevor Dean's scheme to meet women online and bilk them of their money--and everything else.Rule #2: Cops think fast on their feet.So I went inside to get a better look. So she h...

THE GIFT by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Lisa MondelloAllison Jones knows what it's like to want. Or rather, she did. She'd spent the first few years of her life being shifted from one foster home to another, never really finding that special place to make her feel home. When she finds a small envelope on the ground on a side street in Boston, and opens it, her heart plummets. She recognizes the description of the contents and knows what it will mean to the littl...

The past he wants to forget…Nearly two decades ago, mercenary Marcus Saint left home and never looked back. But when Saint’s mentor is murdered, he does the unthinkable and returns to the place he swore he’d left forever. Saint won’t rest until he gets justice for his friend. What he didn’t plan for was the undeniable attraction to his mentor’s daughter.The tragedy that brings him back…Between coping with the loss of her father and ...

Finding Her Way HomeAs soon as she got married, Sandi Bradshaw wanted nothing more than to move out of Canyon Springs, Arizona. Then everything changed when her military husband was killed. Now, establishing a veteran’s memorial for Keith has brought Sandi and her daughter back to his hometown.And face-to-face with the man who stood in the way of her marriage! Bryce Harding has a lot to prove to this same hometown crowd—and the very stubborn Sandi. But can ...

Dancing Softy - A story of hope and overcoming. A story about the resilience of the human spirit and the touch of a gentle God. Sixteen-year-old Jamie DeSouza runs away from home to live on the streets of Toronto. She learns to survive by becoming tough, hard, angry, a fighter. When she commits a petty crime, she is placed in a psychiatric ward where she struggles to maintain hope.Caught in the mental health system, Jamie is stripped of her freedom. It’s in that dark place she lear...