"His scream changed my life forever.
I clean up the streets of Anaheim from the hate one man left behind. On the surface, I work with the local authorities, but in secret, I kill those who hurt others.
During a planned interception, we arrive on the scene too late, and a man's scream fills the streets. The moment I look upon his face, my entire life shifts to make him the center. Instead of going to a hospital, I bring him home.
Now, I need to figure out how to nurse him back to health, and hope he can accept my quirks so I can keep him.
This is an LGBTQIA+ story with mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website."
"Sometimes, a happy ending comes with heartbreak.
Falling in love with my father's best friend wasn't on my to-do list. Yes, he's hot. Sure, I've been flirting with him since I was sixteen. Of course, I'd be down for a little fun.
When Laiken begins returning my flirting, things get heated. It was supposed to be sexy fun and nothing more. We weren't planning on making this a forever thing.
But falling in love isn't a choice.
As it turns out, not everyone agrees, and sometimes disapproval is loud, painful, and heartbreaking.
This is an LGBTQIA+ story with mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website."
"When you fall in love with the wrong Davenport…
Nolan
I've spent my college career editing adult videos, but never has one hit me as hard as seeing my girlfriend of sixteen months with the football team. Needless to say, I'm devastated. I need to hurt her like she's hurt me. My friends dub this mission Project: FU.
A series of bad decisions lands me in bed with the worst one yet.
Tavis
The man my daughter broke is sitting at the bar, looking beaten. When I look into his eyes, I feel something I haven't felt in more than two decades. For just one night, I decide to make this man mine and erase the heartache I see in him.
But one night is not enough, and shit is about to hit the fan.
This is an LGBTQIA+ story.
Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website."
"I'll paint this moment immortal.
Months of texting silly innuendos led to the hottest moment of my young life. Instead of dealing with the moment like an adult, I ghost him for nine days. Just when I think I'm ready to face him, he's on his way out to hook up.
I lose my shit.
Coming clean about past heartbreak isn't easy. Navigating what I promise is a 'no expectations' relationship proves impossible - not just because falling for Haze Prosser is far too easy, but because I'm internally freaking out as two-thirds of my brothers are off fighting brutal criminals, leaving me home to take care of my unhinged brother's perfectly safe husband.
It's all fine until Voss calls in a panic and needs immediate backup. I don't have a choice but to drag Oakley and Haze straight into the heart of NYC's mafia families.
Everything will be fine…
This is an LGBTQIA+ story.
Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website."
"A summer romance for one, please!
One summer. An island resort escape. Solitude to banish the demons in my past.
What begins as a chance meeting on a beach during sunset turns into the most romantic, life-changing five weeks I could ever dream up with two of the most amazing men I've ever met. The end of summer comes all too soon, and we're forced to part ways, though we promise to keep in touch.
Fate isn't letting this be the end, though. The start of the new school year finds me on Alka's soccer team. We're not sure whether to celebrate being together again or hide our forbidden relationship.
As it turns out, the decision might not be up to us; Alka receives an anonymous email with an ultimatum—kick me off the team or they're going to expose our relationship to the Dean.
This is an LGBTQIA+ story with content for mature listeners. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website."
"What started as a job has led to some frightening confessions.
Edin
One mistake can ruin your life. I learned that at fifteen when my hormones got the best of me and I was landed with an unwanted pregnancy. My parents decided to punish me and forced me out of the sport I love to raise my child and provide for my newly forced-upon-us-both marriage.
One mistake can cost a life. My life. If not for my best friend who rescued me and my daughter, I'd have ended it all.
It's been three years, and all I want is to embrace this new lease I have on life—my daughter, school, and hockey.
One mistake can change your life. When an 'adult' job leads to some complications, I realize that maybe I didn't build my walls high enough to keep everyone out.
Elijah
My obsession started through a screen as I edited the videos, my fraternity's basement project, Confessions, produced. His name is Edin, and I'm enthralled. While I don't participate in shoots often, I make an exception.
Edin is everything. Beautiful, mysterious, needy. He's also veryclearly broken. The very first time we're together on screen, he breaks down after the shoot, and I hold him for what feels like days as he trembles.
He refuses to let me into his life, no matter how many times I partner with him or run into him completely coincidentally. That is, until he has a hockey accident that leaves him bedridden, and he needs help with his daughter.
This is a LGBTQIA+ story. Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website."
"The shiver of something new.
Dak
I don't know what it is about this man that has captivated me like no one else. It's made me question everything I think I know about myself. But that's fine—I'll obsess from afar until I graduate and move on with my life.
Then I'm handed an exclusive invitation to Rumor, the frat's 'gay chicken' club that performs in front of a camera. The one who doesn't back out first wins cash. Thinking maybe I can clear up this curiosity once and for all if I try my hand at dick, I go.
Imagine my surprise when the man I'm paired with is none other than the one guy who caught my attention. My only problem is the cameras freak me out and I know one of these times when I run, it'll be the last time I see him.
Sparrow
Rumor is a game for straight men to use whatever excuse they can come up with to get acquainted with a dick not their own. I'm the unbeatable—a fan favorite. But I have a secret—I'm already gayer than a pink unicorn wearing a tutu. Still, I get invited back time and time again.
It's all business until the most beautiful brown eyes look at me and the sexiest body is pressed against mine. However, this fucking man keeps running away. Thankfully, I'm able to give him private lessons in fucking a man, something I'm all to happy to oblige.
But Dak is more than just a good time. He's a threat to everything I think I know, forcing me to acknowledge that maybe there's something deeper between us.
Rumor has it that all it takes is a single person to turn your life upside down. I think I just met that person, and I'm not sure which way is up or if I'm going to crash and burn before I find the surface.
This is an LGBTQIA+ story. Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website."
"Sometimes stars grant you wishes that come covered in blood.
I've wanted one thing for as long as I can remember—someone to love, a family, and a happily ever after. I finally found it with the least likely person across the street. Our life together has been dipped in espresso and given a massive jolt forward, but we couldn't be happier.
That is, until someone threatens that happiness and I'm forced to respond in order to protect my family that's barely begun. I didn't mean for this relationship to begin bathed in blood, but I will do anything to protect the love I've waited decades for.
This is an LGBTQIA+ story. Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website."
"One weekend can change everything.
Caulder
I've lived a very quiet life, keeping my deepest secrets close to my chest. I let no one in, not even my closest friends. When I'm invited to participate in the All-Star Games, I'm suddenly forced to share a hotel room—and a single bed—with a stranger. My carefully guarded world starts to come undone when he kisses me, and I can't get enough.
Now, one person shares my secret. It's a relief, really. But just as I'm starting to fall for Lo Duvall, my world implodes. A woman in Philly claims that we hooked up in a club and she's carrying my baby. Are we over before we can even begin?
Lo
Anonymous hookups when I'm on the road are how I manage to keep my personal life private. All I want is to play hockey and keep everything else out of the media. That gets more complicated when I meet the gorgeous Caulder Haines.
Three nights of unfiltered fuckery—that's what we promise each other. Then we'll go our separate ways. But by the end of the weekend, I haven't had enough of this amazing defenseman and don't want to say goodbye.
I've fallen in love with him.
When an aspiring content creator decides to throw a wrench in my very carefully crafted plans, I know I have to do something to save what I've only just realized I want.
I can't lose Caulder. I just found him. But what can I do to keep him?!
This is an LGBTQIA+ story with content for mature listeners."
"Not only the net should be protected.
Felton
I'm a disappointment, a failure, a shit show. Every decision is wrong. None of my accomplishments are good enough. I don't do anything right.
This is what I've been told my entire life.
For more than thirty years, no one knew. What the world sees is a lie. I do a good job of hiding it.
Until I don't.
Ren
Sometimes, all it takes is a single moment to realize you're needed somewhere, and in that moment, your entire life changes. Felton has so many broken pieces that he can barely breathe.
But that's okay. I'm going to show this man what love is. If he doesn't have the capacity to protect himself, I'll do it for him. The abuse ends now.
This is a LGBTQIA+ story with content for mature listeners."
"Hockey and football coaches on a collision course…
Lemon
With years of hard work, I've made the Rainbow Dorset University Unicorns football team the pride of the state. My reputation speaks for itself, so the school stays out of my way, and that's how I like it. If they can't handle my sparkle, they have no business in my shine.
Now, there's someone new on campus—a washed-up hockey player hired to whip the team into shape. The school had the audacity to cut my budget to pay him!
Needless to say, I'm furious. He just made an enemy he definitely doesn't want. But why does he have to be so gorgeous?! Why does he have to have a beautiful wife and a perfect life? And why can't I keep my hands off him and just yell at him like I intend?
Hansley
I was directionless when I retired from hockey. So I jumped on the offer from Rainbow Dorset University to be their head hockey coach. The campus is like nothing I've ever seen; full of rainbows, community, kindness, and inclusivity. It feels like I'm in a brand new world—a better world—and I'm excited to be a part of it.
Everything is amazing until I meet Coach Lemon Frost, who clearly despises me, though I don't know why. He's definitely out for my job. But then he keeps kissing me and sending my entire world spinning on its axis.
I can't tell if he hates me or wants me. The line is blurred. All I know is Lemon is about to make my entire world implode when I tell my wife I've been having an affair. Yet… I think I'm here for it.
This is an LGBTQIA+ story with content for mature listeners."
"Everyone should learn how to handle a stick.
Atty
High school sweethearts, dream wedding, exotic honeymoon, white picket fence, two and a half kids… that's the dream. My prescribed future. Except, I don't want any of that. When my on/off girlfriend of fifteen years and I finally called it quits for good, I decided that I'm ready for a new beginning.
I didn't expect that new beginning to be a dude.
Toby
This man is perfect… he obeys like a marionette, and lets me bend him and choke him until my heart's content. He lets me dress him up, breed him, and refuse his pleasure as if he were built specifically for my needs.
But Atty isn't who I thought he was and he's struggling to find his new identity while I'm freefalling for him off the face of a cliff. I'm not used to needing a safety net in life so there's a very real chance I'm going to hit the ground like a pancake.
Is love always this tragic?
This is a LGBT+ story. For mature listeners."
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