Titles

(stories listed in order of most recent release; “coming soon” titles are at the bottom)

Henri's War M/M fantasy/diesel-punk romance; short novella (11k words); released October 1, 2012 Description: Mark runs a bar in the free territory known as the Margin, outside of the war zones ripping the rest of the world apart. He's not running from anything, least of all the memory of his former lover Duncan, a soldier who left him flat for unknown reasons two years earlier. They had been set to leave the occupied city of Marigolt together in a dangerous run for the Margin, but Duncan stood Mark up at the railroad station with just a short hand written note asking forgiveness. Mark runs his bar apolitically, but that all changes when the revolutionary and underground fighter Dr. Alistair Henri walks into his bar with his consort and bodyguard Duncan St. Quire on his arm. What price will each man pay for Duncan's love? And can Duncan ever be at peace with his own warring allegiances? FREE! Download page: Henri's War

Games M/M contemporary romance; novella (84 pages) Dreamspinner Press; released December 28, 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-61372-133-9 Description: Art Nichols leads a successful life based on his years as a skateboarding superstar but he quit competing nearly a decade ago to focus on his business ventures. Lonely and unhappy, he drifts through his life, making appearances at games but refusing to skateboard in public or private. Then he meets up-and-coming event promoter from the mid-West, Jack Martinez. Jack and Art are attracted to each other, but neither man wants it to be a one-night stand, despite the complications of distance and Art's unwillingness to live as an openly gay man. Will true love win the game? At: Dreamspinner Press; Amazon.com; All Romance Books Reviews: Man oh Man! Review; Reviews by Jessewave

Dawn in the Orchard M/M contemporary romance; novel (200 pages) Dreamspinner Press; released October 28, 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-61372-183-4 Description: Gary Winston's career as a working jazz musician in Chicago is on the skids when he inherits his Great-Aunt Harriet's pecan farm in North Carolina. Reluctant to return to his roots in the deep South but eager to pull out of all the bad memories of Chicago, Gary packs up his meager belongings and his collection of guitars and heads South. Unsure of what to expect, he doesn't count on meeting the man of his dreams, fiddle player Chuck Everett, who is perfect in every way except for the fact that he is very deeply in the closet in the the small Southern hamlet. Gary doesn't know if the bluegrass music they play together will be enough to overcome their differences. At: Dreamspinner Press; Amazon; All Romance Reviews: MM Good Book Reviews; Tom Webb's review at Goodreads; Reviews by Amos Lassen; GLBT The Romance Reviews; Read Me Right! Reviews

Accismus M/M contemporary; short story in the anthology Higher Learning from Dreamspinner Press ISBN: 978-1-61372-123-0 Dreamspinner Press; released October 17, 2011 ISBN: 978-1-61372-123-0 Description: Charlie Harper, RhetComp student, has had a crush on the handsome, popular, straight frat boy Lance Milton since they were both undergrads. Lance graduated first, and in the following two years Charlie thought he had recovered from the hopeless crush. He was wrong: when starting graduate studies in Rhetoric and Composition, Charlie runs into Lance again during the teacher's assistant training program, which Lance teaches. Lance remembers Charlie and starts up a friendship that is fueled by a shared love of a local coffeeshop, but does Lance have a hidden motive? Does Charlie? Or are they both too clever for their own good? At: Dreamspinner Press; Amazon; All Romance

Rough Trade M/M science fiction/romance; short story in the anthology Cross Bones, from Dreamspinner Press; release date, August 15, 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-61372-125-4 Description: Audacity Gunner is the navigator for the fully-AI pirate ship Carthage. They have been together as a team for years, and Gunner leads the humans as they all -- ship and crew -- live double lives as both long-haulers and pirates, always on guard against Colonial Federation military vessels. During a layover at a free-space space port, Carthage's engineer gets arrested by the local dictator, and Gunner is unable to even pay bail. He is accosted by a desperate but handsome, well-heeled man who says he can get the engineer out of the brig in exchange for passage off the space port. Can Gunner trust the mysterious Dr. Sagitarrius Diefenbaker? Or will his passenger help hand them over to the authorities? At: Amazon, All Romance, Dreamspinner Press Reviews: MM Good Book Reviews

Mixed Signals M/M contemporary romance; (70 pages) Dreamspinner Press; release date July 6, 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-61581-947-8 Description: Frank Sheldon is trying (not very hard) to put his life back together several years after his dishonorable discharge from the military for “conduct unbecoming.” The handsome son of a wealthy businessman, Frank is doing his best to avoid his inheritance of money, charm and good looks when he accidentally meets the eccentric video game developer, Benjamin Kaplan. Sparks don’t quite fly; Frank is interested, but unlike most people Frank’s ever met, Benjamin isn’t swayed by his good looks. Or is he? At: Amazon.com, Dreamspinner Press Reviews: ManOhMan Reviews; Well Read Reviews; Reviews by Jessewave;

Behind Wooden Doors M/F contemporary romance; short story (17 pages) Decadent Publishing; Released May 20, 2011 ISBN: 978-1-61333-071-5 Description: Joey and Taylor work at the same company, but not in the same department. On the big day of Joey’s interview for an important promotion, his crush on the admin assistant Taylor is put to the test... At: Amazon.com, Decadent Publishing

Room for One M/M contemporary romance; short story (38 pages) Dreamspinner Press; released April 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-61581-917-1 Description: Toby doesn't figure a musician will make a good housemate, but his new tenant David keeps his guitar practice quiet. Soon Toby finds himself enjoying the handsome man's company, but when he finds out David is gay and interested in him, Toby isn't sure he wants to mess up the housing arrangement with sex. It's been a long time since Toby's gotten physical with anyone, and he's not sure he has room for a relationship in his life. At: Dreamspinner Reviews: Brief Encounters;

Connections M/M contemporary romance; short story (19 pages) Dreamspinner Press; released September 2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-61581-601-9 Description: Forty-something Dan wants to reconnect with his college roommate and best friend, so he agrees to attend Craig's family reunion. He doesn't expect to connect with anyone else... but he finds himself attracted to his temporary roommate, Craig's gorgeous, thirtyish cousin Jeff. And according to Craig, Jeff wants to connect with Dan too. At: Dreamspinner Reviews: Brief Encounters;