You Can Choose Your Friends

Jay and Fran have been a couple for twenty years. They have a great relationship with only one minor bone of contention: while Fran is very much a member of Jay's extended family, to Fran's family, Jay is just "his business partner." It's not that Fran doesnt want to come out to his family; it's more that they don't want to hear it.

When Fran's father, an evangelical minister, dies, Fran hopes the rest of his family will be more accepting. This hope is nipped in the bud by his very conservative older brother, so Jay's mother steps in and invites Fran's mother over for Christmas... but will joining Frans happy-go-lucky in-laws be too much for Fran's mother, or will they help her see the truth of just how much Jay means to Fran?

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2010 Advent Calendar package "Naughty or Nice"

Knitting Series

Donnies crush on his sisters roommate, Alejandro, has gone beyond childhood dreamsand its driving Donnie insane! So when Donnie gets a chance to house-sit for his sister and Yandro, Donnie doesnt feel alone. Hes got all his vivid fantasies to keep him company! Can a little dumb luckand a little help from a magical homemade gifthelp Donnies fantasies come true?

Book Three of the Talker series - Sequel to Talkers Redemption

When you get past the basics of survival, what next? Brian Cooper recovered from the attack that almost killed him, and Tate Walker faced down his own demons. Now all thats left is... each other. Growing up together and growing into their love is everything but easy.

Talkers eternal optimism and Brians quiet faith just might be able to conquer the obstacles, big and small, in their wayas well as overcome the complications of having all their dreams come true.

College professor James Richards is in a rut and feeling his age. He moved to northern California to escape heartbreak and humiliation, but so far the only good thing to happen to him has been his Boston terrier, Marlowe.

Then Jamess toughest student sets him up with her best friend. Rafael Ochoa is worlds apart from James - chronologically, culturally, and philosophically - but hes also beautiful, kind, and a shot of adrenaline to Jamess not-quite-middle-aged heart. Together, the two of them forge a bridge between Jamess East Coast sensibilities and Rafaels West Coast casualness, but can their meeting of the hearts survive Jamess lack of faith in happy-ever-after?

A Love Means... Story

Seven months ago, Len Parker lost his partner of more than twenty years, and he isnt sure how to feel about his blossoming attraction to Chris, one of his farmhands. Hesitant and still hurt, Len remains aloof and distant until hes goaded into teaching Chris to ride.

Fresh out of a thirty-year career with the Marines, Chris can explore his sexuality openly for the first time in his life, but what he needs more than anything is peace. Hes convinced Len doesnt like him until he digs a little deeper, and then, armed with hope, Chris sets out to prove that love can provide the healing he and Len so desperately need.

Thirteen years ago, Eli went on a summer trip with his mother and never came back. Now, existing in a new life as Jacob Somerville, hes again running from fear and memories, only to end up where he started. As Jacob struggles to reconnect with his father and brothers, he realizes that his lover, Craig Zhao, was the only thing filling his empty heart and standing between him and ghosts of the past. It will take the power of lovefrom his family, from Craig, and from himselffor Jacob to see that his life truly is filled with the promise of what can be.

A novella from the Dreamspinner Press 2011 Advent Calendar package "I'll Be Home for Christmas"

Six years ago, Noah Wheeler went to meet his boyfriend, Dante Cerreto, at the airport, and his world ended. Dante was kissing someone else and claimed to be in love. So Noah took his heartbreakand the sonogram pictures of their surrogate childand closed the door on the big picture of what he thought his life would be, focusing instead on the piece of the dream he got to keep, being a father.

Now on vacation in Las Vegas, Noah accidentally runs into the Cerreto family, and then the man himself, and learns that not only was he deceived, but Dante was as well. Now Dante wants to make up for lost time, six years worth, and to do that he needs Noah, the only man hes ever loved, and Grace, the daughter he didnt know he had, to give him a chance at happiness. Dantes going to have to take a crash course in communication and seduction, though. Noahs not going to fall in love just to be broken again.

When Scott Alan gets a phone call that his brother was hurt on a logging job, he rushes to Brians side, only to find that his injuries are minorbut not before he meets Hank Ballam, an adrenaline-seeking logger who's an outcast among his co-workers.

Hank is a study in contrast: he lives for the rush of climbing and cutting trees almost as much as he loves the peace he finds exploring the mountains he calls home. Scotts attraction to Hank is immediate and mind-blowing, and its what Scott has always wanted: to know what its like to love someone he cant live without.

Scott needs to know if Hanks true feelings will be a roar of passion or simply a quiet friendship, one that doesnt match Scotts devotion. But it may be too late… Scott simply cant help himself from falling hard for Hank.

Vol. 2 (Books Three and Four)

Three years ago, Jory Harcourt changed his name and shut the door on a past full of pain, only to emerge stronger on the other side. He has a new career, a great working partner, and a satisfying lifeexcept for the hole in his chest left behind when police Detective Sam Kage walked out with his heart.

Now Sam's back and he knows what he wants... and what he wants is Jory. Jory, who doesn't know if he can survive another break up or losing Sam to his dangerous job, resists returning to the arms of the only man he has ever truly loved. But when a serial killer with a score to settle targets Jory, he will have to decide if love is worth the danger as he tries to solve the case and keep Sam safe.

Don't miss A Matter of Time Vol. 1 (Books One and Two)

2nd Edition

Previously published by Club Lighthouse Publishing