Heidi Cullinan

Shy Kelly lands campus Casanova Walter as a roommate, whose bed might as well be equipped with a revolving door. Walter thinks everyone should have as much fun as possible...except his roommate is seriously screwing up his worldview. Love is a crash course. To make the grade, Walter will have to overcome his fear that love was never meant to last.

Love Lessons

Normal is just a setting on the dryer. The Roosevelt, Book 1 High school graduate Jeremey Samson is looking forward to burying his head under the covers and sleeping until it's time to leave for college. Then a tornado named Emmet Washington enters his life. The double major in math and computer science is handsome, forward, wicked smart, interested in dating Jeremey-and he's autistic. But Jeremey doesn't judge him for that. He's too busy judging himself, as are his parents, who don't believe in things like clinical depression. When his untreated illness reaches a critical breaking point, Emmet is the white knight who rescues him and brings him along as a roommate to The Roosevelt, a quirky new assisted living facility nearby. As Jeremey finds his feet at The Roosevelt, Emmet slowly begins to believe he can be loved for the man he is behind the autism. But before he can trust enough to fall head over heels, he must trust his own conviction that friendship is a healing force, and love can overcome any obstacle. Warning: Contains characters obsessed with trains and counting, positive representations of autism and mental illness, a very dark moment, and Elwood Blues.

Carry the Ocean

Love will grow through the cracks you leave open. Ranch hand Roe Davis absolutely never mixes business with pleasure-until he runs into his boss, Travis Loving, at the only gay bar within two hundred miles. Getting involved with the ranch owner is a bad idea, but Roe's and Travis's bedroom kinks line up against one another like a pair of custom-cut rails. As long as they're both clear this is sex on the side, no relationship, no interfering with the job, they could make it work. Shut out by his family years ago, Roe survived by steadfastly refusing to settle into so much as a post office box. As his affair with Travis grows into more than just sex, Roe's past catches up with him, threatening the thin ray of happiness he's found, reminding him it's well past time he went on his way. But even a loner gets lonely, and at this point, there's nowhere left to run. The shame and sorrow of what he's lost will stay with Roe wherever he goes-until he's ready to let love lead him home. This novel has been previously published and has been revised from its original release.

Nowhere Ranch

When your deepest, darkest fantasy shows up, get on board.Sam Keller knows he'll never find the excitement he craves in Middleton, Iowa--not while he's busting his ass in nursing school and paying rent by slaving away in a pharmacy stockroom. Then Sam meets Mitch Tedsoe, an independent, long-haul trucker who makes a delivery to a shop across the alley. Innocent flirting quickly leads to a fling, and when Mitch offers to take him on a road trip west, Sam jumps at the chance for adventure. Mitch is sexy, funny and friendly, but once they embark on their journey, something changes. One minute he's the star of Sam's every x-rated fantasy, the next he's almost too much a perfect gentleman. And when they hit the Las Vegas city limit, Sam has a name to pin on Mitch's malady: Randy.For better or for worse, Sam grapples with the meaning of friendship, letting go, growing up--even the meaning of love--because no matter how far he travels, eventually all roads lead home.

Special Delivery

One encounter with antisocial Xander Fairchild's artwork is enough to turn Skylar Stone's carefully orchestrated one-percenter life upside down, unlacing his secrets and inviting him into a secret anime-soaked world. But will they be brave enough to embrace their fragile new relationship and let it last beyond the summer?

Antisocial

Sometimes you have to play love by ear. Aaron Seavers is a pathetic mess, and he knows it. He lives in terror of incurring his father’s wrath and disappointing his mother, and he can’t stop dithering about where to go to college—with fall term only weeks away. Ditched by a friend at a miserable summer farewell party, all he can do is get drunk in the laundry room and regret he was ever born. Until a geeky-cute classmate lifts his spirits, leaving him confident of two things: his sexual orientation, and where he’s headed to school. Giles Mulder can’t wait to get the hell out of Oak Grove, Minnesota, and off to college, where he plans to play his violin and figure out what he wants to be when he grows up. But when Aaron appears on campus, memories of hometown hazing threaten what he’d hoped would be his haven. As the semester wears on, their attraction crescendos from double-cautious to a rich, swelling chord. But if more than one set of controlling parents have their way, the music of their love could come to a shattering end.

Love Lessons, #2

Fever Pitch

Dr. Hong-Wei Wu has come to Copper Point, Wisconsin, after the pressures of a high-powered residency burned him out of his career before he started. Ashamed of letting his family down, he plans to live a quiet life as a surgeon in this tiny town. His plans, however, don't include his outgoing, kind, and attractive surgical nurse, Simon Lane. The problem is, St. Ann's has a strict no-dating policy between staff, which means their romance is off the table, unless they bend the rules. But a romance that keeps them in the closet (literally) can't lead to happy ever after. Simon doesn't want to stay a secret, and Hong-Wei doesn't want to keep himself removed from life--not anymore. To secure their happiness, they'll have to change the administration's mind. But what other secrets will they uncover along the way, about Copper Point and about each other?

The Doctor's Secret

The weather outside is frightful, but this Minnesota Northwoods cabin is getting pretty hot.Stylist Frankie Blackburn never meant to get lost in Logan, Minnesota, but his malfunctioning GPS felt otherwise, and a record-breaking snowfall ensures he won¿t be heading back to Minneapolis anytime soon. Being rescued by three sexy lumberjacks is fine as a fantasy, but in reality the biggest of the bears is awfully cranky and seems ready to gobble Frankie right up.Marcus Gardner wasn¿t always a lumberjack¿once a high-powered Minneapolis lawyer, he¿s come home to Logan to lick his wounds, not play with a sassy city twink who might as well have stepped directly out of his past. But as the northwinds blow and guards come down, Frankie and Marcus find they have a lot more in common than they don¿t. Could the man who won¿t live in the country and the man who won¿t go back to the city truly find a home together? Because the longer it snows, the deeper they fall in love, and all they want for Christmas is each other.

Let It Snow

Even hot messes need a happily ever after. With the quiet help of his wealthy family, Sebastian “Baz” Acker has successfully kept his painful past at bay. But as the end of college draws near, his friends—his buffer zone—are preparing to move on, while his own life is at a crippling standstill. With loneliness bearing down on him, Baz hooks up—then opens up—with Elijah Prince, the guy Baz took a bullet for last year. The aftershocks of their one-night stand leave giant cracks in Baz’s carefully constructed armor. For the first time, the prospect isn’t terrifying. Accustomed to escaping his demons by withdrawing into his imagination, Elijah isn’t used to having a happy herd of friends. He’s even less comfortable as the object of a notorious playboy’s affections. Yet all signs seem to indicate this time happiness might be within his grasp. When Baz’s mother runs for a highly sought-after public office, the media hounds drag Baz’s and Elijah’s pasts into the light. In the blinding glare, Baz and Elijah face the ultimate test: discovering if they’re stronger together…or apart.

Love Lessons, #3

Lonely Hearts

After a steamy laundromat encounter, a socially anxious grad student and a muscle-bound bouncer have to get over their fears to keep their kinky romance going. Maybe the secret to happiness isn't staying clean and proper.

Dirty Laundry

Sometimes life requires a partner.Ed Maurer has bounced back, more or less, from the neck injury that permanently benched his semipro football career. He hates his soul-killing office job, but he loves volunteering at a local community center. The only fly in his ointment is the dance instructor, Laurie Parker, who can't seem to stay out of his way.Laurie was once one of the most celebrated ballet dancers in the world, but now he volunteers at Halcyon Center to avoid his society mother's machinations. It would be a perfect escape, except for the oaf of a football player cutting him glares from across the room.When Laurie has a ballroom dancing emergency and Ed stands in as his partner, their perceptions of each other turn upside down. Dancing leads to friendship, being friends leads to becoming lovers, but most important of all, their partnership shows them how to heal the pain of their pasts. Because with every turn across the floor, Ed and Laurie realize the only escape from their personal demons is to keep dancing--together.

Dance with Me

Marie Sexton

Sometimes family chooses you. At forty, Vincent "Vinnie" Fierro is still afraid to admit he might be gay--even to himself. It'll be a problem for his big fat Italian family. Still, after three failed marriages, it's getting harder to ignore what he really wants. Vinnie attempts some self-exploration in Chicago's Boystown bars, far from anyone who knows him. Naturally, he runs smack into someone from the neighborhood. Between working two jobs, going to school, taking care of his grandmother, and dealing with his mother's ongoing substance abuse, Trey Giles has little time for fun, let alone dating someone who swears he's straight. Yet after one night of dancing cheek-to-cheek, Trey agrees to let Vinnie court him and see if he truly belongs on this side of the fence--though Trey intends to keep his virginity intact. It seems like a solid plan, but nothing is simple when family is involved. When Vinnie's family finds out about their relationship, the situation is sticky enough, but when Trey's mother goes critical, Vinnie and Trey must decide whose happiness is most important--their families' or their own.

Family Man

Emmet Washington doesn't let anyone define him because of his autism, so when a lobbyist threatens the independent living facility he and his boyfriend call home, he doesn't hesitate to fight. He only hopes his calculations can save the day-and that there isn't a variable his formula failed to foresee.

Shelter the Sea

It's difficult enough for a stammering noble recluse and a bookish male prostitute to fall in love, but when Albert finds out his father is the one who sent Michael down his road to ruin, their road to happily ever after beomes even rockier than ever.

A Private Gentleman

Kyle's idea of courting Paul is to leave X-rated snowmen on his porch, until he's finally paired to work with his crush on the town festival. But just when it looks like he'll finally get a romance for Christmas, Paul's anti-LGBT family gets out of hand. Now Kyle and Paul must fight for everyone's happily ever after.

Winter Wonderland

Arthur wants nothing to do with romance, and he certainly won't play Santa in his mother's fundraising scheme. The town librarian doesn't want him, either-as a Santa, boyfriend, or anything. But two men who insist they don't date do an awful lot of dating. The sleigh they're trying not to board could take them all the way to happily ever after

Sleigh Ride

It takes a strong man to be this fabulous.Crescencio ¿Chenco¿ Ortiz pulled himself up by his garter straps after his father¿s will yanked the financial rug from under his spank-me pumps. He doesn¿t need anyone, yet when Steve Vance steps into his life, the prospect of having a sexy leather daddy on tap begins to take on a certain appeal.There¿s a hitch when he learns Steve is friends with Mitch Tedsoe¿the half-brother Chenco never knew except through his father¿s twisted lies. Despite his reservations, soon Chenco is living his dreams, including a performing gig in Vegas. Now if only he could get Steve to see him as more than just a boy in need of saving.Steve¿s attraction to Chenco is overshadowed by too many demons, ones he knows his would-be lover is too young to slay. Yet as he gets to know the bright, determined young man whose drag act redefines fierce, Steve¿s inner sadist trembles with need. He begins to realize Chenco¿s relentless tough love might be the only thing that will finally set him free.

Tough Love

Randy and Ethan are ready to enjoy their first Christmas together, but when Crabtree ropes Randy into his holiday antics, Ethan feels left out in the cold. Ethan vows to find a way to have his cake and eat it too. Especially if Randy's the one jumping out of the middle.

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