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For Social Sinners’ drummer, Ethan “Diamond” Taylor, everything that went wrong seemed to roll off him and life was about having fun and getting off. What others never saw was what simmered beneath the surface. Holding on by a string, things have reached their breaking point, taking a turn for the worse, and he’s forced to make some tough decisions. Is living in the limelight all that it’s cracked up to be? Or is it time to cut the cord and move on? Is it in the cards for him to have the whole marriage, white picket fence, a desk job and...kids?

Joey Hayes and his best friend Ricky Branson have been together through the good times as well as the bad. Attending their first concert as teens set the path for their futures in motion. Shortly after, the pair joined band class, where they meet Ethan and Mick, and the foursome formed the metal band Social Sinners. Things were going according to plan until Lucas Shane entered their lives, disrupting the flow and testing the strength of their friendship.

How can one’s heart be divided without someone feeling left out, even if it’s yourself? That was the challenge Mickey Payne, bass player for the band Social Sinners, was tasked with when he fell in love with two men. “The heart wants what the heart wants, and you’d be a fool to deny it,” his mother told him when he brought his concerns to her over the unconventional relationship he was in.

For Ricky “Stoli” Branson, the stars were on his side. Social Sinners was headlining their first sold-out US tour. Radio stations across the states were playing their songs, and he’d won the heart of the man he loved. Everything was going great, or so he foolishly believed.

For Maiden Voyage guitarist, Ryder Hampton, life is great. He and his bandmates are embarking upon an epic European double headlining tour with their friends from Social Sinners with the band Embrace the Fear opening for them. Since joining Maiden Voyage in his 20's, Ryder’s life has been a whirlwind of the cliched, “sex, drugs and monumental doses of rock ‘n roll". And he’s loved every minute of it from the sold out shows to the revolving door of bed partners.

What do our boys have in store for us this time around? Through pain, attempted suicide, addiction, and loss, their bond never faltered. They’ve watched other bands come and go; some weren’t cut out for life on the road. Others simply...disappeared.

For Howie, the lonely barista, he longed for the dream life. Husband, house with a white picket fence, 2.5 kids and a dog. Sadly, all he could get were meaningless one night stands leaving him feeling empty. Jackson Milsap, the introverted writer, quietly pined for Howie from the corner of the café. Stepping outside of his comfort zone and asking him out on a date sent his social anxiety into overdrive. That was until the day he came to Howies rescue, forever changing both their lives.

For Raphe Lombardi, life hasn't been easy. Permanently disfigured by a car crash at the age of nine that claimed the lives of his parents, set him on a never ending path of doctors and painful procedures. "Never judge a book by its cover, Il mio piccolo", Aunt Sophia would always say, tapping the space above her heart. Trust what's inside. Even beauty sometimes has an evil lurking beneath.

Rhone Horne, drummer for the band Embrace the Fear, bleeds rock n roll. Being the son of legendary drummer Sage Horne, the first time Rhone picked up his fathers old drumsticks, he knew he was destined to follow in his footsteps. But filling such big shoes would not come easily.

This year has been the worst for Braxton Parker. Losing both his mother and grandmother has taken the festive from his holiday spirit. Braxton's best friend Callie presents him with a gift he really wants to return but she won't allow it. Checking his pride at the door, Braxton embarks upon the journey bestowed to him, certain the outcome won't be what Callie expects. Little does he know, fate has its hand in the mix and things will never be the same.

The Sebastian Chronicles is a series of five erotic paranormal novelettes that take you through each century since Sebastian Benoit’s Vampiric inception in 1692. Throughout these chronicles, we live vicariously through our beloved Sebastian’s memories. Via his trials and tribulations, lost loves, and heartache. Neither his exploits nor his love has any boundaries, but will he ever find that one soul that is fated to bind with his for eternity?

Greyson Fox, the man, the myth, the legend. The highly sought after, self-proclaimed permanent bachelor. Or so the rumor mill goes. Sure, I’ve heard it all - but the one that stung the most was being called a heartless bastard. Love ‘em and leave ‘em, that one in particular I found to be the most humorous since only one man had ever shared my bed more than once, and he’d long since passed away.

Mistress Nadia wasn't born into the lifestyle; she earned the title. Being a dominatrix became her preferred method of coping, a way to reclaim her life. Never would she suffer at the hands of another. Nadia's life began as any peasant youth's had in the rural Russ lands of the fourteenth century, an area later to be known as Russia. She was born the second of three daughters in a tiny farming village, but it was the summer of her eighteenth birth year when life as she knew it forever changed.

Kendall Shaw is in a rut. Sick of feeling like his dad's personal puppet. Sick of being set up on less than stellar dates by so-called friends and family. Just plain sick of everything. That is, until Joe enters the equation. Joe Butler has worked diligently to build his architecture business and reputation, which has just signed its biggest client to date. A law firm with endless connections in the greater Seattle area. Connections that could elevate his firms status.

What happens when the definitions of said friendship are tested? When one feels something more for the other? What if the feelings aren't reciprocated? Girl Crush is the story of that one time.

Shunned and cast aside by his faith and family, Jamie is left to do whatever it takes to survive. He comes across a group of kids in the same predicament, braving the streets of Seattle due to circumstances beyond their control. Lost souls who slipped through the cracks of the broken systems society forced them into. Yet they still offer what little they have to him, including their home.

A lady walks into a bar. Isn't that the way it always starts? Bad joke or not, this is what my life had been reduced to. How does one begin again over the age of forty? Instead of China, as was the customary gift for your twentieth anniversary, my husband decided to serve me with divorce papers. Literally that very day. Instead of citing irreconcilable differences, he informed me that not only did he have a girlfriend, but she was pregnant.