Showing results by publisher "Author's Republic" in Romance

Ever since Robert Belton gambled away the money to stake his claim in the Klondike gold fields, he’s been stranded in Seattle working as a prostitute. When an attractive customer needs help hauling provisions to the frozen North, Robert eagerly volunteers. Dr. John Fauth is only searching for one thing, and it isn’t gold. He needs platinum for the prototypes of his revolutionary inventions, and if he doesn’t find it in the Klondike, his university career - and his research - is over.

It’s the holidays. A time Deacon Brady spends with his family in New York City during the most wonderful time of the year. This year, things are different for the former Hollywood Soap Opera star and A-Lister. Now, Deacon Brady is unemployed, and at the brink of losing everything due to the Global Financial Crisis.

Everyone at Jim Irving’s garage is gung ho about Wrench Wars, a new reality show featuring mechanics. Everyone, that is, except talented mechanic Chandler Scott, the sole employee who has refused to sign the contract. The rest of the mechanics are pressuring him, too, because, without Chandler - and his volatile interactions with his boss - no one’s getting on the show.

On the heels of a painful and long overdue breakup, what Victor Nelson needs is time to lick his wounds. What he doesn’t need is everyone in his family trying to play matchmaker so he can find someone new. Which is exactly what they’ll do at the three stupid weddings he has to attend this summer. Fortunately, it’s Dominic Lowe to the rescue. Dom is more than willing to come along to all the weddings as his best friend’s “boyfriend”, even if he’d much rather be there as Vic’s real boyfriend.

August 1939. Roger Miller and Jack O’Brien have been close since childhood. By the time they realize there’s more between them than friendship, Jack is leaving their sleepy Iowa town for college. But they console themselves knowing he’ll be home for Christmas. Right? It is Christmas before they see each other again, but that Christmas comes six years and a world war later. Aged, beaten, and shaken by combat, they’re not the boys they were back then, but their feelings for each other are stronger than ever.

Alexander Popescu is a university lecturer in a quiet German town. He’s a respectable man in his 30s who stays fit, has a decent career, and travels alone — his only vice is an occasional greasy meal. And beer. And violent computer games. Nobody has to know about the other Alex — the acclaimed smut writer. His ingenious fantasies earn him good money and keep his capricious mind harmlessly entertained.

Rae came from a conservative, religious family and lived that life until her husband Frank was sent to Afghanistan for nine months. Looking for something to pass that time, she signed up for a yoga class offered through the base recreation center. Meeting another military wife who was also looking for a yoga class, Rae began her walk into a whole new lifestyle and the realization that marriage, children, and adult responsibilities didn't equal death or being old.

Dr Simon Mráz is a respected specialist and lecturer at the Charles University in Prague. He is a serious man, responsible. His students call him "The Cruel Doctor Frost" not because he's unkind, but because of his unwavering, ice-cold composure. As a psychiatrist, he values sanity. And sanity can be found in work, restraint, and self-control. But not many know of that one time in the past when The Cruel Doctor Frost lost his cool.

For constable Paul Benson of the North-West Mounted Police, monotony is a blessing. As a provision inspector below the Chilkoot Pass during the Klondike Gold Rush, he’s seen miserable conditions and gold fever turn civilized prospectors into madmen. Joseph Starling is on his way to the Klondike to find the men who savagely beat him, murdered his eldest brother, and stole their mining machine. They’ll kill his youngest brother if Joseph doesn’t operate the machine for them - it won’t work without him.

Nils lebt ein Leben auf der Überholspur. Seinen Kollegen zeigt er, wie man Karriere macht, und seine Bedürfnisse befriedigt er in den Berliner Gay-Clubs. Gefühle? Wer braucht die schon! Doch ausgerechnet kurz vor dem Urlaub steht sein Leben plötzlich Kopf und zwingt ihn zu einem Aufenthalt in den Bergen. Doch dann trifft er den sturen, aber überaus attraktiven Johannes, der abgeschieden in einer Almhütte lebt. Schnell kommen sich die zwei unterschiedlichen Männer näher, und das Glück scheint perfekt. Aber die beiden ahnen nicht, dass die Dorf-Idylle trügt...

Der schüchterne Kyle geht Veränderungen aus dem Weg. Um sich vor Enttäuschungen zu schützen, hat er hohe Mauern um sich herum aufgebaut. Als jedoch eines Tages der freiheitsliebende Menschenrechtsaktivist Brandon vor seinem Büro auftaucht, um gegen Kyles Arbeitgeber zu protestieren, ändert sich alles. Kyle verliebt sich Hals über Kopf in den aufrührerischen, attraktiven Surfer, und ehe er es sich versieht, kämpft er an Brandons Seite.

Former gladiator Saevius is certain Fortune’s smiling on him when a Pompeiian politician buys him to be his bodyguard. That is until his new master, Laurea Calvus, orders Saevius to discover the gladiator with whom his wife is having a sordid affair. In order to do that, Saevius must return to the arena, training alongside the very men on whom he’s spying. Worse, he’s now under the command of Drusus, a notoriously cruel - and yet strangely intriguing - lanista.

Ben hat gerade sein Studium geschmissen, um endlich zu leben, aber so hatte er sich seinen Neuanfang in London nicht vorgestellt. Überrascht wacht er nach seiner ersten Partynacht in einem Hotelzimmer auf dem Teppich auf. Und er ist nicht allein. Mit ihm im Zimmer ist der geheimnisvolle Jordan.

Ich kam gut alleine klar. Ich brauchte niemanden. Schließlich war ich Profiboxer und ein harter Kerl, unerschrocken, unbesiegbar. Bis zu jenem Tag, an dem ich Kaleb Dixon traf. Natürlich hätte ich ahnen können, dass der Kerl Probleme macht. Man lässt sich nicht auf einen Typen ein, den man auf einer illegalen Party kennenlernt und dessen Tattoos so mysteriös sind, wie er selbst. Doch das Düstere, das ihn umgab, war mein Verhängnis. Oder meine Rettung. Denn ich sah in Kalebs Augen meinen eigenen Schmerz - den einzigen Gegner, den ich bisher nicht besiegen konnte …

Eine total verrückte Lovestory aus Liverpool. Ich hätte wissen müssen, dass ein Musikcasting, bei dem es die »Goldene Bratwurst« zu gewinnen gibt, in die Hose geht. Mir hätte klar sein müssen, dass man die Bandauswahl nicht einer rappenden Fleischereifachverkäuferin überlassen sollte. Und ich hätte auch ahnen können, dass die skurrilen Fetischfotos, zu denen ich mich hatte überreden lassen, nach hinten losgehen.

All Dane Gale ever wanted was to be a successful writer. After a few sessions with his new friends Rose and Sherry at a romance book club, well, the more romances they read, the more they're convinced they can do better. And do they ever! They join their creative forces to become Pamela Clarice, self-published romance novelist. When they look for a cover model for their first book, Dane sees the photos that will change his life.

When Roger and Brian lock eyes on the first day of school, a friendship is born. Both men are hungry for connection - Brian needs the acceptance, encouragement, and support he never had growing up, and when he finds out his new best friend is gay, it brings his own sexual identity into question. Roger needs a big brother, a best friend, but that will never be enough, especially not when he's this close to big, strong, handsome Brian.

When Jamie walks through the door of the Humane Society, it's not just an animal who needs rescuing that day. Tom is there to adopt another service dog into the Canine Comrade Corps, but it's Jamie his heart goes out to. But each man turns away, walks away, from the potential pain, the rejection, the knowledge that it'll all end in tears.... Jamie knows damn well that the HIV he contracted from an unfaithful lover has put him out of the dating game forever in the small town of Santa Vera.

Nach dem College will Jason Ward nur eins: Texas hinter sich lassen und in New York neu anfangen. Doch der Autounfall seines Bruders, den Jason hätte verhindern können, lässt seine Träume platzen. Geplagt von Schuldgefühlen, vertritt Jason seinen Bruder in dessen Wäscherei, als eines Tages der traurig wirkende Landon Reed einen Aushilfsjob in dem maroden Familienbetrieb annimmt. Schnell fühlt Jason sich zu dem ebenso attraktiven wie verschlossenen Landon hingezogen. Doch obwohl Landon diese Gefühle teilt, setzt er alles daran, Jason auf Abstand zu halten.

A story told from two perspectives: Erik is a religious boy who begins to question his sexuality and beliefs after he is propositioned by a male classmate. Nicholas is an attractive, though somewhat self-absorbed, young man whose life is uprooted when his mother announces her bitter divorce from his father. When the two boys meet, things become increasingly complicated as they strike up a friendship, which quickly develops into something neither party can be certain of.