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The mayors been murdered, and everyone is on edge and reclusive mystery author Vicki Dean is the prime suspect. Can Victor clear her name without revealing his secret identity? Will the hunky new sheriff help Victor prove Vicki's innocence, or be a threat to not only his freedom but also his heart?

Maple Bay is hosting the Ms. Gay West Coast Pageant, and Victor’s drag queen persona Raven Ronelle is the emcee and organizer. It’s a huge event for the town, and everyone is excited. For someone, excitement means murder. As the drag queens suffer multiple attempts on their life, Victor enlists the help of his best friend and his boyfriend, Sheriff Hottie, to sleuth out the truth.

When Victor got the first letter, it held a veiled threat. The second one demanded money. When the third arrived with a deadly threat to those he loves, he begins to uncover the truth.

Powerful Hollywood agent and producer Marcus Montrose has invited Vicki Dean and her friends to a remote chateau in the Northern California mountains. As soon as they arrive, a blizzard cuts them off from the rest of the world. Trapped with some of Hollywood’s greatest stars sounds like fun, until the first body is found. It’s a race against the clock to discover which of the guests might be a murderer. With her boyfriend Harper Wolfe in tow, she takes it on herself to solve the mystery. If she doesn’t, either she or one of her friends may be next.

Sam: After having my heart broken by my cheating ex-boyfriend, I had stopped dreaming of ever falling in love again. But during a wild round of speed dating at the local gay club, Rumors, I met Grayson. He just moved to town and even though he’s 18 years older than me, I can’t get him out of my head. How do you open yourself up to the possibilities that life has to offer when your already impossibly jaded at just 27? I write about love and give relationship advice for an online column, but I’m discovering I’m just a fraud.

Rusty: I’ve ignored and denied being gay my whole life. Being from a small country town in Kentucky, being gay was not an option. The boys in the locker room would have made my life a living hell, and I was team captain. But something happened over the summer that woke me up, and I knew I owed it to myself to discover the truth. That’s when my new roommate walked into our dorm room, and I knew. I tried to resist my feelings for him, but one kiss has led to more than I ever dreamed of.

Mason: Being the second-string quarterback for Moray College has its perks. Girls throw themselves at me and I get a free ride to college so I can get my education degree. It pays to be one of the big men on campus. Off-campus is a different story. At a townie party I meet Calvin, who is completely unimpressed by me. I’m not too big a fan of his either at first. But fate forces us to be in each other’s life, and with every argument and debate, I can’t stop getting this irresistible urge to kiss him. I’m not sure what scares me the most, him or my emotions.

Life is hard for a freshman. Billy chose his college carefully. His dead Uncle William went there, studied the same major as Billy, and for a reason that no one seems to understand, died there. Was it foul play? Or, did Uncle William really kill himself? Billy has to find out. He has been walking in his uncle’s footsteps since the moment he was born.

Zac was a straight A student, class president, most likely to succeed, but by the age of 25, he was a college drop out. Zac peaked too soon.... He was once the golden child who was ever blindly falling forward. That is until tragedy stops him short. Now, failing out of college, he begrudgingly moves back home, with frazzled over protective parents and an older sister who can no longer stand him. Lost, he finds solace in old acquaintances and new friends that causes ripples of change in all of their lives.

The owners of the Point Pleasant Chalet dropped the Christmas Ball in my lap with only two weeks to plan the big event. I’m totally overwhelmed. Then he ran into me, this stranger from Europe with his large shoulders and smoldering eyes. It was love at first sight! When his situation changes and he may have to cut his vacation short, I hire him to play the Nutcracker Prince for the Chalet’s Christmas season. It’s a win-win for everyone. He can stay through the holiday as he had planned, and I get to know him better. I don’t know why I’m doing this.

Halloween? Check. Halloween Wedding? Double check. Falling in love unexpectedly at the Halloween wedding? Totally Inconvenient! Danny: I'm trying to decide how I got roped into not only being the best man at my ex's wedding, but also planning the damn thing with the other best man. He's a famous actor. He's too hot. He's too nice. He's also a major pain in my ass. As we work together to make this wedding the most beautiful event ever, I realize if Blake Hudson wasn't so annoying, I'd kiss him.

In the small town of Point Pleasant, Cory and Jensen are visiting their friends Blake and Danny during a town festival. Blake is hosting the baking competition which is being filmed for a worldwide Television audience. When one of the judges is poisoned during the festival, the town's overworked and under-appreciated sheriff requests the help of Cory and Jensen to get to the bottom of the case. Can they solve the mystery without the help of Vicki Dean and Sheriff Hottie, or will their case fall as flat as an underbaked cake?

On the Rainbow Journey cruise to Alaska, everyone is having a blast – everyone, that is, except for the corpse. Trapped on a cruise ship with a killer isn’t fun for anyone. Victor and Harper have to find the murderer before they can strike again. In the VIP suites a killer is on the loose. The Seeker of the Seas, an LGBTQIA+ cruise line is hosting a large group of partiers and the fun is starting to become deadly. Hoping to get a vacation - Victor, Harper, Cory and Jensen are excited to get out of Maple Bay and let loose.