Bear has never regretted leaving his old life behind for his lover, Dragon. Following his heart, though, has left them in need of a home. There's only one place he can think of where they can be together and be happy. A place of myth—until he encounters signs that it's a real place that lies somewhere to the north. Dragon doesn't share his lover's faith that Shenandoah exists. Yet he and Bear are Brothers now, bound by love and so much more. No hardship will keep Dragon from Bear's side. Even if it means nothing but disappointment waits at the end of their journey. Danger lurks in the wilderness, the ruined cities of the lost Old World, and especially within themselves. As Bear's quest for a new home becomes a spirit journey of mystical power, Dragon doubts his own strength—an unbearable shame he tries to hide deep within. But when a chance encounter turns into a fight for survival, Bear's life depends on Dragon's ability to put his doubts aside...and dare to hope.
Two prisoners. One forgotten planet. A secret that twists justice beyond all recognition. Hellscape, Book 2 All Sandman wants is to get away from his violent past on Hell's End, but trouble follows him, leaving him with more blood on his hands and a one-way ticket aboard a crewless prison transport on a pre-set course for Deimos. By the time he realizes the transport's actual destination is a mystery, there's only one other prisoner he can trust. He doesn't like it, or the things Vijay makes him feel. Caring makes you weak. Makes you easy to hurt. And Sandman's never been easy, or weak. Vijay is focused on what he's always done best. Survival. But Sandman is an enigma, fearless in battle yet terrified of tight spaces. Vijay finds himself longing to break through the fierce young warrior's shell. After crash landing on an uncharted planet, they stumble on the justice system's dirty little secret-the Farm, where prisoners go in but never come out. When the Farm's threat gets personal, Sandman and Vijay each test the limits of endurance to protect the man at his back-and in his heart. Warning: This book contains spaceships, soldiers, good guys, bad guys, solar system politics, and a one-eyed Gutter with an attitude.
Sam Raintrees life changed forever when he started his dream job with Bay City Paranormal Investigations. In one fateful week, he learned he was psychic and began a relationship with his boss, a man who'd been in the closet all his life. But the burden of secrets has become too much to bear.
Qualitative Data Analysis with ATLAS.ti is the very first book designed to guide you step-by-step through your research project using ATLAS.ti. In the book, you will find clear, practical advice on preparing your data, setting up a new project in ATLAS.ti, developing a coding system, asking questions, finding answers and preparing your results. The book features: - methodological as well as technical advice - numerous practical exercises and examples - screenshots showing you each stage of analysis - a companion website with online tutorials and data sets Susanne Friese teaches qualitative methods at the University of Hanover and at various PhD schools, provides training and consultancy for ATLAS.ti at the intersection between developers and users.
Something evil is going down in Atlanta... Mojo Mysteries, Book 3 Adrian Broussard and Greg Woodhall are attending OutlantaCon, Atlanta's annual gay geek conference, and are looking forward to a weekend of cosplay and general nerdy fun. As they mingle with other conference goers, though, Adrian feels a strange, cold energy emanating from a man dressed as a satyr. Encounters with storybook creatures roaming the streets only increase the chilly tendrils teasing Adrian's sixth sense-strong enough to cause disturbing visions of Greg's existence being erased. When a girl at the conference goes missing, then turns up dead, clues literally drop in their laps as Adrian begins to fear the cold, alien energy is engulfing the whole city. And in danger of swallowing up his lover. To Adrian's horror, his worst nightmare is realized. Now both he and Greg must call on reserves of strength and resourcefulness they never knew they possessed to save Atlanta, and each other. Warning: This book contains weird critters, Hell-Lanta, regular Atlanta, a creepy escalator, awesome cosplay geeks, temples that aren't (but totally are), and liberal use of mojo mind powers.
Toward morning, Sam dreamed again. Another nightmare of frigid, crushing blackness, alive with a sense of intelligent menace. He woke damp and shaking in the gray predawn light. Sitting up, he turned on the lamp beside the couch to banish the darkness. It was too easy to see things in the shadows. He was in the kitchen making coffee when he heard the shuffle of bare feet behind him. Before he could turn, arms slid around his waist and soft lips brushed the back of his neck. He laid his hand over Bos where it pressed to his belly. This was Bos apology posture. Hed seen it countless times, and it was usually followed by them making up from whatever their latest fight had been. But after what had happened the night before, Sam had no clue what to say. Especially in light of Deans suspicions regarding Bos behavior. I was way out of line last night, Bo said after a few moments of awkward silence. His voice was raspy and tremulous. Can you ever forgive me?
Ten years after Adrian Broussard accidentally used his mind to open a portal to another dimension, he's successfully harnessed his psychokinetic abilities. In the process, he's learned these guiding principles for his life: Absolute truth. Absolute control. Always. Sticking to his personal code of ethics has never been a problem, until two chance meetings—one with a hundred-year-old ghost, one with a very-much-alive man—turn his orderly existence upside down. Adrian is intrigued by the spirit of Lyndon Groome and determined to solve the mystery of his death. Greg Woodhall, however, affects Adrian in unpredictable ways. Not only does his every touch challenge Adrian's hard-won control over his abilities, his company becomes a light in Adrian's lonely life. As the mystery of Lyndon's death turns sinister, Adrian's relationship with Greg deepens into something serious. But intimacy isn't as easy as honesty, and when the heart's involved, the line between right and wrong can blur.
While visiting friends in Carrboro, North Carolina, paranormal investigator Dean Delapore comes across a case he cant turn downa haunted inn. The Blue Skye Inns melancholy apparition intrigues him. The inns owner, Sommer Skye, intrigues him more. Sommer is hot, intelligent, and Deans aggressive dream man between the sheets. Dean expects a few weeks of hot sex with Sommer. What he doesnt expect is to fall in love, or to face an impossible choicethe life he knows, or the love hes just found.
Can two men from different worlds cut the ties binding them to heartaches past and present, and make a life together? For Paul Gordon, the little town of Willow Bend, South Carolina is the perfect place to start over. A place where he can move on after his lover's death, alone and anonymous. Cory Saunders is just trying to survive. Between working two jobs and caring for his ailing mother, it's all he can do to keep his head above water. When Paul and Cory meet, their mutual attraction is undeniable. When the intense physical attraction starts to blossom into something deeper, neither wants to admit to what's happening. Cory doesn't have time for a relationship, and Paul isn't sure he's ready for one. But sometimes, what you thought you couldn't have turns out to be exactly what you need. Warning: this title contains explicit male/male sex and graphic language.
Porn stars, holy emissaries, demons, and even just plain humans-ninjas come in all forms and from all kinds of Hell in this erotically charged comedic Wilde City anthology! Whether it's the world of second-rate television, fluttering ninja stars, obsessions over a bronzy-olive toned soldier, or magic backsides, your authorial guides will take you where few readers have ever dared to go...without protection. Kage Alan, JP Barnaby, Ally Blue, TC Blue, Shae Connor, Jevocas Green, Kiernan Kelly and Eden Winters bring you...Butt Ninjas from Hell. You'll Never Hear Them Coming!
After more than a year as a couple Sam Raintree and Dr. Bo Broussard are finally settling into life together. Bo has come to terms with his sexuality, their business is thriving, and Sam has begun to accept his role as a step-parent of sorts to Bos sons, Sean and Adrian. The only real dark spot is Bos ex-wife, Janine. When eleven-year-old Adrian begins exhibiting signs of psychokinesis-the same ability which allows Sam to manipulate interdimensional portals-the friction between Sam, Bo and Janine escalates. Sam and Bo have reason to believe Adrian's raw, uncontrolled talent poses a danger to him and those around him. Janine, however, believes Sam and Bo are encouraging dangerous delusions on Adrian's part. Adrian is soon pushed beyond his limits. With Adrian's mind-and the lives of everyone around him-hanging in the balance, Sam and Bo race against time to save both boys and keep an otherworldly horror from breaking free.
Rebellion, war and survival. Love's a bitch. Hellscape, Book 1 Tuck's a Gutter, one of a gang of violent orphans running level thirty-six of Hell's End, the solar system's outermost space station. There's only one way out of this brotherhood of blood-grow up and be killed and eaten by other Gutters. Tuck barely escapes his death sentence, only to fall prey to the powerful L'arisian family. Rescue from a L'arisian whorehouse never happens, but rescued he is, and by Gov soldiers no less. Alone among the enemy, Tuck trusts only one person-the man who risked everything to pluck him to safety. Ivan's a soldier. No more, no less. But the disquieting things he learns about the Government's plans for the Gutter kid have him doing the one thing a soldier shouldn't do. Think about doing what's right instead of what he's told. All for a guy he can't get out of his head. Getting involved in a rebellion that might get them killed is a problem. Falling in love? That's a disaster in the making. Warning: This book contains rebels, spies, soldiers, bad guys, love, sex, betrayal, fights to the death, and robot spiders. Really.
A Sidhe warrior in exile. A young man with powers he's only beginning to understand. In their hands, the fate of two worlds. A childhood encounter with one of the Sidhe sets Joseph Vines' life on a fateful course. Unable to forget the beautiful creature who promised to one day return for him, Joey spends the next twenty years learning, dreaming and waiting. Braeden Shay, a warrior of the Sidhe, has spent those same twenty years watching Joey from a distance, waiting for Joey's heritage to make itself known. When the time is ripe, Braeden steps in to protect Joey from those trying to kill him, and to help him deal with the changes turning his life inside out. During the days that follow, as Braeden teaches Joey to harness and control his newfound power over the natural world, Joey finds himself falling for the gentle, patient Braeden. Braeden, who has watched over Joey for most of his life, is already deeply in love with him. When the forces targeting Joey for death catch up with them, it will take all their magic-and the power of their love for each other-to survive, and to save both their worlds. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit male/male sex, graphic language, violence, and inappropriate use of plants.
Adder has all the sex, money, and fame he's ever dreamed of, but when Kalil becomes the band's new drummer, the hedonistic superstar begins to think a one-man relationship might be all he really wants.
Revenge can t heal a wounded soul. When Leon Fisher finds his lover butchered in their bed, he does what any good assassin would do he gets revenge. But killing the murderer doesn t make the pain go away. Instead, it sends him on a vicious downward spiral into alcoholism and depression. In a bid to force Leon to sober up and regain his edge, his mysterious employers known only as the organization send him to a private property in the wilds of Alaska. In the lush and remote Tongass National Forest, Leon encounters Grim, a strange but alluring young man who saves Leon s life after a bear attack, then brings him to a cabin in the depths of the woods to recover. Leon doesn t expect to fall in love with this odd, subservient person, yet he can t deny what he comes to feel for Grim. But Grim has a past he doesn t talk about. A past just as dark and ugly as Leon s. And both pasts are about to catch up with them. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit male/male sex, graphic language, intense violence, drug and alcohol use, and references to past abusive situations.
Heroes are boring. Seriously, how much effort does it take to be good? Fortunately, we don't know! The Butt-Thology authors are back again with their latest action-packed, suspenseful, horrifying thriller...Butt Villains On Vacation. Okay, it might be a comedy. Find out who Designation Enforcement are pursuing at The Flaming Skull B&B, if retired villain Drunkboy can find love without accidentally killing someone, what happens when Assassin Bandit's travel agent books him into a resort with the good guys, and why villains and arch nemeses Master Malevolence and The Fluffy Bunny have morning sickness symptoms after hooking up with each other!
Love is the journey of a lifetime. Chris Tucker is a cultured and sophisticated gentleman. Matt Gallagher is a pierced and tattooed wild child. Not exactly the pair you d expect to become a couple. But the sparks fly between them from the moment they meet, and the fire never goes out. Through the first rush of attraction to falling in love, through jealousy and sexual experimentation and a life-threatening injury, the bond they share grows and deepens. Come along with Matt and Chris on their journey, and share their joys and heartaches, from their first hello to happily ever after and everything in between. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit homoerotic sex, graphic language, and M/M/M menage a trois.
Home is where the heart is." The December holidays mean many things: food, presents, traditions, stress, peace, renewal. But most of all, they mean families-good and bad, biological and chosen-and finding our way home, whatever the definition and wherever it might be. The three holiday-set romances in "Home for the Holidays" all explore characters leaving home, finding home, returning home, and discovering what home means to them. In "How I Met Your Father," members of a boyband search for happiness years after the fame dissipates, finally coming to understand that home is any place where love dwells. In "Long the Mile," two homeless men come to realize that they are home for each other, no matter their living circumstances. In "Lost and Found," an RV-dwelling musician (with a cute dog) has been running away from the idea of home his whole life . . . until he realizes that home is where his partner is. "Help people discover home in the real world. 20% of all proceeds from this collection are donated to the Ali Forney Center in New York.
Finding your heart's desire comes with a price. Luke Cordova, the last of an ancient race, and Austin Bell, a diver who's down on his luck, are both looking for a new start. They're fated to be together--if they survive the dangerously stormy seas and a deadly shared enemy.
Guilty pleasureswe all have them. And four of Samhains top m/m erotica writers are serving them up. Taboo Desires by Amanda Young has a man facing a choicegive in to his desire for a man, or go back to his safe, straight life. In Custom Ride by K.A. Mitchell, a summer storm brings more than one man out of the closet. Ally Blues Catching a Buzz gives a whole new meaning to personal electronics. And two werewolves mark each other as mates with the help of Jade Buchanans Nut Cream. So go ahead. Get it while its hot!
Thomas Stone has one sacred rule: Dont Date The Boss. Ever. So when he finds out his new employer is the man he took to bed his first night in town, hes less than happy. He doesnt need any more complications in his life, and the way Phil makes him feel definitely qualifies as a complication. Philip Sorrells is thrilled to discover that the new bartender hired for his restaurant, The Happy Onion, is the aggressive little blond he slept with and cant forget. Thom is Phils wet dream come true. For the first time, Phil hears the siren song of monogamy. When Thom leaves The Happy Onion for a job managing an upscale nightclub, it looks like a chance for him and Phil to be together without the whole boss/employee thing hanging over them. Instead, Thoms new position brings out previously unsuspected differences in their world views. So how will this nature-loving tree-hugger and corporate-ladder climber navigate this political minefield in the name of love? Very carefully.
Do you imagine blazing gun battles, bandits, and saloons with watered-down drinks when you think of cowboys and the West? We don't. Our minds go right to horse shifters, bull shifters, were-leopards, urban wannabes, an interrupted journey along Route 66, a man of mystery named Dr. Feel-Good, and high noon at the edge of the galaxy! The fourth time's the charm as the Butt-Thology authors saddle up, ride their men hard, and put 'em away wet. Butt Riders on the Range...the bulls aren't the only ones being grabbed by the horns!
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