First Timers brings you a collection of eleven stories about first experiences. From sweet and innocent to smoking hot, these stories capture the exhilarating feeling that something wonderful is about to happen. Humor and passion blend in Rob Rosen's "Come Hell or High Water," Gacy Grant treats us to a heartwarming first in "The Pickup," long-time friends become lovers in "The King's Guard" by Evelyn Burkhardt and "One Sneeze, a Wish, Two Sneezes, a Kiss" by Jacey Mills, and revelations abound first time away from home in Andrea Dalling's "What a Man Wants" and Helena Maeve's "Initiation." "Sample and Hold" by Erin McRae and Racheline Maltese, Megan McFerren's "Just Like That," and Val Prozorova's "Guitar Lesson" explore the intensity of a first coming out, first time, first kiss, while love can be found where you least expect it in "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by McKay and "Finding Home" by Katherine Halle. Whether contemporary or fantastical, past or present, a sweet kiss on a riverbank or reveling in the Bayou, these stories are all uplifting, fun, and did we mention hot?
Hollywood's newest star, 21-year-old J. Alex Cook never wanted to be famous, he just wanted to get out of Indiana. When he hooks up with Paul, a writer on a hit TV show, Alex is thrown into a web of relationships involving friends, lovers, and everything in between. Forced to figure out what it means to live -- and love -- in the public eye, Alex's quest to find his own happily ever after will make you believe love is possible... even in Los Angeles. This title was previously published by Torquere Press. This is a newly updated and revised edition.
The ties that bind... Two years after the events of Starling, Cinderella story and star of The Fourth Estate J. Alex Cook is living happily ever after with his boyfriend, television writer Paul Marion Keane. But when Paul's pilot, Winsome, AZ, gets picked up, the competing demands of their high-profile careers make them question their future together. ...can sometimes tear you apart As Paul becomes increasingly absent from their relationship, Alex tries to regain control of his private life and establish a career path independent of Fourth's enigmatic, and at times malevolent, showrunner Victor. But the delicate web of relationships that connects Alex, Paul, and their friends - including Alex's excitable ex-lover Liam and his no-nonsense fiancee Carly - threatens to unravel. With the business of Hollywood making it hard to remember who he is when the whole world isn't watching, Alex is forced to confront major changes in the fairytale life he never wanted as he discovers that love in Los Angeles often looks nothing like the movies. Doves is Book Two in the Love in Los Angeles series.
Sometimes the end of everything... Now happily married to writer and producer Paul Marion Keane, television star J. Alex Cook's life has been a fairytale of success and romance for years. But when an unexpected tragedy throws his and Paul's social circle into chaos, the alumni of hit TV show The Fourth Estate are forced to pick up the creative pieces left behind. ...is just the beginning Confronted with his own mortality, Paul suggests he and Alex start a family. But figuring out what family means when your best friends' polyamorous marriage may be melting down and you have Hollywood's most malevolent fairy godmother to thank for your success is no easy proposition. As Alex questions whether anyone in a profession full of make believe can truly have fame, fortune, kids, and the happily ever after of their dreams, he sets out to take control of his own life and discovers that the best love stories never truly end. Phoenix is Book 3 in the Love in Los Angeles series.
In Plaid Nights, men in kilts are as varied as they are hot. Whether they're caber tossers, rugby players, Highland warriors, country dancers, or time-traveling vampires, they're up for surprises and sexy good times. Rob Rosen starts us off with humor in "Tossing It." Contemporary men discover love in unexpected places in "Whiskey and Want" by Megan McFerren, "Some Like It Scot" by Julia Talbot, "Perfect Working Order" by Elizabeth Coldwell, and "Off-Kilter" by Racheline Maltese & Erin McRae. We get a taste of the paranormal in "Sir WW" by Angelique Voisen, "Feumaidh Mi Ruith (I Have to Run)" by Missouri Dalton, and "Kilt in the Closet" by Logan Zachary. And we're treated to forbidden love in historicals "Hunting for a Highlander" by Lila Mathews, "A Time to Heal" by Anna Mansel, and "As Fair Art Thou, My Bonny Lad" by McKay. In these stories, some tartan-clad men wear their kilts in the "traditional manner," while others are less daring. But all find love, and of course, a happy ending-especially at night, when the plaid comes off.
A duchess's beauty matched only by her cunning; her husband's dangerous affair with a handsome scholar; a foreigner in a playground of swordplay and secrets; and a mathematical genius on the brink of revolution. Suddenly long-buried lies threaten to come to light and betrayal and treachery run rampant in this story of sparkling wit and political intrigue."--Amazon.com.
Being a self-published author means being an entrepreneur who is responsible for every part of your author business... and every part of your readers' experience. Let two award-winning, self-published authors teach you to avoid scams, unforced errors, and poor investments as you create and publish books that can proudly share shelf space with those from from traditional publishers. Learn how to: - Find the right type of editor - Avoid cover art pitfalls - Navigate ebook publishing platforms - Get into brick and mortar stores - Secure reviews - Market your book - And survive social media in this at times humorous, hands-on how-to designed to save you from yourself!
Finally, a self-help book about getting things done and liking yourself for people who hate self-help books and love profanity! Is the cult of positivity trying to kill you? Do you have too much to do, but feel too stressed out to do it? Are you sick of thinking you're a failure because you're prone to panic and procrastination? Yeah, me too. Been there, done that. Like you, I'm a certified disaster human, but just because we're disaster humans, doesn't mean our lives can't be awesome. The trick is figuring out how to work with the brains we have and the circumstances we've got. I've figured it out for me, and now I'm here to help figure it out for you. You don't have to change who you are to use your "worst" qualities to get sh*t done, tell your perfectionism to f*ck off, and go after your wildest damn dreams.
Overall winner, 2017 Library Journal Indie Ebook Awards Ancient rivalry. Modern romance. What if the Wars of the Roses had never ended? Lady Amelia Brockett, known to her family as Meels, is having the Worst. Christmas. Ever. Dumped by her boyfriend and rejected from graduate school, her parents deem her the failure of the family. But when her older brother tries to cheer her with a trip to the races, a chance meeting with Arthur, the widowed, playboy Prince of Wales, offers Amelia the opportunity to change her life — and Britain’s fortunes — forever. Hunted by the press — and haunted by Arthur’s niece who fancies herself the kingdom’s court witch — Amelia finds herself adrift in a sea of paparazzi, politics, and prophecy. With few allies beyond her allergic-to-horses sister-in-law, her best friend who has a giant crush on the prince, and the cute young receptionist at Buckingham Palace that calls himself her royalty customer service representative, Amelia must navigate a perilous and peculiar course to secure Arthur’s love and become A Queen from the North.
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