He'll go down for his permanent record.LEOPOLD GIDEON spent his childhood as the poor kid in a rich school until he met an older man who took him under his wing and into his bed, teaching him to not only survive but thrive among the elite and to never submit to anybody…except him. For fifteen years, Gideon had everything, but then tragedy strikes, leaving him alone once again.CALLUM WHYTE was raised with every conceivable luxury but one: loving parents. When his father is indicted for federal crimes and his assets frozen, Cal has to learn to survive with nothing. When a friend offers him money to spend the night with a hot older man, Cal has no choice but to say yes or literally risk going without medication he needs to stay alive.One night with Gideon leaves Cal’s head spinning and his body longing for something he never thought he’d want: discipline. Too bad Gideon never plays with the same boy twice, not even ones who beg as sweetly as Cal.Just when Cal thinks all hope is lost, he discovers Gideon is the new headmaster for his school, leading him to devise a plan to get what he wants by blackmailing the older man into spending the next six weeks with him. But Cal is about to learn it doesn’t pay to blackmail someone who doles out his punishments.Will this battle of wills end in a ceasefire or heartbreak?This book is complete at 78,000 words with no cliffhanger and a HEA.

Grace Alvarez has spent years building a chosen family after being rejected by her own.Her hospital patients, yoga students, and best friend Mallory's family have become her home. But when it comes to relationships, her wish list doesn't include romance.Then Mallory's older brother Alex storms back to town: arrogant, workaholic, and everything Grace should avoid. When she needs an emergency Santa for sick kids, Alex reluctantly agrees. But between the sensory room she created for overstimulated kids and her unwavering compassion, Alex's carefully controlled world starts cracking.Their connection heats up faster than caramel on the stove, and soon they're stealing kisses that have nothing to do with mistletoe.But Grace has spent years rebuilding after her family rejected her for being transgender. She won't risk her friendship with Mallory for a man whose life is in California. And Alex is finally learning that some things matter more than making partner... if he can figure out how to let go.Can a grumpy lawyer and a sunshine social worker turn their holiday fling into a lifetime?Tropes: Grumpy/Sunshine • Best Friend's Brother • Forced Proximity • Holiday Romance • Only One Bed • Found FamilyRepresentation: Transgender heroine • PTSD rep • Sensory processing exploration • Chronic illness (pediatric heart condition)A heartwarming holiday romance about healing, hope, and building the family you choose.

Finding out the guy I hooked up with is on my team isn’t the way I saw my first week of coaching going.My name is Anthony Hawke, and I used to be a rising star in the NHL until someone purposefully tore my ACL, ending my career. I went from the top of my life to nothing in a matter of months.I take a coaching job a thousand miles away as a fresh start, only to ruin it before I start.Three months ago, I met him in a bar. Sexy and funny and built like a God—no names, just the best night of my life.I never thought I’d see him again, but jokes on me, he’s a freshman on my team. Not only is he an insufferable playboy, but his father is the one who ruined my career.I can’t lose this coaching job by sleeping with a player, but he won’t let it go. And if his father finds out, forget working anywhere in hockey again.

It's 2006 and Sixteen-year-old A.J. Walker is openly gay, painfully Canadian, and very much out of his depth. He’s wanted to do his school’s exchange program for years, but now that he’s landed at an all-boys school in Glenbridge Ireland—an ocean away from Moose Jaw Saskatchewan—he’s starting to question his decisions. Armed with nothing more than his trusty Discman and an accent that makes him stand out, A.J. has one goal: get through the Irish school year.Born and raised in Glenbridge, Bren O’Shea has never known how to sit still or keep quiet. He’s also never known a day without laughter. Even when things get bad, Bren always knows how to get a smile out of someone, whether they asked him or not. His mam always says he needs to think before he acts, but as long as his heart’s in the right place, what’s the harm in a bit of impulse?Glenbridge is the sort of town where everyone knows everyone—and unfortunately for A.J. once someone thinks they know you, it’s hard to change their mind.After a rocky start that ends in disaster, Bren and A.J. need to decide if it’s worth reaching out to someone who’s so different from you—especially when one of you has to leave in June.

For a man who takes what he wants, desiring the one thing he can't have is torture.Nero Andretti is used to getting his way. Cold, calculating, and criminally seductive, he clawed his way up from the back streets of Rome to the edge of the Castellani crime family's inner circle.No one can resist him.No one except Gabriel Carstairs.Straight-laced, stubborn, and infuriatingly principled, landscape architect Gabriel refuses to bow to Nero's demands or succumb to his seduction. But each heated encounter leaves Nero more obsessed, more determined to conquer the man who looks at him with equal parts defiance and desire.Gabriel fled East Coast shadows for California sunshine, hoping to bury his past. The last thing he needs is a tattooed mobster stalking him with promises of pleasure. And as their arguments intensify, so does their dangerous attraction.But when Gabriel needs a favor, he's forced to turn to the last person he should trust. Nero is only too happy to offer his protection, for a price that has nothing to do with money and everything to do with surrender...Because some wants are too wicked to deny.His Wicked Wants is the final book in the West Coast Mobsters series, and delivers a finale packed with romance, heat, and the transformative power of found Family.***Follow the men of the Los Angeles underworld in this page-turning romantic suspense series as they find love, danger and mystery in the most unexpected places.Each book in West Coast Mobsters tells the love story of a different couple who find their happy ending, as well as a resolution to the mystery they're investigating, but there are cliffhangers to the wider suspense plot for the series.