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When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr Byrne, her best friend James helps her devise a plan to seduce him. But what begins as a harmless crush soon pushes their friendship to its limits. Over the course of a year they will find their lives ever more entwined with the Byrnes' and be faced with impossible choices and a lie that can't be taken back...

Meet Gilda. She cannot stop thinking about death. Desperate for relief from her anxious mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local church and finds herself abruptly hired to replace the deceased receptionist Grace. It's not the most obvious job - she's queer and an atheist for starters - and so in between trying to learn mass, hiding her new maybe-girlfriend and conducting an amateur investigation into Grace's death, Gilda must avoid revealing the truth of her mortifying existence.

Businesswoman, Sam Phillips, was quite content focusing on her single life. At 37, she didn't have the time to explore. She was never supposed to be alone, not in this world. One devastating day would crush everything she had ever known, but deep down, she knew there was more to life than business. Alexis Foster wasn't looking for love. With work commitments only growing by the day, a life of "arrangements" as a high-class escort appeared to be the way forward. After all, at 25, Alexis had all the time in the world to settle down. A simple decision would change their lives.

Leading fashion magazine editor Victoria Hastings always thought her trusted assistant quit her job and abandoned her in Paris. A year later, she discovers Holly Carter was injured in an accident. Brain trauma led to amnesia, and Holly cannot remember anything about her life. Guilt causes Victoria to bring Holly home and into her life to aid her in recovery. But when guilt turns into something else, what will she do?

Set in Mexico City during the early 50s, Queer follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges; a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humor and the Ugly American at his ugliest. Burroughs' only realist love story, Queer is a haunting tale of possession and exorcism.

His Bodyguard. His Love. Maverick, know-it-all bodyguard Farrow Keene knows publicly dating American royalty comes with a great cost. Everyone wants a piece of their relationship. And as a protective boyfriend, he’s not here for the malicious hands that grab at their love life and seek to rip them apart. But Farrow is confident. He’s confident that he could’ve never prepared for the storm to come. Keep him safe. Maximoff Hale isn’t a big fan of change. And to regain the charity CEO position he lost, he agrees to a task that he’s always rejected.

Fifty years ago, Roland Mills belonged to a violent activist group. Now, someone is willing to kill to prevent him from publishing his memoirs. When ex-FBI agent Elliot Mills is called out to examine the charred ruins of his childhood home, he quickly identifies the fire for what it is - arson. A knee injury may have forced Elliot out of the Bureau, but it's not going to stop him from bringing the man who wants his father dead to justice.

As if juggling surgery and being an instructor isn't enough, she's recently taken on a more demanding administrative role at the medical school that was named after her legendary father. To make things worse, she's now required to attend a growing number of galas, fundraisers, and conventions. Wouldn't having a wife - a wife of convenience - help ease the burden that's threatening to overtake her world?

My name is Jamie Atwood, and I'm an addict. I never thought I'd say such a thing. Never had a problem being overly attached to anything in my life. I came from a perfectly middle-class family, made good grades, and had a hot cheerleader girlfriend...but the truth is, nothing ever really moved me. So how did a guy like me become an addict? I met Michael Kage. Kage is an MMA fighter. A famous one. I like to think I helped him get that way.

Bataar was only a child when he killed a gryphon, making him a legend across the Red Steppe. As an adult, he is the formidable Bataar Rhah, chosen by god to rule the continent that once scorned his people. After a string of improbable victories, he turns his sights on the wealthy, powerful kingdom of Dumakra, whose princesses rule the skies from the backs of pegasuses.

Staatsanwalt Larry Green war nicht begeistert, als Richard Cosgrove – Kopf einer Geheimorganisation und der Mann, der eine ungeheure Faszination auf Larry ausübt – die Zusammenarbeit mit dem FBI suchte. Die geriet jedoch ins Stocken, als Shauns Team suspendiert wurde. Gegen jede Erwartung taucht Richard eines Tages unverhofft in Larrys Büro auf und erklärt, dass er die unschuldigen Agents schnellstmöglich entlasten will und dafür dessen Hilfe braucht.

Wenn ich mit Roy zusammen bin, fühlt sich alles so leicht an. Es ist, als gäbe es nichts auf der Welt, das mir etwas anhaben könnte. – Christopher –. Eine Suspendierung ist kein Zuckerschlecken, vor allem wenn man allein lebt und nichts zu tun hat, die Langweile einem nahezu den Verstand raubt. Etwas, das Agent Roy Woodward sehr schnell am eigenen Leib erfährt. Doch das ändert sich abrupt und auf überraschende Weise, als Christopher Benson, ein guter Freund und der Mann, der Roy nicht mehr aus dem Sinn geht, ihn auf seiner morgendlichen Joggingrunde begleitet.

Brian, Nik and Darby—three friends practiced in ennui, binge-drinking, hooking up with strangers and fighting supernatural crime (when Brian's not committing it as a werewolf once a month)—have been sent by Abe Van Helsing (yes, one of those Van Helsings) to try to track down a colleague who has gone missing in London. As they putz around the city, following any leads that might help them find their British counterpart, they uncover a clairvoyancy smuggling ring, located right in the heart of the financial district. Who's kidnapping all the fortune tellers in Soho, and why?

Set in London 1929, A Queer Case follows the exploits of Selby Bigge, a gay man who finds himself embroiled in a murder. Selby is a bank clerk by day and a denizen of London’s homosexual underworld by night. He yearns for a more glamorous life and is delighted to receive an invitation to the birthday of the rich banker Sir Lionel Duker.

"Wir haben Spaß zusammen und verbringen vielleicht ein bisschen Zeit miteinander. Aber nein, Mister Ich-weiß-dass-du-mich-Liebst versaut alles, was wir hatten, mit diesem Liebesgesäusel." Das Beste, was FBI-Agent Elliot Anderson in den vergangenen Jahren passiert ist, war, in das Team von Supervisory Special Agent Valentine Ledecky versetzt zu werden. Wenn es da nur nicht diesen winzigen Haken gäbe, auch genannt: Special Agent Shaun Serkis – der Kerl, der Elliot abserviert hat. Doch Elliot und Shaun sind Profis und als solche können sie private Differenzen ausblenden – sollte man meinen.

FBI-Agent Robert Flinn verließ San Francisco und kam nach Los Angeles, um mit seiner Vergangenheit abzuschließen. Das fällt ihm schwerer als erhofft. Robert stellt keine hohen Ansprüche an das Leben. Er geht seinem Job nach und genießt ruhige Abende bei sich zu Hause mit leckerem Essen und kitschigen Fernsehserien. Es könnte alles so schön sein, gäbe es da nicht sein Team und im Speziellen seinen Partner, der es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat, ihn aus seinem Schneckenhaus zu locken.

"ch werde nicht zulassen, dass mir wieder jemand genommen wird, den ich liebe." Vor gut einem Jahr reißt ein traumatisches Ereignis nicht nur eine Lücke in Supervisory Special Agent Valentin Ledeckys Leben, es hinterlässt ebenso ein klaffendes Loch in seinem Herzen. Trotz allem darf er nicht aufgeben, denn seine Kinder brauchen ihren Vater. Die Ledeckys in allen Lebenslagen zu unterstützen, ist für Special Agent Edward Davenport eine Selbstverständlichkeit, auch wenn es ihm schwerfällt, seine tiefen Gefühle für Valentin unter Verschluss zu halten.

When a creative writing academic becomes infatuated with his colleague–the poet–it is not long before it begins to threaten his relationship with his partner, Michael. Michael is beautiful. Michael is safe. But the poet is everything he isn’t; she has everything he wants. While he writes about steel and sex, she dreams about the movements of swallows.

Breathtakingly tender, Seven Days in Tokyo is an astonishing debut about the intricacies of desire and a search for belonging. It is a lyrical, immersive portrait of how some things, however beautiful and profound, are destined to be as short-lived as the cherry blossoms.

A 2025 CALIBA Golden Poppy Awards Finalist A PANTS POD BOOK CLUB PICK One of ELLE's Best Queer Books of 2025 "Jam-packed with queer angst and queer joy . . . and a truly incredible amount of heart. I devoured this novel." —Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Stop Me If...