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The Road to Bangkok by Joseph Howard
This novelette chronicles the spontaneous trip to Bangkok taken by a British expat residing in Chiang Rai, Thailand. During the trip, he meets a charming and beautiful Thai woman, and together they travel to the city. They discover more about each other’s backgrounds, cultures, and lives during their journey from Chiang Rai to Bangkok. Along the way, they face various challenges and obstacles that test their relationship, but their mutual love for adventure and desire for companionship keep them together.
Comedy, romance, and drama combine to tell a story that explores the complexities of two personalities navigating their burgeoning relationship. The author skillfully weaves in cultural insights and nuances of Thai society, providing a fascinating backdrop to the couple’s journey.
Those who enjoy travel, romance, and cultural exploration will enjoy this heartwarming and entertaining story.
Dempsey’s Grill by Bryan Fagan
Dempsey’s Grill is a life-affirming story of young adults struggling to find their place in the grown-up world while still following their dreams.
Gibson thought he had it all: A beautiful girlfriend, a respectable job as a teacher, and the world’s most comfy couch – that is until he gets fired and his girlfriend kicks him out.
Forced to move back in with his parents, he slowly begins to pick up the pieces of a life he’s realizing he never even wanted.Back in his hometown Gibson reconnects with his high school best friend, Dempsey and his former lover, Gail. The trio gathers their meager savings and risks it all on opening a restaurant.
But things spiral out of control as they confront drug dealers, Dempsey’s growing attraction to Gibson’s sister, and Gail’s engagement to a long-haul trucker.
Can the trio of never-beens put aside their past failures, face the challenges of the restaurant industry, and find a place where love, friendship, and even hope, can bloom?
Five Moons: Resurrection by William Parker
Five Moons: Resurrection is science-fiction with the full flavor and robust action of a guns-blazing western. At the same time, the comedy of human nature balances the drama in this end-to-end action adventure.
Outworld veteran, Dallas Blake, struggling to start his life over after the Corporate War. buys a war surplus starship never meant for sale. The alien enigmas of this ship engulf Dallas as he struggles to overcome his grief at the loss of his entire family. Dallas discovers that his artificial crew are all copies (called moons) of the human crew lost during the ship’s last mission as the Five Moons sets out to rescue Emma, an innocent young girl. The Mercs had killed her parents and kidnapped Emma for a monthly ransom in gold to keep her alive.
In order to rescue Emma, Dallas needs help. So, he goes to Moss Kata to find Luke and Sam, but they all end up in jail. Mariah breaks the men out of jail. Dallas is nearly killed.
The Five Moons arrives at the jungle planet only to discover Dallas’ old nemesis in orbit, but Dallas refuses to turn back. He’s determined to save one little girl. To save Emma, though, Dallas must first save a young jungle girl, Sophie. She guides Dallas’ squad through the jungle trails to find Emma.
But that’s where Dallas and the crew of the Five Moons run out of luck. For all that they got right, they are put on the run by an entire Merc Battlegroup commanded by the man that gave the order to kill Dallas’ whole family. In the end, only Dallas Blake and the crew of the Five Moons can save Panara-5, their homeworld, from total annihilation at the hands of the Mercs. This one’s a nail-biter right down to the end. Sleeping Love by Austin Mitchell
Konya Evans fell heavily for Denver Tracey. Not even the warning from those who knew him could stop her from getting into an intense love affair with him. She only began to have second thoughts after one of his two baby mothers got pregnant for him again.
Happily Ever After by Charlie Peters
A princess, an alcoholic vampire, and a honey badger walk into a bar. Actually, it was more of a stumbling out of one. Let’s start from the beginning…
Abundantly Attractive by Tonwand North
A rescued by a handsome stranger, gay romantic comedy full of mishaps with dogs, cats, rats and reindeer.
First (99 Daddies. Book 1) by Casey Cox
A boy who can’t find what he wants.
A Daddy who doesn’t know what he needs.With his big blue eyes, lean frame, and propensity for adorkable clumsiness, Mikey Harrison is a Daddy magnet…for the wrong type of Daddy. Those who mistake his desire to serve as an open invitation to mistreat him and abuse his trust.
But all of that changes when he lays his eyes on Stirling Bishop. Sure, the strong, silent (and irresistibly sexy) type ticks all of his boxes, but it’s the tenderness underlying Stirling’s strength that makes him achingly irresistible.
For Mikey, it’s insta-love.
For Stirling, it’s insta-huh?Despite looking like he was put on this earth to be the Daddy of every boy’s dreams, the thought of dating a younger guy has never even crossed Stirling’s mind, much less the idea of being a Daddy.
But there’s no denying that Mikey awakens something deep within him—the desire to dominate, the need to care. It’s been dormant, yet bubbling under the surface within him for his entire life.
Can Mikey help Stirling find the strength he needs to be the Daddy he was meant to be…and become the Daddy of Mikey’s dreams?
*** First is a Daddy-lite gay romance featuring a strong, silent, first-time Daddy, and an eager boy who can show him the way. Come along for the ride and enjoy some crazy/sexy/cool shenanigans including: impromptu foot rubs, naked butlers, a crew of sassy friends, lots of LOLs, and all the feels on the way to a heartwarming HEA.
Rock, Paper, Scissors: Volume 1: Fall by Succulent Gumbo
“Please, make me fall in love with you!” Those words would unknowingly change the lives of two girls, who each hold a completely different perception of love itself. Set in modern-day Japan, the story captures the experiences of these two protagonists in a unique first-person account for each of them. Aka Yamamoto is a new transfer student coming from a small city, with nothing more than her upbeat attitude and volition. Sakino Usagi is a known delinquent with a heavy cloud of rumors and misunderstandings following her around.
Yet, despite how different they may seem, they both are searching to find an answer to the same question. What is love? Aka doesn’t recall the feeling of even the slightest skip of the heart, while Sakino ignores her true feelings and hides them behind a lock and key. In a flurry of comedy, romance, drama, angst, and heartbreak, Rock, Paper, Scissors is a story that shows that there is always another side to every story.
The Finger Trap by Johnny Worthen
Tony Flaner is a malingering part-time comedian, full-time sarcastic, who’s never had it hard, and never finished a thing in his life. He’s had twelve years to prepare for his divorce and didn’t. He had his entire life to choose a career and hasn’t. Now time’s up, and he’s in a world of trouble. But it gets worse—a first date and a drunken party ends with Tony facing prison for the murder of a girl he hardly knew.
But other than that, it was a pretty great party.
To save himself, wise-cracking Tony must discover who the mysterious girl was, what she was involved in and what the hell she saw in him in the first place. Their lives are linked together at the ends of a Chinese finger trap, like life and death, friends and enemies, arugula quiche and pigs knuckles.
Winner of the League of Utah Writers Diamond Quill for Best Book of the Year.
Always You by Lizzie Morton
What do you do when that annoying ex keeps popping up?
That’s what Abby West would like to know.
Six years after leaving Brooklyn and her entire life behind, she’s back for one summer.
Two jobs, wild friends and a crazy family who all think she should stay away from the one who broke her heart and ran her out of the city.
It should be easy, but the heart wants what it wants. Everyone deserves a second chance, right?
