Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Lentiginous: covered with minute dots; freckled. It's Felix's freckles that catch Loui's attention and give him the courage to approach and flirt with him. When he said he wanted tell Felix about his favorite word, Felix's curiosity is piqued. But will Felix change his mind when he finds out the meaning of the word?
What happens when you're looking for love and all your best friends are romance readers? Cue a clown car of ill-fated first dates that read more like failed first drafts of romantic fiction tropes than aspiring hunts for the love of her life. Assistant conductor Izzy Lebrun spends her days riding the rails of The Green Mountain Zephyr between her home in Philadelphia and the end of the line in St. Alban's, Vermont. Beleaguered Izzy walks a tightrope—desperately trying to achieve a work-life balance between a job that pays the bills, and her dogged determination to finish her graduate degree so she can finally get a job that keeps her rooted in one place. All she wants is to earn her PhD, get a damn cat, and find the love of her life. Is that too much to ask? We follow Izzy through her sometimes disastrous, sometimes implausible, but always hilarious journey through a maze of failed dates and epically bad one-night stands. Will Izzy ever get her ticket punched for a HEA or is this the end of the line for her?Show book
He's hurt. Hunted. Barely holding on. But Enzo will kill to keep him safe. Enzo has already found his place at Redcars—a garage turned sanctuary for men with dangerous pasts and loyal hearts. He's built a life of purpose, surrounded by a chosen family who knows exactly what it means to survive. Then a bloodied, barefoot stranger collapses at their gate. Terrified, half-starved, and hunted for the key to millions, Robbie has nowhere left to run. But Enzo sees him. Not just the bruises or the shadows of his past—but the man underneath, all sharp edges and shattered trust. And something in Enzo refuses to let go. Redcars isn't just a place to hide. It's a promise. And when the past comes calling, Enzo will do whatever it takes to protect what's his. Enzo is a gritty MM romantic suspense featuring high stakes, found family, and an ex-con willing to cross the line for love. Expect drama, danger, "I would die for you" devotion, and the kind of love that doesn't ask permission to stay. Contains mature themes.Show book
Kade I’ve always wanted to be a firefighter, and I never thought I would become a father, but it turns out—I’m both. And while being a firefighter was the only career I ever wanted—being a father has become my greatest destiny in this world. Now I need to do everything I can to protect my son, even if that means going back to my hometown. I won’t let my son down, no matter what, and I will do my duty as a fireman. Hopefully, I can do it without everything else burning down around me. Spencer I never expected to see Kade again—my high school crush and my biggest heartache in adolescence. I’m not the same person I once was. I’m stronger now. I won’t allow myself to be invisible. I love being a teacher, and nothing will stop me from being the best one I can be. But Kade coming back into town with his adorable young son in tow—makes it a challenge. All I can hope is to get through this school year without going back to that unsure, terrified kid. I have to remember who I am—and when that fear comes back, threatening my newfound confidence—I hope I’ll find the courage to burn it down to the ground and come back stronger than ever.Show book
Named one of the best books of the year by the New Yorker Survival is a moral quandary in this otherworldly debut charting forbidden love during an apocalypse. In a near future devastated by war and natural disaster, a young man and his mother cling to survival at the edge of a forest. The young man spends his days taking care of the home and exchanging letters with his lover, Boris, who lives in a city on the other side of the woods. It's barely a life, but it's a life nonetheless, despite the menacing soldiers patrolling the land. But after the young man commits a brutal act of desperate violence to protect his mother, he leaves home to find Boris, who travels with him on a search for safety. When the journey's demands threaten his relationship with Boris as well as his own moral compass, the young man is forced to confront whether, in his effort to stay alive, he has become the very danger he fought to escape. An award-winning novel from a blazingly original Catalonian writer, Pol Guasch's Napalm in the Heart is breathtaking in its intimacy, poetry, and devastation. Guasch's debut is an artful, affecting story of star-crossed love under siege and the moral murkiness of survival.Show book
Spend Christmas in Nunswick with Trust in Truth, the enthralling follow-up to Lost in Love. After the events of the summer, Katherine and Anna are looking forward to spending a quiet, cozy Christmas together before hosting a New Year's Eve party at Nunswick Abbey. When a romantic weekend away for Anna's birthday doesn't go to plan, it proves to be the beginning of their Christmas woes, and as workplace pleasantries grow too friendly, a cloud of jealousy and suspicion forms. As Anna plans the most important party of her career, can she convince Katherine their coworker has more than pub lunches on the brain? Can Katherine keep her composure as the tension rises at Abbey House? As they count down to the New Year, will Anna and Katherine's relationship survive the calamitous Christmas season?Show book
Ever since Dryden Morris III was young, his mother has told him about the balance of the world. While she weaves jewelry to sell at the marketplace, Dryden learns how every perfect gem begs to be damaged while every bad situation will be corrected by the universe. This is why symmetry is fearful --because when something is perfect, it only sets itself up to be destroyed. Dryden doesn't believe his mother's stories until his father dies and they are forced to survive on their own. One night, Dryden ventures into the woods that surround their house. There he meets Otto, a hunter who protects him from a deranged fox and begins to sweep Dryden off his feet. But Otto is not quite who he says he is. The morning after, Dryden realizes Otto has trapped him unless he can solve three riddles in three days. With the help of his mother's stories, and the same fox that once threatened him, Dryden must now beat the monster in the woods if he wants to restore perfect balance to the universe once again.Show book
