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Spending every summer with his grandmother in the south of England isn't Ryan's idea of a good time, and when he finds someone his own age to hang out with, he doesn't much care who that is. Alex might not say much, but company is company when there's nobody else to choose from, and Ryan will simply have to make do. It isn't, after all, like he really needs a friend. But Alex is more than just a kid with a thing for smashing up greenhouses, and Ryan finds himself dragged further and further into a dark, uncertain world of alcohol, bruises, a mother's madness, and a father's anger. Worst of all, Alex is dragging Ryan into a world of lust, attraction, and midnight kisses that Ryan is struggling to keep confined to southern summers. This thing with Alex can't go further than summer -- but Alex, and the shadows that surround him, are not so easily forgotten. Ryan can't forget Alex, but the longer he hangs on, the more he discovers ... not just about Alex, but about himself, his future, and the things that really matter. But eventually, summer must come to an end.

Out-and-regretting-it comprehensive attendee Jayden Phillips turns his cast-iron plans for life upside-down by falling in love with private-school violinist Darren Peace, a sardonic boy with the craziest hair Jayden's ever seen. But all is not what it seems, and Jayden's bullying problem becomes meaningless when he is confronted with what the music does to Darren. How do you stop a dangerous depression rooted in the same thing that makes someone what they are? Dark moods, blank apathy, and the undertow of self-loathing all simmer beneath Darren's dry and beautiful veneer, and Jayden feels powerless to stop them. Then a mugging gone wrong takes the music forcibly away, and Jayden is finally given the chance to change Darren's life -- and, quite literally, his mind.

Sequel to Vivaldi in the Dark Three years after that first meeting in a theatre storeroom, Jayden Phillips and Darren Peace are separating for the first time, trading in school for the trappings of adult life. Jayden has achieved his dream of a place at Cambridge University; Darren has achieved his own of escaping the Cold War of home and tasting true independence for the first time. A hundred miles apart and embarking on two very different paths, Jayden feels it is inevitable that time and distance will slowly pull them apart. School relationships, after all, don't last. Darren disagrees -- at first. Love is all they need, and they have weathered harder storms than chasing dreams. That is until the separation, and the encroaching influence of Jayden's new friends, begins to take its toll on Darren's mental state. Alone, he descends in a rapid downward spiral that is finally arrested by one night and a drastic course of action. In the wake of a single unanswered phone call, Jayden learns that time and distance have the power to do much more than break a relationship. The dream is over -- and the reality is far, far worse.

Sequel to The Devil's Trill Sonata Although their relationship has been repaired since the disaster that was Cambridge, Darren has not. His depression has worsened over the years until it is no longer an option to watch the illness play out its patterns. Treatment is a must. Treatment is also a difficult disaster. When the second attempt at medication goes as badly wrong as the first, and Darren is forced through a rapid deterioration of mood swings, insomnia, nausea and increasingly dangerous thought patterns, his partner Jayden begins to fear that the only end to this disease will also be the end of Darren himself. Apart from a single glimmer of hope: when Darren's best friend asks Darren to play at his wedding, Darren begins to slowly return to the half-forgotten piano. As he slowly sinks back into the music that he deserted seven years earlier, the shadows -- finally -- begin to fade.

Sixteen-year-old Shane has finally settled into life in the country, with university ambitions, a steady relationship, and a grudging tolerance for dance that is entirely the fault of his boyfriend, Luke. Then Shane's father gets his marching orders, and Shane's time in this new life is put on a countdown. At sixteen, Shane could legally leave but has nowhere to go. And leaving the first real home he's had in nearly twelve years doesn't feel any better whether it's for the wilds of Cornwall or the local housing association. But in order to stay, Shane is going to have to tell his very conservative, very military family his biggest secrets ... all three of them.

It's no secret Tav and Luca are going out. After the accident, it's also no secret that new kid Jack Collins has a raging case of homophobia, and is not best pleased about having given the kiss of life to a gay guy. Either Luca quits swimming, or Jack is going to make him. Tav favours the tried-and-true method of knocking Jack's teeth down his neck, only he can't really afford another school suspension. Luca favours just ignoring him, only ignoring a penknife being held to your throat at New Year's Eve is downright stupid. Thing is, Luca suspects Jack is a victim of something himself. And time is running out for Luca to get through to Jack, before Jack gets rid of him.

Anton never thought anyone would ever want to date him. Everyone knows nobody wants a transgender boyfriend, right? So he's as shocked as anyone when seemingly-straight Jude Kalinowski asks him out, and doesn't appear to be joking. The only problem is ... well, Jude doesn't actually know. Anton can see how this will play out: Jude is a nice guy, and nice guys finish last. And Anton is transgender, and transgender people don't get happy endings. If he tells Jude, it might destroy everything. And if Jude tells anyone else ... it will.

Eli Bell is the only son of a police chief inspector and a forensic scientist. He's grown up wonky in a world that only deals with the straight and narrow -- and his new boyfriend isn't helping. Rob Hawkes is six feet of muscle, tattoos, and arrest warrants. A career criminal and a former guest of Her Majesty's Prison Service, he'd rather hit Eli's parents than sit down to dinner with them. One wrong move, and Rob could destroy Eli -- and his family -- without a second thought. But this isn't what it looks like. Rob's not in control here -- and Eli's the one to blame.

If you could save someone's life, would you? Anyone's? Alasdair "Ali" Archer's older brother Tony has a swastika tattooed on his knuckles, a prison ID number for nearly beating an immigrant to death, and spent his teenage years ruthlessly persecuting Ali for being gay. Blood may be thicker than water, but Ali has spent most of his life desperate to prove he is nothing like Tony. A committed vegetarian, charity-supporter, and blood donor, Ali would do anything for anyone. Ali may share parentage with Tony, but he's determined not to share anything else if he can help it. So when Tony contracts leukaemia, and Ali is the only match for the urgently-needed bone marrow transplant, Ali is caught between two equally awful choices: to refuse and condemn a man to death, or to donate. And in donating, save the life of the man who nearly murdered Ali's Iraqi boyfriend?

A Anton nunca se le hubiera ocurrido pensar que alguien quisiera salir con l. Al fin y al cabo, no sabe todo el mundo que nadie quiere un novio transg nero? Por eso se sorprende tanto cuando Jude Kalinowski, que parec a heterosexual, le pide una cita ... y no parece estar bromeando. El nico problema es que Jude no sabe que Anton es trans. Anton se imagina lo que puede pasar. Jude es un buen chico, y siempre se ha dicho que los chicos buenos nunca ganan. Y Anton es transg nero, y las personas trans no tienen finales felices. Si se lo dice a Jude, podr a destruirlo todo. Y si Jude se lo dice a alguien ... la destrucci n ser inevitable.

Erik has wanted to be a father for as long as he can remember -- but now that the day is finally here, he's terrified. Surely a ham-fisted Viking of a man like Erik shouldn't be allowed to handle things as tiny and delicate as his new baby girl? But it's not just his daughter that's come into Erik's world. His partner has finally returned too. After nine months of watching Andreas struggle with the mental and physical toll of being a man and being pregnant at the same time, the birth of their daughter is both a beginning and an ending. Erik is a father for the first time -- but not everything that comes next is new.

It's the summer break, and for the first time in his life, Mike would rather stay in the bloody classroom. It's wedding season, and Mike is doomed to spend all summer sipping cheap champagne and pretending he likes tiny portions of posh food. From the passive-aggressive torment of Mike's mother-in-law to the insulting incredulity of his colleagues over what his mysterious husband actually looks like, Mike would voluntarily teach sex education to fourteen-year-olds for the rest of his life if it would only get him out of one more wedding. Even his husband in a kilt isn't going to save this one. But there's nothing like watching someone else get hitched to remind him of where he's come from ... and where he's determined to go from here.

Adam has a secret. But maybe Charlie has a few of his own.Adam's got a secret and nobody knows.He's promised himself never to get into relationships and risk revealing it, but Charlie Fielding has a way of getting under one's skin. One party, one kiss and Adam is faced with a horrible choice--tell Charlie the truth or keep quiet. And either way, lose the only friends he's had in years.But Charlie might have a secret, too--and everybody knows but Adam.

How can a man like him ever be enough?Jesse has never had a real boyfriend before. He's a firefighter, and that's all that anyone's interested in--a quick and thrilling screw, and a story for the future. So when he lands Ezra Pryce, the most beautiful man in the whole of Brighton, Jesse can't quite understand why Ezra is still here eight months down the line. Not that he's going to complain. Ezra's sexy, sarcastic, and nothing shot of perfection--and Jesse can't hope to measure up. He isn't going to be enough for someone like Ezra in the long run, and he is living--and loving--on borrowed time. When a disastrous weekend in Norwich introduces Jesse to the staunch disapproval of Ezra's family and the six-pack of his ex-boyfriend in one fell swoop, Jesse's fate is sealed.He cannot hope to live up to an ex who has every intention of getting Ezra back, and all the looks and charm to do it too. Jesse is not enough for Ezra and he's never going to be.Right?

His best friend is getting married--so why isn't he?Aled's best friend is getting married.He supposes it's only natural for his thoughts to turn to his own wedding, and the space on his hand where his ring used to be. He tried and failed, so what's the point in trying again?Anyway, Gabriel isn't interested. Between his old friend Kevin, his live-in dominant Aled and his new boyfriend Chris, Gabriel has plenty to keep him occupied without getting involved in any of this wedding nonsense. If he's changing to appreciate love without sex as well as sex without love, that doesn't mean he's any more amenable to expensive parties and silly costumes.But Aled can't get the question out of his head, and Gabriel can't shake the feeling that there's something Aled's trying to ask him.Is this three-year affair about to become something a little more serious?

He's not known for obeying orders...When Jim loses his job, it's the final straw. With nowhere else to go, he ends up living in his sister's spare room--where he is promptly told by straitlaced Sarah and her reverend husband that he simply must be on his best behaviour. And it's immediately apparent that best behaviour means no men.Jim's never been known for his ability to behave and meeting the gorgeous piano tutor who visits every week doesn't help. Fran might look like an angel at the ivories, but he's a devil between the sheets, and Jim has every intention of finding out just how bad Fran can be.But when Jim's niece comes out, Jim is faced with a choice. If he wants to support her as she desperately needs, he's going to have to stop lashing out and avoiding the subject. It's time to grow up and learn what his best behaviour really looks like.

Their boyfriend is the only thing these two men have in common...Gabriel's accident means he needs constant supervision while he recovers, and Aled can't just quit his job. So when Gabriel refuses to stay in hospital any longer, Aled resorts to emotional blackmail and recruits Gabriel's long-distance boyfriend, Chris Wheeler, to come and set up shop in their home as an all-in-one nurse, housekeeper and general distraction from the slow progress of recovery.But while Aled expected to have to get used to having Gabriel's terminally shy boyfriend around the house, he didn't expect the effect Chris has on Gabriel--and on Aled.Is this just two couples under one roof, or is there something bigger waiting to be discovered?