Etienne

Adam Yancey is about to graduate from college, with a degree in music at the age of eighteen. He's highly intelligent, totally goal-oriented, and anxious to begin working on a Master's and then a Doctoral degree, so he can pursue a career as a concert organist.But what he really dreams of is having a loving relationship with another man-a relationship like his father and his father's partner have. Unfortunately, Adam has a secret. One he feels certain will prevent him from ever having such a relationship.Buzz Patterson is a jock and a track star, and all he wants out of life is to get laid-as often as possible. Then one day, his buddies goad him into betting that he can find out if Adam's long fingers fulfill the old saying about long fingers being an indication of length elsewhere.Buzz has all summer to win the bet, and he begins to actively pursue Adam. Will he win the bet? Or will he wind up getting more than he bargained for?

An intimate wartime record illuminating the role of German submarines in twentieth-century naval conflict, this account explores the realities of U-boat operations during the World Wars. Presented through the reflections of a serving commander, the narrative situates submarine warfare within the broader strategy of economic blockade, focusing on campaigns aimed at disrupting Allied supply routes and merchant convoys bound for Great Britain. Beyond technical and tactical considerations, the work reveals the pressures, responsibilities, and strategic thinking behind underwater warfare at a decisive moment in military history. Set against the evolution of naval power and industrialized conflict, the diary offers valuable insight into how submarine campaigns reshaped maritime warfare and global supply systems, underscoring the enduring historical significance of the U-boat campaign and its impact on modern naval strategy.

William and Henry are cousins, sons of identical twin brothers, and members of two well-known Boston Brahmin families. They've roomed together through prep school, Harvard, and Harvard Law, and dated some of Boston's most eligible young women.Instead of taking a grand tour of Europe, they opt to go backpacking around the US, and are taken prisoner and sexually assaulted in a small southern city. The assaults make them realize how they've always felt about each other, but first, they have to escape.After their escape they plan and execute an elaborate trap and ultimately catch their attackers red-handed. After their attackers are tried and convicted, they settle down to practice law together on Beacon Hill.

Two weeks after Philip d'Autremont is acquitted of his wife's murder, it's time for him and his partner and lawyer, Charles Barnett, to start building their life together. But it turns out that not everyone in Atlanta is as ready to leave the trial in the past as Charles and Philip, and a surprise attack leaves Charles in the hospital and Philip's arm in a sling. With thoughts of their own mortality fresh in their minds, Charles and Philip make a decision that will change their lives forever. Future plans and home renovations take their minds off the attacks, but the danger isn't over yet: the people behind the attacks are still at large, and they weren't acting alone.

Chris Bottoms is glad to be home from undergoing the first of two surgeries that will free him from the ostomy bag he's been wearing for more than a year. He's anxious about the upcoming second surgery, but life is keeping him on his toes.The bank hierarchy is clearly grooming Chris's partner, Mickey O'Donovan, vice president of a megabank, for a promotion. That doesn't help reconcile the family who turned their backs on Mickey for not going into the family business. To make matters worse, Chris's little brother's abusers are still out there, and that makes Chris angry. He and Mickey are raising Ted now. Between dealing with spiteful relatives and doing their best by a hurt ten-year-old boy, Chris and Mickey wonder how much more reality they can take.Chris's second and final surgery can't come soon enough. Both men are looking forward its most important side-effect-Chris will once again be able to enjoy prostate massage, but not until three months after the surgery.

Tom Foster has his life planned out, and he's systematically pursuing his goals. At twenty-two, he's been organist and choirmaster at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd for three years, he's working on his doctoral thesis, and he's beginning a secondary career performing in concert. There is no room in his schedule for romance... until Noah Webster, a gorgeous green-eyed blond, walks into the church one evening to audition for the choir.What starts as an arrangement of convenience-Tom's usual page turner is unavailable, and Noah agrees to do the job-soon turns into a fast friendship. Then Noah, who is saddled with an obnoxious roommate, rents the spare bedroom in Tom's house, and ultimately the two men become lovers and partners in life. But before they can ride off into the sunset together, they must face one major obstacle: Noah's violent, homophobic Southern Baptist father.

Professor and secret government analyst Ian Sanderson's bad day gets worse when he arrives home one miserable November evening to find an apparently incriminating photograph in a FedEx envelope in his doorway, followed by increasingly threatening photographs over the next two or three weeks. It isn't just Ian being set up: his partner, Randy, a lieutenant colonel working on a top-secret Pentagon project, is also at risk. Someone obviously wants something, but what? And from whom? Soon, a mysterious caller demands that Randy disclose information about the project he's been working on. When he refuses, Ian's and Randy's sons, David and Paul, are kidnapped from an Amtrak passenger train. Resourceful and intelligent, the boys manage to escape-only to find themselves lost and alone in a remote wilderness. With time running out, can Ian and Randy track down their blackmailers? Or will the man known only as The Broker claim another set of victims?

David Majors should be looking forward to a long and prosperous life: after tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, he's attending college courtesy of Uncle Sam and riding the fast track to success. He's tall, fit, and good-looking, so shouldn't the world be his oyster? But underneath his clothes-and beneath the surface-David is a mess of scar tissue and insecurity. Then he meets Kevin Boxer, another former Army Ranger. Their first night together, Kevin stares David's scars in the face and doesn't flinch, instead showering David with the passion and attention he craves but never imagined possible. Slowly but surely, Kevin helps David rebuild his confidence, and the two of them begin to build their life together. But their journey is far from over, and it turns out Kevin may need David to help him heal some scars of his own.

Attorney Charles Barnett thought it was all over for him and his heart. In the three years since his partner died, he hasn't felt so much as a spark of attraction to another man. That suddenly changes when Charles is assigned a new case and meets his new client. Recent widower Philip d'Autremont has been traveling in all the same circles as Charles, but somehow they've never managed to meet. Now that they have, both men find themselves falling hard and fast. But there's more than one hurdle to Charles and Philip beginning a love affair, much less maintaining it: Philip is on trial for murder, a politically ambitious and homophobic district attorney is determined to convict him, and Charles is responsible for Philip's defense.

Josh Carpenter is gay, and blind since birth. He's about to graduate from college, and is already an extremely competent piano tuner. He and his best friend Norman Simms encounter a pair of twins while walking on the beach, and their lives are changed forever, and for the better.They eventually set up housekeeping with the twins, and begin to live a full life, calling themselves the four gay musketeers.

Tom Foster and Noah Webster have been together for three years. In that time, Tom has completed his doctorate, Noah has begun working on his master's, and both men have come into their own as performers. Suddenly international recognition becomes a reality instead of a dream. They even perform at the dedication of a concert hall at the University of Aragoni.But it's not all smooth sailing. They still have to battle Noah's Uncle Joe over the division of property he owned with Noah's late father. Tom's father has been distant ever since Tom chose music over law school. And Noah's mother's attitude toward his relationship with Tom leaves something to be desired. With their busy performance schedules, will Tom and Noah be able to make peace with their parents and get a fair deal?

Telepathic private investigator Quentin Q. Quasar and his partner Nate Braddock are back. They accidentally stumble on a series of kidnapping/murders, and begin to investigate. Eventually, the kidnappers snatch a young man from an Interstate rest area, and Quentin and Nate hear his telepathic cry for help. Armed with that information, they contact their friend George Martin at the sheriff's office, and manage to catch the kidnappers before they've killed the victim. The intended victim was on his way to Orlando to join his boyfriend-also a telepath-who'd recently moved there to take a job.Meanwhile, Nate's grandparents fly into Jacksonville from Chattanooga, so Quentin and Nate can drive them to a hospital in Ocala. Nate's mother has been in a state prison for women located near Ocala, and has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. At the end of a series of hospital visits they encounter and capture the leader of the cult that Nate's mother and stepfather belonged to. The cult leader and his wife, both of whom had jumped bail before their trials, had just administered poison to Nate's mother, to keep her from making any sort of deathbed confession about the cult and its activities.

Bobby and Clyde were inseparable for the first sixteen years of their lives; until a life-altering event shook their world, and separated them.Years went by, and Bobby wondered what had become of the boy he'd loved so completely. Then, everything changed, and the possibility of reuniting with his first and only love finally seemed it could become a reality; but danger was lurking around every corner.

Mitch Edwards has it made: at twenty-nine, he's just been named partner at one of the largest law firms in the city and he's just bought his first house. But he has the feeling something is missing, and he's pretty sure he knows what it is. So when the woman he's been dating goes out of town for three weeks, he seizes the opportunity and summons the courage to visit a gay bar.He takes Rion Murphy home, and they hit it off so well that after a few weeks of exploration on Mitch's part, they decide to make the arrangement more permanent. But then Mitch's past catches up with him, and it's up to Rion to help him cope.

When two young men set up an amateur sting to expose a pastor's pedophilia, they gather plenty of evidence not just of the pastor's predilections but of something even more sinister. Out of their depth, they call in FBI experts to investigate.Meanwhile, Clint Buchalla, investigative reporter for the Washington Ledger, is sent to Atlanta to interview a man about his top-secret study. Clint is so angry at his editor for cutting his vacation short that he gets drunk and winds up in bed with the man he was supposed to interview, Dr. Rodney Poucher. But it's exuberant grad student Lucien Cormier, Rod's houseboy with benefits, who really captures Clint's attention... when he isn't busy investigating the sharp drop in birth rates in metropolitan Black and Hispanic communities.Rodney's findings lead him, Clint, and Lucien to a meeting with the deputy director of operations of the FBI. But they only have so much time to figure out what's going on and arrest those involved-and for Clint and Lucien to work out whether the spark between them can span the distance between Atlanta and DC.

Could you handle living forever, knowing you would watch your friends grow old and die? Could you handle loving someone, knowing you would live forever... without them? When Marco's immortal father remarried an immortal woman, Marco never expected that their children would develop a supernatural ability: Serafina and Valerius can communicate telepathically. Not only that, but they're hearing telepathic cries for help from someone they don't know. Desperate to conceal his family's secrets, Marco decides to investigate the strength of their abilities by taking Valerius with him on a planned visit to an institution in a distant city. Soon Valerius reveals that the voice's owner is Sergio, an adolescent who has been institutionalized for most of his life. Tests reveal a family connection to Marco's family, so they decide to have Sergio moved to a spot nearer to where they reside-but they aren't the only ones interested in Sergio's heritage.

RN First Assistant Chris Bottoms enjoys being a bottom. Though abused by his stepfather as a boy and conditioned to enjoy sex only one particular way, he's come to make the most of his life. And he enjoys bottoming to the hilt whenever and wherever he can.As if colorectal cancer wasn't enough of a trial, the subsequent botched surgery robs him of normal bodily functions no more prostate massage for Chris. In the middle of his medical drama, his best friend, Mickey O'Donovan, accepts a promotion that brings him to live in Jacksonville. Roommates in college, they've remained friends and occasional fuck buddies ever since. Chris's crisis brings their relationship to a new level, though, and long-suppressed feelings are revealed.Chris and Mickey settle down together and life is good, even though they can no longer indulge in their favorite sexual position. But Chris can't seem to catch a break. When his past rears its head, Chris and Mickey must face a new challenge, together.

After the death of their mother, Chris Bottoms adopted his little brother, Ted, and Chris and his partner, Mickey O'Donovan, settle down to raise him. Through paperwork left by his mother, Chris learns his brother has a deeply troubled past.During a Thanksgiving visit with Chris and Ted's maternal grandparents, they find out Chris's grandfather allowed his friends to abuse Ted, so Chris severs all ties with that side of his family.Through his job at a hospital, Chris hears of a surgeon at the Mayo Clinic who has developed an ileostomy reversal technique that has proven successful in cases like his. When Chris enters the clinic for preliminary testing, he learns he is a good candidate for the procedure and schedules the first of two surgeries for the beginning of January. A visit from estranged relatives while he's in the hospital leaves him wondering how many secrets one family can have.

Captain George Martin and his partner Mike Foster face a new challenge when an employee of one of Mike's clients tells them some troubling things about his employer. The subsequent investigation eventually uncovers a very large money-laundering scheme.Meanwhile, while George is preparing for a reorganization in the Sheriff's office that will result in a promotion, his past reaches out to touch him.