Michael Powers

Palm Springs. Turbine windmill farms. More golf courses per square mile than any American city. Winter playground for politicians, athletes, artists, actors, and other celebrities. Can the son of Arizona ranchers and a Florida State art major find love and happiness flipping homes in the gayest city in America? Will old bones, toxic waste, or a rising young star derail their romance? As they pursue their dreams, Payt and Trip discover life is what happens while they're busy making other plans. Their most important discovery is they have flipping skills beyond real estate.

When Peter becomes a widower, his partnered gay friends quietly disappear. Deciding to relocate, Peter sells everything in California so he can return to his Midwestern roots. His first night back, Peter meets two very attractive younger men with only one obvious physical difference. Both show a surprising amount of interest in Peter. Flattered by their attention, he must choose the blond securities analyst from a wealthy family or the Jamaican medical intern. As he learns about boofing and fencohol, Peter discovers a sociopath can hide in plain sight. He also realizes the better choice for him is someone who already knows how to live outside the crystal bubble.

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Frustrated with local romance opportunities, four retired gay friends in their sixties take their search overseas. All four find attractive single men in their thirties eager to relocate to the States. They quickly discover qualifying for the 90-day fianc visa is just the first of many challenges they will face. Overcoming intergenerational, interracial relationship problems, all four couples tie the knot. They celebrate with a Mediterranean honeymoon cruise, forming lasting bonds as one secret after another tumbles out. Chinese-Filipino Jaybee Chen surfaces as the leader of the younger husbands. When one of the group faces the most serious crisis of his life, his family of choice must decide how to support him.

When Quinn takes on a new Incline Village landscaping client high above Lake Tahoe he has no idea how dramatically his life will change. Hired to transform a huge tract of bare land into a masterpiece, Quinn and his crew toil for months to finish the job. After a week of hard work, Quinn bonds with his wealthy older client over dinner each Friday night. With extremely different lifestyles, Quinn and Reese find enough common ground to begin dating. Age and income differences disappear when life-threatening events prove they're a perfect match.

From closeted homosexual to openly gay man, Dylan's odyssey spans two generations. Broke, unemployed, and forced to drop out of college, Dylan enlists in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. Along the way he falls in love, has his heart broken, and meets men who change his life forever. Who will Dylan marry when it finally becomes legal? The spotted drag queen? The veteran with the blond ponytail? The Chinese medical student? The drop-dead gorgeous high school classmate? Someone else?

When an innocent flirtation leads to steam room sex in a Phoenix gym, Kelly and Logan begin a journey neither intended. Kelly is a med student with movie star good looks who believes committed relationships are for losers. Logan is a former hedge fund manager seeking a new direction in life. A warning note on a car windshield is the first clue something is wrong. Graffiti and dead animals follow as the harassment escalates. Logan and Kelly are determined to unmask their stalker as the bond between them grows stronger. As friends, family, and former lovers are drawn into the stalker's web, Logan discovers the sense of purpose he's been seeking while Kelly revises his relationship philosophy.

Eddy is living the American dream Young, sexy, healthy, and openly gay, Eddy has it all. Successful caf operator in Kansas City's Country Club Plaza, one of the Midwest's premier retail areas. Trendy condo overlooking the Plaza. Adorable mixed race face. A body to die for. One of KC's Thirty-Under-30. Eddy is in the many-friends-with-benefits stage of his life. When Eddy offers to help one of his customers find an old friend, he has no idea he's about to lose everything he owns, but find everything he's always wanted.

Seven partners own Over55, a Minneapolis firm that helps families find care for their aging loved ones: BURT, paternalistic founder and CEO. GEORGIA, Burt's business partner and wife. ED, former computer company executive. MARK, handsome, talented sales executive. LOIS, Snow White's evil twin. JOAN, tough operations director. TROY, adjusts facts to fit every situation.Long on sales and marketing talent, the company is short on administrative skills until Dylan Riley, a closeted gay man, joins the partners. Everything changes quickly. New technology, clever deals, and creative financing fuel the company's national growth. Despite Dylan's determination to keep his business and personal lives separate, the two collide. Not all the partners share the wealth. Some are forced out. There's an attempted murder. Dylan's lover suddenly leaves town. Not everyone is who they seem to be. More twists and turns than a Six Flags roller coaster ride. Find out who's eliminating partners in this gay-themed romantic thriller.

Bali, crown jewel of Indonesia.....................-Island of the Gods; land of a thousand temples -Peaceful Hindu enclave in world's largest Muslim nation -Popular gay vacation spot-Very affordable beachside hotel rooms -Endless white sandy beaches & clear blue-green water -Designer label shopping at bargain basement prices -Millions of tourists spending billions of dollars each year When Greg Simmons discovers his favorite uncle in LA never returned from Bali, he crosses the Pacific to find him. Greg launches his own investigation with the help of a wealthy widow, a gay salon owner, and two teens. With few clues, this unlikely posse stumbles onto information which could change the balance of world power, and cost them their lives. All they have is each other. They discover that's all they need.

A deathbed promise sends Craig Nolan from Seattle to Kuala Lumpur to find his best friend's son and deliver two gifts. Described by outsiders as a small Asian country on steroids, Malaysia has many surprises for Craig: a huge casino in a country that forbids gambling, poisonous fish, terrorist gangs, and the love of his life. His first night in KL, a pickpocket steals Craig's wallet in a gay bar, but an attractive young Malay intervenes, returning Craig's valuables. When Craig accepts Wuji's offer to help find his friend's son, the search takes them to an exotic resort island, mountain casino, palm oil plantation, and Malaysia's version of American Idol. Along the way, mutual attraction becomes love, with the lingering question: what happens when Craig's mission is complete?

In the vein of Arthur C. Clark and Clifford Simak, science fiction novelist Mike Powers unveils the intriguing world of New Paradigm, one of six planets in a separate solar system far from Earth, which has been claimed by ten thousand human colonists hopeful for a fresh start. Intent on building an advanced community free from the unnecessary restrictions of Earth, the colonists embrace open marriages and unhampered lifestyles with an eye toward building a society strengthened by interwoven relationships. Their contact with Earth is limited to a yearly check-in, since regular communiqu s are so slow, and the energy-intensive dimensional communication drains too many resources to be used for anything more than emergencies. So when the colonists hear from a nearby race of highly intelligent beings known as the Watchers about a grave disaster eradicating the inhabitants of other planets, they must decide for themselves whether they should fight alongside these alien creatures to stop the unknown enemy. Tracing the first hundred years of the space colony, New Paradigm is rich with unforgettable characters and thrilling exploration that will stretch your notions of what is possible.