Parker Williams

Der achtzehnj hrige Scott Keating wei , dass es jenseits seines strengen Elternhauses noch eine andere Welt gibt, aber er hat keine Ahnung, was es dort alles zu entdecken gibt. Das ndert sich, als er Zugang zum Internet bekommt und in einem Chatroom JeffUK kennenlernt, der ihn liebt und versteht. Als Jeff ihn nach Gro britannien einl dt, ergreift Scott die Chance, seinem eint nigen Leben zu entkommen und mehr von der Welt zu sehen. Doch dann landet das Flugzeug in Manchester und Jeff ist nirgendwo zu sehen. Scott wird von Panik erfasst. Ben Winters ist Barmann und Dom-in-Training im Collars&Cuffs. Als er seine Schwester zum Flughafen bringt, trifft er dort auf den ver ngstigten Scott, der nicht wei , was er tun soll. Nachdem Ben Scotts Geschichte geh rt hat, klingeln bei ihm s mtliche Alarmglocken. Sein Besch tzerinstinkt wird geweckt und er nimmt den naiven Jungen mit ins Collars&Cuffs, weil er hofft, dass einer seiner Chefs Scott helfen kann. Scott tr umt davon, mit Herz und Seele einem Mann zu geh ren. Ben sehnt sich nach seinem eigenen Sub. Keiner der beiden erkennt, was sie direkt vor Augen haben.

Lincoln Merriweather a toujours été un sale gosse pensant avoir tous les droits, avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche enfoncée si loin qu'elle aurait pu ne jamais en sortir. Au club BDSM ou dans les affaires, Lincoln est une tempête, déboulant et perturbant la vie de tous ceux qu'il touche, jusqu'au jour où il rencontre un homme qui retire toutes les couches ternies pour exposer un homme bien. Lincoln a trouvé - puis perdu - l'amour. Depuis lors, il essaie d'expier son passé, notamment en s'éloignant de la fortune de sa famille. Il a ouvert un snack, engagé des personnes travaillant pour lui sur lesquelles il aurait craché avant sa révélation. Il a trouvé la paix, qu'il est sur le point de perdre pour un homme aux yeux marron. Noel Simmons s'est retrouvé à la rue quand ses parents ont découvert qu'il était gay. Son chemin le conduit jusqu'au snack de Lincoln, où il demande un travail. Il est ravi quand Lincoln accepte de l'engager, mais trouve son nouveau patron déconcertant. Une personne peut-elle être aussi gentille et honnête ? Ce qui commence comme un simple travail devient quelque chose de plus. Noel découvre qu'il a besoin de Lincoln pour se sentir en sécurité. Lincoln a besoin de Noel pour le compléter. Mais quand le passé de Lincoln se met en travers de son présent, auront-ils tous les deux un futur ?

Matt Bowers bisheriges Leben endete mit sechzehn, als ein gemeiner Verrat von jemanden, dem er eigentlich hätte vertrauen können, ihn zum Schatten seiner selbst werden lie . Seit damals hat er mit einer Zwangs- und einer posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung zu kämpfen, lebt in permanenter Angst und läuft vor allem davon. Durch den Kauf eines abgeschiedenen Stück Lands glaubt er, den perfekten Ort gefunden zu haben, um sich vor der Welt zu verstecken und etwas Frieden zu finden. Zehn Jahre lang verspürt er ein gewisses Ma an Geborgenheit, bis eines Tages ein Fremder beginnt, Matts Stra e entlangzulaufen. Er kommt täglich wieder und dringt damit unwillkommen in Matts sorgfältig strukturiertes Leben ein. Matt beschwert sich beim Sheriff, doch der kann ihm nicht helfen, da der Jogger nichts Unrechtes tut. Nachdem zaghaft das Eis gebrochen ist, beginnt Matt, Schritt für Schritt die Anwesenheit des Mannes zu akzeptieren ... Als der Mann dann aber eines Tages nicht auftaucht, gerät Matts Leben ins Wanken und er muss die schwierigste Entscheidung seines Lebens treffen.

All rabbit shifter Alpin Dawkins wanted was some peace and quiet. Being kidnapped and trundled off to a lab to undergo six years of sadistic experiments wasn't what he had in mind. And now all he wants is to go home.Although Malachi Kurian spent years training to be a First, the leader of his wolf pack, he had no desire to be at anyone's beck and call, so he ran. Life as a lone wolf worked out great - until the night he heard the screams.He might have escaped, but Alp is certain this time he's going to die. When a wolf kills his pursuers, Alp fears he's about to be on the menu.He never expects the wolf will save him, or come to love him.Now all they have to do is rescue the others still held in the labs....

Shifter Quinn Adler knew he would live and die as a slave. Quinn's life was filled with pain until he was rescued from an abusive pack. But in Lydon, Quinn can't be sure of anything, so he's terrified of everything. With no one to give him direction, he is lost--until Deke takes control of him. Deke Timmons hates that he has to play the role of master to his mate. Unfortunately, Quinn won't accept his love until Deke can show him what being mates means. Vowing to help Quinn, Deke takes him into the world he's never seen. Though sometimes their relationship is tense, his methods seem to be working. Then a power-mad Alpha swoops in to kidnap Quinn and ends up getting Deke by mistake. Now Deke must play submissive to a wolf complicit in Quinn's abuse. He'll do whatever it takes to get back to his mate--but with Deke in peril, Quinn must find his courage and reclaim the person he was meant to be.

The night wolf is a legend told to scare children into obeying their parents. It is said that to control a night wolf is to harness limitless power.... Gareth Blackthorn has been Alpha of the prosperous Lydon pack for nearly two decades. Breaking with tradition, Gareth doesn't take over other packs by challenge. Instead, he lets wolves come to him and petition for admittance. He's had his pick of the best, the brightest, and the most talented. Until now. A power-hungry Alpha desires Omega Sean Adler's talent... and his submission, whether given freely or not. He's been on the run since he was fifteen, surviving any way he could, until one night, he knows he'll finally succumb to the injuries from his latest attack--and he's ready to go. That's when Gareth finds him, and Gareth's wolf insists on claiming Sean as his mate. But there's something mysterious about Sean, something tied to the mark on his shoulder.... Now Gareth must decide. Will he keep Sean despite the dangers that will arise, or will he throw the young man back to the wolves?

Patrick Lane escaped his alcoholic parents when he made it to college. But when they ditched his siblings under the pretense of returning in a few hours, Patrick made a solemn vow that he would raise Joey and Jenna as his own, ensuring they would never doubt they were loved. And it's a promise he's done his best to keep, no matter how hard it's been.Seth Clarke owns his own business, has a nice house, and parents and a brother who love him. But he isn't satisfied and never has been. The men he's been with complain he's a perfectionist, and Seth knows it's true. When he meets Patrick, he's intrigued. Just when it seems something wonderful is getting off the ground between them, Seth meets Joey and Jenna, and he panics. He hates messes, and kids are the worst.It takes two very strong women to open Seth's eyes to the truths he's been doing his best to forget. Now Seth has a choice. He can walk away from Patrick, leaving his heart behind, or he can step up and discover that family matters more than anything.Contains light BDSM elements.

Secrets: Book FourWhen a Dom invites a shy bookstore owner to live out his fantasies, more than one life will be transformed.Words are Heath Snow's life. He can't remember a time when he didn't have his nose buried in a book. He couldn't make a living as a writer, so he did the next best thing—he bought a bookstore. But when he's not selling books, he's living vicariously through the characters he encounters. Real men can't hold a candle to the hot men in his favorite genre.The Pride display in the bookstore window may be what captured Xavier James's attention, but the man enthusing about books interests him more. The BDSM book lying next to the cash register is a pleasant surprise, and when he draws attention to it, Heath's flushed cheeks and bright eyes pique Xavier's curiosity even further.Xavier is about to learn that some things are more important than work, and Heath is about to step out of his comfort zone, into a place where fantasy and real life coexist.

Secrets, tome 2Rob Daniels est déterminé à prouver que son frère Alex se trompe sur toute la ligne. Alex pense avoir trouvé l'amour à travers la pratique du BDSM?; Rob est certain que ce n'est pas possible. Il se rend à plusieurs reprises dans un club de Londres pour lui donner tort. En assistant à la soirée d'inauguration du Secrets, Rob a droit à une mauvaise surprise qui le fait fuir en jurant de ne plus jamais revenir… Mais il ne peut pas s'empêcher d'y remettre les pieds et tombe sur un homme imposant?: le Dom Vic Prentiss. Leur première rencontre est un désastre.Mais plus Vic passe de temps avec Rob, plus il est convaincu de deux choses?: primo, ce jeune homme est rongé de l'intérieur et deuzio, il est à la recherche de quelque chose. Son instinct le pousse à lui venir en aide, mais une clé est nécessaire pour libérer les secrets dissimulés dans l'esprit de Rob. Il suffit de la trouver. Alors seulement pourra-t-il découvrir le véritable Rob, l'homme qui est effrayé à l'idée de lâcher prise…

A Links In the Chain StoryCan two hearts stained by past pain find healing together?Tom Kotke held his husband of twenty-five years on the day he died and spent nearly a year adrift. Determined to force Tom back into the world, his family takes him to the Park View Diner, where he meets young stained-glass artist Aiden Dawson. For a brief moment, Tom doesn't think about his deceased husband—a terrifying prospect.Slowly, Aiden draws Tom out of his shell and helps him feel alive once more. But Tom isn't the only one who has suffered. Aiden fears no one sees beyond his wheelchair. Even if Tom can convince him he's different, they'll still have to overcome their age difference and a secret that could destroy their future together.

A Links In the Chain Story A rich man is about to set foot into an unknown world, while a Good Samaritan fears he'll have to close the charity he's spent his life building. Poised to lose it all, they might find what they need most in each other. Son of a wealthy importer, Galen Merriweather lives to broker deals, and he's damn good at it. But it's getting harder to ignore the kind of man his father is—a man who would pay Galen's brother's lover to leave… a man who'd demand Galen retrieve a quarter-million-dollar check from a struggling homeless shelter. Robert Kotke knows the money is too good to be true, but it's a godsend that could help so many people. Still, he hands it over when Galen shows up. But he isn't done with Galen yet, and he's going to challenge everything Galen ever believed. Galen will face an impossible decision: the redemption he's come to realize he wants, or the life he'd always dreamed of.

Lock and Key: Book One When he was eight years old, Scott Fogel died. Paramedics revived him, but he came back changed. Ghosts and spirits tormented Scott for over a decade until, thinking he was going mad, he did the only thing he could. He ran—leaving behind his best friend, Tim Jennesee. Scott's had five normal, ghost-free years in Chicago, when the spirit of Tim's mother comes to him and begs him to go home because Tim's in trouble and needs him. He isn't prepared for what he finds when he goes home—a taller and sexier Tim, but a Tim who hasn't forgiven Scott for abandoning him… a Tim whose body is no longer his own. The ghost of a serial murderer has attached itself to Tim, and it's whispering dark and evil things. It wants Tim to kill, and it's becoming harder for Tim to resist. To free the man who has always meant so much to him, Scott must unravel the mystery of the destiny he shares with Tim.

A Links In the Chain Story Lincoln Merriweather was born an entitled brat with a silver spoon lodged so deep, it might never have come out. At the BDSM club or in business, Lincoln was a storm, blowing in and disrupting the lives of everyone he touched, until the day he met a man who peeled away the tarnished layers to expose a decent person. Lincoln found—then lost—love. Since then, he's tried to atone for his past, including walking away from his family's wealth. He opened a diner, hiring people to work for him that he would have spit on before his epiphany. He's found peace, which he's about to lose to a hazel-eyed man. Noel Simmons wound up on the street when his parents discovered he was gay. His path leads him to Lincoln's diner, where he asks for a job. He's thrilled when Lincoln agrees to hire him, but finds his new boss perplexing. Can anyone be this kind and decent? What starts out as business becomes something more. Noel discovers he needs Lincoln in order to feel safe. Lincoln needs Noel to complete him. But when Lincoln's past gets in the way of his present, will the two have a future?

Secrets: Book Three Can two Doms open their hearts again for a young man desperately in need of their help? Two years ago, Aaron Greene and Sam Thompson were devastated when their submissive broke the contract that bound the three of them together. They still wonder what happened and whether they can find a way to move forward. When Aaron finds a sick young man by the curbside, his protective instincts kick in, and after consulting Sam, he takes Tim home. After being thrown out of his home, Tim Waterman finds himself on the street, doing whatever he needs to survive. Until a bear of a Good Samaritan scoops him up and saves him. Then one bear becomes two, and a chance discovery gets him thinking about what might be, if he's bold enough to make a move. So what happens when Aaron and Sam wake up one morning to find Tim naked in their bed? Will they get a new chance at life, or will history Threepeat itself?

Secrets: Book Two Rob Daniels is determined to prove to himself that his brother Alex got it wrong. Alex believes he found love through BDSM; Rob is certain that's not possible. He even makes several visits to a London club to prove his point. But when he attends the grand opening of Secrets, Rob gets a shock, one that has him fleeing, vowing never to return—until he does… and runs into the brick wall that is Dom Vic Prentiss. As first meetings go, theirs is a disaster. The more time he spends around Rob, the more convinced Vic becomes of two things—one, something is eating away at Rob, and two, he's looking for something. Every instinct tells Vic to help him, but trying to unlock the secrets hidden in Rob's mind requires a key. All Vic has to do is find it. Because maybe then he'll get to see the real Rob, the man who's scared to let go….

Matt Bowers's life ended at sixteen, when a vicious betrayal by someone who he should have been able to trust left him a shell of himself, fighting OCD and PTSD, living in constant fear and always running. When he buys a remote tract of land, he thinks he's found the perfect place to hide from the world and attempt to establish some peace. For ten years he believes he's found a measure of comfort, until the day a stranger begins to run on Matt's road. He returns every day, an unwelcome intrusion into Matt's carefully structured life. Matt appeals to the local sheriff, who cannot help him since the jogger is doing nothing wrong. Gradually, after tentatively breaking the ice, Matt begins to accept the man's presence— But when the runner doesn't show up one day, it throws Matt's world into chaos and he must make the hardest decision of his life.

Secrets: Book One Six years ago Ellis walked into his first briefing as the newest member of London's Specialist Firearms unit. He was partnered with Wayne and they became fast friends. When Wayne begins to notice changes—Ellis's erratic temper, the effects of sleep deprivation—he knows he has to act before Ellis reaches his breaking point. He invites Ellis to the opening of the new BDSM club, Secrets, where Wayne has a membership. His purpose? He wants Ellis to glimpse the lifestyle before Wayne approaches him with a proposition. He wants to take Ellis in hand, to control his life because he wants his friend back, and he figures this is the only way to do it. There are a few issues, however. Ellis is straight. Stubborn. And sexy. Wayne knows he has to put his own feelings aside to be what Ellis needs. What surprises the hell out of him is finding out what Ellis actually requires.