2015 EPIC Ebook Award - Action/Adventure Romance Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. When Navy SEAL training pushed Lieutenant Josh Walker to his limit, Chief David Flint's stern heart-to-heart-more like boot-to-ass-helped Josh realize his potential. When the holidays found them alone together and sharing a mutual attraction, they couldn't help breaking a few regulations. And nearly breaking some furniture in the process. Years after their short-lived fling, Senior Chief Flint returns to SEAL duty and finds himself under the command of the man he's never been able to forget: Lieutenant Commander Walker. And Josh hasn't forgotten David, either. Rules be damned, they can't keep their hands off each other. Despite their discretion, another SEAL catches on and threatens to expose their relationship, forcing Josh to bend to a blackmailer's demands to avoid strife within the team just before a dangerous mission. David is the last man he can confide in.and the first to pick up on Josh's tightly screwed down stress. When a life-or-death decision calls Josh's leadership into question, coming clean could cost him what he values most. His coveted trident.and the man he loves. Contains a pair of Navy SEALs who don't like playing by the rules, scorching hot sex between two Alphas who like to be in charge, cursing as only Navy men can curse, lots of camouflage and badassery in the wilds of North Korea, and enough emotion to sink a battleship. This 63, 000 word novel was previously published.

The Only One Who Knows - The Only One, #1

The Only One, Book 2Months after a bullet ended his SEAL career, Senior Chief David Flint doesn't know which is worse: struggling to adjust to life as a civilian, or watching his lover, Lieutenant Commander Josh Walker, leave for one deployment after another. Missing the career he loved-and knowing all too well the danger Josh faces-doesn't  help. And as Josh walks out the door for another assignment, David can feel their relationship cracking under the strain. With so little time between assignments, Josh has no idea how to fix things with David. One thing he's sure of, though-if they don't find a way to resolve the rising tension between them, there's a storm coming they might not be able to weather. But he plans to give it his best shot. When he gets home, Assuming he makes it home alive.Contains plenty of smoking hot sex between two dudes who just wanted to be SEALs, not deal with all this romance crap. They went and fell in love anyway, and now have to figure out how to  make it work while saving the world and teaching their puppy not to beg. This 51, 000 word novel was previously published.

The Only One Who Matters - The Only One, #2

Older man, younger man. Teacher and student. Love! Passion! Music!Sparks fly when brash young violinist Matt Dugan strides into professor Aaron Parrish's classroom. Aaron's intrigued by the twenty-year-old virtuoso, and agrees to take him on for private lessons. Things get off to a rocky start that's complicated by a growing mutual attraction. Teacher and student embark on a passionate affair. Matt wants to tell everyone, while Aaron fears their twenty-year age difference will make them objects of scorn and ridicule. After graduation, Aaron accompanies Matt on his first European concert tour. Matt's beauty and talent attract other men's attention, sparking Aaron's jealousy, while Matt's stage fright and family problems only ramp up the tension. Now, no longer teacher and student, Aaron and Matt struggle to redefine their relationship-before outside temptations tear them apart for good.

Double Concerto

Adulthood sucks. With college graduation behind them, Seth Thompson and Bilal al-Mansoori enjoy their last carefree summer. But the perfect future Seth's envisioned since high school-moving to New York to pursue a career as an artist-doesn't appeal to city-phobic Bilal. A job offer allowing Bilal to remain in upstate New York drives a wedge between them, and Seth's family's well-meaning interference doesn't help at all. A trip to the UK for Bilal's sister's wedding offers a chance to get back on the same page. But their holiday is abruptly cut short when the unthinkable happens.And Seth faces the very real possibility that he may never see the man he loves alive again.

Rites of Passage - A Courtland Novel - Courtlands - The Next Generation, #2

Courtland fans, get ready - the next generation's here!A campus flu outbreak, complicated by a freak October blizzard, brings Cornell seniors Seth Thompson and Bilal al-Mansoori together. Three days spent waiting out the storm at Seth's snowbound apartment leads to an unexpected mutual attraction-and a hot night under the covers, which quickly deepens into a true emotional bond.Plus, a world of problems for Bilal, an Iranian Muslim. Despite his homeland's harsh laws and even harsher punishment for homosexuality, Bilal can no longer deny who he really is: A gay man falling in love for the first time. Seth's gentle manner and passionate lovemaking bring Bilal more joy than he ever thought possible. Yet, despite the lovers' growing happiness, Bilal's haunted by guilt and shame left over from his strict upbringing, and the sad realization that he'll never see his family in Iran again. Speaking of families, it's time for Bilal to meet Seth's.Eric, Nick and Ally. Ten years later, this committed triad is still as deeply in love as ever, but even commitment comes with challenges.Is there room in this non-traditional family for Bilal? His future with Seth may depend on it.(Includes the novella In From the Cold :)

A Year in the Life: A Courtland Novel - Courtlands - The Next Generation, #1

For all the Courtland fans clamoring for the next generation.Cold and sick, Seth Thompson must fight through a snowstorm to get home. Seth's unconventional upbringing taught him to always reach out to strangers in need, and Iranian engineering student Bilal al-Mansoori is no exception. Being trapped together leads to an unexpected mutual attraction-and a feverishly hot night under the covers. But Bilal needs more than simply a rescue from the weather-he's trapped under lifetime of cultural pressures. His strict Muslim father and fellow Iranian students have no clue about his inner torment. His attraction to Seth isn't a welcome discovery-instead he's trapped between the existence he's always known and the prospect of living and loving openly for the first time in his life.(Note: This story stands-alone-no need to have read the prior Courtland books.)

In From the Cold: A Courtland Novella - Courtlands - The Next Generation

Eric Courtland has spent the last decade tucked away in a Tuscan villa with his wife, Allison-and their partner and lover, Nick Thompson. Worlds away from the bigotry and hatred they faced in the States, the triad has built an unconventional relationship that is unassailable. Or so they think. After years of disappointment, Allison is finally pregnant. But the happy news is soon blunted by a family crisis that brings them-reluctantly-back to the country they've foresworn and the emotional riptides that bide there. Assailed from every direction, the three face blackmail and a potential corporate takeover, but it's the devastating revelations from both Eric's and Nick's pasts that leave them shaken to the core. The three must stand together and face the maelstrom, or risk losing everything they've worked so hard to build-including the unique love that binds them.

Triad - Courtland Chronicles, #5

Most people are lucky to find one love-Eric Courtland found two. He's spent the last decade in and out of a tempestuous relationship with his lover, Nick. But all that is nearly over when his new bride, Allison, discovers that his vows of fidelity came with an exception. Suddenly, Eric is at risk of destroying all he cares about, from his burgeoning political career, to the two loves of his life. Terrified of losing everything, Eric proposes an unconventional solution: a non-traditional arrangement that neither Allison or Nick can refuse.  And despite the betrayal and jealousy that plague the birth of their new relationship, the three begin to discover new ways of achieving harmony and balance-and an intimacy beyond anything they expected. Even as their secret relationship grows, however, blackmailing political rivals and the pressures of life in the public eye create stresses that threaten to tear the three apart. In the end, Eric must decide what he's willing to sacrifice: the political ambitions he's nurtured all his life, or building a new dream with the only two people he's ever loved.

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