Ed Maurer se remet doucement de la blessure qui a mis fin à sa carrière de footballeur. Il hait son emploi de bureau, mais adore son travail de bénévolat au centre communautaire… sauf qu’il ne cesse d’y croiser Laurie Parker, l’irascible professeur de danse. Autrefois célèbre danseur de ballet, Laurie donne des cours gratuits pour échapper aux machinations de sa mère. Lorsqu’ils doivent faire équipe pour un concours de danse, Ed et Laurie se découvrent amis, puis amants. Les démons du passé seront-ils plus forts que cet amour naissant ?

Pour une Danse

Love, adventure and a steaming good time. As the French army leader's bastard son, Cornelius Stevens enjoys a great deal of latitude. But when he saves an enemy soldier using clockwork parts, he's well aware he risks hanging for treason. That doesn't worry him half as much, however, as the realization he's falling for his patient. Johann Berger never expected to survive his regiment's suicide attack on Calais, much less wake up with mechanical parts. To avoid discovery, he's forced to hide in plain sight as Cornelius's lover-a role Johann finds himself taking to surprisingly well. When a threat is made on Cornelius's life, Johann learns the secret of the device implanted in his chest-a mythical weapon both warring countries would kill to obtain. Caught up in a political frenzy, in league with pirates, dodging rogue spies, mobsters and princesses with deadly parasols, Cornelius and Johann have no time to contemplate how they ended up in this mess. All they know is, the only way out is together-or not at all.

Clockwork Heart - Clockwork Love, #1

A single stroke can change your world. Xander Fairchild can't stand people in general and frat boys in particular, so when he's forced to spend his summer working on his senior project with Skylar Stone, a silver-tongued Delta Sig with a trust fund who wants to make Xander over into a shiny new image, Xander is determined to resist. He came to idyllic, Japanese culture-soaked Benten College to hide and make manga, not to be transformed into a corporate clone in the eleventh hour. Skylar's life has been laid out for him since before he was born, but all it takes is one look at Xander's artwork, and the veneer around him begins to crack. Xander himself does plenty of damage too. There's something about the antisocial artist's refusal to yield that forces Skylar to acknowledge how much his own orchestrated future is killing him slowly.as is the truth about his gray-spectrum sexuality, which he hasn't dared to speak aloud, even to himself. Through a summer of art and friendship, Xander and Skylar learn more about each other, themselves, and their feelings for one another. But as their senior year begins, they must decide if they will part ways and return to the dull futures they had planned, or if they will take a risk and leap into a brightly colored future-together.

Antisocial

Sometimes family chooses you.How does a man get to be forty without knowing whether he’s gay? That’s a question Vince Fierro is almost afraid to answer. If he is gay, it’ll be a problem for his big, fat Italian family. Still, after three failed marriages, he can’t help but wonder if he’s been playing for the wrong team.There’s only one way to settle it, once and for all—head for Chicago’s Boystown bars, far from anyone who knows him. Naturally, he runs smack into someone from the neighborhood.Between working two jobs, going to school, taking care of his grandmother, and dealing with his mother’s ongoing substance abuse, Trey Giles has little time for fun, let alone dating someone who swears he’s straight. Yet after one night of dancing cheek-to-cheek to the sultry strains of Coltrane, Trey finds himself wanting to help Vinnie figure things out—no promises, and no sex.It seems like a simple plan, until their “no-sex” night turns into the best date of their lives and forges a connection that complicates everything.Warning: This book deals with alcoholism, broken promises, and overbearing little sisters.

Une famille trop présente

Grâce à l'aide discrète de sa riche famille, Sebastian Acker, dit « Baz », a réussi à tenir son passé douloureux à distance. Mais alors que la fin de ses études approche, ses amis - ceux qui forment sa petite bulle - se préparent à passer à autre chose, alors que sa vie à lui stagne. Cette solitude pesant sur lui, Baz se laisse aller et couche avec Elijah Prince, le type pour lequel il a pris une balle l'année précédente. Les conséquences de leur coup d'un soir laissent des fissures géantes dans l'armure soigneusement érigée de Baz. Et pour la première fois, cette perspective ne lui fait pas peur. 

Habitué à échapper à ses démons en se retirant dans son imagination, Elijah n'a pas l'habitude d'être entouré par un cercle d'amis épanouis. Et il est encore moins à l'aise avec l'idée d'être l'objet des affections d'un playboy notoire, même si tous les signes semblent indiquer que cette fois-ci, le bonheur pourrait être à sa portée. Lorsque la mère de Baz présente sa candidature à une fonction publique très prisée, les médias s'empressent de faire la lumière sur le passé de Baz et d'Elijah. Sous les spots aveuglants des projecteurs, ils font face à l'épreuve ultime : découvrir s'ils sont plus forts ensembles... ou séparément.

Leçon de séduction - Tome 3, Leçon numéro 3

Normal is just a setting on the dryer. High school graduate Jeremey Samson is looking forward to burying his head under the covers and sleeping until it's time to leave for college. Then a tornado named Emmet Washington enters his life. The young man with a double major in math and computer science is handsome, forward, wicked smart, interested in dating Jeremey-and he has autism. But Jeremey doesn't judge him for that. He's too busy judging himself, as are his parents, who don't believe in things like clinical depression. When Jeremey's untreated illness reaches a critical breaking point, Emmet is the white knight who rescues him and brings him along as a roommate to The Roosevelt, a quirky new assisted living facility. As Jeremey and Emmet find their feet at The Roosevelt, they begin to believe they can be loved for the men they are beyond their disabilities. But before they can trust enough to fall head over heels, they must trust their own convictions that friendship is a healing force and love can overcome any obstacle.

Carry the Ocean - The Roosevelt, #1

Sometimes life requires a partner. Ed Maurer has bounced back, more or less, from the neck injury that permanently benched his semipro football career. He hates his soul-killing office job, but he loves volunteering at a local community center. The only fly in his ointment is the dance instructor, Laurie Parker, who can't seem to stay out of his way. Laurie was once one of the most celebrated ballet dancers in the world, but now he volunteers at Halcyon Center to avoid his society mother's machinations. It would be a perfect escape, except for the oaf of a football player cutting him glares from across the room. When Laurie has a ballroom dancing emergency and Ed stands in as his partner, their perceptions of each other turn upside down. Dancing leads to friendship, being friends leads to becoming lovers, but most important of all, their partnership shows them how to heal the pain of their pasts. Because with every turn across the floor, Ed and Laurie realize the only escape from their personal demons is to keep dancing-together. This novel has been previously published and has been revised from its original release.

Dance With Me - Dancing, #1

Know when to up the ante.and when to fold. Randy and Ethan are ready to enjoy their first Christmas in Vegas, but Ethan is still struggling to find his feet as the owner of the casino. He's stuck in the office while Randy's ex Crabtree enjoys Ethan's husband's holiday antics. When it's clear Ethan feels left out in the cold, Crabtree tries to mend fences by suggesting Ethan make Randy's fun and games a main event at the casino instead of a backroom sideshow. This way Ethan can have his cake and eat it too, especially since Randy's the one jumping out of the center. Randy knows Crabtree's motives are never entirely pure and that the gangster can easily twist Ethan's thinking. Playing naughty elf isn't worth it if it'll cost him his cozy holiday with his husband, and as The Twelve Days of Randy spin slowly out of control, Randy fears his perfect Christmas will come crashing down around him. It's going to take a Christmas miracle to untangle this mess. Luckily, miracles are Herod's specialty. This title occurs directly after Double Blind in the Special Delivery series.

The Twelve Days of Randy - Special Delivery

Know when to show your hand.and when to hedge your bets. Randy Jansen can't stand to just sit by and watch as a mysterious man throws money away on the roulette wheel, especially since Randy's got his own bet going as to the reason this guy is making every play like it's his last day on earth. The man's dark desperation hits Randy right in the gut. Half of him warns that getting involved is a sucker's bet, and the other half scrambles for a reason-any reason-to save the man's soul. Ethan Ellison has no idea what he's going to do with himself once his last dollar is gone-until Randy whirls into his life with a heart-stealing smile and a poker player's gaze that sees too much. Randy draws Ethan into a series of wagers that leads to a scorching kiss by midnight, but he isn't the only one with an interest in Ethan's vulnerability. Soon they're both taking risks that not only play fast and loose with the law, but with the biggest prize of all: their hearts.

Pour une Danse

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