Are your swashbuckling pirates battling killer robots? Is a masked slasher lurking in your cozy mystery? Does your space opera have too little space and too much opera? When genres collide, Jed is there to pick up the pieces…and have a whole lot of fun in the process. Jed Ryland is an agent of the Crossroads, always on watch for incompatible universes smashing together. This time out, a dystopian society where teens are forced to battle for their lives is invaded by monsters from a sword-and-sorcery fantasy realm. Jed’s mission: keep the teens alive, repel the invasion, topple the oppressive government, locate the artifact pulling the worlds together, and prevent the utter destruction of both universes. Piece of cake.

Cadmus is content to spend his days quietly tending his shop and creating custom toys, music boxes, and automatons for his clients. It's a peaceful life, minus the occasional hostile visit from a rival who wants to know the secret behind his creations, which require no winding to work. Then an intriguing new client, Lady Serena, blows into his shop requesting he make a gift for the man she loves but is forbidden to be with. She is followed shortly by her father, the notorious Chief of Police Harren Imperia, who ends up taking Cadmus out for coffee—and introduces him to Lord Paali, whose son is the object of Serena's affection. As he is dragged further into their dizzying world, he finds himself facing problems he never expected: being caught between the wishes of the parents and the wants of the children, and drawn helplessly to the fierce Harren and intriguing Lord Paali…

Taylor has it all. Looks, intelligence, charisma, the ability to appeal to almost every interest group among the students at Bernhardt academy. In fact, Milo is convinced that Taylor is just what he is looking for — the story that will solve his, and the school newspaper’s, waning popularity problem. Taylor isn’t convinced, however, and Milo finds his reporting skills put to the ultimate test.The Biggest Story Milo's ever found is one he can't tell. Everything is going wrong for Milo Markopoulos. The future of the school newsletter is in jeopardy, he doesn't have a single friend among his junior classmates, and his film script has just been rejected again. Worse, he has only one day to find a story that will satisfy newspaper editor, Candice. Enter transfer student, Taylor. Good looking, responsible, and possessed of a mysterious something that has him turning heads on his first day of school, Taylor is the story Milo is looking for -- too bad Taylor has plans for a quiet high school experience. Despite their many differences of opinion, Milo finds himself developing a close journalistic relationship with the future class president. But Taylor's success might put an end to their burgeoning friendship. What will happen when Taylor is no longer Milo's story? How far will Milo go to save the newspaper? Written for the 2015 DRitC event hosted by the M/M Romance Group on Goodreads, The Biggest Scoop is a YA story that focuses on the development of the main characters.

Nathan Fitzroy hates the holidays. Estranged from his family for refusing to marry, he's still expected to keep up appearances, which means attending their holiday celebrations. And that means that, from the beginning of December until the middle of January, he needs to find work that will let him take off almost as many days as he works there. For him, that means working at a molly house called the Goat's Horn.Owen Landon was quite content to be a stone cutter. It was what he'd trained for, and it earned him enough money to pay his brother's school fees and still live comfortably enough in a cottage in their village. He'd always been told his father was distantly related to nobility, but he'd never thought much of it, until a solicitor came to tell him he was the new Earl of Morebrook, a position he has no idea how to fill.One night in December, when Owen can't stand his new role another moment, he sneaks away to the seediest molly house he can find, the Goat's...

After the last woman on Earth dies and the moon breaks in half, the male survivors begin to question love, masculinity, and fate. Later, a civilization on the moon begins to rebuild after decades of civil war. Three other stories chart the progress of a boy and his father on their multi-year journey from rural, 1960s Alabama to a war-torn Vietnam and ultimately to the moon.Life on Other Moons is the debut fiction collection from Roger Market. It was first published in simultaneous limited editions in May 2013 (paperback and handmade). It is now being released for the first time as an e-book.The collection opens with "Stopping to Talk to Porch Lights When the Moon Is Not Enough." After the last woman on Earth dies and the moon breaks in half, the male survivors begin to question love, masculinity, and fate. The story centers on the question "What does it mean to be a man in a world without women?" In the title story, "Life on Other Moons," a civilization on the moon begins to rebuild after decades of civil war. Three other stories chart the progress of a boy and his father on their multi-year journey from rural, 1960s Alabama to a war-torn Vietnam and ultimately to the moon.But the moon does not dominate every story.In "Don't Mind the Bunny," a little girl's disability becomes apparent through the objective viewpoint of a stuffed bunny. "Love the Shoes" chronicles the first meeting of a father, after a long stretch in prison, with his teenage son. In "The Paper Man," a society of primitive but powerful women encounters the first man to enter its gates in decades.While the book's eleven stories are linked in unexpected ways, they do not necessarily take place in the same version of reality. The characters in Life on Other Moons are united in their common search for a home, a functional family, a sense of self.Will they find peace?The author invites you to interact with him on social media using the hashtag #LifeMoons, as well as through e-mail. Details are at the end of the book.

Genre: LGBT Futuristic Fantasy A prince of industry, an imprisoned gladiator, fistfights instead of ballrooms -- Cinderella just got hotter.A master in the arena but a slave when combat is over, Jabez is a cage fighter raised on the streets. Wealthy young Andreas Fortias rescues him from his bleak existence, offering him the chance for a new life. But Andreas will have to break through more than a slave cage to touch Jabez's heart. And Jabez may have to risk his new freedom to save his lover, so together can they expose a truth which may change their world.Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, dubious consent, exhibitionism, male/male sexual practices, violence, voyeurism.

A woman taken captive by an alluring billionaire...Tess Bennett has never dared to dream of a better life. With no family and working a dead-end diner job to make ends meet, she’s just another twenty-something struggling to get by.Until she’s kidnapped one night by a mysterious older woman. Ava is seductive, commanding, beautiful as sin. She takes Tess to her secluded island mansion, insisting it’s to keep her safe.Ava provides her with every luxury she could ever dream of, but all Tess wants is answers. In a gilded cage, she must place her trust in a woman as cold and distant as she is irresistible. A forbidden kiss is all it takes for the spark between them to ignite.Her protector, torn between a promise and desire...A long time ago, Ava Vidal made a vow. She intends to keep it. Rescuing Tess was only the beginning. Now, Ava must keep her safe from those who mean her deadly harm.But what’s even harder is keeping her hands off the woman she swore to protect. Especially with Tess determined to tempt her. She thinks she can handle Ava’s twisted tastes. With every tantalizing moment spent in Tess’s presence, Ava’s iron will unravels.A secret that binds their hearts...But the truths Ava hides could shatter them both. Because their lives have always been connected. As danger looms, can the two women risk everything for each other?

Farmer’s Omega Hector has been saving money so he could afford a mate. He found him, paid the dowry, and today, he finally brings his new husband home. The boy knows what awaits him—he’ll be collared and claimed. He stands barefoot in the middle of the cottage, his eyes down, quiet and docile like a good omega groom. He seems afraid. After being celibate for years, Hector craves to touch the pretty omega and take what’s lawfully his. But he doesn’t want his new husband to fear him. Will the boy like him? Even love him one day?_ Iker’s Love Disgraced and banished by his first mate, Iker found safe haven at the palace. He stays under the king’s protection and doesn’t ever want to depend on an alpha again. Except now that he’s pregnant, his body has its own will. It demands pleasure and warmth, and only one man’s embrace feels right. Loving a golden-collared boy is foolish, but Elias falls anyway. How can he not love the beautiful pregnant omega who seeks comfort in his arms every night? Iker seems to need him, and Elias wants to give him the world. But as long as Iker wears the king’s collar, Elias can do nothing but hope._ Ky’s Mate Abandoned by his family and never allowed to return home, Iain is brought to the palace. Would the king collar him tonight? Would he… take him? But the king is not here, and instead, a tall, handsome omega welcomes him. Ky is his name, and he’s different from any man Iain has met before. The new virgin omega is stunning, and Ky hopes he might steal a kiss or even a taste of the young flesh. There’s something about Iain that unsettles him, though. The way he looks at Ky, his scent, the blush in his cheeks… Ky would never break the king’s trust and take the young man, but the temptation proves to be stronger than anything he could imagine.—The following short novellas feature side characters from the main duet: Hedonist: King’s Heat and Hedonist: King’s Mate . All three novellas stand on their own, with a HEA for every featured couple. All three explore specific kinks and fetishes.

Three traitor lords plotted to kill the king; now their sons must deal with the aftermath.Solicitor Robert Clarkson had begun to think he'd never have his own law practice, not when all of the work he was given at Glasson & Co. involved estate matters, until he was assigned to handle the business contracts of Lord Heathborough, son of one of the notorious traitor lords. Lord Heathborough has connections that could lead to the kind of clients Robert finds most interesting, and it doesn't hurt that he is exceedingly handsome.Laurence Nelson, Lord Heathborough, had always known his father would destroy his inheritance somehow and had built up a fortune of his own against the day, but he certainly never expected it to come in the form of a plot to kill the king. As the only traitor lord captured, his father was only making it worse enjoying the notoriety and telling the press anything he thought would make the conspirators seem clever, including details of the stock swindle used to...

Storm is born into a world of secrets — an island no one visits, names no one will say, and deaths that no one will talk about. The answers are locked in his species’ troubled past, guarded by the fierce creasia cats. Storm is warned from an early age that the cats may want to kill him. However, in a herd full of bullies and thieves, it seems more likely that his own species will kill him first.Storm is born into a world of secrets — an island no one visits, names no one will say, and deaths that no one will talk about. The answers are locked in his species’ troubled past, guarded by the fierce creasia cats. Storm is warned from an early age that the cats may want to kill him. However, in a herd full of bullies and thieves, it seems more likely that his own species will kill him first.Hunters Unlucky is an animal story for anyone who loved Richard Adams's Watership Down, Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, or Jack London's Call of the Wild. Kids who enjoyed Erin Hunter's Warriors books will also enjoy Hunters. The animals in this story do not carry swords, walk on two legs, or drink tea. They fight. They starve. Sometimes, they eat each other.The entire story can also be purchased as a single omnibus.