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Adagio,
available from Casperian
Books LLC.
Love is what
happens when you're making other plans...
Five years after
arriving in Australia, Jason Stuart is finally embarking on the dream
that brought him Down Under: going on "walkabout" in the Australian
Outback. But Jason is not that fresh-faced and untried boy from Canada
anymore. Jason is a man with half a decade of bad memories and worse
nightmares. His friends think he's crazy, or possibly just plain stupid,
but Jason needs to make his dream real in order to face his past.
Everything changes
when Jason picks up an unexpected travel companion. Suddenly, it's
not his past that Jason needs to confront, it's his future.
Part coming-of-age
tale, part romance, part travel yarn, Adagio paints a heartwarming
picture of a fledgling relationship between two very different men
against the lush backdrop of Australia's natural wonders.
Read
the first chapter.
Bareback, available from Torquere
Press. Now available in trade sized paperback!
Jake Taggart’s life was almost perfect--he’d worked
hard to overcome his past, and he loved his job as foreman on
a ranch in Arkansas. The only thorn in his side was a dark eyed
cowboy named Tornado whose stubborn attitude brought frustration
and confusion to Jake’s mostly happy existence. A late spring
rainstorm brings out hidden passions and unleashes a chain of
events neither of them expected--and eventually brings about
events that threaten to destroy them and what they worked to
create. Strong wills and forceful personalities make for intense
encounters....but is it enough to keep love alive?
Read a sample!
Natural Disaster is out in print and e-book from Torquere Press.
Jake and Tor return in this long-awaited sequel
to the bestselling Bareback! Having bought the ranch they've
worked on for so long, they’re now the proud owners of
a spread of their own. There's more than enough on their plate
coping with their new responsibilities and their arguments over
ranch management, and it's not long before even more trouble
hits.
When he learns his sister has died in an automobile
accident, Jake is crushed. His grief is tempered by Tor's loving
support, but they’re forced to be apart while Jake deals
with the family. When they bring Jake's nephew back to the ranch,
things stretch to the breaking point. From the day to day difficulties
of running the ranch to dealing with a teenager who’s just
lost his mother, Jake and Tor wonder if they’ll be able
to survive.
In the fury of the storm, the two men fall back
on the one thing that can get them through. Each other. Can
they keep it together when everything seems to be falling apart
around them?
Read a sample!
Gemini, at Torquere
Press.
Gent likes to play. Whether it's a good game of
pool, a piercing in a naughty place, or a pretty boy who wants
to take him home, he's all for it. That's just the kind of guy
he. He likes to take chances, as long as they're not the stupid
kind. So when Paul takes him home, he thinks he's in for a pretty
good time. Then he meets Jamie, Paul's twin, and Gent ends up
playing a new kind of game, even if he's not sure it's such
a good idea.
Read
a sample!
911 Now
available in print as well as e-book, from Torquere Press.
Drew is a fireman who loves the rush and is looking
for a roommate to share costs. Scott is a doctor looking for
somewhere to live that isn't with his now ex-lover. The match
seems more than perfect when Scott moves in and it's more than
just costs that they share. So what happens when along comes
EMT Eric with his blond good looks and boyish smile? Will this
twosome be able to become a threesome or does it spell disaster
for all? Check it out at Torquere Press and find out!
Read
a sample!
An
Agreement Among Gentlemen is out at Torquere Press.
Edward Munrow has had a change in circumstances. Going from
being a gentleman of few means to being a wealthy land owner
in less than a day is difficult enough to imagine, but being
blackmailed into a marriage he doesn't want by a Duke is just
too much.
Ned
agrees to the marriage to keep his name out of the scandal sheets,
and soon enough he is meeting Lady Jane, a member of the Duke's
family, and her son, Henri, the Viscount Langton. Langton is
a delightful surprise for Ned, a young man just coming into
his own, ripe for the sorts of debauchery Ned is best at.
The
problem is that Langton brings out all of Ned's protective instincts,
and that, along with a warning that the Duke will ruin him if
he so much as lays a hand on the young man has him keeping his
hands to himself. Until Henri won't let Ned protect him from
himself, that is. Add one of Ned's old lovers to the mix and
the combination is unbeatable.
Read a sample!
Converge is available from Torquere Books.
Finn has been watching Ari from the space Between
their two dimensions for a long time. He lives in the same world,
it seems, but in his Alpha dimension, contacting anyone in what
Finn thinks of as Beta is forbidden. Against the law, even if
he could figure out how to do it.
One day everything changes, though. Ari becomes
aware of Finn, and of the Alpha dimension, and the two begin
a strange dance where they can see one another, and talk, but
never touch. According to everything Finn knows, physically
crossing dimensions is a death sentence, and he's not even sure
how to make the attempt to get his hands on Ari.
With government conspiracies, a friend who knows
more than he's willing to admit, and time running out for Finn
before he's caught in his watchful obsession, something has
to give. Ari and Finn have become more than just watchers and
friends, and Finn finally makes a mad dash for Between, trying
to cross the barriers that keep Alpha and Beta apart. Can he
make it to Ari alive?
Read a sample!
Shady
Ridge and the Neon Sky
Hank Brodnax is a small town cop who likes his
life slow and easy. Charlie Hise is a new hire from the big
city, and Hank likes him well enough, except Charlie's arrival
means that Hank can't meet up with his fuck buddies. Given an
out, Hank heads north from Shady Ridge to dance the night away
and get laid at the Neon Sky, not expecting his world to turn
upside down in the span of one weekend.
Read a sample
Ranges An anthology from Torquere Press
Ranges is a collection of four stories that span
space and time, from the Old West to modern times, and it's
all about the back of beyond. BA Tortuga, Julia Talbot, Dallas
Coleman and Chris Owen all create small town boys with big time
loves, men who know how to work the land, and work each other
over.
Cabin fever, by BA Tortuga, is set in the late
eighteen hundreds, and features Horace, a big mountain man who's
more sophisticated than he seems, and Walker, a young man on
the run from the law. In the snowy winter mountain season, Horace
teaches Walker all he knows, but will Walker stay for the spring
thaw? Set a few decades later, To Hell You Ride pits actor Clancy
against miner Big Roy. Clancy thinks he's too good for an unattractive
man like Roy, but he soon finds out that the heart wants what
it needs, and won't be denied.
When the Bloom is on the Sage takes on the early
nineteen hundreds, in the days when cowboys still rode horses,
but the ranch owners drove cars. Buck and Bonner face the elements,
the fear of being caught loving each other, and the very real
danger of working on the range. Finally, modern day Shady Ridge
is the scene for Chris Owen's Shady Ridge and the Neon Sky,
where cops Hank and Charlie learn they play on the same team,
and that the closest gay bar, the Neon Sky, is an awful long
way away.
Cheek to Cheek will be running onTorquere's Turn of the
Screw service, starting in May 2008!
'Added Money', in the anthology Cowboy Up
from Torquere Press.
Gideon and Justice Smith are brothers on the rodeo circuit.
Gideon has those special feelings for Nick DeShane, who happily
wants him back. Trouble is, Gideon is in the closet...
Sample
Carbon and Ash is the April 2006 Birthstone
story at Torquere. Former minor league baseball player and little
league coach Myles figures he and his buddy Todd have a lot
in common. They're both single dads, they both love baseball
and camping, and their sons get along great. They also have
this thing they do, this touching thing a few times a year that
Myles figures is just all about creature comfort.
The thing is, as they both think about dating other people
and breaking up their late night tradition, Myles starts to
realize maybe he's not as casual about Todd as he thought.
In fact, he has to take a long hard look at how he feels.
And hope he won't be too late
Sample
'Periphery' is in the Far Galaxies Taste
Test from Torquere Press, a collection of three space themed
short stories. In Periphery two men are trapped on a
tiny ship, floating in the black and preparing to die. With
nothing left to lose, it's still hard to make choices.
Sample
'Light Touch' is in the Feathers Toy Box
from Torquere Press. Jake listens to Elias when he doesn't have
a choice, and gets an idea he just can't shake. The trouble
is, he can't quite get himself to actually talk to Tor about
it.
Sample
Running
Away to Home is a re-release of an old favourite. When he
leaves Arkansas he's Hound, a lovesick cowboy who just needs
to get away from the man he can never have. Hound travels across
country, to California and part of the way back, trying desperately
to figure what he needs to make the pain go away. What he finds
is small town Utah, and a man named Del, who convinces him that
he can start over. The changes in his life amaze him, and even
as he takes back his given name of Kevin he finds himself falling
for Del. Has Kevin finally found the man he wants, the one he
can have for all time?
Sample
The
Tower is a story based upon the tarot card of the same name
for Torquere's Arcana line. When Jasper Starr gets a promotion
and gets to go to the top of his corporation’s tower, he
thinks he’s really arrived. No one ever gets to go straight
to the top. Well, no one but Michael Nero, the assistant to
the head executive. Michael becomes Jasper’s tour guide
in his new high-powered world, making Jasper wonder about the
man. A lot. Jasper finds himself wanting to know more and more
about Michael, and when the object of his desire begins wooing
him with gifts and phone calls, the personal attention is more
than Jasper ever dreamed he might have. Will all of his fantasies
come true, or is his newfound love nothing more than an illusion
of steel and glass.
Sample
Weighted
Measure is a story based upon the Four of Pentacles for
Torquere's Arcana. Hard working and a little reclusive, Marshall
insists that he’s perfectly happy with his life. His friend
Paige disagrees, and drags him out for a night on the town,
where Marshall meets Tyler. He thinks Tyler is perfect for a
one night stand, but what’s Marshall to do when Tyler doesn’t
leave? After much digging his heels in, Marshall decides to
just drink Tyler off is mind, but Tyler has other ideas. Can
he convince Marshall that there’s more to life than work,
and that Tyler needs a place to settle down?
Sample
On the Clock in the anthology To
Serve and Protect from Torquere Books. "... Chris Owen gives
us cops with On the Clock, where Detective Strang has a murder
to solve and a guy from another department to share it with.
Gallagher is in computer crimes, and since the victim of their
case was strangled at his computer, it's a natural match. The
two share an obvious attraction, but will they get so wrapped
up in each other that they can't solve the case?"
Sample
Six
Years On is a very short story for Halloween. Alex has been
waiting for Jamie at his bar, knowing his ex-lover would show
up eventually. He doesn't give in right away when Jamie comes
on to him, knowing he has to wait a little longer to make things
right. When they finally do get back together, Alex knows the
timing is perfect. Can he and Jamie make it more than halfway
to heaven?
Sample
Rough Draft
is by Chris Owen and Jodi Payne. It started on the Turn of the
Screw subscription service in January of 2006, and is now available
as an e-book. From the Torquere Press site:
Gray and Paul were good friends in college. Good friends with privileges.
But they haven't been together in years. When Gray puts pen to paper
and writes Paul a letter, he half expects it to be ignored. But Paul
writes back and their old flame is rekindled. Or is it? Has too much
water gone under the bridge or can Gray and Paul reconnect and deal
with the issues that took them in different directions after college?
Tune into this epistolary romance and find out!
Read a sample!
Deviations:
Submission is new out at Torquere! Written by Jodi Payne
and myself, it's a D/s exploration and the first in a four
book series.
Tobias is a skilled Dom and Noah is a man in need of just
that. He wants to sub badly, but has yet to find someone he
believes in. Through a series of encounters in the world of
bondage and discipline, we learn why Noah has trouble trusting,
and why Tobias is reluctant to let himself love. Still, Tobias
can’t resist Noah’s charms, and the two of them set about
making a scene for themselves, one that works for them and
their unique set of problems. But can they stay together in
a world where learning to love means accepting all of their
dark secrets?
Read a sample!
Deviations: Domination is out at Torquere!
Written by Jodi Payne and myself, it's a D/s exploration and
the second in a four book series.
In this sequel to Deviations: Submission, Dom Tobias and Sub
Noah are back, learning more about each other and their relationship,
testing the boundaries of what they can and cannot handle,
both together and apart.
Tobias works at becoming more comfortable and finding his
balance as a full-time Master again. Meanwhile, his work brings
out the true submissive in Noah, who faces some of his greatest
fears, and his greatest secrets, confessing to Noah about
a terrible time in his past.
He's not the only one who has a rough time. Tobias breaks
down and shows Noah he's not all dominance, too, which sends
shockwaves through their romance, leaving them to wonder if
they can keep it together.
Read a
sample!
Deviations: Discipline by Chris Owen and
Jodi Payne is now available at Torquere! This is the third of
four books in the series.
Tobias and Noah explore their relationships more
deeply than they ever have, not just with their own dominance
and submission, but with their friends. As Noah helps Tobias
through the loss of someone dear, he finds Tobias helping him,
too, leading him through some intense sexual games, breaking
down the last of Noah’s fears, and helping him face his
biggest one. The cage.
Meanwhile, Tobias’ ex-lover, Phantom, becomes
close friends with Noah as they discover and try to resist the
simmering sexual tension between them. Their teasing turns to
real support when Phantom reaches the breaking point thanks
to the lack of a master in his life, something he desperately
needs.
While Bradford works to become that master, Tobias
and Noah go to Paris, where they see the sights, go to sex clubs,
and re-negotiate their contract. Returning from Paris to their
own lives brings then all sorts of new difficulties, from deciding
whether they should love together to trying to figure out just
where Phantom belongs in their ever-changing relationship.
Read a sample!
Deviations: Bondage by Chris Owen and Jodi Payne is now available at Torquere. It is book four and the final volume of the series.
Noah and Tobias come back from Paris with a renewed contract and a deeper personal bond. Too bad things don't go as smoothly at home. When they get back, they face a crisis that might just threaten their contract, and their personal intimacy.
The crisis has a ripple effect, but Tobias and Noah finally learn that they can evolve with it, instead of collapsing. They experiment with scene after scene, making them longer, deeper, which allows them to explore more than they've ever dared. They even explore moving in together.
When Noah is forced to face the danger of his job, he starts to question why he became a cop. Tobias is also questioning his job. Soon enough, their external life is changing enough that they're forced to lean on each other to sustain them. Can they achieve a comfortable balance between their outside life, their scenes, and their love?
Noah and Tobias, along with their friends, appear in Deviations:
Submissions, Deviations: Domination, and Deviations: Discipline.
These popular novels are available in ebook and paperback.
Read a Sample
Sex, Lies and Celluloid By Jodi Payne and Chris Owen.
Detective Shane Mullin is used to domestic investigations. So when Janet Brint hires him to tail her husband, City Councilor Daniel, he doesn't think much of it. Everyone has something to hide, and Janet thinks Daniel's problem is drugs.
It's not drug abuse that has Daniel hiding out, though. As Shane follows Daniel about, he realizes the politician is having lots of sex. Gay sex at that. Shane is fascinated with Daniel's case, wondering just what Janet hopes to gain by exposing Daniel's secrets.
Shane is also fascinated with Daniel the man, so much so that attraction blooms, and he and Daniel begin an online friendship. One thing leads to another, and Shane finds himself leading his own double life, seeing Daniel while continuing to investigate him.
With no good way out of his deception, Shane has a decision to
make about what to tell Daniel, and Daniel himself has some
tough choices about his life and whether or not to go public
with his sexuality. Can Shane and Daniel work their way through
their web of lies?
Sample
Ratchet,
in the Toy Box: Handcuffs mini anthology from Torquere Press,
is by Jodi Payne and Chris Owen. It features the boys from the
Deviations series, Tobias and Noah: Tobias is ready to play.
Will Noah be ready when he comes home?
Sample
Working on in 2008, a m/m/f menage story about
a lovely man who wants everything. His band, his house and his
two best friends in his bed. Pyke thinks it's the perfect way
to live his life, but will Shea and Laurel agree?
~For stories and novels in
the works or about to be published, please see the Upcoming
page.~ |
