The New Assistant A Gay Love Story

I lost a lot that day. Almost everything. That day they still come to my door to ask me questions about. That day the reporters won’t ever forget… I knew I would mourn… And I knew I would grieve… But I never truly realized that… one day… I’d move on. It all started with my new assistant. His eyes looked into my soul. I felt as if I was falling into them. I became obsessed with him. Me, a man previously married to a woman! And here I was, fantasizing about a colleague at work, a subordinate, no less. What a cliché. But it was what I was feeling, and I was determined to keep it to myself. I failed, of course. Everything all started to unravel when I told him he was beautiful. And my world stopped dead. The New Assistant is a steamy stand-alone M/M gay romance book that depicts loss, grief, and a budding new and unexpected love.

What The Heart Wants: A Gay Romance Collection is a bundle of 3 steamy, sensual gay romance stories featuring sexy, passionate, and sweet M/M love stories. From brand new experiences, to new self-discoveries and awakenings, to lusty first times, and love that stands the test of time, these three gay romances by gay romantic fiction favorites Raiden King, Topher James, and Reya Karl will make you laugh, smile, cry, fan yourself, and leave you wanting more. Contained in this 300 page box set are the gay romance books A Second Chance, The New Assistant, and The Plan. * A Second Chance I never thought I’d love again. Even if I could, I didn’t even know if I wanted to. I was betrayed… I had my heart broken. And I was in mourning… I lost a dear friend. Something inside me just shut down. I didn’t want to go out. I didn’t want to face the world. But then I saw him again… Keifer… the man who broke my heart. And it all came rushing back. The emotion, the fire… the heat… the memories… the rage. So I punched him. Yeah, I punched him real good. I thought it would be over. I never expected to keep thinking about him. I never expected that he… that he was still thinking about me. I always said to myself that I wouldn’t give anybody a second chance. Cross me, and you’re out, gone, and we’re finished. But now I find myself changing my tune. I don’t know if I’ll be able to give him a second chance. But I know that I’m going to try… and we’ll see where this goes. Because I still love Keifer. And doesn’t love deserve a second chance? * The New Assistant I lost a lot that day. Almost everything. That day they still come to my door to ask me questions about. That day the reporters won’t ever forget… I knew I would mourn… And I knew I would grieve… But I never truly realized that… one day… I’d move on. It all started with my new assistant. His eyes looked into my soul. I felt as if I was falling into them. I became obsessed with him. Me, a man previously married to a woman! And here I was, fantasizing about a colleague at work, a subordinate, no less. What a cliché. But it was what I was feeling, and I was determined to keep it to myself. I failed, of course. Everything all started to unravel when I told him he was beautiful. And my world stopped dead. * The Plan Simon Bad break-up, moving to a new city, starting a new job. Who hasn’t experienced that before? I expected this whole thing to be cliché and predictable. What I never expected was for my new boss, Greg, to be drop-dead gorgeous. Six-feet tall, endless eyes, and a sexy-as-sin body that I could explore every inch of. Just one problem, though… I don’t know if he’s gay. I can’t stop thinking about my new boss… and of all the ways he could touch me. Of all the ways he could love me. I need a plan if I’m going to get this man. * Greg I never pass up an opportunity, both professionally and personally. So of course I took the opening to be the new project lead. And of course I took an interest in the new hire, Simon. What I didn’t expect was chocolate eyes and gorgeous curls. What I didn’t expect was to want to take Simon home the very first time I saw him. But there’s a problem… he’s my subordinate. I’ve never let rules stop me before, though. I’m going to make Simon mine, and he’ll have to do what I say. *

Share the romantic journeys with these hot guys as they find true love with their best friends in this five story gay romance collection which proves that there's nothing in the world like friendship blossoming into love with your true soulmate. High school friends falling in love for the first time. College roommates who discover that opposites attract. Best friends finding love in a gay version of The Wizard of Oz... Best Friends Turn Into Lovers - Supposedly straight college student Chad fantasizes about his best friend. When the shirtless stud asks him to rub tanning oil on his back, things really heat up. Falling For His Roommate - Nerdy college freshman Dustin works in the campus library. He's never told anyone he's gay, but he secretly desires the guy who sleeps on top of him, in the upper bunk, that is! He has the hots for Jeff, his drop dead gorgeous roommate. Zach's Secret - Can a young man come out, find love, and survive senior year all at the same time? Small town high school student Zach vows to keep his true feelings for guys locked up inside. Confident and popular Key, the school's newly arrived attractive jock, gladly changes all that. The Wicked Hot Wizard of Oz - Farm boy Donny is in the closet and he's in love with his straight best friend! A tornado transports Donny and his little dog Toto to the magical Land of Oz where they encounter Lions and Tylers and Gay Bears - oh my! On his journey down the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wicked Hot Wizard of Oz, Donny discovers there's no place like home, especially if it's with the man of his dreams. Finding Love On Christmas Eve - Keith knows exactly what he wants – his best friend, Mike. Just one little problem - Mike is straight. Keith fears pursuing his desires will crash and burn in heartache. However, Keith's been hiding his feelings for so long, he's ready to burst. Will the truth - and Mike - both come out in time for the two best friends to have a merry Christmas together?

Mia is a high-powered woman, CEO of an international pharmaceutical company, with altogether too much to think about each and every minute of each and every day. That’s why she hired Heather as her assistant. While Mia appreciated the young woman’s beauty, that didn’t factor into it. Heather was as capable as they came. She always sacrificed for the company, and Mia knew there were big things in the young woman’s future. But a few literal bumps in the road change the nature of their relationship… * Heather is trialing a new medicine when she experiences a strange side-effect: The medicine makes her extremely sensitive and prone to climaxing. A bump in the road? Two? That’s all it takes. It’s not such a bad thing, right? At least, not until it happens when she’s in the car with her boss. Especially since she can’t suppress her cries of pleasure… Especially not when she notices her boss eying her hungrily…

Always a lover of history, Mary Higgins Clark wrote this extensively researched biographical novel and titled it Aspire to the Heavens, after the motto of George Washington's mother. Published in 1969, the book was more recently discovered by a Washington family descendant and reissued as Mount Vernon Love Story. Dispelling the widespread belief that although George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, he reserved his true love for Sally Carey Fairfax, his best friend's wife, Mary Higgins Clark describes the Washington marriage as one full of tenderness and passion, as a bond between two people who shared their lives -- even the bitter hardship of a winter in Valley Forge -- in every way. In this author's skilled hands, the history, the love, and the man come fully and dramatically alive.

Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time "A book for warriors, divas, artists, queens, individuals, activists, trend setters, and anyone searching for the courage to be themselves.”—Mackenzi Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue It’s 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He’s terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he’s gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media’s images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance...until she falls for Reza and they start dating. Art is Judy’s best friend, their school’s only out and proud teen. He’ll never be who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs. As Reza and Art grow closer, Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won’t break Judy’s heart—and destroy the most meaningful friendship he’s ever known. This is a bighearted, sprawling epic about friendship and love and the revolutionary act of living life to the fullest in the face of impossible odds.

Seventeen-year-old Angie, who lives with her family in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, finds herself in love for the first time the summer after high school graduation.