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The Hand-me-down [MultiFormat]
by Zahra Owens
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When a volcano erupts in Iceland and leaves globetrotting headhunter Jez Robinson stranded in Barcelona, he isn't sure what to do. He has a hard time sitting still, so deciding to make the best of his situation, he pays a visit to his old friend Nick Stone, a retired porn star he shares a history with. Only the visit doesn't go anything like Jez expected. First Nick introduces Jamie, his much younger lover, a man so painfully shy he can't even bring himself to talk to strangers. The love he and... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 78750 - Reading Time: 225-315 min.
Category: Erotica/Erotic Romance/Romance
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Clouds and Rain [MultiFormat]
by Zahra Owens
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Flynn Tomlinson has drifted for several years, working odd jobs when he needs the money and moving on when he doesn't. He's content with his freestyle life, not tied down, not responsible for anyone but himself. Then he comes across a Help Wanted ad in a post office in Idaho and meets Gable Sutton. Gable can't pay Flynn until he sells his horses, but a serious accident has left him unable to work his ranch alone. Working with horses beats stacking shelves at the supermarket, and so Flynn agree... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 78528 - Reading Time: 224-314 min.
Category: Erotica/Gay-Lesbian Erotica/Romance
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Facade [MultiFormat]
by Zahra Owens
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Jonas Hunter is a high-class body for hire with a small, exclusive, mostly male clientèle who pay big bucks for his undivided time and attention. Discretion is Jonas's middle name--he can play his role to the hilt for the client's benefit and at the same time disappear seamlessly into a crowd, safely anonymous. He's persuaded to take on a new client who is everything he despises in a man: the effeminate, tantrum-throwing, attention-seeking bad boy of Paris haute couture named Nicky Bryant. Nicky... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 70957 - Reading Time: 202-283 min.
Category: Erotica/Gay-Lesbian Erotica
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Necking: A Dreamspinner Press Anthology [MultiFormat]
by Jamie Freeman, Zahra Owens, JL Merrow
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Just close your eyes and feel: soft, warm lips skimming from your shoulder to your ear, your skin prickling and tickling. Then add another set, echoing the first, layer upon layer of sensation as two sets of hands join the game, stroking, sliding, ratcheting up the heat. And when your lips part and the tip of your tongue darts out, it's met by two more in a luscious, messy, three-way kiss. This is necking, pure and hot, sending shivers of arousal down your spine. In these stories, the men come i... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 105021 - Reading Time: 300-420 min.
Category: Erotica/Gay-Lesbian Erotica/Romance
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A Thousand Goodbyes [MultiFormat]
by Zahra Owens
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History is written by the biased victors, leaving only their view intact. Future civilizations are now trying to learn from the past, sending agents Niall and Dafydd to record lost perspectives from destroyed cultures. To achieve this, they keep Dafydd in the dark, and it takes a thousand lifetimes of love and loss before he sees the light. A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2012 Daily Dose package ""Time Is Eternity"". (Published: 2012)
Words: 7464 - Reading Time: 21-29 min.
Category: Gay Fiction/Romance
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Balance [MultiFormat]
by Zahra Owens
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By day Cooper Miller is a bland paper pusher, a health and safety inspector who does everything by the book. Deciding he needs some excitement in his life, he sheds his off-the-rack suit and tan raincoat and signs up for an introductory session at a BDSM club. His welcome mat turns out to be Nando Arenas, the man who owns the new tattoo shop Cooper inspected just that morning. At first glance, Nando seems like forbidden territory, but when Cooper discovers a taste for being tied up and dominated... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 15566 - Reading Time: 44-62 min.
Category: Erotica/Gay-Lesbian Erotica/Romance
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Charity Starts at Home [MultiFormat]
by Zahra Owens
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During the Christmas holidays, the affluent Haden knocks on the door of Quinn's homeless shelter with a proposition: he wants to help make Christmas a little brighter for the shelter's residents. But Quinn is suspicious of Haden's motives and money. The fact that their worlds are miles apart is painfully clear, and although Quinn finds he just might be able to love Haden, his own prejudices might block the way to a future together. (Published: 2009)
Words: 15680 - Reading Time: 44-62 min.
Category: Erotica/Gay-Lesbian Erotica
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Diplomacy [MultiFormat]
by Zahra Owens
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Jack Christensen has everything he ever wanted. He's a rising star in US Diplomacy, the youngest man to have been appointed as an Ambassador of the United States. A career diplomat who's just been sent to a politically interesting Embassy in Europe, he has the perfect wife, speaks five languages and has all the right credentials, yet there's something missing and he doesn't quite know what.
Then Lucas Carlton walks into an Embassy reception and introduces himself and his American fiancée. F... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 71961 - Reading Time: 205-287 min.
Category: Gay Fiction/Romance
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Earth and Sky [MultiFormat]
by Zahra Owens
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Hunter Krause knows better than anyone that running a ranch is hard work. Wranglers are hard to find, and even with Hunter's foreman and entire extended family on hand, the busy ranch is constantly short-handed. So when horses go missing, Hunter's brother-in-law hires a man Hunter would never have considered: Grant Jarreau, a man Hunter can't forgive for leaving Hunter's best friend Gable after an incapacitating accident. Grant quickly fits in, befriending Hunter's sister and making himself in... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 101112 - Reading Time: 288-404 min.
Category: Erotica/Gay-Lesbian Erotica/Romance
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Floods and Drought [MultiFormat]
by Zahra Owens
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Tim Conroy knows all about patience. He's waited three years for Rory McCown to get out of jail after doing time for stealing horses from the Blue River Ranch. Now that Rory is eligible for parole, Tim makes it his goal to persuade his boss, Hunter Krause, to give Rory a second chance. He almost regrets it when Hunter agrees. Rory is a morose loner one moment, then arrogant and overconfident the next. The attraction between them is still there, but as soon as they start to get close, an old en... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 93293 - Reading Time: 266-373 min.
Category: Romance/Gay Fiction
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Happiness for Beginners [MultiFormat]
by Zahra Owens
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Jesse harbored a crush on his TV series costar, Kaye, for more than eight years, but when the show was canceled and he realized those years of playing gay hadn't convinced Kaye to leave the straight and narrow, Jesse turned his back on acting for good. Ten years later, Kaye is back in Jesse's life, on Christmas Eve--and the eve of his third divorce. Jesse's not sure his heart can take another beating, but Kaye has a few tricks up his sleeve--and a few truths from his own heart--that might just c... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 19049 - Reading Time: 54-76 min.
Category: Erotica/Gay-Lesbian Erotica/Romance
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Isali Dreams [MultiFormat]
by Stuart Wakefield, Zahra Owens
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Diplomat and linguist Everett leads a quiet life on an Earth colony outpost until he's called on to translate for a strange creature discovered on a crashed ship. Despite the magnetic attraction he feels to it, Everett can't communicate well enough to resolve the apparent murder of the ship's pilot. At least not until Isali, the survivor, shows up in Everett's dreams. Isali is on the run from a supreme being hellbent on destroying him, and Everett soon finds himself caught up in a fight for th... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 15488 - Reading Time: 44-61 min.
Category: Romance/Gay Fiction
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You Can Choose Your Friends [MultiFormat]
by Zahra Owens
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Twenty years before You Can't Choose Your Family, Jay Molenski saved Fran Galloway's life. Franklyn Galloway is the youngest son of a conservative Evangelical minister, and it goes without saying that he is stuck in the closet. He dreams of being an architect, but his father puts a stop to that faster than Fran can say "Frank Lloyd Wright." So when Fran meets popular, laid-back Jay Molenski, he does everything he can to deny the sparks flying all around them. It only works for so long. After... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 21652 - Reading Time: 61-86 min.
Category: Romance/Gay Fiction
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