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Summary: Can a farmer still love the man who stole his horse, and broke his heart? What kind of relationship begins with a passive-aggressive bottle of wine? How's life treating Mac and Tony of Life Lessons, ten years later? Thirty short stories, ranging from flash fiction to 10,000 words, bring laughter and tears, triumph and heartbreak, and the quiet moments in between. And love, always love. Do you have ten minutes, or an hour, to spend with a story? Check out this collection, filled with a wide range of contemporary, paranormal, and fantasy stories to feed the gay-romance-loving soul. (Stories in this collection were originally published on Kaje's Facebook group.)

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Summary: “Help raise money to improve our habitat! For a small donation, we’ll name a fish after your ex and feed it to the bears on Valentine’s Day!” For Garrett Mitchell, who just found out his butthead of an ex-boyfriend cheated on him, that donation is money well spent. And Tristan Waverly was just unceremoniously dumped by a man who is absolutely worthy of being tossed to hungry bears, so he’s more than happy to buy a fish. As the bears chow down, though, everyone’s wondering the same thing—is it a coincidence, or are both fish named after the same guy? There’s only one way to find out. But when Garrett and Tristan come face to face, suddenly the last man either wants to think about is Kevin. 2 Dead Fish Named Kevin is a light, fluffy, and short Valentine’s Day romance (22,500 words)

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Summary: MacKenzie Wright needed a vacation, but a three-month work trip to Auckland over the holiday season wasn’t what he had in mind. Three years ago, MacKenzie said goodbye to Eric Parata, not envisioning he’d ever return to the sun-kissed beaches of Coromandel. Fate, in the guise of his best friend Alicia, intervened, and now MacKenzie find himself face to face with the man he’d left behind. Over the holidays, his feelings run deep, but in the back of his mind, he knows the clock is ticking on his time in New Zealand. His life in Seattle beckons, but will he listen to the call of his heart instead?

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Summary: Charlotte Miller is tired of feeling like a failure. She may have gotten herself fired, her love life has imploded…so when she gets the call that the annual Summit Springs Christmas Bazaar, which helps support her family’s farm, is in trouble, she heads home to try to save the day. Maybe her luck will change and she will be happier for the holidays. Too bad her car decides to break down on the way. Naomi “Lars” Beckett is too busy with the tree farm she runs and Christmastime to worry about a stranded hottie like Charlotte, but when they get snowed in together at an old cabin, she figures that’s what she gets for trying to help. On the surface these two seem to have nothing in common, but opposites do attract, especially with the magic of the season, and they find they have more in common than they think. Once they’re back in the crazy mix of family, well-meaning town folk, and trying to make things just right for Christmas though, will they be able to make something together that lasts longer than old wrapping paper and holiday leftovers? Christmas Bizarre is a small town, opposites attract, lesbian romance set in fictional Summit Springs, Colorado.

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Summary: It’s Christmas, and an invitation to a party is too tempting for Wade and Jason to pass up. When The Running Scared Paranormal Research crew realize it’s not just a party but a gathering of all the paranormal investigators in the area, they’re suspicious but excited to meet others in their same business. A mystery, a ghost, and a love story play out for them through the evening onboard the riverboat docked in Old Sacramento where the party is held. After the party, Wade and Jason decide to take a big step in their relationship. One they’ve both wanted for years, but never seemed to find the perfect time for. In a spur of the moment decision, they decide to go for it, and even a snowstorm won’t stop them from getting married. With the help of all-wheel drive, Santa, and a ghost, they’ll get their happy ending. #FriendsToLovers #Ghosts #Ghosthunters #PNR #MMRomance #Secret Wedding

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Summary: For Jacob Shelton, life was anything but conventional, having been born with a silver spoon in his mouth even though it was a loveless existence. Jacob hoped there was more to life than money and was about to find out the hard way. Richard Worthington longs for a boy of his own. One to nurture and care for, pamper and spoil. His friends in the lifestyle found their forever partners, so why’s it so difficult for him to find the same? Sugar baby after sugar baby leaves Richard wondering if it’s worth it. Their paths cross in a chance meeting, though it’s a life-or-death decision that ultimately brings them together. This is an MM daddy/little Christmas twist on The Little Princess Classic tale. Each age-play romance book in this multi-author series can be read as a standalone.

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Summary: Henry knows what he likes—and what he doesn't.  He likes Christmas far more than one is supposed to, and gets started with his decorations far sooner, too.  He likes quiet days, and he gets annoyed with his coworkers and their idea of humor.  Unfortunately, he also likes Alfie—short, chipper, insecure Alfie. Having  a crush on a coworker is not ideal.  But Alfie is now seeking him out, spending time with him, and...wanting to be his friend?  Henry knows better than to get his hopes up, but his days are certainly brightened by Alfie's presence. Alfie's life is messier than Henry's, even though most people consider him more normal.  He really needs a friend right now.  And possibly something more than a friend?   Heat: very low

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Summary: Jeremy Brookes is having a mid-twenties crisis. After losing his mother, he’ taken up his father’s offer to move from Canada to London to start a new life. The problem is, he has no idea how to do it. His billionaire father as some ideas… Once Jeremy is installed in the exclusive neighbourhood of Queens Crescent, he will have to sort his life out pretty damned quick if he’s to avoid a lifetime at the pharma company where his father is CEO and his stepmother rules HR. Jeremy isn’t cut out for that life or that of a spoiled rich kid, worrying where his next designer label is coming from. Then he happens upon Stuart Monroe, the handsome Scottish florist with a shop around the corner. As the only socialist in Kensington, Stuart’s lowly background makes it a challenge to be surrounded by such wealth. Instantly drawn to this rebel in their midst, Jeremy decides to do the sensible thing: go undercover as Stuart’s new shop assistant to get to know the enigmatic stranger better. What could possibly go wrong?

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Summary: Mal’s first priority is giving his six-year-old son the best Christmas ever, a goal made trickier by a recent move to New England after losing his job. As a single dad, he’s not looking for romance—especially not with a blond California boy ten years his junior. After being ridiculed at the family business, Luca sets out to prove himself by opening an eco-friendly gift-wrapping store in a small town with a hard-on for Christmas that’s about as far from LA as he can get. Out of his comfort zone in snowy Maine, love is the last thing on his mind. But the magic of the season has other ideas. As Mal and Luca collide on wintery streets, will they let their first Christmas in Lighthouse Bay lead to happily ever after?

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Summary: Maverick “Mackey” Keyes keeps the rodeo cowboys safe on his watch and he knows how to make his bullfighting team walk the line. He might be starting to feel his years, but he’s a pro, and he’s not afraid of anything that might happen on the arena floor. Sidney Scott knows how to go with the flow, so when his dream job passes him by, he grabs the chance to work the bull riding circuit as a TV producer. He’s going to do the job right, traveling with the show, even if he hears some rumbling from the riders. Mackey and Sid butt heads more than once, but when it really counts, they manage to get on the same page. When Mackey is injured, Sid steps up to help, and things take a far more personal turn. They might have been able to ignore the growing attraction between them at work, but a long road trip over the Christmas holiday and time away from the other cowboys lets them find something together that neither of them expect, but both of them need. Cowboy Protection is an opposites attract, rodeo romance featuring a bullfighter and a corporate suit, with a side of holiday magic.

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Summary: The last thing an omega reindeer shifter wants to do is piss off his alpha flight instructor on the first day of school. Alpha Jingle is the instructor at a magical version of a top gun flight school in the North Pole for reindeer shifters who can fly. His students are the best and brightest and all want jobs pulling one of dozens of the Santa Collective’s sleighs on Christmas Eve. December, who prefers to be called Ember, is an omega with a keen mind for math and a talent for flight. But he’s one of the youngest students ever and is nervous and klutzy. His own youthful enthusiasm could be his undoing. Jingle wants to see the young omega flourish, but Ember has a way of getting under his skin and irritating him, and he is not sure why. Soon the two realize there is something happening between them that is more than teacher/student. Perhaps a bit of Arctic mysticism. Perhaps a little Christmas magic. Annoyance turns to attraction. In this sweet, fairytale-esque Christmas novel, love finds its way toward two souls who need each other more than they realize, and soon even the coldest of northern winter nights melt under the twin heartbeats of fated mates. MM, mpreg, flying reindeer shifters, Christmas romance, opposites attract, teacher/student, age gap, steamy heat, silly Christmas sweaters at the North Pole, a collective of real Santas, Christmas Eve magic, HEA. Part of the Mated to his Reindeer: Love at Frost Bite Christmas series. (All books in this series are standalone reads.)

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Summary: Christmas is a time for music, mistletoe, and most of all, second chances Wynter Collins guards a broken heart. The love of her life called it quits, leaving Wynter along with all the hopes and dreams they once shared. Wynter throws herself into her job at Sparkle and Home. Hard work helps soothe her pain and the Christmas season is especially busy. She spends her days selling Christmas trees and wreaths. She spends her long, lonely nights trying to forget Ava. When the shop's elderly owner passes away, Wynter faces an uncertain future. To her dismay, Ava has returned to Dublin. Worse, she's the shop's new owner and Wynter's new boss. Ava Winchester has never forgotten Wynter or the time they shared together—in and out of Wynter's 4-poster bed—but she harbours a guilty secret. She's still in love with Wynter and regrets the choice she made to leave. Now fate has brought them together again in Dublin—one of the most romantic cities at Christmastime. Wynter wants nothing to do with Ava, and Ava can't risk confessing the truth. Like Wynter, Ava has a wounded heart. Ava's determined to remain professional, and guard her secret yearning. Even if it means another lonely Christmas...

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Summary: Mabry Caldor meets the devil in the form of a computer genius who turns his world upside down in college. Now, ten-years later, Satan’s back. Will Mabry survive his second run in with his Minor Mistake? Mabry Caldor has a life many would envy. The glamour of a successful professional basketball career that leads to him owning a car dealership in Illinois after an injury that took him out of the game. He has his parents nearby in Indiana, and he’s resigned to living a quiet life after surviving a scorned college hacker and a relationship blunder, ending with his ex-boyfriend’s attempt at pawning his NBA championship ring. JJ Lewis is a genius—certified. He’s also the owner of a lucrative gaming business in Los Angeles that specializes in sports-related video games. The whale he’s never been able to convince to work with him is three-time NBA MVP Mabry Caldor, a man with whom JJ has a checkered past. Can Mabry ever forgive JJ for the hellacious senior year of college that JJ caused after he obliterated Mabry’s life on campus? Can JJ convince the man of his dreams to give him a chance to make up for a mistake seventeen-year-old Jimmy made after believing he’d been rejected by the ball handler? Will a second run-in with the geek leave the jock’s head spinning like a basketball? It’s a fun holiday romance where a geek goes in search of the jock he’s loved for ten years after making a minor mistake, in hopes of proving to the jock that he’s the man Mabry never imagined he’d be? This work of fiction is approximately 74,000 words in length and ends with an H-E-A. It is a standalone M/M holiday romance. Enjoy!

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Summary: Does Fate Grant Wishes? Ryan O’Shaughnessy, owner of the Top o’ the Morning Coffeehouse, is convinced of it. Besides brewing the best coffee in Rothcote and baking delicious pastries and cakes, he helps Fate with her errands, never minding that it’s always someone else’s turn to catch a bit of happiness. Not until he meets a man who takes his breath away. Detective Sergeant Ben Hobart has made a career of helping others. He never asks help for himself. Not even when a bad breakup leaves him with only his cat for company. Until he sets foot into Ryan’s coffeehouse to investigate a break-in and finds what’s missing from his life. Fate may grant wishes, but she doesn’t hand them out for free. Can Ben let go of the past? And will Ryan find the courage to make a wish of his own? A sweet, sexy mm coffeeshop romance with a touch of magic and a cat.

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Summary: Presenting six sweet stories centered around celebration -- where love is in the air and hearts are ready to find their true home! Letters from Cupid -- When Macon Pinney discovers colleague Derek Chandler needs cheering up, he writes him an anonymous note -- from Cupid! Now Derek is desperate to find the man whose words make him long for true love. Knitting a Broken Heart Back Together -- Tomy Peralta’s Christmas proposal doesn’t go as planned, but Jason Winters is determined to find a way to mend Tomy’s shattered heart. The Once and Future Love -- Movie star Anthony Davis has everything he ever wanted -- except love. Can a birthday wish give him another chance with Rob Harrison, the one who got away? Last Leap of the First-Foot -- Iain Donaldson has always been Bran MacRae’s best friend, but he’s determined in the New Year to win Bran’s love as well! On The Rocks -- Millionaire Aidan Grimm trusts only one person, geologist Mal Saltzman. When he discovers his masked lover at Halloween is Mal, will their relationship be forever on the rocks? A Taste of Honey -- Boone Phillips needs a fake girlfriend for a family reunion, so he asks his drag queen best friend, Rob, to fill in. What he discovers about Honey is both sticky and sweet!

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Summary: Brock is content with his successful construction business in the small town of Prairie Brook. The local dating pool for a gay man is basically a puddle, but he’s mostly happy with his life. However, Brock’s easy, somewhat lonely life is in for a shake-up when he comes face-to-face with a man he’s never quite forgotten. Calder ran from Prairie Brook several years ago. At the time, he convinced himself he was running toward a fabulous job and bright future. Now, after wasting years of his life at a job that went nowhere—and spending years getting to know himself better—Calder can admit he’d been running from unwanted feelings and a man he never truly pushed from his mind. Brock and Calder both bid on a job at the rumored-to-be-haunted Prairie Brook Mansion only to find themselves smack dab in the middle of a tragic, romantic ghost story and their own second chance romance. *The Ghost Who Saved Us is a steamy, second chance, M/M Halloween romance with a pain in the ass ghost, a basement that defines creepy, and a satisfying love story—or two.*

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Summary: Chief Warrant Officer Leif Hansen didn’t know if he was staying or going. He’d been in the Navy for nineteen years, fifteen of them doing something he loved — diving. He wasn’t sure he wanted to retire at twenty or stay in longer but what did he have waiting for him? An apartment without so much as a house plant. Oooh, he could always move back in with his mother — big nope on that. Aaron Templeton loved volunteering as a coach for youth football. A way for him to give back to the community that had meant so much to his grandfather. Taking on overzealous parents is par for the course, unfortunately. With the season winding down, it was time for him to stock up on reading material. His job had him in the snow and cold all day, no way he was doing something outside when he wasn’t working. When two confirmed bachelors that have given everything to their country and community meet, Cupid aims his arrows. Let’s hope he’s a good shot.

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Summary: Stanley I have life figured out—a good job, a nice car, and an ex-boyfriend whose heart I broke. But then my half-brother dies unexpectedly, and I go back to our hometown to settle his affairs. A quick trip before Christmas. Instead, I get the shock of my life. Do I face this new challenge or do what I’ve always done—run? Or will I stay and get to know the most amazing man I’ve ever met and take on a responsibility I've never dreamed of facing? This will be a holiday season like no other. Justin I’m a therapist who helps people deal with grief. My life is fulfilling. So what if I’ve been single for years? I have the kids I counsel and co-workers I adore. Maybe I’m tired of going home to an empty house and not looking forward to another Christmas alone. But I’m not going to be taken in by some slick city guy who can’t wait to leave town. I’m not going to upend my life just because I’ve met the man of my dreams. Right?

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Summary: A Lonely Heroes Holiday Story The heroes from Golden Elite Associates—America have put their plans and lives on hold for a year as they try to cope with the aftermath of Lawry “Casper” Schatz and Maxim Partee’s engagement party—the night Blue was bombed by an unknown assailant. The explosion impacted everyone’s lives, and recovery has been slow for the group. In the spirit of turning the page on the incident, Shepard “Smokey” Colson and Parker Howzer decide to host a bachelor party at their lake house. They invite all of their friends to join them for a celebratory weekend, and what better time to have a big party than New Years! Each couple is ready to move forward with their plans in one way or another—someone wants a baby; someone wants to live part of the year in another country; two have job opportunities that will be life changing; someone wants to make future plans that include starting a family; the desire for a forever home is important to another hero. How will they achieve their goals? That’s what they’re all hoping to figure out. Add in a few surprise guests with unclear agendas, and let the chaos begin! One thing is certain—someone’s going to tie the knot! This book is approximately 70,000 words in length and ends happily. It is the seventh book in the series entitled, “The Lonely Heroes.”

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Summary: The holidays have rolled around again, and Mitch Brownlie finds himself without a date for his cousin’s annual bash. Not that he doesn’t have options in both Clark and Wes. He just doesn’t want his family to know these former clients come as a package deal. Complicating matters, another former client is demanding his attention in a way Mitch can’t ignore. Increasingly menacing threats are made, and he’s forced to face the fact that this former-client-turned-stalker can and will follow through on them. With love and his life on the line, Mitch must make a choice between his old jet-setting ways as an escort and taking a chance on love – if he can outwit his stalker. Mitch’s Men is a contemporary gay male romance between three men. Though a stand-alone story, it is Book 4 ½ of the Rain City Tales, taking place between the last chapter and the epilogue of Book 4: The Wedding Weekend.