Download or read book The Case of the Rising Star A Derrick Steele Mystery written by Zavo and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young and famous movie star is receiving death threats, and Derrick is on the case. Without warning, Warren O'Malley, Derrick's long-forgotten half-brother, arrives in Los Angeles, bringing with him his two formidable younger brothers. The trio is determined to claim their rightful place in the Steele family, or destroy them in the process. With Warren's arrival comes a dark secret from Daniel McAllister's past, one that Daniel is unwilling to reveal. As the tension between Derrick and Daniel begins to unravel their relationship, it also begins to threaten the detective agency itself. When Derrick realizes he is falling in love with the young movie star, he faces a heartbreaking decision. Will Derrick be able to save the young star in time? Can the Steeles pull together as a family to stave off this new series of threats? Will this be the end of the famous Steele Detective Agency?

Download or read book The Desert Temple Book Two of the Adventures of Vernon Auldswell Gentleman Explorer written by Vivian Caethe and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vernon has a quest and Harold has a secret. They have gone to the desert in search of the source of the missile that destroyed the Diamond City. But this is no harmless expedition. As they go into the depths of the desert, they learn that not only are their love and lives at stake, but so is the fate of everything they hold dear. As the sands blow them off course, Harold grapples with the knowledge that he has been changed by his experiences in the Diamond City. Infected with the technology of the Ancients, he feels himself changing, becoming something other than human. Does Harold have the courage to tell Vernon the truth about himself? Does Vernon love Harold enough to accept that he might no longer be human? They might not have time to find out as the sleeping Progenitors stir.

Download or read book Bonded written by Rosalie Tarr and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alec Whitehall is old-fashionedÑliterally. Approaching his 123rd birthday, the steely vampire has nothing better to do with his time except to investigate and hunt murderous vampires as a means of regaining some sense of his withering humanity. While trailing his current case in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the last thing that Alec expects to find is his bonded mateÑan unwelcome distraction, he's sure of it. But that's exactly what happens, and he's shocked to realize that his mate is a young attractive man named Aidan Copperfield. How do two straight men deny an attraction that they have absolutely no power over? As their stony resolve begins to crumble and they start to succumb to the fiery magnetism between them, a sadistic killer continues to roam the city streets at night, narrowing his sights on the newly bonded couple.

Download or read book The Odd Fellows written by Guillermo Luna and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joaquin Moreno and Mark Crowden have an ambiguous relationship because their disputes with each other are undermining their vows of friendship, love, and truthÑthe three links and the chief tenets of the Odd Fellows, a secret society formed in 1819. Along with their friend, Theodora, and Joaquin's dog, Mister Dangerous, these two odd fellows drive to San Felipe, Mexico, to open a bed and breakfast in a rundown Victorian mansion on the Gulf of California. Upon their arrival, they meet a real estate agent, Felix De la Santos, and a traveling British citizen, Lord Leighton, who become their first guests. Over a span of eight days, all their plans go awry and they must confront an evil force intent on killing themÑwith only friendship, love, and truth as their weapons.

Download or read book Death Came Calling written by Donald Webb and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Katsuro Tanaka starts digging into the mysterious death of a prominent California lawyer, bodies begin piling up. Even though it has been two years since Tanaka left the police force, after the brutal slaughter of his spouse, Patrick, he still feels responsible for Patrick's death, and suffers from bouts of depression and anxiety. His involvement in this case threatens to derail his fragile recovery. As he delves deeper into the lawyer's death, tension escalates between him and his handsome lover. Discouraged, he all but throws in the towel, but when the antagonist threatens his young son, his raging anger spurs him into action. A Katsuro Tanaka mystery.

Download or read book Kryos written by Heather Stuyvesant and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world of perpetual ice and snow, every day is a struggle to survive; both Isaac and Ezra know this all too well. Known simply as The Collector, Isaac is the almost immortal Hunter for the evil governor of the city. His job is to "collect" items his master desires by any means necessary. Ezra is a young man with a dark secret living on the fringes of society. They seem like an unlikely pair, but when they meet, the burdens that weigh them down seem lifted, if only for a short while. Despite the dark forces trying to tear them apart, they work to find a place for themselves in this world of violence, greed, corruption, and fear.

Download or read book Stronger Than This written by David-Matthew Barnes and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CharleneÕs soul mate, Samantha, has been killed in a car accident. DanielÕs partner, Martin, has been murdered in a robbery gone wrong. Seeking comfort, Charlene and Daniel attend a support group where they meet for the first time. Emotionally devastated and discarded by their loved onesÕ conservative families, Charlene and Daniel feel an immediate connection. Rather than reveal their pain to a room full of strangers, they decide to see each other through their shared anguish. As a beautiful friendship emerges from grief, slivers of new hope are found.

Download or read book Deadly Cult written by Joel Gomez-Dossi and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamie Bradford, the hero of Pursued, is now the pursuer when he receives a mysterious package containing a class ring from his alma mater, Stratburgh University. Wrapped inside the ring is the address to a Rhodes Petroleum corporate office in Boston and the name of an ultra-conservative religious cult based in the Adirondack Mountains. To solve the mystery, Jamie and his husband, Eddie Delgado, infiltrate the cult and discover a paramilitary-style inner circle hell-bent on making the cult's beliefs everyone's beliefs. When their best friend, Ellen Rhodes, ferrets out the Boston connection, the three end up on a perilous mission to save the cult's archenemy, a group of religious fundamentalists whose views regarding homosexuality are just as archaic as the cult's.

Download or read book Light written by Nathan Burgoine and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kieran Quinn is a bit telepathic, a little psychokinetic, and very gayÑthree things that have gotten him through life perfectly well so farÑbut when self-styled prophet Wyatt Jackson arrives during Pride Week, things take a violent turn. Kieran's powers are somewhat underwhelming but do have a habit of refracting light into spectacular rainbows for him to hide behind. Even so, it's not long before Kieran is struggling to maintain his own anonymity while battling wits with a handsome cop, getting some flirting in with a hunky leather man, saving some drag queens, and escaping the worst blind date in history. It's enough to make a fledgling hero want to give up before he even begins. One thing's for sure: saving the day has never been so fabulous.

Download or read book Following Grandpa Jess written by TJ Baer and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jess Madison has problems. His aging parents seem hell-bent on belittling him in new and increasingly infuriating ways, he's fallen for his bestÑand, unfortunately, heterosexualÑfriend David, and his grandmother has recently taken to climbing out on her roof in hopes of contacting the spirit of her late husband, the much-beloved Grandpa Jess.All Jess wants to do is live his life and feed his goldfish in peace, but instead, he finds himself at the heart of a familial clash that seems ready to tear his family apart. With the help of his two younger brothers, uber-manly AJ and lovably weird Thomas, Jess sets out to reconcile his family, keep Grandma off the roof, and sort out the mess his life has becomeÑwith just a little help from Grandpa Jess.

Download or read book Clothed in Flesh written by William Holden and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you see when you look into a mirror? Your own reflection or something sinister? You're held captive in a cave by a twisted family of cannibals. How far would you go to save your life and that of your younger sister? The dead are coming back to life to seek revenge on a society that was hell-bent on killing them off when they were alive. What would you sacrifice to stop them, knowing you were the cause of their human suffering? Come into the rough and dirty world of 18th century London. It's a place of unspeakable terror, and unlike anything in your worst nightmare. Come and be clothed in flesh.

Download or read book Baton Rouge Bingo written by Greg Herren and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bomb threats, murder, a tiger, animal rights, missing money—all in a day’s work for Scotty Bradley, P.I.! Scotty Bradley and his sexy boyfriends Colin and Frank are back, and this case is even more crazy and confusing than any of their previous ones! A simple trip up to Baton Rouge to bail his mother out of jail takes a dire turn when her best friend from college, animal rights activist Veronica Porterie, turns up murdered—and Mom hires the boys to find out who killed her! But nothing is as it seems in Veronica’s life and past, and soon the boys are involved in a treasure hunt like no other—because Scotty’s mom’s life hangs in the balance!

Download or read book Greg Honey written by Russ Gregory and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honey Agency: If we can't solve your problem, we're sorry. Greg Honey has bigger issues than a sketchy tagline for his one-man detective agency. To start with, his mother is pressuring him to date debutantes, his stalker keeps leaving threatening messages, his new boyfriend is at least four levels higher up on the gay boy food chain, and his best friend, Willa, has lost her panties. To top it all off, things keep pointing toward trouble at the family estate. Will Greg figure out what's going on in time to help Willa find her panties? Lord knows he wants to because Greg is more than a detective... he's also a Honey.

Download or read book Mind Fields written by Dylan Madrid and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes love can blow you away.When struggling college student Adam Parsh accepts a tutoring position, he is immediately drawn into the unknown world of the wealthy Vassalo family. Fighting off the sexual advances of Dario Vassalo, the Greek tycoon and patriarch, Adam finds himself the object of the dangerous desires of one of the most powerful men in the worldÑhis married employer. Torn between his attraction to Dario and his deepening love for his best friend, Victor Maldonado, Adam is forced to choose between right and wrong. Surrounded by lust, glamour, and greed, Adam soon uncovers dark secrets strong enough to destroy lives forever.

Download or read book Love in the Shadows written by Dylan Madrid and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quintin Pearson, an American living in London, has spent the last two years working as a magazine staff writer and nursing a broken heart. Craving a change in his quiet life, Quintin accepts an invitation to an exclusive party hosted by Regina Bremington, the U.S. ambassador's glamorous wife. At the party, terror takes over when the electricity suddenly goes out and the ambassador is assassinated. In the safety of a dark bedroom, Quintin meets a mysterious stranger named Luca, an Italian spy. Even though the two men can't see each other, a spark is ignited that soon becomes a mutual lust. Within days, Luca arranges for them to meet again at a remote seaside town in Belgium. There, Luca confesses his true identity and convinces Quintin they must team up to bring the ambassador's killer to justice.

Download or read book First Exposure written by Alan Chin and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Straight, married Petty Officer Second Class Skyler Thompson battles homophobia from his navy buddies, the military, and his wife when he takes a job creating flower arrangements at a gay-owned florist. But rather than yield to pressure and quit, he refuses to give up the joy of creating beautiful arrangements, battling homophobia for artistic expression. His dream is to leave the navy and open his own florist shop. Ezra DumphyÑhis shipmates call him Dumpy because of his obesityÑis a gay sailor who likes to dress in drag. He is shunned by his shipmates, tragically lonely, and uses drugs to cope with his solitude. What he wants more than anything is someone to share his life with. Can these two men, opposites in every way, help each other achieve their dreams?

Download or read book Calvin s Head written by David Swatling and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in Amsterdam isn't all windmills and tulips when you're homeless. Jason Dekker lives in a jeep with his dog, Calvin, on the outskirts of the city. A thesis on Van Gogh brought him to the Netherlands, and the love of Dutch artist Willy Hart convinced him to stay. But Willy is gone and Dekker is on the brink of a total meltdown. On a summer morning in the park, Calvin sniffs out the victim of a grisly murder. Dekker sees the opportunity for a risky strategy that might solve their problems. Unfortunately, it puts them directly in the sights of the calculating stone-cold killer, Gadget. Their paths are destined to collide, but nothing goes according to plan when they end up together in an attic sex-dungeon. Identities shift and events careen out of control, much to the bewilderment of one ever-watchful canine. Oscar Wilde wrote that each man kills the thing he loves. He didn't mean it literally. Or did he?