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Best Friends
by J. M. SnyderTodd has harbored a secret love for his best friend Riley for years. But Riley has signed up to join the military, and soon he'll leave the small town he calls home -- and his best friend -- behind. The fact that Riley decides to spend his last evening home with Todd instead of with his girlfriend Charlene tells Todd something ... and a few beers later, he decides to confess his feelings for his friend.
Best Friends, Better Lovers
by Celya BowersKamryn Hillcroft is bubbling over with excitement. The Dallas Mavericks just made it to the semi-finals and have a good chance to take it all for the first time in franchise history. For a sports journalist, she couldn't be happier...and, even better, her best friend, Brayden Allen, is on the team. For five years she's enjoyed a comfortable friendship with Brayden. He's a great listener, was a shoulder to lean on when her husband died unexpectedly, and always gave her a nudge when she was down. Now Brayden wants to date her!She is doubtful that a relationship can work without endangering their friendship. He is confident they can have the best of both worlds. As Kamryn investigates a teammate's suicide and uncovers a gambling ring someone targets Brayden for violent attacks. It's up to her to sort out the details and find out who's responsible.
Best Friends Better Lovers
by Celya BowersKamryn Hillcroft is bubbling over with excitement. The Dallas Mavericks just made it to the semi-finals and have a good chance to take it all for the first time in franchise history. For a sports journalist, she couldn't be happier...and, even better, her best friend, Brayden Allen, is on the team. For five years she's enjoyed a comfortable friendship with Brayden. He's a great listener, was a shoulder to lean on when her husband died unexpectedly, and always gave her a nudge when she was down. Now Brayden wants to date her!She is doubtful that a relationship can work without endangering their friendship. He is confident they can have the best of both worlds. As Kamryn investigates a teammate's suicide and uncovers a gambling ring someone targets Brayden for violent attacks. It's up to her to sort out the details and find out who's responsible.
Best Friends, Secret Lovers: Best Friends, Secret Lovers (the Bachelor Pact) / The Secret Twin (alaskan Oil Barons) (The Bachelor Pact #1)
by Jessica LemmonOne Valentine&’s Day kiss turns best friends into lovers in the flirty first book in Jessica Lemmon&’s Bachelor Pact series. These best friends had never been single at the same time.Until now. Sabrina Douglas is worried about her best friend and colleague, Flynn Parker. His rocky divorce and the pressure of running his family&’s firm after his father&’s death have brought him to the brink. Before his staff stages a coup, Sabrina intervenes to lighten things up. Her idea? Spend an innocent Valentine&’s Day together. But after they share a surprisingly passionate kiss, innocence is thrown out the window. And soon after that fateful kiss, the plumbing goes kaput in Sabrina&’s apartment, forcing her to move in with Flynn. The Valentine&’s Day kiss is only the beginning... Sure, best friends with benefits has a ring to it. But this has to be their secret because if word gets out, they&’ll be risking their professional reputations and their friendship. So is it time to retreat to the friend zone…and is that even possible? Love triumphs for these wealthy bachelors in the Bachelor Pact series.Book 1: Best Friends, Secret LoversBook 2: Temporary to TemptedBook 3: One Night, White LiesBook 4: Christmas Seduction
Best Gay Asian Erotica
by Joël B. TanGo beyond the locker room in this playful, imaginative, and lushly written collection of gay Asian erotica, with settings as diverse as a bamboo grove in China and a sleepy crank caller's Los Angeles apartment. Best Gay Asian Erotica brings together stories of lust and adventure-each with a queer Asian man as the focus of desire.
Best Gay Bondage Erotica
by Richard LabontéWhether intricately secured by ropes, locked in handcuffs, or bound simply by a lover's command, these dangerously explicit stories of restraint will grab you, tie you down, and never let you go. From professionals letting loose their inhibitions on an office retreat to a garden full of earthy 'bound' delights this cornucopia of kink shows men put in their place and then held there firmly. Featuring some of the masters of gay bondage erotica including Jack Fritscher, Jeff Mann and Larry Townsend.
Best Gay Erotica 2001
by Randy Boyd Richard LabontéPresenting the year's steamiest, most provocative gay sex writing...The best-selling gay erotica series in America! "A must read." -In Touch"Full of surprises." -Bay Area Reporter"Consistently outstanding." -Lambda Book Report"An eclectic, provocative selection of stories." -Publishers Weekly
Best Gay Erotica 2002
by Richard LabontéPresenting the year's steamiest, most provocative gay sex writing...The best-selling gay erotica series in America!
Best Gay Erotica 2004
by Kirk Read Richard LabontéGathering the hottest, freshest gay sex writing of the year, Best Gay Erotica 2004 captures the tenderness and raw energy of man-on-man desire. From the innocent boy next door to the gritty hustler on the street, the men in these stories will grab your senses and send you into the sweaty backrooms of your erotic imagination.
Best Gay Erotica 2005
by Richard Labonté William J. MannBrains, muscle, tenderness, kink. Like the perfect lover, Best Gay Erotica 2005 has it all. From the blushing explorations of Jonathan Asche's "Doll Boy" to the dark journey of Alpha Martial's "My Place" to the sexual confession of a homophobic "straight" boy in Alex Rowlson's "Pink Triangle-Shaped Pubes," these 21 stories explore a heart-pounding range of male-male desire.
Best Gay Erotica 2008
by Emanuel Xavier Richard LabontéWhether you like it rough and surly, smooth and sultry, or quick and raw, you'll find it in Best Gay Erotica 2008. Here are 20 of the hottest and best-written man-on-man sex stories to appear in print this year. In "Underground Operator," two men on a nearly empty subway platform indulge in forceful, anonymous sex that lets them momentarily forget the stifling summer heat. "Donuts to Demons" finds a self-described "rock'n'roll artfag" searching for a lover "as patient and gifted and generous as he advertised on craigslist."
Best Gay Erotica 2009
by Richard Labonté James LearCleis' Best Erotica series is the best-selling gay erotica series in America and with good reason. It sets the standard for erotic writing with searing action and stories that are smart, edgy, authentic, and wickedly inventive. Designed for your reading pleasure, Best Gay Erotica 2009 includes 20 of the hottest, best-written man-to-man sex stories to appear in print this year. Featuring the works of Simon Sheppard, Jeff Mann, Jamie Freeman, Robert Patrick, and more, these down-and-dirty page-turners showcase unique and in-depth characters that reflect gay lives not often found in erotic stories. From casual hook-ups to highly charged street encounters to dark backrooms, the men in this collection all let their lust and passions loose for all to read and enjoy.
Best Gay Erotica 2010
by Richard Labonté Blair MastbaumWriters clamor to get into the Best Gay Erotica series because it sets the bar for the highest quality of sexy, gay stories. Richard Labonté is an icon in the field of erotic and romantic writing who has a knack for finding seductive, literary talent. Blair Mastbaum, author, editor, producer, and actor, selected this year's crop, picking top-notch stories that are unparalleled in hotness and excellence. Best Gay Erotica 2010 is the biggest page-turner of them all, with stories running the gamut of gay male sexual experiences, from first times to one-night stands, from long-time lovers to explosive group get-togethers. In "A Beautiful Place," a young male ingenue brings Hollywood to its knees, literally. "The Suburban Boy" reveals that the real magic kingdom in central Florida, where every erotic wish comes true. Contributors include Simon Sheppard, Rachel Kramer Bussel, David Holly, Nick Hudson, Marvin Partridge, Thom Wolf, and Jamie Freeman.
Best Gay Erotica 2011
by Richard Labonté Kevin KillianBest Gay Erotica 2011 is the biggest page-turner of them all, with stories that run the gamut of gay male sexual experience: from first times to one-night stands and from long-time lovers to explosive group get-togethers. Writers line up to get into Cleis Press' Best Gay Erotica series because it sets the bar for the highest quality of sexy, gay stories. With the the knack for finding seductive, literary talent, award-winning editor Richard Labonté is an icon in the field of erotic and romantic writing. This year's edition is hot-to-trot and globetrotting, featuring stories are incredibly diverse in both the people and the pleasures.
Best Gay Erotica 2012
by Richard Labonté Larry DuplechanCalled "consistently outstanding" by the Lambda Book Review and cited for "glorious approaches to gay male sexual writing, " by the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, Richard Labonte's Best Gay Erotica series sets and raises the bar in the 2012 volume. Gathering the hottest, freshest, and most literary fiction for the year, Best Gay Erotica 2012 captures the tenderness and raw energy of man-on-man desire. From the innocent but oh-so-beautiful boy next door to the "seen it all" gritty street hustler, these provocative and potent short stories will grab your attention and your erotic imagination.
Best Gay Erotica 2013
by Richard Labonté Paul RussellRough yet romantic, racy yet a nice and slow one-handed read, Best Gay Erotica 2013 is yet another jewel in the crown of Cleis Press's gay erotica.
Best Gay Erotica 2015
by Rob RosenBest Gay Erotica 2015 is filled to the page-turning brim with fantastic tales of fire dancers and TV repairmen, of hunky painters and electricians and magicians, solo sex, duo sex, and sweat-soaked triple onslaughts. Heck, throw in an alien and a priest, and you'll soon see why this anthology is head and shoulders--not to mention certain other body parts--above the rest, and always with the highest literary quality that you've come to expect from this esteemed and steamy collection.
Best Gay Erotica 2015
by Rob RosenBest Gay Erotica 2015 is filled to the page-turning brim with fantastic tales of fire dancers and TV repairmen, of hunky painters and electricians and magicians, solo sex, duo sex, and sweat-soaked triple onslaughts. Heck, throw in an alien and a priest, and you'll soon see why this anthology is head and shoulders-not to mention certain other body parts-above the rest, and always with the highest literary quality that you've come to expect from this esteemed and steamy collection.
Best Gay Erotica of the Year, Volume 1
by Rob RosenYou wanted the best, you got the best! Best Gay Erotica of the Year, that is. Hotter than ever and featuring the brightest stars the gay literary galaxy has to offer, this iconic collection never fails to impress. With no themes, no boundaries, BGE encompasses the steamy past, the on-your-knees present and the sweat-soaked future, covering every genre and every kink--plus a few you probably never saw, uh, coming--all with a style and a panache that leave those other anthologies in the fictional dust. And get ready for a stunningly original android story that's sure to blow your circuits! Yep, this really is the best. And the best just keeps getting better Designed for your erotic reading pleasure Best Gay Erotica of the Year features twenty of the hottest and best-written man-to-man sex stories to appear in print this year. These down-and-dirty page turners feature unique and in-depth characters that reflect gay lives not often found in erotic stories. From casual hook-ups to highly-charged street encounters to dark backrooms, the men in this collection let their lust and passions loose for all to read and enjoy.
Best Gay Romance
by Tom GrahamOpenly erotic and smart, the stories of Best Gay Romance deliver hope and happy endings. Dale Chase's "The Early Show" describes the tantalizing flirtation of two writers who share an eccentric habit of showing up early to Sunday matinees to enjoy the promising half-dark of the theater. S.J. Frost's "No More Mirages" is a tale of romantic destiny set in a dojo, an oasis of bamboo, white mats, and stone sculptures where an actor, bitter from his last break-up, finds himself drawn to a charismatic sensei. And in Rob Rosen's wonderfully funny "Nudie Blues," a romance writer discovers a hole in his backyard fence and the hunky new neighbor behind it.
Best Gay Romance 2008
by Richard LabontéThe most seductive stories of love between men.In Best Gay Romance 2008, editor Richard Labonté shows that however romance happens, however long love lasts-a heartbeat or a lifetime-erotic love between men is a wondrous thing. In "Viva Las Vegas," the narrator casts off his boy-next-door image and, dancing down the grand staircase at Caesar's Palace into the arms of a handsome stranger, finally becomes the romantic leading man he always knew he was. In the beautiful, nostalgic "Endless Against Amber," a man recalls a long-ago summer love, before adult life got in the way, "we were just two boys in a beat-up old car like so many others, cruising the neighborhood for a laugh, only one thing on our minds...."
Best Gay Romance 2009
by Richard LabontéBest Gay Romance 2009 is short fiction at its finest on the subject of love--first love, true love, and love everlasting (with makeup sex, wake-up sex, and everything in between). The romantic possibilities range from a surprising encounter between two blue-collar buddies to a brief airport rendezvous that become something more, and a reminder to us all that it is never too late for love. A self-confessed true romantic, Richard Labonté has gathered a sensational collection of stories about finding love at home, at work, at any age, and often, in the most unexpected places.
Best Gay Romance 2009
by Richard LabontéBest Gay Romance 2009 is short fiction at its finest on the subject of love-first love, true love, and love everlasting (with makeup sex, wake-up sex, and everything in between).The romantic possibilities range from a surprising encounter between two blue-collar buddies to a brief airport rendezvous that become something more, and a reminder to us all that it is never too late for love. A self-confessed true romantic, Richard Labonté has gathered a sensational collection of stories about finding love at home, at work, at any age, and often, in the most unexpected places.
Best Gay Romance 2010
by Richard LabontéBest Gay Romance 2010 covers every romantic possibility with first love, true love, wake-up sex, makeup sex and everything in between. Richard Labonté has gathered a sensational collection of stories about finding love at home, at work, at any age, and often in the most unexpected places. Contributor David Holly's "meet cute" hook-up in "Guy Sydney," is a thoroughly modern love story, while Elazarus Wills's dramatic "A Companion for the Road" shows that many things get better with age. Trebor Healy's New Orleans star-crossed lovers in "Trunk" encounter voodoo, hoodoo, and an unexpectedly sweet surprise. Each story is redolent with romance, great sex, and characters who are fully fleshed out in more ways than one. Sometimes rowdy, always randy, and surprisingly tender, these tales celebrate the coming together of souls as well as bodies. Whether happily ever after or just a happy ending, Labonté continues to raise the bar on gay love stories.
Best Gay Romance 2010
by Richard LabontéBest Gay Romance 2010 covers every romantic possibility with first love, true love, wake-up sex, makeup sex and everything in between. Richard Labonté has gathered a sensational collection of stories about finding love at home, at work, at any age, and often in the most unexpected places. Contributor David Holly's "meet cute" hook-up in "Guy Sydney," is a thoroughly modern love story, while Elazarus Wills's dramatic "A Companion for the Road" shows that many things get better with age. Trebor Healy's New Orleans star-crossed lovers in "Trunk" encounter voodoo, hoodoo, and an unexpectedly sweet surprise. Each story is redolent with romance, great sex, and characters who are fully fleshed out in more ways than one. Sometimes rowdy, always randy, and surprisingly tender, these tales celebrate the coming together of souls as well as bodies. Whether happily ever after or just a happy ending, Labonté continues to raise the bar on gay love stories.