By M. J. Pearson.Stephen Clair, the notorious Earl of St.Joseph, has a lover he can’t afford, a social calendar that’s out of control and a libido that rules his life. If he can’t get control of all of them he will fall into financial ruin. Could his youthful, handsome and dependable employee Jamie Riley be the solution to his problems?
By Alain Claude Sulzer. Erneste works in a grand hotel in Switzerland. He is the ‘perfect waiter’, a model of order in every way. But inwardly this polite, withdrawn man has been caught in the grip of an overwhelming passion that began in the summer of 1935 with Jakob, a fellow waiter. When the German writer Julius Klinger arrives at the hotel, seeking sanctuary from Hitler’s Germany...
By Byrne Fone. The story of the war at Troy is not only a tale of battles and heroism, but also a story of love between Achilles, unrivalled hero and the most beautiful man in the world, for the handsome Patroclus. Their tragic tale is one of the greatest and earliest gay love stories ever told. In the Iliad Homer hints at another love story: that of the desire of the handsome Prince Antilochus for Achilles. Achilles: A Love Story, movingly creates their erotic and tragic passion as it plays out against the legendary battles of the Trojan war.
By Charlie Cochrane. Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, Book 8. The Great War is over. Freed from a prisoner of war camp and back at St. Bride’s College, Orlando Coppersmith is discovering what those years have cost – all he holds dear. A commission to investigate a young officer’s disappearance gives Orlando new direction…temporarily. The deceptively simple case becomes a maze of conflicting stories – is Daniel McNeil a deserter, or a hero? – taking Orlando into the world of the shell-shocked and broken.
By Anna Lee. In 1944, Matt Jackson, a wounded RAF pilot, ends up in the Royal Infirmary after his squadron is attacked. When he meets Doctor Trynt Andrews, both men’s lives are changed with the instant connection they feel for one another. Alone and injured, Matt is invited into Trynt’s home and they become inseparable, finding a love they thought they never would. As the year goes by, their commitment deepens despite having to keep their love a secret. When Matt is deployed and his plane goes down during battle will all be lost? Or will he make it home to Trynt?
By Tatamkhulu Afrika. Based on Afrika’s own capture in North Africa and his experiences as a POW in World War II in Italy and Germany. This frank and beautifully written novel deals with three men who see themselves as “straight”, but who must negotiate the emotions that are brought to the surface by the enforced intimacy of survival in the male-only camps. In a squalid and brutalizing environment, ties are forged that cut across conventional notions of sexuality and need. The protagonists’ lives are inexorably changed and the end of the war does not bring them peace.
By Alex Beecroft. Despite his looks and ambition, Midshipman Joshua Andrews hides urges that, in his world, make him an abomination. Living in fear of exposure, unnecessary risk is something he studiously avoids. Once he sets eyes on the elegant picture of perfection that is Peter Kenyon, though, temptation lures him like the siren call of the sea. Soon to be promoted to captain, Peter is the darling of the Bermuda garrison, with a string of successes behind him and a suitable bride lined up to share his future. He seems completely out of Joshua’s reach.
By Paul Waters. By the middle of fourth century A.D., Britain and the Roman Empire had been ruled for a generation by Christian emperors. Now, at last, with the force of the state behind it, the Church was strong enough to suppress all opposition to its power. But in Britain there was still resistance.Seen through the eyes of Drusus, a young British Roman, and set against the backdrop of....
By Tom Williams. Peter Harris is 44, prosperous, and a player in New York’s contemporary art scene. He has been married to Rebecca for close to 20 years. Their marriage is sound, in the way marriages are. Peter might even describe himself as happy. But then Rebecca’s much younger brother Mizzy shows up for a visit. Beautiful, 23-years-old, with a history of drug problems, Mizzy is looking for direction. And in his presence, Peter finds himself questioning his marriage, his desires, his career – the entire world he has so carefully constructed for himself.
By Mark Wildyr. Homosexuals have been with us forever; queers, pansies, and fags are inventions of European civilizations. But, many 'new world' native cultures view “Two-Spirit” people through more respectful eyes. Cut Hand is a romantic action epic set in the early 1800s about an unorthodox love between a white youth on the American frontier, escaping his Tory family’s past, and a young Indian warrior destined for the leadership of his tribe.
By Jardonn Smith. The Battle of Hadrianopolis, 378 AD, Roman legions versus Gothic warriors. Fifteen thousand Romans lay dead or dying, but for four men on opposite sides of the battlefield, no conflicts of cultures, religions or territorial boundaries could keep them apart. Nor could the mighty river that separated their homelands – The Danube. Despite all obstacles, these men will find their way to conquer the Danube Divide.
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Detlev, half Jewish and fartherless, survives the Hamburg firestorm of 1943 to become a child actor in the post-war years of hunger. The boy Detlev is also the man Jäcki living the explosion of gay culture and student revolt in Hamburg in 1968
By Mychael Black and Sean Michael. Pirates! Rapiers! Cannons and flintlocks! Bringing back the days when pirates ruled the high seas, this collection of four stories has no shortage of adventure, danger, and excitement. From Sean Michael comes Searching the Seas, a story about an honest man kidnapped by pirates.
