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The Only Thing That Ever Made Sense

Navy vet Aiden Cadotte might just be firefighter Beto Cepeda’s undoing. Beto thought he had left him in the past, both on the joint base they operated from in Iraq and in the parts of himself Beto has tried to deny. But when Aiden shows up while Beto is on a call with his crew, Beto is transported back to a time when he wanted things from Aiden he could never let himself have. What is stopping him from having those things now?

Beto is. Because despi...

Hilltop

From this far up on the hillside he can probably stay for hours completely unseen. The lights of the town beneath him twinkle like those fairy lights his sister insists on weaving through everything she can in her bedroom. The occasional sound of a car door slamming, or raucous laughter as someone steps out of a bar reaches him even here, calling him back to the life that he knows but isn’t sure he wants to.

Some people don’t get his need for solace. Not one of his friends understands how ref...

Without Him

Hello!

Here is a little prequel set in the world of The Only Thing That Ever Made Sense. It’s not a happy story, but it does pave the way for how Beto and Aiden get to where they are in the book. Happy (or not so happy) reading!

“I leave tomorrow.”

How can three words drop his stomach so hard, steal all the air from his lungs so fast that Beto struggles not to gasp in breath? The sounds of the base, even the backdrop of the desert behind them falls away, until there is only him and ...

Burdensome

Nights like this are made for stargazing, and gatherings of friends. There isn’t a cloud to be seen as the small group talk around their firepit. Mark feels the weight of a storm in his heart anyway. The crackle of the flames is the backdrop to their conversation. Inquisitive creatures of this desert landscape stay away for the occasional burst of raucous laughter ringing out. There is no laughing for Mark, though. It isn’t possible. Not when he knows what he does.

He can’t stop watching him....

A Wedding Anniversary

Of course I couldn’t resist doing a little something for Raife and Dexter’s first wedding anniversary! I am a sap!

Not that he would have worked on their first wedding anniversary anyway, but Dexter is more grateful than he can say that it has fallen on a Sunday. And with some careful planning, early starts, and a late finish earlier in the week, he is now free to spend the entire weekend with Raife. Dexter can’t wait. Their almost-eight-month-old puppy Jed is having a treat of his own ...

The Last Chance

Always yours.

It’s just a small thing, really. Eric has no idea why a Post-It note of all things should make his ears ring, his heart ache, and the world around him come to a stop. But as he pulls it from the top page of the stack of paperwork he’s sorting through and pinches it between his fingers to read, the words drop the strength from his knees.

It’s just two words, really, two words scrawled in a hurry in a terribly drawn heart. But Eric is transported back to another time by those w...

Whatever Comes First

Whatever Comes First

Matthew isn’t looking for a relationship. Ask him, and he’ll say it’s because between work and studying there’s just no time. Ask his best friend, Sarah, and the story is a little different and involves a failed relationship that left him raw.

Enter Joel, a childhood friend of Sarah’s recently back in the area. He’s not looking for love, either, but he’s not averse to the idea of a little fun. Uncomplicated and on the same page: what co...

Of Myth And Legend

Ygaris likes myths and legends just as much as the next fae does, all those stories that come with a hint of possibility and resonate with him even if he doesn’t know why. The ones about the beings coming from the sky are among his favourites. What would they look like? How old is their species? Why would they travel so far through the dark of night to visit the place that he calls home?

There are other legends too, from closer to home, that speak of peoples living in the deep expanses of the...

His Favourite Critic

(story set some time in 2019)

“I need you to be a critic for a minute.”

Dexter can’t answer Raife right away, not for him wriggling into the gap between his thighs—that he created with his arse—and then grumbling until comfortably slumped his arms. Dexter kisses Raife’s shoulder then hooks his chin there, looking down at the waiting laptop.

“Critical about what?”

Raife taps at the screen. “This paragraph.”

“Okay. What am I looking for?”

“Everything that’s wrong with it?”

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As Nature Intended

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