Böcker utgivna av Bold Strokes Books

In this collection of steamy stories, a rich variety of lovers find themselves desiring more,more from a lover, more from themselves, and more from life.

Blossoming recording artist Jordan Phelps watches her life go up in smoke when a candle tips over and lights a BDSM play club on fire. After losing her job, her lover, and her home, Jordan sets out across America to find a safe place. She lands in Boston, where an old college friend asks her to join their small lounge band. There she meets pianist Morgan Sparks, who lights another blaze, this time in Jordan's heart.But Morgan has a history that keeps her well away from relationships. Running away from the past is never easy, but when an abusive ex-lover finds her through her new band's website, Morgan must face scars that never quite healed. The leather community helps Jordan and Morgan get back the respect and esteem they once had, but will love be enough to mend a broken heart?Content advisory: This book contains references to domestic violence.

Search and rescue volunteer Johnnie Lancaster and her dog, Cougar, serve their community by bringing home the skeletal remains of the lost no one could save. But sometimes being the best at what she does isn't good enough. Nothing has trained her for a serial killer who appears to chew on the bones of their victims, and it's not long before Johnnie is convinced the killer walks by day as a human and hunts by night as a werewolf.Forensic anthropologist Shantel Kind has never seen a case like this one. That doesn't mean she's prepared to believe in a preternatural killer. As she works closely with Johnnie, their attraction is impossible to deny, but the death toll keeps rising, and time is running out. They might have to risk their lives-and their love-to stop a werewolf.¿

Phenom luxury Realtor Ellison Gamble has everything, except a family to share it with, so when a mix-up brings youthful Katie Crawford into her life, she bets the house on love.

A traveling spiritualist is found shot to death in an alley late at night with his underwear around his ankles. But the perpetrator is an enigma. Was it the young trick with a drug problem the spiritualist met in the alley? The unusual woman who runs the boarding house where the trick lives? The dead man's wife, another spiritualist with secrets of her own? The handsome, alcoholic protégé? The beautiful woman who leads the spiritualist's fan club? Or someone else altogether?With a list of suspects a mile long, only Detective Heath Barrington will be able to crack the murder. But Heath's handsome fellow detective, Grant Riker, has an unlikely connection to their prime suspect that reveals a shady past he's ashamed to admit. With more questions than answers, a séance may be the only way to the truth. Or perhaps the answer is in the cards? While Heath searches for the murderer, he uncovers more dark secrets than he bargained for, and witnesses firsthand the relentless pressure for LGBTQ+ people in the 1940s to stay hidden in the shadows.

Elijah Golden and Justin Monroe are uncle and nephew with eclectic careers, friends, and family in LA, trying to center joy in their lives.Then their worlds turn in ways nobody expects.Elijah, a dedicated thespian, auditions by day, does theater by night, and works two jobs on weekends. With enough life for three people, he keeps his recently divorced partner Zaire coasting on bliss...until secrets and real-life dramas test their love.Justin, Elijah's uncle, is a single father with teenage twins, and a tv journalist who's been replaced at the anchor desk when new management arrives. No longer in the public eye, living true to his sexuality is something Justin can finally do. Dating and romance-Justin's ready for fun. Conflicts with fatherhood and career-he'll have none.Elijah and Justin seek happily-ever-afters, but are they too busy to notice happy when it's there?

Cole Jackson's promise to her dying father has left her destined for a solitary life in the small town of Inlet, NY.After Lee Walker's employer goes bankrupt, her world crumbles, and she's forced to move in with her uncle.When Cole and Lee meet, instant attraction quickly flares into uncontrollable passion, but their connection might be short lived. Lee's identity is tied to her life in the city, and she's worked hard to make it on her own terms. Inlet, NY, is just a way station on her trip back to the world where she belongs.It will be up to Cole, and the heated nights they share, to give her a reason to stay.

Emily White works an exhausting transatlantic schedule for Crown Airlines. Crippling debt means she spends more time in the air as a member of the first-class cabin crew than she does on the ground being a mother, and she desperately misses her young son. Fastidious passenger Olivia Lewis is used to things being a certain way. When her routine is changed by this new, attractive member of the staff, she attempts to reach out to Emily. Unfortunately, Olivia is famous for her terrible social skills, and things quickly go oh-so-wrong. When disaster strikes for her son, will Emily be able to swallow her pride and accept the assistance Olivia offers?

Ashling O''Rourke has always seen love through the prism of her vintage romance novel collection. The dukes, the duchesses, and the corsets and carriages help her to experience different kinds of love. She''s content living a sheltered life in a small village and even gets a job working for the Rosebrook Village Trust. Ash''s newly exciting life is only marred by the arrogant Archie, who thinks she''s the office tea girl. Steff "Archie" Archer is a Townie who never likes to be more than a mile away from a coffee, sushi, or juice bar. Despite being an avid environmentalist and working for Rosebrook Village Trust, she never wants to live there. She''s lived the country life before and vowed never to return. When unsentimental Archie falls for the hopeless romantic Ashling, Archie needs to learn how to make her sweetheart swoon, but will she be able to settle in the village and make her home where her heart is?