Collins Avenue Confidential Series

Doctor Ritter Lehman is hot stuff. If he can just make his car mechanic believe it. He's the best orthopedic surgeon in Miami. He's got muscles up to here. And he doesn't just have a condo at the Ritz-Carlton; he has the whole top floor. What doesn't he have? Love. He gets what he needs, one night at a time. Anybody who's anybody already knows about Ritter. They respect him, but they wouldn't date him. And Joshua, that willowy nineteen-year-old mechanic with a shy smile? No way. A renowned surgeon is not going to date a wrench monkey. Let Joshua stick to fixing Ritter's Porsche. Please. Except Ritter wants Joshua. Badly. But Joshua won't go along with being just another notch on the surgeon's scalpel. Ritter has never had to prove himself for love. Joshua just might be worth it. The Mechanic and the Surgeon is a feel-good gay romance with a snarky matchmaker, a confused millennial, Cuban sandwiches to go, and a happy ever after.

"Nobody can find out I'm gay. Especially before the election." Reg Tarry is a closeted gay Republican. After twenty-nine years of solitude, winning elections just doesn't feel like enough anymore. He's the election frontrunner, but his loneliness is debilitating. That and he's constantly heckled by that gorgeous out-and-proud gay rights activist, Clint...   "Reg Tarry? I'll do anything to stop him." Impossibly handsome Miami law student and gay activist Clint Braver is used to heckling Reg's speeches. CLint is out and proud, and he knows he hates everything about Reg. But he doesn't expect how much he and Reg have in common. Alissa from Collins Avenue Confidential sets them up. Sparks fly, and not the good kind, until Reg and Clint take a step back and look at each other again. Swing State is a coming-out romance with a closeted politician, a cocky young law student, fateful beach walks, and a feel-good HEA.

"Every Friday night is solo hoops in the church parking lot." Darius Keen is a successful Christian minister in Miami, but he's deep in the closet, and despite his hard body and razor-sharp wit, he's never had a real boyfriend.   "Rock stardom is a lonely place to be gay." Up-and-coming rock star Dan Schultz is tired of faking straight, but he doesn't want to be a notch on a celebrity-chaser's bedpost. Matchmaker Alissa thinks Darius and Dan are so perfect for each other that she doesn't even chaperone their first meeting. Dan lets the n-word fly, Darius sulks, and their first meeting is a disaster, but their attraction is real. The Minister and the Rock Star is a standalone gay romance with a goofy black pastor, a nerdy white rock star, and a feel-good HEA.

"You think a Russian gangster is scared of a judge?" Tattooed muscleman Valentine is the mob's brain and muscle. He laughs at his court dates, and he's definitely not scared of the scrawny federal judge trying to lecture him. He'll skate on the charges. His body and his cash get him what he needs -- without worrying about love.   "I'm a forty-year-old virgin, and I can't stop thinking about that gangster in my courtroom." Nerdy judge Peter knows not to get involved with the accused. But Valentine is irresistible. A mild-mannered judge isn't supposed to obsess over a muscular, tattooed Russian gangster. And a man famous for avoiding relationships and avoiding the law isn't supposed to get googly-eyed over a nerd in a black robe. Judging Valentine is a Miami jock-nerd gay romance with a feel-good HEA.

"Nobody wants a has-been pop star." After his hit song falls off the charts, Alex is left only with his laptop full of new song ideas and Murray, his pathological liar of a manager-boyfriend. Alex holes up in a cheap hotel to take a break from Murray's harangues and try to write music. The hotel's young part-time desk clerk seems to always be catching a glance of Alex. "This guest looks really familiar." Luke is only twenty, but he was a fan of "Flicky Hernandez," Alex's old stage name. Their friendship develops quickly, maybe too quickly, for two guys who tell each other that they're straight. Through crooked music industry deceptions, brainstorming beach walks with Alissa, and the small joys of Christmas and New Year, Alex and Luke find their way to the big comeback. The Big Comeback is a gay pop star romance about second chances in life and love, with a feel-good HEA and love hotter than the Florida sun.

"I don't want to meet anyone after the crash. My professor doesn't count, right?" After a crash, smooth and handsome airline pilot James swears off love and sex -- until he meets a lumberjack-handsome professor of modern philosophy, who's been hurt by a crash of his own.   "Can I love a student again?" Professor Claude doesn't want to love again, until a handsome airline pilot steps in to show him the comfort of romance. James and Claude bicker in the classroom, but they heal each other's wounds in love. The Pilot and the Professor is a standalone gay romance with two sweet guys, a bit of philosophical debate, and a feel-good HEA.