A.E. Wasp

alternate cover edition of ASIN B01MD049QR What happens when what you need could cost you everything you’ve ever wanted? What Dmitri Greenman wants is out - out of debt, out of his rundown farmhouse, and out of Red Deer, Colorado. Salvation beckons in the form of a job opportunity in California. What newly-discharged army veteran Troy Johnson wants is simply to lay down - lay down his weapon, lay down some roots, and lay down the memories that haunt him. Red Deer sounds like the perfect place to do it. Sparks fly when their paths cross one hot Fourth of July weekend, and suddenly they find that what they need is each other. But the memories Troy is running from are hot on his heels and, whether Troy wants it or not, Dmitri is determined to save him from the demons he hadn’t even realized he was fighting.

Injured in a traumatic accident, ranch boss Ethan struggles to create a new place for himself in the world he loves. Broken in more than one way by love and loss, he plans on going it alone, until he meets the new intern, Jake. Newly separated from the Army, and damaged by war, Jake has returned to the ranching life he grew up with. But he's not that person anymore, and he's no longer sure what he wants. Can two half-broke men help each other heal and come together to create a whole life?

SMALL TOWN. BIG LOVE. Meet the Veterans of Red Deer, Colorado, and the men who love them. Five stories of love, friends, families, and home. Happy endings guaranteed. INCOMING - Book 1 - a Troy & Dmitri novel How do you comfort someone who won’t admit they’re hurt? Sparks fly on a hot 4th of July weekend between army vet Troy Johnson and veterinarian Dmitri Wellington. But war is not easily left behind, and the demons Troy is running from are hot on his heels. First time gay & hurt/comfort themes. Contains mention of PTSD & nightmares & a great service dog named Sweetie. CHRISTMAS OUTING - Book 2 - a Troy & Dmitri novella Troy and Dmitri have worked everything out - well, almost everything. Except for the part where Troy's family doesn't know Dmitri exists. Now Christmas is coming, and his mother can't be put off any longer, not unless Troy wants to break her heart. But Troy's fears that going home with a boyfriend and service dog in tow will break his Momma's heart just as much. PAPER HEARTS - Book 3 - Mikey & Benny novel You never forget your first love. No matter how hard you try. The day of his high school graduation after getting caught making out with a boy in his parent’s kitchen, Benny left his best friend (and unrequited crush) Mikey behind when he stormed off in a righteous teenage rage and joined the Marines. One dishonorable discharge and a few alcohol-soaked years later, things are looking up. He’s almost a year sober. He has a new job in a new town where no one knows his history of failure. He’s totally got this. When the smoking hot masked man he hooks up with during Pride turns out to be his ex-best friend Mikey, Benny's world explodes. When he meets Mikey's four-year-old daughter and realizes he loves her as much as he still loves Mikey, Benny realizes he’s screwed in more ways than one. Contains three sets of grandparents, great friends, & an angry hispanic mother. PAPER ROSES - Book 4 - Mikey & Benny novella First comes love, then comes marriage. Assuming you survive the wedding. Mikey Washington really does want to marry Mikey. Maybe “Do you want to marry me or not, pendejo?” wasn’t the world’s most romantic proposal, but Mikey had meant every word of it. And Benny had been making Mikey crazy since they were twelve-years-old, he was used to it. So why did planning this wedding feel like facing a firing squad? Poochie, the not-so-bright service dog saved the day. People cry. Bonus Honeymoon in Puerta Vallarta! BRONZE STAR - Book 5 - Jay-Cee & Chris novel Rich, beautiful, and talented, Chris Dobbs is used to getting what he wants, and what he wants now is his dangerously handsome and intensely private boss, former Army Ranger, Jay-Cee. Chris learns that while giving Jay-Cee his body and his submission is as simple as breathing, Jay-Cee wants things Chris can never give him - his heart, his soul, and his trust. Both haunted by their pasts, the deep connection holds the promise of healing for both of them, but if they are to build a sanctuary from the rubble of their broken hearts, they are going to have to risk losing everything. A May/December romance. Warning: Contains mention of past drug use, D/s elements, & poor communication, (They fix it eventually!)

Follow the money or follow your heart? All Bryce Lowery knows how to do is play hockey. He’s been playing professionally since he was fifteen. Twenty years later, he’s rich, famous, tired, and alone. And possibly gay according to his ex-wife. When a blown tire leads directly to mind-blowing sex with a motorcycle-riding white knight named Dakota, Bryce discovers he is most definitely gay. Now Bryce has a tough choice to make, follow the money to a new multimillion dollar contract, or follow his heart into the unknown? All Dakota Ryan knows how to do is grow apples. Now at twenty-four, he faces losing both his home and his livelihood in one cruel twist of fate. Then Bryce Lowery crashes into his life like the answer to all of Dakota’s prayers. He’s whispering promises to make all of Dakota’s wildest dreams come true. But Dakota knows better than to give his heart to someone who could leave, and if life has taught him anything, it’s that everyone leaves. Dakota has a choice, sit back and wait for Bryce to decide his fate, or for the first time in his life, chose what he wants his future to be. City Boy is a first time gay, fish out of water, May/December love story with a happy ending. It features snarky siblings, a dirty-talking farmer, lots of food, and big choices. (No poultry was harmed in the making of this book.)

FIVE JOBS. FIVE CHANCES FOR REDEMPTION. One thing’s for sure: these men are no angels.There’s nothing like being blackmailed by a dead man to really bring a group of cons together. The deal is simple, we do the jobs and Charlie’s lawyer wipes the slate clean for each of us, one at a time.Job number two lands right in my lap. I’m Bond. Wesley Bond. (I can’t resist saying it that way. Blame my dad, if you can find him.) You could call me a hacker. I redistribute wealth - moving it from rich slimebags to poorer but infinitely more deserving people - and make a tidy profit as I do.  My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to bring down some modern-day slave traders.I definitely choose to accept it. With the life of the one person in this world I love on the line, I can’t afford any screw ups or distractions. Unfortunately, my biggest distraction is my biggest asset - Danny Monroe. Danny is a leftover complication from our first job; a victim of the vicious senator we’d gotten locked up. He’s a smart, funny, gorgeous, ex-prostitute, who can’t seem to keep his clothes on. I can’t seem to keep my mouth shut around him. But I need a fake boyfriend, and Danny is the only option.Fooling the world into thinking we’re in love will be easy; fooling myself that I’m not might be impossible.We don’t know who the bad guy is, we have no idea how to prove anything. There’s no internet on the island, no cell service, and i’ll have only the bare bones of my gear. If I’m going to do this, I’m going to need all the help I can get. Like it or not, we’re all in this together.

REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED PUBLICLY A disgraced army ranger seeking redemption. An innocent college student caught in the crosshairs. Can their love survive a mission to expose a powerful senator with a secret he’ll kill to keep?★★★★ There’s nothing like being blackmailed by a dead man to really bring a group of cons together. The deal is simple, we do the jobs and Charlie’s lawyer wipes the slate clean for each of us, one at a time. Since job number one calls for some muscle, I’m up first. I’m Steele Alvarez, ex-Special Forces Close Protection Specialist (aka, a bodyguard for some not so nice guys). My job is to take down a powerful senator who talks a big ‘down with the gays’ game in public but, behind closed doors, gets off on beating up the young male prostitutes his handlers procure for him. Yeah. I’m in. No questions. A bullet ought to do the trick. Then I meet Breck Pfeiffer, a gorgeous college kid who made a few really bad decisions and now finds himself in the senator’s crosshairs. One look at him and I’m gone. That kid laid me out harder than any punch ever did. I’ll do anything for him. But Breck says death is too good for the slimebag. He wants vengeance. I can do that, but I’m going to need all the help I can get. Luckily, I don’t have to do it alone. FIVE JOBS. FIVE CHANCES FOR REDEMPTION. One thing’s for they're no angels.

"It just figures that the first guy I’m bringing back to my place is cute, single, and totally off-limits..." Sean Johnson has spent his life waiting to get the hell out of West Virginia. His plans got derailed when his dad shipped him off to “pray the gay away,” but he’s over it, ready to prove that he’s a grown-ass man who can take care of himself. Of course, he’d have a better chance convincing himself if he could stop lusting after his grumpy roommate. Army veteran Cooper Hill returned to Vermont minus one leg and one career, but determined to build a new life. When an army buddy asks Cooper to keep an eye on his nephew, a junior at the local college, Cooper can’t say no. He’s expecting a sheltered kid. What he gets is a gorgeous young man whose brilliant poetry gives voice to everything Cooper’s been trying to express. He wants Sean more than he’s ever wanted anything. And somehow, miraculously, Sean wants him too. But wanting each other isn’t the same as being good for each other . . . especially when past pain threatens to write its own verse in their song. A stand-alone novel in Sarina Bowen’s True North world, Heartsong contains first love, found family, kisses around the campfire, and two caring men who discover they make beautiful music together.

FIVE JOBS. FIVE CHANCES FOR REDEMPTION. One thing’s for sure: these men are no angels.Two jobs down, three to go, and job #3 is mine. My name is Ridge Pfeiffer, I’m a dirt poor jewel thief from the wrong side of the tracks, and I don't play well with others.Theoretically, the deal works like this. I do the job Charlie planned for me and Miranda erases my past, makes my biggest problems go away. Too bad my biggest problem is the one thing I don’t want to go away: Diplomatic Security Agent Davis Ethan.When Davis caught me breaking into a safe during job #2, I should have ended up in jail. instead, I ended up in his bed. Rich, gorgeous, and privileged, the only thing we have in common is a love of beautiful lingerie and beautiful men. He’s everything I hate, everything I want, and he could destroy me with a word. There are a hundred red flags surrounding this job, I should walk away and take my chances, but I’m going to do it anyway. Anything to buy me one more night with Davis.One more job, one more night, and then I’ll leave for good.

Christmas time and the gang is celebrating leaving the threats and dangers behind them with a week long house party in the country. It’s the perfect opportunity for a murder. My name is Charlie Binghman. Well, it was back when I was a conman. Now I’m done. Finished. Out of the business. A vigilante grifter no more. Charlie Bingham is dead for real this time. All I want to do is spend the rest of my life in peace and quiet with the man I love. (Stop laughing, Shook. No one asked for your opinion.) So, why not celebrate our survival and happiness with a big holiday party? Let’s have a house party over Christmas week, I said. We can invite friends and family. It will be fun. Of course, it’s chaos from the moment our first guests arrive. Things go downhill quickly from there. And that’s before a stranger shows up full of questions and Breck finds a dead body on the grounds. Now I have a house full of wanted criminals, a dogged journalist who won’t take ‘no comment’ for an answer, and a corpse in the old root cellar. If I want to keep all of us out of jail, I’ve got to keep the journalist occupied, keep the guest amused, and keep my grandmother in the dark until I figure out who the dead guy was, who would want him dead, and who murdered him right under our noses. No problem. Good thing I have my team with me. We should be able to figure this out in no time. Right?

A jaded lawman on the wrong side of the law. A vigilante conman with a passion for justice. An obsessed stalker who wants them dead. If they’re going to have a future, they’re going to have to confront the past. ★★★★★ When the past comes calling, there’s nowhere you can hide. Once upon a time, a conman and a lawman walked into a bar. That conman turned the worst day of my life into the best. My name is Leo Shook. I’m an FBI Special Agent with a secret that could cost me my life. As if it wasn’t bad enough that my association with Charlie got me suspended from the Bureau, but when Charlie died, he posthumously blackmailed me into babysitting his team of criminals while they ran around the country doling out Charlie’s brand of vigilante justice. Then Charlie came back from the dead and things went from bad to worse. Now I'm trapped in a freaky bunker by an obsessed stalker and Charlie is running around at this monster’s beck and call. I don't know where I am. I don't know where Charlie is. I don't know who my captor is. All I know is that if I don’t get out of here ASAP, I’m a dead man walking. FIVE MEN. FIVE CHANCES FOR REDEMPTION. One thing's for sure, they're no angels. ★Pros & Cons of Obsession is book 5 in the series and NOT a standalone. You'll be much less confused if you've read the first four.

FIVE JOBS. FIVE CHANCES FOR REDEMPTION.  One thing’s for these men are no angels. My name? You can call me Carson Grieves. I’m a con artist, a grifter, and a consummate liar. My biggest lies are the ones I tell myself. Like how I’m a strong, independent criminal who doesn’t need a man.  But I do. More accurately, I need one man. Eric Smallman. The first boy I ever loved. The boy who broke my heart. The man I haven’t spoken to in fifteen years.  Believe it or not, job #4 for and the boys is for me to get Eric back. Or as Breck named Operation Get Carson Laid. Charlie blackmailed the others into doing his bidding. What Charlie holding over me is worse than blackmail; It’s guilt. Even from beyond the grave, the bastard thinks he knows what’s best for me. Unfortunately for me, sometimes he did. Assuming Eric will even speak to me after all these years, if I’m going to have any chance with him, I’ll have to come clean about my past, bare my soul, and risk my heart. Piece of cake.  Well, this should be fun. Sometimes your past catches up with you, sometimes you catch up with your past.

After our parents died, I left the army to raise my four siblings and rebuild our lives. I’m not going to let some blue-haired hockey player tear it apart. ♥♥♥♥♥Former Marine Connor Casey’s life revolves around his siblings. After Hurricane Harvey destroys their home, the state threatens to put them in foster care if he doesn't get the house fixed ASAP. The only problem is working full-time and raising four kids doesn't give him a lot of time for home repairs, and money is tight.Beau Hopper is good at goodbyes. A minor-league hockey player, he goes where the league tells him. Single and estranged from his family, Beau drifts without connections or commitments. Living in his newest team's frat house is driving him insane. So when he learns about the sexy auto mechanic's dilemma, he volunteers to help in exchange for a place to stay.It doesn't take long for the two lonely men to give in to the heat between them.  But it takes more than passion and plywood to build a home, and when the big leagues come calling after Beau, Connor can’t ask him to stay... but how can he ever let him go? This book contains eye-rolling teenagers, stolen kisses, and fewer noogies than you’d expect.Welcome to Hidden Creek, Texas, where the heart knows what it wants, and where true love lives happily ever after. Every Men of Hidden Creek novel can be read on its own, but keep an eye out for familiar faces around town!

This is a story about losing the path and finding yourself. It contains kissing, yelling, spanking, and carb-loaded family interventions.Hockey superstar Joey Luciano has always been good at being whatever people needed him to be. The fans want a good-looking fast-living party boy? Enter ‘the Looch,’ Joey’s carefully created public persona. But the cracks in his mask are starting to show, and he’s begun to lose touch with who he really is. It’s going to take someone who’s been there from the very beginning, to help him find his way home.Coach Liam O’Reilly always had a very clear picture of what his life should look like. Falling in love with the infuriating, passionate, stubborn, and endlessly fascinating boy next door was not part of the plan. But when Liam’s carefully constructed life fell apart one Christmas Eve, Joey Luciano was there to pick up the pieces. Now Liam can't stop wanting him.The passion blazing between them on the ice and behind closed doors could leave both of them badly burned. But through the smoke, Liam can see glimpses of a future brighter than any he’d imagined, a future worth risking his career and reputation for, if only he is brave enough to reach for it.But Joey’s got a secret he’s keeping from everyone. If it gets out, it could be the end of everything.

In a world that measures success in dollars, how do you put a price on happiness? Love, marriage, and a baby carriage. It’s all Alex Staunton has ever wanted. Well, that and an Olympic medal for figure skating. The medal he got. The rest of it - not so much. When his most recent poor decision comes to a door-slamming end, Alex moves into the house of his best friend, Thunder starting goalie, Sergei Pergov. But when tragedy strikes, giving Sergei custody of the twins he fathered confidentially, Alex’s problems take a backseat to the needs of two infants, and Alex vows to be the best fake-dad and house-husband he can be. Sergei is dazzled by the way Alex makes managing all the craziness look as easy as doing a triple-axel. As their friendship grows even deeper, Sergei realizes he doesn’t want to imagine a life without Alex in it. Alex is the one who makes their house a home; his love makes them a family. How can Sergei make Alex understand he’s worth everything? Skater Boy is a story about falling in love with your best friend. It contains discussions about baby poop, day drinking, girls’ night out, and the purchase of a mini-van.

Sometimes the toughest thing to have faith in is yourself. The first time Paul Dyson met Robbie Rhodes, they ended up naked in Robbie’s bed. The last time they met, on the ice the morning after, Paul punched Robbie in the face and called him something he’d rather not repeat. Two years later, they’re teammates on the Seattle Thunder hockey team. Being gay is wrong, unnatural, and there is no room for them in his world. Paul’s heard that his whole life. So when it hits him that he is gay, he does the only thing he can: he shoves himself so deep in the closet he would need a map to find his way out again. When the chance to fulfill his lifelong dream comes along, Paul can’t say no, even if it forces him to share hotel rooms with the only man he can’t resist. It doesn’t take long for Paul to give into temptation and find himself falling in love with his brilliant, caring teammate. But as much as he cares for Paul, Robbie is finding it harder and harder to justify hiding who he is. It goes against everything he was taught was right. He feels like he has a duty to come out to the public. He’d be the first out gay pro-hockey player. If Paul wants to be with Robbie, he will have to turn his back on his family and everything he’s believed in. If Robbie wants to be will Paul, he’ll have to do the same. It’s going to take them a lot of faith to find their way together in this shiny new world. Country Boy is a love story about figuring out who you are, who you want to be, and how to get there. It contains sweet hockey plays, a 1976 Corvette Stingray, fancy underwear, and the journey of a lifetime.