Ursa Major
Professor Ken Arnold—known to his devoted observatory team as Ursa Major, the Big Bear—is happiest with his eyes fixed on the stars. As director of the Cheshire Ridge Observatory, he leads the mission tracking the Rosetta Satellite on its historic journey to rendezvous with a comet racing through the solar system.
Joey Spencer, the observatory's brilliant young geology Ph.D. student, is known to everyone as Rock Boy. Charming, confident, and full of stories about his adventures on Manchester's gay scene, Joey appears to have the world at his feet. Yet behind his easy smile lies a secret: the man he truly wants is the one who always keeps him at arm's length.
Ken has spent months convincing himself that Joey could never return his feelings. As mentor and student, there are lines he refuses to cross, no matter how fiercely his heart aches whenever Joey is near. But as long nights under the stars and extraordinary events unfolding millions of miles from Earth bring them ever closer, the bond between them becomes impossible to ignore.
With a little help from two remarkable women—one reaching out from the vastness of space, the other determined to shake up life at the university—Ken and Joey are forced to confront the truth of what lies between them.
Sometimes the greatest leap of faith isn't into the unknown depths of space, but into the arms of the person who has been waiting for you all along.
A heartwarming romance about love, courage, and discovering that even among the stars, the brightest place to belong is with each other.
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Hands of Power
Richard Doyle is the golden boy of his local rugby club—charismatic, confident, and never short of attention. To everyone around him, he has the perfect life. But beneath the swagger and late nights, Richard can’t shake the feeling that something vital is missing. Trapped in a world that prizes toughness above tenderness, he’s learned to silence the quieter longings inside himself… until a devastating injury changes everything.
When rehabilitation leads him to physiotherapist Alan Jennings, Richard is unsettled by more than the pain in his body. Alan’s calm authority, intuitive touch, and quiet compassion awaken desires Richard has spent a lifetime denying. For Alan, Richard is impossible to ignore: all restless energy and hidden vulnerability, like a man standing on the edge of becoming himself.
What begins as undeniable physical chemistry soon deepens into something far more intimate. Alan offers Richard not only passion, but safety; the rare freedom to surrender, to trust, and to be cherished exactly as he is. Yet loving Richard means helping him confront the fears and expectations that have always defined his world.
As their connection grows, Alan draws Richard into a warm and accepting circle of friends in Cornwall, where love is not conditional and family is something chosen. Surrounded by people who see beyond the mask he’s always worn, Richard must decide whether he’s brave enough to let go of the life he thought he wanted and embrace the man he was always meant to be.
Tender, sensual, and deeply emotional, this is a story about desire, trust, and the transformative power of being truly seen.
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Bear Among the Books
Forty-eight-year-old Ben Thompson has always found comfort in stories. A devoted librarian, a passionate booklover, and a man still grieving the loss of his longtime partner, Ben has resigned himself to a quiet, solitary life among the shelves.
Then Jason Barnes walks into the library.
Beautiful, guarded, and impossibly young, nineteen-year-old Jason visits almost every day, lingering among the books he never borrows. Intrigued by the sadness behind Jason’s shy smile, Ben reaches out with gentle patience and unexpected kindness. Slowly, Jason begins to trust him, revealing the painful truth about the life he left behind — years of abuse, rejection from his family for being gay, and the heartbreaking secret that, despite loving books, he has never learned to read.
Determined to help, Ben offers to teach him.
As lessons turn into long conversations and quiet evenings together, an undeniable connection begins to bloom between them. Jason discovers safety, tenderness, and the chance to dream of a future for the first time in his life, while Ben finds his guarded heart opening once more to love. Yet Ben cannot silence the doubts that haunt him: Jason is young, beautiful, and only just beginning to discover himself. Could someone like Jason ever truly want a man like him?
Surrounded by the warmth of the close-knit library staff and strengthened by Jason’s growing confidence, the two men discover that some love stories begin not with grand gestures, but with patience, trust, and the turning of a page.
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