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TJ: My future is already mapped out. Graduate college. Move home to Spruce, Texas. Take over the family business. And die of boredom. So I plan one last shot at freedom: the summer road trip of a lifetime. Until my best friend ruins it and I end up at a Chase Holt concert I never even wanted to attend, pouring my heart out to a total stranger. I just didn't know that total stranger was about to wreck my life. CHASEI sure look like I'm living the dream. Sold-out shows. Adoring fans. A career built on love songs. Trouble is, I don't recognize the man singing them anymore. Then I meet him.

Caysen, Wade, Dean, and Garret - These four young best friends are living in a city full of parties and clubs and sex. While managing the grind of day jobs, they chase their dreams - and get into lots of trouble. Hopping from POV to POV within each novella, you will get a thrillingly intimate look into the intertwining lives of these four very different men. Fall in love alongside them, party with them, and have the time of your life! Think of it like the book version of your new favorite gay TV series: addictive, binge-worthy, and hot as hell!

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Caysen is a tough yet sensitive personal trainer who broke the golden rule: He's fallen for his best buddy Wade. While he juggles his demanding clients, can Caysen endure his closest friend juggling his heart?

Ex-football player and town sweetheart Harrison prepares for another hot summer tending to the Strong farm. All he wants to do is work hard, care for the animals, and enjoy the peace and quiet of the Spruce, Texas, countryside. But when a down-on-his-luck, cocky young troublemaker is hired on as extra help for the summer—and Harrison is personally tasked with teaching him the ropes—these two men fight, butt heads, and discover more reasons to sweat than just the blistering heat.

Peace and quiet. That's all I'm looking for after two grueling tours in the Army. Pete swears I'll find it if I join him on a trip to Spruce, Texas to reunite with his old military pal Cody.

I'm completely infatuated with Byron, the gorgeous, tight-shirted barista at the coffee shop on the corner. But he doesn't even know my name. I obviously need help. I just didn't expect that help to come in the form of an obnoxious straight ghost who haunts my apartment. But if I have any hope of scoring a date this Halloween with Byron, I'm going to need my ghost roommate's help. I'm ready to do whatever it takes to get the guy.

Liam has one goal for the summer: get through it. Then he'll be back on campus where life makes sense. No drama. No summer job at Gary's Grocers. And definitely no dating. Until he matches with a mysterious guy on a new app. Someone funny, thoughtful, and easy to talk to. How can sparks fly when you haven't even seen someone's face? For the first time ever, Liam might enjoy his summer break.

Beau was devastated. After the worst day of his life, Caleb, the kindhearted and beautiful man he loved, had left him for good. Beau was now at the end of his rope - and the bottom of his last bottle. With trouble following him everywhere he went, he guessed it was only a matter of time before he turned into his messed-up dad, alone and yearning for a love he foolishly let slip through his fingers.

I left behind my countryside hometown of Spruce, Texas and my teenage tormentor Chad Landry to start over, pursue a career, and make a new name for myself. Fast forward 10 years, and I'm back in Spruce for my high school reunion to confront my past and to face the boy who made my teen years hell. I'm no longer the vulnerable teenager I once was, and I'll guarantee you this: Chad won't have any power over me. But all the mental preparation in the world couldn't possibly prepare me for the sight of the hot, gorgeous, and hunky rancher that Chad has become.

Forever isn't something that just happens. It's something you fight for. I love my husband. That should make our life simple. Except there's nothing simple about Tanner Strong. He's loud. Stubborn. Impossible to say no to. And comes with a built-in whirlwind of a family. But he also still finds new ways to make my heart race. He's the best dad to our two incredible boys who keep us on our toes.

One mistake. One viral video. One ruined career. That's all it takes for the world to turn on me: Hollywood's former golden boy. Now I'm hiding out in a rundown bungalow on Dreamwood Isle, praying the paparazzi won't track me down. I need safety. Solitude. Anonymity. What I get instead is Finn: the son of my bungalow landlord, charming, adorably clumsy — and the one man alive who doesn't care that I'm River Wolfe, fallen angel of the big screen. Which only makes me want him more.

"Cody Davis is gonna make a sinner out of me." Yes, I know exactly who he is. The wounded soldier at the end of Willow Street. Intimidating. Devastatingly handsome. Muscular body chiseled from stone. Deep dark eyes that dare you to come near. Attitude for days. And I just became his caregiver. Everyone warned me to stay away from him - including my father, the respected minister of our small town of Spruce. But clearly, I'm too stubborn to heed good advice, especially when Cody Davis is as frustratingly attractive - and persistent - as they come.

Tanner, the hunky college football star, is home for the summer. Billy, the budding dessert chef, is about to have his hot-fudge-glazed world flipped upside down. Get ready for the "sweetest" romance you've ever tasted.

I'm not really good at making friends. That's simply a fact. I'm happy enough if I can just get through the school day, avoid eye contact with anything that breathes, and make it home where my family can continue ignoring my existence and I can play video games in peace. But then he crashes into my life like a tidal wave. The hot new senior at Spruce High. The bad boy everyone can't stop talking about.

It was just supposed to be a normal day at the Spruce crafts festival. Instead, I accidentally save the life of my childhood crush Noah Reed. And he has no idea how I feel at all. He is adorable, tragically introverted, and frustratingly clueless about emotion. Can't he see the longing in my eyes every time I look at his sweet face? Doesn't he get it when I drop every dang sign there is under the Texas sun that I have feelings for the guy?

Thirsty? Take one reckless party boy. (That's me.) Add an irresistible, hunky math teacher. (He's stupid-hot and driving me crazy.) Throw in one ice-princess baby sister who hates my guts. (We'll work on that later.) And you get: One HELL-raising cocktail of trouble. Welcome to my life. Please drink responsibly.

It's the number one rule in this beach town: don't fall for a tourist. But Jonah Lachlan isn't like any tourist I've ever met. He's not here for a good time, that much is obvious. In fact, the brooding, boy-next-door cutie is clearly hell-bent on being miserable. Though he's here with his best friend, he doesn't seem interested in hook-ups. Or fun. The guy brought a book to this beach full of gorgeous single gay men, for crying out loud. Who does that?? And as if he couldn't be any more confusing, he seems superhumanly immune to anyone who flirts with him. Myself included.

This holiday, two of Texas's most beloved sweethearts are finally gettin' hitched. Everyone in the small town of Spruce is overjoyed as the winter wedding kicks off. Everyone except Malcolm Tucci.

When Quintin Ruiz’s classmate invites him down to Dreamwood Isle for the weekend, the last thing he wanted was to capture the attention of the beach town’s infamous “Heart Crusher” Adrian Tyler.