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Derek is facing yet another Christmas where his life feels out of control. He has a new career that doesn’t feel like his, and parents who would just love to see him settled down. All he needs is a temporary buffer for the parties he has to attend, and for his parents to leave him alone. Enter, Luke. Luke is 20,000 dollars short for the renovations on Halligans, his family’s bar in New York’s Financial District. A favor for a buddy has him agreeing to play the part of boyfriend to a guy with more money than sense.

Robbie MacIntyre manages a small post office in the old Station House on the outskirts of sleepy Barton Hartshourn, northwest of London. He's stunned when the owner, Maggie, who's a close friend, bequeaths him the post office and the Station House. The rest of her estate is left to an American writer, Jason Young, and when he moves to the village, Robbie is thrown by the attraction he has for the man who has more of a claim on the Station House than he does.

He's a psychopath trained to kill and he's found someone he'll break the world for. Novak can't do attachment. He calculates, controls, eliminates threats, and keeps everything exactly where it belongs. Until Caleb. With the hacker who hates him, every instinct tells him to protect, contain, and...

Leo Byrne is a cop, Jason Banks is an ex-con. Even after one stolen kiss, something has to give before Leo can convince Jason that falling in love is even an option. Adopted at a young age, Leo is part of the sprawling Byrnes family. With his dog Cap, three siblings and a whole mess of nieces and nephews, he is never lonely, and his life is full.

Raised in hell. Remade in blood. Levi is a mercy; he won't survive. Doc has lived his whole life in the shadows, using sharp skills and colder instincts to keep his sister and her kids safe. He fixes problems no one talks about, navigates dangerous circles without leaving a trace, and has...

Hunted by killers. Protected by a monster. Lyric Thornwood is on the run, his name stamped on a kill order flooding the dark web. Someone inside the system wants him erased—and Marcus Kessler, the billionaire who twisted Lyric's stolen code into the murderous AI LyricNight, is hunting him like...

Burning is control. Craving Killian's touch is surrender. Jamie has never claimed to be good. He's a former hacker, a convicted arsonist, and an ex-con who's killed just to survive—but he's found a home at Redcars. The men there aren't just friends—they're his brothers. And when the man who...

He's hurt. Hunted. Barely holding on. But Enzo will kill to keep him safe. Enzo has already found his place at Redcars—a garage turned sanctuary for men with dangerous pasts and loyal hearts. He's built a life of purpose, surrounded by a chosen family who knows exactly what it means to survive...

What is Writeopolis? Writeopolis is a fortnightly (or, for US listeners, twice a month) conversation between writing professionals (and Kit Power). The conversation happens live every other Sunday evening via Discord, with live text chat accompanying the voice discussion (no video; RJ and Kit don't have that kind of time to sort their hair out every weekend). The resultant conversation is later released in podcast form via this feed. Who is Writeopolis? Writeopolis is BFS Award winner RJ Barker, author and playwright Scott K Andrews, and BFA finalist author, blogger, podcaster and ...