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Bali, crown jewel of Indonesia..................... • Island of the Gods; land of a thousand temples • Peaceful Hindu enclave in world’s largest Muslim nation • Popular gay vacation spot • Very affordable beachside hotel rooms • Endless white sandy beaches & clear blue-green water • Designer label shopping at bargain basement prices • Millions of tourists spending billions of dollars each year Trouble in paradise? When Greg Simmons discovers his favorite uncle in LA never returned from Bali, he crosses the Pacific to find him. Greg launches his own investigation with the ...

This collection of essays deals with the situated management of risk in a wide variety of organizational settings. The emphasis in these contributions is upon the variety of ways in which organizational actors, in combination with a range of material technologies and artifacts, such as safety reporting systems, risk maps, and key risk indicators, accomplish and make sense of the normal work of managing risk - riskwork.

At age 15, Nolan loses both parents, so he lives with an aunt. Receives a full university scholarship all the way through law school. Becomes Dallas County Attorney at age 30. Charming. Attractive. Successful. Openly gay with a career-ending secret. When Nolan’s relationship with a living legend falls apart, he seeks out Reid, a former lover. To regain Reid’s trust, Nolan shares a secret which could send him to prison. In a world with climate change deniers, cyber-criminals, sexual predators, and mass murderers, Nolan and Reid discover another pervasive behavior which just might save ...

A deathbed promise sends Craig Nolan from Seattle to Kuala Lumpur to find his best friend’s son and deliver two gifts. Described by outsiders as a small Asian country on steroids, Malaysia has many surprises for Craig: a huge casino in a country that forbids gambling, poisonous fish, terrorist gangs, and the love of his life. His first night in KL, a pickpocket steals Craig’s wallet in a gay bar, but an attractive young Malay intervenes, returning Craig’s valuables. When Craig accepts Wuji’s offer to help find his friend’s son, the search takes them to an exotic resort island, ...

When two boys meet the first day of their high school senior year they navigate the obstacle course of gay romance, exams, parental expectations and peer acceptance. Helping each other overcome multiple challenges, they make it to graduation, but soon after they part ways. Decades later mutual need brings them together again. One needs the other to save his career. And one needs the other to save his life.

When his mother enters an assisted living facility, Chase Nolan returns to his Iowa hometown to oversee her care. Chase quickly discovers he can’t trust his mother’s caregivers. As he seeks justice for the physical abuse his mother suffered, Chase creates a new family of choice to care for her. A chance meeting with a high school classmate reveals a mutual attraction. As Chase falls in love with Mike, he pursues his legal claim against River Oaks, and it becomes clear something is seriously wrong at the facility he trusted to care for his mother.

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Colin is smart, unassuming, likable, and dreams of becoming an Air Force pilot. Tony is an athletic, popular, gorgeous, fraternity boy, and the adopted son of extremely wealthy parents. When they meet in college in 1973, they become instant lovers. Colin will lose his chance to fly and Tony will lose his inheritance if anyone suspects they are gay, so they conceal the true nature of their relationship as students. They lose touch after graduation, but their paths cross frequently over the next four decades. As they each become professionally and financially successful, they survive a series...

After selling his health and wellness apps to a tech giant, Ridley looks for homes in both cool and warm climates. He hopes to meet a man without toxic baggage, but one disappointing experience after another leaves him skeptical. Fairly quickly he meets a sexy realtor, a Somali personal shopper, a Thai-Latino erotic dancer, and a diminutive community college teacher. All are adorable with a variety of baggage. As Ridley gets to know them, it’s obvious only one has the right kind of baggage.

When he receives an invitation to work for a former professor, Reeve eagerly accepts, even though it means moving to a new city. Anxious to connect with the local queer community, Reeve attends Sunday service at the only LGBTQ church in town. A young man welcomes Reeve at the door, ushering him to a seat in the back. Minutes later, Reeve asks where the restroom is and the young man leads him up to a restroom next to the empty choir loft. As Reeve empties his bladder, they hear gunfire and screams from the congregation below. Surviving the brutal attack, Reeve and Dylan quickly bond as they ...

When an innocent flirtation leads to steam room sex in a Phoenix gym, Kelly and Logan begin a journey neither intended. Kelly is a med student with movie star good looks who believes committed relationships are for losers. Logan is a former hedge fund manager seeking a new direction in life. A warning note on a car windshield is the first clue something is wrong. Graffiti and dead animals follow as the harassment escalates. Logan and Kelly are determined to unmask their stalker as the bond between them grows stronger. As friends, family, and former lovers are drawn into the stalker’s web,...

Palm Springs. Turbine windmill farms. More golf courses per square mile than any American city. Winter playground for politicians, athletes, artists, actors, and other celebrities. Can the son of Arizona ranchers and a Florida State art major find love and happiness flipping homes in the gayest city in America? Will old bones, toxic waste, or a rising young star derail their romance? As they pursue their dreams, Payt and Trip discover life is what happens while they’re busy making other plans. Their most important discovery is they have flipping skills beyond real estate.

Eric Price. Gay. Recovering alcoholic. Attractively packaged. Loyal. Extremely driven. Secretive. Former military officer who rises quickly to one of the top jobs in Corporate America. The reason for Eric’s obsession with power gradually becomes clear as he creates the most unique organization in the world. More than a coming-of-age romance, this story examines how luck, split-second decisions, and sheer willpower determine the trajectory of a person’s life. As Eric discovers a higher purpose, he also finds the two things he has sought his entire adult life.

Eddy is living the American dream. Young, sexy, healthy, and openly gay, Eddy has it all. Successful café operator in Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza, one of the Midwest’s premier retail areas. Trendy condo overlooking the Plaza. Adorable mixed race face. A body to die for. One of KC’s Thirty-Under-30. Eddy is in the many-friends-with-benefits stage of his life. When Eddy offers to help one of his customers find an old friend, he has no idea he’s about to lose everything he owns, but find everything he’s always wanted.

Four small town high school friends become two gay couples during their senior year. Leaving their homes behind, they share a New York City apartment while earning university degrees. After graduation, three of the group pursue music careers while the fourth becomes a newspaper reporter. Fully embracing all New York has to offer, they become fixtures in the party scene, blissfully unaware there might be a price to pay for their fun. Follow the foursome as some dreams come true while others wither and die.

Caught in a mid-life crisis, Hart flees his comfortable Chicago life seeking something better. His first stop is Prague in the Czech Republic. From a rooftop restaurant, Hart realizes he arrived in the City of a Hundred Spires without a plan. He strikes up a conversation with another hotel guest and Jaro quickly offers to be Hart’s tour guide. Only intending to stay in Prague two weeks, Hart’s young tour guide gives him a compelling reason to stay much longer. As the relationship between Hart and Jaro deepens, the empty spaces in their lives disappear. Will Jaro’s influential family, ...

This novel is a sequel, continuing the story which began in Choices And Promises. Five years after a tragic incident left Alan with a heart and liver transplant, his heart fails and he needs another transplant. After visiting Alan at the hospital, Rob drives back to his hotel. Distracted and worried, Rob misses his exit, loses control of his car, wakes in a cornfield, unable to remember who he is. While Alan fights for his life, Rob fights to regain his identity as he helps a small town fight for survival. Selfless choices cost lives in this contemporary gay romantic adventure.

Seven partners own Over55, a Minneapolis firm that helps families find care for their aging loved ones: BURT, dapper, silver-haired, paternalistic founder and CEO. GEORGIA, Burt’s business partner and wife. ED, former computer company executive. MARK, handsome, talented sales executive. LOIS, Snow White’s evil twin. JOAN, poster girl for cosmetic dentistry & tough operations director. TROY, a man who adjusts facts to fit every situation. Long on sales and marketing talent, the company is short on administrative skills until Dylan Riley, a closeted gay man, joins the partners. Everything...

A single kind word brings two men together in Hawaii on Christmas Day. Pre-med Aden from Malibu and middle-aged entrepreneur Russ from Chicago are each spending Christmas alone. Their meeting on a nearly deserted Kauai beach leads to an exhilarating two weeks as they experience many firsts. First time spearfishing. First time saving a man’s life. First waterfall sex. First time falling in love, at least for young Aden. As they discuss their future, it becomes obvious one of them must relocate for them to be together. Before leaving Hawaii, both receive news making relocation nearly ...

Worried about having your identity stolen? Your social media and email accounts hacked? Your credit ruined? Your life savings stolen? After having a fortune stolen by hackers, Evan Hodgett creates T-Net, the most secure Internet portal in the world. T-Net becomes wildly successful by guaranteeing users all their on-line transactions will be safe from scammers, hackers, predators, and government snooping. When Congress debates whether to force unrestricted access to T-Net data, a former lover offers to broker a deal for T-Net. Evan’s personal assistant, Austin, is extremely suspicious of ...