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Ash picked up the remaining order of service sheets and looked around. What did you do when there was no visible bin anyway? Or even a box marked Recycling?
“Come on,” Landon snapped. He’d been pissed off all day and Ash ignored his brother enough to have the customary huff of irritation. “We need to get to The Wychwood.”
“I need to find a place to…” He waved the sheets in front of him and just raised an eyebrow when Landon grabbed the whole lot and placed them on the nearest pew.
“Someone will sort it.” He moved to the door and looked back expectantly. “Come on.”
Ash didn’t argue, he was more the type to go with the flow, and probably this one attempt at ethically ridding themselves of the spare services was the most responsibility he could handle for the rest of the day. He fell into stride alongside Landon.
“Who pissed in your cereal?” he asked.
Landon shot him a look. There was anger in his eyes, definite anger. Landon didn’t really do anger. As son and heir to the whole of the Haynes Park Estate and the title of Lord Haynes, he was the sensible one. He didn’t do irrational outbursts of temper; that was Ash’s job.
“Rachel,” Landon admitted.
“And this Rachel pissed in your breakfast?” Ash teased. “Didn’t know you were into that kinky shit—”
“Shut up, Ash,” Landon warned. “Can’t you be serious for one-second?”
Ash held up his hands in mock surrender. “Okay, okay, this is me being serious.”
Landon muttered something under his breath that Ash didn’t catch, although he didn’t need to, he’d heard most of the things Landon had to say about him before. Waste of education, random, directionless, an idiot, yep, he’d heard it all.
“Stop muttering and talk to me.”
“Rachel was at the wedding.”
“Rachel who?” Ash bypassed the remains of a muddy puddle left over from yesterday’s summer rain with a small bounce in his step. The path from the church down the hill to The Wychwood Public House was mostly left to nature and ramblers. He was sure that Ben and Chloe had envisaged a quiet country stroll from church to reception and although the sun was shining today, last night’s summer storm had put paid to dusty pathways and turned the whole thing into a game of jump the puddle.
“Rachel from, you know… the thing…”
Ash wasn’t really following. “The thing. Landon, for fuck’s sake, spit it out.”
“The event at the gallery.”
“Mum’s gallery? The last event? I didn’t go. I was out that night.” Ash waggled his eyebrows. That particular night had been a mutually satisfying meet-up with a guy he’d met in Starbucks. A good night indeed.
“She did. Go that is.”
“Who? Who is she?”
“You saw her. She was the girl with the long dark hair, pretty, has the most amazing violet eyes. She’s little.” Landon held out his hand to indicate where Rachel came up to him, which was kind of mid-chest height. “Bright flowery dress.”
Ash had only really noticed one person today, and it hadn’t been someone in a bright flowery dress.
“You know I don’t look at girls.”
Landon huffed. “Jesus, Ash, she was with a blond man, six foot plus, styled hair, completely your type.”
Ash grinned up at his brother. “Now him I noticed.”
The Summer House
A rich playboy who lives for the now, and a Veterinarian who is ruled by his past, try to find a future together that allows for love.
Ashby Sterling-Haynes, the youngest son of a titled family, has had a lot of hookups but has never found someone worth keeping. When he meets introverted Veterinarian, Connor Lawson, he realizes this could be the man he's been waiting for.
Connor has a painful past and no room for an entitled rich guy in his future. Ashby is everything that Connor dislikes in a man and is way too sexy to be anything but a disruption to Connor’s peaceful life.
Both men refuse to believe in love for different reasons. Until they meet each other and a future together becomes real.
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Sanctuary Volume One: A Gay Action Adventure Romance Series Boxed Set
Five action-adventure bodyguard stories in the bestselling Sanctuary Protectors & Bodyguards Series.
The Sanctuary Foundation - a privately funded team providing witness protection for those in danger
Guarding Morgan
Morgan Drake witnesses a murder in an alleyway, and abruptly he's the critical part of the prosecution's case against the cop responsible for the crime. When Morgan's safe house is compromised, his handler sends him to Nik for safety, neither Morgan nor Nik could imagine that two weeks alone in a cabin in the woods could start something more. Something way more than just trying to keep Morgan alive and makes their heart race more than danger: Love.
The Only Easy Day
Joseph Kinnon, an active Navy SEAL, stateside for the first time in months, is determined to hunt down and kill the person who murdered his stepsister. Dale MacIntyre, a former Navy SEAL, is close to obtaining the evidence needed to put the same person in jail.
They both want the Bullen family brought to account, but one wants justice, and the other wants revenge. What happens between them, however, has nothing to do with either.
Face Value
Beckett Jamieson, AKA Robert Bullen, has been rescued by Sanctuary from a situation in which he nearly died and is left temporarily blind. Doctor Kayden Summers is the Sanctuary operative assigned to look out for him.
It soon becomes clear Beckett is the key to evidence left by his mom. Evidence that may well destroy the Bullen family. The two men become involved in a critical retrieval situation, and when bullets start to fly, there is only one thing between Beckett and death. Kayden.
Still Waters
Adam has to work with a man who broke his heart; the same man that didn't trust him two years before and destroyed their relationship in a single day. Lee is adamant that he needs to understand why Adam betrayed the Bureau, and the Bullen case is the perfect cover to get back in his ex-lover's life.
Against the backdrop of Sanctuary and the Bullen case, the two men realize not everything they'd seen was real, and if they can stay alive, then maybe they will get a second chance at love.
Full Circle
Josh Headley is desperate to find answers but is forced into witness protection after his dad, a convicted murderer, turns on the Bullen family. When Manny Sullivan rides in and rescues Josh just as he's about to do something that could get him killed, the two men end up on the run and in a fight for their lives.
When Manny risks his life could it finally be time for Josh to risk his heart?
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Shadow and Light
Is it easier to fall into the shadows than hold onto the light?
Injured in a horrific car accident by a man who made him feel like nothing, Henry was left with life threatening injuries, crippling self doubt, and his career as a hockey player destroyed. He’s struggling to see, and as much as people tell him to have hope because he’s young and fit, his vision is compromised and he’s spiraling into despair. Estranged from his family, and his money all gone, there seems to be no hope. Hockey gave him freedom, and now it’s all been taken away.
Adler insists on letting Henry stay in a vast Lockhart-owned mansion in Tuscon, but it's a big and lonely place. When Apollo arrives at the house with his sunny smile and infectious optimism, along with his no-nonsense rules, he slowly becomes an integral part of Henry’s life. But one day, when Henry is better, Apollo will leave, and what happens then? Has Henry really fallen for the dark eyed man, or is it all just smoke and mirrors?. When Apollo arrives at the house with his sunny smile and infectious optimism, along with his no-nonsense rules, he slowly becomes an integral part of Henry’s life. But one day, when Henry is better, Apollo will leave, and what happens then? Has Henry really fallen for the dark eyed man, or is it all just smoke and mirrors?
If there is one thing that Apollo Vasquez knows all about it’s helping others and living with quirky athletes. After all, he’s spent most of his adult life tending to one of the richest hockey playing heirs in America. His days have been filled with friendship, laughter, and the knowledge that he’s needed. Or he used to be. Over the past year Apollo’s best friend, Adler Lockhart, has been slipping away, his time spent with his boyfriend, on the ice, or traveling the world with the man he loves. This leaves Apollo feeling like a clunky third wheel or all alone in a luxurious apartment with no one to fuss over.
Knowing that his life is at a crossroads, his loving nature leads him far away from his childhood friend to the dry desert town of Tucson where he signs on to care for Henry Greenaway as the young Raptor recovers both mentally and physically from a near fatal car crash. Henry is also facing a new life, one that might lead him from the sport he has loved for so long. Cooking, cleaning, and providing moral support is just what the doctor ordered for Apollo, and he soon finds himself not only rediscovering himself and a new life he adores, but falling for the sweet, lost, injured man who’s slowly capturing his heart one timid smile at a time.
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A rich playboy who lives for the now, and a Veterinarian who is ruled by his past, try to find a future together that allows for love.
Ashby Sterling-Haynes, the youngest son of a titled family, has had a lot of hookups but has never found someone worth keeping. When he meets introverted Veterinarian, Connor Lawson, he realizes this could be the man he's been waiting for.
Connor has a painful past and no room for an entitled rich guy in his future. Ashby is everything that Connor dislikes in a man and is way too sexy to be anything but a disruption to Connor’s peaceful life.
Both men refuse to believe in love for different reasons. Until they meet each other and a future together becomes real.
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The Gallows Tree
Cody runs to England after an abusive relationship destroys his trust in love. He's inherited a cottage in a small village and needs somewhere to hide away and give himself time to heal.
What he doesn’t count on is meeting the enigmatic Sebastian, a man who may be able to show him he can stop running.
But first Cody and Sebastian have to deal with the ghosts of lost loves and destinies that weave into the story of the village watermill. A legacy twisted into the sycamore trees that stand on mill land. One of which might be the gallows tree.
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Forever In The Sun
Love grows in the heart of the storm as a hurricane threatens Sapphire Cay.
Connor and Shaun are descendants of two men whose love was overshadowed by prejudices and cut short by a world war.
Shaun is a writer determined to pen the final secrets of the two men; Connor is just as relentless in trying to stop him, even if he second-guesses his every move.
When the two men step onto the sands of Sapphire Cay, they find more than just the secrets of an old love. They find hope and comfort in each other. The past casts shadows over the present, but can they ever have what Peter and Alfie couldn’t?
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Capture The Sun
The past has a powerful hold on Mitch, but meeting Isaac makes him desperate for a future filled with love.
Isaac is desperate to break into the world of fashion design and be seen as something more than just an airhead model with no imagination. Set to debut his new collection, he has the models, the clothes. All he needs is a location, and he turns to an industry trouble-shooter for help.
Mitch’s latest client needs an exotic location for a model shoot, and he happens to know someone with the very thing—Sapphire Cay. What starts as just another job turns out to be more exhilarating than winning any multi-million-dollar contract, particularly when he connects with Isaac again, who is far from the airhead model he presented as. As the fashion shoot gets underway, Mitch has to contend with complicated feelings for his old flame, Dylan, and the growing love he has for Isaac.
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Christmas In The Sun
Christmas is a time for family on Sapphire Cay, but forgiveness is difficult to give and sometimes even harder to receive.
Lucas and Dylan invite their friends to share in their Christmas celebrations on the island along with Lucas’s sister, Tasha, and her husband. Christmas is a time for family, forgiveness, and looking to the future, and this year Dylan has to face all three ghosts.
Unearthing the memories of two men in love, frozen in time and buried among the island’s history, Lucas and Dylan realize that sometimes loving someone is not always enough. It’s about being brave and taking the next step, to learn from the past to move forward.
Family has always been important to Lucas since his own was destroyed by tragedy. Though Dylan disapproves of his methods, Lucas has nothing but good intentions about wanting Dylan to reconcile with his father. The two Gray men haven’t spoken properly in years, their relationship strained by heartache and mistakes reaching back into Dylan’s childhood.
Chase The Sun
Adam broke Scott’s heart, and all he wants is a second chance for them to fall in love.
On a simple supply run to Marsh Harbor, Scott is stunned when he comes face to face with his first love. Still gorgeous, still sexy, still a liar; Scott doesn’t trust Adam even after learning the full story of what happened all those years ago.
Looking for quick and easy cash, Adam got himself mixed up in the wrong crowd and paid the price – three years in prison, and he lost the one person who had ever meant anything to him. Breaking Scott’s heart had been far too easy but asking for a second chance is more challenging than he could imagine.
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Under the Sun
When opposites attract, the Marine and the wedding planner find their happy ever after.
Edward McAllister, wedding planner extraordinaire, arrives at Sapphire Cay for a wedding. He has four days to go until the big day, but his careful plans are foiled when he spots someone destroying the stage he was setting. It doesn’t matter that the guy pulling down the old pavilion and digging trenches is hot – he’s messing with Edward’s OCD, and Edward isn’t afraid to let the sexy marine know precisely how he feels.
Forced out of the military after he was injured, Jamie Durand returns to the place he once called home to recuperate and rethink his life. With every one of his dreams shattered, he can’t see a way out, but when the hotel’s prissy wedding planner dislikes him at first sight, Jamie makes it his mission to get the man to like him. Only like turns to lust, and with that, love is never far away.
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