Sylvia had been in love with Gary Dent since primary school. Later, at the comprehensive, she became the third member of a trio along with Gary and his best friend, Dean. Then Gary and Dean quarreled, and Sylvia’s chaste boyfriend/girlfriend relationship with Gary heated up a few notches.

Two Italian village girls develop a crush on the handsome Americans who have bought a nearby farmhouse to refurbish as a vacation home.

Misunderstandings, love and desire.  Aubrey Partington-Hale is rich, arrogant, good looking, and greedy. His father's stable boy, Roger, on the other hand...  But what does Roger really want?

In 14^th century Croatia, Fortune seems at last to have smiled on young Martin. Not only has his musical talent come to the attention of the Prince, but Piero, the renowned Genoese troubadour, has taken him on as a pupil... And he is in love.

From her post in the cashier’s booth, an old woman observes the men who come to watch gay porn and perhaps make furtive sexual contact in the darkened cinema.

It's always darkest before dawn, as the saying goes.  When the dawn breaks, will a heart break with it?  An extract from Victor Banis' latest novel involving a straight cop, a gay cop and a drag queen killer in L.A..

Talisman: n. - An amulet or charm whose presence exercises remarkable influence on the lives of humans.

Jade: n. and adj. - The English word jade is derived from the Spanish term piedra de ijada or "loin stone", from its reputed efficacy in curing ailments of the loins.

Dr. Linnell may or may not have been forced to resign as head of Human By Design, the corporation that helped parents create the children they wanted, but she has spent her time in the intervening years perfecting her methods. She would like to think so, at any rate. Perhaps her conclusion was a little hasty.

Liv is determined to contest her mother’s will, which stipulates that the family home be turned into a safe house for gay teenagers rejected by their families, although with her long-lost brother fighting to uphold it, most legal experts consider it a hopeless cause. It has become an obsession, and is putting her own marriage in jeopardy.

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