Books by "Amy Lane" (195)

Little Goddess: Book Two
Vol. 1

Cory fled the foothills to deal with the pain of losing Adrian, and Green watched her go. Separately, they could easily grieve themselves to death, but when an old enemy of Green's brings them back together, they can no longer hide from their grief—or their love for each other.

But Cory's grieving has cut her off from the emotional stability that's the source of her power, and Green's worry for her has left them both weak. Cory's strength comes from love, and she finds that when she's in the presence of Adrian's best friend, Bracken, she feels stronger still.

But defeating their enemy is by no means a sure thing. As the attacks against Cory and her lovers keep coming, it becomes clear that their love might not be enough if they can't heal each other—and themselves—from the wounds that almost killed them all.

2nd Edition
First Edition published as Wounded: The Second Novel of the Little Goddess by iUniverse, 2006.

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Serie Promesse, Libro 3

Sei anni fa, Jeff Beachum confortò un adolescente spaventato fuori da una clinica per il trattamento dell’HIV, e Collin Waters non si è mai scordato della sua gentilezza. Oggi, dopo che per sei anni ha avuto una cotta per quell’uomo gentile dagli occhi castani, Collin si sente adulto e maturo abbastanza per fare la sua mossa. Un vero peccato che il destino, che non è mai stato gentile con Jeff, abbia altro in mente.

La vita di Jeff è andata completamente a rotoli un giorno di tanti anni fa, e ora non va molto meglio. Jeff si è indurito, è diventato indipendente, il tizio divertente a cui si rivolgono gli amici, quello che dà consigli e conforto quando ce n’è bisogno. Ma tutti i fantasmi del suo passato stanno per tornare a dargli la caccia e anche la famiglia a cui ha legato il suo futuro non se la sta passando bene. Collin è più di un ragazzo dagli occhi innamorati, ed è meglio così, perché Jeff avrà bisogno di tutto l’aiuto che riuscirà a trovare. Nessuno sa meglio di lui che la vita può essere troppo breve per voltare le spalle al vero amore, e che il lieto fine è la promessa migliore di tutte.

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Les Johnnies, numéro hors série 

Le béguin de Donnie pour le colocataire de sa sœur, Alejandro, va au-delà de ses rêves d’enfance – et cela le rend fou ! Alors lorsqu’il a l’occasion de garder la maison de sa sœur et de Yandro en leur absence, il ne se sent pas seul. Ses vifs fantasmes sont là pour lui tenir compagnie ! Est-ce qu’un peu de chance – et un coup de pouce de la part d’un cadeau magique fait maison – pourraient aider les rêves de Donnie à se réaliser ?

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Volumen 2 de la serie Johnnies

Hace diez años David Worral tenía planes para ir a la universidad y el potencial de un bello futuro por delante. Pero después de un trágico accidente, huye a California y se reinventa como Dex, un artista adulto de Johnnies. La vida de Dex se ha convertido en un lío tremendo, pero las personas con las que trabaja solo ven en él al hombre que les hace creer que incluso las estrellas del porno pueden tener vidas normales.

Cuando echan de casa a Kane, uno de sus compañeros de trabajo, lo menos que puede hacer es ofrecerle un sitio donde quedarse. Puede que Kane sea un psicópata hiperactivo y excesivamente musculoso, pero también es un buen tipo. ¿Qué puede tener de malo?

Pero nada es sencillo: ni el sexo, ni el amor, ni siquiera el gran corazón que se instala en su habitación de invitados. Cuando empiezan a hablar de pasados rotos y amigos destrozados, Dex se pregunta si la naturaleza sincera de Kane puede hacer desaparecer la tristeza que frenó su prometedor futuro. Con Kane a su lado, quizás Dex vuelva a ser el muchacho que una vez fue. Y si lo consigue, podrá darle a Kane el hogar y la familia que se merece.

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When Teyth was but a child, a cruel prince took over his village, building a great granite tower to rule over the folk. Greedy and capricious, the man will be the bane of Teyth’s existence as an adult, but as a boy, Teyth is too busy escaping his stepfather to worry about his ruler.

Sold into apprenticeship to the local blacksmith, Teyth finds that what was meant as a punishment is actually his salvation. Cairsten, the smith, and Diarmuid, his adopted son, are kind, and the smithy is the prosperous heart of a thriving village. As Teyth grows in the craft of metalwork, he also grows in love for Diarmuid, the gentle, clever young man who introduces him to smithing.

Their prince wants Diarmuid too. As the tyrant inflicts loss upon loss on Teyth and Diarmuid, Teyth's passion for his craft twists into obsession. By the time Teyth resurfaces from his quest to create immortality, he’s nearly lost the love that makes being human worth the pain. Teyth was born to sculpt his emotion into metal, and Diarmuid was born to lead. Together, can they keep their village safe and sustain the love that will make them immortal?

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A Tale of the Curious Cookbook

Emmett Gant was planning to tell his father something really important one Sunday morning—but his father passed away first. Now, nearly three years later, Emmett can't seem to clear up who he should be with—the girl with the apple cheeks and the awesome family, or his snarky neighbor, Keegan, who never sees his family but who makes Emmett really happy just by coming over to chat.

Emmett needs clarity.

Fortunately for Emmett, his best friend’s mom has a cookbook that promises to give Emmett insight and good food, and Emmett is intrigued. After the cookbook follows him home, Emmett and Keegan decide to make the recipe “For Clarity,” and what ensues is both very clear—and a little surprising, especially to Emmett's girlfriend. Emmett is going to have to think hard about his past and the really important thing he forgot to tell his father if he wants to get the recipe for love just right.

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Xander Karcek ha sempre voluto due sole cose dalla vita: Christian Edwards e il basket, l’uomo che ama e lo sport che lo ha aiutato a fuggire da un’infanzia che preferirebbe dimenticare. Le sue due ossessioni gli sono state d’aiuto. Lui e Chris hanno battuto ogni record riuscendo a giocare insieme alle superiori, all’università e dritti nell’NBA.

Ma vivere sotto la lente d’ingrandimento della fama non è facile, soprattutto quando due uomini fingono di essere amici fraterni affinché il mondo non scopra che sono praticamente sposati. La loro relazione sopravvive ai sacrifici che devono fare e alle menzogne che raccontano per rimanere insieme, ma quando il loro segreto è svelato, le conseguenze rischiano di distruggerli come nient’altro potrebbe fare.

Chris e il basket sono le due cose che tengono Xander in piedi. Ora il mondo chiede a Xander di fare una scelta. Esiste un’opzione che comprenda un futuro con l’uomo che ama?

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Buch 1 in der Serie - Keeping Promise Rock

Carrick Francis besaß schon immer die zweifelhafte Gabe, Ärger und Probleme jeder Art wie ein Magnet anzuziehen. Das einzige, was ihn vor Haftstrafen oder Schlimmerem bewahrte, ist seine unverbrüchliche Freundschaft zu Deacon Winters. Deacon war seine Rettung undhalf ihm, seine unglückliche Kindheit und die Misshandlungen durch seinen Vaterzu überstehen. Crick würde alles tun, um für immer bei Deacon bleiben zukönnen. Deshalb schiebt er seine Studienpläne auf als Deacons Vater stirbt. Erspringt ein und hilft seinem Freund, so wie der ihm geholfen hat.

Deacon wünscht sich nichts mehr, als dass Crick seinen schlechten Erinnerungen und ihrer kleinen Stadt entflieht und eine strahlende Zukunft findet. Aber nach zwei Jahren, indenen seine Gefühle für seinen Freund immer tiefer werden, kann er derVersuchung nicht mehr widerstehen und gibt Cricks Annäherungsversuchen nach.Der schüchterne Deacon gibt endlich zu, dass er ein Teil von Cricks Lebenwerden möchte.

Aber Crick wartet nur darauf, von Deacon wieder verstoßen zu werden – so wie er in der Vergangenheit von seiner Familie verstoßen wurde. Eine seiner typischen, spontanen Fehlentscheidungen lässt ihn weit weg von zuhause enden. Deacon bleibt allein zurück. Er ist am Boden zerstört und muss hart kämpfen, bis er sein gebrochenes Herz wieder heilen und er in einer Welt überleben kann, in der Cricks Liebe einewiges Versprechen ist, das vielleicht niemals in Erfüllung gehen wird.

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Little Goddess: Book One

Working graveyards in a gas station seems a small price for Cory to pay to get her degree and get the hell out of her tiny town. She's terrified of disappearing into the aimless masses of the lost and the young who haunt her neck of the woods. Until the night she actually stops looking at her books and looks up. What awaits her is a world she has only read about—one filled with fantastical creatures that she's sure she could never be.

And then Adrian walks in, bearing a wealth of pain, an agonizing secret, and a hundred and fifty years with a lover he's afraid she won't understand. In one breathless kiss, her entire understanding of her own worth and destiny is turned completely upside down. When her newfound world explodes into violence and Adrian's lover—and prince—walks into the picture, she's forced to explore feelings and abilities she's never dreamed of. The first thing she discovers is that love doesn't fit into nice neat little boxes. The second thing is that risking your life is nothing compared to facing who you really are—and who you'll kill to protect.

2nd Edition
First Edition published by iUniverse, February 2005.

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Fortsetzung zu Talker – Am Ende einer langen Nacht
Buch 3 in der Serie - Talker

Was kommt nach dem nackten Überleben? Brian Cooper hat sich von dem Angriff erholt, bei dem er beinahe getötet wurde, und Tate Walker hat seine inneren Dämonen besiegt. Nun haben die beiden nur noch ... sich selbst. Zusammen erwachsen werden und in ihre Liebe hineinwachsen ist alles andere als einfach.

Sind Talkers ewiger Optimismus und Brians stetiges Vertrauen genug, die großen und kleinen Hindernisse zu überwinden, die ihnen im Weg stehen – und alle Schwierigkeiten auszuräumen, damit ihre Träume sich erfüllen?

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Johnnies: Book Four

John Carey is just out of rehab and dying inside when he gets word that Tory, the guy who loved him and broke him, has removed himself from the world in the most bitter way possible—and left John to clean up his mess.

Forced back to his hometown in Florida, John's craving a hit with every memory when he meets Tory's neighbor. Spacey and judgmental, Galen Henderson has been rotting in his crappy apartment since a motorcycle accident robbed him of his mobility, his looks, and his boyfriend all in one mistake. Galen's been hiding at the bottom of an oxy bottle, but when John shows up, he feels obligated to help wade through the wreckage of Tory's life.

The last thing John needs is another relationship with an addict, and the last thing Galen wants is a conscience. Both of them are shocked when they find that their battered souls can learn from and heal one another. It doesn't hurt that they're both getting a crash course on how growing up and getting past your worst mistakes sure beats the alternative—and that true love is something to fight to keep if your lover is fighting to love you back.

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Fortsetzung zu Talker
Buch 2 in der Serie - Talker

Tate Walkers Vergangenheit ist zu schmerzhaft, um sich einfach in Luft aufzulösen, obwohl sein Märchenprinz, Brian Cooper, immer an seiner Seite ist. Brian tut sein Bestes, aber Talker war schon immer gut darin, seinem Schmerz aus dem Weg zu gehen. Er kann sich der Wahrheit über das, was passierte, als er dem falschen Mann sein Vertrauen schenkte, nicht stellen. Als diese Wahrheit ans Licht kommt und Brian ins Krankenhaus bringt, muss Talker eine Entscheidung treffen. Entweder stellt er sich den Dämonen in seinem zerbrechlichen, geschundenen Herzen, oder er überlässt es wie immer Brian, ihn vor dem alles verzehrenden Feuer zu schützen, so wie er es von Anfang an getan hat.

Aber selbst Talker weiß, dass man seinen Märchenprinz nicht alleine lässt, wenn er einem gerade das Leben gerettet hat. Wird er stark genug sein, für Brian einzustehen, wenn Brian ihn am meisten braucht?

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Volumen 1 de la serie Johnnies

Chase Summers. La suerte le sonríe. Tiene una hermosa novia, buenos amigos y un futuro prometedor.

Nadie conoce al verdadero Chase.

Chase Summers tiene una hoja de afeitar apoyada en la muñeca y el olor del adiós de su amante aún en su piel. Hay una puerta en su corazón que se abre a algo tan aterrador que prefiere morir a abrirla, y las mentiras que ha utilizado para mantenerla cerrada están debilitándose con cada caricia prohibida. Ha pasado toda su vida intentando aclararse, y su decisión de liberar su sexualidad en secreto sólo ha servido para que su mente se destruya más deprisa…

Chase tiene una oportunidad de conseguir el amor verdadero y la salvación. Aunque haya conocido a Tommy Halloran en el mundo del porno gay, donde el número de amantes no importa mientras que la toma de la eyaculación sea buena, si quiere la curación que el amor de Tommy le brinda, necesitará tener el valor de pasar de las sombras a la luz del sol. Eso puede ser pedir demasiado a un hombre que se ha pasado la vida escondiendo su verdadero yo. Chase sabe muy bien que las únicas cosas que prosperan en la oscuridad del corazón son los implacables demonios personales a los que tanto les gusta vernos sangrar.

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Adam Macias has been thrown a few curve balls in his life, but losing his VA grant because his car broke down and he missed a class was the one that struck him out. One relative away from homelessness, he's taking the bus to Sacramento, where his cousin has offered a house-sitting job and a new start. He has one goal, and that's to get his life back on track. Friends, pets, lovers? Need not apply.

Finn Stewart takes one look at Adam as he's applying to Candy Heaven and decides he's much too fascinating to leave alone. Finn is bright and shiny—and has never been hurt. Adam is wary of his attention from the very beginning—Finn is dangerous to every sort of peace Adam is forging, and Adam may just be too damaged to let him in at all.

But Finn is tenacious, and Adam's new boss, Darrin, doesn't take bullshit for an answer. Adam is going to have to ask himself which is harder—letting Finn in or living without him? With the holidays approaching it seems like an easy question, but Adam knows from experience that life is seldom simple, and the world seldom cooperates with hope, faith, or the plans of cats and men.

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Joel Martinez, ein praktisch denkender und gut organisierter Computerprogrammierer, ist der Mitbewohner von Ian Cooper, einem zertifizierten, IQ-in-der-Stratosphäre Mathegenie, das im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes in seinem alltäglichen Chaos seine Unterwäsche nicht finden kann. Als er über die Feiertage seine Mutter besucht, lässt er Ian mit einem unguten Gefühl zurück. Um sich abzulenken, erzählt er seiner Schwester Geschichten über den Alltag mit Ian und stellt fest, dass er weit mehr für Ian empfindet, als ihm bewusst war. Als Ian ihn verstört anruft, weil die einzige, die ihn liebt (eine halb verwilderte Katze namens Elender Bastard) eingeschläfert werden muss, eilt Joel nach Hause und hofft, dass sich Gegensätze tatsächlich anziehen.

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Dieci anni dopo che Dorjan ha creduto alle parole di un ragazzino anziché a quelle del suo ufficiale, lui e il suo miglior amico, Areau, ne pagano ancora le conseguenze, e cercano di fermare l’uomo veramente responsabile. Bloccato in una meticolosa danza per far cadere un governo corrotto, Dorjan si sforza di bilanciare il suo dolore con la rabbia di Areau. Proprio quando raggiunge il limite della sopportazione, vede un volto familiare nell’ombra, e il ragazzo di cui si era fidato un decennio prima gli offre una gentilezza inaspettata.

Taern ricorda il soldato che lo ha trovato sotto ai giunchi e ha ascoltato le sue preghiere di salvare la sua famiglia. Quando Dorjan riappare nella sua vita, Taern è conquistato dal suo impegno per la giustizia, ma è anche terrorizzato dai rischi che si assume. Tutto ciò che vuole fare per lui è guarirlo, ma la distruzione imminente ha richiesto dieci anni di lavoro e Dorjan non vuole il suo aiuto. Non se questo lo mette in pericolo.

Gli scontri di potere e il destino del mondo sono in bilico tra la follia di Areau e la nobiltà di Dorjan. Mentre quest’ultimo combatte per salvare l’umanità, Taern si unisce alla battaglia solo per salvare lui, sapendo che tutto dipende dal cuore di un uomo in armatura e dalla forza dell’uomo che lo ama.

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A Beneath the Stain Novel

In a town as small as Tyson, CA, everybody knew the four brothers with the four different fathers—and their penchant for making good music when they weren't getting into trouble. For Mackey Sanders, playing in Outbreak Monkey with his brothers and their friends—especially Grant Adams—made Tyson bearable. But Grant has plans for getting Mackey and the Sanders boys out of Tyson, even if that means staying behind.

Between the heartbreak of leaving Grant and the terrifying, glamorous life of rock stardom, Mackey is adrift and sinking fast. When he's hit rock bottom, Trav Ford shows up, courtesy of their record company and a producer who wants to see what Mackey can do if he doesn't flame out first. But cleaning up his act means coming clean about Grant, and that's not easy to do or say. Mackey might make it with Trav's help—but Trav's not sure he's going to survive falling in love with Mackey.

Mackey James Sanders comes with a whole lot of messy, painful baggage, and law-and-order Trav doesn't do messy or painful. And just when Trav thinks they may have mastered every demon in Mackey's past, the biggest, baddest demon of all comes knocking.

1st edition

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Quent Jackson ha seguito ogni mossa di Jason Spade negli affari e nel poker fin da quando si sono conosciuti il primo giorno di college. Otto anni dopo, quando Jace decide che Quent è l’unico uomo di cui non può fare a meno, non vede come questo debba cambiare.

Ma se Jace crede che il poker sia la vita, nessuno ha dato a Quent gli stessi insegnamenti. Dopo la loro prima notte di passione, inizia il vero gioco dell’amore e della fiducia, ma Jace ha giocato da solo troppo a lungo per poter insegnare le regole facilmente. Jace parla solo due lingue: una è quella del sesso, l’altra quella del poker. Fra le due, deve trovare il modo di convincersi a dare una possibilità all’amore, e convincere Quent a dare una possibilità a lui. È un bene che entrambi sappiano correre il rischio, perché stanno giocando seriamente, e l’alta posta in gioco è la loro relazione, che senza dubbio vale l’azzardo.

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