Ergebnis für "Shame" in Literatur & Belletristik

Tagsüber arbeitet Ace als Trainer in Kings Gym, nachts reißt er sich wahllos Männer auf. Eine Beziehung kommt nicht in Frage, weil sein Herz zertrümmert wurde. Nicht bei einem Boxkampf, sondern von einem Mann. Aus seiner Vergangenheit. Der plötzlich vor ihm steht. Als Ryan 17 Jahre alt ist, bekommt er einen Stiefbruder. Einen Kerl, der das genaue Gegenteil von ihm ist, arm und wortkarg. Er kann ihn nicht leiden, versteht diese verbotene Anziehung nicht und spielt sich wie ein arroganter Snob auf. Trotzdem sucht er immer stärker seine Nähe und spürt eine besondere Verbindung zwischen ihnen.

Monti Schroeder is on a quest for peace. She has been since the moment she was born. But peace has remained elusive. Living as a nomad, she takes work where she can get it. When her sister calls with a favor for her neurotic boss, Monti agrees to it for a few extra bucks. What Monti finds when she arrives is a woman just as broken as she is. And no matter what, she can't leave Athena to flounder on her own.

Josh served his country and he paid the price. A self-proclaimed basket case, he can’t imagine anyone would be interested in him. Especially not sexy, built-like-a-freaking-wall Connor. Connor does want him, however, and the bossy cop with the massive equipment is the perfect match for Josh, even if Connor is a newbie at relationships. And bedroom activities. Bossy meets submissive, massive equipment meets eager recipient. But when Connor’s past endangers Josh’s special friend Indy, Josh has to make an impossible choice. Love...or friendship?

When you’re on the run from the mob, the last thing you should do is fall in love…Indy’s become an expert at surviving. He’s survived being a mobster’s lover. He’s survived a brutal attack on his life. He’s survived being on the run, on his own, his heart firmly closed. After all, who could want him? Until he meets former army medic Noah and his friends-with-benefits Josh. Noah and Josh take him into their home after Indy gets hurt, and he discovers they’re as broken and damaged as he is. Indy finds himself opening up to them, first with his body, then with his heart.

I never wanted anyone this much. Especially not a guy. Aaron stumbled into my arms, and I wasn't able to let go of him since. Wounded, he needs a place to crash and a friend to help him through. He's so hurt and lost that he makes me want to be his protector against the world. But strange new feelings rise very quickly. Being around him makes me imagine things a straight guy has no business wanting. Least of all a taken, straight guy. But the longer he's with us, the more I want him all for myself.

Beautiful and brutally honest, Mary Lambert's poetry is a beacon to anyone who's ever been knocked down - and picked themselves up again. In verse that deals with sexual assault, mental illness, and body acceptance, Ms. Lambert emerges as an important new voice in poetry, providing strength and resilience even in the darkest of times.

It’s time to say I do, and Indy couldn’t be more excited. Side by side with Noah, Josh, and Connor, he’s proud to take his vows with their friends watching. But his post-wedding bliss is rudely interrupted when his past once again comes back to haunt him. And not just him, Connor gets some shocking news as well that leaves him reeling. Before they can all share the best Christmas ever, they’ll need to come together as one family.

Confused puppy seeks owner.... Aaron is lost. He’s lost his parents’ approval. He’s lost his job. He’s lost his sense of identity. At least he’s out as gay, but all that has brought him is more confusion. He feels like a freak who doesn’t fit in anywhere. Even his own brother doesn’t want anything to do with him. Sexy jiu jitsu teacher Blake makes Aaron feel things he’s never felt before. Things in his body. Things in his heart. Things he didn’t even know he craved, like being cared for, having decisions made for him. Like being a puppy.

Geoff is in the city, living the gay life to the hilt, when his father's death convinces him to return to the family farm. Discovering a young Amish man asleep in his barn, Geoff learns that Eli is spending a year away from the community before accepting baptism into the church. Their budding relationship is threatened by closed-minded, gossipy relatives and the society at large, a whole new world to Eli, and he must decide whether to return to the community, his family, and the world and future he knows or to stay with Geoff and have faith in the power of love.