Alexandra Caluen

A M/M romance novel about discovering who you really are. Bob Anderson knew it was not quite normal to be relieved that the woman he'd proposed to turned him down. He thought he was ready; he was thirty-six, it was time to choose a partner and take the next step. He wanted her as much as he'd ever wanted a woman. It was not quite normal to be sitting in a bar asking himself whether he'd ever wanted a woman at all. Jade Derecha wasn't out to pick anyone up. He wasn't out to meet anybody. He only went to sit with the guy in the suit because he looked so tragic. And then the guy put that ring box on the table without a word, as if it had a story to tell. Jade opened the box; thought wistfully about how good that ring would look on his own graceful hand; and put it on. By the end of the night, Bob was calling himself Robert, because he wasn't the person who'd always been called Bob. Only one other thing in his life had changed. That one thing changed everything else. Because he woke up beside Jade and realized there was so much more to want. Adult situations, themes, and language; 70,200 words and a happy ending.

A M/M romance novel about daring to dream. When Freddie Chandra went through the casino kitchen to see what was causing the commotion, he expected to find the usual: a cluster of vehicles in the alley, all refusing to give way. What he found instead was six people yelling at each other over a seventh, a thin dark man who made not a sound. Edmund Robert was mostly thinking 'well I'm buggered' because he had no papers to display, no one was speaking in English, and the sign language he'd relied on for years wasn't getting him anywhere. Then the most beautiful man in the world walked out of the kitchen, shut the rest of them up, and went to look at Edmund's makeshift shelter. When he returned to the now-silent group, he said, "Bower bird." Edmund looked up, startled, thinking 'how did you know' In short order, Edmund was David Marlowe. Along with the new name, he had a proper job, and the safest place in the world to live. Not long after that, he also had Freddie. But the man at the top was going to Los Angeles to make a movie, and Freddie - the interpreter, the man who could speak to anyone - was going with him. Leaving David - the man who couldn't speak at all - alone on the private island. Safe, working, surrounded by friends, but more alone than ever. They were both such beginners at love. They'd barely learned how to be together. How on earth could they survive being apart? Adult situations, themes, and language; 70,000 words and a happy ending.

A second-chance M/M romance novel about trust, truth, and recovery. When Richard and Willem picked each other up at the dance studio, it was supposed to be a one-night stand. Richard didn't think there was anyone who could deal with his issues, or that it was even fair to ask. After six dates with Willem, he knew he was too close. And he knew it was too late, because Willem was leaving for the cruise-ship job. There was no way Willem was extending the cruise contract. Which meant it was time to change his life once he was back on land. Time to stop the endless round of auditions, put that yoga certification to work, and start building a steady life. A life he could share with someone. Maybe even with Richard, the person he couldn't seem to forget. Their next meeting was not precisely by chance; Willem knew Richard would be at the nightclub. Inviting him to a wedding was an impulse. But by the end of that date, they both knew they wanted to try again. This time they'd take it slow. They'd tell more of the truth. They'd dance together, using that common language to say things they were still afraid to say. After all that, maybe they'd be ready to take each other on forever.

An after-the-happy-ending M/M Hollywood romance novel. From supporting role in a TV cop show to above-the-title co-star in a blockbuster movie franchise: crazy. Actually being married to the love of his life: Victor Garcia didn't have words for that. Or for a few other things. Four months after being shot, he still wasn't talking about it. For Victor, it was easier to celebrate life than to look back at almost losing it. Andy Martin wasn't the man who would say 'no, we need to talk' when the love of his life wanted something else. He and Victor had already been through a lot together. They both thought, if we could take that, we can take anything. But when he needed Victor most, things went sideways. What if this was simply too much? What if suddenly, at the worst possible time, they'd gone from 'can't get enough' to 'had enough' Neither of them could accept that. So they dug down and opened up, because on the other side of this was the rest of their love affair. REVISED EDITION. Adult situations, themes, and language; 90,500 words and a happy ending.

A M/M/F romance about finding the balance between freedom and commitment. Janis and Niall were best friends almost from their first day working together on tour. Over the years, that friendship grew stronger. Her troubled long-distance relationship and his slow recovery from losing the love of his life gave them more points of connection, not fewer. And almost three years in, they had to face it: they were in love. There was only one problem. Janis was straight, and Niall wasn't. They didn't know what to do. As a woman and a man, certain combinations were, technically, possible. But there are some things you don't ask even your best friend to do. If a day arrived when one of them found a person to meet that unmet need, what would happen to them? And then they met Geoffrey. A man who enjoyed women and men. A man they both found attractive and charming; a man attracted in turn to each of them; a man whose particular circumstances made the experiment possible. Now the question was, would their unique combination be the catalyst for a new, indissoluble element ... or would it blow up in all their faces? Adult situations, themes, and language; 92,000 words and a happy ending.

A second-chance M/M romance novel about finding your groove. Mateo de la Cruz expected to dance, drink, and maybe get picked up when he hit West Hollywood on his birthday. He didn't expect to wake up with an epic hangover, fully clothed, in the bed of the guy who gave him the best dance of the night. Sam Lee didn't expect the birthday boy to be such good company, especially not with a hangover. A day off together led to dinner, which led to going back to bed. It was perfect, which was scary. When Mateo left, Sam panicked. They didn't see each other again for a year. Then Mateo tracked Sam down again, to see if they could figure out why neither of them had been able to move on. And once they'd figured that out, it was time to figure out their next moves. REVISED EDITION Adult situations, themes, and language; 73,200 words and a happy ending.

An age-gap M/M romance novel about risk and reward. It was a risk for Victor to come out. A risk for Andy to take the plunge with a younger, better-known performer. And a big risk when Victor's show decided to break boundaries. But when the time and the love is right ... sometimes you have to let the whole world see it. Andy's second act was as a commercial photographer, and he was doing all right. He kept getting new and interesting jobs, and meeting new and interesting people. The L. A. arts scene being what it was, those people kept turning up in interesting places ... like at the Brewery complex where he lived. Victor was there to get a new tattoo. It was a carpe diem kind of night, and he'd liked Andy back when the older man did photography for Victor's stage project. So he went with the impulse. But in the morning light, all the potential complications knocked him sideways. It was going to take some time for them to find a path together. And with everyone watching, it was going to take some nerve. Adult situations, themes, and language; 83,000 words and a happy ending.

An age-gap romance novel about risk, reinvention, and choosing your moment. When Sandesh Prasad started working at the downtown Los Angeles law firm, Tasha Jefferson was the receptionist. She was beautiful, she was smart, she was fun, she was married. And Sandesh was a few years younger, so he might not have had the nerve to ask her out anyway. He settled for being her BFF ... for nine years. When they both landed in Century City, it got easier to see each other. So easy that after a particularly bad day at his office, when he was so late for their meetup that he couldn't believe she was still there waiting, Sandesh's kiss hello didn't land on Tasha's cheek. And she didn't say, what do you think you're doing. Instead, when he suggested a walk, she said yes. Then he kissed her again - this time on purpose - and there was so much 'yes' that neither of them could imagine saying 'no' ever again. But there was her ex-husband, and her child. There was the age difference. There were his parents, who wanted him to settle down, but not in L. A. There was his absolutely awful job, and the co-worker with bad ideas. Sandesh and Tasha would have to get through a lot to make that 'yes' last forever. Adult situations, themes, and language; 89,800 words and a happy ending.

A short novel about falling in love while your show is falling apart. Tanith Salazar was in final rehearsals for the play she'd written when the LAPD marched into the theater to tell her one of her actors was dead under questionable circumstances. When a tox screen revealed an overdose of prescription drugs - not his own - all of the cast and crew were suspects. Detective Ysidro Palacio didn't know what to expect; he'd never worked a case in a theater before. After the first tantalizing interview, he wasn't too happy about the idea that Tanith had a killer in her cast. Tanith was dealing with grief, worried about the rest of her cast, and afraid the investigation would blow up her biggest, most personal project ever. She was also trying not to be distracted by the good-looking detective. Sid was chasing leads from Van Nuys to downtown, learning a little too much about the Million Dollar Theater, and not at all sure he wanted this particular case to close ... because then he wouldn't see Tanith anymore. Adult situations, themes, and language. 53,500 words and a happy ending.

A romance novel about connections, challenges, and fighting back when life says "No." Mike Borodin lost his career and nearly his life to a traffic accident. When the dance company he'd given a dozen years to decided he was finished, he escaped to Los Angeles for a new start in a new job he didn't love, trying to make a new life. And then he met Paula. Paula Ross had followed the "right path" and failed to take flight. She hadn't taken the dance world by storm. She hadn't even landed a place in a company. The offer to do a character at a theme park was the last straw. So she made a career in a law firm, dancing only in the studio, until she found a venue where she could begin to express herself again. And then she met Mike. It was a shock, an astonishment, a collision for both of them. Why this person, at this time, in this place? What were the odds that this person understood that drive, that passion, that compulsion? They realized they could do things together, on and off the dance floor, that they'd never achieved before. All they had to do was ... face the music. Adult situations, themes, and language; 83,500 words and a happy ending.

A turning-point romance novel. TODAY... Grace Hart was used to good-looking men; they were all over the place in Los Angeles. She'd never let one distract her before: she had an engineering degree to finish. Then her mom's boyfriend brought Lucas Gutierrez over for a salsa lesson, and Grace got distracted. It seemed like Lucas was a little distracted too. But at the end of the lesson, he mentioned his wife. So Grace wished him luck with his audition, and that was that. TOMORROW ... Except it wasn't. Because the next time Grace saw Lucas, he was divorced. Only this time, she was about to start graduate school, and he was about to head back to Las Vegas to work on a TV show. She couldn't put her life on hold for someone she'd met just twice. He couldn't either. But she asked him to write to her, because neither of them could quite believe those two meetings meant nothing. Somehow they both knew they would meet again. AND FOREVER Over months of correspondence, their connection grew stronger. When Grace sent an email asking if she could see him after a show, Lucas knew that despite everything, they might have a real chance. And he knew that he was ready. Was she? Adult situations, themes, and language; 57,000 words and a happy ending.