Kelly Jensen

Without heart, there is no art. Cameron has been running for years-from responsibility, disappointment, war, and loss. Despite his fatigue, his body and mind refuse to rest. Returning home and supporting his younger brother helped, until Nick proved he no longer needed Cam's care. But before Cam can decide to move on again, he meets someone else who could use a little help. Victor is done with love. He's done with men. He's also done, apparently, with being a brilliant, if temperamental, artist. Now he's just temperamental and would rather watch his gorgeous handyman dig in the garden than paint. It doesn't take long, however, before Cam's face-replete with stories-has Victor itching to pick up a brush again. If only painting people wasn't fraught with sad memories. Neither plans for more than friendship, but it quickly turns to sex, and then feelings intense enough to send them both running. Only by risking their hearts and sharing the pain of the past can they turn this love into the staying kind. This is part of the Hearts & Crafts series and can be read on its own but is best enjoyed as part of the series.

Jacob Kendricks is three months out of prison, estranged from his daughter, and ready to get his life on track. Taking care of the bum curled up on his doorstep isn't part of the plan. When he realizes the man has been assaulted, Jake takes him to the hospital, where he learns that Max is his downstairs neighbor... and that he could really use a friend. Keeping Max in the friend-zone would be easier if he wasn't so damned cute. Maxwell Wilson has been bullied for years, and the only person who ever cared lives too far away to come to his rescue. Now his upstairs neighbor is offering support. Max remains cautious, suspecting he is little more than a project for the handsome Jake. When he learns Jake has had boyfriends as well as girlfriends, Max has to reevaluate his priorities-and muster the courage to take a chance at love. Just when a happy future is within their grasp, life knocks them back down. A devastating blow leaves Max lower than ever and Jake wrestling with regret. They both have to find the strength to stand on their own before they can stand together.

Now available in a single volume Henry Auttenberg and Marc Winnamore have an interesting approach to dating. Bare acquaintanceship gives way to a mutual attraction as Marc confesses he's not exactly straight--while they're trapped in a rental car on the side of the road during a Christmas Eve blizzard. Back in Boston, they try an actual date, only to spend New Year's Eve locked in a basement, exploring every avenue of escape... and the deepening attraction between them. Then, after two months apart, their fledgling relationship held together by flying visits, phone calls, and text messages, a joint assignment in Washington DC serves up more togetherness than Henry and Marc might be able to handle. But the real test isn't the assignment. When Marc finally lays his heart on the line, can he count on Henry to be there for him, in every way that matters? And can he do the same for Henry when Henry needs him the most? Follow Henry and Marc's journey from work colleagues to lovers, from roadside disaster to locked basements, to a final ultimatum in the three novellas of the Counting series: Counting Fence Posts, Counting Down, and Counting on You. Plus, for the first time, the three short stories between the stories: Counting Stars, Counting the Days, and Counting Out.

A School Library Journal Best Book of 2020 It’s time to bare it all about bodies! We all experience the world in a body, but we don’t usually take the time to explore what it really means to have and live within one. Just as every person has a unique personality, every person has a unique body, and every body tells its own story. In Body Talk, thirty-seven writers, models, actors, musicians, and artists share essays, lists, comics, and illustrations—about everything from size and shape to scoliosis, from eating disorders to cancer, from sexuality and gender identity to the use of makeup as armor. Together, they contribute a broad variety of perspectives on what it’s like to live in their particular bodies—and how their bodies have helped to inform who they are and how they move through the world. Come on in, turn the pages, and join the celebration of our diverse, miraculous, beautiful bodies!

Six months have passed since Dillon and Lang crashed into each other on a crowded street in New York City, changing the course of their lives. Now they're living together as a couple, happy, in love, but not quite ready to say the words out loud. Dillon is about to embark on a new adventure-opening a private art school housed in the brownstone left to him by his father. Lang... Lang is becoming ever more aware of the futility of his mission: being caretaker to his clan's future when his clan might not survive the war with an opposing faction. When a flashbulb outside a nightclub on New Year's Eve temporarily blinds Dillon, the course of their lives is set to change again. Dillon's perception of how the world works is going to be forever altered, and Lang will have to decide between his mission and the man who has come to mean more to him than he ever thought possible. It will be up to both of them to chart a new direction, one that holds the balance between being human and alien. A course that might require sacrifices neither of them is willing to make.

Charlie King is doing fine. Sure, he's a widower raising a teenage daughter who just got her first boyfriend, his book series isn't writing itself, and he has a crush on his new neighbor--the guy next door. But everything's just fine. Simon Lynley is doing better. He moved to Bethlehem to fall out of love and rebuild his career. An affair with his neighbor isn't part of the plan, but the attraction between them is too hard to ignore. But when Simon's ex follows him to Pennsylvania seeking reconciliation, and Charlie's life starts to feel like a video on repeat, everything comes apart. Charlie worries that he's failing as a father, and Simon is a distraction he can't afford. Meanwhile Simon doesn't know if he could survive being left again, and he hasn't come all this way to make the same mistakes. But despite their fears, it's only together that they'll find the strength to slay old foes and build the forever they've been waiting for.

A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2018 Who’s Crazy? What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when a label like that gets attached to your everyday experiences? To understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because there’s no single definition of crazy, there’s no single experience that embodies it, and the word itself means different things—wild? extreme? disturbed? passionate?—to different people. In (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, thirty-three actors, athletes, writers, and artists offer essays, lists, comics, and illustrations that explore a wide range of topics: their personal experiences with mental illness, how we do and don’t talk about mental health, help for better understanding how every person’s brain is wired differently, and what, exactly, might make someone crazy. If you’ve ever struggled with your mental health, or know someone who has, come on in, turn the pages . . . and let’s get talking. This award-winning anthology is from the highly-praised editor of Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World and Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy. .

Dillon Lee's grandfather was a conspiracy theorist. Every summer he'd take Dillon on a tour of New York City while entertaining him with tales of aliens. Fifteen years later, after a phone call from a lawyer, Dillon is carrying his grandfather's ashes from landmark to landmark, paying a sort of tribute, and trying to figure out what to do with his unexpected legacy. When someone tries to steal the ashes, a guy Dillon has barely met leaps to the rescue, saving the urn and the day. Steilang Skovgaard is a reclusive billionaire-and not human. He's been living in Manhattan for over twenty years, working on a long-term plan to establish a safe haven for his people. For seven years, his reports have gone unanswered, however, and he is the only surviving member of his interstellar team. The connection he forms with Dillon soon after meeting him is something he's missed, something he craves. But after someone keeps trying to steal the ashes, it looks as though Dillon's grandfather was involved in more than theories-and might not have been exactly who everyone thought he was. Steilang doesn't know how close he can get to the truth without revealing himself, and Dillon is running out of people to trust. Can these two work out what's going on before the thieves set their sights higher? PRINT EDITION EXCLUSIVES: This edition contains the short story "What About Lunch?" and a preview of PURPLE HAZE.

Forty four writers, dancers, actors, and artists contribute essays, lists, poems, comics, and illustrations about everything from body positivity to romance to gender identity to intersectionality to the greatest girl friendships in fiction. Together, they share diverse perspectives on and insights into what feminism means and what it looks like. Come on in, turn the pages, and be inspired to find your own path to feminism by the awesome individuals in Here We Are. Welcome to one of the most life changing parties around!

This is a fun and fresh book that features projects that incorporate favourite images, along with photography advice. It features 50 fun DIY photo projects, from a photo snow globe to a wall-sized mural. It includes projects that are suitable for all levels of ability; some only require cutting and gluing! "Photojojo!" is the ultimate DIY photography book for the digital generation. Accessible, full of hints, tips, tricks and techniques and with an emphasis on creative thinking, it asserts that photography is an art that's fun for everyone. Two key sections focus on firstly: DIY and craft projects for showing and displaying photographs and secondly: on using inspiration, ideas and new perspectives to have more fun with the camera and create unique photographs. It includes 50 projects that tackle home decor, personal accessories and gifts - such as a DIY Snow Globe - and all feature colour photographs to guide and inspire.