Love is All
Volume 6
by
Gabbi Grey, BL Maxwell, Chantal Mer & Susan Scott Shelley, Connor Peterson, Nic Starr, Sean Michael, Lee Blair, Xio Axelrod, RJ Scott & V.L. Locey, and Piper Malone
Synopsis
The sixth edition of LOVE IS ALL features ten
brand new stories from bestselling and award-winning authors, including BL
Maxwell, Chantal Mer & Susan Scott Shelley, Connor Peterson, Gabbi Grey,
Nic Starr, Sean Michael, Lee Blair, Xio Axelrod, RJ Scott & V.L. Locey, and
Piper Malone. They celebrate the universal human right that is to love and be
loved.
All proceeds will go to three organizations that
support and defend LGBTQIA+ rights: the Unity Coalition, Out Memphis, and
Lucie's Place.
The anthology will only be available for a
limited time.
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Excerpt – Big Sky Boyfriend by Gabbi Grey
The day
Tate McCready walked back into my life was just an ordinary Friday. And I was
doing the same thing as I’d done pretty much every day since he left years ago—surveying my pumpkin field to make sure things were growing
properly.
A few things had
changed. I’d finally bought the greenhouses I wanted, and I was growing organic
bok choy.
Years.
Fifteen years. One hundred and eighty months. Seven hundred
and eighty weeks. Five thousand, four hundred and seventy-five days.
Give or take.
He’d left on the last Sunday
in August—headed to the big city of Toronto to attend an undergraduate business
program.
I’d stayed behind to
attend the University of the Fraser Valley for agriculture.
We’d been eighteen. So
goddamned young. I could barely remember that boy now.
But I’d never forget the
grief he’d suffered. The nights he’d lain awake. The promised letter that’d
never come.
So what the hell was
Tate doing here now? On my land? At one of the busiest times in my year? Those
pumpkins would be ready to be picked soon—just in time for Canadian
Thanksgiving and, of course, Halloween.
Seeing Tate nearly stole
my breath.
I fingered the inhaler
in my pocket.
He advanced toward me
with slow, measured steps.
I’d never seen him move
so deliberately. He was a mover. A strider. A man who hustled with great speed.
We’d joked he moved at
the speed of a hare while I moved at the speed of a tortoise.
I was very much a slow,
steady, and measured man. Had always been—would always be.
“Hello, Wyatt.”
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The Charities
https://www.unitycoalition.org/ is a Latinx and
indigenous organization in Florida that organizes and supports several LGBTQ+
arts, leadership, and awareness programs across Florida, including the Miami
Gay Chorus and the “Saber es Poder” campaign for HIV education and testing.
https://www.outmemphis.org/ offers direct aid and
support programs to queer and trans people in Tennessee. Regular events at the
center’s main facility include free HIV testing, trans ID workshops and
financial aid for name changes, community meals, and peer support and social
groups for both teens and adults. The organization also runs The Metamorphosis
Project, a program providing emergency support and transitional housing to
unhoused LGBTQ+ youth.
and http://www.luciesplace.org/ named for Lucie Marie Hamilton, a young trans woman who died in 2009
— is a nonprofit in Arkansas that provides services to unhoused LGBTQ+ young
adults, including transitioning resources and grocery and rental assistance.
The group also runs a drop-in center with shower facilities and a community
closet for all members who have completed an intake form.
Bios
Gabbi Grey
USA Today Bestselling author Gabbi Grey lives in beautiful British Columbia where her fur baby chin-poo keeps her safe from the nasty neighborhood squirrels. Working for the government by day, she spends her early mornings writing contemporary, gay, sweet, and dark erotic BDSM romances. While she firmly believes in happy endings, she also believes in making her characters suffer before finding their true love. She also writes m/f romances as Gabbi Black and Gabbi Powell.
Xio Axelrod
Xio Axelrod
is a USA Today bestselling author of different flavours of contemporary
romance. She also writes what she likes to call strange, twisted tales. Xio
grew up in the music industry and began recording at a young age. When she
isn’t writing stories, she can be found in the studio, writing songs, or
performing on international stages (under a different, no-so-secret name). She
lives in Philadelphia with one full-time husband and several part-time cats.
RJ Scott
RJ Scott is
a USA TODAY bestselling author of over 140 romance and suspense novels. From
bodyguards to hockey stars, princes to millionaires, cowboys to military, she
believes that love is love and every man deserves their own happy ending.
VL Locey
V.L. Locey
loves worn jeans, Dr. Who, Torchwood, belly laughs, yoga, reading and writing
lusty tales, walking, Greek mythology, the New York Rangers, comic books, and
coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.)
She shares her life with her husband, her
daughter, one dog, two cats, and a flock of assorted domestic fowl.
When not writing lusty tales, she can be found
enjoying her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania, fresh
cup of java in hand.
Chantal Mer
Chantal Mer
is an author and optimist. Her stories explore relationships and what it means
to be family. When she’s not writing about strong women, strong men, and strong
love, she can be found walking her adorable dog, volunteering at her kids’
school (in the library, of course), teaching at the local university, and
reading.
Chantal lives outside of Philadelphia with her
husband, kids, Toffee the Wonder Dog, and vicious cat, Gracie.
Susan Scott Shelley
USA Today
bestselling author Susan Scott Shelley writes stories with heat and heart,
where love always wins. Her romances give readers lighthearted and emotionally
satisfying escapes into happily ever after. In addition to crafting stories,
she is also a professional voiceover artist and enjoys lending her voice to a
wide range of projects.
She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and
is an avid fan of her hometown sports teams. Her favorite things include
running (honestly, it's more like jogging), sports (especially hockey), hard
rock (but will listen to anything from heavy metal to show tunes), and writing
about people from all walks of life finding their special someone.
Lee Blair
Lee Blair
is a queer author from Oregon who writes low angst, funny, M/M contemporary
romance. She's constantly amused by the antics of her two ginger cats,
considers daydreaming about future trips to Scotland a part-time job, and is
obsessed with Schitt's Creek to an alarming degree.
Sean Michael
Often
referred to as "Space Cowboy" and "Gangsta of Love" while
still striving for the moniker of "Maurice," Sean Michael spends his
days surfing, smutting, organizing his immense gourd collection and fantasizing
about one day retiring on a small secluded island peopled entirely by horseshoe
crabs. While collecting vast amounts of vintage gay pulp novels and mood rings,
Sean whiles away the hours between dropping the f-bomb and persuing the kama
sutra by channeling the long lost spirit of John Wayne and singing along with
the soundtrack to "Chicago."
A long-time writer of complicated haiku,
currently Sean is attempting to learn the advanced arts of plate spinning and
soap carving sex toys.
Barring any of that? He'll stick with writing
his stories, thanks, and rubbing pretty bodies together to see if they spark.
Connor
Peterson
Connor
Peterson is a USA Today bestselling author of LGBTQ+ urban fantasy and dark,
paranormal romance, local to the Philadelphia, PA area. The madman behind
Deathspell and Temptation in Neon, Connor has also contributed to the story
cycle Red Phone Box - published by Ghostwoods Books - and the anthology
Nocturnal Embers - published by Crimson Melodies Publishing. He is also an
active participant in the Philadelphia writing community, and volunteers as a
municipal liaison for National Novel Writing Month.
Nic Starr
Nic Starr
lives in Australia where she tries to squeeze as much into her busy life as
possible. Balancing the demands of a corporate career with raising a family and
writing can be challenging but she wouldn’t give it up for the world.
Always a reader, the lure of m/m romance was
strong and she devoured hundreds of wonderful m/m romance books before
eventually realising she had some stories of her own that needed to be told!
When not writing or reading, she loves to spend
time with her family–an understanding husband and two beautiful daughters–and
is often found indulging in her love of cooking and planning her dream home in
the country.
Piper Malone
Piper
Malone is an award-winning author of sweet and sexy romance.
Dog lover. Reader. Foodie. Coffee, please.
BL Maxwell
BL Maxwell grew up in a small town
listening to her grandfather spin tales about his childhood. Later she became
an avid reader and after a certain vampire series she became obsessed with
fanfiction. She soon discovered Slash fanfiction and later discovered the MM
genre and was hooked.
Many years later, she decided to take the
plunge and write down some of the stories that seem to run through her head
late at night when she’s trying to sleep.
BL Maxwell writes MM Paranormal,
Contemporary, Thriller, and Paranormal Fantasy.
