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  “For as long as you want,” Randy said wholeheartedly.

  Jesse leaned in closer, until their lips were almost touching. “How about forever?”

  Randy could deal with that.

  More from K.C. Wells

  A Love, Unexpected Tale

  Two months after Mitch Jenkins had the rug pulled out from under him when his two-year relationship came to an abrupt end, he is still hurting. A colleague’s attempt to cheer him up brings Mitch to a secret “club.” Mitch isn’t remotely interested in the twinks parading like peacocks, until he spies the young man at the back of the room, nose firmly in a book and oblivious to his surroundings. Now Mitch is interested.

  Nikko Kurokawa wants to pay his debt and get the hell out of the Black Lounge. Earning his freedom isn’t proving easy, especially when he starts attracting interest. Life becomes that little bit easier to bear when he meets Mitch, who is nothing like the other men who frequent the club. And when Mitch crawls under his skin and into his heart, Nikko figures he can put up with anything. Before long he’ll be out of there, and he and Mitch can figure out if they have a future together.

  Neither of them counted on those who don’t want Nikko to leave….

  I’m about to do something huge, and it could change… everything.

  I met Matt in second grade, and we’ve been inseparable ever since. We went to the same schools, studied at the same college. When we both got jobs in the same town, we shared an apartment. And when my life took an unexpected turn, Matt was there for me. Every milestone in my life, he was there to share it. And what’s really amazing? After all these years, we’re still the best of friends.

  Which brings me to this fragile, heart-stopping moment: I want to tell him I love him, really love him, but I’m scared to death of what he’ll say. If I’ve got this all wrong, I’ll lose him—forever.

  A spur of the moment invitation changes two lives.

  Jordan Wolf’s company runs like a well-oiled machine. At least until his PA, Brady Donovan, comes down with the flu and takes sick leave. Then Jordan discovers what a treasure Brady is and who really keeps his business—and Jordan in particular—moving like clockwork. So when Jordan needs a plus-one, Brady seems the obvious choice to accompany him. After a major shopping trip to get Brady looking the part, however…. Wow.

  Brady has a whole new wardrobe, and now his boss is whisking him away for a weekend party. Something is going on, something Brady never expected: Jordan is looking at him like he’s never seen him before, electrifying Brady’s long-hidden desires.

  But can the romantic magic last when the weekend is over and it’s back to reality?

  Can he step out of the shadows and into love’s light?

  Eight years ago, Christian Hernandez moved to the Jamaica Plain area of Boston, took refuge in his apartment, and cut himself off from the outside world. And that’s how he’d like it to stay.

  Josh Wendell has heard his coworkers gossip about the occupant of apartment #1. No one sees the mystery man, and Josh loves a mystery. So when he is hired to refurbish the apartment’s kitchen and bathrooms, Josh is eager to discover the truth behind the rumors.

  When he comes face-to-face with Christian, Josh understands why Christian hides from prying eyes. As the two men bond, Josh sees past his exterior to the man within, and he likes what he sees. But can Christian find the courage to emerge from the darkness of his lonely existence for the man who has claimed his heart?

  Jonathon de Mountford’s visit to Merrychurch village to stay with his uncle Dominic gets off to a bad start when Dominic fails to appear at the railway station. But when Jonathon finds him dead in his study, apparently as the result of a fall, everything changes. For one thing, Jonathon is the next in line to inherit the manor house. For another, he’s not so sure it was an accident, and with the help of Mike Tattersall, the owner of the village pub, Jonathon sets out to prove his theory—if he can concentrate long enough without getting distracted by the handsome Mike.

  They discover an increasingly long list of people who had reason to want Dominic dead. And when events take an unexpected turn, the amateur sleuths are left bewildered. It doesn’t help that the police inspector brought in to solve the case is the last person Mike wants to see, especially when they are told to keep their noses out of police business.

  In Jonathon’s case, that’s like a red rag to a bull….

  Readers love Debt by K.C. Wells

  “Debt is a book that I recommend highly for lovers of LGBT romance and, for that matter, all romance.”

  —Happy Ever After, USA Today

  “A wonderful, beautiful story with truly good, decent people. Something I don’t get to see every day. Thank you, K.C.”

  —Rainbow Book Reviews

  “This is not a story that you will EVER be bored reading. It’s wonderful.”

  —Diverse Reader

  “I really liked this book. I was hooked from the beginning….”

  —Cat’s Meow Reviews

  K.C. WELLS started writing in 2012, although the idea of writing a novel had been in her head since she was a child. But after reading that first gay romance in 2009, she was hooked.

  She now writes full-time, and the line of men in her head clamoring to tell their story is getting longer and longer. If the frequent visits by plot bunnies are anything to go by, that’s not about to change anytime soon.

  K.C. loves to hear from readers.

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  By K.C. Wells

  BFF

  Bromantically Yours

  First

  Love Lessons Learned

  Step by Step

  Truth Will Out

  Waiting For You

  DREAMSPUN DESIRES

  #17 – The Senator’s Secret

  #40 – Out of the Shadows

  #76 – My Fair Brady

  LEARNING TO LOVE

  Michael & Sean

  Evan & Daniel

  Josh & Chris

  Final Exam

  LOVE, UNEXPECTED

  Debt

  Burden

  SENSUAL BONDS

  A Bond of Three

  A Bond of Truth

  With Parker Williams

  COLLARS & CUFFS

  An Unlocked Heart

  Trusting Thomas

  Someone to Keep Me

  A Dance with Domination

  Damian’s Discipline

  Make Me Soar

  Dom of Ages

  Endings and Beginnings

  SECRETS

  Before You Break

  An Unlocked Mind

  Threepeat

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  Burden

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  Digital ISBN: 978-1-64405-231-0

  Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-64405-232-7

  Library of Congress Control Number: 2018963160

  Digital published April 2019

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