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Thomas Carrington has always been different. No matter how much his uncle and aunt, the Earl and Countess of Montescue, love him, nothing changes the fact that he's half-Black and American-born.
An offer to move back to America to live with his mother intrigues Thomas but is quickly forgotten when wealthy Belgian aristocrat Augustin de Vaillancourt comes to their little country village. After an inauspicious start, he and Thomas become friends and then more, bonding over their shared experiences as outsiders.
But it turns out both Augustin and Thomas's father are hiding important things from Thomas. Can they navigate the revelation of those secrets or will it tear them apart?
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The eldest son of impoverished nobility, Maksim learns young that he'll be married off to secure his family's future. Trapped in an engagement he doesn't want to a man he's never met, he frequently runs away, but he never gets far enough to escape his fate, always being dragged back home.
Maksim is pleasantly surprised when his husband, Piotyr, turns out to be sweet and generous. He never dared dream of a husband he might fall in love with. But as enchanting as Piotyr is, there's a secret haunting Maksim's new home of Breyvan—one that could tear his heart to pieces.
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When impoverished artist Marcus Peterson travels to a private island to paint for reclusive billionaire Jasper Carmichael, it's all about the money—at first. But the subject of this portrait, Jasper's younger lover, August, proves even more alluring. As August sits for the painting, he and Marcus grow close, until August shares a secret: Jasper is an international criminal and a dangerous man.
Marcus decides he has no choice but to complete the painting and leave as soon as possible, hopefully taking August with him. But Jasper is a possessive and jealous man. Can they escape with their lives and hearts intact?
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Blake gave up his Toronto-based baking business a year ago when his father was badly injured in an accident. A request to help cater a Christmas party at the prestigious Pine Ridge riding school might be the push he needs to get back into the swing of things, but a mistake from his past continues to cast a shadow over everything he does.
Michael was once an Olympic medal-winning show jumper, but a miscalculation years ago sent him into a downward spiral from which he's only now beginning to recover. When he's asked to play Santa Claus at the Pine Ridge Christmas party, Michael is firmly against the idea.
Once he meets the intriguing party caterer, he starts to rethink his opposition, but can he expect anyone to look beyond his dark past long enough to get close to him? Can he look beyond it long enough to forgive himself? And can Blake and Michael help each other finally move on from what came before?
Andrew Fletcher has a quiet life, living in the sleepy English seaside town where he was born and managing a theatre open only during the busy summer tourist season. He makes an unexpected friend in one of the actors, Oliver James, who comes down from London to play Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac. Over time, their friendship turns into something more, but a burgeoning relationship is complicated by the fact Oliver has a partner in London.
When the COVID pandemic hits and the theatre is forced to close, seemingly for good, Andrew moves on from his job and from his crush. Will an unexpected encounter with Oliver several years later let them pick up where they left off? Or has too much time passed for there ever to be anything between them?