Happily married with the affection and respect of those he holds dear, Fabian Bloom finally finds inner peace. However, fresh nightmares about his horrific past start to plague the man's sleep, shadowing his newfound happiness and worrying the one he loves. A trip to his cabin in Montana offers the opportunity for the couple to relax and enjoy the solitude of the place. After reuniting with his two sons, marrying the man he had loved for eleven years and watching his young protegees blooming into strong young men, Lance Hansen has everything he ever wished for. When his husband’s past is revealed in all its darkness and horror, the man is completely unprepared, and their world begins to crumble. Will the two men be able to face the ghosts that threaten to destroy everything they love and fight so hard for? Or will they end up sucked into a whirlwind that will rip them apart forever?

What happened on the island stays on the island...or at least, that was the plan. Two months after his rescue from his kidnapper, Elias Kane still grieves the death of his father Alexander, Ardan”s archenemy. Anchored in the past, refusing any form of help from those around him, the boy undermines his younger brother Abernathy's efforts to adjust to life at The Base - until the true nature of his father is revealed in all its horror. When a gang war threatens to breakout on the streets of Chicago, the Lombardi family leader Everett Isbell-Manfredi sends Riley and his other adoptive sons to the safety of The Base. Here, the young man decides to finally unite his destiny with his boyfriend Rowan, who accepts his marriage proposal. The couple has a bright future ahead...until a revelation about his past shakes Riley to his very core. Elias, Abernathy, Riley...three boys, three lives at a crossroad. Will they be able to put the past behind them, accept the present, and look into the future...or become estranged, and tossed into the storm of anger and rejection?

What happens when a vile man gets his just reward, and The Base's boss is accused of dealing it out? After a violent dispute with Ardan, his biological father, Godfrey MacNamara, is found dead. Ardan is arrested for murder and taken to a secret prison, where he is tortured and left for dead. With the help of Brodie Stevens, his mysterious cellmate, Ardan escapes, badly injured, and is saved in extremis by a Scottish businessman. Graeme McGowan, the leader of San Francisco's biggest Scottish gang, is torn between the love for his son Camlann and the duty to preserve the organization his father and grandfather built. When everything seems to fall apart around him, Graeme gets unexpected help from Ardan MacNamara, one of the two men whose lives he saved. At The Base, Fabian, Everly, Alasdair, and the others make efforts to adjust to the reality of the leader's absence. A letter from Ardan rekindles their hope, but is this the end of the problems? Will Ardan come back, riding the whirlwind his invisible enemy created, or will he end up sucked into it?

It is that time of the year again... With her niece Willa and her nephews' Sebastian and Fabian's life partner Vincent and husband Lance as trusted kitchen helpers, Zoe Stark throws another epic Christmas party at the family mansion near Hartford, Connecticut. All the members of the Stark and Bloom clans are going to be present, and there are a lot of achievements and happy events to celebrate. Zane Parsons, a young widower, drives all the way to Ordando, Florida, to Connecticut, to honor the promise he made his grandmother on her deathbed. He is torn between hoping for a new life for him and his only child and the fear of being rejected. Zane strongly believes in Christmas miracles, but will he experience one, too? After being separated from the only man he ever loved for more than thirty years, Rhett Randall gathers his courage and drives to his ex-husband family's mansion to talk to him for what could be the last time. It could be a total disaster, but it could also be one of those magic moments associated with Christmas. The Christmas carols mix with the pitty-pat sound of little children's feet and their happy giggles in this gay romance novel about blessings, miracles and the power of love in its many forms

After spending almost two years in prison, as an informant for the special prosecutor Ian Saint-Clair, Seamus MacAtee comes back to The Base, the place he came to call home. He brings with him Kieran, his cellmate, who is welcomed with opened arms by some of the residents. Teaming up with Spyros and Van, Seamus leaves the next day, on an important secret mission. Montemayor begins his little dirty war games again. The drug cartel boss' advisor, Lauren Briggs, uses lies and deceit to convince other gangsters to join Montemayor, but the mobster's decision to take two boys under his wing puts her loyalty to test. At The Base, a strong alliance is reinforced and a new love blooms, but a mysterious outsider intervenes in the game, threatening to tip the balance in Montemayor's favor. Will this new player change his mind and side with Ardan, or will he destroy The Base and everything the men behind it worked so hard for?

Three months have passed since Ardan appointed Elias as his successor and decided to build a town around The Base. Content with the progress of his apprentice, he even contemplates a semi-retirement when Elias turns twenty. But, as the saying goes, no rest for the wicked. Memories of the time they spent on the island of horrors come back, haunting the sleep of Tarrin, Ira, Elias, and Abernathy, threatening to destroy the budding relationship the four of them share. Things go from bad to worse when Ames returns, after lying low for more than a year. It’s time for the leaders of The Base to join together in supporting Elias’s decision to take down Ames himself—an act of justice for the monster’s numerous victims… and personal revenge. But will Elias possess enough strength to see it through to the end, chasing away the black clouds and clearing the skies?