@theseguinbean: Joel Hays is a dirty rotten tweet thief. Tristan: Graduation is coming up, I still haven’t squared away an internship, and now this. Joel Hays has been stealing my one-liners and spinning them into posts for the Watering Hole, the bar he owns with his best friend. This thievery will not stand. Just because he’s hot as fire doesn’t mean I’m gonna let him get away with it. I’ve half a mind to make my way next door and give that tattooed, bearded charmer a piece of my mind. @thewateringhole: I plead the fifth. Joel: Tristan works next door at the Seguin Bean, and man, do I have it bad for that adorable barista. Hoping to catch his eye, I’ve been stealing his sassy little quips for a month now, but he’s been too busy to notice. Sure, there are more mature ways to get a hold of a beautiful man’s attention, but this was way more fun. Oh, look. Here he comes now. The Thief is the prequel to Lost Boys, a small-town series set in Central Texas that's about friends, family, and coming home.

From USA Today Bestselling Author Kelly Fox comes a new series set in one of Central Texas' fastest-growing river towns. You've heard of those romances where the priest is seduced by the worldly outsider? Yeah, this isn't that. I'm a gay preacher with more tattoos than sense and more notches on my bedpost than years in the ministry. I'm also not totally settled on the existence of God. Call me a skeptic, but when you work with abandoned and abused teenagers, you tend to have a few questions for anyone calling themselves divine . Having lived in Seguin most of my life, I've always been the troublemaker. Most of my queer friends fled this place just after high school, but we all know that the only reason any of us made it out alive was our shop teacher, Mr. Paige. He lovingly called us his Lost Boys. Now that his health is failing, the Lost Boys are coming together to support him and his family. To be honest, I may have been more supportive of Mr. Paige's son than was totally appropriate for a guy in a collar. Turns out, just like the Lost Boys, Holden had good reason to leave Seguin all those years ago. Despite his history, I'm hoping he's willing to find a reason to stay.

Augustus Walker, Jr. is a problem. Every queer person I know has had a tragic crush on a straight person at some point in their lives, and for the last year, Walker has been mine. Not that my crush on him is serious—I'm just appreciating a sweet, sexy guy who happens to be a big fat goose egg on the Kinsey scale. Le sigh and all that. The Lost Boys—my queer friends from high school—insist, however, that he gets flustered every time we're in the same room together. Last night, he blushed when I teased him about his perfect abs. I'm afraid to push because I respect his sexuality, and I see how his family feels about him having a bunch of gay friends. Still, I gotta wonder… am I the only one with a crush?

_Punk Rock Superstar Collapses In Front Of Record Crowd Hendrix Cavanaugh Rushed To Hospital In Mexico City Cavanaugh Leaves Hospital AMA_ I've loved Hendrix Cavanaugh since his high school mascot days, and seeing him grind himself down like this has been driving me up a wall. Now that he's collapsed on stage, I can't watch from the sidelines for a second longer. I know I'm not his type—I'm a network security specialist who wears expensive suits and alphabetizes his spice drawer. In contrast, Hendrix wears all black, including his eyeliner and nail polish, and I doubt he's so much as alphabetized his contacts list. Swooping in to save the day won't make him notice me. I know that. But he has to come off the road, and I have to be the one to take care of him, or I'm going to go out of my mind. That said, sharing a cabin with him while he recovers might be the dumbest thing I've ever done in my entire life.

Hot for teacher? No. Hot for teacher's widower? Maybe a little more than I should be. I merely meant to comfort Ren, to help him find steady ground in the middle of an ocean of pain. It was supposed to be a one-time thing. Only… our chemistry, set ablaze by our extreme size and age differences, was something neither of us had experienced before. It was break-the-bed good and far too potent to stop at just the one time, so we didn't. And we've been hiding it from everyone—including his son, one of my closest friends—ever since. I know this can only end one way. I’m just the stand-in. The much, much younger guy with his late husband's physique who’ll temporarily make him forget his grief. If only he hadn't been so… sigh. Amazing. Funny. Brilliant. Beautiful. I didn't mean to fall in love with him, but I couldn't help myself. If only he were ready to fall in love again. Is it too much to hope that with time and a little help from the late Mr. Paige, Ren could let me be the love of the second half of his life?

From USA Today Best-Selling Author Kelly Fox comes two tales of love outside the gender norm. Jules: I’m a trans woman, and I’ve been searching for the love of my life for as long as I can remember. When I met Ginger, I knew I’d found the one. Aside from being gorgeous inside and out, she’s dedicated her life to giving back to the community. Our first kiss, however, ended in tears. With her traumatic history rearing its ugly head, we had no hope of continuing the relationship we both wanted so desperately. A year and a half and one ill-advised marriage (plus one embarrassing divorce) later, I ran into her and realized that my feelings had not changed. I would beg on my knees for her to give us another chance. Can she ever love me as I am? Leo: I’ve tried and failed to hide the truth from my friends: my heart is a mess. For the last four years, I’ve tried to get over Lovett, the nonbinary love of my life, but I can’t. They’d wanted to be veterinarian since they were a little kid. When they left for vet school, I didn’t know how to be separated from them, and our fragile relationship fell apart. Now, they’re back in town, and if there’s any hope I can convince them to give me another chance, I hafta take it. Wish me luck. I think I’m gonna need it. The Outsiders follows first Ginger and Jules, then Leo and Lovett, our side character favorites from the Lost Boys series. Their novellas feature a middle finger to gender norms, more spice than you’d think, and a pair of happily ever afters so swoony you’ll be sad to say goodbye.