Love in Laguna Series by Tara Lain

What if I’m always kidding myself? Billy Ballew wants to be married, but he’s been engaged to three women and can’t get to the altar. He wants to be a contractor, but he’s so dyslexic he has to force himself to read and fears the contractor’s license test more than death. He wants to please his mother, but all she wants is for him to give her grandchildren. What Billy doesn’t want is to find out he’s gay... moreWhat if I’m always kidding myself? Billy Ballew wants to be married, but he’s been engaged to three women and can’t get to the altar. He wants to be a contractor, but he’s so dyslexic he has to force himself to read and fears the contractor’s license test more than death. He wants to please his mother, but all she wants is for him to give her grandchildren. What Billy doesn’t want is to find out he’s gay. But then he meets Shaz, the one guy so flamboyant Billy can’t even be seen with him without losing all his friends – and his family. One more thing Billy wants and can’t have. Maybe he should just stay home with his cats. KNIGHT OF OCEAN AVENUE is a gay awakening, total opposites attract, trying to please your mother, religious confrontation, learning who you are romance. less

One look at his cardiologist and Jim’s got two heart problems. Jim disappointed his wealthy family at 16 and he’s been perfecting the skill ever since. Too much booze. Too little responsibility. Too much faking his interest in women. Then Jim does one good deed to help out his best friend Billy and winds up in the doctor’s office face-to-face with Dr. Ken Tanaka – and Jim’s secret yaoi kink... moreOne look at his cardiologist and Jim’s got two heart problems. Jim disappointed his wealthy family at 16 and he’s been perfecting the skill ever since. Too much booze. Too little responsibility. Too much faking his interest in women. Then Jim does one good deed to help out his best friend Billy and winds up in the doctor’s office face-to-face with Dr. Ken Tanaka – and Jim’s secret yaoi kink. Ken’s got baggage like a Beverly Hills debutante, so if Jim wants to be other than a notch on Ken’s stethoscope, he’s going to have to fix more than his mitral valve. Or maybe he’ll just figure that when you’re a blue-collar guy and fall for your cardiologist, you deserve a broken heart. KNAVE OF BROKEN HEARTS is an opposites-attract, coming out, finally growing up, yaoi-love, meeting-his-mother, MM romance. less

Driven by his desire to become a successful fashion designer and concerned with hiding his questionable past, Ru Maitland lets his obsession with action movie star Gray Anson on the big screen replace his social life. Then obsession and reality collide when Ru is asked to design fashion costumes for a special performance of Hamlet at the Playhouse in Laguna starring none other than Gray Anson... moreDriven by his desire to become a successful fashion designer and concerned with hiding his questionable past, Ru Maitland lets his obsession with action movie star Gray Anson on the big screen replace his social life. Then obsession and reality collide when Ru is asked to design fashion costumes for a special performance of Hamlet at the Playhouse in Laguna starring none other than Gray Anson. Gray turns out to be a compelling mix of shy and brash and, despite a high profile engagement to a female socialite, the signals Gray sends Ru have his libido doing the salsa. Gray Anson has what most people only dream of—great wealth, huge fame, a job he loves. For that, he’s given up any semblance of privacy and the right to say no to the thousands of people who depend on him and the millions who love him. He sees everything he’s ever wanted just outside the bubble of his life, but how can he make the compromises needed to embrace it? When Ru’s shady past crashes into Gray’s paparazzi-haunted present, both men have to learn that sometimes the only acceptable compromise is the truth. less

“I’m going to remind you what it’s like to be twenty-one. ”. When Ian Carney’s perfect boyfriend turns out to be a rat, and his internship in architecture morphs into an emergency round of babysitting for his gorgeous boss Braden Lord’s kids, Ian gets a dose of real-life real fast. Braden’s two kids idolize Ian and his cat, and they’re pretty disappointed to find him in their dad’s bed. But Braden’s ex-wife is delighted to have grounds for sole custody... more“I’m going to remind you what it’s like to be twenty-one. ”. When Ian Carney’s perfect boyfriend turns out to be a rat, and his internship in architecture morphs into an emergency round of babysitting for his gorgeous boss Braden Lord’s kids, Ian gets a dose of real-life real fast. Braden’s two kids idolize Ian and his cat, and they’re pretty disappointed to find him in their dad’s bed. But Braden’s ex-wife is delighted to have grounds for sole custody. Just how much reality can a twenty-one-year old handle? Still, he might be young, but Ian’s the one with all the experience – in bed and in life. He’s just got to prove he’s serious about wanting an “old guy” with a mountain of baggage -- and he’s willing to take the thousand steps to get him. LORD OF A THOUSAND STEPS is a MM, age-gap, boss/employee, sexy babysitter, single-dad, late-coming-out, custody battle romance – with the world’s most fabulous cat. less

A Love in Laguna Novel. Merle Justice wants to reach for the stars, but it’s tough to get respect when playing a teenybopper vampire on TV. Then he meets a famous director anxious to give him all he thinks he wants—and maybe a bit more. Everything’s looking up until a life-threatening encounter with some homophobes on Main Beach puts Merle face-to-face with a Sasquatch-sized hero in a pink puffer coat. Tom Henry defies description... moreA Love in Laguna Novel. Merle Justice wants to reach for the stars, but it’s tough to get respect when playing a teenybopper vampire on TV. Then he meets a famous director anxious to give him all he thinks he wants—and maybe a bit more. Everything’s looking up until a life-threatening encounter with some homophobes on Main Beach puts Merle face-to-face with a Sasquatch-sized hero in a pink puffer coat. Tom Henry defies description. As unsophisticated and simple as an angel, he walks through life content with who he is and asking for very little except to care for his sister, Lily, and the dogs he loves. Then he meets Merle, the embodiment of dreams he barely knows he has. Merle knows the people who hold his future in their hands might love Tom—but they’ll never understand Merle and Tom together. Tom knows it too. With lives this far apart, who’s really the fool of Main Beach? less