Haven Coffee House Boys Series by Stephani Hecht

Being a gay teen is hard enough, but when Christian's strict father is transferred to a different city and Christian has to go to a new school, he discovers how much worse things can get. Fortunately, before he sinks into depression, Christian finds a new group of friends, who are also gay. Christian soon learns that his friends have their own problems, from desperately seeking attention to abusive family members... moreBeing a gay teen is hard enough, but when Christian's strict father is transferred to a different city and Christian has to go to a new school, he discovers how much worse things can get. Fortunately, before he sinks into depression, Christian finds a new group of friends, who are also gay. Christian soon learns that his friends have their own problems, from desperately seeking attention to abusive family members. This is the first book in an exciting new series that follows the high and lows of Christian and his friends through their senior year as they seek acceptance and love while dealing with hostility and homophobia. Will all of them survive to see graduation... or will they lose somebody along the way? less

While mostly physically healed from a gay bashing that almost left him dead, Taylor is still an emotional mess. Not only does he have to deal with the fact that his own brother was one of the attackers, but Taylor has been disowned by his father as well. The only bright spot in Taylor’s life is his small group of friends, but even they have their own issues. Christian is now angry all the time. James has to deal with his own homophobic father... moreWhile mostly physically healed from a gay bashing that almost left him dead, Taylor is still an emotional mess. Not only does he have to deal with the fact that his own brother was one of the attackers, but Taylor has been disowned by his father as well. The only bright spot in Taylor’s life is his small group of friends, but even they have their own issues. Christian is now angry all the time. James has to deal with his own homophobic father. Devlin is wondering if he’ll ever be able to measure up to others’ expectations. Worst of all, Andy seems to be walking down a path that will only lead to his destruction. Can the Haven House Coffee Boys overcome all their obstacles? Or will the darkness overcome them? less

How do you protect your friend, when they are the one who is destroying themselves? Whiny, bratty, petulant…Andy was accustomed to having people call him all those and worse. They all just see him as the poor, rich boy who doesn’t know how lucky he has it. But, then they know nothing about him at all. Not only did he make a huge mistake that changed his life forever, but he has no adult to turn to for help. Sure, he has his friends but they are just teenagers like him... moreHow do you protect your friend, when they are the one who is destroying themselves? Whiny, bratty, petulant…Andy was accustomed to having people call him all those and worse. They all just see him as the poor, rich boy who doesn’t know how lucky he has it. But, then they know nothing about him at all. Not only did he make a huge mistake that changed his life forever, but he has no adult to turn to for help. Sure, he has his friends but they are just teenagers like him. Andy finds himself floundering worse than ever as he sinks deeper into depression. Will Andy’s friends be able to help him in time, or will Andy finally give into his darkest impulse of all… the one that he will never be able to come back from? less

Sometimes the ones you love can hurt you the most of all. Devlin is used to others thinking that he’s a jerk. He likes it that way. It makes it so, nobody ever expects too much of him. Only his close friends really know that soft side of him, and, that he’s never exposed enough so he can get hurt. Then Christian, Devlin’s boyfriend, needs him more than ever. Will Devlin be able to let his guard down enough, or will he risk losing Christian forever?

It’s the holiday season and the Haven Coffee House Boys area looking forward to a time of parties, gifts and good food. But their past comes back to haunt them in the worst way possible. It’s Christian’s favorite time of the year, the holiday season. He thinks it’s just the thing he and his friends need to pick them up from the funk they’ve been in the past few months. Now, they are all back together and it looks like the bad times are behind them... moreIt’s the holiday season and the Haven Coffee House Boys area looking forward to a time of parties, gifts and good food. But their past comes back to haunt them in the worst way possible. It’s Christian’s favorite time of the year, the holiday season. He thinks it’s just the thing he and his friends need to pick them up from the funk they’ve been in the past few months. Now, they are all back together and it looks like the bad times are behind them. But the past has a way of catching up to you, whether or not you want it to, and it threatens the Haven Coffee House Boy’s dreams of a happy holiday. Will they be able to forget the former bad times? If not, will the holidays be doomed for failure? less