[Book 3 of the Taste Series] Six chefs join a high stakes culinary competition under an alias to prove their worth against titans of the industry-six Michelin-star veterans. Among the three judges critiquing their creations is a curious, but reluctant, snowflake. Because standing in the first row looking him straight in the eye, is the spark of a flame.

After getting away from his cruel father's tyranny, Randall has to learn how to live and accept the person he was meant to be - with a little help from a local bartender... ***** An empty shell is all that's left of twenty-five-year-old Randall now. After his homophobic father found out he was gay, he had to learn to act someone else to survive through the years of abuse and humiliation. Now he has forgotten the person he once was. He refuses to remember the person he was supposed to be. Emotionally detached and unable to create relationships, Randall's lonely days repeat themselves in the same destructive pattern: go to work, work out, watch TV, and drink, with no way out of that dark, miserable corner he has built for himself. When a gay bar opens doors in his neighborhood, the fragile balance he has created with himself is in danger of being destroyed when his true self tries to break free. To make things worse, there is a new guy at his gym. A kind guy who has a nice voice and loves talking people's ears off. A guy who can see his suffering. A guy who can teach Randall to feel once again. (Warning, this novel contains verbal and physical abuse!) || Gay || BxB || MxM || LGBT || Romance ||

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After Theo comes out as gay to his best friend, his life becomes a living hell. Ruthlessly bullied, Theo falls deep into his depression, and is ready to give up on life. But then an unlikely ally steps in... ***** Book 1 After coming out as gay and confessing his feelings to his best friend, Beau, Theo becomes the most hated person in existence. His unstable brother is even worse than the bullies and teachers at school, and his drunken father doesn't care about what's going on under his roof. But no one is as cruel to Theo as he is to himself. His life turned into a painful hell, he is on the verge of ending his misery once and for all, but then an unlikely ally emerges. Deon, the school's notorious troublemaker, has a deal for him: he will keep the bullies at bay as long as Theo acts as his sidekick, keeping watch as he's breaking the rules, fetching his coffee, and carrying his bag. Fearfully, Theo accepts his new meaning as the hotheaded Deon's servant, considering it as just another cruel prank, but when Deon surprisingly keeps his end of the bargain, Theo's life starts to look a little brighter again... ...especially when his deepest wish seems to come true. || Gay || BxB || MxM || LGBT || Romance ||

he wouldn't even let me say f*** in my own cookbook, that sexy mf.

De zus van Romaisa is eindelijk getrouwd! Hoera! Voor iedereen...behalve Romaisa. Voor haar betekent het dat zij nu eindeloos lastig gevallen wordt door haar moeder, zus, tantes, en buren tot ze eindelijk ook iemand gevonden heeft. Zelfs Romaisa's oma, haar favoriete vrouw op aarde, wil haar koppelen aan de neef van haar buurman in haar dorp in Marokko. Gelukkig heeft Julail, haar collega bij koffietentje Mugnificent hetzelfde probleem. De oplossing? Net doen voor elkaars ouders alsof ze aan het daten zijn. Dan kunnen ze rustig zelf op zoek naar iemand. Om elkaar beter te leren kennen gebruiken ze een lijst van 36 vragen. Als je die vragen beantwoord...word je verliefd. Volgens een Universiteit in Amerika dan. Maar dat soort dingen werken niet, toch? Deze publicatie is mede tot stand gekomen dankzij een bijdrage van het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds/Fonds ZOZ. Met speciale dank aan Simone, Joy, Rhaida, Sietske en Leon. Rose Stories Team: Chafina, Rozemarijn en Florence. Editor: Willemijn Lindhout

[Book 2 of the Taste Series] Seven years later, childhood sweethearts Vanilla Julian White and Leroy Cox reunite in the City of London for an unlikely reason. The latter-once a burning flame unfazed by the wind-had, since a couple of years ago, left the heat of the kitchen and the rest of the culinary world behind. Now a firefighter who keeps his candle in check to ensure the safety of those around him, he has learned to put every single flame out. The established food writer and critic on the other hand, is determined to put this to a test.

Milo is a 24 year old succesful model,single dad and restaurant owner.His not so boring yet happy life takes a turn when he tries something new. Kennedy was a cut throat business tycoon whose love for money and all the finer things led him to his sad depressive life with a company on the brink of collapse. lets see how these two worlds collide and entangle. #1 singleparent.

Elliot Warren has a chronic disease. It all started back at the end of middle school. He started losing his steps in places no one else would. Then, he had problems moving his legs properly, he couldn't run, walk and eventually stand anymore... It went that far that it bound him to a wheel chair in the beginning of his high school years. His parents Bianca and Robert thought at first that he'd be able to make it alone. But not all the things were going as they wished they were. Elliot needed help and they knew he did. He needed someone. Someone who could stay by his side when they couldn't. And for once, one thing went right as soon as they get to know George and Livia Martinez, parents of the oh so delinquent son: Ricky Martinez _____________ Started: March 17th 2020 Released: June 2st 2020 Finished: August 12th 2020

"Very good, Wesley," he breathed, the warm air fanning across the merchant captain's face. "Now I suggest you listen closely because I don't do this very often." Wesley curiosity grew, though he kept a healthy degree of skepticism as he listened to the pirate. "I'm prepared to offer you a deal." "What kind of deal?" he asked, his heart racing. "I seem to have found something that I want even more than your ship's cargo," he said with an unsettling smirk. "And I am prepared to let what remains of your crew sail free if I get it." "Name your price," Wesley said, at this point ready to agree to anything if his crew would live. Valentine reached out and tilted Wesley's head up so he could get a better view of it. His smirk seemed to grow as he let one little word slip through his lips. "You." *This is an LGBTQ+ story*