Hirata searches for his lost soulmate and childhood friend, Sho. But Sho has…changed, in ways Hirata could never have imagined. Ways that could keep them apart for the rest of their lives… After a harrowing seventeen-year separation, Hirata Morimasa leaves his home and secure future to search for his childhood friend, Sho. Blinded by illness when they were children, Sho was sent away, apprenticed to a blind masseur (an anma) to learn his trade, and then disappeared. Desperate to find the other half of his heart and soul, Hirata willingly sacrifices the prestige and security of his father’s dojo to find him. When an anma who looks exactly like Sho crosses his path in front of a gambling parlor one day, the man flatly denies he is Sho. Hirata knows better and is determined to get the truth…and to get back the friend he’d lost. However, even though Hirata knows in his bones this man is his soul mate, Sho has…changed…in ways Hirata could not have prepared for in his wildest imaginings, changes that could continue to keep them apart…forever.

5-Star Reviews for The Boy on the Lawn “What an emotionally riveting book!… This story broke my heart, the suspense, mystery and story was weaved together in a perfect way. – Galina, Goodreads Reviewer I absolutely loved this book…The twists and turns kept me on the edge of my seat and I was late coming back from lunch at work because I did not want to put it down. – Don, Amazon review Sixteen is too young to start criminal profiling. Someone out there’s given him no choice… Hell is when your little brother goes missing. I was only gone a few seconds, getting change for the ice cream truck. I didn’t want to leave him but when he begs, I’ll do anything for him. In the time it took me to grab the change off the kitchen counter and run back out, he vanished. Thank God, he came back after less than a day. For whatever reason, whoever took him must have had a change of heart and returned him. Though, not before drugging him. He’s been acting weird ever since, even more so than when he displays that bizarre superpower of his. Not only that, but my parents are acting weird too. I thought they’d be so happy and grateful, especially when, a few days later, other Asian boys began to disappear, and not come back. Not only aren’t Mom and Dad thrilled Stevie is back, they shuffled us off to live with our grandfather. I don’t have time to worry about that though. Now I know how it feels to have someone I love snatched away, all I can think about is finding those boys and getting them back home, which also means working with my grandfather’s former student, ultra-handsome Detective Ito (who leaves me tongue-tied and I’m sure my family has figured out now I’m gay because of it). Then Stevie and I can go back to our weird but more peaceful life of haunting the library stacks for homeschooling and Stevie’s beloved Spiderman comics… Fast forward… Why did I ever think Stevie and I could have our life back? We won’t, not ever. Not only that, Stevie’s superpower is actually contagious and I’m going to have bad need of it… Publisher’s content warning: racism, off-page sexual abuse, family death and grief.

5-Star reviews for The Boy Who Loved Ghosts: “I think this is my new Heartstopper. The tenderness of the teen love story is so sweet. I love love love uncomplicated queerness in a story, where the characters' problems are utterly unrelated to their sexuality, and the plot isn't driven by it. – K, Goodreads This is book 2 in the series and let me tell you, I could not put it down. I thought the first one was good, but this one might be better. Love this series! I read both books in just a couple of days, I could not put them down. Definitely a new favorite for me! – Sunny, Goodreads A ghost comes to Michael for help, his first case since discovering his special skill set. The problem is, he unleashes an evil that’s been in hiding and will do anything to stay that way… My life has always been strange. Now, it is strange on steroids. In my first night of the grief counseling support group for teens, there's a girl who looks like she walked off the set of The Brady Bunch even though it's 1985. Turns out, I’m the only person in the room who sees her. After the meeting, she comes up to me, wanting me to get her closure with the boyfriend who thinks she abandoned him seventeen years ago. But she’s not the only one here who needs help. This gorgeous kid from Japan, hiding in the meeting from people who are planning to murder him, and who doesn't speak English, has something to tell me only I will believe. I promised my family I’d stay out of dangerous situations and now, the first time I set foot outside since my life blew up weeks earlier, I’ve already broken that promise ten times over. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman’s Dead Boy Detectives, T.L. Huchu’s The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights Series) and K.J. Charles. Possible trigger warnings: Profanity, violence, death, Nazis, off-page description of death camps

When a man is found in his apartment, appearing to have committed hara kiri with a samurai sword, Boston Homicide Detective Jack Cade suspects more is going on than what it appears. The department’s criminal profiler has left and a new guy is taking his place. At first, Cade is skeptical of Dr. Michael DiSanto. DiSanto seems so absent-minded and too neurotic to be effective. Talking to ghosts? What the hell? But he is brilliant and hot and Cade finds himself falling hard and fast, both in lust and in love. The attraction is mutual, although Michael's past demons haunt him, literally and Jack is finding Michael's past is really his present. Jack has his own secret too and finds Michael's kindness growing on him, making him need the other man in a way he's never needed anyone else. Together, they close in on a killer, another brilliant, wily person whose sights are now set on Michael. Publisher’s note: This title was previously published at Ellora’s Cave. It now contains a previously deleted scene for reprint with Ai Press.

In eighteenth century Japan, during the golden age of samurai and of the Kabuki theater, young actors known as "flying fish" traveled the countryside, performing for audiences by day and giving their bodies to their samurai patrons at night. Genji Sakura is one such flying fish, yet he dreams of the day he'll find the man he can give his heart to and leave the loneliness of his itinerant life behind. Though he loves theater, he doesn't love every part of his profession, especially some of the patrons. So when a handsome ronin, or masterless samurai, comes upon him stealing some solitude for a bath in a hot spring and their encounter turns passionate and profoundly erotic, Genji's surprised and delighted. Daisuke Minamoto's past fills his life with a bitterness that grips his soul and makes him dangerous. Yet his passion takes him when he spies on a graceful young man bathing naked in a hot spring. He has always loved women but he can't deny the call of his heart or his baser interests. After an afternoon of sexual bliss, his heart and soul are tormented and torn. Keeping this miraculous lover will require giving up the one thing that has kept him alive for years: his hatred for the lord who murdered his wife. If he loves another, how will he go on and who will he become?

The samurai’s only true master is his heart…. For seven years while training for his life as a samurai, Toho Morimasa has been away from Aoki, the beautiful actor who helped him to heal from the trauma of his parents’ brutal murders. Now, nightmares that Aoki is in trouble plague Toho’s sleep, and he makes the journey back from Edo to Kai, no longer wanting to be away from Aoki’s side. Once there, Toho meets the very real source of his nightmares and vows to honor and protect Aoki. When his beloved Aoki is brutally assaulted, will Aoki survive long enough to understand that the love Toho has for him is the love he too has been craving his whole life but doesn’t feel he deserves?

Four blue ribbons from Romance Junkies! ~ BARELY UNDERCOVER by Sedonia Guillone is a fun and suspenseful m/m romance. Sedonia Guillone is one of my favorite authors, and this novella did not disappoint. ` Christina, Romance Junkies Reviewer Kaz has been a jerk. Afraid to tell his long time lover about a health concern, instead, he makes a bunch of excuses about going undercover and makes himself rather scarce. When a case forces him to turn to Damien for help, he knows he finally needs to tell his lover the truth. Damien knows the love of his life wouldn't just run out on him. Something is wrong. Even though he's pissed, he wants his man back and when Kaz shows up to ask for help, Damien is determined to get the truth out of him, even if it means restraining him (in a sexy way) until he comes clean! Publisher’s note: This book was previously published at Ellora’s Cave in 2007.

Since high school, Tamotsu has watched his best friend Aki grow from a rebellious but musically talented teenager to one of the most popular music artists in Japan. Though he’s been secretly in love with Aki for years, enduring the endless string of admirers Aki takes for lovers, Tamotsu suffers silently because he knows deep down that he is really the one person in the world Aki turns to for true friendship and solace. But when Aki unveils an unknown and haunting love song he’s composed in secret during a concert, Tamotsu fears that Aki has finally found someone he can have a lasting relationship with. Only such a deep, abiding passion could inspire a song that beautiful. Is Aki really saying good bye to him in the only way he can, through his music? Or is Aki telling Tamotsu something else?