Bøker av Riley Hart

One feels he's not worthy of love. The other fears he doesn't know how. But the sizzling chemistry between them has both tempted to explore the unknown. CyrusI was intrigued by Crow at first glance. Who wouldn't be? He's a mountain of a man, who was raised in a cult and now lives secluded in the wilderness. But the draw I feel to him goes beyond mild interest. When his intense gaze falls my way, it feels like he can see into my soul, to my deepest yearnings and desires. I took a bold chance venturing to his mountain uninvited. But I can't help myself. Despite Crow's dangerous facade, I feel at home when I'm near him. I've never felt wanted or needed...until the mountain man took me in his arms. CrowThe mountain is my home, the only place that truly suits me. I reveled in my solitude...until Cyrus showed up looking as lonely as I felt. The warmth in his gaze made me welcome someone into my home and my heart when I never have before. The way he smells. The way he feels. I come apart with his every touch. The past haunts us both. Yet when we're together, the weight of it is manageable. Cyrus is mine, and I don't ever want to let him go. Still, I fear that eventually he'll want to leave the mountain, and for the first time in my life, I don't want to be alone. On the Mountain deals with depictions of mental illness, past substance abuse, an MC who was raised in a cult, childhood abuse/neglect and trauma. For a full list of warnings, please use the look-inside feature to read the content warning at the beginning of the book.

CorbinIf you listen to The Vers, a queer podcast I host with my three best friends, you know me as The Charmer. I'm always happy, flirting, and trying to win everyone over. I think most people would be surprised to learn I have a lot more going on beneath the surface. But ever since all my friends have fallen in love, it's getting more difficult not to feel left out... Cue my fascination with Spencer, my neighbor who hates me. There's something addicting about getting under his skin, and I blame the combination of my confusing emotions and too many drinks for spilling my guts to him about all my insecurities...and about how much I love cuddling. Turns out, Spencer doesn't hate me, and my word vomit is the catalyst that makes us decide to be cuddle buddies. When I need affection, I go to him, and he just...holds me. Along the way we become friends, and when I fall for him, it's surprising that he feels the same. Spencer's easy to talk to, fun to be around, and did I mention he's hot? I love how confident he is in his full figure, and there's nothing like being in his beefy arms. Spencer has me wanting more for the first time in my life, and he's determined to help with my disordered eating, but if I want a healthy future with him, I need to work toward being healthy for myself too. The Charmer is an opposites-attract romance with a body-positive MC and a cuddle fiend learning to love himself. The Charmer deals with disordered eating, low self-esteem, and negative talk about weight. While the story is uplifting and none of these are heavy-handed, please see the content warning at the beginning of the book for a full list.

Marcus To listeners of The Vers, a queer podcast I host with my three best friends, I'm known as The Realist-I accept life the way it is, believe in honesty over sugarcoating, and okay, I can maybe be a little bossy. If you asked The Vers guys, they'd tell you I'm a caretaker who's always thinking of others, but they also give over-the-top hugs and don't believe me when I say feelings are the worst. It's why I have no business offering Kai Lewis a place to stay when he's in need. He's a flirt who makes no secret about wanting in my bed...somewhere I'd like to have him if he wasn't the employee of one of my closest friends. But he's too trusting and leaps before he thinks, so at least he won't get taken advantage of if he's with me. Now he's always around, wearing shorts that leave nothing to the imagination and saying he wants to take care of me because I'm always doing it for others. It's not long before I can't resist him-a man who likes listening in the bedroom but is stubborn in other situations. Kai is sweet and funny and gets me to open up to him. Maybe this whole relationship thing wouldn't be so bad...if he wasn't nine years younger...and leaving Southern California soon...or if I had any idea what I was doing. The Realist is an age-gap, forced-proximity romance with a bossy realist and a sunshiny flirt who has Marcus wrapped around his finger.

DeclanAs a founding member of The Vers, a queer podcast I host with my three best friends, I'm The Loner-quieter than the others, and except for them, I don't let myself get too close to people. Most of them just let you down anyway, or maybe it's just that something about me chases people away. Infrequent, no-strings-attached hookups have always worked for me. Who knew my favorite one would become such a popular movie star? But Sebastian Cole and I made it work, meeting up whenever he was in Santa Monica and in the mood-until he called it off when he got a serious boyfriend. A boyfriend he later found in bed with another man. Now Sebastian is back in California, taking a break from acting. He needs a friend, and for whatever reason, he decides that should be me. We've known each other intimately for years, and yet we've never spent much time together with our clothes on. When he starts taking me places, it feels suspiciously like dates...and surprisingly, I like it. Despite our differences, Sebastian's lonely, like me. The more we hang out, the more I realize I'll never get enough of him. A loner dating a celebrity doesn't make much sense. I don't know how to be someone's boyfriend, let alone be in the public eye. But to call him mine, I'll need to leave the past behind and finally allow myself to move forward with him. The Loner is an opposites attract romance about a movie star rethinking his career and a bar owner/podcast host who isn't fond of most people. Expect Southern California sun, swoon, found family, and once-in-a-lifetime friendships.

SuttonJasper's been my best friend my whole life. From losing my family when I was young, to living together and running our business, it's always been me and Jasp. I feel more for him than I should, but confessing the truth would be the first step to losing him. Our lives are so entwined, it's hard to tell where one of us ends and the other begins. It's killing me more each day to be this close to him and not be able to call him mine, so when it hurts too much, the only choice is to walk away. JasperMy life is perfect. I have my family, my business, and my best friend. But when Sutton starts pulling away, everything changes, and it's ripping me apart, forcing me to admit hard truths-that I feel different when he touches me; that I need him always by my side. The thing is, I'm in love with Sutton, and apparently he feels the same. Loving Sutton is as easy as breathing, yet knowing my parents won't accept us, not with all the backward things they raised me to believe, makes each day a struggle. But one thing I know for sure-the world doesn't make sense if Sutton and I aren't together. We've had a million little moments to prove it. And to be the man he deserves, I have to fight for him, for us, and maybe that means fighting for myself too. A Million Little Moments is a double bi-awakening, friends-to-lovers romance filled with first times, self-discovery, and two men destined to be together. This book deals with themes of homophobia and contains homophobic language.

If only my feelings were as fake as this "relationship" with my former teammate. CULLEN: I've been the NFL's "problem child" since my rookie year. If there's trouble, I'll find it. But my biggest weakness has always been Houston McRae. We were secretly together in college before it blew up in our faces. So, when I see him again years later, you'd think I'd know better than to end up in an airport bathroom stall tearing his clothes off. To make matters worse, because of mistakes I've made, I find out afterward I'm being traded... to Denver. Where Houston lives. Because of course. I'm not taking responsibility for the two of us ending up in a fake relationship. That's all on him, but I can't pretend I won't enjoy it. As long as I don't let myself fall for him again, I'll be fine, right? HOUSTON: I lived, breathed, and slept football until an injury sidelined me for life. Now I'm solely focused on finding my place again... until Cullen Atwood walks back into my life and tempts me into an airport bathroom stall, where every ounce of passion for him I thought I'd buried returns with a vengeance. Now he's playing for the Rush... And staying in my apartment. And did I mention he's also my fake boyfriend who makes it clear he still wants me every chance he gets? I've got my future to think about, though, and we're one wrong move from becoming a tabloid headline. I can't afford to think of Cullen as anything more than a casual hook-up. So why do I keep wishing this relationship was real? False Start is a low angst, high-heat sports romance in the Playing for Keeps series.

JeremySeeing my best friend, West, happy with his fiancé opened my eyes to things I've been missing in my own marriage. My divorce, which was amicable, followed. Strangely, at West's wedding, I find myself confiding in Darren, the straight, confirmed bachelor and star quarterback of the Atlanta Lightning. Darren is a full-steam-ahead kind of guy, and one talk leads to hanging out, swapping phone numbers, and pranking West and Anson while they're on their honeymoon. When I head back to California, I expect our chats to end, but I couldn't be more wrong. DarrenI still can't say how it happened, how a random decision to strike up a conversation with Jeremy turned into...whatever this is. All I know is, months later, my days aren't complete until we tell each other good night. Whether it's on our calls or when he flies to Atlanta, we talk about everything, lying awake together half the night. Jeremy's got me feeling...different. If it was just my newly discovered bisexuality, that'd be one thing. I'm not one to stress about being into a man for the first time. It's the other stuff, the way he makes my pulse race and my heart swell, that's throwing me for a loop. I didn't think I was made for relationships, but I want it all with him. Except, it feels like as soon as we make it past one obstacle, there's an even bigger one waiting for us. We just have to keep our heads in the game and our eyes on the prize, to make it to the end zone, before one last tackle takes us down for good.

ParkerWhen it comes to The Vers, the queer podcast I host with my best friends, I'm The Romantic. The one who's looking for love in all the wrong places. If there's a jerk close by, I'll find him. I'm beginning to think my Mr. Right doesn't exist. It's definitely not Elliott Delgado Weaver, the shameless flirt who keeps asking me out. We're not supposed to run into each other in Vegas or get drunk together. We definitely aren't supposed to wake up married...only, we do. Before we can figure out what to do, Elliott's family finds out. He doesn't want to let them down by telling them it was a drunken mistake. My parents had the perfect marriage until my mom passed, and since I'd hate for my father to discover what I did, Elliott and I decide to pretend we're in love and stay married for six months. Better to amicably divorce later than own up to our screwup, right? All I've ever wanted is my happily ever after, and now I live with a serial hookup artist who never planned on settling down. But then, why is Elliott so good to me? He takes me on dates, makes me laugh, and touches me like I'm someone to cherish. He's shown me I'm a sucker for praise, and lucky for me, he loves giving it to me. Our marriage is playing tricks on my heart because suddenly I'm wishing my happy ending can be with the husband who doesn't think love is for him. The Romantic is a wake-up-married, opposites-attract romance with tons of praise, an unforgettable massage, found family, and sweet moments on the pier.

CharlesI have a great family, a successful career, and never struggle to find the company of a man when I want it, and I do-often. The loss of my brother years ago is the one dark spot in an otherwise perfect life. But at forty-three, my world suddenly feels emptier than it should. Something's missing. I don't know what it is...or how I think I'll find it spending a summer in a small town in North Carolina. BrianI've spent my life in love with the woman who married my brother. When they passed, I raised their son, living with the guilt of my feelings. Now, at forty-eight, I'm used to being alone. Until I meet Charles. I've never known someone like him-a wealthy, confident city man I shouldn't have anything in common with. He's determined to be friends. We play music together, spend our nights talking in ways I've never done. I look forward to seeing him-and to those innocent touches that make me crave more. I don't experience attraction the way most folks do, but as our friendship grows, I can't deny I want him. It's my first time with a man. Every brush of his skin against mine makes me feel things I hadn't thought possible. I didn't know intimacy could be like this. I could spend a lifetime kissing him, but for us to have any chance at a future, we'll both have to face truths we've tried to ignore for too long. A Lifetime Kissing You is a small-town, opposites-attract romance with first times, lots of touch, and a love of music. This book deals with past loss of a loved one, anxiety and panic attacks. Please read the content warning at the beginning of the book for more information.

SILAS My home is my sanctuary. Or is it my prison? Some days it's hard to tell. I've confined myself behind these walls for protection. I have my reasons, but that doesn't change the profound loneliness I've discovered in the process. Then one day I find myself drifting toward the window to see him. Corey Marshall, my new neighbor. Quiet, reserved, and cute as can be. He infects my thoughts, becomes the image I fantasize about. I want to taste his lips, smell his scent...feel what it's like to be inside him. And soon, watching becomes exchanging gifts and messages, which becomes so much more. It's wrong to want this as badly as I do, but I can't help myself. I crave him so desperately. It's hard to tell if what we're doing is going to make me lose my mind or change my entire world, but it's too late to turn back now... COREY I've never been quite right. Too high or too low. Pain is my constant companion…at the hands of my abusive ex, and often from myself. The sweet relief is only temporary, but in those moments, it's like I can finally breathe. Then I meet him. Silas Rizner calms the chaotic storms inside me. He makes me feel loved, treasured, even when I don't deserve it. I cherish the moments we share-cooking, cuddling, and when Silas reads to me until I fall asleep. When he's inside me, it's the only time in my life I've ever felt complete. Silas becomes the glue that holds me together, that bandages my scars. Inside the walls of his home, we're almost safe, but our demons are always there, waiting to break free. We're a mess. We're broken, chaotic, beautiful; we're in love. But not even love can slay our monsters. No, only we can do that. Unless our monsters destroy us first. TRIGGERS: Self-harm, depression, anxiety, mentions of past domestic violence. *While the sexual situations depicted in Beautiful Chaos are imperative to the characters' development throughout the course of the novel, readers are advised to peruse the "Dear Reader" letter at the beginning of the book to help them make an informed decision about whether this particular story will be to their tastes. This letter can be viewed in the downloadable sample or by using the "Look Inside" feature found on the title's product page.

There's never a dull moment at Metropolis...the condominium known for having the hottest openly gay tenants in town. The boys of Metropolis are always on the prowl for a good time. They like their drinks heavy and their tricks easy.Gary should be living it up in his South Tower unit of Metropolis, but he's having a hard time adjusting to his newly single status. It's not easy to walk away from five years with his ex, who he discovered was cheating on him with some North Tower twink. After a night out partying, licking his wounds, he goes to bed alone. When he wakes the next morning, there's a naked guy in his bed. Not just any guy. A stud from North Tower. But hot as he is, what the hell is he doing in his room?Travis doesn't get why Gary's freaking out. So he went home with Gary's roommate and accidentally crawled into the wrong bed. It's not the first time he's woken up in a strange place. Maybe Gary would loosen up a little if he gave it a try as well. Travis has more important things to deal with though...like his meeting with an investor who could give him the money to start his massage clinic.They're both sure that's the last time they'll have to deal with each other until a mix-up leads Gary's ex and Travis's investor to think they're an item, which Gary and Travis use to their benefit by posing as a couple around town. Soon, they discover the chemistry between them is off the charts. Travis brings out a sexual confidence Gary didn't know he had--one Travis enjoys exploring with him. But as the two keep up their boyfriend hoax, Gary realizes Travis isn't as shallow as he thought. Gary's starting to develop feelings for him. But Travis doesn't do relationships, and Gary should know better, considering they're just faking it...