Bøger af Olivette Devaux

When Ryan lost his hearing in an explosion, his world flipped upside down. Surviving a firefighting career in the navy? Check. Growing into an expert in his field? Yep.And now a stupid prepper took him out of commission...maybe forever.Walking into a new barber shop on a whim, he felt an instant connection with the new, multifaceted proprietor. Keenan knew the lone wolf track was hard. Making Ryan's life easier came naturally. No stranger to injuries from his former MMA fighting career, and with Ryan so easy on the eyes, sweet compassion flowed like honey.Two tough guys during their own life-roll events, helping each other out, both hauling an oversized load of baggage.Families, friends, humor...and Sam, the Happy Hour Inn bartender harboring an unhealthy fascination with Area 51.Love? Impossible. With lives so tangled, they had no hope. This Happy Hour Inn series novel is a clean and wholesome HEA gay romance, and the 5th in the somewhat saucier series of Las Vegas novellas.

Seething glass furnaces, sizzling attraction, and sly sabotage bring suspense, camaraderie among men, and murder in this stand-alone contemporary industrial thriller. The vibrant, gritty Pittsburgh factory in "Flux" could launch Eli and Bo on a path to a lifelong relationship - or send the two men to the morgue. In matters of the heart, glass is not the only fragile material.In this high-tech adventure Olivette Devaux will leave you breathless and yearning for more!NOW AVAILABE ON AUDIO!

Aswang - the shape-shifting, vampiric entity known in the Philippines - devour human energy, killing newborns in their sleep. Our Aswang assumes any shape, from a coke bottle to a durian to the mailman. In this, he follows tradition.He won't, however, consume human energy. An immortal vegetarian of sorts.All energy is, after all, stardust and he finds his fuel in modest ways.Bets are off when our ethical and kind monster falls asleep and gets loaded onto a container ship.Can he befriend humans? How about their dog? His new and fascinating world offers new sources of sustenance. But taking from any source of energy, he soon learns, carries a price of its own. This stand-alone novella by Olivette Devaux was recognized with a Honorable Mention by the Writers of the Future Contest. Find more speculative fiction stories at www.mugenpress.com.

Bryan Clark, a geeky, cute professor in handsome glasses. Too bad things are tense between him and his MMA star brother Caleb. Being a good brother means rooting for Caleb to win - except for those times he wishes Caleb got a bit of his own medicine. Linguistically brilliant Arne Visser, a Dutch MMA rising star with a bit of African heritage and academic parents, just about gave up on getting a degree in programming. But maybe writing his own code is enough to break into a competitive market. Going back to school is hard in Europe, and he's aging out of a tough contact sport. A chance meeting, instant chemisty, and crazy international travel just might make Arne come out as bi for Bryan - but the nine-hour time zones between their home cities won't be erased with just a press conference. No hot men were maimed in this heart-warming, action-packed in the Affair #1 of the International Affairs series!

A fire elementalist. A wind whisperer. A love that can start a firestorm. Sig knows that a rogue fire elemental presents a danger. He needs to control his fire. Fast. Being in love with a wind-whisperer doesn't make it easy, even if their professional relationship is blooming. Both wind and fire need space, and a month-long trip to Las Vegas might save Pittsburgh from life and property damage. After all, Las Vegas has a desert, lots of empty space - what could go wrong? Both Sig and David focus on controlling their gifts. They're not prepared for Zack, a fire and wind acrobat, whose instructions lead to unexpected threesome loves. And whose secrets could lead them into disaster. DISCLAIMER: This fast-paced Book 7 of the Disorderly Elements series reads well as a stand-alone, and no hot men suffered permanent damage in this paranormal fantasy romance. The author assumes no responsibility for readers who attempt to fly.

Two MIT students, two martial arts clubs, two different backgrounds. The ex-Navy Asbjorn Lund, still grieving his karate teacher's death, resolves to teach his students how to fall. When he infiltrates the aikido club as a rank beginner, the Aikidoka Sean Gallaway throws him - and Asbjorn falls for Sean, body and heart and spirit. Sean has a lot to learn from the older and more experienced Asbjorn, from dirty street fighting to the beginning of something sweet and lasting. Except trouble finds Sean, the kind where he loses the battle and hopes to win the war. Brave and proud, Sean determines to finish the career of a sexual predator who victimized him. Sean won't be coddled.Asbjorn needs to protect. The two will find their happiness - unless they kill each other first. BREAKFALL is Book 1 of the Fall Trilogy, an action-packed gay romantic suspense story of retribution, revenge and recovery. And, of course, love.

When Benjamine Ardent Brett got stuck in a hotel elevator with a sweaty muscle-man, he fears his high school nightmares will come to life again. But no, it's just another independent contractor remodeling the hotel. And worse, he's one of fru-fru kinds who likes to preserve all the old things. One who disses his work.When a gorgeous man steps into Seth's elevator, he takes note. A bit young for him but gorgeous, with a self-possessed air that lets him pull off that wild pastel paisley under his suit. But he was newly out, in the middle of a divorce, and his therapist made him promise he'd be brave. Which was going well, until the lovely apparition turned out to be the designer working on the hotel's lower floors. A minimalist, responsible for all that eco-crap. Besides, starting something with an adversarial colleague was a terrible idea. Set in the world of the all-inclusive Happy Hour Inn, where the owner and bar-tender Sam Lake seems to bring people together while disappearing for mysterious periods of time. Some say it's to mixology tournaments. Others think he has a dark side. A light MM romance with a happy ending.

Either gifted or cursed, Paul can't touch anything electronic. Cell phones fry, breakers trip, a whole section of the electrical grid collapses on a bad day. But now, having moved to Pittsburgh with his twin to help Cooper and Ash, his "gift" threatens to unveil the special powers of them all. Russ teaches high-voltage techniques to line workers at a local vo-tech institute. He hides his mental illness of "seeing things" as best as he can - until Paul lands in his classroom. Paul, whose field glows the same as the strongest appliance. An irresistible young man who strives not for higher learning, but for control. Their mutual gifts mesh as though fated, their attraction sets off sparks. Book 3 of DISORDERLY ELEMENTS series can be read as a stand-alone. The author wraps the charged clash of technology and the paranormal in a heartwarming story of courage and fated romance where two men find their place in the world, as well as a safe haven for their heart.

Brent yearns to be just like his uncle Attila . Consummate horseman, great teacher, a worthy heir. Except his fathes has law school all planned out for him.When Rob Kowalski comes out and changes schools, his working class family supports the former football player who'd rather be a geek. Then the sweet and serious Brent crosses Rob's path. Friendship grows to their first love as Rob aids Brent in a time of stress and sorrow.A watchful friend. A couragous act.A determined heart. All those help Brent struggle through a time of darkness, leading him into the light of family love, supportive friends, and his own coming-out story.DISCLAIMER: No brilliant, angsty teenagers end up taking their life on account of being gay in this story. Because nobody should feel that coming out is a fate worse than death.

Chasten Frasier: naturalist, a YouTube influencer...and a closet nudist.Sharing his wood lore for a living, but harangued by his ex and ditched by his family, the woods are more than work for him. They're his only solace.And as for his private nature worship video? Nobody will see that. Like, ever. Gregor Ivansky: father-driven hockey player, a relationship virgin... and deeply in the closet. When a car accident pauses Gregor's hockey career, he seeks out nature to mend his soul and body. The hunt for mushrooms draws them together. Time spent in the woods brings them closer. He loves Chasten's public videos, and is trilled when his favorite YouTuber agrees to meet him in the flesh and be his mushroom-hunting guide. The hunt for mushrooms draws them together. Time spent in the woods brings them closer.But can their chance arrangement withstand work and family pressures? In the age-old war between love and duty, can Chasten and Gregor stand together as equals? FOREST HEAD is a stand-alone romance in the Heron Creek world. No toxic mushrooms were consumed while researching this book.

Jeff refuses to be Ammo anymore. Shave the anonymous protection of his beard, ditch that army nickname - Jeff's hope for peace comes almost true! Free of both alcohol and PTSD, his easy-going nature chafes at one thing only: lawyers. Jeff's friend invite a new guy onto his boat - an attractive and sweet Philip Bosette, Esq., a man still in mourning for his late husband. Worse, Philip is also his latest IT tech customer.In a comedy of errors where neither wants to burden the other yet yearns for his presence, Philip resorts to subterfuge. He wants to get on with life and schemes his IT-challenged best to make Jeff visit him again. The HAPPY HOUR world is set in Las Vegas, where the mysterious Sam Lake rules the bar, goes on unexplained trips, and takes orders from the mothership while Jeff and Phil's friends chime in with unwanted, well-meant opinions. DISCLAIMER: The guys never fail to amuse with stupid stunts as they strive for their inevitable Happily Ever After.

The tabloids called their love story "The Melting of the Ice Cream Prince." Sebastian Gillen loathed the headline. He loved Jesse, though, but that came after. When he, a rich scion of a Swiss industrial family, loaned his swim coach to a beginner struggling on the other side of the pool, he had no idea the act would lead to a love of a lifetime. Jesse, a formerly-homeless member of the Crow Nation, learned to swim only to complete the mandatory company triathlon. A favor demands a repayment, though, so he offered Sebastian to teach him how to ride a bicycle. Sizzling chemistry overcomes fraught personal histories, in-the-spotlight corporate drama, and cultural differences as the two grow closer through their triathlon training. This uncommon page-turner of a gay romantic suspense offers a peek into the sport of triathlon as training partners expand each other's horizons in their quest for a Happily Ever After. THIS 5- TITLE COLLECTION represents a re-edited and updated second edition of the Swim Bike Run trilogy (Treading Water, Hard Climb, Final Dash), plus two entirely new short stories from the Swim Bike Run world. Jesse, a formerly-homeless member of the Crow Nation, learned to swim only to complete the mandatory company triathlon. A favor demands a repayment, though, so he offered Sebastian to teach him how to ride a bicycle. Sizzling chemistry overcomes fraught personal histories, in-the-spotlight corporate drama, and cultural differences as the two grow closer through their triathlon training. This uncommon page-turner of a gay romantic suspense offers a peek into the sport of triathlon as training partners expand each other's horizons in their quest for a Happily Ever After. THIS 5- TITLE COLLECTION represents a re-edited and updated second edition of the Swim Bike Run trilogy (Treading Water, Hard Climb, Final Dash), plus two entirely new short stories from the Swim Bike Run world.

Earth, 3023. Planetary population: 2 billion eco-load limit.Over half a million souls toil for its welfare in the rest of the habitable solar system.The healing Earth depends on Sol 3.14, a man-made web-world circling the Sun on the opposite side of Earth's solar orbit."Soulpie," the granary of the solar system, desperately needs a new orbital booster. Without it, her rotation will slow, rivers won't flow, and harvest won't grow.Spare parts are hard to get. In a world run by corporation rife with corruption, anything's for sale. A world where the promise of a breeding permit for one's adult child can secure treasures untold.A world whose survival depends on Daviron's grad school team and their intrepid mission.And they'll do anything.Anything to prevent another Malthusian Event. This short story was recognized with a Honorable Mention by the Writers of the Future Contest and represents the first glimpse into one of our possible futures. Stay tuned for more at www.mugenpress.com.

Brad's first gig in Las Vegas as an escort includes dressing up in a sexy mailman uniform. Not what he expected as a shy, wholesome and a freshly-out gay from Nebraska, but a temporary gig beats starving while job hunting. Hunter's regulation mailman uniform has longer shorts Brad's. His shirt lets a bit of air through, and he doesn't wear lace-up platform boots like Brad. Running behind, he's shocked to find that his office sent him reinforcements - and that his bored colleagues tricked the new guy into wearing a go-go getup. Drinks at the Happy Hour Inn follow a hard day at work as Hunter, a tough Army vet, takes it upon himself to become Brad's guardian angel. But Brad pulls his weight at the most unexpected of times, showing Hunter a future he had never imagined. The HAPPY HOUR world is set in Las Vegas, where the mysterious Sam Lake rules the bar, goes on unexplained trips, and takes orders from the mothership. DISCLAIMER: The guys do stupid, funny things as they strive for their inevitable Happily Ever After.

Sig wants to fly so bad he'll try just about anything. Except his element is Fire - with only a bit of hot wind thrown in. But David, his lover and partner, can fly. And their friend Zack can separate his fire and air no problem. If they can do it, so can Sig - or die trying. A riveting, humorous tale of daredevil adventure in the desert near Las Vegas, where David gets protective, Sig soars like Ikarus, and where no dune buggies were maimed in the writing of this short Disorderly Elements story. Takes place after Book 4 ("Like a Phoenix") and in the quiet stolen moments of Book 7 ("Like a Dervish.")

Two hearts stung by love gone wrong. Two passionate hatreds of Valentine's Day. Ariel agrees to an unpopular business trip to London just to escape the office V-Day party. While there, he gets hopelessly lost while driving in the countryside. Photographer Wade shudders at the thought of V-day. No good would ever come of anything on a day thus accursed - except he runs into an adorable, adorably lost American who can't take his eyes off an ancient stone circle. And Wade can't take his eyes off Ariel.They confess their loathing of Valentine's Day to each other.That makes them safe from Cupid's arrow - or does it?