Jordan Friedman bought a depilated beach house in Haydon Cliff looking to fix it up for his future. A future he hopes includes new boyfriend, Lexy Wanderer. Lexy has all kinds of secrets, including what his real name is, but Jordan's willing to wait for the whole story. Working on his beach house during a storm, Jordan loses track of time on Valentine's Day when he and Lexy have dinner reservations at a fancy restaurant. When Lexy shows up with an impromptu Valentine's Dinner to be had at the beach house, it turns into the perfect evening to declare his heart.

For his birthday, Edward, Baron Rycliffe, and his wife, Katherine, plan a celebratory tournament of knights. Edward invites his friend and former lover, Sir Gregory, to attend, and the reunited pair is unable to resist the sensual pull they still feel for each other. What Edward doesn’t know is that Lady Katherine sent Gregory an invitation of her own. Though she’s content in her marriage, Katherine isn’t satisfied with mere contentment, and she intends to give her husband a special birthday present involving a knight of passion with her and the knight of his dreams.

Dave Johnson is closing up his bar in the early hours of the morning when he rescues a young Goth who identifies himself only as Kyle. When Dave realizes Kyle has nowhere to go, he offers to let the young man stay at his place. Kyle is sexy and surrounded by mystery, and rather tight-lipped about it all. But he soon worms his way into Dave's life and heart. Yet dark secrets have a way of coming out at the most inopportune times, and Kyle's past life may catch up to the men sooner than either of them expected.

Edgar Lopez and Scott O'Hara from Shawn Lane's best-selling story Unobtainable are back! The duo are long time partners in the Haydon Cliff Police Department's homicide division. And romantic partners as well. But now, even though they know it will split them up in the department, they want to take their relationship to the next level ... marriage. Planning a wedding ends up being more complicated and costly then Edgar imagined, until his mother proposes the perfect solution, her backyard. With Scott on board with the wedding plans and the honeymoon cruise, it's only a matter of time before the now former partners are Lawfully Wed.

Recently divorced from his Hollywood screenwriter husband, Nick Holly returns at Christmas to the home of his childhood in Vermont to start a new life in his familiar hometown. Almost immediately he runs into his best friend and crush from high school, Jolly Whitaker, who is also recently divorced and as sexy as he ever was. With Nick’s mom encouraging him to see if there is anything still between him and Jolly, Nick embarks on a holiday of discovery and the knowledge that coming home to Vermont is more welcome than he believed. Perhaps this Christmas it really will be a Holly Jolly Christmas.

It’s the start of October in Haydon Cliff, and Harker “Harry” Bellencourt is preparing for a quiet evening at his new home on Eerie Lane, mysterious next door neighbor notwithstanding, when his sort of ex-boyfriend, Abraham “Kel” Kelsing appears asking for another chance. As an unusual thunder storm rages outside, Harry finds himself giving into Kel’s persuasive charms. But then he’s forced to break off his bourgeoning relationship with Luke Seward that very night when Luke appears at his door, and later Harry is convinced he heard Luke scream. When Harry learns Luke is seeing the neighbor next door, he becomes more concerned, as Luke seems to be acting strangely, and then Harry witnesses his neighbor possibly committing a crime, he begins to expect the impossible ... his neighbor might be a vampire.

Jason never had the greatest relationship with his mother in a family of seven children, but he always counted on her acceptance of his sexuality. Which he received, if rather coldly. Years passed between them never quite mending the rift between them. After his mother’s death, Jason contemplates their relationship on a plane to Connecticut with his husband Manny. What does her gift to them mean for their future?

Sutter’s Bay’s newest dentist, Dane Cloverfield, is surprised to be approached by his two married friends, Urie and Ben Upton. They’d like him to join with them in a polyamorous relationship. Dane’s cautious, though, because he’s been in a sort of relationship with Urie before and got burned. Plus, with Urie and Ben being married, he’s afraid he’ll always be on the outside looking in. But Ben and Urie love Dane and are happy to welcome him into their lives. Now they simply have to convince Dane.

Back in high school, Damian Lamonte had a crush on fellow student Arthur Kindly that never went anywhere. He hadn’t known then that Arthur was bisexual. Years later Damian, now a paramedic, is called to the office of Arthur’s father during a medical emergency. Soon, Arthur is asking Damian out, setting them on a course for the romance Damian never dreamed of when he was younger. But just as things are getting serious, Arthur’s interfering family might make Damian change his mind about how serious he can be. Or will he, in the end, be Kindly His?

Cade Lamonte has a rather unconventional relationship with homicide detective Sidney Connor, meaning it’s on and off, mostly off recently. They usually get together just for sex. When Sidney suddenly contacts Cade after a two-month off period, it seems as though Sidney wants to change the parameters of their relationship. He’s looking to make his relationship with Cade much more on. Cade has been in love with Sidney for a while, so he’s onboard with the change. And it soon becomes obvious to Cade the hunky detective might be looking to for even more permanence. Could Sidney possibly want to make Cade Legally His?

Noel Bright has been seeing Wes Rivers since February and, as the holidays approach, Wes wants to ask Noel a question. Though a same-sex relationship has been a new experience for the gruff police captain, Noel thinks -- with encouragement from his sister -- Wes is ready to take the next step in their relationship. Wes has plans to go to Maine for Christmas to see his family and Noel anticipates he will be invited along, but when Wes asks him to pet sit instead, and admits his family knows nothing about their relationship, Noel begins to rethink how serious Wes is about him. When Wes’s plans change and he stays home after all, Noel does his best to make both of their spirits bright for Christmas.

Noel Bright and Wes Rivers have hit a snag in their relationship. They aren’t communicating the way they should be, and as the trip to visit Wes’ family in Maine nears, Noel feels only dread. The rainy weather in Haydon Cliff matches Noel’s current outlook, and he feels it’s up to Wes to right things between them, with a little pep talk from Noel’s sister, though, maybe he and Wes can work it out together and not fall victim to rainy days and Mondays.

College freshman Shayne Ralston never expected to meet the man of his dreams on his first day of school, but star quarterback Desmond Stratton is a force to be reckoned with. Soon he slips past Shayne’s reluctance and romances the shy history major. Des has a decision to make about his future. His family has been pushing him toward a professional football career for years, but Des also has dreams of being a doctor. As his feelings for Shayne grow, Des's decision becomes more important than ever. Shayne is openly gay, and Des needs to remain in the closet if he wants a football career. Staying in the closet, however, could lose him the man he's fallen in love with.

Bart Smith, struggles with the day to day life of trying to keep his minor sister out of the range of their abusive father. He dreams of getting them both away once she turns eighteen. He doesn’t think any guy would have an interest in someone like him, but he does have a thing for athletes. The one time he gave into that attraction, however, turned out to be a complete disaster. Now he’s leery of all guys, especially gorgeous junior, Evan Caruthers. Sweet, sexy Bart is just Evan’s type, though it takes a bit of doing to convince the hot little redhead that his interest in genuine. Eventually Evan's patience pays off, and Bart lets down his guard, believing he's ready to take a chance on a relationship with Evan. But as Bart's home life goes from bad to worse, Bart and Evan may lose that chance for good.

After an automobile accident renders Trevor Wainwright temporarily immobile with a broken leg, his sister comes to stay with him for the next few weeks of autumn. On Halloween night, while Trevor is working in his office, he is surprised by a visit from his very recent ex-lover, Jonah Baker. Back in September, Jonah broke things off between them. Now he arrives with a pumpkin scone as a treat not a trick for Trevor and Trevor can’t help but wonder what Jonah really wants.