"Roger Kean writes like the rest of us breathe... effortlessly." - Goodreads author Summer Michaels A heavy burden rides the shoulders of young Gregory Hilliard-to discover the fate of a father he never knew. Did the elder Hilliard die with Hicks Pasha's army at El Obeid in 1883 or, as his mother fervently hopes, did he somehow escape the massacre there by the fanatic Mahdist Dervishes? And then there is the puzzle of his real name. Is he who he thinks he is? Born and raised in Cairo, fluent in native languages, Gregory is pitched into the heat of war after his mother dies. The teenager makes his way by joining General Kitchener's Nile campaign to retake the Sudan from the Khalifa's Mahdist armies. In doing so Gregory hopes to find out what happened to his father. Two spies-Edward and Richard Rainbow-help in his quest, brothers with their own dark secret. But his greatest support comes from the Ja'alin Zaki, the love of his young life, his friend and soul-mate. In a world that refuses to recognize the right of young men to love and in an era that looks down on the "inferior" natives, Gregory faces his most difficult battle for personal happiness. Success will bring him and Zaki fulfilment but also unravel a tragic and at the same time life-enhancing mystery with its roots in far away England... and in the solving of it, one which might yet rip the two lovers apart. "Gregory's Story" is the companion to the Goodreads.com March 2013 M/M Romance and Queereaders Book of the Month choice "A Life Apart." While "Gregory's Story" stands alone as a novel, the events are greatly enriched by having first read "A Life Apart," which features Edward and Richard Rainbow, who appear as Gregory's companions, some 13 years on.

Love, jealousy, rejection, violence, goal-scoring, duct tape, and explosive devices... just a part of daily life at Stockborough Rovers Football Club. Billy Logan, star striker for the British Premiere League football club, has everything a young man could want-except a life. And then handsome Spanish top-club player Adriano Marquez is signed to Stockborough and Billy's life is turned upside down and every way around. It's love at first sight, and amazingly it turns out to be the same for Adriano. But given the nature of their profession, admitting to their love affair is not an option, until a spoiled contest winner forces the issue in a spectacular fashion and Billy has to save the day. But there is another lurking problem for the star-crossed lovers... Bitter Tommy Horton idolizes Billy and has been stalking him. Fantasies of sex with the footballer grow in strength until he's driven to declare his adoration but when he discovers Billy and Adriano's love affair, Tommy goes off the rails and hatches a plot to get his revenge on both men-and he's not planning a love pat... Oh hickory dickory dock, he's not

219BC-Carthage locks horns with Rome in a bloody war for survival... When Carthage's charismatic general Hannibal launches his army on a daring campaign across Spain to Gaul and over the Alps into Italy to bring predatory Rome to its knees, his cousin, noble-born teenager Malco is proud to take part in the glorious endeavor. From the heat of the Libyan desert to the passion of great love, Malco-the Thunderbolt-battles corrupt politics, bears, wolves, dread mountain passes, and the massed Celtic tribes who would bar Hannibal's path to victory. Through his eyes and the loves of his life-Giskon, hotheaded activist; Juba, Numidian warrior; and Trebon, dearest and eternal friend-this violent tale unfolds across the rich tapestry of history, of political intrigue, and brutal bloody war. Finally, the deadly political infighting at home destroys Malco's patriotic feelings, and he finds himself hating Carthage even more than his sworn enemy Rome. Malco is inexorably led to a moment of fateful choice that will determine the future course of his life, and that of those he loves. Publisher's note: This book contains some explicit gay sexual content.

1884-Deep in the Sudanese deserts a crazed religious fanatic spawns violent bloodshed. In Victorian England Edward and Richard are twins, with a blessed life, enjoying their elite private school for boys, and with prospects of army commissions ahead. But then a woman's greed tears them apart and destroys their comfortable world. Even though their love is forbidden, for Edward there is no other in his life but Richard, and for Richard a life without Edward is unbearable. Has fate determined that they must lead their lives apart? As members of the British force engaged in a doomed bid to save heroic Gordon of Khartoum, besieged by the frenzied armies of the Mahdi, Edward and Richard, cruelly separated by events, and ignorant of the other's presence, are thrown into their own desperate adventures as the conflict rages on around them... One an officer, the other a lowly cavalry trumpeter, both find Muslim allies willing to risk all to see them through... Two lovers far from each other in a hostile world of enervating heat, unforgiving sand, rocky wastes, but also burning passions-will the young men overcome the ordeal of a life apart to achieve their dream of a destiny together?