Kris Ripper

"There are three things you need to know about Preston "PK" Harrington the third: 1) He's a writer, toiling in obscurity as an editorial assistant at a New York City publishing house. 2) He is not a cliché. No, really. 3) He's been secretly in love with his best friend, Art, since they once drunkenly kissed in college. When Art moves in with PK following a bad breakup, PK hopes this will be the moment when Art finally sees him as more than a friend....

"Jack, who's always ready with a sly insult, who can't have a conversation without arguing, and who Oscar may or may not have hooked up with on a strict no-commitment, one-time-only basis...When Oscar is fired...he somehow ends up working for Jack...The house is an archaeological dig of love and dysfunction, and while Oscar thought he was prepared, he wasn't. It's impossible to delve so deeply into someone's past without coming to understand them...

What happens when the search for the perfect date goes perfectly wrong? Declan has commitment issues. He's been an office temp for literally years now, and his friends delight in telling people that he left his last boyfriend at the altar. And that's all true. But he's starting to think it's time to start working on his issues. Maybe. When Declan meets Sidney—a popular nonbinary YouTuber with an advice show—an opportunity presents itself: as part...

One moment, the future is wide open. In the next, everything goes dark. When Beccs loses a pregnancy, everything freezes. The past is irrelevant. The future has vanished. All she can do is go numb, even if it means she can't make any decisions about where to go from here, even if she can barely look at her best friend. Adam has no idea what to do. Is he supposed to pretend he isn't wrecked by the miscarriage? Because he is. Is he supposed to pretend...

The most damaging secrets are the ones you don't even realize you're keeping. Truman has been married for almost five years. He loves his husband, their boyfriend, his job, and his life. So how is it possible that he's been unfaithful? How did he let a harmless crush turn into…this? Hugh is shocked. Angry. Numb. He has no intention of getting divorced, but no idea how to fix his relationship. And Truman isn't the only one who's been less than...

Neil Bierker is a bit famous in New Halliday: he's the kid who jumped off the bypass when he was sixteen. At twenty-seven he's a third grade teacher who manages his depression through running, boxing, and one night a week with Clem Robbins. He can keep everything else in his life together, as long as for a few hours every week it all falls away. Clem wants more than one night a week. The way he sees it, if one night's good, wouldn't more be better?...

It's the holidays. Basically, everything is awful. As usual. It's been three years since Davey saw their ex-boyfriend Will. The thing is... Will's sort of the one who got away. And he's also, the one Davey calls when they're super depressed, and it's the holidays, and they just want a hug. What they get is an invitation to Will's boyfriends' beach house for New Year's. Yeah. Boyfriends. Plural. In ten days, Davey finds a kitten, wears a mermaid...

Henry Hofstadter doesn't date. When he needs to get laid, he drives out of town, does the deed, and goes home. Maybe ten years ago he'd have mocked a guy who preferred canine company to another man's, but these days his mutt Coco is his best friend and the highlight of his week is hanging out with his nephew. He doesn't believe in happy endings. And no fairy tale ever began Once upon a time, an arrogant jackass blew me in the storeroom of a lousy...

Cameron Rheingold is the kind of guy who takes a book to a bar. He's a loner by nature, but he has to engage with the community to keep his movie theater business afloat. When two young men stay after a Cary Grant film to chat, Cameron thinks he might have made some new friends-but their interest is more than friendly. Josh is charismatic, and every smile is a little bit seductive. Keith is sweet and kind, with a core of steel Cameron can sense even...

Will needs a beard. When the boyfriends finally decide to get married, they ask Will to be their best man. Makes sense in theory. But getting through the ceremony and the reception without accidentally forgetting himself and doing something not-very-best-man-like? Yeah, that might be a problem. Molly Evans is back in California for good, but instead of feeling settled, she's restless. She's trying to finish writing a book, trying to decide what...