Can a cowboy’s firm hand help discipline this feisty figure skater—on and off the ice? Matty Marcus fears he doesn’t have what it takes to achieve his Olympic dream. His self-esteem is at an all-time low after figure skating coaches and skating judges have told him he’s not skinny enough, good enough, or masculine enough to win.Matty wishes he could afford the kind of coach he needs, a top-notch one who specializes in keeping their skaters focused. But those coaches are ridiculously expensive, and Matty is financially strapped.Until a lucrative house-sitting gig brings him to rural Montana. And to Rob. No one has ever looked at Matty the way rural cowboy Rob Lovely looks at him. No one has ever touched him, loved him, and healed him from the inside out. No one has ever made him feel so valuable and adored. Worthy. Strong. No one has ever taught Matty how to fly. Or how to lose.Rob might be a cowboy and a single dad who knows nothing about figure skating, but after only a few months, he’s trained a new kind of bravery into Matty’s soul. But to achieve his Olympic dream, Matty will have to face the ultimate test. Has he truly learned what it means to win—on and off the ice—during his training season?Training Season is a MM romance with a feisty, flamboyant figure skater and an easy-going dominant cowboy, opposites attract, hurt-comfort, single dad, winter holiday highlights, love beyond reason, multiple steamy scenes, and a well-earned happy ending. This book contains some BDSM elements.

Training Season (Training Season Series)

Literature & Fiction

Blake, Leta

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Growing up gay isn’t easy. Growing up gay in Knoxville, Tennessee is even harder. Eighteen-year-old Peter Mandel, a private school senior—class of 1990—is passionate about photography. Peter doesn’t have many friends, preferring to shoot pictures from behind the scenes to keep his homosexuality secret.Enter Adam Algedi, a charming, worldly new guy who doesn't do labels, but does want to do Peter. Hardly able to believe gorgeous Adam would want geeky, skinny him of all people, Peter's swept away on a journey of first love and sexual discovery. But as their mutual web of lies spins tighter and tighter, can Peter find the confidence he needs to make the right choices? And will his crush on Daniel, a college acquaintance, open a new path?Join Peter in the first of this four-part coming of age series as he struggles to love and be loved, and grow into a gay man worthy of his own respect. This new series by Leta Blake is gay fiction with romantic elements.Book 1 of 4.

Pictures of You ('90s Coming of Age)

Follow Peter into the summer following his senior year to face new beginnings, new friends, and old baggage.After a tumultuous final year of high school, Peter Mandel needs a break. It's the summer of 1991, and his secret relationship with his 'best friend' Adam Algedi is put on hold as Adam goes away to Italy for the summer. On the cusp of adulthood, Peter has a couple of months to explore who he is without Adam at his side.Enter Daniel McPeak, a slightly older, out, responsible college guy with a posse of gay friends and an attraction for Peter. Drawn into the brave new world of the local gay club, Peter embarks on a whirlwind of experiences-good and bad-which culminate in a hotel room where he has to make the ultimate choice.But Adam will come back eventually, and there are promises that have to be kept. As autumn draws near and college awaits, can Peter break free of the binds of twisted first love? And what exactly is Daniel's role in his life - a brief temptation, or something more?Join Peter in the second book of this four-part coming of age series as he struggles to love and be loved, and grow into a gay man worthy of his own respect.

You Are Not Me ('90s Coming of Age)

A lustful young alpha meets his match in an older omega with a past. Professor Vale Aman has crafted a good life for himself. An unbonded omega in his mid-thirties, he's long since given up hope that he'll meet a compatible alpha, let alone his destined mate. He's fulfilled by his career, his poetry, his cat, and his friends. When Jason Sabel, a much younger alpha, imprints on Vale in a shocking and public way, longings are ignited that can't be ignored. Fighting their strong sexual urges, Jason and Vale must agree to contract with each other before they can consummate their passion. But for Vale, being with Jason means giving up his independence and placing his future in the hands of an untested alpha--as well as facing the scars of his own tumultuous past. He isn't sure it's worth it. But Jason isn't giving up his destined mate without a fight. This is a stand alone gay romance novel, 118,000 words, with a strong HFN ending, as well as a well-crafted, non-shifter omegaverse, with alphas, betas, omegas, male pregnancy, heat, and knotting. Content warning for pregnancy loss and aftermath.

Slow Heat

Romance

Paranormal

Heat can be sold but love is earned. In a world where heats are sold for profit, Adrien is a university student in need of funding. With no family to fall back on, he reluctantly allows the university's matcher to offer his first heat for auction online. Anxious, but aware this is the reality of life for his kind, Adrien hopes whoever wins will be good to him. Heath-a wealthy, older man-buys Adrien's heat with an ulterior motive. When their undeniable passion shocks him, Heath begins to fall for the young man. Adrien doesn't know what to make of the mysterious stranger he's spending his first heat with, but he's soon swept away and surrenders to Heath entirely. Later, Heath secrets him away to his immense and secluded home where Heath grows to love Adrien. Unaware of Heath's history, Adrien begins to fall as well. As their love blossoms, the shadows of the past loom. Can Heath keep his new love once Adrien discovers his secrets? Heat for Sale is a stand-alone m/m erotic romance by Leta Blake. Infused with a du Maurier Rebecca-style secret, it features a well-realized fictional universe, an age-gap, and scorching hot scenes. &#65279;Originally published under the same title through Leta Blake's former pen name Blake Moreno.

Heat for Sale

Erotica

Booknibbles

Bullied and outcast, Ezer has seen firsthand the cruelties of the world. He knows what’s expected from his kind—timid compliance and submission to his “betters.” But Ezer isn’t one to roll over and conform to the role society has forced upon him. 
Despite his defiant nature, Ezer is coerced into partnering with a man of his father’s choosing. One his father promises will love and care for him for the rest of his life. 
A night of nameless and faceless passion later, Ezer is horrified to find himself bound to Ned, a bully who has done so much to make his life hell. Ezer’s determined to hate Ned but he can’t help the way his body craves his touch. 
Ned is young, privileged, and hopelessly in love with Ezer. Too bad his pack of so-called “friends” have targeted Ezer for torment. Ned has a lot of regrets, but none greater than his role in Ezer’s misery. When Ned’s offered the contract of a lifetime, he sees it as the only way forward with the man he loves. 
The dual biological drives of heat and its aftermath might be all that’s keeping them close now, but Ned is determined to prove he’s worthy of Ezer’s love. 
While Ezer is just as determined not to fall for his bully. 
Bully for Sale is a standalone m/m romance set in the Heat for Sale universe featuring forced proximity, first times, bully romance, opposites attract, and enemies to lovers. Content warnings will be available at start of book, visible via the Look Inside and sample.

Bully for Sale (Heat for Sale)

Frosty former friends get a second chance in this Christmas gay romance!\nCan true love warm his frozen heart?\nWhen Casey Stevens went away to college four years ago, he ghosted on his best friend, Joel Vreeland. He hoped time and distance would lessen the unrequited affection he felt, but all it did was make him miss Joel more. Home for the holidays, Casey hopes they might find a way to be friends again. But Joel’s frosty reception reminds Casey of just how hard he had to fight to be Joel’s friend in the first place. It’s going to take a Christmas miracle to get past that cool façade again.\nJoel's years of pining for Casey have left him hurting and alone, caring for his abusive father and struggling to get by. Unable to trust anyone except his rescue dog his icy heart might shatter before it can thaw.\nCan Casey and Joel’s love overcome mistrust, parental rejection, class differences, and four long years apart?

Mr. Frosty Pants (Mr. Christmas)

A cute teacher gets a spanking this Christmas. How hot can it get being on his former student's Naughty List? Is Aaron allowed to want a hot holiday fling with his young former student? Even more forbidden, is he allowed to want this student to spank him? It's another Christmas, and Aaron is still in the closet as a gay man and a natural submissive. With one youthful indiscretion blacking his ethics record, he can't afford to indulge his desires no matter how pent up and needy that leaves him.Until his former student comes home for the holidays. Dominant and charming, RJ knows what Aaron needs-intense, steamy encounters and a firm hand. As Christmas nears, RJ helps Aaron unlock his true self. But family and fallout await, and all good things must end. Or can their hot holiday affair turn them into lasting lovers?

Mr. Naughty List (Mr. Christmas)

Mr. Jingle Bells (Mr. Christmas)

Holidays

Forbidden love conquers all. Sian Maxima, the heir to a great lineage, yearns to marry his childhood sweetheart, Avila Rossi. But their love is outlawed. After a secret, desperate tryst is discovered, Avila alone will be punished for their transgressions. Only Sian can save him. White Heat is a standalone prequel to Leta Blake's Heat of Love universe.

White Heat: a Heat of Love novella

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

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