Thirty-nine year old CC is living the urban dream: a high-powered job in advertising, a beautiful flat, and a wild bunch of gay friends to spend the weekends with. And yet she feels like the Titanic - slowly, inexorably, and against all expectation, sinking. The truth is, CC would rather be digging turnips on a remote farm than convincing the masses to buy a life-changing pair of double-zippered jeans - rather be snuggling at home with the Missing Boyfriend than playing star fag-hag in London's latest coke-spots. But sightings of men without weird fetishes or secret wives are rarer than an original metaphor, and CC fears that pursuing the Good Life alone will just leave her feeling even more isolated. Could her best friend's pop-psychology be right? Are the horrors of CC's past preventing her from moving on? And if CC finally does confront her demons, will she find the Missing Boyfriend? Or is it already too late?

The Case Of The Missing Boyfriend

Romance

Nick Alexander

Contemporary

BIGfib Books

Bloody Brilliant - JULIE BURCHILL Glitteringly epigrammatic, it's a glam-rock Naked Civil Servant in court shoes. But funnier. And tougher - MARK SIMPSON Pistol sharp, loaded with witty one-liners and peppered with Maker's scatter gun observations on life, music, and the meaning of good hair - PAUL BURSTON Autofellatio is the memoir of singer, lyricist, writer and occasional actor James Maker. It begins with his teenage years in punk-era London, moving through the counter-cultural 1980s with an account of the indie group Raymonde and his association with pop artist, Morrissey. Visiting the adventures of rock group RPLA, the filming of "Middleton's Changeling", and the party years of the 1990s, it closes with his relocation to, and observations on, life in Spain.

Autofellatio

Biographies & Memoirs

Maker, James

Arts & Literature

From Nick Alexander, the author of the No 1 ebook hits,  The Photographer's Wife, The Half-Life of Hannah  and The French House.    Alice has been lying to herself for years, holding fast to the belief that the needs of her family far outweigh her own.   But her outwardly successful marriage hides dark secrets, and for much of her life, the children were the only reason she stuck around.   These days, though her successful banker son lives nearby, his young wife seems to do everything she can to keep  Alice at bay. As for Alice's other son, he has always been something of a stranger and has been traveling for so long that Alice isn't even sure what continent he is on anymore.   Alice can't help but wonder if the effort she expends  presenting a united front to the outside world is actually helping anyone and what would happen if she suddenly stopped pretending.   Could life, like the novels she devours, hold surprises in its closing chapters?    And if she did shake everything up by admitting the truth about her marriage, would anyone be on her side? Has the time finally come for Alice to put her own needs first?   For the first time in years, her heart is racing.  Can Alice really change her life?  Dare she even imagine such a thing?

The Other Son

Literature & Fiction

Alexander, Nick

"From the author of the The French House, The Photographer's Wife and The Other Son, Nick Alexander’s new novel is an epic tale of the secrets we hide from each other, the things we never say."
“One day, we’ll be dead, and we still won’t have known each other. Not properly. Because no one ever does.”
When Catherine learns that she is dying, she remembers the words her husband once jokingly uttered and decides to leave him the ultimate, posthumous gift: a time capsule containing photographs of their life together along with tape recordings in which she recounts every secret she ever kept, every unspoken thought whether loving or treacherous; the things they never said.
Catherine’s recordings shake up many of Sean’s beliefs, sometimes enraging him and other times soothing with memories of the many joys that make up a life together. 
But even as the tapes provide an emotional roller coaster of surprises, Sean prays that they’ll confirm the one thing he always secretly believed but never dared say out loud: that destiny exists; that their life together was not the result of mere chance.

Things We Never Said: An unputdownable story of love, loss, and hope

Mark is looking for love in all the wrong places. He always ignores the warning signs preferring to dream, time and again, that he has finally met the perfect lover until, one day, he really does! Through fifty adventures, Nick Alexander takes us on a tour of modern gay society: bars, night-clubs, blind dates, Internet dating! It's all here. Funny and moving by turn, 50 Reasons to Say "Goodbye", is ultimately a series of candidly vivid snapshots and a poignant exploration of that long winding road; the universal search for love. "A wonderful read - honest, moving, witty and really rather wise." - Time Out "Obstinately optimistic, balances passion with wit, whimsy and wisdom." - Book Marks "Will reset the boundaries for gay literature." - reFRESH Magazine "Truthful, moving, witty, optimistic..." - Gay Times "Gay literature at its most original and finest."- Axm Magazine Paperback: 156 Pages

50 Reasons to Say Goodbye

Following the loss of his partner in a car crash, Mark tries to pick up the pieces and build a new life for himself in gay friendly Brighton. Haunted by the death of his lover and a fading sense of self, Mark struggles to put the past behind him.

Sottopassaggio - A Novel

Literary

On holiday with new boyfriend Tom, Mark - the hero from the best-selling novels, 50 Reasons to Say Goodbye and Sottopassaggio - heads off to rural Italy for a spot of camping. When the ruggedly seductive Dante invites them onto his farmland the lovers think they have struck lucky, but there is more to Dante than meets the eye - much more. Thoroughly bewitched, Tom, all innocence, appears blind to Dante's dark side... Racked with suspicion, it is Mark who notices as their holiday starts to spin slowly but very surely out of control - and it is Mark, alone, who can maybe save the day... 
 Good Thing Bad Thing is a story of choices; an exploration of the relationship between understanding and forgiveness, and an investigation of the fact that life is rarely quite as bad - or as good - as it seems. Above all Good Thing Bad Thing is another cracking adventure for gay everyman Mark.

Good Thing Bad Thing

Adam is a delightful sixteen-year-old who does well in school and spends his spare time practising the cello. Or that's what his parents think. But there is another side to him, which comes to the fore when he falls for a labourer called Sylvain and realises that friendships have the potential to be more than platonic. The results are explosive in this passionate story of illicit romance and teenage angst over one long, hot summer in the French countryside.

Adam

McDonald, Anthony

The fourth volume in the bestselling 50 Reasons series finds Mark about to embark on the project of a lifetime: the purchase of a hilltop gite in a remote French village with partner Tom. But with shady dealings making the purchase unexpectedly complex, Mark begins to wonder not only if this is the right project but also whether Tom is the right man. Better Than Easy combines a tense tale of betrayal with a warming exploration of the mix of courage and naivety required to choose both love and happiness.

Better Than Easy

At 22, Adam learns that he has come into some property: a vineyard in southern France. Leaving old loves and friends behind, he moves there, only to find himself somewhat isolated. Stephane, Adam's sexy new neighbour, comes to his rescue and is soon giving Adam much more than advice on managing his vineyard. When Adam's teenage lover reappears on the scene, Adam must decide exactly what - and who - he really wants.

Blue Sky Adam

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