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This collection of essays deals with the situated management of risk in a wide variety of organizational settings. The emphasis in these contributions is upon the variety of ways in which organizational actors, in combination with a range of material technologies and artifacts, such as safety reporting systems, risk maps, and key risk indicators, accomplish and make sense of the normal work of managing risk - riskwork.

When two boys meet the first day of their high school senior year they navigate the obstacle course of gay romance, exams, parental expectations and peer acceptance. Helping each other overcome multiple challenges, they make it to graduation, but soon after they part ways. Decades later mutual need brings them together again. One needs the other to save his career. And one needs the other to save his life.

Colin is smart, unassuming, likable, and dreams of becoming an Air Force pilot. Tony is an athletic, popular, gorgeous, fraternity boy, and the adopted son of extremely wealthy parents. When they meet in college in 1973, they become instant lovers. Colin will lose his chance to fly and Tony will lose his inheritance if anyone suspects they are gay, so they conceal the true nature of their relationship as students. They lose touch after graduation, but their paths cross frequently over the next four decades. As they each become professionally and financially successful, they survive a series...

We know what causes aging and how to slow it. Recent experiments prove aging can be reversed with a combination of existing drugs and additives. Once an anti-aging cocktail is approved for sale, will everyone want to turn their body clocks back? How far back will they choose to go? Will it be available to everyone? How much will it cost? When Brock and Adrian find each other after turning their biological clocks back several decades, they discover growing young again has both thrills and challenges.

Palm Springs. Turbine windmill farms. More golf courses per square mile than any American city. Winter playground for politicians, athletes, artists, actors, and other celebrities. Can the son of Arizona ranchers and a Florida State art major find love and happiness flipping homes in the gayest city in America? Will old bones, toxic waste, or a rising young star derail their romance? As they pursue their dreams, Payt and Trip discover life is what happens while they’re busy making other plans. Their most important discovery is they have flipping skills beyond real estate.

When Quinn takes on a new Incline Village landscaping client high above Lake Tahoe he has no idea how dramatically his life will change. Hired to transform a huge tract of bare land into a masterpiece, Quinn and his crew toil for months to finish the job. After working hard all week, Quinn bonds with his wealthy older client over dinner each Friday night. Turning obscure patents into cash cows, Reese looks forward to the Friday dinners with his landscaper. With extremely different lifestyles, Quinn and Reese find enough common ground to begin dating. Age and income differences disappear ...

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After selling his health and wellness apps to a tech giant, Ridley looks for homes in both cool and warm climates. He hopes to meet a man without toxic baggage, but one disappointing experience after another leaves him skeptical. Fairly quickly he meets a sexy realtor, a Somali personal shopper, a Thai-Latino erotic dancer, and a diminutive community college teacher. All are adorable with a variety of baggage. As Ridley gets to know them, it’s obvious only one has the right kind of baggage.

When an innocent flirtation leads to steam room sex in a Phoenix gym, Kelly and Logan begin a journey neither intended. Kelly is a med student with movie star good looks who believes committed relationships are for losers. Logan is a former hedge fund manager seeking a new direction in life. A warning note on a car windshield is the first clue something is wrong. Graffiti and dead animals follow as the harassment escalates. Logan and Kelly are determined to unmask their stalker as the bond between them grows stronger. As friends, family, and former lovers are drawn into the stalker’s web,...

When he receives an invitation to work for a former professor, Reeve eagerly accepts, even though it means moving to a new city. Anxious to connect with the local queer community, Reeve attends Sunday service at the only LGBTQ church in town. A young man welcomes Reeve at the door, ushering him to a seat in the back. Minutes later, Reeve asks where the restroom is and the young man leads him up to a restroom next to the empty choir loft. As Reeve empties his bladder, they hear gunfire and screams from the congregation below. Surviving the brutal attack, Reeve and Dylan quickly bond as they ...

A deathbed promise sends Craig Nolan from Seattle to Kuala Lumpur to find his best friend’s son and deliver two gifts. Described by outsiders as a small Asian country on steroids, Malaysia has many surprises for Craig: a huge casino in a country that forbids gambling, poisonous fish, terrorist gangs, and the love of his life. His first night in KL, a pickpocket steals Craig’s wallet in a gay bar, but an attractive young Malay intervenes, returning Craig’s valuables. When Craig accepts Wuji’s offer to help find his friend’s son, the search takes them to an exotic resort island, ...

A casual Palm Springs pool party chat leads to a whirlwind May-December romance. Mature, best-selling author Reid Hamilton is easily seduced by mixed race Tyler Covington. Even though Reid is wealthy, he’s convinced Ty is not after his money since Ty owns a successful restaurant. When Ty is approached by an investor group to franchise his elegant restaurant in China, Reid is supportive, but skeptical. Something goes terribly wrong during Ty’s first trip to China, and Reid is forced to examine many of his beliefs and choices in this interracial, intergenerational, international gay romance.

When his mother enters an assisted living facility, Chase Nolan returns to his Iowa hometown to oversee her care. Chase quickly discovers he can’t trust his mother’s caregivers. As he seeks justice for the physical abuse his mother suffered, Chase creates a new family of choice to care for her. A chance meeting with a high school classmate reveals a mutual attraction. As Chase falls in love with Mike, he pursues his legal claim against River Oaks, and it becomes clear something is seriously wrong at the facility he trusted to care for his mother.

Eric Price. Gay. Recovering alcoholic. Attractively packaged. Loyal. Extremely driven. Secretive. Former military officer who rises quickly to one of the top jobs in Corporate America. The reason for Eric’s obsession with power gradually becomes clear as he creates the most unique organization in the world. More than a coming-of-age romance, this story examines how luck, split-second decisions, and sheer willpower determine the trajectory of a person’s life. As Eric discovers a higher purpose, he also finds the two things he has sought his entire adult life.

Bali, crown jewel of Indonesia..................... • Island of the Gods; land of a thousand temples • Peaceful Hindu enclave in world’s largest Muslim nation • Popular gay vacation spot • Very affordable beachside hotel rooms • Endless white sandy beaches & clear blue-green water • Designer label shopping at bargain basement prices • Millions of tourists spending billions of dollars each year Trouble in paradise? When Greg Simmons discovers his favorite uncle in LA never returned from Bali, he crosses the Pacific to find him. Greg launches his own investigation with the ...

At age 15, Nolan loses both parents, so he lives with an aunt. Receives a full university scholarship all the way through law school. Becomes Dallas County Attorney at age 30. Charming. Attractive. Successful. Openly gay with a career-ending secret. When Nolan’s relationship with a living legend falls apart, he seeks out Reid, a former lover. To regain Reid’s trust, Nolan shares a secret which could send him to prison. In a world with climate change deniers, cyber-criminals, sexual predators, and mass murderers, Nolan and Reid discover another pervasive behavior which just might save ...

Before beginning his winter home search in Palm Springs, aspiring snowbird Griffin visits a piano bar on Open Mic Night. Expecting nothing more than amateur entertainment, Griffin meets an attractive young singer and they spend the night together. Lucas reveals singing show tunes is just a distraction while he completes his doctorate, the first of many surprises. Quakes, litigious neighbors, a Malibu beach house, and a sick ex-lover bring Griffin and Lucas closer. Initially reluctant to make a long-term commitment, Griffin discovers compelling reasons to change his mind.

He came into their lives for a reason. Smart, lovable, handsome, talented. He gave them what no one else could. One found a reason to live. One found the means to live. One found a different way to live. He taught them to believe anything is possible. Then he left them. Contemporary gay romance. Four gay men become extremely successful business partners and more. A practical dreamer, a noble romantic, a controlling slut, and a prettyboy resolve progressively more difficult crises until a tragedy means painful choices. Two risk their lives so another might live.

Caught in a mid-life crisis, Hart flees his comfortable Chicago life seeking something better. His first stop is Prague in the Czech Republic. From a rooftop restaurant, Hart realizes he arrived in the City of a Hundred Spires without a plan. He strikes up a conversation with another hotel guest and Jaro quickly offers to be Hart’s tour guide. Only intending to stay in Prague two weeks, Hart’s young tour guide gives him a compelling reason to stay much longer. As the relationship between Hart and Jaro deepens, the empty spaces in their lives disappear. Will Jaro’s influential family, ...

This novel is a sequel, continuing the story which began in Choices And Promises. Five years after a tragic incident left Alan with a heart and liver transplant, his heart fails and he needs another transplant. After visiting Alan at the hospital, Rob drives back to his hotel. Distracted and worried, Rob misses his exit, loses control of his car, wakes in a cornfield, unable to remember who he is. While Alan fights for his life, Rob fights to regain his identity as he helps a small town fight for survival. Selfless choices cost lives in this contemporary gay romantic adventure.