From his start as an owner in the World Hockey Association at the age of 28 ("slim and none" was a Boston sportswriter s assessment of Howard s chances when he was first awarded the New England Whalers franchise), to winning the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins and then on to Hollywood success, Howard Baldwin recounts his hugely entertaining life story. Baldwin has lived his life according to his belief that we should pursue our heart s desire. He never met a challenge he couldn t beat. From an entry level position in the ticket office of the Philadelphia Flyers to building his own...

Ritter Lehman is Miami's most successful orthopedic surgeon, but nobody wants to date him.
Joshua -- don't call him Josh -- fixes Ritter's Porsche, and Ritter appreciates his skill, but Ritter doesn't want to date a "wrench monkey," and Joshua doesn't want a man who looks down on him.

College roommates, secret desires, and a tropical island trip with a shared bed.
Raffy and Mook are unlikely opposites thrown together as Stanford roommates. Raffy's a nerd and Mook's a jock, Raffy's an introvert and Mook's an extrovert, but anyway, no matter what, they both know they're straight. As their friendship bonds grow, Raffy starts noticing the outline of Mook's thighs and his lean swimmer's body, but he knows not to endanger his relationship with his roommate.
A summer research trip to the South Pacific puts Raffy and Mook in close quarters, away from prying eyes. Mook is...

"I have to room with a freshman? "
Straight muscle jock David's girlfriend broke up with him and kicked him out of their apartment. He has to move in to the very last dorm room available at Stanford -- with his new roommate, Elias Chan, who at eighteen years old is already famous for founding a successful dating website. David takes pride in showing off his muscle-god body and his surfing skills to Elias, but he doesn't tell Elias that he was just dumped, nor that he desperately wants to make himself attracted to women.
"I can't stop looking at his body."
When David stretches...

"I'm not into football, but I still play. I'm not into guys, but..."
A hip injury gives Basil an excuse to stay off the football field, and also sends him into the hands of Lucien, a handsome physical therapist with amazing hands. Basil embarrasses himself with an unintended physical reaction on the therapist's table, but the more they get to talking, the more he genuinely likes the guy. They have a common interest in medicine and helping people, and Basil can get his famous football-player father to help Lucien on an ad project. But Basil hasn't told Lucien that he's never met...

"It's been twenty years."
Steve has no interest in his high school reunion, until he remembers the one person who mattered to him back then: Mr. P, his senior-year English teacher. High school was rough for Steve, but Mr. P's class was an oasis. Listening to Mr. P had sent Steve to pursue writing, and staring at Mr. P's gorgeous face every morning made Steve come to terms with being gay.
Twenty years after graduation, Steve is decidedly single in Key West, but he can't stop daydreaming about Mr. P -- and sneaking into his upcoming high school reunion is his chance to make daydreams...

"Nobody wants a has-been pop star."
After his hit song falls off the charts, Alex is left only with his laptop full of new song ideas and Murray, his pathological liar of a manager-boyfriend. Alex holes up in a cheap hotel to take a break from Murray's harangues and try to write music. The hotel's young part-time desk clerk seems to always be catching a glance of Alex.
"This guest looks really familiar."
Luke is only twenty, but he was a fan of "Flicky Hernandez," Alex's old stage name. Their friendship develops quickly, maybe too quickly, for two guys who tell each other that...

"The war keeps us together."
Toan is an American general's translator, and Minh is the general's driver. Toan spends long drives staring at Minh: he's never seen another Vietnamese guy with such a stylish haircut and chiseled face. That and Minh returns his interest, sometimes. Even if a polished, good-looking guy like Minh is way out of plain-faced Toan's reach.
"I wish I could be myself."
Minh has a secret. His father kicked him out of the house when he found him with another boy. And Minh has another secret: he's a communist agent, counting down the days until...