BLACKNBLUE TAVERN...WHERE DISCOVERIES HAPPEN Welcome to The BlackNBlue Tavern and the lives of the men that arrive there with a thirst. Everything's on tap including a can of Grow the Fuck Up When a former pro wrestler named Joe opens a bar catering to men who love manly combat, not even he could predict the arrival of the men that would soon become like a family to him. After meeting a man out of his past and taking an unexpected heart-punch, Joe and his partner leave the bar in the capable hands of Fist, a man known for being a rough street brawler but with a heart of gold. Standing up, CJ...

When this group of men met and discovered their differences as well as their commonalities, they realized that they had formed a sort of family like none other. Even though they all loved to fight and wrestle, they knew deep down that there was more to each of them than just the fights. Now that the threat of Matilda and Ed has come to an abrupt end with her untimely death, the men of the BlackNBlue Tavern settle down into their respective relationships and their connection with each other. Suddenly, however, they find themselves threatened once again only this time the threat is not only...

At last, the men of the BlackNBlue are about to see their dream of the new complex next door completed and ready for opening after weeks of hard work. When one of the city councilmen begins a campaign to stop them and shut down the progress they've made, an unlikely ally steps in from behind the scenes and provides the assistance that's needed to stop this new threat. Never ones to turn down any help, not even Fist or Dan could foresee that this new ally would turn out to be someone that they would come to know through one of their own. With their friend Mike, now the chief of police, the...

Webster's defines the term 'love' as "a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties or from sexual desire and attraction." As well, throughout history, love has come to mean many different things to many different people, but in the end, this strongest of emotions seems to find a way to win out over all adversity. What follows within is a series of short stories concerning love between two men set in different locales, times and situations in which love blossoms and grows in unexpected and surprising ways. That being said, the fourteen stories contained in this...