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Novelettes & Stories
A Clumsy Handful of Stars
Less Is More
Christmas Shorts
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Novelettes & Stories
A Clumsy Handful of Stars
Less Is More
Christmas Shorts
Bright and Burning
by Yolande Kleinn
M/M, Contemporary Romance, Explicit
[Coming Sept. 18, 2025 / 7,800 Words]
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When a mysterious noise rouses Jeremy in the middle of the night, it isn't a jump scare; it's just his husband, home ahead of schedule from a business trip. Evan is obviously trying not to wake him, but Jeremy is too delighted to go back to sleep. And when a lazy cuddle escalates into a whole different flavor of intimacy, Jeremy is more than up for to the challenge.
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A Blissful Distraction
by Yolande Kleinn
M/M, Contemporary Romance, Explicit
[Coming July 17, 2025 / 6,000 Words]
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When Owen needs a little distance from a crowded wedding reception, what better way to escape than following a meandering path through a cheerful forest? Even better, his not-quite-boyfriend has joined him without complaint. Now, alone with Gail at last, Owen is ready to find more intimate distractions to share.
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Once Upon a Dragon
by Yolande Kleinn
NB/M, Contemporary Fantasy, Romance
[35 Pages / 8,600 Words]
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The day Mo Dillavou comes home to a dragon nesting in their apartment is as confusing as it is magical. Dragons don't exist. Even if dragons do exist, surely they're not supposed to be this small. Or this cuddly. Or this unreasonably cute.
When Mo's neighbor, Tanner Linn, comes looking for his pet 'lizard,' Mo is intrigued: by the prospect of keeping a creature of myth as a pet; by the puzzle of how the dragon snuck into Mo's apartment in the first place; and most of all by Tanner himself, the gorgeous recluse next door.
If keeping Tanner's secret means getting tangled in his life, then sign Mo right up.
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Just a Taste
by Yolande Kleinn
Queer Contemporary Flash Fiction
[102 Pages / 23,500 Words]
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From cuddly to explicit, romantic to platonic, unrequited to hopeful, silly to serious: enjoy twenty-five contemporary snapshots of queer love, each at one thousand words or fewer.
Collection includes:
Nearly Home—Compromise—An Icy Rain—Stubborn Care—Losing Sleep—In the Crowd—Frantic Heat—Longer Distance—Musical Notes—Sleeping In—At the Beach—A Messy Question—Rooftop Interlude—On a Mission—Midnight—An Intimate Morning—Something Green—Smitten—A Kiss to Start—A Terrible Idea—The Easiest Thing—Simple Equations—In the Library—Discordant Details
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Bring You Home
by Yolande Kleinn
F/F, Contemporary Fantasy, Romance
[19 Pages / 4,000 Words]
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When Karna completes her degree in magical studies, she's disappointed her girlfriend can't make it to the graduation ceremony.
Karna doesn't blame Celeste. It's always been a challenge, balancing grad school ambitions, a high pressure corporate job, and a long-distance relationship between them. Still, Karna misses Celeste so intensely that she's halfway convinced she can feel her through the magical tether connecting them.
But that's impossible. Celeste is busy in New York. She can't be here in Minnesota, just within reach. Can she?
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A Scandalous Position
by Yolande Kleinn
M/M, Historical Romance, Friends-to-Lovers
[37 Pages / 8,000 Words]
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As chamberlain to the sixth son of the royal family, Lirren's relationship with Prince Ector has always been unorthodox. Theirs is a longstanding friendship, as irreverent as it is improper, a devotion that cannot be denied.
When a childish scuffle escalates to reveal uncomfortable truths, Lirren is shocked by his own reaction. Confusion, fascination, desire: suddenly he is craving intimacies he's never considered before, with an urgency that leaves him breathless.
But Lirren isn't the only one wanting scandalous things. Ector started this. Now Lirren just needs to persuade him to see it through.
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All the Way Home I'll Be Warm
by Yolande Kleinn
M/M, Contemporary Christmas Romance
[167 Pages / 46,000 Words]
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Driving home for the holidays, Jamie Phipps can't believe his car has broken down only four hours from the finish line. At least he finds distraction in the arms of a gorgeous older man. When they part ways, Jamie hopes a string of sweet text messages means they'll stay in touch.
For now, it's nearly Christmas, and Jamie has other worries. Like hitching a ride with his sister for the final leg of the journey. Like his car, stranded at the repair shop for want of parts. Like meeting his father's closest friend, Victor Leone, a stranger Jamie doesn't remember at all.
But when Jamie crosses his parents' threshold, Victor is no stranger. And even worse than the mutual shock of realizing he slept with his dad's best friend: Jamie can't stop craving an encore. It doesn't matter how powerfully the attraction simmers between them. If anyone learns the truth, their secret will ruin more than just Christmas.
Jamie knows Victor is off limits. If only he could make his stubborn heart believe it.
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Crossed Wires
by Yolande Kleinn
F/F, Contemporary Fantasy, Friends-to-Lovers
[Coming Jan 16, 2025 / 6,000 Words]
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It's been two weeks since Noemi botched a magic spell and created a telepathic bond between herself and her best friend—which wouldn't be a problem, if not for the one secret she's been keeping from Thea for years. Guarding her thoughts has been an exhausting and nearly impossible task, and Noemi is running out of ways to keep Thea out of her head. Now, even worse, it seems Thea's finally had enough. When the inevitable confrontation comes, there's no going back.
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The Weather Outside
(A Christmas Shorts Story)
by Yolande Kleinn
M/M, Contemporary Christmas Romance
[22 Pages / 3,600 Words]
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When a blizzard strands Colby halfway up a mountain, the timing could hardly be worse. He's supposed to spend Christmas with his family—not trapped in a cabin with his best friend, snowed in without electricity or a safe path into the city. At least he and Pierce have everything they need to survive the inclement weather: food, firewood, and an old iron stove to keep them warm. Now Colby just needs to sort out the soft new signals his heart keeps sending him, before Pierce catches on.
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Bring You Home
by Yolande Kleinn
M/M, Contemporary Erotic Romance
[33 Pages / 7,200 Words]
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When Noel Decker volunteers to help Roy Hollis rake leaves, he doesn't begrudge the daunting scope of the project: just the two of them pitted against all the trees in Roy's massive backyard. Noel will take any excuse to spend time with Roy, and anyway, what are friends for?
What Noel doesn't anticipate are all the new and distracting feelings that kindle in his chest, surrounded by the wild oranges and reds of autumn. For all that he's known Roy for years—Noel's whole life in fact—he's never wanted to cross lines like this. Suddenly Noel is getting all sorts of ideas about this gorgeous older man. Unexpected, brazen, thoroughly explicit ideas.
How is he supposed to resist these reckless impulses, when Roy admits to wanting him too?
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Restless
(A Less Is More Story)
by Yolande Kleinn
M/M, Contemporary Erotic Romance
[21 Pages / 3,300 Words]
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With the last of his law school exams behind him, Simon should be in a celebratory mood. Instead, he's a jittery wreck, caught up in wondering what comes next and not at all enjoying the noisy party around him. At least Erik is here. Though not precisely Simon's boyfriend, Erik always has excellent—and intimate—ideas for keeping him grounded.
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With a Reckless Heart
by Yolande Kleinn
M/M, Contemporary Romance
[55 Pages / 14,300 Words]
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When Reuben drives halfway up a mountain for his daughter's wedding, he's anticipating last-minute errands, unfamiliar faces, and an overwhelmingly emotional day. What he doesn't expect is the gorgeous and brazen young man who keeps getting swept into his orbit.
Dusty seems to be a member of the wedding party, which makes him officially off-limits. The father of the bride has no business flirting with a groomsman, let alone doing any of the other things Reuben finds himself considering. At the very least they should properly introduce themselves, instead of indulging the thrill of being almost total strangers. The fact that Dusty is clearly friends with Reuben's future son-in-law should be all the impetus necessary to behave.
But whoever he is, Dusty is earnest and sweet and impossible to ignore. There will be time for introductions later. For now, what harm can a little flirtation do?
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A Warm and Distant Dream
by Yolande Kleinn
F/F, Contemporary Fantasy, Friends-to-Lovers
[61 Pages / 15,800 Words]
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When Ghita Starns decides distance is the solution to her biggest problem, taking a position as keeper of a magical lighthouse is exactly what she needs. Bad enough she's fallen for someone completely out of bounds; if anyone learns the truth, Ghita doesn't know what she'll do.
Naoko Tasse-Kimura hates that Ghita is moving two-thousand miles away, especially since Naoko's own magical studies keep her too busy to travel. Ghita may be closest with Naoko's parents, but she's Naoko's friend too, and her absence will be intolerable.
Even worse, once Ghita leaves, she starts avoiding Naoko's calls. For Ghita, distance alone isn't enough. She needs to get her stubborn heart under control, one way or another. But Naoko has magic on her side, and she won't let Ghita disappear.
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What's a Devil to Do?
by Yolande Kleinn
NB/F, Paranormal Meet Cute
[25 Pages / 4,000 Words]
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Even if Harper had realized demons are real, they never would've anticipated meeting one at a stuffy business conference. Now they're face-to-face with a flustered succubus, who says her name is Tria and wants to know why Harper can see her true form. Posed with such a quandary, what's an asexual enby to do?
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Guileless
(A Less Is More Story)
by Yolande Kleinn
M/M, Contemporary Erotic Romance
[43 Pages / 10,500 Words]
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When Kyle Fisk works up the nerve to proposition Glenn Callahan, he's not at all sure what the man will say. What can a gorgeous businessman like Glenn—strong, stern, and half of a successful corporate partnership with Kyle's mom—possibly see in a chaotic perpetual grad student like him?
But Kyle has been pining too long to give up now. This isn't a seduction. It's an offer, blunt and brazen, and Kyle desperately hopes Glenn will say yes.
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The Spaces in Between
(A Clumsy Handful of Stars #2)
by Yolande Kleinn
F/F, Science Fiction
[44 Pages / 10,200 Words]
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When it comes to her crew, Captain Jamila Warwick strives to maintain strict separation between the personal and the professional. Commanding a deep space science vessel does not allow for anything in between. But where comms specialist Aida de Luca is concerned, those lines have begun to blur.
An impossible ship, abandoned in an empty asteroid field, should be the discovery of a lifetime. The vessel is like nothing Warwick's team has ever encountered. But when their investigation puts Aida at risk and raises an unforeseen moral dilemma, Warwick faces a decision that could end her career.
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A Truth so Clear
by Yolande Kleinn
M/M, Fantasy Romance, Friends-to-Lovers
[34 Pages / 7,800 Words]
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Prince Rolan does not require anyone's approval, least of all his studious hermit of a best friend. Newly returned from a dangerous hunt, Rolan should be more than content with the noisy feast in his honor. But when Mietri slips away mid-celebration, Rolan can't ignore his absence.
Most likely Mietri has squirreled away in his study below the castle to fuss with some bewildering quandary of magic. Rolan should not interrupt, no matter how much he craves Mietri's company and attention.
But when those familiar cravings take a new and confusing turn, Rolan isn't strong enough to stay away.
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Encounter at the Flirtatious Fox
by Yolande Kleinn
M/M, Contemporary Romance, Meet Cute
[16 Pages / 3,000 Words]
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When Raleigh—a forty-something silver fox with a stubborn streak—decides it's time to buy his first sex toy, he refuses to retreat just because he has no idea what he's doing. The Flirtatious Fox is a perfect little shop to get his bearings, especially when a knowledgeable and unreasonably attractive employee comes to his rescue. Oliver is candid, enthusiastic, and shockingly easy to talk to. Raleigh won't cross any lines, but he'll take all the help he can get.
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Sleepless
by Yolande Kleinn
M/M, Contemporary, Erotic Romance
[25 Pages / 5,200 Words]
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In the exhausted wake of a successful show, Jay comes home in the smallest hours of morning. Despite a week of conflicting schedules, he does his best not to wake his boyfriend. But when Leon surprises him by pinning him to the bed and kissing him breathless, the intimate possibilities are endless.
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