First Time For Everything Daily Dose

After an accidental brush with fame while working a high-profile serial murder case, forensic anthropologist Dr. David Holt is sent on a lecture junket to pass the time until media interest in his work dies down. More tired and grouchy than a true misanthrope, his patience is stretched to the breaking point by the end of the circuit. Then David meets Matthew Carter, who stumbles into his lecture both late and disheveled. However, the young man's determination to befriend his idol and his enthusiasm for the subject reminds David that sometimes life sends good things your way when you least expect them

Judson Heart, like all of us, has some regrets. Not his job: he writes for a daily newspaper. Maybe his introspection: he eats lunch alone. Definitely his timing: he hasn't had much luck in the love department. With his ten-year reunion approaching, those regrets intensify as he begins to recall a turbulent final year of high school. But with the help of three elderly, mystical strangers and a surprising assignment to interview a prison inmate, Jud may get the chance to make some changes. All he needs to do is find out what happened to Larry Alan.

Merrick and his boyfriend Roberto have been together long enough that they know all about each others' pasts. But there's a vast world of difference between knowing and experiencing it firsthand. When the two are visiting LA for Roberto's ex-boyfriend Paul's art opening, a mostly unplanned threesome takes on some BDSM elements Merrick hadn't quite prepared for. With Roberto's and Paul's loving hands to guide him, Merrick begins to explore a new erotic world.

As a teenage boy, Clay finds love for the first time with his best friend, Matthew-a love shattered by Matthew's guilt and religious dogma. Later, as a young man, Clay is blessed with the love of a woman, a close companion who accepts him for who he is even though he can never give her the devotion she deserves in return. But Clay might be able to put his guilt and disappointment behind him-if he can learn to accept love from an unexpected source

Six months after the end of an abusive relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Craig finally finds someone he's attracted to. It doesn't bother him that Doug is a man, much less a player. What matters is that he's a perfect candidate for a no-strings-attached night that just might help Craig prove to himself that he's not as broken as he fears. One night-that's all it was supposed to be. But one night turns into yearning, turns into e-mailing, turns into communicating, turns into Doug hoping against hope that Craig might feel the same frightening attachment that he feels, pretty please? With cherries on top?