Rick R Reed Books in Order

Joe MacAree's murderous compulsions grow from a mind tormented by childhood memories. While his suspicious wife hires a detective, a witness is fascinated by his crimes and wants to protect him, complicating attempts to stop the killings.

Homeless young people are disappearing from Chicago's streets, targeted by a killer who blames them for destroying his family. A street child and a priest form an alliance to find him before more vulnerable teenagers vanish.

A handsome young man trades his soul for permanent youth while a holographic portrait records his aging and moral decay. This contemporary reworking of Dorian Gray follows the dangerous consequences of pursuing beauty without accepting responsibility.

After a storm-related head injury, single mother Cass D'Angelo develops visions of missing teenage girls. Her discoveries draw suspicion from police and attention from the press, while the killers become alarmed by what she can see.

Chicago detective Ed Comparetto investigates a killer who lures gay men through an online hookup site. A witness at the first crime scene raises disturbing questions, turning the investigation into a threat to Ed's personal and professional life.

Artist Elise supports herself through sex work when three vampires enter her life with competing intentions. One wants her blood, another offers eternal companionship, and a third warns that immortality could cost her the ability to create.

Five teenage misfits form a club to exchange frightening stories inside an abandoned house where a family was murdered. Their competition becomes dangerous when they begin to suspect that someone, or something, resents their presence there.

Housewife Beth Walsh conceals a series of encounters with strangers from her attorney husband. Meeting handsome Abbott Lowery brings her secret life into contact with buried rage, setting off a dangerous conflict involving murder and kidnapping.

Robert rescues Jess near Lake Michigan and feels an inexplicable connection to the young lesbian. Her dreams suggest ties to his lover who died of AIDS, while a threat from Robert's present relationship endangers their growing bond.

A violent attack on Mark and Donald leaves Donald grieving and struggling to move forward. His neighbor Walter offers kindness and the possibility of love, but a secret involving Walter's teenage nephew threatens their fragile connection.

Ethan Schwartz searches for lasting love amid online dating and changing expectations. These linked stories follow his loneliness, a developing relationship and an HIV diagnosis that raises difficult questions about trust, intimacy and the future he wants.

Sean's eight-year-old son disappears and returns traumatized and unable to speak. Suspicion falls on Sean and his partner Austin, forcing them to protect their relationship and the child while the actual abuser remains a dangerous presence.

After a casual encounter in Chicago, Paul receives a threatening letter accusing him of transmitting HIV. Unsure whether his memories of disclosure and protection are reliable, he faces mounting fear as the encounter becomes a struggle over secrets and responsibility.

Hunter Beaumont ignores his grandmother's warning to destroy the family house and retreats there after romantic betrayal. The Wisconsin refuge soon feels occupied by an unknown presence, while a handsome neighbor offers attraction alongside unsettling uncertainty.

A woman discovers a photograph of a girl killed by her mother and becomes fixated on the unimaginable crime. As a hot summer day unfolds, her search for understanding takes a violent turn in this psychological thriller.

Barely surviving in Chicago after years of trauma, Miranda is hospitalized following a brutal assault. Between life and death, she encounters the long-dead boy who once saved her, whose comforting presence conceals a plan for vengeance.

Eight stories explore gay men's desires and the dangers surrounding them. A married man's attraction to a neighbor, a troubling encounter on a late-night train and a factory love triangle place intimacy under pressure from secrecy and fear.

Searching online for love, Sluggo adopts the persona of a mysterious master of the night. Flirtatious exchanges with a stranger claiming the same identity become increasingly unsettling, and attempts to leave reveal that the encounter may be dangerously real.

Interviews with sex workers and porn performers accompany erotic stories in this collection exploring unconventional sexual lives. Reed examines practices and experiences beyond familiar expectations, bringing together personal accounts and fiction about desire at the margins.

As a mysterious killer targets Seattle's gay men, Thad Matthews falls for Sam at a new Italian restaurant. Their growing romance is troubled by Sam's unexplained disappearances, which seem to coincide with each full moon.

Chicago club dancer Arliss connects with Sean, a reserved man recovering from a breakup. An offer from powerful porn producers promises Arliss a path to stardom, but their hidden intentions threaten both his ambitions and the new relationship.

Elise's artistic life and nighttime sex work become entangled with three vampires. Their conflicting desires force her to confront the promise of eternal love and the possibility that accepting immortality would mean surrendering something essential to her art.

Dan moves to Florida with his lover Mark in 1991, hoping to leave addiction-related troubles behind. Volunteering as an AIDS buddy introduces him to Adam, whose resilience and relationship with Sullivan create an unexpected emotional challenge.

Just before a university parents’ weekend, Kyle unexpectedly breaks up with Jonathan despite their strong connection. During a snowy night, differences in their backgrounds emerge, forcing them to confront whether love can survive the pressures dividing them.

Forty-seven-year-old Pete Thickwhistle still lives with his mother and hopes to find his first real romance. His determined optimism meets a succession of job troubles, disastrous outings and dating mishaps that complicate his search for happiness.

Four stories combine gay romance with supernatural danger. A couple discovers an unsettling presence in their loft, lovers meet around a murder, jealousy inspires ghostly revenge, and an online search for companionship leads toward a vampire.

After his partner Toby’s death, Chase struggles to imagine loving anyone again. Returning to Chicago’s International Mr. Leather competition with their old friend Mike brings unexpected companionship, forcing Chase to consider whether moving forward would betray the relationship he lost.

Homeless in Chicago on Christmas Eve, Anderson holds onto memories of the man he once loved. A discarded book of matches offers fleeting warmth and vivid visions, bringing his lost relationship close as the freezing night deepens.

After a violent attack, homeless artist Beau awakens in a remote bedroom with no memory of his rescue. A silent man wearing a wolf mask cares for him, drawing both outsiders toward intimacy while concealing secrets that could divide them.

Caden DeSarro falls for stocky Kevin Dodge after a chance encounter offers a second opportunity at romance. When Kevin transforms his body during Caden's business trip, conflicting desires and a meddling friend put their relationship under pressure.

After losing his job, Wren Gallagher accepts an invitation to work for an escort agency. Falling for fellow escort Rufus complicates the arrangement, while the agency's concealed dangers threaten the money and companionship Wren hoped to find.

At his father’s funeral, Tate receives decades of letters from an old college friend. Their account of a secret romance challenges everything Tate believed about his parents, forcing him to reconsider his grief and the man who raised him.

Hannah and her friend create a dating profile using her brother Nate's image without telling him. Brandon falls for the invented persona, and a real meeting leaves the two men facing attraction built on layers of deception.

Bobby's father's death prompts him to examine years of hookups and his difficulty finding lasting love. Therapy, a support group and memories of their troubled relationship challenge the habits that have kept intimacy beyond his reach.

Four romances follow men seeking connection under difficult circumstances. A rescued terrier parallels a developing relationship, a contemporary fairy-tale romance tests appearances, a groom confronts his sexuality, and university lovers face a breakup during a snowstorm.

Ollie D'Angelo starts a catering business after losing his boyfriend, job and home. When he catches Hank trying to rob his car, discovering the young man's responsibilities toward his niece leads to an unexpected offer of employment.

Best friends Matt and Cody audition for a gay dating reality show in Seattle, expecting an amusing adventure. The cameras threaten to expose Matt's longstanding feelings for Cody and complicate their assumptions about friendship and finding a partner.

After his boyfriend rejects a proposal, Duncan Taylor decides a companionate marriage to Marilyn might offer the happiness he wants. Planning their wedding introduces him to Peter, whose unexpected appeal challenges Duncan's attempt to settle for security.

A head injury gives single father Cayce D'Amico visions connected to missing teenage girls. With authorities doubting him, he turns to reporter Dave Newton, while the people behind the disappearances consider how to silence his troubling insights.

Andy Slater never forgets the attraction he felt for Carlos Castillo during their Chicago train journeys in 1982. Thirty years later, divorced and alone, he searches for Carlos, hoping their interrupted connection might offer another chance.

Henry Appleby defies his wealthy family's career expectations by taking a summer restaurant job. Working alongside guarded chef Vito Carelli brings his culinary ambitions into contact with an attraction complicated by Vito's painful past and Henry's uncertain future.

A young man repeatedly dreams of an ideal lover he has never encountered while awake. When that familiar stranger appears in real life, the boundary between fantasy and experience becomes uncertain, transforming the meaning of his recurring desire.

Jeremy Booth befriends new neighbor Shane after witnessing violence from Shane's partner. His attraction grows alongside disturbing changes in the other man's behavior, making Jeremy's attempt to help increasingly dangerous for both his hopes and his safety.

Unemployed Wren Gallagher joins an escort agency after its owner pays his bar tab and offers work. His attraction to another escort, Rufus, creates an emotional stake in a business whose hidden secrets carry increasingly dangerous consequences.

Widowed teacher Dane Bernard begins confronting his concealed sexuality when new colleague Seth catches his attention. Their developing connection intersects with efforts to support bullied gay student Truman, bringing acceptance and vulnerability into their small-town school.

Divorced chef Beau St. Clair returns to his hometown and accepts work cooking for housebound Jack Rogers. Comfort food and patient companionship begin to bridge their isolation, but gaps in Jack's memory conceal trauma that complicates their connection.

Flynn loses his beagle Barley during a hike, and Mac later rescues the starving dog. A chance encounter brings the two owners together, forcing a custody compromise that makes space for an unexpected relationship between the men.

Steven meets an attractive stranger while cruising a Chicago lakefront park and accepts an invitation to his apartment. What promises to be a casual encounter turns terrifying when he discovers his host’s hunger extends beyond ordinary desire.

Ray Tolliver realizes he is gay twenty minutes before his wedding to a woman. Told through his blog entries, his search for romance involves self-acceptance, disappointing encounters and the difficult question of forgiveness from his abandoned fiancée.

CEO Maine Braxton and his assistant Colby conceal mutual feelings until a plane crash strands them in the Cascade Mountains. Surviving storms, wildlife and rising water forces them to confront desires long constrained by their professional relationship.

Six stories combine gay romance with supernatural danger and dark humor. Ghosts, vampires and encounters shaped by a notorious serial killer place desire alongside fear, exploring how love and human connection persist in unsettling and sometimes monstrous circumstances.

Homeless Henry slips through an open window on Christmas Eve, hoping only for a warm place to sleep. When homeowner Jim discovers him the next morning, their unexpected encounter offers both men a chance to find companionship and belonging.

Thad Matthews's romance with cook Sam Lupino unfolds while a predator stalks Seattle's gay community. Questions about Sam's Sicilian family and absences during the full moon complicate Thad's growing trust in the man he wants to love.

Mark thinks Jimmy is a stranger when they meet at a diner. Jimmy remembers their earlier encounter during his meth addiction, leaving their new attraction vulnerable to secrets, shame, and the consequences of his former behavior.

Outspoken high school senior Truman Reid plans to leave his small hometown for an acting career. Attraction to newcomer Mike Stewart, a controversial school production, and their parents' romance complicate his expectations for the year.

Cole Weston's first love returns after a twenty-year disappearance with no memory of the intervening decades. Now married to Tommy D'Amico, Cole must confront unexplained events and feelings that threaten the life he has built.

Widower Milt Grabaur moves to a Palm Springs trailer park after nursing his husband through Alzheimer's. Neighbor Billy Blue, recovering from alcoholism, offers companionship, but Milt fears that a new romance would betray his late partner.

After his mother’s death and an HIV diagnosis, Todd returns to his Appalachian hometown expecting to face his future alone. An interested neighbor and visions of a mysterious older woman challenge his despair and encourage him to consider love again.

Chicago retail worker Jasper Warren's life changes after a tragedy involving his beloved roommate Lacy. Her wealthy uncle Rob enters his world, and their immediate attraction faces difficult tests from grief and secrets neither has revealed.

During a trip to Brighton in 1995, Ricky Comparetto falls for fellow American Walt Whitman and plans a reunion. Back in Chicago, attraction to Tom Green leaves Ricky facing incompatible hopes for two different relationships.

Homeless Seattle teenager Anderson falls for Josh, a volunteer at the youth center that helps him. Their mutual attraction runs against the organization’s rules, leaving both men to decide whether a relationship can develop despite the boundaries surrounding them.

In 1991, closeted Chicago resident Emory Hughes begins writing to imprisoned serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. His growing relationship with Tyler Kay becomes entangled with obsession, self-hatred, and an increasingly unstable view of love and possession.

Married father Randy Kay has hidden his sexuality behind a seemingly settled family life. Meeting John in Chicago's Boystown awakens hope, but fear, missed opportunities, and struggles with self-acceptance threaten their chance to build a relationship.

Vampire Milton Bradley struggles with his weight, loneliness and the prospect of spending eternity without a partner. A support group for overweight vampires offers a possible escape from the cycle of guilt and compulsive eating that keeps him isolated.

A Saturday night at an Appalachian gay bar brings its regulars together beneath the DJ's soundtrack. Concealed affections, uncertain partnerships, and personal revelations turn an ordinary evening out into a crossroads for several intertwined lives.

Rick and Ernie move into a Chicago apartment where Rick begins dreaming of a missing former resident. Learning that the man really lived there sends Rick toward the vanished tenant’s lover and a restless spirit seeking answers.

Fleeing an abusive boyfriend, Winslow Birkel crashes into a river and awakens in the mysterious seaside town of Seaspray. Meanwhile, new acquaintance Darryn Maxwell searches for him, hoping to understand his disappearance and their unexpected connection.

Cara Young has concealed her female identity throughout a long marriage to Roberto. When he unexpectedly discovers her secret and leaves, she begins living openly while both partners confront what her transition means for their future.

After his longtime partner leaves, novelist Connor Ryman turns to online dating and meets charming attorney Trey Goodall. Connor's daughter Miranda notices disturbing warning signs, but convincing her lovestruck father to recognize danger proves difficult.

Fifteen stories follow people seeking love and connection in unexpected places. Moving between comedy, suspense, horror and romance, the collection examines how relationships can offer freedom and redemption while also exposing loneliness, vulnerability and the darker consequences of desire.

Decades after his first love disappears, Sam Blake has built a settled life with his husband in Chicago. A stranger claiming to be the missing boy arrives with intimate knowledge, drawing Sam into questions about identity, old secrets and possible murder.

Restless in an otherwise happy marriage, Hank Donner-Varian becomes fascinated by the alluring Abbott Lowery. What begins as flirtation turns into a dangerous obsession, forcing Hank to confront the violence concealed beneath the stranger’s charm and find a way to survive.

Ted’s relationship with charming Joshua Kade grows unsettling when a true-crime podcaster reopens the murder of Josh’s former boyfriend. As evidence and possessive behavior undermine his trust, Ted must decide whether confronting the truth will put his own life at risk.