Daryl Banner is an author and composer who graduated magna cum laude from the University of Houston Honors College with a degree in both Theatre and Psychology. During his time in college, he wrote, composed, and produced a musical under Tony Award-winning musical and Theatre producer Stuart Ostrow, as well as two original plays produced under the mentorship of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, who also mentored Daryl through the writing of his very first novel. In addition to new adult and M/M romance, Daryl also writes post-apocalyptic fantasy as well as dystopian. He is most inspired by the smart and unlikely hero, but urges you (the reader) not to fall in love with them; they may deceive you with their innocence.
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Summary:
A Texas Beach Town Romance #1
It's the number one rule in this beach town: don't fall for a tourist.
But Jonah Lachlan isn't like any tourist I've ever met.
He's not here for a good time, that much is obvious.
In fact, the brooding, boy-next-door cutie is clearly hell-bent on being miserable.
Though he's here with his best friend, he doesn't seem interested in hook-ups. Or fun.
The guy brought a book to this beach full of gorgeous single gay men, for crying out loud.
Who does that??
And as if he couldn't be any more confusing,
he seems superhumanly immune to anyone who flirts with him.
Myself included.
Just one brief encounter with him on the boardwalk was all it took.
Now I can't stop thinking about him. I'm sweating in places I didn't know I was capable.
I'm at a complete loss to explain my feelings.
I can't let this short weekend slip by and let a guy like that go.
I don't care if he's a tourist. I don't care about our cardinal rule.
I'm going to break all the rules and dive in deep with this one.
IN TOO DEEP is the first book in a beach-themed series of steamy escapist stand-alone romances that take place in a beach town on the balmy Texas coast. This book is packed with steam, hilarious situations, a memorable cast of characters, one hot full-body massage, major vacation vibes, and a happy ending that will leave you breathless.
Summary:
They were enemies as children. They fell in love as teenagers.
They had no idea the storm that awaited them as adults.
With each chapter taking place five years later, this heart-tugging novel will take you on an emotional journey through the lives of two men - who couldn't be more wrong for each other.
Caleb Fletcher was a shy and lonely kid who desperately wanted a friend.
He never dreamed that friend would come in the form of the troublemaking Beau Whitman, who was the neighborhood nightmare on the other side of the fence.
Their friends hated each other.
Their families kept them apart.
But Caleb refused to believe that Beau was a bad person.
He knew deep down, the troubled kid was lost and hurting inside.
It would be that same belief Caleb carried with him into teenhood, when emotions grew more complicated, and the fine line between good and bad blurred.
It would be his hope that drove him through his college years, when the consequences of their pasts would catch up to them.
It would be their love that was tested into adulthood, when their lives were on the brink of achieving everlasting happiness
or falling to pieces.
Can Beau and Caleb's love withstand the test of time?
“When I See You Again” is a stand-alone novel. It contains potentially sensitive or triggering subject matter. Reader discretion is advised. (Full disclaimer is located in the Foreword.)
Summary:
Spruce Texas #1
Tanner, the hunky college football star, returns to his country hometown of Spruce, Texas for the summer.
Billy, the smart-as-a-whip budding dessert chef, wants nothing to do with the cocky athlete - or his loud jock buddies. But the more he tries to ignore the football player's charm, the less he can resist it.
Billy's peaceful, hot-fudge-glazed little world is about to be flipped upside-down.
Get ready for the "sweetest" romance you've ever tasted.
In this "sweet & steamy" love story, you can expect some seriously hot man-on-man action, ice cream, and a whole lotta small town southern sass.
Summary:
Benjamin Gage is not only powerful, filthy rich, and totally arrogant... but also irresistibly sexy.
Trevor, the young summer intern, is totally SCREWED.
Working at Gage Communications is an opportunity of a lifetime.
But will Trevor be able to handle it? Or will he succumb to the tension?
The tension is in his pants, by the way.
Between a heavy workload and a hunky, controlling boss, Trevor's summer just got a lot hotter and harder than he bargained for.
This is a hot and hilarious stand-alone male/male romantic comedy with an HEA and no cheating.
Summary:
This bad boy is about to get everything he wants for Christmas.
Sweet, humble, soft-spoken Daniel always tried to be a good person, despite the hell his family put him through every Christmas.
But when he meets the hot and cocky bad boy Cass who crashes his holiday weekend with the family, Daniel learns what it's like to break all the rules, live dangerously and proudly make Santa's "naughty list".
Includes: Steamy situations, a "fake boyfriend" dilemma, tiptoeing around an uptight family, soul searching, and an unexpected touch of holiday magic.
In Too Deep
When I See You Again
Football Sundae
Hard for My Boss
Making the Naughty List
