Falcon | NakedSword President and CEO Tim Valenti and Co-Chief Content Officer Ben Rush have announced the launch of FalconINK, a groundbreaking publishing house with three imprints: Falcon Books, NakedSword Books, and Raging Stallion Books. FalconINK debuts two novellas – Hard Ball, an original sports romance from Falcon Books, and Wild Game: Open Season, a prequel to the multi-award-winning film Wild Game from NakedSword Books. Both titles are available as trade paperbacks ($9.99 SRP), ebooks ($4.99 SRP), and audiobooks ($9.99 SRP) wherever books are sold, including Amazon, Apple Books, and Barnes & Noble. Written by Riley Parks and Ben Rush, the audiobook edition of Wild Game: Open Season is narrated by Derek Kage; Eddie Burke voices the Hard Ball audiobook, written by Parks. To celebrate the roll out, the world-famous Book Soup in West Hollywood, California, will host an event and mixer on August 29, 2026.
The launch of FalconINK comes alongside several major milestones for Falcon | NakedSword, including the industry’s first-ever SFW vertical micro-drama, and a forthcoming underwear design collaboration with Skull & Bones.
“This exciting venture reflects our commitment to expanding beyond our traditional audience while staying true to the storytelling and sexuality that have defined Falcon for more than five decades,” said Valenti. “For the first time, we’re also creating content for one of the largest audiences in the M/M romance space: women. No company is better positioned to tell accessible romantic and erotic stories than the one that has been doing it so successfully since 1971.”
“Beyond publishing, FalconINK will serve as an incubator for future film and television adaptations, both mainstream and adult, and further expand the Falcon | NakedSword universe through original and existing IP,” said Rush. “We’re proud of how the company continues to evolve while remaining committed to the freedom and acceptance we’ve represented within the LGBTQIA+ community for 55 years.”
ABOUT HARD BALL
WRITTEN BY RILEY PARKS
AUDIOBOOK NARRATED BY EDDIE BURKE
IMPRINT: FALCON BOOKS
ISBN: 979-8-9966946-0-0 (TRADE PAPERBACK – US$9.99 SRP)
ISBN: 979-8-9966946-1-7 (E-BOOK – US$4.99 SRP)
ISBN: 979-8-9966946-2-4 (AUDIOBOOK – US$9.99 SRP)
Mateo Ruiz takes baseball seriously. He has to. It’s the game that got him out of a small, dead-end town and into professional baseball. Now, entering his second season in the minor leagues, he’s closer than ever to earning a permanent place on the team. Then Chase Whitaker arrives at Spring Training.
Top prospects aren’t expected to stay in the minors for long. They’re expected to leapfrog everyone in front of them. And since both men play shortstop, Mateo knows exactly what Chase represents: competition. Mateo wants to hate him. He really does. But Chase is talented, charming, maddeningly confident, and impossible to ignore.
As their rivalry gives way to a secret romance, Mateo finds himself risking the future he’s spent years building. With roster decisions looming and feelings growing harder to deny, both men must decide whether the life they’ve always wanted is worth losing each other.
Set beneath Arizona’s endless skies, Hard Ball is a steamy sports romance about ambition, desire, and what happens when the person standing between you and your dream becomes the one person you can’t walk away from.
ABOUT WILD GAME: OPEN SEASON
WRITTEN BY RILEY PARKS & BEN RUSH
BASED ON A STORY BY BEN RUSH
AUDIOBOOK NARRATED BY DEREK KAGE
IMPRINT: NAKEDSWORD BOOKS
ISBN: 979-8-9966946-3-1 (TRADE PAPERBACK – US$9.99 SRP)
ISBN: 979-8-9966946-4-8 (E-BOOK – US$4.99 SRP)
ISBN: 979-8-9966946-5-5 (AUDIOBOOK – US$9.99 SRP)
Derek Kage’s life appears perfect from the outside. He’s got a successful career and a powerful wife. His future finally feels secure. But, a chance encounter with Adrian, a rugged construction worker with an electric swagger, awakens desires Derek has spent years trying to ignore. What begins as a forbidden attraction quickly becomes an all-consuming romance, stirring feelings of passion and longing that have been dormant for some time.
As their connection deepens, Derek finds himself torn between the life he built and the man who makes him feel alive. With every stolen night and line crossed, the stakes grow higher, forcing him to confront what he wants and what he’s willing to lose. Blisteringly erotic and emotional, Open Season is a story about temptation and the dangerous choice of safety over desire. Open Season is a completely original prequel to NakedSword’s multi-award-winning erotic feature Wild Game.
ABOUT BEN RUSH
Ben Rush is a multi-award-winning writer, filmmaker, author, and creative executive whose work has earned acclaim for its blend of compelling storytelling and emotional authenticity. As Co-Chief Content Officer and Chief Creative Marketing Officer at Falcon | NakedSword, he develops original content across film, publishing, and emerging media while continuing to write and direct his own celebrated projects. With a passion for stories that explore desire, ambition, romance, and the complexities of human connection, Ben brings the same cinematic approach to his fiction and audiobooks, creating immersive experiences that captivate readers and listeners alike. He lives in Los Angeles.
ABOUT RILEY PARKS
Riley Parks has always believed in the power of stories to help us better understand ourselves and one another. A lifelong writer, she is passionate about creating character-driven work that explore love, identity, and human connection. Riley lives with the conviction that some of life’s most beautiful truths can be found between the pages of a book.
ABOUT FALCONINK
FalconINK publishes erotic M/M romance stories that celebrate passion, connection, and fantasy. From original novellas to stories inspired by the rich universe of Falcon | NakedSword films, FalconINK delivers emotionally engaging, character-driven fiction that allows readers to experience their favorite fantasies in entirely new ways. Stories from FalconINK’s three signature imprints — Falcon Books, Raging Stallion Books, NakedSword Books — are available in print, as e-books, and as audiobooks read by industry superstars.
ABOUT FALCON | NAKEDSWORD
For more than 50 years, Falcon | NakedSword has been the most prolific worldwide producer of premium, award-winning gay adult entertainment. Home of the iconic Falcon Studios, the acclaimed NakedSword Originals and the wildly successful Raging Stallion Studios, Falcon | NakedSword also offers multiple lines of specialty and fetish content. The company broadcasts its unparalleled productions on its popular membership sites, including “The Netflix of Gay Porn” NakedSword.com, FalconStudios.com and RagingStallion.com.
