Books like 'Trained'

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  • Meet Me There by K.M. Neuhold

    Meet Me There by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two men, dozens of cities, and a connection they just can't seem to shake.We haven't spoken in fifteen years, and Marlon is the last person I expected to run into in a bar on Bourbon Street.He's not my gangly internet pen pal anymore, he's all muscles, body hair, and temptation.Our friendship feels like it never faded, but the heat between us is brand new...
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    friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Bound to Surrender by Jenna Jacob

    Bound to Surrender by Jenna Jacob

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After suffering a brutal hate crime, submissive Trevor Hammond's outward appearance projects the usual carefree demeanor his friends know and love. But inside, the remnants of his battered psyche and the ghosts of his assailants keep him bound in chains of anxiety...
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    humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Forever at Sunrise by Ann Lister

    Forever at Sunrise by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Having survived the hell that ended their last tour, Wheland realizes just how short life can be and how close he came to losing his own in the flames of the Berlin fire. Officially off the road until everyone has had a chance to fully heal from their physical and emotional wounds, Wheland and his band brothers limp back home to make sense of what happened and where they will go from here...
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    california  humor  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa  adult
  • Heart2Heart: A Charity Anthology, Volume 6 by Daryl Banner, Nicole Dykes

    Heart2Heart: A Charity Anthology, Volume 6 by Daryl Banner, Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once upon a time, a bunch of authors wondered..
  • Left Behind by Michele Notaro

    Left Behind by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My god, if I have to watch one more happy couple get together, I’m going to lose it completely and probably rip out all of my awesomely pink hair...
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    friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Queers by A.J. Rose

    Queers by A.J. Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Within her walls are stories. Love. Laughter. Tears. Lives lived to the fullest, and sometimes cut short before they really get started. She’s seen it all, from homelessness to super-stardom, boys dressed as girls, girls dressed as lamps, and boy, does she have secrets she could tell. Her one truth is that everyone who darkens her doors is accepted with open arms and a song...
  • Requited by Jesse H. Reign

    Requited by Jesse H. Reign

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    If you've read Unrequited, and have been left longing for more of Andy and West's story - you are in luck.Requited tells the story of roommates and best friends Andy Montgomery and West Baxter from West's perspective. It is a sweeping story of friendship that turns into longing that can't be ignored...
  • Finding Their Balance by M.Q. Barber

    Finding Their Balance by M.Q. Barber

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three’s the naughtiest kind of crowd. Getting to the one-year mark is hard enough in a relationship between two lovers. For three, just getting through the day can be half the battle. Between Alice’s headstrong insistence on pushing her sexual limits and Jay’s need to confront an abusive former lover, Henry has his hands full keeping both his partners safe and happy...
  • His Boy to Hold by G.R. Lyons

    His Boy to Hold by G.R. Lyons

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dear Santa,I'm an impulsive guy. Always have been. Even writing this letter was a snap decision. But when I make a choice, I see it through and never look back. Being like this has served me well in every area of my life.Except when it comes to love...
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    angst  california  humor  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa
  • Got Me Thinking by Casey Cox

    Got Me Thinking by Casey Cox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's a single dad ready to start dating again. I'm newly divorced and new to…well, everything. This is going to be a disaster… Isn't it? When my marriage ends, I decide to buy a run-down house and get a drove of piglets. My friends think I'm having a breakdown, when really, all I'm doing is the one thing I've avoided my whole life––figuring out who I am...
  • Wild Side by Mari Carr

    Wild Side by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No strings attached? Wrong. So wrong.Layla moved to Baltimore in search of a fresh start. After too many years in a lackluster relationship, she’s ready to embrace her wild side. Casual is her new middle name and the last thing she wants or needs is a serious relationship.Finn and his best friend, Miguel are ALL IN on showing Layla a good time...
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    friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Fix Me: Tattoos and Temptation Book 2 by Mia Monroe

    Fix Me: Tattoos and Temptation Book 2 by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My crush has Daddy written all over him The minute I laid eyes on him he became my new hobby. I turned on the charm to win him over, only to get friendzoned. The more time we spend together, the more glimpses I get of the Daddy he’s hiding under his no dating allowed exterior. Unfortunately for Saint, a Daddy is exactly what this boy is looking for...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  steamy  adult  age-gap
  • It Was Always You by Cardeno C., Christina Lee

    It Was Always You by Cardeno C., Christina Lee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Join these bestselling M/M authors as they bring you tales of love, lust, and laughter...between friends...
  • Any Given Sunday by Mari Carr

    Any Given Sunday by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wild Irish, Book Seven.The child who is born on the Sabbath day, is bonny and blithe and good and gay. Sean Collins is happy working at the family pub and sharing a house with the woman of his dreams. He and Lauren are equals in every way, including in bed, where they burn the sheets. Life is good. Even if he must hide a couple of secrets to keep it that way.Lauren is madly in love with Sean...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Coming Back by John Inman

    Coming Back by John Inman

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Barney Teegarden knows what it’s like to be alone. He knows what it’s like to have a romantic heart, yet no love in his life to unleash the romance on. With the help of a friend, he acquires a lease in a seedy apartment building perched high on a hill in downtown San Diego...
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    california  humor  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa  adult
  • The Great Sex Olympics of 221B by XistentialAngst

    The Great Sex Olympics of 221B by XistentialAngst

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    John Watson thinks Sherlock Holmes should admit that he, Watson, is more of an expert on sex than Sherlock is. But Sherlock refuses to concede the point. He comes up with an experiment plan that will resolve the issue. The results will determine who wins the prize. But sometimes even the best thought-out scientific study has unexpected consequences...
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    friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Taunting Tony by Marie James

    Taunting Tony by Marie James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rules. They’re a necessity. They make the world go ‘round and help idiots function in society. Most don’t require much thought and are easy to follow— or so I thought… I didn’t realize, however, that the new group of people I became friends with could have so many. No sleeping with group member’s moms? Easy enough. No shirts at the BBQ? I’m all over that...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa
  • Owners & Dolls by M.A. Innes

    Owners & Dolls by M.A. Innes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aww. I had the best Owner ever. Now I just had to make sure he knew I belonged to him and wasn’t on loan like some kind of library book. – EmersonBouncing through life, the only things Emerson knows for sure are that he has the best job ever and one day he’s going to meet the Dom of his dreams...
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    humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Slave Hunt by J.A. Rock

    Slave Hunt by J.A. Rock

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thirty people. Two hours. Only the strong will survive. When Riddle decides to put on a slave hunt, the Subs Club is on board. Tops hunting bottoms in the woods with paintball guns? Yes. Captives strung up on whipping posts, at the mercy of their captors? Hell yes. But on the morning of the hunt, nothing’s going according to plan...
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    humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Who We Were by E.M. Lindsey

    Who We Were by E.M. Lindsey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Don't leave the house, don't talk to the paparazzi, don't answer your phone unless it's me, and do not- whatever you do- attempt to post about this on social media." Life isn’t supposed to be this complicated when you’re an Oscar winner…right? So what if he has two names, and straddles the line between two worlds...
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    humor  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Collar Me by Colette Davison

    Collar Me by Colette Davison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Will losing my trainer lead me to what my heart desires—a collar and Preston?I’ve found the perfect place to live in London thanks to the My Kinky Housemate app. It’s close to work and my housemates don’t mind me de-stressing from my job as a nurse by being a playful puppy. Life is good until my puppy trainer finds a girlfriend leaving me high and dry...
  • Pacies and Photographs by Della Cain

    Pacies and Photographs by Della Cain

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stepping out from behind the camera isn’t as easy as it seems. Dax needs cash, and he needs it now since his roommate has moved away without notice. Dax has a week to either make up the difference or break his lease. Both options are out of his price range...
  • King Perry by Edmond Manning

    King Perry by Edmond Manning

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a trendy San Francisco art gallery, out-of-towner Vin Vanbly witnesses an act of compassion that compels him to make investment banker Perry Mangin a mysterious offer: in exchange for a weekend of complete submission, Vin will restore Perry’s “kingship” and transform him into the man he was always meant to be...
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    angst  california  humor  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa
  • When Irish Eyes Are Sparkling by Tom Collins, Thirteen

    When Irish Eyes Are Sparkling by Tom Collins, Thirteen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This book is no longer available, due to publisher demise. Liam O’Shaughnessy wasn't expecting to fall in love again, not so soon after yet another painful break up. Then Oliver Sutton, paramedic in training, walked into his Aunt's Irish Pub, and shocked Liam's wounded heart back to life...
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    angst  humor  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa  abuse
  • Discovering Dalton by Nicole Colville

    Discovering Dalton by Nicole Colville

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    At fifteen, Troy and Liam were fostered by the same family, and although they hated each other at first, they gradually became solid friends. As adults, the two foster brothers live together. Both experience tough times, each being a rock for the other, but their love had never been anything other than brotherly. Until they both fall for the same guy, and things get... complicated...
  • Ricochet by Xanthe Walter

    Ricochet by Xanthe Walter

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the right dom is all wrong!Even in a BDSM universe, where everyone is bisexual and identifies as dom or sub, finding the right partner isn’t always easy.Matt is a big star on the hit TV show, Collar Crime, and he’s looking for a dom who ticks all the right boxes, including being as tidy and organized as himself...
  • Wrecked by Sierra Riley

    Wrecked by Sierra Riley

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “The best gifts are the ones you didn’t even know you needed.” “Everyone in the wedding party gets laid. It’s tradition.” Roger “Beck” Beckworth grew up with a strict, homophobic father who was always changing the rules just to keep Beck on his toes, but now he’s made a well-ordered, predictable life for himself that he’s perfectly happy with. Perfectly...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book
  • Dear Daddy, Please Keep Me by Morticia Knight

    Dear Daddy, Please Keep Me by Morticia Knight

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dear Santa,For Christmas this year, may I please get my very own Daddy who is looking for a boy to keep? Because I’m a little, I need lots of cuddles and attention. So, a Daddy who can only see me on occasion, or who’s never been a Daddy before, probably won’t want me...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  age-gap
  • Black Hurricane by Erica Pike

    Black Hurricane by Erica Pike

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Twenty-three year old Jasper Jones fell in love with Dean McQueen at fourteen, but after a disastrous relationship, Jazz would like nothing better than to see the rock star choke on his own vomit. After a catastrophic reunion, Dean seems bent on destroying Jazz’s life. It all started when an impromptu bar performance ended up on YouTube and Jazz became an internet sensation overnight...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa
  • Falcon's Fox by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Falcon's Fox by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A part of this books royalties will go to Tihan Network. This book is part of a series, preceded by Harley's Achilles. It can be read as a standalone. It contains homosexual relations and mature content. Heavy metal rocker Ransom Fox has everything he's always wanted: fame, money, groupies and a family who has his back. There's just one thing missing -- someone to love...
  • Leaning Into Always by Lane Hayes

    Leaning Into Always by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life is good for Eric Schuster. He owns a highly successful tech company, has a great group of buddies, and he’s about to marry the man of his dreams. Eric is pleasantly surprised to find the transition from friends to lovers has been easier than he thought...
  • Delicious by Sierra Riley

    Delicious by Sierra Riley

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “You’re exactly what I never knew I needed.” “I don’t have time for love.” Gavin Campbell has poured everything he has into starting up his bakery, Delicious...
    Categorized as:
    friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  steamy  adult  book
  • Two Weeks and a Day by R.G. Alexander

    Two Weeks and a Day by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s either the beginning of a great porno or a disaster waiting to happen. That feeling when you’re a thirty-year-old gay virgin with a little OCD, nosy neighbors and a lot of awkward, secret fantasies revolving around your straight best friend? Yeah, that’s me right now...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  age-gap
  • Chase the Sun by Christina Lee, Nyrae Dawn

    Chase the Sun by Christina Lee, Nyrae Dawn

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jamie Tolland has only ever known his small Oregon town. Same job, same friends, same gay bar. He feels obligated to stay, especially as his mother’s illness progresses. But when a situation presents itself in the form of a vintage sports car, he jumps on the chance to not only repair it, but also drive it to its new owner in LA...
  • Hell by Jet Mykles

    Hell by Jet Mykles

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Heaven Sent gets a hell of new keyboardist with a name to match. Heller Witting is an amazing musician and proves to be the answer to a sound that the band was missing. With lavender hair and big violet eyes, he captivates Brent Rose from the start, and not just with his music. Brent knows better than to get involved with a member of the band...
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    california  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa  adult  book
  • Dare You To by Riley Hart

    Dare You To by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Previously released in the anthology, IT WAS ALWAYS YOU. A Wild Side Series prequel novella. Austin Thompson spends most of his spare time reading or logging in extra hours at the LGBTQ youth center where he works. His only standing “night out,” if you can call it that, is his weekly movie night with his best friend, Dare Nichols...
  • Genesis by Jet Mykles

    Genesis by Jet Mykles

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The week before Heaven Sent's New Year's performance, Brent fractures his hand, which puts him out of commission for the show. Fortunately, it's not permanent, but it leaves he and Hell dealing with the "what if," not to mention Brent's jealousy of the guitarist taking his place...
  • The Promise by Marie Sexton

    The Promise by Marie Sexton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the author's website: A tiny little short I wrote about Matt and Jared. This takes place a few months after the end of A to Z, at about the same time as The Letter Z...
  • Finding Their Way by A.M. Arthur

    Finding Their Way by A.M. Arthur

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Thanks to an abusive father and a string of bad relationships, Riley McCage learned the hard way that people are not kind without a reason. Now, after landing a job at popular gay bar Pot O Gold, Riley is on the right track--until the night Boxer finds him drunk and drugged in the back room of an exclusive sex party...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa
  • Obvious by R.G. Alexander

    Obvious by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author R.G. Alexander, Book 10 in the Finn Factor Series! Could he be more Obvious? Matthew Finn is about to find out. He’s got a crush and a prickly pickle of a problem, but with a little help from his newfound family, he’ll convince Oliver “Legs” Garcia that he's the real thing...
  • Lollipop by Amy Lane

    Lollipop by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Candy Man BookEzra Kellerman flew across country to see if he had another chance with the man he let slip through his fingers. He didn't. Rico has moved on, but he doesn’t just leave his ex high and dry. Instead, Rico entrusts his family and friends with Ezra’s care...
  • Caged In by Luna David

    Caged In by Luna David

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The first day I walked into his office I felt an incredible longing in my soul. The moment we touched, I was breathless, a deep ache running straight through my heart. I had a feeling I wasn’t alone, but he was my boss, and damn the man for being the utmost professional. Nearly four years have passed since that day...
    Categorized as:
    friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  steamy  adult  age-gap  book
  • Sol by Con Riley

    Sol by Con Riley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Solomon Trebeck’s heart broke the night of his bi-awakening. Fifteen years later, Sol’s back in Cornwall where it happened, single, shy, and oh-so lonely. Teaching art to kids wasn’t his life plan. Neither is raising a teenage nephew, but with no family left to support him, a live-in job at a boarding school becomes his life raft.Problem: that life raft is sinking...
  • Infinity Pools by L.A. Witt

    Infinity Pools by L.A. Witt

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sequel to the Amber Allure best-seller Getting Off The Ground... It started with a snowstorm and ended with a sizzling one-night-stand, but neither man is ready for it to be over. Jilted groom Elliott Chandler doesn’t do “last minute” or “impulsive,” but at the very last minute, he impulsively changes his flight from Oahu to Maui...
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    lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa  adult  book  contemporary
  • Up to No Good by Annabella Michaels

    Up to No Good by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cole Morris is returning to his hometown of Vintage Ridge, North Carolina to celebrate his older brother’s wedding. Finding out he has to spend time with Jayce’s childhood friend and the man who tormented him as a teenager, just might be more than he bargained for. Miles Butler is honored to stand up with his best friend at his wedding...
    Categorized as:
    friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  usa  adult  book
  • Getaway: An Escape Novel by Casey Cox

    Getaway: An Escape Novel by Casey Cox

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ever woken up and realized you’re in love with your childhood best friend?I’ve got three big problems.One, I’m in love with my childhood best friend.Two, he hates any kind of change with a capital H.Three, he thinks I’m straight.To be honest, up until recently, I thought I was straight, too. But something’s shifting in me. I don’t know what it is exactly, but I can feel it...
  • The Handy Nanny by K. Sterling

    The Handy Nanny by K. Sterling

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call Pennsylvania Tucker the human Band-Aid because he can fix just about anything and make anyone feel better, but can Penn mend a broken heart? Reid Marshall thinks so and sends his master nanny on a very important and sensitive mission. A close friend is grieving and caring for his newborn niece after losing his twin sister...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  slow-burn  humor  romance  contemporary  fiction  book
  • I Just Play One on TV by A.L. Turner

    I Just Play One on TV by A.L. Turner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After an intense and emotional audition, Vincent Cantivespri impulsively falls into bed with Alex Gallegos… who refuses to even kiss him, and who immediately flees out of Vince’s apartment and back into the closet afterward. Vince barely realized men like Alex actually existed, and he writes the encounter off as a one-time mistake. Then he and Alex end up costars...
    Categorized as:
    angst  california  humor  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  usa  adult
  • Window (Love's Landscapes) by Ali MacLagan

    Window (Love's Landscapes) by Ali MacLagan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dear Author,I shouldn’t have come. He doesn’t want me here. How many times do I need to hear him say it, shout it, snarl it at me, before I get it through my head that he means it? I wish I could turn my back on him and leave, and find someone easy. Someone warm and welcoming who would laugh when they see me, and give me a hug...
    Categorized as:
    angst  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Where the Boys Are: A Novel by William J. Mann

    Where the Boys Are: A Novel by William J. Mann

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jeff O’Brien and his friends return in this sequel to The Men from the Boys, William J. Mann’s critically acclaimed debut novel about gay love and friendship Where the Boys Are opens in Manhattan on New Year’s Eve, 1999. With the world on the cusp of the new millennium, Jeff O’Brien and his ex-lover Lloyd Griffith are grieving the loss of their friend and mentor David Javitz to AIDS...
    Categorized as:
    humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
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