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  • The Lost Fisherman by Jewel E. Ann

    The Lost Fisherman by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It’s been five years since I’ve seen him. An unexpected event takes me back to the place where it all began. But I’m no longer the naive young woman he once knew. And he’s no longer the man who took nearly everything from me...
  • Singe by Chelle Bliss

    Singe by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HOW DOES A FAKE RELATIONSHIP TURNS INTO SOMETHING REAL?While everyone around Carmello Caldo found love, he was busy losing himself in pleasure and pain. But when his cousin Lily wants to help him find true love, he doesn’t hesitate to accept her offer.Arlo King is not Carmello’s usual type. She’s a bookworm who doesn’t give herself away easy...
  • You & Me by Tal Bauer

    You & Me by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A single dads, friends-to-lovers, bi awakening MM Romance.We're a puzzle made of two pieces.Landon Larsen is the envy of all the dads in Last Waters, Texas. He's cool, confident, and put together. He and his son—the high school's all-star quarterback—have the perfect father-son relationship. He’s such a Super Dad, it's almost sickening...
  • Fools by Lucy Lennox, May Archer

    Fools by Lucy Lennox, May Archer

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Tucker Wright’s Clues for Life:What’s a 4-letter word for an utterly oblivious, totally commitment-phobic, heartbreakingly gorgeous man with a pet pig named Bernadette? That’d be D-U-N-N, as in Dunn Johnson, my very best pal and fishing buddy since I moved to Licking Thicket...
  • Crazy by Adriana Locke

    Crazy by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling author Adriana Locke brings laughter and love in this friends-to-lovers, small town romance. Love is crazy.Peck Ward, the sweet, small-town mechanic, isn't sure it's for everyone. Least of all him. His life is chaotic enough without adding the pressure of a relationship. Besides, unrequited love is a real thing and he's kind of over it...
  • Daisies & Devin by Kelsey Kingsley

    Daisies & Devin by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every story has a hero. Devin O'Leary was mine. Everybody has a dream, And mine could take me far. Just me, and my voice, A stage, and this guitar. With patience and some luck, I could see me, standing there. But, that was before I met her- The girl with the purple hair. Enchanted by her beauty, By her soul, and then, her eyes...
  • The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan

    The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When life drowns you in lemons, to hell with making lemonade. I wanted to burn the whole world. But eighteen months from the day my life was torn apart, I’m tired of the anger. Tired of the nightmares. Tired of putting one foot in front of the other just trying to survive. Three months on a high country sheep station in the middle of nowhere is exactly the reboot I need. A chance to break free...
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    mlm  lgbtq  family  age-gap  slow-burn  steamy  angst  drama
  • Vespertine by Leta Blake, Indra Vaughn

    Vespertine by Leta Blake, Indra Vaughn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B0153YLK5Q.Can a priest and a rock star obey love's call? Seventeen years ago, Jasper Hendricks and Nicholas Blumfeld's childhood friendship turned into a secret, blissful love affair. They spent several idyllic months together until Jasper's calling to the Catholic priesthood became impossible to ignore...
  • The Secret by May Archer

    The Secret by May Archer

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Micah Constantine Ross is a cocky, provoking little... yeah. And I swear, I'd think that even if his family's business wasn't my biggest competition. It's time someone taught the man a lesson or two about life. At least that's what I tell myself when I offer him a job. Call it my good deed for the year... maybe the century. But now he's in my shop. In my space. In my every damn thought...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  drama  family  forbidden-love  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn
  • Foreseen: Lex by Sloane Kennedy

    Foreseen: Lex by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    LEX Even if I wasn’t losing my sight, I never would have seen him coming… I’ve known my fate for years, but I wasn’t willing to accept it. But as the light in my eyes dims a little more each day, I have no choice but to adapt. Or not...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  drama  family  insta-love  lgbtq  mlm  north-america
  • 32 Rowan Blvd by Kelsey Kingsley

    32 Rowan Blvd by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Get married.Buy a house.Have a baby.That's every girl's dream, isn't it? Well, maybe not every girl, but for Christy Bush, it was.So, when her boyfriend realized he didn't want any of those things, the obvious answer was to set him free and find a man who did...
  • The Steady by Kelly Fox

    The Steady by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hot for teacher? No.Hot for teacher's widower? Maybe a little more than I should be.I merely meant to comfort Ren, to help him find steady ground in the middle of an ocean of pain. It was supposed to be a one-time thing.Only… our chemistry, set ablaze by our extreme size and age differences, was something neither of us had experienced before...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  age-gap  angst  romance  contemporary  small-town  fiction
  • No Vacancy by Stephanie Rose

    No Vacancy by Stephanie Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can a summer fling become the love of a lifetime? Perpetual good girl Caterina Longo is dependable to a fault. At 33, she’s never called in sick. Never had a one-night stand. Never taken a chance in her entire life...
  • Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott

    Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Seaside ChroniclesJanuary 3, 2023On the HookSeasiders,News on the beach is Braxton Bradley has caught the eye of Seaside’s very own darling, Harlee Tilson. Now, this might come as a shock to many of you, since the eldest Bradley sibling has been rumored to have made a vow to never marry. After all, his fishing charter has always been his number one love...
  • The Shipwreck by Rosalind Abel

    The Shipwreck by Rosalind Abel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lamont Price’s romance novels have been a hit for the past few years. With his gorgeous looks, kind heart, and tender disposition, Lamont is the darling of Lavender Shores. He’s the guy everyone wants to be their best friend, the guy everyone wants to protect. But even with his success and the love of his family, Lamont feels hidden from those around him...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  family  insta-love  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult
  • I've Got You by Becca Seymour

    I've Got You by Becca Seymour

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a single dad and a newly outed veterinarian meet by chance, it takes red-cheeked conversations, a tentative friendship, and the willingness to put their hearts on the line to show these men they’re made for each other.  Single dad Davis Jackson is busy balancing his coffee shop and being the best dad he can be. That doesn’t mean he’s not lonely...
  • Easton by Riley Hart

    Easton by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    EastonI’m the youngest Swift brother. The one who’s always in trouble and can’t get his life together. I wouldn’t know where to start, and ever since my twin died, I can’t bring myself to care. After my last “situation,” Dad washed his hands of me. And though my brothers should’ve done the same, they stood up for me, fracturing their relationship with him too...
  • Sheriff's Secret by K. Webster

    Sheriff's Secret by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a steamy and emotional MM romance!When you’re the sheriff of Brigs Ferry Bay, certain things are expected of you.Marry a local girl, settle down, have a few kids. You know, the small-town dream.But I’ve got a secret I’m terrified will get out.I’m gay.Not bi. Not curious. Not confused.Just gay.So, settling for that dream won’t be happening...
  • The Truth Within by Sloane Kennedy

    The Truth Within by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m not a fighter. I never was. So how do I make the one man who might just be worth fighting for see that?At twenty-five years old, Ford Cornell should have his whole life ahead of him but instead, the would-be artist is drowning in denial and just trying to get through each day...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  drama  family  insta-love  lgbtq  minnesota  mlm
  • Hard Knox by Riley Hart

    Hard Knox by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    CallumA gay guy walks into a straight bar and notices the hottest man he’s ever seen.Why am I not surprised my life sounds like the beginning of a bad joke? First, my ex cheated on me, and I went running to Havenwood and the mom I have a complicated relationship with. Then, there’s Knox, the gorgeous lumberjack I don’t stand a chance with...
  • Home by Cara Dee

    Home by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For as long as I can remember, I've only had one goal: survival. It's what I know. There is no future beyond making it through another night and getting my hands on as much money as possible, by any means necessary. Pride and dignity are things I can't afford. It's been the worst year yet—and not because I live on the streets. That's nothing compared to being separated from my little girl...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  drama  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn
  • Finding Forgiveness by Sloane Kennedy

    Finding Forgiveness by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He was only there for a business deal… A couple of days…that was all it was supposed to take for property developer Roman Blackwell to decide if the strip of land just south of Dare, Montana would be the perfect spot for his next luxury resort...
  • Shaun's Salvation by K.C. Wells

    Shaun's Salvation by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Romance is the last thing Shaun wants, but what if it’s exactly what he needs – and deserves?A selfless son barely holding onShaun doesn’t have much of a life. When he’s not working in the restaurant in Portland, Maine, he’s home looking after his dad, who has dementia...
  • Redemption by E. Davies

    Redemption by E. Davies

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I’ll make up my own mind about you.” Months after he was mugged in Houston, legal secretary Jasper Barnes is still hiding out in Hidden Creek. Self-defense classes would boost his confidence. Problem is, the guy offering them is Chad Allaback, and he has a reputation, to say the least...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  drama  angst  age-gap  steamy  contemporary  audiobook
  • Girls Who Pray by Evelyn Dar

    Girls Who Pray by Evelyn Dar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Claire Roberts is being sued by the Amish. Yep, those Amish. Claire’s latest release, a tell-all memoir about growing up Amish, reveals startling truths and intimate details about a passionate, secret love affair between herself and another woman...
  • Noble and Strong by Tatum West

    Noble and Strong by Tatum West

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Noble: I learned long ago that I could look—but never touch. My father made it clear: I was no longer his son if I ever sinned with a man. But Connor Strong took hold of my heart the moment I saw on him. And he made that sin sound so, so sweet. My dad is the most powerful Evangelical preacher in the country. Millions of people watch him on TV every Sunday morning...
  • Levi's Love by K.C. Wells

    Levi's Love by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unrequited love hurts like hell Levi Brown has loved Noah White since he was a teenager, but Noah isn’t looking for a relationship. Every time Levi sees him, his heart aches for what it cannot have. Because dear Lord, he wants Noah, in his life, in his bed.Especially in his bed. The only reason Levi is still a virgin is because he was waiting for Noah. Except Noah doesn’t want him...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  steamy  adult
  • Mother Bucker by Elle Thorpe

    Mother Bucker by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Getting pregnant then realising your baby daddy is a cheating, lying, scumbag? That happened.But then Abel James walks into my life. One hot look from the broad-shouldered cowboy and I’m ready for all the sexy fun I won’t be having once I start showing.Only one problem. He’s my father’s best friend and almost twenty years older than me.He’s off limits. I’m completely forbidden...
  • You're My Home by Katie Moore

    You're My Home by Katie Moore

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A love story you can live in…ZachBrady is my overprotective best friend, and I love him like this. He’s so much bigger than me and makes me feel safe. We are opposites in so many ways, but when I’m cuddled up against him and he reads to me, all those differences fade away...
  • Tragic Lies by L.A. Cotton

    Tragic Lies by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From bestselling author of the Rixon Raiders comes a new spin-off next generation series. More angst...More drama...More Raiders...
  • The Garden by Rosalind Abel

    The Garden by Rosalind Abel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Beautiful Gilbert Bryant designs jewelry for the rich and famous, and he made his escape from his gossipy little hometown of Lavender Shores. However, with so many friends and family, he keeps getting pulled back. When he attends his best friend’s engagement party, Gilbert can’t help but sample one of the new men in town. It’s just some innocent—or not so innocent—fun...
    Categorized as:
    angst  insta-love  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa  abuse
  • Black by Quin, Perin.

    Black by Quin, Perin.

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Meow!”There it was.The sound that made my knees buckle.He purred, neck stretched, eyes half-lidded.With those cat ears, in his hair.And the tail, that he flicked.A ray of sun in the drizzling rain. I’d been a traveler, floating adrift, while he’d stayed in one place. How was I supposed to know he’d become my anchor? My light. My everything...
  • Flirting with Disaster by Hailey Shore

    Flirting with Disaster by Hailey Shore

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There are two things you need to know about First, I am not cool. No, no, don’t let my tuxedo shirt and anklet socks fool you. I’m 26-year-old virgin not cool. I’m carry my cat around in a special backpack not cool.Second, I’m cursed. Every Piedmont woman is. We are doomed to fall in love with men who will break our hearts. So, I’m never going to fall in love.But I wouldn’t mind a little flirting...
  • Pure Country by Kelly Fox

    Pure Country by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’d sooner cage a wild bird than try to pin that cowboy down. But God, I want to make him mine.Our sizzling banter and filthy texts are the stuff of legends, but Rowdy is the king of one-night stands, and one night with him will never be enough.I crave a future with him, which is exactly why I’ve kept him at arm’s length...
  • Grumpy Bear by Slade James

    Grumpy Bear by Slade James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hooking up with an employee is not on my to-do list.Making sure other men have a good time is my business, even if it means suppressing my own desires. It’s opening weekend at my clothing-optional campground, guests are starting to arrive, and I’ve got a pool party and a few hundred peoples’ vacations to save while battling Mother Nature’s tantrums...
  • Like the Taste of Summer by Kaje Harper

    Like the Taste of Summer by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jack managed to get a scholarship to a small-town college in the middle of the Iowa cornfields, September 1981. It wasn't New York, or California, but he figured it would be better than being home. College would be be a new start in a new place, maybe somewhere he could be himself...
  • Off Balance: Painted Bay #1 by Jay Hogan

    Off Balance: Painted Bay #1 by Jay Hogan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When JUDAH MADDEN flees his tiny suffocating home-town in New Zealand, for the dream of international ballet stardom, he never intends coming back. Not to Painted Bay. Not to his family’s struggling mussel farm. Not to his jerk of a brother. Not with his entire life plan in shreds...
  • Courage by Kristen Proby

    Courage by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling author Kristen Proby comes an all new novel in her Big Sky series, Courage. This is the first story in the Heroes of Big Sky, all about men in uniform in Cunningham Falls!Natasha Mills feels like she’s loved firefighter Sam Waters her entire life. Since she first met him during middle school, she’s harbored a secret crush on her best friend’s big brother...
  • Melting by Sean Ashcroft

    Melting by Sean Ashcroft

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Butt naked and dripping wet wasn't how I expected to meet the man of my dreams.After a bad breakup, a rough year at his New York ice cream parlour, and no luck jumping back into the dating pool, celebrated pastry chef Hayden agrees to spend the summer with his dad in his childhood home on the Oregon coast to get away from it all...
  • Drawn to You by Jaclyn Quinn

    Drawn to You by Jaclyn Quinn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Leaving his enormous family behind, native New Yorker, Elijah, decides to move to Brighton Pier for a fresh start. Being part of a large LGBTQ community and landing his dream job at Inkubus, a local tattoo shop, is too big of a draw for him to turn down...
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    angst  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  adult  audiobook  book
  • Convincing Cole by Jaclyn Quinn

    Convincing Cole by Jaclyn Quinn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cole Sullivan Life's been pretty amazing. Moving back to my hometown of Coral Pointe Inlet and opening Shore Thing Management with my four best friends is the best decision I've ever made. Falling back into old habits with an ex? Not so much...
  • Off Plan by May Archer

    Off Plan by May Archer

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I came to Whispering Key for a job. That was all. To show the world Mason Bloom could be more than a small-town doctor living a medium-sized life. Private doctor on a swanky island with a posh resort? Check.But from the moment I set foot on this island, nothing went according to plan.I didn’t expect to find the resort falling apart...
  • Blank Canvas by E.M. Lindsey

    Blank Canvas by E.M. Lindsey

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a car accident changed the trajectory of his life at fifteen, Sam Braga set out to find his own way in the world. It never occurred to him he’d find home in Fairfield, Colorado, working with a childhood friend at a tattoo shop, and the legal guardian of a gorgeous little girl who was abandoned by her mother at birth. Sam has his life organized exactly the way he needs it...
  • Griff's Place by Riley Hart

    Griff's Place by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    GRIFFINI always felt I wasn’t wired like my peers, but when my brother, Kellan, gave me three terms—ace, aromantic, and demi—I had possible names for it. Those three words have been on my mind ever since, as has my brother’s best friend, Josh Westbrook. It’s been cool getting to know him and spending time together, just us. He makes me feel something I never thought I’d be able to feel...
  • Down Low by Parker St. John

    Down Low by Parker St. John

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    His broken bones could finally mend their broken bond…Bull riding was the only thing that calmed the thrill-seeking, self-destructive beast inside of Calvin Craig. It allowed him to escape a small-minded town and the pain of his troubled youth, fleeing to bright lights and big city fame without looking back.One trip on the horns of the wrong bull changed everything...
  • Nobody's Prince Charming by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Nobody's Prince Charming by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fire and ice. Oil and water. Vodka and decisions. That’s what Darren McCoy and Wren Davison are: two opposites that shouldn’t mix well. Dare believes in fairy tales, true love, and happily ever after. Wren believes in fast cars, freedom, and no-strings sex. What can these two men possibly have in common? A magnetic pull strong enough to obliterate logic and reason...
  • A Lifetime Kissing You by Riley Hart

    A Lifetime Kissing You by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    CharlesI have a great family, a successful career, and never struggle to find the company of a man when I want it, and I do—often. The loss of my brother years ago is the one dark spot in an otherwise perfect life. But at forty-three, my world suddenly feels emptier than it should. Something’s missing...
  • Rattlesnake by Kim Fielding

    Rattlesnake by Kim Fielding

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A drifter since his teens, Jimmy Dorsett has no home and no hope. What he does have is a duffel bag, a lot of stories, and a junker car. Then one cold desert night he picks up a hitchhiker and ends up with something more: a letter from a dying man to the son he hasn’t seen in years...
  • Fresh Catch by Kate Canterbary

    Fresh Catch by Kate Canterbary

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Take a vacation , they said. Get away from Silicon Valley's back-stabbing and power-grabbing. Recharge the innovative batteries. Unwind, then come back stronger than ever . Instead, I got lost at sea and fell in love with an anti-social lobsterman. There's one small issue: Owen Bartlett doesn't know who I am. Who I really am. ** I don't like people...
  • Moving Maverick by Lucy Lennox

    Moving Maverick by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Do you remember what you promised?” Maverick: I haven't been back to Rabbit Island, South Carolina, since my parents died and my grandmother, Mimi, rejected me. I'm only returning now to attend her funeral and sell an estate I never wanted. But the moment I step foot on the island and fall into Beau’s arms, I realize it might not be so easy to say goodbye after all...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  friends-to-lovers  insta-love  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult
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