Books like 'The Butterfly King'
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Alan's Utterly Accidental Dream-Cute by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens when a Havili researcher meets a psychic dreamwalker? A dreamy meet-cute, that’s what. (In more ways than one... -
The Magic That Binds by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll Dag Gates wants is a place to call home. (And to practice magic freely.)All Stefan Bjorne wants is peace in his adoptive country. (And less paperwork.)All Mikkel Vinters wants is both of them. (No, really, he could do wedding bells... -
Cuando reescribamos la historia by Belén Martínez Sánchez
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHACE VARIOS AÑOS... Julen e Ibai eran inseparables. Amigos que compartían clase, juegos en un jardín y paseos por la playa en las noches de verano. EN LA ACTUALIDAD... Julen solo es un joven que quiere pasar desapercibido. Ibai se ha convertido en un total extraño para él. Pero todo cambia con un sueño, una luna roja como la sangre, un diario y una muerte... -
Dakota by Shaw Montgomery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJust because he’s scatterbrained and distracted doesn’t mean he needs a keeper…right? Dakota is creative, passionate, and just a little too focused on his work. It’s helped him grow a single book into an impressive series and career, but it’s not helping his personal life. At this point, he barely has a personal life and even his friends are starting to get concerned... -
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The Betas: Rene' (Werewolves of Manhattan) by A.C. Katt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrankie Ferone moves from the mob to an even more secretive group, the loup garou.When attending a wedding, Frank Ferone is introduced to Rene DuBois, a violet eyed stranger. Rene has a secret to hide but can't overlook that he's met his mate. Rene starts to romance Frankie and soon Frankie falls in love. But how is he going to react when Rene tells Frankie he is loup garou... -
The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence by Storm Constantine
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDarquiel har Aralis lives among the hidden tribe of Olopade, in ignorance of his identity, and as he grows up, Darq realizes he is different from any other har. After a disastrous attempt to incept his closest friend, he attracts the attention of the mysterious Thiede, and learns that his origins are more astounding than he imagined... -
Scenes from Cloverleah by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCloverleah Pack Book 9.5This is NOT a standalone.There have been a lot of things going on in the Cloverleah pack, and if you have been following the series, you will know there were a couple of things that happened that didn’t quite make it in the story line. These four short stories are my way of filling in those gaps... -
Crusher by Daryl Banner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Daryl Banner comes a steamy beach town opposites-attract romance with a surprise ending that will steal your heart.When Quintin Ruiz’s classmate invites him down to Dreamwood Isle for the weekend, the last thing he wanted was to capture the attention of the beach town’s infamous “Heart Crusher” Adrian Tyler.Pretty boys with eight-pack abs aren’t Quintin’s type... -
Text Talk by merlywhirls
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFandom: Harry PotterRelationship: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin--------------------------------------------------Sirius is in boarding school, Remus is in the hospital, and they don't know each other until Sirius texts the wrong number... -
Blood Sacrifice by B.A. Stretke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“You can’t report this, Theo.” “I will,” Theo stated defiantly. “You won’t,” Bastian stated. Agent Theo Hawke arrived in Mt. Pleasant, not entirely sure what he was going to find. His superiors sent him to investigate the veracity of a letter they received accusing the Sheriff’s Department and Louis DuCane of all manner of crimes and cover-ups... -
The Cub and His Alphas by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwenty-three year old bear shifter, Daniel Borden had his life crash around his ears at the tender age of fifteen when his parents were killed in a car accident. Struggling to control his shifts during puberty, Daniel left the foster care home he'd been placed in the day he turned eighteen... -
The Arrival by Karla Nikole
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe vampire comfort read you didn’t know you needed. Nino and Haruka are starting their family with the pending arrival of a new baby, but it’s freaking Nino out a little. Old wounds and complicated familial relationships come to a head, and the two vampires must work together to smooth things out before they become fathers... -
Precious Perfection by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShunned by his pack for being born without feet and suspected of being an omega wolf, Devyn had a lucky escape when he was found and raised by a bear shifter. Now twenty six years old, Devyn fills his days carving elegant items of furniture out of wood, catering to the rich who can afford his custom pieces... -
When Two Omegas Dance by Amy Bellows
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKai spends eight hours a day training for a grueling sport only the toughest men can handle. In other words, he’s a ballet dancer. When Kai gets cut from his dance company, he’s not sure what to do. His whole life has revolved around ballet since he was a child. Heartbroken and uncertain of his future, he ends up at a strip club with his friends... -
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Good Son by Beau Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOmega Piper Gray has spent most of his life running from his problems. He figures the best way to be happy is to avoid emotional entanglements. Have sex. Move on. That’s his recipe for a long and fulfilling life. But when he gets word his estranged mother is dying, he’s pressured by his sister Trina to come home and help out... -
Merry Misfits by Cambria Hebert
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce upon a time…A lost prince was robbed of the magic of the holiday season.Ribbons, glitter, tree-trimming, and love all denied for hateful reasons.What once was lost is now wondrously found.And, naturally, holiday shenanigans will abound.New York City is blanketed in pure white snow,the perfect date night setting to make your heart grow... -
My Husband is Suffering from a Terminal Illness by Bu Hui Xia Qi, 不会下棋
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsXie Yang has spent many years in the apocalypse and is tired and worn out. Then he transmigrated into a simple and superficial novel about the entertainment circle.The protagonist of the novel was handsome, smart, and reborn. The female protagonist of the novel was beautiful, inspirational, and had a golden finger. Some male and female roles were also beautiful and had a deep background... -
The Heat Professor by Amy Bellows
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsProfessor Damien Ringdal has a heat latch. Sometimes alphas who have been working as a heat companion for an extended period of time develop an uncontrollable urge to bond. AKA, a heat latch. AKA, a huge problem. Especially because his uncontrollable urges seem to be directed at his student, Tatum Bloom. Tatum has a crush... -
The Timid Tiger by Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGiorgioI was the first person to suggest people needed to settle down and find a mate. And by suggested, I mean I signed my brother up for the Male-Order app behind his back. It worked well for him—better than I could’ve possibly imagined, but when it comes to me finding a mate? I want to do it the old-fashioned way. I owned half a bar and peopling was what I did. Surely I could find my own mate... -
A Bear's Protection by Dakota West
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCora Leighton is a woman on the run. Fleeing a bad relationship and an ex who’s blatantly stalking her, Cora enters the shifter state of Cascadia with one thing on her mind: freedom. Love is the last thing she’s looking for, no matter how sexy the men of Cascadia turn out to be. Rugged, sexy bear shifters Ash and Hunter are mates... -
The Tribulations of Ross Young, Supernat PA: Additional Incident LARPing by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe clan goes LARPing. Do they understand it’s a game? No. Does Ross regret all life decisions? Yes. LARPing is now on Ross's shit list... -
The Eskimo Slugger by Brad Boney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Austin Trilogy: Book Three It’s the summer of 1983, and Trent Days is Major League Baseball’s rookie sensation. Born in Alaska to an Inupiat mother, the press have dubbed him the Eskimo Slugger, but a midseason collision at home plate temporarily halts his meteoric rise to the top... -
He's Coming in Hot by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Jock and Nerd Mpreg In high school, Newell was a nobody. He was completely invisible, and for the most part, he liked it that way. He had one friend and a completely hopeless crush on a football playing god who seemed to be everywhere all the time and was actually really nice. What more could he have possibly needed from his high school experience? As an adult, not much has changed really... -
His Reclassified Omega by L.C. Davis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn omega who wants nothing to do with Alphas meets an Alpha who feels he’ll never measure up. Myron has never fit the mold of a typical omega. For one thing, he has no interest in settling down with anyone other than another omega. When the woman he loves leaves him for a far more conventional mate, he takes a job he’s hardly qualified for just to get out of the country... -
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At Sixes and Sevens by M.A. Church
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWerecats mating with humans was bad enough…. But an Alpha werewolf? Aidric’s life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Alpha Carter Lovelock of the Dark Lake Pack—who is apparently his mate. Now Aidric must decide whether to accept the mate the goddess chose, or deny her gift because cats and dogs just don’t mix. Carter is in a pickle. He always assumed his mate would be a female werewolf... -
Omega Shaken by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGerald's story continues as he finds not one but two alphas to love. This book can be read as a standalone. Ezra has finally decided his big house is just depressing without people living in it. His attempts at finding a sane roommate are scary at first, but he doesn't throw in the towel right away... -
Birthday with His Omega by Lorelei M. Hart, Aria Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinding love isn't easy. Even when it seems to fall into your lap like a birthday present.But not every birthday present is wrapped in a neat little bow. Sometimes they're messy and tangled and...devastating.But the great thing about birthdays is that there's always another one just around the corner.. -
Omega Neat by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKnox has carried a heart full of guilt and regret for more than a decade. When the man he loved was killed just months after they met, he vowed to never love like that again. The pain was too raw, but that led him to Michael's brothers, Mitch and Justin... -
Sweater Weather by Lorelei M. Hart, Aria Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes the perfect Christmas is only an ice storm away.Omega Stewart’s first Christmas since inheriting his family’s inn is going as well as can be expected. More than half the rooms are booked, he has activity lists for the guests, and the hours he spent on pinterest getting ideas for a Christmas tea he is planning were productive... -
Secret Billionaire Omega by Harper B. Cole
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarcus just wants someone who will love him for him. It's hard to find someone who doesn't have an angle. Having grown up as the son of wealth, it had been hard to find friends who didn't want to use him. He could only trust his brother. But ten years ago, Marcus realized he couldn't trust anyone when his parents tried to sell him off to the highest bidder, and his brother supported them... -
I Should've Stayed Home: Irwin by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHedgehog shifter, Irwin Chance was not the type to go out to parties, of any kind. A self-confessed introvert with anxiety disorders, he was happy to stay at home, work on his Youtube channel and counsel people from the safety of his home. But Irwin had friends, three of them to be exact, and one of them had gotten him a ticket to the biggest party of the year... -
Saving the Omega's Christmas by G.S. Holmes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheir partners ran off together. Now it's their turn to fall in love again. Little did they know it would be with each other. There's no rational explanation for my dislike of Sheriff Levi Barnes.Deep down I know he's not responsible for his omega running off with my alpha, but he pops up in the most unexpected places, always giving a helping hand I don't ask for... -
Love Is Always Write: Volume Six (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Sara York, Em Woods
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe stories you are about to read celebrate love, sex and romance between men. They are a product of the Love Is Always Write promotion sponsored by the Goodreads M/M Romance Group and are published as a free gift to you... -
The Mistletoe Promise by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne Kiss. One Promise. The Magic of Christmas. Omega Everett is ready to be a father. He has a decent job, a nice place to live, and so much love to give. With no delusions of finding the perfect alpha and living happily ever after, he decides to take matters into his own hand—or test tube, anyway—with the help of a fertility clinic... -
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Operation Christmas Miracle by Kiska Gray
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChesterRescuing people isn't what I do, but when I find an Alpha in need of saving the night of the snow storm, I know I can't just leave him out in the cold. So now I've got a stranger in my house, mere days before Christmas, and we're snowed in. I shouldn't be so comfortable with Kinsley, but he seems like a nice person, and he's so patient with my son... -
Memories of You by Austin Bates
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdam sighed. He felt a slight flutter in his stomach as the baby began to move. He rested a hand on his belly. “Looks like someone just woke up.”“Can I feel?” asked Melinda, her face brightened considerably as she leaned forward. “I’ve been trying to keep from asking you questions all day, but I just can’t hold back anymore.”Adam’s heart swelled at the sight of the pure joy on his mother’s face... -
Entry Shock by Mia West
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unexpected entry… Shark shifter Ian Mackey works alone. His job is important: to protect the guys in his covert rescue swimmer unit—from predators, from the press, from each other. So what if he lives alone, too? And eats alone? And sleeps alone? Solitude works for him. Lets him focus on the job and a few favorite extracurriculars. The last thing he needs is a rescue partner... -
Omega Served by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook Two of the Oak Grove series. Can be read as a standalone.Ike is gun shy after the ordeal he recently went through with a money-grubbing omega who lied about carrying his child. Now he doesn't trust any omegas and would rather stay celibate than to risk being used again. Until he walks into The Fallen Nut on a busy night and makes a terrible decision... -
Face Off by Marina Vivancos
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOrion’s life turns upside down when someone outs him as the first Omega in the NHL…that anybody knows of. Now, he has to wrestle with the decisions he made throughout his life to keep that secret hidden—including the man he left a decade earlier.Problem is, that man is Gabriel McKenna, Captain of the Queen's Hounds... -
Undeniable Bonds by Kaje Harper
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome bonds are strong enough to last a lifetime, and change the world.Rory O'Sullivan has spent his life alone. Once upon a time, he made one real human connection as a gay man. That moment happened in Nazi captivity, and the wolf he escaped with was a Soviet soldier. They had a taste of what love might mean, but in 1944, personal happiness had to come second to survival... -
Boy Tangled by Sue Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA boy who is scared of being caged again. A Daddy who’s about to rescue the world. Will they trust each other to fall in love when their future is unknown?Throwing Jake and his brothers out of the Tin Bar seems like a good idea to Aaron. It avoids a fight with another Daddy, and he doesn’t have to watch Jake play with another boy all evening... -
Mr. Melancholy Wants to Live a Peaceful Life 忧郁先生想过平静生活 by Cyan Wings, 青色羽翼
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYu Hua loses his job, and the weight of the household falls on the shoulders of his partner, You Zhengping. His husband is a temporary employee at the subdistrict office, with a monthly salary of only 2500; this troubles Yu Hua exceedingly.You Zhengping is secretly engaged in the work of protecting the world from Destroyers, with a rather liberal subsidy... -
From the Edge by N. Slater
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m not meant for a happy ending.I wasn’t even supposed to be an Omega but two years into college, I presented and my parents all but sold me to an abusive Alpha for a price tag that would set them up for life.However, my heart is still with my lover from sophomore year, my heart and soul—Blake.He was there for me when I was just a Beta, when I presented, and the terrifying days afterward... -
Don't Read in the Closet: Volume Two (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Blaine D. Arden, Mandy Beyers
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis free ebook is volume two in a collection of short stories celebrating love, sex and romance between men. It is a product of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group Hot Summer Days event and features original stories from 28 authors; if you like what you read, come join our group! Use the green download button below and choose from PDF, Mobi/Kindle, Epub and Html/Zip formats... -
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Don't Read in the Closet: GayRomLit Retreat 2011 Special Edition (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Clare London, J.P. Barnaby
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis free ebook is a collection of 27 short stories celebrating love, sex and romance between men. It is a product of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group Hot Summer Days event and features authors attending the GayRomLit Retreat 2011 in New Orleans; if you like what you read, come join our group! Use the green download button below and choose from PDF, Mobi/Kindle, Epub and Html/Zip formats... -
Don't Read in the Closet: Volume Three (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Damon Suede, Mael Day
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis free ebook is volume three in a collection of short stories celebrating love, sex and romance between men. It is a product of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group Hot Summer Days event and features original stories from 27 authors; if you like what you read, come join our group! Use the green download button below and choose from PDF, Mobi/Kindle, Epub and Html/Zip formats... -
Matched to His Bear by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsalternate cover edition of ASIN B08CM6Q6Q9Fate doesn't use dating apps to pair true mates...except when it does.Alpha Brad Galway is a hot successful lawyer and Beta of his Den with omegas throwing themselves at his feet. From the outside, it appears as though he has everything he could possibly desire... -
Paid to Kneel: A steamy gay BDSM romance - Delphic Agency Book One by Romilly King
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA steamy gay BDSM romance Sex sells and Richard is about to find out exactly how much his submission is worth. RICHARD is desperate for money. With his Father needing long term care and graduate school looming he needs a lump sum of cash, and fast... -
Be Mine: A Contemporary Polyamorous Omegaverse Novella by K.L. Moore
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy heat is early.After embracing the life of an independent omega and refusing all matches, I'm running low on options.But a chance encounter with a delicious smelling omega sets the wheel of fate in motion and there's no stopping it. Not even the fact that he's an omega just like me, or that he already has a pack.What’s an independent omega to do?The world will never accept two omegas together.. -
His Baby to Save by Kiki Burrelli
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"It hurts everywhere. Please, touch me." Young wolf shifter Caleb didn’t expect to be fighting for his life while protecting a group of cubs he escorted up the mountain on a morale-building exercise but that’s what happened. And he would have died if it wasn’t for gorgeous alpha mountain man, Asher...
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