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  • The Keeper of Bees by Gregory Ashe

    The Keeper of Bees by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Emery Hazard has pretty much everything under control. He and his fiancé, John-Henry Somerset, are more in love than ever, despite the stress of wedding preparations hanging over them. His business as a private investigator is growing. He’s even enjoying time with his growing circle of friends...
  • Where There’s Smoke by Cole McCade

    Where There’s Smoke by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE They say where there's smoke, there's fire—but Malcolm and Seong-Jae have a lot of blood and no body in a case where the only witness to a murder may be the killer himself. Yet as they chase down a victim who may or may not exist in a crime that may or may not have happened, it's the sparks flying between them that threaten to ignite into dangerous flame..
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    age-gap  angst  crime  humor  in-uniform  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm
  • Final Orders by Gregory Ashe

    Final Orders by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An embattled author. Fanatical parents. A son who can’t stay out of trouble. It’s the last one that’ll probably kill him.When Emery Hazard gets drawn into a brawl at a monthly school board meeting, he knows he’s in trouble; his husband, John-Henry Somerset, is chief of police, and they’re already under enough scrutiny as they try to finalize their foster son’s permanency plan...
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    mlm  crime  lgbtq  suspense  law-enforcement  children  humor  family
  • Alibi by Nicole Edwards

    Alibi by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Travis Walker has been battling dark urges since the day Juliet Prince kidnapped his six-year-old daughter four months ago. Although Kate was returned safely, the woman responsible vanished.When their attempts to find her keep coming up empty, Travis let his need for retribution consume him and it nearly cost him his relationship with his family...
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    children  crime  family  in-uniform  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense
  • Marriage Is Murder by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Marriage Is Murder by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Spring is in full bloom, love is in the air, and Cupid has taken deadly aim in Savannah.Newly engaged, Royce Locke and Sawyer Key are ready to set the date and charge full-steam ahead into their happily ever after, but homicides and unresolved conflicts keep getting in their way...
  • If Only by Cherise Sinclair

    If Only by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    After the last fiasco, Sally gives up. She’ll never find a Dom of her own. Instead the computer whizz is job hunting in between bending the law—just a bit—to unearth the bastards who’d enslaved her friends. The clueless cops and Feds obviously need help. FBI special agents, Galen and Vance, have waited to play with Sally for a long time...
  • So This is Christmas by Josh Lanyon

    So This is Christmas by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    God Help You Merry Gentlemen…Arriving home early after spending Christmas in jolly old England, sometimes amateur sleuth Adrien English discovers alarming developments at Cloak and Dagger Books--and an old acquaintance seeking help in finding his missing boyfriend...
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    age-gap  crime  family  humor  in-uniform  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm
  • Deception in Darkness: by Alice Winters

    Deception in Darkness: by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Felix and Lane are struggling with just how boring a “normal” life is, so when they get a chance to jump into action, they do so without a second thought—especially since they’re offered a lot of money. The request is simple: find a way to retrieve a watch from police custody. But things are never as easy as they seem. Suddenly, they’re caught in the middle of a family feud that could turn deadly...
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    age-gap  crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  suspense
  • The Rational Faculty by Gregory Ashe

    The Rational Faculty by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three months have passed since Emery Hazard and John-Henry Somerset faced a madman and lived to tell about it. Three months have passed since Emery Hazard resigned from his job as a detective. Three months can be too long and too short, all at the same time. On Halloween, a professor at the local college is murdered in his apartment, in front of dozens of witnesses. Then the killer disappears...
  • Domestic Animals by Gregory Ashe

    Domestic Animals by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes, the most dangerous animals are the ones you let inside.When a man hires Emery Hazard to track down a teenager who, he claims, robbed him, Hazard isn’t convinced. The story has holes in it, and the client seems eager—too eager—to keep the authorities from getting involved. But Hazard is willing to play along; he suspects something much darker is going on, and he wants to know what it is...
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    mlm  crime  lgbtq  suspense  children  angst  law-enforcement  family
  • Father Complex by Gregory Ashe

    Father Complex by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Having a father can be hard. Being a good one might be even harder.The call-out for the double homicide, when it comes, is a strange one: two men gunned down in a motel room, no witnesses, no real clues. Even stranger, the men were enemies, and no one seems to know why they were in that motel room together...
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    mlm  crime  lgbtq  suspense  children  law-enforcement  angst  humor
  • Backdraft by Cole McCade

    Backdraft by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE When a 911 call goes wrong and a young man goes missing, it falls to Malcolm and Seong-Jae to investigate the responding officers when Internal Affairs' internal politics leave the case compromised and the officers aren't willing to talk...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  humor  in-uniform  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm
  • A Chosen Man by Jaime Reese

    A Chosen Man by Jaime Reese

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For Wall McCormack, actions speak louder than words. He’s giving and protective, loyal to his friends, and devoted to his job. While confident and powerful enough to conquer any challenge, his greatest strength lies in his calm nature. Until an unexpected assignment sends his world into a loud and colorful chaos he never could have anticipated. Rejection...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  humor  in-uniform  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm
  • Rialto by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rialto by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Someone has it out for Rialto.  Ian Banner is loving his hectic life. He’s newly married, ready to start a family, and opening a new restaurant. All his dreams are coming true. The last thing he needs is a problem with his restaurant.  But when one attack after another comes, he grows convinced he has another enemy...
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    angst  children  crime  family  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  suspense
  • Dirty Deeds by Rhys Ford

    Dirty Deeds by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sheila Pinelli needed to be taken out.Former cop turned private investigator Cole McGinnis never considered committing murder. But six months ago, when Jae-Min’s blood filled his hands and death came knocking at his lover’s door, killing Sheila Pinelli became a definite possibility...
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    angst  crime  family  humor  in-uniform  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm
  • The Evening Wolves by Gregory Ashe

    The Evening Wolves by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every victory comes at a cost. The trail has gone cold. For months now, Emery Hazard and John-Henry Somerset have been trying to find something—anything—that might help them uncover the truth about the criminal organization operating out of the Cottonmouth Club. But every lead has turned out to be a dead end, and every step forward has cost them two steps back...
  • Here Comes Trouble by A.E. Via

    Here Comes Trouble by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00Q3UI6VG.Detectives Mark Ruxsberg and Chris Green are very good at their jobs. Being the enforcers for God and Day's notorious Atlanta PD Narcotics Task Force causes the crazy duo to get into more trouble than they can often get out of...
  • But For You by Mary Calmes

    But For You by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jory Harcourt is finally living the dream. Being married to US Marshal Sam Kage has changed him—it’s settled the tumult of their past and changed Jory from a guy who bails at the first sign of trouble to a man who stays and weathers the storm. He and Sam have two kids, a house in the burbs, and a badass minivan. Jory’s days of being an epicenter for disaster are over. Domestic life is good...
  • A Matter of Time: Vol. 2 by Mary Calmes

    A Matter of Time: Vol. 2 by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    2nd Edition Books Three and FourVol. 2 Three years ago, Jory Harcourt changed his name and shut the door on a past full of pain, only to emerge stronger on the other side. He has a new career, a great working partner, and a satisfying life—except for the hole in his chest left behind when police Detective Sam Kage walked out with his heart. Now Sam's back and he knows what he wants..
  • Dine & Dash by Abigail Roux

    Dine & Dash by Abigail Roux

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A Ty and Zane ficlet. Takes place between Armed & Dangerous and Stars & Stripes...
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    crime  humor  in-uniform  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense
  • Bulletproof by Mary Calmes

    Bulletproof by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jory Harcourt doesn't have to go looking for trouble. Wherever he goes, it seems to find him—particularly when his partner, Sam Kage, is working undercover on a federal task force. After the recession forces him to close his business, Jory goes to work as a matchmaker and event planner...
  • Bad at Love by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Bad at Love by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Bad at making decisions or bad at love? Either way, Kendall Blakemore doesn’t trust his judgment. He falls too hard, too fast, and always for the wrong guy. Needing a major shakeup, Kendall moves into his own place for the first time and seizes a new career opportunity. But everything he thought he wanted turns out to be the last thing he needs...
  • Noble Hops by Layla Reyne

    Noble Hops by Layla Reyne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everything Dominic Price has worked hard to uphold is about to come crashing down on everything he holds dear.So much for the quiet life. Just as assistant US attorney and brewery owner Dominic Price is settling into a comfy new chapter with his partner, FBI agent Cameron Byrne, the sudden death of Nic’s father puts their happily-ever-after in jeopardy...
  • Killer Honeymoon by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Killer Honeymoon by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Honeymoon, happily ever after, and…homicide?Newlyweds, Royce Locke and Sawyer Key, embark on a honeymoon road trip where their biggest threat should be dodging drunk tourists on golf carts. But their arrival on South Bass Island lands them in the middle of a contentious battle between lifelong islanders and a property developer who won’t accept no for an answer...
  • The Golden Ratio by Cole McCade

    The Golden Ratio by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE The boys are back, and an old face from Seong-Jae’s past plunges BPD Detectives Malcolm Khalaji and Seong-Jae Yoon from a two-month suspension right into the depths of hell — and into one of the most horrific, grisly cases of Malcolm’s life. He's never seen anything like it...
  • Craft Brew by Layla Reyne

    Craft Brew by Layla Reyne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Assistant US attorney Dominic Price is staring down the barrel of his father’s debts. The bull’s-eye on his back makes him a threat to everyone he cares about, so when his lover wants to go public with their relationship, he bolts. Not because he isn’t in love—he can’t stomach the thought of putting Cam in danger...
  • Custody Battles by Gregory Ashe

    Custody Battles by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some parents would die for their children. Others will do a whole lot worse.Emery Hazard and his husband, John-Henry Somerset, are settling into their new normal—at home, with the latest addition to their family, and at work, as Somers adapts to his new role and Hazard manages his expanding agency. The only thing Hazard is worried about is getting through dinner with his in-laws...
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    mlm  crime  lgbtq  suspense  law-enforcement  children  angst  family
  • Ignite by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Ignite by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two of Noah’s Army buddies are dead. Someone has taken shots at Noah. And now Noah’s former lover, JB, is a target. Noah, Rowe, and JB team up to track down a killer trying to take out all of Noah’s old Army team in hopes of covering up a dark secret. But this trip to Washington, D.C. threatens to unravel the perfect life that Rowe and Noah have built over the past three years...
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    angst  crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  steamy
  • Six Degrees of Separation by Taylor V. Donovan

    Six Degrees of Separation by Taylor V. Donovan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Note from the author:By Degrees is an ensemble serial with continuing story lines. Six Degrees of Separation is the second installment, and it must be read after Six Degrees of Lust. Thanks.In the sequel to Six Degrees of Lust, F.B.I. team leader Samuel Shaughnessy and bar manager Machlan O’Bannon are exploring a new phase in their non-relationship...
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    angst  crime  family  humor  in-uniform  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm
  • Home Work by Kaje Harper

    Home Work by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mac and Tony thought the hard part was over. They’re together openly as a couple, sharing a home and building a life with their two children. It’s what they dreamed of. But daughter Anna struggles with the changes, Ben is haunted by old secrets, Mac’s job in Homicide still demands too much of his time, and Tony is caught in the middle...
  • Promises Part 3 by A.E. Via

    Promises Part 3 by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A bounty hunter’s partners to lovers’ story. The hunt is on… and he’s the prey. Bradford (Ford) King was sure he had the rest of his life mapped out. Though he was no longer a SEAL Lieutenant, his brother was home safe and he had a job that still allowed him to satisfy his hunger for hunting bad guys...
  • A Light in the Darkness by Alice Winters

    A Light in the Darkness by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Felix and Lane are trying out their new normal. Normal means no more car chases, no more drug lords, and definitely no more kidnapping bad guys. All of that is a thing of the past in this new, normal(ish) life style filled with family get-togethers, torturous jogs through the park, and the occasional romp in the parking lot. Felix is done stealing (all but for the cat)...
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    mlm  humor  lgbtq  crime  suspense  age-gap  law-enforcement  family
  • Forbidden Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Forbidden Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Devlin Relic was off limits.The sweet man had already lost a husband and nearly lost his life when someone put a contract on his head last year.He needed to focus on raising his adopted son and finding a nice, normal man.Kai was anything but nice and normal.He was an assassin, and that did not fit into Dev’s neat and tidy life...
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    angst  children  crime  family  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense
  • School of Fish by Amy Lane

    School of Fish by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jackson Rivers has been learning how to take care of himself so he can be there for Ellery Cramer, but after eight weeks of healing, body and soul, he’s itching to get back to work. Finally Ellery gives him a simple task: pick up a file on a kid who probably didn’t commit murder but who refuses to participate in his own defense.Nothing is ever that easy...
  • Hot Mess 6 by Stormy Glenn

    Hot Mess 6 by Stormy Glenn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lany: I just wanted to help my Mom out with the Children's Fall Festival. I had no idea I'd be dragged into a mess that would change my entire world. Learning that children in foster care were being abused, and determined to stop it, I jumped in feet first. I just had to stay alive long enough for Sal to rescue me...
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    angst  children  crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm
  • Fish in a Barrel by Amy Lane

    Fish in a Barrel by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jackson and Ellery face their toughest case yet—against the criminal justice system itself.Jackson Rivers and Ellery Cramer have worked difficult jobs before, but usually it’s getting the facts that’s the problem. For their newest client, the trouble isn’t finding the truth—it’s corruption at the highest levels of the justice system...
  • Sinful Sugar by Naomi Porter

    Sinful Sugar by Naomi Porter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mayhem is coming for the Knight's Legion MC: Minnesota… Art. My defender.The balm to my broken soul.I thought true love only came once in a lifetime. Then a younger, sinfully handsome, wildly addictive tattoo artist shows me I am wrong.Art possesses and pleasures me in all the ways I desire. He is relentless and willing to take on the world to make me his...
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    age-gap  angst  children  crime  family  humor  steamy  suspense
  • Real Risk by Elle Keaton

    Real Risk by Elle Keaton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's possible they're a match but first the two men will have to survive trial by fire. Chief Flynn is fighting smoke and flames, tirelessly protecting the lives and property of his fellow islanders from yet another spate of fires.Arson or accident?When injury puts him on the sidelines, West Coast Forensics Arson Investigator Kimball Frye offers his assistance...
  • Thunder and Lightning by Patricia Logan

    Thunder and Lightning by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jarrett Evans and Thayne Wolfe have been partnered in the ATF for nearly two years and their love and commitment to each other has grown over time. Now faced with one final challenge, the boys are headed to Arizona to help Thayne’s mom, stumbling headfirst into a brand new case...
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    mlm  suspense  crime  lgbtq  law-enforcement  angst  romance  mystery
  • Matchstick Men by Adira August

    Matchstick Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes it's the cop who needs to hit the floor... Haunted by the worst case of my career, I knew only one way to exorcise the images from my mind, the victim from my soul ... Inside the club, I scanned the room. He was here—Camden Snow—a sex god in the guise of unpretentious youth...
  • Tied Up in Steele by Annabella Stone

    Tied Up in Steele by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Steele Givens doesn’t do relationships and he knows better than to fall for a man he rescued during a CIA Operation; but then he’s never been a ‘follow the rules’ kinda man. He always swore he’d never drag someone he cared about into a world of danger. But what do you do, when danger stalks him anyway? Kalon Roberts wanted to move on. He’s done with danger and Black Ops Operators...
  • Forever by Tinnean

    Forever by Tinnean

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lately, life is both sweet and sour for intelligence operatives Mark Vincent and Quinton Mann. The sweet is they’re settling into a relationship; Mark has found a condo in Alexandria with the help of Quinn’s mother, Portia; and Mark and Quinn are looking forward to spending the holidays in the Caribbean.As for the sour, something shadier than usual is going on at Langley...
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    crime  humor  in-uniform  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense
  • A Single Bright Candle's Flame by Cole McCade

    A Single Bright Candle's Flame by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE Detective Malcolm Khalaji is at a loss. For the second time in his life, he wasn't there when his lover needed him. And with Seong-Jae Yoon on leave pending an internal investigation, Malcolm doesn't know what to do with a shattered partner and boyfriend who's retreated from him into a dark and broken place. It's Gabrielle all over again..
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    age-gap  angst  crime  humor  in-uniform  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm
  • Sadistic Sherlock by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Sadistic Sherlock by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ten years ago, Dominic Walsh faked his own death. With no true identity, it wasn’t hard. But if he’d stayed, he would have been drawn further into a life he’d never chosen. He has friends and family at Ward Security now and has managed to escape his dark past. There is only one thing he truly wants. Abraham Stephens...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm
  • Barrel Proof: by Layla Reyne

    Barrel Proof: by Layla Reyne

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FBI agents Aidan "Irish" Talley and Jameson "Whiskey" Walker can't get a moment's peace. Their hunt for the terrorist Renaud seems to be nearing an end, until a fire allows him to slip through their fingers-and puts Jamie's life in danger. When Jamie is nearly killed, Aidan learns how many forms loss can take...
  • Piece of Cake by Mary Calmes

    Piece of Cake by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Matter of Time Story After years of domestic partnership, Jory Harcourt and Sam Kage are finally going to make it official in their home state of Illinois...
  • First Impressions by Jay Hogan

    First Impressions by Jay Hogan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Michael: Two years ago, I made a mistake, a big one. Then I added a couple more just for good measure. I screwed up my life, but I survived. Now I have the opportunity for a fresh start. Two years in NZ. Away from the LA gossip, a chance to breathe, to rebuild my life. But I’m taking a new set of rules with me. I don’t do relationships. I don’t do commitment...
  • Just Jory by Mary Calmes

    Just Jory by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A ficlet which is set in the time period between Bulletproof and But For You...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  crime  humor  in-uniform  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  steamy
  • Parting Shot by Mary Calmes

    Parting Shot by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A Matter of Time Story(Duncan Stiel from Acrobat by the same author)Life has never been easy for Duncan Stiel. His childhood was the stuff of nightmares, and his day job as an undercover police officer forces him to hide his true self and occasionally lands him in the hospital. So when he finally meets the perfect man, it comes as no surprise that everything falls apart around him...
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    angst  crime  humor  in-uniform  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  steamy
  • Breaking Cover by Kaje Harper

    Breaking Cover by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For homicide detective Mac, it's been a good year. Having Tony to go home to makes him a better cop and a better person. For Tony, it's been hard being in love with a man he can't touch in public. Evasions and outright lying to friends and family take a little of the shine off his relationship with Mac, but Tony is determined to make it work...
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