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  • Shattered Pieces by K.M. Neuhold

    Shattered Pieces by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “I was sure my heart had withered away years ago, but then you smiled at me, and I felt it beat again.” ~Gage Years ago, I fell in love with my best friend’s little brother. Then, he took his own life, leaving me shattered and unable to piece my heart back together. I’ve been a zombie for nine long years...
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    angst  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  audiobook
  • Hot Wings by Eli Easton, Tara Lain

    Hot Wings by Eli Easton, Tara Lain

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The alpha meets his match.Most macho of all the super-alpha Canali brothers and proud of it, Donny’s famous for his gorgeous face, his firefighter prowess, and for going through girls his family doesn’t approve of as fast as he changes jeans.Donny’s biggest hero is his fire captain dad, until his life gets saved from the skies by fire pilot Dell Murphy.Dell’s certain about most things...
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    angst  family  in-uniform  lgbtq  mlm  adult  bisexuality  book
  • Shipping Our Loves by Sammi Cee

    Shipping Our Loves by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Davis ~ Life hasn’t been the same since Conrad and I lost our boyfriend Eric in a tragic accident. We’ve started looking for a third again, but the men we’ve met are wanting a one-time experience. It’s all just fun to them, but this is our lifestyle, and we want another man to love. Conrad ~ I’m missing our man more than words can say, but that isn’t the only problem...
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    friends-to-lovers  insta-love  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  age-gap  book
  • Breathless by R.G. Alexander

    Breathless by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author R.G. Alexander, Book 11 in the Finn Factor Series! What Makes You Breathless? Firefighter Wyatt Finn has been chasing Fiona Howard for a while now. But so has Thoreau Wayne. The only thing they seem to have in common is the beautiful, commitment-phobic bartender, and they'd both do anything to make her stay...
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    angst  in-uniform  lgbtq  mlm  poc-mc  steamy  adult  bisexuality
  • Uniting the Souls by Annabella Michaels

    Uniting the Souls by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the owner of Agape House, a center for Chicago’s LGBTQ youth, Matt worked tirelessly to provide a safe and loving atmosphere for the kids who called the center home. He put his heart and soul into helping the teens in his care, pushing aside his own pain. A pain that no one knew about, not even his closest friend, Isaac...
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    family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  poc-mc  steamy  abuse  adult
  • 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...
  • Winning the Dad by Nora Phoenix

    Winning the Dad by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vegas isn't my scene, but I might as well have some fun while I'm here for my son's wedding.I've always considered myself straight...until I meet Sawyer at the blackjack table.He's my age, super hot, and funny, and the sparks between us could power the entire casino. When he asks me up to his room, I happily accept.But one night isn't enough for either of us. We want more...
  • We Have Till Monday by Cara Dee

    We Have Till Monday by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When it seemed like everyone around Anthony Fender was reaching a goal or falling in love, he blamed an early midlife crisis for throwing him far outside of his comfort zone. Nashville was a long way from New York and his everyday life that’d lost all color lately...
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    family  insta-love  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  age-gap  book
  • Forever by Kindle Alexander

    Forever by Kindle Alexander

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dr. Robert Adams grew up with more advantages than most, the son of a former vice president, he had two loving fathers, a twin sister he adores and wonderfully doting grandparents. Life is good until one afternoon when his dreams flat-line. And no scalpel can repair the guilt and grief he carries with him for the first time in his life...
  • Looking At Forever by Ann Lister

    Looking At Forever by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mick Wheland, Ivory Tower's bad-boy guitarist, has recently realized two important things about himself. He prefers sex with men over women, and the idea of a committed relationship doesn't scare him as much as it once did. He's seen the positive effects of love from watching his band-mates find life partners, and now he's thinking he might be ready for the same himself...
  • Lawless by R.G. Alexander

    Lawless by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author R.G. Alexander, Book 8 in the Finn Factor Series Who says love isn’t Lawless? Chief Solomon Finn needed a change. After leaving the force to help his family and think about his future, it doesn't take him long to figure out what it is that he's been missing. Hugo Wayne...
  • Fixing Little Red by Izaia Winter

    Fixing Little Red by Izaia Winter

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One little mistake was all it took to land little Red in the hospital. Red never thought his weekend project of assembling his new playscape with his best friend would lead to a broken arm, a quick ride in an ambulance, and the chance meeting with the man of his dreams. It’s too bad he’s not a Daddy...
  • Suffocate: A Senses Series Novel by Xavier Neal

    Suffocate: A Senses Series Novel by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ER Nurse, Luke Hart, is known for his desire to take care of others and his need to be in control at all times. However, Stuart Ducane knows exactly which buttons to push to make sure Luke relinquishes both. When the chance comes for them to take their delicate friendship that's coated in secret desires to the next level, the timing isn't convenient and neither are the circumstances...
  • Bound For You by Jayne Rylon

    Bound For You by Jayne Rylon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ben has lived through hell. He only survived captivity and torture by the brutes who'd been attempting to develop Sex Offender, a potent aphrodisiac used as a date rape drug, because of the guy he met--and fell in lust with--in the drug lord's dungeons.Ryan became Ben's roommate after they escaped. His nearness is constantly tempting Ben to force Ryan to submit to his dark desires...
  • Maddie by Annabella Michaels

    Maddie by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After witnessing firsthand just how dirty and underhanded a life in politics can be, Maddie Vanderhorne steps off the campaign trail to follow his passion. Starting his own event planning business is the best decision Maddie’s ever made, quickly winning over his clients with his vibrant and outgoing personality...
  • B Is for Beg by Colette Davison

    B Is for Beg by Colette Davison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A photographer, a rope artist, and a model. Can three create a beautiful romance? Blake Apparently I'm a disaster—no steady job, brothers who have to help me manage my money, and I'm constantly late. When two very different men command me to be theirs, how do I pick? Or can I make them see I’ve enough love for both of them...
  • 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...
  • What He Fears by E.M. Denning

    What He Fears by E.M. Denning

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For years Andrew warred with himself; if he went so long without realizing he was bisexual, what other things are inside of him that he has yet to discover? When he lands in the arms of Nick Young, the hottest cop he’s ever seen and Andrew is determined not to let his fear hold him back anymore...
  • Fancy Free by Mia Monroe

    Fancy Free by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last thing I need is a curious straight guy sniffing around me. So why is he so hard to resist?My life is everything I ever wanted - by design. Being one of the nation’s most sought after wedding planners has led to a life of traveling to glamorous locations, bumping elbows with the rich and famous, and sampling every handsome hunk the world has to offer...
  • New Tricks by Davidson King

    New Tricks by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After thirteen years together, Malcolm and Embry are all too familiar with their differences. Malcolm is free-spirited and spontaneous while Embry prefers having everything planned out...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Marriage Rules: A Breaking the Rules Novel by Jacki James

    Marriage Rules: A Breaking the Rules Novel by Jacki James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After one incriminating photo outs him to his parents, Stevie loses everything: his family, his home, and his shot at finishing his degree. He’s at a loss what to do until the guy he’s been crushing on makes him an offer he can’t refuse. Coming off a jilted engagement, Casey is done with relationships, swearing off marriage forever...
  • Operation Makeover by D.J. Jamison

    Operation Makeover by D.J. Jamison

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Will a makeover bring his fantasy to life or lead him to a love he never saw coming? As a professional X-ray tech, Ridley has come a long way from the geeky kid Jace took under his wing in high school. Not that his best friend has noticed. Tired of pining, Ridley decides to show Jace what he’s missing...
  • Denver's Calling by JJ Harper

    Denver's Calling by JJ Harper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Denver’s long-term partner breaks up with him, he flees his life, his career, and his bright future as one of the country’s leading trauma surgeons. Ditching everything but his dog, Denver returns to the quiet town of Cooper’s Ridge and his parents’ ranch. Leaving twelve years earlier, Denver knew he would never be accepted as a gay man in an unaccepting town...
  • Lucky by J.M. Dabney

    Lucky by J.M. Dabney

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Twirled World Ink where the crazies run the asylum. When someone was asked to describe crazy, if they knew Lee “Lucky” Trenton they’d point at him. Accident prone and without a filter of any kind to tell him to shut up before he says something inappropriate he’s no one’s idea of a perfect partner...
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    angst  family  friends-to-lovers  insta-love  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  abuse
  • Hard to Hold by Jaclyn Quinn

    Hard to Hold by Jaclyn Quinn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Perfect, happy, “Jonah the Savior”, that’s how most people see Jonah Taylor. What they don’t always see is how incredibly overwhelmed he is with his new business or how lonely he is. When a painfully shy man enters his wellness center, all Jonah wants to do is help break him out of his shell. The problem is, the attraction he feels to the nervous, timid man is undeniable...
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    angst  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  abuse  adult
  • Casey by Shaw Montgomery

    Casey by Shaw Montgomery

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Casey knows what he wants; he’s just not always sure how to go about getting it. He knows he’ll never get Preston, the sexy man who runs Leashes & Lace, to notice him unless he’s ready to open up and step out of his comfort zone...
  • Foundation For Three by Vella Day

    Foundation For Three by Vella Day

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    GENRE: Medical Romance, Contemporary Western Romance, Erotica ménage romance, (MFM) SERIES: Montana Promises-Book 2(FULL-LENGTH NOVEL) You aren’t free to love until you realize you can’t make someone love you back. As builder Pete Banks is finishing a remodel for psychologist Zoey Donovan, she arrives home dazed, injured, and distraught...
  • 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  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book
  • Learning to Feel by N.R. Walker

    Learning to Feel by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Resigned to living a sexless, loveless life, Doctor Nathan Tierney knows something is missing. In a rash decision, he leaves his life-consuming job at Mass General Hospital, Boston, to be the small-town doctor in Belfast, Maine. With the job comes a house, and with the house comes a handyman-painter...
  • His Faith As He Finds It by A.M. Arthur

    His Faith As He Finds It by A.M. Arthur

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a jaded porn star with a painful past and a shy nurse who’s been burned before learn to believe in themselves and find their happily ever after? Rick Fowler enjoys his job as rising Internet porn star Adam Swift, but it’s not exactly a career he can bring up on first dates. His few attempts at dating have all been disasters, so he’s keeping his head down and working on remaining sober...
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    angst  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  medical  mlm  abuse  adult
  • Melody by Blake Roland

    Melody by Blake Roland

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "You’re stronger than you think." Zach Calton was left heartbroken by his ex-fiancé. While he dreads spending Christmas single, he’s hesitant to try dating again. Until his friends set him up on a blind date with a sexy high school teacher. Shane Howard has just come out as bisexual. Orphaned at a young age, he has no family to support him—just his students...
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    angst  family  lgbtq  mlm  poc-mc  steamy  adult  bisexuality
  • Chance Encounters by A.T. Brennan

    Chance Encounters by A.T. Brennan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two men with undeniable chemistry, one chance encounter that starts it all.Hayden Murphy is done with love. He’s sworn off finding another partner after the death of his husband eighteen months ago. He’s finally starting to feel like himself again and is focused on rebuilding his friendships and his work as a physiotherapist.Eric Connors is over relationships...
  • Haven by Sean Ashcroft

    Haven by Sean Ashcroft

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Mike is the painfully straight man who made me realise I was painfully bi.” After four years away, Mike returns to the Wild at Heart animal sanctuary for Oscar and Ryan’s wedding—only to run straight into Ezra, his old best friend. Dreading facing his ex-girlfriend at the wedding festivities, Mike jumps at the chance when Ezra jokes about going as his date...
  • Bent Backwards by Jesse H. Reign

    Bent Backwards by Jesse H. Reign

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A story retold - straight to gay erotic romance One very average day, Ethan Quinn walks into a pub and in a split second, his entire life is turned upside down. A chance encounter with sexy, sweet Oliver, gives rise to an addiction that can't be ignored or overcome. If you've read Bent, you might have found yourself wondering about what enigmatic and at times, maddening, Ethan was thinking...
  • Occasional Fires and Saints by A.E. Jensen

    Occasional Fires and Saints by A.E. Jensen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Noah Firefighter Noah Byrne always thought his biggest obstacle in life was being a gay man and the only son in a large Irish-Catholic family. Noah has turned hiding his sexuality into an artform, getting by with the occasional anonymous hookup. But lately, not even that works out for him, leaving him unsatisfied and unhappy...
  • 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...
  • CALEB 1: When World's Collide by C.J. Bishop

    CALEB 1: When World's Collide by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What do you do when the right love finds you at the wrong time? At age 17, Caleb Dean’s world is ripped apart in a matter of minutes, tragedy striking sudden and violent. Now, four years later, Caleb is still trying to undo what he deems to be his fault. Taking work wherever he can get it, Caleb finds his way to New York and The Phoenix Club...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  insta-love  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  abuse  adult
  • Spencer by Shaw Montgomery

    Spencer by Shaw Montgomery

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Spencer’s content with his life. Sure, he might be a little confused and a bit awkward, but his life isn’t bad. He has a steady job and a wonderful friend in his goldfish Frank. He just has a feeling it could be better if he could clear up a few things, like why the lingerie at Leashes & Lace is so interesting and why dating isn’t really working out. Devin’s happy with his life...
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    angst  insta-love  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  age-gap  book
  • One Step Further by Felice Stevens

    One Step Further by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Alex Stern has it all; good looks, charm, a job he loves and everyone calls him a friend. He lives life to the fullest at a breakneck pace, in the city that never sleeps. But Alex is also a master pretender; not even his best friend sees the pain that Alex hides so well. Alex himself isn’t sure who he is or what he’s searching for, he only knows that he hasn’t found it yet...
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    angst  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  audiobook
  • Love at First Sight by Cardeno C., Barbara Cinelli

    Love at First Sight by Cardeno C., Barbara Cinelli

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Do you believe in love at first sight? Jonathan does: the moment he glimpsed the striking David from afar, he was hooked, but David disappeared before they could meet. More than three years later, Jonathan gets a second chance-he and David finally meet face to face, and the two fall into a passionate love affair...
  • Happy's Ever After by Stormy Glenn

    Happy's Ever After by Stormy Glenn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Happy O'Brian spent the better part of his life isolated from the rest of the world. He was told he was evil down to his soul. It was physically beat into him on a daily basis. He lived with it, believing that his ultra conservative religious grandparents were right until the day his mother was attacked...
  • The Right Time by Lane Hayes

    The Right Time by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Workaholic Nate Erickson is a successful real estate developer who thrives on long hours and stress. When a Los Angeles project prompts him to relocate to Santa Monica, he welcomes the change of scenery. Nate has always considered romantic entanglements trouble, but his sexy next-door neighbor isn’t easy to ignore. Which makes no sense, because Nate is straight… or so he’s always thought...
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    angst  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  poc-mc  steamy  adult
  • The Deep of the Sound by Amy Lane, Nick J. Russo

    The Deep of the Sound by Amy Lane, Nick J. Russo

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cal McCorkle has lived in Bluewater Bay his whole life. He works two jobs to support a brother with a laundry list of psychiatric diagnoses and a great uncle with Alzheimer’s, and his personal life amounts to impersonal hookups with his boss. He’s got no time, no ambition, and no hope. All he has is family, and they’re killing him one responsibility at a time...
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    angst  family  insta-love  lgbtq  mlm  poc-mc  steamy  adult
  • 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...
  • Never Too Late by Quinn Ward

    Never Too Late by Quinn Ward

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dax would have died on the side of the road...if not for the stranger who saved him. Living in the town where his life changed, Dax can't help but wonder if he's passed the man who brought him back to life. He doesn't know what that incident cost the med student who stopped to help a dying man. Now, it's Dax's turn to repay the favor, even if neither of them realize it...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  medical  mlm  steamy  adult  book
  • Lover on Top: A Firefighter Romance by Kristine Cayne

    Lover on Top: A Firefighter Romance by Kristine Cayne

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *** LOVER ON TOP IS A STANDALONE NOVEL IN THE SIX-ALARM SEXY SERIES *** A straight firefighter discovers an irresistible attraction for his best friend’s younger brother—one that could lead to complete disaster. A perpetual bachelor, firefighter lieutenant Hollywood Wright hops from one woman’s bed to another, searching for something he never finds...
  • As I Am by Melissa Collins

    As I Am by Melissa Collins

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Chase Hansen. Broke. College drop out. Male stripper. My life wasn't at all what I imagined it would be. I should have been finishing up college, interning with a well-respected business, partying with my friends. But instead, I was raising my seventeen year old brother, struggling to make ends meet. Love wasn't even on my radar...
    Categorized as:
    family  lgbtq  medical  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Cherished by Lexi Buchanan

    Cherished by Lexi Buchanan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cherished is book five in the McKenzie Brothers Series and can be read as a standalone. Ramon McKenzie gave his heart to Noah, and then Noah up and left him without any word for over two years. Now Noah is back and he'll do everything he can to have Ramon's forgiveness, and to claim his heart once again...
    Categorized as:
    family  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Top Shelf by Allison Temple

    Top Shelf by Allison Temple

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Martin is a ghost. Well, not really, but he might as well be. Job gone, home gone, self-respect gone, and no one even seems to notice. The only person who really sees him is Seb, the artist who lives above the used bookstore. Seb haunts the edges of Seacroft in search of beauty...
  • Rescue by Sean Ashcroft

    Rescue by Sean Ashcroft

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “No one’s ever pretended to date me before.” Twenty-seven-year-old virgin Nolan has always struggled to get a date--until his cousin tries to embarrass him by buying one at auction. Wildlife sanctuary veterinarian Finn is gorgeous and kind, exactly the sort of man Nolan’s always wanted...
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