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  • Unbroken Promises: a friends to lovers romance by Nikki Ash

    Unbroken Promises: a friends to lovers romance by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When we were kids, we made all kinds of promises. We promised to always be best friends, to always put each other first, and that no matter what, no one would come between us. Little did we know that life had its own plans. We grew up and reality set in. We realized that not all love lasts forever, and some promises are meant to be broken...
  • Something Like Spring by Jay Bell

    Something Like Spring by Jay Bell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nothing in this world is permanent. Friends, lovers, even family, can all disappear in the blink of an eye. Without these anchors, it's all too easy to find oneself drifting. Jason Grant doesn't have much, aside from a beat-up old guitar and knack for getting kicked out of foster homes. His latest placement is set to be just another in a long line of failures...
  • Revived by Kora Knight

    Revived by Kora Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love. The most powerful force in existence, but also the most ruthless. Cunning and deceptive. Man’s greatest Achilles heel. Leaving all who embrace it weak and vulnerable. At least that’s how Dom-for-hire Max Kelley sees it, after the love of his life knocked him on his ass. A brutal blow that not only stole his breath, but decimated his ability to trust. Turning him cold and cynical...
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    angst  dark  lgbtq  mlm  sad  steamy  university  adult
  • MAXWELL 3: Love's Conviction by C.J. Bishop

    MAXWELL 3: Love's Conviction by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MAXWELL, Part 3 A tender romance begins to blossom between Savannah and Maddy as darker issues arise when Cole, Gabe and Dane are clued in to Brock Coulson’s intentions to drag Caleb through a vicious court battle. Clint and Cochise return to lend a “helping” hand and Clint finds himself unexpectedly drawn to a least likely candidate for romance...
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    angst  dark  lgbtq  mlm  sad  steamy  adult  book
  • MAXWELL 2: Trial By Fire by C.J. Bishop

    MAXWELL 2: Trial By Fire by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MAXWELL, Part 2 As the trial becomes an emotional battle ground – within the courtroom and without – Max struggles to maintain his resolve to resist his heart. But as it becomes more and more evident that Horatio’s heartbreak over losing Max isn’t healing, but in fact growing worse, Max begins to question the choices he made so long ago...
    Categorized as:
    dark  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  sad  steamy  adult  book
  • Better Than Beginnings: A Better Than Good Short Story Collection by Lane Hayes

    Better Than Beginnings: A Better Than Good Short Story Collection by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Matt Sullivan knows he met someone special the night he spots the sexy man on the dance floor. However, he doesn’t know his life is about to change forever. First of all, Matt is straight. Okay, maybe not, but he doesn’t think falling in love and spending the rest of his life with a hotheaded, unapologetically fabulous diva is an option...
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    angst  drama  lgbtq  mlm  sports  steamy  university  adult
  • Beneath the Stain - Part One by Amy Lane

    Beneath the Stain - Part One by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In one breath of shotgunned pot smoke, Grant Adams breaks every taboo Mackey knows—and Mackey refuses to look back. In the shadows of their small town, Mackey and Grant carry on a precocious affair under the noses and behind the backs of girlfriends, parents, and overprotective older brothers. When Mackey's band finally has a chance to make it big, Mackey and Grant are put to the test...
  • MAXWELL 1: Not Without Guilt by C.J. Bishop

    MAXWELL 1: Not Without Guilt by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MAXWELL, Part 1 While Abel faces trial for the death of Devlin’s brother – Craig Grant – Max and Horatio struggle with memories of the past, and what they still mean to one another. Holding the key that will free their hearts from the chains that have bound them for two decades, Horatio must hide it away and keep it secret now that “new” hearts are involved...
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    angst  dark  lgbtq  mlm  sad  steamy  adult  book
  • The Last Day Of Summer by J.F. Smith

    The Last Day Of Summer by J.F. Smith

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rett’s done some running away in his life, from family and from boyfriends, and he’s not above doing it again. His current boyfriend wants to take their relationship to the next level, which makes Rett hesitant and doubtful...
  • 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...
  • Strawberries for Dessert by Marie Sexton

    Strawberries for Dessert by Marie Sexton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Jonathan Kechter agrees to a blind date with Cole Fenton, he expects nothing more than dinner and a one-night stand... but he gets more than he bargained for in Cole. Cole is arrogant, flamboyant, and definitely not Jon’s type. Still, when Cole suggests an arrangement of getting together for casual sex whenever they're both in town, Jon readily agrees...
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    angst  drama  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  sad  steamy
  • When I Grow Up by John Goode

    When I Grow Up by John Goode

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Tales from Foster High Story After graduation, Kyle Stilleno and Brad Graymark move to California to pursue their dreams. But high school sweethearts are called that for a reason, and their love rarely stands up to the test of time. As money, school, sex, and jealousy test their relationship to the breaking point, Kyle and Brad fight to hold on to the love that brought them together...
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    angst  coming-of-age  family  lgbtq  mlm  sports  university  book
  • Unbroken by Larry Benjamin

    Unbroken by Larry Benjamin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My parents, unable to change me, had instead, silenced me. When they'd stilled my hands, they'd taken my words, made me lower my voice to a whisper. Later, I remained silent in defense, refusing to acknowledge the hateful words: Brainiac. Sissy. Antiman. Faggot...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  sports  adult  book
  • Kin Series Complete Set by Jennifer Foor

    Kin Series Complete Set by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Full Kin Series including an exclusive Novella, Renew Me. Following this family of cousins while they struggle through life and each find love...
  • Lithium Tides: A Lithium Springs Novel by Carmel Rhodes

    Lithium Tides: A Lithium Springs Novel by Carmel Rhodes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whose bed is this? That was Kensie’s first thought as she peeled her eyes open to find herself in an unfamiliar room. She noted the crumpled red dress, tiny black thong, and Louboutin heels in the corner. Whose arms are these? That was her second thought as the tattooed arms engulfing her tightened their grip. Her phone buzzed on the nightstand...
  • Trouble by Nyla K.

    Trouble by Nyla K.

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trouble, an all-new MM forbidden romance from the PUSH world, is coming soon!My name is Tate Eckhart, and I love my life.I have a great job, a sick wardrobe. I drive a fancy car and sip scotch old enough to be my Daddy.I’m fine with being known as the bad guy, the troublemaker, and the unattached harlot out of all my friends...
  • Chandler: Training Days Book 1 by J.D. Light

    Chandler: Training Days Book 1 by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Chandler Bell When my boyfriend breaks up with me because I'm overweight, I go to the one place I feel the most comfortable. Oddly enough, it's the gym I was basically raised in. Things have changed over the years, but the people inside are my family. Some of them literally. Baker reluctantly agrees to help me get in shape, and so begins the torture...
    Categorized as:
    family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  book
  • Fearless by Chris O'Guinn

    Fearless by Chris O'Guinn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At fifteen, Justin is already a cynic. He’s experienced too many betrayals, too many disappointments. He doesn’t want to be involved in anything. He doesn’t want to be popular. He doesn’t even want friends anymore, since they only ever let you down. He just wants to get through high school and the best way he can come up with to accomplish that goal is to simply be invisible...
  • True Love: The Trilogy: The Complete Boxed Set by Harper Bentley

    True Love: The Trilogy: The Complete Boxed Set by Harper Bentley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today Best Selling Author Harper Bentley comes all three True Love books together in one boxed set! True Love, Book 1 - Discovering Us They wanted forever... but sometimes forever's not that easy. Ellen has loved Jagger since she was five and he was seven when they kissed through the chain link fence at school...
  • Escaped by J.P. Barnaby

    Escaped by J.P. Barnaby

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Finally together, Brian McAllister and Jamie Mayfield have risked everything in a desperate escape. Jamie is now free of his tormentor, Steven O’Dell... for the moment. But Brian and Jamie know that one wrong choice could lead Steven to their door. With the strength of Brian and his friends to protect him, Jamie hides and finds the one person he is truly afraid of—himself...
  • Tiller by Shey Stahl

    Tiller by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call him Wild Cat. I knew him before he was the sinfully gorgeous FMX rider with infinite hate in his blood. I knew him back when he was a shy little boy hoping a girl would love him back. That guy, he’s nowhere to be found inside the devil known as Tiller Sawyer. Truth is, I didn't know who he really was..
  • Concussion Protocol: A Short & Spicy MM Romance by Rebecca Rathe

    Concussion Protocol: A Short & Spicy MM Romance by Rebecca Rathe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sweet and spicy short story by Rebecca RatheHe's a ten, but he's my ex-boyfriend's straight teammate and my patient...
  • The Professor's Date by Lane Hayes

    The Professor's Date by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The professor, the hair stylist, and a wedding date…TommyHelp! My sister is getting married and according to her, I need a date. And a makeover. I’m a busy man, though. I don’t have time to meet eligible bachelors, and the tape holding my glasses together works just fine. Until my hair stylist steps on them...
  • Brock by Dani René

    Brock by Dani René

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I am strong, athletic, and son to a man I always wanted to be.  I had made plans, thought I was on that path, and then a bullet stopped not just my father’s heart, but mine too.  I’ve been living a life I’m not meant to.  I want more. I want to escape.  And I found someone who’s given me a love I never thought possible.  My name is Brock Pearson...
  • Exchange of Hearts by N.R. Walker

    Exchange of Hearts by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Harrison Haddon has grown up alone. Surrounded by wealth, nannies, and material things, all he craves is the approval of his father. Sent away to the boarding school his father and grandfather attended, it’s assumed he will follow in their footsteps from Sydney’s prestigious Ivy League school straight into medical school.But Harrison doesn’t want to be a doctor...
  • 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
  • Fear, Hope, and Bread Pudding by Marie Sexton

    Fear, Hope, and Bread Pudding by Marie Sexton

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The long-awaited sequel to Strawberries for Dessert.Families should grow, not shrink. It’s been on Jon Kechter’s mind since before he tied the knot with his millionaire lover, Cole Fenton. Now hoping to adopt, Jon and Cole search for a mother-to-be willing to let them love her baby, but the interminable wait is wearing on them both...
    Categorized as:
    angst  domestic-drama  family  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  sad  steamy
  • Una maldita confusión by América Rodas

    Una maldita confusión by América Rodas

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jean intenta confesar su atracción hacia Olivia en una fiesta, pero por culpa del alcohol termina declarándose a su mejor amigo, Oliver. ***Cuando invitaron a Jean a la fiesta de una desconocida sabía que debía decir que sí, sobre todo porque necesitaba liberar el estrés de la escuela, de su casa, de su equipo de básquetbol y de él mismo...
  • The Dogs of Balboa by Rose Christo

    The Dogs of Balboa by Rose Christo

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Michael Mirez witnesses a sexual assault and does nothing to stop it. Torn apart by guilt, Michael sabotages his own life, until one year later, when Michael unexpectedly crosses paths with the victim again. Michael is determined to make it up to Noah, a painfully shy Native American boy whose only ambition is to travel into space...
    Categorized as:
    angst  domestic-drama  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  sad  abuse  book
  • Before It Stains by R.E. Bradshaw

    Before It Stains by R.E. Bradshaw

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Falling in love is easy. Staying in love is work.Stephanie Austin has it all – a loving wife of 17 years, a handsome teenage son, a comfortable home in the suburbs, professional success, and a bright future. At forty, Stephanie’s life is all she’d ever dreamed of, but like the old blues song says, “What a difference a day makes...
    Categorized as:
    angst  cheating  domestic-drama  drama  family  lgbtq  sad  adult
  • Taunting Tony by Marie James

    Taunting Tony by Marie James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rules. They’re a necessity. They make the world go ‘round and help idiots function in society. Most don’t require much thought and are easy to follow— or so I thought… I didn’t realize, however, that the new group of people I became friends with could have so many. No sleeping with group member’s moms? Easy enough. No shirts at the BBQ? I’m all over that...
  • Pride by E.M. Leya, Sara York

    Pride by E.M. Leya, Sara York

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The world is full of perfectly imperfect people. After being dumped by his longtime boyfriend, Milan finds himself back in the dating scene, and it isn't anything like he thought it would be. Shamed and ridiculed for how he looks, Milan decides that it's time to get back into shape, but stepping foot in a gym is harder than he imagined. Everything in Kelson's life is about fitness...
  • 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...
  • On the Side by Mercy Celeste

    On the Side by Mercy Celeste

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Previously published as Last Man StandingThere’s no dating in football.After living his entire football career in Levi Brody’s shadow, Damien Sullivan is set to take the NFL by storm.Angry at the world, he lands in New Orleans with a chip on his shoulder and a need for some action...
  • The Sky is Dead: a hurt/comfort gay love story by Sue Brown

    The Sky is Dead: a hurt/comfort gay love story by Sue Brown

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After being homeless for years, Danny won’t survive another winter. Will he accept a fresh start with a new name? Will he take a chance on love?Danny is a typical teenager, his life taken up with friends and school. Then he’s caught kissing a boy and thrown out by his parents. He learns fast how to live on the streets, doing what he has to survive, trusting no one...
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    angst  dark  drama  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  sad  steamy
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  drama  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  abuse
  • ABEL 3: Shattered by C.J. Bishop

    ABEL 3: Shattered by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Abel's heart is crushed by Devlin's vehement rejection and refusal to believe the truth about his brother. With the threat of prison hanging over him, Abel is sent away with Horatio Kaplan to Italy for safe keeping...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  drama  lgbtq  mlm  sad  steamy  abuse
  • Pleasure Extraordinaire 3 by Liv Bennett

    Pleasure Extraordinaire 3 by Liv Bennett

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The dream I thought I was living in turns out to be the worst nightmare of my life. What Michael wants from me is more than posing as his girlfriend but he won’t tell me why he hired me in the first place. I witness ugliness and abuse everywhere I turn. There is only one person who can rescue me from this hell. Zane. But he won’t do it for free...
  • Hold the Forevers by K.A. Linde

    Hold the Forevers by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A new angsty stand alone love triangle romance from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde that will keep you guessing which man is her groom and which one objects…I’m in love with two men.But I can only marry one.And today is my wedding day.The bridesmaids button my wedding dress. They titter excitedly as the music begins. My groom is waiting for me. I walk down the aisle prepared to say I do...
  • Lima Oscar Victor Echo and The Truth About Everything by Suki Fleet

    Lima Oscar Victor Echo and The Truth About Everything by Suki Fleet

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Growing up in a small village in Wales with a domineering homophobic father, Oscar has always believed he has to hide his real feelings. He's hidden his heart from everyone, but most of all from his best friend, Jamie--who also happens to be the boy he's in love with...
  • Scott by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Scott by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens when you try to fix the past and end up threatening your future? Scott is struggling. Grieving the loss of his brother, carrying the weight of his father’s expectations, and getting his ass kicked in the rink, he’s in a downward spiral...
  • The Try Line by Rebecca Rathe

    The Try Line by Rebecca Rathe

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jason Reinier fell in love with Mik Sanders the moment they met. After years of pining after his best friend, a single night of passion showed him Mik felt the same. Their future together seemed guaranteed until a painful truth tore them apart.To escape the heartache of losing his best friend and lover at once, Jason accepted an offer overseas to play professional rugby...
  • Finding Eden by Kele Moon

    Finding Eden by Kele Moon

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    **Re-Released prequel to Kele Moon’s darkly erotic novel Beyond Eden** Handsome, angry and spoiled, Danny Carlow struggles to find his place in the world when his hatred for authority makes survival difficult. The only thing that keeps him from completely giving up and turning to a life of crime is his friendship with clean-cut Paul Mattling...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  sad  steamy  adult
  • Fixated on You by Pamela Ann

    Fixated on You by Pamela Ann

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Emma Anderson’s career was thriving. Her personal life too—but she knew—it was all a ticking time bomb until everything blows up. What happens then? Even if he’s relationship with Emma was going great, Bass Cole still had a long way to go to make amends after the grief he’d caused Emma last year. No matter what the future held for them, he knew one thing—Emma owned his heart...
  • Palm South University: Season 1 Box Set by Kandi Steiner

    Palm South University: Season 1 Box Set by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Drama. Lies. Sex. Welcome to Palm South University. The weather isn’t the only thing heating up in South Florida. At a school where fraternities and sororities don’t exactly play by the rules, relationships are bound to be tested...
  • Christmas Kitsch by Amy Lane

    Christmas Kitsch by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes the best Christmas gift is knowing what you really want. Rusty Baker is a rich, entitled, oblivious jock, and he might have stayed that way if he hadn’t become friends with out-and-proud Oliver Campbell from the wrong side of the tracks. When Oliver kisses him goodbye before Rusty leaves for college, Rusty is forced to rethink everything he knows about himself...
  • Finding You by Sofie Hartley

    Finding You by Sofie Hartley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Librarian's Note: This is an alternate cover for ASIN B00FJI1FIE Book one in The Bad Boy Series. 'I will always take care of you' My pain started when I was just ten years old, it was the day my mom got that dreaded phone call. Life has never been the same.... 'I will always protect you' I am all kinds of broken...
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