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Left Behind by Michele Notaro
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy god, if I have to watch one more happy couple get together, I’m going to lose it completely and probably rip out all of my awesomely pink hair... -
Melting by Sean Ashcroft
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsButt naked and dripping wet wasn't how I expected to meet the man of my dreams.After a bad breakup, a rough year at his New York ice cream parlour, and no luck jumping back into the dating pool, celebrated pastry chef Hayden agrees to spend the summer with his dad in his childhood home on the Oregon coast to get away from it all... -
Maddie by Annabella Michaels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter 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... -
Gin & Sin by Mia Monroe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHelping him explore his attraction to men was supposed to be no strings fun, not turn me into a whipped puppy dog, but here we are. The college twink scene is wearing on me. Sure, it works out for a no-commitment guy like myself, but the constant drama and faceless rotation of pretty boys in and out of my bed isn’t as exciting as it once was... -
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Finding Their Balance by M.Q. Barber
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree’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... -
Denver's Calling by JJ Harper
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen 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... -
XOXO, Santa by Spencer Spears
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow do you ask your best friend to be your first time?Blake: What do you do when you realize at age 20 that you might like guys?If you’re me, you come up with a brilliant and foolproof plan:Proposition the one gay guy you know to swipe your V-card over winter break.In my case, that’s my childhood best friend, Henry.Just one problem—Henry hates my guts... -
Casey by Shaw Montgomery
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCasey 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
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGENRE: 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... -
It Was Always You by Cardeno C., Christina Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJoin these bestselling M/M authors as they bring you tales of love, lust, and laughter...between friends... -
Four Letter Word by K.M. Neuhold
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRelationships are hard enough between two people...can the four of us make it work? Or is love nothing more than a four letter word?Polyamory...the first time Riot says the word, it feels like everything slots into place... -
Love by Shaw Montgomery
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs his muscular, submissive boys grow more confident, Dare couldn’t be more proud of them. Each step they take brings them all closer together and gives Dare glimpses of the family they’ll become. They just have a few hurdles to get over first, like the fact that his boys need to move and that they aren’t exactly forthcoming with what they want from a Dom or a boyfriend... -
Breaking the Record by Raleigh Ruebins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“When will I see him again? And why do I want to so badly?” Ben Lakeland owns a failing record store in small-town Welling, New York, and it's the last place he wants to be. Everything used to be easy: watching football with his frat buddies, drinking beer, and being popular in school. But at 24 years old, everyone else seems to have grown up but Ben... -
Bent Backwards by Jesse H. Reign
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 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... -
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Pacies and Photographs by Della Cain
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStepping 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... -
Feeling the Rhythm by S.J. Frost
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrad Delfini once had the world in his hands, but misfortune and bad decisions showed him just how quickly the spotlight can go dark. For years, he was struggling to get by, when a fateful phone call brought him to famed rock band, Conquest. Since becoming their drummer, he’s hit the top of fame again and he has all he could ever want. Except for one thing... -
Adler's Hart by Misty Walker
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf you have no heart, it won't get broken.Fate sends Adler one anyway.I’m a loner.Never getting too comfortable or allowing anyone to get too close.So when I log onto the hook-up app on my last night in Ketchikan, Alaska,I assume it’ll be a quick lay before I go south for the winter.That is until I see the man who shows up at my door.He's young, wide-eyed, and perfect... -
Falcon's Fox by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA part of this books royalties will go to Tihan Network. This book is part of a series, preceded by Harley's Achilles. It can be read as a standalone. It contains homosexual relations and mature content. Heavy metal rocker Ransom Fox has everything he's always wanted: fame, money, groupies and a family who has his back. There's just one thing missing -- someone to love... -
Untouched by M.A. Innes
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGrowing up in an unusual family has made adapting to college more difficult for Jay. Sheltered and socially awkward, the only easy part about higher education is the classes. While everyone around him seems to instinctively understand what they’re into and who they are, he’s lost and alone. That is, until his new roommate makes life a little more interesting... -
The Closer You Get by L.A. Witt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe virgin isn’t the only one with something to lose… Self-described manwhore Kieran Frost is loving the single life. Two years after moving to Seattle, he still has his friends with benefits, Rhett and Ethan, plus a never-ending supply of gorgeous, available men wandering through the bar where he works. A relationship? Spare him the drama and heartbreak... -
The Promise by Marie Sexton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the author's website: A tiny little short I wrote about Matt and Jared. This takes place a few months after the end of A to Z, at about the same time as The Letter Z... -
Obvious by R.G. Alexander
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom 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... -
A Little Bit Country by S.J. Frost
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRock singer, Ash Ivers, and country music star, Jackson Abrams, have intense passion that brings them together, but will they be able to overcome all their differences when Jackson's career is threatened? Ash Ivers says and does what he wants, and with being the lead singer of the world famous rock band, From Ashes, he gets away with both... -
Always Together by Quinn Ward
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey’ve been best friends since they were little. Can their relationship survive the secrets one of them has been keeping?No one believes Matt when he swears he and his roommate are just friends. That probably has something to do with the way he looks at Brandon when he thinks no one is watching and the fact Brandon doesn’t balk whenever Matt teasingly calls him Daddy... -
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Date in a Pinch by Brigham Vaughn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sweet geek and an experienced Dom: someone’s about to learn their lesson …When chemistry teacher Neil Greene gets an unexpected delivery at Pendleton High, he's mortified when his fellow teacher and crush sees the contents that hint at the adventurous love life he’s dying to explore... -
Jase by Jenny Wood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJase is home from college and is nervous to tell his family that he's wanting to stay home for good. Stopping by the shop on his way into town, he meets the new guy; Joker. Quiet, mysterious and ridiculously gorgeous; he doesn't seem to like Jase, too much... -
Infinity Pools by L.A. Witt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSequel to the Amber Allure best-seller Getting Off The Ground... It started with a snowstorm and ended with a sizzling one-night-stand, but neither man is ready for it to be over. Jilted groom Elliott Chandler doesn’t do “last minute” or “impulsive,” but at the very last minute, he impulsively changes his flight from Oahu to Maui... -
Wish Come True by Keira Andrews, Joanna Chambers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFirst love. Young love. Holiday love... Wish Come True is a collection of contemporary, new adult, holiday short stories by some of our favorite authors! Included in this anthology: "A Very English Christmas" by Keira Andrews "Mr... -
Always the Groomsman by Raleigh Ruebins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s my best friend’s best man, and I hate him. So... why do I keep wanting to kiss him? Weddings used to be fun... but then I had to be a groomsman in one. Then two. And now ten . The last place I want to be right now is in this Nowhereville, Idaho small town for my friend’s wedding, still single, and still a groomsman, yet again... -
To Say I Love You by Anna Martin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter six years of romance and kink, Jesse Ross and Will Anderson have had their ups and downs and come through them stronger and happier. But when Jesse’s mother dies unexpectedly, Jesse is forced to return to his childhood home in Georgia to help his family cope... -
Going Deep by Silvia Violet
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 4 of the Fitting In series Previous Book: Burning Up Gray, Jack, and Mason are back. Their threeway relationship keeps growing stronger, and Gray 's feelings for his partners run deeper than he ever thought possible. While he’s learned to be romantic at home, at work, he’s still a big tough cop that nobody wants to cross... -
One More Night by E.M. Leya
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrevor is one of the most eligible bachelors in the state, but he doesn't want to be tied down in any relationship. He is focused on running his business, making money, and becoming a better man than his father. He enjoys sex, but for him, that's all it is, a couple of hours of fun between him and another man he will probably never see again... -
Lovers, Losers, and You by Skylar M. Cates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSunshine and Happiness: Book Two How can you lose one dream and still find another? Owen King is a lonely history teacher who wants to be braver. So when Owen learns about the deceased brother he never met, he breaks free of his safety net and risks answers. Despite his loving, adopted family, Owen wonders if there are missing pieces inside of him... -
Curious by Seth King
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn all-new, full-length story spun from the world of Seth King's bestselling Straight series Two best friends. One week in paradise. One pact that goes explosively off the rails.. -
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Learn The Rules: Rough Love Parts 1-5 by Leighton Greene
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLearn the Rules contains the first five parts of the Rough Love series, collected in one book for the first time.1. Bound by HimBenjamin Ballard always assumed he was straight - in every way possible. They invented the term 'vanilla' to describe him... -
245 Days by Isabelle Peterson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew England University's policy is very clear: no relationships between faculty and students. When Ashley Brennan and Taylor Davis meet at a local bar before the start of the school year, sparks (as well as buttons on shirts!) fly, they don't know the other is about to be off limits. And it's not just Because Taylor is in the closet to his conservative family... -
Turkey in the Snow by Amy Lane
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA story from the Dreamspinner Press 2012 Advent Calendar collection Evergreen. Since Hank Calder’s four-year-old niece, Josie, came to live with him, his life has been plenty dramatic, thank you, and the last thing he needs is a swishy, flaming twinkie to complicate things...Categorized as:
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Cocky Bastard by Charlie Novak
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAustin Carter is a living legend.He’s handsome, arrogant, and can bring any man to his knees with just one smile. Nobody can resist his charms meaning Austin is used to getting exactly what he wants. The only one who’s ever been able to resist him is me.I think Austin is a bastard. A vain, smug, cocky bastard... -
Two In Two Out by G.A. Hauser
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBlake Hughes was comfortable being in the closet, especially at work surrounded by macho firemen. A paramedic, still single at thirty, Blake kept his private life, just that, private. Hunter Rasmussen had transferred to LAFD from San Diego. Twenty-six, powerful and fit, the handsome blue-eyed brunette just wanted to leave the past behind. No one had to know what he went through down south... -
Stealing Ronan by Isabel Lucero
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStealing Ronan wasn’t the plan. I’d never imagined I’d steal a boyfriend from my sister, but when I saw him strutting to my couch with his perfect body, gorgeous face, and that mouth—God, that mouth, it was like he was plucked from my wettest dreams and brought into my life just for me... -
Two Man Team by Jet Mykles
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPrevious Book: One for the Team Genre: LGBT Erotic Contemporary Others might be fooled into thinking Davey is just a computer nerd, but Jason knows better. He knows his geeky best friend is wicked to the core. So, he shouldn't be surprised when Davey lures him into a threesome on the night of their friends' wedding... -
Reasonable Doubt by Mia Watts
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook two in the Boys in Blue Series Geo and Mack have faced a lot of problems, but when the problem is within their relationship, will Mack come clean and claim his man, or lose him to an old flame? Geo Wilson's feelings for his partner Mack Sullivan run deep... -
Spoken by Sean Michael
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKendall thinks he's stuffy, boring, and losing his lover, Eric. He and Eric survived a terrible cancer scare together, but now it seems like Eric is determined to live life to its fullest. Without Kendall. Eric is out every night and every weekend without him, and Kendall is worried that Eric is having an affair... -
Burn by Sean Michael
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMarshall and Dave grew up in the same neighborhood. They've mostly lost touch as they've gotten older, getting together just once a year with a bunch of other old friends for a game of football, a reunion of sorts. This year firefighter Marshall is late and when he does show up, Dave can tell the man has not had a good day... -
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Bet On It by Jaclyn Quinn
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when a bet between best friends takes an unexpected turn? Ty and Spencer have been best friends for six years. A constant in their relationship are the frequent, and sometimes extreme, bets they make with each other. No matter what, they both know they’ll hold up their end of the bargain... -
Clay's Challenge by Cassandra Gold
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTired of being judged by his appearance, Clay Pennington decides the time has come for drastic action. Partying and one-night stands have gotten old, but how’s a boy supposed to find someone when nobody looks beyond his surface to the man inside? A wilderness retreat seems like just the ticket for proving he’s more than everyone else believes—until he actually gets there... -
All or Nothing by C.J. Anthony
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDear Author,Look at us. You’d never believe what it took to get us to this moment. I’m older than he is and it just was a HUGE stumbling block. Add in that I’m successful and established and this cub is just getting started, and well, I didn’t give him a chance. I didn’t believe he was ready to commit, thought it was a temporary thing for him... -
The Festivus Miracle by Kim Fielding
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s finals week during Tony McNeil’s second year in law school, and he’s struggling to keep up. Frankly, he’d rather be cooking. Then he meets first-year student Eddie Cohen-Fernandez, who’s heartsick over missing his family’s annual Festivus celebration. Tony can use his culinary skills to lift Eddie’s spirits, but finding long-term happiness? That just might require a Festivus miracle... -
Opposites Attract by Cat Johnson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTAKING A LEAP Bradley Morgan is the quintessential computer geek and nice guy, through and through. The only problem is that in his opinion, nice guys almost always finish last when it comes to hot women like his sexy co-worker Alyssa Jones. But things change after Alyssa finds her boyfriend cheating. Suddenly, nice guys like Brad don’t look so bad... -
Satisfaction by M.L. Rhodes
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sequel to Amber Allure’s Best Seller Passion... Although Jesse McIntyre slings drinks in a gay bar, up until recently, he kept to himself and stuck to his rule never to hook up with customers. He’d been down that road before and bore the physical and emotional scars from it...
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