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  • Somebody to Hold by April Wilson

    Somebody to Hold by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In this second installment in the Tyler Jamison and Ian Alexander romantic suspense series, Tyler and Ian face their greatest challenge yet. Homicide detective Tyler Jamison is facing the unthinkable -- a prison sentence for beating the man who assaulted Ian...
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    law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book
  • Devil's Hour by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Devil's Hour by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Devil’s hour, noun: the hour when the demon or devil who leads hell is at its strongest. Born on the wrong side of the tracks, Royce Locke is no stranger to scrapping and fighting for the things he wants. What he desires most is Sawyer Key—his partner on the force and the man he’s falling in love with...
  • The Hitman's Guide to Righting Wrongs While Causing Mayhem by Alice Winters

    The Hitman's Guide to Righting Wrongs While Causing Mayhem by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Leland and Jackson are back and ready to cause more mayhem than ever (and sing a song or two)...
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    humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  adult  assassins  book
  • 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  lgbtq  suspense  law-enforcement  angst  humor  romance  mystery
  • Thirst Trap by Lani Lynn Vale

    Thirst Trap by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Toxic: very harmful or unpleasant in an invasive or sinister way.One word. Two consonants. Five letters. Two people.Quinn James Carter met Solei Shayne Rodriguez his senior year of high school.At first, he tried to stay away from her. But the heart wants what the heart wants, and if there were two people in this world who were meant to be together, it was Shayne and him...
  • Beautifully Decadent by L.A. Fiore

    Beautifully Decadent by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Avery Collins has just landed her dream job, pastry chef for the posh-Manhattan restaurant Clover. Her new boss, Trace Montgomery, even helped with securing her an affordable place to live: a beautifully restored carriage house owned by his friend, Rafe McKenzie—a man that makes her catch her breath and stirs her imagination...
  • Tangents: Volume 1 by Gregory Ashe

    Tangents: Volume 1 by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it.Tangents (Volume 1) is a collection of flash fiction stories set in the Hazardverse. It includes the “But It’s Still a Race”Emery, John-Henry, North, and Shaw compete in a race at Halloween.“The Least We Could Do”Jem and Tean cook dinner.“Meet (Not Cute)”Jadon and Nico meet. Unfortunately, North and Shaw are there too...
  • The Same Place by Gregory Ashe

    The Same Place by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For what seems like the first time in Teancum Leon’s life, things are looking good: he’s put an end to the toxic relationship with his former sex buddy, work is going well, and Jem Berger has officially decided they are best friends—in spite of Tean’s objections. Things are looking good for Jem too, although he’s not thrilled that somehow Tean has talked him into getting a real job...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  abuse  adult
  • A True Fit by Michele Notaro

    A True Fit by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trent~ My life has been great the past few years and I have zero intention of screwing anything up. I’m certainly not going to let some guy ruin things for me, especially not my boss’s ex. But for some reason, every time I run into Declan, I become more and more intrigued by him...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  adult  book
  • The Same End by Gregory Ashe

    The Same End by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Teancum Leon is pretty sure that if he plays his cards right, he can have it all: his childhood friend and former lover, Ammon Young; his best friend (although Tean is loath to admit it), Jem Berger; and his family. A boyfriend might even be in his future, although he’s having a heck of a time getting a second date with the guys he meets on Prowler...
  • Puzzle by Nora Phoenix

    Puzzle by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Branson loves his job as an analyst for the CIA. Working on the investigation into the assassination of the president is fascinating, and even more so when Ryder, a geeky forensic accountant without a filter, joins the team.But Ryder doesn’t seem to like Branson. At all. And when he explains to Branson why, Branson is forced to face an uncomfortable truth in the mirror Ryder holds up...
  • Haven by Reese Knightley

    Haven by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For years Link and Eagle have danced around their attraction for each other, and neither one is willing to cross the line from friendship to lovers. Link doesn’t want to lose what they have. Eagle lets things go, following Link’s lead. But ignoring their attraction isn’t working anymore, and one more spark ignites their mounting passion...
  • 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...
  • Collide by Reese Knightley

    Collide by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ex hacker Seth O’Leary enjoys the hell out of being part of an elite team of operatives known only as Phoenix. In fact, he’s pretty much made it his whole life. When things go horribly wrong with his deadbeat boyfriend, Seth is surprised to find help coming from an unexpected source. The man he’s secretly fantasized about for years finally takes notice...
  • Body and Soul by Patricia Logan

    Body and Soul by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    More than ten years ago, a series of train bombings devastated railways throughout Europe. Strange poetry sent to local newspapers right before each bombing, confounded investigators at the time. In one of only a handful of failed covert missions, Jarrett had been sent into North Korea to take out the bomber...
  • Redirection by Gregory Ashe

    Redirection by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When it comes to your ex, nothing is ever easy.The Borealis boys are settling into their new normal, or at least into their new digs. But when North’s soon-to-be (please-let-it-be-soon) ex-husband, Tucker, is arrested and charged with murder, everything goes sideways.Hired by Tucker’s parents, North and Shaw begin looking for proof that Tucker is innocent, in spite of the evidence against him...
  • Suspicion by Eden Winters

    Suspicion by Eden Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lucky “Simon Harrison” Lucklighter left behind his criminal past to become one of the best agents in the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau. He’s found a committed partner in fellow agent Bo Schollenberger and built a life. Now, enemies within the SNB and a friend’s betrayal leave him nowhere to turn—not even to his mentor. His boss’s life, the future of the SNB, and Lucky’s career depend on him...
  • Victory Run 3 by Devon Hartford

    Victory Run 3 by Devon Hartford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s only one rule in Rock & Roll: Don’t sleep with anyone in the band. Victory Payne is the hottest lead guitar player on the night club scene of Hollywood’s infamous Sunset Strip. With nothing but her car and her guitar, she’s ready to claw her way to success. Victory never gives up. Then she breaks rock’s cardinal rule...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Calem by Christopher Harlan

    Calem by Christopher Harlan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Calem, the first of the New York's Finest series from contemporary romance author Christopher Harlan, a renowned psychologist and an embattled NYPD detective join forces to end the city's reign of terror, finding salvation and love in each other's arms in the process. Dr. Cordelia Summers is a brilliant psychologist...
  • Jem and Tean: Guys Gone Wild by Gregory Ashe

    Jem and Tean: Guys Gone Wild by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jem and Tean: Guys Gone Wild is a collection of short stories. It includes the following:“First Dates”A prequel to The Lamb and the Lion books, this short story shows Jem and Tean as they are set up on blind dates—with disastrous results.“Cheap Seats”Jem and Tean go to the movies. Jem insists it’s an epic bromance date. Tean insists they’re just casual acquaintances...
  • Codirection by Gregory Ashe

    Codirection by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They killed a girl to keep their secrets. They won’t stop there.A new home, a fresh start, a chance to do things right this time—and Shaw and North are determined to make it work. But the night of their housewarming party, things don’t go as planned. A reporter arrives, wanting to talk to North about his ex-husband, his father, and a criminal syndicate...
  • Justice by Kindle Alexander

    Justice by Kindle Alexander

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The toughest journeys lead to the most amazing adventures… Let’s ride. Special Agent Cash Ryan broke the cardinal rule of undercover work: he fell hard for his federal informant. The sexy, hardheaded, foul-mouthed outlaw biker who regularly takes matters into his own hands, leaving Cash scrambling to pick up the pieces. Anarchy is more than a way of life for Devin Fox, it’s fused into his DNA...
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    mlm  suspense  lgbtq  humor  friendship  romance  contemporary  family
  • Again with Feeling by Gregory Ashe

    Again with Feeling by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We might not be doomed to repeat the past. But it’s pretty likely.When Dashiell Dawson Dane receives a phone call from his nemesis Vivienne Carver (okay, one of his nemeses), he’s caught off guard—to say the least—by her help solve the murder of her brother, who disappeared almost thirty years ago. His gut tells him to say no...
  • The Sheltering Tree by J.R. Lawrie

    The Sheltering Tree by J.R. Lawrie

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The heart of Alastair Harding's life is his duty. Becoming the first gay chief of the Metropolitan police has required certain sacrifices, but Alastair made them willingly. If his life now lacks human connections, he can't exactly complain—and it's a little too late for regrets.Jay Fieldhouse knows all about sacrifice, too...
  • 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  lgbtq  law-enforcement  angst  romance  crime  mystery
  • Flat Whites & Chocolate Fish by Jay Hogan

    Flat Whites & Chocolate Fish by Jay Hogan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ADRIAN POWELL has a secret, a secret he’s guarded for 17 years. But it’s come at a cost—few friends, fewer lovers and a lifetime of loneliness. If he’s a bit grumpy and a tad pessimistic, who can blame him? So, exactly how he’s ended up with a bunch of nosy friends, a beautiful lakeside cottage and a successful business, is beyond him...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  abuse  adult
  • Stryke First by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Stryke First by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This book is part of a series. It contains homosexual relations, violence and coarse language. It is preceded by Falcon's Fox. Rebel Stryker has had to fight to survive from the moment he was born to a heroin-addicted mother. Raised by his grandparents, his only mission in life was to succeed where his mother had failed...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  abuse  adult  book
  • Reinventing Cato by Barbara Elsborg

    Reinventing Cato by Barbara Elsborg

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fate is not always written in the stars…Being headhunted by NASA might be his ultimate dream, but Cato’s life still sucks. He’s tired of anonymous one-night stands. He’s tired of being lonely. And, frankly, he’s tired of himself. As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, he realises the only thing to do if he wants to be happy is to reinvent himself...
  • 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...
  • Ride the Lightning : Sinister in Savannah Book 1 by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Ride the Lightning : Sinister in Savannah Book 1 by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Truth seeker. Promise keeper. Guarded heart.By day, Jonah St. John is a criminal analyst for the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. By night, he produces Sinister in Savannah, an investigative podcast, with his two best friends. Jonah’s life revolves around three principles: a man’s word is his oath, friendships are priceless gifts, and love is for other people...
  • The Progress of Sherlock Holmes by Ivy Blossom

    The Progress of Sherlock Holmes by Ivy Blossom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Author's summary: Sherlock is head over heels for John, but you wouldn't know it by looking at him. First-person present-tense series of short scenes from Sherlock's point of view, borrowing heavily from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories...
  • Reunion by Eden Winters

    Reunion by Eden Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Reunions can be murder. A dial tone instead of a human voice announced Lucky’s ousting from the Lucklighter clan over twelve years ago. After living a life of crime. After testifying against his drug lord lover. After receiving a ten-year sentence. Ah, hell. Lucky would’ve disowned himself too. Now life’s better...
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    humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • Disarming My Destiny by Taylor Rylan

    Disarming My Destiny by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    US Marshal Bishop Jones has known heartache unlike someone his age should. After losing his only parent, he’s found himself completely and utterly alone with only his dog for company. Working long hours and being new to the area doesn’t give many opportunities for him to get out and meet someone. Veterinarian Xander Garrison has devoted his life to four-legged critters...
  • Summer by the Lake by Mandy Baggot

    Summer by the Lake by Mandy Baggot

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Going home has never been easy...With her dad in hospital, Robyn Matthers needs to go home and take charge. But does she have the strength to do it?Cole Ryan is on a personal mission. Tall, dark and handsome, Robyn has certainly noticed the brooding hockey player around town...
  • 'Nother Sip of Gin: A Sinners Gin Anthology by Rhys Ford

    'Nother Sip of Gin: A Sinners Gin Anthology by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For Crossroads Gin rock stars Miki, Damien, Rafe, and Forest, life is a Möbius strip of music, mayhem, and murder. Through it all, the sweet, hot moments between tours with lovers, friends, and family keep them sane, healthy, and happy. This Sinners collection features short stories spanning the entire series, from before the first note to after the lights go out...
  • In Sunshine or in Shadow: Short Stories, Volume 1 by Josh Lanyon

    In Sunshine or in Shadow: Short Stories, Volume 1 by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A print reader's delight. Thirteen short stories, five never before collected in print, written between 2007 and 2013. Sexy, sweet, and occasionally strange, these brief but emotionally powerful stories encapsulate everything readers of Male Male romance have come to love most about Josh Lanyon's work...
  • Healing My Amor by Taylor Rylan, Michael Dean

    Healing My Amor by Taylor Rylan, Michael Dean

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Travis Thompson’s past haunts him. When an assignment went bad, fate was a cruel beast and took the man he thought he’d spend forever with. Now he has to live with the guilt that he couldn’t save the man he loved. A year later, when their team loses another member, he’s finished and knows it’s time to move on. But where does that leave him? Alejandro Lopez has been hardened by life...
  • Dirty Bites by Rhys Ford

    Dirty Bites by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **FREE HOLIDAY DOWNLOAD FROM RHYS FORD, GREG TREMBLAY AND DREAMSPINNER PRESS**Danger. Desire. Loss. Love.In every story, there are a thousand more bound up and waiting to be told; here are just a few from the Cole McGinnis Mysteries...
  • North and Shaw: Out of Office by Gregory Ashe

    North and Shaw: Out of Office by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    North and Shaw: Out of Office is a collection of short stories. It includes the following: “Bad Boys at the Radio Girls” Radio Girls is a lesbian bar. A group of straight guys thinks it’s funny to crash. North and Shaw are hired to take care of this problem (and they try not to fulfill the white savior stereotype while doing so). This story takes place before Orientation...
  • The Wrath of Leander Welles by Ashlyn Drewek

    The Wrath of Leander Welles by Ashlyn Drewek

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wrath — strong vengeful anger or indignation; retributory punishment for an offense or a crime. They say love makes you do crazy things. In Bennett Reeve’s case that is the understatement of a century. Reunited with the love of his life, he will stop at nothing to ensure all of Leander’s dreams come true. There’s just one little problem — Dr. Lorelei Clayton...
  • Breaking News by Susan Hawke

    Breaking News by Susan Hawke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Neil is supposed to report the news… not star in a featured story.It’s Neil and Brody’s second anniversary and they should be celebrating or doing something amazing, right? Except, Neil’s been too distracted to organize anything. Luckily, his “Daddy” already has a plan.A plan involving a sparkly platinum band and a promise of forever...
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    mlm  lgbtq  humor  suspense  romance  contemporary  bodyguard  mystery
  • Follows with Intent by Gregory Ashe

    Follows with Intent by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Keeping your eye on the prize isn’t always a good thing.Nico knows he’s difficult; he has the string of exes to prove it. But staying sharp was the only way to stay safe in the cutthroat world of modeling, and it turns out, graduate school isn’t any gentler. Career first. Boys…later.Jadon knows he’s burning out; his partner at the Metropolitan Police is more than happy to remind him of that fact...
  • Grand Adventures by S.A. McAuley

    Grand Adventures by S.A. McAuley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On September 1, 2011, TJ Klune wrote, ..".it's not about the ending, it's about the journey..." in a review of Eric Arvin's Woke Up in a Strange Place. With those words, two men began a journey of love and invited us to ride along. TJ and Eric have shared so much with us: their wonderful books, their smiles, their humor, their lives, and their inspiring devotion to each other...
  • If You're Going Through Hell Keep Going by Tinnean

    If You're Going Through Hell Keep Going by Tinnean

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mark Vincent and Quinton Mann have finally kind of, sort of, exchanged promises. Mark has returned from an assignment on the West Coast, and he’s looking forward to spending some quality time with his lover. After all, it’s the St. Patrick’s Day weekend...
  • Manipulation by Eden Winters

    Manipulation by Eden Winters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lucky Lucklighter has a new life. His old life wants him back.He traded trafficking for taking down criminals with the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau, and a drug-lord lover for a man on the right side of the law. Bo Schollenberger found the way past the thorny defenses of Lucky’s heart, and made Mr...
  • Locked and Loaded by Patricia Logan

    Locked and Loaded by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ATF agents Thayne Wolfe and Jarrett Evans are back and this time, they’ll be facing a familiar foe. International arms dealer, Mills Lang, has acquired a stolen cache of tabun, a powerful nerve agent, to sell to the highest bidder. The last thing either Thayne or Jarrett wants to do is get involved with the psychopath again but duty calls...
  • Indirection by Gregory Ashe

    Indirection by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rabid readers. Backbiting authors. A romance convention from hell.Shaw Aldrich and his best friend, boyfriend, and partner, North McKinney, are doing great, thanks. The aftermath of their search for the Slasher has finally settled down. Their private investigation agency is thriving. And after years of missed opportunities, they’re finally together...
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