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  • Line Brawl by Bianca Sommerland

    Line Brawl by Bianca Sommerland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not all fights are one on one. In a team, no man should stand alone. ‘You can’t keep me.’ Shawn ‘Easy’ Pischlar has given his speech so often, it should be written on the white board in the Dartmouth Cobra’s locker room. Too many of his own teammates have heard the words. And the games he’s played are finally catching up to him...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  athlete  book
  • Take a Chance on Me by Alexa Land

    Take a Chance on Me by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Free-spirited ballet dancer Quinn is sure he made a terrible mistake by agreeing to be Duke’s roommate. The big cop is the most uptight person Quinn’s ever met, and both men begin driving each other crazy from day one. Before long though, an undeniable spark of attraction ignites between them...
  • Catching Chance by M.E. Parker

    Catching Chance by M.E. Parker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens when you suddenly get everything you ever wanted? First, you don’t believe it’s real. Then you want more… Let’s be honest, gay nerds from small towns in North Carolina don’t get to date the hot, popular quarterback. It’s just one of those impregnable laws of nature. Even if he was my best friend growing up. Even if it turns out by some miracle that he’s gay too...
  • Family Rules by Jacki James

    Family Rules by Jacki James

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Justin had three simple rules for dating: No co-workers, no repeats, and absolutely no men with kids. He was happy with those rules. And no one had ever tempted him to break them. Until a night on the prowl had him crossing paths with an adorably geeky accountant. Mark spent the last year being the best dad possible to his little girl while enjoying life as an openly gay man for the first time...
  • Unexpected Dreams by Isabelle Peterson

    Unexpected Dreams by Isabelle Peterson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Divorce is a big change... But there are bigger ones. A few months after his divorce and may failed blind dates, Greg Fairchild met Tanner Williams. What started out as a good friendship unexpectedly turned into something that Greg didn't know what do with...attraction. Why would he be attracted to a man? He had been a ladies man back in the day...
  • Kade & Cameron by A.D. Ellis

    Kade & Cameron by A.D. Ellis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cameron Lewis is left reeling when his perfect life—two beautiful children, an adoring husband, and a house on the lake—is ripped apart by loss. Kade Ramsey is living the American dream with a wife, two amazing children, and a comfortable job. But dreams are often only illusions, and Kade discovers his life isn’t all he thought it to be. Kade and Cam have been friends for years...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  book
  • 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
  • Their Perfect Future by M.A. Innes

    Their Perfect Future by M.A. Innes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Living together had been their only goal, but now what?Bryan and Maddox spent their first weeks back at college trying to keep their relationship from falling apart. Now that they’re living together and learning how to make their unique relationship work all over again, new issues have come up...
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    family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  university  adult  book
  • 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...
  • Surprise Play by Carly Marie

    Surprise Play by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An innocent gift has the power to change everythingMalcolm Ward is a retired wide-receiver, NFL offensive line coach, and husband to one of the best wide-receivers in the NFL. His life is hectic and the last thing he expects is to walk into the bedroom one afternoon to find his husband sleeping with the pacifier Malcolm had jokingly given him a decade before...
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    lgbtq  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Risking the Shot by Amy Aislin

    Risking the Shot by Amy Aislin

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Time for distractions? Hardly. A chance at making the playoffs? It’s a dream for NHL forward Taylor Cunningham that just might come true. If he can keep his eyes on the ball—ahem, puck. And study for midterms. Dakota Cotton, eleven years his senior, isn’t just a distraction, though—he’s everything Tay’s ever wanted...
  • 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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    family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  angst  book
  • 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...
  • Love by Shaw Montgomery

    Love by Shaw Montgomery

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As 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...
  • This Time for Always by Andrew Grey

    This Time for Always by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Police officer Finnigan Pettaprin’s life is his job. He’s driven to be the best, always. Past relationships have largely been heartbreaking, so he keeps to himself. The last thing he expects is for a near-disastrous car chase through town to bring him in contact with Mark, the one who got away.Mark Wallace hasn’t had the best luck in life...
  • Breaking the Record by Raleigh Ruebins

    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...
  • 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...
  • Andre by L.A. Witt

    Andre by L.A. Witt

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MattThere’s nothing quite like a night with one of the Gentlemen of the Emerald City. No strings. No complications. I’ve been burned by love, and I’m not going there again.Unlike my teammates who fell for their Gentlemen, I know how to keep emotions from coming into play.At least… I used to.AndreI used to love this job. The money doesn’t matter—just the thrill. But that thrill is gone now...
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    mlm  sports  lgbtq  steamy  romance  contemporary  fiction  book
  • 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...
  • King of the Mountain by Aiden Ainslie

    King of the Mountain by Aiden Ainslie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    American cycling sensation and heartthrob Clifford Du Frey is riding the wave of success. Brand Du Frey is a multi-million-dollar business, and during the Tour de France, Clifford is mobbed by fans wherever he goes. The superstar must focus on winning the Tour de France and maintaining the image of the athletic hetero alpha male at all costs.But Clifford has a secret...
  • The Viking and the Drag Queen by V.L. Locey

    The Viking and the Drag Queen by V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who will emerge the victor on the battlefield of love?Tyr Hemmingsen had his life mapped out at a young age. The only son of the late Danish hockey great, Elias Hemmingsen, Tyr has always done his best to follow the plans his father had laid out for him...
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    sports  mlm  lgbtq  steamy  romance  contemporary  fiction  book
  • The Swap Masquerade by Annabella Michaels

    The Swap Masquerade by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “A night of passion and pleasure awaits you. No names, no faces, just the chance to live out your wildest fantasies. Leave your keys in the bowl and let fate decide who you’ll end up with.” After years of hiding his sexuality from his family and teammates, Elliott Stone is tired of living a lie...
  • Grind by E. Davies

    Grind by E. Davies

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “I'm glad I picked you.” “My family could accept me being gay, but not trans.” James is in trouble. His family turned their back on him after he transitioned, and he was forced to start his new life without them, but now he's paying the price. Buried in debt, his last chance is to start a business with hunky carpenter Ryan and hope that they succeed...
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    family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  audiobook
  • My Best Friend's Brother by K.C. Wells

    My Best Friend's Brother by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My best friend’s younger brother is all grown up. And gorgeous.Casey’s off limits. Forbidden. But that just makes me want him more.RylanI’ve watched Casey grow up. I never imagined how the sweet, scrawny kid would turn into a hot muscular man. A hot guy who just came out.Casey torments my thoughts. And my dreams. I need to stay far, far away from my best friend’s kid brother...
  • To Have It All by Jill Wexler

    To Have It All by Jill Wexler

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes life deals you a very hard hand. When Brett Thompson is forced to deal with a family tragedy, his nicely ordered life changes overnight. Not only does he have zero parenting experience, he is not a fan of sticky, messy, or chaotic—the very definition of “kids.” He loves his niece and nephews, but can he handle four of them on his own? Four...
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    children  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book
  • Northland by Cara Dee

    Northland by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two years ago, Logan Ward got the surprise of his life when he discovered he was the father of a two-year-old boy. Professionally and romantically adrift, he devoted all his time and energy to caring for his son. But now he’s searching for something more, and he and Justin head north to Alaska to try out the life his best friend Quinn has been raving about...
  • Rooming Together by Quinn Ward

    Rooming Together by Quinn Ward

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An M/M Daddy Romance After things went south with my last roommate, I'm determined to hide my little side until I graduate from college. That's not possible once Jayden learns my secret... Being a little in the dorms isn't easy. When my first roommate found out, he freaked. With a new semester and a new roommate, I promise myself I'll keep my gear locked away...
  • Christian by Andria Large, Megan Hershenson

    Christian by Andria Large, Megan Hershenson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Nothing scared Christian Beck more than his brothers finding out that he was gay. How could he ever tell his three big, buff, women-loving brothers that he was into dudes? What if they thought it was disgusting? What if they disowned him? He loved his brothers so much and couldn’t bear to lose them. His only problem? He was in love with his best friend, who was now his boyfriend...
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    children  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book
  • Hopeless Bromantics by Isla Olsen

    Hopeless Bromantics by Isla Olsen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    WadeHere are some things I wish someone would have told me a few months ago:1. Putting together an Ikea desk does not make someone qualified to help with home renovations2. It’s impossible to un-teach a five-year-old the word ‘dildo’3...
  • 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...
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    children  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  age-gap
  • Never Have I Ever: Punched My Roommate's V-Card by Willow Dixon

    Never Have I Ever: Punched My Roommate's V-Card by Willow Dixon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Why can’t I stop thinking about my roommate after walking in on him “taking care of business?”What should have been a humiliating experience for both of us ends up being the start of one of the best friendships I’ve ever had. Finn is smart, adorkable, and his shyness pushes all my buttons. The problem? My interest in him quickly shifts from friendship to something less than platonic...
  • The Trade Deadline by A.L. Heard

    The Trade Deadline by A.L. Heard

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After a fleeting encounter when they’re in Juniors, Ryan “RJ” Russell and Lars Nilsson find themselves thrown back together years later when they end up on the same NHL team. Being friendly to a new teammate just got way more complicated. It’s one thing to have a one night stand with someone from another country; it’s a whole other mess to sleep with your teammate...
  • Personal Secrets by K.C. Wells

    Personal Secrets by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Blake Davis and husband Will are delighted when Ed Fellows turns up at the hospital the night their daughter is born—even if he is covered in mud from playing rugby and drunk out of his skull. Team-mate Colin is the Good Samaritan who drives him there, and when Colin takes Ed home, Colin finds himself on the receiving end of a blow-job. He has no problem with that whatsoever...
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    family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  athlete
  • 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...
  • Always Together by Quinn Ward

    Always Together by Quinn Ward

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They’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...
  • Daddy Cam by K.M. Neuhold

    Daddy Cam by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Just when I thought my secret crush on my Daddy-Dom best friend couldn’t get any worse, I stumbled on his Daddy Cam Channel… I can run a multi-million dollar tech company, but I can’t seem to work up the courage to tell my best friend that I’ve been in love with him for years. In my defense, Saxon is a gorgeous, successful, big-d**k Daddy with a million SUBscribers drooling over his Daddy Cam...
  • Unrequited by Jesse H. Reign

    Unrequited by Jesse H. Reign

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Andy Montgomery is an artist and a dreamer. It isn’t long before the person he’s dreaming about is his college roommate, West Baxter. West is cheerful and popular, a jock and a genius. Despite Andy’s best intentions, he develops a maddening crush on West. As their friendship deepens, so does his crush. It changes from an innocent flutter to the type of longing that defines a lifetime...
  • Lane’s by Nash Summers

    Lane’s by Nash Summers

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Maps doesn’t believe in growing up.He believes in his experiments, Benji’s new driving skills, Perry’s knowledge of “adult things”, and his interstellar boyfriend, Lane.Maps certainly doesn’t believe in graduating. And he especially doesn’t believe in his friends attending separate colleges.Because if Maps believed in any of those things, it would mean he was growing up...
  • 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...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Wish Come True by Keira Andrews, Joanna Chambers

    Wish Come True by Keira Andrews, Joanna Chambers

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    First 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...
  • 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...
  • See You in Boston by Eden Finley, Saxon James

    See You in Boston by Eden Finley, Saxon James

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All I want is to be dicked down, why is that so much to ask? When graduation night hits and I still haven’t crossed bottoming off my bucket list, I’ll do anything to make it happen. Including hitting on the bashful, dimpled cutie from the CU Hockey team. He’s not queer, but he is curious. One last college experience with someone we never have to see again...
  • Stick Lessons by Crea Reitan

    Stick Lessons by Crea Reitan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone should learn how to handle a stick. AttyHigh school sweethearts, dream wedding, exotic honeymoon, white picket fence, two and a half kids… that’s the dream. My prescribed future. Except, I don’t want any of that. When me and my on/off girlfriend of fifteen years finally call it quits for good, I decide that I’m ready for a new beginning.I didn’t expect that new beginning to be a dude...
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    mlm  sports  lgbtq  steamy  romance  contemporary  fiction  book
  • 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...
  • Frat Wars Presidential Chaos Bonus Scene by Saxon James

    Frat Wars Presidential Chaos Bonus Scene by Saxon James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    mlm  university  lgbtq  sports  romance  contemporary  fiction  book
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