Books like 'Here Without You'

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  • Um milhão de finais felizes by Vitor Martins

    Um milhão de finais felizes by Vitor Martins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jonas não sabe muito bem o que fazer da vida. Entre suas leituras e ideias para livros anotadas em um caderninho de bolso, ele precisa dar conta de seus turnos no Rocket Café e ainda lidar com o conservadorismo de seus pais. Sua mãe alimenta a esperança de que ele volte a frequentar a igreja, e seu pai não faz muito por ele além de trazer problemas...
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    drama  friendship  lgbtq  mlm  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult
  • Tied Over by Mary Calmes

    Tied Over by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Josiah Redeker has been tied up, tied down, and just plain tied to Bodhi Callahan since the younger marshal was paired with him five years ago. It was an easy slide from partners to best friends, and though Bodhi wanted more, Josiah thought Bodhi could do far better than him...
  • Gray For You by Spencer Spears

    Gray For You by Spencer Spears

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I might be your fantasy. But I’m nobody’s forever… Gray: I’m not the kind of guy you take home to meet your mother. I’m an ex-adult film star with a GED and a giant co...llection of movie credits I can’t talk about in polite company. I might be good at helping other guys get their happy endings, but I’ve more or less given up on finding one of my own. Until Tyler Lang walks into my life...
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    angst  drama  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  adult  age-gap  audiobook
  • Tex by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Tex by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jazz: I’m in love with my straight best friend …Prison changed me, mostly for the better, but it could never erase my love for Tex. Growing up together in foster care he was my one constant, and I hate all the ways I’ve let him down. Now that I’m free my biggest wish is to settle back into our friendship and life in our MC. I know I’ll never have anything more...
  • Uncomplicated by K.M. Neuhold

    Uncomplicated by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Two men with a rocky history, and one with an all-consuming love for both of them. Sometimes I’m so lonely I swear I can’t breathe. I bring men and women into my bed to chase away the ache, but it never seems to help. I want something real, something lasting, but I’ve never been more afraid of anything in my life...
  • The Dreamboat by Emerson Beckett, Rheland Richmond

    The Dreamboat by Emerson Beckett, Rheland Richmond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They call me Dreamboat for a reason. My friends say I’d flirt with my shadow if it got me laid, and they’re not wrong. I’m a good-looking man with a high sex drive and I love a good time. I know what I like and have no trouble getting it.As a former Navy SEAL, I’m highly trained to handle dangerous situations...
  • Aaron's Awakening by K.C. Wells

    Aaron's Awakening by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Aaron isn’t looking for love, but it finds him – and it has a few surprises in store…A laidback man who goes with the flowAaron is happy for his friends who’ve found love, but he’s starting to feel as if he’s an endangered species – a single guy. Not that he’s looking for anyone...
  • 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...
  • Out of the Ashes by Cara Dee

    Out of the Ashes by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We screwed up, Master. It wasn’t until I stood there alone in the ashes, raw, naked, enraged, and in more pain than I could handle that I realized we’d been wrong from the beginning. I saw our history in the rubble—all our memories, the pictures filled with devotion and laughter, my wholehearted submission to him. And we had to rewrite the ending. We had to. Kingsley and I couldn’t be over...
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    angst  lgbtq  mlm  polyamory  second-chances  adult  age-gap  book
  • Meet Me in the Blue by A.M. Johnson

    Meet Me in the Blue by A.M. Johnson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meet me… in the place where the sun kisses the horizon and sinks into blue shades of you and me.Meet me there… where everything was always perfect. You and me and the damp grass at dawn and the gray dirt in the late evening rain.Meet me where we were ourselves and not these two people who can’t even say I love you...
  • Lawless by R.G. Alexander

    Lawless by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author R.G. Alexander, Book 8 in the Finn Factor Series Who says love isn’t Lawless? Chief Solomon Finn needed a change. After leaving the force to help his family and think about his future, it doesn't take him long to figure out what it is that he's been missing. Hugo Wayne...
  • 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...
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    crime  drama  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  adult  audiobook  book
  • Seeking Freedom by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Seeking Freedom by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Is it close proximity that has Jovany noticing Seth, or for the first time in his life, does he want a man? Jovany~When I check on the guy that helped with my case and realize he’s in a bad spot, I know I need to help him out. That’s how I find myself with two new roommates—Seth and the baby he’s in charge of...
  • Where We Left Off by Romeo Alexander

    Where We Left Off by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tyler: Well, I’m back in Port Dale for the summer, staying with Elliot and Clay. Not my original plan, but that got busted. I never expected to run into him. He looked good, even better than before. Nate had been more than just my best friend, he was my ‘almost’ first boyfriend. Then he was suddenly removed from my life...
  • Second Nature by Alexa Land

    Second Nature by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The last time I saw Gabriel, he was putting me on a bus and sending me to some relatives I’d never met, with the hope of a fresh start after rehab. That was four years ago. Now he’s back in my life. I’ve wanted him for years, while he’s always thought of me as just a friend. This is my one shot at turning our friendship into so much more...
  • All the Stars by Duckie Mack

    All the Stars by Duckie Mack

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rider doesn’t have a lot of rules when it comes to guys, but there is one- he doesn’t date, not ever. He’s content with random hookups because dating means too much. That’s reserved for the one person he knows he can never have, his best friend, Cameron.After watching his own family fall apart, Cam longs for someone who will stick it out through thick and thin...
  • Little Harbour by Sophia Soames

    Little Harbour by Sophia Soames

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is a story about life and death, because there was never anyone else for Jens. He had been with Sofie almost all his life, from the day they met at school when they were fifteen, until the day she took her final breath against his chest. She was always everything to him. As he was to her. He never doubted that. Not for a minute...
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    friends-to-lovers  friendship  grief  lgbtq  mlm  adult  book  children
  • 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...
  • FOG[电竞] by Man Man He Qi Duo, 漫漫何其多

    FOG[电竞] by Man Man He Qi Duo, 漫漫何其多

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    现代电竞+男神VS男神医疗师攻X突击手受【主角配角均无原型,谢谢大家】---Yu Sui and Shi Luo met each other when they were much younger. One was a pro-gamer, a widely-renowned, best of the best, in-game medic. The other was an e-sports newcomer who was just starting out. The two originally played for the same team, during which their relationship became increasingly deep.But things did not go as expected...
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    lgbtq  mlm  drama  angst  romance  contemporary  fiction  found-family
  • Every Mended Heart by Nik Knight

    Every Mended Heart by Nik Knight

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two broken souls searching for hope. One love that redeems them both.After everything Silas and Ben have fought for, it seems the true battle has only just begun. As rumors spread through the school, Silas's already strained relationship with Ben starts to crack from the added pressure. His personal bully is back and determined to tear Silas down at every turn...
  • Until Jude by Briar Prescott

    Until Jude by Briar Prescott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm the first one to tell you doing the right thing has never been high on my list of priorities.Same goes for respecting the law. And ethics in general.It's more like guidelines anyway.Until him.Jude Riley.I invite myself into his life and refuse to leave. I know it's wrong. I know I shouldn't.I do anyway.It's never meant to turn into anything serious.It's never supposed to matter.Until it does...
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    mlm  lgbtq  angst  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Picking Up the Pieces by Annabella Michaels

    Picking Up the Pieces by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two Shattered Hearts Brody Murphy feels as if he’s lost everything when his best friend and partner, Paul, dies in the line of duty. Partners on the force for years, Paul Donovan was all Brody had. Paul accepted Brody as he was—standoffish from a childhood in the foster system, bisexual in a police force that wasn’t entirely welcoming, Brody is now adrift...
  • Adventure by Quinn Ward

    Adventure by Quinn Ward

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dreams come true when you finally face your fears. Tony doesn’t want the type of love his brothers have found. He’s satisfied having a great friend who also happens to be great in bed, but he knows Max won’t be happy with no-strings sex forever. Enzo knows the difference between loving someone and being in love with them. Unfortunately, the man he’s in love with is off-limits...
  • Believing Blue by Nicole Colville

    Believing Blue by Nicole Colville

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Is there a fated path we follow, or is it simply a series of coincidental events? Police officer Kellan Howard is rumoured to have spent too much time in sub-zero temperatures, leaving him with a block of ice for a heart and women lining up to help thaw it. Mountain climbing is his only love, leaving no time for a relationship, and although meaningless sex satisfies his physical need, it’s empty...
  • Finally by Annabella Michaels

    Finally by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Between his time in the Marines and the years he’s spent working at Hamilton Security, there’s not much that takes Greg Wright by surprise anymore. That is until he gets assigned to guard a promising new candidate in the upcoming election; a man from Greg’s past and the one person he’d hoped to never see again. Christopher Brooks has made a name for himself as an honest, hardworking, and fair man...
  • What He Fears by E.M. Denning

    What He Fears by E.M. Denning

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

    Angel Ink by Ali Lyda

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No one's ever caught me thinking with my manhood.Being demisexual means attraction doesn't always come easy. And it has a way of knocking me off my feet. I can't want Joel. I'm pretty sure he's scared of me, and we're working together.It's a recipe for disaster.Too bad my emotions say otherwise. And once they start talking, my body starts listening. I've been screwed by love before...
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    angst  drama  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  adult  audiobook  book
  • Chasing Fate by Mia Monroe

    Chasing Fate by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hooking up with your friend is a totally acceptable way to pass the time until your soulmate shows up. Right?I’m on a mission - happily ever after or bust. I just know my handsome, successful, bearded prince is out there waiting for me to find him. I’ve had my cards read a million times. This is my destiny...
  • Beautiful Mistakes by Felice Stevens

    Beautiful Mistakes by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The other side of loathing might be lust ...Or love ...WolfDesire: What Wolf struggles with from the moment he sees Spencer Hawkins the first day of college.Fear: Not a word in Wolf’s vocabulary except when it comes to facing his feelings for Spencer.Lust: What he gives in to that changes everything between them. And his life forever...
  • Strut by Jay Hogan

    Strut by Jay Hogan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New Zealand farm boy turns New York fashion model. Fairy tale? Maybe. But it hasn’t been easy. A year in this crazy city, working my tail off just to survive in a ruthless industry where sex sells and boundaries are too readily crossed.A year and a reassuring ocean away from Hunter Donovan—a sexy, humiliating mistake that I’m not about to repeat. Distance is good. Distance is safe...
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    angst  drama  friends-to-lovers  friendship  lgbtq  mlm  abuse  adult
  • My Truth, My Future by Taylor Rylan

    My Truth, My Future by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The only thing Tyler Kirkwood ever wanted in life was to be loved openly. But yet what he got was another man who is deep in the closet. So he did the only thing he could to try and save his heart, he left. Graham Redfeather has only ever loved one man in his life, Tyler Kirkwood. But yet no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t quite come out of the closet, even for the man he loved...
  • Heartbreaker by Sean Ashcroft

    Heartbreaker by Sean Ashcroft

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “You’re not really my boyfriend.”“What if I wanted to be?”Kieran Goode isn’t gay, but when his childhood best friend crashes back into his life in need of someone to play his wholesome, steady boyfriend, how can he say no?Felix Harris had his heart broken when Kieran moved away at fourteen after the death of his father—and he never quite got over it...
  • Change of Heart by K.M. Neuhold

    Change of Heart by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Does my husband's heart still miss me now that it beats in the chest of another man? Lub-dub A heartbeat more familiar than Easton’s own Lub-dub He vowed to love his husband until death do they part. And then the worst happened. Lub-dub His heart kept another man alive. River. A stranger in the world with Easton's husband's heart pumping the blood that warms his skin...
  • Catch Me: Tattoos and Temptation Book 4 by Mia Monroe

    Catch Me: Tattoos and Temptation Book 4 by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s never worked with two. Is three the magic number? Cairo has been my bestie for years. He’s sexy, charming, and absolutely gorgeous. Even though the attraction is strong, my track record taught me to keep the line between friendship and more intact.But then Luca entered our world with his southern drawl, bedroom eyes, and sexy smirk, quickly making a play for not one but both of us...
  • Free Me: Tattoos and Temptation Book 3 by Mia Monroe

    Free Me: Tattoos and Temptation Book 3 by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Only his ropes can unravel the past. I never thought I’d see him again, but when my former best friend shows up ready to make amends, it becomes clear just how tied to the past I am. He disappeared when I needed him the most, leaving me to navigate my truth alone. Now he’s back.Nixon’s art leaves me vulnerable, defenseless, and I like it...
  • Heart Strain by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Heart Strain by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Holden~ When I get a call that my twin brother’s been shot, I’m in shock as I head back to Baltimore to be with him. Seeing him in a coma is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do; sitting here not knowing whether he’s going to live or die is the worst thing I can imagine. But at least Jameson is with me—he makes it more bearable, and I don’t feel like I’m in this alone...
  • Luke by Con Riley

    Luke by Con Riley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Luke Lawson is committed to one thing—saving his boarding school before a cash crisis sinks it. He’ll do anything to keep it afloat while vulnerable children rely on him, even if that means accepting help from the man who let him down at uni.Nathan’s offer to teach for free could be a blessing as long as Luke can guard his soft heart...
  • The Last Text by Alice Winters

    The Last Text by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Happy Birthday, Daniel. I was told not to send you another text, but I never was any good at listening. I love and miss you. I always will. When I lost my partner of eight years, I felt like my world was crashing down around me. In order to feel some relief from the overwhelming emptiness, I’ve found myself sending him texts every year on his birthday, even though I know he will never answer...
  • Fearless by R.G. Alexander

    Fearless by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author R.G. Alexander Can you be Fearless? Rory Finn used to have a sinful reputation and a fetish for a certain kind of man–the straighter the better. But since the Mistletoe Meltdown, he’s turned over a new leaf…just in time for his two best friends to start breaking one of the few rules they had–with each other...
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    angst  drama  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  polyamory  abuse  adult
  • My Ride, I Love You by Patrick Rangimant

    My Ride, I Love You by Patrick Rangimant

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    This is a love story of Mork, who is a motorcycle taxi driver in Bangkok, and Tawan, a junior internal medicine resident doctor in the university hospital. Seems like they both have a small chance to meet, let alone the falling in love, but it did happen...
  • Blink by Rick R. Reed

    Blink by Rick R. Reed

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life can change in the blink of an eye. That's a truth Andy Slater learns as a young man in 1982, taking the Chicago 'L' to work every morning. Andy's life is laid out before him: a good job, marriage to his female college sweetheart, and the white picket fence existence he believes in. But when he sees Carlos Castillo for the first time, Carlos’s dark eyes and Latin appeal mesmerize him...
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    lgbtq  mlm  second-chances  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Forever Man by A.J. DeWall

    Forever Man by A.J. DeWall

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A bond forged in Catholic school, an unspoken attraction that outlasts years of separation and other relationships. Ren and Cole never acted on that thing that always bubbled beneath the surface of their friendship, not until a chance encounter in a Santa Fe bar and a song that would tip the scales forced them to confront their feelings...
  • Oceans Apart by Laura Harner

    Oceans Apart by Laura Harner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s been two years since Lord Jamie Mainwaring and Detective Remy Remington worked and loved their way through their one and only case before going their separate ways. Now Jamie is once again mixing agency business with pleasure as he and his partner, Agent Ryan Whiteside, are assigned to a case involving piracy in the Caribbean...
  • Love, Never-Ending by Michele Notaro

    Love, Never-Ending by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jax~ Years ago, I picked myself up and started a new life after having my heart broken. And now I love it, I love my life. But it still isn’t enough. Something is missing. When I meet Symon for the first time, I know there’s something special about him, and I can’t help but wonder if he’s my missing piece. But everything’s confusing because my ex shows back up in my life...
  • The Promise by Felice Stevens

    The Promise by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A promise made:When Ezra Green sits next to Monroe Friedman in their high school English class, friendship blooms into first love, and even Ezra moving to California won’t keep them apart. Ezra promises Roe that once he finishes college, he’ll come home and the two will be together. In the meantime they’ll write and keep in touch. Nothing has to change...
  • The Geek Next Door by R. Cayden

    The Geek Next Door by R. Cayden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's always been there, whether I realized it or not.KaiGrowing up, Izzy was the cute, geeky guy next door.He and my twin brother were inseparable, and Izzy followed River around with hearts in his eyes.Fifteen years after I last saw him, he moves in across the street and ends up as my last-minute date to River's wedding...
  • The Skin I'm In by Jenny Wood

    The Skin I'm In by Jenny Wood

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every Friday, evening, just around closing time; is the highlight of my week. Gage Conner: Police officer, 6'3, 235lbs, green eyes, black hair, and an organ donor. He comes through my line, with his charming smile and massive chest and asks to cash his check. I'm just a bank teller, Briyana Smith- formerly Brian Ashley...
  • Encore by Shira Anthony

    Encore by Shira Anthony

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Blue Notes Novel Cool kid violinist Roger Nelson doesn’t give a damn about anything. Wannabe conductor John Fuchs is awkward, effeminate, and just figuring out he’s gay. Despite their differences, they become friends—then lovers—and after college, they try to make it work. But it’s the 1970s, and Roger can’t bring himself to admit he’s gay...
  • What You Are by Erin E. Keller

    What You Are by Erin E. Keller

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alex walks down the road of his life, apparently without any detours. He has a job, friends, a nice apartment and a girlfriend who meets his needs. A smooth life lived on a smooth road. But when Daniel shows up at his door, Alex meets the first bump in road -- which turns out to be more like a boulder -- in his way...
  • Jericho Candelario's Gay Debut by R. Cooper

    Jericho Candelario's Gay Debut by R. Cooper

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jerry Candelario, known as Potts to almost everyone, has spent his entire adult life focused on raising his siblings and his niece. But the home he fought hard to make feels empty since everyone has grown up and moved out, and his precious baby niece is now a teen with a life of her own...
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