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  • Ride or Dye by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Ride or Dye by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Gabe and Josh Roman-Wyatt have been living life in the fast lane. Demanding jobs, precocious twin toddlers, an ever-growing circle of friends, and a menagerie of pets means their home is filled with love and laughter but very few quiet moments for the happy couple. Gabe’s solution is to plan a surprise vacation at a perfect hideaway where the two of them can slow things down and reconnect...
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    crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  usa
  • Final Orders by Gregory Ashe

    Final Orders by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An embattled author. Fanatical parents. A son who can’t stay out of trouble. It’s the last one that’ll probably kill him.When Emery Hazard gets drawn into a brawl at a monthly school board meeting, he knows he’s in trouble; his husband, John-Henry Somerset, is chief of police, and they’re already under enough scrutiny as they try to finalize their foster son’s permanency plan...
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    mlm  crime  lgbtq  law-enforcement  humor  family  romance  mystery
  • A Dye Hard Holiday by Aimee Nicole Walker

    A Dye Hard Holiday by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of year for Gabe and Josh Roman-Wyatt as they celebrate their first holidays as fathers, but someone’s war on St. Nick threatens to ruin their holly jolly Christmas...
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    crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  usa
  • I Do, or Dye Trying by Aimee Nicole Walker

    I Do, or Dye Trying by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Newly engaged Josh Roman and Gabe Wyatt know the road to happily ever after won’t be easy, but the two men are certain their biggest challenges are in the rearview mirror. However, life in Blissville is never what it seems and all signs point to dangerous curves ahead...
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    crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  usa
  • Deception in Darkness: by Alice Winters

    Deception in Darkness: by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Felix and Lane are struggling with just how boring a “normal” life is, so when they get a chance to jump into action, they do so without a second thought—especially since they’re offered a lot of money. The request is simple: find a way to retrieve a watch from police custody. But things are never as easy as they seem. Suddenly, they’re caught in the middle of a family feud that could turn deadly...
  • Sin and Tonic by Rhys Ford

    Sin and Tonic by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Miki St. John believed happy endings only existed in fairy tales until his life took a few unexpected turns… and now he’s found his own. His best friend, Damien, is back from the dead, and their new band, Crossroads Gin, is soaring up the charts...
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    crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  usa
  • 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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    crime  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  adult  assassins  book
  • Dead Broke by Pandora Pine

    Dead Broke by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Newly minted private investigator Ronan O’Mara is working tirelessly to make his detective agency successful. When he’s asked to look into the suspected suicide of a local psychic, he quickly realizes there’s been a murder. A second psychic is found dead in her kitchen days later, and Ronan begins searching for clues to connect the two crimes...
  • The Evening Wolves by Gregory Ashe

    The Evening Wolves by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every victory comes at a cost. The trail has gone cold. For months now, Emery Hazard and John-Henry Somerset have been trying to find something—anything—that might help them uncover the truth about the criminal organization operating out of the Cottonmouth Club. But every lead has turned out to be a dead end, and every step forward has cost them two steps back...
  • Good Vibes Only by Gregory Ashe

    Good Vibes Only by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Just vibing. Good Vibes Only is a collection of short stories from Iron on Iron. It includes the “All the Feels” Jem and Tean get settled in their temporary new home. This story is set after The Face in the Water . “Add Me Back” Theo and Auggie (especially Auggie) spend time with their new friends. This story is set before The Girl in the Wind . “Adulting is Hard” North and Shaw are..
  • Crocus by Amy Lane

    Crocus by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Saying “I love you” doesn’t guarantee peace or a happy ending. High School Principal “Larx” Larkin was pretty sure he'd hit the jackpot when Deputy Sherriff Aaron George moved in with him, merging their two families as seamlessly as the chaos around them could possibly allow...
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    crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  adult  audiobook
  • Zero Divergence: Zero Hour Book Three by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Zero Divergence: Zero Hour Book Three by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Zero Divergence, noun: no deviation from a course or standard. After a key piece of evidence goes missing, a suspected serial rapist and killer evades prosecution. More than Royce Locke’s reputation is on the line when his investigation into the failed chain of custody suggests Franco Humphries might’ve had inside help...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Redemption by Eden Winters

    Redemption by Eden Winters

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Living is the easy part.Agent Lucky Lucklighter and his partner escaped Mexico alive, only to plunge into bureaucratic fallout from their mission. Hell, maybe Lucky should have stayed south of the border. Especially when the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau places Bo into rehab, and Lucky’s facing both therapy and an inquiry into a fatal shooting...
  • Armor: A Firsts and Forever Series Novella by Alexa Land

    Armor: A Firsts and Forever Series Novella by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dante Dombruso has always been his family’s armor. It’s his job to keep them safe. But he feels he failed them eighteen months ago, when a mysterious arsonist set a fire intended to wipe the Dombrusos off the map. Now Dante is driven to make things right, yet with each day that passes, the trail grows colder and his frustration increases...
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    crime  family  humor  lgbtq  mlm  action-adventure  adult  assassins
  • Dead in the Water by Pandora Pine

    Dead in the Water by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cold Case Detective, Ronan O’Mara, has set sail on the honeymoon of his dreams to sunny Bermuda. He’s looking forward to a week of fun in the sun with his husband, Tennyson, but nothing is going as planned...
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    crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  adult  book
  • Hellion by Rhys Ford

    Hellion by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    415 Ink: Book Three From the moment SFPD Detective Ruan Nicholls meets Ivo Rogers, he knows the tattoo artist is going to bring chaos to his neat, orderly life. A hellion down to the bone, Ivo is someone Ruan not only doesn’t understand, he’s not even sure he needs to. Everything about Ivo is vibrant, brash, cocky, and arrogant, and Ruan wants no part of him...
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    crime  family  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  abuse  adult  age-gap
  • 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...
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    crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  adult  age-gap
  • Just Jory by Mary Calmes

    Just Jory by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A ficlet which is set in the time period between Bulletproof and But For You...
  • 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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    crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  adult  audiobook
  • 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  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  adult  audiobook  book
  • '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...
  • Hennessey's Handler by Pandora Pine

    Hennessey's Handler by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bar owner Hennessey McCoy finally has his life on track after being discharged from the U.S. Coast Guard under mysterious circumstances. He’s rebuilt his life piece by piece and Hennessey is the right place to open his heart to the right man. When his three-year-old niece goes missing at a party, Hennessey is paired with an annoyingly handsome search and rescue dog handler to help find the child...
  • Find and Keep by K. Sterling

    Find and Keep by K. Sterling

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aiden and Lane return with Lavender and Sage in another Boys Of Lake Cliff book. A baby can cause quite a stir in a town like Lake Cliff. Sometimes, in ways you wouldn't expect. Mr. Lavender reminds us that he'll only be predictable when it suits him and changing one's stripes can be tricky. Big changes are coming to Lake Cliff and a baby's just the beginning...
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    mlm  family  lgbtq  crime  law-enforcement  humor  romance  assassins
  • 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...
  • With This Bling by L.B. Gregg

    With This Bling by L.B. Gregg

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caesar Romano’s catering career is doing better than he’d ever dreamed. And so is his love life—even if his boyfriend’s house in Staten Island is way too far from civilization for his liking...
  • 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...
  • Laying Ghosts by James Buchanan

    Laying Ghosts by James Buchanan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Joe and Kabe must lay the ghosts of the past and bring closure to a family scarred by loss to move forward in their life together.Some families are haunted by tragedy. Some people are haunted by their pasts. Some men are haunted by who they are. Joe Peterson is haunted by all three...
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    crime  family  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  usa  adult
  • Back in Black by Rhys Ford

    Back in Black by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There are eight million stories in the City of Angels but only one man can stumble upon the body of a former client while being chased by a pair of Dobermans and a deranged psycho dressed as a sheep. That man is Cole McGinnis...
  • Sinner Like Me by Avril Ashton

    Sinner Like Me by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Syren Rua finally has what he’s always wanted. He’s settled into a life with his Marshal and the daughter they’re raising as a couple. Everything he’s been through, all the pain and dark memories, brought Syren this far, and he’s in a wonderful space. Happy and loved. Which is why he never sees the approaching danger until it’s too late...
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    crime  family  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  adult  angst  book
  • Death at the Deep Dive by Josh Lanyon

    Death at the Deep Dive by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Pirate Cove's mystery bookstore owner and sometimes-amateur sleuth Ellery Page discovers a vintage diving collection bag full of antique gold coins tucked away for safe keeping in the stockroom of The Crow’s Nest, it sets off a series of increasingly dangerous events, culminating in meeting Police Chief Jack Carson’s parents. Er… Culminating in murder...
  • Ghost by R.J. Scott

    Ghost by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can you ever hold on to a ghost?Elliot is tracking an elusive killer, codenamed Ghost, with ties to organized crime. Every time the Sanctuary team gets close, Ghost slips their grasp.Cole has nowhere left to turn. With his father dying and his sister in danger, he turns for help to the very people trying to track him down...
  • Spring Break by Elle Keaton

    Spring Break by Elle Keaton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes a guy needs a break. Carroll Weir got one--but it wasn't what he expected. All he dreams of is escaping dreary, damp Skagit, WA, for a warmer climate. Instead, Federal Investigator Carroll Weir is assigned to a cross-agency case involving geoduck smugglers and a very dead Fish and Wildlife Detective...
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    mlm  crime  lgbtq  humor  law-enforcement  family  romance  suspense
  • Tramps and Thieves by Rhys Ford

    Tramps and Thieves by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Murder and Mayhem: Book Two Whoever said blood was thicker than water never stood in a pool of it.Retiring from stealing priceless treasures seemed like a surefire way for Rook Stevens to stay on the right side of the law. The only cop in his life should have been his probably-boyfriend, Los Angeles Detective Dante Montoya, but that’s not how life—his life—is turning out...
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    crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  adult  audiobook
  • Steele My Heart by Tatum West

    Steele My Heart by Tatum West

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I swore I'd never set foot in this town again. But Abingdon needs me. And Kendall Vincent might just get me to stay for good. Gil: I was tired of working the police beat in Northern Cali. Exhausted--my whole body was yearning for a place I hadn't been in years, my old home. When my mama died, I knew I had to come back, and my new job as police chief sealed the deal...
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    law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  usa  adult  audiobook  book
  • Pretty Policeman by Fifer Rose

    Pretty Policeman by Fifer Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Detective Micah Hart wasn’t sure when his fairly safe, predictable life became something more closely resembling a dumpster fire. But if he had to pinpoint an exact moment, he would say it was the first time he went undercover as a prostitute in an attempt to bait the notorious serial killer who was stalking New York City’s streets – the media-dubbed Hooker Hunter...
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    mlm  crime  lgbtq  law-enforcement  family  romance  contemporary  dark
  • Dirty Day by Rhys Ford

    Dirty Day by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is a free short story featuring Cole and Jae. It is available on Dreamspinner Press' Blog...
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    north-america  usa  mlm  lgbtq  humor  law-enforcement  crime  family
  • Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes

    Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Jory and Sam Thanksgiving...
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    north-america  usa  mlm  family  lgbtq  law-enforcement  humor  crime
  • The Devil's Brew by Rhys Ford

    The Devil's Brew by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sinners Series: Book 2.5 Miki St. John’s life has been turned upside down, but it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to him.His best friend, Damien Mitchell, is back from the dead. He has a dog named Dude. And more importantly, he and his lover, SFPD Inspector Kane Morgan, now share Miki’s converted warehouse...
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    family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  adult  angst  audiobook
  • Trust Me If You Dare by L.B. Gregg

    Trust Me If You Dare by L.B. Gregg

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hard help can be good to find. Romano and Albright, Book 2 Feisty New Yorker Caesar Romano has a knack for getting into a jam, and this week is no exception. When his pregnancy-hormone-buzzed business partner sweet talks him into working a solo gig for his famous ex, Caesar attracts the worst kind of attention. It’s only the beginning...
  • Ears, Eggs and Bunnies by Mary Calmes

    Ears, Eggs and Bunnies by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Sam and Jory Easter...
    Categorized as:
    north-america  usa  mlm  family  lgbtq  humor  law-enforcement  crime
  • The Paternity Puzzle by Aimee Nicole Walker

    The Paternity Puzzle by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Royce Locke and Sawyer Key are back and better than ever with new mysteries and hilarious shenanigans as they tackle their greatest challenge yet: fatherhood.A perfect holiday weekend takes a twisted turn when Royce investigates a suspicious death involving Dr. Jean Claude Matisse, a retired pioneer in fertility medicine...
  • Jackalopes and Woofen-Poofs by Angel Martinez

    Jackalopes and Woofen-Poofs by Angel Martinez

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR ANGEL MARTINEZ Book five in the Offbeat Crimes series Hoax animals and a consulting vampire on the prowl—ACO Jason Shen never thought having a cop boyfriend would be this hard. All Animal Control Officer Jason Shen ever wanted was a quiet life of rescuing lost kittens and helping animals in need. Having a paranormal cop boyfriend guarantees an end to the quiet part...
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    crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  usa
  • River Home by Elle Keaton

    River Home by Elle Keaton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If you don’t know what you want, would you recognize it if you found it? Miguel Ramirez is the definition of pochos; a half-breed-white-washed Mexican–American who doesn’t speak Spanish (also unapologetically bisexual). Three years ago he arrived in Skagit a broken man having barely managed to escape an abusive relationship. Slowly, he’s rebuilt his life...
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    crime  family  humor  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  abuse  adult
  • Desert Foxe by Haley Walsh

    Desert Foxe by Haley Walsh

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Skyler and his friends go to Palm Springs for the annual White Party and find murder!Out and proud high school English teacher Skyler Foxe and his posse of friends go to the annual Palm Springs White Party for a weekend of fun, frivolity, and luscious men. But there are boy troubles of all kinds ahead...
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