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  • Hope Town Books 1-3 by Harper Sloan

    Hope Town Books 1-3 by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For the first time ever, the Hope Town books are being bundled! Join us for the first three books in the series! Complete with all new bonus content! You fell in love with them as children in the Corps Security Series, but now, watch them fall in love with a spin-off series of their own, the Hope Town Series...
  • Noah & Tallie: Rojo, Tx Book 5 by Cee Bowerman

    Noah & Tallie: Rojo, Tx Book 5 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Noah Evans worked hard all of his life. He raised his children after his wife’s death, and now, he’s enjoying watching his kids have children of their own. Early retirement suits him well, but there’s something missing. When he runs into Tallie, he realizes that she’s the last piece of his puzzle. Tallie worked hard to give her son a good life...
  • Don't Fall for Your Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Don't Fall for Your Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A wickedly, funny romcom that'll have you laughing and swooning one minute, and hot and sweaty the next. Follow along as Paxton and Hartford try to navigate a world they know nothing about--B D S M! I’ve always lived by one major rule, don’t fall for your best friend, and this is one rule I can’t break. I’m supposed to write an article about a topic so scandalous, I can’t even say it...
  • Out: The Complete Collection by Cara Dee

    Out: The Complete Collection by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Comedy Romance | Coming Out Story | Age Difference In this 150,000-word complete collection, Zach and Henry bare it all. You’ll get wild Los Angeles nights, the overwhelming emotional roller coaster of discovering yourself, plans gone awry, adventures, laugh-out-loud moments, and sizzling romance. I had two things on my list when I arrived in Los Angeles...
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    children  family  mlm  steamy  adult  age-gap  anthologies  billionaire
  • Light as Air by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Light as Air by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two rough and ready cowboys. An innocent scientist. And a cyclone of desire that takes down everything in its path. Doug never imagined life would send him chasing storms with stunning beauty, Rosalia. Rosalia puts herself in the path of tornadoes, but no twister has ever made her heart race like Doug....and his best friend, TJ...
  • Wild Chance by Mari Carr

    Wild Chance by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can he make this moment last a lifetime?It’s been three years since Padraig lost his wife and since then, he’s been sleepwalking his way through each day, focusing only on work and family, while hanging out with his best friend, Emmy...
  • Staying For You (All For You) by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Staying For You (All For You) by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When I arrived at your resort, I was broken. Emotionally and professionally, I had nothing left. The last three books I published bombed and the ink was barely dry on my divorce papers. The divorce I never saw coming. All I needed was peace and quiet, and you gave it to me. That and so much more Hope. Courage. Friendship. Passion. The last thing I want to do is leave...
  • Navigating Noah by Jaclyn Quinn

    Navigating Noah by Jaclyn Quinn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Noah HathawayThe saying 'livin' the dream' is usually said with sarcasm, but I truly am living my dream in Coral Pointe Inlet with my four best friends. Still, as I watch three of them fall in love, my heart aches a little with longing. It doesn't help when Hunter, a man I spent an incredible weekend with, comes back to Coral Pointe--not alone, I might add...
  • Inked Nights by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Nights by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan comes a new story in her Montgomery Ink series… Tattoo artist, Derek Hawkins knows the rules:One night a month.No last names. No promises.Olivia Madison has her own rules:Don’t fall in love.No commitment.Never tell Derek the truth...
  • 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...
  • Another Day With Jory by Mary Calmes

    Another Day With Jory by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jory holiday ficlet from Mary Calmes...
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    mlm  family  children  steamy  romance  contemporary  lgbtq  humor
  • Always You: Book 6 of the Fated Hearts Series by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Always You: Book 6 of the Fated Hearts Series by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’d often felt lost in the shadow of my older brother, Sebastian Blake. People either ran from me in fear or tried to use me to get to him. In my struggle to forge my own path, I’d taken a wrong turn a time or two, which nearly cost me my life...
  • Drawn to You by Jaclyn Quinn

    Drawn to You by Jaclyn Quinn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Leaving his enormous family behind, native New Yorker, Elijah, decides to move to Brighton Pier for a fresh start. Being part of a large LGBTQ community and landing his dream job at Inkubus, a local tattoo shop, is too big of a draw for him to turn down...
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    children  family  friends-to-lovers  mlm  adult  angst  audiobook  book
  • Return to Blackcreek by Riley Hart

    Return to Blackcreek by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This December it's time to go back... Wes and Braden Braden plans a surprise weekend getaway for him and Wes. Two days alone in a cabin with his husband? There’s no telling what kind of trouble they can get into. Wes isn’t fooled though. He knows this weekend is about more than just a sexy escape...
  • Run with It by M.L. Nystrom

    Run with It by M.L. Nystrom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The struggle is real.  Beverly spends so much of her time juggling her four kids, a dead-beat ex, and two jobs that she never has time for herself or another man in her life. Then Connor moves in next door. Connor is healing from a hard break from his family and is working to find his own identity.  He has no interest in joining another one. Then he meets his neighbor...
  • Bound For You by Jayne Rylon

    Bound For You by Jayne Rylon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ben has lived through hell. He only survived captivity and torture by the brutes who'd been attempting to develop Sex Offender, a potent aphrodisiac used as a date rape drug, because of the guy he met--and fell in lust with--in the drug lord's dungeons.Ryan became Ben's roommate after they escaped. His nearness is constantly tempting Ben to force Ryan to submit to his dark desires...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    children  family  friends-to-lovers  mlm  steamy  adult  age-gap  book
  • 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...
  • The Possibility of Perfect by Brinda Berry

    The Possibility of Perfect by Brinda Berry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One hot night changed everything. Life is simple…until it’s not. As owner of a successful bar in Nashville, I have everything a guy could want. Well, almost everything. I don’t have her. Josie Jensen. Bookstore entrepreneur, ice cream connoisseur. Smart. Funny. So off-limits I should get arrested for being near her...
  • 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...
  • B Is for Beg by Colette Davison

    B Is for Beg by Colette Davison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A photographer, a rope artist, and a model. Can three create a beautiful romance? Blake Apparently I'm a disaster—no steady job, brothers who have to help me manage my money, and I'm constantly late. When two very different men command me to be theirs, how do I pick? Or can I make them see I’ve enough love for both of them...
  • The Story Series: Tell Me a Story- The COMPLETE Novel (Story) by Tamara Lush

    The Story Series: Tell Me a Story- The COMPLETE Novel (Story) by Tamara Lush

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Buy the five-episode bundle and save! *** "A steamy romance plus a captivating storyline makes this the perfect read for any 50 Shades lover." - Redbook Magazine “Tamara has such an engaging voice, sexy, likeable heroes and heroines and a wry sense of humor...
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    children  family  steamy  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • 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...
  • Worth the Risk by Carly Marie

    Worth the Risk by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two single dads in a small town. Is their connection a recipe for love…or for disaster?Mark Murray is used to chaos. Between his job as an emergency room doctor and being a single father to two boys, he’s the definition of exhausted. Yet he always makes it work. When a new job finds him moving to a small town, he’s faced with a different set of challenges...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Love Under Two Strong Men by Cara Covington

    Love Under Two Strong Men by Cara Covington

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tracy has been in love with Jordan Kendall forever. When Jordan gets together with Peter Alvarez, she couldn’t be happier. She fell in love with the handsome Fed at first sight, and she knows the sparks are there for all three of them. But while Peter seems receptive, Jordan still thinks of her as a kid. So Tracy takes the biggest gamble of her life. When it works, she’s thrilled...
  • If the Stars Fall by Diane Adams

    If the Stars Fall by Diane Adams

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sixteen years have passed since Jared Douglas surrendered his heart, accepting Alex Ross as an integral part of his life. Each moment since seems paved in gold leading them toward an inevitable happy ever after. When calamity comes, it hits hard. The couple is left shell-shocked in the aftermath of disaster. Alex struggles to recover from his injury and the resulting depression...
  • 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...
  • Always Eli by Charlie Novak

    Always Eli by Charlie Novak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when a sassy drag queen falls for his brother’s best friend?Eli Baker needs a job. Drag isn’t paying the bills and the life of a starving artist isn't as fun when he’s the one living it. Taking a temporary office job is meant to be a quick fix...
  • 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  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq
  • 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...
  • Texas Fall by R.J. Scott

    Texas Fall by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 6 in the Texas SeriesJack is focusing on building an equine therapy school for children with special needs and works hard along side his normal horse training and breeding program. He and Riley have settled into a softer, quieter, kind of family life, but that doesn't stop them using the barn with the door to the fullest!But the lull comes before the storm...
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    children  family  mlm  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Second to None by Felice Stevens

    Second to None by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nightclub owner Marcus Feldman never met a man he didn’t love, at least for the night. Although his best friends have all found love, Marcus shuns their advice to commit to one man and settle down. His past has taught him monogamy and marriage is for fools, and Marcus is anything but a fool...
    Categorized as:
    children  family  mlm  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Uncomplicated Choices by Cara Dee

    Uncomplicated Choices by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Comedy Romance | Family | Single Dad | Standalone Some love stories just want to give you a warm, fuzzy feeling and make you laugh a little. This is one of them. When life gave you lemons, you found out who stayed and made lemonade with you. Or something to that effect...
  • Meant For Me by Ann Lister

    Meant For Me by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tony Wilcox, the quiet keyboard player for Ivory Tower, has always believed he was straight. A sexual encounter with his best friend leaves Tony questioning his heart and the unwavering attraction he has for Jared. Living and working together is no longer enough for Tony... he wants more. He wants Jared as his...
  • 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...
  • Unraveled by K.M. Neuhold

    Unraveled by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You need someone to take care of you.You're wound far too tightly.You need to be...unraveledI’m completely out of control of my life. My ex is trying to take my daughter away from me... again, my dream of owning my own motorcycle repair shop seems out of reach, and somehow, I find myself a thirty-two-year-old man who can’t afford to have a place without a roommate...
  • The Making of Matt by Nicola Haken

    The Making of Matt by Nicola Haken

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Matt Carter, self-proclaimed sex-god and drummer for world renowned Souls of the Knight, didn’t have the time or inclination for planning his future, preferring to fill his days with music, women and alcohol. He didn’t want or need anything else in his life. Until the band parted ways and he found himself no longer living the dream...
  • Natural Disaster by Chris Owen

    Natural Disaster by Chris Owen

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jake and Tor return in this long-awaited sequel to the bestselling Bareback! Having bought the ranch they've worked on for so long, they're now the proud owners of a spread of their own. There's more than enough on their plate coping with their new responsibilities and their arguments over ranch management, and it's not long before even more trouble hits...
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    children  family  mlm  steamy  adult  angst  book  contemporary
  • Finn Again by R.G. Alexander

    Finn Again by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author R.G. Alexander Revisit the Finn Family as they prepare for Christmas Eve and the Curious Wedding of Owen Finn and Jeremy Porter. From bachelor parties with penis cakes to proposals and new revelations, the family has one heck of a holiday season...
  • Southern Comfort by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Southern Comfort by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Caught between desire and a promise… Seth Compton knew from the first that his boss’s daughter was all wrong for him. She was too feisty, too damned independent and, at seven years his junior, too damned young. When she comes home with a college diploma and fiancé on her arm, though, he can’t quite remember all the reasons he held her at arm’s length...
  • With You by Marley Valentine

    With You by Marley Valentine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling Author Marley Valentine comes an emotional and heartwarming follow-up to the much loved gay romance novel, Without You. "From tragedy to forever. Happily ever after is only the beginning."Deacon was the elusive boy next door, the older brother who had no time for his family, the man who moved away.I never imagined a world where he would also be the love of my life...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Occasional Fires and Saints by A.E. Jensen

    Occasional Fires and Saints by A.E. Jensen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Noah Firefighter Noah Byrne always thought his biggest obstacle in life was being a gay man and the only son in a large Irish-Catholic family. Noah has turned hiding his sexuality into an artform, getting by with the occasional anonymous hookup. But lately, not even that works out for him, leaving him unsatisfied and unhappy...
  • 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...
  • One Bright Star by Kate Sherwood

    One Bright Star by Kate Sherwood

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's Christmas time. Time for family, celebration, and anxiety. The new baby is a blessing in Jeff, Evan and Dan's lives, but he's also one more thing to worry about. Jeff isn't sure society will accept their nontraditional family, Evan isn't sure what he has to offer the baby, and Dan... well, Dan's Dan. He's got PLENTY to worry about...
    Categorized as:
    children  family  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Nice Guys & First Times by K.M. Neuhold

    Nice Guys & First Times by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You Always Remember Your First…Come along for a sweet, steamy compilation of 4 MM romance novellas by the queen of swoon herself: K.M. Neuhold...
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