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Cuando reescribamos la historia by Belén Martínez Sánchez
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHACE VARIOS AÑOS... Julen e Ibai eran inseparables. Amigos que compartían clase, juegos en un jardín y paseos por la playa en las noches de verano. EN LA ACTUALIDAD... Julen solo es un joven que quiere pasar desapercibido. Ibai se ha convertido en un total extraño para él. Pero todo cambia con un sueño, una luna roja como la sangre, un diario y una muerte... -
Proud by Juno Dawson, Dean Atta
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA stirring, bold and moving anthology of stories and poetry by top LGBTQ+ YA authors and new talent, giving their unique responses to the broad theme of pride. Each story has an illustration by an artist identifying as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Compiled by Juno Dawson, author of THIS BOOK IS GAY and CLEAN.A celebration of LGBTQ+ talent, PROUD is a thought-provoking, funny, emotional read... -
Dakota by Shaw Montgomery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJust because he’s scatterbrained and distracted doesn’t mean he needs a keeper…right? Dakota is creative, passionate, and just a little too focused on his work. It’s helped him grow a single book into an impressive series and career, but it’s not helping his personal life. At this point, he barely has a personal life and even his friends are starting to get concerned... -
The Betas: Rene' (Werewolves of Manhattan) by A.C. Katt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrankie Ferone moves from the mob to an even more secretive group, the loup garou.When attending a wedding, Frank Ferone is introduced to Rene DuBois, a violet eyed stranger. Rene has a secret to hide but can't overlook that he's met his mate. Rene starts to romance Frankie and soon Frankie falls in love. But how is he going to react when Rene tells Frankie he is loup garou... -
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Serpent's Teardrop by Mary Rundle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Blackwood Pack saga continues… This is part of an on-going series by Amazon Bestselling Author, Mary Rundle, and catching up on previous titles is advised. Readers of the past books will enjoy meeting old friends once more as the pack does what it does best ̶ caring for one another and helping shifters everywhere. Brian, a.k.a... -
Scenes from Cloverleah by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCloverleah Pack Book 9.5This is NOT a standalone.There have been a lot of things going on in the Cloverleah pack, and if you have been following the series, you will know there were a couple of things that happened that didn’t quite make it in the story line. These four short stories are my way of filling in those gaps... -
Crusher by Daryl Banner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Daryl Banner comes a steamy beach town opposites-attract romance with a surprise ending that will steal your heart.When Quintin Ruiz’s classmate invites him down to Dreamwood Isle for the weekend, the last thing he wanted was to capture the attention of the beach town’s infamous “Heart Crusher” Adrian Tyler.Pretty boys with eight-pack abs aren’t Quintin’s type... -
Text Talk by merlywhirls
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFandom: Harry PotterRelationship: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin--------------------------------------------------Sirius is in boarding school, Remus is in the hospital, and they don't know each other until Sirius texts the wrong number... -
His Two Alphas by Anna Wineheart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor twenty years, single-dad Micah Davis has dreamed of the perfect wedding. The perfect alpha. Then the Fire tears apart Micah's body, leaving him crippled and scarred. His confidence wrecked, his chances of finding a bondmate sub-zero, Micah has little left... Except a secret: The nineteen-year-old in his college classes, Spike? Micah's son's close friend? Spike makes Micah feel desirable again... -
The Trap! by Josh Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese fraternity boys just made a BIG mistake. Spring break in Cancun was supposed to be a non-stop party. Beer, sun, and bragging about all the hot girls that they’d hooked up with. Getting kidnapped by a criminal syndicate was not part of the plan. Now these golden boy athletes have fallen into a shadowy world they never knew existed. A world where rich men collect boys like them for fun... -
Good Son by Beau Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOmega Piper Gray has spent most of his life running from his problems. He figures the best way to be happy is to avoid emotional entanglements. Have sex. Move on. That’s his recipe for a long and fulfilling life. But when he gets word his estranged mother is dying, he’s pressured by his sister Trina to come home and help out... -
Merry Misfits by Cambria Hebert
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce upon a time…A lost prince was robbed of the magic of the holiday season.Ribbons, glitter, tree-trimming, and love all denied for hateful reasons.What once was lost is now wondrously found.And, naturally, holiday shenanigans will abound.New York City is blanketed in pure white snow,the perfect date night setting to make your heart grow... -
My Husband is Suffering from a Terminal Illness by Bu Hui Xia Qi, 不会下棋
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsXie Yang has spent many years in the apocalypse and is tired and worn out. Then he transmigrated into a simple and superficial novel about the entertainment circle.The protagonist of the novel was handsome, smart, and reborn. The female protagonist of the novel was beautiful, inspirational, and had a golden finger. Some male and female roles were also beautiful and had a deep background... -
Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMurder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen birder somehow finds themself solving a murder mystery with their neighbor/fellow anime lover, all while falling for a cute girl from their birding group . . . and trying not to get murdered... -
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Together Again by Aiden Bates
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey split up ten years ago. Fate brought them together again, on a case with life or death consequences. Can they fix what went wrong, or will they both spend their lives mourning for what they lost? Elias let his own frustrations and his family’s disapproval drive him apart from his boyfriend, Pat Tessaro, just before graduation... -
The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction Nominee“Look no further for your next favorite read, because The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester has it a gripping murder mystery that will keep you turning pages, ghosts, romance, and a treasure trove of queer characters with depth and heart. Here’s something rare—a suspenseful story that also feels like a hug... -
Hot for Teacher by Grae Bryan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChase Adler goes with the flow. An only child of disinterested parents and the only beta in his friend group, he’s used to not making waves. Which is fine by Chase—he’ll leave the drama to his alpha besties. But when a missed exam leads to Chase getting up close and personal with his alpha professor’s pheromones, Chase can’t help fixating on the imposing man... -
He's Coming in Hot by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Jock and Nerd Mpreg In high school, Newell was a nobody. He was completely invisible, and for the most part, he liked it that way. He had one friend and a completely hopeless crush on a football playing god who seemed to be everywhere all the time and was actually really nice. What more could he have possibly needed from his high school experience? As an adult, not much has changed really... -
His Reclassified Omega by L.C. Davis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn omega who wants nothing to do with Alphas meets an Alpha who feels he’ll never measure up. Myron has never fit the mold of a typical omega. For one thing, he has no interest in settling down with anyone other than another omega. When the woman he loves leaves him for a far more conventional mate, he takes a job he’s hardly qualified for just to get out of the country... -
At Sixes and Sevens by M.A. Church
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWerecats mating with humans was bad enough…. But an Alpha werewolf? Aidric’s life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Alpha Carter Lovelock of the Dark Lake Pack—who is apparently his mate. Now Aidric must decide whether to accept the mate the goddess chose, or deny her gift because cats and dogs just don’t mix. Carter is in a pickle. He always assumed his mate would be a female werewolf... -
Omega Shaken by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGerald's story continues as he finds not one but two alphas to love. This book can be read as a standalone. Ezra has finally decided his big house is just depressing without people living in it. His attempts at finding a sane roommate are scary at first, but he doesn't throw in the towel right away... -
Birthday with His Omega by Lorelei M. Hart, Aria Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinding love isn't easy. Even when it seems to fall into your lap like a birthday present.But not every birthday present is wrapped in a neat little bow. Sometimes they're messy and tangled and...devastating.But the great thing about birthdays is that there's always another one just around the corner.. -
Thief in the Light by Jaime Samms
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLucky Denver has wandering feet, sticky fingers and an unreliable moral compass-he's never had a home and he's not so sure he cares about what he's missing.Arnold Kreed, who runs a small-town B&B, knows what a home should be. So does his home, The Oaks-aka Mildred-and she has some very definite opinions on who should stay and who should go... -
I Should've Stayed Home: Irwin by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHedgehog shifter, Irwin Chance was not the type to go out to parties, of any kind. A self-confessed introvert with anxiety disorders, he was happy to stay at home, work on his Youtube channel and counsel people from the safety of his home. But Irwin had friends, three of them to be exact, and one of them had gotten him a ticket to the biggest party of the year... -
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Love Is Always Write: Volume Six (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Sara York, Em Woods
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe stories you are about to read celebrate love, sex and romance between men. They are a product of the Love Is Always Write promotion sponsored by the Goodreads M/M Romance Group and are published as a free gift to you... -
The Mistletoe Promise by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne Kiss. One Promise. The Magic of Christmas. Omega Everett is ready to be a father. He has a decent job, a nice place to live, and so much love to give. With no delusions of finding the perfect alpha and living happily ever after, he decides to take matters into his own hand—or test tube, anyway—with the help of a fertility clinic... -
This is Not a Horror Movie by Sara Dobie Bauer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmory Jones loves two things: horror movies and Connor Nichols.For the past four years, Emory, Connor, and their families have vacationed side by side on Longboat Key, Florida. Eighteen-year-old Emory has pined for his neighbor from behind the covers of Stephen King books, but college boy Connor has never noticed him. Probably because Emory looks like Jack Skellington with good hair... -
Omega Served by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook Two of the Oak Grove series. Can be read as a standalone.Ike is gun shy after the ordeal he recently went through with a money-grubbing omega who lied about carrying his child. Now he doesn't trust any omegas and would rather stay celibate than to risk being used again. Until he walks into The Fallen Nut on a busy night and makes a terrible decision... -
Boy Tangled by Sue Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA boy who is scared of being caged again. A Daddy who’s about to rescue the world. Will they trust each other to fall in love when their future is unknown?Throwing Jake and his brothers out of the Tin Bar seems like a good idea to Aaron. It avoids a fight with another Daddy, and he doesn’t have to watch Jake play with another boy all evening... -
Mr. Melancholy Wants to Live a Peaceful Life 忧郁先生想过平静生活 by Cyan Wings, 青色羽翼
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYu Hua loses his job, and the weight of the household falls on the shoulders of his partner, You Zhengping. His husband is a temporary employee at the subdistrict office, with a monthly salary of only 2500; this troubles Yu Hua exceedingly.You Zhengping is secretly engaged in the work of protecting the world from Destroyers, with a rather liberal subsidy... -
Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBeing the chosen one isn’t always a good thing...Oscar Tundale is not a hero. Anxious, indecisive, and awkward, he can barely get through a normal day. Now he’s about to find out monsters are real. Oscar’s friends: brave, stubborn Zara, and hyperactive, paranoid Marcus, might help discover what hunts him, and unravel the truth about the handsome doctor he pines for... -
A Circle of Stars by Craig Montgomery
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSometimes you have to leave home to findit… All Casper Bell has ever wanted is to belong. But now,abandoned by his friends and family after being outed, he has nothing left to lose when thepeople of Novilem abduct him.Except Earth... -
Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAvi Cantor Has Six Months To LiveAvi comes across these foreboding words scrawled on the bathroom mirror, but what do they mean? Is this a curse, a prediction, or a threat from Avi's emboldened bullies? And how to they know his real name when he hasn't even told his mother yet?Then there is Ian—the cool new guy at school, who is suddenly paying attention to Avi... -
Feel by A.M. Arthur
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Omegaverse Story. Single omegin Brogan Dale is jealous of the loving, stable relationships his omega friends have with their alpha mates. For years, he’s longed to find his own bondmate and create a family, but that hasn’t been in the cards. Just when he’s determined to take the first alpha who’ll provide for himself and his young son Peyton, Brogan scents him across a crowded coffee shop... -
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Don't Read in the Closet: Volume Two (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Blaine D. Arden, Mandy Beyers
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis free ebook is volume two in a collection of short stories celebrating love, sex and romance between men. It is a product of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group Hot Summer Days event and features original stories from 28 authors; if you like what you read, come join our group! Use the green download button below and choose from PDF, Mobi/Kindle, Epub and Html/Zip formats... -
Don't Read in the Closet: GayRomLit Retreat 2011 Special Edition (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Clare London, J.P. Barnaby
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis free ebook is a collection of 27 short stories celebrating love, sex and romance between men. It is a product of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group Hot Summer Days event and features authors attending the GayRomLit Retreat 2011 in New Orleans; if you like what you read, come join our group! Use the green download button below and choose from PDF, Mobi/Kindle, Epub and Html/Zip formats... -
Don't Read in the Closet: Volume Three (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Damon Suede, Mael Day
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis free ebook is volume three in a collection of short stories celebrating love, sex and romance between men. It is a product of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group Hot Summer Days event and features original stories from 27 authors; if you like what you read, come join our group! Use the green download button below and choose from PDF, Mobi/Kindle, Epub and Html/Zip formats... -
Paid to Kneel: A steamy gay BDSM romance - Delphic Agency Book One by Romilly King
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA steamy gay BDSM romance Sex sells and Richard is about to find out exactly how much his submission is worth. RICHARD is desperate for money. With his Father needing long term care and graduate school looming he needs a lump sum of cash, and fast... -
Cassian by Grae Bryan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCass doesn’t know exactly why he can’t get over his massive, hopeless crush on his roommate. It might have something to do with how gorgeous and sweet and completely out of his league Blake is, but who can really say?Blake doesn’t know exactly why he’s so protective of his roommate... -
Demon Dating Service by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEven demons get bored...Luke is a poor grad student, desperate for a cheap place to live.Desperate enough even to live in a house full of demons.(Anything is better than his last roommate.)When the demons find it’s nearly impossible to scare Luke away, they decide on a new plan to amuse themselves.They’re going to help Luke with his love life... -
The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTeenage baker Syd sends ripples of heartbreak through Austin’s queer community when a batch of post-being-dumped brownies turns out to be magical—and makes everyone who eats them break up.“What’s done is done.”Unless, of course, it was done by my brownies. Then it’s getting undone.Syd (no pronouns, please) has always dealt with big, hard-to-talk-about things by baking... -
The Omega's Alpha Manny by Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsManny’s Mannies: Where parents finds more than just childcare—they find everything. Omega Ronnie thought he had everything until cancer stole his happily ever after. Left alone with his beautiful daughter, he soon discovered he was pregnant with baby number two, a child with a rare birth defect... -
Daddy's Girl by Victoria Sue
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOmegas were selfish, conniving, manipulative drama queens, and the last thing Kyron wanted was one either in his house or bed. But due to a ridiculous inheritance stipulation he had one month to get an omega pregnant, or he would lose the house, the estate, and the vineyard his family had owned for generations.Tolly hated Alphas... -
Home for Ryan by Minerva Howe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRyan feels pretty lucky to have found Secret Springs and his job working for Fuel Comfort Food as a caterer. He was on the run from a bad relationship when he did, and it's taken some time for him to come out of the shell he was put into by his ex. He's learning to trust again, and one man in particular makes him want to try dating all over again, even if the man makes him jumpy as heck... -
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Make Me Let Go by Angel Knots
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOmega Celibacy Club, Book Two Taking Professor Grayson's Mythology of Mating Rituals class wasn't part of Nolan Baker's plan, and since he hates surprises and always follows his plans, Nolan really has no explanation for why he enrolled. At least, none that he wants to admit to... -
Changers Book Two: Oryon by T. Cooper, Allison Glock-Cooper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Oryon's humor and insight will keep readers turning pages."-- Kirkus Reviews Praise for Changers Book One: Drew:"This is more than just a 'message' book about how we all need to be more understanding of each other. The imaginative premise is wrapped around a moving story about gender, identity, friendship, bravery, rebellion vs. conformity, and thinking outside the box... -
Professor Omega by Harper B. Cole
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCoop was just looking for a good time before leaving town. He had no idea his one-night stand with a sexy older man would have lifelong ramifications. But when he went back home at the end of his time in the city, he just wasn't the same. Something was missing though he had no idea what it was. Ash was just a simple professor, living each day in peace and simplicity... -
Hunting Season Hijinks by Charlie Richards
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOut of the Cage: Cupid isn't the only one who shoots arrows.Gideon Ruck has been bow hunting the woods of Colorado with his father for nearly two decades. In that time, he's seen an odd thing or two, but he's always kept his mouth shut. After all, he believes what animals do in the world is their own business. When his father comes down with the flu, he starts the hunting season alone... -
Don't Read in the Closet: Volume Four (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Megan Derr, Mark Alders
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis free ebook is volume four in a collection of short stories celebrating love, sex and romance between men. It is a product of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group Hot Summer Days event and features original stories from 29 authors; if you like what you read, come join our group! Use the green download button below and choose from PDF, Mobi/Kindle, Epub and Html/Zip formats... -
Omega Teacher's Secret by Anna Wineheart
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings(Alternate cover edition of ASIN B07JZH39FF) Saddled with debt and a crippling self-esteem, Professor Ian McMillan has struggled for decades with his demons. But that isn't his biggest secret—seven years ago, he spent his heat with an alpha he shouldn't have… his student. Nothing should've come out of it. Except Ian conceived, and his baby's father… is also the department head's son...
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