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  • Hired: Hadley by Nora Phoenix

    Hired: Hadley by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sebastian LeClerc is richer than Midas. He’s also a grumpy a**hole, a playboy, and the world’s worst boss. At least, according to Hadley, who was crazy enough to take the job as Sebastian’s PA.Big mistake. Huge.Sebastian may look like Richard Gere and be equally charming in public, but it’s all an act. Hadley should know, as he’s one of the few people who gets to see the real Sebastian...
  • Hopelessly Bromantic by Lauren Blakely

    Hopelessly Bromantic by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sexy, passionate, utterly addictive, roomies-to-lovers MM romance from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely!Look, when I met the sexy, witty Brit on the streets of London last night, I had no idea who he was. He was just that hot guy I wanted to have a drink with so I asked him out for my first evening in town. One thing almost led to another...
    Categorized as:
    humor  lgbtq  mlm  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Dearest Malachi Keogh by N.R. Walker

    Dearest Malachi Keogh by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Julian Pollard never believed in love at first sight. That was until he met Malachi Keogh. Well, maybe it wasn’t love at first sight, but it sure was something.Julian had forgotten how to live, how to be happy, and Malachi changed all that. Now together for four years, Julian wants to give Malachi a Christmas he’ll never forget...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  found-family  humor  lgbtq  mlm  adult  audiobook  book
  • Vow Maker by Lily Morton

    Vow Maker by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dylan Mitchell wants to get married.However, after seven years of being engaged, that’s looking slightly doubtful. After going through ten wedding planners, they’re gaining a reputation somewhat akin to Henry the Eighth on the wedding circuit.Gabe has vetoed symbolic dove releases, forests of flowers, fire-eating performers, and puce as a wedding colour...
  • Awaken My Heart by Kat Baxter

    Awaken My Heart by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Abraham:I already had my happy ending. Childhood sweethearts, my late wife and I made four beautiful kids together who are now grown and married off themselves. I’m content to be their old dad, tending to my ranch and my tomato plants. Until Emily Carson and her tempting curvy body and her smiles that she hands out like candy, crashes into my life making me want things I have no business wanting...
  • Easton by Riley Hart

    Easton by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    EastonI’m the youngest Swift brother. The one who’s always in trouble and can’t get his life together. I wouldn’t know where to start, and ever since my twin died, I can’t bring myself to care. After my last “situation,” Dad washed his hands of me. And though my brothers should’ve done the same, they stood up for me, fracturing their relationship with him too...
  • Handy by K.M. Neuhold

    Handy by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My new neighbor may be grumpy but he's also hot, and very good with his hands…I definitely overestimated my own handyman skills when I bought this fixer-upper. I have to say, the view from my new place is worth it though. Especially around seven o'clock every morning when my big, furry bear of a neighbor drinks his coffee shirtless on his back porch.He's dedicated to the bear thing too...
  • The Blame Game by Brigham Vaughn

    The Blame Game by Brigham Vaughn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fiery Rescue: Fisher Cats Player Heating Up the Sheets with Handsome Stranger?Fourth line center, Dominic Olson, was spotted with an unidentified man following a fire at the High Park Towers building in Liberty Village late last night.The fire was contained to the fifth floor where—according to firefighters from Toronto Fire Station 346—it began in one of the condo’s kitchens...
  • Written at Randy's by Katherine McIntyre

    Written at Randy's by Katherine McIntyre

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    An adorkable author and an outgoing club kid as roommates only results in one thing—shenanigans! And of course, love.Love beyond the binary, serving up low angst trans romances at Randy's DinerWritten at Randy’s is a low angst M/X roommates to lovers romance between a reclusive trans male author and a life of the party bigender club kid that reads as a standalone...
  • Not As Planned by Harlow James

    Not As Planned by Harlow James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “So you’re single?” “Are you seriously hitting on me right now while I have breastmilk all over my shirt?”When Grant Thomas, the handsome stranger standing in front of me in line at the coffee shop, stripped his uniform shirt off and handed it to me, I could have sworn I was on an episode of Punked...
  • Easy Tiger by Ali K. Mulford

    Easy Tiger by Ali K. Mulford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s trying to keep his livelihood afloat. She threatens to destroy it. Will two wild hearts finally be tamed?Hawk Lachlan will do anything to save his family’s zoo. With only a year to prove that he and his siblings can handle the responsibility, the gruff eldest brother is determined to fulfill his father’s legacy...
  • Resting Beach Face by D.J. Jamison

    Resting Beach Face by D.J. Jamison

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's the only man who doesn't want me...and the only one I really need.Cash and Declan's story is coming soon in Resting Beach Face! This will be Book 4 of Swallow Cove, which follows a tight-knit group of friends in a quirky lake town...
  • Before They Were Lovers: A Nothing Special Valentine's Origin Story by A.E. Via, Abbie Nicole

    Before They Were Lovers: A Nothing Special Valentine's Origin Story by A.E. Via, Abbie Nicole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two warriors. One unbreakable bond. A love story in the making. God is a hardened and confident alpha with emotional walls that keep him isolated. Day is quieter, more watchful, and looking to connect...
  • Wedlocked by Cambria Hebert

    Wedlocked by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s no secret that, over the past couple years, Elite has been through it. For real, when I look around, I think, Two billion years of evolution for this?But even with the heaping pile of crazy tossed at us on the regular, we still have each other’s backs and are stronger than ever. With Westbrook’s winter break coming up, it’s time Elite got their relax on...
  • The Kiss Principle by Gregory Ashe

    The Kiss Principle by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Keep it simple, stupid.After spending his whole life taking care of his family, Fernando Lopez is ready for simple. His younger brothers have grown up and moved out of the house. His mom is stable—or as close to stable as she’s ever going to get. He’s even got a shot at his dream job if he can just play his cards right.Everything is going great until one morning, Fer finds a baby in his kitchen...
  • Until You by Briar Prescott

    Until You by Briar Prescott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Every life has a before and an after. An invisible line that divides a life into two halves: the before and the after...When Jude is seventeen he overhears something that changes the course of the rest of his life. Now, at twenty-five, he's guarded, distrustful, and determined to keep the rest of the world at arm's length. He doesn't need other people. He has plenty of issues to keep him busy...
  • Naughty or Nice by Sophie Snow

    Naughty or Nice by Sophie Snow

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rora Stanley hates Christmas.But when her best friend needs a Santa photographer for her family’s toy store, Rora is forced to return to her Christmas-obsessed hometown for the holidays.Henry Whitten loves Christmas.And a few weeks in Wintermore, Wyoming playing Santa is exactly what he needs as he stands at a career crossroads...
  • All That Matters by Felice Stevens

    All That Matters by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nico Andretti knows one thing is Love is for fools.Being a tour bus guide in Times Square isn’t his dream job and he yearns for more than living in his mother’s basement apartment, but life is tough in the big city.At least the men on the bus are eye-candy galore, and they’re one and done...
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    mlm  lgbtq  age-gap  humor  romance  contemporary  urban  fiction
  • Slow Dancing by Noelle N., hepburnettes

    Slow Dancing by Noelle N., hepburnettes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    #1.3│Isla Moore is the fake girlfriend of billionaire Kaden Bretton. But Kaden is suffering from temporary blindness and still thinks he's dating his real girlfriend, Evangeline, who's actually buried six-feet underground...
  • Whiskey Sour by Addison Beck

    Whiskey Sour by Addison Beck

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    KnoxWhat do you do when the love of your life chooses someone else?Easy, you find a nice rebound. If it just so happens to be his hot, dumb hunk of a brother, even better.Elton Hill is everything wrong with people. He’s loud, annoying, way too intense, and pushes too hard. But he’s available and our secret friends-with-benefits relationship turns out to be exactly what I need...
  • Short Stack by Lily Morton

    Short Stack by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What happens after the happy ending?Drawn together for the first time, this is a collection of Lily’s short stories about the much-loved men from her Mixed Messages and Finding Home series. Follow them through awkward marriage proposals, birthdays, a fraught babysitting job, and a very drunken Eurovision Song Contest party...
    Categorized as:
    humor  lgbtq  mlm  adult  anthologies  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Hard by Donna Alam

    Hard by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A man walks into a coffee shop and gets offered a job in the movies. Sounds like the start of a joke, right? Or every man’s fantasy. Until I remember I’m trying to be a good man. A single father. One who doesn’t do casual relationships, Let alone get paid for s*x. But for those curves and that mouth? Any man might be tempted . . . ~*~ It was an honest mistake . .
  • Nailed by K.M. Neuhold

    Nailed by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My new neighbor is a total tool.He hated me from the second he laid eyes on me, and I don’t have the first clue why… But, if he wants to hate me, I’m happy to give him a few reasons: mowing the lawn at dawn on the weekend, leaving garbage cans in front of his driveway, renting a petting zoo for my backyard...making a list of ways to drive him crazy is half the fun...
  • Never Kiss the Bad Boy by Lauren Landish

    Never Kiss the Bad Boy by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A full plate? More like an overflowing platter.The last thing I have time for is the bad boy next door.Even if he’s hot, sweaty, muscled, pierced, and makes sexy promises that keep me on edge.Survival Mode is how I live. My ghost kitchen is the place to be for every work crew in the city, and I bust my butt from sunup to sun down, while rubbing every nickel and dime together to scrape by...
  • Luke by Cora Rose

    Luke by Cora Rose

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    They say love comes from the most unexpected places; I found mine hiding in my bushes from the cops.My life before Luke was a carefully structured routine. It was predictable and organized, just the way I like it. Some would call it boring, but I call it smart self-preservation, and if there’s one thing that could threaten to bring it all crashing down, it’s Luke van Beek...
  • Poetry On Ice by Jesse H. Reign

    Poetry On Ice by Jesse H. Reign

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I can’t tell if we’re fighting…or flirting?Being traded to the Seattle Vipers has left me with mixed feelings. On the one hand, they’re my team, the team I’ve loved and supported since I was a kid, but on the other hand, he’s here. Him. Ant Decker. Infamous NHL bad boy. Right wing to my left. A man who’s made it his sole purpose in life to be better than me...
  • Pretty Mess by Lily Morton

    Pretty Mess by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kiss him, sleep with him, but don’t ever fall in love with him.The first time Wes Archer steps into Jack of Clubs, an exclusive London pleasure club, he’s completely confident he can heed the tried-and-true advice about becoming an escort. Wes gives himself away for free with casual hookups all the time...
  • A Gift-Wrapped Holiday by Amy Aislin

    A Gift-Wrapped Holiday by Amy Aislin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mal's first priority is giving his six-year-old son the best Christmas ever, a goal made trickier by a recent move to New England after losing his job. As a single dad, he's not looking for romance—especially not with a blond California boy ten years his junior...
  • Got Me Merry by Casey Cox

    Got Me Merry by Casey Cox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can my best friend get me to enjoy the holidays? Ho... Ho... Um…No? Christmas just isn't my jam. The crowds. The cold. That Mariah Carey song blasting everywhere I go. Thanks, but no thanks.Don't get me wrong. I'm no Grinch. The holidays are awesome if you have a great family and money to shower them with gifts. Unfortunately for me, I have neither of those things...
  • Make Music Together by Ariella Zoelle

    Make Music Together by Ariella Zoelle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It all started with a song. Two neighbors singing duets in the shower finally meet at an open mic night. Sparks fly, but will it lead to true love?Levi BenowitzThe walls in my new apartment are so thin that I can clearly hear my neighbor singing in his shower...
    Categorized as:
    humor  lgbtq  mlm  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Until Now by Kate Hawthorne

    Until Now by Kate Hawthorne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wyatt and Grant still aren't allowed to want each other.In the midst of a divorce he should have seen coming from the start, Wyatt finds himself back in North Edgewood, back at his dad's house, back next door to Grant Harding...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  lgbtq  mlm  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Mr. Not Quite Perfect by J.S. Cooper

    Mr. Not Quite Perfect by J.S. Cooper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • A Very Merry Krewmas by Nicky James

    A Very Merry Krewmas by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The snow is falling, the bells are ringing, and Krew is ready to celebrate the holidays with all his friends by throwing the most fabulous Krewmas party of the century! There will be… -thirty sprigs of mistletoe (Ireland will be there, need I say more?); -a tree full of sexy mermen (No explanations required.); -a promiscuous Elf on the Shelf (Max can’t wrap his head around this one...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  humor  age-gap  fiction  contemporary  holidays  book
  • Legend by Isla Olsen, Willow Thomas

    Legend by Isla Olsen, Willow Thomas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    TomLegend of the Game. That’s me, apparently. I suppose it’s meant to be a compliment, but to me it just sounds like one of those labels people slap on you when you’re on your way out. Legend. Stalwart. Dinosaur. It all sounds the same to me.I’ve been in the Premier League for over twenty years and I’m not ready to leave...
  • Like I Pretended by Charlie Novak

    Like I Pretended by Charlie Novak

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pretending to be in love never felt so real. Henry Lu hates being a superstar. Action movies have left a sour taste in his mouth and filming a queer period drama on the Yorkshire coast sounds like the perfect antidote. Meeting grumpy coffee shop owner, Alex, is the cherry on top...
  • Needing the Next-Door Neighbor by Kristin Canary

    Needing the Next-Door Neighbor by Kristin Canary

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My next-door neighbor, Ryan Rosche, is pretty much the perfect guy.He’s a freaking doctor, for one.Humble…Mature (Did I mention he’s eleven years older than me?) …And flat-out gorgeous.If only he wasn’t also … my boss.Look, if I wasn’t the nanny to his nieces, I’d be all. over. that...
  • Wanted: Hot Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Wanted: Hot Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hayden thinks he’s unlovable. I think he’s feisty and fun. Hayden knows he isn’t special enough to find love. He’s been through an abundance of men and no one’s stuck. When The Tap Tavern has their first Daddy/boy night, he makes an appearance with low expectations and an even worse attitude. Waylan is a Daddy who’s given up on searching for a boy of his own...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  age-gap  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Bar Re’s Redemption by STESLARA

    Bar Re’s Redemption by STESLARA

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • UnConVentional Kiss by Katherine McIntyre, K.C. Carmine

    UnConVentional Kiss by Katherine McIntyre, K.C. Carmine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One Comic-Con. One chance encounter. One kiss that changes everything.BeckI never claimed to be easy to love. My steady stream of ex-girlfriends is proof positive, and my anxiety pretty much confirms I’ll be alone for the rest of my life. No matter who I date, I can’t ever feel completely myself.At least until I met Cay, who’s bright, charming, and captures my attention from the start...
  • Camboy by Colette Davison

    Camboy by Colette Davison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Having a foursome is a dream come true, but navigating a relationship is more challenging.Being a camboy is great, but I’m bored of performing solo. I’ve invited myself to be adult film star Lyric Steele’s co-star for the day, and I’m taking my partner-in-crime and soon-to-be-housemate, Rubin, along as my chaperone.It doesn’t take long to realise I’m attracted to Lyric...
  • Bad Nanny by Maya Nicole

    Bad Nanny by Maya Nicole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's a grumpy single dad. I’m his new nanny. And my life is an absolute toaster fire. My day started with my breakfast going up in flames and ended with me using a sock puppet during a job interview with the CEO of a billion-dollar company.He’s in desperate need of a nanny, and I need the job to keep my dad off my back...
  • 营业悖论[娱乐圈] Fanservice Paradox by Zhichu, 稚楚

    营业悖论[娱乐圈] Fanservice Paradox by Zhichu, 稚楚

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Duplicate, to be deleted by a super-librarian...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  humor  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Scene Queen by Charlie Novak

    Scene Queen by Charlie Novak

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Note to self: just because he's hot and funny doesn't change the fact he's annoying AF.Hooking up with my irritating as hell neighbour wasn't on my agenda for the week, even if he is ridiculously gorgeous with a smile that lights up my life. His music is too loud, he’s too nosy… but I can’t stop myself from wanting more than a taste...
  • Amid Our Lines by Zarah Detand

    Amid Our Lines by Zarah Detand

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Realising your new boss is the adult star you fancied as a teenager? Awkward.In the snow-kissed Swiss Alps, Adrian’s world is a high-wire act of old-world charm and new-world problems at the Gletscherhaus Hotel. Enter Eric, an undercover London songwriter, seeking a mental break in a place where the Wi-Fi is as patchy as his past relationships...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  humor  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Colby's Lost Binky by Della Cain, Kaytea Kat

    Colby's Lost Binky by Della Cain, Kaytea Kat

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Colby lost his binky and found his new daddy.Once upon a time, I had it all—a daddy who loved me, a nursery filled with all the toys I could ever want, and a job that made a difference. Only my daddy didn’t love me—not really.When I catch him with another man who happens to be my boss, I leave without a second’s thought. I’m worth more than that. So is my rent...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  age-gap  romance  fiction  contemporary  book  adult
  • Charmed by the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Charmed by the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He needs someone to help with his infant. She gives him more than he bargained for.I’m not a tough boss. I don’t ask for much.But when my nanny walks out on me, I question everything.Then my neighbor’s girlfriend recommends her best friend. She’s been working catering, but her degree is in early childhood education. This friend has no experience as a nanny, but beggars can’t be choosers...
  • One Night With The Nanny by K. Sterling

    One Night With The Nanny by K. Sterling

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once upon a glitzy Manhattan night, a nanny finds himself in a royal mess.The Marshall Agency may have begun on a whim, but it’s no accident that it’s considered the best in Manhattan. Everything goes exactly as planned because Reid Marshall only does things one way: his way...
  • The Gentleman by Dianna Roman

    The Gentleman by Dianna Roman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Cameron Fairway has a secret. Before he shares it with the world, he’s determined to build the confidence he wants to live life as a gay man and the experience he’ll need to snag Mr. Right. For that, he requires a mentor—someone experienced. Someone with manners. Someone discreet enough to be able to mix business with pleasure under the watchful eye of his father’s empire—a gentleman...
  • A Rubber Ducky Kind of Day by M.A. Innes

    A Rubber Ducky Kind of Day by M.A. Innes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes it’s just a rubber ducky kind of day…especially when you work in customer service.Skyler knows he’s not the most well-mannered business owner, but luckily the curious people who wander into his coffee shop don’t expect him to behave. They like the drama that whirls around him like one of his fabulous dresses.Well, everyone but Nash likes the drama that plays out...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  humor  lgbtq  mlm  adult  angst  book  contemporary
  • Bad Ideas by Alexa Land

    Bad Ideas by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Doctor Theo Koenig is the most annoying man I’ve ever met, and hooking up with him was a terrible idea. So, why can’t I stop myself from coming back for seconds? And thirds?Maybe there’s more to this man than meets the eye...
    Categorized as:
    cheerful-mc  grumpy-mc  grumpy-sunshine  humor  lgbtq  mlm  adult  book
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