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  • So Long, Chester Wheeler by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    So Long, Chester Wheeler by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Unlikely road trip companions form an unexpected bond in an uplifting novel about the past—lost and found—by the New York Times and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author.Lewis Madigan is young, gay, out of work, and getting antsy when he’s roped into providing end-of-life care for his insufferable homophobic neighbor, Chester Wheeler. Lewis doesn’t need the aggravation, just the money...
  • Heartbreak Boys by Simon James Green

    Heartbreak Boys by Simon James Green

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Faking the best summer ever is a lot harder than it looks...At the start of summer, Jack and Nate find themselves dumped as their respective exes, Dylan and Tariq, start up a new relationship together. Not only that, their exes start posting pics on social media, showing the whole world how fabulous their new life together is!Jack and Nate are reeling...
  • Suicide Watch by Kelley York

    Suicide Watch by Kelley York

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    18-year-old Vincent has spent his entire life being shuffled from one foster home to the next. His grades sucked. Making friends? Out of the question thanks to his nervous breakdowns and unpredictable moods. Still, Vince thought when Maggie Atkins took him in, he might've finally found a place to get his life--and his issues--in order.When Maggie dies, it all falls apart...
  • Gives Light by Rose Christo

    Gives Light by Rose Christo

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "Skylar is my name, tragically."Sixteen-year-old Skylar is witty, empathetic, sensitive--and mute. Skylar hasn't uttered a single word since his mother died eleven years ago, a senseless tragedy he's grateful he doesn't have to talk about...
  • Picture Perfect by Holly Smale

    Picture Perfect by Holly Smale

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "My name is Harriet Manners, and I'll always be a geek." It's the hilarious third book in the No.1 bestselling, award winning GEEK GIRL series! Harriet Manners knows more facts that most. She knows that New York is the most populous city in the United States. She knows that its official motto is "Ever Upward". She knows that 28% of Americans believe we never landed on the moon...
  • Boys of Summer by A.E. Wasp

    Boys of Summer by A.E. Wasp

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Teammates, roommates, friends with benefits. What could go wrong? Boys of Summer is a book about finding the perfect person to ride shotgun with on the crazy road trip called life. It contains a Dolly Parton lookalike, an unfortunate deer versus car incident, and poorly-timed epiphanies. Everybody leaves. That was the first lesson Thunder goalie James McVicker ever learned...
  • Bona Fide Fake by Rebecca Raine

    Bona Fide Fake by Rebecca Raine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My new fake boyfriend may not like me, but he needs me. There are worse foundations for a relationship.NedToni Fairweather is a liar and a fake. I suspected it the day we met, but when he lies to his friends about being my boyfriend, I know for sure. I’ll play along with his deception, but Toni will owe me – big time.I have my own reasons for needing a boyfriend. Someone who can handle me...
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    journey  lgbtq  mlm  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary  drama
  • Secrets by Romeo Alexander

    Secrets by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cid: Life is pretty good. My residency at Greenford University suits me, and I have a place of my own. It’s quiet, but quiet never bothered me all that much. When I met Alex, it wasn’t the best first impression. The circumstances weren’t good, but now I was finding it hard not to fall for the guy. And yeah, I knew he had secrets, but I was still willing to give us a try...
  • The History of Us by Nyrae Dawn

    The History of Us by Nyrae Dawn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes it's not about coming out, it's about settling in. Eighteen-year-old Bradley Collins came out a year ago and hasn't looked back since. Who cares if he doesn't know any other gay people? Bradley has friends and basketball-that's all he needs. Even if that means always sitting on the sidelines when the guys go out looking for girls...
  • Push & Pull by Brigham Vaughn

    Push & Pull by Brigham Vaughn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A former hockey player and a bossy twink … a match made in heaven or in hell? Brent Cameron’s done with college hockey and ready to celebrate leaving the closet with a summer road trip around Lake Michigan. But when his best friend bails, there’s only one solution … agree to let a guy he barely knows tag along...
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    north-america  usa  mlm  lgbtq  journey  michigan  illinois  urban
  • Abandoned by J.P. Barnaby

    Abandoned by J.P. Barnaby

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Little Boy Lost, Book Two. Jamie is gone. Brian's secret has been revealed. Brian McAllister's story continues as he tries to cope with the loss of his best friend and soul mate amid the alienation and ridicule of his classmates. When hatred turns to violence, Brian narrows his focus to two goals: surviving and finding Jamie...
  • Most Wanted by Kelly Fox

    Most Wanted by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Thane: Letting him go was the biggest mistake of my life. Giving me a second chance might be the biggest mistake of his.I’d spent a year as Ronan’s friend-with-benefits, convincing myself that he could never feel the way I felt. I was floored when those three little words flew out of his mouth. So, I ran. And have regretted that decision every day for the last five years...
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    lgbtq  male-mc  mlm  north-america  usa  action-adventure  adult  book
  • The Stepbrother by Raleigh Ruebins

    The Stepbrother by Raleigh Ruebins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sam’s guide to summer:Step 1: Get stuck on an epic family road trip with your straight, cocky, filthy-rich stepbrother.Step 2: Pretend he didn’t kiss you on the first night of the trip.In high school, Fox was my rival. My new stepbrother was already a career-obsessed city boy, and I was a proud small-town theater geek...
  • The Other Side of Lost by Jessi Kirby

    The Other Side of Lost by Jessi Kirby

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Girl Online meets Wild in this emotionally charged story of girl who takes to the wilderness to rediscover herself and escape the superficial persona she created on social media.Mari Turner’s life is perfect. That is, at least to her thousands of followers who have helped her become an internet starlet...
  • In The Wind by C.E. Kilgore

    In The Wind by C.E. Kilgore

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes you have to get good and lost before you'll have any hope at finding yourself. Dustin Hunter has returned to Alvarado after seven years of military service and one bad shot that shattered his self-assured ego. Struggling to forget what he left behind in the desert, he finds himself drifting in the wind, homeless and without direction...
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    lgbtq  mlm  north-america  usa  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book
  • The Rules of Gift Giving by Parker St. John

    The Rules of Gift Giving by Parker St. John

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Winter is about to get a whole lot hotter!Fruitcake and FistfightsTheir first Christmas together should have been picture perfect, but disaster unexpectedly strikes. Instead of picking out a tree and cuddling under the mistletoe, Elliot and Lucas are headed to the one place that haunts Elliot like the ghost of Christmas past -- his hometown...
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    north-america  usa  mlm  lgbtq  oregon  urban  romance  contemporary
  • Because You Came Along by Ian Finn

    Because You Came Along by Ian Finn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Baytown Boys Single Dad Male/Male RomanceMy life goal is simple, and nearly complete: Get the f*ck out of Baytown.Then Colin's hot self has to come along and complicate everything.On my last day of work as a nurse at Baytown ER, a stranger runs in screaming at me, demanding that I treat his daughter for an allergic reaction...
  • No Place That Far by L.A. Witt, Aleksandr Voinov

    No Place That Far by L.A. Witt, Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes you only get one chance at a second chance. Still finding his footing after a long-overdue divorce, Marcus is looking forward to some mind-numbing drinking while ogling the grooms at Chris and Julien’s wedding. He never expected his attention to be diverted by the gorgeous best man...
  • The Family We Make by Kaje Harper

    The Family We Make by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    At seventeen, Rick Albright left his home, his parents and even his old name, rather than pretend to be straight. But being on his own was hard. When his big brother Sam found him, and insisted on giving him a place to stay, he didn't resist too long...
  • If You're Reading This by Trent Reedy

    If You're Reading This by Trent Reedy

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mike was seven when his father was killed in mysterious circumstances in Afghanistan. Eight years later, the family still hasn't recovered: Mike's mom is overworked and overprotective; his younger sister Mary feels no connection to the father she barely remembers; and in his quest to be "the man of the family," Mike knows he's missing out on everyday high school life...
  • Collateral Damage by Katie Klein

    Collateral Damage by Katie Klein

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    True love can blossom in unexpected places. This is Parker pretending not to care. . . . Parker Whalen and Jaden McEntyre are a wrong fit from the start. Jaden is driven and focused, Harvard Med School within reach. Parker has a past—a reputation—and the rumors about his mysterious habits abound...
  • This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg

    This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Winslow family lives by five principles:1. No one can know your real name.2. Don’t stay in one place too long.3. If you sense anything is wrong, go immediately to the meeting spot.4. Keeping our family together is everything.5. We wish we could tell you who we are, but we can’t. Please—do not ask...
  • How Not to Disappear by Clare Furniss

    How Not to Disappear by Clare Furniss

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Our memories are what make us who we are. Some are real. Some are made up. But they are the stories that tell us who we are. Without them we are nobody.Hattie's summer isn't going as planned. Her two best friends have abandoned her: Reuben has run off to Europe to 'find himself" and Kat is in Edinburgh with her new girlfriend...
  • Taking Flight by Adrian R. Magnuson

    Taking Flight by Adrian R. Magnuson

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jeremy Walsh’s parents assume he’s been abducted by the elderly man he met on a cross-country flight, but it’s the other way around...
  • Far from You by Lisa Schroeder

    Far from You by Lisa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lost and alone...down the rabbit hole.Years have passed since Alice lost her mother to cancer, but time hasn't quite healed the wound. Alice copes the best she can by writing her music, losing herself in her love for her boyfriend, and distancing herself from her father and his new wife...
  • In Search Of Us by Ava Dellaira

    In Search Of Us by Ava Dellaira

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The author of the beloved Love Letters to the Dead returns with a parallel story of a mother and daughter each at age seventeen. Marilyn's tale recounts the summer she fell in love and set out on her own path. Angie's story is about her search for her unknown father.This sweeping multi-generational love story introduces readers to mother-and-daughter pair Marilyn and Angie...
  • Breathless by Brigid Kemmerer

    Breathless by Brigid Kemmerer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Too many secrets. Not enough time.Nick Merrick is supposed to be the level-headed one. The peacemaker. Since it’s just him and his three hotheaded brothers against the world, that’s a survival tactic.But now he’s got problems even his brothers can’t help him survive.His so-called girlfriend, Quinn, is going quick as mercury from daring to crazy...
  • Break the Rules by Joanna Philbin

    Break the Rules by Joanna Philbin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The only daughter of supermodel Katia Summers, witty and thoughtful Lizzie Summers likes to stick to the sidelines. The sole heir to Metronome Media and daughter of billionaire Karl Jurgensen, outspoken Carina Jurgensen would rather climb mountains than social ladders. Daughter of chart-topping pop icon Holla Jones, stylish and sensitive Hudson Jones is on the brink of her own music breakthrough...
  • Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner

    Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A contemporary novel about two best friends who must make tough decisions about their futures--and the TV show they host--in their senior year of high school.Every Friday night, best friends Delia and Josie become Rayne Ravenscroft and Delilah Darkwood, hosts of the campy creature feature show Midnite Matinee on the local cable station TV Six...
  • Perfect Day by Josh Lanyon

    Perfect Day by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wyatt loves Grahaem. Grahaem is still in love with Jase. But things could be worse. They could be camping.Oh...
  • Chasing Forever Down by Nikki Chartier

    Chasing Forever Down by Nikki Chartier

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When seventeen-year-old Haley Sullivan is dragged to a corporate party with her parents, she's searching for one thing - the nearest exit. Instead, she finds a mysterious stranger who plays by his own rules and chases his own dreams, and he's definitely cute enough to disappear with for the night...
  • Simple Things by Kade Boehme

    Simple Things by Kade Boehme

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Carter Darling’s life has been a whirlwind since his mother was elected to the senate when he was a teen. From private school to joining the military, he tried to forge his own path while making as few ripples as possible. But an injury forced him to figure out new goals for his life...
  • All I Want Is You by D.J. Jamison

    All I Want Is You by D.J. Jamison

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One kiss under the mistletoe destroyed a friendship. Will another Christmas kiss remake it into something better? Eli hasn't been home since he left at eighteen with a heart aching from his best friend's rejection and his father's intolerance. But when his father reaches out, Eli figures it's time to make peace with his family...
  • 60 Percent Proof by Taylor V. Donovan

    60 Percent Proof by Taylor V. Donovan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Note from the Author: This is a free interlude to celebrate Mac's birthday, and will be available for download on May 15, 2013. Sam Shaughnessy knows what he wants from Mac O’Bannon: monthly, uncomplicated casual encounters. Mac is on the same page. For two months they have been enjoying each other’s company, never forgetting that their agreement leaves zero room for long-term commitment...
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    lgbtq  mlm  north-america  usa  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Ghost Medicine by Andrew Smith

    Ghost Medicine by Andrew Smith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The summer before Troy Stotts turns seventeen, his mother dies. Troy and his father barely speak, communicating instead by writing notes on a legal pad by the phone...
  • Wade by Jenny Wood

    Wade by Jenny Wood

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Madison has a new sheriff in town and the guys from Kennedy Ink, are determined to call him a friend, whether he likes it or not. Secretly, we think he does, though, it's tough to get him to show it. At a charity auction for Ms. Jay, he meets Foster... Foster found himself in town on a whim and stayed, much like Wade did, some months ago...
  • Only One Boy by Maggie Dallen

    Only One Boy by Maggie Dallen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There's only one boy Celia would NOT want to be stuck sitting next to on this interminably long train ride. So guess who just walked on board…Clearly the universe has a sick sense of humor. That's the only explanation Celia can come up with when she finds herself alone on a train with her crush since second grade. Maybe some girls would call this fate. Destiny, even. But Celia knows better...
  • Anchors Aweigh by Janey Chapel

    Anchors Aweigh by Janey Chapel

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sequel to Maritime Men After completing Navy SEAL training, Cooper Fitch and Eli Jones face assignment to different platoons. Since the strength of their mutual physical attraction is exceeded only by their emotional reliance on each other, the idea of being separated for a year or more is a bitter pill to swallow...
  • Delsyn's Blues by Lou Sylvre

    Delsyn's Blues by Lou Sylvre

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sonny James and Luki Vasquez are living proof that the course of love never runs smoothly. Ambushed by grief, Sonny listens to a voice singing the blues from beyond the grave. While revisiting the sorrows and failings of his past, in the here and now he puts up a wall against love...
  • Almost Heaven by Ruthie Luhnow

    Almost Heaven by Ruthie Luhnow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A road trip with your hero—what could go wrong?Charlie is beyond thrilled when he's assigned to take his literary hero on a ten day trip through the mountains of West Virginia to help the author research his next book. A paid vacation with his celebrity crush seems too good to be true—and he quickly finds it is.Ezra McKinnon has a reputation for being a brilliant writer—and a bit of a diva...
  • The Mastermind by Amy Lane

    The Mastermind by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once upon a time in Rome, Felix Salinger got caught picking his first pocket and Danny Mitchell saved his bacon. The two of them were inseparable… until they weren’t. Twenty years after that first meeting, Danny returns to Chicago, the city he shared with Felix and their perfect, secret family, to save him again...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  friendship  male-mc  romance  contemporary  mystery  crime
  • Home Again by Ana Newfolk, Ana Ashley

    Home Again by Ana Newfolk, Ana Ashley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They used to be best friends… can they ever be more?Joel's entire world has come crashing down.When he finds himself back home to scatter the ashes of his parents, he doesn't know how his heart can ever feel love after the loss of his family.David has been baking since he was a teenager.While he's been running the family café, love has taken a backseat in his life...
  • A Little Healing by Zack Wish, Zane Fox

    A Little Healing by Zack Wish, Zane Fox

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Little who can't trust. A Daddy who won't love. Until they meet each other...Sammy Tully recently came out of an abusive relationship. His last so-called ‘Daddy’ didn’t even deserve to be called by that name. Now, submissive Sammy – a talented but chaotic interior designer – can’t trust anyone except his two best Little friends, Kurt and Damon. Most of the time that’s enough...
  • The Christmas Oaks by V.L. Locey

    The Christmas Oaks by V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can the magic of Christmas, and the soft voice of a man who has seen too much, show Bryan a future where anything is possible? Bryan Graham is shocked to find he’s inherited a hunting cabin in north-central Pennsylvania. From his grandfather of all people; a stubborn man who went out of his way to make Bryan’s childhood miserable...
  • Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman

    Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Anise Sawyer plans to spend every minute of summer with her friends: surfing, chowing down on fish tacos drizzled with wasabi balsamic vinegar, and throwing bonfires that blaze until dawn...
  • Lucky Star by Cathy Cassidy

    Lucky Star by Cathy Cassidy

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Mouse is doing his best to stay out of trouble. Cat is doing her best to land herself in it. They've both had it pretty tough so when they meet by chance they thank their lucky stars. Weird and wonderful things happen when they're together - but how long can it last? Because everyone has their secrets - and there can be only one winner in a game of cat and mouse...
  • Jesse's Girl (Hundred Oaks) by Miranda Kenneally

    Jesse's Girl (Hundred Oaks) by Miranda Kenneally

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Everyone at Hundred Oaks High knows that career mentoring day is a joke. So when Maya Henry said she wanted to be a rock star, she never imagined she’d get to shadow *the* Jesse Scott, Nashville’s teen idol.But spending the day with Jesse is far from a dream come true...
  • Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez

    Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jason Carrillo came out to his basketball team senior year and lost his university scholarship. Now, with graduation behind him and summer ending, he's asked to speak at the opening of a gay and lesbian high school across the country...
  • Paper Hearts by Ali Novak

    Paper Hearts by Ali Novak

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    “I’m sorry,” he said, slowly untying the ribbon that held his mask in place. “It’s just…I didn’t want you to think of me any differently.”Somehow I kept my mouth from falling open. I knew his face, but my mind couldn’t accept that he was the person looking down at me.“My real name is Alec.”Felicity has her entire future planned...
  • 52赫茲的鯨魚們 by Sonoko Machida, 町田苑香

    52赫茲的鯨魚們 by Sonoko Machida, 町田苑香

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    52赫茲的鯨魚，是世界上最孤獨的鯨魚。其他鯨魚無法接收到牠發出的高頻率叫聲。雖然有很多同伴，但其他同伴聽不到牠的呼喚，牠也聽不到其他同伴的聲音。就像總是無比孤單、無人理解，無人在乎的我一樣⋯⋯ 沒有人能理解、無法將內心呼喊、求救傳達出去的你，並不孤單。「我會傾聽你那無法傳達給任何人的52赫茲的聲音。」　　日本九州一處偏遠的海邊小鎮。斷絕所有一切，獨自移居此地的貴瑚，在某個下雨天遇到了跟自己一樣散發孤單感的一名少年。 他身上有和我相同的氣味。那是沒有父母關愛的孤獨氣味。這種氣味很棘手，無論再怎麼仔細清洗都洗不掉。孤獨的氣味不是滲進皮膚或是肌肉，而是滲進內心。 她彷彿從少年身上看見當年的自己──悲慘、絕望、被踐踏、了無生趣。當時的貴瑚遇見了這世上唯一能聽到她求救呼喊的人，她才得以倖存。如今，貴瑚想要對少年伸出援手……...
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