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Twist and Shout by Gabriel (AO3), Standbyme
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDestiel FanficWhat begins as a transforming love between Dean Winchester and Castiel Novak in the summer of 1965 quickly derails into something far more tumultuous when Dean is drafted in the Vietnam War. Though the two both voice their relationship is one where saying goodbye is never a real truth, their story becomes fraught with the tragedy of circumstance... -
![Wolves vs. Hearts by Anna Green]()
Wolves vs. Hearts by Anna Green
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe second volume of The Heart Rate of a Mouse trilogy.A new band, a new city, and new lover - Ryan dusts himself off and starts again, but the god-like status that his former band's tragic end has given him isn't as easy to shake off. As he should be focusing on making a comeback with his new band, he runs into the one person he hasn't been able to forget... -
![A Kingdom by the Sea by Anna Green]()
A Kingdom by the Sea by Anna Green
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe final volume of The Heart Rate of a Mouse trilogy.In November 1978, over a year has passed since music icon Ryan Ross announced his retirement from the public eye. He is far from being forgotten, however, as his musical influence can be heard whenever Brendon Roscoe starts singing on the radio. As the frontman of the upcoming band His Side, Brendon was famously discovered by Ross... -
![Come anima mai by Rossana Soldano]()
Come anima mai by Rossana Soldano
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“Come anima mai” è una storia ambientata nell'Inghilterra del secolo scorso, negli anni tra 1936 e il 1945. Lewis Ellsworth, futuro duca di Buccleuch e l’eccentrico Will Chase si incontrano all’università di Cambridge e si innamorano... -
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![Enlightened by Joanna Chambers]()
Enlightened by Joanna Chambers
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDavid Lauriston has been recuperating at Lord Murdo Balfour's Laverock estate for the last five months. At Laverock, he has regained his health and confidence and has found—with Murdo—more happiness and contentment than he has never known before... -
![From the Ashes by Marshall Thornton]()
From the Ashes by Marshall Thornton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s winter 1984. Private Investigator Nick Nowak has allowed his life to fall to pieces: He’s stopped taking cases, given up his apartment and taken a job as a bartender at a sleazy joint tucked under the El. All he wants to do is stay hidden and lick his wounds after the death of his lover, Detective Bert Harker... -
![Survived by Her Longtime Companion by Chris Paynter]()
Survived by Her Longtime Companion by Chris Paynter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHired to work on a biography of the late film star, Daphne DeMonet, Bailey Hampton arrives to conduct an interview with Eleanor Burnett, Daphne’s "longtime companion." To Bailey’s dismay, she learns Eleanor has set up a co interview with Bailey’s ex-partner, Chelsea Parker. Estranged for eleven months, the two women hide their painful memories and strain to be civil to one another... -
![A Gentleman's Position by K.J. Charles]()
A Gentleman's Position by K.J. Charles
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsPower, privilege, and the rigid rules of class leave two hearts yearning for connection in the sizzling new Society of Gentlemen novel from K. J. Charles.Among his eccentric though strictly principled group of friends, Lord Richard Vane is the confidant on whom everyone depends for advice, moral rectitude, and discreet assistance... -
![Beguiled by Joanna Chambers]()
Beguiled by Joanna Chambers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwo years after his last encounter with cynical nobleman Lord Murdo Balfour, David Lauriston accidentally meets him again in the heart of Edinburgh. King George IV is about to make his first visit to Edinburgh and Murdo has been sent North by his politician father to represent his aristocratic family at the celebrations... -
![Out of Time, Into You by Jay Bell]()
Out of Time, Into You by Jay Bell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter graduating high school, a freak accident whisks Reggie Valentine back in time to the 1950s where he meets Daniel Parker, a sweet and wholesome guy his grandmother used to date. Reggie learns that Daniel is not only closeted, but unaware that two men can fall in love or even marry... -
![The Lies That Bind by Marshall Thornton]()
The Lies That Bind by Marshall Thornton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe eighth book of the best-selling Boystown Mystery Series begins with a phone call in the middle of the night. Private investigator Nick Nowak is pulled into the troubled world of freelance journalist, and all around pain-in-the-ass, Christian Baylor. When Christian can’t stop lying about the corpse in his bathroom things slip slowly out of control... -
![Eryx: A Spartan Tale by Jaclyn Osborn]()
Eryx: A Spartan Tale by Jaclyn Osborn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy father once told me, above all else... Live and die for Sparta. Honor. Loyalty. Duty. These were the things that mattered most. And then Axios came into my life, teaching me other lessons: humility, brotherhood... love. There were moments when the brutal training stripped me of my humanity, where it turned me into a mindless beast of flesh and muscle set to destroy everything in my way... -
![Josh Lanyon Collected Novellas #1 by Josh Lanyon]()
Josh Lanyon Collected Novellas #1 by Josh Lanyon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Dangerous Ground a casino robbery finds government agents Taylor and Will playing a game of cat-and-mouse with remorseless killers in the wilderness of California's High Sierras. Snowball in Hell introduces police detective Lt. Matthew Spain and reporter Nathan Doyle, men thrown together by murder. But, in post-WWII Los Angeles consequences of their attraction are serious, even for good guys... -
![Duet for Three Hands by Tess Thompson]()
Duet for Three Hands by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA story of forbidden love, lost dreams, and family turmoil. The first book in a new historical series from bestselling author Tess Thompson, Duet for Three Hands is equal parts epic love story, sweeping family saga, and portrait of days gone by. Set against the backdrop of the American South between 1928 and 1934, four voices blend to tell a tale of prejudice, fear, and love... -
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![The Ranch by Michael Robert]()
The Ranch by Michael Robert
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Erotic Gay Romance Josh West left the family ranch at eighteen, swearing to never return to Cody, Wyoming again. After the untimely death of his parents ten years later, he leaves the mess of his soon-to-be-ex behind in Seattle and returns to the ranch as the now fourth-generation owner to handle the sale of the land... -
![Sweet Honesty by Joan Vassar]()
Sweet Honesty by Joan Vassar
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAtlanta, Georgia, 1950–Michael can’t believe his eyes as he watches the man he loves marry a woman from the back row of Mount Zion Baptist Church. When the beautiful couple is pronounced man and wife, he leaves his home in Georgia for the chance of a better life in New York City.Alexander is just trying to exist in Queens, New York... -
![The Confession by Jessie Burton]()
The Confession by Jessie Burton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe sensational new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse. One winter's afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly falls under her spell. Connie is bold and alluring, a successful writer whose novel is being turned into a major Hollywood film... -
![A Durable Fire by Stephanie Keating]()
A Durable Fire by Stephanie Keating
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the first years of Kenyan independence, three young women return to the East African highlands where they shared a carefree childhood. Hannah is struggling to preserve her heritage at Langani Farm, where a series of unexplained and violent attacks threaten her security and recent marriage... -
![A Life for a Life: A Mystery Novel by Lynda McDaniel]()
A Life for a Life: A Mystery Novel by Lynda McDaniel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a young woman is found dead in a wilderness area of the North Carolina mountains, the county sheriff says suicide. Della Kincaid disagrees. As a former reporter in Washington, D.C., she knows how to hunt down the real story. But she's living in Laurel Falls, N.C., trying to create a new life for herself... -
![Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran]()
Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"The story unfolds like a flower; the impact of it on each person is profound. It’s a spectacular offering of love gained, lost, and struggled with over a lifetime—a poignant tale with a marvelous reveal at the end."—Anna Furtado, Lambda Literary ReviewThree women, united by love and kinship, struggle to conform to the social norms of the times in which they lived... -
![Destination Unknown by Bill Konigsberg]()
Destination Unknown by Bill Konigsberg
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two teen boys finding each other in New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic.The first thing I noticed about C.J. Gorman was his plexiglass bra. So begins Destination Unknown. It's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a dance club, trying to pretend he's more out and outgoing than he really is... -
![Being Plumville by Savannah J. Frierson]()
Being Plumville by Savannah J. Frierson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLiving in the small, southern town of Plumville is effortless, seamless, and safe . if you follow the rules. You're given them from birth, and anything that could possibly make you break them is removed from your life-even if it's your best friend... -
![When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw]()
When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTucker Shaw’s When You Call My Name is a heartrending novel about two gay teens coming of age in New York City in 1990 at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Named "this summer's most powerful LGBTQ+ novel" by GAY TIMES, this book is perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Mary H. K. Choi.Film fanatic Adam is seventeen and being asked out on his first date—and the guy is cute... -
![Blood Sisters by Barbara Keating, Stephanie Keating]()
Blood Sisters by Barbara Keating, Stephanie Keating
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKenya 1957. During their childhood years in the Kenya Highlands three girls from vastly different backgrounds become blood sisters, promising that nothing will ever destroy the bond between them. But the legacy of the Mau Mau rebellion, and the tensions and upheavals of newly independent Kenya, tear their childhood dreams apart... -
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![Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon]()
Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn this tender-hearted debut, set against the tumultuous backdrop of life in 1973, when homosexuality is still considered a mental illness, two boys defy all the odds and fall in love. Now in paperback. The year is 1973. The Watergate hearings are in full swing. The Vietnam War is still raging. And homosexuality is still officially considered a mental illness... -
![Kärleken by Jonas Gardell]()
Kärleken by Jonas Gardell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEn skildring av 1980-talets Stockholm, sjukdomen aids och de människor som drabbas. Här finns Rasmus som 1982 lämnar den lilla bruksorten Koppom och kastar sig ut i de homosexuellas Stockholm, Benjamin som är Jehovas vittne och en dag ringer på hos Paul, den varmaste, roligaste och bitchigaste bögen som Gud någonsin skapat... -
![The Devil Behind Us by S.C. Wilson, Elizabeth Saydah]()
The Devil Behind Us by S.C. Wilson, Elizabeth Saydah
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Devil Behind Us is the much-anticipated sequel to The Devil Between Us.After enduring unimaginable tragedy and heartbreaking loss, Jessica “Jesse” Pratt has actually found happiness in her life again. A relationship she once thought lost forever has been restored. She has managed to win the heart of Abby, the woman she loves. And, she is no longer forced to hide her true identity... -
![Tiopa Ki Lakota by D. Jordan Redhawk]()
Tiopa Ki Lakota by D. Jordan Redhawk
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWi Ile Anpo is a girl born to Lakota warrior, Wanbli Zi. But the tribal shaman has a vision that Anpo is wicakte - a two-souled person embodying both male and female spirits. She will become a great warrior and a great asset to her people... -
![The Sorcerer's Alpha by Corey Kerr]()
The Sorcerer's Alpha by Corey Kerr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey’re lost in the wilderness. And there’s only one tent. When a routine mission goes horribly awry, expert wilderness scout Marut finds himself solely responsible for protecting one of the powerful court sorcerers. Marut is suspicious of magic and more comfortable with horses than people, but he comes to begrudgingly respect Sycamore as they flee for their lives... -
![For Love and Country by Samantha Kane]()
For Love and Country by Samantha Kane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSir Barnabas James is secretive, manipulative, cold and alone. He abhors society and shuns personal attachments despite a long list of lovers. All the better to be the consummate spymaster in service to King and country. Until an old enemy asks a personal favor… Lord Ambrose Wetherald has always taken pride in his status as an English gentleman... -
![Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 3 by Meng Xi Shi]()
Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 3 by Meng Xi Shi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“HE DOESN’T DESERVE TO DIE HERE, NOT LIKE THIS.”Despite the sting of Yan Wushi’s betrayal fresh on his heart, Shen Qiao rushes to save him from certain death only to arrive a moment too late—or so it seems. As rumor of Yan Wushi’s demise spreads far and wide, the winds of change stir across the land... -
![Till Death Do Us Part by Tangstory]()
Till Death Do Us Part by Tangstory
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in early-20th century China, this story takes off in the port city of Tientsin (Tianjin) that is divided into lands called concessions and owned by several foreign powers. Shen Liangsheng is a charismatic and cunning playboy, a son of a rich businessman, who has profits as his top priority... -
![Treasure: Raised By Wolves, Volume Three by W.A. Hoffman]()
Treasure: Raised By Wolves, Volume Three by W.A. Hoffman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGay buccaneer historical adventure/romance. The third novel in a series chronicling the adventures of Will, a disenchanted English Lord, and his beloved matelot/partner, Gaston, an exiled Frenchman, set among the buccaneers of Port Royal, Jamaica, in the 1660s... -
![In Fine Form by Eressë]()
In Fine Form by Eressë
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGuile is an asset in foreign relations, but an affliction when it comes to affairs of the heart. A bastard of unknown parentage, Yandro Vaidon was born saddled with a huge disadvantage. The nigh rigid class structure of the dual-gendered realm of Ylandre relegated him to the bottom rungs of the social ladder and promised a dim future... -
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![How Goes The World? by K.J. Charles]()
How Goes The World? by K.J. Charles
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Positively Final Appearance: a two-part epilogue with Daniel and Archie at a house party and Kim and Will in a gentleman's club, because those are definitely settings that go well for them... -
![Measure of Strength by C. Faron]()
Measure of Strength by C. Faron
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPublicly, Jason Wadsworth is a young steel magnate. Privately, he is slowly unraveling. Gripped by depression, he is haunted by the memory of Kale, the slave he sold and the man who still holds his heart. Jason clings to his only source of comfort: the belief that he sent Kale away to a better life.As grim as Jason’s life is, Kale has fared worse. Each day is a brutal struggle... -
![Unhinge the Universe by Aleksandr Voinov, L.A. Witt]()
Unhinge the Universe by Aleksandr Voinov, L.A. Witt
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGive me one fixed point and a long enough lever, and I'll unhinge the universe. — ArchimedesDecember 1944 – The Battle of the BulgeSS Lieutenant Hagen Friedrichs is the sole survivor of a party sent to retrieve his brother—and the highly sensitive information he’s carrying—from behind enemy lines. But his daring rescue attempt fails, and Hagen becomes the prisoner... -
![Restored by Joanna Chambers]()
Restored by Joanna Chambers
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEighteen years ago, Henry Asquith, Duke of Avesbury had to leave his kept lover, Kit Redford, in order to devote himself to raising his young family. Now, a lifetime later, his children are moving on and for the first time in years, Henry is alone... -
![The Rain Queen by Katherine Scholes]()
The Rain Queen by Katherine Scholes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo women, bound by a shocking event, drawn to a vast and beautiful country they cannot forget. Kate Carrington has cut all ties with Africa, the land of her birth. Her past is buried alongside her missionary parents, the last reminders locked safely away in the attic. But when a mysterious woman moves in next door, Kate's carefully constructed world is torn apart... -
![The Promise by May McGoldrick]()
The Promise by May McGoldrick
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTO PROTECT On a desperate journey to America, Rebecca Neville promises the dying wife of the Earl of Stanmore to raise and care for her newborn son, James. Once in the New World, Rebecca begins her new life --- as a mother ... TO CHERISH Ten years later, the Earl of Stanmore learns of the fate of his family... -
![Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay by Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry]()
Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay by Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAnnie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, "Brokeback Mountain" is her masterpiece. Now the major motion picture "Brokeback Mountain" is being hailed as equally masterful, with performances that are "the stuff of Hollywood history" "(The New York Times)... -
![The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore]()
The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBased on true events, The Paper Daughters of Chinatown in a powerful story about a largely unknown chapter in history and the women who emerged as heroes.In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco is a booming city with a dark side, one in which a powerful underground organization—the criminal tong—buys and sells young Chinese women into prostitution and slavery... -
![The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian]()
The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRogue. Libertine. Rake. Lord Courtenay has been called many things and has never much cared. But after the publication of a salacious novel supposedly based on his exploits, he finds himself shunned from society. Unable to see his nephew, he is willing to do anything to improve his reputation, even if that means spending time with the most proper man in London... -
![A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale]()
A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence - until the shock of discovery and the threat of arrest cost him everything. Forced to abandon his wife and child, Harry signs up for emigration to the newly colonised Canadian prairies... -
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![Emyr's Smile by Amy Rae Durreson]()
Emyr's Smile by Amy Rae Durreson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife is easy for young artist Heilyn, as he travels between the floating islands of Ys with nothing more urgent to worry about than what to paint next. Then he meets sad, serious Emyr and forms a new ambition. Before he leaves for the next island, Heilyn's going to make Emyr smile... -
![Moon Flower by Christina Lee, Iggy Toma]()
Moon Flower by Christina Lee, Iggy Toma
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Galen flees his home and travels to Lunar’s Reach, he does what he needs to survive. But trading his body for food in his belly is always a risky undertaking. After he’s found injured in an alleyway, his new friends take him to Moon Flower apothecary, where the madam in charge offers him the proposition of a lifetime... -
![The Ballad of Crow & Sparrow by V.L. Locey]()
The Ballad of Crow & Sparrow by V.L. Locey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes a man’s biggest blunder can turn into his greatest triumph.Orphaned at fourteen, Crow Poulin now has to hunt and trap the White Mountains of Arizona, as his father had taught him, all alone. It’s a lonely existence, until one morning, while checking his trap line, Crow finds more than a rabbit in a snare. He stumbles across the outlaw Jack Wittington lying half dead in the wilds... -
![Nightingale by Aleksandr Voinov]()
Nightingale by Aleksandr Voinov
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Nazi-occupied Paris, most Frenchmen tread warily, but gay nightclub singer Yves Lacroix puts himself in the spotlight with every performance. As a veteran of France’s doomed defense, a survivor of a prison camp, and a “degenerate,” he knows he’s a target. His comic stage persona disguises a shamed, angry heart and gut-wrenching fear for a sister embedded in the Resistance... -
![The Sun, the Earth & the Moon by Larry Benjamin]()
The Sun, the Earth & the Moon by Larry Benjamin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen seventeen-year-old Thomas arrives for his freshman year at the University of Pennsylvania, he thinks he is ready for anything. Anything arrives quickly in the form of Dondi Whyte. Dondi is handsome, glamorous, and rich—everything Thomas is not. Is Thomas really ready for anything? Thomas falls helplessly in love with Dondi and the two begin a love affair... -
![A Country of Old Men by Joseph Hansen]()
A Country of Old Men by Joseph Hansen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHansen offers the final novel of his epic mystery series--an intricately-plotted story of action, irony, and twists. Dave Brandstetter comes to the aid of an old friend and ends up investigating a case that involves child abuse, drugs, AIDS, and victimization of the elderly...
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