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  • For the Fans by Nyla K.

    For the Fans by Nyla K.

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kyran Harbor is everything I’m not. Rich. Popular. A superstar football player who’s awfully broody for someone who has it all. Basically, he’s a preppy jock who hates me. Oh, and he’s also my stepbrother. That’s right. We’re stuck together, sharing a school, a house… A bathroom. Honestly, I wouldn’t care… If he wasn’t such an uptight control-freak who messes with me just because we’re different...
  • Three to Fall by Elle Thorpe

    Three to Fall by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The gripping conclusion to the Saint View Slayers vs Sinners series. Kara, Hawk, Hayden, and Grayson's series concludes here...
  • Free from Falling by E.L. Massey

    Free from Falling by E.L. Massey

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Justin “Matts” Matthews is good at a lot of things: Rubik’s Cubes, playing guitar, herding cattle, and most importantly for his career in the NHL, hockey. He’s not good at human interactions or social cues, especially when it comes to women. This deficiency is an annoyance rather than a problem, right up until he meets Sydney Warren. If it’s not love at first sight, it’s sure something close...
  • Slow Hand by Nora Phoenix

    Slow Hand by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ford never wanted to be a Daddy. So how did he end up with not one, but two boys who need one…?Master Ford loves his life. He’s respected in his club, has his choice of boys to play with, and is happy staying single.When the club owner asks him to take in two abused boys, Ford reluctantly agrees...
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    angst  dark  forced-proximity  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  abuse  adult
  • James—Uncontrollable by Felice Stevens

    James—Uncontrollable by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's time to travel with James and Malcolm through their twenty year history as they battle each other and struggle to hold on to a lifetime of secrets. James Never good enough. Not the real son. I will prove him wrong—prove everyone wrong. I am someone. I will succeed. I don’t need my brother to help me. I don't need anyone. My enemy holds my secret. He teases me. Taunts me...
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    angst  enemies-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  adult  audiobook  book
  • Priest by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Priest by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m lonely, but am I ready to move on?I’ve been Ankh’s Old Man for as long as Hell’s Ankhor has existed. But Ankh’s been dead for two years, and I need to live my life for me. I love the guys of HAC, but no one’s keeping me warm at night. No one except Mal, and that’s only in my dreams.He doesn’t do long term, and he’s one of my oldest friends...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  adult  biker  book  contemporary
  • The Devastation You Reap by Tracy Lorraine

    The Devastation You Reap by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark bully college romance within her Maddison Kings world. For years I've kept my secrets.Kept the darkest, most twisted parts of myself buried from everyone around me...
  • Splintered by Isabel Lucero

    Splintered by Isabel Lucero

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Black Diamond Resort and Spa —the best place to go when all you want to do is disappear and not have anyone expect anything of you.Overwhelmed with work and feeling like I’m being pulled in multiple directions at once, I crave the serenity a private island holds for me...
  • Sober Dope & Sundays by Nordika Night

    Sober Dope & Sundays by Nordika Night

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    WHEN ZERO WILLPOWER MEETS AN IRON WILL...Who goes to rehab eight times? Gage does. As a recovering addict fresh out of rehab, moving back in with his mom and starting over in his hometown isn't part of his life goals, but Gage needs all the support he can get. Lost and a little unsure of himself, Gage meets his new sponsor. A sponsor whose son is the perfect sober companion...
  • Iced Out by C.E. Ricci

    Iced Out by C.E. Ricci

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    All's fair in hate and hockey.My path to success never included an enemy as a teammate, especially one as infuriating as Quinton de Haas.Clawing under my skin is his favorite pastime, only feeding the animosity between us as the years pass.We’re as completely opposite as two people can be; the golden boy and the black sheep.Constantly at odds or at each other’s throats...
  • Limerence: A MM Rivals to Lovers Ballet Romance by Scarlett Drake

    Limerence: A MM Rivals to Lovers Ballet Romance by Scarlett Drake

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FelixDancing is everything to me. It’s the mother I lost, the father who never sees me. It’s the fiery love of my life, and I’ll defend it to my last breath—that’s what it means to be the lead principal at one of the best ballet companies in the world. Just when I thought I was on top, my greatest rival—my eternal nemesis—waltzes back into my Nicoló Savini...
  • MAXWELL 3: Love's Conviction by C.J. Bishop

    MAXWELL 3: Love's Conviction by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MAXWELL, Part 3 A tender romance begins to blossom between Savannah and Maddy as darker issues arise when Cole, Gabe and Dane are clued in to Brock Coulson’s intentions to drag Caleb through a vicious court battle. Clint and Cochise return to lend a “helping” hand and Clint finds himself unexpectedly drawn to a least likely candidate for romance...
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    angst  dark  lgbtq  mlm  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Loving the Legend by Kit Grey

    Loving the Legend by Kit Grey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Since Pro basketball player Ty “Pretty Boy” Washington picked up a basketball, he’s only ever wanted one to make it to the pro league and win championships. As the number one pick in the draft, he defies the odds in his rookie year by beating the record of one of the greatest players in the league, Sid “The Wonder Kid” King...
  • Goodbye Note by J.R. Gray

    Goodbye Note by J.R. Gray

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m living the dream, playing summer festivals to massive crowds.My band is on fire, my best friend by my side and we’re on top of the world.I fell for him in the heat of the summer. I fell for the stars in his eyes.The way he said my name. I’ll never love anyone the same.But our story ended when it was just beginning.Fame gave me more than I could ever imagine, but I’ll forever suffer the cost...
  • Just Winging It by Crea Reitan

    Just Winging It by Crea Reitan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One weekend can change everything. CaulderI’ve lived a very quiet life, keeping my deepest secrets close to my chest. I let no one in; not even my closest friends. When I’m invited to participate in the All-Star Games, I’m suddenly forced to share a hotel room, and a single bed, with a stranger. My carefully guarded world starts to come undone when he kisses me, and I can’t get enough...
  • Pedal to the Metal by Eden Connor

    Pedal to the Metal by Eden Connor

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My love life? It’s complicated. I walked away from my stepbrothers again, this time to make my mother happy. To make my best friend Caroline happy. And what did those bad boys do? They put Caroline in the car and came after me...
    Categorized as:
    angst  cruel-mc  dark  enemies-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  sports  adult
  • Like You Hate Me by Bethany Winters

    Like You Hate Me by Bethany Winters

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’ve never hated anyone as much as I hate him.The day my sister died, I told her best friend I never wanted to see him again, and I meant it.I lost her because of him. Everything I used to care about means nothing now because of him.It’s all because of him...
  • Lot 62 by Nordika Night

    Lot 62 by Nordika Night

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Every fairytale had a villain, and this way of life was ours. Coming from nothing and gaining something is a lot to handle. Can they hang on to it? A year after moving in together on Lot 62, Devon and Maddox have a whole new dynamic to adjust to—cohabitation. Merging their personalities and energies into one tiny trailer is a lot to handle, but so is their relationship...
  • Unbelievers by AgnesBellex

    Unbelievers by AgnesBellex

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It’s Louis’ senior year, and he’s dead set on doing it right. However, along with his pair of cleats, a healthy dose of sarcasm and his ridiculous best friend, he’s also got a complicated family, a terrifyingly uncertain future, and a mortal enemy making his life just that much worse. Mortal enemies “with benefits” was not exactly the plan...
  • Phoenix Rising by C.J. Bishop

    Phoenix Rising by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From an outsider’s perspective, the Phoenix Club might be just another high-end gay strip club, catering to the taboo desires and fetishes of wealthy men who wish to remain discreet about their preferences. But the Phoenix is so much more than a “workplace” to the owner, Maxwell Raines, and the young men who dance there. Max’s bond with his boys reaches far beyond that of employer and employee...
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    angst  dark  lgbtq  mlm  abuse  adult  anthologies  contemporary
  • Taming the Bad Boy by Ivy Coleman

    Taming the Bad Boy by Ivy Coleman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Say I Do by Brea Alepoú, Skyler Snow

    Say I Do by Brea Alepoú, Skyler Snow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What do you get when you mix a mobster with the son of the yakuza?A marriage bathed in blood.I never expected to be getting married, but when a business opportunity lands in my lap, I know I have to take it. After all, my family means the world to me. I’ll do anything to keep them safe, even if it’s entering a marriage that’s nothing more than convenience so I can pop out an heir...
  • Fake Slackers: Vol. 2 by Mu Gua Huang

    Fake Slackers: Vol. 2 by Mu Gua Huang

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Wheels Down by Beth Bolden

    Wheels Down by Beth Bolden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shaw isn’t his friend—until Ross discovers he’s so much more. Ross Stanton is having a bad week—a bad month—really, a bad year. But the last thing he wants, after the betrayal of his friend and business partner, is for anyone else to know just how much he’s fighting for survival...
  • Cruel Kisses: A Dark Bully Lovers-to-Enemies-to-Maybe Lovers Romance by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie

    Cruel Kisses: A Dark Bully Lovers-to-Enemies-to-Maybe Lovers Romance by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s gone… good riddance to tormenting, cold nightmares that come in the form of sweet but devious kisses.⠀Thing is, without her here, there’s a fiery riot in my heart I can't control.⠀She left a bloody feud brewing in my house.⠀That Little Minx caused chaos and hell to break loose between my brother and me as only she can.⠀She kissed me and imprinted her broken soul to my darkness...
  • MAXWELL 1: Not Without Guilt by C.J. Bishop

    MAXWELL 1: Not Without Guilt by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MAXWELL, Part 1 While Abel faces trial for the death of Devlin’s brother – Craig Grant – Max and Horatio struggle with memories of the past, and what they still mean to one another. Holding the key that will free their hearts from the chains that have bound them for two decades, Horatio must hide it away and keep it secret now that “new” hearts are involved...
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    angst  dark  lgbtq  mlm  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Forbidden Ink by Ali Lyda

    Forbidden Ink by Ali Lyda

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m not a deadbeat.I didn’t know my kid existed before Milo showed up, but now that I do, I’m determined to keep my beautiful little Sofie in my life. Even if it means I need to spend time around her irritable uncle, Milo. The man pushes all of my buttons.He riles me up until I can’t think of anything except kissing him. Definitely not the reaction he expects...
  • Never Leave, Never Lie by Thea Verdone

    Never Leave, Never Lie by Thea Verdone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The lies that brought them together will tear them apart. Alek and Ian’s relationship is built on lies and the cracks are starting to show. A pianist gifted with synesthesia, Alek sees sounds and hears colors and transforms all of his emotions into music. But no matter how hard he tries to hide behind a facade of apathy and seduction, he can’t escape the dark past that haunts him...
  • Home Game by Raleigh Ruebins

    Home Game by Raleigh Ruebins

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s pro football’s hottest wide receiver…But for me he’s pure, red-hot trouble.Storm Rosling is cocky. Charming. A bad boy football player who can’t keep his name out of headlines and scandals.In my life, he’s one big red flag.I’m working with Fixer Brothers Construction to take their home renovation TV show to the stratosphere. I’m all business, and I’m damn good at it...
  • Comfort Me, Daddy by Misha Horne

    Comfort Me, Daddy by Misha Horne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How do you love someone when you don't know what love is? I'm not sure what I was thinking when I let The Beast take me home with him. High on endorphins and out of options isn't the best time for decision making, but I work with what I have. And now I have a Daddy, I guess. Until I screw it up. Yeah, my old life was awful, but at least I knew how to handle it...
  • After Rain Falls by C.E. Ricci

    After Rain Falls by C.E. Ricci

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After Rain Falls is BOOK TWO OF TWO in the River of Rain Duet. In order to understand the contents of this book, you must read Follow the River first. This is the conclusion of River and Rain's story.Love has never been important to me. Not because I didn't want it, I just never imagined feeling something so powerful...
  • The Freshman Year by Adam Van Dyck

    The Freshman Year by Adam Van Dyck

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Hey guys! It’s Tyler here, and this is the newest chapter of my life. Y’all are not going to believe this, but…I just joined the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee’s Men’s Soccer team! No, seriously, I actually did! I’m officially a Panther now! I did well on my youth soccer team, and I destroyed the opposing team in high school lacrosse, so I should be ready for college soccer, right?I wish...
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    lgbtq  mlm  sports  book  contemporary  fiction  young-adult  romance
  • Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I never wanted this. Never asked for any of it. The corrupted, chaos of the past is playing catch-up with the present and nothing is as it seems. Everyone wants something. Me? All I want is the truth. I thought this was the end, but it turns out it’s only the beginning. The basis for a much darker twist of fate. Secrets are starting to unravel; relationships have grown fractured...
  • On His Knees by Tabatha Kiss

    On His Knees by Tabatha Kiss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    5 Rules for my Best Friend’s Brother while he crashes at our place1. He will not speak to me.2. I will not pick up after him.3. We will not, under any circumstances, hook up.4. See Rule #3.5. Seriously. We’re not hooking up. Ever.Seth Newbury is a jerk.He wasn’t always. Once upon a time, he was a sweet boy who went around kissing ouchies on the playground...
  • Austin by Con Riley

    Austin by Con Riley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Austin Russell doesn’t belong at a small school like Glynn Harber. He's meant to be a high flyer in finance not a book-keeping bursar. Now there's only one renovation project left to budget, it’s time he toughened his soft heart and got back to climbing the corporate ladder.The truth is he’d rather climb Maisie Dymond’s father...
    Categorized as:
    angst  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  adult  bisexuality  book  children
  • The Red Zone by Beth Bolden

    The Red Zone by Beth Bolden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Spencer’s deep in the Red Zone and it’s time to even the score. Nine years ago Spencer Evans became the first player out of the closet to be drafted into the NFL. Everyone believed he had aspirations to change the world but all Spencer ever wanted to do was play football for a team that accepted him wholeheartedly...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • A Little Christmas: Morrie by B. Ripley

    A Little Christmas: Morrie by B. Ripley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve never made a Christmas wish, but if I could, I’d ask Santa for a Daddy who understands me.I learned early on in life that gentle hands and friendly smiles can hide darkness underneath. I shy away from cuddles and hugs and refuse to let anyone get too close to me. It’s safer if they stay away and I don’t mind putting up as many barriers as I can to keep everyone out of my space...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • When the Storm Comes by M.A. Innes

    When the Storm Comes by M.A. Innes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Donovan’s day just keeps getting worse. It might not have been the zombie apocalypse, but a tsunami and hurricane hitting the East Coast at the same time was definitely the start to a bad B-movie. Alone and doing his best to run from the impending wall of water that was only hours away, Donovan thought his day couldn’t get any worse. It could...
  • And Then by Taylor Fitzpatrick

    And Then by Taylor Fitzpatrick

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    David Chapman has achieved almost everything he's ever wanted. He may not have been anyone's first pick, and he may not have the respect he knows he deserves, but he also knows he has no shortage of chances to prove himself. And he has Jake. So it doesn't make sense for him to feel so dissatisfied. And it really doesn't make sense for him to feel so afraid...
  • The Hotshot vs The Reporter by Nicole Dykes

    The Hotshot vs The Reporter by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    RoyalI’m the hotshot—both on and off the track. I know how to work the crowd and show off. And I’m good at it.I’ve had to become very effective at putting on a show.But my agent is not a fan of my over-the-top antics. So she did something I still can’t believe . . .She called in the press—the media. Specifically, the reporter who hates everything I stand for...
  • Best Supporting Actor by Joanna Chambers, Sally Malcolm

    Best Supporting Actor by Joanna Chambers, Sally Malcolm

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lights, camera…attraction! When Tag O’Rourke, struggling actor-slash-barista, meets Jay Warren, son of acting royalty, it’s loathing at first sight. Loathing…and lust. Tag’s dream is to act, but it’s a dream that’s crumbling beneath the weight of student debt and his family’s financial problems. If his career doesn’t take off soon, he’s going to have to get a real job...
  • Case File Compendium [病案本] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

    Case File Compendium [病案本] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    衣冠禽兽疯批攻,爹味冷漠离异受。孤例精神病少年和冷漠医生的故事。The story of an isolated psychopathic teenager and an indifferent doctor...
  • Kiss a Villain by Mia Darling

    Kiss a Villain by Mia Darling

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once upon a time, I saved a boy from certain death.Fell for him so hard that I’d follow him straight to the gates of Hell, and say thank you for it.But the problem with being hopelessly in love with Kirill Volkov is that he won’t ever love me back.On paper, we shouldn’t even be friends. He’s the grump to my sunshine, he hates to be touched while I’m touch-starved...
  • Fallen Crown by W. Million

    Fallen Crown by W. Million

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maren Tucker is done with men who check in for the good times and check out for the bad. As a member of one of the oldest families in Bellerive, she doesn't have to play nice with the Summerset Royals.Brice Summerset is the life of every party, and as the third in line to the throne, he's never had to take anything in life particularly seriously. Show up. Charm a few people...
  • Final Boy at Randy's by Loren Leigh

    Final Boy at Randy's by Loren Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don’t like him. Reed Chambers reminds me of every guy who was ever a jerk to me. With his drop dead good looks and overly confident stroll. His quiet, cold eyes that send shivers across my shoulders...
  • Until Jude by Briar Prescott

    Until Jude by Briar Prescott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm the first one to tell you doing the right thing has never been high on my list of priorities.Same goes for respecting the law. And ethics in general.It's more like guidelines anyway.Until him.Jude Riley.I invite myself into his life and refuse to leave. I know it's wrong. I know I shouldn't.I do anyway.It's never meant to turn into anything serious.It's never supposed to matter.Until it does...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  angst  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Reigniting Chase by Jeanne St. James

    Reigniting Chase by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An unexpected collaboration between two authors that’s hot enough to spark a fire... ChaseAfter an excruciating loss, I’m desperate for a fresh start.Away from the painful memories.Away from everyone I know and anyone who knows my story.That’s how I end up in Eagle’s Landing, Pennsylvania...
    Categorized as:
    angst  enemies-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  adult  audiobook  book
  • Illegal Motion: An MM Enemies To Lovers Sports Romance by Rheland Richmond, Emerson Beckett

    Illegal Motion: An MM Enemies To Lovers Sports Romance by Rheland Richmond, Emerson Beckett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Callum KennedyI should have known behind that deep sexy southern drawl, and beautiful face lived the world’s biggest asshole.I’ve tried my damnedest to put him behind me. But it was hard to do when I saw his face every night in my dreams and couldn’t forget how he worked my body over.It was okay. I had my work as a vet, my equine rescue to manage, and my friends...
  • Cloud Nine by Fearne Hill

    Cloud Nine by Fearne Hill

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bedroom eyes, that’s the name my mom gave them.Before I travelled to the UK, she issued me plenty of warnings: don’t look the wrong way when crossing the road, the first floor was the second floor, and no one would know what I meant if I asked for ranch dressing at a restaurant...
  • Loathed: Lagan by Nora Phoenix

    Loathed: Lagan by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When mutual hate turns into something else entirely... Lagan absolutely despises his law professor, Killian Evans. He’s an arrogant, snobby know-it-all who looks down on anyone who’s not up to his standards. If only he wasn’t so damn hot. If only he didn’t make Lagan want an entirely different lesson from him… Killian absolutely despises his student, Lagan Foster...
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