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  • 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  family  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  steamy  adult
  • Levi's Love by K.C. Wells

    Levi's Love by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unrequited love hurts like hell Levi Brown has loved Noah White since he was a teenager, but Noah isn’t looking for a relationship. Every time Levi sees him, his heart aches for what it cannot have. Because dear Lord, he wants Noah, in his life, in his bed.Especially in his bed. The only reason Levi is still a virgin is because he was waiting for Noah. Except Noah doesn’t want him...
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    angst  family  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  steamy
  • She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick

    She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this swoon-worthy hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott and debut writer Alyson Derrick.Alex Blackwood is a little bit headstrong, with a dash of chaos and a whole lot of flirt. She knows how to get the girl. Keeping her on the other hand…not so much...
  • Left Behind by Michele Notaro

    Left Behind by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My god, if I have to watch one more happy couple get together, I’m going to lose it completely and probably rip out all of my awesomely pink hair...
  • Center of Gravity by Neve Wilder

    Center of Gravity by Neve Wilder

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When life comes apart at the seams, love is the only thread that can mend it Accountant Rob Macomb has a stable job that he’s good at and… that’s about it. A year of nothing but heartache leaves him seeking refuge from loneliness and grief behind spreadsheets, punishing daily runs, and the occasional anonymous tryst...
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    angst  animals  family  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  steamy  university
  • Skye Blue by Alexa Land

    Skye Blue by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes, the road to happily ever after takes you where you least expect it.Skye was only interested in finally losing his virginity, but he might have found much more than that. Two guys both feel so right to the twenty-one-year old art student, but maybe that means they cancel each other out. After all, if either was the one, Skye wouldn’t have feelings for both of them...
  • Like the Taste of Summer by Kaje Harper

    Like the Taste of Summer by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jack managed to get a scholarship to a small-town college in the middle of the Iowa cornfields, September 1981. It wasn't New York, or California, but he figured it would be better than being home. College would be be a new start in a new place, maybe somewhere he could be himself...
  • When I Grow Up by John Goode

    When I Grow Up by John Goode

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Tales from Foster High Story After graduation, Kyle Stilleno and Brad Graymark move to California to pursue their dreams. But high school sweethearts are called that for a reason, and their love rarely stands up to the test of time. As money, school, sex, and jealousy test their relationship to the breaking point, Kyle and Brad fight to hold on to the love that brought them together...
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    angst  coming-of-age  family  humor  lgbtq  mlm  university  book
  • Unbroken by Larry Benjamin

    Unbroken by Larry Benjamin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My parents, unable to change me, had instead, silenced me. When they'd stilled my hands, they'd taken my words, made me lower my voice to a whisper. Later, I remained silent in defense, refusing to acknowledge the hateful words: Brainiac. Sissy. Antiman. Faggot...
  • 过门 - Guomen by Priest

    过门 - Guomen by Priest

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” -Matthew 7:14Guomen, 過門/过门, meaning marriage in Chinese. If explained literally, it means going past the gates/door-a reference to the Bible(see above).“Through the Strait Gates”: to me, it’s the best way to explain it.The gate’s narrow, the road small for them...
  • Requited by Jesse H. Reign

    Requited by Jesse H. Reign

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    If you've read Unrequited, and have been left longing for more of Andy and West's story - you are in luck.Requited tells the story of roommates and best friends Andy Montgomery and West Baxter from West's perspective. It is a sweeping story of friendship that turns into longing that can't be ignored...
  • Chandler: Training Days Book 1 by J.D. Light

    Chandler: Training Days Book 1 by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Chandler Bell When my boyfriend breaks up with me because I'm overweight, I go to the one place I feel the most comfortable. Oddly enough, it's the gym I was basically raised in. Things have changed over the years, but the people inside are my family. Some of them literally. Baker reluctantly agrees to help me get in shape, and so begins the torture...
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    family  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book
  • Always Eli by Charlie Novak

    Always Eli by Charlie Novak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when a sassy drag queen falls for his brother’s best friend?Eli Baker needs a job. Drag isn’t paying the bills and the life of a starving artist isn't as fun when he’s the one living it. Taking a temporary office job is meant to be a quick fix...
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    family  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  audiobook
  • Infamous Park Avenue Prince by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine

    Infamous Park Avenue Prince by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Who are we? Like you even need to ask. We’re the seven richer-than-sin legacies causing debauchery at the prestigious Astor University in Manhattan.Some call us spoiled.Some call us trouble.But everyone calls us the Park Avenue Princes.Weston LaRue“The Playboy”I’m never one to turn down a bet. Especially not when it comes to retaliating against the dean for pulling a dick move before summer break...
  • 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...
  • XOXO, Santa by Spencer Spears

    XOXO, Santa by Spencer Spears

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How do you ask your best friend to be your first time?Blake: What do you do when you realize at age 20 that you might like guys?If you’re me, you come up with a brilliant and foolproof plan:Proposition the one gay guy you know to swipe your V-card over winter break.In my case, that’s my childhood best friend, Henry.Just one problem—Henry hates my guts...
  • A Little Bit Broken by Michele Notaro

    A Little Bit Broken by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I have felt alone in this world for a long time, so when new friends come into my life, I’m always afraid to let them get too close. I don’t know if I can risk my heart breaking when those people inevitably leave me. But I’m overwhelmed too. Overwhelmed and so incredibly lonely. Unfortunately, my past has a way of finding me and I’m going to need some help at the coffee shop I own...
  • Paint the Stars by Christina Lee, Nyrae Dawn

    Paint the Stars by Christina Lee, Nyrae Dawn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ezra Greene has made a pretty decent life for himself. He has a nice apartment and spends his days doing the one thing he’s always loved—creating art. Despite being somewhat of a grumpy recluse, he’s even made a few loyal friends...
  • It Was Always You by Cardeno C., Christina Lee

    It Was Always You by Cardeno C., Christina Lee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Join these bestselling M/M authors as they bring you tales of love, lust, and laughter...between friends...
  • Exchange of Hearts by N.R. Walker

    Exchange of Hearts by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Harrison Haddon has grown up alone. Surrounded by wealth, nannies, and material things, all he craves is the approval of his father. Sent away to the boarding school his father and grandfather attended, it’s assumed he will follow in their footsteps from Sydney’s prestigious Ivy League school straight into medical school.But Harrison doesn’t want to be a doctor...
  • Any Given Sunday by Mari Carr

    Any Given Sunday by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wild Irish, Book Seven.The child who is born on the Sabbath day, is bonny and blithe and good and gay. Sean Collins is happy working at the family pub and sharing a house with the woman of his dreams. He and Lauren are equals in every way, including in bed, where they burn the sheets. Life is good. Even if he must hide a couple of secrets to keep it that way.Lauren is madly in love with Sean...
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    angst  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book
  • Taunting Tony by Marie James

    Taunting Tony by Marie James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rules. They’re a necessity. They make the world go ‘round and help idiots function in society. Most don’t require much thought and are easy to follow— or so I thought… I didn’t realize, however, that the new group of people I became friends with could have so many. No sleeping with group member’s moms? Easy enough. No shirts at the BBQ? I’m all over that...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa
  • Up Ship Creek by Abigail Kade

    Up Ship Creek by Abigail Kade

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happens when you find out the one person who always rubs you the wrong way can rub you the right way even better? Taylor loathes boats and the water, but he accepts an invitation for a short cruise with his latest fling because the dick is good and he has the vacation time...
  • Haven by Sean Ashcroft

    Haven by Sean Ashcroft

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Mike is the painfully straight man who made me realise I was painfully bi.” After four years away, Mike returns to the Wild at Heart animal sanctuary for Oscar and Ryan’s wedding—only to run straight into Ezra, his old best friend. Dreading facing his ex-girlfriend at the wedding festivities, Mike jumps at the chance when Ezra jokes about going as his date...
  • Mostly My Girlfriend by S. Doyle

    Mostly My Girlfriend by S. Doyle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A friends to lover boss/secretary story...continued.JuliaHe’s not my boss anymore but nothing has changed. After one hour of therapy we’re more broken than when we started. I kept a secret from him. A big one. Twelve years of lies and half-truths, of telling each other only what we think and never what we feel. I love him, but I don’t know if can do this anymore...
  • When Irish Eyes Are Sparkling by Tom Collins, Thirteen

    When Irish Eyes Are Sparkling by Tom Collins, Thirteen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This book is no longer available, due to publisher demise. Liam O’Shaughnessy wasn't expecting to fall in love again, not so soon after yet another painful break up. Then Oliver Sutton, paramedic in training, walked into his Aunt's Irish Pub, and shocked Liam's wounded heart back to life...
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    angst  family  humor  lgbtq  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa
  • Wrecked by Sierra Riley

    Wrecked by Sierra Riley

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “The best gifts are the ones you didn’t even know you needed.” “Everyone in the wedding party gets laid. It’s tradition.” Roger “Beck” Beckworth grew up with a strict, homophobic father who was always changing the rules just to keep Beck on his toes, but now he’s made a well-ordered, predictable life for himself that he’s perfectly happy with. Perfectly...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book
  • Black Hurricane by Erica Pike

    Black Hurricane by Erica Pike

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Twenty-three year old Jasper Jones fell in love with Dean McQueen at fourteen, but after a disastrous relationship, Jazz would like nothing better than to see the rock star choke on his own vomit. After a catastrophic reunion, Dean seems bent on destroying Jazz’s life. It all started when an impromptu bar performance ended up on YouTube and Jazz became an internet sensation overnight...
  • Lima Oscar Victor Echo and The Truth About Everything by Suki Fleet

    Lima Oscar Victor Echo and The Truth About Everything by Suki Fleet

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Growing up in a small village in Wales with a domineering homophobic father, Oscar has always believed he has to hide his real feelings. He's hidden his heart from everyone, but most of all from his best friend, Jamie--who also happens to be the boy he's in love with...
  • Old School Discipline by Misha Horne

    Old School Discipline by Misha Horne

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A slacker with a record and a bad attitude. A no nonsense bully with a very firm hand. A dorm room that can barely contain the heat. I never planned on continuing my pointless education. But then I got arrested. Again. Hey, if those laptops weren’t meant to be stolen, they should have been locked up better. Somehow, my latest stunt and lousy attitude landed me in Redwood Academy...
  • Untouched by M.A. Innes

    Untouched by M.A. Innes

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Growing up in an unusual family has made adapting to college more difficult for Jay. Sheltered and socially awkward, the only easy part about higher education is the classes. While everyone around him seems to instinctively understand what they’re into and who they are, he’s lost and alone. That is, until his new roommate makes life a little more interesting...
  • Delicious by Sierra Riley

    Delicious by Sierra Riley

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “You’re exactly what I never knew I needed.” “I don’t have time for love.” Gavin Campbell has poured everything he has into starting up his bakery, Delicious...
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    family  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  steamy  adult
  • Falling Off the Face of the Earth by J.F. Smith

    Falling Off the Face of the Earth by J.F. Smith

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After his big-shot life in New York tragically falls apart, James Montgomery returns to his small hometown in south Georgia a defeated and broken man. All he has left is his mother to help him heal and regain his confidence before he's ready to get back out and re-conquer the world. But being big-city gay in a small southern town has its own challenges...
  • Two Weeks and a Day by R.G. Alexander

    Two Weeks and a Day by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s either the beginning of a great porno or a disaster waiting to happen. That feeling when you’re a thirty-year-old gay virgin with a little OCD, nosy neighbors and a lot of awkward, secret fantasies revolving around your straight best friend? Yeah, that’s me right now...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  humor  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  age-gap
  • Unwrapping Hank by Eli Easton

    Unwrapping Hank by Eli Easton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sloane loves a good mystery. He grew up as the son of two psychiatrists, so he finds most people tediously easy to figure out. He finds his way to Pennsylvania State University, longing for a rural experience, and ends up being lured into joining a frat by Micah Springfield, the hippest guy on campus...
  • The Closer You Get by L.A. Witt

    The Closer You Get by L.A. Witt

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The virgin isn’t the only one with something to lose… Self-described manwhore Kieran Frost is loving the single life. Two years after moving to Seattle, he still has his friends with benefits, Rhett and Ethan, plus a never-ending supply of gorgeous, available men wandering through the bar where he works. A relationship? Spare him the drama and heartbreak...
  • Out in the Offense by Lane Hayes

    Out in the Offense by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Christian Rafferty is a talented quarterback with a big secret. He’s determined to make the most of his final season on the football field, and if possible, avoid any confrontations with his conservative parents about his future. It shouldn’t be difficult; he’s become adept at keeping his public and private lives separate...
  • Operation Meet Cute by K.M. Neuhold

    Operation Meet Cute by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Harlow is on a single-minded mission: meet the man of his dreams by any meet-cute necessary.All my life, I’ve dreamed of one thing: the perfect movie moment. I want a man and his boombox outside my window; I want kissing in the rain; I want a romantic hero who will take my breath away.Switching mail with my cute neighbor didn’t work...
  • Wrapped Together by Annabeth Albert

    Wrapped Together by Annabeth Albert

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the bustling restaurants, shops, and cafés of Portland, Oregon, things really heat up for the hard-working men behind the scenes when the holidays come into town . . . For a stationery store owner, the holidays are great for business...
  • The F Words by Anyta Sunday

    The F Words by Anyta Sunday

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A gay romance "enemies to lovers" story about two guys trying to move on from the past, and the healing power of love.Rory A. Phillips is sick of being haunted. Sick of hurting. Sick of being so fucking lost. Whenever he 'sees' his best friend William, he's packing up his motorbike and on the move...
  • The Promise by Marie Sexton

    The Promise by Marie Sexton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the author's website: A tiny little short I wrote about Matt and Jared. This takes place a few months after the end of A to Z, at about the same time as The Letter Z...
  • Finding Their Way by A.M. Arthur

    Finding Their Way by A.M. Arthur

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Thanks to an abusive father and a string of bad relationships, Riley McCage learned the hard way that people are not kind without a reason. Now, after landing a job at popular gay bar Pot O Gold, Riley is on the right track--until the night Boxer finds him drunk and drugged in the back room of an exclusive sex party...
  • Lollipop by Amy Lane

    Lollipop by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Candy Man BookEzra Kellerman flew across country to see if he had another chance with the man he let slip through his fingers. He didn't. Rico has moved on, but he doesn’t just leave his ex high and dry. Instead, Rico entrusts his family and friends with Ezra’s care...
  • Maybe This Time by A.M. Arthur

    Maybe This Time by A.M. Arthur

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As a regular at gay hotspot Pot O Gold, Ezra Kelley avoids his tangled emotions with the simplicity of one-night stands and attachment-free hookups. Until the night bartender Donner Davis picks him up off the floor after a misunderstanding and too much tequila. Ezra can't remember the last time someone was...nice. It's more than he deserves...
  • Must Like Spinach by Con Riley

    Must Like Spinach by Con Riley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jon’s future in New York should be bright. He’s on the corporate fast track as an executive problem solver, yet he can’t help feeling hollow. Yearning for a life spent outdoors makes no sense if he wants to flourish in this city, nor does losing his cool with clients when they make bad decisions. Only leaving the East Coast behind for three months can save his business reputation...
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    enemies-to-lovers  family  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  steamy  adult  book
  • Always Together by Quinn Ward

    Always Together by Quinn Ward

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They’ve been best friends since they were little. Can their relationship survive the secrets one of them has been keeping?No one believes Matt when he swears he and his roommate are just friends. That probably has something to do with the way he looks at Brandon when he thinks no one is watching and the fact Brandon doesn’t balk whenever Matt teasingly calls him Daddy...
  • Fielding's Fa-La-La by Eli Easton

    Fielding's Fa-La-La by Eli Easton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This story features the main characters from the 2013 Christmas novella, “Blame It On The Mistletoe”. It takes place during Fielding and Mick’s second Christmas as a couple, just before the epilogue of “Blame It On The Mistletoe”. It was written for RJ Scott’s Christmas story posting...
  • Unrequited by Jesse H. Reign

    Unrequited by Jesse H. Reign

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Andy Montgomery is an artist and a dreamer. It isn’t long before the person he’s dreaming about is his college roommate, West Baxter. West is cheerful and popular, a jock and a genius. Despite Andy’s best intentions, he develops a maddening crush on West. As their friendship deepens, so does his crush. It changes from an innocent flutter to the type of longing that defines a lifetime...
  • Lane’s by Nash Summers

    Lane’s by Nash Summers

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Maps doesn’t believe in growing up.He believes in his experiments, Benji’s new driving skills, Perry’s knowledge of “adult things”, and his interstellar boyfriend, Lane.Maps certainly doesn’t believe in graduating. And he especially doesn’t believe in his friends attending separate colleges.Because if Maps believed in any of those things, it would mean he was growing up...
  • Trained by N.M. Pratt

    Trained by N.M. Pratt

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brendon is too young to be letting himself go. Overweight and desperate for a change, he goes where everyone goes for advice these days, the Internet. That's where he finds Jared. Jared has an offer too good for Brendon to pass up; a free training program to help him build his clientele...
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