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A Bone in His Teeth by Kellen Graves
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen a fall from the mast leaves Alba Marsh unable to sail, he finally has the chance to run away from his family debts in search of a better life. He hopes to reunite with his mother, Edythe, where they always promised to meet if things went awry, but finding the small, secluded, secretive town of Moon Harbor proves a greater challenge than Alba ever expected... -
Their Ruthless Sadist by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBy definition, a Sadist is one who receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another. That’s me to a T. I only play with those who understand what it means, those who are willing to indulge my devious desires. Any masochist who seeks me out knows that if they trespass, I will gladly shatter them and walk away, leaving them for someone else to put back together... -
Priest by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’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... -
I Have Been All Things Unholy by Bexless
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy Chemical Romance AU“He thinks I have stigmata,” Frank said, because what the fucking hell, it couldn't get any worse. He might as well just lay it out.“Oh, well,” said Brian into his hands. “Of course... -
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Maverick by Max Ellendale
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRenowned doctor, Lauren Lewis, purchases an old Victorian home after the loss of her former residence and channels her energy into restoring the new property. When a wandering antique restorer shows up to take on the job, together, they uncover the secrets the house harbored for a century... -
MAXWELL 3: Love's Conviction by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMAXWELL, 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... -
Refrain by Anne Mercier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs a child, I trusted no one. Then I found my best friends. They gave me a family and saved me from a life of abuse that still has me messed up. Then one of those best friends captured my heart. Lincoln, tough yet tender, a walking contradiction. He loves me too—flaws and all. He’s the most patient man on the earth and understands my PTSD... -
A Twisted Love Story by Ace Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBoy meets girl. Boy falls for girl. Boy marries girl. And they both live happily ever after. Right?Not quite.I fell for the boy. So slowly I barely noticed, then all at once. I loved my best friend with my entire heart, letting him fill up the holes my family had dug. But boys don’t fall for other boys. Just ask him. So my story turned into boy meets boy. Boy falls for boy. Boy gets rejected... -
Dalton by Erica Chilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWarning: Erica Chilson is revising/rewriting/restructuring/editing/formatting the Mistress & Master of Restraint Series in its entirety for release into Print. A few titles will receive updated covers, as well as a more descriptive synopsis. The FINAL editions will vary from those currently in release... -
MAXWELL 2: Trial By Fire by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMAXWELL, Part 2 As the trial becomes an emotional battle ground – within the courtroom and without – Max struggles to maintain his resolve to resist his heart. But as it becomes more and more evident that Horatio’s heartbreak over losing Max isn’t healing, but in fact growing worse, Max begins to question the choices he made so long ago... -
Phoenix Rising by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom 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... -
Phoenix Undone by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Storms never end. There are lulls. There are “calms” at the center. And there are even extended breaks. But life is made up of storms, and they will inevitably hit from time to time. Some will manifest with no more power than a strong gust of wind…others will strike with devastating force... -
Fade Out by Marshall Thornton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Lambda Award-winning Boystown Mystery series comes to a close with Boystown 13: Fade Out. When a box containing a woman’s corpse shows up at his doorstep, Private Investigator Nick Nowak finds himself accused of murder. The police are convinced it’s Rita Lindquist—a woman who once shot Nick. Their case is thin, but they and the state’s attorney are determined to prosecute him... -
Lost Soul: AJ's Burden by Nicky James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat does rock bottom look like to you? AJ Silva is about to find out. His life has been spiralling the drain for the past year, and if he doesn’t find a way out soon, he may die on the streets of San Francisco. Drowning in a severe drug addiction, battling every day to survive, AJ doesn’t know where to turn... -
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Forged: The Trial by Fire Series by Cole Denton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when you wake up one day to discover that you’ve been on autopilot your entire life? My life has always been more downs than ups. Good things rarely knocked on my door. But hard knocks never failed to kick my ass. Nothing good would ever happen to me. Or so I thought. In college I discovered women, and never looked back. But even though I was never alone, I was always lonely... -
Stranger on the Shore by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsQuinn Harper is living the life she always wanted. She’s well-liked and respected by everyone and has been a success in life with awards to prove it. She spends her free time running along the shore, returning to her quiet home on the beach.It was almost the perfect life, but there was one thing missing: Love... -
Anita by Max Ellendale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDoctor Anita Oliver is steadfast in her support of her patients and friends. Always reliable, always there when they need her. After a lifetime spent consulting with the FBI and working for the Seattle Police Department, Anita tumbled onto the front line of the Four Point Killer case. During those years, she helped the people she cared about through endless emotional and physical pain... -
Saint's Song by Garrett Leigh
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsExpect: a fragile king, a sweet-hearted henchman, an enigmatic hitman, and a fight to the death. Cam, Alexei, and Saint have survived their battle with the devil, but with too many enemies to count, can they survive the war? “Kill me,” I choked out. “If he’s dead, you gotta kill me too.” One club, one heart. Three men, one soul... -
MAXWELL 1: Not Without Guilt by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMAXWELL, 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... -
Reinventing Us by Ann Lister
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlex-Zander Metcalf knew his life would always be filled with twists and turns, especially living in the public eye while playing the role of front man for his band Ivory Tower. That's what made life interesting and he loved every aspect about his job in the music world. Living in a long-term polyamorous relationship with a husband and a wife also created a fair amount of ups and downs... -
Poinsettia by Tiffany Reisz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristmas is not always the most wonderful time of the year for the many gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people who are estranged from their families. This year's Christmas story concerns two such people--Søren and Magdalena. Søren speaks of Magdalena, his mentor in sadism, in THE MISTRESS and THE KING... -
Draco Malfoy and the Mirror of Ecidyrue by starbrigid
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll it takes is one look in a mirror and an ill-advised attempt to shatter it, before an embittered Draco Malfoy fresh out of Azkaban is sent back into his body on the day he gets his Hogwarts letter... -
KELABU by Nadia Khan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSenang kalau hidup dalam dunia hitam putih.Baik-buruk, betul-salah, cinta-benci,lelaki-perempuan.Apa jadi pada yang tengah-tengah?Apa jadi pada orang-orang macam aku?Bila Jun datang pada aku, menawarkan posisi sebagai 'boyfriend kontrak', aku tak tolak... -
Dysfonctionnelle by Axl Cendres
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFidèle, jeune adolescente, grandit, entourée de ses six frères et sœurs, dans une famille dysfonctionnelle : son père enchaîne les allers-retours en prison, sa mère est à l'asile. Dotée d'une "intelligence précoce", elle s'intègre à un lycée des beaux quartiers où les élèves la regardent comme un alien. Mais c'est là que l'attend l'amour, le vrai, celui qui transforme, celui qui sauve.. -
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Broken Bonds by Katherine Rhodes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe door read: Club Imperial The truth was: It could never hide all your secrets. Emmy learned that the hard way. Behind Club Imperial’s doors lay all of those Emmy never wanted to share. Secrets she wanted to hide forever from the world. And Nathaniel. As she lay unconscious in the hospital, beaten and bruised, Nathanial never left her side... -
Julio's Wolf by A.C. Katt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJulio Reyes has had a hard life. Orphaned at fourteen, he ran away from a group home to avoid rape but wound up being an independent prostitute in NYC. He has a life plan—go to school, become a stylist and open his own salon. Etienne Daurensbourg is one-hundred and thirty-nine years old and fears he’ll never find his Mate until his friend Alexei introduces him to Julio... -
Free to Rejoice by Tracey Jerald
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDr. Jason Ross has an unprecedented week off during the holiday season to spend with his husband and family. Anticipating his greatest challenge will be keeping his husband's gift buying under control, he's excited for the week ahead.But life doesn't take a vacation even when doctors want to.Reality destroys Jason's yuletide cheer leaving him as twisted as some of his family's holiday traditions... -
You. Always you.: A Gay Romance by M.E.
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhatever happened in your past, did not happen. And I am your only future.I am obsessed with you; you’re obsessed with me.You hurt me to comfort me.You break me to put me back together.And I do the same to you.I am addicted to you; you’re addicted to me.You told me this would be a bad idea.You warned me of the heartache.And I did it anyway.I like you; you like me.When I see you, my sun rises... -
Cooper by Eve Riley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe right path can save a life…Growing up in foster care, the only true friends Cooper Jones had were the black hat hackers at the community center. At eighteen, after being caught by the government for hacking into Homeland Security, The Agent in Charge, impressed by Coop’s skills, determined he needed to work for the government instead of hacking them... -
Lifers: A Sapphic Dark Romance by K.C. Blume
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRILEY Nearly everyone who enters Elsberry leaves in one way or another, but I am the one constant. I am always here. I continue to remain. Time doesn't pass in days between these walls. It passes in people. The girl with peach pink hair who I loved in my head but never got the chance to speak to. The boy that swung from the stairwell because he couldn't love himself enough... -
Blood Fall by Crista Crown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJosh Thomas had been turned into a vampire three years ago, and every day had been torture ever since then. Until he escaped his captors. But he wasn't trying to grab a chance at life, he was trying to find escape in true death.Kaden Ward had never imagined he could be so compatible with someone he could hear their thoughts, but he's found that in Josh. And Josh's mind is a dark and broken place... -
He wants it all by Marilena Barbagallo
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKrum Botev has never had anything in life apart from himself. He knows only what he has been taught. Hard, selfish, insensitive, but faithful to the Father, the one who raised and educated him according to the values of the secret society he is part of. No one has ever succeeded in knocking down his armor... -
Hudson by Shayne McClendon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Barter System – Book 1 Hudson – Book 2 Backstage – Book 3 Liberation - Book 4Radiance - Book 5The Barter System PrequelsThe Barter System Companion - Volume 1Refuse to compromise. Hudson Winters is in control of every aspect of his world. From his earliest memories, he’s been driven to succeed and has allowed nothing to get in his way... -
The Fading Trilogy: Fading, Freeing, Falling: by E.K. Blair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll three book in the New York Times, USA Today, and International bestselling series together in one book! FADING (book 1) Can a guilty conscience keep wounds from healing? Fine arts major, Candace Parker, grew up with a mother who thinks image is everything, and her daughter’s perfection will never be good enough... -
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Whatever happened to the young, young lovers? by georgia_sk
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRegulus Black, presumed dead for over 2 years, shows up at an Order of the Phoenix meeting with 6 mangled horcruxes and Voldemort's corpse... -
I Loved You More by Tom Spanbauer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTom Spanbauer’s first novel in seven years is a love story triangle akin to The Marriage Plot and Freedom , only with a gay main character who charms gays and straights alike. I Loved You More is a rich, expansive tale of love, sex, and heartbreak, covering twenty-five years in the life of a striving, emotionally wounded writer... -
Lane by Shaw Montgomery
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt wasn’t stalking. Lane just did his best to make sure he was at the right place at the right time to watch the sexy, tattooed hunk get his coffee in the afternoon. The tattooed hunk who had to be straight, no matter how badly Lane wanted to imagine otherwise. He’d somehow collected a stalker... -
Malakai, Vol. 1 by A. Stephanie
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNimeni nu știe exact de ce Malakai se îndreaptă spre pierzanie, dând cu piciorul șansei de a avea un viitor strălucit. Iar Hannah nici măcar nu e curioasă.Unii ar spune că a fost un miracol, dar ea i-ar contrazice. A fost o pură coincidență care avea să-i dea viața peste cap.O dimineață ca oricare alta. Un accident. O viață salvată.MALAKAI nu este doar o poveste de dragoste... -
Sire by Kelly Finley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey say, "The Devil may care." Oh, I do. I made a deal with the devil, our father, to protect my brothers.I made a deal with God as a minister. I'll do anything to save others.Until I met her, my parishoner, my forbidden salvation.I'm a beast. I'm ex-Bratva. I'm the oldest and most damned.I'm Sire.The third book in the Belles & Bratva Beasts series is coming soon... -
Another Family Affair Anthology by A.A. Davies, Yolanda Olson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeven authors.Seven new families.Seven taboo romance stories.Get lost in this set of brand-new, never before released, forbidden romance tales.TAKE A CHANCE on KENJI while facing the RIVALRY and DECEIT of the secrets that the forbidden can hide.From the BURIED TRUTHS that uncover HARLEY’S AERO, and time spent with the COTERIE, you'll find that a family's love is forever and always... -
Vanished by Carter Quinn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHenry Cooley has good friends and a good life. He’s secure in his job and his relationship. He and Tom, the love of his life, are about to celebrate their twenty-first anniversary as a couple. Their son, CJ, is in his second year at Cal Arts. Henry's only problems are his growing dissatisfaction with his job and the fact that Tom's parents still hate him, even after all these years... -
Collaring Chaz: A Rock Star Best Friends to Lovers Romance by Joel Abernathy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChazRafael is the best friend-with-benefits a guy could ask for, but I had to go and screw it all up by falling in love.Everyone gets sick of me eventually. My birth parents, the endless conveyor belt of foster homes, even the band that became my family... -
Something to Believe In by Sloan Parker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter running away from the hatred and abuse of their teen years, Sean and Gavin have been hustling to survive for too long now. When some extra cash lands them alone in a hotel room until Christmas, they can no longer deny their feelings for each other. Now neither one can imagine watching the other walk off with one more trick... -
Six Toy by James Crow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmma, Moving in with Jonathon Gold was a whole new wonderful life. It felt like I’d been plucked from another dimension and dropped into a carnal nirvana, with endless rabbit holes of exploration just waiting for me to tumble down them. And gladly I tumbled – until I wanted more. I wanted to be Head Girl, to service clients, especially when The Judge made enquiries for a day with a plaything... -
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Camera Shy by E.M. Leya, Sara York
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrust is earned, but sometimes we form walls around ourselves to protect us from the pain, keeping others from getting close, and shielding us from the darkness that lurks around us. Charles has faced the worst of that darkness. Living on the streets from eleven years old, he learned to survive by trusting no one... -
Rich Kids #2 by Quin, Perin.
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI am Semuel Preston, eldest son of the Preston estate. I have cut all cords to my family except for my brother: Nate. He is the only good thing to come from the Preston name. He’s the sun to my sky, the apple of my eye. And a thousand miles away. Still, I bring him to his knees. I am his King. His God... -
Don't Forget Me by Eden Emory, Elle Mae
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI have been hiding for most of my life, the last thing on my mind was love.But how could I deny myself when the person I had been craving so sweetly handed herself over to me on a silver platter?I planned to lay low at Club Pétale, maybe have a bit of fun while I was at it, but after meeting her my plans changed.Now I will stop at nothing until she is mine, even if that meant going back to school... -
Observation by Elodie Faiderbe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLondres 1886.Orpheline, Emilia vit sous le joug de son tuteur : lord Dorian Jacobson. Séduisant comte excentrique le jour, tueur sadique et impitoyable la nuit.En parfait gentleman, Dorian régale et fascine la haute société par son charisme et sa prestance.Tous sont en admiration devant cet homme.Tous sauf elle... -
Rat Race by Eden Emory, Ashley Pines
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Ashley Pines and Eden Emory comes a queer dark, smutty thriller set in a world where the rich pay handsomely to watch the live-streaming event of the year. The desperate sign-up to play a game with life-changing rewards and life-ending consequences.CamLegacy. A word I reckon I’d heard a hundred times more than my own name.It’s what I am, who I am. The product of generations of greatness... -
Look, Don't Touch by Meg Everly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHailey FitzpatrickWhen people see me walking on a New York City sidewalk, they think mousey b*tch and stuck-up c*nt. How do I know? It’s NYC. They yell it to my face. I smile to myself and keep walking. After all, I have clients that need me.I’m wrapping up my first decade as a licensed clinical psychologist. Things are as good as they’ve ever been. Still, I get the itch...
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