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  • Twist and Shout by Gabriel (AO3), Standbyme

    Twist and Shout by Gabriel (AO3), Standbyme

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Destiel 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...
  • A Kingdom by the Sea by Anna Green

    A Kingdom by the Sea by Anna Green

    Rated: 4.82 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    The 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...
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  • A Seditious Affair by K.J. Charles

    A Seditious Affair by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 74 ratings
    K. J. Charles turns up the heat in her new Society of Gentlemen novel, as two lovers face off in a sensual duel that challenges their deepest beliefs.   Silas Mason has no illusions about himself. He’s not lovable, or even likable. He’s an overbearing idealist, a Radical bookseller and pamphleteer who lives for revolution . . . and for Wednesday nights...
  • Over the Tracks by Anna Green

    Over the Tracks by Anna Green

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The first volume of The Heart Rate of a Mouse trilogy.In the summer of 1974, musician Ryan Ross embarks on an exhausting tour in support of his band's breakthrough album. He finds himself struggling to live up to the pressure and expectations of sudden fame in the chaos of endless shows and interviews...
  • A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by K.J. Charles

    A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 73 ratings
    Bridgerton goes Gothic in this sweeping Regency romance by celebrated author KJ Charles.Major Rufus d'Aumesty has unexpectedly become the Earl of Oxney, master of a remote Norman manor on the edge of the infamous Romney Marsh. There he's beset on all sides, his position contested both by his greedy uncle and by Luke Doomsday, son of a notorious smuggling clan...
  • Slippery Creatures by K.J. Charles

    Slippery Creatures by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 133 ratings
    Will Darling came back from the Great War with a few scars, a lot of medals, and no idea what to do next. Inheriting his uncle’s chaotic second-hand bookshop is a blessing...until strange visitors start making threats. First a criminal gang, then the War Office, both telling Will to give them the information they want, or else...
  • The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian

    The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 92 ratings
    A scoundrel who lives in the shadows   Jack Turner grew up in the darkness of London's slums, born into a life of crime and willing to do anything to keep his belly full and his siblings safe. Now he uses the tricks and schemes of the underworld to help those who need the kind of assistance only a scoundrel can provide...
  • To Trust Man On His Oath by K.J. Charles

    To Trust Man On His Oath by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 26 ratings
    A Will Darling Adventures interlude.Set a week after the ending of The Sugared Game (so containsmild spoilers for that book)...
  • The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon

    The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 59 ratings
    In this highly-anticipated new novel, Diana Gabaldon brings back one of her most compelling characters: the unforgettable Lord John Grey - soldier, gentleman, and no mean hand with a blade. Set in the heart of the eighteenth century, Lord John's world is one of mystery and menace. Diana Gabaldon brilliantly weaves together the strands of Lord John's secret and public lives...
  • Eryx: A Spartan Tale by Jaclyn Osborn

    Eryx: A Spartan Tale by Jaclyn Osborn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My 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...
  • A Scarcity of Condors by Suanne Laqueur

    A Scarcity of Condors by Suanne Laqueur

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Juleón "Jude" Tholet has survival in his DNA. His father, Cleon, lived through imprisonment and torture during Pinochet's military coup in Chile. His mother, Penny, risked everything to gain her husband's freedom and flee the country with their newborn son...
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    mystery  angst  queer  m-m  historical  abuse  washington  usa
  • The Death of Friends by Michael Nava

    The Death of Friends by Michael Nava

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Winner of six Lambda Literary awards, the Henry Rios mystery series is iconic. Originally published during the darkest years of the AIDS epidemic in the gay community, The Death of Friends received extraordinary praise both as a mystery and an eloquent work of witness...
  • Song for a Viking by K.J. Charles

    Song for a Viking by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    ‘Song for a Viking’ takes place during/just after the events of the last chapter of Think of England and will be of no use at all to anyone who hasn’t read that book. It is not a standalone. You will definitely get the most out of it if you remind yourself of Think of England’s last chapter before reading...
  • Chain Reaction by Nicole Edwards

    Chain Reaction by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Nicole Edwards comes the tenth installment in her Brantley Off the Books series.During the two years since they created the Off the Books Task Force, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis have had their share of difficult cases, but their next one hits close to home. Too close...
  • Restored by Joanna Chambers

    Restored by Joanna Chambers

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Eighteen 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...
  • A Trail of Fire by Diana Gabaldon

    A Trail of Fire by Diana Gabaldon

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Four extraordinary stories featuring characters from the bestselling OUTLANDER series. In Lord John and the Plague of Zombies Lord John Grey is posted to Jamaica to assist the Governor as he faces a most unusual kind of uprising among the colony's slave population...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  queer  war  m-m  historical  georgian  length-medium
  • Wanted, a Gentleman by K.J. Charles

    Wanted, a Gentleman by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 39 ratings
    Theodore Swann is a jobbing writer, proprietor of the Matrimonial Advertiser lonely hearts gazette, and all-round weasel. He’s the very last man that Martin St. Vincent would choose to rely on—and the only one who can help. Martin is a wealthy merchant who finds himself obliged to put a stop to a young heiress’s romantic correspondence in the Matrimonial Advertiser...
  • Rough Pages by Lev A.C. Rosen

    Rough Pages by Lev A.C. Rosen

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Private Detective Evander "Andy" Mills has been drawn back to the Lavender House estate for a missing person case. Pat, the family butler, has been volunteering for a book service, one that specializes in mailing queer books to a carefully guarded list of subscribers...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  historical  m-m  length-medium
  • Rag and Bone by Michael Nava

    Rag and Bone by Michael Nava

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One of the most highly acclaimed writers in the mystery genre "explores new emotional depths" in this last Henry Rios novel. The gay Mexican-American attorney, after the loss of his lover, must face his own mortality while recovering from a heart attack-and reach out to a family he didn't know he had...
  • Late Fees by Marshall Thornton

    Late Fees by Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s Thanksgiving, 1992 and Noah Valentine is late picking his mother up from the airport. When he arrives he discovers that she’s made a friend on the flight whose also waiting for her son. When women’s son doesn’t show up, they eventually take the woman home for breakfast with neighbor’s Marc and Louis...
  • Hallum by Casey Morales

    Hallum by Casey Morales

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Captured or Killed? Only the War knows.Will Shaw and his friends are typical college students, enjoying dances and parties without much care for life beyond.When Thomas, a handsome Naval officer and newly arrived student, nearly stumbles into Will and his friends, Will's heart spins, though he doesn't understand why...
  • Year of the Rat by Marshall Thornton

    Year of the Rat by Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Long Beach, California 1996. Despite having little obvious experience, bartender Dom Reilly is hired as an investigator for the Freedom Agenda, a not-for-profit justice project. His first case involves a twelve-year-old homicide, in which a teenage girl was viciously murdered...
  • A Mean Season by Marshall Thornton

    A Mean Season by Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dom Reilly is back. In this follow up to Year of the Rat, Dom helps clear three men wrongly convicted of rape while also following a pet project—the twenty-year-old case of a man accused of killing his lover in 1976. Meanwhile, Dom gets wind that someone is looking for him. A private detective from Chicago...
  • An Affair for Aumont by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    An Affair for Aumont by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    All he wants is the love he lost.Four years ago, Louis-Charles Aumont, the Marquis de Montespan, chose duty over the man he loved. And then the man he loved chose death in service to England. Now, after finally cutting ties with his king, Aumont is living in a slum in Seven Dials–and intending to die there too...
  • What a Duke Desires by Merry Farmer

    What a Duke Desires by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    To win a prize that will redeem his shattered reputation, the Duke of Burville must masquerade as a commoner…Wentworth Rawley might be a duke, but his title means nothing after he voted against his peers and in favor of the Reform Act…mere months after being caught in an extraordinarily compromising position with an older lover at a public party...
  • Until the End of Time by Nicky James

    Until the End of Time by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Being a gay man in 1827, was not only frowned upon in England, but punishable by death. Magistrate Simon Stockley would know. He’d convicted men in his courtroom and sentenced them himself. Every time, it left a vile taste in his mouth because Simon was no different than the men whose lives he claimed...
  • The Bequest by Joanna Chambers

    The Bequest by Joanna Chambers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    David Lauriston and Lord Murdo Balfour have been living happily together for three years at the Laverock estate in Perthshire. But when some unexpected news arrives, Murdo must confront old demons he thought he’d put behind him forever. This story will be exclusively available to my newsletter...
  • A Case for Christmas by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    A Case for Christmas by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    He loves no-one and never will.Lord Christmas Gale is a genius and a misanthrope, and, quite to his disgust, adored by all of Society for his capacity to solve mysteries. When a man approaches him seeking help in locating a lost dog, Gale rebuffs him...
  • Code Name: Crimson by Casey Morales

    Code Name: Crimson by Casey Morales

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Will Shaw and his friends are typical college students, enjoying dances and parties without much care for life beyond. When Thomas, a handsome Naval officer and newly arrived student, nearly stumbles into Will and his friends, Will's heart spins, though he doesn't understand why. Sparks of something new burst within, opening his eyes to possibilities he'd never dreamed...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  historical  m-m  military  war  length-medium
  • Crimson by Casey Morales

    Crimson by Casey Morales

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    (Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0CHHBZJ6C.) What if two Ivy League boys were dropped into a James Bond movie? Harvard University, 1941 Will Shaw and his friends are typical American students, still celebrating the end of the Depression and dreaming about a future filled with success. The war in Europe is far away and someone else's concern. Until it isn't...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  m-m  military  war  20th century  historical  audiobook
  • Hidden Treasures by Marshall Thornton

    Hidden Treasures by Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It’s about a dress. A valuable blue sequined dress worn by a famed actress in a film from the 1940s. For some reason everyone thinks video storeowner Noah Valentine has it. Which might not be a big deal except that it’s connected to the murder of a prominent Hollywood costumer.In the second of the Pinx Video Mysteries, Noah attempts to solve the mystery of the dress...
  • Just a Little Heartache by Merry Farmer

    Just a Little Heartache by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    London playwright Niall Cristofori stands on the verge of becoming one of the most celebrated authors of his generation with the highly-anticipated production of his latest work, Love’s Last Lesson. But Love has a few lessons left to teach Niall himself. He has never been able to get over his first love, the man who made his world come alive ten years ago, then left him heartbroken...
  • A Scandal for Stratford by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    A Scandal for Stratford by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He has all he could ask for. James Lewis, the Earl of Stratford, has precisely what he wants: a quiet existence on his family estate, a thriving horse trade that leaves him plenty of time to work on the final volume of his anonymously published opus, The Maiden Diaries, and a deeply committed albeit unconventional relationship with his stablemaster, Harold Granger...
  • Home for Charlie by Minerva Howe

    Home for Charlie by Minerva Howe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Charlie Putnam loves his job at the Grand Springs hotel, not because he adores front desk work, but because he gets to meet all kinds of people, which he'd be too scared to do otherwise. He's also being allowed to redecorate some of the rooms...
  • What a Nobleman Needs by Merry Farmer

    What a Nobleman Needs by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    His adolescent infatuation is back, but will Mac get Ellis into trouble, or will the rake need rescuing himself?Seven years ago, Ellis Copeland had his eyes opened when he stumbled on his Uncle George with one of his flings. Lord MacKenzie Young, Baron Fulbright, has lived in Ellis’s fantasies ever since...
    Categorized as:
    regency  queer  victorian  historical  humor  m-m  length-medium
  • Unspeakable Acts by Jackson Marsh

    Unspeakable Acts by Jackson Marsh

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    "Death will come da capo, suddenly silent, and you will not hear your final applause. Fail us, and you die." Blackmail, a death threat and an opera. The Clearwater Foundation is to be launched with a charity gala at the City Opera House where Archer's old friend, Cadwell Roxton, is to star. But Roxton has a dark secret...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  historical  m-m  victorian  length-medium
  • Jaxon by Ruby Raynes

    Jaxon by Ruby Raynes

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Alex: My life is going fine. Okay, it was going fine until I found myself both homeless—my trusty car Trixie on her last leg—and in need of a fake fiancé. What I don't expect is for Jaxon, my long-time crush and the owner of Ink Me, to come swooping in like a knight in shining armor...
  • A Sanctuary for Soulden by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    A Sanctuary for Soulden by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    He wasn't meant for a quiet life.Philip Winthrop, Viscount Soulden, is a fop. An idle popinjay with nothing more on his mind than how to best knot his cravat. He definitely doesn’t spy against the French. Or arrange hasty weddings. Or occasionally commandeer the navy. And he certainly doesn’t seek out mortal danger in order to combat his pervasive ennui...
  • Hammer & Powder by Megan Derr

    Hammer & Powder by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Kingdom of Rinaha is all that stands between the violent, greedy Boorna and the rest of the continent, and they do so by way of their immense and heavily guarded Wall of Gamala, an enormous undertaking that runs the length of the southern end of the continent, standing strong for more than two hundred years...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  m-m  military  historical  length-medium
  • The Road to Silver Plume by Tamara Allen

    The Road to Silver Plume by Tamara Allen

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Secret Service operative Emlyn Strickland may be new to field work, but his talent for identifying counterfeit bank notes, honed over ten years at the Treasury, has given Sing Sing’s population a respectable boost...
  • Midnight Flit by Elin Gregory

    Midnight Flit by Elin Gregory

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Miles Siward and Briers Allerdale return for another thrilling Jazz Age adventure.“Silk stockings on expenses.” Miles’s aristocratic mother has information of importance to the British Government and he must escort her home from Bucharest immediately, but their plans go violently awry and Miles and Lady Siward find themselves on a train to Belgrade - where Miles’s lover is posted...
  • Uriel: Yule Lads Book Two by Macy Blake

    Uriel: Yule Lads Book Two by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His holiday is about to go off-book…Uriel Lad is single all the way. He enjoys his quiet life in the small town of Mistletoe Falls, running Ornamentary Books and More. This holiday, though, Uriel’s Yule Lad magic is back, which means making mischief throughout the season. It should be a perfect Christmas, until his new friend Joe begs for help with a problem...
  • One Glimpse by Lydia Gastrell

    One Glimpse by Lydia Gastrell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    For years Sir Samuel Shaw has secretly lusted after the handsome and popular Lord John Darnish, a man known for his good humor, expert riding prowess, and very female mistress. Certain that John is an unattainable fantasy, Sam is shaken when an accidental discovery reveals John might not be as unattainable as he once thought...
  • His Lordship's Master by Samantha SoRelle

    His Lordship's Master by Samantha SoRelle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Still reeling from the horrific events in London, Alfie thinks Balcarres House, the seat of his earldom, will be just the place to recover. But unexplained noises in the night, figures that vanish into thin air, and ghostly tales of the infamous Wicked Master all make for a less-than-restful stay. When one of the household turns up dead, matters only get worse...
  • Help Wanted by Marshall Thornton

    Help Wanted by Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In the sixth Pinx Video Mystery, Noah is thrilled that it's been months and months since he's been involved in a murder... but then, the boys learn that Javier O'Shea (tall, dark and LAPD) has been arrested for theft of evidence. As the bodies pile up, they learn that Javier may, or may not, have run afoul of rogue cops at the notoriously corrupt Rampart Station...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  humor  m-m  historical  audiobook
  • Just a Little Danger by Merry Farmer

    Just a Little Danger by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everett Jewel is the hottest star the London stage has seen in a generation. He is brash, sensual, and sure of himself. Men and women throw themselves at his feet, and he laps up the attention. But all of Everett’s glittering star power hides his wounded heart. He has adoration, but he longs for a love that he doesn’t think he’s worthy of, due to his dark past...
  • His Lordship's Return by Samantha SoRelle

    His Lordship's Return by Samantha SoRelle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    For Dominick and Alfie, it feels like they've only just settled into life at Balcarres House when an urgent letter from an old friend has them racing back to London. However, they're not returning to Alfie's swirling ton of money and nobility, but to the dark underside of the city that Dominick knows all too well...
  • Just a Little Christmas by Merry Farmer

    Just a Little Christmas by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    ‘Tis the season to catch up with some of your favorite couples from The Brotherhood series!Life is good in the safe and sheltered neighborhood of Darlington Gardens, where several members of The Brotherhood have made their home. Niall Cristofori and Blake Williamson are building a new life there with Blake’s daughters...
  • Just a Little Madness by Merry Farmer

    Just a Little Madness by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Opposites attract and sparks fly, but can they be contained?Member of Parliament, Edward Archibald, lives in constant fear of being discovered as a gay man and having his life ruined because of it. He has avoided scandal in every way possible...until his brother runs off with a married duchess and kidnaps Lord Selby's son and heir...
  • A Dangerous Game by Victoria Vale

    A Dangerous Game by Victoria Vale

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Welcome to The Perdition Club, where games are played for the highest of stakes …Jonas Thacker wouldn’t be caught dead in The Perdition Club, a godforsaken den of iniquity where sinners go to play. However, notorious rakehell and Jonas’ former schoolmate, Derek Dryden, has begun courting his sister...
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