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  • Lucky Bastard by Kaylee Ryan

    Lucky Bastard by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Emma When my best friend Aubrey asked me to tag along to an event with her, I never could have imagined that it would be the day that my life changed forever.He’s arrogant and demanding and doesn’t take a hint. Landon Barker, the quarterback for the Hermosa Beach Trojans, is a player on and off of the field. He’s got his sights set on me as his next play, but I see right through him...
  • Levi's Blue by M. Leighton

    Levi's Blue by M. Leighton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Four beautiful days. Three steamy nights. One breathtaking love. Levi Michaelson. He wanted four dates. Four opportunities to prove I could trust him. Four chances to change my mind about him. I agreed. Probably not my smartest decision. He was everything I knew to avoid—gorgeous, charming, sexy as hell—but I couldn’t help myself. When he touched me the whole world disappeared...
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  • The Summer of Our Discontent by Robin Alexander

    The Summer of Our Discontent by Robin Alexander

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A fun summer read. Faith Leblanc is looking for that special someone, but her tactics have branded her somewhat of a womanizer. A few doors down, Rachel Chauvin is looking for the same, but her conservative style hasn’t yielded any keepers, either. Neither woman is willing to consider the other as a prospective partner, mostly because they’ve hated each other for nearly four decades...
  • Saint by Nicole James

    Saint by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s a favor, a debt I owe—that’s all.Kami—I’m no longer the little girl he once knew, one who believed in fairy tales.And he’s no longer the white knight I believed him to be.How can he be when he shows up on a black Harley wearing leather and biker boots?I didn’t want this, but the decision is out of my control.Now I’m his.I have to remember this is only temporary...
  • June by Erik Schubach

    June by Erik Schubach

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The daughter of Mandy Fay Harris is all grown up and like her mother, is a force of nature. She is ready to come into her own and take London by storm!She never expected what what she would find while searching in New York for a scout for her music label and the new relationships she would form.This is set in the same world as Music of the Soul but is a standalone book...
    Categorized as:
    slow burn  f-f  contemporary  queer  length-short
  • Private Teacher! 3 by Yuu Moegi

    Private Teacher! 3 by Yuu Moegi

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rintaro's has been accepted into college and he's finally moved in with Kaede...
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    anal sex  contemporary  length-short
  • The Fall Before Flight by L.M. Halloran

    The Fall Before Flight by L.M. Halloran

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    I didn’t try to kill myself. It was an accident. No, more than that — a natural disaster. Fate’s fickle lightning strike. No one believes me. I can't blame them, really. There’s something wrong with me. I'm incapable of emotions that come naturally to others. Fear, compassion, love... I might be a sociopath. Everyone thinks I’m beyond help. Everyone but Dr. Leo Chastain...
  • Come Home to Love : Friendship, Love and Second Chances by Jeanine Lauren

    Come Home to Love : Friendship, Love and Second Chances by Jeanine Lauren

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Should she stay? Or should she leave?Now in her fifties, she never expected to face this decision. But that was before he betrayed her trust.Susan McNeil has decisions to make...
  • The Secret Room by Jane Casey

    The Secret Room by Jane Casey

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 5 ratings
    The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author‘The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction’ ERIN KELLY‘Oh. My. God.’ RUTH WARE‘I LOVE it – it is completely MAGNIFICENT’ MARIAN KEYES'Utterly brilliant' LIZ NUGENT‘A sumptuous golden age locked room mystery wrapped up in a will-they won’t-they love story...
  • Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman

    Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 36 ratings
    Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliff-side mansion on the Italian Riviera. Unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, at first each feigns indifference...
  • Private Teacher! 1 by Yuu Moegi

    Private Teacher! 1 by Yuu Moegi

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Not only is the schoolwork so confusing that Rintarou needs a private tutor, but the maelstrom of emotions he feels when spending time with Kaede-san is weirdly unsettling. But when Kaede-san decides to penalize Rintarou's unsatisfactory progress with some unusual punishment, Rintarou figures out that what he's feeling is love...
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    anal sex  contemporary  length-short
  • Private Teacher! 2 by Yuu Moegi

    Private Teacher! 2 by Yuu Moegi

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kaede-san and Rintaro have become lovers, but even with the frequent assignations during their tutoring sessions, it seems it isn''t enough...
    Categorized as:
    anal sex  contemporary  length-short
  • Awakenings by Susan X. Meagher

    Awakenings by Susan X. Meagher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Despite the questions of her roommates and the objections of her fiance, Jamie Evans persists in enrolling in a college course that seems an odd choice for a young woman of her background. What no one can know is that the course, The Psychology of the Lesbian Experience, will propel Jamie onto a journey of self-awareness and realization...
  • Butterflies in Honey by K.F. Breene

    Butterflies in Honey by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Krista has settled into her new job in L.A. gloriously, moving up the ladder and earning a great reputation for herself. But since she and Sean parted ways, she has felt like half a person; a shell of the girl she was when she left San Francisco. It isn’t until her job takes her back to San Francisco that she sees him again, the one that got away...
    Categorized as:
    slow burn  contemporary  length-medium
  • Messy Ink by Ali Lyda

    Messy Ink by Ali Lyda

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dane Chris is a great doctor, but he can’t heal me… I learned to look out for myself on the streets and in juvie. I’ve cleaned up my act, but it doesn’t mean that I’m about to start trusting a guy to stick around. Especially not a clean cut doctor like Chris. No wonder I ended things between us the first time around. I’m sure it’s for the best...
  • Cruel Acts by Jane Casey

    Cruel Acts by Jane Casey

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From award-winning author Jane Casey comes another powerful Maeve Kerrigan crime thriller which will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final page! Leo Stone is a killer. A year ago, he was convicted of murdering two women and sentenced to life without parole. But now, a juror from his trial has revealed the jury was prejudiced, and a retrial is called...
  • Dear Stranger by Winter Renshaw

    Dear Stranger by Winter Renshaw

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Online lovers … offline rivals. Ambitious and career-driven, I have zero time for dating until Blind Love—an app designed for those seeking genuine romantic connections without the hassle of awkward first dates—hooks me in. The only catch? Ninety days of anonymous messaging are required before identities are revealed...
  • カテキョ! 4 [Katekyo! 4] by Yuu Moegi

    カテキョ! 4 [Katekyo! 4] by Yuu Moegi

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    While living together with Kaede, Rintaro decides to start a part-time job as a private teacher. But he's met with objections from Kaede and in order to ascertain how suitable he is, it's decided that he'll teach Kaede's little brother, Tsubaki! Rintaro suddenly starts going to Kaede's family house, but what will happen..
    Categorized as:
    anal sex  contemporary
  • Yours: A Dark Mafia Billionaire Romance by Sara Fields

    Yours: A Dark Mafia Billionaire Romance by Sara Fields

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    I'm her best friend's older brother.I should have felt like a bastard for making her strip, spanking her bare ass, and making her show me just how soaking wet she was for me before I put her on her knees and taught her how a real man punishes a woman for getting in over her head.Or for bending her over my couch and making her come so hard that she almost passed out.But I didn't...
  • Hidden in the Stars by Sadie Grubor

    Hidden in the Stars by Sadie Grubor

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When you're Jackson Shaw, guitarist of The Forgotten, and your hearts been broken, shattered by the deception of a woman you thought was the one. You can't hide from cameras and millions of fans hanging on every dirty detail printed and posted. What you can do, is swear off love and dull the ache with gorgeous women who look nothing like that girl who tore you apart...
    Categorized as:
    slow burn  musicians  contemporary
  • Fearless Part I: Lying Down With Dogs by Lauren Gilley

    Fearless Part I: Lying Down With Dogs by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the author of the Walker Series comes a family drama like no other, a sprawling character epic, a forbidden love story full of angst, adventure, heartbreak, and second chances. Welcome to the mother chapter of the Lean Dogs Motorcycle Club; meet the girl raised by outlaws, and the fearsome man who will always hold her heart...
  • Match Me Up by Weston Parker

    Match Me Up by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The hottest nerd I know just became my roommate.But it’s a no-go on the downlow, seeing as he’s my best friend’s brother. The best part is that he’s a hunk and a half, but oh so smart. How can one guy have all the good stuff? And now he’s in my face all the time. I just needed a place to stay while I’m in grad school. And it’s entertaining watching this sexy IT genius create a new dating app...
  • Margins by Landry Brennan

    Margins by Landry Brennan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    “Didn’t know you were gonna sell me a love story.”“Is that what I did?”Restless and full of doubt amid a divorce from his high school sweetheart, single father Alex Ramos goes for an early morning walk and stumbles upon a garage sale held by Elijah Caplinger, who’s been tasked with clearing out his late grandfather’s home...
  • Matcha Made in Heaven, Vol. 9 by Umebachi Yamanaka

    Matcha Made in Heaven, Vol. 9 by Umebachi Yamanaka

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 5 ratings
    Roa invited Chako and Isshin to her parents' house as a thank-you to Isshin for protecting her from an attacker at the tea festival in Fukuoka. While there, Chako gets drunk and sneaks into Isshin's room, wearing pajamas borrowed from Roa...
  • The Little Flower Shop by Lori Foster

    The Little Flower Shop by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 16 ratings
    How did her love life become a community affair?Since her divorce, Emily Lucretia—affectionately known as the flower lady to the people of Cemetery, Indiana—has been focused on her flower shop and taking care of her aging aunt and uncle. Her love life is hardly the centerpiece of her busy days...
  • Overcoming Fear by K.F. Breene

    Overcoming Fear by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    With the shadows of Krista’s past constantly lingering over her, Krista tries to keep herself at a distance from the handsome and effervescent salesman, Sean. The problem is, the more entwined they become working as a team to land the huge client, the closer they inevitably get. Soon Krista can’t help but face the feelings that have grown between them...
    Categorized as:
    slow burn  contemporary  length-long
  • Hold Me If You Can by Jordan Silver, R+M Photography

    Hold Me If You Can by Jordan Silver, R+M Photography

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mancini finds himself in the stickiest situation yet. After hunting down the worse criminals known to man, he finds himself caught by the special agent who’d been hand picked to bring him down. No sooner had he staked his claim than he was being called away to take down the man responsible for the biggest child trafficking ring in South East Asia...
  • Fade In by M. Mabie

    Fade In by M. Mabie

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Tatum Elliot is a successful writer on a hit television show, lives in an Upper East Side apartment and loves her life. She wouldn’t change a thing. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have a choice. She's losing her sight...
  • Unconditional Love by Andrew Grey

    Unconditional Love by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "A Seven Days Story" Can a person's life change in just one day? How about seven? Donald Pottier and Jason Greene are barely more than boys when they meet on Chincoteague Island, Virginia. A day of crabbing soon turns them from strangers to friends, then to something more, but the boys' time is limited: at the end of the summer, Jay will leave Don and the island behind...
    Categorized as:
    anal sex  contemporary  m-m  angst  queer  length-short
  • Camera Shy by E.M. Leya, Sara York

    Camera Shy by E.M. Leya, Sara York

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Trust 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...
  • As I Am by E.M. Leya, Sara York

    As I Am by E.M. Leya, Sara York

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kyle has struggled to protect his brother from the darkest things in life, but in doing so, they've lived on the streets, making a life for themselves away from those who would hurt them. It's taken years, but life is starting to look up for Ky. Still, he finds it hard to quit working the streets and the easy money it brings. Carson has everything he could want in life...
    Categorized as:
    anal sex  m-m  contemporary  rockstars  queer
  • When the Music Stops by John T. Fuller

    When the Music Stops by John T. Fuller

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When a handsome young mute man is admitted to Link Hill Insane Asylum, Dr Daniel Archer's world is turned upside down. Whilst Dr Archer battles his inner demons, his superiors begin to suspect that the doctor's interest in his patient may be a little more than merely professional...
  • Annie and the Sybian by Dark Angel, Sinistre Ange

    Annie and the Sybian by Dark Angel, Sinistre Ange

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When Annie's parents' neighbor Mark tells her he has a Sybian, she doesn't know what that is, but when she gets back to college and looks it up, she becomes obsessed with the idea of riding one. Once she's back home on summer vacation, the opportunity arises when Mark leaves town and she's house-sitting for him...
  • The Kiss on Castle Road by Lauren Christopher

    The Kiss on Castle Road by Lauren Christopher

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Natalie has always been the fun Grant sister: the one with the constantly packed suitcase and the zest for life. But this carefree existence is wearing on her. When her oldest sister, Olivia, invites her to Lavender Island for three months, Natalie jumps at the chance to look after her niece, prove she’s not irresponsible, and take a much-needed vacation from men...
  • The Return Play by Mariah Dietz

    The Return Play by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling Author Mariah Dietz will have you swooning, laughing, and staying up late to finish this childhood friends-to-lovers sports romance!Hudson McKinley, starting quarterback for the Camden Knights, is preparing for the most crucial season of his college career—when a familiar stranger returns and his entire world gets turned upside down—or possibly right side up...
  • I'll Be Seeing You by Lurlene McDaniel

    I'll Be Seeing You by Lurlene McDaniel

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Carley Mattea never expected to become friends with a boy as handsome as Kyle Westin--especially not in the hospital. Seventeen-year-old Kyle was blinded when a chemistry experiment exploded. His doctors don't know whether he'll get his vision back, and he's deeply depressed. Carley understands how miserable it is to be in the hospital. At sixteen, she's had plenty of experience...
  • In The Spotlight: A Rockstar Romance by J.L. Ostle

    In The Spotlight: A Rockstar Romance by J.L. Ostle

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ****Sale price 99 cents for the first week of release then it goes up to 1.99**** Sky Erikson, twenty-one-year-old goody, goody finally leaves her cruel life behind her and move in with her older sister Lake, the only other person who knows the hell she lived in...
    Categorized as:
    slow burn  new adult  contemporary  musicians
  • Together With You by Victoria Bylin

    Together With You by Victoria Bylin

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Tender Contemporary Romance about Finding Unexpected Love When a Lost Child warning blasts over the mall's PA system, toy store manager Carly Mason finds the little girl playing with a stuffed rabbit. Something about five-year-old Penny Tremaine is different. An ex-social worker, Carly recognizes that Penny suffers fetal alcohol effects, and a piece of Carly's own past suddenly confronts her...
  • The Lateral by Jamie Bennett

    The Lateral by Jamie Bennett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Just what is normal, anyway?For twenty-two-year-old Ember Easley, “normal” has been a lot of hard, unfortunate crud—but now, things are different! She has moved on from all the craziness that she dealt with before, like her overload of family members and their poor decisions (about everything)...
  • Meant to Be by Edie Claire

    Meant to Be by Edie Claire

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    4.5 Star Romantic Times Top Pick And Winner of The Romance Reviews Today Perfect Ten Award!!! Originally published in 2004 by Warner Books (Warner Forever). When nothing is as it seems, all you can do is trust your heart... On the eve of her thirtieth birthday, Meara O’Rourke can’t help but feel alone...
  • Another One by Aleatha Romig

    Another One by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *Shana* Trevor Willis is sexy, sweet, and oh so fun. He’s also my best friend’s brother-in-law. That should mean he’s off-limits, or that I should be off-limits to him. Someone probably should have told us that before my best friend married his brother, before the morning of the wedding when we woke in each other’s arms with gaping holes in my memory. They didn’t. We did...
  • Artistic Appeal by Andrew Grey

    Artistic Appeal by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Brian Watson knows close friends Gerald Young and Dieter Krumpf have an ulterior motive when they invite him to their Christmas party. Brian has taken over the case to secure the return of the famous painting called The Woman in Blue to Dieter, but they don’t want Brian to be all work and no play. They intend to set him up with a friend, but he’s not who catches Brian’s eye...
    Categorized as:
    anal sex  contemporary  m-m  queer  length-short
  • The Little Black Book by Piper James

    The Little Black Book by Piper James

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What do you do when one of your best friends is unlucky in love? You become his wing-woman, obviously…Sam Simmons has quickly become one of my best friends. We were thrown together when our B.F.F.’s fell in love, and the connection was instant. He’s the yin to my yang. The peanut butter to my jelly. The chocolate to my bacon. Wait…what? Gross...
  • Legal Artistry by Andrew Grey

    Legal Artistry by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Years ago, Dieter Krumpf’s grandmother died and left him everything, including a photo album containing pictures of the art collection she left behind when her family fled the Nazis. Now, Dieter is calling on the services of a lawyer, Gerald Young, to determine whether his family’s legacy might be returned to him...
    Categorized as:
    anal sex  contemporary  m-m  queer  length-short
  • Tuck & Cover by S.J.D. Peterson

    Tuck & Cover by S.J.D. Peterson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *This title is no longer available for purchase. It has been combined with Battle Buddy and re-released Dreamspinner Press. Tuck & Cover You may have read Tuck’s diary entries, but they don’t tell the whole story. Tuck will argue the point, but he definitely got a few details wrong—not that I blame him. He was, if you remember, a little sexually frustrated at the time...
  • In the Service of Women by Shayne McClendon

    In the Service of Women by Shayne McClendon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you sell your body you lose little pieces of your soul. Praise for In the Service of Women... “I admit I was a little apprehensive to read this book. I thought it was geared toward bi-sexual women or lesbians - WOW WAS I EVER WRONG! The story was so well written that I was immediately drawn into the main character and loved every minute of it...
    Categorized as:
    anal sex  f-f  contemporary  queer  length-short
  • The Cubicle Next Door by Siri L. Mitchell, Siri Mitchell

    The Cubicle Next Door by Siri L. Mitchell, Siri Mitchell

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Siri Mitchell's insightful, funny chick-lit style shines in this story of putting up walls and tearing them down--all for love. Jackie Harrison, a computer administrator at the Air Force Academy, is a self-proclaimed geek who must share her cubicle space with the new guy, instructor and former pilot Joe Gallagher...
  • Big Girls Do It Bigger: The Ultimate Collection by Jasinda Wilder

    Big Girls Do It Bigger: The Ultimate Collection by Jasinda Wilder

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    ***This special volume includes all 7 of the Big Girls Do It books with added bonus content. It also includes all 3 of the bestselling Rock Stars Do It books.*** In this special edition you'll go on a sexy, steamy, funny romp with Anna as she discovers the difference between love and sex, and finds herself stuck between the man she wants, the man she needs, and the cupcake she craves...
    Categorized as:
    anal sex  contemporary  m-f  length-epic
  • Skaia by Ayden Sadari

    Skaia by Ayden Sadari

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Skaia was only a child when his village was burned and his family killed by Julius Caesar's troops in their attempt to add all of Gaul to the Roman Empire. Sold as a slave in Rome, he adjusts to his life in the Suetonius family, with the help of other slaves and the friendship of his young master, Glaucus...
    Categorized as:
    slow burn  contemporary  dub-con  length-long
  • Wrong Number by Iris Trovao

    Wrong Number by Iris Trovao

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    All bad decisions are born out of one key moment. A moment, thoughtless or not, where you choose wrong over right. Evil over good. You roll the dice and brace for the consequences, and that's exactly what Jolie and Carson did the day they met by mistake. One wrong number, one simple conversation over text, and their lives as they knew it were gone...
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