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  • Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Want equal rights? Don't f____ a biker. Want safe and predictable? Do not fall for a biker. Want wind in your hair, fire in your soul, and a man's fingerprints on your body, marking you as his and only his, to be protected and treasured forever? Don't accidentally become a club bunny. -Gianna Grace Jones. Told from the biker’s point-of-view…...
  • A Foreign Love Affair by Ayano Yamane

    A Foreign Love Affair by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Japanese yakuza clan heir Ranmaru just got married on a lavish cruise ship, but things aren't as they seem. The marriage is just for the appearances, and he ends up getting drunk and spending the night. .. not with his bride, but with the sexy ship captain! When the two men meet again in Italy, it is the start of a spectacular love story.
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  • Goddess of the Moon by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Goddess of the Moon by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Diana Maddox is a creature of comfort, she plays by the rules and she likes things done properly. Now, she finds herself in a bit of a rut. Single after an almost decade-long relationship with Jason, who cheated on her, Diana is sharing a flat with her sister and nephew. Her friends have all married and had families of their own, so there's only one thing for it, Diana decides...
  • Better Than Beginnings: A Better Than Good Short Story Collection by Lane Hayes

    Better Than Beginnings: A Better Than Good Short Story Collection by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Matt Sullivan knows he met someone special the night he spots the sexy man on the dance floor. However, he doesn’t know his life is about to change forever. First of all, Matt is straight. Okay, maybe not, but he doesn’t think falling in love and spending the rest of his life with a hotheaded, unapologetically fabulous diva is an option...
  • One by E.S. Carter

    One by E.S. Carter

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    One click. One perfect frame. That's all it takes to capture an eternal moment; although most people let them pass by without acknowledgement. I don't waste any. Not a single one. If I see something of beauty, I want to experience it, feel it and immortalise it. If I see someone of beauty, I want to taste them, worship them and memorise them. I don't have a type, if I like you, I like you...
  • A Healing Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    A Healing Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Dario Ramos thought he’d left the fighting behind in the war zone when a life-threatening injury sent him home. But a certain Irishman crossing his path everywhere he went convinced him that his biggest battle might be ahead. Tiernan Callahan is a bigoted jerk. Ramos finds himself constantly in the man’s orbit, even in a city as big as New York...
  • Yours by Sara Fields

    Yours 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...
  • The Progress of Sherlock Holmes by Ivy Blossom

    The Progress of Sherlock Holmes by Ivy Blossom

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sherlock FanficSherlock is head over heels for John, but you wouldn't know it by looking at him. First-person present-tense series of short scenes from Sherlock's point of view, borrowing heavily from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories. Words: 62,006 complete.
  • Seeking Freedom: Interlocking Fragments IV by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Seeking Freedom: Interlocking Fragments IV by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Is it close proximity that has Jovany noticing Seth, or for the first time in his life, does he want a man? Jovany~. When I check on the guy that helped with my case and realize he’s in a bad spot, I know I need to help him out. That’s how I find myself with two new roommates—Seth and the baby he’s in charge of...
  • Fancy Free by Mia Monroe

    Fancy Free by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last thing I need is a curious straight guy sniffing around me. So why is he so hard to resist? My life is everything I ever wanted - by design. Being one of the nation’s most sought after wedding planners has led to a life of traveling to glamorous locations, bumping elbows with the rich and famous, and sampling every handsome hunk the world has to offer...
  • Dirty Discipline- Volume 2 by Maren Smith, Livia Grant

    Dirty Discipline- Volume 2 by Maren Smith, Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Discipline. It's a word guaranteed to send shivers up the spine of any submissive. Over the knee, tied to a cross, bent at the waist—whatever humiliating position they are put in, whatever painful implement is employed, one thing is for certain. Disobedience will not be tolerated. And the penance must be paid...
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    spanking  anthologies  contemporary  bdsm  age play
  • Hampton Holiday Collective by Abby Millsaps

    Hampton Holiday Collective by Abby Millsaps

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Because there’s no place like Hampton for the holidays…. Four special occasions. Four unforgettable couples. One last stop in Hampton, Ohio filled with tidings of comfort, joy, and plenty of spice! The Hampton Holiday Collective is a collection of four novelettes featuring the characters from Abby Millsaps’s Hampton Universe...
  • When Stars Align by Denver Shaw

    When Stars Align by Denver Shaw

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Scarred by the past. Terrified to love again. Savion. Once upon a time, my life was a fairytale. Engaged to a beautiful woman, we were planning our perfect future. Then, the sick act of an obsessed man ruined everything. Alone, disfigured, and betrayed, I fled to LA to focus on my work as a paleontologist. It was there I met Declan...
  • Delicious by Sierra Riley

    Delicious by Sierra Riley

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 17 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...
  • Beautiful by Jason Collins

    Beautiful by Jason Collins

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    HARRISON:. I think I’m falling for a gay guy. What started as a meeting about my sister’s wedding plans changed when our caterer walked in. A man has never stirred me like this—or made me wonder how his lips taste. The sparks with Morgan are undeniable. Friends with benefits should be a win-win for us both. But when the wedding day draws close, I’m drawing Morgan closer...
  • Something New by Harper Logan

    Something New by Harper Logan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A marriage of convenience is one thing. But married to a straight guy? That’s a whole different story…. Brooklyn Blackwell’s got a dissertation to finish and tenure to secure - the last thing he’s looking for is romance. But with his advisor’s charity on the brink of losing funding, Brooklyn’s got one shot at saving it...
  • Restitution: A Love Story by Aubrey Cullens

    Restitution: A Love Story by Aubrey Cullens

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nate Parker has spent the last few years imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. His wrongful conviction cost him his job, his fiancée, his reputation, and his hope for the future. His name has been cleared, but after everything he’s lost, he doesn’t know how to find his way back to the life that was taken from him. Parker Campbell is raising his 9-year-old niece, Emma, on his own...
  • Just Between Us by Roxanne Riley

    Just Between Us by Roxanne Riley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MMF Bisexual Romance. It has to stay just between us. If anyone finds out, it could ruin everything. After Jackson loses all he has in a house fire, his estranged father insists he come back home and stay while he gets things in order. Not that it even feels like "home" to Jackson, since he can probably count on one hand the number of times he's set foot in the place...
  • Beautiful Boy by Skyler Snow

    Beautiful Boy by Skyler Snow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beautiful. Sweet. Bratty. Aaron is a boy worth saving. Red had no idea what he was getting himself into when his boss, Diego, assigned him to watch the much younger Aaron. Keep him safe, keep him out of trouble. Those were his orders. It was supposed to be easy, but Aaron is as wild as he is beautiful. And Red finds himself protecting Aaron for more reasons than a paycheck...
  • The Saint and the First-Time Sinner by Romeo Alexander

    The Saint and the First-Time Sinner by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gay natural caregiver meets arrogant first-time gay. My job isn’t easy but taking care of sick people in the comfort of their own homes is so worthwhile. I like to think I’m professional and know I’m good at what I do, regardless of the circumstances, the patient, or even their families. Maybe it’s because I’ve known loss in my own life, or maybe I was just made for the job...
  • Covert by Kelly Fox

    Covert by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Part of the Wrecked universe. Takes place between book 2 and 3. A short story featuring Morris and his Maggie. (Where Maggie is short for Magnussen, a male, in case you care. ) It's sweet and informative. Helps explain Morris and his overall crankiness.
  • Assistant Architect [助理建筑师] by Xi He Qing Ling, 羲和清零

    Assistant Architect [助理建筑师] by Xi He Qing Ling, 羲和清零

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zhang Siyi, a graduate student of architecture department went back from overseas seeking for work, he had a heated fight with his ex-girlfriend in a cafe. Angered, his ex-girlfriend was about to splash a cup of coffee in his direction but he managed to dodge it. As he stepped back, the misfortune was met by the handsome guy next table instead...
  • The Other Daddy by Jason Collins

    The Other Daddy by Jason Collins

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    CADE:. Romance is my job, but nothing prepared me for Adrian. When I developed the dating app Matched, I didn’t do it to meet men—especially since I’m straight. But when my sister sets me up on a blind date and I mistake Adrian for a woman’s name, I meet a guy who changes everything I know about myself. I land a second date, and the more we talk, the more I want to know him and his young son...
  • Copper Creek: A Sawyer's Ferry Novel by Cate Ashwood

    Copper Creek: A Sawyer's Ferry Novel by Cate Ashwood

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Frankie:. My life sucks. After spending a year jobless and on the edge of becoming homeless, I’d officially reached a level of desperation that, even if I wasn’t completely broke, retail therapy couldn’t fix. While Sawyer’s Ferry, Alaska, is the last place on earth I’d ever want to visit, when my best friend, Holden, begs me to fly out and plan his wedding, I can’t say no...
    Categorized as:
    queer-awakening  m-m  contemporary  queer
  • Oceans Apart by Laura Harner

    Oceans Apart by Laura Harner

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s been two years since Lord Jamie Mainwaring and Detective Remy Remington worked and loved their way through their one and only case before going their separate ways. Now Jamie is once again mixing agency business with pleasure as he and his partner, Agent Ryan Whiteside, are assigned to a case involving piracy in the Caribbean...
  • Foolish Me by Tinnean

    Foolish Me by Tinnean

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Light in your Eyes: Book Two. A Spy vs Spook Novel. Giving up a life as rent boy Sweetcheeks for his lover, William Matheson, was an easy decision for Theo Bascopolis. But years of selling his body and the lingering pain from being thrown out by his father leave Theo worried that Wills, who’s always had his family’s acceptance, can’t truly love him...
  • Ache by Alison Hendricks

    Ache by Alison Hendricks

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "You're what makes me whole. " Doctor Wes Monroe is just looking for another one-night stand. When he takes a stranger home from the bar, he never expects to see the man again--and definitely not at the hospital he calls home. Kyle Harris is ready for a change. New town. New job. New person to mend his broken heart...
  • Fixer Upper by Jason Collins

    Fixer Upper by Jason Collins

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    KIP:. Rule one of hiring a handyman: don’t fall in love with him. My new house needs some renovations, and I’ve got my eye on Ted. He’s a contractor from my support group with a hands-on approach and a million-dollar smile, and I’m thrilled when he agrees to help. As it turns out, this renovation isn’t the only thing he’s got in hand. Every time he’s around, I go weak in the knees...
  • This Isn't Me by T.A. McKay

    This Isn't Me by T.A. McKay

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nathan Cooper thought he had everything in life worked out; his own company, a great best friend, and all the women he could want. That is until one night his whole outlook changed. One misunderstanding, a man instead of a woman, and just like that he was looking at guys like he never had before...
  • Craving Her Medicine by Adaline Raine

    Craving Her Medicine by Adaline Raine

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He doesn't make her call him Daddy. He makes her ache to call him Daddy. When she was invited to join her friends for a week at a lakehouse, Becca Pierce didn't expect to end up baring her soul--and her bottom--for a handsome doctor, let alone one she'd call daddy...
  • Two Weeks and a Day by R.G. Alexander

    Two Weeks and a Day by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 14 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...
  • My Italian Roommate by Lena Little

    My Italian Roommate by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After my friend gave me the key to one of his apartments, the only thing I looked forward to was a good night’s sleep—free from rabid Formula One fans and the press camping outside of my hotel. Now here I am standing buck naked in front of the most beautiful little girl I’ve ever laid eyes on. Mallory . With nothing but my hands covering my junk...
  • Beyond Her Majesty's Men by Marquesate

    Beyond Her Majesty's Men by Marquesate

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Beyond Her Majesty's Men takes place after HMM. It explores a little further the story of these two soldiers in the British Forces, and gives insight into how their friendship develops. This small collection is a special charity publication for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). It is not available in print, because the charity auction winner exclusively received the print version...
  • A Pirate's Life for Me: Book Three by Tricia Owens

    A Pirate's Life for Me: Book Three by Tricia Owens

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Lucas is deeply involved now with Adam and Tyler but are things too good to be true? He's still unsure of his place with the two pirates, torn between wanting to be serious with them and afraid he's being used as a tool to strengthen the men's relationship. The more he learns about Adam and Tyler, the greater his fears grow that all of this is temporary...
  • Don't Fall In Love With Me by Aiden Wilde

    Don't Fall In Love With Me by Aiden Wilde

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    EDDIE. Everyone knew Max was a bad boy, but everyone fell for him all the same. When I returned back home to live, he said we should hang out a bit. And that's what we did, except we started to hang out a lot. Because now I was falling for Max, too. MAX. No one has ever understood me like Eddie. I was so stoked when I heard he was coming back...
  • Self-Love and Lingerie How to Love Your Coworker Vol. 2 by Rie Honjyou

    Self-Love and Lingerie How to Love Your Coworker Vol. 2 by Rie Honjyou

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Haruta is introverted and always wears a bra to protect his sensitive nipples. What happens when his extroverted coworker figures out his secret and urges him to wear sexy lingerie. .. ?!
  • Play With Me by Brittany Cournoyer

    Play With Me by Brittany Cournoyer

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tattoos, fixing cars, and his saxophone. Those are the only things Stellan Abernathy cares about—being the tattooed auto mechanic by day and then the sultry saxophone player in a jazz band by night. But all that changes when a wide-eyed bartender captures his attention and refuses to let go. Now, instead of an audience, Stellan only wants to play for—and with—Foster...
  • Geek Tattoo by R. Cayden

    Geek Tattoo by R. Cayden

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The relationship is fake, so why does his kiss feel so real? Stone is straight. That’s the first reason he can’t be my boyfriend. Straight tattoo artists with dark histories and sad eyes just aren’t meant for geeky guys like me. Even if he does have killer cheekbones…. But when our lives get thrown together one day at the park, he proposes something surprising...
  • Checked Out by Sean Ashcroft

    Checked Out by Sean Ashcroft

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Librarian Charlie Jules really needs to stop falling for straight guys. Every man he’s been attracted to over the past year has turned out to be straight—including Scott, a cute new library patron who comes complete with an adorable puppy. Charlie was almost ready to give up on ever finding love in Hope Springs, but when Scott kisses him…. . .. twice…...
  • Recipe for Romance by Jerry Cole

    Recipe for Romance by Jerry Cole

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Martin Kowalski is having an early mid-life crisis. His ten-year marriage ended on an amicable note when his wife decided she needed more stability in her life...
  • Death by Misfortune by A.M. Riley

    Death by Misfortune by A.M. Riley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After a glamorous studio party, "Psychic to the Stars" Sylvie Black is found murdered in her fortune telling booth, a blood soaked tarot reading spread out before her. Shortly afterwards, the high-profile director who was about to produce Ms. Black's 'tell-all' Hollywood screenplay, is found murdered as well...
  • Third You Die by Scott Sherman

    Third You Die by Scott Sherman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Finally settling down with his hunky cop boyfriend, former callboy Kevin Connor is giving up the "oldest profession" for a new career: producing his mom's TV talk show, "Sophie's Voice...
  • Dreams by James Erich

    Dreams by James Erich

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A thousand years ago, two factions of gods, the Stronni and the Taaweh, nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Dasak by warring for the land and the frightened humans who lived there. Then suddenly the Taaweh vanished and the Stronni declared victory...
  • Shelter (Men of Hidden Creek) by E. Davies

    Shelter (Men of Hidden Creek) by E. Davies

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “It's time to stop running away. ”. Private security contractor Orion Miele is only back in Hidden Creek long enough to help his Gramma get better. Orion never expected to fall for the only brown-eyed beauty he turned down in high school. .. one who needs his protection now. Juggling his responsibilities might get messy...
  • The Last Summer by Ruthie Luhnow

    The Last Summer by Ruthie Luhnow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "It's not even really a first kiss if you're practicing on a friend. ". Trapped in a conservative prairie town, Alfie Alder has spent his whole life enduring bullying from his classmates and indifference from his teachers. Only one person has ever seen past Alfie's sarcastic, standoffish exterior—his best friend and the love of his life, Wynn...
  • Obvious by R.G. Alexander

    Obvious by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author R. G. Alexander, Book 10 in the Finn Factor Series! Could he be more Obvious? Matthew Finn is about to find out. He’s got a crush and a prickly pickle of a problem, but with a little help from his newfound family, he’ll convince Oliver “Legs” Garcia that he's the real thing...
  • White Noise by Ann Grech

    White Noise by Ann Grech

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Everything he didn’t know he wanted, and now couldn’t live without…. Paramedic and mountain rescuer Stratford ‘Ford’ Wallace fell hard and fast for pro-snowboarder, Reef Reid. For a ‘straight’ guy, falling in love with a dude was not what he expected, but his explosive attraction to Reef is undeniable. Neither of them have uttered those three little words yet, but Ford knows Reef feels the same...
  • Blue Christmas by Avery Ford

    Blue Christmas by Avery Ford

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    "I feel like I'm destined to be alone. .. so I may as well isolate myself. .. ". Xander Hart has always dreamed of living on the beach – and thanks to a bequest from his grandfather, a home on a private island in desperate need of repair, and some hard-earned construction skills, he’s planning to spend Christmas alone on his new property, preparing it to host his family after the New Year...
  • Chulito by Charles Rice-González

    Chulito by Charles Rice-González

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “Hilarious, unique, heartfelt and sharp. A wonderful read. ”— Sandra Cisneros. Set against a vibrant South Bronx neighborhood and the queer youth culture of Manhattan's piers, Chulito is a coming-out, coming-of-age love story of a sexy, tough, hip hop–loving, young Latino man and the colorful characters in his vibrant neighborhood...
  • Personal Secrets by K.C. Wells

    Personal Secrets by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Blake Davis and husband Will are delighted when Ed Fellows turns up at the hospital the night their daughter is born—even if he is covered in mud from playing rugby and drunk out of his skull. Team-mate Colin is the Good Samaritan who drives him there, and when Colin takes Ed home, Colin finds himself on the receiving end of a blow-job. He has no problem with that whatsoever...
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