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  • The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. by Jaime Hernández

    The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. by Jaime Hernández

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The 25th anniversary Love and Rockets celebration continues with. this, the second of three volumes collecting the adventures of the. spunky Maggie; her annoying, pixie-ish best friend and sometime lover. Hopey; and their circle of friends, including their bombshell friend. Penny Century, Maggie's weirdo mentor Izzy—as well as the aging but...
  • An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures by Clarice Lispector, Sheila Heti

    An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures by Clarice Lispector, Sheila Heti

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    What to make of a writer who follows the metaphysical heights of her great Passion According to GH with a book that looks suspiciously like a romance novel? In The Apprenticeship, or The Book of Pleasures, Clarice Lispector tries to discover how to bridge the gap between people, or how to even begin to try...
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  • A Delicate Marriage by Margarita Barresi

    A Delicate Marriage by Margarita Barresi

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From glittering ballrooms to verdant mountains to poverty-stricken slums, A Delicate Marriage takes the reader on a vivid tour of Puerto Rico forty years after becoming a U. S. colony, a time of great change and political turmoil on the island. Isabela, a wealthy woman, sacrifices her artistic aspirations to marry Marco, a penniless man dedicated to improving conditions on the island...
  • Slow Ride  by Mayra Statham

    Slow Ride by Mayra Statham

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jakob ‘Brick’ Wallace is all about the simple life. He loves working with his hands and as part of the Men of Valor, he isn’t afraid to get dirty. All he needs is his bike, brothers and an ice-cold beer after work. That is until Mackenzie ‘Mack’ Moreno drives into town...
  • Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s learning to live with her demons. Victoria Gomez had a successful career as an investigative journalist, until a cartel boss she exposed destroyed her entire world in retaliation. She lost everything, including her family and her freedom...
  • 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...
  • Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ★10 Resolutions. 2 Friends. 1 Shot At Love. ★. I’ll admit, having nine New Year's resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short...
  • Freeing Ruby: A slow burn, suspenseful, close proximity, multicultural romance by April Wilson

    Freeing Ruby: A slow burn, suspenseful, close proximity, multicultural romance by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ever since witnessing the murder of her mother when she was a young teenager, Ruby Hammond has suffered with severe agoraphobia. When her father became too impatient with her condition, Ruby moved out and got her own apartment. She's lived alone, in complete isolation, for the past two years, never once having set foot outside her safe haven...
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado

    Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Ilhéus in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendon�a discovers his wife in bed with a lover, he shoots and kills them both. Political contests, too, can be settled by gunshot. .. No one imagines that a bedraggled migrant worker who turns up in town-least of all Gabriela herself-will be the agent of change...
  • Undeniable by Delaney Diamond

    Undeniable by Delaney Diamond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They can’t stand each other…or can they? For years, hard work and perseverance have been the tenets by which Santiago Vila lived his life. As such, he’s achieved everything he’s gone after. Except Abena Dubango. She’s the total package of brains, beauty, and a sense of humor. Even though she wears another man’s ring, he’s never forgotten the moments they spent together...
  • 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...
  • Saving Grace (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Shauna Allen

    Saving Grace (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Shauna Allen

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds***. Lucas “Lucky” Moore has a one-track mind and one thing on his agenda:. Track down the Mexican drug lord that has made it his mission to hunt and eliminate Lucky’s Marine Reconnaissance team, their families, and the SEALs working alongside them, and end his reign of terror permanently...
  • Snitch by Allison van Diepen

    Snitch by Allison van Diepen

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    In a school run by gangs, staying out was harder than joining. We knew who our friends were, and were careful what we said. If people thought we were haters, it would only be a matter of time. .. . Lines are clearly marked at South Bay High School. It's mixed territory for the Crips and the Bloods, which means the drama never stops. Julia DiVino wants none of it...
  • 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.
  • Filthy Valentine: A Dungeon Demons MC Prequel by Elizabeth Knox

    Filthy Valentine: A Dungeon Demons MC Prequel by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s been off limits, but now I’ll have her. Preston. Scarlett Allen has been in my life for longer than I can remember. You see, she’s my little sister’s best friend. With an eight-year age gap between us, I went off to college and started my career while she was still learning what she wanted to do in life...
  • 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...
  • The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao by Martha Batalha

    The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao by Martha Batalha

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Euridice is young, beautiful and ambitious, but when her rebellious sister Guida elopes, she sets her own aspirations aside and vows to settle down as a model wife and daughter. And yet as her husband's professional success grows, so does Euridice's feeling of restlessness...
  • 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...
  • Cold Day in Hell by Jerrie Alexander

    Cold Day in Hell by Jerrie Alexander

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ex-Army Ranger Tyrell Castillo’s first mission for Lost and Found, Inc. goes awry when his contact is kidnapped, and he’s left scrambling for weapons and explosives. He’ll have to blow up a drug cartel’s compound, rescue the woman, and keep her safe while they cross the sweltering hot Colombian jungle. Driven by the need for revenge, Ana Maria Vega Cisneros doesn’t want to be rescued...
  • Concealed by a Kiss by Selena Laurence

    Concealed by a Kiss by Selena Laurence

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An action-packed military romance by award-winning author Selena Laurence! She Followed the Rules. When Alexis Garcia left Gabe Thompson in Afghanistan two years ago, she had every intention of waiting for him to come home...
  • 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...
  • The Director and Don Juan: The Story Sisters #2 by Katy Regnery

    The Director and Don Juan: The Story Sisters #2 by Katy Regnery

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Director and Don Juan is the second of four books about the Philadelphia-based Story sisters who are all on the look-out for love. Heiress Alice Story left her father's company three years ago in a blaze of glory, inviting all of his employees to jump ship and join her, but only one accepted her offer: mail room clerk, Carlos Vega...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Broken Arrow by Nicole French

    Broken Arrow by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Two years I’ve been gone. Two years locked in a juvenile detention facility for a crime that took seconds to commit, losing my sense of self and direction. Two years since I’ve seen my family and friends, since I’ve seen New York City and all its chaos. Two years have passed, but some things are still the same...
  • Etched in Stone by Mayra Statham, Twin Sisters Rockin' Book Reviews

    Etched in Stone by Mayra Statham, Twin Sisters Rockin' Book Reviews

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    One look, one moment and I was completely defenseless. One touch, one embrace and I was utterly consumed. One kiss, one caress and that's all it took. One look and thirty-four year old Parker Stone knew his life would never be the same. She called to him unlike anything ever had in his life, sparking an unbridled desire and captivating him completely...
  • 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...
  • Getting Lucky by Stacy Finz

    Getting Lucky by Stacy Finz

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Nugget, California, a tiny town tucked into the Sierra Nevada mountains, luck is what you make it, and love is never far behind. .. From his humble beginnings in Nugget, Lucky Rodriguez has become a champion on the rodeo circuit, truly living up to his name in every regard. But when he returns home, he gets something success can't buy: a daughter he never knew he had...
  • The Sergeant's Protection by K. Langston

    The Sergeant's Protection by K. Langston

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SIX BROTHERS. EACH HOLDING A DIFFERENT BADGE OF THE LAW. EACH SWORN TO SERVE AND PROTECT. protection: a person or thing that prevents someone or something from suffering harm or injury. Sergeant Justin Cunningham just completed one of the most dangerous missions of his life, facing off with a notorious drug cartel...
  • 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...
  • Best Kept Secrets by Rochelle Alers

    Best Kept Secrets by Rochelle Alers

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    With the tumult of the Great War finally at an end, ambitious Samuel Cole returns from Europe determined to forge his own destiny as a wealthy entrepreneur. The lush lands of the Caribbean will provide the means to wealth, but they offer private bounty as well--"a bride. Marguerite-Josefina Diaz is the toast of Havana, the convent-educated daughter of a wealthy cigar manufacturer...
    Categorized as:
    latinx-mc  contemporary  length-long
  • 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...
  • Warming Up Coco by Mayra Statham

    Warming Up Coco by Mayra Statham

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s been driving me insane from the moment she walked into my office. The way her smile brightens a room makes the feral animal inside of me come to life. I’ve kept my hands off Coco Sanchez for a year. With every passing day my obsession grows and warps into an insatiable hunger only she can sate. The holidays are right around the corner and I’m tired of her thinking I hate her...
  • Hot Axe by May Archer

    Hot Axe by May Archer

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Falling in love with my straight best friend? Tragically inevitable. Telling him? Completely out of the question. Everyone in Winsome knows Robbie and I are a matched set. A package deal. Ames and Robbie, Robbie and Ames. He’s the calm to my chaos. The sun shining through my rain cloud. The guy who convinced me to be a firefighter...
  • 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…...
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