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  • Special Forces - Soldiers by Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate

    Special Forces - Soldiers by Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 41 ratings
    Special Forces is the story of a Scottish SAS soldier and a Soviet spetsnaz soldier. Two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union's last war in Afghanistan. Behind enemy lines respect and finally love grow ... but that's only the official version. This epic spans across over twenty-five years of their lives...
  • The Bridge of Silver Wings by John Wiltshire

    The Bridge of Silver Wings by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    The third book in the series More Heat Than the Sun Ben discovers the truth of the old adage 'be careful what you wish for'. Nikolas has exorcised his demons, but when they end up stranded in Russia, the monster inside needs to be let loose. Siberia in winter isn't a place for good men. There is nothing Nikolas won't do to keep Ben alive...
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  • The Keeper of Bees by Gregory Ashe

    The Keeper of Bees by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Emery Hazard has pretty much everything under control. He and his fiancé, John-Henry Somerset, are more in love than ever, despite the stress of wedding preparations hanging over them. His business as a private investigator is growing. He’s even enjoying time with his growing circle of friends...
  • A Charm of Finches by Suanne Laqueur

    A Charm of Finches by Suanne Laqueur

    Rated: 4.81 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “I swear. Give me one more chance and I will make the most of it.”Ex-escort Javier Landes is asking for his third chance at love. And the third time is the charm. He meets an art therapist named Steffen Finch and what starts as casual deepens into a passionate relationship—everything Jav has ever wanted, and everything he fears losing. Stef’s business card reads Curator & Sailor...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  abuse  rape  length-long
  • Special Forces: Soldiers - Director's Cut by Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate

    Special Forces: Soldiers - Director's Cut by Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 29 ratings
    Special Forces - Soldiers - 'Director's Cut' is free to download from Aleksandr Voinov's website below:Special Forces is the story of a Scottish SAS soldier and a Soviet spetsnaz soldier. Two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union's last war in Afghanistan. Behind enemy lines respect and finally love grow ... but that's only the official version...
  • The Rational Faculty by Gregory Ashe

    The Rational Faculty by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Three months have passed since Emery Hazard and John-Henry Somerset faced a madman and lived to tell about it. Three months have passed since Emery Hazard resigned from his job as a detective. Three months can be too long and too short, all at the same time. On Halloween, a professor at the local college is murdered in his apartment, in front of dozens of witnesses. Then the killer disappears...
  • Relative Justice by Gregory Ashe

    Relative Justice by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    An impossible son. An impossible murder. The honeymoon is definitely over. When Emery Hazard and his husband, John-Henry Somerset, arrive home from their honeymoon, they’re shocked (understatement of the year) to find a boy waiting for them on their doorstep. Colt, fifteen and eager to pick a fight, claims to be Hazard’s son...
  • Transactional Dynamics by Gregory Ashe

    Transactional Dynamics by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Emery Hazard is ready for Valentine’s Day. He’s made reservations months in advance, he’s ordered flowers, and he’s got a boyfriend he wants to treat right—even if John-Henry Somerset occasionally lets the dishes sit in the sink a little too long. They even have an extra reason to celebrate this year: Somers has received a special commendation for his police work...
  • Police Brutality by Gregory Ashe

    Police Brutality by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    For the first time in a long while, Emery Hazard’s life is good. His new business as a private detective is taking off. Things are good at home. He loves his boyfriend, John-Henry Somerset; he loves their daughter. He might even love the new friends they’ve found. There’s only one problem: Somers has been talking about marriage...
  • Crossing Arizona by Bree Wiley

    Crossing Arizona by Bree Wiley

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    He was my home when I had nowhere else to go.XedMatty's the only person who ever mattered to me. Since we were seven years old, he's been my rock, my anchor, and the light guiding me to safety when the world got too dark.Then Hannah was born, and she became the glue holding us in place. It wasn’t perfect, but it was ours—a life we built with our together...
  • The Bright and Hungry Future of Hawks by John Wiltshire

    The Bright and Hungry Future of Hawks by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The FINAL book in the addictive, best-selling "More Heat Than The Sun" M/M Thriller seriesBen and Nikolas know that if they were to compare recollections of their life together, they’d remember things very differently. Ben never asks about their time together in the Department, because he doesn’t want to hear Nikolas lie...
    Categorized as:
    military  angst  queer  m-m  contemporary  suspense  dark  mystery
  • Backdraft by Cole McCade

    Backdraft by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE When a 911 call goes wrong and a young man goes missing, it falls to Malcolm and Seong-Jae to investigate the responding officers when Internal Affairs' internal politics leave the case compromised and the officers aren't willing to talk...
  • Cult of Personality by Cole McCade

    Cult of Personality by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE "He pushed me." Three words turn a suspected suicide into an unsettling murder, pointing to a killer whose methods and motives threaten to expose buried memories of Seong-Jae's past...
  • 17 Black and 29 Red by Richard Rider

    17 Black and 29 Red by Richard Rider

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Second part in the Stockholm Syndrome trilogy:Some mistakes are too enormous and some people are too stubborn for anything to work except running away, but the world is never as big as you need it to be and eventually you can't help circling back to where you started...
  • Olive Juice by T.J. Klune

    Olive Juice by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It begins with a message that David cannot ignore:I want to see you.He agrees, and on a cold winter’s night, David and Phillip will come together to sift through the wreckage of the memory of a life no longer lived.David is burdened, carrying with him the heavy guilt of the past six years upon his shoulders.Phillip offers redemption...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  contemporary  mystery  dark  length-novella
  • A Forgotten Mistake by Alice Winters

    A Forgotten Mistake by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    LiamDespite winning Gabriel’s heart, my trials are not yet over when I’m stuck competing with Gabriel’s cat for his affection (why is she only evil when he’s not looking?), dealing with coworkers trying to befriend me (I should have blackmailed more of them), and worst of all... meeting Gabriel’s parents (whose affection I will win with lavish presents).Oh, and hunting down another killer...
  • Triangulation by Gregory Ashe

    Triangulation by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    After a recent case with a treacherous client, North and Shaw are ready to go back to work building Borealis Investigations. They’re also ready to go back to dodging their feelings for each other, with neither man ready to deal with the powerful emotions the Matty Fennmore case stirred up...
  • Strays by Garrett Leigh

    Strays by Garrett Leigh

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 35 ratings
    !! SECOND EDITION WITH EXTENDED CONTENT !!Award winning MM romance. A grumpy hero with the sweetest heart as forced proximity and found family give two damaged men the HEA they deserve.Work, sleep, work, repeat. Nero’s lonely life suits him just fine until his best friend, Cass, asks him to take on a new apprentice—a beautiful young man who’s never set foot in a professional kitchen...
  • The Tin Box by Kim Fielding

    The Tin Box by Kim Fielding

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    William Lyon's past forced him to become someone he isn't. Conflicted and unable to maintain the charade, he separates from his wife and takes a job as caretaker at a former mental hospital. Jelley’s Valley State Insane Asylum was the largest mental hospital in California for well over a century, but it now stands empty...
  • Devil by Silvia Violet

    Devil by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A Dark Mafia Romance Devil is a mobster with a dangerous secret... There's a cop who hates him. A cop he caught and released. A cop he can't get out of his mind after the one forbidden night they shared...
  • Paternity Case by Gregory Ashe

    Paternity Case by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 38 ratings
    It’s almost Christmas, and Emery Hazard finds himself face to face with his own personal nightmare: going on a double date with his partner—and boyhood crush—John-Henry Somerset. Hazard brings his boyfriend; Somers brings his estranged wife. Things aren’t going to end well. When a strange call interrupts dinner, however, Hazard and his partner become witnesses to a shooting...
  • It's Witchcraft by Cole McCade

    It's Witchcraft by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 20 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE An eerie ritualistic murder sends Malcolm and Seong-Jae down a bizarre path of the occult to find a killer--but when it comes to witchcraft, the suspect's not the only one casting a spell. With Seong-Jae haunting his dreams, Malcolm is practically bewitched, his trust in Seong-Jae growing deeper and deeper as both men learn to rely on each other...
  • Forgive Me Father by Garrett Leigh

    Forgive Me Father by Garrett Leigh

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    Expect: a sizzling hurt/comfort MM romance with a damaged chaplain and a dark-souled enforcer with a tender-hearted secret.“I gave my darkest secrets to a man who doesn’t exist.”Embry"...you don’t understand.”Mateo lowered himself to sit, still vibrating with the need to fix me, the way he always did. “Then tell me. Explain it like I’m the simplest idiot you’ve ever met.”I can’t...
  • Torch by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Torch by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    Nine months ago, Rowan Ward thought he had it all. Now he's fighting to pull his shredded life together, buried in work and battling the kind of grief that destroys a man's soul. When fires spring up around Cincinnati threatening Rowe's friends and clients, he's thrilled to find his old Army buddy, Noah Keegan in town...
  • The Man with the Glass Eye by Cole McCade

    The Man with the Glass Eye by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 25 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE Multiple execution-style murders hint at a mob hit, but when Malcolm and Seong-Jae follow the clues the last thing they expect is a host of very familiar--and very dead--faces. They say dead men tell no tales, but if Malcolm and Seong-Jae can't even trust the words of the living, they'll never catch a hit man dead set on burying every trace of an underworld secret..
  • Custody Battles by Gregory Ashe

    Custody Battles by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Some parents would die for their children. Others will do a whole lot worse.Emery Hazard and his husband, John-Henry Somerset, are settling into their new normal—at home, with the latest addition to their family, and at work, as Somers adapts to his new role and Hazard manages his expanding agency. The only thing Hazard is worried about is getting through dinner with his in-laws...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  mystery  contemporary  suspense  abuse  dark
  • Hot Pursuit by Suzanne Brockmann

    Hot Pursuit by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    Alyssa Locke is no stranger to dealing with danger. As team leader of the nation's number one personal security company, Troubleshooters Inc., she's seen more than her share of action, survived plenty of close calls, and holds her own with the best of them-and against the worst of them. Guarding lives is her game, and no one plays it better...
  • Midnight Target by Elle Kennedy

    Midnight Target by Elle Kennedy

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Score and Midnight Revenge... Four years ago, Cate’s entire life changed when she discovered she was the daughter of a supersoldier. But Jim Morgan’s overprotectiveness has pushed her away. These days, she’s working as a freelance photographer and living the dangerous life Jim never wanted for her...
  • Stalked But Not Afraid by Nicole Dykes

    Stalked But Not Afraid by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    RomanHe’s an influencer—whatever that means. He’s also stunningly beautiful with a feisty attitude I can’t deny intrigues me.But more importantly, he’s in trouble.I’m not like my brother. Except for being a cop, I don’t strive to save the entire world.However, I find myself compelled to save him.If he’ll calm down and just let me.BrooksHe’s everything I despise. He’s a cop...
  • Reigniting Chase by Jeanne St. James

    Reigniting Chase by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An unexpected collaboration between two authors that’s hot enough to spark a fire... ChaseAfter an excruciating loss, I’m desperate for a fresh start.Away from the painful memories.Away from everyone I know and anyone who knows my story.That’s how I end up in Eagle’s Landing, Pennsylvania...
  • Shattered Pieces by K.M. Neuhold

    Shattered Pieces by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    “I was sure my heart had withered away years ago, but then you smiled at me, and I felt it beat again.” ~Gage Years ago, I fell in love with my best friend’s little brother. Then, he took his own life, leaving me shattered and unable to piece my heart back together. I’ve been a zombie for nine long years...
  • White Rabbit, Part II by Cole McCade

    White Rabbit, Part II by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The white rabbit crashes storytime with Sila, Malcolm, and Seong-Jae — a little too literally, leaving our intrepid detectives battered but not broken. Yet what they find with the white rabbit's arrival could destroy even the strongest man: a diabolical game with over two dozen lives at stake, turning their final showdown into a macabre stage play with the white rabbit as its star...
  • How Much for a Broken Heart? by R.J. Scott

    How Much for a Broken Heart? by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the game turns deadly for a SEAL and his Ranger, love becomes the most dangerous mission of all.In a single devastating morning, August's life crumbles. His covert assignment derails disastrously as the family he's meant to safeguard falls prey to the ruthless Cooper River cartel...
  • Unquiet by Melanie Hansen

    Unquiet by Melanie Hansen

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Loren Smith has been in love with Eliot Devlin almost his entire life. During their turbulent childhood and teen years, Loren didn’t always understand Eliot, and sometimes he could be a challenge, but Eliot was the only one to ever truly ease Loren’s deep loneliness and accept him...
  • Deliverance by Garrett Leigh

    Deliverance by Garrett Leigh

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Banished gangster Benito Martell is living on the edge. An explosive hook-up in a club gifts him the relief he craves, but nothing about his life is ever so simple. Complications abound, and before long, he’s falling for the only man who can save his family from eviction.Recovering addict Mickey Larwood has worked hard to leave his past behind...
  • Home Then by A.E. Jensen

    Home Then by A.E. Jensen

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    ColtonAfter being in the army for more than 20 years, Colton returns to his home town in Nebraska. His estranged uncle has offered him a job at his auto shop. With nothing to his name, he hopes to start over and build some sort of life. Preferably a quiet life where he doesn’t have to deal with the rest of the world...
  • Remember Me by Avril Ashton

    Remember Me by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Theirs was a connection that began and ended in the shadows. Secret moments. Missed opportunities and what-ifs. Wanting more than what they had, but grateful with the bits of happiness they snatched.A bullet stole it away, setting two men adrift. One waiting in the darkness for light to shine once again...
  • Enduring Night by John Wiltshire

    Enduring Night by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    You’d have thought that Ben and Nikolas would have learnt that their romantic holidays inevitably end up as disasters. A short break on the polar ice sees them trapped in a nightmare of murder and deceit. Neither of them, however, foresees the long-term impact that endless winter has on their relationship...
  • Psycho Romeo by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Psycho Romeo by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Geoffrey Ralse is known for being the life of the party. He loves the club scene, hanging with his friends, and flirting with whomever catches his eye. He certainly isn’t going to stop living his life just because some would-be stalker starts sending him threats. But it all changes when Geoffrey is drugged and wakes up half naked in his own home with a new message from his stalker...
  • Cold Calculation by Cole McCade

    Cold Calculation by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    How do you profile a serial killer who keeps changing his pattern? A body encased in ice and a cryptic message make Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi question everything they thought they'd learned about the Golden Ratio Killer. If their suspect can change his methods and alter his patterns, he could easily disappear... ..
  • How Do You Survive A Kiss? by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory

    How Do You Survive A Kiss? by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Heartless MobsterCillian Shaughnessy has a reputation for being violent. He is the kind of killer who can get any job done, which is why his boss sends him and his partner in crime, Aspen, to Miami to finally rid the Killough Company of an enemy. As long as he has his best friend, Aspen, at his side, he can take on any assignment, no matter how difficult. No target stands a chance...
    Categorized as:
    friends to lovers  war  menage  queer  m-m  contemporary  bdsm  humor
  • Lost in a Moment by Nicky James

    Lost in a Moment by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    When the only person Grayson has to lean on is his straight best friend, what could go wrong? After a horrific accident and an amputation, Grayson isn’t sure where to turn. Not only is he an emotional wreck, but his problems seem to be getting worse, not better. When his childhood best friend insists he come and stay with him for a while, Grayson isn’t sure how to feel...
  • Signs of Life by Melanie Hansen

    Signs of Life by Melanie Hansen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Successful lawyer Jeremy Speer has it all—a loving husband, a beautiful home, and a cherished dream that’s about to become reality. He’s learned not to take happiness for granted, meeting the challenges of life and love head-on with unwavering commitment and fierce devotion. A series of tragic events leave Jeremy shattered, adrift on a sea of unimaginable pain...
  • Black Lies by K.A. Merikan

    Black Lies by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "That man is not your fairytale ending." Griffith has spent two of the most amazing years with his boyfriend Mark, who is undoubtedly The One. Mark is everything Griffith could want in a man. Sexy, kind, always there for him, showering him with gifts and anticipating his needs...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  mystery  suspense  m-m  mafia  dark  contemporary
  • Shattered Secrets by Kris Butler

    Shattered Secrets by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They had tried to come for me. They thought I was still weak, damaged. Someone had tried to kill me...again. I was getting tired of this. They hadn’t been prepared for me to build relationships, to no longer be alone. They continued to underestimate me. I loved proving them wrong. Secrets threaten to shake me, to break me and as I uncover more of my past, each step leads me closer to the Council...
  • Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “I don’t even know who I am anymore.” “All you need to know is that you’re mine.” Seth would follow Domenico to the depths of hell . He promised to always be at Domenico’s side. But hell becomes all too real when they infiltrate the world of Toro - a notoriously security-obsessed arms dealer, who has eyes and ears everywhere...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  suspense  contemporary  abuse  dark  mafia
  • Codirection by Gregory Ashe

    Codirection by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They killed a girl to keep their secrets. They won’t stop there.A new home, a fresh start, a chance to do things right this time—and Shaw and North are determined to make it work. But the night of their housewarming party, things don’t go as planned. A reporter arrives, wanting to talk to North about his ex-husband, his father, and a criminal syndicate...
  • Nevermore by A.K. Graves

    Nevermore by A.K. Graves

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Leonor died, she didn’t see a light.There were no angels, no pearly gates.She didn’t see anything at all, just a cold, dark void.But she did hear music…Leonor heard her music, the music she made with The Ravens, and she was glad it was waiting for her in the end.Until everything went eerily silent, and she was pulled from the afterlife and thrown into the life after...
  • Syren & Renzo by Avril Ashton

    Syren & Renzo by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    M/M Second-Chance Love Story “Your love was a weapon, and he used it to destroy us.” Syren Rua and Renzo Vega. Before they became the men they are now, they were stolen. Caged. Abused. In the grip of a monster, the black-haired boy discovered hope again when he’d lost it. The white-haired boy found family when he’d gone so long without it. They had each other...until a betrayal ripped them apart...
  • The Mad House by Liza James

    The Mad House by Liza James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A broken home made whole through promises of eternal life and family beyond.On your knees. Whisper the prayers.Obey thy Father and Mother. You'll be made whole in the Spirit once we're all together again.One sister escapes. The other is trapped, carrying the weight of all focus from their parents for years to come...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  contemporary  m-m  rape  dark  f-f  from hate to love
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