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  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 07 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 07 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Miyagi finally gets over his obsession with his late high school teacher by confessing his love for Shinobu in front of her grave. When it comes time for Shinobu to choose which college to go to, his feelings seem to be swaying his decisions too strongly - even for Miyagi's liking. In the end, Shinobu chooses a different college, but the compromise is that he's now living next door to Miyagi!
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 06 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 06 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It's the day of the award ceremony for Usami, but Usami's older brother, Haruhiko, can't keep his hands off Misaki. First an endless shipment of strawberries, then a "kidnapping" as Haruhiko drags Misaki off to his rich estate and locks him up! Meanwhile, a dramatic misunderstanding spooks Shinobu into leaving for Australia. Will Miyagi let him get away?
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  • The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 6 by 945

    The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 6 by 945

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    건우가 종적을 감춘 후 더디게 흘러가는 시간을 버티듯 살아가는 의준. 어느덧 3년이 지나 스물여덟을 맞이한다. 건우를 떠올리게 했던 사람과 시작한 연애. 그리고 아르바이트를 전전하다 어렵사리 취업한 중소기업 영업부. 상처받은 마음으로 인한 것일까? 미세하게 불안하지만 남들과 비슷해 보이는 그런 삶을 살고 있다. 의준은 직장 생활에서 막내, 신입이라는 이유로 상사의 사소한 심부름을 하게 되는데 그중 편의점에 가는 것이 가장 달갑지 않다. 그곳이 건우의 명함에서 보았던 그의 직장 CIK 그룹과 마주 보고 있다는 부분이 마음을 무겁게 만들기 때문이다. 함께했던 시간을 잊고자 하는 노력을 비웃듯 이렇게 추억들은 사소한 순간순간에 떠오른다...
  • Christmas in Suite 37A by Tiffany Reisz

    Christmas in Suite 37A by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Originally available as a rough draft on Tiffany's website, this short story has now been fully revised and is now collected in the print, ebook, and audio collection Michael's Wings.
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 03 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 03 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Misaki begins to seriously question the structure of his relationship with Usami, but a high-class date with Usami makes it come to life. In the next Junjou Egoist story, Hiro goes to the extreme to nurse his lover, Nowaki, back to health. But he's unaware that Nowaki was never really sick to being with!
  • My Dearest Patrolman, Vol. 2 by Niyama

    My Dearest Patrolman, Vol. 2 by Niyama

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Living under the same roof as the man he’s had a crush on for a solid decade has Shin’s libido in overdrive, and even his rampant awkwardness can’t get in the way of him getting some! Meanwhile, Seiji is swamped with self-doubt. Does an old man with a bleak romantic history have what it takes to satisfy his hot, young partner?
  • A Matter of Time, Vol. 1 by Mary Calmes, Paul Morey

    A Matter of Time, Vol. 1 by Mary Calmes, Paul Morey

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Jory Keyes leads a normal life as an architect’s assistant until he is witness to a brutal murder. Though initially saved by police Detective Sam Kage, Jory refuses protective custody - he has a life he loves that he won’t give up no matter who is after him. But Jory’s life is in real jeopardy, especially after he agrees to testify about what he saw...
  • Attraction by Carly Marie

    Attraction by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    An M/M Neighbors to lovers Romance. Could satin, lace, and sass be enough to break through the ice? Dexter has never hidden his sexuality, and doesn’t blend into the background. From his fiery red hair to the panties he likes to wear, everything about him is vibrant. He’s the complete opposite of his new neighbor, and shouldn’t care if the grouchy man likes him… but he does...
  • Justice by Kindle Alexander

    Justice by Kindle Alexander

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    The toughest journeys lead to the most amazing adventures… Let’s ride. Special Agent Cash Ryan broke the cardinal rule of undercover work: he fell hard for his federal informant. The sexy, hardheaded, foul-mouthed outlaw biker who regularly takes matters into his own hands, leaving Cash scrambling to pick up the pieces. Anarchy is more than a way of life for Devin Fox, it’s fused into his DNA...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  bikers  alpha male  queer  mystery  suspense  m-m  humor
  • Sagittarius Saves Libra by Anyta Sunday

    Sagittarius Saves Libra by Anyta Sunday

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    True love is on the horizon, Sagittarius. It’s a good time to step out of your routine and into the unknown. Jason Lyall wants someone to come home to, someone he can be his most ridiculous self with. Someone who loves him regardless. But no matter how hard he tries, he can never quite make that connection, and now his last girlfriend has moved on—she’s engaged...
  • My Dearest Patrolman, Vol. 2 by Niyama

    My Dearest Patrolman, Vol. 2 by Niyama

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The seasons have shifted, and Shin and Seiji are starting their new life together. Living under the same roof as the man he’s had a crush on for a solid decade has Shin’s libido in overdrive, and even his rampant awkwardness can’t get in the way of him getting some! Meanwhile, Seiji is swamped with self-doubt...
  • Center of Gravity by Neve Wilder

    Center of Gravity by Neve Wilder

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    When life comes apart at the seams, love is the only thread that can mend it. Accountant Rob Macomb has a stable job that he’s good at and… that’s about it. A year of nothing but heartache leaves him seeking refuge from loneliness and grief behind spreadsheets, punishing daily runs, and the occasional anonymous tryst...
  • Pretend You're Mine by Sloane Kennedy

    Pretend You're Mine by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Landscape architect Devon Rhodes doesn’t know what to think when he overhears a heated conversation in his new next-door neighbor’s back yard, but when he decides to intervene, he definitely isn’t expecting the encounter to change his life forever...
  • Love in Tuscany by Maya Jean, J.J. Mulder

    Love in Tuscany by Maya Jean, J.J. Mulder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Spend the summer in Italy for charity! Everyone deserves a second chance, including wedding photographers. They may even catch a picture of a doctor finding his opposite, yet somehow perfect, match. Fall in love in Tuscany, before hitting the road on an adventure with a stranger...
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 12 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 12 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    As the end of Misaki's college years approach, he's faced with a difficult choice: living with the ever-popular boys love novelist Akihiko can be ever-so challenging. .
  • Bulletproof by Reese Knightley

    Bulletproof by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It all started with a glimpse. - A chance encounter left an impression and Wolfgang Brandt was hooked. When Caleb turns eighteen in two months, Wolf is going to be at that birthday party come hell or high water. He doesn’t care if he has to fly across the world to be there. But then things go south and Wolf is left reeling when Caleb goes missing...
  • Shaman by Lauren Gilley

    Shaman by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The criminal underworld knows him as Shaman. Ian Byron has spent the past few years amassing a fortune, becoming the premiere supplier of all the vices anyone could want. He controls a sizable chunk of the drug trade in North America – including the product moved by the Lean Dogs MC. Cool, and cruel, the untouchable Mr. Shaman doesn’t have a weakness...
    Categorized as:
    bikers  queer  m-m  contemporary  m-f  length-novella
  • Common Ground by R.J. Moray

    Common Ground by R.J. Moray

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Why can't you have your cake and eat it too? Channon belongs to Jack—that's just a fact. But they aren't an island, and if Channon's going to get the happy-ever-after he wants, Jack's going to have to bury the hatchet with (and not in) the one other person in Channon's life whose disapproval matters.
  • All That Matters by Felice Stevens

    All That Matters by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nico Andretti knows one thing is Love is for fools. Being a tour bus guide in Times Square isn’t his dream job and he yearns for more than living in his mother’s basement apartment, but life is tough in the big city. At least the men on the bus are eye-candy galore, and they’re one and done...
  • 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.
  • Edison's Professor by Jocelynn Drake

    Edison's Professor by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The stranger chose him. Edison Walker had never seen the man with the wide green eyes before. He only knew that he was in trouble. And that he took one look at Ed and decided he was his haven. His protector. Ed would not let him down...
  • Old-Fashioned Cupcake with Cappuccino by Sagan Sagan

    Old-Fashioned Cupcake with Cappuccino by Sagan Sagan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Thirty-nine-year-old Nozue went from living a routine, melancholic life of sleep and work to spending his days in bliss with Togawa, his younger subordinate. Now six months into their relationship, the two have graduated from dates at a pancake shop to spending their nights together...
  • 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...
  • Wild Hart by E. Davies

    Wild Hart by E. Davies

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Everything I want is here, in front of me. Rusty Campbell left Hart’s Bay after high school to work in the wilderness. Now he’s back home for one purpose: seaweed farming. To succeed, he’ll need to fight the tide and win over his skeptical family, once-burned by the fishing industry collapse...
  • Ruined by April Wilson

    Ruined by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Finally! Sam and Cooper's long-awaited story is here. .. a second chance gay romance, with a guaranteed HEA. Sam. .. Coming out of the closet was easy. Falling in love with a man twice my age was not. Cooper grew up old-school, hiding his true self. He may be the love of my life, but I can’t be his dirty little secret any longer. He needs to man up and claim me if he wants to keep me...
  • Pretend You're Mine (The Protectors) by Sloane Kennedy

    Pretend You're Mine (The Protectors) by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Landscape architect Devon Rhodes doesn’t know what to think when he overhears a heated conversation in his new next-door neighbor’s back yard, but when he decides to intervene, he definitely isn’t expecting the encounter to change his life forever...
  • Taking a Chance by A.M. Arthur

    Taking a Chance by A.M. Arthur

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    The last time Elliott fell in love, his fiancé cheated on him. Now fresh out of rehab, Elliott's confidence lags behind his libidoénot that that stops him from lusting after the sexy carpenter working on his kitchen—from a distance. He won't risk his sobriety on another potential broken heart. As half of an experienced home renovation duo, Augustus expects this job will be easy...
  • Northland by Cara Dee

    Northland by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Two years ago, Logan Ward got the surprise of his life when he discovered he was the father of a two-year-old boy. Professionally and romantically adrift, he devoted all his time and energy to caring for his son. But now he’s searching for something more, and he and Justin head north to Alaska to try out the life his best friend Quinn has been raving about...
  • Summer Drifter by R.J. Scott

    Summer Drifter by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    One man craves family, the other isolation; neither of them was searching for forever love. Experienced and much-in-demand horse trainer Levi doesn't need or want people. With his horse and dog at his side, he lives out of his trailer and trains horses in the summer to earn just enough to head south for winter...
  • Hawk's Choice by Carol Dawn

    Hawk's Choice by Carol Dawn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    THIS IS AN M/M ROMANCE STORY. I've loved him from afar, now it's time I love him up close. Hawk. When he first walked through the Clubs doors, I knew that my life would be forever changed. He was the most beautiful man I had ever seen. But, his eyes were distant. He was running from something. I wanted nothing more than to throw him over my shoulder and hide him from the world...
  • 12 Dates of Christmas by Brigham Vaughn

    12 Dates of Christmas by Brigham Vaughn

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Leo Fenner needs a Christmas miracle …. Charmed by the small town, and weary the big city dating scene, Leo moved to Christmas Falls in hopes of finding love like his college friend, Hayden. Nick Morgan had the love of his life and lost her, but is determined to help others find their happily ever after with his matchmaking service...
  • Love Tractor by Hmmyongyong

    Love Tractor by Hmmyongyong

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When family obligations force Sun Yool, a stressed-out law school student, to the countryside, it seems like a great opportunity to escape the chaos of the city. After all, the great outdoors promises fresh air, sunshine. .. and a new romance? ! Soon after arriving, Sun Yool is thrown into a series of strange encounters and misunderstandings with his 20 year-old neighbour, Yechan...
  • Love Directions by A.F. Zoelle

    Love Directions by A.F. Zoelle

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Elias Forthwright. Horoscopes always seemed a bit woo-woo to me, but I don't know how else to explain why it feels like the cosmic universe is pushing me in the direction of the mysterious North Easton, who miraculously comes into my life at just the right time. We’re nothing alike, but for the first time since my mom passed away, life is finally fun again thanks to him...
  • Xavier by Silvia Violet

    Xavier by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I thought I was straight. I thought protecting my identity mattered more than anything besides family. Then Emilio came to me for protection. It's my fault he’s in danger, and no one is going to touch him. No one besides me.
  • Concealed Hearts by Nicky James

    Concealed Hearts by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two closeted men in one rumor-hungry small town have no chance of keeping their love a secret. Chief of Police Windsor Elkhart is a master deceiver. Not a single person in Jasper has a clue he’s gay, which explains the endless suitors all vying for his attention. Happily married to his job, he’s convinced life is good enough...
  • The Christmas Summons by Kelly Fox

    The Christmas Summons by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Kelly Fox comes a Wild Heart Ranch Christmas novella. I’ve loved Gael Hernandez from the moment I laid eyes on him. We had a moment back in the summer, but he needed time to recover from the traumatic events that reshaped his family. It’s now Christmas, and I think my talented shoemaker is finally ready to let me love him for the rest of his life...
  • Sugar Dog Life by Yoriko

    Sugar Dog Life by Yoriko

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sakuraba is a college student, though you'd never know it, with his short height and baby face. Certainly police officer Amazawa thought Sakuraba was a minor, and nearly booked him for being out too late after he was returning from a drinking party. But there's something oddly familiar about him, and the two strike up an odd relationship. ..
  • Bull by J.M. Dabney

    Bull by J.M. Dabney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Welcome to Brawlers Bar…. They said men only get better with age, distinguished and all that BS, but Archer “Bulletproof” Woods hadn’t gotten better. At fifty-six he was still as much an asshole as he’d been in his twenties and thirties, hell, maybe he was worse...
  • Little by J.M. Dabney

    Little by J.M. Dabney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Insanity was in the eye of the beholder. Harmon Little was a surveillance expert. He lived in the shadows, and he liked it there. There wasn’t a place he couldn’t get in and out of without detection. As usual with his mischievous nature, his current assignment went south, and he ran. He thought he was free and clear until he knocked someone over in a grocery store aisle...
  • A Not So Typical Love by Tristen Rowen

    A Not So Typical Love by Tristen Rowen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jordan and Jamie’s love is anything but typical. Jordan Cameron is not like most nineteen year olds. He’s never been on a date, he’s never left New England, and he’s never fallen in love. He lives in his own world, or so that's what it seems to the average person. No one, not even his thirty-one year old brother, Tim, has ever given him the chance to break free...
  • War of the Wicked by Davidson King, Morningstar Ashley

    War of the Wicked by Davidson King, Morningstar Ashley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lucifer’s Landing is full of unscrupulous people: five families desperate to own every inch. For years, under the watchful and most powerful eye, there has been peace. With the murder of the most powerful man, it’s as if the gates of Hell have opened. Dante Scavo is trying to fill his father’s shoes, find the person responsible for killing him, and stop Lucifer’s Landing from becoming a war zone...
  • Gently Come Knocking by Cole McCade

    Gently Come Knocking by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ** Warning: the following description contains heavy spoilers for the ending of Criminal Intentions: Season Two. **. Malcolm Khalaji is one paternity test away from a breakdown. When a one-night stand from a year ago shows up on his doorstep, she's bringing more than a trip down memory lane — and her little bundle of joy may just be a bundle of trouble if it turns out the baby is actually his...
  • All In by Eliza Lentzski

    All In by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book Four and the dénouement of the Winter Jacket Series. Hollywood had been a disaster. Elle Graft—Associate Professor of English and once-budding television screenwriter—could admit that much. Now back in Minnesota and back to her old life, Elle’s determined to get her relationship with Hunter back on track. It all started with a broken classroom heater and a blue winter coat. How will it end?
  • 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...
  • Maddie by Annabella Michaels

    Maddie by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After witnessing firsthand just how dirty and underhanded a life in politics can be, Maddie Vanderhorne steps off the campaign trail to follow his passion. Starting his own event planning business is the best decision Maddie’s ever made, quickly winning over his clients with his vibrant and outgoing personality...
  • Hopelessly Devoted by Piper Sheldon

    Hopelessly Devoted by Piper Sheldon

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Skip has one goal: retrieve his romantically reckless best friend from Green Valley, Tennessee and get back to their normal life. Then Skip meets Jack. The handsome and caring stranger is just another distraction from his careful plans. Jack has dealt with more than his fair share of troubled men and is done with letting his guard down...
  • On or Off, Volume 5 (On or Off (Paperback Ed.) #5) by A1

    On or Off, Volume 5 (On or Off (Paperback Ed.) #5) by A1

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Episodes 79-91 of the webtoon. Preview of Volume 5 was published in Volume 4 (Apr 2023).
  • For Today by B. Cranford

    For Today by B. Cranford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seventeen Years Ago . The first time Aaron Andrews saw Simon Foster smile, he knew he was in trouble. He'd never seen anything--or anyone--like the man who'd stolen his favorite seat in his favorite coffee shop. Six Weeks Ago . The late-night phone call that changed their lives forever was short...
    Categorized as:
    multicultural  queer  m-m  humor  new adult  contemporary
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