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  • Rough Pages by Lev A.C. Rosen

    Rough Pages by Lev A.C. Rosen

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Private Detective Evander "Andy" Mills has been drawn back to the Lavender House estate for a missing person case. Pat, the family butler, has been volunteering for a book service, one that specializes in mailing queer books to a carefully guarded list of subscribers...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  historical  m-m  length-medium
  • Restored by Joanna Chambers

    Restored by Joanna Chambers

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Eighteen years ago, Henry Asquith, Duke of Avesbury had to leave his kept lover, Kit Redford, in order to devote himself to raising his young family. Now, a lifetime later, his children are moving on and for the first time in years, Henry is alone...
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  • Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen

    Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 17 ratings
    New York City, 1919. His career as a concert pianist ended by a war injury, Sutton Albright returns to college, only to be expelled after a scandalous affair with a teacher. Unable to face his family, Sutton heads to Manhattan with no plans and little money in his pocket but with a desire to call his life his own...
  • Chain Reaction by Nicole Edwards

    Chain Reaction by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Nicole Edwards comes the tenth installment in her Brantley Off the Books series.During the two years since they created the Off the Books Task Force, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis have had their share of difficult cases, but their next one hits close to home. Too close...
  • The Bequest by Joanna Chambers

    The Bequest by Joanna Chambers

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    David Lauriston and Lord Murdo Balfour have been living happily together for three years at the Laverock estate in Perthshire. But when some unexpected news arrives, Murdo must confront old demons he thought he’d put behind him forever. This story will be exclusively available to my newsletter...
  • A Case for Christmas by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    A Case for Christmas by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    He loves no-one and never will.Lord Christmas Gale is a genius and a misanthrope, and, quite to his disgust, adored by all of Society for his capacity to solve mysteries. When a man approaches him seeking help in locating a lost dog, Gale rebuffs him...
  • Skybound by Aleksandr Voinov

    Skybound by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Germany, 1945. The Third Reich is on its knees as Allied forces bomb Berlin to break the last resistance. Yet on an airfield near Berlin, the battle is far from over for a young mechanic, Felix, who’s attached to a squadron of fighter pilots. He’s especially attached to fighter ace Baldur Vogt, a man he admires and secretly loves...
  • 夜畫帳 第三卷 by Byeonduck

    夜畫帳 第三卷 by Byeonduck

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    白羅謙一直以為自己是不得已才留在尹府。為了先生的官途,他才重拾春宮畫筆,甚至不惜委身尹勝浩,付出比他想像更多的代價。可被他寄託了所有的先生,卻似乎並不這麼想。比起對他呼來喚去動手動腳的尹少爺,先生那不經意間流露出的輕視,更傷人。他在尹勝浩帶給他的肉體歡愉之中漸漸沉淪,本以為這一切的本質都是傷害,可當隱隱感受到尹勝浩對他流露出的在意與占有慾時,少年越發感到迷惘……本書特色※韓國話題性耽美漫畫第三卷堂堂登場!※韓國Lezhin...
  • Hallum by Casey Morales

    Hallum by Casey Morales

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Captured or Killed? Only the War knows.Will Shaw and his friends are typical college students, enjoying dances and parties without much care for life beyond.When Thomas, a handsome Naval officer and newly arrived student, nearly stumbles into Will and his friends, Will's heart spins, though he doesn't understand why...
  • A Mean Season by Marshall Thornton

    A Mean Season by Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dom Reilly is back. In this follow up to Year of the Rat, Dom helps clear three men wrongly convicted of rape while also following a pet project—the twenty-year-old case of a man accused of killing his lover in 1976. Meanwhile, Dom gets wind that someone is looking for him. A private detective from Chicago...
  • An Affair for Aumont by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    An Affair for Aumont by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    All he wants is the love he lost.Four years ago, Louis-Charles Aumont, the Marquis de Montespan, chose duty over the man he loved. And then the man he loved chose death in service to England. Now, after finally cutting ties with his king, Aumont is living in a slum in Seven Dials–and intending to die there too...
  • What a Duke Desires by Merry Farmer

    What a Duke Desires by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    To win a prize that will redeem his shattered reputation, the Duke of Burville must masquerade as a commoner…Wentworth Rawley might be a duke, but his title means nothing after he voted against his peers and in favor of the Reform Act…mere months after being caught in an extraordinarily compromising position with an older lover at a public party...
  • Until the End of Time by Nicky James

    Until the End of Time by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Being a gay man in 1827, was not only frowned upon in England, but punishable by death. Magistrate Simon Stockley would know. He’d convicted men in his courtroom and sentenced them himself. Every time, it left a vile taste in his mouth because Simon was no different than the men whose lives he claimed...
  • Code Name: Crimson by Casey Morales

    Code Name: Crimson by Casey Morales

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Will Shaw and his friends are typical college students, enjoying dances and parties without much care for life beyond. When Thomas, a handsome Naval officer and newly arrived student, nearly stumbles into Will and his friends, Will's heart spins, though he doesn't understand why. Sparks of something new burst within, opening his eyes to possibilities he'd never dreamed...
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    queer  military  historical  m-m  mystery  war  length-medium
  • Crimson by Casey Morales

    Crimson by Casey Morales

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    (Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0CHHBZJ6C.) What if two Ivy League boys were dropped into a James Bond movie? Harvard University, 1941 Will Shaw and his friends are typical American students, still celebrating the end of the Depression and dreaming about a future filled with success. The war in Europe is far away and someone else's concern. Until it isn't...
    Categorized as:
    queer  military  m-m  mystery  war  20th century  historical  audiobook
  • Hammer & Powder by Megan Derr

    Hammer & Powder by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    The Kingdom of Rinaha is all that stands between the violent, greedy Boorna and the rest of the continent, and they do so by way of their immense and heavily guarded Wall of Gamala, an enormous undertaking that runs the length of the southern end of the continent, standing strong for more than two hundred years...
  • Leeward by Katie Daysh

    Leeward by Katie Daysh

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 7 ratings
    For whatever we lose, it is our self we find in the sea.1800. HMS Ulysses mutinies off Trinidad and vanishes into the Caribbean. No one knows how many of the crew are left alive or what the mutineers plan to do with the vessel.Captain Hiram Nightingale is a veteran of the wars which have raged throughout Europe and the Americas for the last decades...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  historical  m-m  lgbtqia hate  mystery  suspense  war
  • A Scandal for Stratford by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    A Scandal for Stratford by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He has all he could ask for. James Lewis, the Earl of Stratford, has precisely what he wants: a quiet existence on his family estate, a thriving horse trade that leaves him plenty of time to work on the final volume of his anonymously published opus, The Maiden Diaries, and a deeply committed albeit unconventional relationship with his stablemaster, Harold Granger...
  • What a Nobleman Needs by Merry Farmer

    What a Nobleman Needs by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    His adolescent infatuation is back, but will Mac get Ellis into trouble, or will the rake need rescuing himself?Seven years ago, Ellis Copeland had his eyes opened when he stumbled on his Uncle George with one of his flings. Lord MacKenzie Young, Baron Fulbright, has lived in Ellis’s fantasies ever since...
    Categorized as:
    regency  queer  victorian  historical  humor  m-m  length-medium
  • Wanted, an Author by K.J. Charles

    Wanted, an Author by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Wanted, an Author is a 5000-word story set in 1807. It returns to the characters of Wanted, a Gentleman, and also introduces a character from KJ Charles' forthcoming novel, Band Sinister...
  • A Sanctuary for Soulden by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    A Sanctuary for Soulden by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    He wasn't meant for a quiet life.Philip Winthrop, Viscount Soulden, is a fop. An idle popinjay with nothing more on his mind than how to best knot his cravat. He definitely doesn’t spy against the French. Or arrange hasty weddings. Or occasionally commandeer the navy. And he certainly doesn’t seek out mortal danger in order to combat his pervasive ennui...
  • The Custom of the Army by Diana Gabaldon

    The Custom of the Army by Diana Gabaldon

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of the acclaimed Outlander series, weaves an engrossing tale of war, history, and suspense in this original novella—available exclusively as an eBook—featuring returning hero Lord John Grey. London, 1759. After a high society electric-eel party leads to a duel that ends badly, Lord John Grey feels the need to lie low for a while...
  • When Skies Have Fallen by Debbie McGowan

    When Skies Have Fallen by Debbie McGowan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    For many in war-torn 1944, love blossoms in the dance hall, and airman Arty Clarke is no exception. He’s a thinker and a dreamer; however, it’s not the beautiful, talented dancer in his arms—his best friend Jean—who inspires his dreams. For when his gaze meets that of Technical Sergeant Jim Johnson, Arty dares to imagine a different dance...
  • When Skies Have Fallen (When Skies Have Fallen) by Debbie McGowan

    When Skies Have Fallen (When Skies Have Fallen) by Debbie McGowan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    For many in war-torn 1944, love blossoms in the dance hall, and airman Arty Clarke is no exception. He’s a thinker and a dreamer; however, it’s not the beautiful, talented dancer in his arms—his best friend Jean—who inspires his dreams. For when his gaze meets that of Technical Sergeant Jim Johnson, Arty dares to imagine a different dance...
  • Just a Little Danger by Merry Farmer

    Just a Little Danger by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everett Jewel is the hottest star the London stage has seen in a generation. He is brash, sensual, and sure of himself. Men and women throw themselves at his feet, and he laps up the attention. But all of Everett’s glittering star power hides his wounded heart. He has adoration, but he longs for a love that he doesn’t think he’s worthy of, due to his dark past...
  • Walking Wounded by Lauren Gilley

    Walking Wounded by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Luke always thought he’d grow up to be a famous author. He also thought nothing could ever damage his relationship with his childhood best friend, Hal. He thought a lot of things that proved to be untrue. Now he barely makes rent and proofreads articles at a New York gossip rag, dreaming about what-might-have-been. He’s not bitter about it. He’s not. And he certainly isn’t lonely...
  • A Rose by Any Name by K.J. Charles

    A Rose by Any Name by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 14 ratings
    An epilogue to The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting and A Thief in the Night...
  • The Grand Deception of Benedict Blackmoor by Gaia Tate

    The Grand Deception of Benedict Blackmoor by Gaia Tate

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    "Benedict Blackmoor was not in want of a wife…" With echoes of Bridgerton and Jane Austen's novels, this Steamy Gay M/M Romance is a daring, sparkling, twisted tale of love and deception set in a re-imagined Regency era.Benedict Blackmoor, a 24-year-old heir to a grand estate, faces an impossible ultimatum from his dying grandfather: find love or lose the family fortune to his younger brother...
  • The General and the Horse-Lord by Sarah Black

    The General and the Horse-Lord by Sarah Black

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    2nd Edition The General and the Horse-Lord: Book One General John Mitchel and his favorite pilot, Gabriel Sanchez, served together as comrades and brothers-in-arms for more than twenty-five years. They followed the warrior’s path: honor first, and service, and the safety of the tribe. Their own needs for love and companionship were secondary to the mission...
  • One More Soldier by Marie Sexton

    One More Soldier by Marie Sexton

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    It is 1963. Being gay is a sin against God. And twenty-eight year old mechanic Will meets Bran for the first time. Over the years a close bond forms between them despite the seventeen year age difference. Will teaches Bran to swim and helps him with homework. The years pass, Bran drops out of school and moves away. Then Bran comes home...
  • Untethered by R.A. Thorn

    Untethered by R.A. Thorn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Determined to help the war effort, Frankie Norris joins the US Air Force in 1943. Braving intimidating drill sergeants and unending marches, Frankie struggles to hide his secret—he’s queer. But having passed basic training, he’s not going to risk an undesirable discharge or any of his fellow recruits finding out...
  • The Flight of the Heron by D.K. Broster

    The Flight of the Heron by D.K. Broster

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A young Highlander leaves his home and his bride-to-be to follow the standard of Bonnie Prince Charlie...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  historical  highlander  m-m  war  georgian  suspense
  • On Wings of Song by Anne Barwell

    On Wings of Song by Anne Barwell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A chance meeting they never forgot. Six years after meeting British soldier Aiden Foster during the Christmas Truce of 1914, Jochen Weber still finds himself thinking about Aiden, their shared conversation about literature, and Aiden’s beautiful singing voice. A visit to London gives Jochen the opportunity to search for Aiden, but he’s shocked at what he finds...
  • The Door Behind Us by John C. Houser

    The Door Behind Us by John C. Houser

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It’s 1919, and Frank Huddleston has survived the battlefields of the Great War. A serious head injury has left him with amnesia so profound he must re-learn his name every morning from a note posted on the privy door. Gerald “Jersey" Rohn, joined the Army because he wanted to feel like a man, but he returned from the trenches minus a leg and with no goal for his life...
  • The Labours of Lord Perry Cavendish by Joanna Chambers

    The Labours of Lord Perry Cavendish by Joanna Chambers

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Lord Perry Cavendish knows that he's seen as a not-too-bright, amiable, sporting sort of chap. The type who can hold his own in the boxing ring, drink most men under the table, and offer a useful opinion on a piece of horseflesh—but not much else...
  • Radical Love by Neil Blackmore

    Radical Love by Neil Blackmore

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to England, 1809. London is a violent, intolerant city, exhausted by years of war, beset by soaring prices and political tensions. By day, John Church preaches on the radical possibilities of love to a multicultural, working-class congregation in Southwark...
    Categorized as:
    queer  regency  historical  m-m  length-medium  audiobook
  • A Dangerous Game by Victoria Vale

    A Dangerous Game by Victoria Vale

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to The Perdition Club, where games are played for the highest of stakes …Jonas Thacker wouldn’t be caught dead in The Perdition Club, a godforsaken den of iniquity where sinners go to play. However, notorious rakehell and Jonas’ former schoolmate, Derek Dryden, has begun courting his sister...
  • A Confidential Problem by K.J. Charles

    A Confidential Problem by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 23 ratings
    ‘A Confidential Problem’ is a 4,000 word scene which takes place between chapters 15 and 16 of A Seditious Affair (after Silas has gone down to Arrandene, but before the finale). It’s not standalone, and won’t make any sense if you haven’t read A Seditious Affair.Available through submission to the author's page newsletter...
  • The Impetuous Afflictions of Jonathan Wolfe by Charlie Cochet

    The Impetuous Afflictions of Jonathan Wolfe by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Eight years after leaving the deserts of Africa and the French Foreign Legion behind, Jonathan Wolfe has settled into life at Hawthorne Manor in the English countryside. Johnnie helps his adopted family run the manor and provide a safe, loving home for a new generation of “brats”: boys mistreated and discarded for their homosexuality—something all too familiar to Johnnie...
  • The Larks Still Bravely Singing by Aster Glenn Gray

    The Larks Still Bravely Singing by Aster Glenn Gray

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Great War cost Robert his left leg and his first love.A shattering breakup leaves Robert convinced that he is a destructive force in romantic relationships. When he finds himself falling in love with David, an old friend from boarding school, he's sure that he shouldn’t confess his feelings...
  • Unmentionables by David Greene

    Unmentionables by David Greene

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Winner Book of the Year bronze medal for Gay literary fiction.Unmentionables is the story of two pairs of lovers in the American Civil War south. One couple is straight, white and wealthy. The other couple is gay, black and enslaved. Field hand Jimmy meets Cato, a house servant from a nearby plantation. Over time, Jimmy's fascination with Cato grows into romantic love...
  • Unmentionables by David Greene

    Unmentionables by David Greene

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unmentionables is the story of two pairs of lovers in the Civil War south. One couple is straight, white and wealthy. The other couple is gay, black and enslaved. Jimmy, a field hand, meets Cato, a house servant from a nearby plantation...
  • On a Lee Shore by Elin Gregory

    On a Lee Shore by Elin Gregory

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Give me a reason to let you live…” Beached after losing his ship and crew, and with England finally at peace, Lt Christopher Penrose will take whatever work he can get. A valet? Why not? Escorting an elderly diplomat to the Leeward Islands seems like an easy job, but when their ship is boarded by pirates, Kit’s world is turned upside down...
  • The Brook Street Collection by Ava March

    The Brook Street Collection by Ava March

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    London, 1822 Regency London—where polite manners and spotless reputations reign supreme. Yet behind the closed doors of three elegant town houses along Brook Street, passion and lust rule as gentlemen dare to risk scandal by falling in love… In Thief , a lord intent on his first decadent night with a man finds love when he picks up a thief in a gambling hall...
  • Bodies of Men by Nigel Featherstone

    Bodies of Men by Nigel Featherstone

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There is nothing more important than love and refuge. Egypt, 1941. Only hours after disembarking in Alexandria, William Marsh, an Australian corporal at twenty-one, is face down in the sand, caught in a stoush with the Italian enemy. He is saved by James Kelly, a childhood friend from Sydney and the last person he expected to see. But where William escapes unharmed, not all are so fortunate...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  historical  m-m  length-medium  audiobook
  • His Heart's Obsession by Alex Beecroft

    His Heart's Obsession by Alex Beecroft

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Kingston, Jamaica, 1752 Robert Hughes, a lieutenant--and rogue--in the British Royal Navy, is in love with his gorgeous fellow officer, Hal Morgan. Hal only has eyes for their captain--a man who'll never share their inclinations. Night after night aboard the Swiftsure, it kills Robert to listen to Hal's erotic dreams of a man he can't possibly have...
  • Promises Made Under Fire by Charlie Cochrane

    Promises Made Under Fire by Charlie Cochrane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    France, 1915 Lieutenant Tom Donald envies everything about fellow officer Frank Foden—his confidence, his easy manner with the men in the trenches, the affectionate letters from his wife. Frank shares these letters happily, drawing Tom into a vicarious friendship with a woman he's never met...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  historical  war  length-novella  audiobook
  • Dark Economy by M. Keedwell

    Dark Economy by M. Keedwell

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love can’t stay buried. Medical student Cadell Meredith has been known to acquire “volunteers” from the occasional pauper’s grave in order to improve his surgical skills. While the legality of this practice is a bit murky, he wouldn’t go so far as to call it out and out robbery. His latest acquisition, however, is different. The body on his table was obviously healthy, wealthy—and murdered...
    Categorized as:
    regency  queer  m-m  historical  mystery  length-medium
  • Between His Lover and the Deep Blue Sea by Merry Farmer

    Between His Lover and the Deep Blue Sea by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Sailing Master Septimus Bolton has spent his entire life at sea…in more ways than one. Now that his ship has been decommissioned at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, he has nothing to do but accept the invitation of one of his fellow naval officers to convalesce for the summer at a remote country estate in Yorkshire...
  • Manners & Mannerisms by Tanya Chris

    Manners & Mannerisms by Tanya Chris

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Everyone in Highley eagerly anticipates the arrival of Reginald Abernathy, the new master of Albon Manor. Everyone, that is, except Lord William Bascomb. William knows he’ll be expected to woo Reginald’s sister, and he can't summon the interest for it. But when the Abernathys arrive at last, William discovers he’s interested after all—in Reginald...
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