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  • The Unforgettable Hookup by Jax Calder

    The Unforgettable Hookup by Jax Calder

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Sam’s story…One night. That’s all it was supposed to be.I can’t believe my luck when the most gorgeous guy I’ve ever seen propositions me in a bar, looking for his first-ever one-night stand.No names. No strings. Just pure fun.I’m more than happy to oblige.But after our incredible night together, I can’t stop thinking about him. Unfortunately, I have no way to track him down...
  • Golden Boy and the Two Bears by Nash Summers

    Golden Boy and the Two Bears by Nash Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Asher Williams is obsessed with love. His column is thriving, fellow students trust him with their relationship woes, and he’s on his A-game when it comes to matchmaking. At least, matchmaking other than his own. After a heartfelt letter written to his column, Asher is set on aiding the two love-struck heroes who desperately need his help...
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  • Pink Heart Jam, Vol. 1 by Shikke, しっけ

    Pink Heart Jam, Vol. 1 by Shikke, しっけ

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    A drunken dare turns into a college student’s chance to confront his own sexuality—by visiting a male brothel!For college student Haiga, starting school in the big city is a chance to make new friends and try new things. On the first day of classes, he spots an impossibly gorgeous upperclassman named Kanae strumming a guitar and decides to join the school’s rock band...
  • Wild Hart by E. Davies

    Wild Hart by E. Davies

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 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...
  • Rookie by Eddie Cleveland

    Rookie by Eddie Cleveland

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    * Although part of a series, you will enjoy it as a standalone as well!Rookie is everything you love in an MM first time gay romance. A journey of self-discovery, the undeniable sparks with the man who makes him question everything, the moment of realization, the secret relationship, and coming out...
  • Hidden Blade by Kaje Harper

    Hidden Blade by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Sometimes willpower isn't enough.Cam Social anxiety's been my constant companion for twenty-three years, sometimes in the background, sometimes silencing me and yanking my guts out in the nearest trash can. No matter how much I love playing music, I'm never going to get up on a stage and perform in front of a crowd...
  • Intimation by Vee Hoffman

    Intimation by Vee Hoffman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 3 in the Acclamation series, Intimation chronicles the months following the end of Lent and Easter holiday and the increasing and intensifying intimacy between Michael and Dominic. Moments stolen away from public sight, even when foreshadowed by Dominic’s approaching graduation and Michael’s intentions for the future, only serve to strengthen their feelings for each other...
    Categorized as:
    college  queer  contemporary  m-m  length-medium
  • A Fighting Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    A Fighting Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Army Ranger Slater Cassidy has a very special – very sexy – target in his sights. Meeting gorgeous, smart, uber-snarky Casper Kennedy was the highlight of Slater’s last trip home to New York. The soldier in him carefully plans his conquest. Unfortunately, Casper’s wearing some seriously strong armor and Slater’s charm offensives bounce right off...
  • Catching Chance by M.E. Parker

    Catching Chance by M.E. Parker

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    What happens when you suddenly get everything you ever wanted? First, you don’t believe it’s real. Then you want more… Let’s be honest, gay nerds from small towns in North Carolina don’t get to date the hot, popular quarterback. It’s just one of those impregnable laws of nature. Even if he was my best friend growing up. Even if it turns out by some miracle that he’s gay too...
  • A King in Wonderland by Nash Summers

    A King in Wonderland by Nash Summers

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Asher Williams is obsessed with love. Or at least he was, until it all came crashing down. He made a mistake. And even Asher himself, arranger of marriages and aider of lovesick hearts, doesn’t know how to fix it. And like every heroic quest, there are a few bumps in the road and dragons to slay...
  • Punch Drunk Love Vol. 1 by Moscareto

    Punch Drunk Love Vol. 1 by Moscareto

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Get this Mature-rated Boys’ Love webtoon/manhwa in English print for the first time! A full-color romantic comedy about a soft man hoping for some hard love…and maybe getting it from the new guy at work.Seon-woo knows he’s painfully average in every way, but he can’t help pining for the hot new manager at work, Tae-moon...
  • Unconditional Love by Andrew Grey

    Unconditional Love by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "A Seven Days Story" Can a person's life change in just one day? How about seven? Donald Pottier and Jason Greene are barely more than boys when they meet on Chincoteague Island, Virginia. A day of crabbing soon turns them from strangers to friends, then to something more, but the boys' time is limited: at the end of the summer, Jay will leave Don and the island behind...
    Categorized as:
    anal sex  queer  contemporary  m-m  angst  length-short
  • Side Character by Emma Alcott

    Side Character by Emma Alcott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sawyer Jonathan Aston has an extremely suckable… ahem. We’re talking eight inches of girthy perfection. Two-thirds of a foot of succulent man-meat. A true cornucopia of carnal delights. And tonight, that ahem is going to make my mouth feel like a Tokyo subway car at rush hour. We’re talking crowded. Crammed. Absolutely stuffed...
  • Love’s Learning Curve by Lindsey Pennington

    Love’s Learning Curve by Lindsey Pennington

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two women in different places in life find exactly what they are looking for together. Skylar Nash’s life is in turmoil after her mom is unexpectedly killed in a car accident. She’s moved back to her hometown to get her mom’s life settled while putting her own on hold. Torn between the life she loves in the city with her girlfriend and giving her siblings the kind of small town childhood she had...
  • Lovely Allergen by Zhichu, 稚楚

    Lovely Allergen by Zhichu, 稚楚

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Song Yu has three requirements for Yue Zhishi:– You cannot call me gege in public.– We won’t do anything together in public.– You cannot let other people know you live with me.Yue Zhishi has always been obediently following these rules. They were practically strangers at school. At the opening ceremony, he suddenly collapsed due to an allergy-related asthma attack, sending everything into chaos...
  • As I Am by E.M. Leya, Sara York

    As I Am by E.M. Leya, Sara York

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kyle has struggled to protect his brother from the darkest things in life, but in doing so, they've lived on the streets, making a life for themselves away from those who would hurt them. It's taken years, but life is starting to look up for Ky. Still, he finds it hard to quit working the streets and the easy money it brings. Carson has everything he could want in life...
    Categorized as:
    anal sex  queer  m-m  contemporary  rockstars
  • Tashiro-kun, Why're You Like This?  Vol. 2 by Yamada, ヤマダ

    Tashiro-kun, Why're You Like This? Vol. 2 by Yamada, ヤマダ

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    First we're trapped at a rural bus stop during a thunderstorm. Then the storm of the century comes along when I'm trapped at your place. All these mf'ing storms sure are convenient for you..
  • Body Match: Noah & Jace by Alessia Gold

    Body Match: Noah & Jace by Alessia Gold

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ein Swipe. Ein Match. Und plötzlich steht mehr auf dem Spiel als nur der Sieg.Jace Auf dem Eis bin ich der unantastbare Star. Abseits davon verstecke ich mich hinter einer Fassade aus lautstarkem Machogehabe. Aber nachts, in der Anonymität der Dating-App, erlaube ich mir, meine Mauern fallen zu lassen. Der einzige Mensch, der diese Seite kennt, ist ein Fremder, den ich niemals treffen wollte...
  • A Working Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    A Working Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Matthew Hawke’s professional life is soaring as high the powerful bird of prey whose image is inked on his back. He’s at the top of his game as the owner of an advertising agency that is scooping up prime accounts like a mighty hawk wrapping its talons around an unfortunate ground rodent. Yes, work is good. Too bad his love life has more in common with the dying rodent than the triumphant hawk...
  • nest by Anyta Sunday

    nest by Anyta Sunday

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Please Note: This is a second edition of the novel "Lenny For Your Thoughts". This version of the story has been restructured into a chronological progression and some scenes have had heavy rewrites. At it's heart, though, it is the same story of love and romance between Lenny and Julian. It just happened.I wasn't ready, but it didn't matter...
  • Cherish by Tere Michaels

    Cherish by Tere Michaels

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Several years after the end of Duty & Devotion, Matt and Evan are living quietly in their Brooklyn home with the twins, Danny and Elizabeth. The older girls - Katie and Miranda - are off at college, Evan is about to be promoted to captain and things are calm. Briefly. Evan accidently learns that Miranda has a new boyfriend and is talking marriage after just three months of dating...
  • Remington by Silvia Violet

    Remington by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A mobster rescued me, and I rescued him right back.I should never have approached Remington's car. I knew he was dangerous, but he needed help and I was sure he could pay well for it.When he offers me an astronomical sum to stay with him for two weeks, I can't say no. Even then, I know when our time is up, I'll wish we had forever...
  • Behind the Curtain by Amy Lane

    Behind the Curtain by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Dawson Barnes recognizes his world is very small and very charmed. Running his community college theater like a petty god, he and his best friend, Benji know they'll succeed as stage techs after graduation. His father adores him, Benji would die for him, and Dawson never doubted the safety net of his family, even when life hit him below the belt...
  • I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love by Minta Suzumaru

    I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love by Minta Suzumaru

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    In this Mature-rated Boys’ Love romance, a 30-year-old virgin finds himself falling for a charming flirt who doesn’t want anything more serious than a casual fling…or does he?Yoshino knows, at the age of 30, that he wants to be with men, but he doesn’t know how to find one. When he overhears some women at work talking about a gay bar, he realizes that for some people, it’s just that easy...
  • Untouched by M.A. Innes

    Untouched by M.A. Innes

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Growing up in an unusual family has made adapting to college more difficult for Jay. Sheltered and socially awkward, the only easy part about higher education is the classes. While everyone around him seems to instinctively understand what they’re into and who they are, he’s lost and alone. That is, until his new roommate makes life a little more interesting...
  • White-Hot Hookup by Kate Meader

    White-Hot Hookup by Kate Meader

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ever hear the one about the under-the-radar hockey player, so desperate to lose his virginity that he’s willing to swipe right on an app?Here I am, waiting nervously in a boutique hotel room for my anonymous hookup to show up and take care of business. Only then can I move on to what comes next. A boyfriend, a dog … heck, a life. After I come out, of course.But first, my virginity problem...
  • Maybe by Fearne Hill

    Maybe by Fearne Hill

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Learn to fly. Fly away.Isaac: After one quarrel too many with our wealthy father, my eighteen-year-old brother, Ezra Fitz-Henry, does exactly that. He flies away, leaving me behind to play the part of the perfect and dutiful son. When our cold, heartless father dies a decade later, Ezra strolls back into my life—as difficult and secretive as he is beautiful. I’m not prepared...
  • Their Perfect Future by M.A. Innes

    Their Perfect Future by M.A. Innes

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Living together had been their only goal, but now what? Bryan and Maddox spent their first weeks back at college trying to keep their relationship from falling apart. Now that they’re living together and learning how to make their unique relationship work all over again, new issues have come up...
  • Unraveling Josh by Edie Danford

    Unraveling Josh by Edie Danford

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When the crown prince of bad boys hooks up with his former high school crush, he’s after just one kind of happy ending. Nick McQueen just scored the perfect hookup—Ellery College ski champion, Joshua Pahlke...
  • Dissonance by Shira Anthony

    Dissonance by Shira Anthony

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Blue Notes Novel British noble Cameron Sherrington has hit rock bottom. The love of his life, opera sensation Aiden Lind, is marrying another man, and Cam knows it’s his fault for pushing Aiden away. As if that’s not enough, someone is trying to take away his family business, and the US authorities are pursuing him on charges of money laundering...
  • Too Close to Doubt by M.A. Innes

    Too Close to Doubt by M.A. Innes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Jeremy and Kevin’s house is almost perfect. Along with more room to spread out, it comes with new ways to drive Bryan crazy and playrooms for a little and a middle. But change also comes with new trials for in the brothers.As Kevin sees their world evolving, he loves knowing that they’ve taken their first steps toward a true grown-up future together, but that brings up more questions...
  • The Payback Plan by Honey London

    The Payback Plan by Honey London

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Dante is a dick. My adorable little brother is convinced I hate him, which kind of sucks, but I’d rather he believe that than discover the real reason why I provoke him every chance I get… nothing in the world gets my cock harder than an angry fire in my baby brother’s eyes.Crispin has had enough...
    Categorized as:
    queer  virgin hero  m-m  contemporary  incest  bondage  bdsm  humor
  • Rescue by Sean Ashcroft

    Rescue by Sean Ashcroft

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “No one’s ever pretended to date me before.” Twenty-seven-year-old virgin Nolan has always struggled to get a date--until his cousin tries to embarrass him by buying one at auction. Wildlife sanctuary veterinarian Finn is gorgeous and kind, exactly the sort of man Nolan’s always wanted...
  • Behind Bars by Alana Henry

    Behind Bars by Alana Henry

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Arrested for a crime he didn't commit, eighteen year old Riley Parker is forced to carry out his sentence in prison. He expects a cold, hard life, filled with danger and uncertainty. What he doesn't expect is his cell mate Nathaniel Greyson...
  • Artistic Appeal by Andrew Grey

    Artistic Appeal by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Brian Watson knows close friends Gerald Young and Dieter Krumpf have an ulterior motive when they invite him to their Christmas party. Brian has taken over the case to secure the return of the famous painting called The Woman in Blue to Dieter, but they don’t want Brian to be all work and no play. They intend to set him up with a friend, but he’s not who catches Brian’s eye...
  • Jail Break by Abigail Hunter

    Jail Break by Abigail Hunter

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “That’s right, pretty boy, keep screaming my name. I want your neighbors to know exactly who’s inside you.”My dad's best friend, Aiden is crashing on our couch since he was released from prison, and ever since he arrived he's been watching me with hungry eyes. He's twice my age, twice my size, and covered in piercings and tattoos. It looks like he could take me down if he wanted to...
  • Sweet and Sour by Astrid Amara

    Sweet and Sour by Astrid Amara

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Miles Piekus thought he and Itai would make a great team, despite the infidelities haunting their past. After all, Itai is smoking hot, they’re both driven entrepreneurs, and they love each other. What else did a person need? Well, a lot more, apparently, because not only are they no longer passionate, they don’t even share the same passions...
  • Obsessed with My Temptation by Rina Damen

    Obsessed with My Temptation by Rina Damen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    People know me as the college Prince, but I’m secretly obsessed with the most intimidating guy in this college.They call me a Prince because I’m attractive, charming, and a good guy. The pressure to be perfect is exhausting, but it’s the only thing I know.Then there’s Travis Ashford, intimidating, senior, and a boxer, my polar opposite, but his heated gazes haunt me at night...
  • Maybe This Time by Lauren Blakely

    Maybe This Time by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    There's one thing I need in my life right now and one thing only -- a new job.So I'm stoked when I land a dream gig as a bodyguard for a rock star.But there's definitely one thing I do not need at all -- a complication.Like being wildly attracted to the guy who just hired me.So I vow to do everything I can to deny the intense attraction for the man I'm sworn to protect...
  • Legal Artistry by Andrew Grey

    Legal Artistry by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Years ago, Dieter Krumpf’s grandmother died and left him everything, including a photo album containing pictures of the art collection she left behind when her family fled the Nazis. Now, Dieter is calling on the services of a lawyer, Gerald Young, to determine whether his family’s legacy might be returned to him...
  • Artistic Pursuits by Andrew Grey

    Artistic Pursuits by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Frank Jennings is an FBI agent looking for redemption. Leslie Carlton is an Interpol agent looking for a thief. Attraction flares from the moment they meet on a case searching for a stolen triptych of unique Tiffany windows, but after a single night of stunning passion, Leslie is called back to London to continue his search there...
  • My [Not So] Straight Professor by D.K. Sutton

    My [Not So] Straight Professor by D.K. Sutton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dr. Joshua Hamlin considers himself straight but a persistent student, too much tequila, and a flash of red satin panties has him questioning everything.Atticus is tired of being alone. His friends are all paired up. And he's always crushing on the wrong guy. First it was his roommate. Then his yummy but straight--and married--drama professor...
  • Lost In The Crowd by E.M. Leya

    Lost In The Crowd by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Jared Watson has everything a person could dream of having. He's the hottest country music sensation to hit the charts in years. He travels the world doing what he loves, but something is missing. No matter where he goes, security follows. His manager is always calling or on his case, and no matter where he goes, fans are hounding him for autographs...
  • The Problem With Grady by Cin Forrester

    The Problem With Grady by Cin Forrester

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everything he wants. Nothing he can have. But now their secrets are out. Trevor’s parents gave him a choice. Either live with his Marine vet godfather instead of in the dorms, or don’t go to college at all. Trevor’s resentment quickly shifted to interest when he saw his godfather for the first time in five years. Grady is a walking wet dream, hard muscles and a mouth-watering package...
  • Waking Wyatt by Jaclyn Quinn

    Waking Wyatt by Jaclyn Quinn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After accidentally bumping into a sexy silver fox in the airport, the last thing either one of us expects is to both be staying at the Coral Pointe Inn. It has to be fate, right? So, what’s the harm in promising to meet later that night for a little after-hours fun? I’ll have some down time from planning my best friend’s wedding with her father...
  • Christian & Sebastian Fall in Love by H.B. Lin

    Christian & Sebastian Fall in Love by H.B. Lin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christian Braga is mostly retired from the adult entertainment industry. He’s had his heyday and he’s not interested in revisiting it. That is, until some dude named Sebastian Silvestri shows up at the gym where he’s a now personal trainer. Having grown up jerking off to Christian’s videos, Sebastian is starstruck when he meets his idol...
  • A Harrowing Christmas by Saxon James

    A Harrowing Christmas by Saxon James

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!It's Christmas time with the Harrows in this Frat Wars bonus short scene...
  • Paris A to Z by Marie Sexton

    Paris A to Z by Marie Sexton

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Part of the Coda series Zach and Angelo are headed to Paris, along with Matt and Jared, to attend Jon and Cole’s wedding. Matt will have to face Jared’s former lover, and Angelo will have to spend an entire week with Zach’s ex. Between Matt’s jealousy and Angelo’s temper, Zach figures they’ll be lucky to get through the week without one of the grooms being punched...
  • My  Slutty Professor by D.K. Sutton

    My Slutty Professor by D.K. Sutton

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Maddie I’m a sucker for nerds. So a biology professor who wears geeky ties and doesn’t realize how hot he is, puts every part of my body on high alert. It also means I’m failing his class. There’s only one way to get him out of my head so I can focus. Seduce him. Turns out that boyish innocence isn’t an act, and while Dr. Reid Emerson is a genius, there are many things he’s never learned...
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