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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!
  • Finder, Volume 5: Truth in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder, Volume 5: Truth in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    When Fei Long agrees to a deal to trade Takaba back to Asami, things begin to look up. But is it really true? Or is something else going to prevent Takaba from being reunited with the one he has been waiting for? When the Russian mafia takes advantage of the situation and force their way into the negotiations upon Fei Long's casino ship, it looks like all bets are off...
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    bdsm  queer  m-m  mafia  rape  length-short
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  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 08 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 08 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Misaki is struggling to pass his college entrance exams and has taken up a tutor--the cool and sexy Akihiko Usami. Misaki realizes he may be developing feelings for the older man. And so begins the bumpy relationship of this odd couple.
    Categorized as:
    age difference  queer  m-m  humor  length-short  open-door
  • 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?
  • Finder Deluxe Edition: Naked Truth, Vol. 5 by Ayano Yamane, Adrienne Beck

    Finder Deluxe Edition: Naked Truth, Vol. 5 by Ayano Yamane, Adrienne Beck

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Pain and pleasure collide when a sophisticated underworld boss crosses paths with a naive photographer hell-bent on bringing him down! This deluxe edition includes never-before-released material as well as a double-sided color insert and special cover treatment! Photographer Takaba Akihito takes on a risky assignment trying to document the illegal activities of the Japanese underworld...
    Categorized as:
    queer  bdsm  m-m  mafia  rape  length-short
  • 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!
  • Finder Deluxe Edition: You're My Desire, Vol. 6 by Ayano Yamane

    Finder Deluxe Edition: You're My Desire, Vol. 6 by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Pain and pleasure collide when a sophisticated underworld boss crosses paths with a naive photographer hell-bent on bringing him down! This deluxe edition includes never-before-released material as well as a double-sided color insert and special cover treatment! Photographer Takaba Akihito takes on a risky assignment trying to document the illegal activities of the Japanese underworld...
    Categorized as:
    queer  bdsm  m-m  mafia  contemporary  length-short
  • Submission by Carly Marie

    Submission by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    Everything Dean knows about himself is about to change. Dean’s friends see him as a genius who’s confident, successful, and Dominant. What they don’t see are insecurities that he’s hidden for years. An accident nearly took his life and left him scarred and in pain. His walls keep his secrets safe, but also prevent him from being the Daddy he once was...
  • 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?
  • 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...
  • The Confession of Marcus Stearns by Tiffany Reisz

    The Confession of Marcus Stearns by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    **No longer available - republished as part of "The Confessions"**. THE CONFESSION OF MARCUS STEARNS takes place during the time of THE SAINT when Søren/Marcus Stearns is twenty-nine years old and has just met Eleanor/Nora. Limited-edition promotional giveaway at the RT Booklovers conference in 2014, but now included within The Confessions.
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  contemporary  m-m  length-novella
  • Ginger Kisses by Gianni Holmes

    Ginger Kisses by Gianni Holmes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    The sweetest little and his doting Daddy. 875 miles and one year of college keeping them apart. Colin has the most awesome Daddy that any little could ever want. But, there’s one problem— Daddy has to move away to a new state. The only thing standing in his way of joining Daddy is finishing up his last year of college...
  • 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...
  • Body and Soul by Aiden Bates

    Body and Soul by Aiden Bates

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Brax is too young. Too vulnerable. Too perfect. My dominant nature craves someone to care for. Someone to command. Brax could be that guy if the circumstances weren’t all wrong. His brothers would kill me if I hurt him. So would my FBI partner. That doesn’t mean I can stay away. The young artist is everything I want in a partner. And when danger comes for him, I need to keep him safe...
  • Creed by Athena Steller

    Creed by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    Sammy. I want to be hurt. I want to be a baby. I’ve never found someone who understands that I need both until the night I’m kidnapped and told to save the life of a hitman. Creed. I’m a cold-blooded killer. I’m a soft Daddy. Sammy healed my body and only he has ever reached the heart I’d incased in ice. Together, we shouldn’t work but we do...
  • 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...
  • 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. .
  • Letters Book Two by Michael Robert

    Letters Book Two by Michael Robert

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Letters Book Two, we find New York City financier, forty-year-old Perry Jackson, broken-hearted and heading home to the Hamptons. After four months of a promised one-year journey, Perry concedes that his destiny with Lucas has failed. In yet another serendipitous moment, Perry once again encounters the ethereal young man, Chad...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  queer  m-m  length-short
  • Super Lovers vol. 02 by Miyuki Abe

    Super Lovers vol. 02 by Miyuki Abe

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In occasione dell'entrata al liceo del fratello minore con il quale non hanno legami di sangue, i due gemelli Aki e Shima e il maggiore Haru decidono di andare a vivere insieme. Impegnato tra il trasloco e l'apertura del nuovo locale, Haru non riesce a stare sempre insieme a Ren come gli aveva promesso, mentre quest'ultimo sembra continuare a seguire i propri ritmi...
    Categorized as:
    queer  age difference  m-m  humor  length-short
  • The Color of Need by Daniel May

    The Color of Need by Daniel May

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Stuck between two men, Trinket is living his worst nightmare and best fantasy all at once. After longterm boyfriend Zee's clumsy proposal, Trinket doesn't have time to even consider his answer before life throws him another curveball. Bad boy side piece Mini, who seemed to be giving Trinket space to sort out his relationship, suddenly rematerializes - and he's not in a good place...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  explicit-plentiful
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Wanted: Patient Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Wanted: Patient Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Toby thinks he’s irritating. I think he’s a breath of fresh air. Toby’s family has made sure he knows what a screw-up he is at every turn. Too fidgety, too touchy, just too much. He’s given up hope of finding what he wants in search of the only kind of Daddy he thinks will be able to tolerate him, a patient one...
  • Forever by Adira August

    Forever by Adira August

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When you've go too far, there's no way back. “Hunter, when you were in a state of emergency—physically, emotionally, psychologically—a team went into action. What the lead psychiatrist did is a little like being medically stalked. I have extensive notes, recordings of interviews, files of background information about you. ”...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  mystery  length-medium
  • The Dominant Doctor Volume 3: Oh Boy ~and~ The Doctor is IN by Sammy D. Adams

    The Dominant Doctor Volume 3: Oh Boy ~and~ The Doctor is IN by Sammy D. Adams

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Doc and Chris continue to evolve and grow. May contain a vineyard bear attack or a kiss ;) This is books 5 and 6.
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  length-medium
  • Beautiful Trauma by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Beautiful Trauma by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Does trauma define or motivate a person? Homeless and rejected, Henry Sullivan arrived on the doorstep of Ryan’s Place with nothing but the clothes on his back. Life as he knew it was over. Within those walls, Henry found the encouragement and love needed to turn hopeless into hopeful...
  • Perfection: An Age Gap Romance by Gianni Holmes

    Perfection: An Age Gap Romance by Gianni Holmes

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An Age Gap Romance. Perfection n. The state of being complete and correct in every way. Callum. I learned the hard way that love doesn't change anyone. Yet, here I am for the long haul with Ashton on his road to recovery. I have to make tough decisions for his own good, but I have to believe in the end we'll be better for it. Ashton...
  • Gruff Touch by R. Cayden

    Gruff Touch by R. Cayden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes, love shines where you least expect it. There are a million reasons I shouldn’t crush on growly, grumpy Caesar Marin. For starters, the man is probably twice my age. He’s a famous tattoo artist, a biker with a pit bull, and he’s made it clear he doesn’t want anything to do with my geeky butt. He’s also apparently my father’s old friend. Not that I ever met my father...
  • 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...
  • Picking Up the Pieces by Annabella Michaels

    Picking Up the Pieces by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Two Shattered Hearts. Brody Murphy feels as if he’s lost everything when his best friend and partner, Paul, dies in the line of duty. Partners on the force for years, Paul Donovan was all Brody had. Paul accepted Brody as he was—standoffish from a childhood in the foster system, bisexual in a police force that wasn’t entirely welcoming, Brody is now adrift...
  • Assisted by Carly Marie

    Assisted by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Foolish is judging a book by its cover… or a hockey coach by his suit. As assistant coach of the Nashville Grizzlies, Imil Bouchard has everything he needs, except maybe a Daddy. On the wrong side of forty and not looking for a traditional Dom, he knows there’s no point wishing for what he can’t have...
  • For A Reason by Jessie G.

    For A Reason by Jessie G.

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Former Marine and full time big brother, Bull Connor spends his days helping those in need of a second chance and his nights fighting the inner demons that won’t let go. During a routine tow he comes face to face with the only person who refuses to need him and the one man he wishes would...
  • Hot Ice, Tennessee by Raleigh Ruebins

    Hot Ice, Tennessee by Raleigh Ruebins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A hockey hotshot has me wrapped around his finger…. Even after I learn his dirty secret. Jesse is cocky, charming, tattooed, and even more possessive off the ice. …He’s also my friend’s younger brother—which I found out like a puck to the face. He’s too young, too popular, and he knows he has my attention. He’s a college dreamboat, with frat bros riding his jock every day. My world’s different...
  • Twist Me by Mia Monroe

    Twist Me by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He gave me freedom through restraint. He captivated me the first time I saw him. I was drawn to him, curious about the mysterious, soft spoken older man. I convinced myself there was no way someone so worldly would be interested in a shy, inexperienced guy like me. I’m careful what I reveal, choosing instead to live with what if. But with each interaction, I felt things I never had before...
  • 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...
  • 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. ..
  • A Merry MacIntosh Christmas by Susi Hawke

    A Merry MacIntosh Christmas by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What do you do when the person you can’t get out of your head is the son of the man who jilted you thirty years ago? Proceed with caution! When Dr. Joseph Nielson—aka Doc—walked into his exam room, the last thing he expected to find was the spitting image of the fiance who had hurt him so badly that he’d spent the rest of his adult life as a bitter bachelor...
  • Dakota by Shaw Montgomery

    Dakota by Shaw Montgomery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Just because he’s scatterbrained and distracted doesn’t mean he needs a keeper…right? Dakota is creative, passionate, and just a little too focused on his work. It’s helped him grow a single book into an impressive series and career, but it’s not helping his personal life. At this point, he barely has a personal life and even his friends are starting to get concerned...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  omegaverse  length-short
  • Hold Close by Sue Brown

    Hold Close by Sue Brown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A second chance/reverse age play/daddy gay romance. “You walked away from me once. I won’t let you do it a second time. ”. The moment Craig heard Louis begging for his help, he knew he would protect his former boy, no matter how much time they’d been apart. Louis’s life was in danger. He didn’t know who or why. But was only one person he could trust to have his back...
  • 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...
  • Loved by A.M. Arthur

    Loved by A.M. Arthur

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Kell Iverson Cross never imagined he’d find so much joy in his life, and he doesn’t take a single moment for granted. His tireless work championing omega rights have made him a bit of a celebrity across the territory, so when his brother Braun suggests Kell be the first omega to run for public office, Kell doesn’t say no right away...
  • Kept Man by Alexa Land

    Kept Man by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Micah is a has-been rock star under house arrest, who’s managed to push away everyone he’s ever cared about. Jasper is the sweet, beautiful escort Micah hires to share his home—and his bed—for the next six months. The heat between them is undeniable...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  queer  m-m
  • Easton's Lost Otter by Della Cain, Kaytea Kat

    Easton's Lost Otter by Della Cain, Kaytea Kat

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Traveling is the worst. I love being in my own house, in my own room, with my own things, and snuggling under my favorite blanket with my otter stuffie, Charlie. When my boss asks me to go to a week-long conference in Las Vegas, it is crystal clear that the options I have are to go or be denied the promotion I’ve been working so hard for. I choose to go. It’s Vegas. How bad can it be? Awful...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-novella
  • A Cold Hard Collection by K.L. Hiers

    A Cold Hard Collection by K.L. Hiers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When a mafia kingpin pays to send you to law school, the real lessons will be taught in his bed. Boss Cold is the kind of man who gets his money's worth, and Jimmy Poe still has much to learn about all the ways his body can be used and enjoyed. He will spend his nights blushing, begging, and screaming the name of the stern, sexy mob lord to whom every inch of him now belongs...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  mafia  m-m
  • Smoke Screen by Jacki James

    Smoke Screen by Jacki James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    If there is one thing club owner Jesse Harris knows, it’s that his best friend’s little brother Andy Ward is totally off limits. Too bad the sexy firefighter would be the perfect boy for him. Jesse had long given up on finding a boy that fit into his life. Instead, he satisfied his need to take care of others by creating a safe space at his club for Daddies and boys alike to find each other...
  • Pumpkin Cream Pie by Kiki Burrelli

    Pumpkin Cream Pie by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A young man with a turbulent past meets the only man with a hand steady enough to tame him. Seamus is a nineteen-year-old falcon shifter with a bad reputation, just ask anyone. Growing up in the insulated all-shifter town of Morningwood, there isn’t a person around who doesn’t remember each of his mistakes and they aren’t afraid to throw them in his face at every chance...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  queer  m-m
  • Picking Cherries by Kiki Burrelli

    Picking Cherries by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Shy and unsure, what Shiloh needs is a steady hand to guide him. Shiloh Formes has lived his young adult life in fear of turning into his brother. Seamus couldn’t make the right choice if it bit him in the bottom. But Shiloh didn’t graduate high school early to spend his life partying like his brother...
  • Becoming the Owners by Shaw Montgomery

    Becoming the Owners by Shaw Montgomery

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All it took was one look for Ben to know he’d found his forever. He just needs to figure out how to get the enchanting man to come down from his gilded cage and see what is waiting for him down below. But when the stunning dancer in the cage spends more time hiding from the world than embracing it, Ben knows he’s going to have to get creative if he wants to catch the pretty bird’s attention...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  humor  m-m  contemporary  length-short
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