Books like 'Don't You Want Me'

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  • Tired Tired Sea by MediaWhore

    Tired Tired Sea by MediaWhore

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    As a B&B owner on the most remote of all the British Isles, Louis Tomlinson is used to spending the coldest half of the year in complete isolation, with his dog and the sea as sole companions. Until, one day, a mysterious stranger on a quest to rebuild himself rents a room for the winter...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  m-m  length-medium  open-door
  • Flightless Bird by AudreyHornesHeart

    Flightless Bird by AudreyHornesHeart

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    AU where Louis Tomlinson is a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet. When his rival from ballet school, moody dance prodigy Harry Styles joins the company, old wounds are reopened and old passions reignited...
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  • Banana Fish, Vol. 19 by Akimi Yoshida

    Banana Fish, Vol. 19 by Akimi Yoshida

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Nature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer!VICE NEW YORK IN THE 80s...Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of “Papa” Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him...
  • Therapy Game, Vol. 2 by Meguru Hinohara, 日ノ原 巡

    Therapy Game, Vol. 2 by Meguru Hinohara, 日ノ原 巡

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    Shizuma finds out about Minato’s plan—and subsequent wager—to seduce and then dump him. But when he rushes to Minato's apartment, an unknown man opens the door! Meanwhile, Minato is stuck wavering between his ever-deepening feelings for Shizuma and his deep-seated fear of falling in love...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  m-m  length-short  open-door
  • Marcus & Reagan: Rojo, TX by Cee Bowerman

    Marcus & Reagan: Rojo, TX by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Marcus and Reagan have been part of the Texas Knights, Texas Kings, and Tempest family for more than thirty years. They’ve weathered ups and downs and raised their children surrounded by family that may not share their blood but share their hearts. Come to Rojo with Cee Bowerman and attend the wedding we’ve all been waiting for...
  • Finder, Volume 5: Truth in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

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

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 26 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...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  bdsm  mafia  rape  length-short
  • Escapade by dolce_piccante

    Escapade by dolce_piccante

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    In the grand scheme of things, finding a date for a wedding should be no problem for Louis Tomlinson. He's rich. He's handsome. He's reasonably well behaved. But when the wedding is for his lifelong best friend (and former boyfriend), and is happening in under a month, finding a date for the ceremony and accompanying festivities becomes more of an adventure than he ever could have planned for...
  • Therapy Game, Vol. 1 by Meguru Hinohara, 日ノ原 巡

    Therapy Game, Vol. 1 by Meguru Hinohara, 日ノ原 巡

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Sparks fly in this spinoff of Secret XXX featuring Shouhei’s older brother Shizuma and Mito’s younger brother Minato after a drunken fling!Shizuma only drank that night to forget his heartbreak. He didn’t intend to also forget Minato, the one-night stand who soothed his broken heart...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  m-m  length-short
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 07 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 07 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 25 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...
  • Snow Fairy by Tomo Serizawa, 芹澤知

    Snow Fairy by Tomo Serizawa, 芹澤知

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    When Hokkaido-born Haruki meets animal photographer Akihito and finds out his accommodations have fallen through, he offers his home as a shelter for the winter. A city slicker, Akihito is smart, charming, and a smooth conversationalist; the polar opposite of country boy Haruki. Despite their differences, Akihito wants to close the gap between the two of them, before the snow thaws in the spring...
  • Every Breath After by Jessie Walker

    Every Breath After by Jessie Walker

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He would never be mine. Official Cover + Blurb coming soon. *Every Breath After will be a full-length, emotional, MM rockstar romance novel. While this book will focus on a new couple, it is not considered a stand-alone. This series is meant to be read in order, beginning with the Duet: Where There's A Will (#1) and If There's A Way (#2)...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  friends to lovers
  • Something Like Spring by Jay Bell

    Something Like Spring by Jay Bell

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Nothing in this world is permanent. Friends, lovers, even family, can all disappear in the blink of an eye. Without these anchors, it's all too easy to find oneself drifting. Jason Grant doesn't have much, aside from a beat-up old guitar and knack for getting kicked out of foster homes. His latest placement is set to be just another in a long line of failures...
  • 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...
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 08 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 08 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 25 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:
    queer  m-m  age difference  humor  length-short
  • Dirty Laundry by Rhys Ford

    Dirty Laundry by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    For ex-cop turned private investigator Cole McGinnis, each day brings a new challenge. Too bad most of them involve pain and death. Claudia, his office manager and surrogate mother, is still recovering from a gunshot, and Cole’s closeted boyfriend, Kim Jae-Min, suddenly finds his teenaged sister dumped in his lap...
  • Therapy Game Restart, Vol. 1 by Meguru Hinohara, 日ノ原 巡

    Therapy Game Restart, Vol. 1 by Meguru Hinohara, 日ノ原 巡

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Sparks continue to fly in this Therapy Game sequel where Shizuma and Minato learn to navigate commitment—in both work and love!From a forgotten one-night stand to a plan for revenge, Shizuma and Minato have been through it all. But now that they’re officially a couple, new challenges await, and their fledgling relationship must learn to soar!Shizuma and Minato are officially a couple...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  m-m  length-short
  • These Inconvenient Fireworks by mdasch, everydayslike

    These Inconvenient Fireworks by mdasch, everydayslike

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One Direction FanficFuture AU in which nobody tries out for X Factor but the boys end up finding one other eventually anyway. Louis is a jaded bastard who owns a cat named Duchess and teaches drama to teenagers, Harry is an idealistic aspiring photographer/part-time footy coach, Zayn teaches English lit and wears leather jackets, Liam saves people from burning buildings, and Niall is Niall...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  new adult  humor  length-long
  • Until I Meet My Husband by Yoshi Tsukizuki, Ryousuke Nanasaki

    Until I Meet My Husband by Yoshi Tsukizuki, Ryousuke Nanasaki

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 25 ratings
    The memoir of gay activist Ryousuke Nanasaki and the first religiously recognized same-sex marriage in Japan.From school crushes to awkward dating sites to finding a community, this collection of stories recounts the author’s “firsts” as a young gay man searching for love...
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 11 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 11 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Misaki just can't catch a break when it comes to the Usami family. Just when he thinks he escaped one mess, he falls right into another one...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  humor  length-short
  • Junjo Romantica 03 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica 03 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Misaki wohnt beim Bestsellerautor Usami und kann seine Gefühle für ihn nicht länger leugnen. Eines Nachts rutscht ihm sogar der Satz "Ich glaube, ich liebe dich!" heraus...
  • Call Me By Your Name - Screenplay by James Ivory, André Aciman

    Call Me By Your Name - Screenplay by James Ivory, André Aciman

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen-year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father's research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  m-m  bisexual  length-novella
  • Censored Soul by Anne Malcom

    Censored Soul by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 11 ratings
    I give myself to strangers. When I'm on stage, and when I'm off it. Whether it's throngs of screaming fans or just one man, it's always outsiders. People who don't know me. Not the real me. It's easier, because then it's not so obvious that there is no real me. Just layers of lies. Then I'm peeled back to the nerve. Showing the world my ugly. Everyone sees me for what I am...
  • Holding the Man by Timothy Conigrave

    Holding the Man by Timothy Conigrave

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    When Timothy Conigrave falls in love with the captain of the football team, John Caleo, at their Catholic all-boys school in Melbourne, the two embark on a passionate journey of love, betrayal and forgiveness. This bestselling true story is at once sexy, romantic, funny and sad - a masterpiece of authentic emotion that you won't forget...
  • A Charmed Christmas by Alison Cochrun

    A Charmed Christmas by Alison Cochrun

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A Charmed Christmas, a Charlie and Dev holiday short story...
  • Click by Nora Phoenix

    Click by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    He doesn't just want the friendship or the benefits. He wants it all.Rhett, the White House photographer, is tired of everyone treating him like he’s fragile. He wants a life of his own. Punch his V-card. A boyfriend.Making new friends is a good first step, even if it’s with his boss, Calix, who’s fifteen years his senior. Calix is kind and protective, and he encourages Rhett to spread his wings...
  • All In With Him by Lauren Blakely

    All In With Him by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Once upon a time all I needed was baseball, friends and extracurricular activities. Then everything changed when Declan Steele stormed into my life and upended all my priorities with his heart, his love, his passion.So my next five-year plan will include this new ground rule—Love big...
  • Addicted to Ellis D by S.E. Harmon

    Addicted to Ellis D by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 25 ratings
    Chef Luca Alessi’s life is barely recognizable these days. He used to spend his days in the kitchen creating cutting-edge cuisine. Now he’s trying to keep his family's restaurant and legacy alive. It doesn't help that his father was keeping secrets before he passed. On the relationship front, his ex, Colin, assured him that their divorce would be simple. And now? Not so much...
  • Finder, Volume 7: Desire in the Viewfinder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder, Volume 7: Desire in the Viewfinder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "If you betray me, I'll track you down... " Akihito splits his time between being Asami's cook (and housemate) and working as a daredevil photographer...
    Categorized as:
    cheating  queer  m-m  mafia  contemporary  bdsm  rape  other-man-woman
  • Sawyer by Siobhan Davis

    Sawyer by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Torn between duty and desire... Sawyer Hunt has always been confident with his place in the world. He knows what he wants, conceals his painful truths behind a mask of cool indifference and keeps his circle small. The only person who has ever come close to smashing through his inner walls is the one person his parents will never accept.Xavier Daniels is sick of being Hunt’s dirty little secret...
  • Wanted: Boss Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Wanted: Boss Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Why would my boss want someone as young and broken as me for his boy? But the way he looks at me…” Levi has seen more life than anyone his age should have. He’s responsible for more than anyone knows. The weight on his shoulders is crippling, but he’d do anything for his family...
  • Heal by Nora Phoenix

    Heal by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Del feels broken. Can Issa be the person to help him heal?President Delano “Del” Shafer is grieving the loss of his wife, Sarah. Now that the culprits behind the Pride Bombing and all the killings are caught, everyone has been able to move on…except Del.His friends have all found love. Even his son is happier than Del could have ever imagined...
  • A Collar For His Brat, Volume Two: Episodes 4-6 by R.J. Moray

    A Collar For His Brat, Volume Two: Episodes 4-6 by R.J. Moray

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    A stubborn brat. A smiling sadist. Perfection...or disaster? In Volume Two of A Collar For His Brat, Nate and Ewan have to find the equilibrium in their tempestuous relationship, or risk hurting each other irrevocably. DEBUG Ewan McKinney knows what he doesn't want: rules, responsibilities, or having to talk about his feelings...
  • A Daddy In Cameron by Sammi Cee

    A Daddy In Cameron by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Indie’s determined to navigate this world alone, but he’s never come up against a determined Daddy before. Normally, everyone likes Cameron. As the General Manager of The Tap Tavern, he’s protective, empathetic, and considerate of his employees and their needs. Especially those who’ve come in through the Takoda Career Center. Indie knows betrayal. He’s lived with the consequences and survived...
  • Amid Our Lines by Zarah Detand

    Amid Our Lines by Zarah Detand

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Realising your new boss is the adult star you fancied as a teenager? Awkward.In the snow-kissed Swiss Alps, Adrian’s world is a high-wire act of old-world charm and new-world problems at the Gletscherhaus Hotel. Enter Eric, an undercover London songwriter, seeking a mental break in a place where the Wi-Fi is as patchy as his past relationships...
  • The Parting Glass by Josh Lanyon

    The Parting Glass by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Two and a half years ago, travel writer Timothy McShay let NYPD Detective Luke O'Brien talk him into hiking into the New Jersey Pine Barrens to face down a monster. Now Tim and Luke meet again under very different circumstances. The old attraction is still there -- but so are some of Tim's monsters...
  • Fall for You by Felice Stevens

    Fall for You by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Carson Ballard isn’t only lactose intolerant—he’s intolerable. No wonder his assistant quit on him without notice.Okay, okay, he has a right to be angry at me for dumping an armful of sticky breakfast plates on his head. It was an accident, I swear.But now I’m out of a job—not that I’m any good at waiting tables—and Carson’s mother is offering to hire me.There’s no way I can work for him...
  • Blindsided by Carly Marie

    Blindsided by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I sent my boss into subspace before lunch. Now what?Easton knows, in the world of professional hockey, he’s getting old and his body can’t take many more hits. When a job offer too good to pass up falls into his lap, Easton goes for it. What should be the start of a new chapter, opens another he thought had closed when he'd been drafted...
  • Shaken & Stirred by A.W. Scott

    Shaken & Stirred by A.W. Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “Of course I had to get stranded with the one man who hates me…”RobWorking for Mateo Rojas had its perks. I was always paid well and on time. I had my pick of any man or woman I wanted. And I gained a group of friends that were quickly turning out to be some of the best I’d ever had.The only downside to this place is the lack of an experienced bartender...
  • If This Gets Out… by Romeo Alexander

    If This Gets Out… by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What if the love you never forgot found you again? Kameron: Moving back home to take care of my abusive father is the stuff of nightmares. I never wanted to see this place again, the memories are still too raw. I need a job to help pay the bills, but I didn’t expect the search to lead me straight into the path of my closeted ex-boyfriend, Able, the only man I’d ever loved...
  • The Birthday Manny by Sammi Cee

    The Birthday Manny by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Here’s the deal, not everyone understands why an almost twenty-eight-year-old man is happy taking care of other people’s children, but I am.Do I love being single? No, but what’s a guy to do?Then I met Kevin Wadsworth. He’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a man. He’s older than me, smaller than me, and needs a little bit of care...
  • but always in tandem by Youcouldmakealife

    but always in tandem by Youcouldmakealife

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Doesn’t matter which jersey they’re wearing. Doesn’t matter that off the ice Robbie can’t even look at Georgie without feeling sick, half the time. Doesn’t matter that Robbie doesn’t think he’s ever hated anyone more. They still play beautiful hockey together...
  • When Forever Ended by Cara Dee

    When Forever Ended by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    At ten years old, Kelly and I were two rambunctious boys who carved our initials into a tree in the forest. We promised to be best friends forever and bumped our fists to seal the deal. I never should've kissed him that summer before college. It was a day that buried me in shame, a day I spent the next twenty-four years regretting, a day I never told anyone about...
  • Just One Night by Felice Stevens

    Just One Night by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the rough and tumble world of New York City, these men don’t mind getting down and dirty—in business or each other.It isn’t every day a gorgeous stranger shows up in my bedroom wearing not much more than an arrogant smile. When I discover he’s a high-priced escort and a surprise birthday present from my sister…now she’s gone too far...
  • You Don't Know Jack by Anna Sparrows

    You Don't Know Jack by Anna Sparrows

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    …And, apparently, neither does he. At 31, Jack Bradford’s life is looking just the way he wants it to. He literally lives in paradise (Surfers Paradise, but who’s counting?), loves his job as a firefighter, has a great group of friends and all the freedom his heart desires and nothing is about to change that. At least, that’s what he thinks...
  • A Little Christmas: Claus's Secret by Della Cain

    A Little Christmas: Claus's Secret by Della Cain

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I love being little but keep that side of me hidden away. It feels like too much of a risk to let it out there. But when the local club, Chained, announces their first annual Little Christmas Holiday Weekend, I decide to be brave. It’s not like anyone there will know me. Or so I thought.When I arrive, I walk almost face first into Nicholas, my boss and long-time crush...
  • Finding Lord Landry by Lucy Lennox

    Finding Lord Landry by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    When a secret enemies-with-benefits situation turns into the world’s most public fake marriage…The world knows me as Landry Davis, supermodel. A beautiful face and killer abs that have spawned a hundred fantasies. To my friends, I’m simply Landry, the snarkiest (read: most fun) member of our billionaire brotherhood...
  • Inked by E.M. Leya, Sara York

    Inked by E.M. Leya, Sara York

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Living on the streets isn't easy, but Angel has found a way to survive by trading street tattoos for things he needs. He's a great artist and dreams of working in a tattoo shop someday, but when his home is in an abandoned warehouse, few are willing to hire him...
  • Wither by Ashlyn Drewek

    Wither by Ashlyn Drewek

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Working for literary sensation Gerulf Prince should have been a dream job for aspiring author Zane Beaumont. Six months, all-expenses-paid, and one-on-one time with his favorite writer? It sounded too good to be true—because it was...
  • Say It Again by Tessa Hatfield

    Say It Again by Tessa Hatfield

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Daniel Greene’s life is dance. What it is not? Really anything outside of that. He certainly doesn’t know how to hobnob with rich people or play bartender for their rich private parties, so when his best friend guilts him into doing exactly that, it ought to end in disaster. Instead, it ends with him pressed against a bathroom wall while a hot lawyer kisses his grand jeté-ing brains out...
  • Lord of a Thousand Steps by Tara Lain

    Lord of a Thousand Steps by Tara Lain

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “I’m going to remind you what it’s like to be twenty-one.”When Ian Carney’s perfect boyfriend turns out to be a rat, and his internship in architecture morphs into an emergency round of babysitting for his gorgeous boss Braden Lord’s kids, Ian gets a dose of real-life real fast.Braden’s two kids idolize Ian and his cat, and they’re pretty disappointed to find him in their dad’s bed...
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