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  • 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...
  • Forever Wilde in Aster Valley by Lucy Lennox

    Forever Wilde in Aster Valley by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    When Miller Hobbs finds himself on a winter vacation in Colorado with the giant, exceedingly loud, Marian and Wilde families, he doesn’t quite know what to do with himself. He’s not really a Marian or a Wilde despite having DNA ties to both...
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  • 63 Days Later by Adrienne Wilder

    63 Days Later by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    63 Days later takes place after the novel WILD. This can be read as a stand alone story. However, it might be more enjoyable if you read WILD first. Trigger Warning: Christmas music, trees, presents, and all around holiday cheer. It’s been almost two years since Keegan and August escaped the Alaskan wilderness, and they finally get to celebrate their very first Christmas together...
  • Poison Hearts by Jennifer Cody

    Poison Hearts by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Orlando:No one intentionally starts out life trying to become a hired unaliver. Weeellllll, most people don’t. I come from a legacy of unalivers, though I think I might be the first one to make a career out of it. Accidentally...
  • Get Frosted by Amy Aislin

    Get Frosted by Amy Aislin

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    For years, Mik has wanted nothing more than to put coal in Rudy Snow's stocking.As former pro hockey players, they’ve been rivals for years. It started in Mik’s rookie season, when a reporter pitted him against his older brother's best friend. Rudy pushes Mik’s buttons like no one else, going out of his way to one-up him at every turn...
  • Christmas Beau by Amy Aislin

    Christmas Beau by Amy Aislin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Hank Beaufort's life is a mess.Oh, he looks like he has it all together, but the reality is that he's freshly retired from an unimpressive minor hockey career, and the ink is barely dry on his equally unimpressive second divorce...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  m-m  sports  contemporary
  • A Devilish Christmas by Silvia Violet

    A Devilish Christmas by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Devil, my beast of a man, seduces me into eloping, then abducts me for a honeymoon in Christmastown, Vermont.A lot of men would be furious. I simply planned revenge involving handcuffs.My anger doesn’t last long. Devil rents my dream cottage and manages to draw me out of my Scrooge-like ways. But I’ve been keeping a secret, and it follows me all the way to Christmastown...
  • The Law of Miracles by K.C. Wells

    The Law of Miracles by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The sequel to A Christmas Promise… Joshua Trant is doing his best to support his son Micah and Micah’s partner Greg as they approach the trial of Greg’s attackers. This was never going to be easy, especially as Greg wants them prosecuted for a hate crime, but County Attorney Alexander Rycliffe assures them he’ll do his utmost to make sure the perpetrators are held accountable for their actions...
  • The Greatest Gift by Felice Stevens

    The Greatest Gift by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After five years, Alex Stern and Rafe Hazelton have what seems to be the perfect marriage. Alex is entering his last years of residency and Rafe’s veterinary business is busier than ever. For Rafe, all that is missing is a child, but Alex, afraid of ending up to be a man like his father, isn’t as sure. He doesn't want to make any mistakes...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-novella
  • Shrewd Angel by Anyta Sunday

    Shrewd Angel by Anyta Sunday

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Pax Polo is the swashbuckling guitarist for Serenity Free. Correction: Was the swashbuckling guitarist for Serenity Free. Now he sports a black eye and his bros have kicked him out of their band—three weeks before Christmas. It’s an unfamiliar kick to his over-inflated ego, but . . . whatever. No problem...
  • Homebird by Amy Lane

    Homebird by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Crispin Henry isn’t an adventurer. He learned early on that the world is a frightening place and that home is rare and precious. If his friends didn’t drag him to sports games and ill-advised trips to Vegas, he wouldn’t get out at all—and his trip to Munich for Oktoberfest is no exception. But it’s there that he meets Luka Gabriel, and he learns to take a chance...
  • Every Saturday Night by Alexa Land

    Every Saturday Night by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As a young single dad, my life’s all about raising my sweet baby boy. But every Saturday night while my family babysits, I get to go out, cut loose, and act my age. Hey, we all need a break from time to time.And every Saturday night, I keep winding up in bed with a gorgeous, Cuban-American motorcycle mechanic named Lucky...
  • Maddie by Annabella Michaels

    Maddie by Annabella Michaels

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

    ChrisMyths by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After courtship, cohabitation, and learning about love and each other, Andy and Eli face the ultimate test: being separated at Christmas.Eli’s seen the propaganda—the country boy goes home from the city and realizes his heart is back among the snow, trees, and chickens. A big happy family is something Eli, with his demanding job running a shelter for LGBTQ youth, can’t provide...
  • Thawed Out by Jodi Payne, BA Tortuga

    Thawed Out by Jodi Payne, BA Tortuga

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thawed Out is an opposites attract, second chance romance featuring an established couple on the edge of divorce, a ferocious snow storm, precocious children and a healthy dose of holiday magic.Kiren knows there is a storm coming when he goes to the cabin to deliver divorce papers to his husband Flynn, but he doesn’t plan to stay long...
  • Moody's Grumpy Holiday by Lane Hayes

    Moody's Grumpy Holiday by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The geek, the cowboy, and a not-so-grumpy holiday… MoodyLiving in Christmas Town doesn’t make me a fan of the holidays. Quite the opposite. In fact, eleven months out of the year, I’m perfectly happy running my bookstore in peace and quiet. Of course, that changes in December when it’s mistletoe madness and mayhem. Ugh...
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    christmas  queer  m-m  cowboys  contemporary  humor  audiobook
  • Ready, Set, Glow! by Rye Cox

    Ready, Set, Glow! by Rye Cox

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    There is nothing more annoying than Christmas... I see the irony of being the owner of a Christmas tree farm and hating the very holiday that keeps my family business alive, but Christmas Falls takes this season way too seriously with their festive business names to the sheer merriment that envelops the entire town. I'm no grinch, but I can relate to one being surrounded by all this jubilance...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  m-m  contemporary  audiobook
  • Kissing Our Loves by Sammi Cee

    Kissing Our Loves by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Valentine's Inc. Book 6. Clark ~ I wouldn’t change anything about my life. Adopting the child my sister gave birth to is the best decision I ever made. For all of us. Choosing to work for myself so that I can be an active part of his life—a no brainer. After four years, though, my friends may be right...
  • Killer Bond by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Killer Bond by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Daniel Hendricks wants a vacation. Ward Security’s accountant and resident code breaker just needs a little R&R from the chaos and usual shenanigans of the office. But what was supposed to be a sexy vacation hook-up explodes in his face when he’s mistaken for a rogue secret agent...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  queer  m-m  mystery  suspense  contemporary
  • Scrooge You! by Brigham Vaughn

    Scrooge You! by Brigham Vaughn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Joel McArthur thought he knew everyone in the small town of Christmas Falls. He’s been running Ginger’s Breads bakery for more than a decade, after all. But who is the mysterious runner who’s been passing by his shop every morning? Hayden Bradley’s post-college plans fell through, landing him in this stupid small town he can’t get out of fast enough...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  m-m  contemporary  audiobook
  • A Kind of Honesty by Lane Hayes

    A Kind of Honesty by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Kind of Story Music is drummer Tim Chalmers’s great escape and the one thing that’s never let him down. But his band Spiral’s meteoric rise to fame has made it difficult for him to maintain a low profile. Unwanted press pesters him after a public breakup with a volatile ex-girlfriend who loves the limelight as much as he loathes it. Tim’s main goal is to avoid confrontation...
  • Deliver Me by Faith Gibson

    Deliver Me by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Taggart Lee has it all. Fame. Fortune. Everything except love. Tag is the jaded lead singer for 7’s Mistress, the biggest rock band in the world. After fifteen years in the business, he’s drowning in it all. When tragedy strikes, he takes a break from the road and the monotony his life has become. When he meets a gorgeous man on a park bench, he sees his lifeline. Dr...
    Categorized as:
    rockstars  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-short
  • Hitman's Holiday by Alexa Land

    Hitman's Holiday by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It’s Christmas Eve at Nana Dombruso’s house, and a wild party is in full swing. Gangsters, strippers and Nana’s ‘gay homosexuals’ are certainly bringing the holiday cheer. But all I can think about is what will happen when I see Constantino Dombruso again. Connie and I have a very long, very complicated history...
  • Everything He Needs by J.H. Knight

    Everything He Needs by J.H. Knight

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    So, Tommy and Bobby decided they needed a little Christmas story. Well, Bobby decided. Tommy, frankly, couldn’t give a shit. Bobby loves him anyway...
  • Once Upon A Christmas Song by Mary Calmes

    Once Upon A Christmas Song by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Chris Gardner has a good life in New Orleans. He owns a club in the French Quarter, has a wonderful crew of people who call it home, loyal, caring friends, and even gets his kid fix by helping to take care of his chef’s daughter. What he doesn’t have is that special someone to share his days and nights with...
  • Reindeer Games by N.R. Walker

    Reindeer Games by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Reindeer Games Definition: activities to exclude outsiders 
Industrial-art student Leif Caldwell and his best friend win tickets to the hottest party in town, the annual masquerade Christmas gala at the upmarket nightclub, Evoque. Not a gig they could ever afford to attend or buy costumes for, so Leif makes their masks...
  • Brad by Lucy Lennox

    Brad by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    When Brad opens his Vegas hotel room door to find a hot police officer waiting on the other side, he assumes crazy Aunt Tilly has sent him a strip-o-gram. But instead of getting naked, Detective Gorgeous pulls out his cuffs — turns out, the badge and uniform aren’t just props, this cop is the real deal...
  • A Guy for Christmas by K.C. Wells

    A Guy for Christmas by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Dear Santa,Please can you send me a guy for Christmas? Someone kind, good-looking, sweet… but who knows what he’s doing? ( If you get my meaning ;-) ) You must know SO MANY people. Surely you can give someone a shove in my direction?I’m serious here!I need your help.I’m eighteen and I’m a virgin...
  • One Bright Star by Kate Sherwood

    One Bright Star by Kate Sherwood

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It's Christmas time. Time for family, celebration, and anxiety. The new baby is a blessing in Jeff, Evan and Dan's lives, but he's also one more thing to worry about. Jeff isn't sure society will accept their nontraditional family, Evan isn't sure what he has to offer the baby, and Dan... well, Dan's Dan. He's got PLENTY to worry about...
    Categorized as:
    queer  christmas  contemporary  m-m  poly  m-m-m  length-novella
  • Your Wish: A Kinley Island Novel by Raleigh Ruebins

    Your Wish: A Kinley Island Novel by Raleigh Ruebins

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Chances of a guy like him wanting a nerd like me? Zero point zero zero six percent. Approximately. Charlie : Computers have always made more sense than people do. But I fall asleep next to my laptop in bed every night, wishing I had someone warm to hold. When I was forced to attend a holiday work party, I was a nervous wreck, but determined to make a good impression...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-medium
  • Baby Makes Three by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Baby Makes Three by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When baby makes three, Christmas will never be the same for Ten and Jared.There's not much that Tennant Rowe hasn't accomplished, and all before reaching thirty. Hoisting the Cup, marrying the man of his dreams, and becoming a spokesman for LGBTQ2+ athletes' rights have filled his world with great joy...
  • Tutus and Tinsel by Rhys Ford

    Tutus and Tinsel by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zig Reid-Harris has everything an eleven-year-old girl could ever want: a great home, two fantastic fathers named Deacon Reid and Lang Harris, and all the books she could possibly read. When a school assignment about holiday traditions unexpectedly broadsides her, she discovers burying the past isn’t as easy as it looks, and the stark reality of her life before her adoption sinks in...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-novella
  • Miracle by E. Davies

    Miracle by E. Davies

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Don’t go yet. Stay here, with me.” Newly-divorced at forty, Pete Miele’s life didn’t go as planned. When he stumbles into dating men by showing enthusiastic, twenty-four-year-old newcomer Nick around Hidden Creek, can he endure the judgment of old friends? Coming out cost Nick Mitchell his degree, so his family exiled him at Thanksgiving...
  • Fairy Tales and Cappuccinos by Taylor Rylan

    Fairy Tales and Cappuccinos by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Pleasant Grove, Colorado. Where men find their happily ever after. Sawyer Clifton never expected to walk away from his family’s business in Breckenridge, but his health couldn’t take the stress anymore. Thankfully his best friend talked him into visiting the cute town of Pleasant Grove. He wasn’t so sure he believed in serendipity until he took a chance and decided to stay...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-short
  • A Matter of Fact by Kate Hawthorne

    A Matter of Fact by Kate Hawthorne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Name – Rhys St. GeorgeAge – 37Relationship status – SingleLooking for – A way to make all of this rightBiggest regret – Callahan McMillianHobbies – Having money, making money, spending money, and wine...
  • Montana Sky by R.J. Scott

    Montana Sky by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When they spend time alone on a Montana mountainside will Tyler ever convince Martin that like sapphires, love is worth searching for? Martin’s name was the very last on a kill list. The son of a murderer, he’s had no childhood; lost in a horrific holding pattern of death that turned his heart to stone...
  • Saving Hope by Annabella Michaels

    Saving Hope by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As a police officer in the small town of New Hope, Rhode Island, Lieutenant Mike Archer rarely sees more than the occasional drunk and disorderly. When a man tries to break into the vacant house next door, Mike is shocked to discover his best friend’s younger brother...
  • Uriel: Yule Lads Book Two by Macy Blake

    Uriel: Yule Lads Book Two by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His holiday is about to go off-book…Uriel Lad is single all the way. He enjoys his quiet life in the small town of Mistletoe Falls, running Ornamentary Books and More. This holiday, though, Uriel’s Yule Lad magic is back, which means making mischief throughout the season. It should be a perfect Christmas, until his new friend Joe begs for help with a problem...
  • Bass by Anna Edwards

    Bass by Anna Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Austin Doherty is the technology loving bassist of Saving Tate. He's the quietest member of the band and often keeps his emotions to himself. He's enjoyed the company of woman all his life until he was introduced to Marek Stone, the hot record producer responsible for the bands next album...
  • Not Just For Christmas by J.J. Harper

    Not Just For Christmas by J.J. Harper

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hunter has lost everything, including himself. Can Otto and Ajax help him find the joy of Christmas again?After tragedy strikes, famous news reporter, Hunter Wiley, flees his London home and his successful career in television. In the hills outside a small Welsh town, he finds his refuge. Building his house helps him grieve, and for two years, he hides from everyone...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-short
  • A Place to Go by Kit Oliver

    A Place to Go by Kit Oliver

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Falling in love was a long, bumpy, wonderful ride.Now, they just have to figure out the rest of it: family, holidays...and what to get each other for Christmas...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-long
  • Rhett's Gift: A Snow Globe Christmas Book 8 (A Snow Globe Christmas) by Taylor Rylan

    Rhett's Gift: A Snow Globe Christmas Book 8 (A Snow Globe Christmas) by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Logan and Rhett Redfeather didn’t quite realize what life would be like when their twins were born. Hectic is an understatement. With the twins’ first birthday looming, as well as their third anniversary, the last thing they’re thinking about is the Christmas holiday. When Logan spots the perfect snow globe in a shop window, he knows it’s the absolute perfect gift for his frazzled husband...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-novella
  • A Little Christmas: Raymond by A.W. Scott

    A Little Christmas: Raymond by A.W. Scott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before things work out.Raymond has had a tough go at life. Between being on his own since he was fifteen and the growing pile of debt for all his medical expenses, he's working nonstop just to keep a roof over his head. When his apartment becomes infested with not so savory creatures, his safe place becomes unlivable...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  m-m  contemporary  bdsm  sports  length-short
  • A  (Fake) Boyfriend for Christmas by Sean Ashcroft

    A (Fake) Boyfriend for Christmas by Sean Ashcroft

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Faking a relationship with his boss isn't exactly what Jay had in mind for the holidays. But when he gets busted making out with Harper at the office Christmas party—by the guy's mom, no less—well... it's his best chance at a Merry Christmas this year. Not least of all because he's had a reindeer-sized crush on Harper since the day they met...
  • 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:
    rockstars  queer  m-m  contemporary  anal sex
  • Crossroads by Garrett Leigh

    Crossroads by Garrett Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Angelo Giordano and Dylan Hart are more in love than ever, but their reality is far from ideal. With Dylan working in London, and Angelo recovering from chronic illness in Cornwall, they rarely spend more than few nights under the same sky. Dylan is struggling. Being apart from Angelo is killing him, and he’s at the end of his rope...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-novella
  • Payback by Alexa Land

    Payback by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What do you do when your ex-boyfriend breaks your heart? You get revenge, of course.It wasn’t just that my ex cheated on me. He also humiliated me and treated me like dirt. But I know how to get back at him.All I have to do is catch the eye of Malcolm Sterling—my ex’s dad, who happens to be a sexy, single silver fox. Since we’ve never met, he’ll have no idea who I am when I make my move...
  • Christmas Gifts by R.J. Moray

    Christmas Gifts by R.J. Moray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All Channon wants for Christmas is Jack. Jack, of course, gives him much, much more...
  • A Christmas Wedding by A.E. Ryecart

    A Christmas Wedding by A.E. Ryecart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christmas. A Wedding. Family.It’s the Perfect Storm…For Rory Kincaid marrying Jack, the youngest son of the aristocratic De Lacy family, on Christmas Eve, is a dream come true. Handing over the wedding planning to Jack’s mother, the strong-willed Lady Diana, is turning out to be more of a nightmare.As their big day approaches, the pressure’s on and the strain is beginning to show...
  • Room For Love by Quinn Ward

    Room For Love by Quinn Ward

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A single dad, a small town, and one very persistent carpenter.LUKENoah needs my help. His house is a disaster—leaky pipes, warped floors, and enough structural issues to make any contractor cringe. Lucky for him, I love a good project.The problem? Noah himself.He’s all sharp edges and stubborn pride, with a permanent scowl that shouldn’t be attractive—but somehow is...
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