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  • Eryx: A Spartan Tale by Jaclyn Osborn

    Eryx: A Spartan Tale by Jaclyn Osborn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My father once told me, above all else... Live and die for Sparta. Honor. Loyalty. Duty. These were the things that mattered most. And then Axios came into my life, teaching me other lessons: humility, brotherhood... love. There were moments when the brutal training stripped me of my humanity, where it turned me into a mindless beast of flesh and muscle set to destroy everything in my way...
  • Maurice by E.M. Forster

    Maurice by E.M. Forster

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 59 ratings
    Written in 1914 by the Nobel Prize–nominated author of Howard’s End, this intimate portrait of homosexual desire “seems as relevant as ever” (The Guardian).   From early adolescence to his college years at Cambridge and into professional life at his father’s firm, Maurice Hall plays the part of the conventional Englishman...
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  • The Death of Friends by Michael Nava

    The Death of Friends by Michael Nava

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Winner of six Lambda Literary awards, the Henry Rios mystery series is iconic. Originally published during the darkest years of the AIDS epidemic in the gay community, The Death of Friends received extraordinary praise both as a mystery and an eloquent work of witness...
  • Restored by Joanna Chambers

    Restored by Joanna Chambers

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Eighteen years ago, Henry Asquith, Duke of Avesbury had to leave his kept lover, Kit Redford, in order to devote himself to raising his young family. Now, a lifetime later, his children are moving on and for the first time in years, Henry is alone...
  • Rough Pages by Lev A.C. Rosen

    Rough Pages by Lev A.C. Rosen

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Private Detective Evander "Andy" Mills has been drawn back to the Lavender House estate for a missing person case. Pat, the family butler, has been volunteering for a book service, one that specializes in mailing queer books to a carefully guarded list of subscribers...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  historical  m-m  length-medium
  • 夜畫帳 第三卷 by Byeonduck

    夜畫帳 第三卷 by Byeonduck

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    白羅謙一直以為自己是不得已才留在尹府。為了先生的官途,他才重拾春宮畫筆,甚至不惜委身尹勝浩,付出比他想像更多的代價。可被他寄託了所有的先生,卻似乎並不這麼想。比起對他呼來喚去動手動腳的尹少爺,先生那不經意間流露出的輕視,更傷人。他在尹勝浩帶給他的肉體歡愉之中漸漸沉淪,本以為這一切的本質都是傷害,可當隱隱感受到尹勝浩對他流露出的在意與占有慾時,少年越發感到迷惘……本書特色※韓國話題性耽美漫畫第三卷堂堂登場!※韓國Lezhin...
  • Rag and Bone by Michael Nava

    Rag and Bone by Michael Nava

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One of the most highly acclaimed writers in the mystery genre "explores new emotional depths" in this last Henry Rios novel. The gay Mexican-American attorney, after the loss of his lover, must face his own mortality while recovering from a heart attack-and reach out to a family he didn't know he had...
  • Year of the Rat by Marshall Thornton

    Year of the Rat by Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Long Beach, California 1996. Despite having little obvious experience, bartender Dom Reilly is hired as an investigator for the Freedom Agenda, a not-for-profit justice project. His first case involves a twelve-year-old homicide, in which a teenage girl was viciously murdered...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  m-m  historical  suspense  length-short
  • A Mean Season by Marshall Thornton

    A Mean Season by Marshall Thornton

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

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

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    All he wants is the love he lost.Four years ago, Louis-Charles Aumont, the Marquis de Montespan, chose duty over the man he loved. And then the man he loved chose death in service to England. Now, after finally cutting ties with his king, Aumont is living in a slum in Seven Dials–and intending to die there too...
    Categorized as:
    regency  queer  historical  m-m  georgian  length-short
  • The Bequest by Joanna Chambers

    The Bequest by Joanna Chambers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    David Lauriston and Lord Murdo Balfour have been living happily together for three years at the Laverock estate in Perthshire. But when some unexpected news arrives, Murdo must confront old demons he thought he’d put behind him forever. This story will be exclusively available to my newsletter...
  • Alec by William di Canzio

    Alec by William di Canzio

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    William di Canzio's Alec, inspired by Maurice, E. M. Forster's secret novel of a happy same-sex love affair, tells the story of Alec Scudder, the gamekeeper Maurice Hall falls in love with in Forster's classic, published only after the author's death.Di Canzio follows their story past the end of Maurice to the front lines of battle in World War I and beyond...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  m-m  war  contemporary  length-medium
  • A Sanctuary for Soulden by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

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

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He wasn't meant for a quiet life.Philip Winthrop, Viscount Soulden, is a fop. An idle popinjay with nothing more on his mind than how to best knot his cravat. He definitely doesn’t spy against the French. Or arrange hasty weddings. Or occasionally commandeer the navy. And he certainly doesn’t seek out mortal danger in order to combat his pervasive ennui...
  • A Case for Christmas by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

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

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    He loves no-one and never will.Lord Christmas Gale is a genius and a misanthrope, and, quite to his disgust, adored by all of Society for his capacity to solve mysteries. When a man approaches him seeking help in locating a lost dog, Gale rebuffs him...
  • What a Duke Desires by Merry Farmer

    What a Duke Desires by Merry Farmer

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

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

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

    What a Nobleman Needs by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    His adolescent infatuation is back, but will Mac get Ellis into trouble, or will the rake need rescuing himself?Seven years ago, Ellis Copeland had his eyes opened when he stumbled on his Uncle George with one of his flings. Lord MacKenzie Young, Baron Fulbright, has lived in Ellis’s fantasies ever since...
    Categorized as:
    regency  queer  victorian  historical  humor  m-m  length-medium
  • After Being Forced to Marry the Evil Star General by 顾三跃

    After Being Forced to Marry the Evil Star General by 顾三跃

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Zhao Yelan was born as a criminal s*ave and was rescued by the Third Prince. After years of painstaking efforts to put him on the throne, Zhao Yelan became a sycophantic minister whom everyone detested, but he was actually given a marriage by that person to general Yan Mingting, the lone star of Tiansha.The general caused the death of his own father, his mother, his wife, and his dog...
  • Unspeakable Acts by Jackson Marsh

    Unspeakable Acts by Jackson Marsh

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    "Death will come da capo, suddenly silent, and you will not hear your final applause. Fail us, and you die." Blackmail, a death threat and an opera. The Clearwater Foundation is to be launched with a charity gala at the City Opera House where Archer's old friend, Cadwell Roxton, is to star. But Roxton has a dark secret...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  mystery  m-m  victorian  length-medium
  • Wanted, an Author by K.J. Charles

    Wanted, an Author by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Wanted, an Author is a 5000-word story set in 1807. It returns to the characters of Wanted, a Gentleman, and also introduces a character from KJ Charles' forthcoming novel, Band Sinister...
  • Now and Then by William Corlett

    Now and Then by William Corlett

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Now. Christopher Metcalfe returns to his family home in Kent after the death of his father. Sorting through a box of memorabilia from his days at public school, Chris is suddenly confronted by the face that has haunted him for thirty years...
  • Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli

    Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Soon to be a major film adaptation by Luca Guadagnino, Separate Rooms is a masterpiece of Italian literature, and a heartbreaking portrait of love, grief, and the daily realities of being a gay man in 1980s Europe.Thomas, a young German musician, is dying. His older boyfriend, a renowned Italian writer named Leo, finds it impossible to watch the slow and inevitable demise of his lover...
    Categorized as:
    queer  20th century  contemporary  historical  m-m
  • 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...
  • Till Death Do Us Part by Tangstory

    Till Death Do Us Part by Tangstory

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Set in early-20th century China, this story takes off in the port city of Tientsin (Tianjin) that is divided into lands called concessions and owned by several foreign powers. Shen Liangsheng is a charismatic and cunning playboy, a son of a rich businessman, who has profits as his top priority...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  m-m  war  contemporary  length-medium
  • King's Man by Sally Malcolm

    King's Man by Sally Malcolm

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Two weeks on the road together. Two weeks trapped in a carriage. Two weeks to win him back, or part with him forever…Had there been no war, Sam Hutchinson and Nate Tanner would have lived their lives together, as friends and secret lovers...
  • Help Wanted by Marshall Thornton

    Help Wanted by Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In the sixth Pinx Video Mystery, Noah is thrilled that it's been months and months since he's been involved in a murder... but then, the boys learn that Javier O'Shea (tall, dark and LAPD) has been arrested for theft of evidence. As the bodies pile up, they learn that Javier may, or may not, have run afoul of rogue cops at the notoriously corrupt Rampart Station...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  humor  m-m  historical
  • Hammer & Powder by Megan Derr

    Hammer & Powder by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Kingdom of Rinaha is all that stands between the violent, greedy Boorna and the rest of the continent, and they do so by way of their immense and heavily guarded Wall of Gamala, an enormous undertaking that runs the length of the southern end of the continent, standing strong for more than two hundred years...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  suspense  military  historical  length-medium
  • Deck the Halls in Secret Agents by Aster Glenn Gray

    Deck the Halls in Secret Agents by Aster Glenn Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Christmas Eve, 1991. The Soviet Union is on the rocks, and so is George Douglass's career in espionage. Nonetheless, the American agent is wading through a blizzard on one last mission.But when George emerges from the snow at a supposedly abandoned chateau, it's lit up like a Christmas tree...
  • Just a Little Danger by Merry Farmer

    Just a Little Danger by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Everett Jewel is the hottest star the London stage has seen in a generation. He is brash, sensual, and sure of himself. Men and women throw themselves at his feet, and he laps up the attention. But all of Everett’s glittering star power hides his wounded heart. He has adoration, but he longs for a love that he doesn’t think he’s worthy of, due to his dark past...
    Categorized as:
    regency  queer  victorian  historical  m-m  length-medium
  • A Dangerous Game by Victoria Vale

    A Dangerous Game by Victoria Vale

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Welcome to The Perdition Club, where games are played for the highest of stakes …Jonas Thacker wouldn’t be caught dead in The Perdition Club, a godforsaken den of iniquity where sinners go to play. However, notorious rakehell and Jonas’ former schoolmate, Derek Dryden, has begun courting his sister...
  • The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua [成化十四年] by Meng Xi Shi, 梦溪石

    The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua [成化十四年] by Meng Xi Shi, 梦溪石

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It is the fourteenth year of Chenghua.As the harem has Imperial Consort Wan, the Western Depot has a Commander named Wang Zhi. Crown Prince Zhu Youcheng is merely eight years old—and no one knows if he will be able to reach adulthood without issue...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  mystery  m-m  length-medium
  • Full Circle by Michael Thomas Ford

    Full Circle by Michael Thomas Ford

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    History professor Ned Brummel is living happily with his partner of twelve years in small-town Maine when he receives a phone call from his estranged friend--Jack--telling him that another friend--Andy--is very ill and possibly near death...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  m-m  contemporary  length-long
  • The Magician's Angel by Jordan L. Hawk

    The Magician's Angel by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Vaudeville stage magician Christopher Fiend lives for the spotlight. His chance at big time stardom awaits him in Chicago, the next stop on the circuit after the little town of Twelfth Junction. Edward Smith wants nothing to do with his family's theater. Until Christopher catches his eye on opening night, then treats him to a very special performance during intermission...
  • Forever Hold His Peace by Rebecca Cohen

    Forever Hold His Peace by Rebecca Cohen

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sebastian and Anthony face an uncertain future together when accusations of witchcraft and a traitor in their midst threaten everything they’ve fought for.Playing the role of his twin sister Bronwyn, the wife of Anthony Redbourn, Earl of Crofton, is not an easy task, but Sebastian does it willing for them to be together...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  m-m  medieval  length-short
  • Eleventh Hour by Elin Gregory

    Eleventh Hour by Elin Gregory

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Borrowed from the Secret Intelligence Service cipher department to assist Briers Allerdale - a field agent returning to 1920s London with news of a dangerous anarchist plot - Miles Siward moves into a 'couples only' boarding house, posing as Allerdale’s 'wife'...
  • Counterpoint: Dylan's Story by Ruth Sims

    Counterpoint: Dylan's Story by Ruth Sims

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At eighteen Dylan Rutledge has one music. He believes his destiny is to be the greatest composer of the rapidly approaching twentieth century. Only Laurence Northcliff, a young history master at The Venerable Bede School for Young Gentlemen, believes in Dylan’s talent and encourages his dream, not realizing Dylan is in love with him...
  • The Flight of the Heron by Historical Novel

    The Flight of the Heron by Historical Novel

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Diving into the historical turmoil of the Jacobite Uprising, 'The Flight of the Heron' by Historical Novel is a captivating historical novel that skillfully weaves together the intricacies of politics, loyalty, and love during this tumultuous period...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  war  m-m  length-short
  • Man's World by Rupert Smith

    Man's World by Rupert Smith

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Contrasting today’s blogs with diaries of the past, this novel follows two parallel narratives that are 50 years apart and vastly different, at least at first appearance. In modern-day London, Robert searches for fulfillment in a world of sex, drugs, designer clothes, and hip gay clubs, during which he records his experience on his blog...
  • The Oak and the Ash by Annick Trent

    The Oak and the Ash by Annick Trent

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A standalone M/M historical romanceRadical surgeon George Evans is called to the scene of a midnight duel between an earl and his cousin. Despite the strained atmosphere in the house, George finds he must stay and tend to the injured duellists. Fortunately, his sojourn is made more than bearable by the earl's quietly competent and oddly attractive valet, Noah Moorecott...
    Categorized as:
    regency  queer  historical  m-m  length-medium
  • Thrown by Merry Farmer

    Thrown by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The art of love is falling for your enemy without ruining everything… Ceramic artist Robbie Hawthorne is dedicated not only to his art, but to keeping the arts center and school housed at his family’s ancestral estate vibrant and flourishing...
  • A Rose by Any Name by K.J. Charles

    A Rose by Any Name by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 12 ratings
    An epilogue to The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting and A Thief in the Night...
  • Duty to the Crown by Rebecca Cohen

    Duty to the Crown by Rebecca Cohen

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sebastian and Anthony will do their duty, but they will do everything not to sacrifice their love.Sebastian Hewel endures many things to maintain his role of Bronwyn, the wife of Anthony Redbourn, Earl of Crofton, so he and Anthony can be together. But when Queen Elizabeth demands a favour of Anthony, Sebastian’s world is in danger of being fractured beyond repair...
  • A Confidential Problem by K.J. Charles

    A Confidential Problem by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    ‘A Confidential Problem’ is a 4,000 word scene which takes place between chapters 15 and 16 of A Seditious Affair (after Silas has gone down to Arrandene, but before the finale). It’s not standalone, and won’t make any sense if you haven’t read A Seditious Affair.Available through submission to the author's page newsletter...
  • Rebel by Sally Malcolm

    Rebel by Sally Malcolm

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Falling in love is just the beginning...Samuel Hutchinson has lived his whole life in Rosemont, Rhode Island. And as far as he’s concerned, his future is fixed: complete his legal training, marry a respectable woman, and settle down to raise a family.But Sam never counted on meeting Nathaniel Tanner...
  • Cash Out by Marshall Thornton

    Cash Out by Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It's Easter 1993, and the gang is going to Las Vegas for Angie's surprise wedding. Noah is attempting to recover from a bad bout of the flu--and his disastrous Valentine's Day, and is not all that excited to meet his new relatives: Cotton Preston and his three grown daughters. They're staying at Lucky Days casino, a hotel with notorious mob connections... and family connections...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  m-m  historical  humor  length-short
  • The Wayward Bride by Anna Bradley

    The Wayward Bride by Anna Bradley

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In only six weeks, Isla Ramsey is due to marry Henry Northrup, the sixth Earl of Sydney. But she remains haunted by memories of the dashing Hugh Courtney, the Marquess Pierce. The handsome aristocrat had hinted at forever and then tossed her aside, leaving Isla with few viable options...
    Categorized as:
    regency  queer  historical  highlander  m-m  m-f
  • The Unexpected Heiress by Frank W. Butterfield

    The Unexpected Heiress by Frank W. Butterfield

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    May 11, 1953The richest homosexual in San Francisco is a private investigator.Nick Williams lives in a modest bungalow with his fireman husband, a sweet fellow from Georgia by the name of Carter Jones.Nick's gem of a secretary, Marnie Wilson, is worried that Nick isn't working enough. She knits a lot.Jeffrey Klein, Esquire, is Nick's friend and lawyer...
  • Murder on the Champs-Élysées: A Belle-Époque Mystery by Alex Mandon

    Murder on the Champs-Élysées: A Belle-Époque Mystery by Alex Mandon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Paris, 1900. The height of the Belle-Epoque: decadence, wealth, hedonism...and murder...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  historical  m-m  length-medium
  • On a Lee Shore by Elin Gregory

    On a Lee Shore by Elin Gregory

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

    Sailor's Delight by Rose Lerner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 7 ratings
    Self-effacing, overworked bookkeeper Elie Benezet doesn’t have time to be in love. Too bad he already is—with his favorite client, Augustus Brine. The Royal Navy sailing master is kind, handsome, and breathtakingly competent. He’s also engaged to his childhood sweetheart...
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