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  • Winning With Him by Lauren Blakely

    Winning With Him by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 35 ratings
    Resisting the shortstop has never been my strong suit. I failed at it during my first spring training. It sure as hell looks like I'm about to fail at it again. The sport I love playing with my very soul hangs in the balance. But everything my heart craves lies with the guy I've got to resist. A guy who's asking me to make the toughest choice ever. But how do I become the man I want to be..
  • Semantic Error, Vol.2 by Soori Jeo

    Semantic Error, Vol.2 by Soori Jeo

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 22 ratings
    Computer science major Chu Sangwoo is the epitome of an inflexible and strict rule-abiding person. While working on a liberal arts group project with freeloaders who don’t put in any effort, Sangwoo reasonably decides to remove their names from the final presentation.But he didn’t imagine how involved he would become with the person whose study-abroad plans were messed up because of that project...
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  • Semantic Error, Vol. 1 by Angy, Soori Jeo

    Semantic Error, Vol. 1 by Angy, Soori Jeo

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    Computer science major Sangwoo Choo values reason, routine, and rules above all, so when the rest of his teammates fail to contribute to the group presentation, he doesn’t hesitate to cut everyone’s names from the project entirely―including design major Jaeyoung Jang, which ruins his plans to graduate and study abroad...
  • Nice Guys Collection With Added Bonus Material by Kindle Alexander, Reese Dante

    Nice Guys Collection With Added Bonus Material by Kindle Alexander, Reese Dante

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Have you met the Nice Guys? Available for a limited time! Here's your chance to get the complete Nice Guys collection with an additional 30,000 words of bonus material for the low price of $2.99 for fourteen days only...
    Categorized as:
    sports  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-epic
  • Brace and Chase by Hinsel Meyer

    Brace and Chase by Hinsel Meyer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happens when rivals have to work together to earn their spot on the team back?SANTACharlie Heart is many things:An annoyingly good hockey player.The man who the media has pitted me against our whole careers.My rival.The only person I truly hate in the world.And now apparently, my newest teammate...
  • 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...
  • Rivals by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Rivals by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Playing for their country in the Winter Olympics is the highest of all honors, but when family members are pitted as rivals and a dark specter from the past turns up in Beijing, tensions run high, and abruptly, it’s not all about the hockey.Jared is torn—assistant coach for Team Canada, with Ryker on the team; he bleeds red and white and wears the maple leaf with pride...
    Categorized as:
    sports  queer  contemporary  m-m  length-novella
  • 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:
    sports  queer  m-m  christmas  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Family First by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Family First by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An injury threatens to end Stan’s career. Will he choose to fight for his beloved hockey, or put his family first? Few goalies are as dedicated as Stan Lyamin, known for his resilience on the ice, talking to his pipes, and his love of Elvis. Add in his adoration of his family and his life has been filled with all the things that bring him joy...
    Categorized as:
    sports  queer  m-m  contemporary
  • Family First by RJ Scott, VL Locey

    Family First by RJ Scott, VL Locey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An injury threatens to end Stan's career. Will he choose to fight for his beloved hockey, or put his family first?  Few goalies are as dedicated as Stan Lyamin, known for his resilience on the ice, talking to his pipes, and his love of Elvis. Add in his adoration of his family and his life has been filled with all the things that bring him joy...
  • Rough by Reese Knightley

    Rough by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    After circling around each other for so long, are they ready to take it to the next level? Mason can admit that he’s had the hots for rough and gruff Gage Hillcrest for well over a year now. Only Gage is bossy and overbearing as all hell. Not to mention that Gage is a closed book and Mason doesn’t know anything about the man...
  • FOG[电竞] by Man Man He Qi Duo, 漫漫何其多

    FOG[电竞] by Man Man He Qi Duo, 漫漫何其多

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    现代电竞+男神VS男神医疗师攻X突击手受【主角配角均无原型,谢谢大家】---Yu Sui and Shi Luo met each other when they were much younger. One was a pro-gamer, a widely-renowned, best of the best, in-game medic. The other was an e-sports newcomer who was just starting out. The two originally played for the same team, during which their relationship became increasingly deep.But things did not go as expected...
    Categorized as:
    queer  angst  contemporary  m-m  found-family  length-epic
  • Candy Color Paradox, Vol. 1 by Isaku Natsume, Adrienne Beck

    Candy Color Paradox, Vol. 1 by Isaku Natsume, Adrienne Beck

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Reporter Onoe and photographer Kaburagi constantly bicker and argue on their stakeouts, but will their antagonistic behavior paradoxically evolve into something sweeter?Satoshi Onoe, a reporter for a weekly magazine, has a new stakeout partner, and he’s anything but thrilled about it...
  • Performance in a Leading Role by MadLori

    Performance in a Leading Role by MadLori

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sherlock/Watson FanficSherlock Holmes is an Oscar winner in the midst of a career slump. John Watson is an Everyman actor trapped in the rom-com ghetto...
  • Forgiven: Con by Sloane Kennedy

    Forgiven: Con by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Con I have everything I’ve ever wanted… so why do I still feel like the kid who came from nothing?Please help him …Three little words that have haunted me for years.Three little words that I know I’ll take to my grave.It was supposed to be just another fight...
  • Only the Flower Knows 3 by Rihito Takarai

    Only the Flower Knows 3 by Rihito Takarai

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Zwischen Misaki und Arikawa hat es endlich richtig gefunkt und sie haben sich am Bahnhof geküsst! Als Arikawa ihm daraufhin anbietet, bei ihm zu übernachten, willigt Misaki zwar ein, doch er ist richtig nervös und dabei so süß, dass Arikawa seine Finger nicht von ihm lassen kann. Nach dieser ersten gemeinsamen Nacht sucht Misaki ein letztes klärendes Gespräch mit Kawabata...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  contemporary  rape  length-short
  • His Favorite, Vol. 7 by Suzuki Tanaka

    His Favorite, Vol. 7 by Suzuki Tanaka

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen plus audiences.Taken from back cover:Awkward Yoshida's life got flipped upside down when the hottest guy in school started going out with him...
    Categorized as:
    queer  high-school  contemporary  humor  m-m  length-short
  • Pride By the Book by Jeff Adams

    Pride By the Book by Jeff Adams

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One small-town Pride festival. Two enemies forced to work together. An unexpected chance to find their happily ever after.NHL star Ethan Gallagher faces his worst fear when he's named grand marshal of Maplewood's Pride festival: public speaking. The only thing more daunting? Working with Andre Thompson—the passionate librarian who made his high school years miserable...
    Categorized as:
    queer  sports  m-m  contemporary
  • Change of Heart by K.M. Neuhold

    Change of Heart by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Does my husband's heart still miss me now that it beats in the chest of another man? Lub-dub A heartbeat more familiar than Easton’s own Lub-dub He vowed to love his husband until death do they part. And then the worst happened. Lub-dub His heart kept another man alive. River. A stranger in the world with Easton's husband's heart pumping the blood that warms his skin...
  • Golden Sparkle by Minta Suzumaru, 鈴丸みんた

    Golden Sparkle by Minta Suzumaru, 鈴丸みんた

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Himari Uehara, for a first-year high school boy, knows very little about sex. Without his father at home and having skipped health in middle school, Himari is only confused when he wakes up with his boxers a mess and has no one for advice. Luckily, Himari has Gaku Asada, a new friend from high school who offers to teach him everything and more he missed out in health class...
  • Only the Flower Knows 2 by Rihito Takarai

    Only the Flower Knows 2 by Rihito Takarai

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Zwischen Misaki und Arikawa scheint nach dem verhängnisvollen Kuss alles wieder normal zu sein, aber es macht Arikawa fertig, dass er ständig an seinen Kommilitonen denken muss. Denn er weiß einfach nicht, wie er sich Misaki gegenüber verhalten soll. Als dieser sein Handy im Labor vergisst und es klingelt, geht Arikawa aus Neugier ran...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-short
  • Perfect Buddy  Vol. 2 by daki, Lash

    Perfect Buddy Vol. 2 by daki, Lash

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    POINT OF NO RETURNAfter seeing firsthand how well-endowed his coworker Baek Youngchan is, Seo Hyunsoo finds himself plagued with the filthiest thoughts imaginable. Clearly the way to rid himself of his insane fantasies is to avoid Youngchan entirely, but Youngchan doesn’t appear to have gotten the memo. No matter where Hyunsoo turns, Youngchan is there, being his annoyingly perky self...
  • Tigers on the Way by Sean Kennedy

    Tigers on the Way by Sean Kennedy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Documentary producer Simon and ex-footballer Declan are taking some big steps toward a lasting life together. They’ve bought a house, and they’ll need it for the family they plan to start. Their friend, Nyssa, has made the generous offer to be their surrogate, and Declan couldn’t be more excited about the idea of a baby...
    Categorized as:
    sports  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-short
  • Masterpiece by H.J. Welch

    Masterpiece by H.J. Welch

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    “I want to trust you.” Koby Duvall always knew his place at school. Art nerds like him were just target practice for guys on the football team. NFL star Vince Russo may never have bullied him, but the two men are still nothing alike. Except when Koby is asked to create a sculpture of Russo, they find themselves stuck together...
  • Game On by Amy Aislin

    Game On by Amy Aislin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When he broke off his engagement to his team captain's brother the day before their wedding, Jamie Jamieson swore he'd never get involved with anyone associated with a teammate again. Getting traded to the Orcas is a chance at a fresh start, but one glance at his new housemate, and Jamie knows he's in way over his head. Dorian is his new coach's cousin. And his team's social media coordinator...
    Categorized as:
    sports  queer  m-m  contemporary  audiobook
  • 10 DANCE, vol. 4 by Satoh Inoue, 井上 佐藤

    10 DANCE, vol. 4 by Satoh Inoue, 井上 佐藤

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Yaoi fans, dip into your new obsession! The beautifully-detailed, lithe bodies of the two “kings of the ballroom” fly across the dance floor as rivals build a volatile bond in this red-hot romance!IT TAKES TWOShinya Sugiki, the dashing lord of Standard Ballroom, and Shinya Suzuki, passionate king of Latin Dance: The two share more than just a first name and a love of the sport...
    Categorized as:
    queer  sports  m-m  contemporary  length-short
  • Advance & Retreat by Brigham Vaughn

    Advance & Retreat by Brigham Vaughn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A competitive swimmer and a glamorous drag queen … a love worthy of gold or a crushing defeat?Openly gay college swimmer Ian Harrington is fighting against a current of tragedy. He's grieving the loss of his parents and best friend, and now he's dealing with a toxic coach and judgmental brother. But he won't let that stop him from chasing his dream: Olympic gold...
  • Cherry on Top by Beth Bolden

    Cherry on Top by Beth Bolden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Enzo Moretti's mom lures him home to paint one of his famous murals in Indigo Bay, he expects an awkward family reunion.Not an awkward matchmaking attempt.And not Will Johnson, the new owner of Cherry’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor and it turns out, also who she’s been boasting to about all Enzo's perfect qualities.He's perfectly embarrassed, all right...
    Categorized as:
    queer  from hate to love  m-m  contemporary
  • Huddle!, Vol. 3: A "Check, Please!" Sketch Zine by Ngozi Ukazu

    Huddle!, Vol. 3: A "Check, Please!" Sketch Zine by Ngozi Ukazu

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Huddle! Vol. 3 . If you're brand new here, Huddle zines are 18+ fan Service booklets that feature characters from the webcomic Check Please .And for a sketch zine that started on a goddamn whim, the Huddle series continues a strong legacy of spiciness and smut. How did we even get her, folks?..
    Categorized as:
    queer  sports  contemporary  m-m  hockey  length-novella
  • Hit the Brakes by Beth Bolden

    Hit the Brakes by Beth Bolden

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Can they fake it til Tate makes it?Tate Ward is in a bind. His food truck hasn’t been the runaway success he’d always dreamt it would be. When he tries to join a new food truck collective to gain a larger following, his sales aren’t even high enough to win a spot. What he needs is a high profile endorsement—and he knows just the guy.Tate hasn’t seen Chase Riley since high school...
  • Desert Dreams by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Desert Dreams by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When danger stalks their new home, it’s only their strength as a couple that keeps them safe.Ryker misses Jacob every day he’s away. At the start of a new Raptors season with everything to play for, Jacob, the desert ranch, and their small menagerie of animals have become an oasis of peace in a turbulent world...
    Categorized as:
    sports  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-novella
  • Rebound by V.L. Locey

    Rebound by V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    If there’s one thing that’s a certainty in life, it’s change. It’s taken Victor Kalinski years to settle into the kind of happiness that he thought he’d never find. The small town of Cayuga, New York, has welcomed him warmly. It’s given him a championship team to coach, a tightly-knit group of friends, a father who he has reconciled with, and a safe place to raise the son he adores...
    Categorized as:
    sports  queer  m-m  contemporary  hockey  length-short
  • Lethal by Reese Knightley

    Lethal by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A traitor with stolen information.Adam Campbell, 33, blacklisted CIA agent, needs to get covert information into the right hands. Alone and on the run, his world suddenly stops when he discovers the identity of the Pegasus operative who is on his tail. Arranging a meeting just to gaze into the eyes of the man he’s always loved, Adam is set up and almost killed...
  • 10 Dance Vol. 2 by Inouesatoh

    10 Dance Vol. 2 by Inouesatoh

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    TO THE TUNE OF ANOTHER While Shinya Sugiki’s learning to move to the sensual beats of Latin Ballroom, Shinya Suzuki’s finding it tough to master the waltz, especially without the help of music...
    Categorized as:
    queer  sports  contemporary  m-m  length-short
  • The Sexy Suit by Lauren Blakely

    The Sexy Suit by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Technically, he wasn’t my client the night I met him. But that’s hardly an excuse for flirting with the charming athlete at a hotel bar. Buying him a drink. Leading him on that I’d say yes if he asked me to spend the night. My only excuse? Some men are just irresistible. Now I might lose him as a client, and I can’t afford the hit to my reputation...
  • Crushing on Him by Lauren Blakely

    Crushing on Him by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Forbidden. Off limits. Dangerous.This desire for my teammate was all of those things. For the last few years I crushed on him safely, from a distance.Then on the first day of spring training, I come face-to-face with him for the first time and when our eyes meet and linger, it’s a whole new ball game. A much bigger risk too, one that can threaten my brand new career...
    Categorized as:
    sports  queer  contemporary  m-m  baseball
  • 10 Dance Vol. 3 by Satoh Inoue, 井上 佐藤

    10 Dance Vol. 3 by Satoh Inoue, 井上 佐藤

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    MASQUERADE As if learning the moves wasn’t hard enough, Sugiki needs to master a crucial element if he’s to succeed in Latin Ballroom: sex appeal...
    Categorized as:
    queer  sports  contemporary  m-m  length-short
  • Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy

    Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The most important things in Simon Murray’s life are football, friends, and film—in that order. His friends despair of him ever meeting someone, but despite his loneliness, Simon is cautious about looking for more...
    Categorized as:
    sports  queer  angst  m-m  contemporary  athletes  humor  football
  • Love Stage!! 7 by Eiki Eiki, Taishi Zaou

    Love Stage!! 7 by Eiki Eiki, Taishi Zaou

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Izumi Sena is an average guy born into a family of famous celebrities. A college student and total otaku, he works hard every day with the goal of someday becoming a manga creator.In an attempt to hide from his stalker, Izumi moves in with Ryoma...
    Categorized as:
    queer  high-school  m-m  contemporary  length-short
  • Dear Mona Lisa... by Claire Davis, Al Stewart

    Dear Mona Lisa... by Claire Davis, Al Stewart

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tom; shy office clerk by day and drawer of foxes by night, wakes up one Monday knowing the most extraordinary week of his life is about to begin. In five days, a lifelong ‘secret’ will be made gloriously public—but will it mean losing the person he loves most?Getting married… It seems only yesterday Tom changed nappies and sang nursery rhymes to a laughing baby...
  • Unconditional Love by Andrew Grey

    Unconditional Love by Andrew Grey

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

    All for Wesley by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A B&B owner takes on a posh hotel developer in this enemies-to-lovers story with plenty of South Florida heat.  The grudge match is set to get nasty.  Wesley and Nathan are willing to pull out all the stops to achieve their dreams.  They just never expected the heat between them to carry over to the bedroom...
  • Impact Zone Special Edition by Courtney W. Dixon

    Impact Zone Special Edition by Courtney W. Dixon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Special Edition Book Art - Paperback onlyTwo desperate encounters led to a dating arrangement. One for money. The other for sexual exploration.KelI tried to save Ohana Surfing Club, a surf shop my father and I owned...
  • My Beautiful Man , Volume 1 by Yuu Nagira

    My Beautiful Man , Volume 1 by Yuu Nagira

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kazunari Hira is not what you'd call popular. In fact, he's basically on the lowest rung of the social ladder, due largely to his stutter that tends to flare up when he's anxious. And then there's him: Sou Kiyoi, leader of the pack and the most beautiful man Hira has ever seen...
  • 10 DANCE, Vol. 5 by Satoh Inoue

    10 DANCE, Vol. 5 by Satoh Inoue

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    IT TAKES TWO Shinya Sugiki, the dashing lord of Standard Ballroom, and Shinya Suzuki, passionate king of Latin Dance: The two share more than just a first name and a love of the sport...
    Categorized as:
    queer  sports  contemporary  m-m  length-short
  • Unstable by Charity Parkerson

    Unstable by Charity Parkerson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    “A bottle of liquor a day keeps the demons at bay.” After a childhood so horrific a book was published about it, Jimmy understandably didn’t become the most well-adjusted adult. He’s made it his business to blend into the background while drinking himself into an early grave. That is, until he pulls a homeless teen from the dumpster. Living on the streets hasn’t been easy for Eli...
    Categorized as:
    sports  queer  m-m  abuse  contemporary  length-medium
  • 페이백 by SAMK

    페이백 by SAMK

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    queer  angst  vengeance  m-m  contemporary  length-epic
  • Break Down by Rebecca Norinne

    Break Down by Rebecca Norinne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    His heart says no, but his body says yes Liam Donnelly's honed, athletic body craves something he can't have. Not when the last time ended in disaster. Now, the Dublin Rugby player is seeking redemption with a new team in Edinburgh. His fresh start is going strong, but one look at Chef Lachlan MacLeod's inked forearms and whiskey-colored eyes and he's tempted by far more than what's on the menu...
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