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  • The Unforgettable Hookup by Jax Calder

    The Unforgettable Hookup by Jax Calder

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Sam’s story…One night. That’s all it was supposed to be.I can’t believe my luck when the most gorgeous guy I’ve ever seen propositions me in a bar, looking for his first-ever one-night stand.No names. No strings. Just pure fun.I’m more than happy to oblige.But after our incredible night together, I can’t stop thinking about him. Unfortunately, I have no way to track him down...
  • Amid Our Lines by Zarah Detand

    Amid Our Lines by Zarah Detand

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 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...
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  • Rookie by Eddie Cleveland

    Rookie by Eddie Cleveland

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    * Although part of a series, you will enjoy it as a standalone as well!Rookie is everything you love in an MM first time gay romance. A journey of self-discovery, the undeniable sparks with the man who makes him question everything, the moment of realization, the secret relationship, and coming out...
  • Embracing Love, Vol. 3 by Youka Nitta

    Embracing Love, Vol. 3 by Youka Nitta

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Perfect for newcomers to the yaoi genre."-AnimeFringe.com The romantic adventures continue as Iwaki and Katou engage in a ten-day sexual romp that leaves them both exhausted and eventually affects Iwaki's day job as an adult film star. But things take a turn for the worse when Iwaki finally confesses his love for Katou . . . a statement that the impossibly beautiful blond does not want to hear...
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    anal sex  queer  m-m  length-short
  • Crimson by Casey Morales

    Crimson by Casey Morales

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    (Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0CHHBZJ6C.) What if two Ivy League boys were dropped into a James Bond movie? Harvard University, 1941 Will Shaw and his friends are typical American students, still celebrating the end of the Depression and dreaming about a future filled with success. The war in Europe is far away and someone else's concern. Until it isn't...
    Categorized as:
    queer  20th century  m-m  mystery  military  war  historical  audiobook
  • Saturated by B.L. Sparrow

    Saturated by B.L. Sparrow

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Being a college athlete is hard. You and your twin brother having a 'no-sex' pact to remain closeted until your trust funds are released? Also hard. But when one of you is harboring a secret kink from the one person you can tell everything to, that makes things even harder...
  • Embracing Love, Vol. 1 by Youka Nitta

    Embracing Love, Vol. 1 by Youka Nitta

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    This is a love story about Iwaki and Kato - two impossibly gorgeous looking actors that feel an immediate attraction to one another, but don't know how to express their love...
  • Just a Little Heartache by Merry Farmer

    Just a Little Heartache by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    London playwright Niall Cristofori stands on the verge of becoming one of the most celebrated authors of his generation with the highly-anticipated production of his latest work, Love’s Last Lesson. But Love has a few lessons left to teach Niall himself. He has never been able to get over his first love, the man who made his world come alive ten years ago, then left him heartbroken...
  • Midnight Flit by Elin Gregory

    Midnight Flit by Elin Gregory

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Miles Siward and Briers Allerdale return for another thrilling Jazz Age adventure.“Silk stockings on expenses.” Miles’s aristocratic mother has information of importance to the British Government and he must escort her home from Bucharest immediately, but their plans go violently awry and Miles and Lady Siward find themselves on a train to Belgrade - where Miles’s lover is posted...
  • 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...
  • Deck the Halls in Secret Agents by Aster Glenn Gray

    Deck the Halls in Secret Agents by Aster Glenn Gray

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 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...
  • A Fighting Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    A Fighting Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Army Ranger Slater Cassidy has a very special – very sexy – target in his sights. Meeting gorgeous, smart, uber-snarky Casper Kennedy was the highlight of Slater’s last trip home to New York. The soldier in him carefully plans his conquest. Unfortunately, Casper’s wearing some seriously strong armor and Slater’s charm offensives bounce right off...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Punch Drunk Love Vol. 1 by Moscareto

    Punch Drunk Love Vol. 1 by Moscareto

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Get this Mature-rated Boys’ Love webtoon/manhwa in English print for the first time! A full-color romantic comedy about a soft man hoping for some hard love…and maybe getting it from the new guy at work.Seon-woo knows he’s painfully average in every way, but he can’t help pining for the hot new manager at work, Tae-moon...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    anal sex  queer  contemporary  m-m  angst  length-short
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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:
    anal sex  queer  m-m  contemporary  rockstars
  • Sweet Honesty by Joan Vassar

    Sweet Honesty by Joan Vassar

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Atlanta, Georgia, 1950–Michael can’t believe his eyes as he watches the man he loves marry a woman from the back row of Mount Zion Baptist Church. When the beautiful couple is pronounced man and wife, he leaves his home in Georgia for the chance of a better life in New York City.Alexander is just trying to exist in Queens, New York...
  • A Working Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    A Working Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Matthew Hawke’s professional life is soaring as high the powerful bird of prey whose image is inked on his back. He’s at the top of his game as the owner of an advertising agency that is scooping up prime accounts like a mighty hawk wrapping its talons around an unfortunate ground rodent. Yes, work is good. Too bad his love life has more in common with the dying rodent than the triumphant hawk...
  • 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...
  • The Bargain by Jocelynn Drake

    The Bargain by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s a golden retriever with a billion-dollar bank account. Sebastian is a brilliant, thoughtful boss who’s also too sexy for words.And for some crazy reason he has set his sights on me—his lowly, boring, always-proper assistant.I should say NO.I need to say NO.But YES is so much more delicious and fun...
  • Cherish by Tere Michaels

    Cherish by Tere Michaels

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Several years after the end of Duty & Devotion, Matt and Evan are living quietly in their Brooklyn home with the twins, Danny and Elizabeth. The older girls - Katie and Miranda - are off at college, Evan is about to be promoted to captain and things are calm. Briefly. Evan accidently learns that Miranda has a new boyfriend and is talking marriage after just three months of dating...
  • Putting on the Ritz by Joe Keenan

    Putting on the Ritz by Joe Keenan

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Putting on the...
  • My Brother's Best Friend by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    My Brother's Best Friend by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nico’s it for me, too bad he’s my brother’s best friend … Friends and brothers are off limits. That’s always been the rule in our house. In a big family it’s the only way to keep the peace. That doesn’t stop my heart from belonging to Nico, my older brother’s best friend...
  • After Hours at Dooryard Books by Cat Sebastian

    After Hours at Dooryard Books by Cat Sebastian

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    1968 New York CityNews about the war might be keeping Patrick up at night--news in general might be keeping Patrick up at night--but he's doing fine. He's sure of it. He gets to spend his days selling books in the gayest neighborhood on the East Coast and his nights merrily sleeping his way through the rare book community...
  • I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love by Minta Suzumaru

    I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love by Minta Suzumaru

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    In this Mature-rated Boys’ Love romance, a 30-year-old virgin finds himself falling for a charming flirt who doesn’t want anything more serious than a casual fling…or does he?Yoshino knows, at the age of 30, that he wants to be with men, but he doesn’t know how to find one. When he overhears some women at work talking about a gay bar, he realizes that for some people, it’s just that easy...
  • 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'...
  • His Boy To Heal by Rheland Richmond

    His Boy To Heal by Rheland Richmond

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dear Santa,It’s been a long time since I had a boy. I know I swore that I wouldn’t look for one until I could give him all my time, love, and energy.Okay, so maybe I shouldn’t be looking for that perfect sweet boy to take care of. My life is a mess. My business is doing better than ever (and I did say I would find my boy when it was), but I lost my brother. Now I’m the guardian to my goddaughter...
  • Drive Me Crazy by Beth Bolden

    Drive Me Crazy by Beth Bolden

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    When Tony Blake walks into what might be a blind date, he’s surprisingly intrigued despite his irritation with his meddling brother. But when Lucas turns out to be a new employee for their food truck, Tony’s usual charm deserts him.Lucas might be fantastically creative in the kitchen, but to Tony’s disappointment, he’s not interested in more than a casual hookup...
  • Praised by Kate Hawthorne

    Praised by Kate Hawthorne

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    I’ve never been one for serious relationships, and watching my best friends fall in love isn’t going to make me change my ways. But one sexy-as-hell romp with a stranger I meet on a dare? That’s about to turn my whole life upside down.FLYNNI’ve never taken relationships seriously because I’ve never met anyone worth being serious for...
  • In His Corner by H.L. Day

    In His Corner by H.L. Day

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Hayden Quinn’s worked his ass off to turn his restaurant into the thriving business it is today. Too hard to risk it all by letting an ex-con through his door. Yet, there Levi is. Six feet of attitude. Six feet of pure temptation.No one warned Levi that getting out of prison would only be the start of his problems. He doesn’t need a boss who looks down his nose at him...
  • Gemini by Michel Tournier

    Gemini by Michel Tournier

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jean and Paul are identical twins. Outsiders, even their parents, cannot tell them apart, and call them Jean-Paul. The mysterious bond between them excludes all others; they speak their own language; they are one perfectly harmonious unit; they are, in all innocence, lovers.For Paul, this unity is paradise, but as they grow up Jean rebels against it...
    Categorized as:
    queer  20th century  m-m  incest  historical  length-long
  • Dissonance by Shira Anthony

    Dissonance by Shira Anthony

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Blue Notes Novel British noble Cameron Sherrington has hit rock bottom. The love of his life, opera sensation Aiden Lind, is marrying another man, and Cam knows it’s his fault for pushing Aiden away. As if that’s not enough, someone is trying to take away his family business, and the US authorities are pursuing him on charges of money laundering...
  • On Wings of Song by Anne Barwell

    On Wings of Song by Anne Barwell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A chance meeting they never forgot. Six years after meeting British soldier Aiden Foster during the Christmas Truce of 1914, Jochen Weber still finds himself thinking about Aiden, their shared conversation about literature, and Aiden’s beautiful singing voice. A visit to London gives Jochen the opportunity to search for Aiden, but he’s shocked at what he finds...
  • The Door Behind Us by John C. Houser

    The Door Behind Us by John C. Houser

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It’s 1919, and Frank Huddleston has survived the battlefields of the Great War. A serious head injury has left him with amnesia so profound he must re-learn his name every morning from a note posted on the privy door. Gerald “Jersey" Rohn, joined the Army because he wanted to feel like a man, but he returned from the trenches minus a leg and with no goal for his life...
  • 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...
  • Wrong Message, Right Valentine by Romeo Alexander

    Wrong Message, Right Valentine by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sebastian: Do I have a Valentine? Ha, with the busy life I lead, dating isn’t even possible, let alone a valentine. That’s alright though, I enjoy what I do, and it’s helped by the best assistant I’ve ever had. Without Trevor, I’d probably be drowning under it all. Our strictly professional relationship is great...
    Categorized as:
    boss & employee  queer  m-m  length-novella
  • Future Lovers, Vol. 1 by Saika Kunieda, 国枝 彩香

    Future Lovers, Vol. 1 by Saika Kunieda, 国枝 彩香

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A romantic lover await you... in the future.Kento Kumagaya wishes for the simple things in life: to have a happy family with the ideal housewife, loving kids, and kind grandparents all living together, happily ever after. Fate, however, has other plans...
    Categorized as:
    anal sex  queer  m-m  length-short
  • Behind Bars by Alana Henry

    Behind Bars by Alana Henry

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Arrested for a crime he didn't commit, eighteen year old Riley Parker is forced to carry out his sentence in prison. He expects a cold, hard life, filled with danger and uncertainty. What he doesn't expect is his cell mate Nathaniel Greyson...
  • Comfort and Joy by Jim Grimsley

    Comfort and Joy by Jim Grimsley

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Ford McKinney leads a charmed life: he's a young doctor possessing good looks, good breeding, and money. He comes from an old Savannah family where his parents, attentive to his future, focus their energies on finding their son--their golden boy--a girl to marry...
  • Artistic Appeal by Andrew Grey

    Artistic Appeal by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Brian Watson knows close friends Gerald Young and Dieter Krumpf have an ulterior motive when they invite him to their Christmas party. Brian has taken over the case to secure the return of the famous painting called The Woman in Blue to Dieter, but they don’t want Brian to be all work and no play. They intend to set him up with a friend, but he’s not who catches Brian’s eye...
  • Sweet and Sour by Astrid Amara

    Sweet and Sour by Astrid Amara

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Miles Piekus thought he and Itai would make a great team, despite the infidelities haunting their past. After all, Itai is smoking hot, they’re both driven entrepreneurs, and they love each other. What else did a person need? Well, a lot more, apparently, because not only are they no longer passionate, they don’t even share the same passions...
  • Legal Artistry by Andrew Grey

    Legal Artistry by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Years ago, Dieter Krumpf’s grandmother died and left him everything, including a photo album containing pictures of the art collection she left behind when her family fled the Nazis. Now, Dieter is calling on the services of a lawyer, Gerald Young, to determine whether his family’s legacy might be returned to him...
  • Artistic Pursuits by Andrew Grey

    Artistic Pursuits by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Frank Jennings is an FBI agent looking for redemption. Leslie Carlton is an Interpol agent looking for a thief. Attraction flares from the moment they meet on a case searching for a stolen triptych of unique Tiffany windows, but after a single night of stunning passion, Leslie is called back to London to continue his search there...
  • The Larks Still Bravely Singing by Aster Glenn Gray

    The Larks Still Bravely Singing by Aster Glenn Gray

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Great War cost Robert his left leg and his first love.A shattering breakup leaves Robert convinced that he is a destructive force in romantic relationships. When he finds himself falling in love with David, an old friend from boarding school, he's sure that he shouldn’t confess his feelings...
  • The New Hire by Allie Scott

    The New Hire by Allie Scott

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A Grumpy Boss MM RomanceWhat do you do when your one night stand turns out to be your boss..Aiden just got a promotion and is looking to celebrate. Him and his bestie go out for a night on the town, intent to dance the evening away. He takes to the dance floor, ignoring everyone and everything around him...
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