Books like 'Unspeakable Desires'

Readers who enjoyed Unspeakable Desires by R.M. Knightley, N.Y. Lysk, Adara Wolf, Nero Seal & Ashlynn Mills also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

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  • A Charm of Finches by Suanne Laqueur

    A Charm of Finches by Suanne Laqueur

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    “I swear. Give me one more chance and I will make the most of it.”Ex-escort Javier Landes is asking for his third chance at love. And the third time is the charm. He meets an art therapist named Steffen Finch and what starts as casual deepens into a passionate relationship—everything Jav has ever wanted, and everything he fears losing. Stef’s business card reads Curator & Sailor...
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    angst  queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  abuse  rape  length-long
  • Finder Volume 4: Prisoner in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder Volume 4: Prisoner in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    "Don't tell me you actually believe Asami is in love with you?" The gorgeous and devious Fei Long has kidnapped Akihito and taken him all the way to Hong...
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    bdsm  queer  m-m  mafia  rape  contemporary  dark  suspense
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  • The Scent of Winter by Tiffany Reisz

    The Scent of Winter by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The 2016 Original Sinners Christmas story, free on December 20th.Kingsley Edge thought he was being driven to the airport. He never expected he'd be kidnapped and relocated to a cabin in the middle of nowhere, Maine to help Søren celebrate his birthday. But it's not quite the sexy party Kingsley hoped for...
  • Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol.1 by Kou Yoneda

    Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol.1 by Kou Yoneda

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Yashiro is the young leader of Shinseikai and the president of the Shinseikai Enterprise, but like so many powerful men, he leads a double life as a deviant and a masochist. Chikara Doumeki comes to work as a bodyguard for him and, although Yashiro had decided that he would never lay a hand on his own men, he finds there's something about Doumeki that he can't resist...
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    bdsm  angst  queer  m-m  dark  mafia  contemporary  rape
  • Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol.2 by Kou Yoneda

    Twittering Birds Never Fly, Vol.2 by Kou Yoneda

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Young and powerful Yashiro can’t stay out of trouble long enough to catch his breath. Will a brand-new bodyguard give this hot-headed pervert a taste of the calm he’s never known… or will mayhem erupt as other gangsters take note?Twittering Birds Never Fly pulses with the energy of passionate men who won’t take “no” for an answer...
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    bdsm  queer  m-m  dark  mafia  humor  abuse  age difference
  • Finder, Volume 3: One Wing in the Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder, Volume 3: One Wing in the Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The Chinese crime lord Fei Long comes to Japan hoping to lure freelance photographer Akihito into his web of intrigue and sex. But when his friends fall prey to Fei Long's diabolical schemes, Akihito has only one person he can ask for help, the person he despises more than anyone else on Earth: the Yakuza boss Asami, who once made Akihito his sex slave...
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    bdsm  queer  m-m  mafia  contemporary  rape  dark  suspense
  • 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 4 [Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai 4] by Kou Yoneda, ヨネダコウ

    囀る鳥は羽ばたかない 4 [Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai 4] by Kou Yoneda, ヨネダコウ

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Yashiro is the young leader of Shinseikai and the president of the Shinseikai Enterprise, but like so many powerful men, he leads a double life as a deviant and a masochist. Chikara Doumeki comes to work as a bodyguard for him and, although Yashiro had decided that he would never lay a hand on his own men, he finds there's something about Doumeki that he can't resist...
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    bdsm  queer  m-m  dark  mafia  age difference  contemporary  abuse
  • Backdraft by Cole McCade

    Backdraft by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE When a 911 call goes wrong and a young man goes missing, it falls to Malcolm and Seong-Jae to investigate the responding officers when Internal Affairs' internal politics leave the case compromised and the officers aren't willing to talk...
  • No Beginning, No End by Richard Rider

    No Beginning, No End by Richard Rider

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    “What if that’s all there was? If I don’t need you looking after me no more are you still gonna want me?” The first time they were together was a messy, jagged jigsaw of interlocking flaws. Seven years later, Lindsay Brown and Pip Valentine have got back together and are taking a shot at normal life with 9-to-5s, family Christmas, and babysitting duties...
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    bdsm  angst  queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  humor  age difference
  • Olive Juice by T.J. Klune

    Olive Juice by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It begins with a message that David cannot ignore:I want to see you.He agrees, and on a cold winter’s night, David and Phillip will come together to sift through the wreckage of the memory of a life no longer lived.David is burdened, carrying with him the heavy guilt of the past six years upon his shoulders.Phillip offers redemption...
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    angst  queer  m-m  contemporary  mystery  dark  length-novella
  • 17 Black and 29 Red by Richard Rider

    17 Black and 29 Red by Richard Rider

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Second part in the Stockholm Syndrome trilogy:Some mistakes are too enormous and some people are too stubborn for anything to work except running away, but the world is never as big as you need it to be and eventually you can't help circling back to where you started...
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    bdsm  angst  queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  age difference  abuse
  • In These Words, Volume 2 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    In These Words, Volume 2 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Asano Katsuya realizes the meaning of his nightmare as everything came around full circle. Finally, Katsuya learned who Shinohara Kenji was and the meaning of his presence in his memories. With some answers surfacing, more questions also were pulled up with it. In These Words rewinds and replays the past that begun it all...
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    queer  bdsm  m-m  dark  mystery  horror  contemporary  rape
  • In These Words: Chapter 6 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    In These Words: Chapter 6 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dr. Asano Katsuya is a US trained psychiatrist who has been recruited by the Tokyo Police Department to profile a serial killer via the victims' data. Based on Asano's profile and recommendations, a suspect has at last been caught! Now, after three years and twelve victims, Shinohara Keiji is in police custody and has promised a thorough confession, provided that Asano is the one to receive it...
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    angst  bdsm  queer  m-m  dark  mystery  rape  length-novella
  • Reigniting Chase by Jeanne St. James

    Reigniting Chase by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An unexpected collaboration between two authors that’s hot enough to spark a fire... ChaseAfter an excruciating loss, I’m desperate for a fresh start.Away from the painful memories.Away from everyone I know and anyone who knows my story.That’s how I end up in Eagle’s Landing, Pennsylvania...
  • The Interrogation (Hunt&Cam4Ever) by Adira August

    The Interrogation (Hunt&Cam4Ever) by Adira August

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hunter’s most twisted killer. Cam’s most dangerous case.A STAND-ALONE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERIf you like a master gamesman for a detective and a few twists in your criminal cocktail, you want to read this...
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    bdsm  queer  m-m  mystery  suspense  contemporary  dark  length-short
  • In These Words: Chapter 7 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    In These Words: Chapter 7 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Asano Katsuya is a US trained psychiatrist who has been recruited by the Tokyo Police Department to profile a serial killer via the victims' data. Based on Asano's profile and recommendations, a suspect has at last been caught! Now, after three years and twelve victims, Shinohara Keiji is in police custody and has promised a thorough confession, provided that Asano is the one to receive it...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  dark  mystery  rape  length-novella
  • In These Words: Chapter 3 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    In These Words: Chapter 3 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dr. Asano Katsuya is a US trained psychiatrist who has been recruited by the Tokyo Police Department to profile a serial killer via the victims' data. Based on Asano's profile and recommendations, a suspect has at last been caught! Now, after three years and twelve victims, Shinohara Keiji is in police custody and has promised a thorough confession, provided that Asano is the one to receive it...
    Categorized as:
    angst  bdsm  queer  dark  m-m  rape  mystery  length-novella
  • In These Words: Chapter 2 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    In These Words: Chapter 2 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dr. Asano Katsuya is a US trained psychiatrist who has been recruited by the Tokyo Police Department to profile a serial killer via the victims' data. Based on Asano's profile and recommendations, a suspect has at last been caught! Now, after three years and twelve victims, Shinohara Keiji is in police custody and has promised a thorough confession, provided that Asano is the one to receive it...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  dark  m-m  rape  mystery  length-novella
  • Cleansed by Romilly King

    Cleansed by Romilly King

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes you have to go back in order to go forward – Gray is going back to handle the man who saw him as an angel, and unleashed the demon in him.I am a Handler; I deal with serial killers, legally, ruthlessly, and in the presence of my Witness, because justice must be seen to be done.Handling is an intimate procedure...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  dark  dual-pov  horror  length-short
  • Surviving the Merge by C.P. Harris

    Surviving the Merge by C.P. Harris

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    My name is Justin, and when I was seventeen, I fell in love with a boy named Damon.Damon was sick, only I didn’t know it at the time. And like any disease left untreated, it festered and burrowed into the unaffected areas of us, until we were both so far from healthy, we were killing one another. Then a tragedy sparked our implosion...
  • False Gods by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    False Gods by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    With a wedge at last driven between Mat and Dougie Carmichael, courtesy of Nikolai Petrovic’s expert manipulations, the brothers must each accept their new path forward: Dougie, a perfect slave, sweet and obedient and loving. Mat, a tightly reined dog, snarling and snapping but never allowed to bite.Unfortunately, no transformation, however well planned, is without its growing pains...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  angst  queer  m-m  dark  abuse  contemporary  rape
  • Everything I Didn't Know by Nicky James

    Everything I Didn't Know by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was supposed to be an escape. A new life living off the land.It was supposed to be a peaceful community. A family.But it was a lie.Six months after he arrived, Bowie learned the hard truth about Oasis.There are rules, and they are made to be followed.The consequence of disobedience is deadly.Once you’re in Oasis, you’re never getting out. And its cultish founder has eyes everywhere...
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    angst  queer  m-m  suspense  age difference  dark  mystery  length-long
  • Hook by Gianni Holmes

    Hook by Gianni Holmes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    KITDodging bullets and jumping from two story buildings are things I’d only ever seen in movies.Never would I have expected that this would become my life.I keep deadly secrets for the man I love.I’ll follow him across countries to have his back.Why am I willing to risk everything for him?Because of the look in his eyes when I purr for him.SULLYWorking with Kit is my greatest joy...
  • Boxed In by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Boxed In by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the exciting final season of the Flesh Cartel . . .With the help of the FBI, Mat Carmichael has let himself be re-taken by the Flesh Cartel. Objective? Rescue his brother, exact revenge, and destroy the entire organization from the inside...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  angst  queer  m-m  dark  abuse  contemporary  slavery
  • Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Hard partying trust fun baby Griffin Fiske wakes up after a hard night with a King's boots on his chest and gets an invitation he can't refuse...This Original Sinners short story takes place approximately six years before The Siren...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  contemporary  m-m  dark
  • Silent Night by A.R. Breck, Becca Steele

    Silent Night by A.R. Breck, Becca Steele

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    14 OF YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO GIVE YOU SOME DARK, FORBIDDEN ROMANCE THIS HOLIDAY...
  • In These Words: Chapter 4 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    In These Words: Chapter 4 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Asano Katsuya is a US trained psychiatrist who has been recruited by the Tokyo Police Department to profile a serial killer via the victims' data. Based on Asano's profile and recommendations, a suspect has at last been caught! Now, after three years and twelve victims, Shinohara Keiji is in police custody and has promised a thorough confession, provided that Asano is the one to receive it...
    Categorized as:
    angst  bdsm  queer  dark  m-m  rape  mystery  length-novella
  • Independence Day by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Independence Day by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mat and Douglas’s time as Nikolai’s wards is finally drawing to a close. Though torn apart by Nikolai’s machinations, their fates are still inextricably entwined: they’ve been sold to the same cruel master, and are united in their desire to go home...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  angst  queer  m-m  dark  abuse  contemporary  slavery
  • Custody Battles by Gregory Ashe

    Custody Battles by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Some parents would die for their children. Others will do a whole lot worse.Emery Hazard and his husband, John-Henry Somerset, are settling into their new normal—at home, with the latest addition to their family, and at work, as Somers adapts to his new role and Hazard manages his expanding agency. The only thing Hazard is worried about is getting through dinner with his in-laws...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  mystery  contemporary  suspense  abuse  dark
  • Black Lies by K.A. Merikan

    Black Lies by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "That man is not your fairytale ending." Griffith has spent two of the most amazing years with his boyfriend Mark, who is undoubtedly The One. Mark is everything Griffith could want in a man. Sexy, kind, always there for him, showering him with gifts and anticipating his needs...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  mystery  suspense  m-m  mafia  dark  contemporary
  • Trials and Errors by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Trials and Errors by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    With a wedge at last driven between Mat and Dougie Carmichael, courtesy of Nikolai Petrovic’s expert manipulations, the brothers must each accept their new path forward: Dougie, a perfect slave, sweet and obedient and loving. Mat, a tightly reined dog, snarling and snapping but never allowed to bite.Unfortunately, no transformation, however well planned, is without its growing pains...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  angst  queer  m-m  dark  abuse  contemporary  slavery
  • Promise by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Promise by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the exciting final season of the Flesh Cartel . . .With the help of the FBI, Mat Carmichael has let himself be re-taken by the Flesh Cartel. Objective? Rescue his brother, exact revenge, and destroy the entire organization from the inside...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  angst  queer  m-m  dark  abuse  contemporary  slavery
  • 야화첩 1 by Byeonduck, 변덕

    야화첩 1 by Byeonduck, 변덕

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    춘화에 빠진 양반가의 도령 윤승호, 정체를 숨긴 춘화가를 찾아 나선다. 존경하는 선비님의 말을 따라 춘화 그리기를 멈춘 백나겸, 윤승호에게 붙들려 다시 붓을 쥐게 된다. Na-kyum is a young painter with an exceptional talent: creating erotic images of men. Though he has published a few collections under a pseudonym, he has decided to quit painting. Then Seungho, a young nobleman, barges into his life...
    Categorized as:
    queer  angst  historical  m-m  dark  abuse  from hate to love  rape
  • In These Words: Chapter 1 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    In These Words: Chapter 1 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Asano Katsuya is the spirit of the United States experienced pathologist, He is recruited to police stations in Tokyo to accept a serial murder suspect for personality profiling work...
    Categorized as:
    angst  bdsm  queer  m-m  dark  mystery  length-novella
  • Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “I don’t even know who I am anymore.” “All you need to know is that you’re mine.” Seth would follow Domenico to the depths of hell . He promised to always be at Domenico’s side. But hell becomes all too real when they infiltrate the world of Toro - a notoriously security-obsessed arms dealer, who has eyes and ears everywhere...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  suspense  contemporary  abuse  dark  mafia
  • Caged Jaye by Lynn Kelling

    Caged Jaye by Lynn Kelling

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Prequel to Arctic Absolution. It’s Jaye Larson’s nineteenth birthday, and all he wants is to spend time with his boyfriend and his mother—the people he loves most and who make life worth living. But, faced by his mother’s demons, the imperfections of his relationship with boyfriend, Kris, and dangerous, homophobic strangers, one by one, all of Jaye’s dreams are soon derailed...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  angst  queer  m-m  dark  contemporary  abuse  rape
  • Polished by Romilly King

    Polished by Romilly King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How deadly do you have to be to kill a killer?Handlers are hard to kill, and to be fair most of us like the challenge when people try, but now someone is killing off handlers in bloody and complex ways.Not my problem.Not anymore.I got out, I got free, and I don’t want to go back...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  dark  dual-pov  length-novella
  • The Mad House by Liza James

    The Mad House by Liza James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A broken home made whole through promises of eternal life and family beyond.On your knees. Whisper the prayers.Obey thy Father and Mother. You'll be made whole in the Spirit once we're all together again.One sister escapes. The other is trapped, carrying the weight of all focus from their parents for years to come...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  contemporary  m-m  rape  dark  f-f  from hate to love
  • Pick of the Litter by Josh Hunter

    Pick of the Litter by Josh Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cody’s fought them every step of the way. And every time, he’s lost. They’ve taken his freedom. His pride. Even his name.Now it’s time for Cody to start his new life, serving the rich and decadent. Letting himself be used in ways that he never imagined. And sold like a piece of livestock.But Cody’s about to discover that accepting his place as a slave isn’t the end of his struggles...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  rape  captive  abduction  dark  abuse  slavery
  • First Do No Harm by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    First Do No Harm by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  length-novella
  • The Assassin by M.D. Gregory

    The Assassin by M.D. Gregory

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gabriel Mancini represents everything Ardan Murphy hates.He’s disloyal.Money hungry.‘Honor’ isn’t a word he knows.He is also too damn handsome for his own good.When mob boss Sloan Killough finally gives Ardan permission to find and kill Mancini, the job isn’t as straightforward as he expects...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  suspense  m-m  from hate to love  dark  mafia
  • Collaring His Heart by Adara Wolf

    Collaring His Heart by Adara Wolf

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Emil and Johan have settled into a routine. Johan's doing better, Emil thinks he's got everything figured out...Until his ex shows up. Until Johan's mother starts making demands. Until all his lies catch up to him. Everything is falling apart around him, and if he doesn't figure things out fast, he's going to be torn away from Johan for good...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  abuse  dark  length-short  explicit-plentiful
  • My Lovely Tragedy by Marie Ann

    My Lovely Tragedy by Marie Ann

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Obsidian wings fluttered in the snow-blinded night.You stumbled into my arms, bleeding your pain into the air around us.Into me.You tantalized me with your ethereal beauty—an echoing haunt written in the essence of a tragedy.My lovely tragedy.My Lovely Tragedy is a dark MM love story—not a romance, which means it does not end with an HEA...
  • Breathe by Sloan Parker

    Breathe by Sloan Parker

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Two men, who have every reason in the world to run from what they're feeling, find they cannot deny themselves a chance at a love like this. Lincoln McCaw lost everything after he caused a fatal accident. A year later, he's drowning the guilt and despair in whiskey, but he needs to move on. His sister and her kids are counting on him...
  • Paradise Island by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Paradise Island by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mat and Douglas’s time as Nikolai’s wards is finally drawing to a close. Though torn apart by Nikolai’s machinations, their fates are still inextricably entwined: they’ve been sold to the same cruel master, and are united in their desire to go home...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  angst  queer  m-m  dark  abuse  contemporary  slavery
  • Repaired by Melissa Collins

    Repaired by Melissa Collins

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Liam Davis is a man without a past. That’s what he wants everyone to believe, anyway. Hell-bent on erasing any memories of his previous life, he knows that starting over is all he can do. Hiding who he is, where he’s from, why he’s running, and especially who he’s left behind, Liam has run away from everything he’s ever known...
    Categorized as:
    queer  angst  m-m  contemporary  abuse  male-pov  dual-pov  dark
  • The House Always Wins by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    The House Always Wins by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mat and Douglas’s time as Nikolai’s wards is finally drawing to a close. Though torn apart by Nikolai’s machinations, their fates are still inextricably entwined: they’ve been sold to the same cruel master, and are united in their desire to go home...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  angst  queer  m-m  dark  abuse  contemporary  slavery
  • Drawn In by Barbara Elsborg, Jo Raven

    Drawn In by Barbara Elsborg, Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Undercover police officer Kell has crossed the line. He’s become trapped in an abusive relationship with his violent thug of a boss and sees no way back without wrecking months of work. The hope of ever being involved with someone who respects him seems a distant dream. Private investigator Gethin is depressed that the bulk of his work involves following unfaithful partners...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  suspense  mystery  dark  abuse  contemporary
  • Say Yes by Jen Samson

    Say Yes by Jen Samson

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It began the very first moment their eyes met across that boardroom table, at a meeting Colt Hanson should never have been at in the first place. Sebastian Stone is unlike any man Colt has ever encountered and his quiet, innocent world is rocked when Sebastian discovers his secret and then reveals his interest in him...
  • Happy of the End, Vol. 2 by Tanaka Ogeretsu

    Happy of the End, Vol. 2 by Tanaka Ogeretsu

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After constant moving, Chihiro and Haoran may have settled down, which means a house-warming party. This sudden sense of "normalcy" is a little strange for the two of them as their lives are far from it. Whether it's the scars all over Haoran's body or the violent people in their past, finding moments of peace is their only solace in life today...
    Categorized as:
    queer  angst  dark  m-m  length-short
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