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  • Dissent: A Charity Romance Anthology by Brighton Walsh, Kennedy Fox

    Dissent: A Charity Romance Anthology by Brighton Walsh, Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    For National Read a Book day, DISSENT is available in eBook and paperback!DISSENT is a charity romance anthology with NEW, never before published content from over 150 authors of all romance genres. All proceeds from the eBook and paperbacks will be donated to organizations benefiting reproductive rights in the United States, particularly in areas where people need them more than ever...
  • Cash Plays by Cordelia Kingsbridge

    Cash Plays by Cordelia Kingsbridge

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 38 ratings
    Book three in the Seven of Spades series In this game, the stakes are life or death. The Seven of Spades is back with a vengeance — the vigilante serial killer has resumed their murderous crusade, eluding the police at every turn. But a bloodthirsty killer isn’t the only threat facing Sin City...
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  • Triangulation by Gregory Ashe

    Triangulation by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    After a recent case with a treacherous client, North and Shaw are ready to go back to work building Borealis Investigations. They’re also ready to go back to dodging their feelings for each other, with neither man ready to deal with the powerful emotions the Matty Fennmore case stirred up...
  • Ex Meridian by A.E. Via

    Ex Meridian by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Police Lieutenants, God and Day are under intense pressure from the chief to take back control of Atlanta’s streets. The last thing their task force needs is a pair of trained killers in town with a personal score to settle...
  • Finder, Volume 3: One Wing in the Finder by Ayano Yamane

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

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 28 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...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  mafia  contemporary  rape  bdsm  dark  suspense
  • Domesticated Beast by Onley James

    Domesticated Beast by Onley James

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 38 ratings
    JAVIER DE LA FUENTE is a criminal, an ex-con with a long line of offenses, atoning for his sins by rescuing abused animals and advocating for child victims. But that doesn’t mean he’s a saint. Javier learned years ago that what’s right and what’s legal aren’t always the same thing. BOWIE BAKER is a ballet dancer, a soloist doing his best to get ahead in his LA dance company...
  • Olive Juice by T.J. Klune

    Olive Juice by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 16 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...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  angst  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...
  • The Air That I Breathe by Cara Dee

    The Air That I Breathe by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 ratings
    The Game Series, Book 3.5 “In that moment, I stopped caring about right and wrong.” The only thing that stood between us were the boundaries set by others, by society, by our parents. But together we could knock them down. Together, we could find freedom and live life on our own terms. Screw the rest of the world. He was all that mattered. He was the air that I breathed...
  • The Innocent by C.J. Bishop

    The Innocent by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Clint and the boys “clean house” after discovering a small dangerous operation of child sex traffickers, they find themselves pulled into a nightmare of unparalleled proportions where children are nothing but “merchandise” and the depth of depravity and abuse reaches beyond human comprehension. Note: This is an M/M romance and should be read by readers 18yo and above only...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  dark  contemporary  length-long
  • Gabe and Ian by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Gabe and Ian by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Gabriel Cross has spent his entire life keeping a secret from his older brother. The tattoo artist all but inked the two words on his flesh, and yet Abe still hasn’t figured it out. Terrified of losing the only family he has left, Gabriel keeps his mouth shut, even though he hates himself for being a coward. Ian Long loves women...
  • The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 5 by 945

    The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 5 by 945

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    THE LONG GOODBYEIt's been three years since Eui-joon last saw Gunwoo and there have been a lot of changes. Eui-joon no longer works his punishing graveyard shift at the convenience store, but instead works in sales at a small company where, as the newest employee, he's constantly running errands for his boss...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  m-m  age difference  mafia  dark  angst
  • Midnight Target by Elle Kennedy

    Midnight Target by Elle Kennedy

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Score and Midnight Revenge... Four years ago, Cate’s entire life changed when she discovered she was the daughter of a supersoldier. But Jim Morgan’s overprotectiveness has pushed her away. These days, she’s working as a freelance photographer and living the dangerous life Jim never wanted for her...
  • White Rabbit, Part II by Cole McCade

    White Rabbit, Part II by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The white rabbit crashes storytime with Sila, Malcolm, and Seong-Jae — a little too literally, leaving our intrepid detectives battered but not broken. Yet what they find with the white rabbit's arrival could destroy even the strongest man: a diabolical game with over two dozen lives at stake, turning their final showdown into a macabre stage play with the white rabbit as its star...
  • Prepared by Cara Dee

    Prepared by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Book 6 • Family • Humor • Action • Bachelor Party Fun It’s time for the happily ever after Gray and Darius have fought so hard for…once they get out of this darn jungle in Belize. “You have to understand, I thought I wasn’t going to make it. I said goodbye to everyone in my head.” Three years ago, Gray Nolan lost all hope of ever seeing his friends and family again...
  • Kiss Your Scars by Avril Ashton

    Kiss Your Scars by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Being the king of Atlanta’s underworld used to have its perks, but lately all undercover agent Renzo Vega has seen is the downside. Someone is auctioning off women in his city, and he’s damn sure not about to let that offense stand. Just as he’s set to make a move, Renzo’s club is ambushed and he’s shot. Unsure of who to trust, he turns to the one man he definitely knows wants him dead...
  • All We Are by Jessie Walker

    All We Are by Jessie Walker

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Pride.Will and Waylon have been through hell and back—more than once. But they’re still standing, still loving each other, still embracing their found family. And that’s something Will is stupidly proud of. He’s happier than he’s ever been, and more in love than he ever thought possible. He just hopes he can find a way to make Waylon believe in them as much as he does.Pride...
  • In These Words, Volume 3 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    In These Words, Volume 3 by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shinohara Kenji implemented Asano Katsuya's plan to draw out the serial killer who'd been plagueing the police for years. The net was cast. However, Asano was unexpectedly ensnared in it. For six days, as Shinohara searched for him frantically - the doctor was forced to endure the pain of extreme love and hate for the killer. Then on the seventh day - everything crashed down in a devastating end...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  dark  mystery  contemporary  horror  length-short
  • Chip's Forever Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Chip's Forever Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Chip’s had a good example of a Daddy—and the absolute worst. Ollie’s determined to give him the best…forever. If Chip didn’t have bad luck, he’d have no luck at all. All he’s ever wanted is a man to see him, truly hear him, and love him. Ollie is the definition of protective, with the muscle to back it up...
  • 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...
  • Shattered Pieces by K.M. Neuhold

    Shattered Pieces by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    “I was sure my heart had withered away years ago, but then you smiled at me, and I felt it beat again.” ~Gage Years ago, I fell in love with my best friend’s little brother. Then, he took his own life, leaving me shattered and unable to piece my heart back together. I’ve been a zombie for nine long years...
  • The Wild Charge by Lauren Gilley

    The Wild Charge by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A storm is brewing, and the Lean Dogs find themselves in the center of it. What at first seemed like a routine clash with a cartel proves to be part of a much more sinister - and more powerful - operation than any of them expected. The Dogs have a choice: back out now, play dumb...or go full-on vigilante. Tennyson Fox has a new name, a new home, a new family..
    Categorized as:
    queer  bikers  dark  contemporary  m-m  length-epic
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  mystery  suspense  bdsm  contemporary  dark  length-short
  • How Much for a Broken Heart? by R.J. Scott

    How Much for a Broken Heart? by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the game turns deadly for a SEAL and his Ranger, love becomes the most dangerous mission of all.In a single devastating morning, August's life crumbles. His covert assignment derails disastrously as the family he's meant to safeguard falls prey to the ruthless Cooper River cartel...
  • Unquiet by Melanie Hansen

    Unquiet by Melanie Hansen

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Loren Smith has been in love with Eliot Devlin almost his entire life. During their turbulent childhood and teen years, Loren didn’t always understand Eliot, and sometimes he could be a challenge, but Eliot was the only one to ever truly ease Loren’s deep loneliness and accept him...
  • My Name Is Tryst by Julie Anne Addicott

    My Name Is Tryst by Julie Anne Addicott

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    On the outside, I am perfect. On the inside, something sinister lurks. I am sick and I cannot be cured. I use them, abuse them, then sell them to the highest bidder. But there’s Glen. He’s mine. My addiction, my sanity, my destruction. His touch calms the monster that lurks beneath my skin. If I continue on this path, I could lose him, and I refuse to let that happen...
  • Nevermore by A.K. Graves

    Nevermore by A.K. Graves

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Leonor died, she didn’t see a light.There were no angels, no pearly gates.She didn’t see anything at all, just a cold, dark void.But she did hear music…Leonor heard her music, the music she made with The Ravens, and she was glad it was waiting for her in the end.Until everything went eerily silent, and she was pulled from the afterlife and thrown into the life after...
  • Nightingale by Laura Lascarso

    Nightingale by Laura Lascarso

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An accountant and an assassin set off on a homicidal mission to avenge the wrongs of the past…Since the moment we met as children at Saint Bernadine’s School for Boys, Julien has held my heart hostage. Now, he’s a ruthless and cunning assassin, known to many only by his code name Nightingale, and I am again at his mercy when he forces me to accompany him on his next hit...
  • Unmask You by Avril Ashton

    Unmask You by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Theirs is a perfect marriage. Until a home invasion exposes secrets, lies, and shatters everything Elias and Lucky hold dear. Too many bodies. Rivers of blood. Elias Kote sees them all in his sleep. Only the love of his husband and daughter keeps him alive and fighting. This contract killer is exhausted and weighed down by all the lies he tells every day. Who he is. What he does...
  • Restricted Area [禁区] by 空菊

    Restricted Area [禁区] by 空菊

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jiang Chijing had always used surveilling prisoners’ every move to satiate his voyeuristic appetite.Until one day, an extremely dangerous convict entered the prison—and Jiang Chijing was caught spying on him.The watcher became the watched, the hunter became the hunted...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  dark  m-m
  • Remember Me by Avril Ashton

    Remember Me by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Theirs was a connection that began and ended in the shadows. Secret moments. Missed opportunities and what-ifs. Wanting more than what they had, but grateful with the bits of happiness they snatched.A bullet stole it away, setting two men adrift. One waiting in the darkness for light to shine once again...
  • Deliverance by Garrett Leigh

    Deliverance by Garrett Leigh

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Banished gangster Benito Martell is living on the edge. An explosive hook-up in a club gifts him the relief he craves, but nothing about his life is ever so simple. Complications abound, and before long, he’s falling for the only man who can save his family from eviction.Recovering addict Mickey Larwood has worked hard to leave his past behind...
  • White Rabbit, Part I by Cole McCade

    White Rabbit, Part I by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A tense standoff with Sila uncovers more than Seong-Jae ever wanted to know about the strings Sila's pulled in his past. The pain he's caused. The deaths he's responsible for.And he may be responsible for yet one more, as Sila uses his own life as a bargaining chip to keep Malcolm and Seong-Jae at bay...
  • 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:
    queer  bdsm  contemporary  m-m  dark
  • Reinventing Us by Ann Lister

    Reinventing Us by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alex-Zander Metcalf knew his life would always be filled with twists and turns, especially living in the public eye while playing the role of front man for his band Ivory Tower. That's what made life interesting and he loved every aspect about his job in the music world. Living in a long-term polyamorous relationship with a husband and a wife also created a fair amount of ups and downs...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  m-m  dark  length-medium  rockstars
  • boys for sale 2 by Marc Finks

    boys for sale 2 by Marc Finks

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In this stunning conclusion to the tale first begun in Boys for Sale...Having escaped from Javier and The School House, Tavi is now on the run as he tries to survive on the streets...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  abuse  contemporary  dark  suspense  length-medium
  • Resist by K.A. Knight

    Resist by K.A. Knight

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sanctuary is more than a band—it’s a home for the lost and broken.No one knows that better than Ryker, the lead singer of the newly rising rock band. It seems he is unable to go even one day without being in the spotlight, and not always for good reasons. From run-ins with his label to arrests and a long line of broken hearts, it seems this rock god is determined to enjoy fame...
  • Always Watching by Lee McCormick, R.S. McKenzie

    Always Watching by Lee McCormick, R.S. McKenzie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴꜱ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀ ꜱᴇʀɪᴀʟ ᴋɪʟʟᴇʀ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴀ ᴄᴀᴍʙᴏʏ ɪꜱ ʜɪꜱ?ℝ𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕟My life has become a nightmare. A stalker intent on having me permeates my waking moments. Gifts and threatening messages greet me at every turn. Every cam session is filled with the fear of them watching me in my most intimate moments. One day, my stalker takes it a step further than words and attacks me in my home...
  • Shattered Secrets by Kris Butler

    Shattered Secrets by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They had tried to come for me. They thought I was still weak, damaged. Someone had tried to kill me...again. I was getting tired of this. They hadn’t been prepared for me to build relationships, to no longer be alone. They continued to underestimate me. I loved proving them wrong. Secrets threaten to shake me, to break me and as I uncover more of my past, each step leads me closer to the Council...
  • The Sinner and the Liar by Alice Winters

    The Sinner and the Liar by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sin is a hard man caught in a crumbling city filled with crime. After losing the love of his life, Sin feels like he has nothing left to live for. Drifting through life, he takes on mercenary jobs by day and drinks away the memories of a happier time at night. Life has no color and little direction until he saves a gorgeous young man from a vicious attack...
  • The King's Boy by Aja Foxx

    The King's Boy by Aja Foxx

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ~ King ~ I was sent to New York City to take over as the head of the Irish mob. It was a job that many wanted, but few were qualified for. I was qualified, but I didn't want the position...until I met a man that challenged all of my preconceived ideas about people. I just needed to figure out if Spencer was as crazy as he seemed or if he was a spy sent by my enemies.~ Spencer ~I admit it...
  • Jealousy, Vol. 3 by Scarlet Beriko

    Jealousy, Vol. 3 by Scarlet Beriko

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The prequel to the popular yakuza rom-com Fourth Generation Head: Tatsuyuki Oyamato!A yakuza head finds himself ensnared in the unwavering attentions of a sometimes impetuous but always cunning schemer...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  mafia  dark  length-short
  • Codirection by Gregory Ashe

    Codirection by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They killed a girl to keep their secrets. They won’t stop there.A new home, a fresh start, a chance to do things right this time—and Shaw and North are determined to make it work. But the night of their housewarming party, things don’t go as planned. A reporter arrives, wanting to talk to North about his ex-husband, his father, and a criminal syndicate...
  • The Pet's Play by M.D. Gregory

    The Pet's Play by M.D. Gregory

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sloan and Conall make a bet. Who will win? This is a Killough Company novella. It takes place as book 3.5 (between The Assassin and The Apprentice)...
  • Guns n' Boys: Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan

    Guns n' Boys: Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “We are two halves of the same rotten apple.” Deep in the Amazonian jungle, there is a mansion with a rose garden and a hen house where juicy tomatoes are the perfect shade of red, and marble countertops glisten. Inside, where even the shadows don’t reach, something is rotting, and the perfect facade can only hold the stench for so long...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  dark  abuse  contemporary  mafia  audiobook
  • Signs of Life by Melanie Hansen

    Signs of Life by Melanie Hansen

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Successful lawyer Jeremy Speer has it all—a loving husband, a beautiful home, and a cherished dream that’s about to become reality. He’s learned not to take happiness for granted, meeting the challenges of life and love head-on with unwavering commitment and fierce devotion. A series of tragic events leave Jeremy shattered, adrift on a sea of unimaginable pain...
  • 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:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  bdsm  length-novella
  • throw up your fists, throw out your wits by Youcouldmakealife, Imogenedisease

    throw up your fists, throw out your wits by Youcouldmakealife, Imogenedisease

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Luke doesn’t think he’s ever looked better than he does, right then, bleeding from wounds Luke gave him...
  • The Good Green Earth by V.L. Locey

    The Good Green Earth by V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the Syracuse Stallions clinch the championship, Nathan Zinkan, the renowned wild man of the AHL is arrested for a DUI. Again. When a no-nonsense judge adds a heavy dose of community service to an already stiff sentence, Nathan has to forget a summer of partying and slide on a pair of gardening gloves...
  • In Death I Live by Lindsay Becs

    In Death I Live by Lindsay Becs

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I’ve died several deaths over the years. Each time another piece of my soul destroyed, leaving me emptier than the time before. I came to accept that fact, knowing death—true death—would descend on me sooner rather than later.I thought I ran away from the devil—the man who’s ruled my life—for the last time, but he found me anyway. Sculpting me once more into the good girl he needs for his bidding...
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