Books like 'Release'

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  • Finder, Volume 5: Truth in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder, Volume 5: Truth in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    When Fei Long agrees to a deal to trade Takaba back to Asami, things begin to look up. But is it really true? Or is something else going to prevent Takaba from being reunited with the one he has been waiting for? When the Russian mafia takes advantage of the situation and force their way into the negotiations upon Fei Long's casino ship, it looks like all bets are off...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  mafia  rape  length-short
  • Finder Deluxe Edition: Naked Truth, Vol. 5 by Ayano Yamane, Adrienne Beck

    Finder Deluxe Edition: Naked Truth, Vol. 5 by Ayano Yamane, Adrienne Beck

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Pain and pleasure collide when a sophisticated underworld boss crosses paths with a naive photographer hell-bent on bringing him down! This deluxe edition includes never-before-released material as well as a double-sided color insert and special cover treatment! Photographer Takaba Akihito takes on a risky assignment trying to document the illegal activities of the Japanese underworld...
    Categorized as:
    queer  bdsm  m-m  mafia  rape  length-short
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  • Christmas in Suite 37A by Tiffany Reisz

    Christmas in Suite 37A by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Originally available as a rough draft on Tiffany's website, this short story has now been fully revised and is now collected in the print, ebook, and audio collection Michael's Wings.
  • Marshmallow Kisses by Athena Steller

    Marshmallow Kisses by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to Rocky lake, Arizona! This collection of stories based in the fictitious town of Rocky Lake, Arizona, is filled with out favorite Daddy/ little dynamics. Marshmallow A Rocky Lake Little's Short StoryMickey's life changes in a moment. He'd never expected to be thrown out because of his sexual orientation, but Mickey also knows he'd never be happy living a lie...
  • Finder Deluxe Edition: You're My Desire, Vol. 6 by Ayano Yamane

    Finder Deluxe Edition: You're My Desire, Vol. 6 by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Pain and pleasure collide when a sophisticated underworld boss crosses paths with a naive photographer hell-bent on bringing him down! This deluxe edition includes never-before-released material as well as a double-sided color insert and special cover treatment! Photographer Takaba Akihito takes on a risky assignment trying to document the illegal activities of the Japanese underworld...
    Categorized as:
    queer  bdsm  m-m  mafia  contemporary  length-short
  • Boarded by Carly Marie

    Boarded by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Courage is following your heart when your brain says run “Boarding, two minutes. ” Collin Harringford has delivered the penalty countless times as an enforcer with the Nashville Grizzlies. When life delivers the boarding, he’s forced home to sort out his grandpa’s estate...
  • Landon Alexander by Michael Robert

    Landon Alexander by Michael Robert

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Eight years ago, Landon Alexander’s father was imprisoned for committing an unspeakable crime, and Landon is still picking up the pieces of his shattered life. With his mother a shell of her previous self and the family business in peril, Landon’s in over his head as he attempts to restore the legacy he was born into...
    Categorized as:
    queer  hurt-comfort  m-m  length-medium
  • The Confession of Marcus Stearns by Tiffany Reisz

    The Confession of Marcus Stearns by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    **No longer available - republished as part of "The Confessions"**. THE CONFESSION OF MARCUS STEARNS takes place during the time of THE SAINT when Søren/Marcus Stearns is twenty-nine years old and has just met Eleanor/Nora. Limited-edition promotional giveaway at the RT Booklovers conference in 2014, but now included within The Confessions.
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  contemporary  m-m  length-novella
  • Pretend You're Mine by Sloane Kennedy

    Pretend You're Mine by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Landscape architect Devon Rhodes doesn’t know what to think when he overhears a heated conversation in his new next-door neighbor’s back yard, but when he decides to intervene, he definitely isn’t expecting the encounter to change his life forever...
  • A Little Christmas: Finn by A.W. Scott

    A Little Christmas: Finn by A.W. Scott

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Life has a way of bringing you things when you least expect it. Finn knows life isn’t fair. At just nineteen, he’s had to suffer through multiple foster placements, bullying from classmates, and constantly wondering where his next meal would come from. Kicked out of his home and with nowhere to go, he resorts to hiding in the local football stadium when the weather gets tough...
  • The Color of Need by Daniel May

    The Color of Need by Daniel May

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Stuck between two men, Trinket is living his worst nightmare and best fantasy all at once. After longterm boyfriend Zee's clumsy proposal, Trinket doesn't have time to even consider his answer before life throws him another curveball. Bad boy side piece Mini, who seemed to be giving Trinket space to sort out his relationship, suddenly rematerializes - and he's not in a good place...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  explicit-plentiful
  • Wheels Down by Beth Bolden

    Wheels Down by Beth Bolden

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Shaw isn’t his friend—until Ross discovers he’s so much more. Ross Stanton is having a bad week—a bad month—really, a bad year . But the last thing he wants, after the betrayal of his friend and business partner, is for anyone else to know just how much he’s fighting for survival...
  • A Thousand Vermilion Stars by Patricia Logan

    A Thousand Vermilion Stars by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A copycat serial killer is driving their whole team crazy. Dr. Leo Reeves has always considered himself a halfway decent criminal profiler. Some of his colleagues even call him brilliant. With this assignment, he sure as hell doesn’t feel that way. He’s been missing something at every turn. The case is dragging into its seventh month and every lead he and his team follow, takes them to a dead end...
  • Alone On the Water by MadLori

    Alone On the Water by MadLori

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sherlock Holmes never expected to live a long life, but he never imagined that it would end like this. - 7725 Words. Sorrow’s my body on the waves. Sorrow’s a girl inside my cave. I live in a city sorrow built. It’s in my honey, it’s in my milk. Don’t leave my half a heart alone on the water. Cover me in rag and bone sympathy. Cause I don’t want to get over you. -The National.
  • Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes

    Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A Jory and Sam Thanksgiving Ficlet.
  • Forever by Adira August

    Forever by Adira August

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When you've go too far, there's no way back. “Hunter, when you were in a state of emergency—physically, emotionally, psychologically—a team went into action. What the lead psychiatrist did is a little like being medically stalked. I have extensive notes, recordings of interviews, files of background information about you. ”...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  mystery  length-medium
  • The Dominant Doctor Volume 3: Oh Boy ~and~ The Doctor is IN by Sammy D. Adams

    The Dominant Doctor Volume 3: Oh Boy ~and~ The Doctor is IN by Sammy D. Adams

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Doc and Chris continue to evolve and grow. May contain a vineyard bear attack or a kiss ;) This is books 5 and 6.
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  length-medium
  • All We Are by Jessie Walker

    All We Are by Jessie Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
  • Winning Big by Athena Steller

    Winning Big by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Welcome to Sin City! Home to the newest Daddy/ little collection from author Athena Steller. Dom. I’m sick. I don’t want to be, but my stupid body betrayed me and now I’m forced to have weekly dialysis treatments as I wait to see if I will ever get a new kidney. I’ve been managing. Poorly but that doesn’t mean I needed the hot bossy cop to take over...
  • Assisted by Carly Marie

    Assisted by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Foolish is judging a book by its cover… or a hockey coach by his suit. As assistant coach of the Nashville Grizzlies, Imil Bouchard has everything he needs, except maybe a Daddy. On the wrong side of forty and not looking for a traditional Dom, he knows there’s no point wishing for what he can’t have...
  • Relief Pitcher by Lee Blair

    Relief Pitcher by Lee Blair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    I thought I was helping him get his groove back. Turns out he’s helping me fall in love. Tyler. I have one rule when it comes to matters of my one and done. Consensually, of course. Fun with no complicated romantic feelings. Not that I’m built to experience those, anyway. After my car breaks down on a remote road, I follow a lumbersnack back to his creepy cabin for the cell service...
  • Hot Ice, Tennessee by Raleigh Ruebins

    Hot Ice, Tennessee by Raleigh Ruebins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A hockey hotshot has me wrapped around his finger…. Even after I learn his dirty secret. Jesse is cocky, charming, tattooed, and even more possessive off the ice. …He’s also my friend’s younger brother—which I found out like a puck to the face. He’s too young, too popular, and he knows he has my attention. He’s a college dreamboat, with frat bros riding his jock every day. My world’s different...
  • Summer Drifter by R.J. Scott

    Summer Drifter by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    One man craves family, the other isolation; neither of them was searching for forever love. Experienced and much-in-demand horse trainer Levi doesn't need or want people. With his horse and dog at his side, he lives out of his trailer and trains horses in the summer to earn just enough to head south for winter...
  • Gator by Jacki James

    Gator by Jacki James

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    At six feet of cocky charm, easy smiles, and a reckless streak a mile wide, Harlan “Gator” Thibodeaux is not my type. So why is he the one I call when my world falls apart? Julius Petros has spent years dazzling older men who wanted arm candy, not commitment—men who loved the sparkle but never stayed long enough to see the person underneath. Gator is nothing like them...
    Categorized as:
    hurt-comfort  queer  m-m
  • The Christmas Summons by Kelly Fox

    The Christmas Summons by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Kelly Fox comes a Wild Heart Ranch Christmas novella. I’ve loved Gael Hernandez from the moment I laid eyes on him. We had a moment back in the summer, but he needed time to recover from the traumatic events that reshaped his family. It’s now Christmas, and I think my talented shoemaker is finally ready to let me love him for the rest of his life...
  • Dakota by Shaw Montgomery

    Dakota by Shaw Montgomery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Just because he’s scatterbrained and distracted doesn’t mean he needs a keeper…right? Dakota is creative, passionate, and just a little too focused on his work. It’s helped him grow a single book into an impressive series and career, but it’s not helping his personal life. At this point, he barely has a personal life and even his friends are starting to get concerned...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  omegaverse  length-short
  • A Wedding in a Week by Con Riley

    A Wedding in a Week by Con Riley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A second chance with his brother’s best friend also comes with a deadline. Three years after inheriting his family farm, an accident forces Stefan Luxton to rethink his future. Turning his farm into a five-star wedding venue is one goal. Another is to reconnect with Marc, who Stefan loved but let slip away to the city...
  • Easton's Lost Otter by Della Cain, Kaytea Kat

    Easton's Lost Otter by Della Cain, Kaytea Kat

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Traveling is the worst. I love being in my own house, in my own room, with my own things, and snuggling under my favorite blanket with my otter stuffie, Charlie. When my boss asks me to go to a week-long conference in Las Vegas, it is crystal clear that the options I have are to go or be denied the promotion I’ve been working so hard for. I choose to go. It’s Vegas. How bad can it be? Awful...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-novella
  • 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…”. Rob. Working 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...
  • A Cold Hard Collection by K.L. Hiers

    A Cold Hard Collection by K.L. Hiers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When a mafia kingpin pays to send you to law school, the real lessons will be taught in his bed. Boss Cold is the kind of man who gets his money's worth, and Jimmy Poe still has much to learn about all the ways his body can be used and enjoyed. He will spend his nights blushing, begging, and screaming the name of the stern, sexy mob lord to whom every inch of him now belongs...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  mafia  m-m
  • Buttons: A Daddy for Christmas by Victoria Sue

    Buttons: A Daddy for Christmas by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Edward wasn’t a fixer. He wasn’t someone’s white knight, maybe beige in a good light, and no one with any sense would give him a sharp implement to wield. He liked his numbers and had been known to get occasionally creative with a tax return, could cook a respectable shepherd’s pie and was kind, or tried to be...
  • Smoke Screen by Jacki James

    Smoke Screen by Jacki James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    If there is one thing club owner Jesse Harris knows, it’s that his best friend’s little brother Andy Ward is totally off limits. Too bad the sexy firefighter would be the perfect boy for him. Jesse had long given up on finding a boy that fit into his life. Instead, he satisfied his need to take care of others by creating a safe space at his club for Daddies and boys alike to find each other...
  • The Thief and The Gangster by Alexa Land

    The Thief and The Gangster by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Adriano. It started as the hottest hook-up of my life. Jack was gorgeous, and the spark between us was intense. But the night ended with me chasing him through the streets of San Francisco half-naked, after he stole my late father’s watch. Awesome. Days later, I finally tracked him down, just as I got the news that all hell was breaking loose back home in Las Vegas...
  • Becoming the Owners by Shaw Montgomery

    Becoming the Owners by Shaw Montgomery

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All it took was one look for Ben to know he’d found his forever. He just needs to figure out how to get the enchanting man to come down from his gilded cage and see what is waiting for him down below. But when the stunning dancer in the cage spends more time hiding from the world than embracing it, Ben knows he’s going to have to get creative if he wants to catch the pretty bird’s attention...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  humor  m-m  contemporary  length-short
  • Noah by Eve Riley

    Noah by Eve Riley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Letting go is truly the most powerful control of all. Federal Prosecutor, Noah Riley has had enough of what he feels is a failing justice system. He’s watched one too many times as young victims are let down and the men who have caused them harm go free. It’s time for a change in his life, but he has no idea where to start...
  • Perfect by Jenny Wood

    Perfect by Jenny Wood

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Adoption is hard. Paperwork and more paperwork, lawyers and more lawyers and it seems like begging and choosing. .. .all to get your heart broken when the expectant mother backs out. Not wanting to go through that again, or put Morgan through it again; they opted out. Unfortunately, the new guy didn't get the memo and they were chosen by expectant young mother, Haley...
  • The Billionaire by Emerson Beckett, Rheland Richmond

    The Billionaire by Emerson Beckett, Rheland Richmond

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There's a thin line between love and hate, and I hate that I'm still in love with him. ★Austin “Daredevil” Wentworth★. I hate Greer Rowan. Hate how I feel when he looks at me, hate the way things ended, and I hate that he’s my older brother’s best friend. I hate how badly I want him, and most of all, I hate that I’m still stupidly in love with him...
  • Finder Deluxe Edition: To the Edge, Vol. 11 by Ayano Yamane, Adrienne Beck

    Finder Deluxe Edition: To the Edge, Vol. 11 by Ayano Yamane, Adrienne Beck

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pain and pleasure collide when a sophisticated underworld boss crosses paths with a naive photographer hell-bent on bringing him down! This deluxe edition includes never-before-released material as well as a double-sided color insert and special cover treatment! Photographer Akihito Takaba takes on a risky assignment trying to document the illegal activities of the Japanese underworld...
    Categorized as:
    queer  bdsm  m-m  length-short
  • Finder Deluxe Edition: Honeymoon, Vol. 10 by Ayano Yamane, Adrienne Beck

    Finder Deluxe Edition: Honeymoon, Vol. 10 by Ayano Yamane, Adrienne Beck

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pain and pleasure collide when a sophisticated underworld boss crosses paths with a naive photographer hell-bent on bringing him down! This deluxe edition includes never-before-released material as well as a double-sided color insert and special cover treatment! Photographer Akihito Takaba takes on a risky assignment trying to document the illegal activities of the Japanese underworld...
    Categorized as:
    queer  bdsm  m-m  contemporary  length-short
  • Trust: by Angelique Jurd

    Trust: by Angelique Jurd

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Can Joey let go of his fear and trust Rick to lead him to a life of love and acceptance? After Blake's arrest, Joey struggles to make peace with his past. Building a life with Rick turns out to be more challenging than either of them expected...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  age difference  age play  daddy-kink
  • Wade by Shaw Montgomery

    Wade by Shaw Montgomery

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The final book in the Romance & Revolutions series. How does an omega know when it’s time to live again? Pulling away from all the reminders of his husband was the only way Wade survived his alpha’s passing, but time and the love of his friends helped heal the once immeasurable wounds. However, coming out of his grief has left him new pains...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  m-m  omegaverse  length-short
  • Christmas Wishes by Lee Blair

    Christmas Wishes by Lee Blair

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Say it ain’t snow! After my bestie and I got laid off during the holidays, we drunkenly decide to plan a surprise vacation for each other. Knowing how much I hate snow, he sends me to sunny Arizona with my swim briefs and a dare. I’m supposed to finally start the beauty influencer accounts I’ve been talking about for years. Did you know there are parts of Arizona where it snows? I didn’t...
  • Finding Ky by Luna David

    Finding Ky by Luna David

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Partners in every sense of the word, Sawyer and Jackson have been a unit since they were young teenagers. Growing up together in the same foster home, they learned they could depend only on each other. But when Kyler—a boy barely half their age—arrived heartbroken and scared, the young men took him under their wings, vowing to take care of him and protect him...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  queer  contemporary  military  m-m  audiobook
  • Saving Mr. Bell by H.L. Day

    Saving Mr. Bell by H.L. Day

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When is a kidnap not a kidnap? When it's a rescue. Rudolf Bell does NOT need saving. But after the worst performance of his life, there are those who disagree. All he wants is to have a good time and forget everything for a while. Easier said than done when the media have done a hatchet job on him. His career's not over, though. Not until he says so...
  • For a Song by Ariella Zoelle

    For a Song by Ariella Zoelle

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Early is on the prowl for the perfect alpha man to give him a night of fun. His life changes forever when he runs into Duke. Where will their night of passion lead them? In the pulsating heart of a dance club, I stumble upon him: the epitome of tall, dark, and devastatingly handsome. Duke’s muscles were made for pinning me to the bed for a night of fun...
  • Wanted: Boss Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Wanted: Boss Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    “Why would my boss want someone as young and broken as me for his boy? But the way he looks at me…” Levi has seen more life than anyone his age should have. He’s responsible for more than anyone knows. The weight on his shoulders is crippling, but he’d do anything for his family...
  • Black by Quin, Perin.

    Black by Quin, Perin.

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Meow! ”. There it was. The sound that made my knees buckle. He purred, neck stretched, eyes half-lidded. With those cat ears, in his hair. And the tail, that he flicked. A ray of sun in the drizzling rain. I’d been a traveler, floating adrift, while he’d stayed in one place. How was I supposed to know he’d become my anchor? My light. My everything...
  • Exploring Daddy by Mia Monroe

    Exploring Daddy by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’ve never had a Daddy. Can he teach me how to be the perfect boy? I have three problems. No job. No direction. No clue what I’m doing next. Following my best friend to LA is the only thing that makes sense. I’ll start a new life, figure out a career, and learn how to be an adult. Meeting Matteo is intimidating but exciting. I know he wants a boy. I also know I’m far from what he’s looking for...
  • Owen's Lost Hero by Della Cain, Kaytea Kat

    Owen's Lost Hero by Della Cain, Kaytea Kat

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I am more than just my scarred face. I just need a daddy who will look that far. Growing up, I wanted to be a superhero and rescue people from peril. Little did I know I was going to be the one needing rescuing after the bus I was on collided with an 18-wheeler. The accident stole more from me than my childhood aspirations...
  • Challenge by Quinn Ward

    Challenge by Quinn Ward

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A split second in the past molded their futures. .. until now. As the head chef at his family's restaurant and a single dad, Freddie's plate is full. He doesn't have time to fall in love, especially with the boy next door who made him question his sexuality when they were teens...
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