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  • Marcus & Reagan: Rojo, TX by Cee Bowerman

    Marcus & Reagan: Rojo, TX by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Marcus and Reagan have been part of the Texas Knights, Texas Kings, and Tempest family for more than thirty years. They’ve weathered ups and downs and raised their children surrounded by family that may not share their blood but share their hearts. Come to Rojo with Cee Bowerman and attend the wedding we’ve all been waiting for...
  • Inside by Nicky James

    Inside by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    All it took was a single moment for Anson Miller’s life to fall apart. His only hope of finding solid ground again is to uproot everything he knows and start over. New house, new job, new life...
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  • The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 6 by 945

    The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 6 by 945

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    건우가 종적을 감춘 후 더디게 흘러가는 시간을 버티듯 살아가는 의준. 어느덧 3년이 지나 스물여덟을 맞이한다. 건우를 떠올리게 했던 사람과 시작한 연애. 그리고 아르바이트를 전전하다 어렵사리 취업한 중소기업 영업부. 상처받은 마음으로 인한 것일까? 미세하게 불안하지만 남들과 비슷해 보이는 그런 삶을 살고 있다.의준은 직장 생활에서 막내, 신입이라는 이유로 상사의 사소한 심부름을 하게 되는데 그중 편의점에 가는 것이 가장 달갑지 않다. 그곳이 건우의 명함에서 보았던 그의 직장 CIK 그룹과 마주 보고 있다는 부분이 마음을 무겁게 만들기 때문이다. 함께했던 시간을 잊고자 하는 노력을 비웃듯 이렇게 추억들은 사소한 순간순간에 떠오른다...
  • Headstrong Like Us by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

    Headstrong Like Us by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 38 ratings
    You’re cordially invited to the wedding of Maximoff Hale & Farrow Keene, and according to Celebrity Crush—the ceremony for this American prince and his tattooed bodyguard is going to be the event of the century. There will be no wedding crashers. Including but not limited to: hateful people, rabid fans, nosy paparazzi, and other so-called media. There will be no drama...
  • The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 2 by 945

    The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 2 by 945

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 31 ratings
    This hit Boys’ Love webtoon/manhwa (comic) is coming to print in English for the first a full-color and Mature-rated romantic comedy about a convenience store part-timer and a handsome gangster!College student Yeo Eui-joon works the graveyard shift at a convenience store to pay his bills...
  • Call of the Alpha by A.E. Via

    Call of the Alpha by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    THIS IS THE THIRD INSTALLMENT IN THIS SERIES and CAN STAND ALONE. The Story of ALPHA, CALL, OMEGA & LION ALONG WITH A COUPLE OTHER FAVORITES It’s been a couple years since Commander John Marion – the US Navy’s most decorated SEAL – hung up his dog tags, choosing his cherished Alpha over war...
  • Boyfriend Goals: Special Edition by Riley Hart

    Boyfriend Goals: Special Edition by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 35 ratings
    MiloUnusual. Quirky. Different. I’ve heard it all. I’ve accepted I’m not for everyone. Maybe not anyone.When I find out I inherited a bookstore and apartment on a small East Coast island, I jump at the chance for a new life.Turns out, I’ve also inherited a sexy, tattooed guy who not only rents the space next to my store for his tattoo parlor but my apartment too...
  • Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo

    Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Barrington Jedidiah Walker.Barry to his friends.Trouble to his wife.Seventy-four years old, Antiguan born and bred, flamboyant Hackney personality Barry is known for his dapper taste and fondness for retro suits.He is a husband, father and grandfather.And for the past sixty years, he has been in a relationship with his childhood friend and soulmate, Morris...
  • Outside by Nicky James

    Outside by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Twenty years ago, the crash gates slammed shut on Bishop Ndiaye’s life when he was sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit. His life became a waiting game while he sat on death row in one of the country’s worst prisons waiting for his warrant to be signed and his inevitable walk to the death chamber.But it never happened...
  • 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...
  • Craving You by Avril Ashton

    Craving You by Avril Ashton

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A former thief set on revenge. A younger man cut off by his wealthy family. This marriage is in name only.Kannon Jeffers knows a thing or two about regret. Cut off from his powerful and influential family, he’s betrayed the last person he’d ever want to hurt. Now he’s alone, doing things he never thought he would for money...
  • Lost And Found by Aiden Bates

    Lost And Found by Aiden Bates

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    I’m going to die on this cliff with only a bobcat kitten for company. I’m sure of it until the hottest man I’ve ever seen swoops in and makes me leap.Eli’s made for danger, and he dedicates his life to finding desperately stranded hikers like me.He’s too perfect to be true.I’ve fallen hard before and ended up bruised and battered.I have to resist him...
  • When The Westons Went To Moscow by Roxie Rivera

    When The Westons Went To Moscow by Roxie Rivera

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wicked. Scandalous. Notorious. For most of his life, Ty Weston was proud of his wild reputation. He enjoyed the infamy and attention, loved seeing his name and face splashed all over social media.But that’s all in the past now...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  queer  contemporary  m-m  length-long
  • Common Ground by R.J. Moray

    Common Ground by R.J. Moray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Why can't you have your cake and eat it too?Channon belongs to Jack—that's just a fact. But they aren't an island, and if Channon's going to get the happy-ever-after he wants, Jack's going to have to bury the hatchet with (and not in) the one other person in Channon's life whose disapproval matters...
  • 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...
  • 녹색전상 1 by JAXX, 잭스

    녹색전상 1 by JAXX, 잭스

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    초고층 빌딩으로 가득한 섬. 조각 전공생 매튜 레이너는 우연히 마주친 진청우에게 작품의 모델이 되어 달라 제안한다. 조직을 일으켜 세운 사나운 개, 섹스 중독자. 진창을 구르며 끊이지 않는 통증과 불면에 시달리던 신해파 간부 진청우. 맹목적으로 달려드는 매튜에 기이한 호기심을 느낀 진은 제안을 수락하는 대신 조건을 내건다. "모델을 서 주는 동안, 넌 내 말에 무조건 복종한다." 두 남자는 서로 다른 욕망을 감춘 채 거래를 시작한다...
  • Desperately Delicate Viper by K.M. Neuhold

    Desperately Delicate Viper by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    That Feeling when the man you just robbed and left tied up and blindfolded turns out to be in the mafia…I'm not proud of the things I've had to do for money to pay off my dad's debts and put my younger brother through college. But I'll never regret it.What I do regret is accidentally robbing a Moretti...
  • Change My Ticket by Zarah Detand

    Change My Ticket by Zarah Detand

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hollywood heartthrob meets med school dropout in this contemporary British MM romance.When your key credential is looking good in spandex, your first serious role matters. Too bad that Gabe Duke can’t seem to get a proper handle on the molecular biologist he’s meant to portray...
  • Yellow, Volume 03 by Makoto Tateno

    Yellow, Volume 03 by Makoto Tateno

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Goh and Taki work as underground drugs and arms snatchers! Their fate begins to twist when people that claim to be Taki's "foster parents" show up. As Taki's mysterious past becomes unraveled, the two become exceedingly closer...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-short
  • Dealer of Secrets by Davidson King

    Dealer of Secrets by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    If you have a secret you don’t want anyone to know, Zaire Vicario can find it. And if it’s worth something? Well, that’s currency to him. When things get desperate, the shadiest people call him in, and he makes their troubles go away with all the knowledge he’s acquired. He’s confident, powerful, and ready for anything. At least, he thinks he is...
  • Lancelot by Silvia Violet

    Lancelot by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Men like me don't spend a lot of time at the library, so I've never had a reason to suspect cardigan-wearing, uptight librarians would push all my buttons. Then I met Julian. I wanted to hate him. He's my opposite in every way. I'm impulsive, and there's no rule I won't break. Persnickety Julian follows every rule. But when I make demands and he stands his ground, I know he will be mine...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  queer  contemporary  m-m  length-medium  audiobook
  • The Alpha's Christmas Wish by C.W. Gray

    The Alpha's Christmas Wish by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Story takes place in the Omegaverse. Hobson Hills Omegas: Book Seven Juan Vega lives in a town full of loving families and happy couples. As he watches his best friends fall in love, he can't help but wish for his own omega. He's been in love with Jackson since he met him, but it doesn't look like there will ever be a future for them...
  • Yellow, Volume 02 by Makoto Tateno

    Yellow, Volume 02 by Makoto Tateno

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Yellow Volume 2 marks the return of our heroes Goh and Taki to infiltrate the Japanese narcotics trade. This time, they're after your garden variety heroin that's being "floated" to Japan in a most unique way...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  queer  m-m  contemporary  mystery  length-short
  • My Men by Andrea Smith

    My Men by Andrea Smith

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This sequel to "These Men," finds Paige, Eli and Cain trying to add to their family. Unfortunately, they've been trying for several months with no luck. The stork seems to be ignoring them . . . or is he? When an unexpected person shows up on their doorstep, it isn't quite the bundle of joy they've been hoping for, but their lives are about to get even more interesting...
  • Guns n' Boys: A Breath of Innocence by K.A. Merikan

    Guns n' Boys: A Breath of Innocence by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    “I would wait a lifetime for this.”“You don’t have to wait anymore. I want you.” Mark is done with flings. He is looking for something real , and he knows just where to find it. Years ago, he fell in love with Charlotte Elswood, but after saving her life, he made the difficult choice to stay in a cartel for the sake of his family...
  • Hopelessly Devoted by Piper Sheldon

    Hopelessly Devoted by Piper Sheldon

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Skip has one goal: retrieve his romantically reckless best friend from Green Valley, Tennessee and get back to their normal life. Then Skip meets Jack. The handsome and caring stranger is just another distraction from his careful plans. Jack has dealt with more than his fair share of troubled men and is done with letting his guard down...
  • For Today by B. Cranford

    For Today by B. Cranford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seventeen Years Ago . The first time Aaron Andrews saw Simon Foster smile, he knew he was in trouble. He'd never seen anything--or anyone--like the man who'd stolen his favorite seat in his favorite coffee shop. Six Weeks Ago . The late-night phone call that changed their lives forever was short...
    Categorized as:
    multicultural  queer  m-m  humor  new adult  contemporary
  • Thawed Out by Jodi Payne, BA Tortuga

    Thawed Out by Jodi Payne, BA Tortuga

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thawed Out is an opposites attract, second chance romance featuring an established couple on the edge of divorce, a ferocious snow storm, precocious children and a healthy dose of holiday magic.Kiren knows there is a storm coming when he goes to the cabin to deliver divorce papers to his husband Flynn, but he doesn’t plan to stay long...
  • Suited For You by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Suited For You by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s smug, conceited … and hot as hell … Becoming a partner at Caldwell and Holton will be the crowning achievement in my hard fought career. There’s just one problem. One arrogant, materialistic, flashy problem: Saint Caldwell. Unlike me, he’s never had to struggle for anything a day in his life … or so I think. But there’s more to the man than a showy Porsche and killer smile...
  • Taking a Chance by A.M. Arthur

    Taking a Chance by A.M. Arthur

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    The last time Elliott fell in love, his fiancé cheated on him. Now fresh out of rehab, Elliott's confidence lags behind his libidoénot that that stops him from lusting after the sexy carpenter working on his kitchen—from a distance. He won't risk his sobriety on another potential broken heart. As half of an experienced home renovation duo, Augustus expects this job will be easy...
  • Yellow, Volume 04 by Makoto Tateno

    Yellow, Volume 04 by Makoto Tateno

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The curtains for the shocking final stage will now be drawn!! Just when their love for wach other was finally realized, Gou and Taki's relationship is torn apart by the killer Sandfish...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  queer  contemporary  m-m  length-short
  • The Mobster's Mate by Kiki Clark

    The Mobster's Mate by Kiki Clark

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    A human mob boss and an injured jaguar shifter brought together by a cruel enemy… and fate. Caden hasn’t believed in fated mates since he was a cub. He figures it’s more of a fairytale that shifter parents tell their kids than the reality of what passes for mates in some of the packs he’s seen...
  • Believe by Garrett Leigh

    Believe by Garrett Leigh

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Flight paramedic Rhys Foster is hooked on adrenaline. By day it’s blood and guts, by night it’s the thrill of the club. With a different face in his bed most nights, he doesn’t have time to be lonely…right? Entertainer Jevon Campbell is a play therapist like no other—dancer, magician, acrobat, he brings it all to his global mission to help children in need laugh again...
  • Hitman's Holiday by Alexa Land

    Hitman's Holiday by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It’s Christmas Eve at Nana Dombruso’s house, and a wild party is in full swing. Gangsters, strippers and Nana’s ‘gay homosexuals’ are certainly bringing the holiday cheer. But all I can think about is what will happen when I see Constantino Dombruso again. Connie and I have a very long, very complicated history...
  • Paper Snowflakes by Sammi Cee

    Paper Snowflakes by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Who knew a white-out could bring two men clarity? Cameron - There’s something about an older man that drives me wild, but when he’s an amazing father too... swoon-worthy...
  • Liar's Gambit by Kelly Fox

    Liar's Gambit by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s a liar. I’m a hitman. And there’s a game afoot.After seeking sanctuary at The Anonymous, an elite club for lawless types, the elegant, beastly Wilhelm invites me to help him with a simple mission: retrieve the priceless artifact that was stolen from one of his billionaire friends...
  • Color Blind: An MM Romance by Andrew Grey

    Color Blind: An MM Romance by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Setting out on your own is tough, but for Mason Fullerton, who was born blind, it’s even more of a challenge. Mase decides that the key to independence and a life of his own is getting a job. His mother, who has always been there for support, isn’t so sure, but Mase is determined. He manages to secure an interview, and one of the men conducting it has a voice that wraps around him like a blanket...
  • Little by J.M. Dabney

    Little by J.M. Dabney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Insanity was in the eye of the beholder. Harmon Little was a surveillance expert. He lived in the shadows, and he liked it there. There wasn’t a place he couldn’t get in and out of without detection. As usual with his mischievous nature, his current assignment went south, and he ran. He thought he was free and clear until he knocked someone over in a grocery store aisle...
  • Undercover Omega by Skye R. Richmond

    Undercover Omega by Skye R. Richmond

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Riley It was the most emotional time of his life. His papa couldn’t stop crying, his father told him exactly what to do, so he wouldn’t ruin his life. The sire of his child, an alpha Riley had naively trusted is nowhere to found...
  • Oh So Oscar by Charlie Novak

    Oh So Oscar by Charlie Novak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when a prickly travel journalist falls for his fake boyfriend?Oscar Moore has two problems. One: He’s accidentally managed to convince his boss, the legendary editor of The Traveller, that he has a boyfriend. And two: he now has to persuade photographer and casual acquaintance, Ilias Verrati, to play along for a week-long couple’s retreat in Hawaii...
  • Montana Sky by R.J. Scott

    Montana Sky by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When they spend time alone on a Montana mountainside will Tyler ever convince Martin that like sapphires, love is worth searching for? Martin’s name was the very last on a kill list. The son of a murderer, he’s had no childhood; lost in a horrific holding pattern of death that turned his heart to stone...
  • The Handy Nanny by K. Sterling

    The Handy Nanny by K. Sterling

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call Pennsylvania Tucker the human Band-Aid because he can fix just about anything and make anyone feel better, but can Penn mend a broken heart? Reid Marshall thinks so and sends his master nanny on a very important and sensitive mission. A close friend is grieving and caring for his newborn niece after losing his twin sister...
  • Gold Digger by Tatum West

    Gold Digger by Tatum West

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Grayson I was a billionaire by the age of thirty—I’ve always taken what I wanted, and I never let anyone stand in my way. That attitude got me my own private island and a bevy of people to do my bidding. But it didn’t get me the one man that got away—Liam Gold. Liam is back in Abingdon now, and he’s just as beautiful as the day he left...
  • Obsession by Ivy Coleman

    Obsession by Ivy Coleman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    ''Every time you lose...I get to claim a body part'' A boyxboy novel. Mafia Leader Ace King, (leader of the deadliest gang; Cobra) takes an interest in a stubborn photographer who wants nothing to do with him. But Ace King always gets what he wants...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mafia  m-m  contemporary  length-short
  • Dreads & Crew Cuts by Sammi Cee

    Dreads & Crew Cuts by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Takoda Outreach Center. Prepare yourself for open hearts, a full belly, and all the love you can handle.When my homophobic, racist father caused a scene at my high school graduation, nobody was surprised, especially me. Getting kicked out the same day? Not a surprise either...
  • Free to Rejoice by Tracey Jerald

    Free to Rejoice by Tracey Jerald

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Jason Ross has an unprecedented week off during the holiday season to spend with his husband and family. Anticipating his greatest challenge will be keeping his husband's gift buying under control, he's excited for the week ahead. But life doesn't take a vacation even when doctors want to...
  • 페이백 by SAMK

    페이백 by SAMK

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    queer  vengeance  m-m  angst  contemporary  length-epic
  • Tashiro-kun, Why're You Like This?  Vol. 2 by Yamada, ヤマダ

    Tashiro-kun, Why're You Like This? Vol. 2 by Yamada, ヤマダ

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    First we're trapped at a rural bus stop during a thunderstorm. Then the storm of the century comes along when I'm trapped at your place. All these mf'ing storms sure are convenient for you..
  • In the Cards by Charlie Cochet

    In the Cards by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Love is in the air, and what says ‘romance’ more than a Valentine’s Day wedding? Anston “Ace” Sharpe is down in South Florida for his cousin’s wedding, and with his boyfriend Colton accompanying him, Ace has some Valentine’s Day plans of his own...
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