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  • Paternal Instincts by Nicky James

    Paternal Instincts by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    At the heart of a missing child case, Quaid and Aslan learn the true nature of fatherhood. With their baby due any day, Quaid ends up tangled in a case on the last day of work before his parental leave begins. Between eerie ransom notes and family secrets, unanswered questions pile up, twisting the case into something Quaid has never seen. Someone is lying. Someone knows more than they’re saying...
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 07 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 07 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Miyagi finally gets over his obsession with his late high school teacher by confessing his love for Shinobu in front of her grave. When it comes time for Shinobu to choose which college to go to, his feelings seem to be swaying his decisions too strongly - even for Miyagi's liking. In the end, Shinobu chooses a different college, but the compromise is that he's now living next door to Miyagi!
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  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 08 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 08 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Misaki is struggling to pass his college entrance exams and has taken up a tutor--the cool and sexy Akihiko Usami. Misaki realizes he may be developing feelings for the older man. And so begins the bumpy relationship of this odd couple.
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    age difference  queer  m-m  humor  length-short  open-door
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 06 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 06 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It's the day of the award ceremony for Usami, but Usami's older brother, Haruhiko, can't keep his hands off Misaki. First an endless shipment of strawberries, then a "kidnapping" as Haruhiko drags Misaki off to his rich estate and locks him up! Meanwhile, a dramatic misunderstanding spooks Shinobu into leaving for Australia. Will Miyagi let him get away?
  • Missing Pieces by Nicole Edwards

    Missing Pieces by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis are plunging headfirst into the satisfying chaos of married life. Although their preference would be to sit on a beach enjoying umbrella drinks for a week, the honeymoon will have to wait...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  mystery  military  m-m  audiobook
  • Daddy Detectives Episode 2: A Tyler and Ian Jamison Story by April Wilson

    Daddy Detectives Episode 2: A Tyler and Ian Jamison Story by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In book 2 of Tyler and Ian Jamison's Daddy Detectives series, Ian is getting the hang of being a stay-at-home dad to their infant twins. Tyler is investigating the source of the blackmail threat made against Ian.
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  mystery  m-m
  • Brokered Betrayals by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Brokered Betrayals by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Official cover and blurb coming soon.
    Categorized as:
    queer  suspense  m-m  mystery  length-short  audiobook
  • 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.
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 03 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 03 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Misaki begins to seriously question the structure of his relationship with Usami, but a high-class date with Usami makes it come to life. In the next Junjou Egoist story, Hiro goes to the extreme to nurse his lover, Nowaki, back to health. But he's unaware that Nowaki was never really sick to being with!
  • Only the Lonely by L.M. Krier

    Only the Lonely by L.M. Krier

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    'Blind dates end in bleeding hearts'Ted Darling is back and his boss has news for him. He'll be taking on more responsibility over an expanded area, with a bigger team. Before he even has chance to take stock, he's facing his first body in what could be the most cynical murder he's ever encountered...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  mystery  m-m  length-medium
  • My Dearest Patrolman, Vol. 2 by Niyama

    My Dearest Patrolman, Vol. 2 by Niyama

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Living under the same roof as the man he’s had a crush on for a solid decade has Shin’s libido in overdrive, and even his rampant awkwardness can’t get in the way of him getting some! Meanwhile, Seiji is swamped with self-doubt. Does an old man with a bleak romantic history have what it takes to satisfy his hot, young partner?
  • The Tyrant Falls In Love, Volume 3 by Hinako Takanaga

    The Tyrant Falls In Love, Volume 3 by Hinako Takanaga

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    Morinaga and Tatsumi have a special "once a week" rule that's meant to guarantee some sweet one-on-one time, no matter how busy they get in the lab! So why is Morinaga still fighting tooth-and-nail for proof that Tatsumi wants to be with him? The Tyrant Falls In Love brings even the most stubborn man to his knees in an all-out war for what should be pure pleasure!
  • Alibi by Nicole Edwards

    Alibi by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Travis Walker has been battling dark urges since the day Juliet Prince kidnapped his six-year-old daughter four months ago. Although Kate was returned safely, the woman responsible vanished. When their attempts to find her keep coming up empty, Travis let his need for retribution consume him and it nearly cost him his relationship with his family...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  military  m-m  audiobook
  • My Dearest Patrolman, Vol. 2 by Niyama

    My Dearest Patrolman, Vol. 2 by Niyama

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The seasons have shifted, and Shin and Seiji are starting their new life together. Living under the same roof as the man he’s had a crush on for a solid decade has Shin’s libido in overdrive, and even his rampant awkwardness can’t get in the way of him getting some! Meanwhile, Seiji is swamped with self-doubt...
  • Shut Up and Drive by L.M. Krier

    Shut Up and Drive by L.M. Krier

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A serial sex attacker is spreading fear in Stockport and DI Ted Darling and his team are on the case. The man randomly targets young women and abducts them from busy supermarket car parks. He's armed with a knife and is clearly highly trained in how to handle it. Ever-dwindling police resources make the manhunt harder, even though the attacker clearly doesn't care whether or not he's caught...
    Categorized as:
    queer  suspense  mystery  m-m  contemporary
  • Center of Gravity by Neve Wilder

    Center of Gravity by Neve Wilder

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    When life comes apart at the seams, love is the only thread that can mend it. Accountant Rob Macomb has a stable job that he’s good at and… that’s about it. A year of nothing but heartache leaves him seeking refuge from loneliness and grief behind spreadsheets, punishing daily runs, and the occasional anonymous tryst...
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 12 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 12 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    As the end of Misaki's college years approach, he's faced with a difficult choice: living with the ever-popular boys love novelist Akihiko can be ever-so challenging. .
  • Letters Book Two by Michael Robert

    Letters Book Two by Michael Robert

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Letters Book Two, we find New York City financier, forty-year-old Perry Jackson, broken-hearted and heading home to the Hamptons. After four months of a promised one-year journey, Perry concedes that his destiny with Lucas has failed. In yet another serendipitous moment, Perry once again encounters the ethereal young man, Chad...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  queer  m-m  length-short
  • He Said, he said Volume 4 by Mary Calmes

    He Said, he said Volume 4 by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hello all, Jory Harcourt here. Volume 4 of the newsletters were written during 2022 when things were getting better, when there became a new normal, and most importantly, for me personally, when my children left home and spread their wings. One went all the way to California, but the other was, thankfully, closer...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  m-m  length-medium
  • Super Lovers vol. 02 by Miyuki Abe

    Super Lovers vol. 02 by Miyuki Abe

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In occasione dell'entrata al liceo del fratello minore con il quale non hanno legami di sangue, i due gemelli Aki e Shima e il maggiore Haru decidono di andare a vivere insieme. Impegnato tra il trasloco e l'apertura del nuovo locale, Haru non riesce a stare sempre insieme a Ren come gli aveva promesso, mentre quest'ultimo sembra continuare a seguire i propri ritmi...
    Categorized as:
    queer  age difference  m-m  humor  length-short
  • Port in a Storm by Rhys Ford

    Port in a Storm by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    San Francisco SWAT Lieutenant Connor Morgan and Crossroads Gin drummer Forest Ackerman make an odd couple. Connor, an Irish-born cop from a tight-knit family, never imagined he’d find his happily-ever-after with a raised-on-the-streets musician, but Forest had the gentlest soul he’d ever met. After a long, hard road of heartbreak, murder, and trouble, they fell hard in love and married...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  m-m
  • Short Stack 2 by Lily Morton

    Short Stack 2 by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What happens after the happy ending? Drawn together for the first time, this is a collection of Lily’s short stories about some of the much-loved men from her books. Follow them through wet and windy marriage proposals, surprise workplace visits, and a very entertaining ghost tour...
  • All That Matters by Felice Stevens

    All That Matters by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nico Andretti knows one thing is Love is for fools. Being a tour bus guide in Times Square isn’t his dream job and he yearns for more than living in his mother’s basement apartment, but life is tough in the big city. At least the men on the bus are eye-candy galore, and they’re one and done...
  • When I'm Old and Grey by L.M. Krier

    When I'm Old and Grey by L.M. Krier

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    DI Ted Darling doesn't like coincidences. There are too many for comfort surrounding his latest case. They're spilling over into his private life, too, when some toxic family secrets are uncovered. A serial killer appears to be targeting vulnerable elderly people in care homes and despatching them in the most cynical way. Ted and his team are struggling to get a lead on who the killer really is...
    Categorized as:
    queer  suspense  mystery  m-m  contemporary  length-medium
  • Old-Fashioned Cupcake with Cappuccino by Sagan Sagan

    Old-Fashioned Cupcake with Cappuccino by Sagan Sagan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Thirty-nine-year-old Nozue went from living a routine, melancholic life of sleep and work to spending his days in bliss with Togawa, his younger subordinate. Now six months into their relationship, the two have graduated from dates at a pancake shop to spending their nights together...
  • Suspicious Behavior by L.A. Witt, Cari Z.

    Suspicious Behavior by L.A. Witt, Cari Z.

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Detective Darren Corliss is hanging by a thread. In between recovering from a near-fatal wound and returning to work at a hostile precinct, he’s struggling to help care for his ailing brother. His partner and boyfriend, Detective Andreas Ruffner, wants to help, but doesn’t know how. And with his own family crises brewing, Andreas is spread almost as thin as Darren...
  • The Girl in the Wind by Gregory Ashe

    The Girl in the Wind by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The price for the truth might be their family. When Theo and Auggie return home—safe and sound and miraculously alive after being dragged into a murder investigation—all Theo wants is for life to get back to normal. No more murders. No more investigations. Nothing, in other words, that might put Auggie in danger...
  • Ghost of Christmas Present by Pandora Pine

    Ghost of Christmas Present by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With only a week until Christmas, Detective Jude Byrne is wrapping up final preparations for his family’s celebration. He’s made a list and checked it twice, bought presents, planned the neighborhood cookie exchange, and hung mistletoe. Jude’s got a handle on everything, that is, until his son asks if his grandfather is coming to celebrate with them—a man Jude hasn’t seen in six years...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  mystery  contemporary  m-m  length-short
  • Six for Gold by Louise Collins

    Six for Gold by Louise Collins

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    The raven. It’s a bad omen. Chad calls it superstition, but Romeo knows it’s a warning specifically for him. He calls himself a god among men. That’s the feeling he gets when he kills, like he’s more than everyone else. But even gods have their weaknesses. Romeo only has one. The man that put a heart in his chest. The one that made it beat...
  • Thuggiana by Gregory Ashe

    Thuggiana by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Pics, or it didn’t happen. Thuggiana is a collection of short stories connected to The First Quarto. It includes the following:. “The Slightest Folly”. This prequel provides a glimpse into Auggie’s and Theo’s lives in high school. It takes place before They Told Me I Was Everything. “As School-Boys from Their Books”...
  • Beautiful Trauma by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Beautiful Trauma by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Does trauma define or motivate a person? Homeless and rejected, Henry Sullivan arrived on the doorstep of Ryan’s Place with nothing but the clothes on his back. Life as he knew it was over. Within those walls, Henry found the encouragement and love needed to turn hopeless into hopeful...
  • Follows with Intent by Gregory Ashe

    Follows with Intent by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Keeping your eye on the prize isn’t always a good thing. Nico knows he’s difficult; he has the string of exes to prove it. But staying sharp was the only way to stay safe in the cutthroat world of modeling, and it turns out, graduate school isn’t any gentler. Career first. Boys…later...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  mystery  m-m  length-short  audiobook
  • Daddy Detectives Episode 1: A Tyler and Ian Jamison Story by April Wilson

    Daddy Detectives Episode 1: A Tyler and Ian Jamison Story by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the first installment in a new series for private investigators Tyler and Ian Jamison. Our heroes are adjusting to life as a married couple and are now parents of newborn twins. While the guys are enjoying paternity leave, their administrative assistant, Kimi, comes to them with a personal emergency...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  mystery  contemporary  m-m
  • Fire and Ice by Patricia Logan

    Fire and Ice by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Thayne Wolfe and Jarrett Evans are a happily married gay couple living their American dream. Their new house, two rambunctious ferrets, and a job they love, make them feel complete. As they walk into work at the ATF the week before Christmas, they’re greeted by friends from the FBI...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  m-m  mystery  length-medium  audiobook
  • Like a Lion by Cole McCade

    Like a Lion by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A new homicide case raises a question with no clear answer:. Who is the victim? When a charred body is recovered inside a burned-out car, before Malcolm and Seong-Jae can solve the case they must first trace the victim's identity. False plates. ID missing. Teeth pulled from the skull...
  • How Not to Break by Susan Hawke

    How Not to Break by Susan Hawke

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Take one former SEAL with a healthy dose of regret…. Nick St. Cloud is living with shame from the one time he let his lust override his sense of honor. He’s haunted by the memory of when he made love to his best friend’s eighteen-year-old son. The tragic accident that happened that same night has only compounded his guilt...
  • Gruff Touch by R. Cayden

    Gruff Touch by R. Cayden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes, love shines where you least expect it. There are a million reasons I shouldn’t crush on growly, grumpy Caesar Marin. For starters, the man is probably twice my age. He’s a famous tattoo artist, a biker with a pit bull, and he’s made it clear he doesn’t want anything to do with my geeky butt. He’s also apparently my father’s old friend. Not that I ever met my father...
  • Ruined by April Wilson

    Ruined by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Finally! Sam and Cooper's long-awaited story is here. .. a second chance gay romance, with a guaranteed HEA. Sam. .. Coming out of the closet was easy. Falling in love with a man twice my age was not. Cooper grew up old-school, hiding his true self. He may be the love of my life, but I can’t be his dirty little secret any longer. He needs to man up and claim me if he wants to keep me...
  • Reckless Behavior by L.A. Witt, Cari Z.

    Reckless Behavior by L.A. Witt, Cari Z.

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After too many years of putting his job first, Detective Andreas Ruffner is getting his priorities straight. He’s ready to spend some quality time with his adult kids, not to mention come clean about some things he should’ve told them a long time ago. And introduce them to his partner and boyfriend, Darren Corliss. But in a heartbeat, a family dinner turns into Andreas’s worst nightmare...
  • Picking Up the Pieces by Annabella Michaels

    Picking Up the Pieces by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Two Shattered Hearts. Brody Murphy feels as if he’s lost everything when his best friend and partner, Paul, dies in the line of duty. Partners on the force for years, Paul Donovan was all Brody had. Paul accepted Brody as he was—standoffish from a childhood in the foster system, bisexual in a police force that wasn’t entirely welcoming, Brody is now adrift...
  • His Favorite, Vol. 7 by Suzuki Tanaka

    His Favorite, Vol. 7 by Suzuki Tanaka

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen plus audiences. Taken from back cover:. Awkward Yoshida's life got flipped upside down when the hottest guy in school started going out with him. Sato's feelings for Yoshida are as strong as ever, but is he really planning on revealing their relationship to the entire class? And when a new hot guy joins the cast, things start getting even weirder for Yoshida!
    Categorized as:
    queer  high-school  contemporary  humor  m-m  length-short
  • By the Light of Dawn by Adrienne Wilder

    By the Light of Dawn by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    This is a follow up to the novel In the Absence of Light. You must read the first book to fully understand/enjoy this one. A handmade sailboat helped bring Morgan back to Grant but he never imagined they would put it in the water. Then Morgan sees something in the light that sets Grant on a mission to get them to the middle of the ocean. An unknown destination they have to be when the sun rises...
  • Trust Me If You Dare by L.B. Gregg

    Trust Me If You Dare by L.B. Gregg

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Hard help can be good to find. Romano and Albright, Book 2. Feisty New Yorker Caesar Romano has a knack for getting into a jam, and this week is no exception. When his pregnancy-hormone-buzzed business partner sweet talks him into working a solo gig for his famous ex, Caesar attracts the worst kind of attention. It’s only the beginning...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  mystery  m-m  length-short
  • 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...
  • Golden Sparkle by Minta Suzumaru, 鈴丸みんた

    Golden Sparkle by Minta Suzumaru, 鈴丸みんた

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Himari Uehara, for a first-year high school boy, knows very little about sex. Without his father at home and having skipped health in middle school, Himari is only confused when he wakes up with his boxers a mess and has no one for advice. Luckily, Himari has Gaku Asada, a new friend from high school who offers to teach him everything and more he missed out in health class.
  • Hitorijime My Hero, Vol. 6 by Memeco Arii

    Hitorijime My Hero, Vol. 6 by Memeco Arii

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Love Is a Battlefield. During their couple's getaway, Masahiro and Kousuke grow closer and closer. On the flip side, Hasekura and Kensuke's usually happy-go-lucky relationship seems to be reaching a new low. So when Hasekura unexpectedly gets some alone time with Masahiro, he decides to use it to his advantage. .. ! Meanwhile, a familiar friend becomes a source of much-needed support for Kensuke.
  • Love Tractor by Hmmyongyong

    Love Tractor by Hmmyongyong

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When family obligations force Sun Yool, a stressed-out law school student, to the countryside, it seems like a great opportunity to escape the chaos of the city. After all, the great outdoors promises fresh air, sunshine. .. and a new romance? ! Soon after arriving, Sun Yool is thrown into a series of strange encounters and misunderstandings with his 20 year-old neighbour, Yechan...
  • Sugar Dog Life by Yoriko

    Sugar Dog Life by Yoriko

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sakuraba is a college student, though you'd never know it, with his short height and baby face. Certainly police officer Amazawa thought Sakuraba was a minor, and nearly booked him for being out too late after he was returning from a drinking party. But there's something oddly familiar about him, and the two strike up an odd relationship. ..
  • A Merry MacIntosh Christmas by Susi Hawke

    A Merry MacIntosh Christmas by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What do you do when the person you can’t get out of your head is the son of the man who jilted you thirty years ago? Proceed with caution! When Dr. Joseph Nielson—aka Doc—walked into his exam room, the last thing he expected to find was the spitting image of the fiance who had hurt him so badly that he’d spent the rest of his adult life as a bitter bachelor...
  • Hold Close by Sue Brown

    Hold Close by Sue Brown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A second chance/reverse age play/daddy gay romance. “You walked away from me once. I won’t let you do it a second time. ”. The moment Craig heard Louis begging for his help, he knew he would protect his former boy, no matter how much time they’d been apart. Louis’s life was in danger. He didn’t know who or why. But was only one person he could trust to have his back...
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