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  • Becoming Us by Allie Everhart

    Becoming Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jade and Garret thought the robbery in their neighborhood had nothing to do with them, but the pieces are finally starting to come together. Someone’s been working behind the scenes, pulling the strings to determine Garret’s fate. The timing couldn’t be worse. Jade and Garret are talking things out, becoming even closer, making plans for their future. Plans that might never happen...
  • Headstrong Like Us by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

    Headstrong Like Us by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 35 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...
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  • The Next Chapters: An On the Same Page Novella by Haley Cass

    The Next Chapters: An On the Same Page Novella by Haley Cass

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Gianna Mäkinen has been in love with her best friend Riley Beckett for her entire adult life. She’d long accepted that her place in life was Riley’s best friend, and that was okay. It was more than okay.She never imagined that she would have the opportunity to confess her love to Riley, to marry her, to have a herd of children with her...
  • Secret XXX by Meguru Hinohara, 日ノ原 巡

    Secret XXX by Meguru Hinohara, 日ノ原 巡

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Shohei’s just trying to find love in a pet shop, so why are all these bunnies making it so difficult?Shohei loves bunnies! He loves them so much he’s even taken to volunteering at a local pet shop...
  • Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Ripples travel out from the battle in Osaka, and Renji is none too happy with Shouma and Kirishima for involving his granddaughter. When a fight breaks out, Yoshino grabs a bat and breaks it up. But corporal punishment is not her style, never mind that Kirishima would absolutely take it and beg for more...
  • Strangers in Paradise, Volume 2: I Dream of You by Terry Moore

    Strangers in Paradise, Volume 2: I Dream of You by Terry Moore

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Collects Volume 2 issues #1-9.Strangers in Paradise (SIP) is the story of three friends, Francine, Katchoo, and David and the people they fall in and out of love with. It's a tale of dark pasts and hopeful futures, double-crosses and true friendship, love, and hate...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  contemporary  f-f  length-short
  • Ice Cream and Incidents by Agatha Frost

    Ice Cream and Incidents by Agatha Frost

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Julia and her family head to the seaside town of Blackpool for a long weekend under the sun, but the trip is quickly disrupted when the B&B owner's son is found murdered! Can be read as a standalone but will be enjoyed more as part of the series. A light, cozy mystery read with a cat loving and cafe-owning amateur female sleuth, in a small village setting with quirky characters...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  length-medium
  • Love & Honor by Radclyffe

    Love & Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    US Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts has more than one secret that could destroy her career, not the least of which is that she’s in love with the president’s daughter. Blair Powell, the first daughter, returns the feeling despite her ambivalence about Cam’s role as her security chief, particularly in the aftermath of an assassination attempt that nearly cost Cam her life...
  • The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali

    The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As the heat of violence rises, so does passion. A gunshot meant to end the legacy of the Casey Clan has left a weakened Cain fighting to regain control of her business while trying to protect her heart from the woman who left her. Threatened from every side, Cain must unleash that devil to protect all she holds dear...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary  suspense  length-short
  • A Whirlwind of Color by Ivy Smoak

    A Whirlwind of Color by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One great love. That’s what every heart craves. I was lucky enough to find mine when I was 19. But I wouldn’t describe myself as lucky now. My husband looks at me like I’m the light of his life. We live in a penthouse apartment that overlooks Central Park. My closet it filled with designer clothes and more pairs of shoes than I can count...
  • The Spoil of Beasts by Gregory Ashe

    The Spoil of Beasts by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A jailhouse slaughter. A relentless killer. And way too much jackassing around. When word comes that two key witnesses in an investigation are dead, North and Shaw are surprised—and pleased—to learn that their friend, John-Henry Somerset, is interested in hiring them as freelance contractors for the Wahredua police department...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  contemporary  suspense  length-short
  • Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dr. Ivy Collins, founder and CEO of Hedera, Inc., is ready to begin clinical trials of her company's cutting-edge prosthetic. Her work has been heralded by government, medical, and advocacy groups and everyone hopes the device will be a success. Well, almost everyone...
  • 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:
    mystery  queer  m-m  contemporary  suspense
  • Love & Honor by Radclyffe

    Love & Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Third book in the Honor Series. US Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts has more than one secret that could destroy her career, not the least of which is that she’s in love with the president’s daughter...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Death of Friends by Michael Nava

    The Death of Friends by Michael Nava

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Winner of six Lambda Literary awards, the Henry Rios mystery series is iconic. Originally published during the darkest years of the AIDS epidemic in the gay community, The Death of Friends received extraordinary praise both as a mystery and an eloquent work of witness...
  • The Postman Always Dies Twice by Zara Keane

    The Postman Always Dies Twice by Zara Keane

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here Breathing hard, I gave a yelp and let the now-empty canister drop to the ground. “That wasn’t pepper spray.” I stared into the sparkly, green face of the corpse I’d discovered mere hours before. “And you’re not dead...
  • Princess Jellyfish, Vol. 6 by Akiko Higashimura

    Princess Jellyfish, Vol. 6 by Akiko Higashimura

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    LONG DISTANCESIn order to save Amamizukan, the girls decide to put up an exhibition of their work. When the Jelly Fish dresses catch the eye of Asia’s greatest fashion influencer, Kai, it’s not only the dresses that the mogul wants—it’s the designer herself...
  • 6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber

    6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    6 RAINER DRIVECEDAR COVE, WASHINGTONDEAR READER,As you may have heard, we've recently had quite a shock. My husband, Seth, and I lost our business, The Lighthouse restaurant --- to arson. The investigation continues. The prime suspect is a young ex-employee named Anson Butler, who disappeared right after the fire.So Seth and I are trying to sort out our lives...
  • A Deafening Whisper by Erik Schubach

    A Deafening Whisper by Erik Schubach

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Mia has lived a life full of harassment, for an affliction not many understand. She thought college would be different, her escape, after all, people there are more mature right? She was wrong. A rebellious girl, Vee, saves her from a bad situation and teaches her that every single day is a gift. A romance blooms between them that not even time can erase...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  contemporary  f-f  length-short
  • Rialto by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rialto by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Someone has it out for Rialto.  Ian Banner is loving his hectic life. He’s newly married, ready to start a family, and opening a new restaurant. All his dreams are coming true. The last thing he needs is a problem with his restaurant.  But when one attack after another comes, he grows convinced he has another enemy...
  • Honor Under Siege by Radclyffe

    Honor Under Siege by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    With the nation on the verge of war, security takes on new meaning for Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts, whose lover just happens to be the President’s daughter. First daughter Blair Powell and her “secret” Secret Service agent lover, Cameron Roberts, intend to get married—with her father’s blessing...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Jem and Tean: Guys Gone Wild by Gregory Ashe

    Jem and Tean: Guys Gone Wild by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jem and Tean: Guys Gone Wild is a collection of short stories. It includes the following:“First Dates”A prequel to The Lamb and the Lion books, this short story shows Jem and Tean as they are set up on blind dates—with disastrous results.“Cheap Seats”Jem and Tean go to the movies. Jem insists it’s an epic bromance date. Tean insists they’re just casual acquaintances...
  • Bandit & Coyote's Passion by Ciara St. James

    Bandit & Coyote's Passion by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bandit has lived with a secret for half his life. One that only a couple of people know. As much as he loves his life and his MC family, he’s terrified to reveal it. What if he does and they desert him? He’ll never be able to stand it if that happens. It isn’t the only secret he has. The second one is as much of a risk as the first, maybe more...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  m-m
  • A Calculated Risk (DI Jo Shaw) by Cari Hunter

    A Calculated Risk (DI Jo Shaw) by Cari Hunter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Detective Jo Shaw has it all worked out. She’s good at her job, she has loads of mates, and she likes being single. She doesn’t need complications, but an emergency call to the stabbing of a young woman brings plenty of those...
  • The Kidnapped by Nicole Pyland

    The Kidnapped by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When she sees a picture of a little girl who looks just like her younger self in a book about lost children, Heidi realizes she was born Hollis Richardson and that she’d been stolen from her mother...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  suspense  f-f  length-medium
  • Inked Temptation by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Temptation by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    This Montgomery finds his match in this touching second chance romance from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan.I thought I was moving on from my divorce, but now my ex is marrying someone else. I shouldn’t be this broken up, but it’s hard to put on a brave face when my family is basically an inked up Hallmark movie...
  • Shield of Justice by Radclyffe

    Shield of Justice by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Special Crimes Unit Investigator Rebecca Frye attempts to solve a series of sexual assaults amid dead ends, battered witnesses, and a growing attraction to the physician who saved one of the victims...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  suspense  f-f  length-short
  • 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:
    mystery  queer  m-m  contemporary  suspense  length-medium
  • BJ Alex 7 by Mingwa

    BJ Alex 7 by Mingwa

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Every night at 10, Dong-gyun locks himself up in his room, grabs a box of tissues, and watches a live cam boy show hosted by Alex, a BJ (broadcast jockey). Timid Dong-gyun admires not only Alex’s ripped body, but his candor in sharing his sexual experiences with viewers. One night, Dong-gyun downs too many drinks at a school networking event and passes out...
  • Body and Soul by Patricia Logan

    Body and Soul by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    More than ten years ago, a series of train bombings devastated railways throughout Europe. Strange poetry sent to local newspapers right before each bombing, confounded investigators at the time. In one of only a handful of failed covert missions, Jarrett had been sent into North Korea to take out the bomber...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  contemporary  suspense  length-medium
  • In Dog We Trust by Neil S. Plakcy

    In Dog We Trust by Neil S. Plakcy

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found hereAfter a bad divorce and a brief prison term for computer hacking, 42-year-old Steve Levitan has returned to his home town of Stewart’s Crossing and taken a part-time job as an adjunct professor of English at his alma mater, Eastern College...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  m-m  suspense  length-medium
  • Better Than I Know Myself: A Novel by Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant

    Better Than I Know Myself: A Novel by Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The beloved #1 Essence bestselling authors of Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made now deliver a novel in which you'll meet their most unforgettable characters yet. Carmen, Jewel, and Regina could not be more different. When they meet as freshmen at Columbia University, they're pretty confident that a friendship among them isn't in the cards...
  • The Bend in Redwood Road by Danielle Stewart

    The Bend in Redwood Road by Danielle Stewart

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Most days it's manageable. No more than a quiet wondering around the edges of her mind.   What has become of the baby she left behind?   Smiling through the pain and suffering in silence, Leslie Laudon marches forward. Embracing the life skillfully designed by her husband Paul. Living right could be penance for an impossible choice made with an uneasy heart...
  • 311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber

    311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Rosie Cox311 Pelican CourtCedar Cove, Washington Dear Reader, One thing about Cedar Cove — people sure are interested in what other people are doing. Take me, for instance. Everybody in the town knows that my husband, Zach, and I recently got a divorce. Everybody also know that Judge Olivia Lockhard decreed a pretty unusual custody arrangement...
  • Deadly Ever After by Eva Gates

    Deadly Ever After by Eva Gates

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Librarian Lucy's wedding is at stake when a murder interrupts her engagement celebrations. To make it down the aisle, she'll have to find the killer to save the date in the 8th book in the Lighthouse Library mysteries.They're getting married! Lucy Richardson and Connor McNeil have announced their engagement...
  • Rag and Bone by Michael Nava

    Rag and Bone by Michael Nava

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One of the most highly acclaimed writers in the mystery genre "explores new emotional depths" in this last Henry Rios novel. The gay Mexican-American attorney, after the loss of his lover, must face his own mortality while recovering from a heart attack-and reach out to a family he didn't know he had...
  • BJ Alex 6 by Mingwa

    BJ Alex 6 by Mingwa

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Every night at 10, Dong-gyun locks himself up in his room, grabs a box of tissues, and watches a live cam boy show hosted by Alex, a BJ (broadcast jockey). Timid Dong-gyun admires not only Alex’s ripped body, but his candor in sharing his sexual experiences with viewers. One night, Dong-gyun downs too many drinks at a school networking event and passes out...
  • There Is A Light by Ban Gilmartin

    There Is A Light by Ban Gilmartin

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jamie Gilmour is starting over. A new school, a new city, a tenth attempt at a second start. All he has to do is stop making bad decisions and stick to something for once in his life. All he has to do is stop being himself.Jude Pujari is thinking of calling it all off. He’s overstressed, depressed and frozen in place, trapped by grief and fear of change...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  m-m  contemporary  found-family
  • Code Name: Cayman by Heather Slade

    Code Name: Cayman by Heather Slade

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A man of strengthA man of danger.Cayman will destroy anyone threatening his world.I take my job seriously. I’m strong. Hard as nails. Nothing hurts me, and I refuse to let anyone hurt those I love.As the new commander of the UK Task Force on Human Trafficking, I have important work to do, and innocent lives to protect. There’s no time for mistakes or distractions...
  • 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:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  suspense  m-m  length-short
  • Armor: A Firsts and Forever Series Novella by Alexa Land

    Armor: A Firsts and Forever Series Novella by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dante Dombruso has always been his family’s armor. It’s his job to keep them safe. But he feels he failed them eighteen months ago, when a mysterious arsonist set a fire intended to wipe the Dombrusos off the map. Now Dante is driven to make things right, yet with each day that passes, the trail grows colder and his frustration increases...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  contemporary  length-novella
  • Modern Warfare by Valerie Vaughn

    Modern Warfare by Valerie Vaughn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Covert Affairs M/M Romance Book Two Navigating a new relationship is never easy, but Deputy Director Syler Perrin has the uniquely hair-raising privilege of doing it with one Special Agent Arthur Dufault, premiere CIA operative and all around menace...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  military  m-m  contemporary  length-short
  • Sea Glass Cottage by Irene Hannon

    Sea Glass Cottage by Irene Hannon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Christi Reece is desperate. The one-time golden girl's life has tarnished, and a cascade of setbacks has left her reeling. She needs help, and she's certain Jack Colby is in a position to provide it.When she shows up in Hope Harbor, however, Jack wants nothing to do with the woman who betrayed him...
  • 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:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  suspense  m-m
  • Interwoven by Ripley Hayes

    Interwoven by Ripley Hayes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Daniel Owen has spent the best part of ten years renovating his house when he finds the cellar. By falling into it. The mysterious cellar has a mysterious door, and behind the mysterious door is a mysterious box … and in the box … there are clues to the shocking history of Daniel’s beloved home town. A cold case is occupying Mal Kent’s time. A notorious car thief is released from prison...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  contemporary  suspense  length-medium
  • A Mean Season by Marshall Thornton

    A Mean Season by Marshall Thornton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dom Reilly is back. In this follow up to Year of the Rat, Dom helps clear three men wrongly convicted of rape while also following a pet project—the twenty-year-old case of a man accused of killing his lover in 1976. Meanwhile, Dom gets wind that someone is looking for him. A private detective from Chicago...
  • Covenant by Ann McMan

    Covenant by Ann McMan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Independent Publishers Awards (IPPY) Bronze Medalist in Mid-Atlantic Best Regional FictionCovenant continues the beloved saga of the residents of Jericho, a sleepy town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, where life and love have as many twists and turns as a winding mountain road.Six weeks have passed since the fateful unfolding of events at the town's Fourth of July celebration...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  f-f  angst  contemporary  length-medium
  • Blur by N.A. Alcorn

    Blur by N.A. Alcorn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Dylan’s band is offered a deal they can’t refuse, within a month they’re in LA, signing with Wallace & Wright Records. Then Brooke walks in and changes everything. Not only does she work for the record label, but she’s also producing their debut album. Like someone else pressed play on Brooke's future, she knew there was no rewinding, no take two...
  • Tempted By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Tempted By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I wasn’t looking forward to finding a new roommate after my best friend, Joy, moved in with her girlfriend, Ezra. We’ve lived together for years, and I didn’t want to start over with a stranger. Then there’s a fire at the house Lark’s renting and for some reason I open my mouth and offer to let her move in with me...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-short
  • Point and Shoot by Patricia Logan

    Point and Shoot by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Thayne Wolfe and Jarrett Evans have been working together for nearly a year. Now, living together as well, their relationship has taken on a whole new meaning for both men. It seems that danger has always been a part of their lives in the ATF but when SAC Stanger sends them to a relatively routine crime scene, things quickly get complicated...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  suspense  contemporary  length-long
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