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  • Banana Fish, Vol. 19 by Akimi Yoshida

    Banana Fish, Vol. 19 by Akimi Yoshida

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Nature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer!VICE NEW YORK IN THE 80s...Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of “Papa” Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him...
  • Chain Reaction by Nicole Edwards

    Chain Reaction by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Nicole Edwards comes the tenth installment in her Brantley Off the Books series.During the two years since they created the Off the Books Task Force, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis have had their share of difficult cases, but their next one hits close to home. Too close...
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  • Skybound by Aleksandr Voinov

    Skybound by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Germany, 1945. The Third Reich is on its knees as Allied forces bomb Berlin to break the last resistance. Yet on an airfield near Berlin, the battle is far from over for a young mechanic, Felix, who’s attached to a squadron of fighter pilots. He’s especially attached to fighter ace Baldur Vogt, a man he admires and secretly loves...
  • A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale

    A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    In the golden 1900s, Harry Cane, a shy, eligible gentleman of leisure is drawn from a life of quiet routine into courting and marrying Winnie, eldest daughter of the fatherless Wells clan, who are not quite as respectable as they would appear. They settle by the sea and have a daughter and conventional marriage does not seem such a tumultuous change after all...
  • Hallum by Casey Morales

    Hallum by Casey Morales

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Captured or Killed? Only the War knows.Will Shaw and his friends are typical college students, enjoying dances and parties without much care for life beyond.When Thomas, a handsome Naval officer and newly arrived student, nearly stumbles into Will and his friends, Will's heart spins, though he doesn't understand why...
  • The Bequest by Joanna Chambers

    The Bequest by Joanna Chambers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    David Lauriston and Lord Murdo Balfour have been living happily together for three years at the Laverock estate in Perthshire. But when some unexpected news arrives, Murdo must confront old demons he thought he’d put behind him forever. This story will be exclusively available to my newsletter...
  • Code Name: Crimson by Casey Morales

    Code Name: Crimson by Casey Morales

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Will Shaw and his friends are typical college students, enjoying dances and parties without much care for life beyond. When Thomas, a handsome Naval officer and newly arrived student, nearly stumbles into Will and his friends, Will's heart spins, though he doesn't understand why. Sparks of something new burst within, opening his eyes to possibilities he'd never dreamed...
    Categorized as:
    queer  military  historical  m-m  mystery  war  length-medium
  • Crimson by Casey Morales

    Crimson by Casey Morales

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    (Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0CHHBZJ6C.) What if two Ivy League boys were dropped into a James Bond movie? Harvard University, 1941 Will Shaw and his friends are typical American students, still celebrating the end of the Depression and dreaming about a future filled with success. The war in Europe is far away and someone else's concern. Until it isn't...
    Categorized as:
    queer  military  m-m  mystery  war  20th century  historical  audiobook
  • The Charioteer by Mary Renault

    The Charioteer by Mary Renault

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    After enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veterans’ hospital in England to convalesce. There he befriends the young, bright Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly. As they find solace and companionship together in the idyllic surroundings of the hospital, their friendship blooms into a discreet, chaste romance...
  • Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen

    Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 15 ratings
    New York City, 1919. His career as a concert pianist ended by a war injury, Sutton Albright returns to college, only to be expelled after a scandalous affair with a teacher. Unable to face his family, Sutton heads to Manhattan with no plans and little money in his pocket but with a desire to call his life his own...
  • Blindsided by Carly Marie

    Blindsided by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I sent my boss into subspace before lunch. Now what?Easton knows, in the world of professional hockey, he’s getting old and his body can’t take many more hits. When a job offer too good to pass up falls into his lap, Easton goes for it. What should be the start of a new chapter, opens another he thought had closed when he'd been drafted...
  • A Scandal for Stratford by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    A Scandal for Stratford by J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He has all he could ask for. James Lewis, the Earl of Stratford, has precisely what he wants: a quiet existence on his family estate, a thriving horse trade that leaves him plenty of time to work on the final volume of his anonymously published opus, The Maiden Diaries, and a deeply committed albeit unconventional relationship with his stablemaster, Harold Granger...
  • Home for Charlie by Minerva Howe

    Home for Charlie by Minerva Howe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Charlie Putnam loves his job at the Grand Springs hotel, not because he adores front desk work, but because he gets to meet all kinds of people, which he'd be too scared to do otherwise. He's also being allowed to redecorate some of the rooms...
  • Jaxon by Ruby Raynes

    Jaxon by Ruby Raynes

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Alex: My life is going fine. Okay, it was going fine until I found myself both homeless—my trusty car Trixie on her last leg—and in need of a fake fiancé. What I don't expect is for Jaxon, my long-time crush and the owner of Ink Me, to come swooping in like a knight in shining armor...
  • Hammer & Powder by Megan Derr

    Hammer & Powder by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Kingdom of Rinaha is all that stands between the violent, greedy Boorna and the rest of the continent, and they do so by way of their immense and heavily guarded Wall of Gamala, an enormous undertaking that runs the length of the southern end of the continent, standing strong for more than two hundred years...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  suspense  historical  length-medium
  • When Skies Have Fallen (When Skies Have Fallen) by Debbie McGowan

    When Skies Have Fallen (When Skies Have Fallen) by Debbie McGowan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    For many in war-torn 1944, love blossoms in the dance hall, and airman Arty Clarke is no exception. He’s a thinker and a dreamer; however, it’s not the beautiful, talented dancer in his arms—his best friend Jean—who inspires his dreams. For when his gaze meets that of Technical Sergeant Jim Johnson, Arty dares to imagine a different dance...
  • Blink by Rick R. Reed

    Blink by Rick R. Reed

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life can change in the blink of an eye. That's a truth Andy Slater learns as a young man in 1982, taking the Chicago 'L' to work every morning. Andy's life is laid out before him: a good job, marriage to his female college sweetheart, and the white picket fence existence he believes in. But when he sees Carlos Castillo for the first time, Carlos’s dark eyes and Latin appeal mesmerize him...
  • Words Heard in Silence by T. Novan, Taylor Rickard

    Words Heard in Silence by T. Novan, Taylor Rickard

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    An epic love story in war-ravaged Culpeper during the Civil War where an unlikely romance blossoms between the widowed Rebecca and the dashing Union Officer Colonel Charles. Can their love survive the agony of war?It's 1864 in Culpeper, Virginia, and the Civil War is raging. War widow Rebecca Gaines struggles to manage the family farm on her own...
  • Walking Wounded by Lauren Gilley

    Walking Wounded by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Luke always thought he’d grow up to be a famous author. He also thought nothing could ever damage his relationship with his childhood best friend, Hal. He thought a lot of things that proved to be untrue. Now he barely makes rent and proofreads articles at a New York gossip rag, dreaming about what-might-have-been. He’s not bitter about it. He’s not. And he certainly isn’t lonely...
  • Flowers by Night by Lucy May Lennox

    Flowers by Night by Lucy May Lennox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A vivid, meticulously researched novel that depicts unconventional lives during the first half of the 19th century in Edo—the city that would become Tokyo—a city wracked by frequent natural disasters, but where one can find bawdy, thrilling entertainment of every kind...
  • Butterfly by Michaela Grey

    Butterfly by Michaela Grey

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    Felix Papillon is determined he'll never be hurt again. He may look like he has his life together from the outside-starting goalie for the Portland Seabirds, fancy car, adoring fans clamoring for his autograph-but he won't allow anyone to see the scars on his heart.When he meets Fisher Montgomery in the back of a dimly lit bar, the attraction is instant and mutual...
  • The General and the Horse-Lord by Sarah Black

    The General and the Horse-Lord by Sarah Black

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    2nd Edition The General and the Horse-Lord: Book One General John Mitchel and his favorite pilot, Gabriel Sanchez, served together as comrades and brothers-in-arms for more than twenty-five years. They followed the warrior’s path: honor first, and service, and the safety of the tribe. Their own needs for love and companionship were secondary to the mission...
  • The Custom of the Army by Diana Gabaldon

    The Custom of the Army by Diana Gabaldon

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of the acclaimed Outlander series, weaves an engrossing tale of war, history, and suspense in this original novella—available exclusively as an eBook—featuring returning hero Lord John Grey. London, 1759. After a high society electric-eel party leads to a duel that ends badly, Lord John Grey feels the need to lie low for a while...
  • Counterpoint: Dylan's Story by Ruth Sims

    Counterpoint: Dylan's Story by Ruth Sims

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At eighteen Dylan Rutledge has one music. He believes his destiny is to be the greatest composer of the rapidly approaching twentieth century. Only Laurence Northcliff, a young history master at The Venerable Bede School for Young Gentlemen, believes in Dylan’s talent and encourages his dream, not realizing Dylan is in love with him...
  • Untethered by R.A. Thorn

    Untethered by R.A. Thorn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Determined to help the war effort, Frankie Norris joins the US Air Force in 1943. Braving intimidating drill sergeants and unending marches, Frankie struggles to hide his secret—he’s queer. But having passed basic training, he’s not going to risk an undesirable discharge or any of his fellow recruits finding out...
  • The Flight of the Heron by D.K. Broster

    The Flight of the Heron by D.K. Broster

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A young Highlander leaves his home and his bride-to-be to follow the standard of Bonnie Prince Charlie...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  historical  highlander  m-m  war  georgian  suspense
  • The Grand Deception of Benedict Blackmoor by Gaia Tate

    The Grand Deception of Benedict Blackmoor by Gaia Tate

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    "Benedict Blackmoor was not in want of a wife…" With echoes of Bridgerton and Jane Austen's novels, this Steamy Gay M/M Romance is a daring, sparkling, twisted tale of love and deception set in a re-imagined Regency era.Benedict Blackmoor, a 24-year-old heir to a grand estate, faces an impossible ultimatum from his dying grandfather: find love or lose the family fortune to his younger brother...
  • Duty to the Crown by Rebecca Cohen

    Duty to the Crown by Rebecca Cohen

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sebastian and Anthony will do their duty, but they will do everything not to sacrifice their love.Sebastian Hewel endures many things to maintain his role of Bronwyn, the wife of Anthony Redbourn, Earl of Crofton, so he and Anthony can be together. But when Queen Elizabeth demands a favour of Anthony, Sebastian’s world is in danger of being fractured beyond repair...
  • The Impetuous Afflictions of Jonathan Wolfe by Charlie Cochet

    The Impetuous Afflictions of Jonathan Wolfe by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Eight years after leaving the deserts of Africa and the French Foreign Legion behind, Jonathan Wolfe has settled into life at Hawthorne Manor in the English countryside. Johnnie helps his adopted family run the manor and provide a safe, loving home for a new generation of “brats”: boys mistreated and discarded for their homosexuality—something all too familiar to Johnnie...
  • Rebel by Sally Malcolm

    Rebel by Sally Malcolm

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Falling in love is just the beginning...Samuel Hutchinson has lived his whole life in Rosemont, Rhode Island. And as far as he’s concerned, his future is fixed: complete his legal training, marry a respectable woman, and settle down to raise a family.But Sam never counted on meeting Nathaniel Tanner...
  • Unmentionables by David Greene

    Unmentionables by David Greene

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Winner Book of the Year bronze medal for Gay literary fiction.Unmentionables is the story of two pairs of lovers in the American Civil War south. One couple is straight, white and wealthy. The other couple is gay, black and enslaved. Field hand Jimmy meets Cato, a house servant from a nearby plantation. Over time, Jimmy's fascination with Cato grows into romantic love...
  • Unmentionables by David Greene

    Unmentionables by David Greene

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unmentionables is the story of two pairs of lovers in the Civil War south. One couple is straight, white and wealthy. The other couple is gay, black and enslaved. Jimmy, a field hand, meets Cato, a house servant from a nearby plantation...
  • On a Lee Shore by Elin Gregory

    On a Lee Shore by Elin Gregory

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Give me a reason to let you live…” Beached after losing his ship and crew, and with England finally at peace, Lt Christopher Penrose will take whatever work he can get. A valet? Why not? Escorting an elderly diplomat to the Leeward Islands seems like an easy job, but when their ship is boarded by pirates, Kit’s world is turned upside down...
  • Bodies of Men by Nigel Featherstone

    Bodies of Men by Nigel Featherstone

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There is nothing more important than love and refuge. Egypt, 1941. Only hours after disembarking in Alexandria, William Marsh, an Australian corporal at twenty-one, is face down in the sand, caught in a stoush with the Italian enemy. He is saved by James Kelly, a childhood friend from Sydney and the last person he expected to see. But where William escapes unharmed, not all are so fortunate...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  historical  m-m  length-medium  audiobook
  • His Heart's Obsession by Alex Beecroft

    His Heart's Obsession by Alex Beecroft

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Kingston, Jamaica, 1752 Robert Hughes, a lieutenant--and rogue--in the British Royal Navy, is in love with his gorgeous fellow officer, Hal Morgan. Hal only has eyes for their captain--a man who'll never share their inclinations. Night after night aboard the Swiftsure, it kills Robert to listen to Hal's erotic dreams of a man he can't possibly have...
  • Between His Lover and the Deep Blue Sea by Merry Farmer

    Between His Lover and the Deep Blue Sea by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Sailing Master Septimus Bolton has spent his entire life at sea…in more ways than one. Now that his ship has been decommissioned at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, he has nothing to do but accept the invitation of one of his fellow naval officers to convalesce for the summer at a remote country estate in Yorkshire...
  • On Wings of Song by Anne Barwell

    On Wings of Song by Anne Barwell

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A chance meeting they never forgot. Six years after meeting British soldier Aiden Foster during the Christmas Truce of 1914, Jochen Weber still finds himself thinking about Aiden, their shared conversation about literature, and Aiden’s beautiful singing voice. A visit to London gives Jochen the opportunity to search for Aiden, but he’s shocked at what he finds...
  • Gentlemen Make the Best Prisoners by Theodore Bradshaw

    Gentlemen Make the Best Prisoners by Theodore Bradshaw

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Lord Louis Earlshope has always lived a privileged yet boring life. Having hardly anything in his twenty years to complain about, save for bouts of ennui or the occasional hangnail, he dreams of adventure and romance…so long as he can obtain it without dirtying his waistcoat...
  • Comfort and Joy by Joanna Chambers, Josh Lanyon

    Comfort and Joy by Joanna Chambers, Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Holiday anthologyRest and Be Thankful by Joanna ChambersTwo stormy hearts find peace when feuding neighbors in the Scottish Highlands are trapped by a blizzard.Things haven’t been going well for Cam McMorrow since he moved to Inverbechie. His business is failing, his cottage is falling apart and following his very public argument with café owner Rob Armstrong, he’s become a social outcast...
  • Comfort and Joy by Joanna Chambers, Josh Lanyon

    Comfort and Joy by Joanna Chambers, Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Holiday anthologyRest and Be Thankful by Joanna ChambersTwo stormy hearts find peace when feuding neighbors in the Scottish Highlands are trapped by a blizzard.Things haven’t been going well for Cam McMorrow since he moved to Inverbechie. His business is failing, his cottage is falling apart and following his very public argument with café owner Rob Armstrong, he’s become a social outcast...
  • Firelight: The Omega & His Match by Claire Cullen

    Firelight: The Omega & His Match by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    After years spent under the thumb of his cruel uncle, Prince Aiden finally has an escape—an arranged marriage. But is his match the monster everyone says he is, or is he the one person who can warm Aiden’s cold heart?Forced into marriage by his terrible uncle, the man who stole his brother’s crown, Aiden fears his future will be even more miserable than his present...
  • To Love a Traitor by J.L. Merrow

    To Love a Traitor by J.L. Merrow

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Wounds of the heart are the hardest to heal. Solicitor’s clerk George Johnson has a secret goal when he moves into a London boarding house in the winter of 1920: to find out if his fellow lodger, Matthew Connaught, was the wartime traitor who cost George’s adored older brother Hugh his life. Yet the more he gets to know his quarry, the more George loses sight of his mission -- and his heart...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  historical  mystery  war  length-short  open-door
  • Once a Gentleman by Eliot Grayson

    Once a Gentleman by Eliot Grayson

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Penniless, friendless, and with nowhere left to turn after his family’s ruin, Kit Hewlett can’t afford any more disasters. When a rakish, too-handsome gentleman—and Kit’s own clumsiness—cause him to lose his position as a bookshop clerk, Kit has no choice but to accept the gentleman’s offer of employment as his secretary...
  • The Auspicious Troubles of Chance by Charlie Cochet

    The Auspicious Troubles of Chance by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Chance Irving is a young man with a gift for getting into trouble-not surprising, as trouble is all he's ever known. After losing everything he held dear one fateful night, he decides to leave New York and his past behind, and joins the French Foreign Legion...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  historical  mystery  war  m-m  length-novella
  • The Larks Still Bravely Singing by Aster Glenn Gray

    The Larks Still Bravely Singing by Aster Glenn Gray

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Great War cost Robert his left leg and his first love.A shattering breakup leaves Robert convinced that he is a destructive force in romantic relationships. When he finds himself falling in love with David, an old friend from boarding school, he's sure that he shouldn’t confess his feelings...
  • Winds of Change by Lee Rowan

    Winds of Change by Lee Rowan

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The ruggedly handsome Lt. William Marshall of His Majesty's Navy carries a secret close to his heart, one that is more important than either his loyalty to England or his devotion to duty. His shipmate, Lt. David Archer, is not only his best friend, he's been his lover for over a year. The penalty should their relationship be discovered? Death, by hanging...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  historical  m-m  length-medium
  • Easy Ryder by Deanna Wadsworth

    Easy Ryder by Deanna Wadsworth

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s July 3, 1976, the beginning of America’s bicentennial weekend, and everyone seems to be celebrating their freedoms except eighteen-year-old runaway Michael Ryder. Fresh from rural Pennsylvania, Michael is doing whatever and whoever it takes to get to San Francisco, where he hopes to find a new life with the freedom to love without fear...
  • People Like Us by Ruby Moone

    People Like Us by Ruby Moone

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Arthur Fitch clawed his way out of the violence and poverty of the slums of London to become a valet to the aristocracy. His ambition to secure a higher position led him to a disastrous appointment with a cold, brutal man, and when things come to a head, Arthur is forced to flee into a snowstorm to find safety.Joseph Wilkinson is the Winsford Green blacksmith...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  queer  m-m  historical  bdsm
  • Gifts for the Season by R.J. Scott, Annabeth Albert

    Gifts for the Season by R.J. Scott, Annabeth Albert

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A charity anthology from your favorite MM romance authors RJ Scott - Single Dad ChristmasIt would be a Christmas miracle if he loved me back...
  • Strange Meeting by Susan Hill

    Strange Meeting by Susan Hill

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Susan Hill's classic novel Strange Meeting tells of the power of love amidst atrocities. 'He was afraid to go to sleep. For three weeks, he had been afraid of going to sleep . . .' Young officer John Hilliard returns to his battalion in France following a period of sick leave in England...
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