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  • Locked in Silence by Sloane Kennedy

    Locked in Silence by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 39 ratings
    I've spent years hoping someone would finally hear me. It's easier not to try anymore... Ten years after leaving his small Minnesota hometown in his rearview mirror for what Nolan Grainger was sure would be the last time, life has decided to throw the talented musician a curveball and send him back to the town he lived in but was never really home...
  • Call Me By Your Name - Screenplay by James Ivory, André Aciman

    Call Me By Your Name - Screenplay by James Ivory, André Aciman

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen-year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father's research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  contemporary  m-m
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  • Unstable Connections by Nicky James

    Unstable Connections by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Missing children are reappearing, and ties to a thirty-year-old cold case can’t be ignored.Between his shaky, brand-new relationship with reformed office playboy Detective Aslan Doyle, his sister’s case going from cold to hot overnight, his father insisting on being involved, and his boss breathing down his neck, Detective Quaid Valor is on edge...
  • Promises Part 3 by A.E. Via

    Promises Part 3 by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A bounty hunter’s partners to lovers’ story. The hunt is on… and he’s the prey. Bradford (Ford) King was sure he had the rest of his life mapped out. Though he was no longer a SEAL Lieutenant, his brother was home safe and he had a job that still allowed him to satisfy his hunger for hunting bad guys...
  • Sated in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Sated in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink saga continues in a seductive romance where a runaway bride and two best friends might just take the chance of a lifetime. Ethan Montgomery thought he had his life figured out until the moment he and his best friend met a woman in a wedding dress drinking wine out of a paper bag. He might work too many hours and always seems to put his family and friends first...
  • Screwed by Jayne Rylon

    Screwed by Jayne Rylon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The original Powertools crew is back in a brand new series! Joe has it all--a gorgeous wife, two amazing children, four best friends who are also sometimes lovers, and a booming construction business. He never expected to face some sort of midlife crisis. But somehow, he finds himself longing for even more...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  m-m  contemporary  menage  poly  m-f-f
  • Messy Ink by Ali Lyda

    Messy Ink by Ali Lyda

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Dane Chris is a great doctor, but he can’t heal me… I learned to look out for myself on the streets and in juvie. I’ve cleaned up my act, but it doesn’t mean that I’m about to start trusting a guy to stick around. Especially not a clean cut doctor like Chris. No wonder I ended things between us the first time around. I’m sure it’s for the best...
    Categorized as:
    tortured hero  m-m  slow burn  contemporary
  • Looks Over by Rose Christo

    Looks Over by Rose Christo

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "There's nothing wrong with trying to get to know my son's boyfriend." Skylar knows he's lucky to have an open-minded father. It's not just that Skylar and Rafael are both boys. Between their families exists a dark and turbulent past: Rafael's father was the first serial killer in the history of the Nettlebush Indian Reserve, and Skylar's mother was his last victim...
  • Rafe by Nicole Edwards

    Rafe by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A history of running… When Rafe Sharpe was eighteen, he put Coyote Ridge, his family, and everyone he knew in his rearview in order to escape his past. When he returned three years ago, everyone thought he’d returned to face the horrors that had shaped his existence. What he didn’t tell anyone was that he’d been running then, too...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  contemporary  m-m  menage  m-m-f
  • Stones in the Road by Nick Wilgus

    Stones in the Road by Nick Wilgus

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When his snobbish future in-laws travel all the way from Boston to visit, wise-cracking Southerner Wiley Cantrell learns that gay marriage is not without its disadvantages...
  • Encore by Eden Finley

    Encore by Eden Finley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    BLAKE Never make a bet with Jordan Brooks. That’s how I’ve ended up here, doing a movie that risks my entire acting career. Taking on a gay role when I’m straight is problematic in its own right, but when production gets put on hold, and a fabricated story breaks out in the media, Jordan and I have to go into hiding...
  • Fairy Cakes in Winter by Lane Hayes

    Fairy Cakes in Winter by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    A grumpy baker, a quirky ad man, and a recipe for forever…ScottSo this cute guy sits next to me on the plane and proceeds to talk my ear off for hours. Not good. I don’t like talking and I don’t like strangers. But Theo’s sweet, smart, and sexy—the perfect distraction from business woes and personal worries.Okay, things got overly friendly, but we’re adults and we know the score...
  • Sundae's Best by Riley Hart

    Sundae's Best by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Grady Dalton is in a rut. He’s thirty-eight, without a boyfriend, and has yet to find the place that feels like home. The closest he ever got was his best friend, Nathan. But it’s been seven years since he passed, and life isn’t getting easier. That’s how he ends up in Briar County, hoping to grow roots in the place Nathan had loved...
  • Charlie Sunshine by Lily Morton

    Charlie Sunshine by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    Sometimes love is a lot closer to home than you think.Charlie Burroughs can’t keep a man. All he wants is a good relationship like the ones he sees his friends having, but none of the men he picks ever work out. Despite him trying to be the perfect boyfriend, the men are either threatened by his looks or his epilepsy or a combination of the two...
  • Above and Beyond by Lucy Lennox, Sloane Kennedy

    Above and Beyond by Lucy Lennox, Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    Lucky Two years ago I humiliated myself by declaring my love to an older man who clearly didn’t share my feelings. And that’s fine. One day Zach will come around. Meanwhile, I’ve built a life for myself in northern Montana, pursuing my college degree while working hard toward certification in high-risk alpine search and rescue on the side...
  • Aaron's Awakening by K.C. Wells, Meredith Russell

    Aaron's Awakening by K.C. Wells, Meredith Russell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aaron isn’t looking for love, but it finds him – and it has a few surprises in store…A laidback man who goes with the flowAaron is happy for his friends who’ve found love, but he’s starting to feel as if he’s an endangered species – a single guy. Not that he’s looking for anyone...
  • Off Course by Nicole Edwards

    Off Course by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Nicole Edwards comes the ninth installment in her Brantley Off the Books series. With wedding plans underway, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis are attempting to create some balance between work and life. After a busy summer, they’ve finally slowed down enough to take a breather. At least until the hacker extraordinaire—a.k.a...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  m-m  contemporary  suspense  military  mystery
  • Austin by Con Riley

    Austin by Con Riley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Austin Russell doesn’t belong at a small school like Glynn Harber. He's meant to be a high flyer in finance not a book-keeping bursar. Now there's only one renovation project left to budget, it’s time he toughened his soft heart and got back to climbing the corporate ladder.The truth is he’d rather climb Maisie Dymond’s father...
  • Dare Me by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine

    Dare Me by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Dare Me is part two of the Dare to Try trilogy and should only be read after Dare You. The moment Bash “Miss Razzle Dazzle” Vogel sashayed into Lieutenant Kieran Bailey’s life, both their worlds were turned upside down. What started as an easy friendship quickly morphed into sizzling chemistry that neither one could deny...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  contemporary  m-m  firefighter
  • Loving Jay by Renae Kaye

    Loving Jay by Renae Kaye

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    One thing Liam Turner knows for sure is that he's not gay—after all, his father makes it very clear he’ll allow no son of his to be gay. And Liam believes it, until a chance meeting with James “Jay” Bell turns Liam’s world upside-down. Jay is vivacious and unabashedly gay—from the tips of his bleached hair to the ends of his polished nails...
  • Limited Edition Husband by Lauren Blakely

    Limited Edition Husband by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    One weekend with no strings was supposed to be the plan.After barely escaping my last train wreck of a romance, I’ve got a new dating goal—play it cool.I stick to that strategy when I meet a hunky Brit at a fundraiser and ask him to grab a drink...
  • Inked Temptation by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Temptation by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
    Categorized as:
    tortured hero  contemporary  m-m  new adult
  • Blue on Blue by Dal Maclean

    Blue on Blue by Dal Maclean

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From Lambda Literary Award Finalist Dal Maclean After three years working as a private investigator, newly reinstated Detective Inspector Will Foster still holds himself responsible for the death of an officer under his command. But he’s returned to the Met bent on redeeming himself and that means bringing down gangland boss Joey Clarkson...
  • Scarification by E.M. Lindsey

    Scarification by E.M. Lindsey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Missing his dominant hand and half his face covered in scars, Miguel Ruiz can kiss his dreams of a happy future goodbye. He resigns himself to a life of servitude in a badly run club until one day, a tattoo artist in a random bar sees both talent and a future in the scarred artist...
  • Freed by Garrett Leigh

    Freed by Garrett Leigh

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Missing Moment from RareCrazy events in the recent past have convinced Ash to take yet another step forward with Pete. He picks a special moment and a special place: the roof garden of their new home. Ash sees it as the final piece of their puzzle, but he's not prepared for the feelings it invokes. Peace, belonging, and for the first time in his life, freedom...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  men in uniform  abuse  contemporary  m-m
  • Through These Eyes by N.R. Walker

    Through These Eyes by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Six months after we last met Carter Reece and Isaac Brannigan, they're still very much in love. Moving in together, moving forward, life for these two is great until some life changing events occur. Isaac has a frightening setback and Carter's world starts to unravel. Things become even more complicated and start to change for both men when Isaac’s new colleague enters the picture...
  • The Face in the Water by Gregory Ashe

    The Face in the Water by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Come to Missouri! See the sights! Solve a murder! When Teancum Leon, a wildlife veterinarian, and his husband, semi-reformed conman Jeremiah Berger, go to a conference in central Missouri, they’re expecting a short and uneventful trip. Tean will present a paper, attend a few panels, and network (under duress)...
  • Every Saturday Night by Alexa Land

    Every Saturday Night by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As a young single dad, my life’s all about raising my sweet baby boy. But every Saturday night while my family babysits, I get to go out, cut loose, and act my age. Hey, we all need a break from time to time.And every Saturday night, I keep winding up in bed with a gorgeous, Cuban-American motorcycle mechanic named Lucky...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  m-m  contemporary  insta-love
  • I Do by Cheyenne Blue

    I Do by Cheyenne Blue

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A fabulous twin-swap lesbian romance where the toaster oven could double as a wedding gift.Accountant Allie Lane would do anything for her injured twin sister, including pretend to be her to save Sophie’s fledgling event-planning business. All Allie has to do is fake being a lesbian for a few weeks and co-ordinate a rural gay wedding festival. Simple...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  f-f  office  contemporary  m-m
  • Color Blind: An MM Romance by Andrew Grey

    Color Blind: An MM Romance by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 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...
  • After the Fire by Felice Stevens

    After the Fire by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A single bullet destroyed the dreams of Dr. Jordan Peterson. With his lover dead, Jordan descends into an endless spiral of self-destruction that nearly costs him his friends, his career and his life...
    Categorized as:
    tortured hero  m-m  abuse  angst  contemporary
  • Bio-Mechanical by E.M. Lindsey

    Bio-Mechanical by E.M. Lindsey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Having grown up the son of a Southern Baptist preacher, James Gossett was expected to be one thing, and one thing only—a God-fearing, straight, Christian man. It didn’t help that from a young age, James knew he was different...
  • Heartsong by A.E. Wasp

    Heartsong by A.E. Wasp

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "It just figures that the first guy I’m bringing back to my place is cute, single, and totally off-limits..." Sean Anderson has spent his life waiting to get the hell out of West Virginia. His plans got derailed when his dad shipped him off to “pray the gay away,” but he’s over it, ready to prove that he’s a grown-ass man who can take care of himself...
  • Northland by Cara Dee

    Northland by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Two years ago, Logan Ward got the surprise of his life when he discovered he was the father of a two-year-old boy. Professionally and romantically adrift, he devoted all his time and energy to caring for his son. But now he’s searching for something more, and he and Justin head north to Alaska to try out the life his best friend Quinn has been raving about...
  • How To Save A Life by Andria Large, Jena Brignola

    How To Save A Life by Andria Large, Jena Brignola

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    How do you save someone’s life? There’s the obvious way of physically saving them from a tragic end. Then there’s the more subtle way of saving someone who doesn’t know they need to be saved. Someone who is drowning emotionally and has no idea that they are slowly dying. Ezra Whitmore is one of those people...
  • A Kind of Honesty by Lane Hayes

    A Kind of Honesty by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Kind of Story Music is drummer Tim Chalmers’s great escape and the one thing that’s never let him down. But his band Spiral’s meteoric rise to fame has made it difficult for him to maintain a low profile. Unwanted press pesters him after a public breakup with a volatile ex-girlfriend who loves the limelight as much as he loathes it. Tim’s main goal is to avoid confrontation...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  m-m  contemporary  rockstars
  • Line Drive by E.M. Lindsey

    Line Drive by E.M. Lindsey

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    James "Scooter" Harney is good at two things and two things only:Pitching......and running away from his feelings.So, when he comes face to face with a high school baseball coach who gets under his skin like no one ever has before, James isn't quite sure what to do about it. After all, Ridley is smarmy, annoying, ridiculously good looking…And worst of all, straight...
  • Truth or Darren by D.J. Jamison

    Truth or Darren by D.J. Jamison

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Truth or...whoa, that's not the dare!What happens when my big mouth writes a check it can't cash while taunting my ex's brother in a game of Truth or Dare? I end up with his tongue in my mouth. In my very straight, totally uninterested mouth.While I don't feel anything.Nothing at all.In fact, I barely noticed...
  • Confused Hearts: a bisexual awakening, gay romance novel by Nicky James

    Confused Hearts: a bisexual awakening, gay romance novel by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    KnoxLet me get one thing straight. I am not in love with my best friend.My heart isn’t broken, and there is no he who’s going to swoop in and magically make it all better. Whatever that crazy psychic says, it’s not true!I’m Knox MacKenzie, and I’m straight as an arrow. I like girls—even though they don’t always like me back...
  • The River Leith by Leta Blake

    The River Leith by Leta Blake

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Memory is everything. After an injury in the ring, amateur boxer Leith Wenz wakes to discover his most recent memories are three years out of date. Unmoored and struggling to face his new reality, Leith must cope anew with painful revelations about his family...
  • Love Is Heartless by Kim Fielding

    Love Is Heartless by Kim Fielding

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Love Can't Novel Small but mighty—that could be Detective Nevin Ng’s motto. Now a dedicated member of the Portland Police Bureau, he didn’t let a tough start in life stop him from protecting those in need. He doesn’t take crap from anyone, and he doesn’t do relationships. Until he responds to the severe beating of a senior citizen and meets the victim’s wealthy, bow-tied landlord...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  m-m  multicultural  contemporary  mystery
  • Mud & Lace by Jay Northcote

    Mud & Lace by Jay Northcote

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Wicksy falls for drag queen Charlie, they discover that both sexuality and gender can be fluid. Simon Wicks—Wicksy to his rugby teammates—has only ever been interested in women. But when he sets eyes on Lady Gogo, a drag queen who performs at Rainbow Place, he can’t stop thinking about her...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  m-m  contemporary  new adult  sports  m-f-x
  • Make Me Stay by Annabeth Albert

    Make Me Stay by Annabeth Albert

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Roommate Not WantedI’m a forty-year-old homeowner and former detective. My friends think a roommate is the solution to my recent funk, but I know that’s the last thing I need.And even if they’re right, sharing my home with Cal is a bad idea. The prickly SEAL rescue diver has muscles for miles, haunted eyes, a wounded soul, and wandering feet that won’t be happy for long in Safe Harbor...
  • Cloud Nine by Fearne Hill

    Cloud Nine by Fearne Hill

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Bedroom eyes, that’s the name my mom gave them.Before I travelled to the UK, she issued me plenty of warnings: don’t look the wrong way when crossing the road, the first floor was the second floor, and no one would know what I meant if I asked for ranch dressing at a restaurant...
  • Something About You by Riley Hart

    Something About You by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Lucky Tyler Holloway has never felt particularly lucky. Frankly, he's as regular as can be. He works construction with his brothers, loves his small-town life, and shares a close bond with his family, especially his grandmother. Okay, so maybe he has a few secrets in his closet, like his bisexuality…and that other thing he doesn’t talk about…   Grayson ‘Saint’ St...
  • Cookies by Teodora Kostova

    Cookies by Teodora Kostova

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I went to war, running away from myself. I came back in pieces to find out who I really was... It took me nearly ten years, two tours in Afghanistan and losing a leg to come to terms with who I really am. Two years after coming back from war, I can say that I’m finally content. I’m as fit as ever, my prosthetic leg allowing me the freedom to move and exercise as if nothing has changed...
  • Playing the Player by Beth Bolden

    Playing the Player by Beth Bolden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Center Logan Banks didn’t come to Miami looking for a best friend.He came for football and for a chance at freedom—the freedom to live out of the closet.But after a water main break, he lands an unexpected roommate, the new Piranhas kicker, Dylan Leonard. Between practices, games, and too many late nights on the couch, a best friend is exactly what he gets...
  • Resilient Heart (Unconditional Surrender) by Annabeth Albert

    Resilient Heart (Unconditional Surrender) by Annabeth Albert

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Originally released as part of the Unconditional Surrender bundle, now available as a stand-alone novella complete with BRAND-NEW 10,000 word short story/epilogue. When a wounded soldier is forced to accept help from his former best friend, both men discover the true strength of their entwined hearts...
  • My Best Friend’s Secret by Romeo Alexander

    My Best Friend’s Secret by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I thought falling in love with my best friend would be the biggest shock of my life. I couldn’t have been more wrong…Coming back home with my tail between my legs after a bitter divorce and a failed business venture isn’t exactly the life I’d envisioned for myself.At least there’s Bennett. Strong and steady as always, even if there is a simmering anger in him that wasn’t there when we were boys...
  • Short Stay by Heidi Cullinan

    Short Stay by Heidi Cullinan

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Hot messes have a hard time with happily ever after. Baz Acker and Elijah Prince have it all. They’re engaged, and their wedding is guaranteed to be a spectacle no event will ever top...
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