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Junjo Romantica, Volume 07 by Shungiku Nakamura
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMiyagi 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... -
Junjo Romantica, Volume 06 by Shungiku Nakamura
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt'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... -
Junjo Romantica, Volume 08 by Shungiku Nakamura
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMisaki 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... -
These Inconvenient Fireworks by mdasch, everydayslike
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne Direction FanficFuture AU in which nobody tries out for X Factor but the boys end up finding one other eventually anyway. Louis is a jaded bastard who owns a cat named Duchess and teaches drama to teenagers, Harry is an idealistic aspiring photographer/part-time footy coach, Zayn teaches English lit and wears leather jackets, Liam saves people from burning buildings, and Niall is Niall... -
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After Felix by Lily Morton
Sometimes the best love stories come in two parts.When Felix met handsome journalist Max Travers, it was lust at first sight. It was just his luck that he then had to develop a terrible case of feelings and got his heart broken. However, two years later, he’s over all of that. His job is going well, he has good friends, and he doesn’t lack for male company... -
Junjo Romantica, Volume 11 by Shungiku Nakamura
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMisaki just can't catch a break when it comes to the Usami family. Just when he thinks he escaped one mess, he falls right into another one... -
Hot as Heller by Lucy Lennox
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe man asked me to valet his damn car. Look, I left LA for a reason. I’ve had my fill of big Hollywood stars and their even bigger egos. I want something genuine. Something real. And it doesn’t get any realer than being the new sheriff of Aster Valley, Colorado. That is, until entitled Finn Heller appears on the scene, handing me the keys to his convertible like I’m his personal servant...Categorized as:
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Junjo Romantica 03 by Shungiku Nakamura
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMisaki wohnt beim Bestsellerautor Usami und kann seine Gefühle für ihn nicht länger leugnen. Eines Nachts rutscht ihm sogar der Satz "Ich glaube, ich liebe dich!" heraus... -
HEA: Happily Ever After by Lucy Lennox, Molly Maddox
Have you heard the expression “twelve times a groomsman, never a groom”? Neither had I… until it suddenly became clear that every man I dated found their One True Love in the person they dated after me.Now I’m writing Best Man speeches for my former boyfriends twice a month, the “After Oscar” thing has become a legend, and I have finally accepted that Oscar Overton is nobody’s Happily Ever After... -
Jonty's Halloween (Unfinished Business) by Barbara Elsborg
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJonty and Devan’s Big Adventure travelling around the world is cut short when Devan’s mother falls ill, and they have to fly home. Leaving Jonty to his own devices is never a good idea and before Devan can say no, Jonty has talked his way into hosting a Halloween extravaganza at The Dunes hotel... -
Off Duty Volume 2 by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHazard and Somerset: Off Duty Volume 2 is a collection of short stories. It includes the following:“John-Henry Somerset: Sold!”Somers enters a charity bachelor’s auction without telling his boyfriend. This story takes place before The Rational Faculty.“Pretty and Pink and Perfect”Hazard plans a toddler’s birthday party. This story takes place before The Rational Faculty... -
The Former Assassin's Guide to Snagging a Reluctant Boyfriend by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCasselWhen I gave up life as a hitman, I thought everything was going to be better. I was going to become a PI, help people, and live normally… and then I met Jeremy, the most perfect man to have ever saved my life (I mean, he might be the only one who has saved my life, but he’s still the best at it). From that point on, it was all over for me—I knew we were meant to be... -
The Science of Attraction by Jay Hogan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI am Mackenzie Country born and bred. Farming the high country runs in my blood, like my father, and his father, and his grandfather before him. My future has been mapped out for me since the day I was born. Or at least it was, until Liam Skelton walks onto Lane Station, lights a fire in my heart, and turns my whole world upside down... -
Made Marian Mixtape by Lucy Lennox
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe best mixtape always has a mix of favorites on it— songs playing in the background at Jude and Derek’s wedding or when Simone finally falls in love. Loud beats pounding the dance floor when Blue tries to seduce Tristan in public, or sleepy notes written late at night while Jude is on tour... -
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On a Midnight Clear by Lily Morton
It can safely be said that Lord Barnaby Greenwood is not having the best of Christmases.He’s penniless, up to his eyeballs in debt, and about to lose his estate. Therefore, it’s hardly surprising that when a local property developer offers a lot of money to buy King’s Wood from him, Barnaby is very tempted... -
The Fire by May Archer
JAMIE Parker Hoffstraeder is gorgeous, cocky, and totally irrational. He also broke my heart when he left town eleven years, four months, and twenty-eight days ago. Not that I’m counting. I don’t mind admitting it: I was young. I got burned. I learned my lesson...Categorized as:
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Not a Day Goes By by E. Lynn Harris
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsJohn "Basil" Henderson has always played the field, both as a professional football player and as an equal opportunity lover. After retiring his jersey for a career as a sports agent, the dashing playboy is surprising everyone--including himself--by deciding to settle down and commit to his new love, Yancey Harrington Braxton... -
Go Tell It on the Mountains by Nick Wilgus
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYears have gone by since the death of Noah, his special needs son, and Wiley Cantrell realizes it’s time to move on. He and his husband, Jackson Ledbetter, try to adopt little Tony Gorzola, a deaf boy with HIV who is emotionally traumatized. Difficulties quickly set in. Tony is a sweet boy but very damaged by abuse and neglect... -
Hacked by Lucy Lennox, May Archer
Well-known computer security infiltration specialist Jasper Huxley has never met a system he can’t hack. Whether his assignment is accessing a highly-classified Pentagon server or modifying his little brother’s high school report card, he’s always got a botnet, an exploit, or a little bit of social engineering he can call up to get the job done... -
Pinot & Pineapple Lumps by Jay Hogan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPenn from Adelaide. That’s all I knew. We shared a single kiss over a year ago, and I can still remember every toe-curling second of it. He thought I was too young for him. I thought he was running scared. But that kiss was the first time I’d felt alive in a long time, and I’ve been chasing the feeling ever since—doing my research, a lot of research, a lot of men... -
The Secret by May Archer
Micah Constantine Ross is a cocky, provoking little... yeah. And I swear, I'd think that even if his family's business wasn't my biggest competition. It's time someone taught the man a lesson or two about life. At least that's what I tell myself when I offer him a job. Call it my good deed for the year... maybe the century. But now he's in my shop. In my space. In my every damn thought...Categorized as:
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A Side Character's Love Story, Vol. 7 by Akane Tamura
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn incident at the park one evening prompts Tanaka and Irie to consider what it might be like to kiss the person they care for, with their nervous imaginings enough to distract them during their daily routines. It isn't easy to be yourself when you like someone, but the distance between them is closing a little more each day.. -
Junjo Romantica, Volume 03 by Shungiku Nakamura
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMisaki 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... -
The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, Vol. 1: Poor Boys and Pilgrims by E.K. Weaver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the span of a single tumultuous evening, Amal calls off his arranged marriage, comes out to his conservative parents, gets disowned, goes on a bender... and wakes up the next morning to find a lanky, dread-locked vagrant named TJ in his kitchen.TJ claims that the two have made a drunken pact to travel from Berkeley, California to Providence, Rhode Island... -
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Junjo Romantica, Volume 12 by Shungiku Nakamura
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAs 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.. -
Turkeys by Lucy Lennox, May Arhcer
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHunter Jackson’s Sage Advice for a Happy ThanksgivingWhen your turkey-thieving, town-abandoning, former childhood friend reappears in Licking Thicket after fifteen long years, looking like a snack and smelling like all your favorite treats put together, it might be tempting to, well, dig in.Don’t... -
Off Plan by May Archer
I came to Whispering Key for a job. That was all. To show the world Mason Bloom could be more than a small-town doctor living a medium-sized life. Private doctor on a swanky island with a posh resort? Check.But from the moment I set foot on this island, nothing went according to plan.I didn’t expect to find the resort falling apart... -
Jude's Lullabye by Lucy Lennox
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Jude goes back on the road as part of his European tour, he realizes leaving Derek behind isn't as easy as he thought it would be. This is a 6k very short story featuring a quick peek into Jude and Derek's current life several years after the novel Jumping Jude takes place... -
The Tyrant Falls In Love, Volume 3 by Hinako Takanaga
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMorinaga 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... -
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Leaning Into Forever by Lane Hayes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGeordie De La Rosa is a legend among wine lovers in Napa Valley. His ultra-fabulous style paired with a penchant for leading impromptu sing-a-longs has made him a star attraction at Conrad Winery. Co-owning a well-respected winery was never Geordie’s aspiration but he likes the niche he’s made for himself... -
Hot Blooded: A Fosters' Beginning, BFF to Lovers MPreg by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMark and Devon have been best friends since they were ten and completely inseparable since they were thirteen. They were together before either of them presented as alpha or omega, and they've been the most important people in each other's lives without exception these last twelve years... -
Settle for Something by Susi Hawke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarjacked and taken hostage? Just another Friday night for this alpha.Sweet, bumbling Shane is an alpha who’s been looking for love in all the wrong places. Bad dates and catfishing incidents are the norm in his world. But Shane pushes on because he knows his fated mate is waiting to be found. And if he doesn’t eventually find his perfect match? Well… Shane might be willing to settle... -
Real Risk by Elle Keaton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's possible they're a match but first the two men will have to survive trial by fire. Chief Flynn is fighting smoke and flames, tirelessly protecting the lives and property of his fellow islanders from yet another spate of fires.Arson or accident?When injury puts him on the sidelines, West Coast Forensics Arson Investigator Kimball Frye offers his assistance... -
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Southbound and Down by K.B. Draper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDrew Beckett’s life is a well-curated plan. Small-town to successful Assistant U.S. Attorney, assigned to an above-the-fold case that could eliminate a notorious crime family and put her firmly in line for her ultimate promotion. The last thing she needs is a distraction; like a threat on her life or the seriously lickable dimples on the U.S. Marshal assigned to protect her.U.S... -
Flustering Ford by Jaclyn Quinn
Ford AshtonThey say you never forget your first. Who’s they, you ask? Good question. I wish I had the answer because I’ve tried everything to get Abe Manning off my mind. Now he’s here, in Coral Pointe Inlet, staying in the inn that I co-own with my four best friends. Okay, I may have had something to do with that, but these thoughts are driving me crazy... -
Here Comes My Man by Lauren Blakely
A red-hot, enemies-to-lovers, fake boyfriend, second chance romance, and the conclusion to the Hopelessly Bromantic Duet!Let me just say this -- fake dating the cocky movie star was not my idea. Especially since he’s my former roomie and, gulp, my secret ex.But my agent tells me I have no choice since I’m ridiculously overdue with turning in the next big blockbuster love story to my publisher...Categorized as:
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Another Day With Jory by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsJory holiday ficlet from Mary Calmes...Categorized as:
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Prescription for Love by Aimee Nicole Walker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat should’ve been an ordinary emergency call turned out to be something extraordinary. Wanting to distance himself from his toxic parents, Trent Love moved to the quaint town of Blissville to begin a new life. What he finds is blazing chemistry with a hunky fireman who breathes new life into him... -
Bennett's Dream by C.W. Gray
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Hobson Hills Short Hobson Hills Omegas: Book 3.5 Bennett Wilson should be perfectly happy. He has a loving husband, three wonderful children, and a house full of pets. His family and friends think he is crazy when he purposely gets pregnant with a fourth child... -
Deadly Lover: Special Edition (Exit Strategy) by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew Expanded Content for Deadly Lover!Justin Mallory is an assassin. But he’s really a good guy.He has years of bad decisions to make up for, starting with agreeing to join the CIA after being recruited out of the Marines. No reason to add more black marks to his soul.Now he chooses the jobs and he works always alone. It’s safer that way, and he can make sure the good guy always wins... -
Full Contact by Kelly Fox
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOmar: If that joker doesn’t stop annoying me, I’m going to give that mouth of his something better to do.The first time I saw Anders F***ing Bash, he was shirtless, armed, and simultaneously the most beautiful and frustrating man I’ve ever met. He has not gotten any uglier. Or any less frustrating. And today I finally took a swing at him... -
The Tyrant Falls in Love, Volume 1 by Hinako Takanaga
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsTetsuhiro Morinaga is secretly in love with his upperclassman, Souichi Tatsumi, who is demanding, tyrannical . . . and hates homosexuals... -
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsBarrington Jedidiah Walker.Barry to his friends.Trouble to his wife.Seventy-four years old, Antiguan born and bred, flamboyant Hackney personality Barry is known for his dapper taste and fondness for retro suits.He is a husband, father and grandfather.And for the past sixty years, he has been in a relationship with his childhood friend and soulmate, Morris... -
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Malicious Compliance by E.M. Lindsey
My life is good. I work from home, I answer to no one, and I pay my rent on time. In short, things are peaceful and solitary—exactly the way I like them. Yes, my apartment might be a dump with paper-thin walls and plumbing issues, but it’s mine all the same. And then he moves in... -
Marc Jillson & The Gazebo by Anyta Sunday
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWant true, heart-throbbing romance? Put down the Cheetos, and stop being a jackass.The question is, can I do it?I’ve been an epic dick to my friends, my uncle. Him.Travis Hunter. Photographer, econ-student, paraplegic. Can I redeem myself? Apologize? Make a fresh start?Hunter seems to think so. Even roped me into saving his favorite gazebo from the bulldozers.The confidence of this man amazes me...Categorized as:
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XOXO, Santa by Spencer Spears
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow do you ask your best friend to be your first time?Blake: What do you do when you realize at age 20 that you might like guys?If you’re me, you come up with a brilliant and foolproof plan:Proposition the one gay guy you know to swipe your V-card over winter break.In my case, that’s my childhood best friend, Henry.Just one problem—Henry hates my guts...Categorized as:
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Love, Simon by Becky Albertalli
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsStraight people should have to come out too. And the more awkward it is, the better.Simon Spier is sixteen and trying to work out who he is - and what he's looking for.But when one of his emails to the very distracting Blue falls into the wrong hands, things get all kinds of complicated.Because, for Simon, falling for Blue is a big deal . . .It's a holy freaking huge awesome deal... -
Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA Jory and Sam Thanksgiving... -
This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s time everyone knew the truth, and what better way to announce you’re getting married (and gay) than on your family WhatsApp group?Amar can’t wait to tell everyone his wonderful news: he’s found The One, and he’s getting married...
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