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True by Ella Frank
True - adjective: That which is accurate or exact. I dare you to try. I think you’re my truth. Terrify me. Marry me. Marry me. Marry me... Four years ago, Logan Mitchell walked into Tate’s life and challenged him to see it differently. He dared Tate to try a kiss, when normally he wouldn’t have. He begged him to take a chance, when he probably shouldn’t have... -
Dirty Laundry by Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFor ex-cop turned private investigator Cole McGinnis, each day brings a new challenge. Too bad most of them involve pain and death. Claudia, his office manager and surrogate mother, is still recovering from a gunshot, and Cole’s closeted boyfriend, Kim Jae-Min, suddenly finds his teenaged sister dumped in his lap... -
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... -
Alone On the Water by MadLori
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSherlock Holmes never expected to live a long life, but he never imagined that it would end like this. - 7725 WordsSorrow’s my body on the wavesSorrow’s a girl inside my caveI live in a city sorrow builtIt’s in my honey, it’s in my milkDon’t leave my half a heart alone on the waterCover me in rag and bone sympathyCause I don’t want to get over you... -
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Ruin by Lila Rose
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJoshua “Ruin” May has been a dick in the past. He’s trying to rectify one such dickish moment by helping out a friend, and he wants to make sure this time he doesn’t let her down. His journey leads him to Melbourne and a whole heap of unexpected trouble, namely an irritating crime boss.Wolf.A man who gets on his nerves and seems to revel in winding him up... -
Convincing Cole by Jaclyn Quinn
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCole SullivanLife's been pretty amazing. Moving back to my hometown of Coral Pointe Inlet and opening Shore Thing Management with my four best friends is the best decision I've ever made. Falling back into old habits with an ex? Not so much... -
Catching Out by Nicky James
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDodger Valmai is sure about three things: He is straight. He will ride the rails until the end of his days. And there is a serial killer out on the lines. When rail riders in the community start to go missing, Dodger is convinced the Canadian rail lines have their very own serial killer... -
All We Are by Jessie Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPride. Will and Waylon have been through hell and back—more than once. But they’re still standing, still loving each other, still embracing their found family. And that’s something Will is stupidly proud of. He’s happier than he’s ever been, and more in love than he ever thought possible. He just hopes he can find a way to make Waylon believe in them as much as he does. Pride... -
King's Criminals by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFresh Meat In Prison Charley Hughes never imagined he would find himself in lockup, but when King promises that his brothers-in-arms will protect him, Charley expects his time on the inside to be easy. He doesn't factor in Scar, his mean as hell—and handsome—cellmate. Scar seems to have one goal only, to get into Charley’s pants. Charley has never been with a man before and doesn’t plan to start... -
Extended Stay by Mia Monroe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve never been interested in a man before. So why do I want to kiss this one?Promising my sick uncle I’d help fix his rundown hotel in San Diego was just the beginning of my problems. I plan to do what I can, convince him to sell, and then take off, returning to my calm and structured existence back east. I double down on that plan when I arrive to find it in worse shape than I expected... -
Got Me Talking by Casey Cox
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat do you call a herd of rhinos? A crash. That about sums up my life, too.Having spent the last three years caring for my dying mother, I need a new leash on life. So I say goodbye to the UK and take a job opening at a small-town vet clinic in the US.Via a layover in New York. Where I get, ahem, laid over.With a man.Not something I've ever done in my forty-three years... -
A Foreign Love Affair by Ayano Yamane
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJapanese yakuza clan heir Ranmaru just got married on a lavish cruise ship, but things aren't as they seem. The marriage is just for the appearances, and he ends up getting drunk and spending the night... not with his bride, but with the sexy ship captain! When the two men meet again in Italy, it is the start of a spectacular love story... -
Truth Or Dare by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsTruth or Dare is the final book in the Dare to Try trilogy and should only be read after Dare You and Dare Me. Lieutenant Kieran Bailey never saw his life anywhere but the bustling streets of Chicago—but then again, he never saw his life with a boyfriend, either. That all changed when he fell in love with bombshell CEO Sebastian “Bash” Vogel. But it’s one thing to fall in love... -
My Kind of Christmas by Romeo Alexander
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNick: Team Maelstrom is my family as much as the family who raised me. That includes Matt, my partner in crime, and the closest I have to a soulmate. We get each other, and that’s all we’ve ever needed. But there’s a part of me that won’t be silent, the part that wants so much more with Matt. Yeah, I’m in love with my best friend and I had no idea a fun family Christmas would change everything... -
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Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA Jory and Sam Thanksgiving... -
One by E.S. Carter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne click. One perfect frame. That's all it takes to capture an eternal moment; although most people let them pass by without acknowledgement. I don't waste any. Not a single one. If I see something of beauty, I want to experience it, feel it and immortalise it. If I see someone of beauty, I want to taste them, worship them and memorise them... -
Dressed in Desire by Quinn Ward
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe left home to find acceptance. When he falls for a supposedly straight bouncer, can he awaken the man who's everything he needs?Living in the shadows has always been easier for Maverick. One trip to Annandale was all it took for him to see what life could be like if he let both sides of his personality shine... -
Wild Hart by E. Davies
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEverything I want is here, in front of me. Rusty Campbell left Hart’s Bay after high school to work in the wilderness. Now he’s back home for one purpose: seaweed farming. To succeed, he’ll need to fight the tide and win over his skeptical family, once-burned by the fishing industry collapse... -
Fancy Free by Mia Monroe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last thing I need is a curious straight guy sniffing around me. So why is he so hard to resist?My life is everything I ever wanted - by design. Being one of the nation’s most sought after wedding planners has led to a life of traveling to glamorous locations, bumping elbows with the rich and famous, and sampling every handsome hunk the world has to offer... -
Perfect by Jenny Wood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdoption is hard. Paperwork and more paperwork, lawyers and more lawyers and it seems like begging and choosing....all to get your heart broken when the expectant mother backs out. Not wanting to go through that again, or put Morgan through it again; they opted out. Unfortunately, the new guy didn't get the memo and they were chosen by expectant young mother, Haley... -
Never Say Goodbye by Felice Stevens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho knew getting snowed in at the airport could be so much fun?The nomadic lifestyle of a wildlife photographer is perfect for Ren Stewart—he travels the world with no obligations, no place to call home. With time between assignments, he’s ready to leave the cold New York winter for sunny California. But twenty inches of snow on a layover means his flight’s canceled and he’s stranded... -
Chariots on the Highway by Limor Moyal, Amitai Nissimov
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEvery year, young men come from all over the world to join the IDF and fight for Israel. They leave everything behind and becoming what known as lone soldiers. Tom, a young man from Kansas, has traveled to Israel to fight for his people. He came to fight, He came to escape. Dan Green has it all...Categorized as:
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Something New by Harper Logan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA marriage of convenience is one thing. But married to a straight guy? That’s a whole different story… Brooklyn Blackwell’s got a dissertation to finish and tenure to secure - the last thing he’s looking for is romance. But with his advisor’s charity on the brink of losing funding, Brooklyn’s got one shot at saving it... -
Summer Secret by Raleigh Ruebins
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWe’re still just best friends. …Even though we’re sharing a bed. Owen: Is it weird to want to sleep with your best friend? Max has always been there for me. He’s rescued me when I partied too hard and saved me from bad situations more times than I can count. And it’s never mattered that he was gay and I was straight... -
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Dear Mona Lisa... by Claire Davis, Al Stewart
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTom; shy office clerk by day and drawer of foxes by night, wakes up one Monday knowing the most extraordinary week of his life is about to begin. In five days, a lifelong ‘secret’ will be made gloriously public—but will it mean losing the person he loves most?Getting married… It seems only yesterday Tom changed nappies and sang nursery rhymes to a laughing baby... -
The Hardest Fall by Christina Lee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLee trades country ballads for show tunes in the next standalone book of her M/M series, Roadmap to Your Heart. After licking his wounds from a painful relationship, Tate Sullivan is ready to move back home. He picks up where he left off as drag queen extraordinaire Frieda Love in a West Village bar in New York City... -
The Baller by August Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI am not a famous person, but I have been called a king maker. I own the most important talent agency in the world. Music is my life, and no one knows the industry better than I do.But I’m also a Townsend and the Townsends made their money off of the city of Los Angeles itself, which is why I’ve also inherited the ownership of a Major League Baseball team—The L.A. Flames... -
Delicious by Sierra Riley
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 13 ratings“You’re exactly what I never knew I needed.” “I don’t have time for love.” Gavin Campbell has poured everything he has into starting up his bakery, Delicious... -
Embracing Love, Vol. 1 by Youka Nitta
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis is a love story about Iwaki and Kato - two impossibly gorgeous looking actors that feel an immediate attraction to one another, but don't know how to express their love... -
Dare Me by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDare 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... -
Jingle My Bells by Romeo Alexander
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSloane: I think I can safely say I’m not straight, right? Dean and I have been together six months now and Christmas is coming up. I want to make it special for him and I have a great idea but it’s going to take some covert operations... -
The Hookup and the Hedonist by Rebecca James
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBook 8, final book in the Hedonist Series.Can I even be called a biker when I can’t ride anymore?Four years ago, Adam Gamble suffered a head injury that left him with sporadic absence seizures that have limited his autonomy. Hating how much he’s come to rely on his club brothers, Adam decides to move out of the clubhouse... -
Foolish Me by Tinnean
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Light in your Eyes: Book Two A Spy vs Spook Novel Giving up a life as rent boy Sweetcheeks for his lover, William Matheson, was an easy decision for Theo Bascopolis. But years of selling his body and the lingering pain from being thrown out by his father leave Theo worried that Wills, who’s always had his family’s acceptance, can’t truly love him... -
Restitution: A Love Story by Aubrey Cullens
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNate Parker has spent the last few years imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. His wrongful conviction cost him his job, his fiancée, his reputation, and his hope for the future. His name has been cleared, but after everything he’s lost, he doesn’t know how to find his way back to the life that was taken from him. Parker Campbell is raising his 9-year-old niece, Emma, on his own... -
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Ache by Alison Hendricks
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"You're what makes me whole." Doctor Wes Monroe is just looking for another one-night stand. When he takes a stranger home from the bar, he never expects to see the man again--and definitely not at the hospital he calls home. Kyle Harris is ready for a change. New town. New job. New person to mend his broken heart... -
Cort—Unbreakable by Felice Stevens
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCort I spent years waiting for someone who never put me first. He took my love, took me for granted. Took my heart. Now I’m on my own. Living life my way. The crowd only sees my smile. Never my loneliness and pain. I need someone to need me. When I meet another lost soul my friends try to warn me. He’s a liar. A user. Homeless. Heartbroken. He’s all that and more... -
Saving My Sanity by Taylor Rylan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWalker Roberts is a lost man. One fateful night, his entire life was turned upside down. First, he was turned down by the young man he’d been gathering up the nerve to ask out for two years, and then he lost both his parents. Not only that, he discovers his life is not what he thought it was... -
Sugar Bastard by Charity Parkerson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeeting Omen was like a dream come true for Keegan. Until he fell in love. Then it was a nightmare. It had always been one of Keegan’s secret fantasies to meet his favorite band, Slight Bastards. When it happened by complete accident, Keegan couldn’t believe his luck. Then he found himself the center of the lead singer, Omen’s, attention, and everything felt like a dream... -
Straight as a Cucumber by Ana Byrde
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere's a couple of reasons I shouldn't crush on Zach Stauff.1) He's my big brother's best friend.2) He's my roommate.3) He's straight.None of those things matter when I'm around him and my heart starts beating like crazy. He's been the star of my wet dreams since forever, but to him I'm just the kid who used to eat mudcakes... -
Fixer Upper by Jason Collins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKIP: Rule one of hiring a handyman: don’t fall in love with him. My new house needs some renovations, and I’ve got my eye on Ted. He’s a contractor from my support group with a hands-on approach and a million-dollar smile, and I’m thrilled when he agrees to help. As it turns out, this renovation isn’t the only thing he’s got in hand. Every time he’s around, I go weak in the knees... -
Someone Worth Keeping by Ruthie Luhnow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTristan: Fresh out of rehab and newly disowned by my family, I didn’t expect to find myself living on a ranch in Ely, Wyoming. But when my oldest friend Reed offered me a fresh start, I couldn’t say no. As it turns out, I love ranch life, and it doesn't hurt that Walker, the other ranch hand, is pretty cute... -
I’m His First, He’s My Forever by Romeo Alexander
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo best friends, one straight, one gay, fight their own emotional storm in the middle of a raging hurricane.Who will win, heart or hurricane?Ethan: Being in love with my straight best friend? Not the greatest idea. But hey, I’ve kept it a secret from him all these years. Well, until hurricane Ada decided to visit our quiet town... -
Until You: an mm age gap romance by Felicity Snow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPaulIt feels like I’ve been drowning for five years, barely keeping my head above the water. I lost everything that mattered to me. I never expected to feel anything again, to want anything again, or anyone. Then one night I find a young man on the streets and the next thing I know I’m offering to let him stay in my spare room... -
The Lemon Drop Kid by Josh Lanyon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow The Cookie CrumbledAs sole heir to the Bredahl Cookies and Cakes fortune, Casper led a comfortable, happy-go-lucky life. Some would say, a charmed life.Sure, there were challenges: relentless pressure to join the family business, and his unrequited feelings for former high school crush Raleigh Jackson... -
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Into the Light by Carter Quinn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAvery spent years in the blackness, fighting memories of abuse and feelings of self-loathing. His only sanctuary used to be his brother Sam, but after two years of intensive therapy and a long-term relationship with Noah, his world is a much brighter place. Things have changed in the year and a half since Avery and Noah confessed their love for each other... -
Recipe for Romance by Jerry Cole
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMartin Kowalski is having an early mid-life crisis. His ten-year marriage ended on an amicable note when his wife decided she needed more stability in her life... -
Beautiful by Jason Collins
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHARRISON:I think I’m falling for a gay guy.What started as a meeting about my sister’s wedding plans changed when our caterer walked in. A man has never stirred me like this—or made me wonder how his lips taste.The sparks with Morgan are undeniable.Friends with benefits should be a win-win for us both. But when the wedding day draws close, I’m drawing Morgan closer... -
Delayed Game by Baylin Crow
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMemphis: Tristan thinks I don't notice him. He couldn't be more wrong. What he doesn't realize is that we've met before.The second I spotted him on campus I made the decision to avoid him. Though I told myself it was the right thing to do because of our history, it was more difficult than I'd anticipated... -
Copper Creek: A Sawyer's Ferry Novel by Cate Ashwood
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrankie: My life sucks. After spending a year jobless and on the edge of becoming homeless, I’d officially reached a level of desperation that, even if I wasn’t completely broke, retail therapy couldn’t fix. While Sawyer’s Ferry, Alaska, is the last place on earth I’d ever want to visit, when my best friend, Holden, begs me to fly out and plan his wedding, I can’t say no... -
How to Catch a Bodyguard by Ana Ashley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen your life is in danger, the last thing you should do is fall in love...especially with your bodyguard.Connor hasn’t just had a bad day or bad week. More like a bad year. Things have been going downhill since he dumped his girlfriend and to top it all of his house has been ransacked.Ever since James returned to Chester Falls a year ago, his past has come to haunt him...
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