en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 21:34:55 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 205219125 "Oh my God, Briar! Where did you get that prosthetic leg?"

Things as a parent Lane thought he'd never say for four hundred, Alex.

But that’s par for the course in Lane Ashbury’s life considering everything is on the verge of falling apart. He not only has a toddler building her skills as a professional klepto, but he’s also on the verge of divorce, and hoping desperately to save his business before it goes under.

Luckily, the owner of the stolen leg might just be an angel in disguise when he offers to be Lane’s new nanny instead of pressing charges.

The whole thing would be perfect if Bowen Galanos didn’t make Lane feel things. If he didn’t make Lane question everything he thought he knew about himself every time Bowen's touch lingered just a little too long.

And when Bowen offers some no-strings benefits to their friendship to see if maybe Lane’s not as straight as he thought, Lane finds it impossible to say no. I mean, it’s not like he’s going to realize he’s madly in love with his nanny, right?

That would be absurd.

That would be ridiculous.

And knowing him, that would be exactly his luck.

Knowing You is the first book in a light-hearted, single-dads romance series. It features a toddler with sticky fingers, a tired dad who just wants to be loved, a former stunt actor who craves to be needed, Henry Cavill man crushes, a hint of sweet, a twist of angst, a steamy bisexual awakening, and the happiest of happily ever afters.]]> 274 E.M. Lindsey Jen 4 4.07 2024
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Axel Rowe won’t survive much longer. Every scrap of food he can get his hands on, he gives to his six-year-old daughter, but it isn’t nearly enough. Luck is on his side when he secures a job as a controller. He realizes taking the job will make people dislike him, but he has to eat.

George understands the danger he’s in when his old, lazy controller is replaced with a new, more observant one. Axel suspects there is something George is withholding, but when George takes care of him after nearly collapsing from hunger, Axel is more curious about how he's able to keep food for himself than he's interested in reporting him. George knows the risk, but after having looked into Axel’s desperate eyes, he’s compelled to take care of him. But can an outlaw homesteader have a relationship with the man who’s supposed to make sure he follows the law?]]> 85 Holly Day 1646568036 Jen 4 4.05 2021
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average rating: 4.05
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Thorn Hull is a liquidation agent. Every time someone hands in an application to have someone terminated, he or one of the other agents has to perform the kill. It's a well-paying job, but no money in the world can fill the void in Thorn. He regrets ever becoming an agent, but no one has ever quit the agency and lived to tell the tale.

One night in a bar, Thorn runs into Sid, who's far from the dirty little kid he'd been the last time Thorn had seen him. Sid remembers Thorn from his childhood and asks him to help him talk sense into the agent who's blackmailing him. Things soon escalate, and Sid and Thorn find themselves on the run from the liquidation agency. How will they be able to deal with the blackmailer at the same time as they're on the run from the government's trained killers?]]> 182 Holly Day Jen 4 3.88 2022
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]]> 230759870 Even the wildest hearts need a place to call home.

Wilder
Freshly released from prison, Wilder goes back to the one place he never thought he’d find home. But Blackwood Ranch is a home in which he doesn’t feel welcome. The ranch, and his brother, thrived in his absence, and Wilder wonders whether he belongs there at all anymore. How does a man find his place in a world that won’t forgive him for his past?

Cash
Cash has called Blackwood Ranch home for seven years, but he’s never truly had a place of his own. He doesn’t realize he’s missing anything until he meets Wilder. He wants to show Wilder that there’s more to life than survival, but getting past the man’s defenses will be a lesson in patience for the both of them.]]> 308 KT Yarrow Jen 4 4.52
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Boy moves to new city. Boy meets vampire. They kiss, then become friends. But both would like something more��

A global Webtoon phenomenon and LGBTQ+ graphic novel about friendship, love and magic.

Sébastien recently moved to supernatural Paris hoping to get away from his troubles at home and live a peaceful life learning magic. But what are you going to do when the really hot vampire you made out with last night to forget your troubles turns out to be your new neighbor?

Sébastien (a demisexual boy with “main character hair�� and a bunny named Pierre), meet Elia (a hot, supermodel, vampire neighbor and crush).

Join Elia, Sébastien and their assorted crew of wonderful friends, as they navigate the ins and outs of dating in a modern and paranormal love story.]]> 336 Janine Janssen 0063414678 Jen 4 4.48 2025
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]]> 221555004 Two polar opposites. One impossible physics class. A whole lotta attraction.

I have no sympathy for slackers like Josh Pickett, who think that just because they're athletes they can skate by and leave the academic heavy-lifting to nerds like me. And especially not slackers who've already left me hanging on a class project once before, forcing me to finish it solo. Any guesses who that might've been?

Nope. Not one ounce of sympathy.

So when I'm assigned to tutor him in physics, I tell him flat out I'm not gonna go easy on him.

I won't be swayed by his ridiculously sexy dimpled smile. Or the fact that he actually shows up for our sessions.

Him bringing me my favorite burger every time? Irrelevant.

note: This is a short story that was previously part of a promo giveaway and has been expanded to NOVELLA length. So it's still a shorter read, just with additional chapters and the inclusion of more of the EA guys.]]> 105 Neve Wilder Jen 4 3.92
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Malik lives in a cell in a basement. He’s never allowed to go anywhere without chains around his wrists and ankles, and there is a stake hovering over his heart at all times. Master can trigger the stake with a push of a button. He doesn’t even have to be in the same room to do it. Malik dreams of a different life, a life with Ivan, but he’s a vampire, and vampires have to do what their masters tell them.

Ivan only has to steal one last diamond, then the debt is paid, and he and Raina can leave town. It should be easy, but when Remington Redwood, the man Raina owes money, insists on having Malik shadow his every step, it complicates things. Malik might dream about making Ivan his, but getting him away from Master alive has to be enough. Ivan knows it’s a stupid risk to take, but if he’s stealing a diamond, what’s to say he can’t steal a giant vampire too?]]> 125 Holly Day 1646568494 Jen 4 4.11 2021
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The problem with being mated to a ghost is that said ghost never can leave your side, and therefore it’s extremely hard to keep secrets. Thaddeus wants to surprise Sandy, to cheer him up, but to do that, he has to trick him into believing they’re doing something they’re not.

Telling Sandy they’re having a Halloween party doesn’t go over well, but how do you trick a ghost? By making him believe he’ll be dressed up as a pirate for an evening, of course.]]> 38 Ofelia Gränd Jen 4 4.21
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Joshua Roth moved to Nortown four years ago, and he has everything he needs—a job, friends, peace and quiet. He’s not interested in a relationship, or anything else that would upset the life he’s built for himself.

But sometimes fate has other plans, and a single glimpse can completely change the course of a life.

In a small town, where everyone knows everyone else’s business, reaching for what you want can feel like a risk. But some risks are worth taking.

Part of Seasons of Love Anthology.]]> 100 Ofelia Gränd 1786452510 Jen 4 4.06 2018
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average rating: 4.06
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rating: 4
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Calling the cops does not affect Nate's behavior, and neither do Eason's angry Post-It notes. But when Eason is hit by a car and fractures his leg, Nate sends his friends packing and makes sure Eason is okay. He cooks for him, shops for him, and does his laundry, but he's still the most annoying person Eason has ever met. Right?

The cute Post-Its Nate leaves for him to find doesn't mean he's a different person, and while Eason longs for when Nate gets off work every day, it doesn't mean they should be more than friends. Does it?]]> 59 Ofelia Gränd 1646567544 Jen 4 3.92
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Already facing a dreaded meeting with his mother, the last thing Bjorn needs is a stranger using his elevator to escape a pack of werewolves. And Cecil, whose day just seems to be getting worse and worse, could really do without the added stress of finding himself trapped in an elevator with a huge bear shifter.

Still, what could go wrong in three minutes?]]> 40 Ofelia Gränd 1646563786 Jen 4 4.04 2020
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Howl at the Moon is a set of four M/M romance novellas with growling werewolves. Somewhere out there, four individuals are going about their lives, unaware they’re the fated mates of wolf shifters. And when they find out, being over the moon doesn’t quite describe the feeling. Will everyone end up happily mated in the end? Read and find out!

Contains the

The Blood Witch by Holly Day: Conri is king, but someone is trying to take him down. Nick is a blood witch, who is in Conri’s territory but refuses to see him, which puts him on the top of Conri’s list of suspects. When he goes to confront Nick, things don't turn out the way he'd planned. Nick is his destined mate, but he doesn’t want anything to do with Conri. Conri needs Nick, but can he convince him to fight by his side?

Soul Eater by Ofelia Gränd: Detective Thaddeus Ezax is in over his head. He’s a wizard in the Paranormal Investigations Department. While most children can cast a location spell, Thaddeus can't, so when he gets a kidnapping case, he is forced to get creative. He finds a werewolf skull with a ghost trapped inside, accidentally releases the spirit, and somehow forms a connection with it. Can things get any crazier?

One Would Be Enough by Holly Day: Teo has worked hard to achieve his dream of owning a house. When he refuses to sell it to a pack of werewolves, they kidnap him. He finds himself locked up in a basement with Jerico. Jerico shouldn’t care about the human, but when he learns he’s in danger from his former pack, he knows he has to find a way to get them out of there. But for how long will Jerico be able to keep Teo safe?

The Cake Shop by Ofelia Gränd: York is attacked by a rivaling werewolf pack. Injured and exhausted, he takes refuge in a bear-owned bakery. Torbjorn doesn't do people, he doesn't do wolves, and he will definitely not mate one no matter what the pull in his heart says. York has finally found his mate, but Torbjorn refuses to let him stay. How will he make Torbjorn understand he means him no harm when he refuses to talk to him?]]> 466 Holly Day Jen 4 4.00
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Torbjorn Holt doesn't do people, and he doesn't do wolves no matter what the pull in his heart is trying to tell him. He's learned his lesson and will not have wolves in the bakery, and he'll definitely not mate one. Luckily, York isn't too badly injured, so Torbjorn doesn't feel bad about kicking him out into the rain.

York can't believe what's happening. He’s finally found his mate, but Torbjorn refuses to let him stay. Torbjorn will never trust a wolf again, and if York doesn't leave soon, he'll knock him out with a rolling pin and dump him in the alley. York has to make Torbjorn understand he means him no harm, but how will he do that when Torbjorn refuses to talk to him?

LENGTH: 12,864 words]]> 52 Ofelia Gränd 1685501044 Jen 4 3.41 2022
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When a kidnapping case is dropped into his lap, Thaddeus must act fast. While most five-year-olds can cast a location spell, Thaddeus can't and is forced to get creative. When he finds himself in possession of a black market werewolf skull with a ghost trapped inside, accidentally releases the spirit, and somehow forms a connection with it, things get even crazier.

Sandulf Hunter doesn’t remember dying, but he remembers the last thing he saw before everything went black -- a wizard. All wizards must die! The only problem is, the wizard standing next to him smells too damned good, so good Sandy thinks he might have to keep him.

And since wherever Thaddeus goes, Sandulf finds himself yanked along, he might not have a choice in the matter anyway.]]> 186 Ofelia Gränd 1646566033 Jen 4 4.17 2020
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Jude
My life is spiraling out of control, and moving the sexy, tempting Cash into the room over our garage is not helping. As I discover more about my wife’s dark secrets, I’m drawn deeper into her brother’s arms. Soon, my forbidden desires will be impossible to ignore, but when I find out what Cash is really up to, I’m not sure I can trust him, either.

Cash
I came here with a plan �� to get some dirty revenge on my older sister for the things she’s done to me. I did not expect to fall for her gorgeous sweetheart of a husband. He has no idea what kind of person he’s married to, and it’s clear Jude needs to get away, but my meddling will only make that harder. Soon, I’m torn between protecting him and getting even with her. Should I follow my heart, or finish what I came here to do?

this story contains cheating, an Asian hero, lots of M/M spicy scenes, and a soon-to-be-ex-wife who is oblivious to it all.]]> 118 Ezra Dao Jen 3 3.86
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Corey Hope's school years sucked. With a crippling stutter, he was easy prey, and despite being grown up, his bullies still haunt his nightmares. After he left school, he gave up on trying to talk, and communicates solely through sign language and written text. It works great even though he wished he could say something when Hayden flirts with him in the elevator.

Hayden does his best to catch Corey in the elevator as often as he can, and he thinks they might have something, but it all comes crashing down when Corey sees him having lunch with his colleagues. Corey might be drawn to Hayden, but seeing him with his school bullies has old memories washing over him. He won't let them hurt him ever again, and he'd rather forget about Hayden than risk Hayden hurting him.

How will Hayden convince Corey he's nothing like his colleagues when Corey refuses to see him?]]> 63 Holly Day 1685501885 Jen 4 3.95
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Arvid Rai is having a bad day. He’s an omega on the run, with a group of alphas on his tail. If there hadn’t been a storm, he could have easily flown away before the stupid wolves got their hands on him, or the angry bear noticed he was in his territory. But there is a storm, and the idiot who grabbed him broke his wing, so now he can’t fly anywhere. Still, he deems it best to stay with the growly bear rather than having the other alphas fight over him.

Espen has never believed in the myth of omegas, and it isn’t until he takes Arvid in he realizes how much trouble he’ll be in when shifters from near and far learn he has one in his home. Will he be able to keep Arvid safe from other shifters? Is it even possible to defend his territory with an omega in it?]]> 51 Holly Day 1646567684 Jen 4 3.72 2021
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Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father's dive bar... in Washington.

Piper hasn't even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won't last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So what if Piper can't do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. How bad could it really be? She's determined to show her stepfather--and the hot, grumpy local--that she's more than a pretty face.

Except it's a small town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but there's an undeniable attraction simmering between them. Piper doesn't want any distractions, especially feelings for a man who sails off into the sunset for weeks at a time. Yet as she reconnects with her past and begins to feel at home in Westport, Piper starts to wonder if the cold, glamorous life she knew is what she truly wants. LA is calling her name, but Brendan--and this town full of memories--may have already caught her heart.]]> 360 Tessa Bailey 006341385X Jen 0 to-read 4.34 2021
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On his way to meet Matt at the restaurant, a case of mistaken identity ends with Nico in the trunk of a car. When he’s released, his kidnappers give him twenty-four hours to give them what they want. The problem is, Nico has no idea what that could be.

Not knowing what else to do, he turns to Matt, who is a cop. Together they go into hiding while looking for clues. Being kidnapped doesn’t change Nico’s resolve to not let Matt know how he feels, but hiding in a small cabin together makes it hard to ignore. Matt’s small touches and compliments must mean nothing. Had Matt felt the same, he’d let him know by now ... right?]]> 59 Holly Day Jen 4 3.69 2021
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Egil Olsen is running The Book Dragon's Lair, a bookstore on Dragon Row, while Draken the Dreadful, his mate, is away fighting a war on the other side of the veil. The relief of not having Draken around is great. For the first time in years, Egil doesn't have to watch every move he makes. When word reaches him that Draken is on his way home after having been injured, he considers running away.

The dragon stepping over the threshold to The Book Dragon's Lair isn't Draken, though. He claims to be, but Egil knows his mate, and while all dragons are dangerous, the male standing before him is nowhere near as cruel as his mate. Ryu never wanted to be a book dragon. Books don't sparkle, but if it's the price he has to pay to be in the human realm, he will pay it. He'll take over Draken the Dreadful's treasure, and he hopes he can take over his mate, too. Egil doesn't want to be mated to a dragon, but without a mate, he'd be homeless and without a job.

A few hours after having met Ryu, Egil thinks being mated to him might not be too bad, but how will they be able to fool the people around them into believing Ryu is Draken? And what will happen if the real Draken comes back?]]> 126 Holly Day Jen 4 3.77
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For two years, Rafael Vidal has been hiding from his ex. He almost believed he’d gotten away when his neighbor knocks on his door to hand over a stack of Christmas cards. One look at the writing, and Rafael suspects he has been found.

When Ashton understands the situation, he’s set on catching Rafael’s ex. He might not be ready to get back to active duty at the police station, but finally, he has something to do, and he doesn’t mind keeping Rafael close. Rafael is trying to distract himself by helping Ashton put up Christmas decorations, but will they be able to enjoy Christmas with his stalker ex lurking around the corner?]]> 70 Holly Day 1646569822 Jen 4 3.90 2021
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Conri Biast is king. He has been the king of Norbridge for eleven years, but someone is trying to take him down. For months, he's known there's a blood witch in his territory who refuses to pay his respects, and that puts him on the top of his list of suspects. But when he goes to confront the witch, things don't turn out the way he'd planned. The witch is his mate.

Nick doesn't want to be anywhere near Conri. Being close to kings always ends with him getting hurt, but he finds himself sucked into the power struggle. Conri doesn't know who he can trust, but he knows he needs Nick by his side. Together, they're strong, but are they strong enough to keep the throne?]]> 165 Holly Day Jen 4 3.58 2022
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]]> 222514435 Vaughn Montgomery
High school is almost over, and I’m more than ready.
Not because I don’t love Big Bend and everything here. Actually, I’m going to miss it quite a bit, but I’ll have my best friend by my side.
With Austin, I’ll always be okay.

Austin Pierce
I’m keeping some pretty big secrets from my best friend.
Secrets I’m not sure how much longer I can hold onto. Secrets that’ll likely destroy our friendship.
Because he thinks we’re going to college together—but I just can’t do it. I can’t spend any more time with this lie.
Big Bend may have been my beginning, but it never felt quite right. Something was always off—truly, I think it was my false start.
Now it’s time to live my life with nothing but the truth.]]> 206 Nicole Dykes Jen 4 4.22
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]]> 223282226 One secret gay crush. One journey of self discovery. One epic road trip.

Matt Landers and Jacob Mercer have been ride or die best friends forever. But now, on the cusp of adulthood, it’s all about to change. When summer is over, Jacob is going away to college and Matt will be stuck in Cape Charles, Virginia. Before that happens, they’ve got a plan for one more epic adventure—a road trip all the way across the country to California.

But if they want to borrow Jacob’s dad’s car, there are rules they have to follow.

1. Keep your location tracking on.
2. Check your tire pressure.
3. Be back a week before school starts.
4. Don’t spend your college money.
5. Check in every 24 hours.

There’s nothing in the rules about arguing over road trip playlists, eating too many gas station snacks, or sleeping in the back of the car. There’s also nothing about confessing your secret gay crush, falling for your best friend, and learning how to protect the heart of someone you love.

Summer might be short, but the things Matt and Jacob are going to learn about themselves will last a lifetime.]]> 206 Lisa Henry Jen 4 4.08 2025
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]]> 230683297 Adapted from a novella originally published as The Vampire’s Werewolf Bodyguard by Liv Rider.

Simon doesn’t want protection. Especially not from a werewolf.
Too bad the reclusive vampire doesn’t have a choice. Simon barely survived an assassin’s strike, and he isn’t safe yet. The attack left him weak and vulnerable, which is why his meddling sire hires him a bodyguard.

A big, burly werewolf bodyguard.

Cody’s instincts make him a formidable guard—if he can control his wolf. Living without a pack or mate makes him unstable. Dangerous. After accidentally shifting on his previous assignment, he has one chance to prove

Protecting a bratty vampire who does not want his protection.

Keeping things professional is Cody’s only hope. Simon may have four centuries�� worth of defensive habits, but Cody can handle difficult clients. Except as Cody digs up the hurt behind Simon’s prickly exterior, and Simon starts to enjoy being cared for��

Staying professional might be impossible. Just like controlling Cody’s wolf.

The Vampire’s Werewolf Bodyguard is an MM paranormal romance with forced proximity, chosen mates, and bickering to lovers.]]> 250 Tavia Lark Jen 4 4.13
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Without a moral compass to guide them, the children sink into lives of desperation and despair, played out against the grim background of Coketown, a wretched community shadowed by an industrial behemoth. Louisa falls into a loveless marriage with Josiah Bouderby, a vulgar banker, while the unscrupulous Tom, totally lacking in principle, becomes a thief who frames an innocent man for his crime. Witnessing the degradation and downfall of his children, Gradgrind realizes that his own misguided principles have ruined their lives.

Considered Dickens' harshest indictment of mid-19th-century industrial practices and their dehumanizing effects, this novel offers a fascinating tapestry of Victorian life, filled with the richness of detail, brilliant characterization, and passionate social concern that typify the novelist's finest creations.

Of Dickens' work, the eminent Victorian critic John Ruskin had this to "He is entirely right in his main drift and purpose in every book he has written; and all of them, but especially Hard Times, should be studied with close and earnest care by persons interested in social questions."]]> 430 Charles Dickens 0192833677 Jen 2 3.40 1854
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]]> 221136411 My new teammate and roommate is the perfect golden boy with a fake smile that pisses me off. So why do I want to kiss him?

Caleb
My new teammate pisses me off. Everyone else is falling over themselves when Golden Boy flashes a fake smile. Me? I just want to wipe it off his face.
Off the ice, there’s no escaping Nick Sandoval’s dimples and plastic grin—because he’s my new roommate.
And on the ice? We need to get our act together, or else our final year of college hockey’s going to waste.
I can’t ignore him, and I won’t put up with that bullshit front he puts up for everyone.
Especially when I push his buttons just right and get a glimpse at something no one else has seen—the real Nick Sandoval.
He’s passionate, snarky�� and hot as sin.

Nick
I’m in control on and off the ice. I don’t cause trouble and I don’t draw attention.
Until now.
Because Caleb Jennings is determined to make my ice-cold control shatter. He’s antagonistic, impossible to ignore, and has made it his personal mission to wind me up.
My game’s a mess when we’re on the ice together. When I get back to my room, I can’t escape because he’s there as well.
Caleb turns me into a person I don’t recognize. A version that fights back. A version that wants things I really, really shouldn’t.
And one of those things I want�� is him.

Zone Entry is an M/M dislike-to-love romance, perfect for readers who like the tension between roommates, hockey teammates, and hormonal college men.]]> 286 Maia Kinley Jen 4 4.11 2025
author: Maia Kinley
name: Jen
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2025
rating: 4
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There’s no room in my life for a gorgeous criminal named Rowan. I need to check off the next item on my list: Find the right, respectable husband. I can’t be an accessory to a life of crime.

And yet, my perfect plan’s been a bust. Yes, I have millions of social media followers, a prestigious job, and an expensive car, but I’m realizing I want more from life. My casual hookups aren’t making me happy. I’m �� lonely.

While Rowan’s a tattooed menace, he does something to my heart, and I can’t seem to stay away from him. Let’s not get started on how I like seeing my marks on him. Everywhere.

Rowan isn’t who I’m looking for, but it seems he’s not who we think he is, either. Which creates an entirely different set of problems with much, much higher stakes.

I’m in way too deep to get out. If I even want to.

Ferocious is a stand-alone contemporary M/M romance about Rowan, a rideshare-driving twink with a penchant for violence, and Charlie, a grumpy lawyer. It features first times, primal play, kidnapping and other crimes, and a philodendron that likes to ride in the car. HEA? Definitely.]]> 424 Leslie McAdam 1965851010 Jen 0 to-read 4.17
author: Leslie McAdam
name: Jen
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]]> 223656705
Atlas Kaiser hates a lot of things, but right now he hates Henri Vasel the most. He doesn’t want to have to stare at his perfect face, or listen to his adorable German accent. He wants to be left alone. Unfortunately, they’re partnered together for the semester so he’ll have to grit his teeth and try to make it work.

Animosity morphs into a tentative friendship, which eventually leads to more. But while Atlas doesn’t trust their budding relationship, Henri wants more.]]> 322 J.J. Mulder 1967245037 Jen 4 4.07
author: J.J. Mulder
name: Jen
average rating: 4.07
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Chaos knew it was finally his time to get summoned. No more being stuck in the boring Void, no more hanging out with the same three dull demons. It’s time for madness and mayhem and answering to no one but himself. Except Chaos didn’t expect his newest summoner to be quite so…timid. And sweet. And willing to cater to every single one of Chaos’s many wants and whims. Maybe it wouldn’t hurt to stick around for an eternity or two.

Now Chaos just needs to convince his new friend that it really isn’t all that scary to be mated to a demon, even one who loves to play with fire.

Calling Chaos is a heated MM paranormal romance. It feature a lonely, socially anxious hacker and the wily, wicked, and slightly feral demon who wants to play with him forever. It also contains “it’s just practice�� bedroom lessons, Mafia meetings gone awry, and the joys of stealing your not-boyfriend’s hoodies.]]> 248 Grae Bryan Jen 4 4.24 2025
author: Grae Bryan
name: Jen
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/02
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]]> 209530892 I’m the youngest Swift brother. The one who’s always in trouble and can’t get his life together. I wouldn’t know where to start, and ever since my twin died, I can’t bring myself to care. After my last “situation,�� Dad washed his hands of me. And though my brothers should’ve done the same, they stood up for me, fracturing their relationship with him too. He’s a terrible father to all of us, but considering we’re just figuring out how to build a relationship, I don’t want them to lose him because of me.

Officer Archer Thorn won’t stop coming around either. After every screwup, every bad day, Archer’s there to offer a hand. Before I know it, we’re going to dog parks, sharing meals, and Archer seems at home hanging at my place. When he touches me, fills me, all the noise in my head goes quiet. He makes me want more, but he doesn’t know how much that terrifies me, how much I worry that getting better means breaking a promise I made years ago.

Each moment with Archer shows me how good a man he is. For the first time, I actually want to face my trauma and get over my past. Archer makes me see there’s beauty in the world and, more importantly, he makes me want some of it for myself…that is, if I don’t ruin Archer Thorn first.

* Easton is a small-town, hurt/comfort romance full of heart, heat, a touch-starved MC, and brothers learning how to have a relationship with each other. It deals with themes of grief, death of a parent and a sibling, and mental-health struggles.]]> 245 Riley Hart Jen 3 4.32 2024
author: Riley Hart
name: Jen
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/31
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]]> 59648771 Dodger 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. When those same riders start turning up dead, he is determined to prove it and get justice for his long-lost comrades.

Brady Thompson has been studying the mythical rail killer and tracking his movements for the better part of a year in his quest to finally write his thesis and obtain his doctorate. But there are holes in his theory, and only one person can help fill in the gaps. He isn’t sure if requesting help from a homeless vagabond on a sketchy freight-hopping forum is the answer, but he is running out of options.

When Brady seeks Dodger out to help him prove a killer exists, Dodger can’t turn him down. With a little more evidence, and a little more proof, they can take their suspicions to the authorities and have the killer caught once and for all.

Dodger isn’t what Brady expects, and he’s unprepared when Dodger says he will only help under one condition: Brady must take to the rails too.

Will this cross-country journey give them the answers they’re looking for? Or will Brady and Dodger discover things they never expected as their summer adventure turns into much, much more.

** Catching Out is the third book in the Rail Rider series and should be read after End of the Line/b> and Lost at the Crossing/b> for full enjoyment. It is a bisexual-awakening novel filled with adventure, suspense, and self-discovery. ** ]]> 374 Nicky James Jen 4 4.45 2022
author: Nicky James
name: Jen
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/28
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]]> 221092813 naughty!
When a list of thirty naughty activities to try in November appears online, in clubs, and among friends, these adventurous characters are up for the challenge.

Featuring brand-new short
Sweet Mischief, by AE Lister
I'll Tell You What You Are, by Cara Dee
Leaving Him Locked, by Chara Croft
Drawn to You, by Colette Davison
His Slutty Angel, by E.M. Denning
A Step Too Far, by Gianni Holmes
Hands Off, by Kate Hawthorne
Sleep Tight, by Luna David
Safe and Sound, by Morticia Knight
Edging Glory, by R.A. Frick
Hiding from Laughter, by Shaw Montgomery

All proceeds from the sale of this collection will be donated to LGBTQ+ charities.]]> 556 Cara Dee Jen 4 4.08 2024
author: Cara Dee
name: Jen
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/28
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]]> 6940381
Back home in England, Bess receives an unexpected response from the dead soldier's family, for neither Jonathan Graham�� his mother�� nor his younger brother admit to understanding what the message means.

But the Grahams are harboring a grim secret, and Bess must, somehow, get to the bottom of it. It is her sacred duty to the dead, no matter how painful, or dangerous, that obligation might be.]]> 329 Charles Todd 0061791776 Jen 3 3.86 2009
author: Charles Todd
name: Jen
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2011/05/10
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]]> 60119099 Two lost boys. Two long years. One path back to each other.

Elian has lost two major anchors in his life, and he can’t figure out how to get back on track, so he takes to the rails, trying to outrun his struggles. The farther he runs, the deeper he sinks, losing himself more and more until a random phone call reminds him, he isn’t as alone as he thought. There is someone out there who still cares—Tyler.

Two years ago, Tyler lost more than his best friend. He lost the other half of his heart. He knows Elian’s struggles, and he now knows Elian is alive. When his rider friends offer to help, he’s hesitant. They don’t know as much about Elian as they should, and it’s Tyler’s fault for shutting them out. Too many people might scare Elian off.

Besides, how can he explain to his friends his desperation to find Elian when his feelings are so new and unexplored?

Tyler is convinced he only needs one person to mend his wounded heart—Elian.

** Lost at the Crossing is a new adult gay romance story of first love between two inexperienced boys. It’s a story of found family and lifelong friendships. It explores tropes including hurt/comfort, friends-to-lovers, two virgins, second chance romance, and demisexual awakening. It has angst. Let’s be honest, it’s me. It’s inevitable. Lost at the Crossing is the second book in the Rail Riders series. It can be read as a standalone but may be better enjoyed after reading End of the Line. **]]> 346 Nicky James Jen 4 4.23 2021
author: Nicky James
name: Jen
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/26
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]]> 58452318 When a boy who has everything meets a boy who has nothing, life will never be the same again.

Leopold Van Eschen is in big trouble. All the money in the world won’t save him from what he’s done. On the run, desperate to get away, Leo finds himself seeking help from a wrangled bunch of vagabonds he meets in the rail yard.
Leo has no idea his whole world is about to change.
Killian has been homeless and living on the fly for nine years. The closest thing he has to family is a group of fellow freight-hoppers. With the wind at his back and the whole world stretched out before him, he’s happy. It’s not an easy life, but you can’t put a price on freedom.
A chance run-in with a wealthy stranger turns Killian’s world upside down. Leo’s cute and desperate to get away. Without knowing a thing about him, Killian and his friends help Leo escape the city.
It doesn’t take long before Killian realizes the boy he’s slowly falling for has dark secrets.
Who is Leo running from?
What happened to make Leo want to give up a life of wealth to live the life of a vagabond instead?

**End of the Line is the first book in a queer romance series. It’s a story of two men from vastly different worlds who fall in love while on a journey of self-discovery. It’s a story of friendship and found families. No cliffhangers. 100% HEA**

]]> 393 Nicky James Jen 4 4.31 2021
author: Nicky James
name: Jen
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> 203541144 Morgan

When I left Birchbark angry and broken-hearted, I vowed never to return.

Fate had other plans.

The father I hate had a stroke. Now, at thirty-five-years-old, I’m back in the upper peninsula to take care of him. Being a Swift has never been easy. The locals treat Dad like royalty, while Dad vacillates between open anger and flat-out ignoring me. Add on that my relationship with my brothers is a mess�� Being back here is unbearable.

The only saving grace is Dusty, my childhood best friend. He’s always had my back, save for one night ten years ago that changed everything. We’re trying to put that behind us. Despite my endless family drama, Dusty becomes my solace, and it’s not long before our emotional connection becomes physical. Dusty worships my body in ways no man has before, but more importantly, has stolen my heart. Except Dusty’s home is here, and mine is in Santa Monica, as far from Birchbark as I can get.

While I’m battling it out with Dad and my brothers and trying to hold the family together, my every impulse is to leave the first chance I get. But I can’t leave Dusty behind. Not again. If I want any chance at real happiness, I’ve got to work through this anger and grief…even as the hits keep coming.

Morgan is a small town, friends to lovers romance with all the feels, heat and character development you expect from a Riley Hart novel. It deals with themes of grief, loss of a parent/sibling (off page), and toxic family relationships. ]]> 240 Riley Hart Jen 3 4.04 2024
author: Riley Hart
name: Jen
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> 217942282
Defenseman Grayson Brody has played most of his career with Calgary, but has long fallen out of love with his team. After coming out, he has struggled with his teammates and management, and wishes he’d never done it at all.

With the addition of Remy Stone shaking everything up—both on the ice and off—things start looking up for the first time in years. What starts as a friendship between them, turns into a casual, friends-with-benefits relationship.

Except a casual relationship with a teammate is fraught with complications; particularly when it starts to feel less casual to Grayson, and neither of them are sure what the future looks like for them.]]> 316 J.J. Mulder 1967245134 Jen 4 4.05 2025
author: J.J. Mulder
name: Jen
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/18
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]]> 221187811 Claude Stinkhorn leads an extraordinarily boring life. He works as a conductor on Remy’s underground railway, lives alone in a windowless, basement apartment, and occasionally enjoys a moderately priced chai latte. He’s never been happier.

After the death of his absentee father, Claude inherits a house. But it’s no ordinary house. It’s a mansion, it’s sentient, it’s a pain in the ass, and Claude must perform an ancient magical ritual twice a year to keep it alive.

There are just two problems. One, nobody can tell Claude what the ritual involves. Not even the property’s motley crew of occupants. And two, Claude has always sucked at magic. He needs help from an expert ��

Professor Sonny Daye has been working on the same mycology paper for the past few decades, but he’s not giving up. After all, his findings could eradicate famine and help save the planet. He knows with first hand research he’ll have it finished in no time. But first hand research means talking to a mushroom fae, and mushroom fae are a notoriously tight lipped and secretive species.

Luckily for Sonny, the perfect opportunity lands directly in his lap. Which is great news, and not in the least bit weird or suspicious ��

Shroom for Improvement is the first book in the Mythical Mishaps Series, and can be read as a standalone. Expect silliness, slow burn, steam, and mushroom puns galore. ]]> 469 Jemma Croft Jen 4 4.33 2024
author: Jemma Croft
name: Jen
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/17
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]]> 223658562 Betrayed, beset on all sides, and possibly bewitched��

Since the sudden, suspicious, and unlamented death of his father, only one man stands between Lucian and the grudging acceptance of his subjects: Benedict, a powerful dusk mage, a military hero, the favorite of the ducal council…and Lucian’s stepbrother.

Not that Benedict wants a shackle disguised as a crown. He’d rather start a new, anonymous life a thousand miles away and leave that beautiful, icy, sneering little cretin Lucian to whatever grim fate awaits him.

But when Lucian comes to him in the middle of the night, terrified and desperate but still as infuriatingly arrogant as ever, Benedict agrees to keep Lucian alive and on the throne. On one condition: Lucian must give in to Benedict’s long-hidden desires and allow Benedict to use him, in every possible way, to sate his cursed magic’s demands.

Lucian detests Benedict. He despises what he becomes when Benedict touches him. And it might be the death of him, if his father’s murderer doesn’t kill him first…]]> 289 Eliot Grayson Jen 5
When the duke is assassinated and Lucian takes his place, their strained relationship worsens, and Benedict leaves. But when he returns, their relationship is no better, as Lucian feels abandoned and betrayed—and soon, it’s clear that someone is not happy with his rule. When a threat is made on his life, Lucian is desperate enough to turn to Benedict for help, but his dear stepbrother wants payment for his help—the use of his body to sate his magic’s needs. Lucian hates Benedict, and he absolutely hates how he makes him feel �� doesn’t he?

I loved Benedict and Lucian—they complement each other beautifully, and Lucian is definitely not as icy as he wants others to believe. Their relationship showcased the perfect blend of stupidity and obliviousness, as neither could believe their feelings were reciprocated. This is the third book in the Twilight Mages series, and it stands alone easily, but the first two books are likewise spicy, snarky, wonderful delights. So highly recommend this one and the entire series. ]]> 4.24
author: Eliot Grayson
name: Jen
average rating: 4.24
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The Traitor’s Curse is a fast-paced fantasy romance between two stepbrothers: one the icy heir to the throne and the other a powerful dusk mage, loved by all. But the enmity between them merely masks the heat underneath.

When the duke is assassinated and Lucian takes his place, their strained relationship worsens, and Benedict leaves. But when he returns, their relationship is no better, as Lucian feels abandoned and betrayed—and soon, it’s clear that someone is not happy with his rule. When a threat is made on his life, Lucian is desperate enough to turn to Benedict for help, but his dear stepbrother wants payment for his help—the use of his body to sate his magic’s needs. Lucian hates Benedict, and he absolutely hates how he makes him feel �� doesn’t he?

I loved Benedict and Lucian—they complement each other beautifully, and Lucian is definitely not as icy as he wants others to believe. Their relationship showcased the perfect blend of stupidity and obliviousness, as neither could believe their feelings were reciprocated. This is the third book in the Twilight Mages series, and it stands alone easily, but the first two books are likewise spicy, snarky, wonderful delights. So highly recommend this one and the entire series.
]]> 213670564
The beautiful yet arrogant menace holds the key to all of Isaac’s desires, but apparently, the morally grey don't work for free.

Amadeus, '������,�� is growing weary of his usual mischief and mayhem, and is in need of some thrilling venture to sink his fangs into. When he finds himself summoned to the human realm by a delightfully desperate florist, it’s as if fate has dropped an entertaining new endeavour into his lap. Luring the innocent man into his bed would be one way to cure his boredom, so what's the harm in pretending it’s part of the deal?

What Ash doesn't expect is to feel compelled to heal the defeated creature, and discover that doing so might just fill the void in his soul.

Could this accidental summoning turn into the perfect arrangement? Or is the road to happiness paved with malicious intentions and wilted blooms? There’s one way to find out.

RAISING THE SUN is a standalone MM romance with size difference, flower shows, and magic spells. It features a sassy phoenix-demon contracted into helping a human realise his worth and a self-conscious florist who is struggling to keep his crumbling business afloat. It’s part of the multi-author collaboration TALES FROM THE TAROT. This novel is based on the major arcana card THE SUN.

If you want to know more about what to expect with this story, visit my website for a full, in-depth content list.]]> 252 Eryn Hawk Jen 4 4.04
author: Eryn Hawk
name: Jen
average rating: 4.04
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After a lifetime of scrimping, saving, and barely getting by, he struck it rich with a winning lottery ticket. Now he owns a successful bar called The Anchor, helps his mom with her women’s shelter, sent his youngest brother on a trip around the world, and works closely with his middle brother to help out in the local community without bankrupting himself. The only thing missing in his life is a bit of romance. But it’s hard to find guys into doing things the way he likes best.

Archer Kinsman had it all.

He opened the tattoo shop of his dreams with his best friend, Clayton. Things were going great, and they were finally making real money. Then came the morning Archer woke up to empty bank accounts and a missing best friend. Forced to close up shop, Archer moves in with his brother, Cyrus, and his husband. It’s cramped, but it’s just until he gets back on his feet. It can’t take too long, right?

The tides turn when Shane and Archer meet.

Archer is everything Shane is looking for. He’s easy to be around, and he’s more than willing to top, despite their size difference. Even if their chemistry wasn’t off the charts, Shane would still want to help him get his life back on track.

Soon, Archer is living above The Anchor, and getting his business up and running again. But there’s still one big problem–Archer’s brother, Cyrus, is protective of him, especially after what he went through with Clayton.

Cyrus is also Shane’s best friend.

Shane is willing to risk it all for Archer. His friendship, his business, even his heart. Will he lose everything or will luck smile on him twice in a lifetime?


The Anchor is a low angst, sweet and spicy romance series that’s a spin-off from Breakfast at Bennett’s. Though they’re in the same universe, you don’t need to read Breakfast at Bennett’s to enjoy this series. ]]> 255 E.M. Denning Jen 4 4.13
author: E.M. Denning
name: Jen
average rating: 4.13
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So it’s kind of a downer when a very hungover, mostly naked man about Ollie’s age answers the door and tells him old man Morris kicked the bucket.

Tyler Morris left town at sixteen as a pariah. Since then, he’s built a good life for himself as an EMT. But even in death, his father has to get in one final Ty can either return to his hometown and act as executor of the family fortune, or let it all go to a hate group.

Between an unexpected job offer and unexpected roommates, coming home doesn’t go the way Ty expects. But Ollie and Theo bring the cold, lonely mansion to life, and golden-boy Ollie provides good cover for the town’s scorn. The only problem is, Ty’s falling head over heels for the world’s sweetest and most stubbornly independent single dad, and if he wants to keep Ollie around, he’ll have to convince him to let Ty help.]]> 300 Ashlyn Kane 1641088044 Jen 4 4.12
author: Ashlyn Kane
name: Jen
average rating: 4.12
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]]> 222964096 Ivo's in hiding... from a handsome stranger who knocked him up with a dragon baby.
With one eye blind and a face full of scars, Ivo knows he's no one's first choice for a mate. That's okay. He has an adorable baby girl, and a group of loyal friends. It's just... Sometimes, he really wants to be held.
Then he gets a chance at intimacy—a quick tryst with a stranger, with a wall between them to keep his face hidden.
Except an accident happens. He's now burping smoke, his belly warm with a dragon pregnancy.
The dragon, Ace, is desperate to find him. But will Ace stick around when he discovers just how many scars Ivo wears on his body?

Estimated Possibly late Feb 2025, subscribe to my mailing list for updates!
this book contains a HEA]]> 245 Anna Wineheart Jen 4 4.18
author: Anna Wineheart
name: Jen
average rating: 4.18
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]]> 228072409 Dating was hard enough before Tom's ex came back from the dead.

It's been decades since Tom last dated, and he's not exactly a hot young hockey star anymore. Even if he remembered how, no one measures up to memories of Wyte, the gorgeous, effervescent man who died when Tom was still too young and closeted for commitment.

And then, after a particularly discouraging evening, Tom finds Wyte waiting for him. And he hasn't aged a day.

Wyte hates Faerie. The half-truths. The fancy parties. The endless rules about everything, even who he's allowed to befriend. All he wants is to return to his human lover Tommy, the sexy hockey player who makes him laugh as often as he makes him beg. The man who likes Wyte for who he is, instead of who he's supposed to be. So, when he's offered one night back after decades away, he takes it.

Turns out, humans age. And Tommy's a whole new version of irresistible.

It's only meant to be a single night. A chance for forgiveness and reignited passion. For more, Wyte will have to realize he can be more than a frivolous, silly fae. And Tom will have to risk his wounded heart by trusting the man who he's already mourned.

Happily Ever Wyte & Tom includes two previously published novellas that tell the magical tale of a single, spicy night of reunion. It also includes 20k in new content about Wyte and Tom's past and future. It features an indulgent former tough guy turned retired single-dad softie and a silly, playful rabbit fae with far more depth and potential than he's entirely comfortable with. There's an unusual take on age gaps, found family, snark and dry humor out the ears, enough spice to make the eyes water, reconciliation, and a life built together after too long apart. This is a standalone collection in the Fallen for a Fae series. Each book follows a different couple (though we do love cameos).]]> 181 Rowan Amaris Jen 5
This book combines the two previously published Tom and Wyte novellas (which I loved!) with more stories of their time together, both before and after their reunion. We get to meet Tom’s daughter(!!) and see how Wyte navigates his time in the fae realm while figuring out how to stay with Tom, as well as a glimpse of some seriously steamy times when they first met. And, of course, as promised in the title, we get to see Tom and Wyte get their happily ever after. Sigh.

I love the Fallen for the Fae realm that Rowan and Theo have created (we even get some cameos from An Embrace of Citrus and Snow (which I already told you to read) and upcoming books in the series). But this stands alone well, and also serves as a great introduction to this universe. I love Tommy and Wyte, and I loved this book. Definitely recommend. ]]> 4.80
author: Rowan Amaris
name: Jen
average rating: 4.80
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Happily Ever Afters: Wyte & Tom is a sweet, spicy, and utterly swoony collection of stories centered around my favorite silly bunny and his former-hockey player love.

This book combines the two previously published Tom and Wyte novellas (which I loved!) with more stories of their time together, both before and after their reunion. We get to meet Tom’s daughter(!!) and see how Wyte navigates his time in the fae realm while figuring out how to stay with Tom, as well as a glimpse of some seriously steamy times when they first met. And, of course, as promised in the title, we get to see Tom and Wyte get their happily ever after. Sigh.

I love the Fallen for the Fae realm that Rowan and Theo have created (we even get some cameos from An Embrace of Citrus and Snow (which I already told you to read) and upcoming books in the series). But this stands alone well, and also serves as a great introduction to this universe. I love Tommy and Wyte, and I loved this book. Definitely recommend.
]]> 75821667 ��A single dad pro hockey player falls for his biggest fan—who just happens to be his five-year-old daughter’s teacher—in this fun, flirty romantic comedy from��Cait Nary

Ezekiel Boehm is no stranger to teaching kids with famous parents.��But when the pro hockey player he’s been thirsting after walks into the Rittenhouse Friends School gym hand in hand with a tiny kindergartener, he figures he must be hallucinating. Spencer McLeod is a lot of things—Zeke’s favorite winger on the Philadelphia Liberty; a menace on the ice; a mumbling, reluctant but somehow captivating-as-hell postgame interview—but he’s not a dad. Except he is. Apparently.

Zeke can be chill about this. He can.

Surprisingly, the more time he spends with Spencer, the easier this becomes. School volunteer events turn into reserved seats at games, turn into…more. And even though Zeke is 100 percent committed to ignoring Spencer’s blush, to ignoring the way he looks in that one pair of gray sweatpants, he can’t take his eyes off him.

This can never work. Can it?]]> 251 Cait Nary 0369747380 Jen 5 3.68 2024
author: Cait Nary
name: Jen
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/09
date added: 2025/03/09
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]]> 75144558
The spooky boys series invites you to visit a world where things that go bump in the night aren’t just fantasy. These standalone novels feature monsters that are spicy, fun, and sometimes furry

Follow Ellis, an outcast who hides from the real world inside his garden, as he discovers that the centuries old children’s poem about a monster that lives in the woods by his house is real. Will Ellis find love inside his monster’s arms? Or will he discover he’s destined for the same fate as the town Sacrifices of the past?

A lonely man, a lonely monster, what could go wrong?]]> 78 Fae Quin Jen 4 3.79 2022
author: Fae Quin
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> 208168533 ASH

All stepbrothers need Step Don'ts.
Colin and I have ours.
Like, don't pit our parents against either of us. Don't hog the TV. And definitely...
Don't.
Keep.
Secrets.
These rules have done more than help us keep the peace between us.
After all these years since our parents got together, I can't imagine my life without Colin.
To most people, he's the hot, straight tight end for Peach State.
But to me, he's my backward-cap-wearing, football-loving, piggyback-ride-giving best friend and fellow Alpha Theta Mu frat bro.
Life's pretty incredible living together at the same frat house, but suddenly, I find myself keeping a particularly naughty secret.
I tell myself Colin wouldn't want to know what his bi bro does in private, but then why do I feel like I'm committing a huge Step Don't?

COLIN

There's nothing I'm more of an expert in than my stepbro, Ash.
He's a quick-witted, nerd-boy genius who's always there to help a friend cram for a test or capture bugs for me when they invade my space.
He's my favorite person.
Making him happy gives me a rush...but for the first time, he's keeping a secret from me.
When Ash cops to his Step Don't—his new extracurricular of doing dirty things on camera—I'm confused.
He is too, so we work together to figure out why this excites him so much.
In places we're likely to get caught.
After all, what's a little exhibitionism between stepbros?
I didn't even realize I could be into guys—or be so intoxicated by these new experiences—but exploring my bisexuality with Ash is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
And with each touch, each time we up the stakes, I discover I want more than just Ash's body.
I want his heart too, even though that surely must be the biggest Step Don't of all.

This is the second book in the Peach State Stepbros Series. It can be enjoyed as a standalone.]]> 340 Riley Hart Jen 3 3.80 2024
author: Riley Hart
name: Jen
average rating: 3.80
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rating: 3
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]]> 61337382
Eight years ago, Hampton Hills was supposed to be a steppingstone in Aaron’s speech pathology career. Dreams shattered, he never imagined ending up right back where he started. When Easton misses his quarterly follow-up, Aaron’s curiosity takes him in search of the guarded boy he worked so hard to reach years prior. What he finds is not a shy teen, but a full-grown man with an unexplainable chip on his shoulder.

Determined to integrate himself into Easton’s world, Aaron finds his quest to reach Easton may be as much a road to self-salvation. If Aaron can get Easton to speak, will he be able to hear how silent is the heart?

An MM romance of second-chances, second-guesses, and first love.]]> 250 Dianna Roman Jen 4 3.93 2025
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average rating: 3.93
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]]> 228356408
Yes, he’s been left to run the family coffee shop all on his own, he’s up to his eyeballs in mortgages and loans, and his fixer-upper dream house is falling down around his ears. Big deal. He can handle it.

Just like he can handle being secretly in love with Kevin Wallis, Chipping Fairford’s favourite handyman, best known for once finding a dead body in a storage tub under a client’s bedroom floor.

Only it turns out that while Kevin might come across as a total cinnamon roll with his gentle brown eyes and his sweet, calm nature, he really is…not.

He’s not straight—not when it comes to Charlie, anyway—the things he keeps doing to Charlie are definitely not sweet, and he’s not holding back from letting Charlie know what he wants.

Not a problem. Charlie can handle that, too.

Charlie can handle anything.

Right up until Kevin decides to bust out his sledgehammer, work his handyman magic on Charlie’s dream house, and…well.

There’s a reason the local newspaper called him the Chipping Fairford Corpse Finder.


Not That Ridiculous is a 98k-word romantic comedy about a grumpy and overworked coffee shop owner and the sunshine handyman who wants to fix everything. Yes, there are some random dead guys in the mix, but that’s background noise. Who even cares? It’s incidental at best. There’s kissing and first times and way more interesting stuff going on. This is a romance!

Book Three in the Not That series.]]> 388 Isabel Murray Jen 5 4.34 2025
author: Isabel Murray
name: Jen
average rating: 4.34
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]]> 216146757


Well, I'm the mafia prince of Oklahoma. There's no glitz or glamor here, and I hate every minute of it. But it's my birthright. Until war breaks out between my family and the Aryan Brotherhood, and I'm forced to go into hiding in a little Missouri town that's even more remote and redneck than my own.



The only upside is that I get to see my long-lost little stepbrother. I devoted my childhood to protecting him from my violent father, and it was the only thing that's every made me feel like a good person. Seeing him again makes me feel like maybe that good version of myself isn't as dead and buried as I thought. Maybe there's a chance to get him back, if I can scrape away all the numbness and callous around my heart that a lifetime of violence has built up.



Not to mention, he's... different. He was always a shy, scared little kid. Now he's still kind of little, but he's ten pounds of confidence in a five pound bag. And he has no problem telling the homophobic killers that I work with where to shove it if they don't like who he's become. I'm inspired, and I wish I could take a little bit of that confidence for myself.



I've spent my entire life rolling over and giving Dad whatever he wanted. Chipping away at my soul, one piece at a time. With Micah's help, maybe I can get it back. Even if his methods are the last thing I was expecting...


Savage is a Dark M/M Mafia Romance. It features explicit sexual content and is only suitable for readers 18+. It contains potentially triggering content, there is a trigger warning at the beginning of the book with details. It is Book 1 in the series Sins of the Banna, with takes place in the same universe as the Possum Hollow series. All books follow a different couple and can be read as standalones, ending with an HEA/HFN, but the series is better when read as a whole because several characters and storylines overlap.]]> 382 Erin Russell Jen 5 4.04
author: Erin Russell
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]]> 221836394
But fate had other plans.

Just after graduation, I met Daryl. From the moment I laid eyes on him, I knew he was my fated mate. I tried to hide my disappointment. My heart still belonged to Silver, even though I was destined for someone else.

I did my very best to be a good mate to Daryl. Even when he hurt me, I forgave him and kept trying to make things work. It wasn’t until I got pregnant that I realized I couldn’t stay any longer.

Showing up on Silver’s doorstep isn’t the world’s best plan. He might turn me away. But I have nowhere else to go.

The Fated Mate Bandit is book two in the Trash Pandas series. It has MPreg, knotting, cute raccoon shifter children, and hurt/comfort. Trigger warning for memories of domestic violence. No on-page altercations.


]]> 162 Amy Bellows Jen 4 4.27 2025
author: Amy Bellows
name: Jen
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]]> 223081743 "Surrender to the Lust."

LUKE

I've never been attracted to guys.
I definitely would never be attracted to a privileged, cocky bastard like Brad Henning.
Even though I've only been at St. Lawrence University for a few weeks, this prick and his friends are on a mission to mess with me—a scholarship kid who I guess they don't think belongs at a prestigious school intended for the nation's elite.
I've always been a loner, so I've dealt with my share of bullies. But unlike the bullying I encountered when I was younger, Brad and his friends have some unusual tricks up their sleeves.
They're using...
I don't even want to name it, but it's the only explanation for what's happening.
Magic.
These guys have powers, and Brad is using his to make me want him.
No—not just want him. Lust after him like I've never lusted after anyone in my life.
The way I crave him sears to my core, causes physical pain until I have the only thing that brings relief—his touch.
But when I discover that whatever he's done to me hurts him too, I realize there's more to all this than Brad and his friends trying to mess up my life.
More to it than these feral urges that are, at times, more than I think I can bear.
I have to get to the bottom of this, but until I do, there's only one way to end my agony.
I must surrender to the lust.

Content Warning:��Lust��is a steamy paranormal romance, but it contains content that some readers may find triggering, including a character grieving the loss of his parents and��mentions of a character's loved one who struggles with a chronic illness.��The book also contains depictions of and discussions about bullying.]]> 358 Devon McCormack Jen 4 3.97 2025
author: Devon McCormack
name: Jen
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]]> 214574116 The only thing worse than letting him in is the thought of letting him go.

Jackson
If there’s one thing I don’t need upsetting my quiet and comfortable routine in the small town of Darling, Montana, it’s newcomer Ash Alcott crash landing on my family’s ranch like some sort of blonde angel.

I don’t need his flirting. Or his smile. I don’t need the way he makes me question whether or not I’m truly happy being alone at forty. I certainly don’t need to be giving him riding lessons or appreciating the meals he cooks for the ranch.

The man is dangerous for my equilibrium. And he could up and leave at any given moment, tiring of this way of life. It’s happened before.

No, I’m better off ignoring the way he looks at home in a new pair of boots and how my family and the ranchers all adore him. Ash may have brought some sunshine into our lives, but it’s best he learn sooner rather than later��

Ain’t nothing sweet about being saddled with a cowboy like me.

Sweet Like Whiskey is a grumpy/sunshine, small town romance between a stubborn cowboy and the optimistic out-of-towner who’s determined to win him over. There’s ranch life, close-knit family dynamics, gorgeous mountain views, moonlit shenanigans in a hayloft, and one very HEA. It’s book 1 in The Darling Brothers series but can be read as a standalone.]]> 308 Emmy Sanders Jen 4 4.27 2024
author: Emmy Sanders
name: Jen
average rating: 4.27
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]]> 209108450 Everest

Owen and I do not get along. He thinks I'm irresponsible and I find him arrogant and uptight. Good thing we only see each other when my sister and his brother pester us into attending family events.

But when a fatal car accident leaves our niece orphaned, my brother-in-law and I are forced to raise her together--as long as we don't strangle each other first.

Pumped is an enemies to lovers, forced proximity, opposites attract MM romance between a free-spirited personal trainer and his overbearing veterinarian brother-in-law. It is the third book in the Mars Fitness series and can be read as a standalone.
]]> 316 Linden Bell Jen 5 4.21
author: Linden Bell
name: Jen
average rating: 4.21
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]]> 227755407 I’m not attracted to men.
But I’ll break all my own rules for my best friend.

One thing is true about Ori he hates small town Tennessee. We were always I played football, he was in art class. I was straight, he was gay. I was popular in school, he never fit in. He fled to the city the moment we graduated.

It ain’t perfect here, but I love our country home. I missed Ori like hell, but now he’s back, living in my guest room after years apart.

Best friends reunited, right? ��Like hell.

He says I’m too Tennessee for him now. So what if I love the local saloon, volunteer with horses, and wear a Stetson hat? I want a white-picket-fence life, and he wants all things casual. When I try to show him how good it can be here, he tells me to back off.

But I’ll check his cocky attitude when he calls me stubborn. He pushes? I push back.

I’ve got him up against the wall within 24 hours.

It’s a full-on fight, but it turns into�� something else. A craving. Some twisted need to be close to him.

Being physical with him was what I missed most, but we were never physical like this before.

…He sure doesn’t mind how country I am when he’s in my bed.

Now I can’t get enough. But if he won’t commit to anyone, why would he with me? And how can I show him exactly how deep I’m willing to go?]]> 233 Raleigh Ruebins Jen 4 4.03 2025
author: Raleigh Ruebins
name: Jen
average rating: 4.03
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]]> 219421307 Wingman 101: Make him fall head over heels in love.

Brad
What’s a straight guy to do when he accidentally goes on a date with his brand new gym-bro? Offer to be the best wingman ever, of course! It’s foolproof.

Joey needs a man? I’ll find him one.

He wants someone who looks, well, kind of like me? No problem!

Not into watersports? I’ve got him covered.

The issue is, going on all these dates with Joey makes me realize I want more of his time to be spent with me. I like the guy. And his smile. And the way he makes me feel like anything is possible.

Except�� I can’t possibly be who Joey needs. He wants his forever person. His great big love.

And no matter how perfect the dude’s abs are or how skilled he is as a cuddle-bro, the two of us will never be more than friends. Because I’m straight.

Right?

10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love is a lighthearted romantic comedy with disastrous dates, more innuendo than is probably healthy, an oblivious sweetheart, the gym-dude who falls for him swiftly, and a HEA loaded with firsts. It has characters who originally appeared in Himbo (Elite 8 Studios Book 4) but is set as a standalone.]]> 327 Emmy Sanders Jen 5 4.26 2025
author: Emmy Sanders
name: Jen
average rating: 4.26
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]]> 219081108
Even if you don’t agree with it.

Ezekiel

Starting that online game was my attempt to find happiness. Something to fill my life other than the demands of Heaven and the rest of my unit.

I didn’t expect to find Sam.

Even with screens between us, Sam makes me feel more alive than I have done in millennia. I find myself counting down the minutes until I can go online and be with him.

He’s my perfect match. In any other circumstances, I’d be doing whatever it took to make him mine.

But I’m not human. And, unlike humans, I have no say over who I spend eternity with. Fate decides who my mate will be, whether it’s the person I love or not.

Sam lives in the same city as me. If he was my mate, I’d have met him by now. I’d feel a pull towards him that I couldn’t ignore.

The right thing to do would be to end this now. To put up walls between us to keep both our hearts safe.

Instead, I find myself tearing down the barriers, falling faster for him every day.

I know how this story will end, but I can’t stop myself. I don’t care what plans fate has for me.

I want to make Sam mine.]]> 502 Lark Taylor 1917261047 Jen 4 4.35
author: Lark Taylor
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]]> 195587430 The bumbling, virgin football player drives me to the brink of sanity, stealing my food, my sleep, my peace and solitude. My solution? Call a ceasefire. Get him out on dates and out of my hair. Yet as our truce shifts, I realize there’s a depth to this connection unlike any I’ve felt before. It turns out, I don’t mind his presence. I crave it, along with every morsel I learn about him. But falling for the guy from the wrong side of the tracks wasn’t in the cards. And I’m not the only one who thinks so. Now, I’m at a crossroads between the life I thought I’d have, or risking everything to catch him.]]> 446 C.E. Ricci Jen 4 4.07 2024
author: C.E. Ricci
name: Jen
average rating: 4.07
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]]> 222441193
He's his son's best friend, and he can't stand him.
So why does he want him so bad?

Multi-POV, 1st person
Forbidden Romance
Age Gap
Best Friend's Father
Bi-Awakening
Opposites Attract
Grumpy/Sunshine
]]> 99 Rebecca Rathe Jen 4 3.87
author: Rebecca Rathe
name: Jen
average rating: 3.87
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]]> 58735044 A deeply candid and refreshingly spirited memoir of identity lost and found from the star of the iconic film Dirty Dancing


In this beautiful, close-to-the bone account, Jennifer Grey takes readers on a vivid tour of the experiences that have shaped her, from her childhood as the daughter of Broadway and film legend Joel Grey, to the surprise hit with Patrick Swayze that made her America's sweetheart, to her inspiring season eleven win on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

Throughout this intimate narrative, Grey richly evokes places and times that were defining for a generation--from her preteen days in 1970s Malibu and wild child nights in New York's club scene, to her roles in quintessential movies of the 1980s, including The Cotton Club, Red Dawn, and her breakout performance in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. With self-deprecating humor and frankness, she looks back on her unbridled, romantic adventures in Hollywood. And with enormous bravery, she shares the devastating fallout from a plastic surgery procedure that caused the sudden and stunning loss of her professional identity and career. Grey inspires with her hard-won battle back, reclaiming her sense of self from a culture and business that can impose a narrow and unforgiving definition of female worth. She finds, at last, her own true north and starts a family of her own, just in the nick of time.

Distinctive, moving, and powerful, told with generosity and pluck, Out of the Corner is a memoir about a never-ending personal evolution, a coming-of-age story for women of every age.]]> 331 Jennifer Grey 0593356705 Jen 4 3.73 2022
author: Jennifer Grey
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average rating: 3.73
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]]> 221726372
Revenge sends him to the deepest shadows in the northern forest looking for a monster of legend, but when the creature he finds there is more man than demon, Almas learns the true cost of vengeance. Its pursuit makes beasts of us all.

The instrument of Almas’s revenge, a brute kept in isolation for centuries, is the very person who reminds him what it means to be human, to be safe. But what is safety for himself if he can’t protect his family?

Beast’s Surrender, Beauty’s Revenge is a Beauty and the Beast retelling featuring a beautiful youth out for blood, a beast with a red fury waiting to be unleashed, and the sense of safety and acceptance that bring them both back to themselves. It was originally published on our Patreon page.]]> 94 Sam Burns Jen 4 3.86
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]]> 227980310
And by someone, I mean my secret admirer.

My obsession with you has made my life a living nightmare. And a little more interesting.

This has to stop, which is the only reason I enlist the aid of out-of-work journalist Jules Woodbury. The man is irritatingly charming, undeniably gorgeous, and way too secretive. Fortunately, he’s also straight because finding this stalker is my sole focus.

But as Valentine’s Day draws near, resisting Jules and this chemistry developing between us becomes increasingly difficult. And since the letters and gifts suggest my secret admirer knows me—gets me—I find myself caught in an unexpected triangle between the man I want and the one who wants me.

14 Days to Resist My Valentine is an opposites attract, bi-awakening, small town gay romance. It features an antisocial hero, a secretly obsessed journalist, lots of pining, and a sweet pug named Teacup.

This story was originally part of the Candy Hearts (Vol 1) charity anthology under the title of Inconceivably Yours. It has been expanded and retitled. It directly follows 12 Gays of Christmas but can be read as a standalone.]]> 112 D.K. Sutton Jen 4 4.14
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]]> 211108126 God help me, if only that were true.
Because as it turns out, my surprise gay husband is very much still my husband outside of the great state of Nevada. And let me tell you, as a straight guy, waking up married to a man I barely know with no memory of how it happened wasn’t even on my Bingo card.
What started as a fun weekend getaway to support my brothers in their relationships and show them how much I've grown, has somehow spiraled wildly out of my control.
Cooper Barone is rich, kind, and charming, but he’s holding all the cards now. Because he doesn't want our marriage annulled. No, he says he wants us to make a deal. He wants me to spend time with him, to move in with him.
All I know is that I’m broke and I can't afford a divorce without his compliance, without his help.
So there’s nothing left for me to do but agree and accept my fate.
I'm a straight dude with a husband.
This is my life now.]]> 304 Cora Rose Jen 4 4.19
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]]> 219387413 ZANE

Is it wrong that I watch him?
Leif Anderson seems like a friendly, kind, normal, boy-next-door type.
Unlike me.
His stalker, a creep who moved into the place next to his parents' house to keep an eye on him.
I'm not the bad guy, though.
I'm the one who will protect him.
The cops don't believe he's in danger.
Maybe they're right, and this is all in my messed-up head.
I've been wrong before.
And no matter how I justify this to myself, my motives aren't entirely pure.
It's impossible to watch a guy this hot walking around in those adorable beanies without getting a little turned on.
When he discovers my secret surveillance, I'm sure it's over.
No way he believes my reasons for watching him, but he doesn't report me for my crime.
He's curious about me in a way I don't expect from a straight guy.
Or as I quickly learn, maybe not so straight.
Before I know it, we're on a journey, exploring this wild, exciting part of Leif while I try to keep him safe from harm.
But the closer we get to one another, the more I what if it was all in my head?
What if no one's coming for him?
What if the real threat to Leif is me, the guy next door?
��
*The Guy Next Door is a steamy romantic suspense but contains content that may trigger some readers. During the book's preorder period, a complete content warning will be available on the author's website. When the book is available for order, the warning will appear at the start of the book and can be viewed using the Look Inside feature.]]> 380 Devon McCormack Jen 4 3.97 2024
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]]> 214959266
Instead, he's met a lot of surprising people and suddenly hope seems like something he could have again. After a lifetime of being trapped by the brutality of organized crime, is it really possible for him to get out?

Maybe if he could fall in love with the right person, for once, everything else could start turning around.]]> 321 Erin Russell Jen 5 3.88
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]]> 222437806
He's a ten, but he's my ex-boyfriend's straight teammate and my patient.

Rugby Player & Nurse
Ex Boyfriend's Friend
Bi Awakening
]]> 69 Rebecca Rathe Jen 4 4.14
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]]> 217474499 Claude doesn’t believe in love. Harley doesn’t believe in fate. But this holiday season, the universe has plans for the two men who have no idea just how much they need each other.

Harley James has spent most of his adult life trying to maintain his public persona as a calm, collected, slightly anxious best-selling author. But then his father dies, and his fiancé leaves him for their couple’s therapist, and something in him snaps.

Publicly.
In front of hundreds of strangers.

In order to avoid a scandal, Harley’s sent to a small mountain town in the middle of nowhere until it all blows over. Which is fine. Really. He can deal with a little silence and solitude for a few weeks. Although he’s a city boy, there are worse things in life than a forced vacation.

But when a strong masseur with magic hands begins to crack him like the over-boiled egg he is, Harley finds the idea of going home less and less appealing. It helps that the gorgeous, older massage therapist seems to be the first person who’s understood him in decades.

Still, there’s more to the silver-fox than meets the eye, and Harley quickly discovers that this Christmas, there might be miracles, but there are also complications. And two men running from the expectations of those around them might just find their only escape is in each other’s arms.

Snow Storm is a holiday, stand-alone, age-gap romance about two men, a mountain town, holiday miracles, and finding love where they least expect it. It features a broody, silver-fox hotel owner, an overly-stressed author with a severe caffeine addiction, YouTube lessons on massage, mistaken identities, laughter, and above all, a swoony, steamy happily ever after. ]]> 248 E.M. Lindsey Jen 4 4.09 2024
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]]> 214163788 Ethan Bennett is too old for Mickey.

Ethan Bennett plays guitar, barbecues as often as possible, and owns a diner. He’s a widower whose life still revolves around his sons, but he wouldn’t have it any other way. When Mickey, a younger man his son Taylor had been helping shows up at the diner, cold to the bone, thin as a rail, Ethan knows he can’t send him away. He expects to help Mickey out for a while, what he doesn’t expect is the way the quiet younger man occupies his every waking moment.

Mickey Underwood has had it rough. All he’s got to show for his twenty-five years on the planet is a high school diploma, no relationship with his parents, and a long list of regrets. If it weren’t for Ethan, Mickey would still be homeless, or probably dead. He knows that as sure as he knows he’s never made a good decision in his life. He should take off and forget about Ethan Bennett, his guitar, and his raspy voice. But he can’t make himself leave and he can’t make himself stop feeling things for Ethan.

Forced to face his feelings for Mickey, Ethan must also deal with the fact that he never came out as bisexual. He’d been happy in his marriage to Sarah, and after her death, he was too busy raising their kids. Even when his boys were all grown up, Ethan still didn’t have a lot of interest in dating. So why does he want to dust off his heart for Mickey? He doesn’t doubt his sons will support his sexuality, but will they be happy that he’s found love with someone their age?

Breakfast at Bennett’s is a four book series consisting of The Virgin, The Jock, The Princess, and The Outcast. It is best enjoyed if read in order.]]> 250 E.M. Denning Jen 4 4.26
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]]> 222735513
He spends Sundays tinkering in the garage, cruising on his motorcycle, and enjoying the luxury of a bed that he doesn’t have to share. After his last relationship with his best friend’s brother ended in disaster and nearly cost him a friendship, Gil swore off anything that might lead to complications.

Rowan Verne knows two things: being a single dad is hard, and being a single dad to a pre-teen is harder.

After the death of his wife and a tough few years as a struggling single dad, he’s determined to give his son a better life in a new town. Between moving into a fixer-upper and handling the demands of parenting a twelve year old, he’s juggling more than he anticipated—and then his son turns up down the street, talking to a very handsome, and very single neighbor.

Rowan is everything Gil doesn’t want and Gil is everything Rowan doesn’t think he needs. Even though they’re opposites, the chemistry between them is undeniable. What’s supposed to be a one-time thing quickly turns into something both men want to continue. And when tensions get high and memories from the past flare their ugly heads Gil and Rowan realize everything has changed, but they both know one thing to be true.

Once is never enough.]]> 252 Kate Hawthorne Jen 5 4.08
author: Kate Hawthorne
name: Jen
average rating: 4.08
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]]> 223351188
The omegaverse romance novella contains hints of sci-fi and tentacles. HEA for the main couple.]]> 113 Roe Horvat Jen 4 3.97 2025
author: Roe Horvat
name: Jen
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/06
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]]> 218360732
Nico

Have you ever fallen in love with a man as he was pointing his gun at you? Well, I have. Tiny problem? I’m in the middle of my murderous Christmas tradition, and he’s a witness.

But it’s not his fault I got too excited and didn’t check if I was alone. I can’t just kill him because of my own blunder. Not when he has such dreamy green eyes filled with fear and pent-up rage.

What I can do is take him with me for safekeeping while I work out how to make him understand that while my methods are cruel, my intentions are pure.

Or how to make him fall for me.

Whichever is first.


Blake

My eighteenth birthday was supposed to be the happiest day of my sheltered life. Finally, I would gain independence and inherit half my family fortune. Instead, I ended up kidnapped.

I was about to get carved into pieces when�� a Christmas miracle in the form of a beefy homicidal maniac saved me.

Only now I’m trapped in his basement and getting love bombed by a psycho golden retriever. He eats turkey sandwiches for every breakfast, enjoys making festive ornaments out of human teeth, and lets his violent urges shine like a Christmas tree.

I shouldn’t find him hot.

I shouldn’t want to indulge his murderous tendencies.

And I definitely shouldn’t want him to be my first.

But I’m being hunted and might just need a monster to keep me safe.

(And he does actually make really good fruitcake)

“Ho Ho Homicidal Maniac�� is a standalone M/M dark romance where a Christmas-obsessed serial killer falls for a poor little rich boy who also happens to be his favorite true crime podcaster.

Themes and Size difference, serial killer, mistrust, small town, loneliness, possessive hero, grumpy/sunshine, dark humor, abduction, first love, morally gray, sheltered rich boy, psychopath, black cat/golden retriever relationship, stockholm syndrome, betrayal, first time, opposites attract, stuck together, fish out of water, CHRISTMAS, dark secret, dude in distress, wallflower.

Kidnapping, violence, gore, strong language, and steamy, explicit scenes]]> 302 K.A. Merikan Jen 4 3.99
author: K.A. Merikan
name: Jen
average rating: 3.99
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]]> 61612836
Lucinda Williams's rise to fame was anything but easy. Raised in a working- class family in the Deep South, she moved from town to town each time her father—a poet, a textbook salesman, a professor, a lover of parties—got a new job, totaling twelve different places by the time she was eighteen. Her mother suffered from severe mental illness and was in and out of hospitals. And when Williams was about a year old she had to have an emergency tracheotomy—an inauspicious start for a singing career. But she was also born a fighter, and she would develop a voice that has captivated millions.

In Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You, Williams takes readers through the events that shaped her music—from performing for family friends in her living room to singing at local high schools and colleges in Mexico City, to recording her first album with Folkway Records and headlining a sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall. She reveals the inspirations for her unforgettable lyrics, including the doomed love affairs with “poets on motorcycles�� and the gothic southern landscapes of the many different towns of her youth, including Macon, Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. Williams spent years working at health food stores and record stores during the day, so she could play her music at night, and faced record companies who told her that her music was �� not finished,�� “too country for rock and too rock for country.�� But her fighting spirit persevered, leading to a hard-won success that spans seventeen Grammy nominations and a legacy as one of the greatest and most influential songwriters of our time.

Raw, intimate, and honest, Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You is an evocative reflection on an extraordinary woman’s life journey.]]> 272 Lucinda Williams 0593136497 Jen 4 3.91 2023
author: Lucinda Williams
name: Jen
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> 222561390 “Give me your shadow, and my body is yours.��

An elven prince shouldn’t be working at Best Burgers Bonanza. Yet here I am, banished to the human realm for a lifetime of toil and misery. I guess that’s what I get for being a traitor and the shortest elf at the Nocturne Court, with a shadow no darker than a tea stain.



I’m stuck with no scheme up my sleeve when destiny brings me face to face with the answer to all my troubles.



Hawk. A dangerous human on the run from prison, so tall my neck hurts when I meet his gaze. His shadow is dark as death and it will be mine if only I can force him to marry me.



What I don’t expect though is the price for his exquisite power.



He wants my body.



I’ve never been an object of anyone’s desire, but I will do whatever it takes to make him my Dark Companion.



When our illicit deal shatters the ice around my heart, keeping Hawk at arm's length becomes impossible.



Our bond is supposed to be one of convenience. He’s crude, violent, reckless, and wants to devour me in the filthiest ways. He’s everything I shouldn’t want.



I chose him to be my salvation, but he might just prove to be my downfall.



◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆



“The Shadow Prince’s Ruin�� is a standalone, scorching hot, dark M/M fantasy romance filled with dark humor, but also violence, peril, jealousy, and angst.

The book is a darkly romantic escape into the shadows where love and destiny collide. Find out if the beast of a human can melt the ice prince’s heart.



ugly duckling, marriage of convenience, illicit pact, size difference, dark humor, obsessive hero, isekai, fantasy world, elven prince, family trauma, shadow magic, monsters and fantastical creatures, fish-out-of-water, secrets, portal fantasy, forced proximity, road trip

~130,000 words (Standalone)

This story contains scenes of violence, offensive language and morally gray characters unafraid to burn the world down for their beloved.]]> K.A. Merikan Jen 4 4.22
author: K.A. Merikan
name: Jen
average rating: 4.22
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]]> 223230103 In a flash, the world changed.

A solar flare—later dubbed Vertigo—activated the DNA of more than half the world’s population, granting them special abilities. Brilliant scientist Benjamin Krane might be Powerless, but his inventions are the only thing giving the police a fighting chance against super-powered evil. Ben doesn’t have much of a life beyond work, and when he gets wind of a robbery one evening, he decides to test his newest invention on his own.

A thief, rogue, and shameless flirt, Grey Miller—aka the Streak—likes shiny things, but he doesn’t hurt people. When Ben catches him in the act and proposes they team up against the real bad guys, Grey doesn’t know whether it’s the offer or the man he can’t resist. But one thing is for sure—they’re an ideal match in more ways than one.

THIS SECOND EDITION INCLUDES A NEW COVER AND RE-FORMATTED INTERIOR BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CONTENT CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL.]]> 250 Amanda Meuwissen Jen 4 4.28 2019
author: Amanda Meuwissen
name: Jen
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/02
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]]> 36341878 NEW YORK TIMES��BESTSELLER �� Advice for graduates and reflections on staying true to yourself from the beloved Gilmore Girls actress and New York Times bestselling author of the memoir Talking as Fast as I Can and the novel Someday, Someday, Maybe. ��“If you’re kicking yourself for not having accomplished all you should have by now, don’t worry about it. Even without any ‘big�� accomplishments yet to your name, you are enough.�� �� In this expansion of the 2017 commencement speech she gave at her hometown Langley High, Lauren Graham, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, reflects on growing up, pursuing your dreams, and living in the here and now. “Whatever path you choose, whatever career you decide to go after, the important thing is that you keep finding joy in what you’re doing, especially when the joy isn’t finding you.�� In her hilarious, relatable voice, Graham reminds us to be curious and compassionate, no matter where life takes us or what we’ve yet to achieve. Grounded and inspiring—and illustrated throughout with drawings by Graham herself—here is a comforting road map to a happy life. �� “I’ve had ups and downs. I’ve had successes and senior slumps. I’ve been the girl who has the lead, and the one who wished she had the bigger part. The truth? They don’t feel that different from each other.”]]> 52 Lauren Graham 1524799602 Jen 4 3.81 2018
author: Lauren Graham
name: Jen
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/01
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]]> 221241980 What happens when your fictional crush comes to life?

Adrian is about to find out.

When he complains about the latest chapter of his favorite webnovel online, he doesn't expect the main character to come crashing through his skylight.

And yet, that’s exactly what happens.

Suddenly, Adrian finds himself face-to-face with the incubus Knox, a demon with ebony horns, dark magic, and golden eyes that make Adrian’s knees go weak. He’s everything Adrian secretly dreamed of... and everything his rational mind warns him against.

Adrian can’t let himself fall for someone who can’t possibly be real. Not even when that someone looks at him with a kind of hunger that sets his blood on fire.

But Knox isn’t the only monster that has crossed into Adrian’s world. His most deadly enemy has followed him, and now Knox needs Adrian so he can fight, to fuel his magic. He needs Adrian’s surrender, needs him in his bed, needs to feed on him the way incubi do.

How can Adrian possibly resist?]]> 332 Silvana Falcon Jen 4 3.77
author: Silvana Falcon
name: Jen
average rating: 3.77
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]]> 209441840 Hart, perhaps, took that quote a bit too much to heart. In the midst of drama and the constant restlessness of his family, he chose to present himself as unwavering. Poised. Controlled. Even when inside, he’s anything but. There are layers to him underneath the perfection. Layers he’s desperately craving for someone to peel away.
It’s just his luck that the only person who knows how to do that lives his life in shades of gray. Morally gray.

Cane punches first. Period. What question would he even need to ask?
Only, it seems like his tried-and-true method isn’t working so well for him anymore. With an empire to run in the underbelly of Slatehollow, the last thing he needs is a curse placed on his head and drawing attention to the details of his…business ventures.
But when it starts to do more than just that, he knows there is only one person he can call. Hart. And with Hart, inevitably, comes a realization. Cane wants so much more than cursebreaking from him.

Will Hart let him have it? Or will the curse destroy them both first?]]> 378 A.M. Rose Jen 5
Hart is as straitlaced as they come, trying to keep his merry band of misfit cursebreakers together and functioning in some sort of organized chaos. He has no time for a relationship, and certainly not one with a man who subverts the law to create his own little underworld empire. But the pull between Hart and Cane can’t be denied, especially with Cane suffering from an unidentified curse that’s crippling his business and bringing his world down around him. As Hart works to unravel this mystery, the two men draw closer together—but can they figure out the curse before it ruins everything, even their love?

I loved Hart and Cane. Such opposites, but exactly what the other needs. And I loved how we saw more of the Cursebreakers, Inc. family. (So excited for book three!) Although this is the second book in the series (and I highly recommend book one), you can start here if you want to go against all order and everything Hart stands for. Definitely recommend this one if you want some laughs, some seriously sexy times, and a great magical mystery all together. ]]> 4.26
author: A.M. Rose
name: Jen
average rating: 4.26
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/24
date added: 2025/01/31
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Fool Me Twice is a five-star second-chance romance. Is there a mysterious curse? Yes. Are there unknown elements of evil lurking about? Sure. But at its heart, this is a sweet and spicy tale of two men who can’t stay away from each other, despite their seemingly opposite natures.

Hart is as straitlaced as they come, trying to keep his merry band of misfit cursebreakers together and functioning in some sort of organized chaos. He has no time for a relationship, and certainly not one with a man who subverts the law to create his own little underworld empire. But the pull between Hart and Cane can’t be denied, especially with Cane suffering from an unidentified curse that’s crippling his business and bringing his world down around him. As Hart works to unravel this mystery, the two men draw closer together—but can they figure out the curse before it ruins everything, even their love?

I loved Hart and Cane. Such opposites, but exactly what the other needs. And I loved how we saw more of the Cursebreakers, Inc. family. (So excited for book three!) Although this is the second book in the series (and I highly recommend book one), you can start here if you want to go against all order and everything Hart stands for. Definitely recommend this one if you want some laughs, some seriously sexy times, and a great magical mystery all together.
]]> 58604942
But when it’s not Penelope who walks through the door at Moonie’s, but the high school nemesis Aiden hasn’t seen in five years—well, things get a little more complicated.

For Kai Andrews, moving back home after his mother’s death has been harder and lonelier than he anticipated. And running into McCarstle again? That had certainly never been in his plans. But he deserves a night out, away from the responsibilities and grief that have been weighing him down. Sure, it appears McCarstle still hates his guts, for reasons Kai has never quite understood. But maybe, with a decent dose of pop music and Moonie’s magic, Kai can finally, finally make Aiden smile. Just this once. Just for tonight.

As a surprising, intimate night at Moonie’s brings Aiden and Kai closer together, a winter storm moves in. And what was meant to be a simple night out turns into over 24 hours of being snowed in together. Through confessions, memories, and games of Boggle, Aiden and Kai have to figure out if this unexpected second chance at connection was merely a temporary interlude—or if they can each come out better on the other side of the storm.]]> 148 Anita Kelly Jen 5 3.96 2021
author: Anita Kelly
name: Jen
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> 217068958 When Oliver applied for a job in the Hell dimension on a whim, he didn’t expect it to turn his whole world—or his heart—entirely upside down.

Recently graduated at twenty-six, and two months behind on rent, Oliver Barnes is desperate. So desperate, in fact, that he applies for a job in the Greed district of Hell’s Pentagram. But when he misses his train and, subsequently, his job interview, he stumbles, instead, upon a strange little coffee shop in the middle of Purgatory’s barren desert—and into an unexpected opportunity.

It isn’t the job he came to Hell for, but maybe it’s exactly the job he needs.

As he navigates the demon dimension and tries to survive the ridiculous shenanigans of his unholy co-workers, Oliver soon falls head-over-ass for a tentacled lawyer with electric fingers and a deadly-sharp grin. Together, they discover that, sometimes, love and happiness can be just a train ride away.

Join Oliver and the rest of the eccentric staff of The Passing Through Cafe in Nik Knight’s new rom-com urban fantasy series, full of found family, embarrassing encounters, spicy situations, and love that crosses dimensions]]> 431 Nik Knight Jen 4 4.36 2024
author: Nik Knight
name: Jen
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> 34472947
In Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, and, years later, sitting in her trailer on the Parenthood set and asking herself, “Did you, um, make it?�� She opens up about the challenges of being single in Hollywood (“Strangers were worried about me; that’s how long I was single!��), the time she was asked to audition her butt for a role, and her experience being a judge on Project Runway (“It’s like I had a fashion-induced blackout��).

In “What It Was Like, Part One,�� Graham sits down for an epic Gilmore Girls marathon and reflects on being cast as the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore. The essay “What It Was Like, Part Two�� reveals how it felt to pick up the role again nine years later, and what doing so has meant to her.

Some more things you will learn about Lauren: She once tried to go vegan just to bond with Ellen DeGeneres, she’s aware that meeting guys at awards shows has its pitfalls (“If you’re meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you’ve already set the bar too high��), and she’s a card-carrying REI shopper (“My bungee cords now earn points!��).

Including photos and excerpts from the diary Graham kept during the filming of the recent Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, this book is like a cozy night in, catching up with your best friend, laughing and swapping stories, and—of course—talking as fast as you can.]]> 227 Lauren Graham 0425285197 Jen 4 4.09 2016
author: Lauren Graham
name: Jen
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> 218181422 Hayes
Proposing to my first boyfriend at a hockey game wasn’t my smartest move. Not only does said boyfriend walk out on me, but the whole stupid thing goes viral, and it turns out the man I was dating has too many boyfriends to count. Internet fame has crowned me a member of the Jilted Exes�� Club, a name I’d do anything to escape.

One thing’s for I’m not making the same mistake again. No more boyfriends, just easy hookups. And I’ll start with this gorgeous catch in Seattle. The only problem…he’s a god in bed, and I’m an inexperienced mess.

Rylan
After a night with Hayes, I play some of the best games of my career. It’s meant to be a one-and-done deal, but when I find out he also lives in LA and doesn’t want anything serious, I see an opportunity.

Hayes wants experience. I want my good-luck charm to help me win the cup.

The media would go wild over a pro hockey player dating a member of the Jilted Exes�� Club—a distraction neither of us needs. We want this to stay simple. Easy. No strings, no falling in love.

Except I’m pretty sure I’ve already fallen. After all Hayes has been through, how do I get him to entrust his heart to someone who’s only ever been labeled a player on and off the ice?
]]> 260 Riley Hart Jen 4 4.09 2024
author: Riley Hart
name: Jen
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> 217227385 Big Bend is my home. I love it here. I love everything about it.
It’s my senior year, and I’m determined to have the best one yet. Of course, that’s when life gets confusing.
I think I may have a little bit of a crush on my nemesis.
Something I never saw coming.
I just hope I can find a way to make him give me a chance because being together would make not only this year great, but this life of ours—absolutely epic.
Rowan
Benjamin McBride is the bane of my existence. He simply won’t quit—he never does.
He’s too happy. Too confident. Too unafraid.
I can’t let him get to me.
He thinks we could be epic together, that us in a relationship would be some saving grace—a Hail Mary—a way to make this year and our lives the best they can be.
But I’m not destined for happiness.
I have to make him understand . . .
It’s never going to happen.]]> 235 Nicole Dykes Jen 4 4.19
author: Nicole Dykes
name: Jen
average rating: 4.19
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]]> 59366169
Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They’re the guards who roam unobtrusively in dark blue suits, keeping a watchful eye on the two million square foot treasure house. Caught up in his glamorous fledgling career at The New Yorker , Patrick Bringley never thought he’d be one of them. Then his older brother was diagnosed with fatal cancer and he found himself needing to escape the mundane clamor of daily life. So he quit The New Yorker and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew.

To his surprise and the reader’s delight, this temporary refuge becomes Bringley’s home away from home for a decade. We follow him as he guards delicate treasures from Egypt to Rome, strolls the labyrinths beneath the galleries, wears out nine pairs of company shoes, and marvels at the beautiful works in his care. Bringley enters the museum as a ghost, silent and almost invisible, but soon finds his voice and his the artworks and their creators and the lively subculture of museum guards—a gorgeous mosaic of artists, musicians, blue-collar stalwarts, immigrants, cutups, and dreamers. As his bonds with his colleagues and the art grow, he comes to understand how fortunate he is to be walled off in this little world, and how much it resembles the best aspects of the larger world to which he gradually, gratefully returns.

In the tradition of classic workplace memoirs like Lab Girl and Working Stiff , All The Beauty in the World is a surprising, inspiring portrait of a great museum, its hidden treasures, and the people who make it tick, by one of its most intimate observers.]]> 226 Patrick Bringley 1982163305 Jen 4 4.01 2023
author: Patrick Bringley
name: Jen
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> 222043320 I like it even more when the owner of the office turns out to be my grumpy, buttoned up boss, and he catches me in the act. Literally.
He’s not happy about it, but he doesn’t leave, and I don’t stop.
Suddenly, he’s around all the time. Watching me. Taunting me. Teasing me.
It soon becomes a game. A game only we play.
We are opposites in every single way. He can never be seen with someone like me, and I will never be enough for him.
But the more we are around each other, the more I want to give him.
Maybe we can see where this leads if our hearts don’t get broken first.]]> 227 Cora Rose Jen 4 4.01
author: Cora Rose
name: Jen
average rating: 4.01
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]]> 222853843 Except the club wasn’t the only thing he hit that night.

Benji Smith works on Wylde Street as a rent boy. When he’s chased by two men, he runs into the path of a moving car. With a no-cops, no-hospital policy and needing to escape the men following him, he agrees to go back to the driver’s place.

The last thing Nolan expects is to offer Benji a place to stay, to recuperate, and to lie low. And the last thing Benji expects is to be attracted to the man who saved him.
But their worlds are about to collide in a way neither of them was prepared for, and both men need to decide what’s at stake, what they’re prepared to lose, and what they’ll fight for.]]> 224 N.R. Walker Jen 4 3.75 2025
author: N.R. Walker
name: Jen
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/22
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]]> 201858237 There’s a fine line between lust and love��
Feeding on the pleasure of other creatures might sound like the perfect life, but Priest knows the truth. The bottomless hunger and the never-ending need for more will eventually drive him to the brink of madness.

It’s the fate of all Incubi.

But until then, he’s determined to spend as much time as possible checking on the human bookstore owner who turns Priest into a tongue-tied mess. Oliver doesn’t seem to mind, treating him with a kindness he’s never experienced from anyone outside his Trident Agency family.

Fumbling flirtations is all it can ever be though. The risk of draining Oliver is too great, and Priest refuses to put him at risk.

But then the bookstore goes up in flames, and Priest learns he’ll do just about anything to keep Oliver safe.

Protecting the reckless human he has been obsessed with for months may be the only truly good thing he does with his life. But the longer they’re together, the more difficult it is to resist his demon’s cravings, and the more secrets they uncover. About Oliver�� and supernaturals like Priest and his friends.

As the Alpha Team investigates and attacks keep coming—forming a terrifyingly familiar picture—Priest and Oliver have to learn to trust each other�� and themselves.

Priest is the second book in the swoon-worthy Trident Agency series by co-writing duo, E.M. Lindsey and Kiki Clark. It features an endearingly awkward Incubus, a bookworm ready for his gorgeous stalker to make a move, a trash panda of a fallen angel who doesn’t really do *friendship*, one wonderfully dexterous forked tongue, truckloads of possessiveness, and touch him and get unalived vibes for days.]]> 266 Kiki Clark Jen 4 4.25
author: Kiki Clark
name: Jen
average rating: 4.25
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]]> 221892180 I don’t do men.

Especially not Dominic Caruso—my boss, tormentor, and greatest weakness. He’s the kind of man who takes what he wants and leaves nothing behind. A dangerous mafia capo with a voice that makes me hate how easily I obey.

I should stay away.

But now we’re stuck together, and every moment with him is a battle I’m losing. His touch shatters me, and the way he looks at me makes me question everything I thought I knew about myself.

He’s not just breaking down my walls.
He’s ruining me—piece by piece.

And the worst part?
I can’t tell if I’m fighting to get away from him...
Or to belong to him.



Gay AwakeningOne BedBoss/EmployeeReverse Grumpy SunshineSecret Romance
This is Luca's story, the sixth book in the series, but a complete standalone. Please check the TW's in the book!]]> 400 Vanessa Waltz Jen 4 3.89
author: Vanessa Waltz
name: Jen
average rating: 3.89
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]]> 216848731
Nix has been waiting to be summoned again for ages. And while he might have had to trick his handsome mob boss to make it happen, he’s not going to waste the opportunity while he has it. Only now that he’s here, he doesn’t just want to stay in the human realm. He wants Ivan—his greed and his rage and his lust. And if Nix has to fix Ivan’s life to make that happen—if he needs to handle the dangers in his business, mend the broken bits left by Ivan’s father—then that’s what he’ll do. Even an incubus can be useful to a mobster, if given the right incentive.

Inviting Bedlam is a heated, MM paranormal romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger. It contains a repressed, controlling mob boss and the naughty incubus determined to make him crack, brothers who won’t communicate, more demons than Ivan asked for, and a pair of panties Ivan would like to set on fire. While each book focuses on a different couple, the series is best enjoyed in order.]]> 268 Grae Bryan Jen 4 4.33
author: Grae Bryan
name: Jen
average rating: 4.33
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]]> 203745111 Heaven has many rules for angels to follow, but one comes above all others.

Angels and demons cannot fall in love.


Micah

I’ve been alive for millennia, and have yet to meet my fated mate. It’s not something I’ve ever cared about; my heart already belongs to another. Someone I can’t have. Someone who doesn’t want me.

Now I know we’ll never be together. Unlike me, he’s found his fated mates. Two of them.

That’s fine. As leader of the Seraphim, Heaven’s most elite unit of angels, I don’t have time for love.

Apparently fate has other ideas.

Meeting my mate on a battlefield outside Hell is surprising to say the least. When you add in his uncanny resemblance to the man who broke my heart, it’s safe to say I’m far from pleased.

The fact that he’s a demon, my natural born enemy, is just icing on the cake of this is never going to happen. It’s a good thing I haven’t been banking on meeting my mate and living happily ever after, because there’s no way it’s happening with Nox.

It’s not like Nox wants me either. He hates me with a ferocity I’ve come to expect from his kind. The two of us never being together is the only thing we can agree on.

Still, there’s a pull between us that neither of us can ignore, no matter how I wish we could. What starts out as hate sex, a way to try and burn off the intensity between us, quickly blossoms into something more. Something dangerous.

Something forbidden.




‘Conflicted�� is an exciting enemies to lovers, angel x demon, MM PNR romance. The first in the Hopeless Blessed series, each book will follow a different couple. All can be read as standalone titles.]]> 428 Lark Taylor 173940467X Jen 4 4.38 2024
author: Lark Taylor
name: Jen
average rating: 4.38
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rating: 4
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He's got a hot arm, and an even hotter temper.

So when his minor league team brings in seasoned catcher Jackson Evans to "handle" him, the two clash instantly.

But as the two battle for power, anger gives way to lust, and an awakening Connor didn't see coming.

If Jackson wants to be 'hands on,' they might as well enjoy it. But once again, the man makes Connor work for it. Just like he does on the field.

Only this time, the reward is so much sweeter. When Connor gives in to Jackson's coaching, and Jackson gives in to his attraction, they're instantly on a hot streak—on the field and in bed.

So hot that Connor finally gets that call to the majors he's always wanted.

But what's a pitcher to do without the catcher who owns his heart? Now all Connor needs is to convince Jackson they belong to each other forever, not just on a baseball diamond.]]> 381 Beth Bolden Jen 4 4.14 2024
author: Beth Bolden
name: Jen
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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In addition to a fine estate, Oliver Fitzwilliam has inherited a nineteen-year-old ward, Simon Cavandish. Oliver has no time at all for Simon—the feeling is very much mutual—but he can no longer ignore the boy’s reputation as something of a hellion.

When Simon embarrasses Oliver at a neighbour’s ball, the brat’s just asking for a spanking.

It turns out that might just be the best thing for both of them.]]> 70 Lisa Henry Jen 4 3.78 2015
author: Lisa Henry
name: Jen
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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Just when things in Hell are starting to get boring, The Lucifer receives another of these blasted letters... the candy-striped, smiley-faced, hopeful letters of humans. Only these letters aren't intended for him, and he's tired of reading about the silly Christmas wishes of mankind.

The best solution is the most obvious go to the North Pole, and demand Santa do something about it.

Only things don't... quite... work out the way he's imagining. Lucifer's riled up and ready to put Santa in his place, but the tall, dark, and somber man who greets him at the workshop door isn't a man that can be bossed around, and he's quick to put Lucifer in his place. Only Lucifer isn't so easily dissuaded, and soon, he's causing chaos right underneath Santa's nose.

It quickly becomes a game of cat and mouse, until they're no longer Lucifer and Santa, but Damien and Niklaus, and what's happening between them is a lot more complicated than either of them could ever have expected.

Author's This is an 18+ erotic novella based loosely on holiday themes. Read accordingly.]]> 195 G. Eilsel Jen 4 4.23
author: G. Eilsel
name: Jen
average rating: 4.23
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]]> 55277901 Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at Bernie's, and Less than Zero, and as a charter member of Hollywood's Brat Pack. That iconic group of ingenues and heartthrobs included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, and Demi Moore, and has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture.��

In his memoir Brat: An '80s Story, McCarthy focuses his gaze on that singular moment in time. The result is a revealing look at coming of age in a maelstrom, reckoning with conflicted ambition, innocence, addiction, and masculinity. New York City of the 1980s is brought to vivid life in these pages, from scoring loose joints in Washington Square Park to skipping school in favor of the dark revival houses of the Village where he fell in love with the movies that would change his life.��Filled with personal revelations of innocence lost to heady days in Hollywood with John Hughes and an iconic cast of characters, Brat is a surprising and intimate story of an outsider caught up in a most unwitting success.]]> 223 Andrew McCarthy 1538754274 Jen 4 3.57 2021
author: Andrew McCarthy
name: Jen
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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He’s made it to the first line on his hockey team, the Portland Evergreens. He’s made the Dean’s List the last four semesters. He’s right in line to graduate on time, and head to the pros. All steps on the ultimate goal of becoming the best front office guy in the NHL.

Elliott is the only fly in his ointment.

The younger, wilder forward parties every night, sleeping with everything with a pulse, and barely attending classes or practices.

It’s annoying, but Mal’s dealing with it, until their new coach insists Mal tutor Elliott to help him pass a class.

And until Elliott discovers Mal’s biggest secret: he’s been too busy checking off points on his life plan to get laid.

They’re fire and ice. Bad boy and virgin. They shouldn’t work at all. But the more time they spend together, on and off the ice, the more irresistible their chemistry becomes.

The more desperate Mal becomes for some of Elliott’s one-on-one tutoring—this time in bed.

But Elliott wants more than just sex. He wants to melt Mal’s icy cold shoulder and convince him there’s more to life—and love—than a plan.]]> 399 Beth Bolden Jen 5 4.07 2025
author: Beth Bolden
name: Jen
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2025
rating: 5
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But they want to film it in February. That’s complicated for an arctic fox shifter like me. We have a biological need for prolonged physical contact during burrowing season. I normally spend February cuddling with my family, not filming a movie in the middle of the woods.

The studio said they’d find a professional cuddler for me. That seemed a little awkward, but I agreed to it. I figured they’d hire a woman or another male omega. But no.

They hired Dimitri Cross.

He’s the retired NHL player I spent my teenage years drooling over. Technically, he’s an arctic fox shifter too, but he’s also half grizzly shifter—and an alpha—so he’s built like a tank. I’ve always had a weakness for huge jocks who could throw me over their shoulder.

How am I supposed to cuddle with this guy all month if I can’t even go near him without getting butterflies in my stomach?

What am I going to do?

Snuggleslut is a low-angst romance set in the omegaverse with a size difference, knotting, and mpreg. It’s book two in the Burrowing Hearts series, but it stands alone.]]> 196 Amy Bellows Jen 4 4.02 2022
author: Amy Bellows
name: Jen
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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For the next month we’ll be living together in a remote cabin. That’s how fox shifters form a bond. We burrow with our intended for a full month of winter.

My mothers say my new mate is kind, and he won’t mind that I don’t look like other omegas. But I’m nervous. What if he’s disappointed?

Or even worse, what if he’s someone I could never bring myself to love?

Snuggle Season is a low angst MM romance with MPreg, knotting, and lots of cuddling. It’s set in the same world as Amy Bellows�� other shifter books, but it stands alone.]]> 140 Amy Bellows Jen 4 3.97 2021
author: Amy Bellows
name: Jen
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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I’m not very good at taking advice, apparently.

Less than a week after Slade knocks me up, he goes to prison for murder. He confesses and everything. I shouldn’t harbor a secret hope that he’s innocent. I know that. Which is why I don’t tell him about the baby.

But when he gets out six years later on good behavior, I offer to pick him up. Because I have to know if he’s really as bad as everyone thinks he is.

The (Maybe) Murderer Who Knocked Me Up is book one of the Trash Pandas series. It includes a brief mention of MPreg, knotting, a single dad, and a raccoon shifter family with a penchant for shiny things.]]> 203 Amy Bellows Jen 4 4.13 2024
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name: Jen
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> 222134930 In this spicy MM hockey romance, defenseman Jesse finds himself catching feelings for his friend’s nerdy little brother and knows if his captain finds out, there will be hell to pay.

Nate just wants to be left in peace to study without his brother Harrison’s hockey teammates hanging around and getting on his nerves. Until he sees a familiar tattoo on a gay dating app belonging to the hockey team’s tough guy Jesse. When Harrison asks him to tutor Jesse for a class he is failing, maybe Nate can discover if it really is Jesse on that app?

Jesse is used to being called dumb, but being tutored by his captain’s younger brother in a subject he doesn’t even study is humiliating. Especially when he’s that cute. But when Nate treats him like more than just some dumb jock, Jesse might have bigger problems on his plate.

Book one of the Ivy League Players series. Can be read as a standalone. Every book in the series will follow a new couple at a different fictionalized Ivy League college.]]> 254 Emmery Fox Jen 4 3.58 2025
author: Emmery Fox
name: Jen
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/08
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]]> 220528822 When is a kidnap not a kidnap? When it's a rescue.

Rudolf Bell does NOT need saving. But after the worst performance of his life, there are those who disagree. All he wants is to have a good time and forget everything for a while. Easier said than done when the media have done a hatchet job on him. His career's not over, though. Not until he says so.

Arlo Thomas has never forgotten the classical pianist who looks more like a rock star, even if his documentary about the precocious talent never saw the light of day. Seeing Rudolf’s bad press spurs him to drastic action. It’s not kidnap if it’s a luxurious cabin and it’s for Rudolf’s own good. Right?

When a rekindled friendship turns to passion in the remote winter wonderland location, Arlo’s determination to resist Rudolf slowly crumbles. As the days pass, Rudolf may have to admit he did need saving, and that Arlo’s the perfect man to do it.
It’s a shame snow melts and all good things must come to an end before Christmas.

Saving Mr. Bell is a sweet low angst MM snowed in, forced proximity, only one bed winter/holiday romance featuring a Christmas tree that just never seems to get decorated, snow, sledging, strip poker, underwear sharing, more snow, wolves of a non-shifter nature, a cozy log cabin, humor, snark, lots of banter, and two men who’ll hopefully learn during the course of their stay that there’s always a way to get something if you want it badly enough.]]> 227 H.L. Day Jen 0 4.51
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name: Jen
average rating: 4.51
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