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The Perfect Blend
A.D. Ellis - 2021
Justin plans to put his business and baking skills to good use once he owns the small-town coffee shop of his dreams. He’s willing to do whatever it takes to make his dreams come true. If that means involving an unsuspecting silver fox in his scheme, so be it. Morgan knows moving to Briarton was the right step in getting his life back on track. A case of mistaken identity lands Morgan right in the middle of young, handsome Justin’s completely unexpected plan. Morgan should just say no, but something deep inside urges him to take a chance. Will Justin and Morgan complete the terms of their unconventional deal? Or will they finally admit there’s more between them than they first realized? **The Perfect Blend is a steamy, M/M age-gap, marriage of convenience, coffee shop romance.**
Let’s Bi Curious (The Cruise)
Romeo Alexander - 2021
We’ve always been close, but I’ve barely shown an interest in anyone, and Zane’s only ever chased women. We know what’s what and where we belong. Zane was the one who said we should do it again…just to check…and wow! Now everything’s changing, and it’s great…but it’s terrifying. I want this new us, I want him, but what if I lose my best friend?Zane: A three-month cruise with my best friend? This is gonna be great! Dalton and I have been through just about everything together. Hell, we’re so close even our friends joke about us being…more. Well, that’s what I thought. Then one impulsive moment—well, maybe two—changed everything. Now I’m starting to see Dalton in a whole new light and, God, I really like it. I know he’s scared and overthinking it but, together we can do this, right?
It's Always Been You
Max Hudson - 2020
He spent more time at the Hayne’s household than he did his own. Which means it shouldn’t have been a surprise when he realized that he was gay. It had been Conner’s older brother, Owen, who starred in Benji’s fantasies. Benji thought he was doing a good job at keeping his crush a secret until one day Benji walks in on Owen in all his naked glory. He knew he should turn away, but Owen spots him. Things take a turn that Benji never expected. When the night ends, Owen makes Benji promise to never tell Connor. The next day Owen left for college. Owen knew it was a mistake, but he couldn’t help the way he felt for Benji. He’d always had a thing for his little brother’s best friend. However, he knew nothing could come of it. Connor loved Benji like a brother. If Owen broke his heart, he and Connor would never be the same. So he ran. Now, he’s back, and his feelings haven’t changed. He wants Benji Cole, and he’s not letting anyone or anything get in his way. Please Note: This book contains adult language and steamy adult activities, it is intended for 18+ Adults Only. Novel, approximately 30,000 words in length. HEA (happy ever after ending). Does not end with a "cliffhanger." Themes includes: Unrequited love, friends to lovers, college, first time, coming out of the closet.
Brash
Eva Leon - 2018
No one comes here, and no one knows where I am. When Ezra turns up on my doorstep, I suspect he’s a reporter, who doesn’t know when to let a story die. It’s soon obvious he doesn’t remember me as my Hollywood persona, and the fear in his eyes tells me he’s running from demons, the same as me. The difference is, mine are dead, and his are very much alive, and in pursuit. It’s been a long time since I cared about anyone or anything, but Ezra could change that if I let him. Ezra I was sure I was too smart not to recognize an abusive jerk when I met one—so how did I end up the virtual prisoner of my Alpha boyfriend, who turned out to be a drug dealer with a shady past and violent present, who wants to control my future? When I saw him kill someone, I ran, but he’s after me. I don’t know if he wants me back, or if he wants to silence me, but I’ll die before I go back to him. I have nothing left until I stumble across Levi’s cabin where I find hope for survival, and maybe a second chance at happiness with the curmudgeonly man living in terrain as rugged as he is. Brash is a standalone Mpreg romance with a salty Alpha, sweet but scared Omega, and the happily ever after you’re craving.
My Theory for Love
Ashlynn Mills - 2020
Working at the coffee shop barely pays the bills as it is, but when all my life savings is stolen from me leaving me floundering about, I have no choice but to take on a second job.I never expect to see the guy I locked eyes with at the coffee shop again, but not only do I keep running into him everywhere I go, he also ends up hiring me to tutor his son. The lines between casual and professional begin to blur. How can I focus on my job when the gorgeous straight older man has me losing not only my train of thought but my heart as well.
Sixteen Weeks Later
Taylor Rylan - 2020
Two separate worlds. It was only supposed to be a single night of steamy sex. Dax Phillips has never known stability, so he does his best to work toward it. But when he falls for the one man he shouldn’t, he’s so unsure of himself he has trouble believing that someone that grounded could possibly be interested. Anderson Engleson has a lot to show for his hard work. He has a successful career, nice house, a close best friend, but he’s yet to find that one person he can call his. Can a one-night stand turn into more? When Professor Anderson Engleson and his new student Dax Phillips realize what could happen if anyone found out, will they call it quits? Will they make it sixteen weeks or are they willing to break all of the rules? Sixteen Weeks Later is the full-length novel that started as Sixteen Weeks. It has been both expanded and lengthened. This book is a complete standalone.
Faking Alec
Anders Grey - 2019
Not a real boyfriend, but a fake one. Bonus points if he’s sexy, a good actor, and can put up with my crazy family. Why do I need a date? Because if I go by myself, my ex will be assigned to me as a mandatory plus-one. My ex. The guy who used me, hurt me, and dumped me like trash. When a handsome stranger hears my dilemma, he comes to my rescue. It’s both a blessing and a curse when he offers to play the part of my fake boyfriend. A blessing because he goes along with my ridiculous plan—and a curse because I want him badly. But I know he won’t stay. And that’s good, because our relationship is fake anyway. Right? Alec: I don’t do commitment. After my ex burned me, I swore off relationships. As a photographer for a successful nature magazine, I travel the world and never stay in the same place for long. But when a desperate and hot guy begs me to be his fake boyfriend for a week-long getaway, I surprise myself by saying yes. I can do seven days. I can even do fake boyfriend. But Rowan is different. Nothing like my ex or the other men I’ve turned down. When I look into his stormy blue eyes, I’m mesmerized. His touch is electric. His kiss is smoking hot. It doesn’t take long for me to wonder what’s fake and what’s very, very real.
The Proposal
Ivy Oliver - 2019
I was there when my best friend proposed to someone else. Just like I'd been there for house-moving and cat-sitting, for parties and vacations and nights out. I was always the guy behind the camera snapping vacation photos for Daniel and his girlfriend, Megan. They were happy, and it made me happy. After all, I set them up. So of course I was there the night he planned to propose to her. It was all picture perfect except for one detail: She said no. So with plane tickets and hotel rooms booked for a post-proposal getaway, what was he to do? Go anyway and get his mojo back, and of course he invited me to tag along. What could be better than a week in paradise secretly lusting over my best friend, unable to tear my eyes from his glorious body, resisting the urge to throw myself at him? Every time he looked at me that little thrill I felt was almost worth it. Just two guys having a good time to move past a bad night, right? That's what it was going to be, until we hit the bars the night before, and he asked me to stay over the night before our flight. That's what it was before he kissed me. Now we don't have to find trouble in paradise. It followed us. Will lust grow into love or just become another fading memory? The Proposal is a fifty thousand word friends to lovers romantic comedy with an HEA! A Friends to Lovers Romance.
Identical
Jason Collins - 2020
But traveling for work has its perks, and Eric’s the most tempting eligible man I’ve met in ages. The problem? His identical brother has eyes for me too.While Eric’s pulling me into his bed, his brother wants to push between us.I never thought a man could hold me down, but with the twins around, I’ve got two who want to do just that—in different ways. And from the looks of it, one of them might even want the best of both worlds.Caleb wants to double up, but I’ve got one too many brothers on my hands.ERIC:Anderson is a walking red flag I want to wrap myself in.The new guy next door didn’t just steal my breath away—he’s claimed my fantasies, too. I can’t tear my eyes off him. He’s hotter than hades, and damn if I’m not eager to play with fire. I’m living in a dream until my twin Caleb appears.My brother wants to wedge himself between us—in more ways than one.But I won’t let him steal Anderson from me. Caleb has a way with men that leaves me in the dust, and even though my brother says he’ll be good, I know him too well for that. We may share everything else, but we aren’t sharing men. My brother’s the taker, but I’m the tempter.Note to readers: This is a standalone MM romance.
Lust & Longing
E.M. Denning - 2020
First love especially.Unfortunately for Noah Davis, it doesn’t get easier as he gets older.Noah lost Ian years ago, when life took them in different directions. Not knowing how to let go, he relied on the friends he made while living in the city. His friends helped pull him out of his despair, but it was at a club where he found himself. He threw himself into his new identity. Being a Dom gave him the control he desperately needed and helped him put the pieces of himself back together.But time changes things. Noah left the club scene behind years ago. He’s back home in Silver Springs and suddenly Ian Osborn, the one who got away, is there, too. Love isn’t easier the second time around. Noah and Ian must reconcile who they used to be with the men they are now, and it won’t be easy, but nothing worth having ever is.
Love Fanatic
Peter Styles - 2017
But living and loving in the real world… that’s hard.
Life should be easy for Lance Epstein. He’s the author of a hugely popular young adult fantasy series and he can afford just about anything he could want or need, including his mansion. All he has to do is write and make the occasional public appearance. He’s living the dream. Or at least he would be, if he was doing anything that people expected of him. Instead, after a bad ending to his only relationship, Lance becomes a hermit, spending five years in a state of perpetual writer’s block and depression. But when his agent sets up a giveaway for a fan, Lance is forced to have dinner with his biggest admirer: Sam Lawrence, a handsome and upbeat fanfiction writer who is infatuated with Lance’s work. One passionate night leads to another, and the two embark on a cross-country road trip to Fantasticon together. Soon, even the cynical Lance is taken in by Sam’s talent and enthusiasm. Spending every day and night with one another evokes feelings within Sam that are equally terrifying and electrifying. But the closer Lance finds himself to really falling in love, the more frightened he is, and the more the demons of his past fight to overtake him. Will Lance ever be able to set down of the baggage of his past? And, more importantly, will Sam be able to see past it? In this touching 75,000-word gay romance novel, Love Fanatic, Lance and Sam’s sensual story will leave you breathless. Descriptive, passionate scenes make this novel suitable for adults only.
Ignite (Set on Fire #1)
Rebecca James - 2021
And although he knows it's going to be difficult to go back to the real world, he can't help but get a little lost in the act. Funny thing is, before this trip Luca would have sworn he knew everything about his best friend. But before they leave Miami, Michael reveals something that Luca never expected.Tropes: Fake boyfriend, friends-to-lovers, bi-discovery, virgin, tall/short.
Waiting on Life
Parker Williams - 2020
In fact, he usually got too serious before they were ready. One day, upon returning home from work, Toby finds a young woman kneeling to pick up mail she’d apparently dropped. Taken with her red hair and slender body, he says hello as he grabs his own mail. The woman jumps and bangs her head against the open door, then lets loose with a string of expletives. She turns around and Toby discovers…the person he’s been ogling isn’t a woman at all, but a man.Kyle Roga’s heard it all before. High school was filled with taunting classmates who could tell Kyle was far too fabulous to be straight. And now, here he was, being pawed at by a man who stole Kyle’s breath away. He ticked every box Kyle had, and a few he didn’t even know he wanted ticked. The problem? Kyle’s been burned before by straight men who think you’re good enough for sex, but not for a relationship. He’s been bitten way more than once, and he doesn’t want to go down that path again.Two men, each with a different way of looking at love, find themselves having to reexamine what they always believed about themselves. Will it be enough to bring them together? Will each discover what they’ve been doing isn’t living, but waiting on life?
Chasing the High
Beth Michele - 2016
Dumped. Abandoned. Jilted.That only happened in books. Fictional disasters like the kind I wrote. It wasn’t supposed to happen to me, Sam Stone. My life was supposed to be orderly. Organized. Perfect. But I had no control over my fiancé’s decision to leave me.What better place to be alone while nursing my broken heart than in paradise, right? Two weeks of sandy beaches and tranquil waters to quietly rethink my life.That's what I thought anyway--until Drew Mariano came along and shook everything up. He shook me up. He made me feel high on life.But I was afraid...the higher I got...the harder I was going to fall...**This is a steamy mm for readers eighteen and over due to language and graphic sexual content.**
Our Darkest Hour
Sarah Bailey - 2020
My Lies. Our Demise.My life had never been easy growing up. An abusive, alcoholic father. A mother who wouldn't leave him. It all felt empty and hollow. Until one day, a blue-grey eyed boy saved me from a bully and changed my entire world.He and I grew from boys to adolescents. Best friends who fell in love. We shared a bond I thought could never be broken. But fate had other plans.One event shattered our illusion.It tore us apart even as we fought to stay together.Then the boy I loved broke all his promises.He left me.He ruined me.He lied.Aaron Jackson Parrish should have been my fairy tale love story. But not all fairy tales have a happy ending. And ours had the most unforgiving ending of all.Please be advised, this story contains sensitive content/subject matter. Please see the author's website for full details.A coming of age, second chance MM romance set in Sarah Bailey's Dark Universe.Our Darkest books are a series of interconnected standalones. There are a mixture of MM and MF couples and they all have HEAs.