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56 editor’s picks matching LGBTQIA+
Best for readers who enjoy MM romance with opposites-attract chemistry, unconventional relationships, obsessive attraction, and morally questionable behavior.
Sem
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance
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Maggie has noticed the intimidating, reckless man who keeps appearing wherever he goes, but Sem is nothing like the men he usually finds attractive. When Sem breaks into Maggie's apartment and challenges him to an unexpected encounter, the two begin a secret game that gradually becomes something more complicated. Best for readers who enjoy MM romance with opposites-attract chemistry, unconventional relationships, obsessive attraction, and morally questionable behavior.
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Sometimes your dream guy isn’t who you think he is.
Sem has been stalking me for months. He shows up everywhere I am and lurks in the background, his eyes always on me. I don’t understand his fascination with me, but he won’t leave me alone.
He’s definitely not my type. He’s too big, too reckless, and too feral.
But then one night he breaks into my apartment and dares me to do something crazy and I can’t say no.
Then I do it again. And again.
Now it seems we’re both addicted to this secret little game.
But when I begin to see the man beneath the brutish exterior, will falling in love prove to be the most reckless bet yet?
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Best for readers who like steamy MM college romance, athlete-and-tutor pairings, bisexual awakening, humor, and cuddly intimacy.
Until Him
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance
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College athlete Logan Lewis needs academic help from mysterious tutor Theo Reign, but their unusual arrangement develops into a relationship that challenges Logan’s previous assumptions about attraction, with a 4.0-star average from more than 10,300 Goodreads ratings. Best for readers who like steamy MM college romance, athlete-and-tutor pairings, bisexual awakening, humor, and cuddly intimacy.
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"A heartfelt MM romance with great chemistry, plenty of humor, and a relationship that felt genuinely earned. I loved watching Logan slowly break through Theo’s defenses." - Apropos Books
If there’s one thing I’ve learned this year at college, it’s that things aren’t always what they seem.
I’m Logan Lewis. I’m popular, charming, athletic, and all the girls love me. Yep, I’ve really got it made.
But when I find myself in danger of failing my chemistry class and losing my sports scholarship, I know the only person who can save me is the smartest science tutor on campus.
Theo Reign is brilliant. He’s also cold and antisocial, moody and mean. He looks at me like he hates me, but touches me like he wants me.
There’s something just beneath the surface that draws me in. His secret pain mirrors my own, and I suddenly find myself craving him. I can’t get enough of this mysterious and intriguing man, and though I know what we’re doing is weird and probably toxic, I just can’t seem to let him go.
I never thought I would want another man.
Until him.
Until Him is a steamy M/M college romance with heart, soul, lots of laughs, and of course, cuddling.
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Ideal for readers looking for an emotional MM romance with small-town isolation, family strain, vulnerability, and trust.
In the Middle of Somewhere
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Contemporary Romance · Gay Romance
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Goodreads Choice Award nominee In the Middle of Somewhere follows guarded professor Daniel Mulligan and quiet local Rex Vale as an unexpected relationship develops in rural Michigan, with a 4.1-star average from more than 13,000 Goodreads ratings. Ideal for readers looking for an emotional MM romance with small-town isolation, family strain, vulnerability, and trust.
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Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Debut Goodreads Author
Daniel Mulligan is tough, snarky, and tattooed, hiding his self-consciousness behind sarcasm. Daniel has never fit in—not at home in Philadelphia with his auto mechanic father and brothers, and not at school where his Ivy League classmates looked down on him. Now, Daniel’s relieved to have a job at a small college in Holiday, Northern Michigan, but he’s a city boy through and through, and it’s clear that this small town is one more place he won’t fit in.
Rex Vale clings to routine to keep loneliness at bay: honing his muscular body, perfecting his recipes, and making custom furniture. Rex has lived in Holiday for years, but his shyness and imposing size have kept him from connecting with people.
When the two men meet, their chemistry is explosive, but Rex fears Daniel will be another in a long line of people to leave him, and Daniel has learned that letting anyone in can be a fatal weakness. Just as they begin to break down the walls keeping them apart, Daniel is called home to Philadelphia, where he discovers a secret that changes the way he understands everything.
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Ideal for readers looking for an emotional MM hockey romance about grief, caregiving, friendship, and mental health.
The Last Buzzer
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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Desmond unexpectedly becomes his nephew’s guardian and an assistant college hockey coach, where he connects with Jack, a player struggling with anxiety and the pressure of continuing a sport he once loved, with a 4.0-star average from more than 4,300 Goodreads ratings. Ideal for readers looking for an emotional MM hockey romance about grief, caregiving, friendship, and mental health.
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In the time it takes to answer a phone call, Desmond’s life changes. Suddenly, he’s a single parent to his nephew, living in South Carolina, and the assistant coach for the university hockey team. Life might not be great right now, but he’s handling it. And things can’t possibly get worse, right?
Jack— the survivor of a horrific childhood— knows that things can always get worse. And right now, for him, worse is hockey. He loves the game, and loves the friendships he’s cultivated with his teammates, but that’s where the good ends and the bad begins. Every time his skates touch the ice, he feels worse and worse, eaten alive by anxiety and stress.
Desmond’s arrival becomes a bright spot for Jack, in the otherwise bleak nightmare hockey has become for him. There is more than the surface-level attraction, though. Soon, their friendship begins to move beyond the sport that brought them together. Before they know it, Desmond and Jack’s lives become intertwined in a way that neither could have expected.
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A strong match for readers drawn to MM hockey romance, second chances, shared history, and unresolved feelings between teammates.
Square to the Puck
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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Corwin Sanhover has spent six years trying to forget his history with Nigel St. James, but Nigel’s trade to South Carolina forces the two hockey players to confront their lingering attraction and consider starting again, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 3,300 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to MM hockey romance, second chances, shared history, and unresolved feelings between teammates.
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Corwin Sanhover could almost convince himself that the night six years ago didn’t happen. But when Nigel St. James is traded to South Carolina, it becomes a lot harder to keep their history in the past.
Nigel St. James can’t imagine a team he’d like to play for less than South Carolina, and he knows Corwin probably feels the same. But when things between them become friendly, it’s clear that they both still want each other now, the same as they did back then.
Is it possible to start fresh and build a relationship, or are some things—and people—better left in the past?
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Best for readers who enjoy MM hockey romance with opposites-attract chemistry, grumpy characters, and tenderness beneath the conflict.
Between the Pipes
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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Argumentative Nico Mackenzie seems completely incompatible with steady NHL goaltender Anthony Lawson, but their differences do not prevent an unexpected connection from developing, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 2,500 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who enjoy MM hockey romance with opposites-attract chemistry, grumpy characters, and tenderness beneath the conflict.
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Nico Mackenzie is angry and argumentative— in every way, he is the exact opposite of NHL goaltender Anthony Lawson. Thrown together for a summer of coaching college hockey at South Carolina University, Anthony makes every effort to be friendly; Nico, on the other hand, seems intent on being infuriating and keeping the other man at arm’s length.
When a causal relationship forms between the pair, they form an unsteady truce. The summer is finite, however, and when it comes to an end a decision has to be made: do they end things as they are or try for more?
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A good pick for readers who like MM hockey romance, teammates with benefits, bisexual awakening, and relationships that become more serious than planned.
From Coast to Coast
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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Newly divorced NHL forward Remy Stone uses a trade to Calgary as a chance to start over, but a casual relationship with teammate Grayson Brody becomes complicated when deeper feelings develop, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 2,600 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for readers who like MM hockey romance, teammates with benefits, bisexual awakening, and relationships that become more serious than planned.
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NHL forward Remy Stone steps off the plane in Calgary a newly divorced man. While he doesn’t necessarily want to live in Canada, the trade offered a good excuse for a fresh start and he means to capitalize on it.
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.
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Ideal for readers looking for college sports romance with instant connection, emotional vulnerability, patient pursuit, and hurt-comfort tension.
One-Touch Pass
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · RomCom · Sports Romance
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Nate meets Marcos at a party, and seventeen minutes turn into something neither of them can ignore, even as Marcos’s anxiety, stress, and self-doubt make him believe Nate deserves someone else, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 2,300 Amazon reviewers. Ideal for readers looking for college sports romance with instant connection, emotional vulnerability, patient pursuit, and hurt-comfort tension.
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"One-Touch Pass is a funny, heartfelt gay college romance with great chemistry, a sunny hero worth swooning over, and an emotional arc that lands beautifully." - Apropos Books
Nate meets a stranger at a party, and in the span of seventeen minutes, his life changes.
Marcos meets a stranger at a party and wonders if the universe is laughing at him. His life has become a seemingly endless stream of bad days. Everything is a struggle, from his friendship with Max, to the simple act of changing in the locker room after a baseball game. Stress and anxiety sit so heavy on his shoulders, he can barely function under the weight of it. Starting a relationship is the very last thing he wants or feels he deserves. Particularly when Nate— beautiful, gregarious, and kind Nate— could have anybody he wanted.
If there is one thing Marcos knows, it’s this: Nate deserves someone far better than him.
But despite his best efforts to keep him away, Nate persists. He knows what he wants. He wants Marcos. He wants to coax him out of his shell, take him horseback riding, and treat him right. Seventeen minutes isn’t enough for Nate and Marcos.
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Best for readers who like college hockey romance with forced proximity, enemies-to-friends tension, mistrust, and emotional pining.
On the Edge
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · RomCom · Sports Romance
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Henri Vasel is used to people pleasing, but being partnered with Atlas Kaiser turns classroom animosity into tentative friendship and something more, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 3,500 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like college hockey romance with forced proximity, enemies-to-friends tension, mistrust, and emotional pining.
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"On the Edge is a warm, emotional gay college romance with a lovable sweetheart of a hero, believable chemistry, and a pricklier love interest who takes a little longer to win you over." - Apropos Books
Henri Vasel has perfected the art of people pleasing. He’s a good student, a fair hockey player, and he has a group of friends he’d do anything for. He’s happy. Or, rather, as happy as he can be when he has a class with the one person he can’t seem to please at South Carolina University.
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.
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Best for readers who like college hockey romance, roommates-to-friends tension, pining, and slow-burn emotional stakes.
Shots on Net
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · RomCom · Sports Romance
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Carter Morgan III lives for hockey, but his final stretch at South Carolina University gets complicated when Zeke Cassidy becomes his roommate, his friend, and the person Carter cannot stop wanting, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 5,500 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like college hockey romance, roommates-to-friends tension, pining, and slow-burn emotional stakes.
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"Shots on Net is a sweet, low-angst gay college romance with great chemistry, believable miscommunication, and a grumpy hockey player worth falling for." - Apropos Books
Carter Morgan III hates everything about South Carolina University except for one thing: hockey. As the starting netminder for the team, he lives for those moments when he can step onto the ice and between the pipes. Unfortunately, his time at school and on the team is slowly coming to an end; although he’d love nothing more than to pursue a career in the NHL, he knows better than to get his hopes up.
Zeke Cassidy needs a place to live. When he answers an advertisement for a roommate, he’s not sure what he is expecting except that it isn’t Carter Morgan III. Carter is unfriendly, aloof, and they have nothing in common; even so, the pair hit it off immediately and become friends.
Carter knows Zeke isn’t interested in being anything beyond friends and roommates. Unfortunately, knowing this doesn’t stop him from hoping for more, no matter how much he tries to convince himself it’s impossible.
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Best for readers who like gritty romance with cohabitation tension, fierce loyalty, external danger, and messy emotional stakes.
LOT 62
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance · RomCom
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Devon and Maddox are adjusting to life together on Lot 62, where cohabitation, old patterns, and new threats put their relationship under pressure, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 5,600 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like gritty romance with cohabitation tension, fierce loyalty, external danger, and messy emotional stakes.
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"LOT 62 is a satisfying continuation of Devon and Maddox’s story, with more stress than new-love sparkle but plenty of humor, affection, and hard-earned growth." - Apropos Books
Every fairytale had a villain, and this way of life was ours.
Coming from nothing and gaining something is a lot to handle. Can they hang on to it?
A year after moving in together on Lot 62, Devon and Maddox have a whole new dynamic to adjust to—cohabitation. Merging their personalities and energies into one tiny trailer is a lot to handle, but so is their relationship. There are bound to be some growing pains, and these two are about to work through them all.
As they strive to steady their relationship, they also have a horde of troubles coming their way.
Jim is out of prison with a new plan.
Devon is a product of his upbringing and doesn’t always make the smartest decisions.
Maddox runs interference while suffering the consequences of their reality.
With threats on their doorstep, Maddox and Devon learn how to prioritize the hard way. All that matters is that they’re together, and they’ll stop at nothing to ensure they are.
The future may seem bleak, but their bond and the love they share will have to get them through the dark to the future they’re dreaming about.
*Reminder: this is book 2 in the From Nothing series. Garron Park (book 1) must be read first. Lot 62 is a continuation of Garron Park, focusing on the relationship between Maddox and Devon. MM enemies-to-lovers romance.
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Good Pucking Luck begins with a public heartbreak, then turns one viral disaster into a no-strings arrangement that refuses to stay simple.
Good Pucking Luck
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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Good Pucking Luck begins with a public heartbreak, then turns one viral disaster into a no-strings arrangement that refuses to stay simple. After a failed hockey-game proposal makes Hayes internet-famous for all the wrong reasons, he swears off relationships and agrees to keep things casual with pro player Rylan. This MM hockey romance blends second-chance vulnerability, physical chemistry, and the risk of trusting a heart labeled off-limits.
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"Good Pucking Luck is a fun, low-angst MM hockey romance with great chemistry and likable characters. Hayes and Rylan play off each other really well, even if the relationship feels a little too easy at times." - Apropos Books
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 sure: 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?
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