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Good for readers who like forced proximity, forbidden attraction, campus romance, and Alpha/Beta tension.
Knot Mine
LGBTQIA+ · Alpha Male Romance · Bisexual Romance · Gay Romance · Paranormal Romance
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A Beta and an Alpha jock become trapped in a cabin during a storm, leading to unexpected attraction and forbidden desires in this spicy MM Omegaverse romance, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 1,700 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like forced proximity, forbidden attraction, campus romance, and Alpha/Beta tension.
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Shiloh
All I want is to live my life quietly as a Beta, away from the judgement of society. But at Oakley University, being a wallflower is virtually impossible when your perfect Omega twin is the shining star of your cohort. She has it all, looks, brains and Zale Blackwood.
Blackwood is a typical Alpha jock in every way– from being a rising football star to the broad muscular body that looked like he could squash a watermelon between his thighs. I could use his red flags to sew a king size quilt.
And for some reason, the Alpha assh*le is suddenly everywhere I turn, pushing my buttons and testing my boundaries until I snap.
One night.
One mistake.
One taste of him has me craving the life I swore I didn’t want.
But there’s one thing I can’t let myself forget…he’s not mine.
Zale
Millie Vos is incredible. She’s brave, bold, beautiful…a perfect Omega.
Unlike Shiloh.
Her Beta twin is brash, stubborn and keeps everyone at an arm’s length, gnashing his teeth angrily at anyone who comes to close.
When birthday plans gone wrong have us trapped in a cabin alone during a storm, I learn there’s more to the prickly hedgehog than he lets on.
The scent of autumn leaves and toffee apples clings to me after a drunken mistake and I’m slapped in the face with a scandalous truth…
He smells like mine.
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Best for readers who like MM hockey romance with second chances, forbidden attraction, teammates, and career complications.
The Call-Up
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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NHL rookie Bouchard finds himself playing alongside Ryan Christianson, his brother’s former teammate and the man he has loved since he was fourteen, forcing them to navigate old feelings alongside the pressures of professional hockey. Best for readers who like MM hockey romance with second chances, forbidden attraction, teammates, and career complications.
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I’ve been in love with Ryan Christianson since I was fourteen.
Eight years ago, he was my brother’s teammate, billeted in our home, and completely off-limits. Now, as I’m called up to the NHL for the first time, the moment I discover Ryan is my new linemate is also when I realize I’m still hopelessly gone for the man who calls me Baby Bouchard.
As rookies go, I’m doing well; hat-trick-in-my-third-game, heading-to-the-playoffs well. But I’ll always be just a kid to Ryan, who makes it clear there’s a line we’re not crossing. He says I’m too young, too new to the league, that getting involved would be a disaster. He’s probably right. But he’s also the one fixing my hair before media interviews, teaching me his signature backhand shot, and looking at me like he’s one second away from forgetting every reason we shouldn’t do this.
The smart thing? Finish the season, keep things professional, protect our careers.
But I didn’t make it to the NHL by playing it safe.
A sexy, forbidden love, MM hockey romance featuring rookie dreams, found family, and the courage to risk everything for love on and off the ice. Perfect for fans of Heated Rivalry, Tal Bauer, and Sarina Bowen.
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Good for readers who like college romance, racing drama, second chances, and complicated hearts.
Sharing Hearts
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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Mackie has loved racing since childhood, but driving for his hero at Starfire Racing becomes complicated when he falls for Noah, the team owner who may realize his feelings too late. In Sharing Hearts, Conan’s chance encounter with the team brings his own grief and hope into the mix. Good for readers who like college romance, racing drama, second chances, and complicated hearts.
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Pine Valley is a school that’s rich in both history and legacy, and it’s once more opening its doors to another year of students.
Mackie Draper has wanted to be a race car driver since he first saw Noah Fletcher compete when he was a kid. He never expected to become a driver for Noah himself at the prestigious Starfire Racing, nor did he expect to fall in love with his boss, but here he is. Unfortunately, Noah doesn’t feel the same way, and Mackie’s broken heart might not be the only thing lost this season.
Noah Fletcher is a champion, with more wins under his belt than any other driver. Now, he’s the owner of Starfire Racing, and the only thing he wants is to lead his team to victory. He never expected the complication of a young driver, Mackie, nor how it would feel when he realizes Mackie might have given up on both him and Starfire.
Conan White is no stranger to tragedy. Having lost his partner when he was young, he promised he would never take life for granted again, but a chance encounter with an up-and-coming race team in Pine Valley reminds him of this vow. When his past and present collide, Conan does his best to fight for a heart he doesn’t own with one that remains broken.
What happens when love is realized too late?
With more than just winning on the line, it’s time to race toward their future.
Can Mackie, Noah, and Conan survive Pine Valley, or will sharing hearts be all that’s left?
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Good for readers who want dark mafia romance with memory loss, power struggles, and unresolved pasts.
Reign
Romance · Gay Romance
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Pakhan of the Bratva Nikolaj Dragovich rules as a weapon turned king, but fractured memories and a voice from his dreams keep pulling him toward a life he cannot remember. Reign closes the Ruin and Royalty Duet after Conquest and Empire, with a guaranteed HEA. Good for readers who want dark mafia romance with memory loss, power struggles, and unresolved pasts.
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My name is Nikolaj Dragovich.
Pakhan of the Bratva. Blade of Moscow. Weapon turned king.
When I left Vintermoor, I walked away with a fractured skull and a mind full of cracks. Whatever I was before died somewhere between those walls, and what rose after was a man my father never managed to mold. A man without mercy. A man without fear. A man even the Five Families are suddenly eager to bow to.
Duty was never a choice, so why does the night refuse to leave me in peace?
Why do I hear a voice in my dreams that tightens like a hand around my throat, whispering a name I should know? Why does a phantom memory cut deeper than any blade when I can’t place the face behind it?
I don’t remember the life I left behind eight years ago.
But it remembers me.
This is book 2 in the Ruin and Royalty Duet. Conquestand the prequelEmpireneed to be read first to understand the plot behind Reign. This is the final installment, with a guaranteed HEA.
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Good for readers who like Ruthless Titan’s dark college hockey setting, coerced marriage setup, power imbalance, and enemies-to-lovers tension.
Ruthless Titan
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Erotica · Gay Romance · New Adult · Sports Romance
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A hockey player must marry his team captain to keep his scholarship, leading to unexpected feelings in this mature adult MM romance, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 3,000 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like Ruthless Titan’s dark college hockey setting, coerced marriage setup, power imbalance, and enemies-to-lovers tension.
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I never imagined the ruthless Titan would choose me as his rebellion, or that I’d become his shield.
Hockey was supposed to be my ticket to stability, earning me a scholarship for an education I could never have afforded on my own.
Until Connor Walsh, the ruthless star of the Crestwood hockey team and my captain, corners me with an ultimatum that changes everything.
Marry him, or watch my scholarship—and my entire future—disappear.
It's blackmail, pure and simple. A calculated move in whatever twisted game he's playing with his equally ruthless father. And I'm just a pawn he's willing to sacrifice.
Now I'm trapped in their war, shielding the one person who should be my enemy and learning all over again that safety is just another thing people like me don’t get.
I keep telling myself to hold back, that getting close only leads to hurt. But every day I spend with Connor pulls me in a little more.
And falling for my husband is worse than anything the ruthless titan can threaten me with.
Because love—family—well, they never last.
This steamy MM hockey romance that is perfect for readers who wanted Heated Rivalry to go darker – with a ruthless captain, a coerced marriage, and a war that turns into all‑consuming love.
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Good for readers who want classic gay romance shaped by secrecy, desire, and difficult choices.
The Lord Won’t Mind
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Erotica · Gay Romance · Historical Romance
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A four-month New York Times bestseller, The Lord Won’t Mind follows Charlie Mills as college life in the late 1930s leads him to Peter Martin, forcing him to choose between family expectations, social pressure, and the man he loves, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 160 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want classic gay romance shaped by secrecy, desire, and difficult choices.
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A four-month New York Times bestseller: This classic gay love story is as gripping and sexy today as when it was first published.
Charlie Mills always played the role of the good grandson, and his grandmother rewarded him for it handsomely in the form of all the gifts, money, and attention a boy could want. Entering college in the late 1930s, Charlie just has to keep doing what his grandmother expects of him in order to continue to receive her gifts. He has to find a nice girl, get married, and have a few kids. Then one summer, he meets Peter Martin.
Peter is everything that Charlie has ever wanted. Despite all the obstacles, Charlie immediately craves and pursues Peter, who happily obliges him. As they grow closer, Charlie is forced to choose between two options: complying with the expectations of society and family, or following the call of true love. In this, the first book of the Charlie & Peter Trilogy, Gordon Merrick creates an enduring portrait of two young men deeply in love, and the tribulations they endure to express themselves and maintain their relationship.
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Good for readers who like gay sports romance with enemies-to-lovers tension, grumpy/sunshine dynamics, Olympic pressure, and hurt/comfort.
Kiss and Cry
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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Two rival figure skaters must train together for the Olympics, forcing them to confront their intense rivalry and growing feelings for each other. Kiss and Cry has a 4.5-star rating from more than 1,900 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like gay sports romance with enemies-to-lovers tension, grumpy/sunshine dynamics, Olympic pressure, and hurt/comfort.
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Will figure skating enemies become lovers?
Henry
Everything comes easily for Theo Sullivan, whether it’s jumps or figure skating world titles. Everyone loves him—judges, fans, coaches.
I hate him.
Now he’s invaded my training center, and I have to see him every day as we prepare for the Olympics. I’m going to win gold if it’s the last thing I do. I’m going to beat him.
But the strangest thing is happening. I’m peeking under his happy-go-lucky exterior and discovering there’s more to Theo than I imagined.
This is a mistake. I can’t trust him.
I can’t be falling in love.
Theo
My mom’s convinced training with Henry Sakaguchi will distract me heading into the Olympics. No way—Henry’s epically boring and cold. He might as well be carved from ice.
But when I need help, he’s there. He tries to keep me at arm’s length, but it’s no use. He’s too kind. Too generous. He’s caring and gorgeous and hot, and I’ve never wanted anyone like this.
I might want Henry more than a gold medal.
Am I falling in love?
Kiss and Cry by Keira Andrews is a steamy gay sports romance featuring grumpy/sunshine opposites attracting, secretly soft-hearted boys, hurt/comfort, and of course a happy ending.
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Best for readers who like spicy MM hockey romance with bi-awakening, grumpy-sunshine chemistry, hurt/comfort, and found family.
Fresh Ice
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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Fresh Ice follows Ash, a divorced sunshine center chasing a fresh start, and Avi, a closeted co-captain who has spent years keeping people out, as their new NHL expansion team becomes the backdrop for a slow-burn romance, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 700 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like spicy MM hockey romance with bi-awakening, grumpy-sunshine chemistry, hurt/comfort, and found family.
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A bisexual awakening, a closeted captain, and the NHL expansion team that becomes their found family. Co-captains. Teammates. A slow burn neither of them saw coming.
Ryan "Ash" Asher is the sunshine center who makes every locker room warmer just by showing up. Signed to the Atlanta Firebirds after a divorce he's still pretending didn't break him, he's chasing a fresh start. New city. New team. New ice. He's fine. But from the first phone call with his co-captain, something he can't explain takes hold. Ash has never wanted a man before, and Antero Ikonen is unraveling everything he thought he knew about himself.
Antero "Avi" Ikonen hasn't let anyone close in a decade. Fifteen years closeted in professional hockey. A secret relationship with a teammate that ended on a highlight reel. A trade that felt less like a roster move and more like being thrown away. Avi's job is to lead this expansion team, not fall for the too-warm center who texts at midnight and keeps finding doors in walls Avi didn't know existed.
He falls first. He falls quiet. And he can't stop.
A grumpy-sunshine, slow burn teammates romance about a bisexual awakening, a closeted captain who's been hurt before, and a stray cat at the team facility who knows what he wants before either of them do.
Tropes: MM Hockey Romance • Bi-Awakening • Slow Burn • Grumpy-Sunshine • He Falls First • Forced Proximity • Secret Relationship • Hurt/Comfort • Found Family • Co-Captains • Stray Cat
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A strong match for readers who like spicy MM hockey romance, slow burn tension, hurt/comfort, found family, and comedy-forward emotional stakes.
Tape to Tape
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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A shoulder injury puts hockey player Matteo Marchetti on physical therapist Isaiah Brooks’s treatment table three mornings a week, where professional boundaries clash with forbidden attraction in Tape to Tape, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 80 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers who like spicy MM hockey romance, slow burn tension, hurt/comfort, found family, and comedy-forward emotional stakes.
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An MM hockey romance about forbidden love and professional boundaries. A gay Italian-American winger. The bisexual physical therapist who can't cross the line.
Matteo Marchetti is the loudest man on the Atlanta Firebirds and the founder of the team book club. He's narrated every teammate's love story like a personal mission. But his own life is a locked door. He deflects with comedy, and nobody on this roster has ever looked underneath.
Isaiah "Zay" Brooks is the physical therapist for the Atlanta Firebirds expansion team. Out, settled, rooted in Atlanta's queer community. He has professional boundaries he's never crossed. Dating a patient on the NHL team that employs him is not something his career could survive.
A shoulder injury puts Marchetti on Zay's treatment table three mornings a week. The loudest man in hockey goes quiet under Zay's hands. And the man underneath the jokes is someone Zay's professional code says he cannot want.
A slow burn teammates romance about a sports injury that breaks down every wall, a physical therapist who knows better, and a locker room book club that has read this exact plot before and is narrating it in the group chat in real time.
Tropes: MM Hockey Romance, Forbidden Romance, Professional Boundaries, Forced Proximity, Slow Burn, Hurt/Comfort, Grumpy-Sunshine, Comedy as Armor, Found Family
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Best for readers who like dark romance thrillers with vigilante killers, multiple points of view, disturbing content, and violent moral conflict.
Make Me
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Dark Romance · Erotica · Gay Romance
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Three perspectives collide as two killers target pedophiles while a cop investigates the murders. Contains mature themes and violence, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 3,500 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like dark romance thrillers with vigilante killers, multiple points of view, disturbing content, and violent moral conflict.
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Ronan
I used to be a cop, and now I kill people for fun. Yeah, yeah I know. Never admit to your crimes. But you don’t know who I am. To you, I’m just words in a blurb. Besides, I don’t plan on living that long anyway.
The system has failed us. There is no justice. So, before I go, I’ll be the justice.
You know. AKAB. All Killers Are Bastards, or however the fuck the saying goes.
Logan
I kill people because they deserve it. But, suddenly, there’s a copycat mimicking my style and stealing my marks. To top it all off, this copycat reminds me of someone. Someone very painful to remember.
I won’t let this slide. Fuck Ronan Carter for making me remember, and fuck him for stealing my kills. He’s going down. You can be sure of that.
Dakota
I’ve been a cop for over a decade. But there’s one kind of case I won’t work—crimes against children. Suddenly, pedophiles start turning up dead all over town. There are multiple serial killers on the loose, and despite not wanting to dig into my past, it’s my job to find them.
To find them and to stop them.
No matter what it takes.
Make Me is a dark romance thriller. It is an interconnected standalone in the Silent Hollow series. There is disturbing and heavy content. Please check content warnings. This book is not suitable for those under 18.
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In a drowned future where survival depends on silence, desire becomes dangerous when a murder exposes the man behind the mask.
Crocodile Tears
LGBTQIA+ · Mystery · Sci-Fi · Gay Romance
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In a drowned future where survival depends on silence, desire becomes dangerous when a murder exposes the man behind the mask. In Crocodile Tears, enslaved suspect Alex and grieving detective Josiah collide in an MM romantic thriller shaped by trauma, suspicion, forbidden intimacy, and secrets that threaten them both, making it a dark, emotionally charged read with dystopian tension and sharp romantic stakes.
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Sold. Prostituted. Broken.
Until him.
London, 2095. The world drowned. The system broke. And people became property.
Enslaved and microchipped, Alexander Lytton survived by creating the perfect mask: blank, obedient, invisible. Behind it, he was safe. One slip, and he was dead.
Until his master is murdered, and Alex becomes the prime suspect.
Detective Josiah Raine hasn't touched another man since his husband's brutal murder seven years ago. He's a ghost investigating ghosts, running on empty, barely holding himself together.
His job: prove the beautiful, sharp-witted suspect guilty.
The problem? He isn't sure Alex did it. And when Josiah cracks Alex's mask wide open, he finds something far more dangerous—the man Alex buried to survive.
In Alex's arms, Josiah remembers what it feels like to be human. But Alex isn't his to love. He's evidence. Property. Forbidden.
And the secrets Alex is hiding could destroy them both.
Dark water. Deadly secrets. Dangerous love.
Contains dark themes intended for mature readers—see Author's Notes for content advisory.
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Separation turns survival into a promise neither boy knows how to stop keeping.
Remember My Name
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · Gay Romance
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Separation turns survival into a promise neither boy knows how to stop keeping. Remember My Name follows Ivan and Jay, former foster brothers pulled apart by abuse and time, as they find each other again and confront the damage that shaped them. This is an M/M hurt/comfort romance centered on trauma recovery, found family, devotion, and the fragile work of accepting love after years of loss.
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IVAN
I’ve spent seven years searching for the boy who taught me how to survive. Jay and I were foster brothers in the same house, hiding from an abusive alcoholic who made fear a daily rule. He taught me when to stay silent, when to disappear, when to run. At night, we hid in the barn and memorized facts about each other—names, birthdays, scars—because we knew we could be separated at any moment. We made a vow that no matter where they sent us, no matter how long it took, we would find each other again.
When I finally find Jay years later, he isn’t the boy I knew. He’s broken in ways that don’t heal cleanly, carrying what was done to him like it’s carved into his bones. But I made him a promise, and I intend to keep it. I didn’t survive all those years to lose him again.
JAY
I learned young that nothing stays, not homes and not safety. The only thing that ever felt solid was a boy who survived with me until they ripped us apart.
After that, I learned how to numb my pain. I told myself the boy I remembered was gone forever, because believing anything else hurt too much. Then he’s back in my life, and I want things I don’t deserve. I want him in ways I’m terrified to ask for.
Letting him close means letting him see the parts of me I keep buried, the damage I pretend doesn’t exist. If he really sees me, he’ll leave. And I don’t know if I’d survive losing him twice.
Remember My Name is a deeply emotional gay M/M hurt/comfort romance about found family, healing from trauma, recovery, and lasting love.
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