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A strong pick for readers who like fantasy with enemies-to-lovers tension, court politics, and emotional stakes that keep tightening the screws.
Prince’s Gambit
Gay Romance · LGBTQIA+ · Romantasy
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With war closing in, Damen and Laurent leave palace intrigue behind for a far more dangerous game at the border, where shifting loyalties and buried secrets can be just as deadly as open battle. Prince’s Gambit builds on the slow-burn tension of the first book with sharper political maneuvering, rising trust, and the kind of romantic pull that makes every exchange feel loaded. A strong pick for readers who like fantasy with enemies-to-lovers tension, court politics, and emotional stakes that keep tightening the screws.
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The second novel in the critically acclaimed Captive Prince trilogy from global phenomenon C. S. Pacat.
With their countries on the brink of war, Damen and his new master, Prince Laurent, must exchange the intrigues of the palace for the sweeping might of the battlefield as they travel to the border to avert a lethal plot.
Forced to hide his identity, Damen finds himself increasingly drawn to the dangerous, charismatic Laurent. But as the fledgling trust between the two men deepens, the truth of secrets from both their pasts is poised to deal them a final devastating blow...
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Good for readers who like fae courts, forbidden affection, hidden identities, and romance tangled with duty.
The Marked Prince
LGBTQIA+ · Romantasy · Gay Romance
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Sebastian enters the unstable Summer Court on a rescue mission, but surviving its political intrigues depends on Duine, a magickless Unseelie servant hiding dangerous secrets. The Marked Prince blends fantasy romance, court politics, and divided loyalties, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 400 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like fae courts, forbidden affection, hidden identities, and romance tangled with duty.
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In this fantasy romance, a royal on a rescue mission falls in love with mysterious stranger and is torn between his duty and his heart.
The Summer Court is nothing like Sebastian remembers. The oppressed lower classes are drained of their magick, and around every corner political intrigues threaten an already unstable regime. Sebastian's only hope of surviving the Court and bringing home Prince Lyne's traitorous brother lies with Duine, a magickless Unseelie servant desperate to win his freedom. A servant for whom Sebastian, an estranged Seelie royal himself, is developing a dangerous and deepening affection.
But behind the mask Duine wears are secrets as dangerous as what's smoldering between them. And the more Duine helps Sebastian navigate Court life, the more it becomes clear the servant is not who he appears to be. How he came to be the whipping boy of one of the most powerful and corrupt faeries in the Summer Court is a truth Sebastian is determined to uncover, even if it puts him at odds with the very people who can lead him to the missing Unseelie prince.
When a powerful enemy steps from the shadows, it could spell the end not just for the Unseelie, but for both faerie Courts. Sebastian must choose: complete the mission and earn his place among the Unseelie who took him in, or risk his very life to ensure freedom for the man he loves.
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A strong match for readers drawn to melancholic queer historical romance centered on faith, redemption, grief, and recovery.
Never After
LGBTQIA+ · Historical Fiction · Romance · Gay Romance · Historical Romance
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Never After follows Michael “Micha” Dashwood, who is penniless and struggling with opium in nineteenth-century London when illness brings him into the care of Reverend Thomas Mandeville. As Micha recovers and Thomas confronts his own grief and desires, trust grows between them despite the burdens of their pasts and questions of faith, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 400 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to melancholic queer historical romance centered on faith, redemption, grief, and recovery.
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From fan-favorite author Alexis Hall comes a story of faith, redemption, and love—a melancholic tale of queer romance set in nineteenth-century England.
On the grim streets of London, a young man succumbs to his demons. Discarded by his lover and left penniless and alone, Michael “Micha” Dashwood uses sex to pay the bills and opium to numb the pain.
When a sudden illness strikes, all seems lost. But hope finds Micha in the shape of the Reverend Thomas Mandeville. Haunted by grief of his own, Thomas cannot bear to ignore another man’s plight. He brings the ailing Micha home to heal in his parish at Nettlefield.
As Micha recovers under Thomas’s care, he begins to realize that some people in this world are worthy of trust. Thomas, in turn, learns the truth of his own needs and desires. Between the secrets of the past and the burdens of the present, their future together seems impossible. Questions of faith and the shadow of opium continue to haunt them both.
Yet possibilities, like miracles, can be found wherever you look for them.
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A warm fit for readers who like queer historical romance, opposites-attract chemistry, workplace friendship, and tender slow-building relationships.
We Could Be So Good
Romance · LGBTQIA+ · Gay Romance · Historical Romance
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A New York Times Notable Book of 2023, reporter Nick Russo keeps rescuing newspaper heir Andy Fleming at work until their unlikely friendship develops into feelings they cannot safely acknowledge in late-1950s New York, with a 4.3-star average from more than 24,600 Goodreads ratings. A warm fit for readers who like queer historical romance, opposites-attract chemistry, workplace friendship, and tender slow-building relationships.
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A New York Times Notable Book of 2023
A New York Times Books Review Best Romances of 2023 pick • Apple Books’ Best Books of the Month • Amazon Best Books of the Month Editor’s Pick, Romance • An NPR “Books We Love” • Library Journal Romance Pick of the Month • LibraryReads Hall of Fame: June 2023 • Publishers Weekly Best Romances of 2023
Casey McQuiston meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this mid-century grumpy/sunshine rom-dram about a scrappy reporter and a newspaper mogul’s son "‘for Newsies shippers,’ [that] absolutely delivers” (Dahlia Adler, Buzzfeed Books).
“A spectacularly talented writer!” —Julia Quinn
Nick Russo has worked his way from a rough Brooklyn neighborhood to a reporting job at one of the city’s biggest newspapers. But in this sweeping historical romance, the late 1950s are a hostile time for gay men, and Nick knows that he can’t let anyone into his life. He just never counted on meeting someone as impossible to say no to as Andy.
Andy Fleming’s newspaper-tycoon father wants him to take over the family business. Andy, though, has no intention of running the paper. He’s barely able to run his life—he’s never paid a bill on time, routinely gets lost on the way to work, and would rather gouge out his own eyes than deal with office politics. Andy agrees to work for a year in the newsroom, knowing he’ll make an ass of himself and hate every second of it.
Except, in a classic grumpy sunshine story, Nick Russo keeps rescuing Andy: showing him the ropes, tracking down his keys, freeing his tie when it gets stuck in the ancient filing cabinets. Their unlikely friendship soon sharpens into a slow burn of feelings they can’t deny. But what feels possible in secret—this fragile, tender forbidden romance between them—seems doomed in the light of day. Now Nick and Andy have to decide if, for the first time, they’re willing to fight.
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What starts as pure mutual hatred between two men from the same law firm turns into something far messier once old rivalry gives way to undeniable attraction.
Not That Guy
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · Gay Romance
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What starts as pure mutual hatred between two men from the same law firm turns into something far messier once old rivalry gives way to undeniable attraction. Not That Guy leans hard into enemies-to-lovers tension, secret hookups, emotional risk, and the complications of falling for the one person you were sure you could never want. With family pressure and political scrutiny closing in, this M/M romance brings plenty of heat along with the heartbreak.
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Not him.
Not that guy, Weston Lively.
The one I've hated since law school.
The man who gets by on good looks, a fat bank account, and a powerful, political father.
Our more-than-just-a-kiss one drunken night changes nothing between us.
We’re both still straight.
And we still hate each other.
It doesn’t matter that we work for the same law firm.
We’ve put what happened behind us.
Except....oops.
It might’ve happened again.
And again.
Hmm.
Maybe we don’t really hate each other anymore.
But there’s a bigger roadblock in our way.
Weston’s evil father.
The two of us together could ruin his chance at becoming President.
Especially with the press digging into my past and haunting our every move.
Then his father makes Weston a terrible offer he might not be able to refuse.
It would mean breaking us apart.
And breaking our hearts.
It was easier when I hated him.
Now I can’t imagine walking away.
How did the man I once hated with a fiery passion become the one who now sets my soul on fire?
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Best for readers who like MM romance with age gap tension, banter, escort romance, and emotional heat.
Pretty Mess
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance
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Wes Archer takes work at an exclusive London pleasure club to deal with his brother’s debts and protect his future, only for his first client, grumpy billionaire Cormac Reilly, to become much more than a simple business arrangement, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 2,700 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like MM romance with age gap tension, banter, escort romance, and emotional heat.
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Kiss him, sleep with him, but don’t ever fall in love with him.
The first time Wes Archer steps into Jack of Clubs, an exclusive London pleasure club, he’s completely confident he can heed the tried-and-true advice about becoming an escort. Wes gives himself away for free with casual hookups all the time. Why not make some cash doing what he already loves? And cash is something he desperately needs. His brother’s gambling addiction has taken their family’s home, saddled Wes with insurmountable debts, and compromised his chances for finishing his degree.
Accepting an offer to spend a few hours of fun with a rich bloke will be a simple business transaction, right?
Wrong.
Wes’s first client is Cormac Reilly. The handsome billionaire is grumpy, funny, and commanding in a way that unlocks desires Wes never knew he had. Cormac is icily determined to keep their arrangement strictly business, but that doesn’t stop Wes from finding him fascinating.
As their one-night contract becomes something much more, Wes can’t deny he’s falling for his client. He knows he’s flouting all the rules, but breaking down Cormac’s barriers is an irresistible challenge, and his reward might be the best prize of all — love.
From bestselling author Lily Morton comes a passionate love story set in London and Paris about two astonishingly different men and one very pretty mess.
Please see the disclaimer at the beginning of the book for content some readers may find triggering.
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It’s a strong pick for readers who want funny, tender queer romance with emotional mess, real growth, and do-over energy.
Here’s to Us
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Teen + Young Adult · Gay Romance
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Arthur and Ben are older, supposedly wiser, and very much trying not to spiral when the universe keeps shoving them back into each other’s orbit. Here’s to Us follows exes, current relationships, and a whole lot of unresolved feelings as both boys try to figure out whether first love is something you outgrow or something that keeps demanding a second look. It’s a strong pick for readers who want funny, tender queer romance with emotional mess, real growth, and do-over energy.
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"A sweet, emotionally immersive gay romance with incredible chemistry and so much yearning, Here’s to Us completely wrecked me. Arthur and Ben’s push-pull dynamic felt honest, nostalgic, and deeply affecting from beginning to end." Apropos Books
#1 New York Times bestseller! Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera reunite to continue the story of Arthur and Ben, the boys readers first fell for in the bestselling rom-com What If It’s Us.
Ben survived freshman year of college, but he’s feeling more stuck than ever. His classes are a slog, his part-time job working with his father is even worse, and his best friend Dylan’s been acting weird for weeks. Ben’s only real bright spot is his writing partner Mario, who’s been giving him a lot of Spanish lessons and even more kisses. Mario’s big Hollywood dreams make Ben start to dream bigger—and the choices he makes now could be the key to reshaping his future. So why can’t he stop thinking about a certain boy from his past?
Arthur is back in New York City for the first time in two years, ready to take the theater world by a storm as the world’s best . . . intern to the assistant of an off-off-Broadway director. Of course, it sucks to be spending the summer apart from his sweet, reliable boyfriend, Mikey, but he knows their relationship is strong enough to weather the distance. Which is why it’s no big deal when his ex-boyfriend Ben stumbles back into the picture. And it’s definitely fine that Ben’s blissfully happy with some mystery boy. First loves are special, but it’s way too late for what-ifs. Right?
Even as the boys try to shake off the past, they keep running into each other in the present. Is this the universe trying to tell them there’s a do-over in their future?
Here's to Us is sure to be welcomed by fans old and new of these authors and their previous collaboration, What If It's Us. Critically acclaimed and bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera combine their talents in these smart, funny, heartfelt novels about two very different boys who can’t decide if the universe is pushing them together—or pulling them apart.
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The Bone Collector throws together an off-limits attraction, assassin school mayhem, dark humor, and a ridiculous amount of blood-soaked tension for readers who like their romance violent, messy,…
The Bone Collector
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance
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Park Chen is supposed to train killers, keep Gift safe, and absolutely not get pulled into the chaos of the one man he should keep at arm’s length. The Bone Collector throws together an off-limits attraction, assassin school mayhem, dark humor, and a ridiculous amount of blood-soaked tension for readers who like their romance violent, messy, and very hot.
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Park Chen has spent most of his life as a killer—a deadly, deep cover operative known as the Bone Collector. Now, he’s been benched. Reassigned as an instructor at Project Watchtower, he’s tasked with training a school of psychopathic assassins while trying to keep a promise to his friends.
Gift Ayutthaya isn’t treated like a gift at all. If anything, his parents treat him as a burden, though a spoiled one. After an attempt on his life, they pass that burden onto someone else. Park. The man Gift’s been fantasizing about for years. A man who sees him as an adorable but incompetent distraction.
It’s no secret that Gift doesn’t belong at the Watch, but Park’s made a vow to keep him safe. Gift has made a vow, too. He’s going to use every weapon in his arsenal to find a way to seduce Park and make him love him, once and for all. Or die trying.
Loving Gift was never the issue—Park’s already there. But assignments at the Watch aren’t optional. To stay, Gift has to prove himself, something Park just can’t allow. Can Gift get Park to see that, when it comes to murder, Gift is aptly named? Or will he be relegated to the sidelines in both school and in love?
The Bone Collector is an action packed, smoking hot, age gap romance with an HEA and no cliffhangers. It features a rule-following assassin turned reluctant teacher of psychopaths and an adorable, off-limits, fumbling student who just can’t seem to stay away from each other. Prepare yourself for gratuitous violence, very dark humor, more blood than an ‘80s horror movie, and enough heat to fog up a window factory. This is book one in The Watch series. Each book follows a different couple.
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Desperation and control collide when two men accustomed to power lose the foundations of their lives.
Disciplinary Action
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance · Romantic Suspense
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Desperation and control collide when two men accustomed to power lose the foundations of their lives. In Disciplinary Action, Leopold Gideon has spent years mastering dominance among the elite, while Callum Whyte suddenly finds himself stripped of wealth and security. Their charged encounter evolves into a dangerous battle of wills when Gideon becomes headmaster at Cal’s school. This dark romance explores power, vulnerability, and obsession.
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He'll go down for his permanent record.
LEOPOLD GIDEON spent his childhood as the poor kid in a rich school until he met an older man who took him under his wing and into his bed, teaching him to not only survive but thrive among the elite and to never submit to anybody…except him. For fifteen years, Gideon had everything, but then tragedy strikes, leaving him alone once again.
CALLUM WHYTE was raised with every conceivable luxury but one: loving parents. When his father is indicted for federal crimes and his assets frozen, Cal has to learn to survive with nothing. When a friend offers him money to spend the night with a hot older man, Cal has no choice but to say yes or literally risk going without medication he needs to stay alive.
One night with Gideon leaves Cal’s head spinning and his body longing for something he never thought he’d want: discipline. Too bad Gideon never plays with the same boy twice, not even ones who beg as sweetly as Cal.
Just when Cal thinks all hope is lost, he discovers Gideon is the new headmaster for his school, leading him to devise a plan to get what he wants by blackmailing the older man into spending the next six weeks with him. But Cal is about to learn it doesn’t pay to blackmail someone who doles out his punishments.
Will this battle of wills end in a ceasefire or heartbreak?
This book is complete at 78,000 words with no cliffhanger and a HEA.
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A career setback sends a professional hockey player into the wilderness, where attraction complicates his plans for escape.
Barn Burner
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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A career setback sends a professional hockey player into the wilderness, where attraction complicates his plans for escape. In Barn Burner, a trip to rural Alberta brings him face to face with a guarded cowboy whose life revolves around the ranch. As identities blur and desire deepens, this MM sports romance explores vulnerability, pride, and the risks of loving across different worlds.
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I’ve ridden a Zamboni, but never a cowboy…
Missing out on my first Stanley Cup has left me more torn up than I expected. It was in my sights. So close, I could almost touch it.
With my brother back in England, I’m facing nothing but an empty house and my thoughts, and there’s only two ways to soothe my mind:
The ice and nature.
But when I pack up my car and head out into the Alberta wilderness, my bad luck lands me in the reluctant hands of a grumpy cowboy with a perpetual scowl.
I shouldn’t get involved with Jesse.
His life is the ranch, whereas my life is hockey.
So why do I allow myself to fall for him so hard?
And why do I keep my real identity a secret?
I live for barn burners, but this is one I might not survive.
Barn Burner is a part of Love the Game, a multi-author MM sports romance shared world.
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When a dying vampire forces a secret into his hands, a telekinetic outcast loses any hope of staying invisible.
Ever Dark Academy
LGBTQIA+ · Gay Romance · Paranormal Romance
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When a dying vampire forces a secret into his hands, a telekinetic outcast loses any hope of staying invisible. In Ever Dark Academy, Grayson Duke seeks refuge at a school for humans who wish to become vampires, only to collide with a powerful lord bound by bloodline law. As fate tightens its grip, this M/M vampire romance explores forbidden bonds, dangerous hierarchy, and love that defies command.
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Grayson Duke hates Vampires. His curse of telekenisis ruined his life and now with Vampires being out and proud, people are suddenly noticing the odd things that happen around him. Floating objects? Check. People being thrown through the air? Double check. His goal is to be unnoticed, but with Vampires being real, everyone is looking for the next magical thing and he’s it.
So when a bleeding man stumbles into his store and tells Grayson a dark secret with his dying breath, Grayson can’t believe his bad luck. Because the only place he’ll be safe now is at Ever Dark Academy, the school for humans who want to be Vampires.
Weryn Vampire Lord Ryder hates Ever Dark Academy. Weryn Vampires are pack and they alone choose who joins their Bloodline. Yet he’s been ordered to pick the Weryn’s fledglings from the academy’s students only. But he doesn’t intend to follow that order. That is until Grayson Duke is literally thrust into his arms. One look into Grayson’s eyes and Ryder knows this student must be his mate even if it might bring the whole academy down.
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A fun fit for readers who like queer romantic fantasy with amateur magic, cursed clients, murder, and chaotic humor.
An Amateur Witch’s Guide to Murder
LGBTQIA+ · Gay Romance · Paranormal Romance
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Mateo needs money for an exorcism, so he starts posing as an Occult Specialist despite his shaky magic and the demon trapped inside him. When a cursed rich client pulls him into a deadly magical conspiracy, every spell makes the demon stronger, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 50 Amazon reviewers. A fun fit for readers who like queer romantic fantasy with amateur magic, cursed clients, murder, and chaotic humor.
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A wannabe witch tries to break a curse on a clueless client in this laugh-out-loud debut, for fans of queer romantic fantasy by T. J. Klune and Tamsyn Muir.
Mateo Borrero has 99 problems—and all of them hinge on his missing bruja mother and the demon she trapped inside his body.
Mateo's mother forbade him from ever using magic, but now that she’s gone, magic’s his only marketable skill, and he’d really like an exorcism—which costs money he doesn’t have. What’s the harm in making a quick buck by calling himself an Occult Specialist and chanting a few half-remembered spells in his crappy Spanish?
Enter Topher, a naive nepo baby with a curse that keeps killing people around him. Most importantly, he’s rich and too clueless to clock that Mateo—and his (absolutely-not-the-assistant) astral projecting best friend Ophelia—have never actually had a client before. Lifting Topher’s bad luck curse should be simple, but as luck would have it, nothing is simple, and Topher–who Mateo sort of, kind of likes–might be at the center of a deadly magical conspiracy.
To make matters worse, the more magic Mateo does, the stronger the demon inside him grows and the more he wants to eat people. But would caving to the urges of an ancient evil really be that bad if it helps him get a payday?
Legends and Lattes meets A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer in this hilarious and charming queer romantic fantasy readers won’t want to miss.
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