Gay Romance Report April 25, 2025

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Lampwick and the No Strings Friend, by CD Rachels

What if Pinocchio saved Lampwick from his dark fate? What if, years later, the two reunited and became more than best friends?

That puppet boy saved me from a life as an ass—literally.
And I swore I’d do anything to repay him, his Papa, and all the people I wronged. So now here I am, a decade later, back to work for Geppetto. I need to make up for the sins of my childhood. I’m not that obnoxious kid anymore, roaming the streets for fun.
But Pinocchio has grown up, too. He’s all man, no strings, no wood, and he’s welcomed me back into his life with open arms. Growing close to him is scary and thrilling, but could someone so loyal, brave, and true want to pursue a future with the likes of me?
My conscience is telling me the former puppet could do a lot better than a fool like me. But years ago, I got a second chance at a real life, and now, as a man, I know what my heart is wishing for. I’m falling for my childhood best friend, with all the strings attached, and I need to do what it takes to convince him I’m the real deal.

“Lampwick and the No Strings Friend” is a spicy, sweet reinterpretation of a future where Lampwick and Pinocchio find each other again. It involves carpentry, sassy pet cats, first times, bathing in rivers, and hopefully not too many wood puns. In this adult M/M romance retelling of the classic fairy tale, when you wish for a HEA, it’s guaranteed to come true.

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The Auctioned Series, by Cara Dee

The Auctioned Series is a journey packed with action, nail-biting suspense, family, and love. In Gray and Darius’s fight for freedom and a future where they aren’t haunted by the ghosts of their pasts, they’ll make you laugh, cry, swoon just a little bit, and probably yell at your e-reader.

Gray Nolan was just another happy-go-lucky college dude when his ordinary existence got interrupted, and he became a human trafficking statistic. He didn’t know where in the US they kept him, or if he was even still there. Or if it mattered… He just wanted to die.

After several weeks of abuse, he and seven other young men were taken aboard a luxurious yacht where they were to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Beaten, shattered, and all but defeated, Gray watched his buyer step out of the shadows in a swirl of his own cigarette smoke.

Darius Quinn had vowed never again to find himself in a situation like this. His days as a private military contractor were over. No more missions, no more risks, no more personal attachments. Yet, here he was, after weeks of searching, face-to-face with his broken prize.

It was time to get the knucklehead back to his family.

Quick and easy was Darius’s plan. Then everything went sideways.

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Cocky Bastard, by Charlie Novak

Austin Carter is a living legend.

He’s handsome, arrogant, and can bring any man to his knees with just one smile. Nobody can resist his charms meaning Austin is used to getting exactly what he wants. The only one who’s ever been able to resist him is me.

I think Austin is a bastard. A vain, smug, cocky bastard. It doesn’t matter that he’s gorgeous, charming, and can make me forget my own name with a single look. I don’t want anything to do with him. Unfortunately, I also can’t keep my hands off him.

When one of our angry nights turns into something more, I’m forced to consider why I keep pushing Austin away. Austin wants me more than ever and it’s becoming impossible to keep a lid on my desires.

Is there more to Austin Carter than meets the eye? And can a cocky bastard ever be more?

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Wilder Heart, by KT Yarrow

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 himself: 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.

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Winds of Destiny, by Cari Z

They might be enemies. They might be allies. They might even be lovers…

For a thousand years, the fierce everwinds blessed the lands and people—until the winds died. Now the gods have been weakened, magic is almost gone, and all the kingdoms are vulnerable to thieves and brigands. And one grasping, greedy king wants to bring magic back all for himself by doing the unthinkable…as three warriors will do anything to stop him.

The prince whose beauty and clever tongue disguise his skill with a sword…and his torn heart.
The warrior who lies about his true identity and his magic, knowing that saving his people could doom himself. The spymaster who knows more than anyone can imagine—even if it costs what he most desires.

As their enemy grows stronger and more malicious, each man will be caught in a vortex of lust, loyalty, and conflict. The question is, will they accept where the winds will take them…or fight the destiny that’s been laid before them?

Winds of Destiny is a deliciously sexy polycule romantasy featuring three very hot men with really big swords.

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Space Daddy’s Guide to the Galaxy, by C. Rochele

Ziggy

I should have known my scientifically-minded, superpowered Earthling would find a way to permanently attach himself to my borrowed heart.

Since Micah Salah is the most impressive creature in all the galaxies.

He’s my stellar collision, my babygirl, my equal in all things, and the only one who truly knows me and all my secrets.

Well… most of them.

There’s a secret I’ve been hiding from my mate—an unexpected desire for more in this relationship that I am in no rush to bring to a session with Dr. Micah.

Unfortunately, our quick rescue mission has turned into protecting a mysterious childwhile evading enemies we can’t seem to identify. To add insult to this glorified babysitting assignment, I find myself growing attached to the tiny intruder, further complicating the emotionsI’ve been doing my best to ignore.

Breathe, Ziggy.

It will all be over soon enough.

—

Micah

Ziggy Andromeda is acting squirrely.

Squirrelier than usual, that is…

At this point, I knowmy Space Daddy sees me as end game too, so I’m not concerned about our relationship status. The biggest issue is that I’ve been feeling some kind of way about my man.

Mainly that I want to mpreg him so freakin’ bad.

That is definitely a conversation for another time. For now, I’ll focus on the other hissing ball of big mad aboard our ship—the adorable alien baby we need to safely return to their home planet.

With a family as large as mine, I’m not worried about the logistics of caring for them, but then we discover the only way to complete our mission is for me to level up my powers. Ziggy has always believed in me, but there’s a big difference between conjuring cool tech gadgets and becoming a full-blown space wizard.

Breathe, Micah.

Commander Babygirl has got this!

At least, I hope I do…

—

Space Daddy’s Guide to the Galaxy is book 2 in the Villains in Space series, and is an extra spicy, idiots-in-love tale, set in space with only one sleeping pod and an entire skinsuit closet full of alien accessories.

You will want to read Earth Boys Are Easy (book 1) first. While you do not need to read Villainous Things before Villains in Space, you will get more backstory if you do. However, you can safely start your adventure with Earth Boys and Space Daddy before orbiting back to the series that started it all.

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Keeping Kellan, by Amy Aislin

Brant Harkrader is done living by other peoples’ rules. He may not know exactly what he wants out of life, but he’s perfectly happy letting that question figure itself out while starting a new job as a tour guide.

Too bad the one thing he does want—his sister’s BFF—only sees him as a little brother.

Or so he thinks…

Kellan Shelby-Briggs has never shied away from going after what he wants. And what he wants is the important contract that will put his brand new company on the map—and Brant.

Too bad Kellan’s career keeps yanking him away just as things heat up between them.

Now that Brant is back in town—up close and personal in Kell’s living space—can they finally get the timing right to go after the love that has eluded them both for too long?

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Doll: Cut to Fit, by  Daniel May

“What am I to do with you?” he murmured. He stroked his thumb over Christoph’s lips, which bore only the faintest hint of lipstick still. “Running around and seducing strangers. What does a bad girl like you need to learn how to behave?”

Christoph is a beauty despite his best efforts, a failed boxer who has tried since puberty to get his pretty face broken.

Waltz is a domineering and possessive shut-in with deep pockets, for whom it isn’t enough to merely buy Christoph’s time.

Finding himself irresistibly drawn into Waltz’s clutches — the money too good, his circumstances too desperate — Christoph can only succumb. Transformed by a regiment of supplements and Waltz’s rigid discipline, made chaste and increasingly feminized, Christoph deteriorates gradually into Waltz’s greatest fantasy: a human doll.

The obsession only deepens when a former client materializes — the heavily tattooed, wealthy, unpredictable and dangerous mobster’s son named Grant. Grant’s encouragement instantly ups the ante, accelerating Christoph’s transformation and Waltz’s ambitions, further ensconcing them all in a depraved subculture.

Finally, there remains only one more level of degeneracy to transcend.

Doll: Cut To Fit is a compilation of the four short books of the Doll serial: Doll Part I, Doll Part II, Doll Part III, and Doll Part IV.
A work of dark contemporary MM, it features forced feminization, emasculation, relationship horror, and a brief departure into MMM. It takes place in the same universe as the Obsessed With Him books and the Fresh Taste of Ink trilogy.

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Teddy, by Emmy Sanders
Narrated by Nick J. Russo

Waking up married is bad enough. Having feelings for my husband? Pure disaster.

Teddy
I wasn’t looking for attachments. I certainly wasn’t looking to get drunkenly hitched to my coworker’s best friend, the very man I’ve been denying an attraction to for over a year.

The thing is Kipp is gorgeous and kind and a self-proclaimed mess, and now that we’re married—and living together—all I want is to take care of him.

But Kipp is only just learning about his submissive side. It doesn’t matter how good he is for me. It doesn’t even matter that he turns to putty every time I call him doll.

He’s not mine to keep. Our husbands-with-benefits relationship is temporary, and once we get divorced, everything will go back to the way it was. Kipp and I may have shared our I dos, but let’s face it…

Falling for the man who wears my ring would only end in heartbreak.

Teddy is a wake-up-married romance between a teddy bear adult entertainer and the hot mess he shacks up with. There’s caretaker-Dom elements and a gentle exploration of kink, spanking (but not as punishment), only one bed, plenty of lighthearted mayhem, and one very HEA. It’s book five in the Elite 8 Studios series but can be enjoyed as a standalone.

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The Husband Game, by Brigham Vaughn
Narrated by James Edward Jones

Hockey Captain Wed in Secret Vegas Ceremony – Partner’s Identity Remains a Mystery

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Or does it?

Toronto Fisher Cats ice hockey captain Dustin Fowler attended the NHL awards and came home with more than the Ted Lindsay Award.

A cryptic social media post from the hockey forward himself revealed that he was wed in a secret ceremony in Las Vegas this past weekend.

His caption stating, “Sorry, ladies, Toronto’s most eligible bachelor just went off the market. I married my kitten tonight and I’ve never been happier,” sent tongues wagging across the league.

But who is “Kitten”?

Without verification from either the team’s head office or the new groom, rumors swirl about exactly who Fowler’s partner is.

A credible source from within the organization suggests that “Kitten” is none other than retired men’s figure skating champion Charlie Monaghan.

We here at JockGossip would like to offer our warmest congratulations to the newlyweds.

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The Meaning of You, by Jay Hogan

We’d shared a forever love. The kind they write stories about. A once in a lifetime chance at something special. For fourteen years Davis was my world. We were growing old together, fifties and counting. Then it was all ripped away in the blink of an eye.

We’d told each other everything, or so I thought. But secrets have a way of bubbling to the surface and it turned out Davis kept a few of his own. Hidden laptops, clandestine meetings, cryptic emails. The husband I’d believed in was a lie.

Or was he?

I have to find out. And Madigan Church is right there to help me. A complicated man. A man I wasn’t expecting. An attraction I can’t deny. Confusing. Challenging. Madigan makes me feel things I’m not ready for. Want things I don’t deserve. Not now. Maybe not ever again.

But with every step into the twisted mystery, the danger escalates. Neither of us is safe. Not from the truth, and not from what’s growing between us.

Because we aren’t the only ones on the hunt. Somewhere amongst my late husband’s secrets is something worth stealing, maybe even worth killing for.

And time is running out.

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Outfoxed, by Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga

Outfoxed is an opposites attract, hurt/comfort, found family romance featuring an injured bull rider at the end of his career and a widower single dad derailed by a mental health crisis.

Bull rider Trent James might be a little broken. He’s a cowboy recovering from a terrible wreck, going through the grind of surgeries and physical therapy and trying not to have a meltdown. Thank goodness for his friends and neighbors Rope and Jude, who keep him up and moving and getting better.

Callum Fox is broken for a totally different reason. When he heads to Texas to visit his friends, he’s looking to get away from too many hours as a CEO and too many memories of his late husband. He wants to spend more time with his daughter, and he needs to figure out what he’s going to do with the rest of his life.

The two of them come together and find kindred spirits in each other. But sometimes it’s tough to glue the broken parts back together, and they have to find out where they fit and what they can do to support each other, even when the storm gets bad. Can Fox and Trent make a life together, or will they be unable to mend their shattered pieces?

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The Diamond Dragon Prince, by MM Farmer

Once upon a time, in an enchanted kingdom of captive omega princes and jeweled dragon alpha princes….

Leo
I should have been born an alpha. I am strong, courageous, and desperate to do whatever it takes to defend the people of my father’s kingdom from his tyranny. But as an omega, I’m barred from wearing the crown.

But when I meet my dragon prince fated mate, everything changes. Suddenly, I have the power to take action and the magic of a dragon to help me in my quest. But I also have an unquenchable heat and a need to follow my omega nature, and when the inevitable happens, it shatters the foundation of who I believe myself to be.

Diamant
I have always taken my privileged dragon life for granted. My dragon kinsmen have always teased me for leading a life of luxury as a first-rate magical rake. And then I met my fiery, dedicated, omega mate.

I am ready to give up my life to follow my fierce omega’s lead, but liberating villagers and attempting to overthrow a king is harder than even I thought it would be. And then there’s the egg….

The Diamond Dragon Prince is part of the Omega Fairy Tales, which were first introduced in Their Alpha. It is a tale of courage and passion, an impossible destiny and fated mates, with heat, magic, bonding, and a dragon shifter who doesn’t know how strong he is until he meets an omega hero.

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Rings of Lust, by Finn Dixon

Lucas

My parents had warned me a relationship would be a disaster for my gymnastics career, threatening to pull their financial support. So, I floated from one guy to the next for years.

And now, at the biggest event of my life, I found myself lonely and wanting more. And the one guy I wanted it with was Cam.

He went to the same college. He was on the same team. Just not my team.

Ugh…I had a crush on a straight guy.

Camden

”Maybe you just need to get laid?” my teammate had suggested.

Here I was, my first Olympics and all I could think about was sex. My first and only time was terrible to say the least and I was hesitant to try again. Hell, I wasn’t even out of the closet either.

But the Olympic Village was pretty much a buffet of abs and glutes, and it was athletes only. Coach did tell us to loosen up. Maybe it was time to do just that…but like, naked and with another guy.

I can totally do this casual anonymous thing, right?

Rings of Lust is a full-length MM novel, the first in a trilogy, that has a CLIFFHANGER ending and an eventual HEA, just not in this book. Be prepared for third wheel sarcasm, platypus babies, rippling Olympian muscle, and college-age sexual escapades just behind the scenes at the world’s biggest athletic event.

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Cold Front, by Denver Shaw

I never questioned who I was—until Eli moved in.

Niall
I don’t do complicated. As captain of Michigan U’s hockey team, my focus is on the game, not on the charming transfer student who landed in my apartment and upended my routine. Eli shouldn’t get under my skin, but he does—with his easy smiles, late-night cooking, and the way he looks at me like I’m something more than just a closed-off hockey player.

Then I kissed him. I shouldn’t have. But for one reckless moment, I let myself want. Now he’s looking at me like he’s waiting for something—something I don’t know how to give.

Because wanting Eli is dangerous. And letting him in? That might be the biggest risk of all.

Eli
A fresh start—that’s what Michigan U was supposed to be. A clean break from my past and the toxic relationship that made me forget who I was. I wasn’t looking for complications, but then I met my roommate, Niall; grumpy, brooding, and frustratingly hot and cold. He barely speaks to me, yet for some reason, I can’t stop thinking about him.

Then he kissed me. And for a moment, I thought maybe—just maybe—there might be something real between us. But when he’s too afraid to call me his anywhere outside of our apartment, I wonder if I’ve made the same mistake again.

I should let it go. I should move on. But I know those walls aren’t just for keeping people out—they’re for keeping himself safe. And damn it, I think I want to be the one to break them down.

Cold Front is a bi- and demisexual awakening, grumpy/sunshine, college hockey romance. It features a walled-off hockey player and an optimistic transfer student navigating what it means to rely on your partner. Expect hurt/comfort vibes, on-page hockey, and an HEA.

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The Last Grift, by Elle Keaton

Jaded confidence man Gabriel Karne is on the run. A literal snarling, slobbering guard dog nips at his heels.

If he makes it over the chain-link fence, he vows to skip town for friendlier climes. Somewhere no one knows his name.

It will be fine. Everything will be fine.

Less than twenty-four hours on the island and Gabriel’s had a nasty confrontation with two local good ol’ boys, earned a trespassing citation from an infuriating but compelling forest ranger, and offered to search for a missing person. So much for lying low.

Being off his game only partially explains why Gabe would rather focus on a stranger’s bad luck than his own. Fact is, he’s always had a soft spot for losers and maybe, just maybe, he’s tired of the game.
The Last Grift is the first installment in the Subtle Deceptions series, a small town mystery with romantic elements. The series, part of the Piedras Island and Veiled Intentions universe, is written in the third person and follows the unplanned adventures in the life and love of the disreputable Gabriel Karne.

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The Lighthouse Keeper, by Liv Rancourt

A witch with little power beyond his charm is tasked with finding a dangerous magical object. If he fails, all hell really might break loose.

Vincent Fairchild must find the Ferox Cor–the dragon’s heart. Twenty years ago, it was stolen from the Witch’s Council, and now the thief is dead. Vincent has already been pruned from the family tree because “nice” people don’t possess even the lowest of magic, and if he fails to retrieve the Cor, he’ll lose his place with the Council.

Determined not to be cast aside again, Vincent travels to the West Point lighthouse, where he learns that the Council was wrong on two points. The thief didn’t use the Ferox Cor to enrich himself and his son is not a child. In fact, Rafe Gallagher might be the most powerful witch Vincent has ever met.

Powerful, adult, and incredibly handsome.

Rafe is as wild and untamed as the ocean on which he makes his living, but it doesn’t take long before he’s everything Vincent wants. It won’t be easy for them to be together, because before he died, Rafe’s father threatened to return on Samhain to reclaim the Ferox Cor. Doing so risks unleashing a great evil on the world, and Rafe has sworn to destroy the Cor, but if he succeeds, Vincent’s future is at risk. To find a way forward, Vincent must look to his heart.

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All of Me, by Victoria Sue

Shae
I was broken.
Someone had broken me.
Or broken my heart.
The mark on my face should mean I was powerful. I could move faster than the eye could track. But thanks to being held against my will and viciously experimented on the resulting scarring to my heart meant I would be lucky to ever run again, even at normal speeds.
No wonder Ringo didn’t want me.

Ringo
As a Marine and specialist bodyguard, feeling helpless wasn’t something I was used to, but the day I’d carried Shae out of that laboratory, his body burned, barely breathing, had just about broken me.
Then one innocent kiss finished me off, and I ran.
I was too old, too jaded, and the last thing Shae needed.

Leaving Shae broke my heart, but coming back might just rip it in two.