Gay Romance Report April 7, 2026

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Stick Around, by E.M. Lindsey

“Would you slap a teammate for twenty-five grand?”
“Uh, yeah. There are a few I’d slap for free. Just point me in the right direction.”

Problem number one: My personal life is falling apart.
Problem number two: My public life is also on thin freaking ice.
Problem number three: The ridiculously hot NHL D-man with the inability to remove his head from his ass has decided I’m his number one target.

And that last one is a bit of an issue since his idea of targeting me is to have absurdly hot hate-hookups with me in the locker room. Which I don’t necessarily mind…

Except there’s one tiny snag in his plan: I don’t like guys.

Or, well, I didn’t think I liked guys.

But when Alexio Zeki drops to his knees and, uh, gets to business, I realize my very narrow view of my own sexuality needs some adjustment.

And that’s ironic coming from a blind man.

Admitting I’m bisexual is the easy part.

Admitting I’m kind of, sort of, ridiculously into the man I claimed to hate is something else entirely. But the more he insists that I’m worth keeping, the more I start wanting to believe him.

Stick Around is the first book in the Punk as Puck spin-off series, Legends and Fury. It’s a high heat, enemies to lovers rom-com with a snarky NHL D-man who has a lot of big opinions and doesn’t care if they’re unsolicited, a PPHL goalie with a mountain of problems and no way to reach the top, locker room hookups, praise, swoony romance, a low-stakes bi-awakening, hockey bro banter, tons of chirping, and the swooniest happily ever after.

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Demon’s Mate, by Colette Rivera

Love isn’t for the Fallen.
Ash will never find his fated mate. He lost all hope over a millennia ago. Being alone forever is his punishment for falling to Earth, but as he works to reunite his demon brothers and remain free from Lucifer’s clutches, he’s captivated by a human.

And Ash wonders if he’s wrong.

Harper Nightingale is finally a free witch. Sent to hunt the demons known as the Hounds of Hell, Harper seizes the chance to escape his evil coven. Now, he’s living in Shearwater Landing, disguised as a human, and nothing is more important than holding on to his freedom.

Harper trusts no one and won’t let anyone get close until one night when he’s drawn to a man named Ash and decides to take him home.

But Ash isn’t a man. He’s one of the demons Harper’s been sent to hunt.

Once they meet, Ash can’t stay away, no matter how he tries. Could Harper be his mate? Can a demon and a witch set on hiding their identities ever trust each other enough to embrace a fated connection?

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Demon’s Mate is book one in the Lovers of the Damned series with each book featuring a different couple. This fated mate MM paranormal romance ends in a HEA, and while the romance stands alone, this series is best read in order due to an overarching plot. Complete series is available now.

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A Hellish Thing, by AE Lister

Simon White never expected to find his soulmate on the pirate ship, the Arrow, but once he and Captain Martin meet, nothing can stop their sensual alliance. Now, after saving the captain and the crew many times with his surprising powers, Simon has been promoted to officer and has a secure place in the captain’s bed and his heart.

A trip to visit an old friend of Captain Martin’s on Talamanca is a respite from shipboard living and from the disturbing nightmares that have been plaguing Simon—terrifying dreams of a horrifying creature that sings a seductive song.

Once back aboard the Arrow, however, Simon’s nightmares return and strange events begin to occur. Is something evil on board, or is Simon going mad? When the bizarre occurrences begin to affect the entire crew, the men become aware a paranormal presence is at work.

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The Ultimate Save, by Felice Stevens

Denis
I’m the best goalie in the league.
Just ask me.
Yes, I have an ego the size of NYC. Maybe that’s why I’ve crashed and burned all my relationships. Love, like a hockey game, is a competition. And once I win, I’m ready for the next game, the next man.
Until I meet him. Sterling Forest. The arrogant, obnoxious news anchor who calls hockey players thugs on ice. He tempts me…intrigues me. Makes me want to kiss that scowl off his lips. I want him to burn for me.
Instead Sterling is the one to set my heart on fire.

Sterling
I know nothing about hockey, and I’m happy to keep it that way. I’ve apologized for my remarks, but the insufferable Denis Bouvier isn’t satisfied. I even do the unthinkable and attend a hockey game. Okay, maybe it is more than brute force. But I can’t tell him he’s right.
Now he’s everywhere I go, and I hate that he fascinates me.
I can’t escape his larger-than-life presence, and that sexy French accent. The more I push him away, the closer he pulls me in.
And I’m afraid to admit I don’t want to let him go.

We’ve spent years running away from broken families and broken promises. But when life explodes around us, we’re running toward each other. And now that the unthinkable has happened, we need to find trust in each other and what our hearts are saying: love is the one thing that ultimately can save us.

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Climbing Higher, by Riley Long

I’ve always known exactly who I am: your average, small-town carpenter. My life is steady and predictable, exactly the way I like it. My childhood best friend Micah, on the other hand, has always known exactly who he isn’t—someone who stays put. As a queer reality TV set designer, he drifts from project to project, rarely sticking around anywhere for long.

Except this time.

When Heartland Overhaul brings him back to our hometown to help restore the old post office, we end up working on the project together. And working with Micah should feel easy. Familiar. Safe. Instead it’s… complicated. Especially after my fear of heights sends me crashing into a brutal fall and my injuries are more than I can manage by myself. Suddenly Micah’s moving into my place to help me recover.

What starts as him playing caretaker slowly turns into something else. The lines between friendship and something more blur until one night, without warning, I kiss him, and everything changes. We agree to see where it goes, but only while the show is filming. No promises. No long-distance. No setting ourselves up for heartbreak when Micah inevitably leaves again.

The problem is, everyone else seems to see something we’re pretending not to, and sooner or later, I have to decide if falling for Micah is a risk I’m willing to take, and Micah has to decide if staying put somewhere—if staying with me—is something he can finally do.

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The Gay Goblin King, by Zwahk Muchoney

The Gay Goblin King Meets His Match in the Infamous Rat King

In the fourth and final volume of the Divine Temptations series, Neurospicy Goblin King Badinel is visiting the tavern for a mug of ale and maybe a bi-elf hookup, when a masked man claiming to be the Rat King bursts through the door, offering to bring our lead to the greatest heights of ecstasy.

Never one to turn down a sure thing, Badinel agrees. However, after an over-exuberant encounter involving an attack by an irate fae swarm, the Goblin King at first plans to ditch the (admittedly hot) Rat King, only to find himself embroiled in a case of pirouetting vermin-horde induced forced proximity.

However, as the pair travel together, they come to realize they are both tragic misfits suffering from a broken heart. With any luck, Badinel can finally have the happy ending he never thought possible.

A gay fantasy romance novella for fans of queer erotica and unconventional love stories.

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Fake Shot, by CE Ricci

We fake it, but it’s me who breaks it.

The past year living with Camden Steele has been hell on Earth.

He’s more court jester than NHL-bound goalie,

only making time for hockey and hook-ups.

Too bad his blasé, playboy lifestyle has caught up with him.

Now, he needs a tutor—not to mention a major reputation boost.

And as it turns out, I could use a fake boyfriend.

So, we strike a deal.

Having loathed hockey my entire life makes it a tough sell at first,

but the real undertaking is accepting the truth:

Though we’re opposites in many ways, he and I are not all that different.

And somewhere between the study sessions and shared secrets,

what started as make believe becomes the realest thing I’ve ever known.

That is, unless my lies end it all before it can truly begin.


*Fake Shot is the fifth in a five book standalone college sports romance series featuring two of the most opposites to ever attract, countless pages of soft boy moments, and a fake dating scheme filled with rules just waiting to be broken. 

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Playing Dirty, by CE Ricci
Narrated by Christian Fox and Brandon Francis

Our rivalry formed long before we became siblings.

Madden Hastings has been my nemesis since the day we met.

A divide was born from the age-old rivalry between our universities,

but this year, another layer developed. It became personal.

Because the captain of Blackmore’s baseball team?

He’s also my new step brother.

My disdain for the sudden blending of our families leads to more conflict,

and despite their efforts to force us together, coexisting proves impossible.

But something else starts burning beneath my bitterness and resentment;

an attraction as unexpected as it is potent.

And when the chemistry becomes too powerful to deny,

our already complicated relationship gets even messier.

Because a forbidden fling is one thing, but falling for the enemy?

It forces me into a choice I never wanted to make.

One between loyalty to my team, or the love of my life.

*Playing Dirty is the fourth in a five book standalone college sports romance series featuring two rivalry-fueled step brothers, a cut-throat game of capture the flag, and sexual tension that oozes from the story. 

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First, by K.C. Wells

Tommy Newsome is nineteen, newly out of his small Georgia town, and already in over his head.
Athens was supposed to mean freedom—college, independence, a life that didn’t smell like hay and judgment. But standing inside his first gay bar, heart pounding and palms slick, Tommy realizes escaping home didn’t magically give him confidence. The music’s too loud. The men are too gorgeous. And he’s one wrong move away from bolting back to his truck.
Then the bartender looks up.
Mike Scott smiles like he knows exactly what Tommy’s thinking—and exactly what he wants.

Mike has poured drinks for every kind of man imaginable. As Scott Masters, he’s spent twenty years being watched, desired, and consumed. He knows confidence when he sees it… and he knows raw, shaking need when it walks up to his bar and can barely get out the words, “Uh. Coke. Please.”

Tommy doesn’t mean to stare. Or blush. Or confess, after one too many encouraging smiles, that this is his first time in a place like this. But Mike’s voice is warm, teasing without being cruel, and when he leans in close to be heard over the music, Tommy’s brain goes deliciously blank.

Mike shouldn’t flirt. The age gap is dangerous. The innocence is tempting in all the wrong ways. And Mike has sworn—repeatedly—that he’s done picking men who remind him how badly he can want something that won’t last. But when Tommy admits, cheeks burning, that he’s never been with a man… never even kissed one… Mike realizes this isn’t just another night behind the bar.
This is a moment. A choice. And maybe the kind of risk that changes everything.
Because Tommy didn’t come to Woofs looking for a hookup.
He came looking for himself.
And Mike might finally be ready to stop performing and start living.

Some temptations don’t just make you burn—they make you brave enough to reach.

* Age Gap *First Time *Innocence Meets Experience *College Setting *Coming Out

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Claws & Cover Ups, by Tara Sterling

One werewolf cop. One human serial killer. Zero good choices.

Nick
Detective Nicholas Harper is starting to suspect his city has a villain problem. He’s busy hunting killers for the LAPD by day and the Werewolf Regulation Bureau by night. He absolutely doesn’t have time to obsess over Dr. Elliot Rhodes, the chronically unimpressed human who saw a werewolf shift and lied about it. But his wolf needs to know why.

Six months of stalking hasn’t helped. It’s time to change tactics. He’ll date Elliot. Get closer. Find the crack. Except the closer Nick gets, the more his “plan” involves fewer questions and fewer clothes.

And when the truth finally comes out, it’s already too late. Now Elliot is in danger. But Nick doesn’t share. He will tear the city apart to get Elliot back.

Elliot
Veterinarian by day. Killer of bad werewolves by night. A useless human before morning coffee. Elliot absolutely doesn’t have time for curious, annoyingly attractive detectives hovering around him. Especially werewolf ones.

But when Nicholas makes it clear he’s interested, Elliot can’t refuse. He has eyes. And needs. It was supposed to be casual. Just sex. No strings. Elliot didn’t expect Nicholas to make him come undone in more ways than one.

So, he’s too distracted when the consequences finally catch up to him. And this time, the cost might be his life.

Tags: a golden retriever werewolf, a black cat serial killing human, high heat, friends who show love by stealing Nick’s dog, a grumpy human who’s only cute before coffee (allegedly), an overworked secret werewolf agency, criminally good tech support for criminals, and hookups that definitely aren’t just hookups.

Although you can read Claws & Cover Ups as a standalone, it features side characters from the previous book in the series. This book ends with an HFA.

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The Suffering of Fools, by Jenn Burke

What’s worse? Being a half-sprite witch accidentally and magically married to a witch-hunter, or having to go on a quest with your new husband to avoid the wrath of a pissed-off goddess?

Mokido is about to find out.

He and Kason have been playing a dangerous game of “capture the witch” for the last two years, and just when Mokido thought it was safe, he finds himself bound to Kason and on a journey he never asked for.

Add in love spells, a dying queen, and an impossible task, and the smartest thing to do would be to abandon Kason to his fate.

But no one ever accused Mokido of being smart.

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The Associate, by M.Z. Arthur

FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF LGBTQIA ROMANCE M.Z. ARTHUR

A Family Business story

One man desires to be part of the Family. One man wants to save his family. Neither expected to find family with each other.

Joseph “Gio” Spatafora longs to become a full member of the San Gaetano family. A loyal associate, he is eager to move up the ranks and happy when he catches the attention of the don. The family plans to take over a business behind on its protection payments, and the don wants Gio to manage it. If he succeeds, Gio will become a made man with his future assured, so long as the family doesn’t discover he is gay.

Conor Malloy is shocked to learn his father’s failing health is the result of pressure from the mob to pay off delinquent debts. He never wanted to manage his father’s pub, but he’ll do what it takes to save his parents. When he feels there is nowhere to turn for help, a handsome Sicilian crosses his path…

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Stolen, by Liv Rancourt

What if Robin Hood was still around, humbling the rich and bringing relief to the poor? The immortal Lord of the Greenwood calls upon his merry men when evil needs to be checked, and he burns with the need to bring the wealthy to heel, particularly billionaire Leander de Lisle….

John Naylor—Little John—has been Rob’s right hand for centuries, and in return, Rob has sustained him far beyond what John’s werewolf nature would enjoy. When Rob calls him from the Greenwood, John comes, and when Rob tells him they must steal the Belle Etoile diamond before Sheriff can get ahold of it, John’s down for the heist.

The game gets more complicated when Marcus gets involved.

Marcus Collins, a 21st century werewolf with some serious baggage, is barely treading water. He betrayed someone important, and while they’ve sorta made up, it’s not the same. Helping Rob—who’s apparently the real Robin Hood—take down a billionaire gives him a focus he desperately needs.

Getting close to John would help him deal with some equally important needs.

But John’s buried too many lovers over the course of his long life, so his heart can’t bear to get close to Marcus, despite the heavy temptation. The young werewolf might be damaged goods, but he knows what he wants, and his best chance of getting it is to assist the merry men when they invade the home of an uber-powerful vampire and steal a priceless diamond.

One way or another he’ll overcome John’s resistance, assuming any of them come out of it alive.

Stolen is the first book in Soulmates: City of Angels series, a spinoff from the popular Soulmates series by Liv Rancourt. David, Trajan, and Connor make their presence known, but this is Marcus’s and John’s story. They’ll get their HEA, but Rob’s battle with Leander de Lisle will continue for two more books. Happy reading!

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Carnal Sin, by Matthew Dante

Nikolai Borokov
36, Bouncer, member of the Shadow Vipers biker gang.

Being a member of the Shadow Vipers is like living the life of a rock star. Women throw themselves at you. Men want to be you. And everywhere you go, people respect you—whether by choice or taken by force.

But life hasn’t always been this awesome. When I first came to America, I was forced into one of the darkest corners of the criminal underworld—a world ruled by flesh, money, and monsters hiding behind human faces. It wasn’t until my best friend went missing that I realized the terrible truth about the chains I was in.

And now, after all these years, my best friend has resurfaced. Where has he been all this time? Why has he never tried to contact me? And why does he refuse to tell me what really happened all those years ago?

I know he’s hiding something. But that crooked smile and that all-too-familiar charm have my stomach—and heart—doing all sorts of weird things.

Reid Miller
36, addictive, charming, and easy on the eyes.

My life has been nothing but one nightmare bleeding into the next. It started the night I ran away from home, then got worse when I met a certain man lurking in the shadows. Word of advice? Never trust a man you meet in a dark alley. Rescue might just be another word for capture.

And yet, somehow, in all that darkness, one good thing came from the horror.

Nikolai.

The one man who kept me from stepping over that edge whenever the abyss was calling my name.

Even after all these years, my heart still belongs to him.

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The Witching Woods, by J.A. Skald

Keep sharp your claws, child
Pray be luck-kissed
For the old gods hunt
Out there in the Mist

They say a witch lives in the woods in her little chicken-legged hut; both of them as old and gnarled as the Mist that pools beneath the ancient trees.

If you travel deep enough into the forest, you might even find her. But only the truly desperate — or the truly stupid — would do so willingly.

Mercy is such a human concept, after all.

When a village scandal leads to a pair of would-be sweethearts going missing, it’s up to Sebastian and Ryndalon to uncover what became of them.

But neither monster hunter nor fae expects to get so caught up in their latest adventure — or that they’ll each be forced to reveal their deepest secrets…

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Inspired by Scandinavian tales, northern folklore, and Norse sagas, all stirred liberally with classic sword & sorcery fantasy tropes then given an LGBTQIA+ twist; Songs of a Sunless Land is a third person POV epic dark fantasy series loaded up with twisty plots, shattering secrets, cross-cultural exploration, portal fantasy, and classic fae trickery.

Warning: Get ready for high-stakes monster battles, steamy open-door MM romance, violence, swearing, trauma, secrets, angst, sweetness, folklore, disability rep, slow burn series HEAs, found family, and — on occasion — guys wandering through an enchanted forest together.