Gay Romance Report December 9, 2025

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Christmas Mafia Prince, by K.A. Merikan

Expectations: Christmas break in Aspen.
Reality: Married to a mafia hitman who hunts people for sport.

Damen
All I want is to join my family for their annual Christmas hunt. But no, because that’s apparently only for married men. Like I need a ring on my finger to shoot a man in the back.

Oh, yes, the tradition is hunting people. We keep some enemies alive and let them think they can escape. It’s just a bit of festive fun, really, so it infuriates me that I, their best hitman, can’t take part.

If my homophobic father thinks I’ll marry a woman to qualify, he’s delusional. This year, I’m coming home with a husband. And the perfect disaster of a man literally falls into my lap.

Green hair, tattoos, piercings, ripped jeans, and kohl-rimmed eyes. He’s loud, drinks too much, and has no manners.

My father will hate him.

Killian
My type? Hot, toxic, and guaranteed to ruin my life. I’ve been cheated on, stalked, blackmailed, and I am so done. When my latest ex corners me at a bar with his signature mix of lies and threats, I ask a hot guy in a sharp suit to pretend he’s my boyfriend.

He agrees, but asks me to be his fake husband at his family Christmas in return.

Free booze, a vacation in Aspen, and drama? Where do I sign up?

Only it turns out he’s a mafioso, his family hunts people for sport, and if I don’t play my cards right, I might end up on their trophy wall.

To survive the holidays, I just need to make sure I don’t fall for my rich, gorgeous, and psycho fake husband. Easy-peasy.

Have I mentioned he’s a millionaire, speaks French and f*cks like a demon?

★★★★★

“Christmas Mafia Prince” is a standalone M/M dark romance where a mafioso makes a stranger his fake husband for the holidays, but then falls for him hard and fast amidst a Christmas from hell adorned with mayhem, murder, and mistletoe.

Themes and tropes: abduction, fake relationship, wedding fever, fish out of water, opposites attract, cinderfella, size difference, hitman, possessive hero, dark humor, morally gray heroes, family drama, millionaire, my boyfriend is a killer!

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Gingerbread Mistletoe, by Amy Aislin

The last thing Jeff wants is to spend time with the man who totaled his car—the one he spent years restoring with his late father. But if he wants to resurrect his childhood town’s annual outdoor hockey tournament, he’s got no choice.

The last thing Mika wants is to work with the guy who took off right after the accident, without ensuring he was okay. And working together on organizing Jeff’s proposed tournament sounds like a complete nightmare. He’s got enough on his plate after surviving cancer.

Sparks fly as they’re forced to work together, but is that enough for them to set their differences aside and pull off the tournament in only two weeks? Or will they prove to be immune to the magic of Christmas?

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Company Ink, by TA Moore

Don’t get him wrong, Davy hadn’t been thrilled to end up face-down in a shallow grave…but he’d not been surprised either. With the life he’d lived, and the work he did, it had always been a possibility. So he’d not been bothering to hold his breath–metaphorically speaking, being dead–for a chance to get his own back on his killer.

On the other hand, death was kind of boring…even for a mercenary who wore the stigmata of his sins as occasionally too-independent tentacles. So when someone opened a door to the living world for him he wasn’t going to say no. He figured he could knock out the revenge in a couple of hours and then spend the rest of his time on this side of the Veil getting take-out, getting laid, and getting into fights. …the order didn’t matter.

Unfortunately, it turned out to be a bit more complicated than that. If Davy didn’t know better, he’d have thought this whole set–up was the universe trying to get him to learn something.

All Hill had learned was that death wasn’t what he’d expected. When he had opened the door to the afterlife he’d been prepared for winding sheets and bones, maybe a few chains. Not for the vengeful ghost to be a hot, dead man who’d mug him for his skin and bones. The tentacles had been a surprise too.

But then necromancy didn’t come with an instruction booklet, or a restart button.

The deal had been struck, and the two of them would just have to make it work.

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Ride Him Home, by Seth Quinn

Ten years of marriage didn’t just end—it imploded. To escape the wreckage, recently divorced Ethan Hayes runs from a life he never truly wanted and straight into the heart of the Montana wilderness.

His plan at the rugged Walker’s Edge Ranch is simple: ride, heal, and figure out who he is without a ghost in his bed. But the plan shatters the moment he lays eyes on Cole Walker. The stoic, jaw-droppingly handsome owner of the ranch, Cole ropes runaway horses with the same steely control he uses to lock down his own heart. He’s a man trapped by a brutal legacy, haunted by a tyrannical father, and completely off-limits. He’s everything Ethan has ever been terrified to want.

Cole has spent a lifetime building walls. He is the unshakable cowboy, the dutiful son, the man who’s never allowed to desire anything for himself. But the raw, quiet vulnerability in Ethan’s eyes ignites a hunger he thought he’d buried for good—a primal, dangerous craving that threatens to burn his carefully constructed world to the ground.

Forced together on a brutal two-week pack trip, every treacherous trail and rain-slicked ledge pushes them closer. Unspoken feelings ignite under starry skies, but Cole’s defenses, built from a lifetime of shame, are as unyielding as the mountains around them. When a catastrophic storm traps them in the unforgiving wilderness, they’re left with two choices: confess the explosive truths that could save their souls, or be buried forever with their secrets.

Ride Him Home is the first book in the Walker’s Edge series. This is a double bi-awakening featuring a brooding, grumpy cowboy and the recently-divorced city boy who cracks his armor. Packed with the high-stakes turmoil of a closeted hero battling internalized homophobia, intense hurt/comfort, and the unbreakable bonds of a found family, this slow burn ignites with scorching high heat. Expect explicit scenes, deliciously filthy dirty talk, powerful Dom/sub undertones, and a life-or-death forced proximity scenario that will leave you breathless. This book ends on a happily-for-now (HFN), but Ethan and Cole’s story is guaranteed a happily-ever-after (HEA) at the conclusion of their trilogy.

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Nauti or Nice, by Ava Olsen

Charlie
Being a first officer aboard ‘Now, Voyager’ is a dream come true, so when I’m asked to work over the Christmas holiday, I’m happy to say yes. And then Kiernan Doyle arrives. The Irish bodyguard is a brawny grump with sad eyes and a shy smile, and I’m a sucker for a tough guy with a big heart. Only, Kiernan told me he’s straight and I’ve been down that road before—falling for a man who can’t return my feelings. I can’t deny that something is building between us, and once we’re under that mistletoe, I know.
Christmas, and my life, will never be the same.

Kiernan
I’m a former MMA fighter turned bodyguard and I love my job. So when I get offered a holiday contract sailing the Caribbean, I’m on board. The weather’s perfect and the staff are friendly, especially First Officer Charlie Cates. Charlie’s not intimidated by my size or my grumpy demeanor. I don’t know what it is—me or the mistletoe—but I’m suddenly having naughty thoughts about the cute yachtie with killer dimples. Thoughts I’ve never had about a man before.
It turns out, all I want for Christmas, all I want always, is…Charlie.

Nauti or Nice is a friends to lovers MM romance filled with first times, found family, and a HEA that will warm your holiday spirit. This is Book Five of the Voyagers’ series: everyone who boards the superyacht Now, Voyager is about to meet their match.

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Holiday Wishes and Tentacle Dreams, by J.B. Warrick

A summer tourist town in December might be the worst place in the world for Jake to end up after a breakup. Can one tentacled sea monster fulfill his lonely Christmas wish?

This is shaping up to be the worst Christmas of Jake’s life. After losing his job and his boyfriend, all he’s got left is a lease he can’t afford and a needy kitten.

In a fit of desperation, he sends a letter to Santa. He’s only got two things on his list: a new place to live, and someone who’ll love and support him no matter what.

Jake’s luck seems like it’s changing for the better when his grandma offers up her beach house, but he didn’t consider how lonely the empty tourist town would be during the holiday.

Except for that one handsome surfer who keeps turning up outside his window…Who would be crazy enough to surf in the frigid Maine waters?

Doren hasn’t spoken to a human in hundreds of years, and likes it that way. It’s the safest thing for Doren’s family — after all, giant alien sea creatures aren’t meant to exist.

After accidentally being seen by an adorable human in a red plaid sweater, the smart thing would be to stay far away. So why does Doren keep taking human form and frolicking in the waves outside said human’s beach house?

And why is Doren so certain that a certain set of strong tentacles could hug Jake’s sadness away?

Holiday Wishes and Tentacle Dreams is an MX hurt/comfort, cozy, holiday monster romance with a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhanger. It contains a broken-hearted young man and the ancient tentacled alien who falls for him.

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The Texas Sterling Collection, by RB Bartels

The Four Books included are:

Book One: Unexpected
Retired Marine Wyl Sterling runs the family ranch with his brother. To better manage the business side, his brother encourages Wyl to get a college degree. But returning to college at 40 has Wyl filled with uncertainty. Then he walks into his first class and meets Dr. Rod Sterling. The attraction is immediate and mutual. Neither man can deny the spark between them, but numerous hurdles block their way, leaving friendship as the best route until a kiss ignites desire for more. But tragedy strikes and triggers challenges that test their resolve. They must face a past and a present that threatens to derail their future. Only one thing is certain, they want that future and want it together.
 
Book Two: The Outing
In the arid expanse of Blackfield, Texas, ex-marine turned rancher Wyl Sterling and retired college professor Rod Bonner Sterling find solace in their marriage and peaceful ranch life. Tranquility takes a turn when Mitzi, Wyl’s greedy sister-in-law, reappears, wielding threats to out them in a way that would harm their reputation, relationship, and sense of security. Now, Rod and Wyl must grapple with Mitzi’s relentless pursuit. Will they survive the prejudice, harassment, and eventual confrontation in the City Council Chambers? How can they outsmart Mitzi at her own game?
 
Book Three: Emerald Mission
The general’s voice on the answering machine means only one thing: Wyl was being called back into the Marines. When a cybercriminal in Ireland developed a scheme that could cripple the world’s finances, Wyl’s cybersecurity skills are needed. Under the guise of an extended honeymoon, he and Rod must ferret out the criminal and stop him before he succeeds. While Ireland, they discover there is more to it than a simple crime. Their lives are in danger, and stopping the criminal will take more than they expected. Wyl promised they would celebrate their first Thanksgiving together on Sterling Ranch in Texas, but first they need to make it out of Ireland alive.
 
Book Four: Love on the Prairie
Cleaning out the historic Bonner home in preparation for selling, Rod and Wyl come across an old trunk hidden in a dark corner of the full basement. Inside the trunk are items of clothing, and an old journal written in the late 1800s. In the journal, they find the histories of both the Sterling family and the Bonner family. They learn how their two great uncles connected in a way that was forbidden in that period, how they survived, and how they faced a threat neither wanted. They also discover modern day remnants neither expected.

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Under Center, by Emerson Beckett

A mistaken identity. A child who feels like he never belonged. A lifetime of secrets comes crashing down. Find out what happens when family lies are exposed, hearts dare to love, and two men find the life they never expected to have.

Mason Kennerly
My life has three rules. Keep your head down, protect the quarterback, and ignore all the things about my life that don’t add up. Football was a stable field with clear rules; family was a blur of clipped words and cold looks. Then a flood of social media tags shows me a man who could be my mirror image. British hockey player Axel Hughes. For the first time in my life, I step onto a plane, not because the play calls for it, but because I need to know who I am.

Thomas Kingsley
I thought I knew how to protect someone, but I wasn’t trained to guard the heart. I never expected to fall for a man, especially not the one who had become my best friend. As I help Mason unravel all the questions about his identity, I discover who I am while trying not to blur the lines with my feelings. Now I find myself falling for the one who makes me smile too easily, cries when anger turns to sorrow, and is determined to face the heartbreak head‑on. He’s the love I never thought I’d find, and the only person I’ve ever needed.

Under Center is a slow burn, bi-awakening, found family, age gap, friend-to-lovers, opposites attract, family secrets MM sports romance, and book four in the San Diego Storm Series.

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Alpha Dragon’s Wolf, by Hawke Oakley

Can a white wolf heal the darkness of a dragon’s heart?

Viol is his own worst enemy. Years after a tragic incident of his own creation, he hides behind intimidating black leather and a spiky attitude. Love only causes him pain, and shoving people away is easier than letting them in—even the one soul he adores more than anything.

Poppy is as loyal as he is patient. He’s waited six seasons for his fated mate to acknowledge him only to go home empty-pawed each time. But the omega wolf refuses to give up on his hurting dragon, and when he’s offered a private invitation to the island, he seizes his chance.

Because Poppy is determined to save Viol—just like Viol saved him all those years ago.

Alpha Dragon’s Wolf is a sweet mpreg novel featuring a moody alpha dragon, a gentle omega wolf, and a pile of plushies. Reading the series in order is recommended. No cheating, and fluffy HEA guaranteed!

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Wilder, by Marina Pirlimpou

A snowstorm brought him to me.
A beautiful stranger in need.
And I wish he never had to leave.

When an emergency warning goes out for an impending snowstorm, I do what I’ve always done as a forest ranger; I make sure the trails are clear and secured, and any winter hikers evacuated and safe.

But when I happen upon a young man, stranded, soaked from the cold rain, hurt and terrified, taking care of him is instinct, my cabin the only thing keeping us shielded from the violent storm for days on end.

He’s running from something and he needs me.
But what he doesn’t know is that I need him even more.
That I wish he’d stay.

Wilder is an MM, snowed-in, hurt/comfort, non-shifter omegaverse romance, featuring the sweetest, gentlest omega who needs to be protected and loved at all costs, and a caregiver alpha who will gladly do all the protecting and loving. It is book 1 in the Body Heat series, a series of interconnected standalones with different sets of characters.

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Festive Trees And Mistletoe, by Annabelle Jacobs

Will this be the year Pete finally gets his kiss at midnight?

For the past two years on New Year’s Eve Pete Harbrook has watched his friends fall in love and share a kiss with their special someone. He’s happy for them, of course he is, but it’s hard always being the single guy.

Then Charlie Dunn comes back into his life.

The last time Pete saw Charlie he’d just been abandoned on New Year’s Eve by his boyfriend. That was almost a year ago. He never expected to see him again, yet here he is.

A holiday fling seems like such a bad idea, but there’s no denying the spark between them. When fate forces them together, it soon becomes a matter of when not if.

Surrounded by Christmas magic and festive cheer, it’s easy to forget that Charlie’s time in Charnwell will end soon. This New Year’s Eve could be the start of something special or yet another countdown that leaves Pete wanting to escape. Only time will tell.

Festive Trees & Mistletoe is a medium-spice MM holiday romance with awesome friends and family, and snuggly holiday feels. It’s the third book in the Hope Valley Christmas collection, but each book can be read as a standalone.

Expect: Friends-to-lovers, forced proximity, a teeny bit of angst and a little fluff. Oh, and dogs, because it’s not a Christmas story without them.

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Beneath the Opal Arc, by Lee Colgin

As the battle rages around him, Laurence stops to witness a witch casting a powerful magical arc. Werewolves race past, running for cover, but Laurence can’t tear his gaze from the vulnerable spellcaster.

When Remy is injured, he doesn’t expect a vampire to come to his rescue. What is he to Laurence if not dinner? But Laurence carries him to safety, ensures he gets treatment, and protects him from a pack of angry werewolves.

No one knows how long the magical arc will only hold. Frightened by what might happen when it falls, Remy needs to escape the frontlines and find a safe haven before his own people hunt him down for treason.

As sparks fly between the unlikely pair, can they find solace in love, or will the supernatural war claim two more victims?

Beneath the Opal Arc
~A vulnerable witch lost on enemy soil
~A lonely vampire fighting to protect his charge
~A love story neither of them saw coming

Beneath the Opal Arc is an MM Paranormal Romance packed with adventure, a steamy love story, and danger at every turn.

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Santa Dash, by Kim Stephenson

Decked out in Santa suits and pushing each other to their limits, they’re about to discover the end of a race is just the beginning.

Mark is done. A bitter divorce and stalled ambitions have turned his life into a series of losses, and his biggest irritation? Chi, his relentlessly cheerful running group rival. When one sharp remark at a Christmas fun run gets him kicked out of run club, it’s the final blow to a year already gone up in flames.

Chi loves the holidays—the lights, the laughter, the chaos. But as Christmas draws closer and the holiday exodus from the city begins, they realise no matter how many friends they have, they are still utterly alone. Then, a chance encounter with the grumpy doctor they’ve finally given up on turns everything upside down.

As a tentative truce begins to form, a snowstorm traps them together, and what starts as rivalry turns into something unexpected. Under firelight and falling snow, grudges melt and sparks ignite.

As lines start to blur, they must confront their fears and the miles between who they are and who they might be for a shot at the hardest race of all, love.

Santa Dash is a snowed-in, grumpy/sunshine, age-gap M/NB sports romance novella in the Running for the Romance universe. Perfect for fans of second chances, holiday magic, and love where you least expect it.

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Faking It Right, by Ariella Zoelle

A fake relationship with his best friend is either the worst idea Ryker has ever had or the plot twist his love life desperately needed.

I’ve always been straight. Like, straighter than the pole my sister’s girlfriend uses for her exotic dance cardio class. But that doesn’t mean I want to go on another one of my mom’s blind date setups, which have historically been as successful as using a flamethrower to fix a bad haircut.

To avoid my mother’s disastrous matchmaking attempts, I ask my openly gay roommate to pretend to be my boyfriend when we go home for spring break. You know, the one who’s been trying to get in my pants since freshman year with the determination of a squirrel hoarding nuts for winter. What could possibly go wrong?

Other than Harley has a gorgeous face that makes strangers walk into street poles, the body of someone who actually uses his gym membership, and enough charm to talk his way out of a speeding ticket while getting the officer’s number. Naturally, I say yes when he offers to show me why my dating history with women can be summed up somewhere between “meh” and “this is why my therapist deserves hazard pay.”

And just like that, my membership to the Straight Guy Club is permanently revoked. Oops?

Faking It Right is a steamy, laugh-out-loud MM romantic comedy featuring a bisexual awakening everyone saw coming except Ryker. It also stars a flirtatious best friend with the subtlety of a glitter bomb and a bad date so absurd it could be a case study in chaos theory.

The Straight Detour series explores what happens when sexuality takes the scenic route. The road to true love always begins with a wrong turn and ends with the liberating realization that your heart doesn’t care about the rules you thought you had to follow.

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The Pushy Pixies Are Going Down (Hopefully), by Michele Notaro
Narrated by Zachary Zaba

Are there pixies absolutely everywhere? Unfortunately.

Tiny flying faeries with poisonous dust? Great…

Is Winter calling me his boyfriend all of a sudden? Wait. What?

It’s pixie season, and they’re everywhere. Win and I are wearing so much pixie gear we look like we’re in space suits. It isn’t fun, but getting dusted is worse. Pixies. Ugh. But Chaos and Aeson need our help, so here we are.

To top it off, Winter and I have people showing up from our pasts, demanding our attention and bringing up old hurts. But at least I have him by my side this time—and he has me. Not sure how long it’ll last—even though my heart wants forever and Win’s saying all the right things—but I’m definitely going to hold on to him while I can.

The Pushy Pixies Are Going Down (Hopefully) is an MM urban fantasy and the second book in Miles and Winter’s love story. Each book will have its own supernatural problem with a HFN ending for the couple, but there will be overarching plot themes throughout the series.

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Wilder In Love, by Charlie Cochet

Even before they fell in love, Sacha “Joker” Wilder had already changed Giovanni Galanos’s world—protecting him, making him laugh, and forcing him to face a truth he’d been avoiding. 

When violence erupts on the red carpet and their world is turned upside down, Gio is left reeling with guilt and fear that he could lose the man who means everything to him. 

But when the danger returns, Gio discovers a strength he never knew he had, because this time, he’s the only thing standing between Sacha and the man determined to destroy everything they’ve built together.

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Deck The Halls & Cover The Howls, by Tara Sterling

Fake Christmas parties, real bodies, and one werewolf who’s terrible at staying professional.

Matt
Matt never planned on spending Christmas on a Werewolf Regulation Bureau cleanup job. He has to make pretty eyes Oliver next door forget he witnessed a werewolf doing supernatural shit before their secret blows wide open. Easy. Except every “distraction” eventually leads them back to the same place. Tangled up in Matt’s bed.

Now bodies are turning up across LA with clear signs of werewolf involvement and Oliver’s curiosity has made him a target. So, Matt might just have to burn the whole world down to save his little human.

Oliver
Oliver wasn’t expecting holiday magic, but watching an eighty-year-old do something that defied every rule of physics wasn’t on the wish list either. Now he can’t sleep, think, or breathe without getting answers. The only person willing to help is Matt, the six-foot-four, annoyingly muscled firefighter next door who is suspiciously eager to assist Oliver’s investigation.

Somewhere between wild theories, a last-minute Christmas party, and falling into Matt’s bed, Oliver realizes too late that someone wants him quiet. And they’re getting impatient.

Deck the Halls and Cover the Howls is a spicy standalone M/M paranormal thriller romcom featuring a grumpy werewolf firefighter, a sunshine human who cannot mind his business, a fake Christmas party, found family, real danger, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

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Trust, by Adara Wolf & R Phoenix

Every day, I need to remind myself that I’m lucky. I’m lucky I have a home. I’m lucky I’m healthy. I’m lucky I have a partner.

But it’s hard to remember that I’m lucky when my lover tells me I need to get close to Ilya Zima, notorious Russian mafia boss. If I do this, my partner’s career is set.

Get close, find out Ilya’s secrets, and my life will be happy again. There will be no more yelling, no more hitting. The BDSM will make me feel good again, not bad.

Only Ilya isn’t rough or terrifying like I imagined. He’s gentle, and sweet, and he likes my music. He wants to pet me and make me feel good. He understands me.

The more time I spend with him, the more I forget who he’s supposed to be.

The more I fall for him.

And the more I desperately want him to save me.

Trust is a spicy, m/m age gap BDSM romance with a Bratva leader and a down-on-his-luck musician trapped in a cycle of abuse. Although set in the Mafia Doms universe, it is a complete standalone that can be enjoyed without having read any other books. Trust contains scenes of domestic violence.

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The Music of Greyson Hyun, by Jae Williams

Grey’s eyes, which had been closed for the first part of the song, snapped open then. And they went right to me, once again, as if drawn by some invisible force. He always seemed to find me.

Ethan had his junior year at Redmond University all planned out: go to more parties, make more friends, and date more girls. But everything changes the night he hears Dreamscape, an local indie band fronted by the magnetic and mysterious Greyson Hyun.

Grey is the kind of guy who turns heads, and not just because of his voice. He’s confident, captivating, and for some reason, he seems just as drawn to Ethan as Ethan is to him. What starts as a chance encounter at a bar becomes something Ethan can’t stop thinking about.

Grey’s music follows him everywhere… and so does Grey. He’s showing up at parties, Ethan’s classes, and even in Ethan’s dreams. Ethan has never really fallen for anyone before, he’s not even sure if he believes in love. But the more Ethan gets to know Grey, the harder it becomes to ignore what his heart is trying to tell him.

The Music of Greyson Hyun is a heart-melting LGBTQ+ college romance about unexpected love, self-discovery, and the kind of music that stays with you long after the last note fades. If you love slow-burn romance, queer coming-of-age stories, and swoony musicians, this heartfelt and funny novel will leave you breathless, nostalgic, and ready to hit replay.