Gay Romance Report February 10, 2023

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Heart Unbroken, by Casey Cox

ROVE

Five years ago, we had a fleeting connection. Instant attraction, sizzling chemistry, and scorching-hot sex.

It was only brief, but it was…everything.

Then my career takes off. I become one of the biggest openly out Hollywood A-listers. I’m on top of the world—rich, famous, and successful.

Until a cruel red carpet gotcha stunt blows my life apart. In the blink of an eye, I lose everything I’ve spent two decades working and sacrificing for.

I’ve got no one to turn to and nowhere to go… Except back to the man I met five years ago.

LEO

Five years ago, I met someone unforgettable.

He made me feel something I thought I’d lost forever. Something that died with my beloved Dante a decade earlier.

I never expected to see Rove again. When he returns, the spark, the chemistry, the connection, is right where we left it five years ago. Actually, it’s only intensified.

The more time we spend together, the clearer it becomes—there’s no way I can let him go again. Can we find a way to make it this time?

HEART UNBROKEN is a second chance at love MM romance with two men in their 40s, a naked meet-cute, an only-one-bed situation, found family, 90s pop culture references, and a ‘sail into the sunset’ happily ever after (literally).

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A Long Way Home, by Blake Allwood

With the odds stacked against them, will they be able to overcome, or will their pasts push them apart, forever?

Gib clings to family, while being afraid to trust them. As a former foster child, he clings to security denied to him in early childhood. When he begins having feelings for one of his best friends and fellow medical school student, all his issues are expanded.

Allan has everything a kid from a wealthy New York family could have. When he decides to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a Harvard trained doctor, he didn’t anticipate meeting and falling for the enigmatic Gibson Ridley.

With Allan’s daddy issues, and Gib’s fear of intimacy, the stakes couldn’t have greater risks. Can these two men work through their issues and give love a chance, or will they lose it forever?

NOTE: A Long Road Home is a low-heat, sweet, high drama romance.

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Malibu, by Emmy Sanders

Falling for his client was never part of the plan.

Mal
Adult entertainer. Escort. Camboy. Surfer-bro. Malibu.

I’ve been called many names, yet no one knows the real me. Filming at Elite 8 Studios gave me the fresh start I was looking for, but now, my past is calling, and even working three jobs isn’t enough to keep me afloat. With my anxiety and panic attacks getting worse and my debts on the rise, something needs to change.

When I’m offered an outrageous sum for a new escorting gig, I can’t pass it up. The catch? I’ll be living in the client’s penthouse for the next six months. And I’ll be his—exclusively.

I’ve been warned Henrik is difficult, but all I see is a man who’s protective, caring, and lonely underneath that hard shell of his. He’s also blind. And yet, somehow, he sees me for exactly who I am.

Turning to this man I barely know for comfort is a bad idea—and falling for a client is even worse—but I can’t seem to stop. With only a few months left on our contract, can I convince Henrik to give us a real shot?

Or will I lose the only man who sees the real me?

Malibu is an age gap romance between older client and younger escort, with hurt/comfort, mental health struggles, plenty of sugar daddy jokes, fiercely loyal friends, and one very HEA. It’s book 2 in the Elite 8 Studios series but can be read as a standalone.

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Taming Tristan, by Leighton Greene

Rock vs. Hard Place

I like my liaisons hard, fast, and uncomplicated. But when I’m bet a life-changing amount of money that I can’t tame the notorious Tristan Taylor by Valentine’s Day, I can’t refuse.

I could wipe out my family’s debts and send my little sister to a great college. All I have to do is get Tristan to willingly kneel for me in public.

I’m used to getting my way. Men get on their knees for me all the time.
But Tristan?
Is a whole new challenge.

A whip-smart troublemaker with a cheeky grin, Tristan is the kind of brat who drives men crazy – and not in a good way. But he’s never played Primal before, and he’s intrigued by the idea.

With each sparring session, I’m more and more captivated by what lies under Tristan’s snarky exterior. But Tristan’s been burned before, and his trust isn’t easily earned. If he finds out about the bet, it’ll only prove his worst fears true.

Can I win him over and keep the bet secret?

Or will gambling with Tristan’s heart destroy any chance for love?

***

Taming Tristan is a standalone romance novel with humor, more than a dash of angst, and Rock-Meets-Hard-Place kinky fun. HFN/HEA guaranteed, and no cliffhangers.

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A Date to Impress Him, by Michele Notaro (CJ Storm, narrator)

Who knew taking my little mage on a date would be so difficult?

With so much change happening at the house—three shifter kids are a lot to handle—Mads and I have been too busy to spend much alone time together. So I figured a date night was in order.

Too bad every time we try, we have to put a fire out somewhere. At this rate, I’m not sure I’ll ever get to take my mage on a date.
A Date To Impress Him is a fun MM urban fantasy companion novella and meant to be read AFTER The Shackles That Hold Us (The Magi Accounts 2). It’s from Cosmo’s perspective and takes place between books 2 and 3 of the main series. This is a companion novella, NOT a standalone.

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ConfEGGtionary, by Lorelei M Hart and Colbie Dunbar

Delivering candy is a great way to make a few extra dollars…until your dragon unexpectedly shifts and breaks far more than you’ll earn.

Alpha Dragon shifter Clayton is trying to get his life in order. He’s sick of being the unsuccessful one. It’s bad enough he’s living in someone else’s house and working a job he only has thanks to nepotism, but now he also has debt that has to be paid. So it’s time for a side hustle. Good thing the candy store is hiring.

Human omega Bryson was ready for a new beginning when his boss decided to open a second store and asked him to be a part of the expansion. From the first day, Bryson feels more at home here than he had anywhere else. Still…something is missing from his life.

Bryson’s life instantly turns upside down when someone stops by his job to deliver blue cotton candy cake to his boss. Bryson barely reaches for the delivery when the man standing before him turns into a dragon—a fire-breathing dragon—a sexy fire-breathing dragon.

ConfEGGtionary is a sweet with knotty heat MM mpreg dragon shifter romance featuring a dragon who is trying to become the alpha he longs to be, an omega whose life was missing something; he just didn’t know that something came with wings, scales, and fire, a flight letting go of its past to welcome in a bright new future, a hoard more valuable than gold, true love, fated mates, an unexpected clutch, a happily ever after, and an adorable baby. If you like your omegas strong and your mpreg with heart, download your copy of ConfEGGtionary today.

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Stripped Love, by Baylin Crow

Phoenix—I never intended to become a stripper.

Two years ago I was in Nashville chasing the songwriter dream. Sleepless nights between day jobs were spent writing rock ballads and trying to make a name for myself.

That all changed with one phone call that forced me to return to Atlanta.

Needing consistent income to pay the mountain of debt I’d come home to, I traded stripping my soul for stripping my clothes.

Then Archer West comes crashing into my VIP room, tempting me to break all of my rules.

I want him—bad.

What I don’t count on is finding him living right next door for the summer. Inexperienced and with a creative drive that rivals my own, he stirs the lyrics in me once again.

Now I crave more than his body. Archer West has quickly become my unexpected muse.

A tattooed stripper and introverted college student collide in the first book of the steamy standalone romance series Guys Next Door. Each book is loosely tied so that each can be read individually.

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Pretty Puppy, by Morticia Knight

Breaking Daddy Lee’s heart wasn’t intentional, but Ash has paid the price in misery ever since. Surely, a teensy little lie and a bit of scheming to get Lee back won’t backfire…

Ash first met Daddy Lee when he was a young pup and just beginning his kink journey. If only he hadn’t been so flighty and full of himself, he could’ve seen what a rare treasure he had in the handsome older Dom. But now that Ash is back in town, he’s determined to make Lee’s heart go pitter-patter again by being the best doggone boy ever.

Five years ago, luxury resort owner, Lee Petrovsky, fell too hard and fast for the pretty Asher Griffin. Ever since then, he’s resolved to seek out only older, more mature boys. There’s only one problem—no one has ever crushed the walls of steel around his heart the way Ash did. That doesn’t mean he’d ever take him back, though. No one makes a fool out of him and gets a second chance.

Can Ash prove to Lee that this time it isn’t just a case of puppy love?

Note: Pretty Puppy is the fifth book in the steamy Command & Care M/M Daddy romance series and can be read as a standalone. Each book shares a common theme, but no characters overlap. If you like puppy play, a dose of hurt/comfort and a strict Daddy Dom whose heart melts for his boy, then you’ll adore Morticia Knight’s second chance romance.

Buy Pretty Puppy for lots of puppy snuggles today!

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Prince and Pawn, by Tavia Lark

One night of bliss could unravel a kingdom.

Be obedient. Be grateful. As the neglected illegitimate son of a powerful family, Corin is expected to follow his magic-gifted brother to the palace as a servant. He’s unwilling but resigned—and allows himself one night of distraction in a stranger’s arms.

Corin never knew pleasure and pain could be so exhilarating. So comforting. Corin only regrets he’ll never again see the anonymous man who ruined him for anyone else.

Until the next morning, when Corin meets his brother’s new arranged fiancé.

Prince Audric doesn’t want a loveless political betrothal, but he’ll do anything for his kingdom. His last night of freedom is a rare indulgence—and a terrible mistake. Corin is sweet, beautiful, and sees Audric like nobody else does.

He’s also Audric’s fiancé’s younger brother. Audric’s arranged betrothal might be a relationship in name only, but he can’t touch Corin again.

Constant proximity hurts when they can’t be together. But avoidance is impossible when Corin might be the key to unraveling the conspiracy behind Audric’s betrothal—

And when Corin keeps fainting into Audric’s arms.

Prince and Pawn is a high fantasy gay romance with hurt/comfort, forbidden pining, inappropriate use of vines, and more magic tigers. The Perilous Courts series is best read in order, but each book follows a different prince and his Happily Ever After.

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Johann, by Grae Bryan

Alexei is lost. On the run from his criminal family, hiding out in Hyde Park, he has no idea what the point or purpose of his life is anymore. Until he’s served coffee by a strange young man, one whom Alexei can’t get out of this head. And when Alexei realizes his favorite barista isn’t quite human after all, his obsession only deepens. Can he use this new knowledge to get even closer to the sweet, strange vampire of his dreams?

Jay is lonely. He has his friends (so nice!) and his job at the coffee shop (so fun!) but he knows he doesn’t really belong in Hyde Park, not for keeps. And yet, he can’t help wanting to pretend, especially with his new favorite regular, a handsome human who smells divine and watches Jay like he really matters. Alexei might just be the nicest thing to happen to Jay since he can remember, even more so when the human generously offers himself up for dinner.

But Jay’s past is complicated, and certain promises have been made. Can he and Alexei weather the storm that tracks him down, or will Jay’s new life be taken away from him before it can really begin?

Johann is a heated, fated-mates MM paranormal romance with an HEA and no cliffhanger. It contains a sweet, cinnamon roll vampire and the stoic, obsessed human who will do anything to stay by his side. It also contains steamy scenes between two men, and the moderate violence (and mentions of blood) that one might expect from a vampire romance. While each book focuses on a different couple, the series is best enjoyed in order.

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Keeping it Casual, by Jax Calder

Dustin
I moved to Mineral Creek so I could focus on my son. After my recent breakup, small-town life is exactly what we need, and I’m determined to stay single.

But the town’s resident matchmakers have other ideas. Every second person I meet tries to set me up with Mineral Creek’s one other gay single Dad.

Jeremy. King.

I’ve heard those two words so many times since we moved here. I might explode if the name is uttered one more time.
But when I finally meet the man himself, any potential combustion will be due to the chemistry between us.

Jeremy
My Mineral Creek neighbors have looked out for me since my divorce and are now determined to set me up with the new guy in town.

I feel bad that everyone is hounding Dustin to ask me out. I want to get them off his back. Enter my brilliant idea: the fake date.

Convincing the Mineral Creek matchmakers that we’re not compatible would be much easier if we’d kept to our script of uncomfortable silence instead of talking for so long that the restaurant kicked us out when they closed.

But nothing changes the fact that Dustin doesn’t want a boyfriend, and I’m not able to offer my heart to anyone anyway.
We can keep things casual between us, right?

This light-hearted, low-angst 36,000 word MM romantic novella is full of fun banter, steamy times and sweet times between two adorable guys who are desperately trying to pretend they are not falling in love.

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Drag Heals, season 3

DRAG HEALS is a hybrid stage workshop and documentary TV series season 3 (8x 24min) that follows drag artists over an intensive month long workshop to build their own show. In each workshop, a guest coach joins stage director Tracey Erin Smith in exploring soul-deep story sharing techniques as well as the unique talents and skills required from a drag performer.

Over the course of the intensive workshops and story crafting, the participants dive deep into their personal lives to unearth lessons learned and bring them back to the audience as a gift. They are both the pirate and the pirated, the island and treasure. The resulting stories are emotional and cathartic, both for the drag artists and the audience who share in the experience.

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What He Learns, by E.M. Denning

A new dominant
A jaded submissive
What could possibly go right?
Sterling’s plan is simple. Learn how to be dominant, woo his crush. The only problem is he doesn’t know how to do either of those things. Getting a job at the local kink club seems like a good place to start. Meeting a kind and older submissive on his first night on the job throws a wrench into his plans.
Despite how hard he tried, Kelly was never enough for his ex-husband. Years after their amicable, yet heartbreaking, divorce, Kelly has come to terms with how things ended. Hoping to put all his doubts aside, he’s ready to get back into the scene.
Kelly’s first night coincides with Sterling’s first shift at Desires, and he can’t help his interest in the much younger man who has more questions than answers. It doesn’t take long for them both to realize they have something important to offer the other. Sterling needs practice and Kelly… well, after so long away, he does too.
Questions turn into scenes and scenes turn into more, and they’re just getting started when Kelly’s doubts creep back in. If he wasn’t enough for his ex, how can he be enough for a man like Sterling? Can Kelly learn to trust again, or will they lose everything they have built together before love can even be found?

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Glazing the Donut, by Dax Kazmi

Matty wants to save his bar from demolition. Jax wants to tear it down and build condos. And both of them are wanted for murder. After these two enemies discover a dead body beneath Portland’s oldest gay bar, they’ll have to work together to solve the crime and catch the killer — before they kill each other.

When gentrification threatens The Lumberjock, Portland’s oldest and seediest gay bar, owner and dancer Matty Higgins is desperate to find a way to keep the business afloat. Apparently, the bathroom glory holes and vintage porn are looking tired next to a bright new donut shop and the sleek apartment tower going up in the neighborhood. To make extra money, Matty starts giving tours of the Underground, the historical tunnels beneath the bar that were infamous dens of crime during the city’s Wild West era.

Real estate developer Jaxon Sellers thinks he can convince Matty to sell his bar if only he can get some time alone with him and prove he’s less of a douchebag than the other builders. When Jax signs up for Matty’s tour of the tunnels, the two discover that the Underground’s crime-ridden past is still very much alive. Matty and Jax find themselves suspects in the murder of a local business owner, and the two must work together to solve the crime before the killer comes for them — or before they kill each other.

Glazing the Donut is a full-length MM romance that is part crime mystery, part enemies-to-lovers romance, and all campy comedy peppered with some explicit gay sex. Written by a gay guy primarily for gay guys who don’t think they’ll like romance novels, this story includes inconvenient boners, tasteful dry humping, hipster barista go-go boys, very rude Mexican drug runners, Cher references, and, of course, a very sweet love story.

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Like I Needed, by Charlie Novak

One night isn’t supposed to lead to love.

Jamie Stone is rich, beautiful, and bored out of his skull. The past few years have been an endless round of parties, and the decadence has lost its lustre. When a late night decision to get away lands him in the small seaside town of Heather Bay, Jamie’s convinced he’s made a mistake.

Heather Bay is no Ibiza, but it does have Will.

Will is stressed, stretched, and doesn’t have time for anything but work. He’s too busy trying to keep his head above water to focus on the London party boy who keeps ending up in his bed. Jamie is nothing but a distraction, but Will can’t resist coming back for more, especially with the harsh realities of farming nipping at his heels.

With the clock ticking on Jamie’s stay and the chaos of lambing season fast approaching, both men will have to look beyond themselves and let go of their fears. If they can, they might find the one thing they’ve always needed.

Like I Needed is a steamy and sweet hook-ups to lovers contemporary MM romance featuring a city boy with a hedonistic reputation, a gruff farmer in need of a break, endless amounts of snow, friends with no boundaries, terrible scrambled eggs, and the breathtaking beauty of the Yorkshire moors.

It is book three in the Heather Bay series and while it can be read as a standalone, it’s best enjoyed as part of the series.

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Nothing to Lose, by E.M. Lindsey

Once upon a time, in a small seaside town, a happy man living a happy life brings other people joy with his delicious bakes.

And then a storm cloud moves in next door, and suddenly things are…different.

A war between them is brewing, like a hurricane offshore, and if Peyton isn’t careful, Hudson is going to sweep him into the raging waters like a tsunami.

Nothing To Lose is a previously released serial novel set in a small-town featuring a grumpy neighbor with a secret profession, a sunshine baker who thinks a few well baked, browned butter cookies can solve a lot of problems, a stray cat, a noisy bird, and the sweetest happily ever after.

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Dead Serious, by Vawn Cassidy

In the business of unfinished business…

Tristan Everett has always preferred the company of the dead because they usually don’t talk back. Being a somewhat awkward introvert working as a pathologist at the Hackney Public Mortuary suits him just fine. That is, until a freak accident with a rogue ice cube and suddenly he can see ghosts. No longer content to just lie on the table and let him figure out how they died, they’re now peering over his shoulder critiquing his work and confessing their most lascivious sins before skipping off merrily into the afterlife.
Just when he thought his life couldn’t get any weirder, sassy drag queen, Dusty Le Frey, is wheeled in with a toe tag and she’s not prepared to go quietly into the light. Not only is she furious at the prospect of spending eternity in last season’s gold lame, she’s determined that he help her solve her murder.
Suddenly Tristan finds himself thrown into a world of sequins and fake eyelashes, and worse still, he may have developed a bit of a crush on Scotland Yard’s brand new drool-worthy detective, Inspector Danny Hayes, who’s been assigned to Dusty’s murder. Oh, and as the icing on top of a really crappy cake, the killer now wants him dead too…
All he ever wanted was a simple life but suddenly he’s juggling work, a deliciously sexy detective, a stubborn ghost and a relentless murderer… and things have just gotten dead serious….

From author Wendy Saunders writing as Vawn Cassidy comes this hot and funny, slow burn, opposites attract paranormal caper across the East End of London.

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Starting Again at Crofton Hall, by Rebecca Cohen

After making a decision that will change his life forever, Robin Flint arrives at Crofton Hall, looking for a place to recover and start again. Love is not enough to continue living a lie.

An unexpected meeting where sparks fly was meant to be a one off, but Simon MacLove is just too wonderful to cast aside. But since Robin hadn’t intended to continue things, Robin didn’t tell Simon, a local police officer, that he was a millionaire trust fund baby and the future Viscount Whetford. Robin has a lot of baggage, but so does Simon, and whether they can carry it together and is very much up in the air, especially as Robin’s now ex-boyfriend, movie star Dorian Marsten, hasn’t accepted things are truly over between them.

Meanwhile, Ben and Ashley are still enjoying their post-honeymoon bliss, and have decided to work on the next generation of Redbourns. Only it’s not so easy when neither of them have the necessary biological equipment, meaning the road to them becoming parents isn’t going to be straightforward.

This is the fifth Modern Crofton novel. Each story features a new couple falling in love at Crofton Hall, with the continuing life and love of Ben Redbourn, 16th Earl of Crofton, and the man of his dreams, Ashley (was Niven now Redbourn).

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Awakened Royal, by Elouise East

Frederick has the weight of the crown on his shoulders, even though he’s not the king. Being heir to the throne has heavy consequences, not least of which is who he chooses to marry and keep by his side. The ups and downs his family has survived in recent years is teaching them to fight back, to stand up for what they believe in, but many people don’t want to see them succeed. It’s only with his best friend beside him and losing himself in Club Royal that Freddie can weather the storms.

Damon knows what he wants, but he also knows he will never get it. Falling in love with his best friend is not the wisest choice outside of the public eye, but with a spotlight on their every movement, it’s hazardous to their health. When Damon is kidnapped, he thinks all hope is lost. But his knight in shining armour comes with years of childhood memories, which helps their newfound relationship, even with the public’s outcry.

They have to decide whether they’re willing to potentially lose the crown. Decisions which could split them up forever.

This is an MM book containing medical play, BDSM scenes and D/s dynamics in all forms. It also has lots of loving, friendships, family drama and, of course, a HEA.

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Just For Tonight, by Davidson King

Ben Asher is a man with secrets that haunt him. His elite escort business, Supernal, is the only thing that keeps him from falling to pieces. He values every man who works for him, and while temptation is always around, he refuses to blur the lines.

Crew Riley has always wanted to work at Supernal…mostly because of Ben Asher. When he gets the opportunity, he embraces it with everything he has and vows to break down Ben’s walls.

When the feelings they have for each other can’t be ignored, Ben and Crew decide to give into temptation one time but neither is prepared for the need that consumes them. When Ben’s secrets reveal themselves and cuts are reopened, Crew will do anything to prove to Ben that forever can begin with them.

*Just For Tonight was part of the YBBB year long giveaway in 2022. This version is expanded and re-edited*

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Hearts and Halos, by L Eveland

Forgive me, Father, for I’m about to sin…

My life is a country song. I lost my abuela, my wife, my house, and my religion. After helping my two best friends find love, I’m broke, out of shape, and lonelier than ever.

Until I find an injured winged monster in the church basement I’m remodeling. He’s the most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen. Hurt and alone, he needs my help to find his missing halo. He also seems to think I’m destined to be his mate.

I don’t have the heart to tell him I’m straight…Well, straight-ish.

But his himbo charm is growing on me and I don’t know how to feel when he showers me with praise for every little thing. Being attracted to a man is new enough, but to a monster that looks like an angel? Seminary school never could’ve prepared me for this.

Hearts and Halos is the third book in the Monsters in my Bed series, a series of standalone MM monster romances featuring cinnamon roll monsters and the men who love them. This is a bi-awakening body positive romance between a chubby former priest and a semi-Biblically accurate angel who adores him.