Gay Romance Report July 11, 2023

FEATURED NEW RELEASE, Multiple Retailers

Shaded Ember, by Meraki P. Lyhne

The belief in the old gods of Norse mythology may have been suppressed by Christianity, but that doesn’t mean the races of old didn’t survive. Like the Vargr wolves.

The Alphas of all meet the battles they’ve risen to take on, but the embers of the story-time bonfire haven’t even settled before one important fact stands clear. One story was not told.

As Matt continues to learn to work with the Völsung born in him, he gathers knowledge, power, and the resources needed to secure the North.

For every battle he meets head-on, another is fought within. If not for Hati’s ember, crying out for his support, Sköll wouldn’t stand a chance.

Pack Alpha Steffen has promised to stand by his pup until whatever lies ahead has been seen through. Doubt whether he’s capable nags him as the pup shows off just how powerful Sköll has risen to become.

FEATURED DEAL – FREE, Kindle Unlimited

The Alpha Experiment, by Eliot Grayson

Studying shifter genetics takes brains, patience…and sometimes simulating mating rituals with your alpha-werewolf bestie. You know, for science…

Brilliant geneticist Newton McEwen, the only human in a family of werewolves, has devoted his life to researching the scientific key to shifter magic. Now he’s being blackmailed and his life’s work is threatened if he can’t produce results.

Alpha werewolf Colin Kimball is a newly-minted pack leader with a mountain of responsibilities, but when his lifelong best friend tells him he needs help, Colin drops everything to run to his aid. But Newt’s not just looking for a brawny bodyguard to watch his back—he needs help with an experiment, one he can’t carry out alone.

Out of academically approved methods, and desperate to accelerate his research, Newt’s trying a last-ditch approach, with himself as the test subject. And the very alpha Colin as the catalyst.

Determined to succeed, Newt’s willing to get up close and personal with Colin as many times as it takes. Only feelings weren’t a variable logic-minded Newt took into account. Now not only is Newt’s career on the line, his most important relationship is at stake. Can they outwit Newt’s blackmailer and move on from their experimentation…or will they lose the friendship that means everything to them?

The Alpha Experiment features not-so-scientific mating rituals, magical handcuffs, some very inappropriate outdoor activities, knotting, and a guaranteed happily ever after. Even though it’s number five in the Mismatched Mates series, it can be read as a standalone. The series does not contain mpreg.

NEW RELEASE, Kindle Unlimited

Built To Last, by Harper Robson

Sam

Look up the word “average” in the dictionary you’ll find my picture. Average height, average looks, average smarts: average guy. Of course that’s also code for boring and ordinary. I’ve been a serial dater forever, twisting myself into the perfect person for my dates, but somehow I’m still alone. When I get offered a job in California, I wonder if it’s the universe telling me it’s time to start over. At least I’ll have time to do some thinking while I work on what might be my final job for Hot Dam Homes: renovating a luxury resort in a beautiful but totally isolated spot. Things get complicated when Tyler, my super-hot but way-too-young-for-me co-worker ends up on the same job. On paper we make no sense, but my stupid heart won’t let me stop thinking about him. Is he just my latest infatuation, or have I finally stumbled on something that could last?

Built To Last is a steamy, age-gap, co-workers to lovers, MM romance.

PREORDER, Releases July 12

Jamie’s Light, by Madalyn George

Jamie
Thanksgiving weekend at home seemed like more of a chore than a celebration since my wife had died, but I would never begrudge my daughter the love and attention of our big crazy family just to wallow in self pity. I could always return to that next week.

Devon
Thanks to the fact that my best friend’s family literally lives five feet away from campus, I have a home to go to for Thanksgiving that doesn’t involve traveling clear across the county for a few short days. It’s an easy choice, since I’ll see my family in less than a month for winter break anyway.

When two strangers, one the older brother and the other the best friend, unexpectedly end up sharing the same bedroom, will a holiday they were both just looking to get through end up being the most important event of their lives?

NEW RELEASE, Kindle Unlimited

Chasing Secrets, by Sloane Kennedy

Lincoln
I was just there to do my job and then he arrived, and I knew in my gut everything was about to change. Everything…
For former soldier turned nurse practitioner Lincoln Arden, Pelican Bay was supposed to be just another dot on a map, and the crotchety old man he’d been hired to assist in his physical rehabilitation was supposed to be just another patient whose body was slowly giving in to the harsh reality of time.

It was just another job… one in a long list of many. One that lasted only long enough that Lincoln could do what he needed to do and then keep moving. Always moving.

But nothing about the live-in job was like all the others. Not the chaotic group of men who’d made themselves into a family, not the charming old farmhouse that sat in the middle of nowhere, and most certainly not the endless acres of trees, streams, and every other one of Mother Nature’s miracles that reminded him of the beauty of life after being witness to so much death.

He’d done it, though. He’d remained on the outskirts of that family despite the warm welcome they’d offered him from day one, and he hadn’t let his surroundings make him forget that it would be time to move on soon enough.

But then he arrived…

Theo
Returning to Pelican Bay and the past that came with it was the last thing I wanted to do, but “visiting” my former best friend would give me the time I needed to figure out where to disappear to next…

Even though Theo Lancaster had only lived a few towns over from Pelican Bay, returning to the hometown of his one-time best friend in northern Minnesota was like walking through a doorway to the past and the exact moment his life had changed forever.

Simply put, the small, picture-perfect town was the last place he wanted to be, but with no home, no friends or family to lean on, and no money, his choices had been pretty limited. Fortunately, the past that haunted his dreams night after night had prepared him for the moment by turning him into something he’d never thought he would be.

A liar.
A fake.
A fraud.
A man who knew what mask to wear and what words to say to keep the truth at bay.

Hiding his scars, both the ones covering his body and the ones ripping his soul to shreds with each day that passed, was easy. Telling everyone he was okay spilled from his lips as effortlessly as the fake smile that he’d been perfecting for years. Lying about what had happened to him after that fateful day—when the truth about who he really was had been discovered—had been so well rehearsed that sometimes he even managed to fool himself into believing it had all been a terrible dream.

It had been a good plan. Hide out for a few days, come up with a plan of what to do next, and disappear before anyone figured out the truth.

But nowhere in his plans had he even given thought to meeting a gorgeous-as-hell nurse who saw past his lies with ease. A man who knew Theo wasn’t okay and was intent on healing as many of Theo’s scars as he could, both inside and out. A man who wanted the same thing for Theo that he needed for himself.

To stop running.

NEW RELEASE, Multiple Retailers

The Lighthouse Keeper, by Liv Rancourt

Twenty years ago, a thief stole the Ferox Cor, and now he’s dead.

Vincent Fairchild, a witch with little power beyond his charm, is tasked with finding that dangerous magical object. He’s already been pruned from the family tree because “nice” people don’t possess even the lowest of magic. If he fails to return with the Ferox Cor, he’ll lose his place with the Witches’ Council.

Determined not to be cast aside again, Vincent travels to the West Point lighthouse, where he learns that the Witches’ Council was mistaken. Martin Gallagher, 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.

Martin will return on Samhain when the veil between the worlds is the thinnest. He’s promised to reclaim the Ferox Cor, but doing so risks unleashing a great evil on the world. Rafe has sworn to destroy that powerful object, but if he succeeds, Vincent’s future is at risk. There’s a way forward, but to find it, Vincent must look to his heart.

NEW RELEASE, Kindle Unlimited

Bedhead, by Brooke Blaine

From USA Today bestselling author Brooke Blaine comes a sexy M/M enemies-to-lovers romance in the new Hate to Love You series.

Hudson
I hate Drew Edwards. That isn’t a secret to anyone in New York.
Smug, charming, flippant, and a royal pain in my ass, Drew has a way of making everyone fall in love with him, but I know the truth. Under that public persona is a ruthless man who’ll do anything to come out on top. He’s done it to me before…and a leopard doesn’t change his spots.

Drew
Hudson Montgomery. He hates me. Eh, no breaking news there. If anything, his hate only fuels my desire to provoke the pompous bastard at every opportunity. So when the chance to publish the most scandalous book of the year comes down to our companies, I’m determined to do whatever I have to in order to take Hudson down.

Nobody said I couldn’t play dirty…

NEW RELEASE, Kindle Unlimited

Never Let It End, by Christie Gordon

A male student suffering from trauma. A male professor reaping the rewards of his life’s work. When forced to choose between love and his new career, will love win?

Caleb Allen

I wasn’t looking for love, but it found me anyways. I was healing from the trauma of gun violence by vacationing on a beach in Mexico with my best friends and bandmates. Then he blows into my life, turns it upside down and gives me the safety and love I need. Problem is, he’s about to be a professor in my college and relationships between students and faculty are prohibited. Are we really saying goodbye after everything we’ve shared?

Eric Moore

After years of hard work, I’ve finally become a professor. On top of that, the affair with my old boss is about to stop. To celebrate my success and reset my life, I’m spending a month on a beach in Mexico. Then he shows up in the house next door and burrows into my heart. Can I really let him go at the end of his vacation?

When we both go home, a change in class schedules means Caleb is now one of my students. It’s important enough to tell him in person before classes start. When I confront him at his band’s show, I can’t say goodbye again. We start a secret relationship, but my old boss is a major donor to my college and he’s quickly figuring it out. How can I keep the career of my dreams and hang on to the man I love?

Never Let It End is the third book in the Rock U series and is part of the Mesa Boys universe. This novel features an age gap, hurt/comfort, and a bad-boy rocker in love with his professor. It guarantees an HEA and has no cliffhangers. It features a level-headed student suffering from trauma, and a man who’s trying to start a new life on the right path. Each book features a different couple and can be read as a standalone or as part of the series in order.

NEW RELEASE, Kindle Unlimited

White Noise, by Lark Taylor

What happens when a world-famous rock star gets trapped in a lift with a journalist?

Ollie

I thought my day couldn’t get any worse. After catching my best friend and girlfriend in bed together, the only thing going right in my life is the interview for my dream job.

But fate is laughing at my expense. One mishap leads to another until I find myself trapped in a lift and missing my interview.

And I’m not alone.

I’m about to discover unexpected things about Luca Weston, lead singer of the world-famous rock band, Caffeine Daydreams.

After we’re rescued, I can’t stop thinking about Luca. Given I’ve spent my life burying my emotions and identifying as straight, obsessing over an unobtainable male rock star is a whole new experience.

When I’m suddenly assigned to be the journalist following Caffeine Daydreams on their tour, can I resist Luca and keep things strictly professional?

Luca

Getting stuck in a confined space with a journalist should be my worst nightmare.

But something about this uptight man intrigues me. Ollie has me opening up in a way I never have before.

The lift doors open, Ollie walks away, and I wonder if I’ve missed my chance with the man of my dreams.

When my manager insists on having a journalist follow us on tour, I know the perfect man for the job.

I have six weeks to find out if the chemistry between Ollie and me is real, and if it is, I’ll turn my whole world upside down to keep him.White Noise is a s*xual awakening, forced proximity, MM rockstar romance. The first in the Caffeine Daydreams series, each book will follow a different couple as they find their HEA. Although better read in order, these books can stand alone.

NEW AUDIO RELEASE, Kindle Unlimited

Again, by Morgan Brice

Narrated by John Solo

The fast, furry, and furious! A lynx shifter, pursued by a cryptid trophy hunter. A wolf shifter desperate to rescue a lover who’s not just his fated mate—but his one true pairing across past lives. And a love that transcends time.

Lynx shifter Noah Wilson narrowly escaped being captured by the Huntsman. While recuperating in Fox Hollow, he meets his fated mate, wolf shifter Drew Lowe.

Noah has to return to Canada to finish filming his TV projects, so he and Drew visit when they can and come up with creative solutions to their long-distance relationship. Noah and Drew are sure they’re meant for each other and start making plans.

Drew’s dreams make him wonder if he and Noah are more than fated mates—could they be a true pairing, destined to find each other lifetime after lifetime?

Then Noah accidentally records a murder, and the killer is on his trail. Can he elude a master tracker and reach the safety of Fox Hollow, or will he and Drew have to wait to find happiness in another life?

Again is a thrill-packed MM shifter romance adventure full of sexy shifters, hurt/comfort, one true pairing, reincarnation, sincere psychics, hunky mechanics, first responders, a sexy wildlife photographer, found family, and fated mates.

NEW RELEASE, Kindle Unlimited

Matched To His Phoenix, by Colbie Dunbar and Lorelei M Hart

Being stuck in a small town where everyone knows everyone sucks. Full. Stop.

Alpha phoenix shifter Ashton is ready for a new beginning. Not the kind most people think of when they hear phoenix, but the kind with a new job, a new town, and not being greeted by his ex every time he walks into work. When a job at a small community college crosses his screen, he immediately applies. Sure, it’s a pay cut and technically a downward move, but something about it just feels right.

Omega Jeff was born, raised, and would probably die in Springfield just like all of his relatives. It’s the way of things when your family has been an integral part of town politics since pretty much forever. Only Jeff doesn’t want to follow his father and grandfather and great-grandfather’s footsteps to one day be the town mayor. He wants to find an alpha who loves him and settle down and have a family. How difficult could that be? It turns out the answer is very.

When Jeff’s best friend sets him up with the hot new app, he declines, not wanting the disappointment when it fails or worse yet, he matches with his boss’s son. His friend goes behind his back and not only sets up the app for him, but also arranges his first date. When he goes to the diner thinking he’s meeting his friend only to discover it’s a set up, he almost leaves. But there’s something about this stranger. What harm is there in one bowl of chili? Maybe he might make a new friend… or more.

Matched to His Phoenix is the thirteenth book in the sweet with knotty heat Dates of Our Lives series, an M/M mpreg shifter dating app romance brought to you by the popular co-writing duo of Lorelei M Hart and Colbie Dunbar. It features a phoenix shifter who’s new to town, a human unaware that shifters exist outside of romance novels, a cat who picks her humans, fated mates, true love, adorable babies, and a guaranteed happy ever after. If you like your shifters cuddly, your alphas hawt, your mpreg with heart, and your HEAs complete with true mates and a bundle of joy, one-click today.

FREE BOOK, Kindle Unlimited

In the Name of the Father, by Morticia Knight

I was living a lie. I couldn’t be caught in my deception, or my family and friends would abandon me. But my fears became reality and I was cast away as if I were garbage. Then this man, a stranger, took me home and showed me that love can take on many forms, that I’m not filled with sin or doomed to go to hell because I’m gay. He showed me that I’m not broken. I don’t need to be fixed. What I need is to be nurtured and cared for.

This man showed me that it’s okay to be his boy and to call him Daddy…

Seth was a good Christian son raised in a very conservative church.

He learned early on that the world is evil and filled with sinners—but the most horrible thing you can be is gay. When his shame is discovered, he’s shipped off to a special camp that fixes deviants like him. Years have passed since then, yet he still runs from himself every day.

Malcolm was a good Daddy for almost ten years before his boy died.

No longer daring to be too close with another man again, he’s avoided clubs and old friends that remind him of a life filled with a joy he can no longer have. Unable to find a purpose in his lonely existence, he spends night after night in a dive bar at the edge of town. However, witnessing a scared young man being harassed by two bullies jolts him out of his misery.

No one messes with someone vulnerable and helpless on his watch…

Note: In the Name of the Father is a full-length novel with angst and a slow burn romance between an older daddy and younger boy. You can expect lots of hurt/comfort, a daddy with some kinky tricks up his sleeve and a sweet HEA.

DISCOVER A NEW AUTHOR – FREE!

Ex Machina, by Nazri Noor

Ex Machina

Jackson Pryde is proud of his muscles and machines. Xander Wright swears by his mind and his magic. Opposites attract, but can these best friends turned angry enemies coexist without killing each other?

Ex Libris

Son of a legendary summoner, aspiring mage Lochlann Wilde is not very legendary. He’s barely even a summoner. Will the concrete jungle of New York be the perfect place to contract his very first creature?

Ex Machina is the prequel to the Arcane Hearts series, set in the wondrous dimensional bazaar known as the Black Market. Ex Libris is the prequel to the Wild Hearts series, which takes place at the mysterious forest academy of the Wispwood.

Download both for free today!