Gay Romance Report July 21, 2026

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Daddy’s Pride 2026

In Daddy’s arms is their favorite place to be…

Dirty Daddies Pride is back for another year of proving love is limitless with 5 all-new stories in this sometimes sweet, sometimes stern, and always steamy anthology.

No matter what problems life throws their way, these Littles know one thing for sure.

They’ll always be their Daddy’s pride and joy.

Featuring stories by M.A. Innes, West Greene, Colette Davison, A.W. Scott, and Karen Nappa.

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Bronc Riders Don’t Fall In Love, by RM Neill

Diamond
‘Famous for having his heart broken by emotionally unavailable men’ should be engraved on my headstone.
I wish I could say I learn from each one, but the reality is… I don’t. If you give me a tall, dark, and handsome cowboy with sad eyes and a kind heart, I will never say no. It’s always been yes, and I deal with the emotional fallout after.

Then I meet Rhett.

Rhett and I didn’t exactly have a smooth start, and for the first time… I said no.

It didn’t last long, because I’m weak and he’s literally the perfect man for me. I know I’ve said that before, but he’s different. Sure, he drinks his coffee black, and that goes against every fibre in my being, but I can overlook the major flaw that it is.
Rhett isn’t like the others. He’s serendipity on horseback, and I can’t ignore it. Now I just need to convince him it’s okay to allow himself to fall.

After all, I already have, and I’ll wait forever to be there to catch him when he does.

Rhett
Love isn’t something that’s been kind to me, so it’s best to just give up on finding my soulmate. Rodeo has been my spouse for years, and it’s easier that way.

Until I meet the flirty barista/business owner named Diamond.

Our first meeting went as well as a no score in the final go-round. Thankfully his sunshiny demeanour eased the sting of a terrible start. He makes me notice how much space rodeo doesn’t fill. He gives far more than he takes, and I can’t help but wish I’d met him sooner.

Diamond is unexpected, and I can’t seem to figure out what to do. I know he wants more, and maybe I do too, but we’re so different it couldn’t possibly last.

I’m not a man who’s easy to love. It’s best to let Diamond go and save us both the inevitable heartache.
But if that’s truly the best thing to do, why is it so hard to let go?

Bronc Riders Don’t Fall In Love is the fourth and final book in the Kissing Ridge Cowboy Series. A friends with benefits, opposites attract, hurt comfort story with the flirty barista, Diamond, and the tender-hearted bronc rider. Shopping for barns as a date, kissing scars, and a supportive dad obsessed with tomatoes. Cooking that leads to confessions and the most swoony accidental proposal.

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Saving You, by E.M. Lindsey

“I managed to acquire both my kid and my cat while on the job. Any chance you guys want to get into arson as a hobby so I can maybe find a husband too?”

When Ridge was the new guy in town, he didn’t mind being the single one. After all, he’s had his job and raising his daughter to distract him. But now that three years have gone by, he’s starting to wonder if maybe something’s wrong with him. Everyone else he knows has tripped and fallen into love.

So why hasn’t there been even a hint of romance for him?

Then his daughter’s very hot, very straight Deaf mentor kisses him at a party in front of his family. But it wasn’t for no reason. Oz confesses his mom and sister have been trying to set him back up with his ex and he needs a way out.

For Ridge, who has been nursing a crush on Oz for a year, this is the ultimate fantasy. But when Oz starts showing signs that he wants more than just pretend, Ridge isn’t sure. Can he trust this man with his heart? Especially when his heart isn’t the only one on the line?

Ridge has spent most of his life saving people, but soon he’ll learn if there’s a hero waiting to save him too.

Saving You is the sixth book in the Words We Never Said series. It features a friends to lovers romance with a happily ever after. In this book you will find an exhausted single dad with a hero complex, a first-year teacher trying to find the balance between work, personal life, and a family who won’t stop making things harder, fake dates, falling head over heels, and knowing that if it doesn’t come from the existential crisis region of France, it’s just sparkling anxiety.

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The Handyman and the Barkeep, by A.M. Arthur

Sometimes second chances arrive on red-eye flights…

Malcolm Montgomery will moonlight as almost anything, if you need him to do the job. While he enjoys being the preferred handyman at Snow Creek Ranch, his favorite role is full-time Uncle to his recently-widowed sister’s four kids. Working hard helps him forget he’s never managed a long-term relationship, and that he’s unlikely to find one in small-town Chance, Colorado—not until his first love books a red-eye flight right back into his life.

Ichabod “Iggy” Donohue adores being a mixologist. The job is creative, high-energy, lets him travel, and it puts a physical barrier between himself and other people every night. When his beloved Uncle Howie falls gravely ill and needs help running his saloon, Iggy has no choice but to return to Chance—his old hometown and the site of his greatest heartbreak.

Iggy and Malcolm fell deeply in love back in high school, but a viscous teenage prank left Iggy humiliated and alone, and he’s run from it ever since. He fully expects seeing Malcolm again after seventeen years will be uncomfortable, maybe even painful. Instead, their reunion is like slipping into his boyfriend’s softest sweatshirt: warm, familiar, and he doesn’t want to give it back. They’ve both lived a lifetime without each other, with only empty beds to show for it, but what if…?

Malcolm is settled in Chance; Iggy isn’t here to stay. This second chance might be exactly what they’ve both been waiting for, but they’ll have to clear the wreckage of their shared past, in order to construct a solid foundation for their happily ever after.

The Handyman and the Barkeep is a 60,000 word contemporary m/m cowboy romance featuring a gentle handyman with a heart of gold, a feisty bartender with a painful secret, unexpected second chances, hurt/comfort, and a villainous can of chili. It is book three in the shared world of Snow Creek Ranch. Each book can be read as a standalone, so be sure to check out the entire series!

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Bear Ink, by CJ Pines

Two lonely men. One mind-blowingly fantastic night. Zero chance of ever meeting again…

Or, that was how it was supposed to go.

Never in his life did Dante imagine he’d be married, much less a widower before he’d made it past his twenties. Luckier than he deserved the first time around, who’d take a chance on a grump like him now?

The past years haven’t been easy. Losing his muse, his sister urging him to move back home to his tribe, struggling under a new boss, watching as the tattoo studio where he’d trained is run into the ground?

Yeah, Dante’s about to blow a fuse.

To top it off, now he’s getting dragged online by some faceless troll on the other side of town. It’s wrecking Dante’s reputation — and his clientele list.

Overworked, underpaid, and fed up with it all, what Dante needs is to find his center; someone willing to let Dante feel in control again, even if only for one night.

And look who just walked in…

Hello gorgeous.

Wes never felt comfortable in his own skin, even before the accident. Maybe that’s why he became a tattoo artist, who knows? He’d never bothered much with philosophy, focusing on his craft instead.

It’s harder than it was before. Wes can’t work the hours he used to; stuck taking more breaks, doomscrolling and lashing out at other artists way too talented to be wasted on the dreck they’re posting online. It’s a jerk move, sure, but he can’t seem to stop. It, like everything else in his life lately, all just spinning out of control.

So when he stumbles across a man with a cocksure grin; who measures Wes up with one look, eyes glittering with mischief as he demands Wes follow him to a nearby motel?

Wes may not be the kind of guy to ever score Mr. Right, but a one-night stand right out of his fantasies with Mr. Right-Now? Oh, yes Sir.

They didn’t even exchange names.

Perfect, it was perfect.

Until…

Bear Ink is an MM rivals to lovers tattoo artists romance.
Expect heavy elements of steamy open door MM romance, hurt/comfort, drama, chronic disability, swearing, humor, angst, trust, communication, exploration, queer joy, competent characters, small town goodness, found family, adorable awkwardness, and guys cooking breakfast together…

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Ctrl+Alt+Orc, by M.A. Wardell

Your computer has stopped responding.
An orc will now reboot your heart.

Greg
IT is supposed to be about systems, servers, and keeping chaos at bay. But then Sean Rivers walked in—human, grumpy, and a disaster with technology. Suddenly, patching servers comes with heated glances, playful banter, and some very hands-on troubleshooting. He’s got my world of logic and code crashing spectacularly… and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Sean
I didn’t sign up to be anyone’s project—least of all a hulking, ridiculously cheerful orc who could lift me like a sack of flour. Yet here I am, navigating magical office chaos, endless forms, and Greg’s relentless charm. Between the flirty teasing, stolen touches, and squirting candies, a chemistry bubbles I can’t ignore. Maybe some problems can’t be solved on my own… but I never expected help from a nerdy orc with thick black glasses and shoulders that won’t quit.

Ctrl+Alt+Orc is the second book in the Love at Labyrinth Solutions series featuring a grumpy human/sunshine orc, lots of workplace humor and plenty of spice.

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The Bandalore – Pitch & Sickle Book One, by D K Girl

In Victorian England, the monsters don’t always stay in the shadows. Some drag you from your grave and show you their true faces.

Silas Mercer has no memory of his past — resurrected with only a name he doesn’t recognise, and a summons from the mysterious Order of the Golden Dawn. Thrown into a hidden world of the arcane, the mythical, and the monstrous, he’s partnered with Tobias Astaroth—an infamous rogue with a wicked tongue and a reputation as dark as his soul.

As Silas hunts horrors across England’s countryside, he begins to realise that the greatest danger might lie closer than he imagined. Tobias is infuriating, impossible… and utterly magnetic. But beneath his charm lies a truth more perilous than any monster they will face.

When a chilling haunting draws them into the woods of Leicester, their partnership spirals into a nightmare of long-held secrets, dangerous desire, and formidable adversaries who don’t take kindly to the Order’s men getting in their way.

On the hunt for the truth behind an ancient, angelic secret, a gentleman and a libertine will forge a bond neither of them wanted — and find a love that may damn them both.

Begin The Diabolus Chronicles; a slow-burn MM dark historical fantasy of gothic mystery, forbidden magick, and reluctant partners with very inconvenient feelings. An eight-book gothic fantasy saga.

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The DJ’s Protector, by Alex Parker

Leo
I know how to make people fall in love for a living. What I don’t know? How to make it happen for me.

Then Hunter Rhodes walks into my world—quiet, guarded, and completely immune to my charm. He doesn’t flirt back. Doesn’t lean in. Doesn’t make it easy.

Which only makes me want him more. Because for the first time, I don’t want a fleeting moment. I want something real.

I want him.

Hunter
I don’t do chaos.

I don’t do complicated.

And I definitely don’t do men like Leo MacKenzie.

He’s everything I avoid—bright, relentless, impossible to ignore. But somehow… I can’t walk away.

One dance turns into something more, and the closer he gets, the harder it is to keep my distance.

That’s the problem. Because I know what happens when you let someone in.

But losing him?

That might be worse.

The DJ’s Protector is an MM contemporary small town romance packed with humor, hurt/comfort, slow-burn chemistry, and meddling small town charm. It is part of the Piper Falls: Paramedics series, but can be enjoyed as a standalone.

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Deeper Blood, by Jonathan Lake

Wilhelm fights and bleeds as a knight of the Imperium, growing disillusioned after mankind’s defeat against the shadow-walkers.

Andra is one of those shadow-walkers, a prophesized enemy of mankind, one Wilhelm should want to destroy.

When Andra comes to the Imperium, Wilhelm can’t help getting close to him. He finds him to be an altruistic soul—one he has much in common with. The time they spend together feels magical, but not everyone is as smitten. His fellow knights are far less welcoming, and Wilhelm falls under suspicion as fanatical beliefs take hold of those he considers brothers.

For some the war never ended, and the only good shadow-walker is a dead one.

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Hard Count, by Lucas Malone

Two rival quarterbacks. One owned by a monster and a wink.
LET THE GAY FOOTBALL SEX OPERA BEGIN.

Meet Piper Ashton.
Football consumed Piper.
Every snap, every route, every victory was a masterclass in control.
Until Noah Reyes.
Piper’s rival quarterback, who smiled like sin and threw like a freight train
Noah was the one player who could make Piper’s perfect world crack wide open with nothing but a wink across the line of scrimmage.
An obsession, so all-consuming, that two of the league’s most watched men began making the kind of mess that could end careers, reputations and their lives.
The truth is, Piper’s life was never really his to begin with. It belongs to a powerful billionaire who has spent years pulling every string in his life, and that man doesn’t share.One championship.

One forbidden, toxic obsession.

One secret that could burn the entire league to the ground.

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Caressa’s Homecoming, by Gabbi Grey

Nurse Caressa Klein returns home to a quieter life in Vancouver, Canada, after five grueling years of working with patients in Africa. She’s ready to settle back into her relationship with her two best friends.

Engineer Michael Dubois has been in love with his best friend since the day she announced her departure overseas. He’s glad she’s back—now he wants to hold on to her forever.

Actor Cole Hamilton is also in love with his best friend. Or rather, both of them. They supported each other through harrowing childhoods. Cole wants to bring Caressa and Michael into his life and, more importantly, into his bed.

Can they move from friends to a throuple, or is their relationship destined to fail?

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Like I Pretended, by Charlie Novak

Pretending to be in love never felt so real.

Henry Lu hates being a superstar. Action movies have left a sour taste in his mouth and filming a queer period drama on the Yorkshire coast sounds like the perfect antidote. Meeting grumpy coffee shop owner, Alex, is the cherry on top.

Alex isn’t impressed with the appearance of Hollywood royalty in his life, especially because Henry refuses to accept that Alex doesn’t like him. But when rumours about the production draw the attention of stuffy streaming service bigwigs and the ire of Henry’s superhero franchise, Henry and Alex must put on a show and fake a relationship to smooth things over.

Alex doesn’t want a relationship, and Henry isn’t good at them, but their arrangement is only supposed to be for a few months, then they’ll both be free to go back to their lives. The only problem is that pretending to be in love never felt so real.

Like I Pretended is a slow burn contemporary MM romance featuring a sunshine Hollywood superstar whose never been told no, a grumpy coffee shop owner who wants to be left alone, bad attempts at flirting, terrible catering, and finding home.

It is book four 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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Hungry For Love, by Morgan Lysand

Welcome to Hex, Indiana…

Wren
Banished. After doing everything asked of me and more since my wings glowed for the first time, I’m ejected from my home. All because I asked to be released from my courtesan contract that never should have been legal in the first place. I guess it’s time for me to find my true calling. Could it be working with the smoldering hot baker at Warwick’s Wicked Bakery? I’m not sure, but I know I’m going to find out.

Talon
Griffin shifters are supposed to be warriors. Guardians. But not me, I’m happy baking. For the most part. I get a little grouchy when a certain Fae courtesan comes in and messes up my clean space just for a snack. Wren needs to stay on the other side of the counter if he knows what’s good for him. And maybe I keep my eyes down when he comes in so I don’t have to look at his pretty face. Color me surprised when my boss tells me I’ll be working with Wren. Now, how do I keep him out of my way and out of my mind?

Can Wren burn down all of Talon’s walls or will the two dance around each other until the griffin runs away, taking Wren’s heart with him?

Hungry For Love is an MM paranormal romance featuring a grumpy griffin that just wants to bake and a banished Fae looking for his true calling.

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Balls to the Wall, by Tara Lain

Renowned artist Rodney Mansfield stands five foot six, has pink hair, six earrings, a black belt in karate—and a desperate yearning for firefighter Hunter Fallon. But Rod, the Runtback of Notre Dame, knows he’ll never land the beautiful “straight gay” guy, so Rod musters his altruism and helps his more masculine friend Jerry attract Hunter. As if a broken heart wasn’t enough, Rod saves Hunter from a firehouse homophobe—humiliating Hunter in front of his dad!
Hunter lives a dream life—his father’s dream. While he’d like to teach literature in college, read poetry in the sun, and find a strong guy to top him, he fights fires for his dad. Hunter hates flamboyant guys like Rodney. So why can’t he resist him? Maybe it’s time to admit this is one flame he has no desire to put out.

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Butterfly, by Lee McCormick and B. Ripley

Make me into something different.

Shiloh
My world is simple… blood and paint. It’s all I know. It’s what I am. And then there’s him. A sweet hockey player who seems determined to lead me straight to hell. Getting close to him is dangerous. I’m not made to love, I’m made to create. The only way I know how to do that is through death.

But Donovan makes me want things… to be more than a monster. I don’t know if I can stop myself from craving the way his blood would look on canvas long enough to become something different, or if wanting his heart is nothing more than my sadistic muse demanding his destruction.

Donovan
My world is simple: pucks and pads. I’ve dedicated my life to hockey and becoming the elite goalie I am. It’s all I’ve ever wanted. All I’ve ever needed. But then there’s Shiloh. A talented artist who keeps secrets, hiding the truths of who he is away from me. As beautiful as he is unpredictable, Shiloh is the only thing outside my career that I truly crave.

Trying to figure him out keeps me on my toes, but the more I uncover, the darker it gets. His art is brutal, his hands create by destroying, and though I know I shouldn’t, I give him my heart to hold. He’s more than the monster he thinks he is, but if all he can see is his doom, then we’ll be doomed together.

Butterfly is a First Person/Dual POV, MM Dark Hockey Romance about a serial killer artist and the hockey goalie he’s obsessed with. HEA guaranteed.

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Pretty Mess, by Lily Morton

Kiss him, sleep with him, but don’t ever fall in love with him.

The first time Wes Archer steps into Jack of Clubs, an exclusive London pleasure club, he’s completely confident he can heed the tried-and-true advice about becoming an escort. Wes gives himself away for free with casual hookups all the time. Why not make some cash doing what he already loves? And cash is something he desperately needs. His brother’s gambling addiction has taken their family’s home, saddled Wes with insurmountable debts, and compromised his chances for finishing his degree.

Accepting an offer to spend a few hours of fun with a rich bloke will be a simple business transaction, right?

Wrong.

Wes’s first client is Cormac Reilly. The handsome billionaire is grumpy, funny, and commanding in a way that unlocks desires Wes never knew he had. Cormac is icily determined to keep their arrangement strictly business, but that doesn’t stop Wes from finding him fascinating.

As their one-night contract becomes something much more, Wes can’t deny he’s falling for his client. He knows he’s flouting all the rules, but breaking down Cormac’s barriers is an irresistible challenge, and his reward might be the best prize of all — love.

From bestselling author Lily Morton comes a passionate love story set in London and Paris about two astonishingly different men and one very pretty mess.

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His Gingerbread Omega, by Raiven Matthews

Nik Kringle
Bah humbug! Being the son of Santa wasn’t all it was cracked up to be.

Having no desire to follow in daddy dearest’s footsteps, I left Santa’s Village and never looked back. Unfortunately, my life’s goal of avoiding all the merriment associated with Christmas became next to impossible when my boss ordered me to ride on our company float in the town Christmas parade. The only silver lining is spending more time with my secret crush, Keegan, an omega who smells like gingerbread. The cute barista’s smile lights up my world brighter than any Christmas star. Too bad he practically breathes Christmas cheer, while I would rather forget the day exists. When Santa’s head elf appears demanding I return home–a mistake, or maybe fate–lands both myself and Keegan back in Santa’s Village. Now I’m dealing with disappointed parents, a grumpy elf, obstinate reindeer, and an omega with an unexpected heat. Who just might also be my fated mate.

Keegan Mallory
Christmas was my favorite time of year!

Making gingerbread houses, baking cookies, and singing Christmas carols with my family are traditions I look forward to every single year. Riding on my company’s float in the parade was supposed to be the kickoff to my holiday festivities. Being magically transported to Santa’s Village by a seven-foot-tall, grumpy elf definitely wasn’t on my to-do list. Now I’m stuck here for a week with the alpha I’ve been crushing on for months. Nik Kringle is sexy and mysterious, but he’s an unapologetic grinch. He’s also Santa’s son! Nik says when he takes me back to the human realm, I won’t remember any of this. Not the village, his famous parents, the ice-skating penguins, or him. When my heat unexpectedly hits, Nik and I give into the desire we’ve been dancing around for months. How can I be expected to return home, leaving my fated mate behind, without any memory of him? Will Santa grant me a last-minute Christmas wish?

His Gingerbread Omega is a sweet, fluffy MM holiday story between a human omega and a not-quite-human being. It features Christmas magic, knotty heats, and Mpreg. While set in the same world as the Sweet Alps Mates series, it can be read as a complete standalone. This book was previously published as part of the Christmas Omegas collaboration and no content has been added.

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His Mistletoe Omega, by Raiven Matthews

Fake dating Santa’s grumpy head elf might land me on the naughty list…

When the grumpiest elf to ever elf asks me for a favor, I can’t say no. Okay, I can, but I don’t. To get his family off his back, I’ll pretend to be his boyfriend through the holidays, acting all loved up, then we’ll have a quiet breakup. Simple. What could go wrong? Everything, that’s what. Thanks to my meddling brother, there’s no room at the inn, only one bed, and kisses under the mistletoe hot enough to melt all the snow in Santa’s Village.

And now I’m looking at Balfour in a whole new light. We’d gone from enemies to friends, but now I might want more. When we are forced to spend my surprise heat together, I see a side of him I never knew existed. One that makes me want our fake relationship to be real.

Will Santa make my Christmas wish come true?

His Mistletoe Omega is set in the same world as His Gingerbread Omega, and while it can be read as a standalone, the author strongly suggests reading Gingerbread first, as that world and characters in that book will be featured in this book. This sweet M/M holiday romcom is an enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance that includes fake dating, forced proximity, mistletoe kisses, only one bed, and a surprise heat. There will be meddling families, lots of text messaging, a gingerbread contest, and a touch of Christmas magic.

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Check Mate, by Aria Brennan

Things I’ve done to impress Remy Marceau? Me? Please. I don’t know what you’ve heard, but I am not trying to impress my ridiculously hot, annoyingly perfect next-door neighbour. Not even a teeny, tiny bit.
Sure, he’s got that whole sophisticated, devastatingly competent lawyer thing going for him. And yes, fine, as a man he’s… rather impressive.
But I’m perfectly comfortable being me, thank you very much. Just Joey Rossi—youngest son of the global Rossi empire. And before you ask, yes, those Rossis. Try not to be too impressed.
But none of that explains what happened that night or how one out-of-control drinking game turned into waking up naked beside my very hot yet equally straight neighbour. Or how that somehow led to his indecent proposal: keep things casual, keep things quiet, while he works the biggest case of his career.
Totally manageable. Completely rational. Just two straight guys indulging in a little no strings attached fun. I’m not hyperventilating at all. It’s absolutely something I can say no to.
So… why am I not saying no?