Gay Romance Report July 29, 2025

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Wants And Needs, by Hinsel Meyer

Fate will take them down a path they never thought they’d walk.

Liam
Being Autistic, I’m an expert over thinker, but all I seem to do with Carter is react on impulse.
I’ve spent years avoiding friendships—the last one ended up an unmitigated disaster—but there’s something about Carter that effortlessly draws me in.
Maybe it’s the fact that he defended my little sister.
Maybe it’s his melodic voice.
Or maybe it’s how accepting he is of my…quirks.
I could keep listing his attributes forever and never be able to guess how he gripped me from the start.
What I do know is this has resulted in my first crush in years.

Carter
All I wanted was one friend who wasn’t grossly in love and busy planning a life of bliss with their perfect match.
When I met Liam, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. He’s a fascinating man—brilliant, kindhearted, and funny, even when he doesn’t know it.
But nothing is ever that easy.
Looking back, the road to having a fake boyfriend was simple enough:
One nasty ex.
One very important meeting.
One lie to defend Liam’s pride.
Add that all up and the result is us pretending to be happily in love.
But there’s a small detail I forgot to mention.
I’m straight—or at least that’s what I thought before Liam kissed me.

Wants and Needs is a Contemporary MM Romance and Book 7 in the Fan Service Series. While it’s technically a standalone, it would be best enjoyed by reading the series in order.
This book has no cliffhangers and ends in a HEA. There are a lot of very gay things happening inside, so if that’s not for you, then this book isn’t either. If it is, then welcome to the mostly low-angst world of the Fan Service Series, I’m thrilled to have you and hope you’ve enjoyed this journey.

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The Night Before, by Harper Robson

Ben
When my unforgettable one-night stand turns out to be hockey royalty—the son of the man who shattered my step-dad’s NHL career, I know I need to run. I slip away before sunrise, but fate has other ideas.

Now I need to work with him on the cutting-edge helmet project that could make—or break—my career.

Wanting him is dangerous, but walking away is impossible.

And forgetting him? Not an option.

Aleks
Proving I’m not just riding my Hockey Hall of Fame dad’s coattails to get ahead is exhausting. One sizzling night with a gorgeous stranger lets me forget the spotlight for a while—until he ghosts me, leaving only his name: Ben.

But now we’ve been thrown together to work on a project that could revolutionize hockey safety, and the sparks are hot enough to scald us.

But my legendary father will do anything to stop the project—even if it means destroying Ben’s life’s work… and me.

The Night Before is an enemies-to-lovers, feuding families M/M romance where a brilliant doctor on a mission to make hockey players safer collides with an ambitious NHL executive fighting to carve his own path.

A Seattle Sasquatch Hockey Novel

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Immoral, by Brooke Blaine and Ella Frank

He was sent in to seduce a monster. He didn’t expect to fall for the man beneath.

Benoit Olivier has always played the part—charming, cunning, and impossible to pin down. As one of the Park Avenue Kings, he’s used to being the watcher, the flirt, the wild card. But when the Kings need eyes on a powerful new arms dealer with a dangerous reputation, Benoit steps out of the shadows and into the spotlight—as a performer in Dimitri Stavros’s exclusive world.

Dimitri is lethal, calculating, and entirely unprepared for the distraction Benoit presents. Drawn to the dancer’s allure, he offers him a place at his side, unaware that every flirtation, every glance, is a calculated move in a game Benoit was sent to win.

But the deeper Benoit is pulled into Dimitri’s world of wealth, weapons, and whispered threats, the more dangerous the assignment becomes. Because Dimitri doesn’t forgive betrayal—and if he discovers Benoit’s true purpose, it won’t just be hearts that shatter.

Now, with time running out and his feelings blurring the line between performance and reality, Benoit must make a choice: complete the mission… or protect the man he was never supposed to love.

Immoral can be read as a standalone novel in the Park Avenue Kings world, but for maximum enjoyment, read after Savage & Devilish.

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Heart Taker, by Ava Olsen

Silas
I’m the oldest guy on the college hockey team and I’ve heard the jokes but the truth is, I put a year of my life on hold. I’ve worked hard to prove that I have a future in this game, but Coach Damien Banning doesn’t believe in me. Damien doesn’t think I’m good enough, but he doesn’t know me at all. I’m ruthless. And when the icy tension ignites, it’s too late. But it’s not about hockey anymore.

Damien
I played pro hockey until an injury sidelined my career, my marriage, and brought me to small town Vermont to coach college hockey. I know every player on my team and Silas Moss isn’t cutting it. He’s a skillful d-man, but something’s holding him back. I push him, with good intentions, until summer training camp. I thought my heart was frozen, but no, it’s beating again. And Silas, ruthless player that he is, has taken it.

Heart Taker is a college hockey MM romance. Both MCs have something to prove and everything to lose.

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Fangs and Flesh, by TJ Nichols

Fangs are revealed when a vampire enforcer meets an unblooded vampire in need of protection.

Joel Reid is either escaping into fantasy books and crossword puzzles, or he’s cleaning up a vampire mess to keep them safe from humans. He needs something for himself but doesn’t know what when the Reid family consumes everything they touch.

For Aiden Green, being a vampire means danger. He was raised to avoid others of his kind and warned about being sucked into another family’s drama. His mother fled Ireland because she wanted more for her life and the lives of her children. Now, the trouble has found him, and the Orlan vampire crime family has convinced his brother to join them, and his brother is demanding Aiden follow suit.

Being sent to tidy up any remaining Orlan problems in what was neutral territory puts Aiden in Joel’s sights, and he must confront his duty to the Reid family and his desire for Aiden. But the Orlans are determined to keep the precarious toehold no matter the cost.

Flesh and Fangs is book 2 in the Hunting Hearts vampire crime family series. Join the fight between the Reid family and the Orlans in this enemies to lovers mm mafia romance.

Includes:

• first bites
• touch him and die
• a three-legged cat
• inappropriate use of a crossword book
• opposites attract

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Sucker Love, by Risa Cruise

Noel
I’m impossible to love.

At least, that’s what my ex-boyfriend said after he moved out and left me short on next month’s rent. Luckily, I’ve found a sexy solution in the form of Luca, a tattoo artist looking for a place to crash. He’s older, hot, a little awkward…and he’s also in the middle of a divorce.

Whatever. All I know is, my new roommate leaves me absolutely breathless. Our arrangement benefits us in more ways than one…as long as I can keep it together. He’s sweeter than I deserve, but that’s only because he doesn’t know how broken I really am. Once he figures that out, he’ll leave.

Everybody does.

Luca
Meeting someone like Noel is the last thing I expected after separating from my wife. But I can’t help being drawn to him. He’s gorgeous, talented, and unapologetically himself—something I’ve struggled with my entire life.

Moving in with him may be impulsive, but it is convenient. And our chemistry is next level. Yeah, he’s bit of a brat, but this complicated man is showing me everything I’ve denied myself for years. Falling for him feels almost inevitable.

But when my past threatens everything, it’s easy to fall back into familiar patterns—and playing it safe could cost me the one person who’s ever really seen me.

SUCKER LOVE is a 95k-word FWB-to-lovers MM romance between a bold young art student and a closeted tattoo artist—and they’re doing a terrible job of keeping things casual. Expect mess, angst and steam in spades.

IMPORTANT: This is Book 1 in the Sugar Pill Duet. Noel and Luca’s story concludes in Book 2, SWALLOW, slated to release in late 2025.

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Nothing Like Forever, by Marie Sinclair

Theirs should have been the swooniest of love-at-first sight stories, but from the beginning, nothing about Micah and Jake resembled a fairy tale.

Friendship, relationship, whatever-the-hell-ship, Micah is certain of only three things. One, their connection is unlike any he’s had with anyone else. Two, Jake is not his boyfriend. Because the one time he used that word, Jake broke his heart. And three, no matter how far the distance, however long the silences, Jake will always be there for him.

Ever since Jake’s college days, he has stuck to iron-clad rules about hook-ups. No overnights. No repeats. No exceptions. Micah is the only one who’s made him break those rules, an anomaly he finds endlessly intriguing and frustrating. No matter how often they trip over each other’s boundaries, Jake can’t deny something always brings them back together. And it isn’t just that Micah is the sexiest, most passionate man he’s ever met.

It’s something buried deeper—and that scares the hell out of him.

Note: More than friends with benefits but less than partners, Micah and Jake figure it out on a twenty-year journey chronicled in Nothing Like Forever. It’s a slow-burn soulmates story with an unconventional, on-again-off-again relationship, pining from afar and up close, consensual non-monogamy (off page), hot reconnection sex (on page), aromantic awakening, and a unique HEA. Also, drag shows.

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The Lost Art of Finding Where You Belong, by Ellie Ash

After falling hard and fast, can Perian handle the realities of a relationship with the head of the Mage Warriors?

Perian is ready to commit to this relationship, but as the head of the Mage Warriors, Brannal has duties hunting demons that take him away from the castle—and from Perian, who finds himself struggling with the absence. The rumor mill in the castle is working overtime, and some in the castle—thankfully a minority—dislike him. Perian’s not prepared when that dislike takes a violent turn.

Still, it’s not all bad. Perian’s confirmed that absence makes the heart grow fonder, he’s strengthening new friendships (and learning how kinky some of those friends can be), and he’s watching Renny get stronger. But she’s still frustrated by her limits, and not everyone seems to be ready for these changes and the influence that Perian has.

Brannal clearly cares for Perian and doesn’t want him to get hurt, but if Brannal has to pick between his duties and Perian, is Perian going to lose? Or can Brannal prove that he’s more than just the leader of the Mage Warriors?

The Lost Art of Finding Where You Belong is a cozy MM fantasy romance with plenty of steam. Told in single POV, it features a newly established couple still working on their HFN as they try to figure out how to make their relationship sustainable. It is best read in order.

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Don’t Clause a Scene, by Lee Blair

The world expects us to hate each other, but fate has other plans.

As a member of a Maplewood founding family, I’ve always known what I’m supposed to do with my life:

1. Take over Red’s, the diner that’s been in my family for generations.
2. Support the community, which usually means helping out with the town’s almost-monthly festivals.
3. Hate everything about, and everyone involved with, Sparky’s Diner.

For the most part, it’s been an easy destiny to fulfill, even if sometimes I wish for something else. Something more. Maybe that’s why I take a chance on Halloween with a costumed guy who shouldn’t look so good in a mullet wig.

I’m stunned when his costume comes off and I see the one man I can’t have anything to do with. The man who’s temporarily back in town and working at his family’s diner. The man I can’t get off my mind.

No worries. It’ll be easy to avoid Amos—I’ve been doing it my entire life. Except Amos and I are voluntold to plan an event for the big Christmas festival. Together.

When others on the planning committee say we couldn’t possibly pull it off, we decide to prove them wrong. It turns out stubbornness is just the beginning of a long list of things we have in common.

The more time we spend together, the more I realize my life is sweeter with Amos in it. I begin to wonder how deep this rivalry goes, how long Amos plans to stay in Maplewood, and what matters more: my destiny or my freedom.Don’t Clause a Scene is a low-angst, small-town story about an introvert and extrovert finding a groove, secrets—so many secrets—and a well-meaning town that cares maybe a little too much.

With the highest percentage of LGBTQIA+ residents in Vermont, Maplewood is a town where everyone belongs. And with festivals year round, there’s always something fun happening! This multi-author, low-angst queer series features ten standalone romances—each set against the backdrop of a different festival. Come for the celebrations, stay for the happily-ever-afters!

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A Gift-Wrapped Holiday, by Amy Aislin

Mal’s first priority is giving his six-year-old son the best Christmas ever, a goal made trickier by a recent move to New England after losing his job. As a single dad, he’s not looking for romance—especially not with a blond California boy ten years his junior.

After being ridiculed at the family business, Luca sets out to prove himself by opening an eco-friendly gift-wrapping store in a small town with a hard-on for Christmas that’s about as far from LA as he can get. Out of his comfort zone in snowy Maine, love is the last thing on his mind.

But the magic of the season has other ideas. As Mal and Luca collide on wintery streets, will they let their first Christmas in Lighthouse Bay lead to happily ever after?

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Hooked On You K. Evan Coles
Narrated by Kevin Earlywine

What’s a straight guy to do when he falls for his new friend?

Paramedic Connor Devlin is a stressed-out tower of a man. Hoping knitting will help him unwind, he visits a local craft shop, where he’s overwhelmed by the yarn selection but more so by his feelings for shop owner Judah.

Judah Bissel is tired of falling for unavailable men. He can’t help his crush on Connor, though, or wanting to get closer to the big, gentle bear. And that just might spell trouble because pining for straight guys is not Judah’s style.

As a blizzard pummels the city, the men hunker down together to wait out the storm. When the spark between them ignites, will the revelation that Connor feels more than friendship for Judah bring them together or tear them apart?

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Ropers Can’t Tie Knots, by R.M Neill

I’ve got 99 problems, but a fake marriage shouldn’t be one of them.

Hunter Burke

Everyone knows my grandfather was a less than savoury human, but I didn’t think he’d stick it to me in new ways after he died.

I need a husband to claim my inheritance and the sexy new lawyer in town volunteers to step in.

A fake marriage is the easiest solution to my problem.

Besides, it’s only temporary, and it comes with perks.

It’s a simple business transaction. No feelings and no fuss.

He’s city and I’m country. He’s Lexus and I’m a beat-up pickup truck. We couldn’t be more different if we tried.

So why does my chest hurt when I think of him leaving when our time is up?

Gabe Davis

Hunter Burke needs help and I’m just the guy to do it. We have a mutually beneficial deal and it’s practically foolproof.

Pretending to be married to the smoking hot cowboy is no hardship. He’s pure sex appeal on horseback.

What is hard, though, is faking how much I’m liking farm life.

Horses are actually cool, and even the groundhog has grown on me. Porch swing chats are my new favourite thing and my city life is rapidly becoming a distance memory.

This arrangement has an end date, and divorce papers approaching way too quickly. We were supposed to leave feelings out of this, but I think I’m breaking that rule.

I want to keep my husband.

How do I convince him we aren’t so different at all and his chest pain might be love?

Ropers Can’t Tie Knots is a fake marriage, opposites attract, strangers to lovers romance between a cowboy with barbed wire around his heart and a lawyer searching for a place to fit. Chats on the porch in the rain, pining for your husband and so much swoon you’ll need to read laying down.

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What’s Rogue Got To Do With It, by Lorelei M. Hart & Colbie Dunbar

Not all packs are by birth.

After my father is challenged and loses his place as Alpha, leaving my den isn’t a matter of choice, it‘s a matter of life or death. Now I’m marked as “other” and living in the shadows between the human and the shifter world, not belonging in either. It’s a lonely life, but at least I’m still here. At least that’s what I keep telling myself.

I’m fine. Really, I am— in the way “fine” is always a lie.

It’s not until I’m out scrapping metal and I stumble upon a wolf, that I see a future.

Only two problems remain: 1) The gorgeous wolf shifter’s stuck in a bear trap and unconscious. 2) My fox recognizes him as ours and rogues can’t mate, upon penalty of death.

What’s Rogue Got To Do With It is the first book in the popular co-writing duo Colbie Dunbar and Lorelei M. Hart’s new series, Fur-Ever Mountain Pack. What’s Rogue Got To Do With It is a sweet with knotty heat mm mpreg shifter romance featuring an alpha fox who loses his den, an omega wolf who never had a pack, a forbidden mating, the decision that changes everything, true love, fated mates, an adorable baby, and a guaranteed happy ever after. If you love your alphas hawt, your omegas strong, and your mpreg with heart, download your copy today.

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Cursed, by Morgan Brice

The killer knows they’re coming for him. Can Seth and Evan save the next victim and shut down the dark witch, even when they’re cursed?

Seth Tanner and Evan Malone head to Savannah, GA, to hunt the seventh of the coven members responsible for the death of Seth’s brother and so many other victims over the past hundred years.

Seth and Evan fell in love when Seth rescued Evan from one of the dark witches, and they went on the road together to stop the murders. Their relationship is new and intense, growing deeper with the danger, giving them both a reason to survive and gain vengeance.

Sterling Vernon is a prominent restaurateur with a thriving array of businesses, and he’s also the seventh witch-disciple with a new victim in his sights. His reputation and wealth protect him, and his dark magic enables him to evade consequences. Vernon needs to work his ritual to replenish his power soon, and that requires a new sacrifice.

Paxton Miller is Vernon’s next intended victim. When Vernon puts a killing curse on Evan to force a confrontation with Seth, it’s going to take all of Seth’s courage and cleverness, as well as help from their friends with supernatural abilities, to save Evan and Paxton and stop Vernon once and for all.

Cursed is an adrenaline-packed supernatural thrill ride with plenty of paranormal suspense, hurt/comfort, hot nights, found family, deadly magic, immortal witches, determined hunters, haunted places, creepy ghosts, spooky chills, and sexy thrills, and features an evolving, established romantic relationship with all the feels.

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Off-Limits Daddy, by Denver Shaw

The only thing more dangerous than fire is falling for your best friend’s little brother.

Ari’s a little lost, but when it comes to matters of the heart, he knows exactly what he wants: a Daddy. And his favorite pastime? Getting under the skin of Briar Creek’s favorite firefighter, Reid Morgan.

Reid is his brother’s best friend. Divorced. Fourteen years older. And frustratingly off-limits.

Everyone calls Reid Daddy behind his back. Ari just wants the chance to whisper it in his ear.

An accidental fire, a lot of lingering looks, and one explosive Fourth of July later, Reid’s about to learn that the boy he swore not to touch? He’s already in his bed, his head and his heart.

Looking for your next trope buffet? We’ve got age gap, brother’s best friend, Daddy/boy dynamics, brat-in-lace energy, and a town so nosy even the firehouse has opinions. Add mutual pining, explosive heat (and actual fire), one very persuasive boy, and a stoic man who never stood a chance.

One-click Off-Limits Daddy for forbidden kisses, bratty teasing, and a Daddy who knows exactly how to take control.

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Dawn: God’s United Reich, by D. Alexander

Take the blind leap and fall into true love, even if you fall to your death.

Over a century ago, God’s United Reich, a tyrannical religious ideology, conquered the American Republic, transforming it into a holy utopia. The heart of this oppressive regime is the Divine Leader and his unwavering military force called the NiBorr, which demands unquestioning obedience from its flock.

Leon Grady has the perceived holy life: he’s the star of his high school baseball team and is surrounded by adoring friends and a family who love him, all while dating the girl next door. Yet, deep inside, he knows he can never really be happy because of who he is and what his heart wants. He must hide the truth behind towering walls or risk being cleansed on the church steps.

Despite the possibility of his death, his heart craves to be free. A still, small voice urges Leon to forsake everything when the reigning divine leader passes in order to take a leap of faith and fall into true love when Theodore Dawn enters his life.

In pursuit of happiness, Leon and Theodore must navigate the complexities of their emotions for the other, with the understanding that if they are exposed, it will result in their deaths by the commander of NiBorr, Leon’s Father.