Gay Romance Report July 3, 2026

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Don’t Fall, by E.M. Lindsey

That’s it. My neighbor has to die. There’s no other way around it. The man must be killed—and I’ll even find a way to do it gently, but this cannot go on.

Okay, maybe I’m a bit dramatic, but living next to my brother’s best friend who decided to befriend the crows that spend all week spreading garbage across my lawn is not what I signed up for.

I wanted quiet.
I wanted peace.
I wanted to stop fantasizing about the gorgeous man I couldn’t stand.

Unfortunately for me, North is a big presence with an annoyingly sunny smile and a way of making life sound like it’s worth living. And as a widower who wants to spend the rest of my life wallowing, the last person I want around is one who makes me question my new life’s purpose.

But these feelings can’t be real, can they? I had my great love, and I lost him. So that’s supposed to be it for me.
Isn’t that the way things go?

I can’t seem to stay away from North, even when I know I should. And when he starts to make me feel like maybe there’s another happily ever after out there, I find that as cautious as I’ve taken each step, I’m on the verge of falling once more.

Don’t Fall is the first book in the small town, enemies to lovers, heavy yearning, MM romance series, Storm Season. It features a virgin EMT whose smile is hiding a lot of things, a disgruntled, grieving writer who just wants solid sleep and a good meal, neighborhood crows wreaking havoc, cooking lessons, hurt/comfort, and a toe-curling happily ever after.

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My Responsibility, by Ivory Sallow

Eighteen-year-old Liam Marsal arrives at Aspire Academy with a bag of weed in his shoe, a smart mouth, and absolutely no intention of behaving himself.

Ethan Farley has spent three years building a perfect record at the facility’s correctional program. Perfect grades, perfect conduct, a carefully planned future. The last thing he needs is a reckless, blue-eyed troublemaker dismantling everything he’s worked for.

As Liam’s assigned student leader, Ethan is responsible for keeping him in line. The problem is that keeping Liam in line requires getting close to him. And getting close to him is the most dangerous thing Ethan has ever done.
Behind razor wire and locked doors, between punishment and forgiveness, between rules and the people who break them, something neither of them planned for begins to take shape. Something that looks a lot like home.

My Responsibility is a slow-burn MM dark romance set in a fictional residential correctional facility. It contains explicit content, power dynamics, and heavy themes including eating disorders, parental abuse, and institutional confinement, all handled within a story about two people learning to let someone in.

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The City Boy & the Rancher, by RJ Scott

Sell the ranch or save it—either way, someone’s going to lose everything.

Jesse Knox has given his heart and soul to Snow Creek Ranch. It’s not just dirt and cattle—it’s family, legacy, and the only place he’s ever belonged. So when Lucas Barrett arrives with city clothes, sharp eyes, and a plan to sell everything Jesse loves, there’s no compromise to be had. Just a line drawn in the dirt—and a promise that Jesse won’t back down, no matter what it costs. He only owns a quarter of the ranch, but it’s enough to stop anyone tearing it out from under him, and he’ll fight to the last breath to keep it.

When Lucas needed him most, his grandfather turned him away without a second thought. Now that same man has left him a majority share in a remote ranch he’s never seen. If Lucas lasts six months, he can sell and walk away with millions that will fund beds, safety, and second chances for kids with nowhere else to turn, just like he’d once been. Only, nothing about Snow Creek fits neatly into a spreadsheet, and the more time he spends battling Jesse, the more cracks appear in Lucas’s control. Because this ranch isn’t empty land. Secrets are revealed that change everything. And Jesse Knox is anything but a problem he can solve.

Six months. One ranch. Two men with everything to lose—and no way to walk away unchanged.

The City Boy and the Rancher is a 69,000 word MM Romance. With hate-to-love, opposites-attract, forced proximity romance, found family, secrets, lies, passion, high-stakes legacy, and a battle between saving Snow Creek ranch and selling it. It is book 1 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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Anything You Want, Diego, by Katey Hawthorne

Taran
I’ve disappointed a lot of people in my life, but the one that still hurts is Diego. I should’ve been honest about my feelings for him, but instead I went off to college and focused on my so-called football career. Eight years later, when we saw each other again for the first time, we ended up in the backseat of his car just like old times. I know it’s selfish, but I’d beg for another chance to treat him right.

Diego
What a pathetic cliche, the gay theater kid that fell for the closeted high school quarterback. He might’ve broken my heart ages ago, but when Taran showed up at my stepsister’s wedding, I knew I was in danger all over again. I have a great life in the city, good friends, talent, aspirations, hook up apps. The last thing I need is a blast from the past to destroy it all.

So why the hell can’t I stay away from him?

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Clever Eli, by Hinsel Meyer

SECRETS, LOVE, AND POWER ARE A DANGEROUS COMBINATION.

Eli
Between secret missions to take down criminals and getting my cybersecurity company off the ground, I should be too busy to pine for my stepbrother, but that’s never stopped me before.
When Lex invites me to one of his games out of the blue, after years of keeping his distance, I immediately agree.
It doesn’t matter that I’ll always be keeping secrets from him or if he never loves me like I love him, it won’t stop me from being there when he needs me.

Lex
There has never been anyone else for me—it’s always been Eli.
But my team is a sh!t show, I’m on the brink of starting to hate the one thing I always thought I’d love—hockey—and the only thing I’ve got going for me is how much the fans root for me.
If it gets out that I’m in love with my stepbrother, that could be the last straw.
I believe our time will come, but it’s not the right time yet. The problem is that I don’t know how much longer I can keep resisting Eli.

How can two famous step brothers who live in the spotlight make it work when there are dark, dangerous, and painful secrets between them?
Their road to a happily ever after is riddled with obstacles and they’ll only get through if they choose, once and for all, to fight for each other.

Clever Eli is book #2 in The Turris series which has an overarching plot that starts in book #1, even though each book focuses on a different couple. (It’s a spin off from the Fan Service series and the All It Takes series, but you don’t need to have read them to enjoy this series.) The love story between Eli and Lex ends with an HEA but the suspense plot will continue in the next book.

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The Librarian’s Familiar, by TJ Nichols

Some secrets keep you alive. Others can get you killed.
After nearly twenty years away, August North is heading back to the small Alaskan town he once couldn’t wait to escape. His pro‑sports career is over—ended by an injury even a polar‑bear shifter can’t heal—and the secrets he carried back then still sting: no one knew he was a shifter…or that he was gay. He doesn’t know if Claw Lake is home anymore, but he needs the wilderness in his blood again, even if staying means facing everything he ran from.

Charlie Quinlan came to Claw Lake for a job—but not the one the townsfolk think. Yes, he’s the new librarian. No, that’s not why the Coven sent him. Charlie’s dangerous, unpredictable magic has always made him an outsider, and now it’s the reason he’s stationed here as the first line of defense if anything escapes the nearby paranormal prison.

When the weather turns, and magic stirs up trouble in the wilds, August and Charlie are pulled together by instinct, magic, and a spark that refuses to die. Two outsiders. One tight‑knit, mostly paranormal town. And a fated‑mate bond neither of them wants.

In Claw Lake, the nights are cold, the chemistry is hot, and belonging is something you choose.

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The Sword Unbroken, by Sorcha Sam

The last person a champion battleboxer should love is the man who owns his contract.

Famed battleboxer Imalroc finally has a handler too inexperienced to control him. He can carve his way out of the blood-soaked arenas at last– just win a few more fights. And then put a sword to Rerdas Toriem’s lovely throat if the handler doesn’t surrender his contract once his winnings fulfill the bargain they made.

Rerdas Toriem is surrounded by danger– a leering duke who wants to keep him like a helpless trophy, a queen convinced he’s working against her, and a fierce battleboxer who will turn a blade on him at the first opportunity. His deal with Imalroc is his only hope of escape, but working with him means glimpsing the love-starved man beneath the armor. A man who might be worthy of his trust.

Rerdas and Imalroc both know they can’t give in to such a dangerous attraction. Relationships between handlers and battleboxers are utterly forbidden. But resistance crumbles with every passing day, and their tangled feelings are blooming into a perilous secret. If it’s discovered, Imalroc’s freedom and Rerdas’s life are forfeit.A slow-burn, spicy m/m Fantasy Romance for fans of enemies-to-lovers, captor/captive, political intrigue and Captive Prince.

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Unprecedented, by Bix Barrow

Magic? Healing powers? I’m just trying to adapt as I go along. But falling for two men at once? I didn’t see that coming…

This time last year I was just a regular guy with a regular life. Nurse by day, sparkly club twink by night. Then I learned there’s magic in this world, and I almost died in the process. I’m good now. Just a gnarly scar on my belly as a reminder. Well, that and the magical healing ability.

Turns out being the only Healer in, well, ever can put a target on your back, but the local shifter pack is kind enough to lend me some personal protection. Bonus? One of my security guards is Oz, a big giant teddy bear—not an actual bear—who was rescued from a supernatural trafficking ring. He’s trying to get his life back to normal, and I’m happy to help. Dating is a normal activity, right?

Things are going swimmingly until my friend Ellis’ unfairly gorgeous, world-class PITA brother shows up. We do NOT get along. Well, we didn’t. Arch wants to clear the air between us, and since he’s the Hunter who saved Oz, I’m willing to let bygones be bygones.

Only Oz thinks Arch wants me, and he’s interested in Arch too. It’s not greedy to have both of them, is it?

Before I can decide, the evil trafficker shows up again, kidnapping me and Oz AND MY MOM. I’m sure Arch is on his way to save us, but there’s no time to wait.

This a*****e’s going down.

Unprecedented is an MMM contemporary paranormal about a kick-ass human with healing powers, a buff Hunter with emotional walls for days, and a cinnamon roll… um, what kind of shifter is Oz again? Unprecedented features an MC who appeared first as a side character in the Wonderfall series but is written to be a standalone.

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High Achiever, by Grae Bryan

Spencer Phillips has it all figured out. He’s rocking his academic scholarship, he’s got his two ride-or-die besties by his side, and he has an endless supply of no-strings hookups to keep him entertained. And sure, he hasn’t been quite so interested in pursuing those hookups lately. And yeah, both his besties have found true love without him. But still, Spencer’s coasting along just fine. Right? Right.

But when Spencer stumbles into the first, unexpected heat of his bestie’s younger brother, things no longer make such perfect sense. Because Ash and his ever-present alpha shadow, Ryder, seem to want Spencer to stay. Not just stay but…participate.

Which would all be fine. Bros helping bros, no harm done. But Ash and Ryder aren’t treating Spencer like a tool to get through a slew of unpredictable heats. They’re treating Spencer like he’s something special. Maybe even someone they might want to stick around. And suddenly Spencer isn’t coasting along anymore. Instead, he’s keeping secrets, fighting feelings, and maybe betraying one of his favorite people in the world.

So yeah, turns out maybe Spencer has nothing figured out at all.

High Achiever is a contemporary MMM omegaverse with no mpreg. It features unpredictable heat shenanigans; alpha x alpha x omega dynamics; first times; inept attempts at wooing; and a good-hearted, horny flirt just trying to make everyone happy.

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A Christmas Heartcheck, by Denver Shaw

A Christmas in July Release!

The stranger Kieran spent the night with was never supposed to become front-page news.

But the morning after their snow-covered Christmas hookup, Kieran discovers the man he spent the night with is Thane Hale—professional hockey’s golden boy—and he’s coming out as bisexual to the entire world.

At twenty-nine, Thane has spent years controlling every part of his image. One quiet drink before the headlines hit was supposed to help him breathe.

Instead, he found Kieran.

Young. Beautiful. Completely unaware of who Thane was.

And for one perfect night, Thane got to feel normal again.

Now he can’t stay away.

Not when Kieran looks at him like the headlines don’t matter.

Not when one holiday hookup is starting to feel dangerously real.

And Kieran?

Kieran is starting to realize he doesn’t just want Thane for Christmas.

He wants him for keeps.

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Overindulgent grandfathers. Fathers who play favorites. Uncles who can’t say no. Brothers who kiss on the mouth. High Heat. Low Angst. Something for everyone. Odessa Hywell’s entire backlist is on sale for 25% off.

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Finishing Touches, by Rebecca Cohen

Amid London’s brass and steam, one apprentice and one inventor risk everything for a love society would deny.

If Marcus Tanner can prove himself worthy of inventor William Collier’s workshop, he can claim a future he’s never dared allow himself to imagine when growing up in the slums of London.

For William, Marcus is meant to be only an apprentice: brilliant, steady-handed, and entirely too easy to admire. But long nights among brass and steam turn respect into longing, and longing into something far more dangerous, with class and propriety standing between them at every turn. And for all William thrives within the Inventors’ Guild—among minds like his own, where wit, invention, and a taste for trouble are rewarded—it is not a world that makes room for a man like Marcus at his side.

Then William draws Marcus into the sort of mischief the Guild delights in most: outwitting polite society and stealing a priceless ruby. As Marcus begins to believe he might truly have a place in William’s life, the return of William’s former lover stirs old doubts and new wounds. Marcus has fought too hard for this life to risk his heart on a man whose world was never built for him—especially when every fear he has ever carried whispers that he will never be enough to be chosen.

Finishing Touches is a gay steampunk romance novel with a backdrop of the elite London members’ club, The Inventors’ Guild.

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Knox’s Boy, by Roan Solano

Florian Freeman is drowning.

Nine dollars in his bank account. An eviction notice on his door. A father who only calls when he needs vodka money. And a mother who disappeared to Russia when he was fourteen.
Desperate and out of options, Florian does the one thing he swore he’d never do — he creates a profile on an app for wealthy Dominants looking for company. He’s young, he’s pretty, and he’s willing to fake it for one night if it means keeping a roof over his head.
Then he meets Knox.

Robert Knox doesn’t do feelings.

At forty-eight, he’s built an empire, a fortress, and a reputation for absolute control. He hires boys for one reason: to care for them on his terms, with no risk of attachment. It’s a transaction. Clean. Simple. Safe.
But Florian isn’t clean or simple. He’s a trembling, foul-mouthed, impossibly beautiful disaster who falls apart on Knox’s sofa before they even begin — and somehow makes Knox want to put him back together.

What starts as an arrangement becomes something neither of them expected.

Knox offers structure. Rules. Discipline. A steady hand and a place to belong. Florian offers something Knox didn’t know he was missing — chaos, honesty, and the kind of reckless trust that can’t be bought.
But Florian’s past isn’t finished with him. His father’s addiction, his own crushing shame, and the voice in his head that says he’ll never deserve this life threaten to destroy everything Knox is building.
And Knox will burn the world down before he lets that happen.

Knox’s Boy is a standalone Daddy/boy MM romance featuring an age gap (21/48), explicit BDSM content including spanking and discipline, hurt/comfort, found family, and a guaranteed happily ever after. All characters are consenting adults.

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Love In Spades, by Charlie Cochet

When the cards are stacked against you, the Kings will even the odds.
Ex-Special Forces soldier Anston “Ace” Sharpe is fighting a different battle these days—one involving the world of private security across the state of Florida. As part owner of Four Kings Security, Ace and his fellow Kings tackle everything from armed transport and investigations to cyber intelligence and executive protection. Cocky, fearless, and brash, Ace isn’t afraid to take risks.
After years of working alongside his father, Colton Connolly is ready to take the helm at Connolly Maritime, but his father’s retirement is put on hold when Colton begins receiving death threats. If that isn’t bad enough, his father signs a contract with Four Kings Security to provide Colton with round-the-clock protection, despite his adamant refusal. Colton’s life has been turned upside down, the last thing he needs is a shadow, especially in the form of infuriating, sexy-as-sin Ace Sharpe, who seems to be on a mission to drive Colton mad.
Sparks fly the moment Colton and Ace meet on a sultry night club dance floor. But getting involved with a client, even one as fiery and beautiful as Colton Connolly, is a line Ace is unwilling to cross. Colton might be attracted to Ace, but he’d been burned before. He might be willing to put his life in Ace’s hands, but not his heart.
As the Florida nights heat up, so does their passion, and Ace and Colton are faced with a difficult choice—take the plunge and risk it all, or play it safe and walk away?
If Ace can keep a deadly threat from robbing Colton of a future….

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Bully Boys: Flirt, by CJ Pines

It was never supposed to mean anything.

Ashton is absolutely, 100%, completely and positively straight.

He is.

So no matter how lame this party is, or how childish this game is, or how gorgeous Dylan is—

Wait, no. What?

Not that. Anyway, the point is… Um. The point is, Ashton’s going to keep his hands to himself until their so-called ‘Seven Minutes in Heaven’ are up. Then he’s going to go find the hottest girl here willing to talk to him, and —

Alright, how the hell are Dylan’s lips so soft?

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Bully Boys: Fling (A Men of Minotaur House #2 Prequel Novella) is a Frat bro / Blue collar reverse-bully romcom.

Expect heavy elements of steamy open door MM enemies-to-lovers romance, swearing, humor, trust, communication, m/m bisexual awakening, queer joy, first times, forced proximity, size difference, culture exchange, college life, outdoor spice, and an entire forest of pining…

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Holiday Huddle, by Felice Stevens

Wow. I did not expect to run into Brooklyn Kings retired football star Harte McKinney in my hometown of Appleton Falls. It takes me back to my college days when I crushed on him in silence. All these years later, nothing’s changed. Even better, something in his eyes has me thinking he’s not as straight as I’d always believed.

When I find him hurt in a car crash in the snow, it’s my duty as a deputy sheriff to follow him to the hospital and make sure he’s going to be okay. Then we share an unexpected kiss, and I make him a proposal: come home with me to recuperate so we can explore these feelings behind closed doors.

Each day we spend together brings us closer, and we know we want to be together. But small towns have big eyes—we might not be able to keep what we have to ourselves much longer. My partner already suspects Harte and I are more than “just friends.” And when my mom gets an eyeful of Harte in his birthday suit…it’s time.

Let the snow fall where it may—we’re ready to come out.

There’s a fire crackling in the grate, the tree is decorated, and presents are wrapped. We’re all set to huddle together for the holidays and hope that love and magic of Christmas conquers all.

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My Dead Wife’s Ex Will Do, by Anna Kensing

Fifteen years of avoidance. One week in paradise. A secret that refuses to stay buried.

Jason Perez has spent fifteen years being the perfect widower.

He raised his stepdaughter. He directs music at his Catholic parish. He honors his wife’s memory by living a life above reproach. And he absolutely, categorically does not think about the one reckless, grief-stricken night he spent in Victor Hendricks’s arms. The night of Leah’s funeral.

Fine. He thinks about it constantly. But he’s handled it like any reasonable person would: by avoiding Victor entirely for a decade and a half.

Now their daughter Kelsey is getting married at a lush Costa Rican resort, and Jason’s avoidance strategy has officially expired. Seven days. One tropical paradise. Two men with a very inconvenient history and an even more inconvenient attraction.

Victor—fitness guru, yoga instructor to the Hollywood elite, a man whose patience rivals a freaking saint—has carried a torch for Jason since that night. He’s done waiting for permission.

Between waterfall hikes and rehearsal dinners, old guilt wars with new desire. Stolen glances become stolen moments. And Jason has to face what he’s been running from: wanting Victor might cost him his job, his church community, and the carefully constructed life that’s kept him safe.

But Victor might be worth burning it all down.