Gay Romance Report May 2, 2025

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Play Maker, by Ava Olsen

Axel Lund: They call me the play maker. I make hockey wins happen. Until I’m confronted with Jace, my college rival for the coveted center spot. And, my BFF’s ex. I know secrets about Jace and I’m not happy to be on the same team as him, never mind the same line. But as our competition on the ice heats up, things off the ice get complicated. No matter what, I’m not getting outplayed.

Jace Rowland: Axel Lund, the conceited jerk, thinks he’s gonna waltz in and take the top spot on my hockey team? No way. The cocky forward thinks the worst of me, but he doesn’t know the truth. And every encounter with him cracks my icy control. But I’m not getting played by Axel. If anything, I’m going to play him.

Play Maker is a bi awakening, rivals to lovers, college hockey MM romance. Get ready for cocky boys, intense chemistry, and a heated play to HEA.

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Matrimony and Mayhem Collection, by Aimee Nicole Walker

Royce and Sawyer are back and better than ever in Matrimony and Mayhem! The best-selling trilogy is now available in a collection.

The Magnolia Murders: Everything old is new again in love and murder.

Work together, live together, and play together is the name of the game for Royce Locke and Sawyer Key. But one of those things changes when Chief Mendoza taps Sawyer to lead the newly formed cold case unit. His first task: solve the Magnolia Murders that spanned three decades and suddenly stopped in 2000.

Chaos ensues when a fourth Magnolia Queen contender is murdered during a preliminary round. With the pageant’s one hundredth anniversary looming, the pressure is on to produce results. Royce and Sawyer, along with their new partners, have to team up to solve the Magnolia Murders—old and new.

As the investigation continues, a surprise visitor and an unexpected phone call force the men to face painful things from their pasts. The future Royce and Sawyer dream of is within their grasp, but first, they’ll need to uproot the seeds of discontent they’ve buried deep.

Marriage is Murder: Spring is in full bloom, love is in the air, and Cupid has taken deadly aim in Savannah.

Newly engaged, Royce Locke and Sawyer Key are ready to set the date and charge full-steam ahead into their happily ever after, but homicides and unresolved conflicts keep getting in their way. Neither detective has met a case they couldn’t solve, but their latest investigations will push their limits and challenge their faith when the line between friend and foe becomes blurred. And if that weren’t enough, a random encounter with a stranger will trigger a series of events that could either make or break the couple.

Killer Honeymoon: Will their honeymoon be two tickets to paradise or a one-way trip to the morgue?

Newlyweds, Royce Locke and Sawyer Key, embark on a honeymoon road trip where their biggest threat should be dodging drunk tourists on golf carts. But their arrival on South Bass Island lands them in the middle of a contentious battle between lifelong islanders and a property developer who won’t accept no for an answer. Tempers soar as the barometric pressure drops, signaling a dangerous storm brewing on the horizon and across the street. Minding their own business becomes impossible when a homicide wrecks their vacation and puts Royce and Sawyer in the path of a twisted killer.

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Bullets and Blood, by TJ Nichols

The hunter is now the hunted…
Vampire Nix Hadley wants nothing more than for everyone to forget he exists. He’s created a new life for himself far away from the bloody streets of the Melbourne feud that claimed the life of his family. Now a cellar door sales rep for a winery, he loves serving the tourists who visit, and he can always talk them into buying more than they planned with a little magic. This is the new start he needed…but he still sleeps badly, and he’s wary of trusting anyone.

Lance Orlan has spent the last six months tracking down the male heir of the Hadley family. If he fails, he’ll never be blooded and turned into a full vampire. When Lance turns up at the winery where Nix works, he doesn’t recognize the man he’s been hunting. All he sees is a cute hipster. Where is the cold-blooded killer?

The enemy has finally caught up with Nix. His life is about to come crashing down if he doesn’t do something. So Nix requests a truce.

He’s tired of fighting and running and killing, but he needs time to make a new plan. For two weeks, he plans to keep Lance close—very close. And Lance agrees because he’s enjoyed the time away from the demands of his family. But the past is catching up and the old feud demands blood. As Lance gets to know Nix, though, he starts to question what he’s been told.

Lance will have to choose between hate and love, and Nix will have to fight or surrender.

For readers who like enemies to lovers, warring crime families, and fighting and biting in their gay vampire mafia romance.

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The Meaning of You, by Jay Hogan

We’d shared a forever love. The kind they write stories about. A once in a lifetime chance at something special. For fourteen years Davis was my world. We were growing old together, fifties and counting. Then it was all ripped away in the blink of an eye.

We’d told each other everything, or so I thought. But secrets have a way of bubbling to the surface and it turned out Davis kept a few of his own. Hidden laptops, clandestine meetings, cryptic emails. The husband I’d believed in was a lie.

Or was he?

I have to find out. And Madigan Church is right there to help me. A complicated man. A man I wasn’t expecting. An attraction I can’t deny. Confusing. Challenging. Madigan makes me feel things I’m not ready for. Want things I don’t deserve. Not now. Maybe not ever again.

But with every step into the twisted mystery, the danger escalates. Neither of us is safe. Not from the truth, and not from what’s growing between us.

Because we aren’t the only ones on the hunt. Somewhere amongst my late husband’s secrets is something worth stealing, maybe even worth killing for.

And time is running out.

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Hellhounds Never Lie, by Lori Ames
Narrated by Kirt Graves

A mage without magic. A hellhound without a home.

Ash is technically a fire mage, but he can’t do much. Turning his bedroom lights on and off without having to get out of bed isn’t exactly awe inspiring, not when anyone with the right gadget could clap and do the same thing.

Worse, sometimes he senses something bigger and brighter lurking under his skin, and it feels so familiar he knows it has to be his magic, but then he burps or sneezes, and the feeling passes. So it’s probably just allergies . . . or gas.

Yeah . . . Not exactly brimming with magical oomph. Not anymore. It sucks.

But things start to change when he finds Dillon, a hellhound, being chased through the woods by an angry wolf pack. He is instantly smitten and it’s like something inside him unlocks. What’s even crazier is Dillon seems to think Ash still has magic . . . and now Ash isn’t sure what to believe.

What he does know is he’ll do what needs to be done to protect his friends and the little supernatural town of Willow Lake from the dirtbag wolves in the hills. Even with his magic on the fritz he can help, right? And, with Dillon at his side, what could possibly go wrong?

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Cost of Redemption, by Hayden Hall

He was my forbidden craving. My biggest regret. And now, he’s my only weakness.

Elio

Some mistakes you bury. Others crawl under your skin and never let go.

Jaxon Mercer was supposed to be my past. The stolen kiss. The fist that followed. The silence after.

But now? He’s here—cocky, dangerous, and looking at me like he already knows how this ends.

I should shut him out. I should forget the way he used to make me feel.

But when he’s this close, breathing is hard enough, let alone thinking straight.

Enemies. Ex-best friends. Rivals. Obsessions.

I don’t know what we are anymore.

But I know I want him.

Jaxon

He’s scared to want me. I want him desperate.

Elio Castelli pretends he has it all under control.

I know the desperate way he kissed me two years ago. I know the fear in his eyes when he shoved me away.

And now that I’m standing in front of him again, I know one thing for sure—he’s still mine, whether he admits it or not.

I’m done playing it safe. I’m done waiting.

I’ll have him.

Even if I have to break him first.

Cost of Redemption is the second novel in The Saints of Westmont U series. It is a largely standalone novel, but some threads continue from Edge of Temptation. Reading in order is not mandatory, but will enhance your enjoyment of the series. This is a college hockey romance depicting sexual awakening, toxic love, animosity, and has a guaranteed HEA. 

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The Big Adios, by H.L Day

Two men. Three secrets. Denial of a fated mate bond. And a future that might already be set.

To the rest of the world, Calisto Dominguez is just a necromancer. Not a man with special abilities whose imaginary childhood friend isn’t so imaginary. Good. One catastrophic mistake is enough when the last one still haunts him.

Asher Baines has secrets of his own. Chief among them, the rare ability of precognition, and the fact that he only took the job at the PPB to keep Calisto safe. Calisto can deny it all he wants, but he is Asher’s fated mate.

When an old foe reappears hellbent on getting Calisto to do the one thing he’s vowed never to do again, navigating their complicated romantic relationship is the least of their problems.

Their future depends on outwitting the villainous O’Reilly, but it’s going to take a lot of spilled secrets, some harsh self-realization, and putting their lives on the line to reach that point.

And even Asher doesn’t know how it’s going to end.

The Big Adios is a fated mates, opposites attract, forced proximity MM paranormal romance featuring an MC who needs to work out how to be less nice if he wants to survive, a man who comes across as having ice in his veins, but is all fire when it counts, a long-dead, sex-obsessed ex-psychic sidekick, help from some familiar faces, and a villain long due their comeuppance.

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Just A Little Fling, by Kerry Kilpatrick

Nico avoids commitment like it’s contagious. Too bad Levi’s already under his skin.

Nico
Nico is all about living his best life, trading the drama of relationships for the thrill of casual flings. But Nico’s carefully crafted independence wobbles when a one-night stand with Levi—a Daddy who understands his bratty side—turns into a repeat thing. The more they connect, the more Nico fears commitment will trap him in a life he’s worked hard to escape.

Levi
Levi loves a good challenge, and Nico is the perfect mix of bratty and free-spirited. But Nico’s love of chaos in his personal life and his allergy to commitment make things anything but simple. When Nico bolts, Levi has to decide: chase after the boy who might never be ready or accept he’s not the Daddy that Nico needs after all.Just a Little Fling is book three of the Just A Little series but can be read as a stand-alone. It has a Daddy who loves the feisty ones, a brat who loves to play the field, a couple who comes to understand that commitment doesn’t close every option, and interfering friends who don’t know when to leave well enough alone.

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Last Mango in Palm Springs, by Bix Barrow

Maybe I should’ve just gone to Margaritaville….

I was already super nervous about my trip to Palm Springs. What was a forty-five-year-old doing trying to hook up with men for the first time anyway? As if that didn’t already have disaster written all over it, I grab a suitcase from the wrong luggage carousel in baggage claim when I change planes in Vegas.

Luckily Zachary, the owner of the suitcase, has mine, and we agree to swap clothes for the week. Problem solved. Until I get a look at what I’ll be wearing.

Not only are the outfits much tighter than I prefer, they’re obviously meant for someone much younger than me. And let’s not get started on his lace underwear.

But Zachary encourages me to step out of my comfort zone, checking on me periodically to ensure I’m not waffling. He’s sweet, and inspiring, and somehow the sexual adventure I was looking for changes. Because now Zachary is all I can think about.

I can only hope that once we get back home he’ll give me a shot. Or else it’ll take all the margaritas in Texas to drown my sorrows.

Last Mango in Palm Springs is a low-angst wrong number novella featuring drag queen bingo, bike tours, Jimmy Buffett songs, and cute pets!

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Dead Mad, by Pandora Pine

When an ugly argument erupts between Ronan, Jude, and Fitzgibbon, nearly bringing the men to blows, Tennyson suggests a lesson in teambuilding to get their strained relationship back on track. He books the warring detectives into a beautiful, but remote, campground in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. With no electricity or WIFI, what could possibly go wrong?

After stocking up on tents, sleeping bags, fishing gear, and enough snacks to feed a family of hungry raccoons for a month, the guys set off for the Bare Necessities campground. Trouble abounds from the start, when Jude cues up his carefully curated road trip playlist with a twangy classic from a country music legend. It’s all downhill from there as the men face off against the elements, local wildlife, strange fellow campers, and each other.

Will Ronan, Jude, and Fitzgibbon find their groove and work together to survive the weekend or are they doomed to remain dead mad?

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Too Dear for Deer, by Ki Brightly and M.D. Gregory

The Titan of Industry Who Can Find Anything
Scott Cairns is a businessman who gives the wealthy what they want. And if that thing happens to be illegal? Who cares? His biggest client is the one he owes his life to—Sloan Killough from the Killough Company. Working for the mob isn’t new, but it makes Scott hesitant to start a relationship. Then, he meets Deer at a bar searching for a man to solve all his problems. Deer doesn’t share a lot about his past, and Scott doesn’t ask. Instead, he puts a time limit on their relationship. He’ll fix Deer’s woes . . . if Deer relieves his. He only has Deer for a month and plans to make the most of it.

The Lost Man
Diarmuid “Deer” Killough is an outsider. His mom only cares about herself, and when she notices her children, her attention focuses on Deer’s younger brother. His uncle and older brother—the only other close relatives he has—want nothing to do with him. When he starts running into money issues, he uses his best friend’s advice and goes looking for a man with deep pockets. He gets so much more in Scott.

When A Simple Transaction Becomes Love
As Deer and Scott navigate their developing feelings, they struggle to open their hearts, especially when each holds a secret. Getting close shouldn’t be an option, but it’s hard to fight the emotions that begin to form. What happens when they find out the truth about each other?

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Ferocious, by Leslie McAdam

When a scrawny, pink-haired ragamuffin tries to rob me at knifepoint, I respond the way any sensible person would and invite him to dinner—where he proceeds to threaten my entire ten-year plan simply by being his effervescent self. Much to my annoyance.

There’s no room in my life for a gorgeous criminal named Rowan. I need to check off the next item on my list: Find the right, respectable husband. I can’t be an accessory to a life of crime.

And yet, my perfect plan’s been a bust. Yes, I have millions of social media followers, a prestigious job, and an expensive car, but I’m realizing I want more from life. My casual hookups aren’t making me happy. I’m … lonely.

While Rowan’s a tattooed menace, he does something to my heart, and I can’t seem to stay away from him. Let’s not get started on how I like seeing my marks on him. Everywhere.

Rowan isn’t who I’m looking for, but it seems he’s not who we think he is, either. Which creates an entirely different set of problems with much, much higher stakes.

I’m in way too deep to get out. If I even want to.

Ferocious is a stand-alone contemporary M/M romance about Rowan, a rideshare-driving twink with a penchant for violence, and Charlie, a grumpy lawyer. It features first times, primal play, kidnapping and other crimes, and a philodendron that likes to ride in the car. HEA? Definitely.