Gay Romance Report May 23, 2025

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Zero Pucks, by E.M. Lindsey

Sometimes what happens in Vegas shows up at your door two weeks later to tell you that he’s the guy you married while you were blackout drunk.

Tucker:

Waking up alone in a strange hotel room, missing my prosthetic legs, and no memory of what happened the night before is not how I wanted to spend my estranged twin’s bachelor party trip.

Yet there I was, legless and zero idea how I got there. Or who I spent the night with. Which is…not great.

Though I suppose that trauma lies somewhere between losing my legs in a car accident which killed my career in the NHL, and my brother running off with my fiancée.

So, in the grand scheme of things, not the worst weekend I’ve had.

But while I’m no longer a bitter, angry man, I’m also maybe—kind of, sort of—not the most well-adjusted person on the planet. And that shows when an adorable, dimpled, wild-haired man shows up at my door to tell me that the hazy night in Vegas had a very specific ending:

At some point, after several chocolate cake shots and trauma dumping, Amedeo and I found Elvis and got married.

The easy thing to do would be to make sure the marriage isn’t valid. But when have I ever made anything in my life easy? Especially since the incentive is getting to keep this man in my orbit.

We might have had the weirdest beginning of any married couple, but now I’m feeling strangely determined to give us both the happily ever after we deserve.

Zero Pucks is the first book in a rom-com, strangers to lovers, MM romance sled hockey series. It features a ride or die hockey found family, snarky best friends, the Team Dad who refuses to approve of bad decisions, why sled hockey is way more terrifying than standing hockey, awkward first dates, steaming hot first kisses, and a Golden Retriever of an Alternate Captain determined to give them both the happiest of ever afters.

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Wishful Thinking, by Julieta Moss

With the opening of the new lounge at Trieste cruise terminal looming, Bogdan, an unaccompanied teenage refugee from the former Yugoslavia, is at risk of losing his job when his boss is forced to close the business.

But although his future in Italy is at stake, all he can think about is James, a mysterious, lonely young man who frequents his bar every mid morning.

Until James leaves his jacket at the bar one night and Bogdan secretly follows him with the excuse of returning it. Will the lessons that Bogdan shall learn about himself as a result end up helping or hindering his prospects in life? And who will stand up for him when he’s faced with a guaranteed deportation order to a war torn country where he no longer belongs?

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Enzo, by RJ Scott

He’s hurt. Hunted. Barely holding on. But Enzo will kill to keep him safe.

Enzo has already found his place at Redcars—a garage turned sanctuary for men with dangerous pasts and loyal hearts. He’s built a life of purpose, surrounded by a chosen family who knows exactly what it means to survive.

Then a bloodied, barefoot stranger collapses at their gate.

Terrified, half-starved, and hunted for the key to millions, Robbie has nowhere left to run. But Enzo sees him. Not just the bruises or the shadows of his past—but the man underneath, all sharp edges and shattered trust. And something in Enzo refuses to let go.

Redcars isn’t just a place to hide. It’s a promise. And when the past comes calling, Enzo will do whatever it takes to protect what’s his.

Enzo is a gritty MM romantic suspense featuring high stakes, found family, and an ex-con willing to cross the line for love. Expect drama, danger, “I would die for you” devotion, and the kind of love that doesn’t ask permission to stay.

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Love Me Like It’s Real, by Rhys Everly

It was all pretend… until it wasn’t.

I don’t have time for dating. I’m too busy making Maplewood my home after everything I’ve been through. But when my daughters decide I need a boyfriend, I do only thing a desperate single dad can do… I lie.

Enter professional dating expert, Jack Hayworth.
He’s a cynic. He’s emotionally unavailable and he doesn’t believe in love. He’s even got a club whose entire purpose is to sabotage the Season of Love festival. But he agrees to play along.

Turns out pretending to love Hayworth is way too easy. The real problem? Sleeping with him feels even easier. And once I get a taste, I can’t stop.

I swore I wouldn’t fall. I swore I would keep this casual.
Too bad my heart doesn’t listen.

Love Me Like It’s Real is a low-angst spicy MM romance with a love cynic who loves a good time, a single trans dad who no longer believes in love, fake dating and two little girls determined to give their dad a happily-ever after.

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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Brim Over Boot, by Emmy Sanders

He may be a King, but I’ll never kneel.

Colton
If asked to list all the folks in Darling, Montana I can’t stand, I’d have a single name.

Noah King.

He’s the second-best farrier in town (me being the first). A royal pain in my behind. And an all-around smug pest I wouldn’t mind knocking down a peg or two.

It’s no surprise after so many years, our animosity has come to a head. I just never in my wildest, hate-fueled fantasies expected Noah’s attack to involve his lips on mine.

It was a mistake, no question. But apparently I still have some things to figure out about myself.

One thing I do know? Noah King and I have been bitter rivals from the start. And nothing, not even the fire he lights under my skin, makes a lick of difference in the end.

Surrendering to my enemy isn’t an option.

Brim Over Boot is a small town, enemies-to-lovers romance between rival farriers, with a double bi-awakening, tension and banter galore, scorching encounters, a slow fall from hate to love, and one very HEA. It’s book 2 in The Darling Brothers series but can be read as a standalone.

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This is Not (the Beginning of) a Love Story, by Suki Fleet

Running away from home at fifteen might have saved Julian’s life, but after two years surviving on the London streets, he no longer knows what he’s living for.

When someone asks Julian to look out for a homeless boy called Romeo, a boy they think is too young and innocent to be safe, Julian agrees but knows he must keep his distance. Being Romeo’s friend can’t happen. Julian is a mess. He has nothing to offer anyone. He can barely look after himself. But one terrible night he ends up saving Romeo’s life.

Romeo doesn’t want to go to hospital. And Julian can’t take care of anyone, never mind someone so badly injured. But Lloyd’s violent gang now wants to kill them both, so Julian does the only thing he can, and helps Romeo run.

They end up in an abandoned swimming pool miles from the inner city. Slowly Romeo gets better. And Julian starts to care about him more than he knows he should. Romeo seems to believe in him, to trust him even though Julian has nothing to offer.

As the days roll into weeks, Julian realises he will do anything to keep Romeo safe…anything to try to get them off the streets…even the one thing he promised himself he’d never do again.

But when you’ve got someone and something to hope for, does it really matter how bad things get?

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The Last Grift, by Elle Keaton
Narrated by Christian Leathernam

Jaded confidence man Gabriel Karne is on the run. A literal snarling, slobbering guard dog nips at his heels.

If he makes it over the chain-link fence, he vows to skip town for friendlier climes. Somewhere no one knows his name.

It will be fine. Everything will be fine.

Less than twenty-four hours on the island and Gabriel’s had a nasty confrontation with two local good ol’ boys, earned a trespassing citation from an infuriating but compelling forest ranger, and offered to search for a missing person. So much for lying low.

Being off his game only partially explains why Gabe would rather focus on a stranger’s bad luck than his own. Fact is, he’s always had a soft spot for losers and maybe, just maybe, he’s tired of the game.

The Last Grift is the first installment in the Subtle Deceptions series, a small town mystery with romantic elements. The series, part of the Piedras Island and Veiled Intentions universe, is written in the third person and follows the unplanned adventures in the life and love of the disreputable Gabriel Karne.

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Hex Marks The Spot, by Morgan Lysand
Narrated by Zachary Zaba

Welcome to Hex, Indiana…

Poe
As the king of the crossroads demons, I hold all our secrets, and they aren’t all fun. I do my best to keep things running properly and modernize when I need to. But crossroads demons are slowly finding their truths, being released from duties, and I’m starting to flounder. Becoming the head of Hex, Indiana’s leading council has helped, but is it enough when I’m used to ruling over thousands? I’ll help anyone however I can, but what if I’m the one that needs it?

BB
I’m a bat shifter with the confidence of a piece of string. So, none. I have no family and I’m too scared to get close to anyone. The only reason I know about Hex, Indiana is because of an incident in a store where I panic shifted into a bat. Afterwards, a strange lady appeared and told me to go to Hex. I snuck in three months ago, but now I’m too afraid to do anything other than go to work. The one thing saving me is knowing I’m close to the demon I met as a teen. The one that said if I needed anything, to let him know. He’s handsome, but I won’t ask him for help. Just knowing he’s around is enough, even if our first and only encounter lasted less than ten minutes.

When the pair meets again, Poe’s world turns upside down and BB learns what it’s like to have someone looking after him. What happens when a possessive demon falls head over heels in love with a sweet bat shifter?

Hex Marks The Spot is a fluffy, spicy MM paranormal romance featuring a sweet life inexperienced bat shifter and the king of the crossroads demons ready to help BB find his confidence and enjoy life.

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Putting Down Roots, by Jem Wendel

Can love bloom in a neglected garden in this small-town romance?

Jackson

My plan to start over had been a simple one. I’d fill the van with fuel and put down roots wherever I was when it ran dry. I was running away—from my ex-wife, my ex-boss, and my ex-life—and excited for a fresh start. What could be better than opening a plant nursery with no one I know around to bother me? But even the most open-ended plans can fall apart, something I learn when my van breaks down in a place called Larchdown. The longer I’m forced to stay in the strange village, the more it gets under my skin. When I meet the beautiful but troubled new owner of Larchdown House, my life gets a lot more complicated.

Luca

My art career is on the rocks after a spiteful review from my art critic ex-lover. Amid the scandal, I can’t bring myself to leave my apartment or even think about picking up a paintbrush. Needing to escape my life in London and dismal new reality for a while, I head to the country home I’ve inherited from my great-aunt. After meeting the gorgeous gardener who’s been ‘borrowing’ the grounds for his plants, I might have found a reason to stay and perhaps find my muse again. Except the guy is straight… isn’t he?

Both men must confront their demons if they want to find their way to each other and learn to trust again.

But no one can bury their past forever and when it finally pays a visit, are the new roots too shallow or have they done enough to cultivate them?

Putting Down Roots is a sweet but steamy MM Romance featuring an artist running away from a poor review to his latest show from his art critic ex-lover and a gardener trying to cultivate a new life after a failed marriage. Check content warnings with look inside or on the authors website. It is the first book in the Larchdown Valley Series set in a British village all with no 3rd act breakup and a guaranteed HEA

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A Small Town Spring, by Elle Waters

When the artist is as much a work of art as his paintings, how am I supposed to resist falling in love?

When I first meet Toby Wheaton, I’m forced to slot the gorgeous artist into the category of unattainable. After all, he lives with his girlfriend, complete with cat. He might not be available, but I admire his work and hire him to do an oil painting of my weekend cottage, the kind of self-indulgent thing I can afford to do as a successful book agent. Besides, I can handle being just friends with a guy I’m intensely attracted to. Easiest thing in the world.

Keeping my distance gets harder once he and the cat move into my cottage on a temporary basis. But just because his cat seems to adore me doesn’t mean her owner does, too. I’m not about to jeopardize our friendship by making a move.

As the seasons change and we get closer, Toby reveals a secret about what he’s been working on in his studio and I have to decide if continuing to live with the man I love is worth him never knowing the truth about how I feel.

A Small Town Spring is a steamy, stand-alone, slow burn, small-town m/m romance with no cheating.

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Election Night, by Madalyn George

A president so deep in the closet his best friend doesn’t even know. A chief of staff who has pined for his friend for over 25 years. Can a strong and silent Secret Service Agent finally bring them together?

Kent
He’s my best friend, but even after all these years I wish he was my true love, so why am I so attracted to someone else?

Laurence
We’ve sacrificed so much to make it to this final election night. More than even my best friend knows. Can the President of the United States find happiness after years of denial, or am I too late? Has he found another?

Raymond
I’ve walked the halls of power with singular focus for years, so why are these two men so distracting to me now?

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Zeke and Wesley, by Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga

Zeke and Wesley is an opposites attract romance set in Alaska at a resort for queer men. It features a professional songwriter who is haunted by a past relationship and a fundraiser/event planner who is looking for an adventure.

Wesley Dugan raises money for other people for a living, has finally decided he needs to spend a little on himself for a change. He wants an adventure, somewhere that he can indulge his appetites without making promises to anyone. The Barn is an exclusive Alaskan resort that is highly regarded in the scene and promises kinky delights, assuming Wesley can brave his fear of flying to get there.

Zeke Burrell is about to celebrate a major anniversary. At nearly a thousand days, he imagines he’s spent more time at the Barn than anyone but the owners. To Zeke, the resort is his home and his sanctuary, where he can write music and find peace in his routine.

When they meet, Zeke is surprised to be so curious about the resort’s newest guest. Wesley doesn’t expect to become so infatuated on the first day of his vacation. While their desires brought them to the resort for the same reasons, the rest of their lives couldn’t be any different. Zeke prefers quiet and solitude, while Wesley enjoys the company of others and a good party. Zeke has a complicated history, but Wesley’s couldn’t be more straightforward.

Is it possible for them to find the balance they crave both in-scene and out?

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Sinful, by KT Yarrow

“I have to be strong.”
“You are. But you can’t hold the world on your shoulders forever.”

Nathan Accardi fears the Paladin Guild has lost its way. Once fearsome demon hunters, these days they spend all their energy hating a handful of people who left the guild to be with demons. In an attempt to be the voice of reason, he asks Commander Sloan to let him approach the defectors with a truce. He doesn’t expect them to make a halfling demon his point of contact, but he can’t blame them for being wary of him.

He feels an instant attraction to Storm. Fighting it is impossible, and against his better judgment, a night of passion turns his world on its head.

Storm has watched other demons fall for their humans, but it was never supposed to happen to him. When Nathan pulls away after their first incredible night together, Storm swears he’ll do whatever it takes to make him see that they belong together.

But there are more than bloodthirsty paladins closing in. Strange deaths in the city are just the beginning. Something’s coming, and if Nathan isn’t careful, he’ll be caught in the crossfire. Is a truce between the paladins and the rebels worth his life? Will Storm be able to save him from becoming a martyr for a truce no one else believes in?

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The Boyfriend, by Gamble Gabbi Grey

Love in Mission City: The Boyfriend Gamble includes two novellas and a short story

Mission City is tucked in the charming Cedar Valley in southwestern British Columbia. If you love heartwarming, contemporary small-town gay romances, then come home to Mission City and fall in love with the men who live there. Romance shows up in the unlikeliest places. And trouble has a way of finding them…

Jeopardy
For ten long years, Tanner’s been crushing on his best friend Nita’s older brother, Kade, while Kade’s been cheerfully oblivious. Then one night, while celebrating Canada Day, Kade suddenly realizes Tanner grew up to be hot and appealing, and in that moment of connection, everything changes.

Jeopardy is a gay, best friend’s brother romance 7k short story with an interfering best friend, a bossy sister, and the possibility of love becoming realized. This short story previously appeared in Breaking the BFF Pact.

The Boyfriend Arrangement
Felix has expected to marry Josette since they were toddlers, playing together under their mothers’ matchmaking eyes. Now he’s bought a home, plans to renovate it, and then he’ll propose. But having Josette’s brother, Jacob, around, working on the remodeling, is eye-opening for them both. As he and Jacob grow closer, Felix realizes he has some big decisions to make about who he is, and what he really wants.

The Boyfriend Arrangement is a best friend’s brother gay romance 25k novella with a shy elementary school teacher, a brawny contractor, and a wrong dream turned right. The novella first appeared in Love is All, Volume 7.

The Secret Boyfriend
For Jasper, the best part of moving to Mission City has been meeting Cameron, his badminton partner. In fact, he’s crushing on the handsome and friendly dentist pretty hard. Cameron thought he was straight, but spending time with Jasper brings out feelings he never expected. Maybe he’s bi. For sure, he likes being around Jasper. But with Christmas and family plans coming up fast, is this really the time to step out of his comfort zone?

The Secret Boyfriend is a bi-awakening, age-gap, opposites attract, gay romance 25k novella with an uptight dentist who’s never let loose, a mischievous younger gardener who knows what he wants, and the night that shatters their expectations.

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7 Minutes in Kevin, by DJ Jamison

7 minutes in…holy heck, what have I done?!
What happens when I return early from a work trip to find my son throwing yet another party?

Annoyance. Exasperation. Temptation…

I’m tired, yearning for my bed, but I hadn’t counted on the games my son and his friends play–or the one person who’d be waiting in my closet after everyone else is gone.

The guy who’s been haunting my fantasies lately.

He’s too beautiful. Too young. Too off-limits, being one of my son’s best friends.

And…on his knees for me.

Oh god.

7 Minutes in Kevin is a son’s best friend romance with a bi-curious dad, an androgynous beauty who challenges his understanding of himself, and a quirky small town full of watching eyes.

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An Embrace of Smoke & Steel, by Rowan Amaris and Theo Behr

Available: One soul. Poorly maintained. All serious offers considered. (Unseelie preferred.)

Declan
After a lifetime of being treated like a pariah, Declan’s a fae on a mission: Take down Faerie’s oppressive power structure from the inside. But first, he needs a soulbond. Too bad every potential match in Faerie has rejected him. Well, he’ll just have to get creative. And he’s always had a soft spot for humans.

Antonio
Antonio, a tattooed gearhead with a record, has a mission, too: Avoid the fae at all costs. He’s been there, done that, and has the PTSD to prove it. Sure, he’s screwed up his life in more ways than he can count. But it’s his life. Then, the fae he used to belong to returns. This time, planning to keep him forever.

Antonio has one chance to escape: sell his soul before the fae he most fears takes it. If the buyer happens to be a scorching hot punk with bone wings, it certainly makes a bitter pill easier to swallow. And Declan, he can’t turn down the wounded, dark-humored man who asks him for help.

Together, they dive into the world of fae intrigue, supernatural hitmen, and family strife. Oh, and the awkwardness of falling hard when their bond is only supposed to be a business arrangement…

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Bite Me, by Roe Horvat

Eddie

When my best friend drags me to a vampire dinner club as her wingman, I’m determined—I won’t end up on the menu. No eye contact. No flirting. Definitely no biting.

Then he appears. Deadly attractive with a voice smooth like velvet, he murmurs into my ear, his lips graze my wrist, and I forget my resolve. The rush of his venom in my veins feels like falling off the world’s edge. The lust consumes me, intoxicating and irreversible.

I leave in a daze. I shouldn’t have succumbed so easily, and I won’t come back.

Except Monday morning, I walk into work, and the vampire who ruined me is sitting in my boss’s chair.

Russel

Feeding is a transaction—no names, no attachments. The older I get, the less I crave a second bite.

But Eddie changed the rules. His blood wrecks me.

I should let him go, like the hundreds before him, but I can’t. He’s sincere, vibrant, unforgettable… I search for him like a fool.

Then fate throws him back into my life in the cruelest way.

The most enticing man I’ve ever fed from is within arm’s reach every day, but I’m not allowed to touch him.

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Bite Me is an MM romance featuring a delectable human and his thirsty vampire boss. It contains light paranormal elements and concludes with a satisfying happily-ever-after.

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