Gay Romance Report November 18, 2025

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Baby, It’s Cod Outside, by Kat Cassidy

With his CEO father away, Benjamin Whitaker III is left running the family empire. And, you know, trying not to implode from anxiety while he’s at it.

Local investigative reporter Jackson James smells something fishy going on at Whitaker Seafood, and it’s definitely not just the mackerel.

One’s trying to keep things clean and tidy. The other’s digging up some serious dirt.

This year, Silver Shoals isn’t dreaming of a white Christmas. Just a low stress week, a front page headline, and a way out of this very merry fish-mess.

Baby, It’s Cod Outside is a low heat, opposites attract, hurt/comfort, small town MM holiday romance. It can be read as a standalone.

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Blue Skies, by Marie Sinclair

Blue Skies is a low angst, age gap, one bed, hurt/comfort novel featuring an HIV-positive, asexual flight attendant with trust issues and a closeted flight instructor.

As a sex-positive asexual man with HIV, Greg’s been told it’s just too complicated to be in a relationship with him. His latest boyfriend turns out to yet another in a long line of guys who say they understand asexuality only to put pressure on him to perform. Six months later, still despondent over this latest betrayal, Greg doesn’t have any expectations when he joins his friends at their favorite West Hollywood club. Meeting a sexy silver fox was definitely not on the agenda, nor was wanting to get to know the man better, but unfortunately, Holden’s leaving the next morning for the East Coast. As a flight attendant, Greg’s schedule has him out of town the following week. Regretfully, they trade phone numbers and part ways.

Holden has been in the closet his entire life. First with his conservative parents, then in the Navy, and now as an employee of a military contractor. It’s safer pretending to be straight. The only time Holden steps out of the closet is when he’s on a business trip. Quickies and hook-ups have been the name of the game for him for nearly thirty years. Now nearly fifty, Holden’s getting tired of it, but only has a few more years before he can live his life on his own terms. Then he goes to Neon and meets Greg. Even after Greg refuses to go back to Holden’s hotel room and they part ways, he can’t stop thinking about Greg and wishing he’d been able to say yes to dinner the following night. But then Greg doesn’t call or text him, so Holden figures the invite was just a way to let the old guy down easy.

A week later, Holden’s got a meeting in Denver, and who shows up as part of the flight crew? It’s Greg, who takes one look at Holden and…if looks could kill, Holden would be a smoldering pile of ash. Undaunted, Holden tries to talk to Greg during the flight only to be shut down and told to return to his seat. But fate has a different idea.

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Riding Pine, by R.M. Neill

A hockey player and a beaver walk into a bar…

I’m not a real beaver. I just play one for the Bloomburg Aspens.
You’d be surprised how many times I need to clarify that.
It’s not a traditional job, but between my yoga studio and playing the beaver, it pays the bills.
The beaver mascot gig also comes with one rule: Don’t reveal my identity to anyone.

Which wasn’t a big deal until I met this guy at the bar. A hot guy with a shy smile and a huge…wood.
Lukas Pine.
A hockey player for the Bloomburg Aspens.

He was only supposed to be a one-night stand, but we keep finding each other. Usually with our clothes off.
In my defense, I had to tell him. You should know you’re sleeping with the team mascot. Especially when the players aren’t supposed to know who I am.
Lukas is more than happy to keep it a secret, but there’s a new problem.

We’re not very good at hiding it.

And that’s when I learn riding pine isn’t always fun.

Riding Pine is a standalone novel set in the Bloomburg universe of the Sheltered Connections and Broken Horn Ranch series. A smart-mouthed former circus acrobat and a tender-hearted hockey tough guy at the end of his playing days are so hot together they have to bend not just their bodies, but the rules, to stay together. This story is pure ridiculousness with loads of spice and all the feels…oh, and some hockey.

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The Hot Chocolate Hoax, by E.J. Stoll

Moving back home to join the Green Mountain Ballet Company came with numerous perks. Better pay, bigger roles, and the chance to dance on the same stage where I first fell in love with ballet. It has a few notable drawbacks as well, like my family’s interference in my personal life. When my mom won’t stop pestering me about dating, I do the only rational thing: invent a boyfriend.

The problem with fake boyfriends is that they’re not real, which means bringing them to a holiday function is a challenge. Enter my childhood best friend, Aidan. We might not be close anymore, but that doesn’t stop us from hatching a plan. We’ll pretend to date through New Year’s to keep everyone happy. Once the holidays and Nutcracker season are over, we can break up (and remain friends, of course).

It’s a foolproof plan, so why does it feel like I’m ruining everything?

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Blackmail, by Beth Christopher

I ruined his marriage. Now he wants to ruin me.

My childhood was the stuff of nightmares. And adulthood? Hasn’t been a whole lot better. I’ve been working as a male escort to put myself through nursing school. I’m so close to getting out when a client’s husband catches us in the act. He tries to blackmail me, threatening to ruin me if I don’t help him win his messy divorce case. When I refuse to do what he’s asking, he decides he’ll take my body instead. It’s what I’m used to. It’s what I’m good at. He gives me the pain I’ve been craving. But I don’t know what to do when he decides he wants my heart.

Blackmail is a full-length dark M/M romance with a HEA, a super sweary male escort, an angry entrepreneur, and a cat named Penelope. It contains content that will not be everyone’s cup of tea. Please review the content advisory on the book’s “About” page for details.

Tropes include: Instalust, found family, opposites attract, Dom awakening/kink awakening, hurt/comfort, dude in distress, Grumpy/sunshine (more like a-hole/brat), power dynamic, rich hero, possessive / protective hero, un-aliving for the one you love, the stray cat you took in who likes everyone else better than you

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ILY, by E.M. Lindsey and Cora Rose

Whoever convinced me that quitting my job as an interpreter to take over my dead aunt’s farm should be covered in honey and left for the ants.

Oh wait…that was me.

I was burnt out and ready for a change, but I didn’t expect what came with it.

An orchard full of fruit I’m allergic to.
A bunch of farm equipment I don’t know how to use.
And a vindictive, vicious groundhog who has made it his life’s mission to drive me to the brink of madness.

But in my quest to find a permanent solution for Michael, I’ve also acquired something else I didn’t expect: a stalker.

I should be more concerned that the man offering to sell me TNT has followed me home, but Thorne is the most gorgeous thing I have ever laid eyes on, and we communicate well.

With our hands in ASL, yeah, but also with our lips, tongues, hips…and other parts of the body.

It’s also increasingly obvious that Thorne is much more than a stalker. With my focus on trying to stop Michael from using his little paws to dig my grave, though, it’s hard to worry about his secrets.

But skeletons never stay buried for long, and when everything comes to light, I can’t help but wonder if Thorne is the best thing that will ever happen to me, or the worst.

ILY is the second book in the Deaf Hearts series and can be enjoyed as a stand-alone. It’s a spicy, MM, strangers to lovers rom-com featuring a burnt out, not-quite farmer, a tall, dark, and handsome man with a mission and a secret, a groundhog that knows more than everyone else, and a toe-curling, feet-kicking happily ever after.

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Finding Harbor, by Duncan Gaye

Part of The Long Shadow Series by Duncan Gaye

Patrick Callahan comes to Cape Breton expecting easy money from a quick and lucrative timber deal. Instead, he only finds humiliation. Swindled out of his inheritance and stranded in a windswept fishing village, he is left with nothing but a single suitcase and a future that has collapsed overnight. At seven and a half feet tall, Angus MacAskill is a gentle giant with his own past. In St. Ann’s, he is known for his silent kindness as much as he is for his stoic nature. He offers Patrick a bookkeeping job in his mercantile, and a place by the fire. What begins as simple arrangement blossoms into a profound connection neither man could have ever imagined. 

Set within the wild beauty of nineteenth-century Nova Scotia, Finding Harbor is a queer historical romance about survival, finding home, and a love that takes root slowly but with unshakable strength. Perfect for fans of Annie  Proulx (Brokeback Mountain), Cat Sebastian (A Gentleman Never Keeps Score) and KJ Charles (An Unseen Attraction).

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Endeavor, by Ava Olsen

Jared
A trip to Thailand to direct my latest film isn’t without strife; there’s a threat to my safety, which means I’m staying aboard the superyacht ‘Now, Voyager.’ And the men protecting me on this journey? My faithful bodyguard, Alex Sheffield, and my sarcastic lawyer, Aiden Barstock.
They’re complicated, as are my feelings for them. Is three really a crowd or is it the perfect number?

Aiden
My work as a barrister is my sole passion. I keep my personal life casual. I thought I was in love once, but I was wrong. Fool me once and never again. Until a work trip changes everything. My client Jared, and his bodyguard, Alex, see beyond my snark to the vulnerabilities I keep hidden. And now I risk being a fool again. Not over one man, but two.

Alex
Being Jared’s bodyguard brings out all my protective instincts. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for him, including laying down my own life. But Jared’s latest film is interrupted by a threat that’s far too real. With his brash barrister, Aiden, along for the ride, I realize it’s not just Jared I would die to protect, but Aiden, too.
One endeavor binds the three of us together. Is it for now, or forever?

Endeavor is a MMM romance filled with snarky banter, wild shenanigans, and a HEA to make even the most cynical heart swoon. This is Book Four of the Voyagers’ series: everyone who boards the superyacht Now, Voyager is about to meet their match (or in this case, matches).

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Hot for Teacher, by Grae Bryan

Chase Adler goes with the flow. An only child of disinterested parents and the only beta in his friend group, he’s used to not making waves. Which is fine by Chase—he’ll leave the drama to his alpha besties. But when a missed exam leads to Chase getting up close and personal with his alpha professor’s pheromones, Chase can’t help fixating on the imposing man. Then fixation leads to contact, and contact leads to Chase in Professor Burke’s bed.

So much for not making waves.

Professor Killian Burke doesn’t fraternize with students. Terrify them? Occasionally. Overpower them with his pheromones? Often. But he doesn’t cross the line, and he’s never been tempted to do so. But when a certain polite, pretty beta starts following Killian with his gaze—and then following Killian to his favorite bar—Killian’s self-control is tested for the first time. Chase Adler is beautiful and obedient and has a mouth made for filthy daydreams.

What else is Killian to do besides put him on his knees?

Hot for Teacher is a student x professor contemporary omegaverse with no mpreg. It features light bdsm elements, a student falling first and a professor falling harder, feelings sneaking in when they’re definitely not supposed to, and supportive alpha besties on both sides. Each book in the series can be read as a standalone.

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Bear with Me, by Edie Monte

Worst Christmas Ever …

Blake

Ollie is the worst! He took up half my seat on the plane, and now he’s taking up my entire vacation cabin, the one I booked after my sister said I couldn’t come home for the holidays this year.

After a night of pouting (and waking up curled next to this stranger, who is almost as warm as a cozy fireplace), I sympathize with him. He’s also avoiding his family, but for a different reason. They want to know when he’ll settle down and start a family.

The longer we stay in this three-room cabin together, the more I wonder the same, and if he’d consider settling down with a grumpy, high-maintenance omega like me. Oh, did I mention he’s a bear shifter? I wouldn’t dare snuggle up to a wild animal, but this giant in my bed is giving me all kinds of knotty ideas.

Maybe our shared cabin with only one bed isn’t so bad, after all.

Bear with Me is a snarky, spicy holiday mpreg romance between a sweet sunshine alpha brown bear shifter and his grumpy perma-frown human omega. If you love home-away-from-home Christmas activities, apology presents, “I don’t know if you’ve seen you, but you’re way too big to sleep on a loveseat,” versatile positions, and adorable babies, this book is for you!

Bear with Me is part of Double-booked for the Holidays, a multi-author mpreg shared setting at Christmas series with sexy shifters and forced proximity. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not read them all?

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Books, Balls, and Cute Butts for Christmas, by Cali Kitsu & Cameron D. James

Frosty Bottoms, Vermont, is home of the largest Christmas festival on the east coast and the state’s hottest gay bar, Bottoms Up.

Two months ago, at the bar’s Halloween party, a wolf with abs like Adonis had a scorching hot hookup in the men’s room with a sexy, tattooed mouse. Now that Christmas is almost here, the burning embers of that night come roaring back to life.

International soccer superstar Jacob Rizzo is hiding out in Frosty Bottoms after being suspended for punching a referee. Laying low during his suspension, he starts up a contracting business, doing odd jobs for the locals, who’ve agreed to keep his whereabouts a secret.

Twilight-obsessed bookseller Edward Kane is moving to Frosty Bottoms to open Hot for Plot, a new romance bookstore. With the help of his bartender brother, he hires a contractor to bring his dream shop to life. Between the contractor’s sexy voice on their daily calls and his brother’s teasing about how hot he is, Edward can’t wait to meet him.

Despite wanting to make a good first impression, when the two finally meet, Edward ends up face first against Jacob’s bulge. Jacob instantly recognizes the top of that head: it’s the mouse from Halloween. But Edward has no idea they’ve met before.

Jacob is everything Edward is not—athletic, confident, and soccer-obsessed—while Edward is quiet, dresses in emo blacks, and hopelessly romantic. They couldn’t be more opposite. While Jacob is certain he can’t ever have a relationship, Edward carries around a personal Book Boyfriend List.

Playful teasing soon ignites into a secret holiday romance amid the town’s glittering Snowflake Festival. But if the media discovers Jacob’s hiding place it will mean the end of his privacy and the quiet life he’s built in Frosty Bottoms.

Books, Balls, and Cute Butts for Christmas is a high-heat MM romance filled with potent pineapple juice, a book boyfriend auction, and a foul-mouthed parrot.

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The Gambler’s Prize, by Lana Bright

I won him to extract my revenge. So why is losing him my biggest fear?

Lord Florian Southland ruined my life and sent me to prison. Now it’s time for justice. I trick the spoiled little aristocrat into losing at cards. He’ll give me two years of his life in indentured servitude, just like he stole two years of mine.

But when he starts work, he isn’t what I expected. Scars on his torso tell me that his life hasn’t been as charmed as I thought. He’s sweet. Eager to please. When he says, “Yes, Boss,” it makes me look at his full lips more than I want to. For the first time in months, I’m not lonely. My pathetic need for his affection fights with my need to destroy him.

At last I’m stung into revealing my hatred. He runs off. My house feels empty without him. I miss his singing, his constant annoying chatter, and the way he ties up his long dark hair with velvet. I know it’s the opposite of my plan. But I want to chase after him, catch him and bring him home where he belongs.

The Gambler’s Prize is a standalone MM no-magic fantasy romance novel with a HEA. It features a sweet, broken rich boy who just wants to serve and the gruff ex-prisoner who takes charge of him.

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The Pushy Pixies Are Going Down (Hopefully), by Michele Notaro

Are there pixies absolutely everywhere? Unfortunately.

Tiny flying faeries with poisonous dust? Great…

Is Winter calling me his boyfriend all of a sudden? Wait. What?

It’s pixie season, and they’re everywhere. Win and I are wearing so much pixie gear we look like we’re in space suits. It isn’t fun, but getting dusted is worse. Pixies. Ugh. But Chaos and Aeson need our help, so here we are.

To top it off, Winter and I have people showing up from our pasts, demanding our attention and bringing up old hurts. But at least I have him by my side this time—and he has me. Not sure how long it’ll last—even though my heart wants forever and Win’s saying all the right things—but I’m definitely going to hold on to him while I can.

The Pushy Pixies Are Going Down (Hopefully) is an MM urban fantasy and the second book in Miles and Winter’s love story. Each book will have its own supernatural problem with a HFN ending for the couple, but there will be overarching plot themes throughout the series.

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A Coyote for Christmas, by Geneva Vand

Blake wasn’t expecting to be wooed by someone playing Secret Santa twelve-days-of-Christmas style, but he certainly isn’t complaining. Presents are fun after all, especially when your Secret Santa seems to know all your favorites. Things get a little more mysterious when the gifts begin matching the oddly friendly coyote that’s started hanging out on his porch. Blake can’t help thinking fanciful thoughts, but shifters don’t actually exist…do they?

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Paid to Play, by Jax Stuart

Dean had no clue that taking in two roommates would change the course of his life.

Broke and on the brink of losing his house, Dean takes in his nephew, Ezra, and Ezra’s cousin, Nicky. He doesn’t care that Nicky is a camboy, and when offered the chance of being Paid to Play with Naughty N on camera, he takes his chance to be with the younger guy, setting a series of events in motion.

Working with Nicky has opened Ezra’s eyes to feelings he thought he didn’t have for his cousin… and his uncle.

Sandwiched between uncle and nephew, Nicky’s living the dream, but taking their dynamic into real life could end up being a nightmare if anyone finds out.

Paid to Play is an MMM romance between a camboy, his cousin, and the cousin’s uncle.

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Secrets at Dawn, by April Kelley

Falling for your best friend’s older brother is bad enough. Being the reason his pack might fall apart? That’s so much worse.

Toby Spencer has two secrets. The first isn’t so bad. A lot of wolf shifters have magical abilities. Some can even make people disappear. Right? Right?!

His second secret’s far more deadly. It means he’ll have to betray his best friend and his friend’s hot older brother if he wants his secrets to stay hidden. A hot older brother who’s his fated mate.

Griffin is a deputy. It’s a necessity to help keep the peace at pack meetings. But pack meetings aren’t the only place where the pack members are causing problems.

Someone will do anything to become alpha, including blackmail and betraying the pack. And they’ll take Toby and Griffin down with them.

If you like fated mates with a size difference, forbidden love, knotting, and small towns with a wolf pack that has a lot of problems, then you’ll love this steamy romance. This is a Fortune Falls novel.

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MateHub: Legend, by Marie Reynard
Narrated by Harley Chase & Zachary Zaba

The contract was simple: three months, seven scenes, zero feelings. Following it was not.

Richard Knotz is a legend in the world of supernatural adult entertainment, and he knows it. While most paranormal adult actors shy away from the temporary bonds needed to perform knotting scenes, he’s made them his brand. Bonding a human could never threaten to tear his empire to the ground, no matter how tempting that human smells.

Hunter Savage thinks Richard Knotz is a smug son of a wolf, but when he’s offered a contract to work with him, the payout is too lucrative to say no. Three months bonded to Richard could make his entire career. He just doesn’t expect to find a soft side under Richard’s prickly exterior, or for the apartment they’re forced to share to start feeling like home.

The bonding contract is easy and painless as long as they remember one cardinal rule: don’t get attached. Their employer has no use for unprofessional fools who let feelings jeopardize profits. But in between filming scorching scenes with ridiculous scenarios, they discover they’re more compatible than either could have imagined.

As their limited time together winds down, they face a choice—risk their careers for the unexpected connection they’ve found, or lose their bond forever.

MateHub: Legend is a high heat, arranged bonding, forced proximity, dislike-to-love paranormal romance featuring an arrogant wolf shifter who thinks a little too highly of various parts of his anatomy, the feisty human who finally takes him down a few notches, nosy fans, meddling friends, knotting, and a contract that is destined to fail.

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He’ll marry the maid to get $50 million, but a secret could queer the deal.

Taylor Fitzgerald needs a last-minute bride.

On the eve of his twenty-fifth birthday, he discovers his billionaire daddy is screwing him out of his grandfather’s inheritance.

The only way out? Marry a woman before midnight. And there’s only one place to do it – Las Vegas.

When his first plan falls through, Taylor focuses in on a crazy plot – marry the hotel maid!

The beautiful Ally May, with the voice of an angel, has her own reasons to want to escape Las Vegas, so she could be his answer.

Just one problem. Taylor needs to marry a woman – and Ally isn’t one.

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Goals & Holes, by Jem Wendel

On the field, ride hard. Off the field, play harder.

Simon
Working at a luxury Aspen resort sounds glamorous, right? Wrong. Around the world, one hot, sweaty kitchen is much like another. But this low-level temp job is especially bitter because I would be running my own restaurant by now—if my business “partner” hadn’t disappeared with all my money.

At least, with the resort hosting a big polo tournament, the athletic eye candy is something to behold. Especially the darkly gorgeous Argentinian horseman who ignites fantasies of a harmless, one-night hookup.

Andrés
One minute I’m living my best carefree playboy life. The next, I’m just another illegitimate son of a man whose will left me nothing but the need to find a job. Cold, snowy Aspen is a chilly contrast to an Argentine summer, but the resort’s cute-as-hell chef fires up my imagination—and my bed. Seems like the perfect distraction before I head for the UK and my new career.

Except one night turns into two, then three, then…a kiss that complicates everything.

Ready for a not-so-average sports MM romance? Goals & Holes is the first in a series set in the intense and exhilarating world of Polo. Tropes: low-angst, cute-language-barrier, sweet-with-heat, insta-lust, holiday fling, found family. With horses! Best served with fresh carrots and a slushie (wine optional) to keep cool.

Meet the Blackwood Knights – they play fast and ride hard on and off the field!

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