Gay Romance Report October 28, 2025

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The Best Parts of Him, by Amy Aislin

Sometimes the sweetest victories happen off the ice.
Ryland Zervudachi lives for the game of hockey—and for the chance to build the kind of team unity that will carry the Columbus Pilots all the way back to the playoffs after last season’s crushing defeat. Off the ice, though, there’s one goal he hasn’t managed to score—the heart of Kyle Dabbs, the Vermont Trailblazers’ team captain and his long-time crush.
Kyle Dabbs has built a life centered on quiet strength. After a childhood scarred by his father’s verbal abuse, Dabbs pours his energy into his career on the ice and the book series he’s written to help kids like the boy he once was. He doesn’t need someone flashy, loud, and spotlight-loving like Ryland turning his world upside down.
But when an untimely appendectomy leaves Dabbs stuck at home, Ryland—recovering from an injury—shows up to help. Between late-night Scrabble competitions, pumpkin-carving mishaps, and long talks that peel back layers they’ve both kept hidden, Dabbs begins to see past Ryland’s bold exterior.
With chemistry sparking and walls crumbling, both men must decide if they’re ready to risk their hearts for something even better than a championship: love.

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Don’t Scare Me, My Love, by Flynn Woods

He tries to scare me. I scare him back.

Nicholas loves horror movies, creepy places, and gory stuff. It makes him feel alive.
While traveling around the country filming for his MyTube channel, gas station owner Jason catches his attention. Not only does he wear an eye patch, but his stories about how he got it are gory and entertaining—even if they’re clearly made up. They talk longer than expected, and soon, they compete to see who is the crazier one. It ends with a dare: If Nicholas can scare Jason, he’ll go on a date with him.
Challenge accepted.
There is only one problem: Jason is not so easy to scare…

Don’t Scare Me, My Love is a sweet, spicy, and slightly spooky gay romance following gas station owner Jason and horror film enthusiast Nicholas. Expect a Happy Ever After and definitely no jumpscares. (I swear. None. Okay, you got me. Maybe one.) This standalone novella is book one of Seastone Seasons.

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Cam & AJ, by Hinsel Meyer

A sports agent and his best client shouldn’t be in this position, but we’re not just agent and client, we’re also friends.
In fact, AJ is one of the people I like most in this world, so when he proposes this scheme that’s supposed to help me enjoy my twentieth high school reunion, I’m shamed to admit, it really doesn’t take that much convincing.
But who in their right mind would ever believe I’m actually in a secret relationship with the multiple-superbowl-winning quarterback of the LA Warriors?
All of my former classmates apparently…

Gomillion High Reunion series is a multi-author collaboration celebrating the 20th reunion of former classmates in a charming small town. From fake dating and long-held rivalries to first loves and second chances, anything can happen when the past and present collide. Don’t miss the reunion – RSVP today!

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Two for Holding, by S.B. Barnes

Tom Crowler has been captain of the San Francisco Sea Lions for a decade of failures. With no cups or trophies to show for his time in the NHL, Tom retreated into himself a long time ago, and that’s exactly where he intends to stay until he retires. But when he catches the new team superstar, Jaxon Grant, in a compromising position, Tom finds it impossible to continue hiding his deepest secret behind a bland, pleasant mask.

Jax is everything Tom isn’t: loud, flashy, the winner of multiple NHL Awards, and—oh, yeah—gay enough to get traded to San Francisco because of a potential PR scandal with his old team. At first, he thinks Tom catching him means the next trade, the next rejection for being just a little too much for other people to take. When it turns out the two of them have more in common than talent on the ice, though, Jax finds himself drawn in by pulling Tom out.

As animosity gives way to a partnership neither of them saw coming, Tom and Jax are left facing new challenges. Will Jax’s impulsive nature put Tom’s deeply valued privacy at risk? Or will Tom’s reticence force Jax into pretending to be someone he isn’t? And if they can’t even figure each other out, how can they save a struggling NHL team from bad coaching and internal division?

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The Lookout’s Ghost, by A. Knightley

Reece West
I don’t believe in ghosts. I also don’t believe in cottage cheese as a main food group, but sometimes in life, we are forced to confront when we’re wrong.

Thankfully, I was only mistaken about the ghosts.

At thirty-four years old, I’m arguably too young to have a midlife crisis, but a life-changing diagnosis followed swiftly by a caustic breakup seems to have done the trick. Reeling, I’ve traveled home to Ponderosa, Idaho, Gateway to Nowhere, to spend the summer high above the forest in a remote fire lookout tower.

An escape from the maelstrom my life has become should be good for me, right? Except solitude is difficult to come by when you aren’t actually alone. Despite its name, the very last thing I expect to find living with me in Dead Man’s Lookout is, well, a dead man. Especially not one as shockingly kind, attractive, and funny as Charlie Randolph.

The only problem is, he’s maybe, probably, a serial killer. Or is he?

Suddenly, I’m thrust into a decades-old cold case involving six murdered hikers and one (not so) missing fire lookout. When history begins to repeat itself, falling for a ghost is the least of my concerns. But nothing is ever as it seems in Ponderosa, and I’m not sure if Charlie and I are strong enough to weather the truth when we realize Death isn’t lurking in the shadows—it’s already inside.

The Lookout’s Ghost is a heart-stopping paranormal romance with plenty of mystery and suspense to go around. Look out and watch your step if you dare enter the Gateway to Nowhere, or you just may come face-to-face with the cold-blooded killer who hunts there.

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Quarterback Drill, by Christie Gordon

Breaking down in front of a repair shop wasn’t what I needed. Neither was falling for the broody mechanic under the hood.

Casey
Football is my future—my escape, my identity.
But when my Beamer craps out in a sketchy part of town, I meet Ryker Hart, the grumpy mechanic who calls me a pretty boy and still makes my stomach flip.
Fixing my car turns into coaching his brother, crashing dinners, and falling harder than I should.
He’s rough around the edges and hiding his pain.
But when he lets me in, I want everything.
Even if that means risking my career before the draft.

Ryker
I don’t have time for cocky quarterbacks with BMWs and perfect smiles.
I’m busy keeping my shop running and my kid brother on track after our mom landed in prison.
But Casey Carter crashes into my life like he owns it, and somehow ends up coaching my brother, eating dinner with us, and making me laugh like no one ever has.
He shouldn’t want a guy like me.
And I definitely shouldn’t be dreaming of a future with him.

Quarterback Drill is book 2 of Desert Football and features a sunshiny quarterback, a grumpy mechanic, secret heartaches, brotherly bonds, emotional healing, and a swoony attraction that turns explosive. Expect dirty talk, dirty hands, and a love that refuses to stall out.

Buy now and fall for the boys who fix more than just engines.

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Shared with the Hellhounds, by J.J. Jude

One nerdy witch. Two alpha hellhounds. A happily ever fated (and mated) Halloween.

Constantly bullied. Relentlessly teased. As the only orphan witch at St. Salem Academy, I’m a daily target for my spoiled classmates and haughty professors. They don’t think I’m a real witch. I’ll prove them all wrong.

Yet after casting the conjuration spell, I realize something isn’t right. I haven’t summoned a friendly spirit from beyond the veil. I’ve invited something …no, somethings…from the fiery underworld.

Two hulking hellhounds materialize. They wear the handsome faces of men from my messy dreams. Damning smirks. Sweet promises. They want to protect me. They call me mate.

But before I can collar and bind these two brutes as my familiars, I’ll have to service them. Both of them. At the same time. Is it another trick? Or is this the treat I’ve always craved?

Part of the Halloween Temptation Multi-Author Series.
This Halloween, carve out some time to enjoy some frightfully spicy stories. Don’t be afraid, none of it is real… or so our boys tell themselves. But if they face their fear, if they give in to temptation, they’re in for an eerie-sistible first time. And if they’re lucky, find love – as a treat.

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The Sky Pirate’s Stowaway, by Michele Notaro & TJ Rose

Three rules for surviving aboard The Black Wraith:

Rule 1: Never dare to challenge the wicked captain.
Rule 2: Never reveal your secret magical powers.
Rule 3: Absolutely don’t fall in love with the mysterious, unfairly attractive first mate…

Kaspar
How in the world did I end up in the cargo hold of the most notorious pirate ship ever?

Holy phoenix tails, I’m in trouble.

Running from the law is bad enough, but now I’m terrified of the scary pirate captain and his petrifying crew. One wrong move, and I’m sea serpent bait.

I’m not sure I can find my place among this crew of cunning pirates. But then there’s him—Maximus Blackwood. The first mate, known as The Reaper to all others, pulls me in with his sad eyes, his hidden kindness, and those rare smiles he saves only for me. Between battles and secret meetings in the crow’s nest, something undeniable grows between us.

I should keep away. But when he looks at me like I’m the freedom he’s been searching for, how can I possibly resist?

Maximus
I found him in the cargo hold.

Pale skin, freckles, and a defiance that outweighed his fear.

For years, I’ve kept The Black Wraith’s aeronauts in line, my reputation as The Reaper ensuring our survival. I don’t have time for distractions—especially not stowaways with secrets and an irritating talent for seeing through me.

Kaspar Ward is trouble personified. He doesn’t belong in our world of air battles and plunder, asking questions, watching me with those perceptive, pretty green eyes.

Now I find myself teaching him how to survive Captain Van Jagger’s brutal command while fighting my own battle—keeping my growing fascination with him hidden from a crew that shows no mercy to weakness.

Danger and desire collide in The Sky Pirate’s Stowaway, the first book in The Black Wraith series, an MM romantasy which will sweep you off your feet and into the endless skies.

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Dark Little Game, by Raleigh Ruebins

I’m pulled too deep into a monster’s web.
Hunter Knox shouldn’t be at my college.
My best friend’s brother is unhinged. Dark. Violent.
And now he’s in our secret society frat, forced to share my room.
I only kiss him on the first night to get revenge, because Hunter doesn’t usually kiss men, and I don’t usually kiss psychopaths.
But the spark that flares between us becomes a forbidden game we play.
Hunter starts to follow me around like a stalker.
Becoming a little too obsessed with me.
We share an all-consuming secret that his brother can’t find out. And when I’m attacked, Hunter snaps into chaos, hell-bent on protecting me like I’m his possession.
Onyx Society is a fraternity that shouldn’t have to play by college rules, but someone from the outside is targeting us.
Targeting me.
Now nothing is safe. My best friendship, my sanity, and my heart.
Lines blur between desire and control… and I start to think I might want him to win this brutal game.

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Burying Venus, by Ari Domna

Seduced by a faerie, an envious servant poisons his masters and sets off a brutal chain of events that could destroy his homeland, his people, and the young lord he secretly loves.

Dermot Hatfield is no one. A kitchen servant and a bastard, he serves the once-mighty Stanley family while they hide behind stone walls and foreign titles, living in luxury while the local people starve. Aubrey Stanley, the kind-eyed youngest son, is a fantasy far beyond his reach.

But when Dermot crosses paths with Maldred, a beautiful faerie eager to exploit his bitterness, something in him cracks. Maldred doesn’t offer justice. He offers vengeance. And Dermot, with a sick thrill, agrees to slip something into the meals of the men he’s spent long nights fantasising about destroying.

The poison doesn’t kill—it drives the Stanleys mad.

No one is more affected than Robert, Lord Stanley’s eldest son, who sets his sights on burnings and witch trials. He sends for the most infamous witchfinder in the mainland, a man as unsettlingly beautiful as he is unhinged.

As his mother and village fall under suspicion, Dermot must put aside his hatred to stop Maldred’s rising influence and the Stanleys’ last desperate push for power. But his growing desire for Aubrey threatens to undo what little control he has left.

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I Think I Found a Vampire, by Colette Rivera

Axel’s world turns upside down when a vampire moves in next door, and he catches the monster mid-feed. He scrambles to protect himself, but the vampire is unexpectedly charming.

Is his good-natured smile part of his hunting technique? Axel fears he might die for a pretty face.

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I Think I Found a Vampire is an 8,000 word MM paranormal romance stand alone short story featuring a nervous human with a sense of humor, a hot vampire, and way too much garlic. This story is set in the Shearwater Landing world and is perfect for new and familiar readers alike. HEA guaranteed!

I Think I Found a Vampire first appeared in the RARE Melbourne 2025 paperback anthology. Minor changes have been made, otherwise the overall story remains the same.

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The Dead Don’t Talk, by Rae Stone

A decade ago, I was made a promise. Now, I get to watch him make the same one twice.

𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁. 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝗙𝘂𝗰𝗸.

That’s all I’ve ever aimed for in this life. All I’ve ever needed to keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep moving forward.

Training others to do the same just made sense. No feelings. No expectations.

I never expected for the man I’ve kept at arms length for the last ten years to challenge that with the assistance of my brand new recruit and his sweet cherry pastries.

Is it possible to overcome the past and give up my heart to the two men that have shown me that it still beats?

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠 is a full-length MMM dark dystopian romance as part of the 1NF3CTION shared world collab. Each book is a standalone containing themes and situations not intended for readers under the age of 18. All characters are consenting adults.

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Not a Working Vacation, by Jaime Samms

A work-o-holic lawyer, a handy-man, and a Halloween festival collide in Griffon’s Elbow this Halloween. What could possibly go wrong?

For one, the houses might get a bit too into the spirit of the season and hold the lawyer hostage.

The handy-man might be left in charge of a herd of teenagers.

The festival might have a million roadblocks stopping it from happening.

While the lawyer tries not to set the B&B on fire with a glue gun, the handy-man tries not to accidentally (on purpose) lose any of the teens in the straw bale maze, and the rest of the town attempts to clear the way for the festival to take place, it’s also possible the lawyer and the handy-man catch feelings.

Stranger things have happened in Griffon’s Elbow, after all.

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Fever Dream, by Aria Brennan

Casey Calloway’s life is basically a highlight reel.
Best football school in the State? Check.
Number one draft pick? Easy.
Starting line-up for the league’s biggest club? Done.
He’s got the skills, the charisma, and an entire fanbase wrapped around his little finger. Everything’s gone exactly to plan—until a career-threatening injury blows the whole thing wide open.
His only lifeline? An interstate move to the league’s newest franchise, the struggling East Coast Fever—a team with just seven wins in three seasons. To everyone else, it looks like career sabotage. But the Fever has something no other club can offer and that is Harrison Thornfield, a brilliant physiotherapist whose expertise might be Casey’s ticket to get his life back on track.
Casey came to the East Coast to save his career.
He didn’t expect to fall in love with the Fever… or the man determined to keep him in one piece.
Loving him? Easy.
Surviving the fallout? That’s a whole new game.

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Targeted by Temptation, by Lorelei M. Hart & Colbie Dunbar

I shouldn’t even look at him. He belongs to the enemy. He can never be mine. But my wolf calls him mine. How long can I resist?

My task is simple: Go into Stravon territory, deliver the new treaty, and leave. No negotiations. No meetings. No violence. Done.

If only it were that easy.

I made the mistake of going to the local human club to let off some steam. I couldn’t possibly step on any toes there, right? Wrong. When I scent the Beta of the Stravon Pack, I decide to leave out the back, making a wrong turn into a storeroom. The most glorious scent fills my senses and I know, without a single second’s hesitation, my mate is here. And he is there… hiding behind some boxes and begging me to help him.

It isn’t until we are in my car that I discover that he belongs to the Stravon Pack heir apparent. My mate is their arranged husband to be and I may have just started a war.

Targeted by Temptation is the third book in the popular Between the Greys series by Colbie Dunbar and Lorelei M. Hart. It features an alpha wolf who turns an errand into a political disaster, the human who was promised to another for his family’s financial gain, true love, fated mates, and an adorable baby. If you love your omegas strong, your shifters hawt, and your happy ever afters complete with a bundle of joy, download your copy today.

PREORDER, Releasing November 3

Heart2Heart Volume 8

Once upon a time, a bunch of authors wondered… could Heart2Heart, the dating and community app trusted by queer singles around the world, help find the perfect temporary Plus One?

Whether it’s to protect your ‘assets’ at a fundraising gala, attend an ex’s wedding, share a tantric yoga class, walk the dog, or stand by your side at a funeral, sometimes you just need the right person at the right time, and H2H is here to help make it happen.

As always, all proceeds from this anthology will benefit LGBTQ+ charities to ensure that love in all its incarnations will be celebrated and protected every single day of the year!

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Feral Wolf, by Tessa Kane

Experience is a brutal teacher.

At fifteen, I was tossed into the human foster care system. Packless and alone, I survived by learning how to blend in, how to go unnoticed…and how to steal money from those who won’t miss it.

A shifter-owned casino, however, is not the best place to employ that last lesson.

Caught cheating and tossed into an illegal underground fight, my human best friend and I are forced face off with the Vegas Alpha’s champion, a hulking alpha wolf who’s ripped apart countless other shifters. But instead of a killer’s bloodlust, all I see lurking in the wolf’s eyes is misery.

And my fated mate.

After managing to fight our way out, we make our way halfway across the country to my new mate’s former pack. Unfortunately, the situation there isn’t anything like Blake remembers and the people in charge don’t look kindly on his bloody history—or my own.

To prevent the mistakes of our past from destroying our future, we need to prove my mate can control his wolf well enough to lead his pack and bring down the Vegas Alpha once and for all.

Feral Wolf is an MM fated mates romance set in world where mpreg is possible. It features a wary omega who doesn’t trust fate and the half-feral alpha who becomes his destiny. This book can be read as a standalone, but it’s best enjoyed as part of the Exiled Omegas series.