Category Archives: Contemporary

One Step Too Close by K.A. Merikan

One Step Too Close by K.A. Merikan

Ryder. Controlling. Ambitious. Protective. Jed. Self-destructive. Trapped. Lonely. Their love? Forbidden. Taboo. All-consuming. For Jed, the Coffin Nails Motorcycle Club is family. With them, he learned how to think, what to enjoy, and how to fight, but there is one thing he knows his friends can’t find out about. They would never accept him as gay, and so his life is a constant struggle with desires that fill him with despair. Only there is a much darker secret lurking in Jed’s heart. His feelings for his stepbrother, Ryder, go far beyond brotherly. Trapped with a yearning… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Attempted suicide
  • Self-harm (burns)
  • Torture
  • Blackmail
  • Organised crime (motorcycle club)

Unforgotten by Garrett Leigh

Unforgotten by Garrett Leigh

Billy Daley hasn’t been home in years, and he likes it that way. He’s just fine on his own—he has a cash-in-hand job at a scrapyard, a half-feral cat to keep him company, and many miles between him, his hometown and all the baggage that comes with it. Until the job goes sideways. Suddenly he’s back in Rushmere, working for none other than his brother’s best friend—a man whose kiss Billy can’t seem to forget. Gus Amour’s memories of Billy Daley are all spiky edges, lips crushed against lips and a reckless streak that always ended in trouble. But when Billy needs a place to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Drug use mentioned
  • Chronic illness
  • Death of a parent from illness mentioned
  • Animal abuse & neglect

The Secret by Stella Gray

The Secret by Stella Gray

On the day I was married, I promised to love, honor, and obey my husband Stefan Little did I know how literally I would mean obeying. Stefan tells me what to do, and I do it. There are questions asked, but I always submit in the end. It would hurt less if I hadn’t started falling for him. It was supposed to be pretend. But the secrets we now share are too real, and they’re crumbling every piece of who I thought I was. If only Stefan was the man I thought he was. If only I weren’t so powerless. But there’s one thing I have that he wants. My body.  And I’ll do anything it takes to right the wrongs I’ve discovered.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sexism
  • Sex trafficking mentioned
  • Statutory rape mentioned
  • Drugging
  • Death of a parent recounted

Separation Games by CD Reiss

Separation Games by C.D. Reiss

These are the unbreakable rules in the game. Stay collected. Compartmentalize. Think your next move through. Never let your heart dictate your tactics. These are the unbreakable rules in the game. Stay collected. Compartmentalize. Think your next move through. Never let your heart dictate your tactics. Because the heart may have decided to get Adam back, but when the endgame comes, the heart’s going to be the first thing to break.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Abortion recounted

Broken Vow by Stella Gray

Broken Vow by Stella Gray

My husband isn’t a gentle man. And God knows he isn’t the sharing type. Rico’s announcement has dropped a bomb into my marriage. I never thought I’d see Rico again. Never thought Dante would ever have to know.
Seeing the way he looks at me now, as though I’m just another problem to be handled? It’s breaking my heart. I thought I was in love once before. I swore I wouldn’t make the same mistake twice. But falling for a Bellanti was far worse than a simple mistake…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Domestic abuse mentioned
  • Alcoholism mentioned
  • Gambling addiction mentioned
  • Blackmail

My Sinful Nights by Lauren Blakely

My Sinful Nights by Lauren Blakely

Ten years ago, I let the love of my life slip through my fingers. It’s my greatest regret, especially since she’s all but disappeared. When she walks back into my world unexpectedly, I have one mission — win her back. Whatever it takes. But the gorgeous, brilliant, tough-as-iron Shannon has secrets of her own, and a family past she’s trying to escape. But the gorgeous, brilliant, tough-as-iron Shannon has secrets of her own, and a family past she’s trying to escape. But the gorgeous, brilliant, tough-as-iron Shannon has secrets of her own, and a family past she’s trying to escape.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Miscarriage mentioned
  • Incarceration of a parent

Changes Coming Down by Kaje Harper

Changes Coming Down by Kaje Harper

Sheriff Casey Barlow has a slick, media-savvy challenger out to beat him in the upcoming election. Casey’s damned good at his job, but he hasn’t kissed the right asses, and early polls suggest voters like his opponent’s style. Coming out now, let alone revealing his relationship with two men, could sink any hope of keeping his badge. Scott Edison has a real shot at the NHL. He’s playing the best hockey of his life. Whenever he can, he travels home to his gruff sheriff and their laid-back cowboy, but there are no out gay players in the NHL. As a rookie working his ass off… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Outing
  • Rape mentioned
  • Death of a child mentioned
  • Suicide mentioned
  • Blackmail

Open Encounters by Luna David and Morningstar Ashley

Open Encounters by Luna David and Morningstar Ashley

I knew the moment I saw him that he was going to change my life. What I didn’t know was how. One thing had been clear…I wanted him. I felt his stare across the room, had felt his pull and desire in my core. Nothing’s changed since that night three years ago. He can still control me with his eyes. He can still heat me up in minutes. He shows me a world I never knew existed. A world filled with passion and desire and the freedom of sex in all forms. He gives me everything I didn’t know I needed. I’m his and he’s mine, and he proves that to me every day.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape
  • Incest

Part-Time Husband by Noelle Adams

Part-Time Husband by Noelle Adams

On a Wednesday afternoon, I ask Trevor Bentley to marry me. He might be the most arrogant, obnoxious man I know, but I need him to be my husband for a year. There are reasons. He’s not going to be a real husband. Just part-time. Yes, I have to live with him. And, okay, I also have to share his bed. And, sure, he’s the sexiest and most exciting thing to ever happen to my controlled, organized life He’s not going to be a real husband. Just part-time. Yes, I have to live with him. And, okay, I also have to share his bed… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misogyny
  • Death of parents

Reading the Signs by Keira Andrews

Reading the Signs by Keira Andrews

As a teenager crushing on Jake Fitzgerald, his big brother’s teammate, pitcher Nico Agresta decided he can never act on his desire for men. Nico is desperate to live up to his Italian-American family’s baseball legacy, and if he can win Rookie of the Year in the big leagues like his dad and brother did, maybe he can prove he’s worthy. At 34, veteran catcher Jake just wants to finish out his contract and retire. His team doesn’t have a prayer of making the playoffs, but who needs the stress anyway? Jake lost his passion for the game—and life—after driving away the man he loved. He… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia & homomisic slur
  • Emesis
  • Death of a parent from cancer