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Rule Breaker by Lily Morton

Rule Breaker by Lily Morton

Dylan has worked for Gabe for two years. Two long years of sarcastic comments. Two long years of insults, and having to redo the coffee pot four times in the mornings to meet his exacting standards. Not surprisingly he has devoted a lot of time to increasingly inventive ways to murder Gabe. From stabbing him with a cake fork, to garrotting him with his expensive tie, Dylan has thought of everything. However, a chance encounter opens his eyes to the attraction that has always lain between them, concealed by the layers of antipathy. There are only two problems …. Read more.

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Death of a parent in a murder-suicide incident, off-page

Oz by Lily Morton

Oz Gallagher does not do relationships well. Bored and jobless after another disastrous hookup, he decides to leave London for a temporary job in the wilds of Cornwall. Surely managing a stately home on a country estate will be easier than navigating the detritus of his relationships at home. Six months there will alleviate a bit of his wanderlust and then he can come back to London as footloose and fancy-free as the day he left it. However, when he gets there he finds a house in danger of crumbling to the ground and a man who is completely unlike anyone he’s ever met… Read more.

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Child abuse recounted

Milo by Lily Morton

Milo by Lily Morton

Milo has been burying himself at Chi an Mor, hiding from the wreckage of his once-promising career and running from a bad relationship that destroyed what little confidence he had. Niall, his big brother’s best friend, has been there for him that entire time. An arrogant and funny man, Niall couldn’t be any more different from the shy and occasionally stuttering Milo, which has never stopped Milo from crushing wildly on the man who saved him. However, just as Milo makes the decision to move on from his hopeless… Read more.

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Domestic abuse

We Own Tonight by Corinne Michaels

We Own Tonight by Corinne Michaels

I’m not a one-night stand kind of woman. I’m especially not the woman who has a few drinks at a concert and ends up in bed with my childhood celebrity crush, Eli Walsh. However, that’s exactly where I find myself. What’s a girl to do after a drunken mistake? Run. I grab my clothes and get away from the powerful, irresistible, and best-sex-of-my-life superstar as fast as I can. His gorgeous green eyes, rock-hard body, and cocky smile have no place in my world. My life is complicated enough. Someone forgot to tell him that… Read more.

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Divorce recounted
Sibling with Huntington’s Disease

Melt for You by JT Geissinger

Melt for You by J.T. Geissinger

Socially awkward Joellen Bixby has a date every Saturday—with her cat, a pint of ice cream, and fantasies of the way-too-handsome Michael Maddox. She’d give anything to win over the unattainable CEO of her firm, but how can she when she blends in so well with her cubicle? The answer may be closer than she thinks Cameron McGregor is a cocky, tattooed Scottish rugby captain who just moved in next door. He’s not Jo’s type—at all—but the notorious playboy is offering to teach the wallflower everything he knows about inspiring desire. Though a lot of women have… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Fatmisia & body shaming
Attempted sexual assault
Suicide, off-page

Rewind by Rowan Shaw

Rewind by Rowan Shaw

The day Enzo Chevalier lost his hearing, everything changed. Forced to rebuild his future and fight for his dreams, Enzo refused to let anything take him down…until the man of his life walked out on him and shattered his heart. Florian Beaudry had his whole life figured out. His business was flourishing and everything was settling down at last. Or so he believed…until he walked in on his girlfriend and best friend. Still on the rebound and unable to trust another man, Enzo never expected a chance encounter with Florian… Read more.

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Ableism
Homomisia
Bimisia

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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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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Abortion recounted