Category Archives: Queer Lit

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

Tied Up in Knots by Mary Calmes

Tied Up in Knots by Mary Calmes

Miro Jones is living the life: he’s got his exciting, fulfilling job as a US deputy marshal, his gorgeous Greystone in suburban Chicago, his beloved adopted family, and most importantly, the man who captured his heart, Ian Doyle. Problem is, Ian isn’t just his partner at work—Ian’s a soldier through and through. That commitment takes him away from Miro, unexpectedly and often, and it’s casting a shadow over what could be everything Miro could ever dream of. Work isn’t the same without Ian. Home isn’t the same, either, and Miro’s having to face his fears alone… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Bimisia
  • Sexual assault
  • Gun violence
  • Animal death (dog)

Keep Me Still by Stephen Hoppa

Keep Me Still by Stephen Hoppa

Travis thinks his life is out of control—until the night he crashes into Cody. That’s when he learns what it truly means to surrender everything. Cody is strong, sexy, and more generous than Travis believed possible. He takes him in and begins unravelling all the pain and secrets that led to Travis being alone, homeless, and running for his life with an envelope of stolen cash. With such a sweet, fragile heart, Travis has never let his guard down with anyone, but he can’t resist falling deeper and deeper into Cody’s effortless dominance and possessive touch. Over stormy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Alcoholism mentioned
  • Suicide mentioned
  • Drug overdose mentioned
  • Homelessness

Embraced by Nicholas Bella

Embraced by Nicholas Bella

I’ve been betrayed by someone I trusted. Because of him, I was captured by my loathed enemy: The vampires. Right now, the sun is still high in the sky, but I know when it sets, I’m as good as dead. They can’t wait to get their fangs into me. I guess some would say I have it coming. I did raise a lot of hell with my Resistance crew, and I was planning on raising a hell of a lot more at dawn before I was sold out by Jonah. The vampires, werewolves, and dragons have been trying to track me down for months and I’d always been two steps ahead of them… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misogyny
  • Rape

Acceptance by Nicholas Bella

Acceptance by Nicholas Bella

It’s a new night and that means more of Theoden’s lessons, one of which I was still recuperating from. I was so out of control last night and if my current physical condition is any indicator, my brothers definitely had their way with me. As far as my relationship with Theoden goes, I can’t help but feel drawn to him. I feel as though he’s accepting me as I’m accepting him in some morbid way. I don’t know… maybe it’s because I know I don’t have any choices. There’s no way out for me. I’m his and we both know it. Maybe there’s still some fight left in me, some little nugget of Noel the man that hasn’t been consumed by Noel… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape
  • Graphic torture

Falling Down by Eli Easton

Falling Down by Eli Easton

Josh finds himself homeless at eighteen, but he has a plan. He’ll head north on the bus to New England and spend October there for his mother’s sake. She always talked about going to see the fall leaves someday. And when the leaves are done and the harsh winter comes, Josh plans to find a place to curl up and let go. It will be a relief to finally stop fighting.Mark spent his life trying to live up to the tough swagger of his older brothers until he pushed himself so far against his nature that he cracked. Now a former Marine, he rents a little cabin in the White Mountains of New Hampshire where he can lick his wounds and figure out what to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Depression
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Military enlistment recounted
  • Homelessness

Guardian Angel in Leather by K.A. Merikan

Guardian Angel in Leather by K.A. Merikan

El. Punk. Bag of trouble. Trig’s first love. Trig. Outlaw biker. Killer. El’s only hope. El has reached the end of the line. Indebted to a cartel and unable to pay, he’d sooner die than be tortured. There’s no one he can ask for help. He’s burned all bridges and trusts nobody. His life is a well of regrets and he can spot the biggest one just as he’s about to die, because it has a face and a name. His old flame appears out of nowhere and saves him. His old flame who left him to join a biker gang. His old flame who shouldn’t even know where… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Attempted suicide
  • Self-harm (cutting)
  • Torture mentioned
  • Organised crime (motorcycle gang)
  • Kidnapping
  • Stalking

Spring of the Wolf by Iris Foxglove

Spring of the Wolf by Iris Foxglove

In the cold spring air of Lukos, a man wraps a cloak of fur around his shoulders and transforms into a sleek white wolf, racing across the countryside. Zephyr has always been cursed. The same fur that gives him the ability to shift between wolf and man allows others the power to control his will. Doomed to follow any order given by one who holds his cloak, Zephyr steals it from his tyrannical foster-father and takes off into the wilderness. He’s heard stories of the wolf-people of Lukos, the ones who don’t hide away in the caves Zephyr grew up in but build houses to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape mentioned
  • Sexual assault
  • Domestic abuse

Dirty Secret by Ki Brightly & MD Gregory

Dirty Secret by Ki Brightly & M.D. Gregory

Declan—hockey star for the New Gothenburg Blizzards—and tattoo artist, Jake, have been happily married for four years. As their anniversary approaches, Declan decides to give Jake a present he won’t forget—his favourite ASMR voice actor in their room during the romantic occasion. He offers the actor, Logan Indry, a deal he can’t refuse. Logan needs as much money as he can get. Recently fired and thrown out of his home by his abusive girlfriend, he has no job and no place to go. Declan’s message comes at exactly the right time, and Logan decides things can’t get any worse… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Domestic abuse recounted
  • Death of a pet fish

The King’s Mage by Iris Foxglove

The King’s Mage by Iris Foxglove

Emile de Guillory swore off love the night his wife died in his arms. Bazyli Drakos loves too deeply, despite what he stands to lose. The night of Prince Adrien’s marriage to Isiodore de Mortain, Bazyli finds Emile poisoned in the royal gardens. He takes him back to his home in the lower city, where Bazyli and his silent demon nurse Emile back from the brink of death. What begins as an uneasy alliance turns into something more as Bazyli and Emile work to uncover the assassin who poisoned Emile that night–an assassin who can hide behind any face, even those Emile trusts… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Blood depiction for blood magic
  • Attempted murder