Gay

These stories center the experiences of gay men navigating love, identity, and belonging in worlds that range from sun-drenched Italian summers to the hidden corners of mid-century America. Whether exploring the intoxicating rush of first love, the complexities of coming out, or the journey toward self-acceptance, these books illuminate the joys, struggles, and triumphs of gay life across different eras and cultures.

Gay Book Summaries

The Midnight Knock

by John Fram • 2025

Stranded at a desert motel, guests relive the same night until they solve a murder.

3.34

1k+

🔄 Supernatural Time Loop 🌌 Cosmic Horror Dread 🖤 Queer Antihero 💔 Doomed Lovers 🚗 Stranded Travelers

The Midnight Knock

Stranded at a desert motel, guests relive the same night until they solve a murder.

by John Fram 2025 416 pages

3.34

1k+ ratings

🔄 Supernatural Time Loop 🌌 Cosmic Horror Dread 🖤 Queer Antihero 💔 Doomed Lovers 🚗 Stranded Travelers

The Scottish Prisoner

by Diana Gabaldon • 2011

Old enemies unite to decode a cryptic Irish poem that threatens a new treasonous plot.

4.24

35k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery ⚔️ Jacobite Rebellion 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💔 Unrequited Longing 👻 Survivor's Guilt

The Scottish Prisoner

Old enemies unite to decode a cryptic Irish poem that threatens a new treasonous plot.

by Diana Gabaldon 2011 518 pages

4.24

35k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery ⚔️ Jacobite Rebellion 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💔 Unrequited Longing 👻 Survivor's Guilt

Queen of Faces

by Petra Lord • 2026

Caught body-thieving, a dying servant is forced into a dark academy to hunt a revolutionary.

3.88

3k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🗡️ Magical Heist Crew 🔄 Body Swap Fantasy 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Class Warfare

Queen of Faces

Caught body-thieving, a dying servant is forced into a dark academy to hunt a revolutionary.

by Petra Lord 2026 432 pages

3.88

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🗡️ Magical Heist Crew 🔄 Body Swap Fantasy 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Class Warfare

Pretty Perfect

by Riley Hart • 2020

The bartender is supposed to hate the dancer he grinds on every Friday. He's failing.

4.14

2k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💼 Workplace Romance 💃 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Pretty Perfect

The bartender is supposed to hate the dancer he grinds on every Friday. He's failing.

by Riley Hart 2020 261 pages

4.14

2k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💼 Workplace Romance 💃 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Eight Seconds to Ride

by Ashley James • 2024

He's rodeo royalty. The stranger he can't forget just became his toughest competition.

4.00

4k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🤠 Rivals To Lovers 🚐 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town 🏟️ Rodeo Circuit

Eight Seconds to Ride

He's rodeo royalty. The stranger he can't forget just became his toughest competition.

by Ashley James 2024 377 pages

4.00

4k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🤠 Rivals To Lovers 🚐 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town 🏟️ Rodeo Circuit

Limited Edition Husband

by Lauren Blakely • 2023

A divorced NFL player and a newly out Brit wake up married in Vegas. They fake it for a month.

4.23

2k+

💍 Fake Marriage 🏈 Sports Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Dual Pov 🌈 Newly Out

Limited Edition Husband

A divorced NFL player and a newly out Brit wake up married in Vegas. They fake it for a month.

by Lauren Blakely 2023 344 pages

4.23

2k+ ratings

💍 Fake Marriage 🏈 Sports Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Dual Pov 🌈 Newly Out

Boy Meets Boy

by David Levithan • 2003

Paul falls for artistic Noah, but his ex's return and fraying friendships test their new love.

3.81

76k+

✨ Queer Joy 📚 High School Romance 💕 First Love 🫂 Chosen Family 💬 Witty Banter

Boy Meets Boy

Paul falls for artistic Noah, but his ex's return and fraying friendships test their new love.

by David Levithan 2003 185 pages

3.81

76k+ ratings

✨ Queer Joy 📚 High School Romance 💕 First Love 🫂 Chosen Family 💬 Witty Banter

The Silver Tide

by Jen Williams • 2016

An old map. A cursed island. Three outcasts who must stop the gods from being reborn.

4.27

500+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💛 Found Family ⚔️ War Against Gods 🏝️ Cursed Island 🖤 Cosmic Horror

The Silver Tide

An old map. A cursed island. Three outcasts who must stop the gods from being reborn.

by Jen Williams 2016 608 pages

4.27

500+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💛 Found Family ⚔️ War Against Gods 🏝️ Cursed Island 🖤 Cosmic Horror

The Boyfriend Comeback

by Lauren Blakely • 2022

After one night together, his quarterback rival ghosts him. Then a trade makes them neighbors.

4.11

4k+

⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 💫 Second Chance Romance 🏈 Football Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌈 Coming Out

The Boyfriend Comeback

After one night together, his quarterback rival ghosts him. Then a trade makes them neighbors.

by Lauren Blakely 2022 466 pages

4.11

4k+ ratings

⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 💫 Second Chance Romance 🏈 Football Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌈 Coming Out

The Understatement of the Year

by Sarina Bowen • 2014

A closeted hockey player's walls crumble when his first love, openly gay, joins his college team.

4.06

22k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete 💗 Teammates To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship

The Understatement of the Year

A closeted hockey player's walls crumble when his first love, openly gay, joins his college team.

by Sarina Bowen 2014 310 pages

4.06

22k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete 💗 Teammates To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship

March

by Audrey Carlan • 2015

An escort's job: play fiancée to a restaurateur hiding his male lover from his Italian family.

3.91

13k+

💋 Escort Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 🌈 Coming Out 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👪 Family Pressure

March

An escort's job: play fiancée to a restaurateur hiding his male lover from his Italian family.

by Audrey Carlan 2015 106 pages

3.91

13k+ ratings

💋 Escort Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 🌈 Coming Out 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👪 Family Pressure

Children of the Knight

by Michael J. Bowler • 2013

King Arthur wakes in L.A. and knights homeless teens; Lance, fourteen, is First Knight.

4.02

171

🗡️ Modern Arthuriana 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Retellings 👥 Found Family 💔 Tragic Hero 💥 Gang Violence

Children of the Knight

King Arthur wakes in L.A. and knights homeless teens; Lance, fourteen, is First Knight.

by Michael J. Bowler 2013 437 pages

4.02

171 ratings

🗡️ Modern Arthuriana 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Retellings 👥 Found Family 💔 Tragic Hero 💥 Gang Violence

The Last of the Wine

by Mary Renault • 2001

Amid Athens' ruin, a young man's love for a comrade and Socrates' philosophy become his armor.

4.04

6k+

🏛️ Ancient Athens Setting ❤️‍🔥 Gay Romance In Antiquity 🧠 Socratic Philosophy 🛡️ Resistance Against Tyranny 🌱 Coming-Of-Age In Wartime

The Last of the Wine

Amid Athens' ruin, a young man's love for a comrade and Socrates' philosophy become his armor.

by Mary Renault 2001 400 pages

4.04

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Athens Setting ❤️‍🔥 Gay Romance In Antiquity 🧠 Socratic Philosophy 🛡️ Resistance Against Tyranny 🌱 Coming-Of-Age In Wartime

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade

by Diana Gabaldon • 2007

Hunting his father's killer, a British major falls for his future stepbrother in 1758 London.

3.96

29k+

🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Gay Romance 💕 Stepbrothers To Lovers 🔍 Unsolved Family Death ⚔️ Regiment Brotherhood

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade

Hunting his father's killer, a British major falls for his future stepbrother in 1758 London.

by Diana Gabaldon 2007 494 pages

3.96

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Gay Romance 💕 Stepbrothers To Lovers 🔍 Unsolved Family Death ⚔️ Regiment Brotherhood

The Vampire Armand

by Anne Rice • 1998

A vampire's five-century confession: from Renaissance slave to a relic that might bear God's face.

3.80

74k+

🦇 Vampire Confession 🖤 Gothic Melodrama 🌹 Erotic Horror 🧛 Maker And Fledgling 🔥 Cult Indoctrination

The Vampire Armand

A vampire's five-century confession: from Renaissance slave to a relic that might bear God's face.

by Anne Rice 1998 457 pages

3.80

74k+ ratings

🦇 Vampire Confession 🖤 Gothic Melodrama 🌹 Erotic Horror 🧛 Maker And Fledgling 🔥 Cult Indoctrination

Hidden Truths

by Nicole Colville • 2013

An Italian racer and a guarded ex-skier ignite, but their secrets could destroy them.

3.68

228

🏍️ Sports Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Mental Health Rep 😔 Emotionally Scarred Hero

Hidden Truths

An Italian racer and a guarded ex-skier ignite, but their secrets could destroy them.

by Nicole Colville 2013 429 pages

3.68

228 ratings

🏍️ Sports Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Mental Health Rep 😔 Emotionally Scarred Hero

Breathless

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2013

An air elemental hides behind a convenient girlfriend until a dancer stirs feelings he can't name.

4.00

4k+

🌀 Elemental Magic 🚪 Closeted Teen 💑 Fake Dating 🏚️ Toxic Home 💃 Dance As Refuge

Breathless

An air elemental hides behind a convenient girlfriend until a dancer stirs feelings he can't name.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2013 65 pages

4.00

4k+ ratings

🌀 Elemental Magic 🚪 Closeted Teen 💑 Fake Dating 🏚️ Toxic Home 💃 Dance As Refuge

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

by Diana Gabaldon • 2007

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

3.93

20k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society 🎩 Gentleman Detective 👻 Occult Rumors

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

by Diana Gabaldon 2007 302 pages

3.93

20k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society 🎩 Gentleman Detective 👻 Occult Rumors

Secret

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2014

A closeted gay teen fakes a romance; his family's elemental powers draw a deadly hunter.

4.15

6k+

🌈 Coming Out 🌪️ Elemental Magic 💍 Fake Dating 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💘 Enemies To Lovers

Secret

A closeted gay teen fakes a romance; his family's elemental powers draw a deadly hunter.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2014 328 pages

4.15

6k+ ratings

🌈 Coming Out 🌪️ Elemental Magic 💍 Fake Dating 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💘 Enemies To Lovers

Nothing Tastes as Good

by Luke Dumas • 2026

After a weight-loss trial, he gets the body he craved and a hunger for human flesh.

3.75

11k+

🧬 Body Horror 🫣 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Satire 💊 Wellness Gone Wrong 📱 Social Media Culture

Nothing Tastes as Good

After a weight-loss trial, he gets the body he craved and a hunger for human flesh.

by Luke Dumas 2026 352 pages

3.75

11k+ ratings

🧬 Body Horror 🫣 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Satire 💊 Wellness Gone Wrong 📱 Social Media Culture

Stormcaster

by Cinda Williams Chima • 2018

Street orphan with storm magic and hunted soldier forge an alliance against a blood empress.

4.25

7k+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 🩸 Blood Magic 💕 M/M Slow Burn ⚔️ Enemies To Partners 🫂 Found Family

Stormcaster

Street orphan with storm magic and hunted soldier forge an alliance against a blood empress.

by Cinda Williams Chima 2018 535 pages

4.25

7k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 🩸 Blood Magic 💕 M/M Slow Burn ⚔️ Enemies To Partners 🫂 Found Family

Love in the Big City

by Sang Young Park • 2019

A gay man in Seoul chases love through friendship, loss, and a secret he cannot shake.

3.67

17k+

🏠 Chosen Family 💔 Friendship Drift 💊 Living With Hiv 🍂 Bittersweet 🇰🇷 Modern Seoul

Love in the Big City

A gay man in Seoul chases love through friendship, loss, and a secret he cannot shake.

by Sang Young Park 2019 240 pages

3.67

17k+ ratings

🏠 Chosen Family 💔 Friendship Drift 💊 Living With Hiv 🍂 Bittersweet 🇰🇷 Modern Seoul

Here Comes My Man

by Lauren Blakely • 2022

A romance writer and his movie star ex pretend to date, but the feelings are dangerously real.

4.31

3k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💔 Second Chance Romance ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎬 Hollywood Romance 👥 Dual Pov

Here Comes My Man

A romance writer and his movie star ex pretend to date, but the feelings are dangerously real.

by Lauren Blakely 2022 372 pages

4.31

3k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💔 Second Chance Romance ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎬 Hollywood Romance 👥 Dual Pov

Mothers and Sons

by Adam Haslett • 2025

A gay lawyer and his priest mother: thirty years of silence about the boy who died.

3.72

4k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Literary Fiction 🌍 Immigration Stories 💔 Mother Son Estrangement 🖤 Lost First Love 😔 Survivor Guilt

Mothers and Sons

A gay lawyer and his priest mother: thirty years of silence about the boy who died.

by Adam Haslett 2025 336 pages

3.72

4k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Literary Fiction 🌍 Immigration Stories 💔 Mother Son Estrangement 🖤 Lost First Love 😔 Survivor Guilt

Sex Education

by Katy Birchall • 2021

Her brother framed for stealing a diamond, Maeve and three friends go undercover among the wealthy.

3.46

500+

🫂 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🚗 Road Trip Adventure ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🇬🇧 British Teen Comedy

Sex Education

Her brother framed for stealing a diamond, Maeve and three friends go undercover among the wealthy.

by Katy Birchall 2021 272 pages

3.46

500+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🚗 Road Trip Adventure ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🇬🇧 British Teen Comedy

The Celebrants

by Steven Rowley • 2023

After a friend dies young, five college friends vow to celebrate whoever is in freefall.

3.62

56k+

🫂 Found Family 🎓 College Friendships 🕰️ Midlife Reckoning 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Friendship 🩺 Terminal Illness

The Celebrants

After a friend dies young, five college friends vow to celebrate whoever is in freefall.

by Steven Rowley 2023 320 pages

3.62

56k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🎓 College Friendships 🕰️ Midlife Reckoning 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Friendship 🩺 Terminal Illness

Saddle to Sunup

by Emmy Sanders • 2025

A divorcé retrieves his best friend from exile; the road home peels back years of buried longing.

4.17

3k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💭 Sexual Awakening 🏔️ Montana Ranch 🏘️ Small Town 👨‍👧 Single Father

Saddle to Sunup

A divorcé retrieves his best friend from exile; the road home peels back years of buried longing.

by Emmy Sanders 2025 310 pages

4.17

3k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💭 Sexual Awakening 🏔️ Montana Ranch 🏘️ Small Town 👨‍👧 Single Father

Good Intentions

by Ella Frank • 2021

A guarded executive falls for a bold young cellist, but ambition threatens to pull them apart.

4.22

4k+

🕰️ Age Gap 💼 Class Difference ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Good Intentions

A guarded executive falls for a bold young cellist, but ambition threatens to pull them apart.

by Ella Frank 2021 209 pages

4.22

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap 💼 Class Difference ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Summerhouse

by Yiğit Karaahmet • 2025

On a Turkish island, a gay couple's life unravels when desire for a young neighbor turns murderous.

3.59

500+

🖤 Literary Suspense ⏳ Age Gap Desire 💔 Long-Term Relationship 👁️ Voyeurism And Obsession 🪦 Cover Up A Death

Summerhouse

On a Turkish island, a gay couple's life unravels when desire for a young neighbor turns murderous.

by Yiğit Karaahmet 2025 352 pages

3.59

500+ ratings

🖤 Literary Suspense ⏳ Age Gap Desire 💔 Long-Term Relationship 👁️ Voyeurism And Obsession 🪦 Cover Up A Death

Into the Crooked Place

by Alexandra Christo • 2019

Her elixir turns buyers into killers; she must recruit criminals to stop the kingpin's war.

3.42

3k+

🃏 Fantasy Heist 👥 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 F/F Romance 🖤 Morally Grey 🔄 Shifting Allegiances

Into the Crooked Place

Her elixir turns buyers into killers; she must recruit criminals to stop the kingpin's war.

by Alexandra Christo 2019 384 pages

3.42

3k+ ratings

🃏 Fantasy Heist 👥 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 F/F Romance 🖤 Morally Grey 🔄 Shifting Allegiances

Lorraine Hansberry

by Charles J. Shields • 2022

Closeted, radical, and a slumlord's daughter: the life that produced A Raisin in the Sun.

3.78

400

🎭 Literary Biography 🖤 Black Women Writers ✊🏿 Civil Rights Era 🌈 Queer Literary Lives 🎟️ Theater History

Lorraine Hansberry

Closeted, radical, and a slumlord's daughter: the life that produced A Raisin in the Sun.

by Charles J. Shields 2022 384 pages

3.78

400 ratings

🎭 Literary Biography 🖤 Black Women Writers ✊🏿 Civil Rights Era 🌈 Queer Literary Lives 🎟️ Theater History

The Front Runner

by Patricia Nell Warren • 1974

A track coach and his gay runner risk scandal, violence, and Olympic dreams for love.

4.12

6k+

🏃 Sports Romance 🕰️ Age Gap 🏡 Found Family 🌈 Coming Out 💔 Tragic Love Story

The Front Runner

A track coach and his gay runner risk scandal, violence, and Olympic dreams for love.

by Patricia Nell Warren 1974 320 pages

4.12

6k+ ratings

🏃 Sports Romance 🕰️ Age Gap 🏡 Found Family 🌈 Coming Out 💔 Tragic Love Story

The Husband Hoax

by Saxon James • 2023

One needs a wedding date, the other a husband. Fake dating was the easy part.

4.02

11k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 💰 Class Difference ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Husband Hoax

One needs a wedding date, the other a husband. Fake dating was the easy part.

by Saxon James 2023 284 pages

4.02

11k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 💰 Class Difference ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Dhalgren

by Samuel R. Delany • 1975

No memory, no name, no exit: a wanderer in a city where reality rewrites itself daily.

3.77

12k+

📖 Experimental Narrative 📝 Metafiction 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🌫️ Unreliable Reality 🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic City

Dhalgren

No memory, no name, no exit: a wanderer in a city where reality rewrites itself daily.

by Samuel R. Delany 1975 836 pages

3.77

12k+ ratings

📖 Experimental Narrative 📝 Metafiction 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🌫️ Unreliable Reality 🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic City

Among the Living

by Jordan Castillo Price • 2006

A psychic detective's gift fails just as a soul-devouring killer stalks Chicago's gay men.

3.93

11k+

🕵️ Psychic Detective 📋 Paranormal Procedural 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Detective 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🤝 Found Family

Among the Living

A psychic detective's gift fails just as a soul-devouring killer stalks Chicago's gay men.

by Jordan Castillo Price 2006 156 pages

3.93

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychic Detective 📋 Paranormal Procedural 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Detective 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🤝 Found Family

Tides & Drift

by Adrienne Young • 2024

The heir to a harbor crime family falls for the trader who should be his enemy.

3.86

500+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Love 🏚️ Family Of Criminals 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Tides & Drift

The heir to a harbor crime family falls for the trader who should be his enemy.

by Adrienne Young 2024 175 pages

3.86

500+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Love 🏚️ Family Of Criminals 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

68 Whiskey

by Erin Russell • 2024

Pain draws a paramedic to a mute mechanic, but a brutal mafia threatens their bond.

3.96

3k+

🖤 Dark M/M Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🤫 Mute Hero 💔 Trauma Bonding ⛓️ Kink As Healing

68 Whiskey

Pain draws a paramedic to a mute mechanic, but a brutal mafia threatens their bond.

by Erin Russell 2024 334 pages

3.96

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark M/M Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🤫 Mute Hero 💔 Trauma Bonding ⛓️ Kink As Healing

The Tale of the Body Thief

by Anne Rice • 1992

A body thief offers the vampire Lestat the one thing eternity withholds: a mortal sunrise.

3.77

92k+

🔄 Body Swap 🩸 Vampire Antihero ⏳ Immortality Burden 🌅 Mortal Longing 🦇 Forced Transformation

The Tale of the Body Thief

A body thief offers the vampire Lestat the one thing eternity withholds: a mortal sunrise.

by Anne Rice 1992 464 pages

3.77

92k+ ratings

🔄 Body Swap 🩸 Vampire Antihero ⏳ Immortality Burden 🌅 Mortal Longing 🦇 Forced Transformation

Red Dirt Heart

by N.R. Walker • 2014

A closeted Outback station owner's walls crumble when a sunny Texan arrives for a work exchange.

4.19

8k+

🚪 Closeted Hero ☀️ Grumpy-Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Found Family 🏜️ Outback Setting

Red Dirt Heart

A closeted Outback station owner's walls crumble when a sunny Texan arrives for a work exchange.

by N.R. Walker 2014 186 pages

4.19

8k+ ratings

🚪 Closeted Hero ☀️ Grumpy-Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Found Family 🏜️ Outback Setting

Tempting the Teammate

by Hayden Hall • 2025

A documentary pushes two hockey best friends into a bromance that stops being pretend.

3.92

500+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏒 Teammates To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 💭 Mutual Pining 🥅 College Hockey

Tempting the Teammate

A documentary pushes two hockey best friends into a bromance that stops being pretend.

by Hayden Hall 2025 292 pages

3.92

500+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏒 Teammates To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 💭 Mutual Pining 🥅 College Hockey

I Think They Love You

by Julian Winters • 2025

A people-pleasing event planner fake-dates the ex who broke him to prove he's CEO material.

3.80

2k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💔 Second Chance Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy 🖤 Black Romance 🏢 Family Business

I Think They Love You

A people-pleasing event planner fake-dates the ex who broke him to prove he's CEO material.

by Julian Winters 2025 336 pages

3.80

2k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💔 Second Chance Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy 🖤 Black Romance 🏢 Family Business

The South

by Tash Aw • 2025

On a parched Malaysian farm, a gentle boy finds desire with the caretaker's son as family collapses.

3.59

5k+

🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 📖 Family Saga 💗 First Love ⚖️ Class Divide 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma

The South

On a parched Malaysian farm, a gentle boy finds desire with the caretaker's son as family collapses.

by Tash Aw 2025 282 pages

3.59

5k+ ratings

🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 📖 Family Saga 💗 First Love ⚖️ Class Divide 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma

Playing with Myself

by Randy Rainbow • 2022

How a Mel Gibson rant and a webcam turned a theater kid into a political satirist.

4.31

4k+

🎵 Musical Theater 🌈 Lgbtq Memoirs 🎬 Showbiz Memoirs 🗳️ Political Satire 📱 Internet Fame

Playing with Myself

How a Mel Gibson rant and a webcam turned a theater kid into a political satirist.

by Randy Rainbow 2022 256 pages

4.31

4k+ ratings

🎵 Musical Theater 🌈 Lgbtq Memoirs 🎬 Showbiz Memoirs 🗳️ Political Satire 📱 Internet Fame

The Loner

by Riley Hart • 2023

His secret hookups with a famous actor had one rule: no feelings. A decade later, he's breaking it.

4.20

4k+

🩹 Hurt/Comfort ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🫂 Found Family ⭐ Celebrity Romance 💔 Damaged Hero

The Loner

His secret hookups with a famous actor had one rule: no feelings. A decade later, he's breaking it.

by Riley Hart 2023 257 pages

4.20

4k+ ratings

🩹 Hurt/Comfort ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🫂 Found Family ⭐ Celebrity Romance 💔 Damaged Hero

Bored Gay Werewolf

by Tony Santorella • 2023

A directionless gay werewolf joins a self-help pack, but the alpha's cult demands bloodshed.

3.46

4k+

🐺 Queer Werewolf 🐾 Pack Dynamics ⚡ Toxic Masculinity ❤️ Chosen Family 🎭 Self-Help Satire

Bored Gay Werewolf

A directionless gay werewolf joins a self-help pack, but the alpha's cult demands bloodshed.

by Tony Santorella 2023 272 pages

3.46

4k+ ratings

🐺 Queer Werewolf 🐾 Pack Dynamics ⚡ Toxic Masculinity ❤️ Chosen Family 🎭 Self-Help Satire

Morgan

by Riley Hart • 2024

A father's stroke returns him to the best friend he abandoned and feelings he can't bury.

4.01

3k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Morgan

A father's stroke returns him to the best friend he abandoned and feelings he can't bury.

by Riley Hart 2024 240 pages

4.01

3k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Devil's Mark

by Lark Taylor • 2022

A demon prince marks a wounded teacher with a bond Hell will kill to break.

4.16

5k+

💘 Fated Mates 😈 Demon Romance 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🛡️ Protector Hero 🫂 Found Family

Devil's Mark

A demon prince marks a wounded teacher with a bond Hell will kill to break.

by Lark Taylor 2022 372 pages

4.16

5k+ ratings

💘 Fated Mates 😈 Demon Romance 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🛡️ Protector Hero 🫂 Found Family

The Realist

by Riley Hart • 2023

His one rule was don't fall for the bartender sleeping in the next room.

4.09

2k+

😤 Grumpy Sunshine 📅 Age Gap Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤲 Caretaking Romance 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

The Realist

His one rule was don't fall for the bartender sleeping in the next room.

by Riley Hart 2023 222 pages

4.09

2k+ ratings

😤 Grumpy Sunshine 📅 Age Gap Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤲 Caretaking Romance 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

A Particularly Nasty Case

by Adam Kay • 2025

A bipolar doctor returns to work. His supervisor drops dead. Now he's the prime suspect.

3.46

7k+

🏥 Medical Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist ⚖️ Class Divide

A Particularly Nasty Case

A bipolar doctor returns to work. His supervisor drops dead. Now he's the prime suspect.

by Adam Kay 2025 336 pages

3.46

7k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist ⚖️ Class Divide

SOS Hotel

by Adam Vex • 2024

A demon contract owns the incubus he loves, and their hotel of misfits hides the key.

4.40

1k+

🏨 Supernatural Sanctuary 💕 Polyamorous Triad 🖤 Dark Comedy 🎤 Snarky Narrator 🩹 Healing After Trauma

SOS Hotel

A demon contract owns the incubus he loves, and their hotel of misfits hides the key.

by Adam Vex 2024 174 pages

4.40

1k+ ratings

🏨 Supernatural Sanctuary 💕 Polyamorous Triad 🖤 Dark Comedy 🎤 Snarky Narrator 🩹 Healing After Trauma

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