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The Next 167 Hours – Christa Hickcox
The Next 167 Hours is the humorous, uplifting, and emotional story of a quirky, impulsive woman trying to rebuild her life and prove to herself and the world that she is deserving of happiness, stability, and maybe even love.
Representation: F/F
Spirit Warrior: Maiden’s Path – Tracey Love
Susan Sibley is a real-word Witch is just trying to figure out how to be human and make it work with the woman of her dreams without losing herself. Through her journey, she receives nudges from the universe about her spiritual gift, but doesn’t always know how to apply the wisdom to her life.
Representation: F/F
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Rum and Rendezvous – Raquel Riley
Two worlds collide for one unforgettable night.
Ryan
After a string of failed dates, I was ready to give up on love.
Carson Carrick was a self-proclaimed dating expert. Yet, under his careful direction, things went from bad to worse. I’ve started to wonder if his terrible advice was deliberate.
Was my one-night-stand purposely sabotaging my chances at love?
Carson
I had no idea what I was doing when I offered to help Ryan find his match. But he was hot, gullible, and desperate. He needed me—he needed my help.
I should never have touched him, because now I couldn’t keep my hands off him. And the more I helped him look for the right guy, the more I became convinced that it was me.
How could I make him see I had more to offer than one night of rum and rendezvous?
Representation: M/M
The Half Paper Moon – Melissa Ingoldsby
Connie faces a daunting fate as she navigates through her beloved girlfriend’s trial, trying to cope with her grief and the past of her partner’s seemingly double life.
Representation: M/M, F/F
Hope for Spring – S.E. Smyth
Alex struggles with purpose and loneliness. In an act of desperation, betting on fate, she goes out into the streets of California looking for her friend Bob and to get lost in the world herself.
Her journey gives insight into the emotional underbelly of transient life and the unforgiving pulse of mental illness. Both things are daunting, but they are especially lethal when combined.
Representation: F/F
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Lost in Love (The Nunswick Abbey Series Book 1) – Emily Banting
Historical tour guide, Anna Walker, clashes with her father’s new doctor Katherine Atkinson when she questions her caregiving abilities. In a small village it’s hard to avoid her, and with attraction simmering and work pressures building there’s only so long she can ignore her — and her advice. First in a charming contemporary age-gap romance series.
Representation: F/F
Courting Apollo – Feral Sephrian
Skylar has already seen plenty on his vacation tour down the Italian coast, but nothing as breathtaking as the man he meets on an overnight ferry to Sicily: Francesco, nicknamed “Apollo” by his friends for his beauty and musical aspirations. But is it too much to ask for one night with a would-be god? Or will the sun rise on a happy ending for this sudden romance?
Representation: M/M
A Demon for Midwinter – K.L. Noone
Kris Starr used to be famous. Rock and roll. Sold-out shows. Literal magic. Empathic talents and screaming fans.
But he has a problem or two. He’s having a hard time writing new music. It’s Midwinter, which means he’s surrounded by depressing holiday cheer. And he’s in love with Justin, his manager, who has a talent for rescuing almost- or once-famous bands … and who’s hiding secrets of his own.
Justin Moore, on the other hand, is very good at keeping those secrets — he’s had to be for years. One secret involves a demonic inheritance that would make him a target of suspicion. Another involves his past.
And the third involves Justin’s feelings for Kris Starr, rock and roll icon and now his client … and a powerful empath.
Representation: M/M
12 Blind Dates – Pat Henshaw
Following a horrific break up with his fiancé, Luke Bennet spends two years as a social hermit, only going to work and talking with Tina, Gina, and Rita, three friends from high school.
Refusing to let him wallow any longer, they intervene and talk him into going on twelve blind dates to get him back in social circulation. The Trio have not only planned the dating venues but also chosen the perfect guys to lure Luke from his isolation.
Will he find love through these dates? Or will he run for cover again?
Representation: M/M
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The Awakening of the Butterfly – Jutta Swietlinski
Busy writing her dissertation in Gender Studies, Dara hasn’t had a girlfriend for a while. At a Pride event, she sees Clara perform on stage and is immediately captivated by the beautiful singer. On their first date, the two become very close, but Clara flees after their first kiss. It turns out that she never had a date with a woman before. And Dara learns something else about Clara, something surprising that turns her world upside down …
A romantic queer-sapphic love story
Representation: F/F, Trans
(re)Twist – L.M. Bennett
New hairdo, old flame?
When Fatima’s locs need a retwist, she takes a chance on the one person she never thought she’d see again: her old hookup, Hendrix. In the intimacy of the salon chair, old feelings resurface, forcing Fatima to confront the fears that tore them apart. With each twist and turn, she inches closer to a decision that could change her life forever. Can Fatima and Hendrix’s love story be retwisted, or are the knots of the past too tangled to unravel?
Representation: F/F
The Art of Going Rogue – L.M. Bennett
When former child star Bardot Jackson’s surprise livestream goes viral, it pulls rapper King Ash into her orbit. One chaotic night sparks something real—but the blogs, her fake ex, and her manager brother aren’t buying it. Fame is messy. Love is messier. And this time, Bardot’s done playing nice. She’s going rogue.
Representation: F/F
Love Where You Work – Anna Pulley
It’s ironic that Clare works at a matchmaking start-up — since her relentless ambition means her own love life is anything but busy. But when Clare is forced to beta test a feature at her company by going on dates, her run-ins with coworker Julia leave her wondering if there’s something missing after all…
Representation: F/F
Here I Am – E.M. Schenker
Change: it’s the reason for most friendships to end. When Toby accidentally walks in on his friend Kai lying naked and handcuffed to a bed—something Kai had not planned—their friendship changes, too. When Kai is finally set free, he’s left with the lingering threat of the man who left him handcuffed and with the task of uncovering the truths buried around him. Can he and Toby see things through?
Representation: M/M
Wildflowers – Mel Bossa
When Hal meets Cory, a beautiful young man afflicted with an incurable illness, he believes he has what it takes to be Cory’s companion. But the challenge is terrifying and Hal finds support in his best friend Blair. As his condition deteriorates, Cory hopes to bring Hal and Blair to see the wild beauty they have been hiding from each other. Could his last gift to the world be a love in bloom?
Representation: M/M
Love at First Sight – Shawn Bailey
Taiwanese mothers Annya Taan and Bai Loa decide to arrange a marriage for their marriageable-aged children. Aki Taan never dreamed of getting married and was tired of his mother and grandmother trying to interfere in his life. He’d only went on one date in his twenty-seven years on earth, hated it because the girl was obnoxious and decided to remain a bachelor. His mother Annya was getting older and wanted a young woman to help around the house. But during the marriage arrangement meeting Aki has little to no interest in his bride to be Chi-Ling Loa, and a little too much interest in her younger brother Tsung.
Representation: M/M
Broken Beyond Repair – Emily Banting
Legendary actress Beatrice Russell has spent a lifetime hiding behind the roles she plays, but when her sharp-tongued defences meet the quiet persistence of her new assistant, Sydney MacKenzie, the cost of secrecy becomes harder to bear.
Representation: F/F
Blink – Rick R. Reed
Life can change in the blink of an eye.
That’s a truth Andy Slater learns as a young man in 1982, taking the Chicago ‘L’ to work every morning. Andy’s life is laid out before him: a good job, marriage to his female college sweetheart, and the white picket fence existence he believes in. But when he sees Carlos Castillo for the first time, Carlos’s dark eyes and Latin appeal mesmerize him. Fate continues to throw them together until the two finally agree to meet up. At Andy’s apartment, the pent-up passion of both young men is ignited, but is snuffed out by an inopportune and poorly-timed phone call.
Flash forward to present day. Andy is alone, having married, divorced, and become the father of a gay son. He’s comfortable but alone and has never forgotten the powerful pull of Carlos’s gaze on the ‘L’ train. He vows to find him once more, hoping for a second chance.
If life can change in the blink of an eye, what will the passage of thirty years do? To find out, Andy begins a search that might lead to heartache and disappointment or a love that will last forever.
Representation: M/M
The Golden Handcuffs – K.C. Carmine
In pursuit of a fresh start, Finley finds more than an awakening when he falls for a mysterious Dom.
Grieving the loss of his son, Finley flees his idyllic island life for the bustle of inner-city London. There, he falls down a BDSM rabbit hole when he scores a job at The Golden Handcuffs. Having never experienced true connection before, Finley begins to unearth desires he never knew existed, and quickly becomes fascinated with a Dom who brings his deepest fantasies to life.
Kage may be alone, but he’s not lonely. After an accident left him with a limp and a shattered heart, he knows he’ll never find love again. But he’s fine with that. Working as a Dom, helping people find or lose themselves under his touch is his life’s calling. But when a man with green eyes and hair like fire kneels before him on his stage, his whole world flips upside down. Finley might be the only person who understands his trauma, which sends Kage’s walls crumbling down.
Two broken men can’t form a wholesome relationship.
But can they help each other and create a bond that transcends grief and embraces an alternative lifestyle? Neither Finley nor Kage are ready to find out. Yet.
Representation: M/M
You Again – Dianna Roman
One man looking for love in all the wrong places. Another always in the wrong place.
Brokenhearted and love-scorn, Johnny finds himself forced back into the dating pool by his overbearing mother and meddling best friend. Is it fate, interference, or a dating app glitch that keeps pairing him with his complete opposite, a handsome brick mason with a smile that makes bad decisions worthwhile?
While Aiden is seemingly perfect inside and out, Johnny is a realist. There’s no way that man’s peanut butter goes with his clumsy, nerdy jelly. If only he could convince his libido and the determined brick mason that he’s not on the market, he could get back to his safe, solitary life.
Aiden wants more than just being a pretty face and a night of fun after years of fumbling through encounters that never went deeper than the surface. When he meets Johnny, something behind the skittish photographer’s snarky facade speaks to his wanton heart. There has to be a reason they keep crashing into each other in more ways than one. Maybe attraction isn’t supposed to make sense and love, even less.
An MM romcom about the ripple effect of broken trust and learning to love yourself before you can love another.
Representation: M/M
June & Devon Come to Life – Sandra Henry
June Hale has everything under control, thank you very much.
His anxiety: coping mechanisms.
His wardrobe: fabulous.
His love life… as a demisexual, it’s complicated because when he’s working on his final college project, he stumbles into the eternally buff arms of a very handsome, but alas, very dead, ghost.
Devon Thane has haunted Squire’s Castle for over a century without knowing why he’s doomed to purgatory; he can’t remember how he died. He’s accepted he’ll never learn the truth, until he reaches for the beautiful guy falling through a window and catches him–coming to life, as long as they’re touching.
Wanting to explore the supernatural chemistry blossoming between them, June guides Devon into the present world. All appears to be well until Devon’s past is revealed, putting their new relationship through tests of time, trust, and devotion.
Representation: M/M
Changing Gears – L A Wright
Jen and Abi couldn’t be any more different if they tried. A closeted Australia high school teacher and a gloriously out Scottish Travel writer. What could possible happen between these two when they get thrown together on a cycling holiday populated by straight couples? Throw in an unaccepting family and a religious school, and you have a romance with all manner of ups and downs. Will love be worth the ride?
Representation: F/F
Fighting for Breath – Abrianna Denae
Lucas and Brooks never expected to fall for Cole, or for him and his brother to fit so seamlessly into their lives, but now they’re unwilling to let the brothers go. Cole fights his feelings at every turn, but the pair are unlike anyone he’s ever met, and he can’t deny their patient understanding is addictive…except they belong to each other, and he knows better than to hold on to false hope.
Trust has never come easy for any of them, but if they can learn to let go, they might just become the family the four of them were always meant to be.
Representation: M/M
Addicted (the Pointe of Love Book 1) – Sonia Blue
An older man. A forbidden workplace romance. And secrets that could destroy everything.
Liam Gray is a mess. Still grieving over a tragedy, he’s shut himself off from life. All he has left is his job at The Pointe wedding hall. Lucky him – he gets to watch other people’s happily ever afters when he’ll never have his own.
And then his new boss – a dangerously tempting old crush – turns everything upside down.
Owen Parker has lost it all. Coming out has cost him his career, his marriage, and even his son. When he gets an offer to manage The Pointe, he’s thrilled to run into Liam again – the troubled and alluring young man he’s been fixated on for years.
But Liam isn’t so thrilled. He’s overwhelmed with feelings he doesn’t want and it pushes him over the edge, making him turn to pills to escape his pain.
As the two of them work together night after night, their attraction grows – along with Liam’s addiction. Both fight their desire, trying to remain professional as they battle cranky clients, nosy staff, and their own demons, but as the lines between them start to blur, secrets are revealed that may cost them their only chance at love.
Will Liam and Owen be able to overcome the scars of loss, heal the things they’ve kept hidden, and find their way to happiness together?
Addicted is the 120K first book in The Pointe of Love series. It contains an age-gap, workplace romance with hurt/comfort, wedding hall shenanigans, bad dad jokes, grilled cheese sandwiches, high-heat scenes that will scorch your Kindle, and an HEA with no cliffhangers.
Representation: M/M
Save Me – Beck Grey
Save Me is an award-winning, low-medium angst, Forced-Proximity, Second-Chance-at-First-Romance Contemporary MM novel with a bit of snark, a dash of sweet, and a lot of spice. It contains no cheating, and a guaranteed Happily Ever After.
Representation: M/M
Not Just Gal Pals – Elizabeth Luly
A cozy sapphic small-town fall rom com!
Influencer Jenny Lynton flees LA for her hometown Sapphire Springs to wait out a social media storm. To her dismay, she keeps bumping into the gruff local doctor, Blake Mitchell, who’s harbored a crush on Jenny since high school. Sparks fly, but Jenny’s return to LA is a ticking time-bomb…
Representation: F/F
Worthy – Michele Lenard
Okay, I might have a reputation as a playboy, but I swear that’s not my fault.
Cade – When your small tourist town is lacking in single people, your only option for company is the temporary kind. And if given the choice between sleeping alone or sleeping around, well, can you blame me for choosing the latter?
If you think about it, I’m a victim of circumstance. A product of my environment. And that suits me just fine. Or it did, until a sexy stranger knocked me over, literally.
This MM summer fling romance features a small-town bad boy, the studious boy next door, townspeople who love an excuse to wear a costume, and a not safe for work drinking game.
Representation: M/M
Destined to Be Normal – Abigail de Niverville
Orson Lewis isn’t good at anything. His grades are average, he’s bad at sports, and he doesn’t like his friends anymore. In short, he’s a total failure. But when Liam Beaulieu moves across the street, everything changes. Liam is outgoing, encouraging, and unafraid. Through Liam’s friendship, Orson dreams this could be the key to unlocking who he truly is. But life has a way of changing fast and everything is about to be tested.
Representation: M/M
Three Times Lucky – CJ Warrant
Dr. Grant Delaney’s life is nothing but hook ups and one offs before a mutual friend introduces him to a certain California firefighter. Now, that’s all Grant thinks about. After three months of facetiming each other, they decide to meet. Then the man he grows to care about takes off into the night without a word or reason, leaving Grant questioning his own worth like he has done for most of his life.
Over hearing a conversation between Grant and his friend, Robert Burke assumes the doctor isn’t ready to hear the news he’s been keeping for three months. As a parent, Robert has to consider of his son first. His feelings about the doctor can wait, especially after what he went through with his cheating ex.
Trust and honesty are what these men strive for in their lives. But broken words, secrets, and the past will test their journey at every turn before they get a chance at love.
Representation: M/M
Killer Notes – CJ Barlowe
Making it to Rocktoberfest will be a feat when a crazed fan goes after Danny Raven Wells, the lead singer of Warrior Black. On the cusp of launching its first major album, Danny has to navigate the band’s quick rise to fame, a stalker that’s willing to kill, and an infuriating bodyguard Danny’s falling for.
Tobias Grant has only two jobs: to protect the lead singer and deliver him safely to Rocktoberfest. Falling fast for the talented rocker, who somehow got under his defenses, isn’t one of them. However, Tobias will do whatever it takes, even putting himself in the line of fire, to get Danny on stage before the deranged fan hurts another person.
In this force proximity ballad, Danny and Tobias must make compromises, but will they survive the sexual friction between them as music and danger collide?
Representation: M/M
Song For You – Rochelle Wolf
One wedding meet-cute. Two inspired artists. Sparks are about to fly…
Song For You is a cozy queer romantic novella featuring a non-binary singer and a painter.
Representation: Non-Binary
Jamie’s Light – Madalyn George
When two strangers, one the older brother and the other the best friend, unexpectedly end up sharing the same bedroom, will a holiday they were both just looking to get through end up being the most important event of their lives?
Representation: M/M
The Weight of What Was – Pip Landers-Letts
TWO DECADES. ONE FAMILY TRIP OF A LIFETIME. AND A LOVE THAT ENDURES IT ALL.
A delightfully dysfunctional family go on a snowy Arctic adventure. There are lots of twists and turns and a Sapphic romance at the heart of it all.
Representation: F/F
Good Boy – Carey Sass
Good Boy is a deeply personal (and funny!!) story about floundering after grad school, using p*rn as a coping mechanism, the 2024 election, coming out to religious parents (with the help of a supportive sister), and fighting a crush on an annoyingly hot and pretentious (and politically diametrical) colleague. PS — it’s explicit/open door!
Representation: M/M
Driving Her Wild – Mariah Ankenman
Josie Saunders has had a crush on her brother’s BFF for years, but the older woman has only ever seen Josie as Max’s kid sister. Lucky for her, a chance road trip back home might be just the opportunity she’s been looking for. Time to convince Bex she’s all grown up.
Bex Kirkel would do anything for her best friend. Including driving two and a half hours away to pick up his little sister from the airport. Wouldn’t be a big deal, except she’s had a crush on the younger woman for a few years now. Rule number one in the BFF code “thou shalt not bang siblings.” All she has to do is drive for a few hours and keep her hands to herself. Easy, right?
When disaster strikes, the two women have to spend the night in a roadside motel. Suddenly their secret attraction isn’t so secret anymore. Can Josie convince Bex to see her as more than Max’s sister? And Can Bex risk following her heart if it ends up costing her her best friend?
Representation: F/F
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Di-Curious – Erin Branch
June lives the glamorous lifestyle of a mid-level Dungeons and Dragons influencer: broke in her parents’ basement. Although June’s internet-famous avatar has her life together, June is a people-pleasing mess on the inside. When she needs a D&D group for a lucrative opportunity, her celebrity group disinvites her, and she has to lean on her old friends.
But Nova, June’s former BFF, gives her the cold shoulder while flirting with her character during their game sessions. June is determined to figure out why. Turns out getting closer to Nova is awakening new, confusing feelings in June, feelings she tried to ignore years ago and can’t anymore.
Di-Curious is a contemporary sapphic romance (with a hint of cozy fantasy) and an ode to queer geek culture.
Representation: Non-Binary
Tangled Encounters – Madison Nicole
Ozzie is looking for a new circus to join. Jess is in desperate need of a new duo partner. Unfortunately, the only person who can semi keep up with her on the aerial hoop is the newest member of Cirque Callisto, Ozzie. There’s nothing inherently wrong with her, it’s just that every time they have accidentally touched Ozzie acts like she burned her hand on Jess’s skin. It’s rude and uncalled for. Why wasn’t there anyone else? To make matters worse, in a moment of desperation Jess told her ex that she and Ozzie were dating and now things are even weirder.
Fake dating your duo partner wasn’t really in the cards for either of them. But slowly fake dating turns into something more that neither one of them can no longer ignore. But old wounds and pesky exes seem to keep getting in their way no matter how hard the two of them try to keep those things at bay. You can’t run away from your past forever. Will they be able to overcome their own demons or simply destroy their relationship in the process? It’s up to the two of them to find out.
Representation: F/F
Eras of Us – Shannon O’Connor
If you love FLETCHER, Sapphic romances, and second chances with your first love, then you’ll love this book!
Representation: F/F
Nine-Tenths – J. M. Frey
Colin Levesque is at loose ends. He’s finished university, but has no career; he adores romance novels, but he’s crap at relationships; and his prickliness is a detriment at the café where he’s making ends meet. He also has a crush on his regular Dav, a homo draconis who comes in every morning to read his newspaper, sip his double-strong coffee, and stare longingly at Colin in return.
So it figures that the day Colin gets up the courage to do something about the sexual tension simmering between them, he also learns that Dav has an embarrassing habit of hiccupping fire when he’s nervous. Which, in this case, destroys the fancy custom-made bean roaster. When Dav volunteers to take over the coffee roasting with his fire-breath, being squished together in the hot, cramped kitchen leads to even hotter kisses.
Everything’s finally happening for Colin—until people start claiming the dragon-roasted coffee has cured their genetic ailments. As their budding relationship struggles under the scrutiny of scientists and media, the hype around the coffee leads the lovers to be inducted into a centuries-old conspiracy: dragon-roasted food has always healed humans. And the most powerful draconic nobles have been withholding this symbiotic advantage to keep themselves on top. Colin and Dav are determined to expose the truth, but if they’re not careful, their objections could goad power-mad monarchs into destroying everything they hold dear.
Including each other.
Representation: M/M, queer
Our Ruinous Roomate – Elle Lavendelle
Wren and Juliet are perfectly happy living together. Will their new roommate come between them—or push them closer?
Wren is socially anxious and constantly stressed about school work, while previously wealthy Juliet seems to live in a bubble of her drive for success. They have their differences, but they know how to live peacefully…
Until Quinn, a transfer student with a bad attitude, threatens to shake up their routine. None of them wants to live together, but a misunderstanding leads to them sharing an apartment.
When three big personalities live under one roof, it’s only a matter of time before tension rises—what happens when it breaks?
Representation: F/F, Poly
Even if We’re Broken – A.M. Weald
Two over-40 millennials each fighting their own mental health battles reunite for a summer archaeology job after 12 years and an ocean apart in this emotional own-voice debut novel for readers who enjoy slow-burn friends-to-lovers romances.
Representation: Bi, Trans, F/F, M/M, Non-Binary
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Dead Generations Volume 1 Box Set – Anne Russo
“Danger and desire collide when a chance encounter between a doctor and an assassin sets off a devastating chain of events.
Bound by a connection that goes back a generation, to the interconnecting lives of their parents, Ian and Adam’s mutual attraction blossoms into forbidden love in this twisted, action-packed series. Contains the stories: The Dead Don’t Lie, The Dead Don’t Mourn, and The Dead Don’t Dream.”
Representation: M/M
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