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Then Amari discovers a ticking briefcase in her brother’s old closet. A briefcase meant for her eyes only. There was far more to Quinton, it seems, than she ever knew. He’s left her a nomination for a summer tryout at the secretive Bureau of Supernatural Affairs. Amari is certain the answer to finding out what happened to him lies somewhere inside, if only she can get her head around the idea of mermaids, dwarves, yetis and magicians all being real things, something she has to instantly confront when she is given a weredragon as a roommate.

Amari must compete against some of the nation’s wealthiest kids—who’ve known about the supernatural world their whole lives and are able to easily answer questions like which two Great Beasts reside in the Atlantic Ocean and how old is Merlin? Just getting around the Bureau is a lesson alone for Amari with signs like ‘Department of Hidden Places this way, or is it?�� If that all wasn’t enough, every Bureau trainee has a talent enhanced to supernatural levels to help them do their jobs �� but Amari is given an illegal ability. As if she needed something else to make her stand out.

With an evil magican threatening the whole supernatural world, and her own classmates thinking she is an enemy, Amari has never felt more alone. But if she doesn’t pass the three tryouts, she may never find out what happened to Quinton.]]> 408 B.B. Alston 1760505889 tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star, lgbt-tbr 4.35 2021
author: B.B. Alston
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average rating: 4.35
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> 225642748 Parker Di Rossi and Brandon Carter were best friends until the last night of high school, when Brandon made a confession, and Parker broke his heart.

Three years later, Brandon is now the MVP of the college soccer scene. But after a career-threatening injury lands him in rehab, he’s thrown back into his old friend’s orbit and forced to confront not only Parker, but the feelings he thought were buried a long time ago.

Faced with a family scandal and growing media pressure, Brandon's determined not to fall back in love with the one person he can never have. Romance between best friends never works, especially when one of them is straight.

The only problem?

Nobody told Parker that.

Parker has one goal: make his family proud by honouring his late father's legacy as a mixed martial artist.

But after getting expelled from college and kicked out of his MMA gym, he's forced to take a job working for his disapproving cousin at Summit, an elite soccer rehabilitation facility, as he desperately tries to get his life back on track.

The one bright side? It gives Parker the chance to finally make things right with Brandon Carter - Parker's former best friend, who he can't stop thinking about.

As Parker determinedly pursues his MMA ambitions, he grows closer to Brandon in ways that he never expected. Now, he has to choose what he wants to fight for his father’s legacy, or Brandon’s heart.]]> 433 Joel Rustin 1068331704 tappkalina 0 tbr-2, lgbt-tbr 4.48
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Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers' bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town.

One fateful night, she follows reports of a white wolf into the woods, and she comes across the unexpected: her childhood crush, Tam Lang, battling a horse demon in the woods. As a werewolf, Tam has been wandering from place to place for years, unable to call any town home.

Pursued by dark forces eager to claim the magic of wolves and out of options, Tam turns to Nova for help. Their latent feelings are rekindled against the backdrop of witchcraft, untested magic, occult rituals, and family ties both new and old in this enchanting tale of self-discovery.]]> 243 Suzanne Walker 154930304X tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star, lgbt-read 3.82 2019
author: Suzanne Walker
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> 217247187 Madden

My best friend is uptight, gorgeous, the greatest person I know �� and I might be a smidge in love with him. Just a small amount. Barely worth the mention.

Which is a stupid choice on my part when the guy is straight.

Starting a landscaping company with him was the perfect mix of doing what I love and an excuse to spend time with him, only it hasn’t completely taken off yet and now he’s telling me he’s lonely.

Lonely.

Apparently having one friend in your life isn’t enough.

So I’m determined to help him find love. With someone other than me. Maybe if I can pull that off, it’ll mean my heart will finally get the message and move on.

Or finish breaking into a hundred pieces.

Same thing, right?

Penn

Being besties with an overenthusiastic, gold-hearted, nudist of a man is a challenge sometimes. Madden makes everything sunshine when he’s around.

The problem is that he hasn’t been around as much lately. We work together, sure, but he’s got his roommates and I have �� no one. Just him. So I feel the distance acutely.

My one reassurance is that we have work tying us together, but when an old client calls with a proposition for us, it feels like our once solid friendship is unraveling fast.

He wants Madden to help him open a nudist resort, and if Madden’s doing that, he won’t be working with me.

I’m trying not to panic over the thought of losing him, which is a typical, common best friend reaction. Nothing out of the ordinary.

And neither is the way my body has been reacting to him lately.

Everything is totally, completely normal between us.

While there’s still an us at all.



]]> 268 Saxon James tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star, lgbt-read 3.71 2024
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]]> 231388877 Mean Girls meets Northanger Abbey in this brand new, sapphic, rivals-to-lovers Regency Romance by USA Today bestselling author Emma R. Alban!

When country-bred Catherine Pine relocates to Bath in 1817, she and her mother come face-to-face with her mother’s arch nemesis, Lady Tisend, and her daughter, the wildly popular and gorgeous Lady Rosalie. Though once her very best friend, Mrs. Pine alleges Lady Tisend ultimately did her a great injustice. Twenty-five years later, she sees the perfect opportunity for retribution:

Catherine will win the favor of Lady Rosalie’s suitor, Mr. Dean. Together, Catherine and her mother will ruin the Tisends�� lives, secure Catherine a fruitful match, and launch a fully triumphant return to Bath. It’s the perfect plan for revenge. Only Catherine soon discovers that there’s more to Lady Rosalie’s mean streak than meets the eye. Lady Rosalie is by far the wittiest, cleverest, most intriguing young woman Catherine’s ever met, and she’s utterly smitten.

Meanwhile, Rosalie feels trapped in her perfect life as Bath’s favorite daughter and resident mean girl. There’s no challenge anymore, no excitement, no surprise. But when she notices newcomer Catherine gunning for her spot as queen bee, Rosalie finally feels a spark again. She determines to meet Catherine’s challenge with gusto, because Catherine ignites something in her. Something Rosalie absolutely doesn’t want to extinguish.

As their mothers force them into increasingly absurd contests of wit and feminine charms to win Mr. Dean’s affections, Rosalie and Catherine instead find themselves falling for each other, scheme, by barb, by catty jab��

Can their sizzling rivalry really become a match to last?]]> 400 Emma R. Alban 0063428776 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 5.00
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Not that he’s going to make tall, beefy, Russian Sasha cry. Not that Sasha is going to want Jason to make him cry. Jason is just going to push all his lovey-dovey feelings and dark desires down and forget about them.

Repression works, right? No way this is going to end in disaster.…]]> 117 Marina Vivancos tappkalina 4 lgbt-read, 2025, 4-star 3.87 2021
author: Marina Vivancos
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> 203177517 Caspien Deveraux was poison.

It took me years to realise that he hadn’t been born like that. He’d been cultivated and nurtured by a careful hand and a bitter heart.

When I first met him, he was a bud. One primed to bloom beautifully and deadly. One I should have torn out at the root.

I loathed him. I loved him. And until him, I hadn’t known just how completely those two things could exist at once.]]> 599 Scarlett Drake tappkalina 0 lgbt-tbr, tbr-2 4.49 2024
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Jonah Prince is just trying to survive another night, same as he has done since his life derailed at seventeen. When his services are requested as a surprise for someone’s birthday, the last person he expects to see is the man from the bar who showed him kindness.

It doesn’t take long in a room together to see the cracks in Jonah’s facade. He’s afraid of someone, even if he can’t say it out loud. Hungry, guarded, and jumping at shadows, it’s clear he is in desperate need of a break, and Liam is in a unique position to grant him one—even if it’s just for a night.

Drawn together by their mutual need for escape, the two of them fall into an arrangement of weekly meetings inside the cheapest hotel rooms Chicago has to offer. The encounters are not sexual in nature, but an unexpected intimacy blossoms between them over time. For Jonah, it’s one night a week of guaranteed safety. For Liam, it’s the first real friendship he has ever known.

But soon, the circumstances that exist outside their private series of rooms begin closing in around them, reminding them that they can’t live in a bubble forever.]]> 338 A.J. Barlowe tappkalina 4 2025, 4-star, lgbt-read 4.21 2024
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But the Morrigan’s under new ownership. And while Blake doesn’t remember handsome, arrogant Declan MacKenna from their ill-fated encounter ten years ago, Declan remembers him. And he wants payback.

Declan offers Blake a humiliating, degrading deal he has no choice but to take even though it's all kinds of wrong. While Blake may be an alpha werewolf, so is Declan—and he out-alphas Blake at every turn. Blake shouldn’t enjoy what Declan does to him. He shouldn’t crave things no alpha should ever accept. Declan’s turned him into someone he doesn’t recognize: helpless, needy, and out of control.

Declan wants to keep hating Blake, but he can't. Blake wants to trust Declan, but that’s impossible. When magical and mundane attacks threaten them both, Blake has nowhere to turn. Will Declan realize his feelings run deeper than desire in time to save them both? If not, they could lose everything…even their lives.


The Alpha’s Gamble is part of the Mismatched Mates series, but it can be read as a standalone. Contains blackmail, knotting, and intrigue, plus a side dish of biting. This series does not contain mpreg.]]> 258 Eliot Grayson tappkalina 0 4.03 2023
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]]> 212289406 “I only take what’s owed me, and you, my little swan, owe me blood.��

A single kiss from a masked vampire has left Shane with an obsession and a uncover the secrets of the black-market blood trade and find his mystery vampire in the process. But one knock at the wrong door and he could have fangs at his throat instead of lips.

Andres is trying to forget his kiss with Shane Crowley by drowning himself in his work as a thief for the blood trade. When his boss seizes an overcurious Shane to drain his blood, though, Andres’s only option is to buy him for every drop he’ll ever produce. This new ownership awakens thoughts of glittering collars—thoughts Andres knows are the desires of a monster.
But Andres needs blood to live, and he’s going to have it from Shane, even if that means donning a mask once more and demanding Shane bare his neck during nightly excursions.

Soon, Shane feels pulled in all directions, between the strange desires his role as Andres’s part-time blood slave is stirring in him, his investigations into the cycle of injustice that so many fanged citizens face, and a new friend whose mouth seems strangely familiar. Little does he know, every path leads back to the same vampire��

Bare Your Neck is the third book in a series of gay paranormal romances with vampires. This book features a hidden identity, cat-and-mouse T4T relationship between a transmasc human and a he/they vampire who engage in light power dynamics, as they learn to express their desires for gilded collars and sensual obedience through healthy role play. While it can be enjoyed as a standalone, this book will contain minor spoilers for prior books in the series.]]> 455 D.N. Bryn 1958051594 tappkalina 0 4.02 2024
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]]> 222204890 260 Sakana Sakatsuki 9635951175 tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star 4.33 2022
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]]> 43682713 377 Marina Vivancos tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.35 2019
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]]> 40530748
Joaquin is in his third year at Fox Lake University when he sees Ezra again. Joaquin expects the distance between them to remain unbreeched, but Ezra, as brash and impetuous as he was in high school, crashes into his life. At first, it’s just a shared class project, but it doesn’t take long for things between them to heat up. Before Joaquin knows what’s happening, he’s squirming on a chair as Ezra watches him jerk off, those clear, intent eyes pinning him in place. This starts a friends-with-benefits relationship with the aim of exploring a submissive and Dominant dynamic in bed, dipping a toe in the BDSM world together.

However, nothing is ever so simple. As their sexual relationship amps up, so does their friendship deepen, fed by those gentle moments after sex, underbelly-soft and vulnerable. As Joaquin gets to know Ezra better he realizes that his assumptions about who Ezra is, and even the assumptions he has made about himself, have to be challenged in order to break the cycles that may lead to their relationship breaking apart.

[This story contains plenty of banter, a fuckbuddies-to-more romance, and light, exploratory BDSM themes revolving around Dom/sub dynamics and kinks such as orgasm delay, praise kink and mild bondage. Although part of a series, this story can be read as a standalone with its own HEA.]

Preview
“Do you want to hear what I was thinking about?�� He asks, his voice going a little darker over the phone. I shift on the bed.
“Yeah,�� I say, trying to keep my voice flat and even.
“I was thinking about sucking your dick,�� he says, and I can’t help it �� I laugh. “Well, if you’re gonna be like that…�� he grumbles.
“No, no, sorry,�� I say, but I can’t stop chuckling. “It’s just…that was so cheesy,�� I tease.
“Dude, don’t you know me? I’m a connoisseur of cheese. Blue cheese. Gouda. Babybel.��
“Ok, that last one-��
“Sex cheese.��
“Ew,�� I laugh. “I thought we were talking about my dick,�� I say, surprising myself a little. Usually, I’m only this bold with Iva.
“Yeah, and then you laughed.��
“I’m wearing my serious expression now, I swear,�� I lie, biting down to keep my smile from growing.
“You know, I used to think that “serious expression�� was like your default expression but you have like…a whole dozen expressions, probably,�� Ezra teases.
“It’s almost like I’m not a cold, dead, robot.��
“I know you’re joking but, damn, that’s hot,�� Ezra says. I laugh, shaking my head.
“There’s something wrong with you.��
“We’ll be here all day if we start on that list,�� he says. I want to protest, but he goes on. “So, your dick. How’s it doing?��
“It was still there, the last time I checked.��
“Maybe you should check again. Just to make sure.��
“Pretty sure that’s unnecessary.��
“This is going terribly, you know.��
“What is this, exactly?��
“Phone sex. This is phone sex.��
“Sorry,�� I laugh.
“Don’t be �� I don’t think the talk about cheese helped.��
“You never know. Some people are probably into that.��
“Well, if that’s what you like I can start calling you cheesecake in bed.��
“Please don’t,�� I laugh, even though thinking about a bed being involved in anything we do makes a rush go through me. Silence falls, comfortable and amused, but the more it goes on, the more it charges.
“I really was thinking about you last night,�� Ezra says, softer now, the mood shifting.
“Yeah?�� I say quietly.]]> 225 Marina Vivancos tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 3.90 2017
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Isadoro leaves for the military when they are both eighteen, but a thread remains. Phone calls, Skype sessions, rests between tours…it’s never quite enough.

After eight years, Isadoro comes back. An already complicated situation is tangled further as they rekindle the “benefits�� part of their friendship. The heat between them has always been undeniable, and now it scorches through them.

All seems well in the beginning, but nothing is ever so simple. Iván’s love cannot simply banish the insomniac shadows of the past, but perhaps they can face what the night brings—together.


Please note: This story contains themes of affected mental health following the return from military combat. However, the ultimate focus of the story is on hope and recovery.
This story also contains explicit scenes of a sexual nature.

Nights Without Night can be read as a standalone but contains background characters from the Fox Lake series.

PREVIEW

My skin knows his hands. It knew them when we were small and we play-fought in the orange-scented earth. It knew them when they pulled me after him or helped me up. It knew them when I was a teenager and wanted him fatally, with hormones and friendship and a coalescing love. It knew them when they turned purposeful and wise to the secrets of my body, to its ripples and its wants and all its warm places. It knew them even when they were gone, imagining them in another landscape but still mine, a phantom limb. And it knows them now, relearning my plains and tides, the depths that are still there for him.]]> 207 Marina Vivancos tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.10 2018
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Until it became Autumn and her husband-to-be. And Lily.

Naturally, Lily was asked to be Autumn’s maid of honor �� a role she filled perfectly. All except for one crucial thing. She forgot to write her maid of honor speech.

The day before the wedding has come, and Lily has hidden away to put pen to paper. But it’s not as simple as jotting down the poetry that fills her head. Not when every story reminds her of their past �� when every retelling makes her heart ache for their future. A future where they could be more than friends.

A future where the only speech she writes are her wedding vows.

It's the night before the wedding, and Lily has to decide which speech she will make.]]> 103 Ivy Whitaker tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.24
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Something is wrong with Valerie Darkmore. She may have made it through her initiation into the Marionettes, but she’s quickly learning that was only the beginning. Everything she used to know has changed, including maybe herself. Adjusting to her new reality proves to be the least of her worries when bodies appear all over the city, and the death toll continues to rise. She can’t count on her partnership with a dangerous vampire prince to be enough to save her. Because while they’re investigating the attacks, the killer might just be looking for her too. Wicked Souls is the second installment in the dark fantasy romance series, The Marionettes.]]> 398 Katie Wismer 1734611561 tappkalina 3 4.13 2021
author: Katie Wismer
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.13
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rating: 3
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Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like friends than siblings. Together they have stepped in for their alcoholic, wayward mother to take care of their three younger siblings. As defacto parents to the little ones, Lochan and Maya have had to grow up fast. And the stress of their lives—and the way they understand each other so completely—has also brought them closer than two siblings would ordinarily be. So close, in fact, that they have fallen in love. Their clandestine romance quickly blooms into deep, desperate love. They know their relationship is wrong and cannot possibly continue. And yet, they cannot stop what feels so incredibly right. As the novel careens toward an explosive and shocking finale, only one thing is certain: a love this devastating has no happy ending.]]> 418 Tabitha Suzuma 1862308160 tappkalina 0 3.96 2010
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]]> 214379870 On a hotly-contested battlefield, a prince whose touch creates life meets a soldier chosen by death. But can they forge a future together, from opposite sides of a great war?

A lyrical and character-driven queer fantasy for those who loved She Who Became the Sun, The Song of Achilles and Sistersong.

Prince Elician is a Giver �� a closely-guarded secret. He can heal any wound and bring the dead back to life. He also can’t be killed, so is cursed to watch his country wage an endless war. Reapers can kill with a single touch. And when one attacks Prince Elician near a hotly contested battlefield, the Reaper expects a terrible punishment. Instead, Elician offers him a new life on enemy territory.

Cat, as Elician calls him, hadn’t realized he could ever find someone who would make life worth living. Yet Elician’s enemies plan to turn his kindness against him. As the pieces of a deadly plot come together, tensions escalate at court and on the battlefield. The fires of conflict burst into new flame �� but can those who wield the powers of life and death find peace?

A powerful and richly-imagined tale from a bold new voice in fantasy fiction, Lindsey Byrd's The Sun Blessed Prince is a sweeping, enemies-to-lovers, found-family adventure.]]> 432 Lindsey Byrd 1035046903 tappkalina 0 tbr, lgbt-tbr, actual-tbr 4.05 2025
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Maverick Miller is the best player in the league, but he’s never had a winning record. Team captain and desperate to turn things around, he agrees to play nice with the fiery new left-winger even though they’re total opposites.

After a night where the tension between them reaches a tipping point and they fall in bed together, Emmy and Maverick vow it was only one time. Just once to get it out of their systems so they can play better and help their team.

It doesn’t mean anything. She doesn’t date hockey players. He’s a notorious playboy who doesn’t date. Period.

Except�� what should’ve been just once happens again, then again. They tell each other their friends with benefits arrangement is only for the season, but despite facing off on the ice, behind closed doors, the pair is nothing but fire.]]> 450 Chelsea Curto tappkalina 0 4.14 2024
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]]> 199095148 ���DZ��ⲵó��á�Ի�ǰ� (Star Tripper) egy gyönyörűen rajzolt varázslatos történet, amelyben a 303-as számú utazó egy különös univerzum bolygóira látogat a Planetarium Ghost Travel Inc. megbízásából, hogy rögzítse és megőrizze azok eltűnőben lévő kultúráját. A bolygókat ugyanis a titokzatos tóbiásfa terjedése fenyegeti, amelynek mérge elaltatja a bolygók lakóit.]]> 252 Sakana Sakatsuki 9635950667 tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star 4.62 2022
author: Sakana Sakatsuki
name: tappkalina
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]]> 220795900 "A supernatural story of love, friendship, and discovery that’s heartwarming and frightening... engaging, sweet, and realistic all at once." - Kirkus (Recommends Get It!)

Heartstopper meets Haunting of Hill House in this queer coming-of-age romance and ghost story.

Cameron can’t believe the boy of his dreams just moved into the house of his nightmares.

Sixteen-year-old Cameron Walsh dreads the haunted Victorian mansion across the street, where the ghost of the White Lady roams the halls. When he sees her through the bay window, his ghost-hunting friend Abby wants to investigate. But then the new owners pull up, and Cameron is captivated by the brooding, handsome boy moving in. He longs for a boyfriend, but years of bullying have shattered his self-esteem.

Sixteen-year-old Hugo Cruz and his father flip old houses, moving often, fleeing from the grief at the loss of Hugo’s mother. They unknowingly move into the most haunted house in Port Townsend, Washington. From day one, Hugo encounters shadows that move by themselves, locked doors without keys, and hidden rooms. He hides the mysteries from his superstitious father, not wanting to uproot their lives.

When the White Lady becomes impossible to ignore, Hugo turns to Cameron to help uncover the house’s dark history. They soon form a bond that goes beyond friendship, but as their feelings deepen, the White Lady's wrath intensifies. Entangled in a web of sinister secrets, they risk not only their love but their very existence.]]> 346 Paul Michael Winters 1965643000 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.25
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While searching the national forest, Piper is led to a beautiful spruce by way of magic. Well, not actual magic—magic, of course, doesn’t exist—but it sure feels magical when she hears the voice of her deceased mother floating on the wintery winds, telling her just which tree to chop.

Unfortunately, that very tree actually is quite magical, and accounting for it is the last task that half-elf Kol needs to complete before turning in his annual reports to the Elven Perennial Association. When he discovers the pilfered spruce, he simultaneously finds that the only way to return order to the forest is to endure a human holiday alongside a grumpy and overburdened woman who does not want him around.]]> 274 A.K. Caggiano tappkalina 0 to-read 4.15 2023
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Aston and Eli’s connection is undeniable, but it’s complicated by secrets, fears, and the pressures that threaten to tear them apart at every turn. As they navigate friendship, love, and the weight of their identities, the two boys find themselves on the brink of something truly life-changing.

But not all storms can be seen on the horizon. When an unexpected turn of events alters their course, Aston finds himself grappling with the meaning of life and love.

Clearwater is a heartfelt coming-of-age exploration of love, identity, and the struggles that shape who we are. It’s a story of finding hope in the most unexpected places and realizing that love can transform even the darkest moments.]]> 288 Egan Sheridan tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.33
author: Egan Sheridan
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.33
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]]> 175799174
Jeffrey
Returning to my hometown, to normalcy, after all I’ve been through feels strange to say the least. Returning to the friends and family that have all moved on with their lives, while I’m still trapped with demons of my past haunting me, is really the worst kind of torment.

I’m safe now. Lydia, the woman who stole me when I was just nine years old, is in prison. I’m free. But I don’t feel free. I don’t even know who I am anymore. The child I was is dead and the man I’ve become is lost.

Mutt
I found him. He smells like soap and oranges…and sorrow and sadness, but he smells like mine all the same. From the first moment I saw him in the parking lot on the side of the highway, with his pretty speckled nose and pouty frown, I knew that fate had gifted me my mate. In the same breath, mixed with the sweet smell of his delectable skin, I also knew that fate had a cruel sense of humor. Because my mate is not a wolf, but a human. And a human cannot save me from the moon mother’s curse. And I may not know much about most things, or what the future holds for us, but I know I would trek miles and scale mountains to put a smile on my grumpy human mate’s face.


Hunt Me! Is a standalone paranormal MM romance with high heat, a HEA, and no cliffhangers. It features a relationship between a werewolf-shaped himbo and an ex monster hunter who’s never had a place to belong. These two men could not be more different and yet together they’re carefree, devoted, possessive, and tooth-achingly sweet. If you like spooky stories with mystery, suspense, werewolves that pretend to be dogs, and characters that make you laugh, read on!

The spooky boys series invites you to visit a world where things that go bump in the night aren’t just fantasy. These standalone novels feature monsters that are spicy, fun, and sometimes furry.]]> 535 Fae Quin tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star, lgbt-read 4.24 2024
author: Fae Quin
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/22
date added: 2025/04/22
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]]> 226078520 Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them��

Meryn Cooper has never dreamed of being one of the Bonded, the King’s elite warriors who form mental links with massive, vicious direwolves. She’s made peace with her life scraping by in poverty in the shadows of the castle. But then her younger sister Saela is kidnapped, stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting.

And Meryn’s world falls apart.

Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army—only to discover that there are Bonding Trials this year, where all soldiers are forced to risk their lives in an attempt to connect with a direwolf. It’s too late to turn back; Meryn is thrown into the deadly competition against her will.

Now, she’ll need to survive the next four months of training at the castle if she wants a chance of finding Saela. Everything here is a test, from the brutal classes where one mistake means death, to the glittering court parties where every smile hides a knife.

To make things worse, Meryn is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her gorgeous instructor, Stark Therion, is as malicious as the wolves himself.

Everyone is out to get her—everyone but the dangerously handsome crown prince, Killian Valtiere. But if she loses her heart to him, she may also lose her life.

And the castle is hiding dark secrets��

Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in dark action-packed fantasy series, perfect for romantasy fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses , The Serpent & the Wings of Night , When the Moon Hatched and Quicksilver!

See why readers love

“A God Tier Fantasy book!!! I just finished and still trying to mentally and emotionally recover to what just happened to me. You need to read it IMMEDIATELY.�� ŷ������ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐��

“If you’re into dark romantasy with high stakes, fierce characters, and just the right amount of emotional wreckage, Direbound is your next obsession.�� ŷ������ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐��

��OMG THIS BOOK YOU GUYS!!! I'm OBSESSED and I need to know what happens next like ASAP.�� ŷ������ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐��

“What an incredible read!! �� I am blown away. �� The romance, the anguish, the BANTER! I love a book with good banter and this was FULL OF IT!�� ŷ������ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐��

��I. Am. OBSESSED. �� Left me spiraling in the best way possible. The morally grey anti-hero? Perfection. The slow-burn tension? Electric. �� I was completely immersed.]]> 610 Sable Sorensen tappkalina 0 to-read 4.45
author: Sable Sorensen
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.45
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]]> 198715883
Utcagyerek lenne? Valóban hazavezeti Akit? Miért kell menedékbe húzódniuk egy templomban?

Akinak nehezére esik megbízni új barátjában, hiába is mosolyog az megnyerően. Főleg attól a pillanattól kezdve, hogy egy rémisztő boszorkány veszi üldözőbe a gyerekeket az éjszakában...

Ebben a varázslatos, önálló seinen (felnőtteknek szóló) manga történetben a japán hitvilág keveredik az elsőre hétköznapinak tűnő félelmekkel.]]> 240 Mato 9634703135 tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star 4.11
author: Mato
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.11
book published:
rating: 3
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]]> 214197978
Létezik egy sűrű rengeteg Japánban, Aokigaharában, amelyet a fák tengerének vagy az öngyilkosok erdejének is hívnak...

Egy titokzatos halálesetet követően az áldozat öccse, Kai azzal a feltett szándékkal keresi fel a rossz hírű vidéket, hogy fényt derítsen testvére halálának okára.

Ám ahogy egyre mélyebben hatol be a vadonba, az erdő mintha kezdene átalakulni, és a kérdések egyre csak sokasodnak.

Ha meg akarja érteni, mi történt fivérével, Kainak legelőször is ki kell derítenie, mi rejtőzik az erdő mélyén.]]> 242 Mato 9634703550 tappkalina 3 2025 3.44
author: Mato
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.44
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/15
date added: 2025/04/21
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]]> 62870022 “You have money, I have blood. How would you like to buy it?��

No romantic story has ever lived up to Dr. Clementine Hughes�� reality but at least he has his steamy two-million-word fanfic and a prestigious research position at Vitalis-Barron Pharmaceuticals, where their benefits are superb and their experimentation on vampires highly unethical. When a mysterious accident turns Clementine into a vampire, discovery would demote him to lab rat and his growing thirst for his coworker’s veins forces him to the streets to hunt.

Justin Yu is usually the one attacking villains in alleys, not the other way around. After the tragedy he brought upon his local vampiric community in his youth, he’s struggled tirelessly to keep their vampires safe. So when a panicking Clementine botches a bite attempt, Justin takes pity—and advantage—and offers the vampire a trade: his blood in exchange for an exorbitant fee.

In desperation, Clementine accepts.

Justin’s blood is bland and unappealing, but the more Clementine learns to appreciate the man’s sharp humor and persistent compassion, the more he acquires a taste for Justin. Justin is determined not to let Clementine’s good looks and thoughtful intellect distract him as hunters from Vitalis-Barron close in on Justin’s neighborhood, and it turns out someone there knows Clementine’s vampiric secret��

Sell Your Blood is the second book in a series of loosely connected MM paranormal romances. It features an Ivy League a-spec vampire who’s never been in love before and an inner-city man who’s sworn off relationships for the last decade as they struggle to combine their different worlds and find a fire in each other hotter than they thought possible. While it can be enjoyed on its own, the optimal reading order is chronological. Note this story features blackmail, general violence, the smoking of prescription drugs to manage intense pain, and the acquisition of far too many salt and pepper shakers.]]> 493 D.N. Bryn 1958051071 tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star, lgbt-read 4.08 2023
author: D.N. Bryn
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/21
date added: 2025/04/21
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]]> 210320930
As he stands in the pouring rain in front of her grave, a familiar voice calls his name.

Dan once was his best friend, but after seven years apart, Andrew doesn’t know him anymore. He knows he should be angry at Dan for leaving him when he needed him the most. He shouldn’t trust him when he offers to help.

But he does.

A story of two young men who, drawing closer to a terrible truth, find hope in a relationship that could either save them or destroy them completely.]]> Elen Chase tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.11
author: Elen Chase
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.11
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]]> 226381748 Wolf pack politics, heart-pounding action, dark magic, newfound family dynamics, and shifter romance come to an explosive climax in the incredible conclusion of the Golden Court Trilogy by bestselling author A.K. Mulford.

The only thing more challenging than taming a sorceress is protecting her heart a second time...

War has begun, and the fate of humans and Wolves alike lies in the hands of three fierce members of the Golden Court scattered across every corner of Aotreas.

Briar Marriel, once the heir of the Golden Court, is now a prisoner in the heart of enemy territory. But when her ex-lover Maez—now a dark sorceress—comes to “rescue�� her, Briar must decide if she’s willing to trust the twisted version of the woman she once loved or remain under the rule of the cruel King Nero. In a war where enemies wear familiar faces, escape might come at a terrible cost. But if she can harness Maez’s newfound magic, could it mean winning the war?

Meanwhile, Sadie with the help of Navin races to harness ancient magic that could turn the tide of the war. With their dragon at their side, the Songkeepers uncover long-buried secrets that could save their people—or destroy them all.

At the Golden Court, Queen Calla faces an impossible prepare for the looming battle or risk everything to rescue their twin sister Briar. With alliances crumbling and betrayal lurking at every corner, Calla must rally their court and lead their people into war, knowing the price of failure is unthinkable.

As war ravages the land, and love is tested by darkness, Briar, Sadie, and Calla must confront their pasts and find the strength to reclaim their future. In this epic conclusion to the��Golden Court Trilogy, the battle for freedom—and for love—has never been more harrowing.]]> 320 A.K. Mulford 0063291533 tappkalina 0 4.33
author: A.K. Mulford
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> 154462768
Eve Hatch is pretty content with her life. Her apartment in Brooklyn is cozy and close to her childhood best friend Willa, but far from her midwestern, traditional family who never really understood her. While her job is only dream- adjacent , she’s hoping her passion and hard work will soon help her land a more glamorous role. And sure, her most recent romantic history has consisted of not one but two disappointing men named Derek. At least she always knows what to expect…until she finds herself expecting after an uncharacteristic one-night stand.

The unplanned pregnancy cracks open all the relationships in her life. Eve's loyal��friendship with Willa is feeling off , right when she needs her most. And it’s Willa’s steadfast older brother, Shep, who steps up to help. He has always been friendly, but now he’s checking in, ordering her surprise lunches, listening to all her complaints, and is�� suddenly kinda hot? Then there’s the baby's father, who is supportive but conflicted. Before long, Eve is rethinking everything she thought she knew about herself and her world.

Over the course of nine months, as Eve struggles to figure out the next right step in her expanding reality, she begins to realize that family and love, in all forms, can sneak up on you when you least expect it.]]> 400 Cara Bastone 0593595718 tappkalina 0 3.96 2024
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name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 39722196
When Laia's grandparents are brutally murdered and her brother arrested for treason by the empire, the only people she has left to turn to are the rebels.

But in exchange for their help in saving her brother, they demand that Laia spy on the ruthless Commandant of Blackcliff, the Empire's greatest military academy. Should she fail it's more than her brother's freedom at risk . . . Laia's very life is at stake.

There, she meets Elias, the academy's finest soldier. But Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he's being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined �� and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.

Alternative cover edition for ISBN-13: 9780008108427.]]> 464 Sabaa Tahir 0008108420 tappkalina 0 4.22 2015
author: Sabaa Tahir
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 207911911 Space for More is a FFM alien romance filled with spice, subterfuge, and silliness. No love triangles here—all three get their HEA!Full blurb coming soon!]]> 334 Emily Antoinette tappkalina 0 tbr 4.00 2024
author: Emily Antoinette
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 206080721
After my husband left, all I wanted was to find myself again. Turns out that’s a lot easier said than done when my chronic pain has me canceling plans and everything I try reminds me of my inadequacies.

Things only get worse when my attempt at exploring submission is a total disaster. But hope comes in the form of my stoic, stunning vampire friend, Blair. She offers to teach me, giving me a space to safely explore a side of myself I’ve kept locked away.

It’s meant to be platonic. Just one friend helping another. So then why can’t I stop imagining what it would be like to take things further?

A vampire losing control��
I’ve spent the past ten years building a life where I’m in control. I swore I’d never go back to being the pathetic, emotional girl I was before I was turned.

Then Grace showed up.

I knew from the moment we met she’d be a problem. My monster craves her in a way that terrifies me, and her humor and beauty pierce through the cracks in my carefully crafted, cold facade. Yet keeping my distance would ruin one of the few friendships I have.

How do I shore up the crumbling barriers around my heart before I end up more broken and alone than I was the night I became a vampire?

Afterglow is a spicy, slow burn sapphic romance featuring a jaded, lonely vampire FMC and a bubbly, anxious human FMC.
Afterglow is Book 2 in the Monsters of Moonvale series, however, it can be read as a standalone.]]> 418 Emily Antoinette tappkalina 0 4.39 2024
author: Emily Antoinette
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 229141534 Charlie
I’m tired.
My life has been filled with disappointments, sadness, and pain.
I’m hated by everyone besides my best friend. Until the captain of the hockey team falls on top of me. His eyes are as blue as the ice he plays on, and his smile fills me with warmth I’ve never felt before.
Shane Hawkins.
The man everyone’s friends with, now has me in his sights and he’s not showing any signs of letting me go. Even through my anxiety and messed up mind, he’s still there.
And I don’t understand why.
But it doesn’t matter. Everyone leaves me when the monsters in my head become too loud.

Shane
When I started at Gannon University, my main goal was to focus on hockey and be drafted into the NHL.
But that all changed the day I collided with the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. His golden-brown eyes held such sadness and pain that I couldn’t rest until I saw him again.
Charlie Alexander.
The gifted artist with a mind full of demons and a secret I want to uncover.
He tries to hide them from me, but I see him. His struggle ignites my instinct to protect him.
When he returns from a trip home, broken and bloody, I do everything I can to show him the goodness in life.
But sometimes that’s not enough.]]> 429 Joey Parker tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.16
author: Joey Parker
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.16
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]]> 52295479 Pretty Little Liars meets Teen Wolf in this fast-paced, sharply funny, and patriarchy-smashing graphic novel from author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and artist Lisa Sterle. When the new girl is invited to join her high school’s most popular clique, she can’t believe her luck—and she can’t believe their secret, either: they’re werewolves. Fans of Mariko Tamaki and Elana K. Arnold will devour the snappy dialogue, vivid artwork, and timely social commentary.

When Becca transfers to a high school in an elite San Francisco suburb, she’s worried she’s not going to fit in. To her surprise, she’s immediately adopted by the most popular girls in school. At first glance, Marley, Arianna, and Mandy are perfect. But at a party under a full moon, Becca learns that they also have a big secret.

Becca’s new friends are werewolves. Their prey? Slimy boys who take advantage of unsuspecting girls. Eager to be accepted, Becca allows her friends to turn her into a werewolf, and finally, for the first time in her life, she feels like she truly belongs.

But things get complicated when Arianna’s predatory boyfriend is killed, and the cops begin searching for a serial killer. As their pack begins to buckle under the pressure—and their moral high ground gets muddier and muddier—Becca realizes that she might have feelings for one of her new best friends.

Lisa Sterle’s stylish illustrations paired with Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s sharp writing make Squad a fun, haunting, and fast-paced thriller that will resonate with fans of Riverdale, and with readers of This Savage Song, Lumberjanes, and Paper Girls.]]> 213 Maggie Tokuda-Hall 0062943154 tappkalina 2 3.77 2021
author: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2021
rating: 2
read at: 2025/04/16
date added: 2025/04/16
shelves: actual-tbr, 2025, 2-star, lgbt-read
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]]> 63242162
Everyone has heard the story of the Narrow. The river that runs behind the Atwood School is only a few feet across and seemingly placid, but beneath the surface, the waters are deep and vicious. It’s said that no one who has fallen in has ever survived.

Eden White knows that isn’t true. Six years ago, she saw Delphine Fournier fall into the Narrow—and live.

Delphine now lives in careful isolation, sealed off from the world. Even a single drop of unpurified water could be deadly to her, and no one but Eden has any idea why. Eden has never told anyone what she saw or spoken to Delphine since, but now, unable to cover her tuition, she has to make a her expenses will be paid in return for serving as a live-in companion to Delphine.

Eden finds herself drawn to the strange and mysterious girl, and the two of them begin to unravel each other’s secrets. Then Eden discovers what happened to the last girl who lived with she was found half-drowned on dry land. Suddenly Eden is waking up to wet footprints tracking to the end of her bed, the sound of rain on the windows when the skies are clear, and a ghostly silhouette in her doorway. Something is haunting Delphine—and now it’s coming for Eden, too.]]> 384 Kate Alice Marshall 0593405145 tappkalina 3 3.72 2023
author: Kate Alice Marshall
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/16
date added: 2025/04/16
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]]> 202139866
Includes the

"The Pull of the Herd""Personal Rakshasi""Her Voice, Unmasked""Of Claw and Bone""Propagating Peonies""Kill Jar" (original novelette)"Tessellated""Laughter Among the Trees"" A De-Scaling""Tara's Mother's Skin""The Bride""Douen"]]> 187 Suzan Palumbo 1952086744 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr, shorts 4.60 2023
author: Suzan Palumbo
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/14
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]]> 54993842
Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby: They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends, until one day, when Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru. Wataru says that Chiharu's confession doesn't bother him, and the boys continue throughout their summer, going to pilgrimages to see film spots from their favorite movies. But the more time he spends with Chiharu, Wataru realizes that he may not only be as unaffected by Chiharu's confession as he claimed to be, but those feelings may also be mutual...]]> 256 Nagisa Furuya 1646512049 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-read, shorts 4.17 2017
author: Nagisa Furuya
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/14
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]]> 205223876
Fresh off a painful divorce, Fiona seizes the opportunity to renovate Alabarden Park and assist its new duchess, Alice Stewart—an effervescent, unpretentious American whose open attraction to Fiona intrigues and unsettles her. As their mutual feelings grow stronger, the professional distance Fiona put between them begins to crumble.

Now, Fiona is faced with two new, equally impossible keep Alice out of her battered, broken heart, or risk everything and let her in.]]> 362 T.J. O'Shea 164247570X tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.38
author: T.J. O'Shea
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.38
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date added: 2025/04/13
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]]> 53330239 In this propulsive locked-room thriller debut, a reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover that someone has deliberately stranded them at their remote mountaintop resort during a snowstorm.

When Milla accepts an off-season invitation to Le Rocher, a cozy ski resort in the French Alps, she's expecting an intimate weekend of catching up with four old friends. It might have been a decade since she saw them last, but she's never forgotten the bond they forged on this very mountain during a winter spent fiercely training for an elite snowboarding competition.

Yet no sooner do Milla and the others arrive for the reunion than they realize something is horribly wrong. The resort is deserted. The cable cars that delivered them to the mountaintop have stopped working. Their cell phones--missing. And inside the hotel, detailed instructions await them: an icebreaker game, designed to draw out their secrets. A game meant to remind them of Saskia, the enigmatic sixth member of their group, who vanished the morning of the competition years before and has long been presumed dead.

Stranded in the resort, Milla's not sure what's worse: the increasingly sinister things happening around her or the looming snowstorm that's making escape even more impossible. All she knows is that there's no one on the mountain she can trust. Because someone has gathered them there to find out the truth about Saskia...someone who will stop at nothing to get answers. And if Milla's not careful, she could be the next to disappear...]]> 400 Allie Reynolds 0593187830 tappkalina 0 to-read 3.76 2020
author: Allie Reynolds
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 7973377
This movie tie-in edition will feature full-color movie stills, an interview with the author, and a preview of her next romantic comedy, Confessions of a Serial Kisser.

Flipped is a romance told in two voices. The first time Juli Baker saw Bryce Loski, she flipped. The first time Bryce saw Juli, he ran. That’s pretty much the pattern for these two neighbors until the eighth grade, when, just as Juli is realizing Bryce isn’t as wonderful as she thought, Bryce is starting to see that Juli is pretty amazing. How these two teens manage to see beyond the surface of things and come together makes for a comic and poignant romance.]]> 212 Wendelin Van Draanen 0375863478 tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star 4.09 2001
author: Wendelin Van Draanen
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2001
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/11
date added: 2025/04/13
shelves: 2025, 3-star
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]]> 213243908 A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle-inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison.

Aiden Valentine has a secret: he's fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore's romance hotline, that's a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight.

Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an incredible family; and a smart, slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life-or lack thereof—she begins to question if she's as happy as she thought. Maybe a little more romance wouldn't be such a bad thing.

Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending... even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final call between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her.]]> 448 B.K. Borison 0593641191 tappkalina 2 2025, 2-star 4.06 2025
author: B.K. Borison
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2025
rating: 2
read at: 2025/04/12
date added: 2025/04/13
shelves: 2025, 2-star
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]]> 61249739
Brook's alpha-centric family doesn’t respect him. He'll only succeed his father as CEO is if he takes an alpha mate. But an alpha is the last thing he wants. Brook likes to be on top, in life and in bed.

A paid mate seems like the ideal solution. The alpha can run interference with Brook's family, but Brook will be in charge. When he hires Dimitri, a rough-around-the-edges criminal who's deep in debt and desperate enough to take any job, Brook expects a transactional relationship. One night together to form the mate bond. Simple.

Dimitri's never been with another man, but how bad can it be? Even if Brook is a snobby rich dude, like his family. Only he isn’t. He's funny, honorable, open-minded, and surprisingly vulnerable…and an unexpectedly willing lover. Dimitri's protective instincts are as aroused as his body.

Brook can’t help responding to Dimitri's kindness, humor, and ability to take charge, in bed and out—something that's never appealed to Brook until now. And that makes things anything but simple.

It's supposed to be a means to an end. A mutually beneficial arrangement. But for this to be anything more, they'll have to expose their family secrets and admit their real feelings��

The Alpha Contract can be read as a standalone and is only loosely related to the previous book in series, Lost Touch. Contains an alpha-for-hire, a wealthy executive with a plan, and plenty of knotting. This series does not contain mpreg. HEA guaranteed.]]> 209 Eliot Grayson tappkalina 3 2025, lgbt-read, 3-star 4.01 2022
author: Eliot Grayson
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/13
date added: 2025/04/13
shelves: 2025, lgbt-read, 3-star
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]]> 29152019 Few ever asked to join the Adventurers Guild. . . . Their members often died young.

In one of the last cities standing after the world fell to monsters, best friends Zed Kagari and Brock Dunderfel have high hopes for the future. Zed desperately wishes to join the ranks of the Mages Guild, where his status as Freestone's only half elf might finally be an asset. Brock, the roguishly handsome son of merchants, is confident he'll be welcomed into the ranks of the Merchants Guild.

But just as it seems the boys' dreams have come true, their lives take a startling turn . . . and they find themselves members of the perilous Adventurers Guild.

Led by the fearsome Alabasel Frond, the guild acts as the last line of defense against the Dangers-hungry, unnatural beasts from otherworldly planes. And when the boys uncover a conspiracy that threatens all of Freestone, Zed, Brock, and their new allies-Liza, a fierce noble, and Jett, a brave dwarf-must prove their worth once and for all.

This start of a thrilling new series is sure to be a hit with readers who like their fantasies clever and action-packed, with tons of humor and heart.]]> 320 Zack Loran Clark tappkalina 0 dnf, middle-grade, 2024 DNF at 10% 4.11 2017
author: Zack Loran Clark
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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DNF at 10%
]]> 54985741 An investigator must solve a brutal murder on a claustrophobic space station in this tense science fiction thriller from the author of Salvation Day.

Hester Marley used to have a plan for her life. But when a catastrophic attack left her injured, indebted, and stranded far from home, she was forced to take a dead-end security job with a powerful mining company in the asteroid belt. Now she spends her days investigating petty crimes to help her employer maximize its profits. She's surprised to hear from an old friend and fellow victim of the terrorist attack that ruined her life—and that surprise quickly turns to suspicion when he claims to have discovered something shocking about their shared history and the tragedy that neither of them can leave behind.

Before Hester can learn more, her friend is violently murdered at a remote asteroid mine. Hester joins the investigation to find the truth, both about her friend's death and the information he believed he had uncovered. But catching a killer is only the beginning of Hester's worries, and she soon realizes that everything she learns about her friend, his fellow miners, and the outpost they call home brings her closer to revealing secrets that very powerful and very dangerous people would rather keep hidden in the depths of space.]]> 322 Kali Wallace 1984803727 tappkalina 0 the-24-books-for-2024, dnf dnf at chapter 6 3.63 2021
author: Kali Wallace
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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dnf at chapter 6
]]> 54613751
Iris has spent most of her teenage years trying to avoid the weirdness that sticks to her like tar. But when her eldest sister, Grey, goes missing under suspicious circumstances, Iris learns just how weird her life can get: horned men start shadowing her, a corpse falls out of her sister’s ceiling, and ugly, impossible memories start to twist their way to the forefront of her mind.

As Iris retraces Grey’s last known footsteps and follows the increasingly bizarre trail of breadcrumbs she left behind, it becomes apparent that the only way to save her sister is to decipher the mystery of what happened to them as children.

The closer Iris gets to the truth, the closer she comes to understanding that the answer is dark and dangerous �� and that Grey has been keeping a terrible secret from her for years.]]> 292 Krystal Sutherland 059311034X tappkalina 0 dnf dnf at 14% 4.03 2021
author: Krystal Sutherland
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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dnf at 14%
]]> 50358142 From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary horror novel that explores themes of mental illness, rage, and grief, twisted with spine-chilling elements of Stephen King and Agatha Christie.

Following her father's death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom move from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine where her mother grew up. All they want is a fresh start, but behind North Manor's doors lurks a history that leaves them feeling more alone . . . and more tormented.

As the cold New England autumn arrives, and Jane settles in to her new home, she finds solace in old books and memories of her dad. She steadily begins making new friends, but also faces bullying from the resident "bad seed," struggling to tamp down her own worst nature in response. Jane's mom also seems to be spiraling with the return of her childhood home, but she won't reveal why. Then Jane discovers that the "storage room" her mom has kept locked isn't for storage at all—it's a little girl's bedroom, left untouched for years and not quite as empty of inhabitants as it appears . . .

Is it grief? Mental illness? Or something more . . . horrid?]]> 327 Katrina Leno 0316537241 tappkalina 0 dnf dnf at chapter 4 3.54 2020
author: Katrina Leno
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 55859539 This psychological sci-fi thriller from a debut author follows one doctor who must discover the source of her crew's madness... or risk succumbing to it herself.

Misanthropic psychologist Dr. Grace Park is placed on the Deucalion, a survey ship headed to an icy planet in an unexplored galaxy. Her purpose is to observe the thirteen human crew members aboard the ship—all specialists in their own fields—as they assess the colonization potential of the planet, Eos. But frictions develop as Park befriends the androids of the ship, preferring their company over the baffling complexity of humans, while the rest of the crew treats them with suspicion and even outright hostility.

Shortly after landing, the crew finds themselves trapped on the ship by a radiation storm, with no means of communication or escape until it passes—and that's when things begin to fall apart. Park's patients are falling prey to waking nightmares of helpless, tongueless insanity. The androids are behaving strangely. There are no windows aboard the ship. Paranoia is closing in, and soon Park is forced to confront the fact that nothing—neither her crew, nor their mission, nor the mysterious Eos itself—is as it seems.]]> 355 Lena Nguyen 0756417295 tappkalina 0 dnf 3.49 2021
author: Lena Nguyen
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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dnf in the middle of chapter 2
]]> 127280445 A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.A. Barnes, acclaimed author of Dead Silence.

Space exploration can be lonely and isolating.

Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of ERS—a space-based condition most famous for a case that resulted in the brutal murders of twenty-nine people. When she's assigned to a small exploration crew, she's eager to make a difference. But as they begin to establish residency on an abandoned planet, it becomes clear that crew is hiding something.

While Ophelia focuses on her new role, her crewmates are far more interested in investigating the eerie, ancient planet and unraveling the mystery behind the previous colonizer's hasty departure than opening up to her.

That is, until their pilot is discovered gruesomely murdered. Is this Ophelia’s worst nightmare starting—a wave of violence and mental deterioration from ERS? Or is it something more sinister?

Terrified that history will repeat itself, Ophelia and the crew must work together to figure out what’s happening. But trust is hard to come by�� and the crew isn’t the only one keeping secrets.]]> 377 S.A. Barnes 1250884926 tappkalina 0 dnf at 26% 3.51 2024
author: S.A. Barnes
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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dnf at 26%
]]> 125606004
All Lulu Banks is asking for is a fresh start. Back home after a devastating breakup, she’s struggling to find her place. She’s always been a lot—too loud, too eager, too obvious about her feelings. The friendship study seems like a great idea…until she’s paired with Jesse Logan, who recently ghosted her after a blind date that led to a steamy make-out session.

Now that old familiar tension is back. Despite the program’s strict “no romance�� rule, Jesse and Lulu are quick to find a work-around that allows them to explore their tenuous connection. And soon they’re on their way to total self-improvement��

As long as they don’t get caught.]]> 320 Ruby Barrett 1335476032 tappkalina 0 dnf dnf at 52% 3.72 2024
author: Ruby Barrett
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/13
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dnf at 52%
]]> 181325033 From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology.

In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person’s greatest sorrow. An unwanted marriage, a painful illness, and unpaid debt ... gone. But as with all things that promise the moon and the stars and offer hope when hope has gone, the tale comes with a warning.

Every wish demands a price.

Hanalei of Tamarind is the cherished daughter of an old island family. But when her father steals a seadragon egg meant for an ailing princess, she is forced into a life of exile. In the years that follow, Hanalei finds solace in studying the majestic seadragons that roam the Nominomi Sea. Until, one day, an encounter with a female dragon offers her what she desires most. A chance to return home, and to right a terrible wrong.

Samahtitamahenele, Sam, is the last remaining prince of Tamarind. But he can never inherit the throne, for Tamarind is a matriarchal society. With his mother ill and his grandmother nearing the end of her reign. Sam is left with two to marry, or to find a cure for the sickness that has plagued his mother for ten long years. When a childhood companion returns from exile, she brings with her something he has not felt in a very long time - hope.

But Hanalei and Sam are not the only ones searching for the dragonfruit. And as they battle enemies both near and far, there is another danger they cannot escape…that of the dragonfruit itself. ��]]> 356 Makiia Lucier 0358272106 tappkalina 0 dnf 3.85 2024
author: Makiia Lucier
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 122762701 Two fractured souls. One heart-stopping legacy.Escape into this breathtaking tale of two passionate young men who have lived their lives for everyone but themselves.

The Hand and the Heart is a friends to lovers romance set in the Kingdom of the White Sea universe, featuring characters first introduced in The Melody and the Master. It is the second story in the Darkwood Cycle of The Book of All Thing trilogy. The final book is The Wulf and the Witchling.

The Book of All Things is a series of fantasy romance tales set in the vibrant, epic world first introduced by USA Today Bestselling Author Sarah M. Cradit in the Kingdom of the White Sea trilogy.]]> 402 Sarah M. Cradit tappkalina 0 dnf, lgbt-read
Nothing wrong with it, I just thought it can be read as a standalone, but I clearly miss all the needed information.]]> 4.29
author: Sarah M. Cradit
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.29
book published:
rating: 0
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dnf at chapter 3.

Nothing wrong with it, I just thought it can be read as a standalone, but I clearly miss all the needed information.
]]> 41015038 337 Grady Hendrix tappkalina 0 the-24-books-for-2024, dnf dnf at chapter 4. 3.94 2016
author: Grady Hendrix
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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dnf at chapter 4.
]]> 34460349
Nirrim keeps her head down and a dangerous secret close to her chest.

But then she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away who whispers rumors that the High Caste possesses magic. Sid tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself. But to do that, Nirrim must surrender her old life. She must place her trust in this sly stranger who asks, above all, not to be trusted.

Set in the world of the New York Times–bestselling Winner’s Trilogy, beloved author Marie Rutkoski returns with an epic LGBTQ romantic fantasy about learning to free ourselves from the lies others tell us—and the lies we tell ourselves.]]> 358 Marie Rutkoski 0374306389 tappkalina 0 dnf, lgbt-read dnf at 15% 3.94 2020
author: Marie Rutkoski
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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dnf at 15%
]]> 42185079 Don’t miss this spectacular debut novel�� Can a girl who risks her life for books and an alien who loves forbidden pop music work together to save humanity? This road trip is truly out of this world! A beautiful and thrilling read for fans of Marie Lu and Veronica Roth.

Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the deaths of one-third of the world’s population.

Seventeen-year-old Janelle “Ellie�� Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. With humans deemed dangerously volatile because of their initial reaction to the invasion, emotional expression can be grounds for execution. Music, art and books are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by keeping a secret library. When a book goes missing, Ellie is terrified that the Ilori will track it back to her and kill her.

Born in a lab, M0Rr1S was raised to be emotionless. When he finds Ellie’s illegal library, he’s duty-bound to deliver her for execution. The trouble is, he finds himself drawn to human music and in desperate need of more. They’re both breaking the rules for the love of art—and Ellie inspires the same feelings in him that music does.

Ellie’s—and humanity’s—fate rests in the hands of an alien she should fear. M0Rr1S has a lot of secrets, but also a potential solution—thousands of miles away. The two embark on a wild and dangerous road trip with a bag of books and their favorite albums, all the while creating a story and a song of their own that just might save them both.]]> 400 Alechia Dow tappkalina 0 dnf dnf at 12% 3.73 2020
author: Alechia Dow
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/13
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dnf at 12%
]]> 56179367
Xochitl is destined to wander the desert alone, speaking her troubled village's stories into its arid winds. Her only companions are the blessed stars above and enigmatic lines of poetry magically strewn across dusty dunes.

Her one to share her heart with a kindred spirit.

One night, Xo's wish is granted―in the form of Emilia, the cold and beautiful daughter of the town's murderous conqueror. But when the two set out on a magical journey across the desert, they find their hearts could be a match... if only they can survive the nightmare-like terrors that arise when the sun goes down.

Fresh off of Anger Is a Gift 's smashing success, Oshiro branches out into a fantastical direction with their new YA novel, Each of Us a Desert .]]> 432 Mark Oshiro 1250169224 tappkalina 0 dnf, lgbt-read dnf at 18% 3.60 2020
author: Mark Oshiro
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/13
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dnf at 18%
]]> 45422268
"This is when your life begins."

Nia Imani is a woman out of place and outside of time. Decades of travel through the stars are condensed into mere months for her, though the years continue to march steadily onward for everyone she has ever known. Her friends and lovers have aged past her; all she has left is work. Alone and adrift, she lives only for the next paycheck, until the day she meets a mysterious boy, fallen from the sky.

A boy, broken by his past.

The scarred child does not speak, his only form of communication the beautiful and haunting music he plays on an old wooden flute. Captured by his songs and their strange, immediate connection, Nia decides to take the boy in. And over years of starlit travel, these two outsiders discover in each other the things they lack. For him, a home, a place of love and safety. For her, an anchor to the world outside of herself.

For both of them, a family.

But Nia is not the only one who wants the boy. The past hungers for him, and when it catches up, it threatens to tear this makeshift family apart.]]> 391 Simon Jimenez 0593128982 tappkalina 0 dnf at 17% 4.05 2020
author: Simon Jimenez
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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dnf at 17%
]]> 62575677
Twin goblin princes Shi’chen and A’bbni Er-Ha’sen did not ever plan to take the Emperor’s throne. Older twin Shi’chen is a military prodigy, and younger twin A’bbni is studying to be a physician. But when their father attempts and fails to overthrow their cousin, the murderous crown prince, the brothers are accused of taking part in a rebellion they know nothing about.

Forced to flee for their lives, the twins find that not everything is what it seems in the goblin empire of Hanenea’a. With the help of only a half-elf sailor and a handful of nobles, the brothers must confront the Emperor and his supporters, risking everyone they love for one chance to save it all.

The Goblin Twins is a debut m/m non-magic fantasy novel with romance from Kit Barrie.

This is the first book of The Goblin Twins duology, and the first of a collection of stories set in the lands of Hanenea’a and Kendarin. It has all the angst but does have a Happy For Now ending with no cliff-hanger. It does not contain twincest.

Please mind the author’s note on the first page, as this book contains sensitive material and is also not intended for children. Reader discretion is advised.]]> 350 Kit Barrie tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 3.95 2022
author: Kit Barrie
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> 223595879 "It was always meant to be a tale of the dragon and the devouring tree..."
Sleeping Beauty meets Robin Hood in the first book of this high-heat sapphic dark romantasy duology.

Rosemary
Three years ago I was freed from the jailer’s cart and sentenced to a lifetime of servitude at the Briar Apothecary, located at the edge of a forest filled with devouring trees. I spend my days blending herbal remedies for my mistress and concocting poisonous treats to weed out her enemies.
I've learned firsthand that the prince isn’t the hero the rebellion wants him to be. His careless bet invites danger to my doorstep, but it turns out a bit of danger is exactly what I need. Now I’m falling for a woman willing to be ruthless for me. The only problem is I’ll have to betray her to free my godmothers from the Ivy Keep.
Can I break my own heart to save my family?

Carabosse
The little witch must have cast a spell on me. The job was supposed to be easy. Get the dragon eggs and be discreet. Take care of any loose ends and leave a message for the brat prince who dared to steal from the Dragon Valley.
But I never expected to feel this warmth in my chest until I laid eyes on her.
I've served my queen for twenty years, helping her rise to power in this realm after escaping Faerie. I'm blood-sworn to put her above all else, but now I'm questioning everything.
And I'll do anything to get sweet Rosemary to safety, even if there's no chance of a happy ending for me.
Can I break an oath to uphold a vow?

**The Happily Ever After Dark series collects dark fairytale retellings. Each separate story is a standalone or a part of a duology. **

This book contains elements fit for an 18+ audience. ]]> 318 Darva Green tappkalina 0 4.63
author: Darva Green
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.63
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]]> 228533448 From Elle Sprinkle, author of bestselling lesbian romance "Puppy Love", comes "Like a Power Play", a sapphic college hockey rom-com about a team captain who butts heads with her new student coach, until she begins to fall for her.

The student coach. The team captain. They’re skating on thin ice�� until one of them falls.

Peyton Clarke has everything to prove. As the starting center for Greenrock University’s women’s hockey team, she’s determined to earn her place—no handouts, no shortcuts. Being the daughter of a retired NHL star, Peyton is desperate to show she’s more than just a product of her father’s fame. But when her relentless drive starts to blur the line between dedication and recklessness, she risks everything, including her future.

Darcy Cole never thought she'd return to hockey. Once a rising star at Michigan State, her dreams were shattered when rheumatoid arthritis forced her to quit the sport she loved. Now, thanks to her meddling head coach mother, she’s stuck as a student assistant coach, a role she never asked for. Darcy has sworn off the ice, keeping her past as a player a secret. But when Peyton Clarke’s reckless playing style clashes with her cautious approach, something sparks�� and it’s not just chemistry.

To Darcy, Peyton is a reminder of everything she had to give up. To Peyton, Darcy is just the coach’s daughter who has no business telling her how to play. But Darcy is no stranger to the ice—and when their worlds collide, they both start to realize that maybe they have more in common than they think—both on and off the ice.]]> Elle Sprinkle tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 0.0 2025
author: Elle Sprinkle
name: tappkalina
average rating: 0.0
book published: 2025
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]]> 58816673
A betrayal. A deadly secret. An unlikely ally.

Valerie Darkmore’s entire life has been building up to this moment—her initiation into the Marionettes, the prestigious league of witches sworn to serve the vampires. As one of the last remaining blood witches, her spot is almost guaranteed. At least, so she’d thought.

The academy is full of sabotage and secrets as the tasks begin, and Valerie quickly realizes she has more than her spot on the line. Her survival seems just as uncertain.

The closer she gets to the final trial, the more she learns everything—and everyone—around her isn’t quite what it seems.
The Marionettes is a dark and twisty paranormal series about a mysterious, broody vampire prince and an infamous, stubborn blood witch forced to work together. Inspired by The Vampire Diaries, Vampire Academy, and True Blood, The Marionettes is best suited for mature readers with a taste for angst, forced proximity, a little blood, and a little spice. The Marionettes Series (in order): Other titles by Katie Wismer (contemporary stand-alones)]]> 273 Katie Wismer 1734611553 tappkalina 3 3.87 2021
author: Katie Wismer
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/10
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: authortuber-books, 3-star, 2021, 2025
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]]> 223351023 All he’d ever wanted was to go home.

Ryan Davis has lived in hell for the last fifteen years. Kidnapped at age eight, then beaten, broken, and forced into silence, Rye managed to exist, to survive. When a chance phone call gives him an opportunity to escape, he takes it. But escape doesn’t mean safety, and freedom doesn’t mean happiness. And even if he can manage to find home, the pieces of what used to be may never fit back together.

Jacob Wright has adapted. In fact, Jake would probably say he loves his life—living in a beautiful home on a secluded beach on the Northern California coast. It wasn’t the life he’d planned. But accidents happen. And an accident was what stole his livelihood and limited his mobility six years ago. He’s happy now, if not still living carefully, avoiding things that used to make him happier.

When Rye shows up on Jake’s beach, lost, fearful, and on the verge of death, Jake has to become a caretaker for a man who can’t seem to speak, and Rye has to put his trust in a stranger to survive. An unexpected and tenuous friendship grows, forming a deep bond full of possibilities that neither of them had imagined.

But even as they start to recognize what’s in their hearts, the past seems intent on reminding them both how truly broken they are . . .

Pieces of Home is a slow burn, hurt/comfort MM romance that focuses on the growth of a deep friendship and how two broken men find each other, help each other, and heal each other. It’s a story of strangers to friends to lovers, featuring a small town setting, forced proximity, PTSD/cPTSD trauma and healing, demi rep, and a hard-fought happily-ever-after.

Content kidnapping (of a minor); verbal and physical abuse (off page but referenced), including that of a minor; cPTSD; PTSD; trauma-induced selective mutism; trauma-induced dissociative amnesia; life-threatening injury (off page but referenced) resulting in chronic pain (shown on page); death of a side character (off page); death of a parent (in the past, referenced); references to drinking and smoking. See inside preview for additional content warnings.]]> 546 Becca Neil 1964041147 tappkalina 0 lgbt-tbr, tbr-2 4.48
author: Becca Neil
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.48
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]]> 199339303 ALL GODS MUST DIE in this searingly relevant YA��from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Bargain and Most Ardently. In a world bound by violence,��a teen descended from the god of Death must keep their true identity a secret as they fight their way through a gladiator-style competition towards victory and rebellion against the��gods��who murdered their family.

Years ago, the descendants of the god of Death were murdered. The few that remain are in hiding, including Crow, a teen who survived the genocide and hides their magic to stay alive. After fleeing their village, Crow now lives with their uncles in the lowest part of the the Shallows.

Life in the Shallows is tough, but Crow’s even tougher. Hiding their magic has made Crow resourceful, cunning, and unbeatable -- which comes in handy as a fighter in the city's lucrative underground fighting ring.

Then, Crow's uncles are arrested for harboring Deathchildren.����

With fists tightly clenched, Crow vows to set their uncles free. But to do that, they’re going to need to enter a world that threatens Crow’s very existence. Carefully navigating the politics of the wealthy and powerful, they enter the Tournament of the Gods -- a gladiator-style competition where the winner is granted a favor. As they battle their way towards the winner’s circle, Crow plans to ask the gods for their uncles�� freedom as their reward.

But in a city of gods and magic, you don’t ask for what you want.

You take it.

Action. Adventure. Romance. Find it all in Gabe Cole Novoa's
The Wicked BargainThe Diablo's Curse]]> Gabe Cole Novoa tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.52 2025
author: Gabe Cole Novoa
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average rating: 4.52
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]]> 209770889 Charming fairy tale meets spicy bedtime story in this deliciously enchanting age-gap LGBTQIA+ romance

When Taylor Frost’s boss, Amy, flies him across the country to prep for her daughter’s sweet sixteen at the Storybook Endings Resort in the Catskills, the solo mission is well within his wheelhouse. Taylor is excellent at his job—except, he’s probably not supposed to flirt with the resort’s mountain man of a manager, Ethan Golding. Because the rugged older man is also the birthday girl’s father, aka Amy’s ex-husband. Oops.

For Ethan, his divorce seemed like the bad ending to his romantic story. And now, making his daughter’s sweet sixteen dreams come true is the closest he’ll get to the kind of magic happiness in fairy tales. Until adorable Taylor has him wondering if maybe this is just the beginning of a more erotic kind of bedtime story��

The only problem is Amy. And how very not okay she’d be with the chemistry between her assistant and her ex.

If only forbidden flings ever led to happily-ever-afters…]]> 288 Timothy Janovsky 1335574964 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 3.89 2025
author: Timothy Janovsky
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.89
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]]> 219441104 When the mayor of a small Alabama town starts targeting Pride events, bad boy Zeke begins hosting a series of “Pride Speakeasies�� in this joyful queer coming-of-age!

There’s nothing Zeke Chapman wants more than to tarnish the perfect reputation his father is so obsessed with. He quit the baseball team, started fighting at school, and nearly flunked junior year. Newly out as gay, Zeke isn’t sure where his queer identity fits in with his bad-boy persona. His father has always told him to stay quiet and not attract attention, but his friends are pushing him to be just as out and proud as they are. Most days, Zeke isn’t sure how to be a “good gay�� or what that even means.

When his best friend, Sawyer, begs him to help the QSA plan Pride Day, he obliges—mostly to piss his dad off. But then the mayor announces an ordinance that cancels all LGBTQ+ celebrations. Angered by the injustice—and his father’s support of it—Zeke decides to put his rebellious ways to good use and plans a series of underground “Pride Speakeasies��.

As the speakeasies grow, and the community comes together to declare him “King of Pride��, Zeke finally feels like he’s doing something that matters. But friendship drama, a mysterious cyber-crush, and rising tension with his rival and ex Cohen “Coco�� Fisher threaten to undermine his newfound pride. When his final party ends in near-disaster, Zeke must ask himself what he’s really trying to do. After all, there’s a reason that the first pride was a riot.]]> 315 Matthew Hubbard 0593707230 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.65 2025
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name: tappkalina
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]]> 219334752 A high school field hockey star must choose between her love of the game and her new, distractingly beautiful rival in this queer YA romance perfect for fans of She Drives Me Crazy and Cleat Cute!

Evelyn was raised to see field hockey as war.

Before she could write her own name, her family’s legacy on the field was already spelled out. Every step Evelyn takes toward glory is within a footprint her mother left behind. And no step matters more than this next one, with Evelyn about to lead her varsity team into their final battle season. Evelyn is beyond ready to score the Nationals title and win the critical scholarship to her mom’s alma mater that comes with it.

This year, she’s out for blood, and nothing can stand in her way...

...except for Rosa Alvarez, the highly talented new recruit on her biggest rival’s team.

After a humiliating homecoming game and follow-up prank leave the two enemies in a stalemate, they grudgingly strike a deal to help each other overcome their weaknesses on the field. But the more time Evelyn spends with Rosa, the more she finds herself casting her hardened armor aside, until she begins to wonder what life might be like if she left the battlefield behind and fought for love instead.]]> 320 Kit Rosewater 0593898451 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 3.74
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]]> 199531773
Two years ago, Riley visited the abandoned and allegedly haunted religious reform school Dominic House with his boyfriend, Ethan, and his best friends, Colton and Vee.

Ethan never came out. Colton’s leg will never quite heal, Vee is branded as hysterical, and Riley has horrific scars as a reminder of that night.

Now, at eighteen, Riley hasn’t exactly moved on, but he’s kept away from all things paranormal.

Until legendary ghost chaser Jordan Jones shows up with an offer: return to Dominic House with her to film an episode of her Spirit Seekers TV show.

Riley may have vowed never to return, but he has unfinished business at Dominic House. With a reluctant Colton and Vee at his side, Riley is determined to find out what happened to Ethan once and for all.

But as the night wears on, Riley realizes he isn’t just revisiting the most terrifying night of his life�� he’s reliving it.

With an eerily elegant voice, dual timelines that slowly unravel a chilling ghost story, themes of religious trauma, and secrets in every corner, Trespass Against Us is the kind of horror story that will keep you up long into the night.]]> 304 Leon Kemp 0063324857 tappkalina 4 2025, 4-star, lgbt-read 3.84 2024
author: Leon Kemp
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/09
date added: 2025/04/09
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]]> 222376752 Holly Black meets Lex Croucher in this contemporary fantasy about a love story to raise the dead.

At Demdike College of Witchcraft, Orlando is an outcast. Not just for being the only shapeshifter in a college of witches. Not just for being a really bad shapeshifter, with no control over their magic or when their body switches between male and female forms. But because their girlfriend Elizabeth died - and it was Lando's fault.

Then charming new boy Bastian arrives with a proposition: he knows a spell that can raise Elizabeth from the dead. It's dangerous but Lando will try anything. But as Lando's attraction to Bastian grows, questions start to arise. Who is Bastian? What does he really want? And who will survive the resurrection spell?

For fans of V.E. Schwab and Rainbow Rowell, Emma Hinds' Witchlore is a spellbinding contemporary fantasy where the passion is as real as the magic.]]> 352 Emma Hinds 1250369495 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.36 2025
author: Emma Hinds
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.36
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rating: 0
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]]> 211003894
Now, Noon is stuck navigating the submerged town with her mom, who believes their dead family has reincarnated as sea creatures. Alone with the pain of what happened that night at the cove, Noon buries the truth: she is not the right shape.

When Mercy’s predatory leader demands Noon and her mom capture the creature drowning residents, she reluctantly finds an ally in his deadly hunter of a daughter and friends old and new. As the next storm approaches, Noon must confront the past and decide if it’s time to answer the monster itching at her skin.]]> 272 Trang Thanh Tran 1547611111 tappkalina 0 3.60 2025
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name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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]]> 200555185
Maya has always belonged to Alana. After four years of dating, and on the precipice of graduating high school, Maya has been too terrified to consider the idea of life outside of their volatile relationship. Until she finds the courage to break up with Alana while they’re hiking in Southern California.

Then Alana goes missing. As the police get involved and the media run wild with the story, everyone seems to think that Maya is lying about Alana’s disappearance. Secretly, Maya knows they’re right: if Alana’s dead, she’s the one to blame.

But that’s not Maya’s only secret. Alana isn’t gone, not really—and she isn’t going to let Maya go so easily…]]> 352 Kara A. Kennedy 059370746X tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 3.89 2024
author: Kara A. Kennedy
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.89
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rating: 0
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]]> 231014065
She goes on the hunt when the law doesn’t want to get its hands dirty.

Born and bred in the harsh northern winters, Hunter collects bounties on thieves and murderers for a handful of coin, dragging Rip, her animated corpse, behind her. Trust wears thin in the wild Territories, and the law doesn’t always land on the side of justice. Or the side of a necromancer.
Shadowed by the influence of a wealthy Shadesilver baron, Hunter takes on one last job. But instead of an easy payday, Hunter finds something she never expected, something that will tear open old wounds and set her on a path to find justice�� for someone else.]]> Tori Tecken 1937363074 tappkalina 0 to-read, authortuber-books 5.00
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]]> 220137893
As Melina’s heat heightens, the two are swept into a whirlwind of passion. When Camille, Dhanyaris�� beta lover, joins them, her playful charm contrasts with Dhany’s smoldering intensity, creating a magnetic pull Melina can’t resist. Trapped by a snowstorm and fueled by primal instincts, they find themselves exploring their most hidden desires.

As the storm subsides and reality looms, will Melina embrace the unexpected bond she’s formed with Dhany and Camille, or will she be lured back into a life away from her omega nature?

Heat and Run is a steamy sapphic omegaverse novella where insatiable lust meets the magic of the holiday season.]]> 144 Adriana Herrera tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star, lgbt-read 3.86
author: Adriana Herrera
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.86
book published:
rating: 3
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date added: 2025/04/08
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]]> 61232299
Seventeen-year-old Gael is used to keeping to himself. Though his best friend convinces him to attend a meeting of Plus, a support group for LGBTQIA+ teens, Gael doesn’t plan on sharing much. Where would he even start? Between supporting his mother through her bouts of depression, dealing with his estranged father, and navigating senior year as a transgender boy at a conservative Tennessean high school, his life is a lot to unload on strangers.

But after meeting easygoing Declan, Gael is welcomed into a new circle of friends��who make him want to open up. As Gael’s friendship with Declan develops into something more, he finds himself caught between his mother’s worsening mental health and his father’s attempts to reconnect.

After tragedy strikes, Gael must decide if he can risk letting the walls around his heart down��and fully opening up to those who care for him.]]> 315 Michael Gray Bulla 0063091704 tappkalina 4 2025, 4-star, lgbt-read 4.07 2023
author: Michael Gray Bulla
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/08
date added: 2025/04/08
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]]> 101141077 A girl disguises herself as a boy to train as a knight in this first book in Tamora Pierce’s Margaret A. Edwards Award–winning young adult series—now with a new look!

From now on, I’m Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I’ll be a knight.

In a time when girls are forbidden to be warriors, Alanna of Trebond wants nothing more than to be a knight of the realm of Tortall. So she finds a way to switch places with her twin brother, Thom, and, disguised as a boy, begins her training as a page at the palace of King Roald. But the road to knighthood, as she discovers, is not an easy one. Alanna must master weapons, combat, and magic, as well as polite behavior, her temper, and even her own heart.

So begin Alanna’s adventures—filled with swords and sorcery, adventure and intrigue, good and evil—that will lead to the fulfillment of her dreams and make her a legend in the land.]]> 272 Tamora Pierce 1665937416 tappkalina 0 to-read 4.04 1983
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name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1983
rating: 0
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]]> 214283597 In this stunning graphic novel by two-time Ignatz award–winning graphic novelist Ariel Slamet Ries, Oberon must choose between fantasy and reality when he develops the ability to conjure his dreams in real life—including the facsimile of the boy who got away.

In the not-too-distant future, most of humanity resides on its last-ditch effort at Meridian, a remote alien planet where you’re more likely to be born superhuman than left-handed.��

None of that is important to Oberon Afolayan. Since his mildly public breakdown, his whole life seems to be spiraling out of control—from dropping out of university to breaking up with his boyfriend, it seems like only a karmic inevitability when he wakes up one day with the ability to conjure his dreams in the real world.��

Oberon’s newfound powers come with a facsimile of his high school crush, Kon, who mysteriously dropped off the face of the planet almost three years ago and who is a little more infuriating (if not also infuriatingly hot) than Oberon remembers.��

Kon makes it his mission to turn Oberon’s life around, and while they struggle to get a handle on his powers and his disastrous personal life (not to mention the appearance of strange nightmare creatures), it turns out this dream version of Kon has secrets of his own—dangerous ones.��

Oberon might have more on his plate than he originally thought, but is giving up his dreams—even the one he might have accidentally fallen in love with—the only way to find happiness in reality?��]]> 288 Ariel Slamet Ries 0063158086 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr, shorts 4.16 2025
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> 199531955 From the author of If I Can Give You That comes an emotional novel that follows a transgender teen who must grapple with a friendship fracturing and a new romance blossoming, all while being haunted by a devastating loss. A must-read for fans of How It Feels to Float and The Ghosts We Keep.

Caleb’s world broke the day his brother died of a drug overdose. Now in the throes of grief, Caleb hardly ever sees his friends anymore, and school isn’t much better. He’s on the verge of failing his songwriting class, never mind that music used to be his greatest passion. Even Tanya, his best friend, is growing tired of trying to push him back into his life.

But perhaps most concerning of all: A black cat has been following Caleb around…a cat that only he can see. A cat that may just be a ghost.

Then Caleb is assigned a songwriting partner in class: Emmett, the nonbinary lead singer of a local punk band. The cat takes a liking to Emmett—and maybe Caleb does, too. As they write together, Caleb begins opening up about his grief, and the two realize they have more in common than expected. Now Caleb will have to decide if he is ready to heal with Emmett’s help—or recede in life and become as invisible as the ghostly cat at his heel.]]> 336 Michael Gray Bulla 0063091755 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.15 2024
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name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.15
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rating: 0
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]]> 206009955
Theater star Teddy McGuire is ready for all his dreams to come true. He and his best friend, Annie, have been counting down the days to the end-of-the-year drama club trip to New York City. To make it even more magical, if they can win the annual scavenger hunt, they’ll get a chance to meet their popstar idol, Benji Keaton.

But the universe has other plans: when Annie can’t go on the trip, Teddy is forced to room with tech crew loner Sebastian, who has no interest in the scavenger hunt—or Teddy—and seems to have a secret agenda of his own.

On a larger-than-life adventure across the city, the boys will discover a lot more than what’s on their checklist, including masquerade mishaps, obstacles of Jurassic proportions, Hollywood starlets, and, most surprisingly of all, sparks beginning to fly between them. In a story about chasing your destiny, Teddy and Sebastian are about to learn the secret to making their own luck.]]> 432 Robby Weber 1335009957 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 3.84 2024
author: Robby Weber
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 74871184 "Those who love��One of Us Is Lying, will devour this page-turner." (Buzzfeed) Delve into a��murderous, twisty whodunit doused in juicy Hollywood lore.��

No one at Hollywood High knows who’s behind��We'll Never Tell—a viral YouTube channel where the anonymous creators trespass behind the scenes of LA's most intriguing locales. The team includes��CASEY, quiet researcher and trivia champ;��JACOB, voice narrator and video editor, who is secretly dating��EDDIE, aspiring filmmaker; and��ZOE, coder and breaking-and-entering extraordinaire.
��
Now senior year is winding down and with their lives heading in different directions, the YouTubers vow to go out with a bang. Their last episode will be filmed at the infamous Valentini “murder house,�� which has been left abandoned, bloodstained, and untouched since a shocking murder/suicide in 1972. When the teens break in, they capture epic footage. But someone trips an alarm, and it’s a mad dash to get out before the police arrive—at which point they realize only��three��of them escaped instead of four. Jacob is still inside, slain and bleeding out. Is his attack connected to the historic murder, or is one of their crew responsible?��A week of suspicions and cover-ups unfolds as Casey and her remaining friends try to stay alive long enough to solve murder mysteries past and present.��If they do, their friendship may not survive. If they don't, the house will claim more victims.
We'll Never Tell��is perfect for fans

Riverdale Do Revenge They Wish They Were Us��and��One of Us Is Lying Murder mystery books for teens Teen thrillers Young adult suspense]]> 321 Wendy Heard 031648265X tappkalina 4 3.81 2023
author: Wendy Heard
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/07
date added: 2025/04/07
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]]> 213771589 Welcome to The Love Archives; a romance anthology of bonus scenes, excerpts, extended epilogues, and alternate POVs for your insatiable appetite. The best part? All proceeds go towards helping Palestinian families.
So pick your sub-genre or simply enjoy over 120 short stories from some of your favorite romance authors.
]]> 1418 Cynthia A. Rodriguez tappkalina 0 to-read 4.45 2024
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average rating: 4.45
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]]> 220140302 Always each other’s plus-ones, but never each other’s real dates, two��childhood best friends have one last summer wedding to fall in love in this��dual-narrative debut.

“Left me feeling desperately romantic. Prepare for a book hangover—I loved it.”��—Annabel Monaghan, bestselling author of Summer Romance

Best friends Joni and Ren have been inseparable since childhood. So when Joni moves across the country for her job, the two devise a creative way to stay in they’ll be each other’s plus-ones every year for wedding season, no matter what else is happening in their lives.

It’s a tradition that works, until a line is crossed and the friendship they once thought was forever is ruined.

Now Joni is back at their families�� shared summer home for her sister’s wedding, and she’s determined to make the week perfect, even if it means faking a friendship with Ren—and avoiding the truth of why they have to fake it in the first place. How hard can it be to pretend to be friends with the person who once knew you best?

But as sunny beach days together turn into starry nights, Joni begins to question what her life is without Ren in it. And when the wedding arrives, bringing past heartaches to the surface, she’ll be forced to decide if loving Ren means letting him go, or if theirs is a love story worth fighting for.

“Your heart will explode when you read this book. I��defy you not to fall in love with Joni and Ren.”��—Tessa Bickers, USA Today bestselling author of The Book Swap

Perfect for fans The Summer I Turned Pretty��and��People We Meet on Vacation Reunion romances Forced Proximity Dual narratives & Single POV]]> 351 Sally Blakely 0369762053 tappkalina 0 4.06 2025
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name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.06
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rating: 0
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]]> 211081102 Return to the world of The Bridge Kingdom in this sensuous fantasy full of romance and intrigue that is perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Silver Flames.

A soldier raised as heir to an empire, Zarrah is motivated by two truths. The first is that the Veliant family murdered her mother. And the second is that her pursuit of vengeance will put every last one of them in their graves.

The Endless War between Maridrina and Valcotta has raged for generations, leaving thousands of Zarrah’s people dead and countless more orphaned. So when she’s given command of the contested city of Nerastis, Zarrah is prepared to do whatever it takes to destroy the Maridrinian forces who oppose her. And to kill the Veliant prince who leads them.

Yet a chance encounter with an anonymous, and handsome, Maridrinian causes Zarrah to question whether the violence she’s perpetrated is justice or a crime. And as she continues to meet the nameless man each night, she finds common ground - and fiery passion - in his arms.

But when identities are revealed, Zarrah must decide whether to embrace a chance at peace…or march to the drums of war.]]> 673 Danielle L. Jensen 0593975243 tappkalina 0 upcoming, series-to-finish 4.06 2022
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name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.06
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rating: 0
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]]> 211081092
A queen now in exile as a traitor, Lara has watched Ithicana be conquered by her own father, helpless to do anything to stop the destruction. But when she learns her husband, Aren, has been captured in battle, Lara knows there is only one reason her father is keeping him alive: as bait for his traitorous daughter.

And it is bait she fully intends to take.

Risking her life to the Tempest Seas, Lara returns to Ithicana with a plan not only to free its king, but for liberating the Bridge Kingdom from her father's clutches using his own weapons: the sisters whose lives she spared. But not only is the palace inescapable, there are more players in the game than Lara ever realized, enemies and allies switching sides in the fight for crowns, kingdoms, and bridges. But her greatest adversary of all might be the very man she's trying to free—the husband she betrayed.

With everything she loves in jeopardy, Lara must decide who—and what—she is fighting for: her kingdom, her husband, or herself.]]> 416 Danielle L. Jensen 0593975219 tappkalina 4 2025, 4-star 4.17 2020
author: Danielle L. Jensen
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/06
date added: 2025/04/06
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]]> 53457092
Shiori'anma, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. At first, her mistake seems like a stroke of luck, forestalling the wedding she never wanted. But it also catches the attention of Raikama, her stepmother.

A sorceress in her own right, Raikama banishes the young princess, turning her brothers into cranes. She warns Shiori that she must speak of it to no one for with every word that escapes her lips, one of her brothers will die.

Penniless, voiceless, and alone, Shiori searches for her brothers, and uncovers a dark conspiracy to seize the throne. Only Shiori can set the kingdom to rights, but to do so she must place her trust in a paper bird, a mercurial dragon, and the very boy she fought so hard not to marry. And she must embrace the magic she's been taught all her life to forswear--no matter what the cost.

Weaving together elements of The Wild Swans, Cinderella, the legend of Chang E, and the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.]]> 454 Elizabeth Lim 0593300939 tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star 4.19 2021
author: Elizabeth Lim
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/05
date added: 2025/04/05
shelves: 2025, 3-star
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]]> 127280686 A Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Editors' Pick for Amazon

For fans who have always wanted their Twin Peaks to have some wizards, The Warden is a non-stop action adventure story from author Daniel M. Ford.

There was a plan.

She had the money, the connections, even the brains. It was become one of the only female necromancers, earn as many degrees as possible, get a post in one of the grand cities, then prove she’s capable of greatness. The funny thing about plans is that they are seldom under your control.

Now Aelis de Lenti, a daughter of a noble house and recent graduate of the esteemed Magisters�� Lyceum, finds herself in the far-removed village of Lone Pine. Mending fences, matching wits with goats, and serving people who want nothing to do with her. But, not all is well in Lone Pine, and as the villagers Aelis is reluctantly getting to know start to behave strangely, Aelis begins to suspect that there is far greater need for a Warden of her talents than she previously thought.

Old magics are restless, and an insignificant village on the farthest border of the kingdom might hold secrets far beyond what anyone expected. Aelis might be the only person standing between one of the greatest evils ever known and the rest of the world.]]> 336 Daniel M. Ford 1250815673 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 3.68 2023
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name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.68
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rating: 0
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]]> 226432098 Cami's a wildlife photographer, strictly not looking for love

I came to the Andes for rare flowers, not my ex. But there she is—Tiffany Whitmore, looking way too perfect for someone on a hiking tour. She's still got that soft charm, and I still have a million questions about our history. And why can't I stop staring?

Tiffany's a recently divorced lawyer, hoping to turn a new leaf

This trip was supposed to be about adventure and leaving my past behind.
Instead, I find Cami Rivera-my headstrong, gorgeous college ex, making my heart race and my boots stumble. I thought I was done with her. Turns out I might be done for.

As the jungle throws us together, old feelings resurface. Can we rewrite our story, or will we get lost in the wilds of our past?

A second-chances Sapphic romance about love, growth, and finding your way back to what matters most.]]> 123 Ciara Turner tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.29
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name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.29
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]]> 199531759
Fifteen-year-old Kam is head over heels for Ash, the boy who swept him off his feet. But his family and best friend, Bodie, are worried. Something seems off about Ash. He also has a habit of disappearing, at times for days. When Ash asks Kam to join him on a trip to Joshua Tree, the two of them walk off into the sunset . . . but only Kam returns.

Two years later, Kam is still left with a hole in his heart and too many unanswered questions. So it feels like fate when a school trip takes him back to Joshua Tree. On the trip, Kam wants to find closure about what happened to Ash but instead finds himself in danger of facing a similar fate. In the desert, Kam must reckon with the truth of his past relationship—and the possibility of opening himself up to love once again.

Desert Echoes is a propulsive, moving story about human resilience and connection.]]> 320 Abdi Nazemian 0063339633 tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 3.86 2024
author: Abdi Nazemian
name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 197450537
IN THEIR ABSENCE, THERE CAN BE ONLY CHAOS. ONLY WAR.

AND THEY ARE NOT ALL THAT HAS FADED FROM THE WORLD OF VERDA... Once there were heroes. Brave men and women who showed their quality to be above the rest. Those whose deeds earned them the heart of a dragon . Those whose courage and strength resonated with the unborn, who, in their eggs, can wait thousands of years for a warrior worthy of them. These heroes rose up on young battlefields and defended the weak and oppressed across all of Erador. They did so because they were inspired . They had only to look up and see. Dragons Riders! The last noble warriors in the realm. Only heroes can embolden the ordinary. For centuries, millennia , the Dragon Riders galvanised generation after generation, adding Riders to their ranks, birthing dragons from their eggs. But there are no more heroes. War with the Andarens is like nothing the Riders, nor the armies of Erador, have ever faced. In the place of heroes there are only soldiers now. Fodder for the machine of war. This time of twilight is set to be the crowning hour of the dark, when the light is losing its grip. There are those who have been waiting, biding their time in the shadows while the heroes of Verda die out. They worship something ancient. Something forgotten by myth and legend. Something evil. It falls on a few to keep back that darkness. A few who must rise without inspiration and prove themselves worthy. -- 'I read a lot of fantasy books and I can say that this is one of the best I have read' - B. Stewart - Amazon customer - The Echoes Saga ''The Echoes Saga' demonstrates a simple commitment to the power of story' - Stephen Dudley - Amazon customer - The Echoes Saga]]> 829 Philip C. Quaintrell tappkalina 0 to-read 4.58 2023
author: Philip C. Quaintrell
name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.58
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Running into Drew Halifax—her childhood crush, who grew up to be the golden boy of hockey—is a surprise. Not nearly as shocking as his offer to be her plus-one is though.

She expects him to back out. He shows up. She’s looking for a distraction from the past. He’s killing time until his season starts and he can chase the championship. She’s guarded yet outgoing. He’s easygoing yet focused.

They hardly know each other. Until one week of sharing secrets, pretending to be in love, and sleeping in the same bed changes everything. Feelings that were supposed to be fake start to feel very real.

Problem is, neither of them is looking for a relationship. At most, they’re meant to be a summer fling. Definitely not a happily ever after.

But when it comes to falling? You have no control. Once you start, it’s impossible to stop. And sometimes…it takes six summers.]]> 321 C.W. Farnsworth tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star 4.05
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𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔... 𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚!

𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙔

Marymount girls are good girls. We’re chaste, we’re untouched, and even if we weren’t, no one would know, because we keep our mouths shut.

Not that I have anything to share anyway. I never let guys go too far. I’m behaved.

Beautiful, smart, talented, popular, my skirt’s always pressed, and I never have a hair out of place. I own the hallways, walking tall on Monday and dropping to my knees like the good Catholic girl I am on Sunday.

That’s me. Always in control.

Or so they think. The truth is that it’s easy for me to resist them, because what I truly want, they can never be. Something soft and smooth. Someone dangerous and wild.

Unfortunately, what I want I have to hide. In the locker room after hours. In the bathroom stall between classes. In the showers after practice. 𝑀𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎�� 𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑀𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑛�� 𝑢𝑝 ℎ𝑒�� 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑟𝑡.

For me, life is a web of secrets. No one can find out mine.

𝙊𝙇𝙄��𝙄𝘼

I cross the tracks every day for one reason—to graduate from this school and get into the Ivy League. I’m not ashamed of where I come from, my family, or how everyone at Marymount thinks my skirts are too short and my lipstick is too red.

Clay Collins and her friends have always turned up their noses at me. The witch with her beautiful skin, clean shoes, and rich parents who torments me daily and thinks I won’t fight back.

At least not until I get her alone and find out she’s hiding so much more than just what’s underneath those pretty clothes.

The princess thinks I’ll scratch her itch. She thinks she’s still pure as long as it’s not a guy touching her.

I told her to stay on her side of town. I told her not to cross the tracks.

But one night, she did. And when I’m done with her, she’ll never be pure again.

*TRYST SIX VENOM is a standalone, new adult, bully romance suitable for readers 18+. It will release directly into Kindle Unlimited!]]> 589 Penelope Douglas tappkalina 0 3.85 2021
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]]> 227801530 NICKO

As a Top Ten draft pick, I‘d been on my way to hockey stardom—until one bad hit on the ice threatened it all. Now I have one year of college left to prove to everyone that I’ve made a full recovery from my injury and am still worth a shot in the NHL.

So my plan for senior year is keep my head down, work hard, win the Frozen Four.

But it all goes right out the window when my twin brother Nate finds himself in a precarious situation, and I’m the only one who can help him.

The only problem? It includes living with his best friend—and my worst enemy. Xander Hart has a way of getting under my skin, and our encounters usually end in disaster.

XANDER

Study hard, make my parents proud, win the Frozen Four—that’s my to-do list for senior year. One thing I did not have on there: losing my best friend.

Nate and I have been inseparable since our first day of college, so I really thought I knew him. But then his behavior changes from one day to the next, and not in a good way. He’s avoiding me, and every time I confront him, we end up fighting. On the ice, however, we are unstoppable.

Suddenly, I’m torn between wanting to punch him—and wanting to kiss him.

Ugh, this year is going to be intense.


The Switched-Up Playbook is the first in a five book standalone mm college romance series, each of them featuring different athletes. Book 1 is filled with heated fights on and off the ice between two rivals, witty banter, spicy scenes, twin shenanigans, and wholesome friendships. This series is not suitable for readers under the age of 18 years.]]> 411 A. J. Kyler tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.03 2025
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For Jaime, returning to the tiny Vermont town of Saint Juniper means returning to a past he’s spent eight years trying to forget. After shuttling between foster homes, he hopes he can make something out of this fresh start. But every gossip in town already knows his business, and with reminders of his past everywhere, he seeks out solitude into the nearby woods, called Saint Juniper’s Folly, and does not return.

For Theo, Saint Juniper means being stuck. He knows there’s more out there, but he’s scared to go find it. His senior year is going to be like all the rest, dull and claustrophobic. That is until he wanders into the Folly and stumbles on a haunted house with an acerbic yet handsome boy stuck—as in physically stuck—inside.

For Taylor, Saint Juniper is a mystery. The surrounding woods speak to her, while she tries—and fails—to practice the magic her dad banned from the house after her mother died. Taylor can’t seem break out of her spiral of grief, until a wide-eyed teenager barges into her life, rambling on about a haunted house, a trapped boy, and ghosts. He needs a witch.

The Folly and its ghosts will bring these three teenagers together. But they will each have to face their own internal struggles in order to forge a bond strong enough to escape the Folly’s shadows.]]> 304 Alex Crespo 1682635775 tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star, lgbt-read 3.81 2023
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name: tappkalina
average rating: 3.81
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rating: 3
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]]> 209801510 He drew a thousand faces, but none of them were his��

His whole life, the one thing Dorian wanted more than anything else, was to know who his soulmate was. But while he can find everyone else’s soulmate, he can’t do the same for himself.
Resigned to a life of solitude, he spends his days giving people the key to their happiness, borrowing their joy and basking in the beauty of their love. It’s enough��

Until he meets Hayden.

Hayden, who is everything Dorian had ever dreamed of.
Hayden, who cares for Dorian the same way Dorian cares for him.
Hayden, who doesn’t believe in soulmates.]]> 183 A.M. Rose tappkalina 0 lgbt-tbr, tbr-2 3.84
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]]> 198269713 As an herbalist, Heriath lives a life devoted to others. A task that has become increasingly difficult with the loss of the Elysir, a magical bloom that's healing properties have kept the people of Vyelan strong and healthy for hundreds of years. She does her best to make up for the loss, but when her sister's illness is discovered to be fatal she makes it her mission to find the healing blossom. With the help of a friend and a lucky encounter with the heiress of a powerful company in Vyelan, she finds herself on a journey to return the Elysir to its former glory. To save her sister's life she must reunite the souls of an ancient mystic and his wife which proves to be an easy task at first. That is until she finds herself drawn to one of the bonded pair. The once simple mission twists into a struggle between head and heart as she's pulled between her love for her sister and her newfound feelings. As physical and emotional challenges are thrown her way, Heriath must learn to trust herself and decide if being selfish is the right choice.

TW: Loss, Grief, Terminal Illness.
(If you or a loved one is currently experiencing a terminal illness, I wish you all the best. I wish you peace and hope that this novel can provide a ray of sunshine through the grey clouds of life.)]]> 432 S. Nicole tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.13
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Seeking revenge, Raef breaks into the knights�� temple and opens a box, expecting to find gold and jewels among the bones. Instead, he finds a living man, Kinos, sleeping inside.

Raef steals Kinos.

As they run from the knights and grow closer, Raef thinks he’s found a friend, love, and perhaps a secret that may lead to his goddess’s return. If they can’t solve the mystery of Kinos's imprisonment, the moon will never rise again and the world will drown in ghosts.]]> 360 David R. Slayton tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 3.87 2023
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]]> 228271766 I do not care what they think of me. I can’t. It only matters that I play.

Jeremy Knox is no stranger to damage control, but his last season on an Exy court is off to a disastrous start. The relentless crusade against his newest teammate threatens the haven he and his friends have worked so hard to build. He promised Jean a fun senior year, but tragedy and ugly truths make every step forward an uphill fight.

Jean Moreau promised the USC Trojans a championship trophy, and he intends to deliver. Granted, it would be significantly easier if they’d slide off their high horses and throw a few elbows on the court. Their steadfast refusal to do things his way is nearly as aggravating as their unwanted affection, but maybe they’re not the ones that need to change.

With so many ready to drag him down, how can he learn to fly?]]> 484 Nora Sakavic tappkalina 0 lgbt-tbr, currently-reading FINALLY STARTING IT!! 4.75 2025
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FINALLY STARTING IT!!
]]> 230199983 Vengeance is her prey.
Death is his destiny.Long ago, in a time of war and union, Reghen Nehtvallan faced the greatest betrayal when the then young faerie Princess discovered the lifeless body of her young sister—her throat had been slit, and her clothes smelled of the Prince Reghen had been betrothed to.
Four hundred years have passed, and Reghen is on the cusp of vengeance when she finds herself embroiled in a in a scheme the Gris are carrying out in hopes of releasing a powerful god from his prison of darkness—allowing her mortal enemies to conquer the Eleven Courts.
To avenge her sister, the daughter of death must first avoid the destruction of the world as she knows it.]]> 603 Ellie Owen 6501167272 tappkalina 0 to-read 4.75 2025
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]]> 208277266 When an isolated Fae Mystic discovers his fated mate has a blood fetish, burns in the sun…and could be the bloodsucking enemy of his kind��

I tried to tap into the power of the Gods.

But only managed to tap into evil itself.

Which makes me an outcast to all Fae except to my overprotective brother.

What do you do when your power comes straight from evil itself?

Lay low and don’t draw the attention of the Monster Hunter’s guild.

I planned to do that until my brother goes missing, just as an ancient vampire elder is hell-bent on kick-starting the apocalypse.

Now I gotta tap into evil to duke it out against evil.

It all seemed simple in theory: Stop the apocalypse and find my brother.

If only Varick, the sexy, hotheaded, self-proclaimed fated mate, living in my head rent-free, hadn’t shown up in the flesh vowing to protect me. I want to trust that this is nothing but a coincidence. After all, my list of allies is getting thinner by the second.

And he may not be all he’s claiming to be, maybe it’s the sharp fangs, his aversion to sunlight…and the way he keeps sniffing my neck.

Blood Curse features a young omega trying to find his place in a hidden magical world. A hot-headed vampire with murder on his mind, fated mates, lots of action, adventure, blood drinking, smack-talking dragons, and a happy ending!]]> 366 Morrigan Black tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 3.79
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When Isobel reveals that she will never let the Fisherman go, even if they find the mad god, the Fisherman knows:

It's time to get violent.]]> 176 Drew Huff tappkalina 0 to-read, lgbt-tbr 4.13
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]]> 42686649 Nightbooks and the Thickety series, J. A. White. Perfect for fans of Stranger Things, Neil Gaiman, and Adam Gidwitz.

Cordelia Liu knew Shadow School was going to be different. Black gates and ivied walls. Long hallways lined with old paintings. A tower with a window that looks like an eye. Different she expected; different she could handle. Still, Cordelia can’t shake the feeling that something’s not right—and that she’s being carefully watched.

The answer isn’t just in front of her eyes—it’s in her gym, next to the bulletin board, even in the cafeteria. The school grounds are filled with ghosts. Cordelia soon realizes she’s not the only one who can see them; her new friend Benji can too. Together with supersmart Agnes, the trio are determined to find out why the ghosts are there, and whether there’s a way to set them free. But the school was created with more sinister intentions, and someone is willing to go to extreme lengths to ensure that the ghosts remain trapped forever.]]> 304 J.A. White 0062838288 tappkalina 3 2025, 3-star 4.09 2019
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name: tappkalina
average rating: 4.09
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rating: 3
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