Rya's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:56:53 -0700 60 Rya's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Missed Steps 219613607
Except...does a loss usually mean that they spend infinitely more time together than they ever did when competing? And does it mean they are closer? Know each other better? Laugh more? flirt more?

If Kyle had realised losing their rivalry would lead here, he would have given in week one. Now all he has to do is get over his shyness to ask Mark out instead of cursing at him�

Missed Steps is an 18+ light-hearted m/m college romance.]]> 344 L. Sherleen Rya 0 to-read 3.20 Missed Steps
author: L. Sherleen
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]]> Inevitable 57698654 The three of us were never impossible. We were always inevitable.

When Drew meets Ezra, he doesn’t expect much. A one-night stand and a quick goodbye in the morning. That’s how these things usually go. Only there’s nothing usual about Ezra and the connection that forms between them.

When Ezra meets Drew, he doesn’t expect much. A distraction and parting as strangers after a night of meaningless fun. That’s how these things usually go. Only there’s nothing meaningless about Drew and the relentless spark between them that just refuses to disappear.

When Bas meets Ezra� things get complicated. As if being hopelessly in love with his best friend isn't painful enough. Throw in an unexpected friendship that develops with the one-time hookup of said best friend, and the results are messy at best.

But sometimes beautiful things emerge from messy and complicated beginnings, and where two isn't enough, three might be just perfect.]]> 262 Briar Prescott Rya 5 mm-3p-or-more, 2025 4.04 2021 Inevitable
author: Briar Prescott
name: Rya
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Dire Straits and Entwined Fates (Fanged Mistakes, #2)]]> 205789517 Julian

When did fake-then-real dating an ancient vampire become the easy part?

Casimir’s ridiculously sweet now that he’s conquered “the art of the flirt,� as he calls it. He tries hard to fit in with my family—if we forget about those silly threatening chocolates he sent my father—and he even makes me popcorn� okay, he tried. I know, I know, I’m just bragging at this point.

Everything is perfect until we stumble upon a half-dead vampire who is being hunted by someone. And I’m afraid the person hunting him knows all about Casimir’s history. Casimir has fought so hard to drive the darkness away, but we both know that he needs to bury his past� one last time.

Casimir

I never saw myself in a relationship, let alone with a pesky werewolf. He’s funny and sweet, has questionable friends, and phenomenal taste in dog bandanas. After five hundred years, I think I’ve finally convinced myself that I deserve this.

However, someone else isn’t quite certain I do. Julian has assured me that it’s time to move forward, but when there’s a masked man waiting in the shadows for me, I find it hard to ignore my past mistakes.

But I have something I didn’t have the last time I faced him.
Someone who loves me.

Dire Straits and Entwined Fates has a cheerful werewolf who seems to have an aversion to clothes; a vampire leader who overuses speedy delivery services; board games with a little too much exhibitionism; and animals that are too cute to be eaten.]]> 368 Alice Winters Rya 5 2025 4.43 2024 Dire Straits and Entwined Fates (Fanged Mistakes, #2)
author: Alice Winters
name: Rya
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/19
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]]> <![CDATA[Fake Dates and Fanged Mistakes (Fanged Mistakes, #1)]]> 204837977 Julian

This week hasn’t gone the best for me unless you count Casimir, the sexy ancient vampire, bringing me back from the brink of death (and tying my fate to his in the process). Not that it matters if the werewolves and vampires don’t stop their ridiculous feud, because someone is targeting them and widening the divide between our communities with each body they leave in their wake.

But as the alpha’s son, I have a plan to fix everything. I’m going to convince Casimir to fake date me to show the others that we can work together.

I mean� what could go wrong?

Casimir

Everything.

Literally everything could go wrong. Who is actually going to believe that I want this joke-cracking, cute werewolf tagging alongside me?

Honestly, do I even care if people get along? I really think I have much more important things to do than going on hardware store dates, learning the torturous art of holding hands, and attending awkward family dinners, like� staring at my dog� and� I’m sure there’s something else.

Okay, fine, maybe this whole fake dating scheme isn’t the worst idea that I’ve come across in the past five hundred years, but it’s definitely in the running. The two of us are just going to have a bit of fun while I stop whoever’s hunting down the vampires and werewolves� right?

Fake Dates and Fanged Mistakes has a sunshiny yet stubborn werewolf who just wants everyone to get along, dang it; a bored vampire who isn't nearly as aloof as he wants to appear; paper napkins trying (and failing) to stand in for clothes; some awesome swordsmanship; and the last thing you’d expect to find in a secret cupboard.]]> 386 Alice Winters Rya 5 2025 4.30 2024 Fake Dates and Fanged Mistakes (Fanged Mistakes, #1)
author: Alice Winters
name: Rya
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> Rend (Riven, #2) 38944629 After a whirlwind romance, a man with a painful past learns to trust the musician who makes him believe in happy endings.

Matt Argento knows what it feels like to be alone. After a childhood of abandonment, he never imagined someone might love him—much less someone like Rhys Nyland, who has the voice of an angel, the looks of a god, and the worship of his fans.

Matt and Rhys come from different worlds, but when they meet, their chemistry is incendiary. Their romance is unexpected, intense, and forever—at least, that’s what their vows promise. Suddenly, Matt finds himself living a life he never thought possible: safe and secure in the arms of a man who feels like home. But when Rhys leaves to go on tour for his new album, Matt finds himself haunted by the ghosts of his past.

When Rhys returns, he finds Matt twisted by doubt. But Rhys loves Matt fiercely, and he’ll go to hell and back to triumph over Matt’s fears. After secrets are revealed and desires are confessed, Rhys and Matt must learn to trust each other if they’re going to make it. That means they have to fall in love all over again—and this time, it really will be forever.

Roan Parrish’s pitch-perfect Riven novels can be read together or separately:
RIVEN | REND]]> 259 Roan Parrish 1524799335 Rya 0 to-read 4.16 2018 Rend (Riven, #2)
author: Roan Parrish
name: Rya
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Diamond in the Rough (Four Kings Security, #4)]]> 44006542 When the cards are stacked against you, the Kings will even the odds.

For Ward “King� Kingston the role of protector, forged by fire and tragedy, is one he takes seriously. When King is asked to safeguard the son of a four-star general and friend, he is pulled back into the world of government black ops on a mission that raises painful memories from his past. The moment King meets Leo, amid the chaos of a lockdown at a secret black site, it’s clear he’s never faced a challenge like this—one that will test his unwavering sense of control.

Leopold de Loughrey is a misunderstood genius whose anxiety and insecurities are sent into overdrive when he is forcefully recruited to work on a top-secret project. Terrified of what his role as "invaluable asset" means, Leo’s stress leads to disappearances, arguments, and blowups that threaten the project and Leo’s future. King’s arrival is a calm in the storm for Leo and his frenetic thoughts.

King and Leo couldn’t be more different, yet as they navigate the dangers of a secret multi-agency operation and face unknown threats, their differences could be what saves them. Neither man believes a happily ever after is in the cards, but their hearts might just prove them wrong� if they can survive a deadly betrayal.]]> 292 Charlie Cochet Rya 5 2022, 2025 4.41 2019 Diamond in the Rough (Four Kings Security, #4)
author: Charlie Cochet
name: Rya
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/07
date added: 2025/04/06
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I first read this in july 2022. Nearly 3 years later and it’s still a 5⭐️ for me.
]]> Adopt a Vampire 230271070 -Run
-Fight
-Ask for noms

Barrett Walker, alpha of the local pack, has two options upon meeting the starving but sweet Jesse! Should
-Hand him over to the local vampire clan
-Adopt him

Barrett’s in favor of adoption but can adoption include smexy bite bite times too?

Tags:
Who’s on ship building duty this time?, Coconut water is banned, eating shouldn’t be this complicated, Jesse(dot)exe is constantly crashing, werewolves court differently than vampires, who knew, Unholy Trifecta crossover, Ross crossover, Cinnamon rolls deserve all the love, Hacker besties, Full moon shenanigans, Found family for the win, Pillow gifts make me squeeee]]> 168 A.J. Sherwood Rya 0 to-read 4.38 2025 Adopt a Vampire
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average rating: 4.38
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]]> The Fall (Love in O'Leary #1) 42069408
Small town police officer Silas Sloane knows every resident of O’Leary, New York. He’s earned the love and respect of its citizens, though living under the small-town microscope grates on him. But though he’s good at his job, there’s one thing he’s not good at: commitments� Until Everett.

Widower Everett Maior, O’Leary’s newest citizen, came to the small town kicking and screaming. He never wanted to become primary caretaker for his grandfather and has no interest in living the provincial life. Snarky and superstitious, he’s proficient at keeping people at a distance... Until he lays eyes on Silas.

Strange disappearances are plaguing O’Leary, though, even as Silas and Everett find their growing attraction undeniable. Can they find their way to a future together, even as ghosts from the past threaten to tear them apart?]]> 306 May Archer Rya 0 3.98 2018 The Fall (Love in O'Leary #1)
author: May Archer
name: Rya
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[King of Immortal Tithe (Darkmourn Universe, #2)]]> 59706938 From the bestselling author Ben Alderson comes a fantastical and spicy reimagining of the Hades and Persephone tale. King of Immortal Tithe is a standalone in the Darkmourn Universe.

Human. Arlo Grey will do anything to fend off the sickness that longs to destroy him. To uphold the promise he made to his parents, ensuring the protection of his sister from the world and its dangers. Especially if the dangers come in the form of elves from a realm beyond that of the human world.

Elf. Faenir Evelina is scorned for the murder of his family. Forced by the bitter Queen to partake in the Choosing, he discovers a single person who can resist the deadly grace of his touch.

It has been many years since the vampiric disease spread wildly across Darkmourn, making humans a rarity. And protection from the undead comes at a cost, one that Arlo is forced to pay when he is stolen by the Prince of Death.

Arlo finds himself tangled in a web of secrecy, family politics and unbridled magic when he comes face to face with the impending doom� his truth.

King of Immortal Tithe is a complete, M/M *stand-alone novel*, inspired by Hades x Persephone� but if Hades fell in love with Persephone’s brother instead.]]> 402 Ben Alderson Rya 0 0-to-be-continued 3.66 2022 King of Immortal Tithe (Darkmourn Universe, #2)
author: Ben Alderson
name: Rya
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2022
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]]> Rule Breaker (Bar Down #1) 215509397
Kayden I love college. My hockey team, the parties, the people. Classes, not so much. Especially when I get paired with Maddox, a goalie who offers nothing but snarky comments and snide looks. He’s brilliant and beautiful, and I’m the jock on an athletic scholarship. He hates me but so what? We’re stuck together at away games. His anger sparks a reckless want I’ve never felt before. And I always follow the rules. So why does Maddox make me want to break every one?

Rule Breaker is a double queer awakening, grumpy/sunshine, hurt/comfort, college hockey MM romance. Expect broken boys, bruised hearts, and an HEA neither saw coming. Themes of mental health, learning disorder, and first times.]]> 288 Ava Olsen 1998493016 Rya 0 to-read 4.03 Rule Breaker (Bar Down #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[One Piece - Édition originale - Tome 105 (French Edition)]]> 197788585 0 Eiichiro Oda Rya 0 currently-reading 4.50 2023 One Piece - Édition originale - Tome 105 (French Edition)
author: Eiichiro Oda
name: Rya
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2023
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]]> <![CDATA[Lord of Eternal Night (Darkmourn Universe, #1)]]> 57996660 Perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Shade of Vampire � but with added spice!Jak’s life has only one meaning; break the curse or die trying. Marius’s life has no meaning; not since he was cursed into the twisted, blood thirsty creature of night.For years the witches have waited for their salvation, a way to return the magic that was sacrificed when the curse was first cast. Jak, a boy born with power that the witches have not seen in a century, is their prophesied saviour. The one who is to kill the creature, break the curse and restore magic to his coven. Sent to the creature’s castle as the final Claim, Jak must get close enough to land the final blow. It is what he has trained all his life to accomplish. Not all is as it seems when Jak uncovers secrets and half-truths. The creature is not the haunting beast he had been brought up to hate. Emotions war as new feelings are uncovered. For what is more dangerous than hate? Lust.Lord of Eternal Night is a complete, M/M *stand-alone novel*, inspired by Beauty and the Beast� with added bite.]]> 270 Ben Alderson Rya 3 2025 3.55 2021 Lord of Eternal Night (Darkmourn Universe, #1)
author: Ben Alderson
name: Rya
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/27
date added: 2025/03/26
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]]> Pure Silence 61436182
Day Hanley was raised with a strict hand and a wildly perverse interpretation of scripture. Those who speak with venom under their lips and use their tongues to deceive must be quieted, and it is his mission to silence them. He hears it everywhere, a constant torrent of profanity and hatred spewing from every mouth that he has to shut out or he’ll go insane. But Goldie is not like anyone else Day has ever heard before. Goldie speaks as an angel does, and Day has to find out why� Even if it means he must silence him.
Virtuous Sinners is a collection of gay romance stories that center on killers who are guided by a virtuous code. These dark novels are connected only by theme and can be read standalone.

The killer's virtue in Pure Silence : Silence.]]> 396 K.L. Hiers Rya 0 to-read 3.81 2022 Pure Silence
author: K.L. Hiers
name: Rya
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2022
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]]> <![CDATA[The Date (Love in O'Leary #0.5)]]> 41953709
Their connection was immediate, all-consuming, and definitely not vanilla... but could their perfect date last for more than just a night, or even a season?

Note: This is a 23k word SHORT STORY that first appeared in the Heart2Heart anthology as “The Baker and the SEAL." It has been slightly expanded.]]> 97 May Archer Rya 5 2025 4.05 2018 The Date (Love in O'Leary #0.5)
author: May Archer
name: Rya
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> Logan's Need (The Escort, #3) 44159251 an alternate cover edition can be found here

“I feel like I’ve been wearing blinders for my entire life and now they’ve been ripped off and everything’s too bright � too harsh. Part of me wants them back so I only have to see what’s right in front of me.� --Logan

After Logan Bradshaw’s dreams go up in smoke, he’s left broken and haunted by a cruel betrayal from his former business partner, a man he once thought of as a friend. His life as a professional escort helped pay for his future once, so maybe a few more jobs can give him back what he’s lost. And if that means being a third for one night for a wealthy couple living out a ménage fantasy, then so be it. It might just be the final payout he needs to get his life back on track.

Dominic Barretti has everything money can buy, but it can’t save his beautiful young wife as cancer steals her away from him. He also can’t deny her one last request � a ménage encounter with another man. It’s the perfect excuse to meet the man who’s been haunting his dreams. On paper, Logan is the perfect choice to give his wife what she needs, but he doesn’t expect his own fierce desires to flare up when the young man enters their lives.

Dom and Logan don’t know it, but Sylvie Barretti has decided to play matchmaker from beyond the grave. Unfortunately, getting two broken men to find each other makes dying seem like the easy part.

Logan can’t deny his attraction to Dom, but the surprise desire for another man has left him reeling and questioning everything he’s ever known about himself. But when a threat from the past surfaces, will Logan be able to let go of the life he knew and embrace the one he needs?


Note: This book contains M/M sexual content and is intended for mature audiences

***This is Book 3 in the series, but can be read as a stand-alone story - no cliffhangers. However, more enjoyment can be gained by reading the series in order:

Book 1 - Gabriel's Rule
Book 2 - Shane’s Fall
(Note: Logan’s Need DOES contain spoilers for events first presented in Books 1 & 2)***
]]> 320 Sloane Kennedy Rya 3 2021, 2025 4.40 2015 Logan's Need (The Escort, #3)
author: Sloane Kennedy
name: Rya
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> Looking for Group 222476129 From the USA Today bestselling author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL and HUSBAND MATERIAL comes a charming New Adult LGBTQIA+ romance perfect for fans of Heartstopper.

Drew's always prided himself on being the "right" kind of nerd. He plays sports, has a solid group of friends, and never had any problem talking to girls. Sure, he spends time playing Heroes of Legend, the biggest MMORPG on the planet, but it's just a fun hobby, not his identity. Falling for someone in a video game? Not his style.

Until it is.

Enter witty, kind, razor-sharp, and a healer who's saved Drew's virtual skin more times than he can count. She's also, turns out, a boy in real life. The realization knocks Drew off-balance, but it doesn't take long for him to figure out the simple truth—he likes Kit, no matter Kit's gender.

The real challenge? Kit's reality is leagues apart from Drew's. Being online is his life, and while he's willing to come out of his shell an inch at a time, there's such a wide gulf between them that Drew's left can love truly bridge the distance…or are they fated to remain in separate worlds forever?]]> 384 Alexis Hall 1728250897 Rya 0 to-read 3.73 2016 Looking for Group
author: Alexis Hall
name: Rya
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[Hidden in Darkness (In Darkness, #1)]]> 52306281
That is, until he’s attacked by someone who wants to keep Lane quiet. It’s clear that Lane isn’t who he’s pretending to be, and Felix should probably walk away. But Felix has finally found a place where he belongs and he’s willing to go to great lengths to stay by Lane’s side. Even if it involves kidnapping, stealing, and Felix’s overwhelmingly bad ideas, Felix will do just about anything because Lane is there for him unlike anyone else has ever been. Felix might be out of his element, but one thing he is sure about is that he doesn’t want to leave Lane� even if it costs him his life.

Hidden in Darkness is 90k words of snark, car chases, and morally questionable choices.

*Newly edited with an updated cover.]]> 321 Alice Winters Rya 0 to-read 4.18 2018 Hidden in Darkness (In Darkness, #1)
author: Alice Winters
name: Rya
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Transposition: Hazard et Somerset, T2 (French Edition)]]> 121251343 Coincés dans un manoir par une tempête de neige, Hazard et Somers vont devoir affronter leurs sentiments... mais aussi un meurtrier implacable, bien décidé à exterminer les occupants des lieux.

Emery Hazard et son partenaire, John-Henry Somerset, ont résolu leur première enquête ensemble. Les meurtres brutaux qui ébranlaient la ville tranquille de Wahredua ont pris fin. Toutefois, la vie de Hazard n’a fait que se compliquer depuis qu’il essaie de s’adapter à son nouveau logement. Vivre avec Somers, qui l’attire depuis le lycée, fait du terme « compliqué » l’euphémisme de l’année.

La difficulté empire encore lorsque, en dépit de tout ce que lui dicte sa raison, Hazard se retrouve piégé par la météo dans un vieux manoir avec Somers... et obligé de partager un lit. En toute amitié, bien sûr. Et juste quand les choses atteignent des sommets en termes de complications, le lendemain matin arrive avec une tempête qui ne fait que croître.

Coupés du monde, Hazard et Somers doivent faire face à un assassin déterminé et intelligent, dissimulé parmi les invités du manoir. Sans renforts, ils ne peuvent compter que sur leurs talents, et sur eux-mêmes, pour survivre.

Et tandis que la neige continue à tomber, le meurtrier continue à sévir, et résoudre les mystères devient alors un problème secondaire.

#MM #Mystère #Enquête #PersosTrans #HuisClos
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« Gregory Ashe sait tout simplement comment manier les mots. J’adore son écriture, non seulement pour les sentiments qu’il suscite en moi, mais aussi pour ses descriptions. » - Ariana (ŷ)

« Cette histoire explore ce qui se passe lorsque nos héros sont coupés du monde extérieur et doivent travailler sans assistance tout en luttant contre leurs propres démons et contre la météo. Passionnant. » - Erth (ŷ)

« Il y a un soupçon de mystère à la Agatha Christie dans celui-ci. Une autre lecture passionnante. » - JR (ŷ)

]]> 363 Gregory Ashe Rya 0 0-to-be-continued 4.00 2018 Transposition: Hazard et Somerset, T2 (French Edition)
author: Gregory Ashe
name: Rya
average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[Le Sang des elfes (Sorceleur, #3)]]> 45857207
Initiée aux arts magiques, Ciri y révèle sa véritable nature et l’ampleur de ses pouvoirs, qui attirent bien des convoitises : un mage mystérieux est prêt à affronter le sorceleur afin d’atteindre sa protégée…]]> 384 Andrzej Sapkowski Rya 0 4.05 1994 Le Sang des elfes (Sorceleur, #3)
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Rya
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1994
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Meurtres et trahison (Hazard et Somerset, #1)]]> 59926809
Adolescent, il était son pire cauchemar, et Hazard le soupçonne d’être responsable de la mort de son premier petit ami.

Quand un corps calciné est retrouvé, Hazard plonge au cœur d’une enquête impossible à résoudre. Et alors que sa vie privée commence à devenir compliquée, un second corps mutilé est retrouvé.
D’indices en pistes, Hazard met au jour une conspiration qui le touche plus personnellement qu’il n’aurait jamais pu l’envisager.

#Ennemiestolovers #Enquête #MM

Attention, ce livre contient des propos et scènes pouvant heurter la sensibilité de certain.e.s lecteur.ice.s]]> 459 Gregory Ashe Rya 3 2025 3.88 2017 Meurtres et trahison (Hazard et Somerset, #1)
author: Gregory Ashe
name: Rya
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/22
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]]> <![CDATA[Le Sorceleur - Édition Anniversaire, Vol. 1]]> 181346828 J’aurais dû écouter la voix de la raison.
Je ne l’ai pas fait.
J’ai choisi le moindre Mal. Je suis Geralt de Riv. On m’appelle aussi le Boucher de Blaviken.

Le Sorceleur - Édition Anniversaire :
En 2003, Bragelonne est l’un des premiers éditeurs du monde à traduire du polonais Ostatnie życzenie, Le Dernier Vœu, recueil de nouvelles inaugural du Sorceleur, premier jalon de la saga de fantasy d�Andrzej Sapkowski.
En 2023, après huit volumes et de multiples adaptations, en particulier en jeux vidéo et en série télévisée, Bragelonne se réjouit de célébrer les 20 ans d’une œuvre entrée dans la légende, et de lui offrir un écrin à sa juste mesure.

Illustrée avec audace et maestria par Agathe Pitié, dont le style unique marie art médiéval et regard résolument contemporain, cette édition propose l’intégralité des nouvelles contenues dans les deux premiers recueils, Le Dernier Vœu et L’Épée de la providence.]]> 512 Andrzej Sapkowski Rya 0 tbr-fantasy 4.29 1990 Le Sorceleur - Édition Anniversaire, Vol. 1
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Rya
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1990
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Proof of Life (Scars and Stripes, #1)]]> 205164895 Love heals even the deepest wounds.

-West

After giving twelve years of my life to the service, I didn’t just lose my leg. I lost everything, including my career. When the dust settled, the only person still standing by my side in the rubble was Brandt —the single lifeline I had left to a world I didn’t want to live in anymore.

With painstaking care, he healed my body and my mind. When he eventually started healing my heart, I realized I didn’t just need him in my life, I needed him in ways I’d never wanted him before.

-Brandt

Watching West struggle every day was tearing me apart. If he could only see what I do, he wouldn’t see flaws and hopelessness. He’d see a courageous, selfless, brilliant leader. A guy with no filter, who always makes me laugh. Someone who never asks questions before offering to bail my ass out of trouble.

He’d see the man I’ve come to love as more than just my best friend.

Proof Of Life is a double bi-awakening MM romance between best friends, with a heavy dose of healing and angst. These courageous vets prove that when all is lost, love heals even the deepest, most painful wounds. Book one of the Scars And Stripes Trilogy.]]> 352 Raquel Riley Rya 0 to-read 4.16 2024 Proof of Life (Scars and Stripes, #1)
author: Raquel Riley
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> The Shots You Take 210228063 A sweet and sexy hockey romance about two ex-teammates and former best friends with benefits who are about to discover whether you can ever really have a second chance, from the USA TODAY bestselling author of Heated Rivalry and The Long Game.

After moving back to his hometown ten years ago, Riley Tuck thought he had left his major league hockey career—and his broken heart—far behind. But when an unexpected tragedy strikes, it brings ex-teammate and former best friend with benefits Adam Sheppard back into his life.

Coming to the small town of Avery River, Nova Scotia, might have been a mistake. Adam’s not sure he’ll ever win back Riley’s trust after the way they left things—and the attention he’s getting as a huge hockey star isn’t exactly helping. Yet the chemistry that crackles between them is undeniable, even now.

As Adam helps Riley navigate his grief, long-buried feelings start to resurface. But they’ll have to square off with their complicated past if they’re going to have a real shot at a new beginning.]]> 332 Rachel Reid 0369761847 Rya 4 2025 4.36 2025 The Shots You Take
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]]> <![CDATA[Winging It (Hockey Ever After, #1)]]> 61468255 282 Ashlyn Kane 1641084243 Rya 0 to-read 3.71 2015 Winging It (Hockey Ever After, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[L'Épée de la providence (Sorceleur, #2)]]> 44782454
Mais sa rencontre avec la petite Ciri, l’Enfant élue, va donner un sens nouveau à l’existence de ce héros solitaire. Geralt cessera-t-il enfin de fuir pour affronter la providence et découvrir son véritable destin ?]]> 352 Andrzej Sapkowski 1028103476 Rya 4 s-the-witcher, 2025 4.02 1992 L'Épée de la providence (Sorceleur, #2)
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
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average rating: 4.02
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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]]> Flash (Ink Slingers #1) 215780335 Lewis tattoos himself on my brain instantly. Too bad this whole situation is about to get messier than spilled ink.

Lewis

Clingy, needy, Too Much

Just a few choice words from men who never deserved me anyway.

I'm not going to make the same mistakes again though. I plan to ride the motorcycle hottie of my dreams just until we both get bored.

Besides, who has time for anything but a quick fling when the jerks at the tattoo shop next door insist on doing everything they can to annoy the hell out of me with some stupid prank war?

Arrow

Possessive, intense, too much

My exes weren't wrong about me. I have a habit of falling too hard for men who never feel the same.

Meeting Lewis in a rainstorm, steaming up his backseat during a flash downpour� maybe this is my sign to try something casual for a change�

And then there's the prank war between my motorcycle club and our new neighbor. Whatever the twink did to get on Jag's bad side, the whole thing sounds a lot less appealing than losing myself in MY pretty twink with a cute butt and big, blue eyes who insists this isn't anything real.

Is he right? Is this thing between us nothing more than a Flash tattoo that time will fade? There's only one way to find out…]]> 206 K.M. Neuhold Rya 0 1-mm-series 4.19 2024 Flash (Ink Slingers #1)
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]]> The Actor and His Secret 210769389 Standalone from Ben Alderson & Laura R. Samotin

One GRUMPY millionaire movie star, one SUNSHINE book publicist, one disastrous film premiere and a one-night stand that will change their lives forever.

Oliver Cane works for one of London’s hottest new publishers. He has his dream job and his dream man—until he comes home one day to find his boyfriend buried five inches deep in someone else. Heartbroken, Oli throws himself into work, preparing for the movie release of a book adaptation for one of his lead titles. The perfect distraction from his heartache comes in the form of a handsome man having a breakdown in the toilets at the film’s premiere. The two of them comfort each other and then make a deal—one night of anonymity and passion as they lose themselves in each other. But all it takes is a single night for Oli’s life to change, when he discovers that the mysterious man he nicknamed Adonis is actually Nikos Ridge, the mega-star of the movie that Oli’s helped to promote.

Nikos Ridge’s demons have followed him since he was eighteen years old. Chased by the past that he can never escape from and drowning in depression, addiction, and anxiety, Nikos finds himself seeking comfort in a cute British boy. All is fun and games until his demons return, using his new ‘dirty little secret� as a means to blackmail Nikos for everything he has worked hard to obtain. Lies become tangled, and secrets blur his reality. Nikos is forced to face the past if he wants a future—but the universe has other plans for him. Ones that could ruin his life entirely.

Oli and Nikos are brought together by secrets, and then torn apart by them too, as they try and navigate a world that will never let them be together—and the sense that they’re both falling in love for each other even as it’s not meant to be.]]> 316 Ben Alderson Rya 0 to-read 3.77 The Actor and His Secret
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]]> <![CDATA[Prince of Flames (The Dragori, #0.5)]]> 38074537 Secrets. Family. Poison.

This prequel novella is set before the events in Cloaked in Shadow (The Dragori Series Book 1), following Prince Hadrian and the moments leading up to his birthday feast. Readers discover relationships between Hadrian and a handful of characters we meet in Cloaked in Shadow. Read for insight into our prince's mind, and see his reaction to that fateful evening that changes the course of so many lives.

*** The prequel novella to The Dragori series by Amazon bestselling author Ben Alderson. ***]]> 30 Ben Alderson Rya 0 to-read 3.83 2018 Prince of Flames (The Dragori, #0.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Heir to Thorn and Flame (Court of Broken Bonds, #1)]]> 177994137
For years, Max had to serve and obey the vicious magical nobles. Now he is one of them.

When the heir to the throne attacks him, Max accidentally responds with a lethal burst of magic. Max is certain he will be executed. But his power is too rare and precious for that�

Instead, the king forces him to become the boy he killed, taking on the identity and duties of the heir. That includes an arranged marriage—to the dangerously attractive Prince Camron .

Living a lie, Max knows he can trust no one. Not Camron. And definitely not Simion , a handsome, dragon-riding spy sent to test his loyalty.

As a deadly struggle for power begins and desire sparks, Max must protect his secret and his heart at all costs.

Heir to Thorn and Flame is a passionate and page-turning fantasy romance that will have you reading late into the night. Featuring slow-burn, dark secrets, arranged marriage and found family.

Previously published as The Lost Mage , this expanded version begins a series that builds in heart-pounding tension and steam.

See why readers love Ben Alderson’s magical M/M]]> 484 Ben Alderson 1837906904 Rya 0 to-read 3.74 2021 Heir to Thorn and Flame (Court of Broken Bonds, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Betrayal of Storms (Realm of Fey, #1)]]> 58550326 A Court of Thorns and Roses and From Blood and Ash, this new, fantasy romance about a half-fey boy and his personal guard preventing a war between the realms.

Wychwood, the realm of the fey prepare for war against the humans who hate, hunt and kill them for coin. Aided by the unclaimed, destructive power of the murdered, forgotten Winter Court, they ready their numbers for complete domination of the human realm.

All until Robin Vale reveals himself to be the last Icethorn heir. A hope for the humans he has grown up amongst, but to the detriment of many who would see him dead before ruining their years of preparation.

Robin finds allies during his discovery of a realm he has long since feared. Gideon, a fey warrior who aids as a distraction during the long nights. Althea, a stern princess hellbent on stopping the human hunters from killing her kind.

Thrust into a world of betrayal, murder and lies he must survive long enough to have the choice; listen to fate and claim his families power, or let it wreak havoc on a realm that turned its back on him for becoming who he was truly meant to be.

But a dark evil is brewing, monsters have returned and the scales of power are being forced by a hand who longs for revenge.]]> 544 Ben Alderson Rya 0 to-read 3.57 2022 A Betrayal of Storms (Realm of Fey, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[All Tomorrow’s Photos (All Tomorrow's Photos, #1)]]> 75316460
Maurice is an art student majoring in photography, and has become so invested in his craft he built his own darkroom inside his house. He sees an artistic view in everything, even things the average person sees as disgusting or macabre. So much so, that he’s become a serial killer in order to fulfill his disturbing artistic projects.

But his murderous lifestyle gets flipped upside-down when he encounters a photo of the most beautiful man he’s ever seen.

Kenneth is a registered nurse living day by day a dreary, monotonous life. When his sister tells him someone from her class wants him to be their model for the next school project, Kenneth takes a chance by trying something new.

Little do the two men realize that meeting each other will set their hearts on fire, falling madly in love, changing their lives forever.

[All Tomorrow’s Photos is Book One of a duology. It is a dark MM romance story not intended for a young audience. Contains graphic depictions of violence(blood and gore), and explicit sexual content. Full list of content warnings available on author’s website.]]]> 374 S.S. Genesee Rya 0 1-mm-series 4.16 All Tomorrow’s Photos (All Tomorrow's Photos, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love]]> 219421307 Wingman 101: Make him fall head over heels in love.

Brad
What’s a straight guy to do when he accidentally goes on a date with his brand new gym-bro? Offer to be the best wingman ever, of course! It’s foolproof.

Joey needs a man? I’ll find him one.

He wants someone who looks, well, kind of like me? No problem!

Not into watersports? I’ve got him covered.

The issue is, going on all these dates with Joey makes me realize I want more of his time to be spent with me. I like the guy. And his smile. And the way he makes me feel like anything is possible.

Except� I can’t possibly be who Joey needs. He wants his forever person. His great big love.

And no matter how perfect the dude’s abs are or how skilled he is as a cuddle-bro, the two of us will never be more than friends. Because I’m straight.

Right?

10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love is a lighthearted romantic comedy with disastrous dates, more innuendo than is probably healthy, an oblivious sweetheart, the gym-dude who falls for him swiftly, and a HEA loaded with firsts. It has characters who originally appeared in Himbo (Elite 8 Studios Book 4) but is set as a standalone.]]> 327 Emmy Sanders Rya 5 0-fav, 2025 4.26 2025 10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love
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]]> Dix (Elite 8 Studios, #1) 61295259 Do you believe in hate at first sight?

Dixon
If I had to choose one word to describe my new cocky costar, it’d be exasperating. Nikolas Adamos may look like a Greek god—and he certainly struts around like he knows it—but unlike everyone else, I refuse to fall prey to his charms.

Unfortunately for me, Niko and I get paired to do a series of lovey-dovey boyfriend videos for our employers at Elite 8 Studios. And when you film the sort of scenes we do, up close and personal takes on a whole new meaning.

I may have to play nice while the cameras are rolling, but off set, it’s another matter entirely. So what if our chemistry is off the charts? That doesn’t mean a thing. Nor does the tender look in Niko’s eye when we’re together under the lights.

Because I know the truth. Nikolas Adamos revels in riling me up. And even though my pesky friends think I need fireworks after a string of fizzled relationships, I have no doubt if I allow myself to get any closer to my new fake boyfriend, I’ll only end up burned.

Dix is a grumpy/sunshine, one-sided enemies-to-lovers romance with hate at first sight, forced proximity for two costars who work between the sheets, banter and snark galore, plenty of industrial-sized lube, and one very HEA. It’s book 1 in the Elite 8 Studios series, featuring characters that were introduced in Virgin Hearts (Plum Valley Cowboys Book 2), but can be read as a standalone.]]> 285 Emmy Sanders Rya 0 to-read 4.02 2022 Dix (Elite 8 Studios, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Simple Mistake (Deadly Mistakes #1)]]> 222279622 Liam

Weirdly, people don’t react overly well when you’re caught standing over the dead body of a murderer who’d walked free.

It’s not that I thought my fellow homicide detective would rejoice when he saw what I’d done, but is a pat on the back too much to ask for? Maybe a gold star at the very least?

The problem is that the person who caught me is Gabriel, the only person I care for and adore� and he’s prepared to look the other way if I leave homicide and promise to never kill again. Yet when Gabriel gets taken by a serial killer, there’s absolutely no way I can sit back while this parasite takes what is mine.

But what the killer doesn’t know is that I’m coming for him and that I would destroy the world to keep Gabriel safe. After all, who could hunt a serial killer better than another one?

Gabriel

Drawing Liam back into homicide is the last thing I thought I’d ever do, but the killer is picking off my fellow detectives, and the only way we’re going to make it out of this is with Liam heading the case (even if there’s one—or five—coworkers he’d rather not save).

Liam is smart, sarcastic, and the most dangerous man I’ve ever met, and yet I can’t look away—even if he calls my adorable cat Lucy Fur. No one has any idea just how far Liam will go for me, especially not the killer, who won’t realize until too late that the prey he hunts is actually a predator.]]> 368 Alice Winters Rya 0 to-read 4.42 2025 A Simple Mistake (Deadly Mistakes #1)
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]]> Vinland Saga, Tome 15 35604919 Suivez les aventures de Thorfin, jeune Viking embarqué malgré lui avec une bande de mercenaires sans pitié.

Thorfinn et Einar, enfin libres, retournent avec Leif Eriksson en Islande, terre natale de Thorfinn, dans l'espoir d'y trouver le financement nécessaire à l'établissement d'une colonie au Vinland. Seul Hafdan, l'homme le plus riche de la région, aurait les moyens de financer leur expédition. Si l'homme semble intéressé par l'explooitation du Vinland, il ne voit pas d'un bon oeil l'absence de garanties de Thorfinn. Pourtant, pour fêter les noces de son fils avec le belle-soeur de Leif, qui préfrèrerait quant à elle partir à la découverte du Monde, Hafdan fait un étrange cadeau à Thorfinn ...

2009: 13e Grand Prix du Manga décerné au Japan Media Arts Festival.

2012: 36e Prix du manga Kōdansha dans la catégorie générale.

]]> 208 Makoto Yukimura 2823854053 Rya 0 tbr-mangas 4.60 2014 Vinland Saga, Tome 15
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]]> <![CDATA[Waiting for Derek (Different Hearts, #7)]]> 61233512 Derek knew his life was about to become very interesting.

Derek Astor knows next to nothing about BDSM, but when Foster Hayes, the co-owner of the local BDSM club, walks into his photography studio and offers him a job, he can’t refuse. And after seeing a photo of one of the club’s dungeon monitors on the website, Derek doesn’t want to. The man is tall, dark, handsome, and tattooed: everything Derek fantasizes about in a lover.

Kane knew Derek would be perfect for him and his brother.

Kane Mercer didn’t mind sharing everything with Kyle. He and his brother lived together, shared the same face, and even had the same tattoos. It was like a universal law: where one was, the other would soon follow. Convincing Kyle to give the club’s new photographer a chance would be a cakewalk compared to convincing Derek to give kink a chance.

Kyle knew waiting for Derek to discover his kinky side would be well worth the wait.

As soon as Kyle sees Kane with Derek, he knows his brother wants the boy, but Derek knows nothing about BDSM or his own desires. And after spending only a little time with Derek, it’s obvious to Kyle that Derek would make a truly excellent kitten.

Author’s Note: While Kyle and Kane are brothers who engage in intimate situations together, there is NO sexual contact/content between them.

Author’s Note Part Dos: I write cute, sweet, feel-good romance with a liberal dose of BDSM throughout. If you’re looking for hardcore/dark BDSM, this isn’t the book for you.

WARNING: This book is intended for Adult (18+) readers. I try to write all my books so they can be read and understood as stand-alone stories. However, reading them in order will create a more complete and rich experience as past characters can and will make surprise appearances.

~72,7k words

Story Contains: MM Sexual Content, Brothers Who Share a Lover but With No Sexual Contact Between Them, Pet Play, Kitten Play, BDSM, General Kink, Power Exchange Relationships, A Hint of Humiliation Kink, Some Spanking, Some Bondage, A Dash of Angst, Fast Feelings, Super Sweet Overload Like Always, and Happily Ever Afters.]]> 271 Izaia Winter Rya 4 2025 4.25 2022 Waiting for Derek (Different Hearts, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Charmed Christmas (The Charm Offensive, #1.5)]]> 63904171 33 Alison Cochrun Rya 0 0-to-be-continued 4.36 2022 A Charmed Christmas (The Charm Offensive, #1.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Professor Platonic (Forever Wilde, #9.5)]]> 123858586 I’ve had a very bad day and could really use a hug. Male ISO male for platonic but affectionate sleepover. No nookie or commitments. I don’t want to talk about it, just hold me all night and tell me it’s going to be okay.

When my grad school application to join the Raintree Arctic Expedition gets unexpectedly denied, I know exactly who to blame. Professor River Henry has always had it out for me. For some reason, he holds me to a higher standard than everyone else in the evolutionary biology department which means he probably failed to recommend me for the research expedition and he’s most likely going to give my final exam a big, fat F.

All I want to do is drown my sorrows in some platonic cuddles and pretend I haven’t hit rock bottom before my scientific career has even had a chance to get off the ground.

But when Professor Henry is the one standing on the other side of the hotel room door, I suddenly realize with breath-stealing horror, just how far I have left to fall.

originally published in Nightingale: An Anthology for Ukraine]]> 50 Lucy Lennox Rya 0 0-to-be-continued 3.87 2022 Professor Platonic (Forever Wilde, #9.5)
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]]> Never Leave, Never Lie 210613046 The lies that brought them together will tear them apart.

Alek and Ian’s relationship is built on lies and the cracks are starting to show.

A pianist gifted with synesthesia, Alek sees sounds and hears colors and transforms all of his emotions into music. But no matter how hard he tries to hide behind a facade of apathy and seduction, he can’t escape the dark past that haunts him.

Contractor Ian sees the beauty in something destroyed by neglect and his obsession with fixing extends beyond historical buildings. But when Alek’s self-destructive tendencies turn their relationship to ruins, Ian fears Alek is the first project he’ll have no choice but to abandon.

Now the Gothic Victorian mansion they’re renovating is the only thing connecting them. Alek will do anything to keep Ian with him.

Except tell the truth.

Because Alek is lying about everything, starting with his name, and when Ian learns the truth, their house of cards will collapse.





Never Leave, Never Lie is an angsty MM modern gothic romance that will appeal to fans of the following tropes: hurt/comfort, relationship in crisis, morally gray protag, lovers to enemies to lovers, angst.

Never Leave, Never Lie contains dark subject matter. For a full list of content warnings (note: potential spoilers), please visit my website or check the author's note in the book <3.]]> 368 Thea Verdone Rya 0 to-read 4.26 2024 Never Leave, Never Lie
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]]> Roman (Vampire's Mate, #1) 60574911
Roman Mourier has been wandering aimlessly for decades, waiting for the inevitable day when the last of his humanity leaves him, and the demon inside him takes permanent control. He doesn’t believe in fated mates, or the myth that there’s a soul out there that could tether his humanity to him. Until he feels a strange pull to the lovely young man at the hospital, and hope stirs in him for the first time.

But Roman has demons other than just the one inside him. Is he strong enough to keep Danny safe from the past that haunts him? He knows one thing for sure: now that he’s found his mate, he will do anything to keep him.]]> 273 Grae Bryan Rya 0 1-mm-series 3.86 2022 Roman (Vampire's Mate, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tango Down (The Renegades, #4)]]> 179521286 “This is it, baby. Run.�

The murder in Joel Hayward’s eyes wasn’t merely a reflection of the rage within. It was a promise to the men who had kidnapped his daughter. The one person—this amazing slip of a girl—who showed Joel every single day that there was good left in the world.

He was running on fumes. He was desperate. His closest companion was…Elliott. His ex-wife’s older brother. Okay, once upon a time, the man had been a lot more than that, but somehow they’d become mortal enemies instead. Frankly, Joel didn’t give a flying f� He didn’t care if Elliott made it back alive. Or so he kept telling himself, as the pain intensified with each day he couldn’t hold his little girl in his arms.

As they got closer and closer to their target, one lead at a time, the men prepared themselves to go to war.]]> 224 Cara Dee Rya 5 2025 4.46 Tango Down (The Renegades, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Caught by Their Bosses (More Than Two)]]> 199514383 They caught us fooling around... Now they want a taste, too.Danny and Noah have been infatuated with their twin bosses since they went in for their interview two years ago. But neither of them have any clue that their bosses are just as obsessed with them, if not even more so. During a particularly stormy day when the driving conditions are too dangerous, Theo and Thomas instruct Danny and Noah to stay home and get prepared for a Zoom meeting .Only Theo and Thomas are late for the Zoom meeting. Tired of waiting on them, Danny and Noah decide to film a thirst trap video for social media... Right when their bosses are logging on. Everything from that moment on changes. Theo and Thomas decide now is the time to make their moves - no more waiting around for the "perfect moment". Will they be able to convince Danny and Noah that a relationship with them is possible, or will it be too much for the younger personal assistants to handle?]]> 153 West Greene Rya 0 1-mm-series 3.57 Caught by Their Bosses (More Than Two)
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]]> <![CDATA[On the Double (The Renegades, #3)]]> 197014399 “It’s a fine line between not revealing your arsenal and creating disorder by showing your strength.�

Funny how calm you could feel when someone had ripped the heart out of your chest.

River and Reese Tenley had grown up on the fringes of society, spending most of their adult years as private military contractors in places nobody else wanted to go. It’d been the two of them against the world, and they’d never believed their missing puzzle piece had existed—until they’d met Shay. The young man who’d quickly become their everything.

So the moment he was kidnapped� The moment those sick bastards took Shay, the twin brothers had nothing left to lose.

The streets were going to run red with blood until they had their boy back.]]> 169 Cara Dee Rya 5 2025 4.41 2023 On the Double (The Renegades, #3)
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]]> Top Priority (The Game, #1) 52346440
In a perfect world, Colt Carter would get through his next deployment and then move closer to DC where he could create at least a semblance of a personal life. He wanted something outside of the Air Force, something kinky, something worth leaving everything behind for eventually. For years, he’d kept his inner Sadist and Daddy Dom locked up, only letting him out to play on rare occasions.

In a perfect world�

In reality, Lucas and Colt met each other.

Top Priority is the first novella in The Game Series is a BDSM series where romance meets the reality of kink. Sometimes we fall for someone we don’t match with, sometimes vanilla business gets in the way of kinky pleasure, and sometimes we have to compromise and push ourselves to overcome trauma and insecurities. No matter what, one thing is certain. This is not a perfect world—and maybe that’s why the happily ever after feels so good.]]> 112 Cara Dee Rya 0 to-read 4.06 2019 Top Priority (The Game, #1)
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]]> Breathless (The Game, #3) 55287721 “Will you beat me without knowing the reason?�

That’s the question I ask when I go to clubs to seek out Sadists.

Most men say no immediately. They see the flags my question raises and walk away. They’re the good guys. They’re the guys who adhere to safe, sane, and consensual. They wanna be aware of the risks and cause no harm.

But I’m not looking for a good guy.

I’m looking for punishment.

The strobe lights hit me as I reach their table. The heavy, industrial music is deafening, and my head is swimming with images of grief, fire, and accusation. I hear the piercing tone of a machine letting me know that I have to tell my two kid brothers that our sister’s heart will never beat again.

Maybe these two twin Sadists will help me. The only thing bigger than River and Reese Tenley is their reputation. They better not let me down.

I ask my question. I ask if they’ll beat me without knowing why I want it.

They give me a stone-cold onceover, and I don’t know if it’s River or Reese who responds. He has a menacing-looking tattoo on his neck.

“Sure. It’s your funeral.”]]> 274 Cara Dee Rya 0 to-read 4.19 2020 Breathless (The Game, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood & Steel (The Legends of Thezmarr, #1)]]> 63905241
Women are forbidden to wield blades, so she has trained in secret her entire life. Now racing against the clock, she fights to secure her place in the elite guild charged with the protection of the five kingdoms.

The sparring and hazing of the new trainees border on deadly, but even more dangerous is her growing attraction to Wilder Hawthorne, her unwilling warrior chaperone.

All around them, schemes are afoot and darkness looms.

Will Althea pass the perilous initiation test and take her place as a champion of Thezmarr � or will the invading evil snatch away her dream before it starts?]]> 550 Helen Scheuerer 1922903027 Rya 0 to-read 4.20 2023 Blood & Steel (The Legends of Thezmarr, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Enemy Combatant (The Renegades, #2)]]> 195606201 “The best intelligence is the knowledge that your enemy doesn’t know you have.�

Crew Finlay’s ego had taken a hit or two. He couldn’t lie. As a Marine, he’d been one of the best. As a private military contractor, he’d…messed up a bit. Or failed spectacularly. Whatever. And now? A year into his new gig, working in private security for Elliott Jones, Crew had a lot to prove. He refused to screw this up too. They had people to bring home. So when he found himself holding a cartel freelancer hostage, he steeled himself and vowed not to fall for the bastard’s lies. As if Crew would believe this man was an undercover Fed. Come on.

Nah, this tall, older drink of water was full of it. Adrien Mercier, or whatever his real name might be, was going down. Until one day, when Adrien turned the tables, and then Crew was the one sitting with his hands cuffed behind his back.]]> 194 Cara Dee Rya 4 2025 4.43 Enemy Combatant (The Renegades, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Iron & Embers (The Ashes of Thezmarr, #1)]]> 214539406 Wren Embervale, alchemist-turned-assassin, finds solace in only one thing: seeking vengeance for the death of her friends. The wars of the past may be over, but her thirst for revenge is far from quenched.

For years, she has been content with her poisons and potions for company, but when an unknown form of alchemy is used to attack a king of the midrealms, Wren’s time in the shadows comes to an end.

She’s offered a place at the ancient alchemy academy of Drevenor to find a cure to the dark magic threatening the kingdoms. To win her spot, she must conquer the Gauntlet, a grueling series of deadly trials that could cost her sanity, or her life.

More is at play than sabotage from fellow competitors. Magic wielders are being targeted and Wren becomes tangled in a dangerous web of deception and bloodshed that puts the entire realm at risk.

But the biggest threat of all might come from the man assigned to protect her—Torj Elderbrock, the silver-haired war hero who has hated her since she assassinated his last charge.

Their shared history ignites a simmering tension that threatens to consume them both.

Peace is fragile, trust is scarce and enemies lurk around every corner� Will love heal all wounds—or will it be the most lethal poison of all?

Iron & Embers is the breathtaking first installment in the epic fantasy romance series, The Ashes of Thezmarr. With its lush world-building, sizzling chemistry, and heart-pounding action it’s perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, From Blood & Ash, and The Bridge Kingdom.]]> 586 Helen Scheuerer 1922903213 Rya 0 tbr-fantasy 4.23 2025 Iron & Embers (The Ashes of Thezmarr, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Love from A to Z (A Coming-of-Age Romance)]]> 40148146 From William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes an unforgettable romance that is part The Sun Is Also a Star mixed with Anna and the French Kiss , following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip.

A something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes—because they make French fries happen. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together.

An whatever gives you pause. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like Zayneb’s teacher, who won’t stop reminding the class how “bad� Muslims are.

But Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn’t bad. She’s angry.

When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt’s house in Doha, Qatar, for an early start to spring break.

Fueled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, “nicer� version of herself in a place where no one knows her.

Then her path crosses with Adam’s.

Since he got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November, Adam’s stopped going to classes, intent, instead, on perfecting the making of things. Intent on keeping the memory of his mom alive for his little sister.

Adam’s also intent on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his grieving father.

Alone, Adam and Zayneb are playing roles for others, keeping their real thoughts locked away in their journals.

Until a marvel and an oddity occurs�

Adam and Zayneb meeting.

Adam and Zayneb meeting.]]> 358 S.K. Ali 153444274X Rya 0 to-read 4.11 2019 Love from A to Z (A Coming-of-Age Romance)
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> Auctioned (Auctioned, #1) 40625132
He and seven other young men were taken aboard a luxurious yacht where they were to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Gray was beaten, shattered, and almost defeated by the time his buyer stepped out of the shadows in a swirl of his own cigarette smoke.

He was Gray’s new owner.

Darius Quinn had vowed never again to find himself in a situation like this. His days as a private military contractor were over. No more missions, no more risks, no more personal attachments. Yet, here he was, after weeks of searching, face-to-face with his broken prize.

It was time to get the knucklehead back to his family.

Quick and easy was Darius’s plan.

Then everything went sideways.

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Auctioned, #1 (Does not end with a cliffhanger).]]> 222 Cara Dee Rya 0 to-read 4.23 2018 Auctioned (Auctioned, #1)
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[Rogue Launch (The Renegades, #1)]]> 179013383 “We will find you, darling. Stay strong. We will find you.�

This was exactly what Elliott Jones needed. A nice barbecue with family and friends. The moving trucks were parked outside his new ranch, and he was ready to start fresh. Again. Despite the regrets he lived with, he tried to focus on the good things in life. His niece Blake, for instance. She was his world. But after twenty years of working as a private military contractor in some of the most hostile territories on the planet, Elliott had made more than one enemy.

He heard the unmistakable sound of a rocket launcher, catapulting him and his closest friends into a nightmare of agony, rage, and determination. Lives had been lost, and three people had been kidnapped. Among them, little Blake.

Elliott would stop at nothing to bring her home again, even if he had to team up with his absolute biggest regret, Joel Hayward—Coast Guard sniper, the ex-husband of Elliott’s sister, and Blake’s stepdad.]]> Cara Dee Rya 4 mm-men-in-uniform, 2025 4.00 2023 Rogue Launch (The Renegades, #1)
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average rating: 4.00
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1)]]> 205167500 CADE

I always thought of Silas Rush as my biggest rival on the track and a stuck-up loner off it. But he and his fancy pro career left our crappy hometown in the dust before high school even finished, and then I didn’t think of him much at all.

I was too busy trying to keep my little sisters from turning into addicts like our mom, and myself from turning into a rage-junkie like our dad. All while keeping food on the table.

Now he’s back, reminding me of all the things I don’t have, just like he always did.

Except now we’re both adults. And when I� y’know� talk to the guy for once, it looks like my teenage self might have been too distracted to see all the things that Silas didn’t have as well.

After catching him at his lowest possible moment, my heart goes out to the guy I used to hate. All my anger turns to guilt, and instead of a rival, I somehow end up with a socially-awkward new best friend that’s just as screwed-up as I am.

Which I can handle. I can admit when I’m wrong. As long as things between us don’t get any more complicated or confusing, I can handle it.

SILAS

I have a very camera-ready smile. Dad always told me if I wanted to make my pro motocross career stick, I needed to get over all the awkwardness and anxiety that ruined high school for me and learn to act like a real boy for the public.

Never mind that I didn’t want to be a pro rider, or smile for the camera, or live life with Dad on the road and never know what it’s like to have a real friend or - gasp - relationship. Years and years of motocross training, publicity training, and all-the-rest-of-it training; I still don’t have a life and one stupid mistake has left my precious career in the toilet.

The last person I expect to pull me out of this hole is Cade Waters. I’m pretty sure everyone hated me in high school, but Cade was front and center. Which sucked, because with everyone else, he was sunshine personified. I was always the only person who sparked that anger in him, and I never even knew how I did it.

So, when Cade not only swoops in to help me in my darkest moment, but decides to abandon our childhood rivalry and adopt me as his newest bestie/pity project, I’m not sure how to take it.

What I do know is that after a lifetime of having nothing I really wanted, all it takes is one glimpse of Cade’s life to get me hooked. He’s a mess, sure, just like I am. But all that sunshine� I want to grab onto it with both hands and never let go. No matter how confusing that feeling may be.

Stupid Dirty is a high-heat, high-angst M/M romance about dirt bikes, childhood trauma and figuring out how to love someone the best way you can. It contains explicit sexual content as well as potentially triggering themes regarding mental health, and is not suitable for readers under 18. Please see the content warning at the beginning of the book (included in the sample) for more details.
]]> 335 Erin Russell Rya 0 1-mm-series 4.08 Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Making Him Mine (Divorced Men’s Club, #0.5)]]> 60105036
My best friend is the love of my life � he just doesn’t know it yet. Ever since Barney finalized his divorce, I’ve been his biggest support. He needs a shoulder to cry on? I’ve got him covered. He needs someone to answer his late phone calls? I’m here all night. He needs to be fucked to within an inch of his life? Climb on up, big guy. But when he mentions he’s finally ready to start dating again, watching him meet up with guy after guy is not on my checklist.
It’s time for the best friend gloves to come off.]]> 53 Saxon James Rya 0 to-read 3.68 2022 Making Him Mine (Divorced Men’s Club, #0.5)
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average rating: 3.68
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]]> Mon mari 58372556 Excepté mes démangeaisons inexpliquées et ma passion dévorante pour mon mari, ma vie est parfaitement normale. Rien ne déborde. Aucune incohérence. Aucune manie.

Elle a une vie parfaite. Une belle maison, deux enfants et l'homme idéal. Après quinze ans de vie commune, elle ne se lasse pas de dire "mon mari". Et pourtant elle veut plus encore : il faut qu'ils s'aiment comme au premier jour. Alors elle note méthodiquement ses " fautes ", les peines à lui infliger, les pièges à lui tendre. Elle se veut irréprochable et prépare minutieusement chacun de leur tête-à-tête. Elle est follement amoureuse de son mari. Du lundi au dimanche, la tension monte, on rit,
on s'effraie, on flirte avec le point de rupture, on se projette dans ce théâtre amoureux.]]> 351 Maud Ventura 2378802412 Rya 0 to-read 3.66 2021 Mon mari
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]]> <![CDATA[Laurent and the Beast (Kings of Hell MC, #1)]]> 33959435 Nothing can stop true love. Not time. Not even the devil himself.

1805. Laurent: Indentured servant. Desperate to escape a life that is falling apart.
2017. Beast: Kings of Hell Motorcycle Club vice president. His fists do the talking.

Beast has been disfigured in a fire, but he’s covered his skin with tattoos to make sure no one mistakes his scars for weakness. The accident not only hurt his body, but damaged his soul and self-esteem, so he’s wrapped himself in a tight cocoon of violence and mayhem where no one can reach him.

Until one night, when he finds a young man covered in blood in their clubhouse.

Sweet, innocent, and as beautiful as an angel fallen from heaven, Laurent pulls on all of Beast’s heartstrings. Laurent is so lost in the world around him, and is such a tangled mystery, that Beast can’t help but let the man claw his way into the stone that is Beast’s heart.

In 1805, Laurent has no family, no means, and his eyesight is failing. To escape a life of poverty, he uses his beauty, but that only backfires and leads him to a catastrophe that changes his life forever. He takes one step into the abyss and is transported to the future, ready to fight for a life worth living.

What he doesn’t expect in his way is a brutal, gruff wall of tattooed muscle with a tender side that only Laurent is allowed to touch. And yet, if Laurent ever wants to earn his freedom, he might have to tear out the heart of the very man who took care of him when it mattered most.]]> 322 K.A. Merikan Rya 2 2024 3.83 2017 Laurent and the Beast (Kings of Hell MC, #1)
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name: Rya
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2017
rating: 2
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]]> Gideon (Finding Home, #3) 45691552
A talented, mercurial, and often selfish man, Gideon has everything he should want in life. Fame, money, acting awards � he has it all. Everything but honesty. At the advice of his agent, Gideon has concealed his sexuality for years. But it’s starting to get harder to hide, and his increasingly wild behaviour is threatening to destroy his career.

Then he’s laid low by a serious illness and into his life comes Eli Jones. Eli is everything that Gideon can’t understand. He’s sunny tempered, friendly, and optimistic. Even worse, he’s unaffected by grumpiness and sarcasm, which forms ninety percent of Gideon’s body weight. And now Gideon is trapped with him without any recourse to the drugs and alcohol that have previously eased his way through awkward situations.

However, as Gideon gets to know the other man, he finds himself wildly attracted to his lazy smiles and warm, scruffy charm that seem to fill a hole inside Gideon that’s been empty for a long time. Will he give in to this incomprehensible attraction when it could mean the end of everything that he’s worked for?

From the bestselling author of the Mixed Messages series comes a story about a man who needs to realise that being true to yourself is really just a form of finding home.

This is the third book in the Finding Home series but it can be read as a standalone.
]]> 268 Lily Morton Rya 4 2025 4.25 2019 Gideon (Finding Home, #3)
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> Water for Elephants 43641
Beautifully written, Water for Elephants is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford.]]> 368 Sara Gruen 1565125606 Rya 0 tbr-classics 4.11 2006 Water for Elephants
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]]> Crime and Punishment 7144 671 Fyodor Dostoevsky Rya 0 tbr-classics 4.26 1866 Crime and Punishment
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]]> The Picture of Dorian Gray 489732 'The horror, whatever it was, had not yet entirely spoiled that marvellous beauty'

Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The Picture of Dorian Gray was a succès de scandale. Early readers were shocked by its hints at unspeakable sins, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895.

This definitive edition includes a selection of contemporary reviews condemning the novel's immorality, and the introduction to the first Penguin Classics edition by Peter Ackroyd.]]> 253 Oscar Wilde 0141439572 Rya 0 tbr-classics 4.21 1890 The Picture of Dorian Gray
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]]> The Great Gatsby 13634490 The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession,� it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.

The Great Gatsby is a true classic of twentieth-century literature.]]> 180 F. Scott Fitzgerald Rya 0 tbr-classics 3.74 1925 The Great Gatsby
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average rating: 3.74
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]]> Frankenstein 18490 This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780141439471

'Now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart ...'

Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity.

Based on the third edition of 1831, this volume contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe Shelley's preface to the first edition. This revised edition includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with 'A Fragment' by Lord Byron and Dr John Polidori's 'The Vampyre: A Tale'.]]> 288 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Rya 0 tbr-classics 3.77 1818 Frankenstein
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]]> The Little Prince 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]> 96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 Rya 0 tbr-classics 4.32 1943 The Little Prince
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]]> <![CDATA[The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror]]> 51497 'He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp... his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter'

Published as a 'shilling shocker', Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with 'damnable young man' Edward hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil. The other stories in this volume also testify to Stevenson's inventiveness within the Gothic tradition: 'Olalla', a tale of vampirism and tainted family blood, and 'The Body Snatcher', a gruesome fictionalization of the exploits of the notorious Burke and Hare.

This edition contains a critical introduction by Robert Mighall, which discusses class, criminality and the significance of the story's London setting. It also includes an essay on the scientific contexts of the novel and the development of the idea of the Jekyll-and-Hyde personality.]]> 224 Robert Louis Stevenson 0141439734 Rya 0 tbr-classics 3.92 1886 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
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]]> <![CDATA[His Death Bringer (The District #1)]]> 123852401 PLEASE READ THE BLURB AND WARNINGS IF YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO TRIGGERS! And please, please be careful of spoilers and giving away endings of books. Use spoiler tags.

He calls me his dark angel, but I’m merely a killer. A bringer of death.

Luca Davenport

He is my angel, sent to be my death bringer to save me from my tormentors and betrayers—those who sold me into slavery when I was only eight years old. Angel came in with guns blazing and black wings that were made to crush his enemies and envelope me in love. He belongs to me and I belong to him. We are destined. After he saves me from my captors, we hunt down the remaining men who had abused me for eleven years to make them pay in blood.

Dante Varga

He is a broken boy of no more than nineteen. He sees me as an angel, but I’m simply a killer. An assassin for hire. I can’t save him. I can’t take care of him. There’s no room left in my dying soul to care about someone. Not anymore. But I can’t turn him away either. I should kill him. He’s a witness. But I feel compelled to protect him at all costs. Saving him will either shatter the ice around my heart or destroy me. Either way, Luca is dangerous.

Reading in order will add more pleasure to the reading experience since some of the books end in a series cliffhanger. But they can technically be read as standalones.

CW: graphic violence, murder, rape, torture, human trafficking, explicit content ]]> 300 Courtney W. Dixon Rya 0 1-mm-series 3.97 2023 His Death Bringer (The District #1)
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average rating: 3.97
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tighthead (Lincoln Knights, #1)]]> 213271381 Wanted: A Way To Get Tackled On And Off The Pitch

When I walk in on my roommate jerking off, I’m supposed to walk away and shut the door, not stand and watch.

I’ve always wondered if I might not be totally straight and watching Ryan has made me question things more than ever. So when he offers a low-key, no strings attached hook-up arrangement to help me explore my bisexuality, I jump at the chance. We’re great friends and there’s no feelings involved. What could go wrong?

Ryan is gorgeous, funny, and I love spending time with him both in and out of bed. On paper, we’re completely different people but Ryan gets me in a way that nobody ever has before. And he’s even learning the rules of rugby.

But now the only problem is that I can’t imagine ever being with anyone else.

And I can’t picture my life without Ryan in it.

It might have started as something casual, but now I need it to have a happy ending.]]> 300 Charlie Novak Rya 0 to-read 3.97 2024 The Tighthead (Lincoln Knights, #1)
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]]> Until You (Until, #1) 124930425 Every life has a before and an after. An invisible line that divides a life into two halves: the before and the after...
When Jude is seventeen he overhears something that changes the course of the rest of his life. Now, at twenty-five, he's guarded, distrustful, and determined to keep the rest of the world at arm's length. He doesn't need other people. He has plenty of issues to keep him busy.
Until a chance meeting at a rooftop party brings Blake into his life. Blake, who's sunny presence suddenly fills Jude's empty life with laughter and happiness. Blake, who breaks down Jude's walls layer by layer and brick by brick. Blake, who makes Jude break every one of his rules. Blake, who makes Jude fall in love.
But Jude's not the only one with secrets in his past, so what happens when the truth comes out? Will falling in love be enough to overcome all the challenges life has thrown in their path?]]> 323 Briar Prescott Rya 0 1-mm-series 4.32 2023 Until You (Until, #1)
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average rating: 4.32
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]]> The New Guy (Hockey Guys, #1) 75649845 A new male/male hockey romance from 24-time USA Today bestseller Sarina Bowen!

My name is Hudson Newgate, but my teammates call me New Guy.

That was my nickname in Chicago, too. And Vancouver. That’s what happens when you keep getting traded. Brooklyn is my last chance, especially after my poor performance last season.

But I can make this work. The new guy knows to keep his head down and shoot the puck. The new guy puts the game first.

What he doesn’t do is hook up with the other new guy—a hot athletic trainer who lives in my building. Gavin needs this job with my team. He’s a single dad with responsibilities.

We can’t be a couple. My arrogant agent–who’s also my father–will lose his mind if I’m dating a dude. And my team needs me to score goals, not whip up a media circus.

Too bad Gavin and I are terrible at resisting each other…]]> 346 Sarina Bowen 1950155587 Rya 0 1-mm-series 3.99 2023 The New Guy (Hockey Guys, #1)
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average rating: 3.99
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]]> Cut & Run (Cut & Run, #1) 5199022
Special Agent Ty Grady is pulled out of undercover work after his case blows up in his face. He's cocky, abrasive, and indisputably the best at what he does. But when he's paired with Special Agent Zane Garrett, it's hate at first sight. Garrett is the perfect image of an agent: serious, sober, and focused, which makes their partnership a classic cliche: total opposites, good cop-bad cop, the odd couple. They both know immediately that their partnership will pose more of an obstacle than the lack of evidence left by the murderer.

Practically before their special assignment starts, the murderer strikes again this time at them. Now on the run, trying to track down a man who has focused on killing his pursuers, Grady and Garrett will have to figure out how to work together before they become two more notches in the murderer's knife.]]> 376 Madeleine Urban 193519223X Rya 1 mm-men-in-uniform, dnf DNF @ 10% 4.01 2008 Cut & Run (Cut & Run, #1)
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average rating: 4.01
book published: 2008
rating: 1
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DNF @ 10%
]]> Pretty Broken Doll 221384188
Shilo
I’ve always been the outcast—awkward, invisible, a loser. My pet rat and my computer are my only friends. I've accepted the fact that I'll probably die a lonely virgin—until I pick up the hottest man I’ve ever met for a ride home.
An impulsive invitation, a strange encounter. He's way out of my league. Then he tosses me out, sending me back into the hole I'd crawled out from.
I didn’t think I’d ever see him again—until I walk into my new job two months later.
Turns out, he's my new boss.

Ryann
My life is an endless cycle of work, sleep, and meaningless hookups. It's been this way since I gave up my college dreams fifteen years ago.
One reckless decision—a disappointing fling with a stranger—shouldn’t matter. But when that stranger walks into my office two months later, everything I’ve built begins to crumble.
Because now he’s not just a stranger.
He's my new employee.
And my twin is dating his sister.


Pretty Broken Doll is a full-length age-gap MM office romance containing themes and situations not intended for readers under the age of 18. Both characters are consenting adults. This story features a neurodivergent MC, his grumpy boss, opposites attracting and a guaranteed HEA.]]> 364 Bree Wiley Rya 5 2025 4.10 Pretty Broken Doll
author: Bree Wiley
name: Rya
average rating: 4.10
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]]> <![CDATA[Finding Delaware (State of Us #1)]]> 217987466 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥...

Taylor
Only two things matter to me in this shitty freestyle motocross and my best friend.
They’re my only escape from my father’s fists, but one slip in junior high almost changed everything. I confessed a secret to a beautiful boy, and I’ve been punishing him—and myself—ever since.

I can’t have Huckslee the way I want, so I take from him in the only way I can—with violence. When my mother wants back into my life, and I’m forced to move in with the object of my obsession, the lines between hate and desire begin to blur. I’m not sure we’ll survive each other.

Huckslee
High school is hell when your worst enemy knows your darkest secret.
To everyone else, I’m the perfect swim team captain, football running back, and the Bishop’s golden boy. But beneath the surface, I’m hiding desires only one person knows—my bully, my tormentor, my crush. And starting tomorrow, my new stepbrother.

Taylor has wielded my secret like a weapon for years, making my life a nightmare. Now, he’ll be living right down the hall. Each encounter with him cracks my facade a little more. How long can I wear this mask before it shatters completely?


Finding Delaware is a full-length enemies-to-lovers MM stepbrother romance containing themes and situations not intended for readers under the age of 18. Both characters are consenting adults. This story features two broken boys, found family, slowburn to spice and a guaranteed HEA.]]> 545 Bree Wiley Rya 0 to-read 4.27 2024 Finding Delaware (State of Us #1)
author: Bree Wiley
name: Rya
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Trick Play (Fake Boyfriend, #2)]]> 39863941 MATT

Want to know the fastest way to get screwed out of a football career? Get photographed in a compromising position in a gay bar. Yep, welcome to my life.

My agent says he can fix my image. He wants me to become the poster boy for gay football players. Me? I just want back on the field. I’ll do anything to play for the NFL again, even pretend to have a steady boyfriend. If only my fake boyfriend wasn’t Noah Huntington III—the most arrogant, entitled rich guy in the world.


NOAH

Pretend to be Matt Jackson’s boyfriend, my best friend said. It’ll be fun, he said. What Damon neglected to mention is Matt is surly and bitter. Being his boyfriend is a job in itself. From his paranoia over being constantly photographed to his aversion to PDA, being with Matt isn’t the care-free fake relationship I expected when I signed on to do this.

It’s supposed to be a win-win. I get to stick it to my politician dad who thinks no one is good enough for the Huntington name, and Matt’s reputation of being the bad boy of football dies.

What I don’t expect is to start caring for the guy. That’s not part of the plan. Then again, neither is fooling around with him on my private jet.

Oops.


**Trick Play is a full-length MM novel with a HEA/HEA and no cliffhanger**]]> 330 Eden Finley Rya 0 0-to-be-continued 4.14 2018 Trick Play (Fake Boyfriend, #2)
author: Eden Finley
name: Rya
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Fake Out (Fake Boyfriend, #1) 39298105 MADDOX

The reason I rarely go home is three simple words: I’m a liar.

When the pressure to marry my childhood sweetheart became too much, I told her I was gay and then fled to New York like my ass was on fire.

Now, five years later and after a drunken encounter, I find myself invited to her wedding. And I have to bring my boyfriend—the boyfriend who doesn’t exist because I’m straight.

At least, I think I am. Meeting the guy I’m bribing to be my boyfriend for the weekend makes me question everything about myself.


DAMON

When my sister asks me to pretend to be some straight guy’s boyfriend, my automatic response is to say no. It’s because of guys like him people don’t believe me when I tell them I’m gay.

But Maddox has something I need.

After an injury that cost me my baseball career, I’m trying to leave my playing days behind and focus on being the best sports agent I can be. Forty-eight hours with my sister’s best friend in exchange for a meeting with a possible client. I can do this.

I just wish he wasn’t so hot. Or that he didn’t kiss like he means it.

Wait � why is the straight guy kissing me?


*Fake Out is a full-length MM novel with no cliffhanger.*]]> 318 Eden Finley Rya 3 2025 3.99 2018 Fake Out (Fake Boyfriend, #1)
author: Eden Finley
name: Rya
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> Feral (The Wrong Alpha, #2) 54645745 Sometimes kissing the Beast doesn't turn it into a Prince Charming—instead, he's a charming prince you want to punch...

Jules is an ordinary nineteen-year-old omega from a perfectly respectable family. He’s not the most beautiful, or the smartest, or the strongest of the four Blake siblings. And he’s fine with it, really. He isn’t ugly or anything, but by omega standards, he’s nothing special. “Nothing special� describes Jules’s whole life. It’s utterly boring.

So when strange things start happening in their house, it piques Jules’s curiosity. There’s a beast in the Blake family mansion; Jules is sure of it. He sometimes hears growls and screams coming from the basement, and the men guarding the door look positively terrified.

What could terrify grown alphas? Jules will have to investigate!

But his investigation comes with surprises...like the Beast's overwhelming effect on Jules's omega nature. It doesn't mean anything. Of course it doesn't. Jules is just curious; that's all.

Curiosity can change a life, but when you're attracted to a feral alpha whose real face you haven’t even seen...will it change for the better? What if the Beast is no Prince Charming but a cold-hearted, cynical bastard? A bastard Jules shouldn't want—but does. A bastard Jules should stay away from—but can't.

This novel is a steamy alpha/omega enemies-to-lovers MM romance with a happily ever after. While mpreg exists in this world, it is only mentioned and does not appear on-page. This book can be read on its own or as part of the series The Wrong Alpha.]]> 238 Alessandra Hazard Rya 0 0-to-be-continued 4.24 2021 Feral (The Wrong Alpha, #2)
author: Alessandra Hazard
name: Rya
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Unnatural (The Wrong Alpha, #1)]]> 58295162 alternate cover editions of ASIN B08FX3656C can be found here and here

A planet at war. Two alphas forced into a political marriage. Attraction that defies all reason and logic� Or does it?

The Kingdom of Pelugia and the Republic of Kadar have been at war for decades. Peace isn’t popular, but the planet can’t survive without it.

Forced to marry an enemy prince for the sake of peace, Senator Royce Cleghorn doesn’t like his husband, his alpha scent, or his damned pretty blue eyes. More than anything, Royce hates what Haydn makes him become: a primitive alpha cliché who’ll do anything to mark his territory, even if that territory is his alpha husband. Royce likes omegas; he isn’t into alphas, no matter how pretty their eyes are. It’s just a weird territorial instinct. It has to be.

Prince Haydn has always tried to be the perfect alpha his father wants him to be. He's the heir to the throne. He's a war general. He isn't supposed to bare his throat to an enemy alpha--and it isn't supposed to feel so good. Everyone knows a marriage between two alphas is a recipe for disaster. He isn't supposed to crave his alpha husband--their marriage is just a political arrangement, nothing more.

But when disaster strikes and loyalties are tested, which bond will be the strongest: their marriage, or their allegiances?]]> 208 Alessandra Hazard Rya 4 2025 4.07 2020 Unnatural (The Wrong Alpha, #1)
author: Alessandra Hazard
name: Rya
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/23
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]]> <![CDATA[Hammer & Gavel (Omegaverse Case Files, #1)]]> 222701840 Hot Fuzz meets shifters, meets buddy cop romance in this sexy, high-stakes M/M omegaverse detective novel.

Detective Constable Oliver Reed enjoys two things in life; tea with biscuits and catching bad guys. For twenty nine years he has walked the tight rope between alpha and omega, but that rope is about to snap, when one chilly January afternoon he crosses paths with the devastatingly handsome alpha, Detective Sergeant Lucas White. Tensions skyrocket as the two are forced to work together to take down an omega sex-trafficking ring that is rapidly drowning the sleepy towns of West Newton & High Enfield. However, when the case starts getting out of hand, so too does their desire for one another.

This is a shifter/omegaverse story, set in an alternative version of England where humans are also wolves, men can get pregnant and everyone has a secondary sex. Your mother will probably judge you for reading this, but who cares? Contains M/M, smut, mpreg, alternative human biology, shifting, Brit-cop humour, sarcasm, a traumatised protagonist, child abuse (implied but never described), and, most importantly, copious amounts of tea drinking. If you're a fan of this genre, you'll know what to expect. Mature audiences only (18+).

Part of a series, but each book follows a different pairing. Book two coming soon!]]> 452 C.T. Whistle Rya 0 to-read 4.27 Hammer & Gavel (Omegaverse Case Files, #1)
author: C.T. Whistle
name: Rya
average rating: 4.27
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]]> Whiskey & Sin 62363339
In a world where unbonded omegas are worth their weight in gold, running is the only thing Silas Wright knows. Run from the criminal alpha pack hunting him. Run from the dark secrets haunting his nightmares. Run from himself.

Stumbling in the dark down a twisting mountain road, Silas is on the run when a stranger comes crashing into his life. This alpha is dangerous, but Silas is out of options. Forced to accept help, Silas finds himself holed up in a lonely mountain cabin. Cornered and desperate, Silas must quickly decide: Can I trust this alpha? Can I let him know my secret?

“My handsome rescuer may be an alpha…but I am no beta.�

WHISKEY & SIN is a standalone MM Omegaverse novel featuring dark themes in a small town setting. For a full list of content warnings, see the author's website. ]]> 472 Emily Rath Rya 0 to-read 4.00 2022 Whiskey & Sin
author: Emily Rath
name: Rya
average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[Alpha Trine (The Valespian Pact Book 1)]]> 51096557
Dargon Kal-Turak, along with his symbiote and lover, Alpha, command one of the most dangerous ships in the stars. After narrowly escaping a trap, they dock in a space port to make repairs but find that the Psionics hunting them are closing in fast. In desperation they kidnap the port's master mechanic, unaware that the man they've brought on board is more than he seems and will bring far more upheaval to their ship, their lives, and the stars than any of them could have imagined.

**Alpha Trine is a 52k sci-fi romance. It was re-edited July 2018 and some concepts were expanded upon. Neither the plot nor characters were changed.
]]> Lexi Ander Rya 0 to-read 4.21 2012 Alpha Trine (The Valespian Pact Book 1)
author: Lexi Ander
name: Rya
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2012
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]]> Grabbed (Team A.L.P.H.A. #1) 39857782 Team: A.L.P.H.A.:Six battle-hardened alphas with one goal—to save any omega in peril


Preston Tierney, the omega son of a prominent senator, has been taken by a secret group with an ax to grind. Party boy Preston was just out looking for a good time until he was grabbed—plucked right from a party in the middle of a crowd. When he wakes up, he finds himself caged like an animal in a remote cabin far from home.

Noah Perkins is a strong alpha who leads his unit with a strong hand—and a great sense of humor. The last thing he expected when he went to free the sassy little thing in the cage was to scent his own fated mate.

Noah and his crazy crew must free Preston from captivity—from his kidnappers, and again from a source much closer to home than they would’ve imagined—while Noah tries to figure out how to tame his bristly omega and truly embrace the team’s motto: Accept, Love, Protect, Honor—Always.

This is the first in a new series, but can definitely be read as a stand-alone novel. You can expect to find naughty, knotty scenes of steamy passion, along with a lot of potty-mouth language and some violence. No jackals were harmed in the writing of this book—unless they kinda deserved it. HEA definitely included, intended for 18+ readers only. Seriously, would you expect anything less from Susi Hawke and Crista Crown?

An MM Mpreg Romance]]> 172 Susi Hawke Rya 0 1-mm-series 3.70 2018 Grabbed (Team A.L.P.H.A. #1)
author: Susi Hawke
name: Rya
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2018
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]]> <![CDATA[Walk Tall (Assassin's Claws, #1)]]> 50895133 Watch out for the Assassin’s Claws�

Clay Moreno is a paid killer, just like his four brothers. It’s the family business—they fight together, they die together. Whether they’re working as a group or alone, they are a tight unit who protect their own.

Clay drew the short straw on their latest mission: assassinate the American president. He knew the case was going to be tough, but the last thing he expected to find was his mate� the president’s own son. The fact that he began the case with plans to seduce his way into the White House via that same son is beside the point. What his mate doesn’t know shouldn’t hurt him�

Nick Jackson is lonely and ordinary in a family of overachievers. He doesn’t want to do photo ops for the press, prep for the next year’s tests over the summer or any of the hundreds of other things his mother hassles him about. All he wants is to relax after his first year of college, work on his tan� and maybe find a boy to flirt with.

This is the first in a new series of short reads. Note: While mpreg exists in this world, we won’t have a birth in every book. This book contains killer cats, ninja bunnies and a life-changing mating bite. Get ready for naughty-knotty fun and low-ball humor as only Susi Hawke can provide.
]]> 134 Susi Hawke Rya 0 1-mm-series 4.05 2019 Walk Tall (Assassin's Claws, #1)
author: Susi Hawke
name: Rya
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[Alpha's Sacrifice (Irresistible Omegas, #1)]]> 39789523
Four men, brought together by fate, connected in more powerful ways than they’d ever imagined.

Lidon, the powerful alpha-cop, determined to never trust another partner—until he helps a vulnerable omega through his heat and connects with him in a way that leaves him reeling.

Enar, the alpha-doctor who dedicates his life to serving omegas who need his help. He works himself to the bone, anything to drown out his inner voices that scream at him he’s not a real alpha.

Palani, the sassy beta reporter who will do anything to save his omega lover and childhood friend, even if it means watching another man claim him.

Vieno, the omega who suffers from a medical condition that requires an alpha’s help. It was supposed to be sex, but his attraction to the alpha goes much deeper. But how can he betray his soulmate and lover Palani like this?

When Vieno’s freedom is endangered, he needs Lidon to save him. The alpha steps up, but the consequences of his choice are more far-reaching than anyone of them had foreseen.

Four men try to figure out what they are to each other amidst political unrest, investigations into corruption and fraud, a medical issue that is far bigger and more sinister than it seemed at first, and old legends that are turning out to be real.

Alpha’s Sacrifice is an MMMM mpreg gay romance and the first book in the Irresistible Omegas series. It is not a stand-alone and ends on a cliffhanger. Please note the triggers warnings in the front of the book.]]> 308 Nora Phoenix Rya 0 1-mm-series 4.16 2018 Alpha's Sacrifice (Irresistible Omegas, #1)
author: Nora Phoenix
name: Rya
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2018
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]]> Rough Heat 201967503
Omega Josh and Alpha Damon are obviously in love. They have everything Leo has ever wanted—safety, acceptance, tenderness. There is no way there’s space for Leo in what they have.

There’s no way Leo is good enough for either of them. Falling in love with clients is a terrible idea, let alone two…Leo just doesn’t know how to stop.

Note: This was previously released through a giveaway. It now contains an extra chapter (5K)]]> 144 Marina Vivancos Rya 0 to-read 4.13 2023 Rough Heat
author: Marina Vivancos
name: Rya
average rating: 4.13
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]]> Slow Heat (Heat of Love, #1) 34233780 A lustful young alpha meets his match in an older omega with a past.

Professor Vale Aman has crafted a good life for himself. An unbonded omega in his mid-thirties, he's long since given up hope that he'll meet a compatible alpha, let alone his destined mate. He's fulfilled by his career, his poetry, his cat, and his friends.

When Jason Sabel, a much younger alpha, imprints on Vale in a shocking and public way, longings are ignited that can't be ignored. Fighting their strong sexual urges, Jason and Vale must agree to contract with each other before they can consummate their passion.

But for Vale, being with Jason means giving up his independence and placing his future in the hands of an untested alpha--as well as facing the scars of his own tumultuous past. He isn't sure it's worth it. But Jason isn't giving up his destined mate without a fight.

This is a stand alone gay romance novel, 118,000 words, with a strong happy ending, as well as a well-crafted, non-shifter omegaverse, with alphas, betas, omegas, male pregnancy, heat, and knotting. Content warning for pregnancy loss and aftermath.]]> 436 Leta Blake 1626227632 Rya 0 1-mm-series 3.91 2017 Slow Heat (Heat of Love, #1)
author: Leta Blake
name: Rya
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2017
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]]> <![CDATA[Alpha Awakened (Reaper Pack 84, #1)]]> 220275927 A masked special forces operator who thinks he doesn’t need love. And the bold soldier determined to prove him wrong.

Captain Royce Anderson is a brutal terror on the battlefield. His cold demeanor off the battlefield earns him the call sign Ice. A lone wolf since he lost his family, he shuns being part of a pack and has no wish to take a mate - until handsome, green-eyed omega Corporal Dylan Mitchell joins his squad. Suddenly, Ice is tempted like he’s never been tempted before. He knows it’s wrong to desire a subordinate. But all he wants is to kiss the sweet curve of Dylan’s lips and breathe in his intoxicating scent. Although Ice tries to resist, his alpha instincts awaken, driving him to claim the omega with the gorgeous smile as his mate.

Corporal Dylan Mitchell - call sign Hazard - is a skilled special forces operator. And he’s determined to show his new partner that he belongs on the team. Hazard expects it to be a challenge to prove his worth to the captain. What he doesn’t expect is to be attracted to the mysterious, masked officer. When Hazard looks into the dark eyes behind the mask, his body burns with desire for the tall, muscled alpha. And his Instinct urges him to give the lonely soldier all the warmth and love that has been missing from his life.

Ice and Hazard come together as lovers while pursuing a violent insurrectionist across the country. But when the dangers of the battlefield and the rules of the military try to tear them apart, they’ll ruthlessly fight to claim their destiny as bonded mates.

Alpha Awakened is a military wolf shifter romance.]]> 528 Christa Tomlinson Rya 4 2025 4.25 2024 Alpha Awakened (Reaper Pack 84, #1)
author: Christa Tomlinson
name: Rya
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> Prince of Lies 78797474 Gorgeous? Yes.
Unintentionally hilarious? Absolutely.
The hottest, sunshiniest virgin to ever set foot in Manhattan? Oh, yeah.

One thing he’s not, though, is a reclusive billionaire named Sterling Chase who supposedly founded my company. So when the man (literally) stumbles into a charity gala saying precisely that, I do what anyone would: I set out to prove he’s a liar.

Except it turns out Rowe’s ridiculous falsehoods are surprisingly� enchanting. The heart of gold beneath his borrowed tux makes even a jaded businessman like me start to believe in fairy tales. And there’s no faking the heat between us when the man’s in my bed.

But when it turns out Rowe’s lies conceal a secret that threatens the company I’ve spent years building, I have to choose: say goodbye to the sweet pretender I’m falling for, or risk everything for a man who just might be� the prince of lies.]]> 308 Lucy Lennox Rya 5 2025 4.35 2023 Prince of Lies
author: Lucy Lennox
name: Rya
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Marrying Mr. Majestic (The Billionaire Brotherhood, #2)]]> 214060956
One thing I never expected to be? Accidentally married to a straight, small-town cowboy named Waylon, the pride and joy of� *checks notes*... Majestic, Wyoming.

Sadly, what happens in Vegas does not, in fact, stay in Vegas, and before I know it, I’m trying to track my erstwhile husband down, divorce papers in hand and thrift store clothes on my back, desperately hoping the stranger I married won’t realize he’s suddenly entitled to a lot more than that shiny gold ring on his finger.

Unfortunately, Way has other plans.

His town is counting on him as mayor to bring the lucrative AdventureSmash wilderness race to Majestic, and he refuses to sign my papers until the deal is done� which means me and my second-hand blue jeans will be hanging around a lot longer than I’d imagined, pretending our one-night whatever-it-was was a love match for the ages.

As it turns out, Majestic is more charming than I’d expected, and Way� is not entirely without charms himself. It also turns out he’s, ahem, not as straight as he thought he was.

Before I know it, dusty boots feel more comfortable than my shiny wingtips, coffee at the Love Muffin tastes better than Starbucks, and being the First Husband of Majestic starts to seem as important as any corporate merger I’ve ever negotiated.

But for a man with secrets to keep and a whole life waiting for him back in Manhattan, the only thing worse than Marrying Mr. Majestic� would be falling in love with him for real.]]> 316 Lucy Lennox Rya 0 0-to-be-continued 4.44 2024 Marrying Mr. Majestic (The Billionaire Brotherhood, #2)
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name: Rya
average rating: 4.44
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]]> Everything Is Waiting for You 151721 100 David Whyte 0962152463 Rya 0 other 4.43 2003 Everything Is Waiting for You
author: David Whyte
name: Rya
average rating: 4.43
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]]> <![CDATA[Poetry On Ice (Totally Pucked, #1)]]> 222224173 I can’t tell if we’re fighting…or flirting?

Being traded to the Seattle Vipers has left me with mixed feelings. On the one hand, they’re my team, the team I’ve loved and supported since I was a kid, but on the other hand, he’s here. Him. Ant Decker. Infamous NHL bad boy. Right wing to my left. A man who’s made it his sole purpose in life to be better than me.

Well, the joke’s on him because I’m faster and my stats are better than his.

Not that I’m competing with him. Of course not. I wouldn’t stoop to his level.

He’s the most infuriating person I’ve ever met. A dark, chaotic presence that distracts me.

When we’re not coming to blows on the ice, he tries to provoke me by calling me Princess. And Pretty Boy...and Babygirl.

I hate it. Obviously, I do. It makes me so angry I can hardly see straight.

So why does my body react as if I like it?]]> 336 Jesse H. Reign Rya 0 to-read 4.13 Poetry On Ice (Totally Pucked, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Embracing his Vampire Mate (Blood Bonded Mates, #0.5)]]> 209112365 My ability to sense the things other people can’t has already cost me any shot I ever might’ve had at normalcy. But normal is overrated anyhow, right? So what if I routinely send guys running for the hills because I come off as too weird for them? Besides, I don’t really mind being alone. It’s easier that way, after all. But then I meet Aiden. He stares at me like I’m the last cupcake in the display and I don’t know why. What I do know is that he’s hiding something big. I can feel it. His secrets call out to me, demanding answers. But the closer I get to him, the more certain I am that finding the truth might mean risking my heart in the process.

AIDEN
Bartending in a college town keeps me grounded. It’s as close to being human as I can get. An arrangement with the very confused but still obliging local butcher ensures I don't have to hunt for what sustains me. It's a quiet life with only two rules. Rule number one: don’t hurt anyone. And rule number two: don’t let anyone get too close. Sure, sometimes it gets a little lonely, but I’ve learned long ago that giving my heart over to someone else is nothing more than a recipe for pain. It’s far better that I’m on my own. That is, until Dante takes a job at the bar and turns my entire world inside out. I know should stay away, but I’m having trouble taking my eyes off him. And even though the way I’m feeling is dangerous for both of us, I know it’s only a matter of time until I give in.]]> 100 Jay Castle Rya 0 1-mm-series 3.74 Embracing his Vampire Mate (Blood Bonded Mates, #0.5)
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]]> Wild at Heart 209552840 BISHOP SULLIVAN
I’ve always known what my future had in store: inheriting the family ranch and having myself a wife and kids to carry on the Sullivan name. Porter Dixon never factored into those plans. We may have spent our teenage years sneaking away to lose ourselves in each other, but he always held me at arm’s length…until the day he up and left without so much as a goodbye.

PORTER DIXON
After everything I’ve lost in my life, it’s important that I keep myself tightly guarded. Especially around Bishop Sullivan. Dad would be rolling in his grave if he found out I was shacking up with a Sullivan, given the bad blood between our families. But eleven years after leaving, I’m back in Laurel Springs with something to prove: I don’t need the Sullivans, nor their land.

Except, damn it all, Bishop has this way of burrowing under my armor. The magnetic draw between us is still too hard to ignore, and what starts out as boss and ranch hand quickly turns into stolen moments and simmering encounters that make it hard to stay angry.

I want to think that love can conquer all and tame my wild heart…but the past isn’t so easy to forget.]]> 258 Riley Hart Rya 0 1-mm-standalone 4.20 2024 Wild at Heart
author: Riley Hart
name: Rya
average rating: 4.20
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]]> <![CDATA[Morgan (The Swift Brothers #1)]]> 203541144 Morgan

When I left Birchbark angry and broken-hearted, I vowed never to return.

Fate had other plans.

The father I hate had a stroke. Now, at thirty-five-years-old, I’m back in the upper peninsula to take care of him. Being a Swift has never been easy. The locals treat Dad like royalty, while Dad vacillates between open anger and flat-out ignoring me. Add on that my relationship with my brothers is a mess� Being back here is unbearable.

The only saving grace is Dusty, my childhood best friend. He’s always had my back, save for one night ten years ago that changed everything. We’re trying to put that behind us. Despite my endless family drama, Dusty becomes my solace, and it’s not long before our emotional connection becomes physical. Dusty worships my body in ways no man has before, but more importantly, has stolen my heart. Except Dusty’s home is here, and mine is in Santa Monica, as far from Birchbark as I can get.

While I’m battling it out with Dad and my brothers and trying to hold the family together, my every impulse is to leave the first chance I get. But I can’t leave Dusty behind. Not again. If I want any chance at real happiness, I’ve got to work through this anger and grief…even as the hits keep coming.

Morgan is a small town, friends to lovers romance with all the feels, heat and character development you expect from a Riley Hart novel. It deals with themes of grief, loss of a parent/sibling (off page), and toxic family relationships. ]]> 240 Riley Hart Rya 0 1-mm-series 4.04 2024 Morgan (The Swift Brothers #1)
author: Riley Hart
name: Rya
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/08
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]]> <![CDATA[The King's Delight (Tales of Lilleforth, #1)]]> 75384100
Felix Hobson left the kingdom of Lilleforth as a teenager to train as a groom. While he was away he learned a lot, and not all of it had to do with horses—although riding crops were definitely involved. Now an adult, Felix is home to take up the position of royal groom, where he hopes he'll have plenty of opportunities for a roll in the hay.

When Felix mistakes Leopold for a horse thief and attempts to seduce him, Leopold is delighted by the irreverent, attractive lad, and sparks fly. Their arrangement is all fun and games, right until they both fall hard and fast. But while what they have together is a delight, there’s no way it can last—can it?

They’ll have to navigate a visiting princess, an assassination attempt, and a
kidnapping if they want a chance to find out.]]> 216 Sarah Honey Rya 0 1-mm-series, mm-royalty 3.71 2023 The King's Delight (Tales of Lilleforth, #1)
author: Sarah Honey
name: Rya
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/06
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]]> <![CDATA[Crimson Halo (Garden of Fiends #1)]]> 63113423
The misunderstanding is far too hilarious for the infinitely bored Seth to pass up.

He agrees to pose for a series of portraits, but there's a snag; as a vampire sovereign, Seth needs to make a compelling excuse to his subjects for why he's spared the human's life.

Telling them he's claimed the artist as his chosen mate seems to do the trick.

When the excuse begins to feel more like the truth, Seth is unsettled by the development of feelings alien to his millennia on earth... and even more unsettled by the revelation that he is not the only dark hunter who has taken an interest in Drew.

Crimson Halo is a standalone MM paranormal vampire romance with thriller elements.]]> 309 Daniel May Rya 0 to-read 3.89 Crimson Halo (Garden of Fiends #1)
author: Daniel May
name: Rya
average rating: 3.89
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date added: 2025/01/03
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]]> <![CDATA[Feel My Pain (Curse Bound, #1)]]> 52209358 Two enemies cursed to feel each other’s pain.

Zane. “I will burn your life to the ground.�
Roach. “I’m a cockroach. I’ll survive.�

Two years ago, the Rabid Hyenas MC ripped Zane apart like a pack of starving wolves. But he’s not only a survivor, he took revenge that same night.

Turns out, one of the bikers is still alive, and as long as that’s the case, Zane will not know peace. Especially since Roach is the dirtbag who caused all the mayhem in the first place.

When an act of revenge meant to close that chapter of Zane’s life takes a shocking turn, all hell breaks loose.

Roach’s pain is his.
When Roach bleeds, he does.
When Zane suffers, Roach screams.

So until Zane can figure out how to lift the curse and kill Roach, he’s stuck caring for the dumbass who drinks too much, works like a dog, and hasn’t moved on an inch since he lost his motorcycle club.

But Roach has other plans for the man twisting his miserable life around. For him, Zane is hope, lust, and love combined, so Roach will gladly stay bound to him forever.

Even if it kills them.


Dirty, dark, and delicious, “Feel My Pain� is a gritty M/M dark romance novel with magical elements and a happy ending. Prepare for violence, intense jealousy, and scorching hot, emotional, explicit scenes.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
Themes: Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, magical bond, revenge, poverty, disability, small town, vulnerability, versatile lovers
Length: ~110,000 words (Standalone novel)
WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, offensive language and morally ambiguous characters as well as sensitive topics of child abuse, addiction, and suicide]]> 370 K.A. Merikan Rya 0 1-mm-series 3.78 2020 Feel My Pain (Curse Bound, #1)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: Rya
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/30
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]]> <![CDATA[Le Grand Maître de la Cultivation Démoniaque 1 Relié: Mo Dao Zu Shi - Alternatif]]> 64408483 408 Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù Rya 0 to-read 4.45 2016 Le Grand Maître de la Cultivation Démoniaque 1 Relié: Mo Dao Zu Shi - Alternatif
author: Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
name: Rya
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/27
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]]> <![CDATA[Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1]]> 62145801
While investigating a mysterious death at a local university, Zhao Yunlan meets Shen Wei, a calm and cold professor who proves as intriguing as the case itself. Something about this reserved man feels strangely familiar. Zhao Yunlan can't help but notice the intensity of the professor's gaze, and wonders why their lives begin to intertwine—as if by fate.]]> 412 Priest 1638589364 Rya 0 to-read 4.27 Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1
author: Priest
name: Rya
average rating: 4.27
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case (Jon's Mysteries, #1)]]> 44577241
I’m Jonathan Bane, a licensed psychic who consults for the police. I routinely help the police put the bad guys away and, for that reason, the criminal world doesn’t like me much. People like to take a swing at me, or go stabbity, or try for a gun. It makes for interesting times. My psychic ability prevents me from handling anything electronic—and I do mean ANYTHING, I fry it in seconds—so calling for help isn’t always a possibility.

I need an anchor, a partner, but I’m resigned: it’s just wishful thinking.

At least, I thought so until he walked through the door.

Donovan Havili looks like a thug and has the soul of a superhero. He shines so bright in my vision it’s like watching a supernova. He definitely has the right mindset and skills for this crazy job. But asking anyone to take me on long-term is a bit much. And now we’ve got multiple cases to handle, a Chinese exchange student falsely accused who needs our help, and someone taking random shots at me. It’s a bit much for any new guy to handle and I’m half-afraid that my new partner will run for the door.

But in Donovan Havili, the criminal world has met its match. And maybe, just maybe, I have as well.


Trigger Warnings:
Your average cop show violence and criminals.

Tags:
Companionable snark, Flirting, Kissing, Jon needs a hug, Donovan gives the best hugs, Getting together, Self-esteem issues, Explicit content, Anal Sex, Romantic Sex, Random shooting, Which Donovan isn’t happy about, Donovan is a gentleman, Sort of, Jon just makes it REALLY REALLY HARD Okay?, Bisexual character, Public displays of affection, Muscles, Communication, Healthy relationships, The fluff might kill you, Supernatural elements, Modern with Magic, Feels, All the Feels, Mostly accurate medical stuff, Multiple electronics died in the creation of this story, blame Jon.

]]> 282 A.J. Sherwood Rya 0 to-read 4.24 2019 Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case (Jon's Mysteries, #1)
author: A.J. Sherwood
name: Rya
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Malum Discordiae (Tennebrose, #1)]]> 60420033
In spite of their families� ongoing feud, they’re forced to work together if they have any hope of passing their required class. But as late nights and stolen moments turn to something more, a rash of demonic murders plagues the university. If they don’t get to the bottom of it, they could both be next.
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MALUM DISCORDIAE is a dark academia, paranormal MM romance about witches, Necromancers, and a blood feud that has lasted centuries. It features plenty of steam, a lot of snark, and the pile of bodies you’d expect in a magical Romeo + Juliet retelling—except this one has a happy ending. It is intended for a mature audience and reader discretion is advised. A full list of triggers can be found in the front matter of the book and at my website under Tropes & Triggers. ]]> 394 Ashlyn Drewek 1955211086 Rya 0 to-read 4.10 2022 Malum Discordiae (Tennebrose, #1)
author: Ashlyn Drewek
name: Rya
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/25
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]]> <![CDATA[The Damnation of Leander Welles (The Leander Welles Series, #3)]]> 56750318
The day Bennett Reeve meets Leander Welles is the day his life changes forever. A ruthless lawyer to some of Chicago’s most despicable criminals, Bennett has seen it all � until he lays eyes on the enigmatic millionaire.

By combining their wicked brilliance and unlimited resources, the world is theirs for the taking. But as Bennett helps Leander undertake an elaborate plan for revenge against the people who wronged him, Bennett’s own past starts to catch up with him. When Leander is threatened as a result, Bennett will do anything to protect the man he loves � even if it means losing him.

This is a prequel to The Mystery of Leander Welles and The Rationale of Leander Welles. It's a dark, slow-burn MM romance.

Content warning: This book contains references to child abuse, substance abuse, suicide, and self-harm. Reader discretion is advised.]]> 339 Ashlyn Drewek 1734988762 Rya 0 to-read 4.34 2021 The Damnation of Leander Welles (The Leander Welles Series, #3)
author: Ashlyn Drewek
name: Rya
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/25
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]]> Le Voyage (Outlander, #3) 57876545 1024 Diana Gabaldon Rya 5 2024 4.20 1993 Le Voyage (Outlander, #3)
author: Diana Gabaldon
name: Rya
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1993
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/31
date added: 2024/12/24
shelves: 2024
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