Hi everyone! I’m looking for MM romances where the relationship is absolutely, completely forbidden. I don’t care what makes it forbidden, as long as the stakes are high and the romance feels intense.

It could be rival families, sexuality, forbidden circumstances, taboo relationships like stepbrothers or incest, or anything else that makes their relationship something they’re absolutely not supposed to have.

Give me the kind of romance where being together feels impossible, the stakes are high, and they want each other desperately anyway.

BUT THERE’S ONE NON-NEGOTIABLE REQUIREMENT: A HAPPY ENDING (HEA)!

I want all the forbidden, messy, intense drama, but I refuse to suffer through an entire book just to get a tragic ending.

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MM Romance

Kindle Unlimited

• Jalon (Van Doren Series Book 5) by Crea Reitan - 419 pages - Amazon - (head of the family, part of a series, age gap, hookup to lovers, cheating not between MCs)
• Siren Song (Clash of Creatures) by Taylor E. Weston - 246 pages - [Amazon](ttps://a.co/d/01cBCRzM) - (shifting siren x swimming coach, fated mates, hard earned HEA, trans rep)
• The Backup Husband by Noah Wylder - 131 pages - Amazon - (best friends to lovers, Thanksgiving romance, mutual pining, found family, forced proximity, only one bed)
• You See It Too (Extremities Book 3) by AJ Malachite - 155 pages - Amazon - (MMM, horror, second person POV, university in Texas, creepy swamp)
• The Feeder Legacy (The Vampire Dominion Book 1) by Louisa Masters - 251 pages - Amazon - (vampire x human selling his blood, clueless human, legacy of vampire feeders, supernatural )
• Shake Your Boo Thang (ExorSquad) by Chloe Archer - 286 pages - Amazon - (grump x sunshine, detective turned ghost hunter, supernatural romcom, disco loving ghosts, grumpy Scotsman and cheerful American)
• Eternal Devotion by Nicky James - 394 pages - Amazon - (cranky vampire x gamer nerd human, gothic romance, impossible rescue mission, high stakes, HEA)
• Hail Mary (Crystal Falls Football Book 2) by Kaleigh Whitford - 284 pages - Amazon - (former friends and teammates, second chance romance, football, first love and first heartbreak)

Kobo Plus

No new releases.

Other

• Myro (related to Van Doren) by Crea Reitan - 206 pages - Amazon - (set at the Van Doren Estate, mystery, unclear if it is MM or FM or what)

Other Queer Romance

Kindle Unlimited

• The Gift (Supernatural Secrets Book 1) by Annalise Clark - 196 pages - Amazon - (FMM, paranormal romance, themes of grief, ghost boyfriend and living boyfriend and seer FMC)

Kobo Plus

No new releases.

Audiobooks

MM Romance

• The Charioteer by Mary Renault, narrated by Joe Jameson - Audible - (injured corporal, historical, coming of age) - 14 hrs 47 min
• The Restoration by P.S. Kirby, narrated by Taylor Nguyen - Audible - (restorer x bartender, themes of grief, guardedness) - 7 hrs 23 min
• Keystrokes and Kittens (Foggy Basin Season #3) by Gabbi Grey, narrated by Taylor Mahpiya - Audible - (opposites attract, interracial romance, litter of kittens) - 4 hrs 45 min
• Yes, No, or Maybe? (Light Novel #3) by Michi Ichiho, narrated by Derek Prince - Audible - (newscaster x animator, established relationship, light novel) - 5 hrs 3 min
• When It Rains, It Pours by Michi Ichiho, narrated by Derek Prince - Audible - (anonymous online exchange, slow build relationship, light novel, my computer wouldn't let me copy the right link I'm sorry) - 8 hrs 5 min

Queer

• Bearly Together (The Midwest Weres #2) by Ryann Fletcher, narrated by Penni Stoker - Audible - (FF, sapphic shifter story) - 4 hrs 32 min

So I've read {the lookout ghost by A. Nightly} and {Motel. Pool. by kim Fielding} and the thing they have in common is that at the end the ghost partner becomes human/alive again I love them both but I think that's what didn't get me because the authors didn't explain how it worked. I love their journey together but endings like these left me feeling unsatisfied. Don't get me wrong I love HEA and I'm actually trying to avoid books with sad endings.

But what I want to happen at the end of the book is that it's the human who dies and joins the ghost and they either continue on earth as ghosts and go on adventures or move on together. That's what I call a HEA for me in ghost romance.

Maybe you guys know books like this? The human could be sick and it's only revealed at the end or for some angst the human dies a horrific death.

I want to cry from happiness 🙏🏻❤️‍🔥

(I'd prefer it if the ghost is a lonely ghost who just followed the human or the human stays in a place where the lonely ghost stays, but anything is fine.)

Hi everyone! I’m looking for contemporary MM romances featuring trans men, whether one or both MCs are trans. I’d love recommendations with characters at any stage of their transition, before or after any kind of surgery (top surgery, bottom surgery, etc.), as well as characters who haven’t had or don’t want surgery.

I’m open to different contemporary romance tropes, and I’d love both books where being trans is a central part of the story and books where it’s simply one aspect of the character’s life.

I’m not into fantasy or omegaverse, and I’d prefer to avoid large age gaps between the MCs.
Bonus points for sweet, affectionate romances with lots of reassurance, praise, and a supportive relationship!

Please share any recommendations you have, and if possible, let me know the tropes your rec includes!!🩵🤍🩷

Hi!

I'm looking for books that have similar dynamic to {Season's Change by Cait Nary}.

By that I mean that the two MC are friends (one of them may or may not be gay) and they're very cuddly and sweet to each other without it necessarily being "gay" (although one would argue that it is quite gay and I'm all for it) or them being together. The one MC is still straight and doesn't question this need and how it's not "normal" in our society.

A more specific example from this book:

Benji (the straight MC) cuddles and sleeps (real sleep, not sex) with his friend (gay MC) when they're in hotels during their games. Or later when they're in Mexico on holiday with their friends and nobody questions them being so sweet with each other (e.g. Benji grabs Olly and makes him sit on beside him or even on his lap). Although at that point they do have sex.

This specific book is about hockey, but I don't really care whether it's about sports or not. Only that specific dynamic. I'm not into mafia/police and similar genres, although that may be of interest to other people who look for the same dynamic, so feel free to recommend those as well. :)

P.S.: I searched for this book in this subreddit, but those recommended books weren't really what I was looking for... hence this post.

Update: Thanks, guys, for so many great recommendations! I think my "Want to read" list is filled for the entire 2027 😄

I know the author’s note says the sexual assault doesn’t happen between the MCs, but does one of them get sexually assaulted by someone else, or does it happen to a side character? And if it happens to one of the MCs, is it in the past or present?

{Embriagado by Tal Lewin}

I always cross reference reviews on Audible (or Kobo) against Goodreads.

{Frost & Fire by Ana Ashley} came up in audible plus. The reviews on Goodreads was 4.12 with 55 opinions and on Amazon.ca it shows 4.4 with 394 reviews.

On audible it has 2 reviews. It's a Christmas story not Shakespeare so the one review was hmmm with a 2 for story and a 4.for narration but okay...but the other review was a 1 and 1....and the narrator was Alexander Cendese. I think it was someone who didn't know they were reading an mm or something else is going on because that does not compute for me. So I am listening to it just to leave an honest review because this feels vindictive to me. It's not the first time I have seen out of wack reviews that don't make sense to me. Anyone else notice this?

Kind of a specific request, but I just love the beginning of books, and after reading pit stop, I desperately need a longer book with the same kind of vibes. Doesn't have to be omegaverse, just something that starts off with a meetup thats anonymous but turns out to be their enemy? Don't know if I described it well lol. Would prefer no shifter books unless they really fit the description

I see that this book is a spinoff from the North Shore Titans series - would reading those add important context or does this work totally separate?

{Monstrous Serpent by EV Olsen}

Smut is okay as long as it doesn’t take too much space.

I would prefer the characters to be young adults (between 18-30 years old).

Thank you :)

I usually see this type of scene in straight romances where the guy makes the girl get naked and parades her around fully nude, so I'm accepting any recomendation that is MLM

Any type of scene where he makes the guy take off all his clothes and walk around, It can be a empty public space with the risk of being seen or with actual people, he is embarrassed but also kinda turned on, he can steal his clothes, win a bet that makes him get naked, pranks him, orders him to do that while he is reluctant etc...

New Releases & Sales - Wednesday 14 Oct

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MM Romance

Kindle Unlimited

• First Shift (Main Marauders Hockey Series Book 3) by Rebecca Norinne - 484 pages - Amazon - (hockey teammates, opposites attract, strangers to friends to lovers)
• Shadow Lord (Shadowmen Book 3) by S Rodman - 310 pages - Amazon - (opposites attract, doomsday prophesy, ancient shadow lord x inane cheerful barista, sweet and attentive stalker)
• Tempt (Feed and Feast Book 3) by EM Lindsey and Cora Rose - 510 pages - Amazon - (touch averse monster, gym bro human, deaf MC, political intrigue)
• Whisper (Crestvale Killers Book 4) by Mia Monroe - 240 pages - Amazon - (casual hookup, dangerous secret, found family, hitman x dancer)

Kobo Plus

• If You Were Mine by AS Kelly - 355 pages - Kobo+ - (grief, loss, strangers to lovers, secrets)

Other

No new releases.

Other Queer Romance

Kindle Unlimited

• Wrapped & Ready - Just Add Tinsel by Jaye Pratt - 30 pages - Amazon - (MMMF, Christmas, novella, snowed in, woman trapped in cabin with ex best friend x pilot x content creator (10K words, I guessed on the page number))
• Score (Honeybee Hollow) by Ariella Talix - 320 pages - Amazon - (MMF, small town, rockstar x manager x singer)
• Thin Ice (Triple Shot Book 1) by Kayla Grosse - 409 pages - Amazon - (MMF, marriage in crisis, forced proximity, second chance, hockey, intimacy retreat, husband's ex boyfriend)

Kobo Plus

No new releases.

Audiobooks

No new releases.

I got an author newsletter that with zero context says "I'm writing as Pippa Harlow now [...]". New email, new (blank) IG, no reference of who this person was writing as before aka their previous pen name, no mention of their previous books and a transition?

I don't want to know their real name, I want to know if it's spam, a writer I unfollowed for good reason, or someone I do follow and support that's just starting a new chapter.

Many famous authors are following their new IG, which has changed it's username 3x. Any ideas on who this is??

Edit 1: I've emailed back to ask who the heck it is

Edit 2: SOLVED! Emailed asking who the heck they were and got this response. Note - I have NEVER followed this without, purchased from them or signed up for a newsletter.

"Sorry, I should have added that bit in! I wrote under the penname CS Joyce, so you would have signed up for that author name. Those books are no longer published on Amazon. If you wish to unsubscribe let me know and I'll remove your email or you can click the unsubscribe button at the bottom.

All the best

Pippa."

First off, this post is not meant to be divisive or disruptive but I truly want to know. I love reading MM romance. I have found some truly wonderful authors through this sub but for the last few months, anytime I click on a book promo, it breaks my heart because there are RARELY any black MCs.

Where are the black characters? I say characters and not JUST MCs because even the side/auxillary characters are rarely black. I hardly see any black best friends, co workers, neighbors, employees, etc.

Also for the book promos, who sources those? Is there any effort to try to get Black authors involved, other than for the promos specifically just for that? I am all for a good highlighting event but my frustration stems from the fact that the event shouldn't be the only time we see them.

If there are any authors in this sub, could you maybe give insight on this?

It seems like we are fighting for our rights in real time both the LGBTQ+ and Black communities but some spaces are still so exclusionary. Black representation in the genre shouldn't be limited to or mostly done Black/POC authors only, especially since they already have a harder time breaking into the space to begin with.

hi! please delete this if it’s breaking the rules on ai, but I wanted to ask, recently, in the make your quick requests Monday post, I received two recommendations that are AI. I know we can’t make these accusations without real hard evidence (a prompt or the author’s acknowledgment) but i wanted to ask if there’s any rules for when an “author” suddenly pops up, they have all gen ai covers and have 10+ books per month. these authors have 3-4 reviews, no followers and just a bunch of trope-y tittles.

the authors are quite literally made up. just like all the books. I wanted to ask if it’s okay to at least mention this when I get those recommendations? because one thing is accusing authors based on some writing but another entirely is ignoring the obvious right in front you (like this author doesn’t even exist? and all these books are 500 hundred pages and there are 8+ books per month). like come on. we can at least be respectful of the space and not ignore THAT.

some examples: Maya Collins, Sloan cross

thank you in advance!

edited: typos

I’m looking for a contemporary MM romance, possibly college/NA, that may be part of an interconnected series or a spin-off.

At this point i feel like it’s something I’ve made up in my mind 😅

MC1 has a falling-out with his best friend and the friend’s boyfriend in an earlier book. In his own book, he shows up unexpectedly at MC2’s doorstep, upset and needing somewhere to go. MC2 is someone he knows peripherally, possibly a friend-of-a-friend. Both MMC are introduced in earlier book.

They start a casual, sex-focused relationship, with MC1 gradually catching feelings and becoming more emotionally attached, while MC2 is initially more detached and wants to keep things casual.

I remember the vibe being similar to Lover Boy by Brianna Flores, especially the messy friendship drama and emotional fallout.

I may be mixing up some details, so the doorstep scene and the connection to an earlier book are the clues I’m most confident about.

I remember it having some d/s-kink flair but not a downright BDSM book.

It could be a standalone by an author who writes interconnected series, like Eden Finley and Saxon James, or a spin-off where a side character from another book becomes an MC.
Does this ring a bell?

It’s not:

Lover boy by Brianna Flores

Virgin flyer by Lucy Lennox

Project hero by Briar Prescott

Whiskey sour by Addison beck

I can't even believe this book! It was so amazing. I felt obliged to make its own post. Here is what it features:

• a small fae with a lot of trauma after being chained, bound, and owned for years. All he knows is hurt and so expects it. He also likes to goad the wulver.
• extremely gentle giant wulver (wolfman) who wants the fae to be free, he sees the kindness and softness in the fae and sees how he was hurt. While he doesn't want to own the fae, he also wants to mark and mate him. He hides from the world because it has hurt him before.
• both of them are touch starved. Who caves first! Also forced proximity.
• learning/communicating about dominance/submission in a world that does not have this language
• trading dominance/submission every moment
• the best lines of devotion I have read. Beautifully written - especially the parts about trauma and betrayal- and poetic. And also smutty. Poetic smut.

I won't say no to more recommendations like this if you know the vibe of this book. {The Wulver's Bond by Edwina Lindsey}

The epic writing of this book reminded me of {Nor Iron Bars a Cage by Kaje Harper}, I also recommend that.

Feeling in desperate need of silly, light books with zero reminding me of normal life and the current real world dumpster fire lol. Aiming for something like {A Happy Nightmare by Mars Quinn} - books that leave you with a warm and cozy nice feeling. With weird mixed in.

Hard no = major angst, cheating, poly
Soft no = mpreg (prefer no but if it’s not the main story it’s ok)

Books I’ve read and enjoyed:

(Note I have read Mars Quinn’s other alien books - and while I love them, they are not low angst lol)

- {Whims of Gods by Mel R. Bright} and the sequels
- {The Orc and the Manny by Chloe Archer}, and the sequels, and connected book {A Highland Gargoyle’s Lucky Star by Chloe Archer}
-the Monstrous Series by Lily Mayne {Soul Eater by Lily Mayne}
- the Goliaths of Wrestling by Lily Mayne (Impromtu Match by Lily Mayne}
- {You’re Not My King by Eryn Hawk} and sequels
- {The Fating by Dianna Roman}
-Mythical Mishaps series {Shroom For Improvement by Jemma Croft}
-Fangs on Ice series {Puck & Plume by Rhea Fox}
-Coveted Bonds series {How to Train Your Human Omega by Arden Fox}
-Passing Through Cafe series {Passing Through Purgatory by Nik Knight}
-{The Nokk and the Jock by Leslie McAdam}
-Relic series {Smash & Grab by Maz Maddox} (dino shifters!!)

That’s all I can think of!! Hit me with your recs. And I hope some of you enjoy this list!

I’m reading {The high king’s golden tongue by Megan Derr} and right now i’m actually feeling like i have a completely opposite opinion from all the reviews i read.
The high king Sarrica it’s obviously not over his ex husband that died, and EVERYONE, including his ex husband’s brothers act like he should’ve moved on, they are right when they say he should take a high consort good with court, and if it was only that i would agree 100% but they are also telling him and acting like he is super dumb because he doesn’t appreciate our MC beauty enough.
From the pages i’m reading rn it’s just a repetition of people being like “Sarrica is a fool for not wanting you, you are so smart and pretty” and then they obviously had to add that annoying trope of “ the dead ex husband wasn’t actually that great, so it’s okay to move on because the mc is better”, why they always do that? You can have a second love without the need to discredit the first one, especially because why have a trope like this if you don’t want to commit really.
Not to note that all of this happened in the arc of like few days?
The high king also doesn’t act like a king, every character seems kinda like a caricature of what they should be, they all seem kinda dumb considered their position of power.
They should be in their 30’s but act kinda like teenagers honestly.
Anyway i’m so frustrated by everything about it😭 and honestly if this guy doesn’t want to marry a new man because he still loves his ex husband just let it be? Make a new position that doesn’t involve marrying, (for example Leader of Court idk) you are the king you can do whatever you want. I don’t know how i will buy their “ relationship “ and them falling in love honestly, it’s just not giving that.

I know Necromancer Tales is a spinoff series, but was Erasmus introduced in the Perfect Pixie series at all? I'm reading Deadly Lineage because necromancers are more up my alley than pixies and there's references to some characters from the previous series but I don't know if they actually interacted at all in that series and I'm curious.

Anything where the MCs are falling in love and it’s cute but then the MCs past (e.g., spy, assassin, etc.) gets revealed to the other MC?

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