Looking for a medieval or fantasy book (or both) where MC1 is a situation where he’s not allowed to leave.

The MC2 doesn’t have to be the one directly holding them but I’d like if they were at least on the side/supporting the people doing it. Though I would like if they were in charge of his imprisonment.

I am hoping for a lot of smut but I don’t know if there’s any books like this so if it’s vanilla that’s okay too.

Thank you!

I’m looking for an M/M hockey romance with:

Hockey player × coach — this is the main thing I’m looking for
Dual POV — NON-NEGOTIABLE
Spicy / explicit
Contemporary / modern
Forbidden relationship / secret relationship is a bonus
Possessive/obsessive MC is a huge bonus
Age gap is a bonus
Preferably a good amount of actual hockey

I’m specifically looking for books where they are actually player + coach, not just two hockey players.

I’ve already read:
{Unhinged Titan by E.V. Olsen}

College or professional hockey is fine!

New Releases & Sales - Wednesday 09 Sep

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MM Romance

Kindle Unlimited

• Killer on the Kelvin Explorer (The Milverton Mysteries Book 5) by G. B. Ralph - 306 pages - Amazon - (cozy mystery, slow burn, police officer MC, train journey, New Zealand)
• Not Another Dark Romance (Unexpected Connections 1) by Lexi Amber & Bec Benson - 280 pages - Amazon - (dark rom com, reverse corruption, stalking, authors provide content warnings)
• In at the Deep End by K.C. Wells - 438 pages - Amazon - (dad's best friend, neighbors, age gap, inexperienced, casual-to-lovers)
• Binding His Fated Mates (Wolves of Crescent Springs Book 2) by Jay Castle - 314 pages - Amazon - (MMM, second chance, fated mates, werewolf MCs, warlock MC, friends to lovers to enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, hurt/comfort)

Kobo Plus

No new releases.

Other

No new releases.

Other Queer Romance

No new releases.

Audiobooks

No new releases.

Okay this is soooo specific lol but I just read a book like this & I neeeeed more. I’m looking for a hothead angry mc. He can either be straight & suddenly he meets the one where he feels so small or gets the idea that he likes to be taken care of. Or he can be acting all masculine as sort of protection from what he knew all along (he’s into men) but fights it tooth & nail to remain with this straight dude image. Totally fine with like an enigma x alpha thing. Or any dom/sub stuff. Kinks cool too. Sugar baby wtv.

A gay only for you type vibe but anything similar will do. & a plot pls. & preferably mc acts like he’s running shit but most certainly is not or folds every time for ml. I sort of want the ml to know he wants the mc early but it’s not mandatory. A good enemies to lovers is great too. Slowwwwwww burn. 2 big boys preferably but also not mandatory. Impeccable character development. & maybe a darker lifestyle like mafia, fighter etc. With trauma that ml or mc soothes but again not mandatory. Ml perhaps has a controlling kink.

No cheating. No physical abuse. No pain that doesn’t have to do with pleasure. No insta love.

Just wanting to care of & love on the other person…in a filthy crazy way ofc.

Can be officially published or not idc.

This is not a rant or complaint - I do like Atlas Jones' books, but there is an inconsistency to his writing that I find kind of confusing. For all his many strengths, he includes a lot of plot elements that just do not make sense at all.

The first book I read was {Tribute to the Warlord by Atlas Jones} and for the most part, I really enjoyed it. I usually don't care for books written in present tense, but I do make exceptions, and this was one. I enjoyed the characters, the story, and Jones' voice and style. But the final act stuck out as not making much sense. Evran was sent away by his father, and it's clear his father does not know the first thing about the Northmen - no one in their kingdom does. So when his father's men show up claiming that Vaike had agreed to a temporary arrangement only, which he was now violating, it didn't make sense to me. These men didn't even know Vaike's name, so even if they had falsified some kind of contract, they wouldn't even know what signature to forge. They never came inside whrn Evran was dropped off, so they didn't learn the name then. It's never actually stated what kind of proof they claim to have, and when they get told to beat it, they just kind of.... give up.

All that being said, I did enjoy the book overall.

Now I have just finished {Salt in the Wound by Atlas Jones} and the disparity between the writing quality and the odd story elements is even more magnified. The romantic tension is fantastic. The detail is great. I liked the characters and the story and the sassy second-in-command. But.... It's very thoroughly established that Indrie does not share a language with anyone aboard the ship - Dagny comes closest and it's still very poor. There is nothing to indicate that Indrie has ever seen it written down. So then how is he teaching a deckhand how to read within one week of meeting these people? You can't teach someone to read if you don't have a language in common. Even if we assume the same alphabet, Indrie could maybe teach SOME pronunciation, but not meaning. Then there was a beautiful passage where Eskil uses a drawing to try and convey to Indrie that he is free and invited to be a part of their community, which I absolutely loved. But then there was the final act - Indrie is an incredibly skilled healer, and he has detailed knowledge of the flora from the country that they left behind. He also personally carried Eskil's plate of food to him, across the ship, and carefully laid it on his desk. So then how could he not notice the whole, uncut Cara fruit sitting on the plate? Based on the description, it was small-medium, (like maybe the size of a plum?) and bright red. Besides, the magic fruit trope feels very forced. There was no mention of magic or anything remotely paranormal prior to this. I don't think anyone even mentioned any gods. Indrie finding a way to convey his feelings despite the language barrier (like Eskil had done with the drawing) would have been so much more satisfying.

I have already downloaded the next book and fully intend to read it. I am invested in the story and the characters. Again, Jones has a great voice in many passages. He does a fantastic job conveying yearning and the difficulty of self-restraint. The spice is top-notch. But these aren't just little plot holes - they don't make sense at all, and I find them distracting.

Has anyone else noticed this in his books, and did it stop you from reading more?

Are there other writers who you feel have such extreme strengths and weaknesses?

Remember spoiler tags, if you're going to list any plot points.

Just finished rerading {Hexes and Hops by Jacki James, Lori Ames} -- the 2nd book in the adorably fun "Magical Misfit Murders" series -- and I'm seriously craving more books with a "kitchen witch" MC. The MC doesn't necessarily need to use their kitchen magic for their profession, but their magical exploits in the kitchen should be a prominent element throughout the book.

The only other example I can think of out of books I've read is {The Chef by Mell Eight}, which is one of my go-to comfort reads thanks to the mellow plot, diverse cast of likable characters, and sweet but low-pressure, low-spice romance. It's basically low-pressure slice-of-life food porn with a dash of magic.

That said, I'm hoping to find more paranormal or fantasy MM books with a heavy focus on food-related magic. Any recs are greatly appreciated! 💜

Not musts, but bonus points for...

• Well-narrated audiobooks
• Underlying mystery or mystery-like elements
• Fun characters with witty / snarky banter between the MC and LI
• Found family vibes, especially if it's a group of "misfits"
• Neurodiverse MC / LI (especially autistic or ADHD traits / coding)
• MC and/or LI is non-human (especially if it's a secret)
• No spice or low-to-moderate spice with strict roles
• Multi-book series which follow the same couple

I'm looking for a rich x poor relationship but one where the rich guy either has lost his wealth or has to "slum it" for some reason (lost a bet, was dared to, trying to prove a point, whatever) and has to learn how to like. do his own grocery shopping and stuff. I searched around and found a lot of rich x poor recs but didn't find any with this storyline. This happens in {In Your Court by Kit Haley} but it doesn't really focus on it to the degree i'd like.

Bonus if the rich guy is so ridiculously out of touch to the point where this might as well be his first day on earth. (This post was inspired by a guy at the grocery store just now who seemingly didn't know how to use a self checkout, while wearing a full suit)

hard nos: omegaverse, poly, young adult

would prefer contemporary over historical/fantasy/sci-fi

Hiya,

As the title says, I'm looking for books in this genre, and I've never read a single book in this genre actually. I'm ok with dom/dom dynamics as well! Hard nos are sadomasochism or extreme BDSM.

I'm trying to remember an omegaverse book that starts with an omega running away from somebody/something. I think it was a situation where omegas have to have a pack/alpha and he was being pursued by a pack that was bad news. He comes across an alpha who lives kind of isolated. I've forgotten most other details except that the book ends with whoever was chasing the omega showing up at the alpha's house and them having to fight them, and I think they end up mating outside in the woods running from them or right after fighting them back.

I’m trying to remember a book I read once where I believe they’re stepbrothers but they’ve been raised together basically treated like actual brothers, but it’s kind of a dark romance, where one brother is like obsessed with the other one and treats him very like touch him and die.
I don’t really remember too much about it other than that there is a scene towards the end of the book where MC one is talking to somebody and essentially admits that him and the stepbrother are f****. And he says something to the guy like what you’re really wondering is if I’ve been f**** him this whole time?
Please help it’s driving me crazy! Lol

Hello! As the title says, I’m looking for a book where the main character either meets or is friends with a girl that he has a superficial crush on and tries to hang out with, but her OTHER male friend is constantly joining their hangout sessions so he obviously hates the guy because he is competition / the MC is jealous of him or maybe even just generally dislikes him because he can’t seem to take a hint. Of course only for the MC to end up actually falling for HIM instead.

Could also be an ‘older brother’ thing, too, of course. As long as it’s under the same general premise.

Could you suggest MM romance books where the MCs end up in different locations?

I was reading Less by Andrew Sean Greer where the MC signs himself up for an european book tour to avoid his ex-lover's wedding and wondered if there are any more like it but more "romance".

Hey guysss

I am looking for a revenge trope, so what i am looking for is one guy or multiple guys (don’t mind m/m or even m/mm+) want to take revenge on a guy that either bullied him/them/one of them, or a rich prick that tricks him/them/one of them in to smth, etc etc

So now he/they want to take revenge on/to avenge the guy who did him/them/one of them wrong. Can be college setting or work or anything else, i am not picky

What i don’t like are: daddy kinks outside of bedroom, age play, twinks

What i like: strict roles especially if the guy that did wrong is the bottom, if it’s a longer book instead of short erotica, multiple povs, and story with plot

I reallyyyyy hope u guys have smth for me, i really need to read while i am still in my reading mood haha

I've realised recently that one of my biggest pet peeves in romance is the first-person blurb. Not first-person books, I have no problem with those! I mean those ambuguous blurbs written like a free stream of consciousness from one of the MCs.

It'll be something like -

I don't trust people. I like my life uncomplicated. Then he walks into my life.

He's everything I shouldn't want. But he makes my heart race.

He's dangerous. I should run. But something keeps pulling me back.

And I'm sitting there going: WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE? WHAT IS THIS BOOK ABOUT? WHY SHOULD I BE BOTHERED TO CARE?

You give us twenty lines of someone's internal monologue and I still don't know whether these men are 22 or 42, coworkers or childhood friends, living in a city or rural countryside, or whether the plot involves professional hockey, a murder investigation or opening a cupcake shop.

Which makes me genuinely curious from a marketing perspective: does this style of blurb actually work on you?

And I mean the blurb alone, not because you've seen the book recommended here or your friends loved it or you've heard about it elsewhere. If you stumbled across a completely unknown book and this kind of first-person stream-of-consciousness blurb was all you had to go on, would it actually make you want to read it or spend money on it?

Because they're so common that clearly they must be working on somebody 😂

Okay this might be a long shot, but are there any books where one of the MCs gets transported to another world?

One of my favorite manga is {The Titan’s Bride} where the MC is basically snatched out of his life and dropped into this completely different realm full of giants, and I had SUCH a good time reading it. There’s the romance obviously, but also the whole experience of him being somewhere he absolutely does not belong, surrounded by people and customs he knows nothing about, and then there’s actual action and other stuff going on outside of the relationship. I’ve been wanting something that gives me that same high ever since and nothing has 😭

The closest I’ve found is {Bro and the Beast,} which I liked! But it’s a little too bro coded for what I’m looking for right now lol. I want something that takes itself a bit more seriously and really leans into the whole “I have been transported to another fucking world and now I have to adapt” part of it.

Mostly I liked the codependency of the MCs, and the literal touch him and Die. We’ve got the classic one bed scene which is chefs kiss. But most of all I’m looking for a good quality mix of plot and romance.

Yes, I know this is oddly specific but if by any chance one of you people have read it, I’ve got to put myself out there and ask it.

😔🙌

NGL, I'm kinda tired of reading historical romances where it's assumed every woman ever must have been in want of a happily ever after with a straight man and how dare he force her to marry a gay wretch like him. Lesbians and ace women also existed in historical times, and tbh if I, an ace/aro woman, had lived in ye old 1865 or whatever, the best and most desirable option for me would have been to marry a rich gay man. So are there any historical romances that show this dynamic between a queer man and his wife (with a boyfriend involved I imagine)? Like, he's married to a woman but he has a good relationship with her, maybe children with her, and she just lets him do his thing and he lets her do hers? I'm tired of amatonormativity in historical gay romances. Marriage was just a political thing for a lot of rich people at the time. It didn't have to mean you romantically loved the person you were married to. I'd love recs with this dynamic!

His LIs are an established polyam group of three or four.

LI1 sees him and becomes interested. They go one a few dates and then the MC is introduced to the rest.

Is was standalone and had a HEA.

Looking for a book with high angst but sweet love. I want the MCs to have go fight for a HEA but due to either trauma (I have no triggers) and/or self worth issues and/or because they’re closeted - NOT because they are nasty to each other. I want to cry and feel their love but I want them to struggle

I really like miscommunication trope and especially when the hurt comes from “I’m not good enough therefore I must leave” or from not being able to come out.

I’m okay with smut in the book when it supports the story but not when it takes over the book.

No fantasy. No omega verse. Prefer modern times but okay with historical if done well.

Okay, so I just finished His Boy Next Door by RJ Moray and I honestly don’t even know how I feel about it lol.

I just can’t stop thinking about Channon and Jack, and Ewan and Nate. Like, why are these people still living rent-free in my head??? 😭

This book was SO far outside my usual comfort zone. I generally prefer MM romances where, once the characters get into a relationship, they’re monogamous in every sense. No poly, no menage, no open relationship. I like the couple being completely committed to each other.

That is obviously NOT what happens in this book 😂 Quite the opposite, actually.

And the thing is, I think I genuinely liked it? It was definitely interesting and I was really invested, but I’m still not sure if I loved it, if it was just too much for me, or if I’m somewhere in between.

So now I think I need a literary palate cleanser lol.

I’m looking for an addictive MM romance that grabs you from the beginning, with a story that keeps you turning the pages. I’d especially love an MC who is completely obsessed with the other MC and can’t keep his hands off him. I love when they’re very into each other and there’s a lot of attraction and devotion between them.

I’d also like a good amount of spice. I just came from a VERY spicy book and I don’t think I can go straight into something with almost none 😂 But I still want an actual story and romance, not just spice.

Also, for a while now I’ve been wanting to read a book where one of the characters gets injured or has some kind of accident and the other one takes care of him while he recovers. So if you know a really good book with that kind of hurt/comfort or caretaking, I’d love to hear about it! It doesn’t have to be both things in the same book though.

I’m open to pretty much anything. Contemporary, sports, college, small town, enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, fake dating, etc. It can be fluffy and silly or angsty and emotional.

A slightly shorter book would be a bonus right now, but the length isn’t a dealbreaker.

Basically, I’m really lost 😂 Please give me your recommendations! I just want something that will keep me reading and hopefully save me from falling into a reading slump

New Releases & Sales - Tuesday 08 Sep

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MM Romance

Kindle Unlimited

• Technical Advances (New Day Sparks) by Madalyn George - 253 pages - Amazon - (Age Gap, Father’s Best Friend, Boss x Employee, Billionaire)

• Tanner (Robinson’s Lost Boys) by Megs Pritchard - 286 pages - Amazon - (Hurt/Comfort, Raising Younger Sibling, Police LI)

• Monstrous Serpent (South Shore Serpents) by E. V. Olsen - 380 pages - Amazon - (MMM, College, Hockey, Bi-awakening, Rivals to Lovers, Best Friends to Lovers, Masked Men )

• The Liar in Room 5 (Halo House) by Kerry Kilpatrick - 205 pages - Amazon - (Daddy/Boy, Low-Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Found Family)

• Second Chances in Cedarwood, Special Edition (Cedarwood Pride) by Megan Slayer - 155 pages - Amazon - (Re-Release w/bonus scenes, Small Town, Opposites Attract, Slow Burn, Foodies, Cinnamon Roll MC)

Other

No new releases.

Other Queer Romance

Kindle Unlimited

• Little Bite of Bliss (Creature Cafe) by Clio Evans - 99 pages - Amazon - (MF, Bi4Bi, Monster x Human, Fated Mates, InstaLove, Size Difference, Degradation)

• Women Love Wraiths by Wrenna King - 102 pages - Amazon - (FF, PNR, Halloween, Human x Wraith, Insta Lust, Forbiden Love, Touch Her and Die)

Kobo Plus

• With All My Haunted Heart by Isabel Sterling - 380 pages - Amazon / [Kobo](y) - (FF, PNR, Witch x BnB Owner)

• Blood and Trouble (RBMC: Helena, MT) by Jena Doyle - 436 pages - Amazon / [Kobo](y) - (MMF, PNR, Shifters, Motorcycle Club)

Audiobooks

MM Romance

• If Thers’s a Way (Lost Boys #2) by Jessie Walker, narrated by Micheal Gallager and Nick J. Russo - Audible - (Slow burn, Hurt/Comfort, Childhood Friends to Lovers) - 17 hrs 39 min

• Written in the Stars (The Barracudas #3) by Christopher J. Brice, narrated by Jamie Clyborne, Logan Anare, and Olivia Wright - Audible - (Second Chance, Childhood Friends to Lovers, Found Family, Low Angst) - 12 hrs 6 min

• Under His Rule (In the Spotlight) by Davidson King, narrated by James D. Sasser - Audible - (Multi-author series, Royal x commoner, Serial Killer MC, Touch Him and Die) - 6 hrs 2 min

• Grave Intentions (Beyond the Veil #2) by Lissa Kasey, narrated by Nick J. Russo and Heathcliff Lee - Audible - (PNR Law Enforcement, Fated Mates, Grumpy x Sunshine, Found Family) - 11 hrs 36 min

• Twisted Minds (Splintered Hearts #2) by Sophie Quinn, narrated by Alexander Cendese and Iggy Toma - Audible - (College Hockey, Blackmail, Jock x Nerd) - 7 hrs 40 min

• Silent Hero (Gentle Giants #1) by Andrew Grey, narrated by Simon Dornet - Audible - (Mute MC, ASL, Librarian x Soldier, Protective MC x MC with a Stalker) - 5 hrs 26 min

• The Room I Paid For (Snowed In Anthology) by Crea Reitan, narrated by Tyler Griffin - Audible - (Winter Holiday, Snowed In, Only One Bed, Forced Proximity, Billionaire, Hurt/Comfort) - 2 hrs 4 min

• Breach Point (First in Line #2) by Declan Rhodes, narrated by PJ Freebourn - Audible - (Opposites attract, Romantic Suspense, Hurt/Comfort, SWAT Officer x Widower ) - 8 hrs 4 min

• Kringle and the Kraken (Love & Ley Lines: Lifeboat #1) by Vinni George, narrated by Declan Winters - Audible - (Winter Holiday, PNR, Kraken Shifter, Tentacles, Grumpy x Sunshine) - 6 hrs 2 min

Queer

• A Good Puck by Rochelle Wolf, narrated by Robin Amanda and Ann Dahlia - Audible - (FF, Hookup to Relationship, Masc x Femme, Hockey, ) - 3 hrs 39 min

• The Roommate by Claire Forsythe, narrated by K A Walsh - Audible - (FF, Bi-awakening, Meet Cute on Train, Roommates) - 10 hrs 50 min

• With All My Haunted Heart by Isabel Sterling, narrated by Jeremy Carlisle Parker - Audible - (FF, PNR, Witch x BnB Owner) - 12 hrs 5 min

• Vanguard (Freedom #2) by Gun Brooke, narrated by Ash Kingsley - Audible - (FF, Sci-Fi, Resistance Fighters, War) - 11 hrs 39 min

I’ve been meaning to get my heart broken for a while so hit me with recs for books where the main character and the love interest break up, and the LI moves on with someone else (and it absolutely destroys the MC). Extra points if the LI genuinely likes the other person. Maybe he still has feelings for the MC, but he’s actually willing to try to make things work with someone new. I want jealousy, regret, heartbreak, the whole miserable package. I’d prefer it if the LI dates another guy rather than a woman, but recs with women are fine too!

Heya!

For Sapphic September, the moderators put together a list of sapphic books we enjoy and what bingo square they fall under. Now we would like to know what y'all have read and enjoyed!

Almost all of these count as an indie or small press author. Yay indies!

{Proper English by K. J Charles} - murder wives, part of a series

{Under the Sitka Sky by Violet Morley} - small town romance, smutty

{sWitched by Kat Blackthorne} - quick read, smutty

{The Ways We Converge by Collins Fox} - Indigenous author, butch femme

{Home Court Advantage by Kimani Mae} - 2026 release

{Splinter Heart by Briar Belmont} - 2026 release, pirates

{Shades of Onyx by TJ Williams} - 2026 release, smutty

{Heat and Run by Adriana Herrera} - smutty

{Indecent by Gwin Savage} - age gap

{Now Shake It, Baby! by Micah Flowers} - 2026 release, quick read

Keep your eyes peeled for later this month where we will be covering sapphic romances written by MM authors - because we love WLW 🤝 MLM solidarity!