A free selection of short stories from some amazing new MM romance authors, who published their first works in 2021/2022.
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Perfect Blend
Perfect Blend Lee Blair
Dave
The Dahlia Springs Pride festival is my favorite time of year. The bonus this year? Mikey—my high school crush and gay awakening—is in town to cover it for his queer magazine. When he knew me nearly 20 years ago, I was about as outgoing as a scared turtle. Now? I organize and perform in the festival’s annual charity amateur drag show.
Mikey ignites feelings in me I thought I'd left behind when the ink on my divorce papers dried. He's the first person I've opened up to since I met Bricker last year in an online divorced queers support group. Bricker has become my confidant, outlet, and friend. Sometimes I wish I hadn’t insisted on keeping our personal details out of our conversations. But it's hard to think about that when Mikey is here with me. If only I could pinpoint why there's something so familiar and comfortable about him...
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This is a low angst standalone novella set in the Dahlia Springs universe during Pride month. There's amateur drag and sweet conversations. HEA!
The Dahlia Springs Pride festival is my favorite time of year. The bonus this year? Mikey—my high school crush and gay awakening—is in town to cover it for his queer magazine. When he knew me nearly 20 years ago, I was about as outgoing as a scared turtle. Now? I organize and perform in the festival’s annual charity amateur drag show.
Mikey ignites feelings in me I thought I'd left behind when the ink on my divorce papers dried. He's the first person I've opened up to since I met Bricker last year in an online divorced queers support group. Bricker has become my confidant, outlet, and friend. Sometimes I wish I hadn’t insisted on keeping our personal details out of our conversations. But it's hard to think about that when Mikey is here with me. If only I could pinpoint why there's something so familiar and comfortable about him...
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This is a low angst standalone novella set in the Dahlia Springs universe during Pride month. There's amateur drag and sweet conversations. HEA!
Maybe Something More
Maybe Something More Aries France
The final act of a major case in my career as a criminal defense attorney leaves me raw so I head to The Wen, an island in the Gulf with a resort owned by my best friend and his husband. Ryker Adams lives on The Wen, too. And when we met a few months ago at my bestie’s wedding, sparks flew and clothes came off.
Heading to The Wen for the summer seems like a good idea, the only better thing I can think of is to get Ryke back in my bed and keep him there.
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I don’t have to be anything except Lin’s summer good time, which is for the best.
Lin is gone back home after the summer and I’ll never leave The Wen. We will save some turtles and put to rest this old case that haunts him.
Yep, just have fun in the sun and warm each other’s beds.
No reason to question if maybe this is something more.
Nope.
None at all.
Heading to The Wen for the summer seems like a good idea, the only better thing I can think of is to get Ryke back in my bed and keep him there.
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I don’t have to be anything except Lin’s summer good time, which is for the best.
Lin is gone back home after the summer and I’ll never leave The Wen. We will save some turtles and put to rest this old case that haunts him.
Yep, just have fun in the sun and warm each other’s beds.
No reason to question if maybe this is something more.
Nope.
None at all.
The Games We Love (an Artists and Athletes No...
The Games We Love (an Artists and Athletes Novella) CD Rachels
Is it possible to fall in love with your online gamer buddy?
Dominic
I’ve been pretty lonely in grad school at Stamports University. I’m surrounded by gorgeous basketball players who don’t acknowledge my existence.
My one escape: video-gaming. While playing games online, I’ve made one really good friend. I only know him by his user name, but there’s no one I trust more to be by my side in the heat of digital battle.
As the semester goes on, our chats are getting deeper, and we get to know each other more. It turns out he’s cool…really cool. We spend weeks texting each other nonstop. I haven’t seen my online buddy’s face yet, but I feel this intense deep connection with him.
Oh crap, this sounds like a crush.
It’ll be fine, it’s not like he goes to my school, right?
[“The Games We Love” is an 18k word m/m romance novella set in the “Artists and Athletes” universe. Stand-alone and HEA guaranteed]
Dominic
I’ve been pretty lonely in grad school at Stamports University. I’m surrounded by gorgeous basketball players who don’t acknowledge my existence.
My one escape: video-gaming. While playing games online, I’ve made one really good friend. I only know him by his user name, but there’s no one I trust more to be by my side in the heat of digital battle.
As the semester goes on, our chats are getting deeper, and we get to know each other more. It turns out he’s cool…really cool. We spend weeks texting each other nonstop. I haven’t seen my online buddy’s face yet, but I feel this intense deep connection with him.
Oh crap, this sounds like a crush.
It’ll be fine, it’s not like he goes to my school, right?
[“The Games We Love” is an 18k word m/m romance novella set in the “Artists and Athletes” universe. Stand-alone and HEA guaranteed]
Unexpected
Charm Me
Charm Me Beck Grey
Duncan doesn’t “do” love. Not since his ex stomped on his heart and walked away. Now it’s only hookups with no repeats. Until he meets Bill, a sexy bear of a pastry chef, determined to break through Duncan’s walls one sweet treat at a time.
Charm Me is a 20,000-word low-angst, contemporary MM romance about a gorgeous grump determined to avoid romantic entanglements, a sweet cinnamon roll with a heart as big as his muscles, delicious desserts, southern charm, plenty of spice, and has a guaranteed HEA.
It is part of the Love in the Pacific Northwest series but can be read as a standalone story.
Charm Me is a 20,000-word low-angst, contemporary MM romance about a gorgeous grump determined to avoid romantic entanglements, a sweet cinnamon roll with a heart as big as his muscles, delicious desserts, southern charm, plenty of spice, and has a guaranteed HEA.
It is part of the Love in the Pacific Northwest series but can be read as a standalone story.
The Flower Arrangement
Bare Beginning: A Built for You Story
Bare Beginning: A Built for You Story TH Compton
Jacob has a runaway mind that drags him down rabbit holes and Marwood is a man of very few words and no social life to speak of. The attraction is instant, but neither one wants to make the first move. Unless you count wearing snug spandex and breaking glassware the first steps in seduction?
Bare Beginning is a MM opposites attract, sweet heat short about two men who need to take a risk to start their story. This story is a stand alone spin off of the Built For You series.
Bare Beginning is a MM opposites attract, sweet heat short about two men who need to take a risk to start their story. This story is a stand alone spin off of the Built For You series.
A Clean Slate
A Clean Slate Harper Robson
ERIC
Dealing with chronic illness since childhood is a drag. Being a Type 1 diabetic affects my relationships with everyone in my life. After getting dumped because of it, I've decided relationships aren't my thing; I refuse to be a burden to anyone. But when my best friend drags me on a weekend trip with his family, I meet his uncle. And now I'm wondering if he means it when he tells me I could never be a burden.
DREW
Being a single, gay man in New York city isn't a bad gig. But after ending my long-term relationship, I'm at a crossroads. I can continue on with life as I know it, or I can make a big change and start over somewhere new. I've spent my entire adult life resisting change, but when I travel across the country for my mother's memorial weekend, I meet someone who makes me think that jumping in with both feet might not be the worst decision. The problem is, he's my nephew's best friend, and he's half my age.
Dealing with chronic illness since childhood is a drag. Being a Type 1 diabetic affects my relationships with everyone in my life. After getting dumped because of it, I've decided relationships aren't my thing; I refuse to be a burden to anyone. But when my best friend drags me on a weekend trip with his family, I meet his uncle. And now I'm wondering if he means it when he tells me I could never be a burden.
DREW
Being a single, gay man in New York city isn't a bad gig. But after ending my long-term relationship, I'm at a crossroads. I can continue on with life as I know it, or I can make a big change and start over somewhere new. I've spent my entire adult life resisting change, but when I travel across the country for my mother's memorial weekend, I meet someone who makes me think that jumping in with both feet might not be the worst decision. The problem is, he's my nephew's best friend, and he's half my age.
Dario
Dario Rae Marks
What do you do when your best friend’s estranged younger brother holds a career changing job in the palm of his hands? Well, I can tell you what NOT to do:
1. Don’t check out his butt
2. Don’t fantasize about him.
3. Don’t kiss him
4. Definitely don’t have sex with him
5. For sure don’t fall in love with him — especially if you’re straight.
1. Don’t check out his butt
2. Don’t fantasize about him.
3. Don’t kiss him
4. Definitely don’t have sex with him
5. For sure don’t fall in love with him — especially if you’re straight.
Dream
Dream Remi Varlow
Dream:Jagged Love Book 0.5
Grave Merrik
I’ve Been An Enforcer
For The Reivers For So Long,
That I’m Dead Inside.
Then Dream Come To Town.
A Pink-Haired Sharp-Tongued Boy
Who Makes Me Come Alive.
I Don’t Care I Never Wanted
Another Man Before.
I Don’t Care Keeping Him Safe
Might Cost Me My Life.
Because As Soon As I Saw Him
I Knew I’D Do Anything
To Hold On To My Dream
If you like a sexy , dangerous , possessive protective hero who wears his heart on his sleeve for his man , Grave Merrik is the mc for you.
*Content Warnings: Be advised Dream contains scenes of violence and offensives language
Grave Merrik
I’ve Been An Enforcer
For The Reivers For So Long,
That I’m Dead Inside.
Then Dream Come To Town.
A Pink-Haired Sharp-Tongued Boy
Who Makes Me Come Alive.
I Don’t Care I Never Wanted
Another Man Before.
I Don’t Care Keeping Him Safe
Might Cost Me My Life.
Because As Soon As I Saw Him
I Knew I’D Do Anything
To Hold On To My Dream
If you like a sexy , dangerous , possessive protective hero who wears his heart on his sleeve for his man , Grave Merrik is the mc for you.
*Content Warnings: Be advised Dream contains scenes of violence and offensives language
Bear Affair
Bear Affair Colin Dereham
“Bear Affair” is a super-explicit, super-emotional and super-erotic gay drama.
This novella is a prequel to the first two books in the Bondi Bears series (“Hound” and “The Lookout”). It follows good-time bear Gary and his drag-queen bestie through a wild evening at a Sydney gay bar, where Gary meets a sweet ginger teddy named Angus. The electrifying connection between these two leads to a night-long marathon of unbridled, animalistic lust; a loving, sensual aftermath; and a painful, bittersweet decision.
This novella is a prequel to the first two books in the Bondi Bears series (“Hound” and “The Lookout”). It follows good-time bear Gary and his drag-queen bestie through a wild evening at a Sydney gay bar, where Gary meets a sweet ginger teddy named Angus. The electrifying connection between these two leads to a night-long marathon of unbridled, animalistic lust; a loving, sensual aftermath; and a painful, bittersweet decision.
The Same Old Love
The Same Old Love Marie Sinclair
Ben Hollister and Dillon Bard have been friends since they were cast as stepbrothers in a sitcom at the age of ten. Despite Ben being the straight-laced one, he was cast as the rule-breaking Joey Bridges, and Dillon the one who kept a lid on his antics.
At sixteen, the show’s producers created Bridges & Bard, a country/boy band to boost ratings, launching a music career that ended after obsessed fans nearly assaulted Ben and Dillon during a tour. Ben quit the business while Dillon continued to tour.
Five years later, Ben watches Dillon spiral out of control on social media while wondering why no one sees how much trouble Dillon is in. When Dillon shows up at his winery, drunk, stoned, with no memory of having made the LA to Sonoma drive, all the feelings Ben has been trying to run away from come barreling back to the surface.
At sixteen, the show’s producers created Bridges & Bard, a country/boy band to boost ratings, launching a music career that ended after obsessed fans nearly assaulted Ben and Dillon during a tour. Ben quit the business while Dillon continued to tour.
Five years later, Ben watches Dillon spiral out of control on social media while wondering why no one sees how much trouble Dillon is in. When Dillon shows up at his winery, drunk, stoned, with no memory of having made the LA to Sonoma drive, all the feelings Ben has been trying to run away from come barreling back to the surface.
Beautifully crafted, with a sprinkling of snow, this steamy short will have you wanting more. I loved Ry and Cart, and look forwards to reading more of Marie's beautiful prose!
A dance between sweet, precious love and fear of coming out tells the fantastic story of Ry and Cart.
Ry comes from a controlling family. Cart isn’t afraid to love who he loves.
When their two worlds meet, passion erupts, and when their two worlds start to meld, their dance truly begins.
A Winter’s Dance is an absolute delight to read, and the story of Ry and Cart is super sweet.
How sweet? Only one way to find out!
Friends and lovers and always there for each other. The connection between Cart and Ry was so beautiful, especially knowing that there are so many factors against them. This is a story that builds love and tension and reminded me of what young love is all about.
A steamy college-romance between two lovable men, each with their own quirks and challenges. Sweet, sexy, and heartwarming.
Winter's Dance is a fantastic friends to lovers story that's sexy, fun, and full of swoony moments!
Spirits Merging - Sanang Novella
Am I Pretty Daddy?
Long Time Coming
Long Time Coming Ava Olsen
Sometimes love is a long time coming…
Ashton Langley is the CEO of Atlanta’s largest LGBTQ charity and at forty-five, his focus is on raising his son and serving his community. After losing his husband to cancer, Ashton isn’t looking for love again. Until Chase Declair, an old college acquaintance, comes back into his life. A past revelation creates a simmering tension between the two men and the fiery sparks are set to ignite.
Chase Declair is a news anchor with a passion for uncovering the truth. He’s been content to focus on his high-profile career for the past two decades but moving back home to Atlanta means starting a new chapter in his life. A run in with Ashton Langley, his college crush, unleashes a powerful desire unlike any other.
The past and present collide and with it, a depth of feeling that neither Ashton nor Chase saw coming. A love that’s undeniably worth the wait.
Ashton Langley is the CEO of Atlanta’s largest LGBTQ charity and at forty-five, his focus is on raising his son and serving his community. After losing his husband to cancer, Ashton isn’t looking for love again. Until Chase Declair, an old college acquaintance, comes back into his life. A past revelation creates a simmering tension between the two men and the fiery sparks are set to ignite.
Chase Declair is a news anchor with a passion for uncovering the truth. He’s been content to focus on his high-profile career for the past two decades but moving back home to Atlanta means starting a new chapter in his life. A run in with Ashton Langley, his college crush, unleashes a powerful desire unlike any other.
The past and present collide and with it, a depth of feeling that neither Ashton nor Chase saw coming. A love that’s undeniably worth the wait.
I Touch Hoses
I Touch Hoses Bix Barrow
Retired rock god Jake Lord longs to take a walk on the bi side. But with his reputation for womanizing, it won't be easy…
Now he’s just Wesley, a shy 50-something who adopts stray kittens. But when he visits Cole Washburn’s ranch looking for some advice on stepping out of the closet – Wesley finds a crush in Cole’s toned, shirtless gardener, Keson.
Keson is just trying to get his head straight after his last job. But when he ‘accidentally’ overhears that Wesley is looking to explore, things get complicated… and a lot hotter than either man had bargained for.
Inside I Touch Hoses you’ll find steamy bi-exploration, a green thumb, meddling friends, motorcycles, a cute kitten and indestructible snack cakes!
Now he’s just Wesley, a shy 50-something who adopts stray kittens. But when he visits Cole Washburn’s ranch looking for some advice on stepping out of the closet – Wesley finds a crush in Cole’s toned, shirtless gardener, Keson.
Keson is just trying to get his head straight after his last job. But when he ‘accidentally’ overhears that Wesley is looking to explore, things get complicated… and a lot hotter than either man had bargained for.
Inside I Touch Hoses you’ll find steamy bi-exploration, a green thumb, meddling friends, motorcycles, a cute kitten and indestructible snack cakes!
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