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Title: Rental by RJ Scott & V.L. Locey
Boston Rebels Book Six
Publisher: Love Lane Books
Genre: Contemporary, Gay, Romance
Length: 196 pages

Summary:

A steamy romance between a player and a referee breaks all the rules but will it destroy their careers?

Five different cities in eight years — Logan’s never had the chance to settle in one place. He’s the guy who fills in gaps on teams as a temporary fix and is traded at year’s end because no one wants to keep a thirty-year-old rental after he’s outlived his usefulness. When he’s called up to the Rebels, he knows it’s his last run in the NHL. Now, he must decide if it’s worth carrying on with the weight of his secrets around his neck for one more year. He’s never had a love that mattered, his career is nearly done, his ex-wife is remarrying, his sex life is drier than a desert, and abruptly, Logan’s had enough. He craves one night to ease the frustration, and hooks up with someone tall, dark, and dangerous in the bathroom of a club. The sex is off the charts, but it’s one and done, until Logan realizes exactly who he slept with and understands how dangerous it is to play games with secrets.

Being a referee is in Webber’s blood, and it’s a job he loves. Sure, sometimes he’s called dirty names—by fans, coaches, and players—or must insert himself between two massive men trying to pummel each other. Some nights, he’s knocked on his ass. Other times, he might take a puck to a tender spot. But despite all the hazards and name calling, there is no place he wants to be than on the ice. If only his love life was as settled. It’s hard to find someone willing to put up with his travel schedule, and even if he found Mr. Right, how would he juggle a romance when he’s never home? A chance hookup while officiating a game in Boston should be a simple matter of scratching that itch, but he couldn’t be more wrong. Unfortunately, that one-night stand—while memorable—turns his sedate life upside down in ways he could’ve never foreseen. When the penalty for love is losing everything he’s worked hard for, is it a price he’s willing to pay?

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Title: Copping an Attitude by Morticia Knight
Publisher: Knight Ever After Publishing LLC; 2nd edition
Genre: Contemporary, Gay, Romance
Length: 194 pages

Summary:

Survival is all Slade understands until Parker saves him from the terrors of the streets. Too bad the streets won’t let Slade go…

Hustler Slade has had little choice over his fate. Barely twenty years old, he’s had to survive any way he can after being thrown out for being gay when he was still in his teens. As soon as he hit Vegas, Slade was lured into the hopeless world of prostitution where he’s become a virtual prisoner to his pimp, the ruthless Julio Estevez.

It’s another typical night on the Strip when officer Parker comes across Slade. His heart breaks every time he sees someone so young being exploited. Yet something in Slade’s eyes tells Parker the young man might be in real trouble—especially after the recent wave of sex worker killings by a rival prostitution ring.

The two men’s lives become intertwined when Slade is almost beaten to death. The danger grows, but so does the relationship between Parker and Slade. Parker helps Slade to heal from the horrific attack and their bond deepens. But the human traffickers are still on the prowl—and they’ll stop at nothing to steal Slade back.

Note: Copping an Attitude is the second book in the action-packed Sin City Uniforms series. It was previously published under the same title with a different cover. It has been revised and re-edited, but the story remains the same. You can expect an age gap, hurt/comfort, found family romance with a dose of suspense and angst. While this is the second book in the series, it can be read as a standalone. Triggers include: forced sex work, threats, physical abuse, assault, homophobia, drug and alcohol use.

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Title: Crush by Tia Fielding
Twin Star Rescue Book Two
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Genre: Contemporary, Gay, Romance
Length: 232 pages

Summary:

When your childhood best friend reappears suddenly in your life, it can mean a second chance — a second chance for him to be oblivious to you being in love with him.

River Lynch’s best friend Lake inherited a horse rescue and moved their little found family to Illinois. While the rescue is amazing and River loves everything about it, finding a job as a nurse is tricky, especially when you don’t want to hide your queerness from anyone and most of the local clinics have more crosses on the walls than average churches.

Seeing Lake and his new beau Theo fall in love is great, but it also makes River feel like maybe that sort of thing just isn’t in the books for him. River has been in love once when he was a teenager, and he never quite shook that love, even when they were separated by circumstance.

Ben Harries is a professional editor and used to work for Lake’s author aunt Ruth. Now that Ruth is gone, Ben is employed to help Lake finish Ruth’s last manuscript. Finding his best and maybe only friend River at Twin Star Rescue shocks Ben to the core, especially when River’s reaction is less than stellar.

At first, Ben doesn’t understand, but then he figures that River might be interested in him romantically. That might be a bit of a problem, because Ben has never really felt attraction to anyone and doesn’t really see what the fuss is about. The last thing either of them wants is to hurt the other.

While River is coming to terms with the fact that some secrets of the past might have to come to light, Ben tries to sort out his own feelings. He knows he’s asexual, but how does that fit with the fact that for the first time ever, he suddenly has a crush?

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Title: All Fired Up by Morticia Knight
Sin City Uniforms Book One
Publisher: Knight Ever After Publishing LLC
Genre: Contemporary, Gay, Romance, Suspense
Length: 212 pages

Summary:

Shawn can’t decide whether he wants to punch or kiss Trent. Will kissing win?

The party never ends in Las Vegas, but neither does the danger. Shawn is the new foot patrol officer on the Strip and he’s ready to take on the town and keep the peace. Once he spots hunky firefighter Trent, Shawn wonders whether he can take him on too.

Trent is dedicated to his job, built tough and a no-nonsense man of few words. When Trent eyes a handsome new officer, he doesn’t dare get too close. After his boyfriend’s life was snatched away in the line of fire, he couldn’t bear the agony of such a loss again. Yet how can he keep his hands to himself when it comes to such a sweet and sexy cop?

Once they spend time together away from the stresses of their jobs, they find they’re not only compatible—they’re combustible. However, right as their relationship deepens, the threat of terror escalates on the Strip. The underground vigilante group, the Citizens Against Immorality, have raised the stakes.

Will Shawn and Trent be their next targets?

Note: All Fired Up is the first book in the exciting first responder series, Sin City Uniforms. It was previously published with a different cover under the same title. This edition has been re-edited, but there is no additional content. Triggers include descriptions of death, threats of death and homophobia. You can expect two lonely and brave men trying to figure out this love thing, high heat and a dose of danger.

Grab your copy of All Fired Up and get your fix of sexy guys in and out of their uniforms!

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Title: Just Love Enough by Will Forrest
Publisher: Hardcastle Books
Genre: Gay, Romance
Length: 292 pages

Summary:

He wasn’t looking for love. He only wanted a job…

Honest work or the life of a lawbreaker? Noel’s made up his mind to do right, and he’s happy enough with his meagre prospects on the safe side of the law. That is, until his long lost friend Izzy returns and blows his plans sky high with no more than a glance and a wicked tale of sin and luxury.

As the youngest son of hard-done family, Izzy knows when to take a chance. Like coming back to the one man he’s never been able to forget, no matter how far he’s come from his brutal beginnings. When calamity threatens their unlikely union, Izzy must make a terrible choice to protect Noel from the truth of the devious lives they lead.

Will love be enough to keep them together when the world wants to tear them apart?

Just Love Enough – a pretty little love story about a most unlikely love.

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Title: Cold Cases and Sweet Redemption by J.M. Dabney
Cold Case Unit Book Five
Publisher: Hostile Whispers Press, LLC
Genre: Contemporary, Gay, Romance, Mystery
Length: 366 pages

Summary:

When two broken men find redemption together, will one survive to accept it?

Chance

Everyone assumed I was a magnet for trouble, or maybe I searched it out on my own. By the age of forty, I almost destroyed my life. The tragic event that changed my entire perception of myself is haunting me. When a friend is in danger, I volunteer to keep them safe and momentarily distract myself from my problems. Yet my demons keep hunting me down.

Bart

For twenty years since my divorce, I’d completely cut myself off from all physical connection with another person. PTSD has taken everything from me, and a time bomb lives in my head—ready to go off at any moment. For the most part, I’ve learned to control it. When Chance needs help learning a healthier coping mechanism, I offer my assistance, but when he’s healed, will I be able to let him go like I’d promised?

Nothing had prepared two traumatized men for each other. Can they heal and find redemption, or will the danger around them take one from the other before they realize they have more than their demons?

(TW: Mentions of childhood sexual, physical, and mental abuses. Passive Suicidal Ideation, self-harm, eating disorders, and mental illness. These are mainly off-page, but there are detailed flashbacks and conversations of said acts. Yet if these are triggering for you, please feel free not to read the story. Your self-care and mental health are more important. Thank you.)

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