Thanks to everyone for hanging out with us during Pride Month. We will see ya again in June 2026 for our next Pride Celebration.  Wrapping up Pride month is my Top 5 for the first half of 2025. -Twinsie Tenise

One feels he’s not worthy of love. The other fears he doesn’t know how. But the sizzling chemistry between them has both tempted to explore the unknown.

Cyrus
I was intrigued by Crow at first glance. Who wouldn’t be? He’s a mountain of a man, who was raised in a cult and now lives secluded in the wilderness. But the draw I feel to him goes beyond mild interest. When his intense gaze falls my way, it feels like he can see into my soul, to my deepest yearnings and desires.

I took a bold chance venturing to his mountain uninvited. But I can’t help myself. Despite Crow’s dangerous facade, I feel at home when I’m near him. I’ve never felt wanted or needed…until the mountain man took me in his arms.

Crow
The mountain is my home, the only place that truly suits me. I reveled in my solitude…until Cyrus showed up looking as lonely as I felt. The warmth in his gaze made me welcome someone into my home and my heart when I never have before.

The way he smells. The way he feels. I come apart with his every touch. The past haunts us both. Yet when we’re together, the weight of it is manageable. Cyrus is mine, and I don’t ever want to let him go. Still, I fear that eventually he’ll want to leave the mountain, and for the first time in my life, I don’t want to be alone.

On the Mountain deals with depictions of mental illness, past substance abuse, an MC who was raised in a cult, childhood abuse/neglect and trauma. For a full list of warnings, please use the look-inside feature to read the content warning at the beginning of the book.

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Crow was born and grew up in a cult created by his father who everyone referred to as Chosen. After a series of unfortunate events, he becomes an orphan. Now, as an adult, he is known by the people in the small town of Tranquility as a freak and honestly that is fine by Crow. He would rather not deal with the townsfolk but every once in a while, he is forced down the mountain for supplies. Little did he know, once he returned home from this particular trip down the mountain, his life would be forever changed.

Cyrus has been treated like a warm hole by everyone in his adult life. He doesn’t know what it feels like anymore to be loved by another human as he hasn’t felt the warmth of love since he was a child. When his mother was still alive. A brief interaction with the man he’s heard murmurings about around town has left his mind consumed with the man on the mountain and he cannot wait to “bump into” him again.

Let’s just say their next encounter isn’t as chance. Everything that follows between these 2 broken men is absolutely magical. I would definitely read and/or listen to this book again. Oh, and the narrators voice is sexy af! I will be looking for more audiobooks featuring Zane for sure!

Riven

I’ve never been great at letting people in. Life is easier if I bury my feelings. People tend to let you down, which is only proven when my best friend, Rex, accidentally kills a man and lets me take the fall.

When I get out of prison, the last thing I want is to go back to Clayton, Oregon, but it’s where my grandma lives, the only person who’s always had my back. My plan is to stay out of trouble, steer clear of my old crew, save up, and the second we can, leave town for good.

Parrish

I want nothing to do with my family and their illegal activities. With Riven back, I worry things will get worse. He and Rex have always brought out the worst in each other, but then I discover Riven went to prison for something my brother did, and my family isn’t happy to have him home.

Riven wants nothing to do with me, and I don’t blame him. But like a moth to the flame, I’m drawn to him. It starts out as mutual lust, Riven sating the pleasure he craves, while I get to fulfill my first-crush fantasies. But with every moment, I see there’s more to Riv than anyone knows.

Not everyone would see him as a good man, but to me, he’s the boy who used to try to keep my family’s lifestyle from becoming mine.

And now he’s the man who risked his heart to fall in love with me…and the one who’d risk more to protect me.

Risk the Fall is an ex-best friend’s brother romance that contains violence, drug use, crime, and death of a non-main character.

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Riley Hart’s love of all things romance shines brightly in everything she writes. Her primary focus is Male/Male romance but under various pen names, her prose has touched practically every part of the spectrum of love and relationships. The common theme that ties them all together is stories told from the heart.

A hopeless romantic herself, Riley is a lover of character-driven plots, many with flawed and relatable characters. She strives to create stories that readers can not only fall in love with, but also see themselves in. Real characters and real love blended together equal the ultimate Riley Hart experience.

When Riley isn’t creating her next story, you can find her reading, traveling, or dreaming about reading or traveling, and spending time with her two perfectly snarky kids, and one swoon-inducing husband.

Riley Hart is represented by Jane Dystel at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret Literary Management. She’s a 2019 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Of Sunlight and Stardust.

Resigned to living a sexless, loveless life, Doctor Nathan Tierney knows something is missing. In a rash decision, he leaves his life-consuming job at Mass General Hospital, Boston, to be the small-town doctor in Belfast, Maine.

With the job comes a house, and with the house comes a handyman-painter. Trent Jamieson, a nomadic artist, and his dog Bentley, are offered free accommodation for the few weeks he fixes up the hospital-owned house.

Nathan is transfixed by this free-spirited, undeniably gorgeous man. Confused but amazed to feel any kind of attraction – much less to a man – Nathan convinces himself to put aside any preconceived ideas, and allows himself to just feel.

As their attraction for each other grows, one man learns to live, the other learns to love. But just who is teaching who?

Disclaimer: This is a re-written fanfiction, available only as a free read. Do not pay to download.

As stated on my blog, this story has not been professionally edited.

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Nathan is ready for a change. He takes a position at a hospital a few hours from home. The job comes with a house. And the house comes with a sexy painter with an adorable dog. They will be leaving as soon as the painting is done.

Before moving Nathans dad said- “take happiness wherever you find it. Don’t deny yourself anything.” I remember thinking what a sweet thing for a dad to say. Nathan hit the jackpot as far as families are concerned. And obviously his family knew things about him that maybe Nathan himlself hadn’t figured out yet.

Trent is an artist. He paints magnificent abstract art on canvas but unfortunately he’s also painting walls because that is what is paying the bills right now. Hes a loner with obvious secrets. It took me a while to work out what was going on with him. Once the layers of that onion were peeled back, the mystery that was Trent started to make a bit more sense.

Sometimes I feel theres more unnecessary angst and drama where 2 men are invoved. If they would just TALK to one another maybe it could have saved some heartache. Mainly MY heartache. At one point I was freaking sobbing. My dog got up and looked at me trying to decide what was wrong with me. Oh nothing much pup, just dealing with some fictional trauma right now, mind your own business!

If I had to describe the book in one word, it would be beautiful. The story was beautiful. The men were beautiful and weren’t afraid to tell each other just that.
The art and story behind it. Beautiful. The acceptance. Beautiful. Nathan’s journey to discovering himself. Absolutely freaking beautiful. And the narrator, Nick J Russo, did a beautiful job with Trents southern accent.

After being dumped by his long-term boyfriend for being overweight, Henry Beckett decides to make some drastic changes. In a vain attempt at getting his boyfriend back, Henry does the most absurdly frightening thing he can think of.

He joins a gym.

Reed Henske is a personal trainer who isn’t sure he’ll ever be ready to date again. He’s sick of guys who are only interested in the perfect body image, never seeing him for who he really is.

As Reed tortures Henry with things like diet and exercise, Henry enamors Reed with recipes and laughter. As the friendship lines start to blur, Henry is convinced there’s no way Thor-like Reed could ever be interested in a guy like him.

Reed just has to convince Henry that life isn’t about reaching your ideal bodyweight. It’s about finding your perfect counterweight.

Contains mature themes.

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Henry has just been dumped by his boyfriend of 8 years for basically being overweight and complacent. He signs up with a personal trainer to try and win back his ex. Before long that mission is forgotten about and morphs into one of growth and self discovery.

Reed the personal trainer, may seem self confident and put together but things from his past left him venerable and a bit guarded. When the absolutely hilarious Henry enters his life,
Reed seems to enjoy spending time with him. But when Reed puts himself out there, Henry seems to doubt Reeds intentions because of his own self worth issues and is bound to ruin this thing before it can even begin.

This is my 2nd time reading this book. The first time I read it, this time I listened to the audiobook. Joel did a great job, as always, with the different people’s voices. I listened to it nonstop from start to finish. This is one of those feel good stories that I can for sure see myself reading or listening to it again and again.

Nolan O’Brien is a public prosecutor, and if he ever sees the name Bruno Barbieri again, it will be too soon. After a long week preparing for the trial of the decade, it takes no convincing to hit the men’s club for a few drinks.
Except the club wasn’t the only thing he hit that night.
Benji Smith works on Wylde Street as a rent boy. When he’s chased by two men, he runs into the path of a moving car. With a no-cops, no-hospital policy and needing to escape the men following him, he agrees to go back to the driver’s place.
The last thing Nolan expects is to offer Benji a place to stay, to recuperate, and to lie low. And the last thing Benji expects is to be attracted to the man who saved him.
But their worlds are about to collide in a way neither of them was prepared for, and both men need to decide what’s at stake, what they’re prepared to lose, and what they’ll fight for.

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Mine for now…

Hearts are going to get involved. You cannot be with someone 24/7 for an entire week with all of the sexual tension and not give into your urges. But what’s even more difficult is not letting feelings get involved once you succumb to the urges.

Benji is keeping secrets.
Nolan is catching feelings.
This arrangement is only for a week.

Ohhh boy! This book was started and finished in one sitting. I loved everything about it. I cannot wait for the next book in the series.

N.R. Walker is an Australian author who loves her genre of LGBTQIA+ romance. First published in 2012, she now has over 70 books, many which are also audiobooks, and numerous translations done in nine different languages.

She loves writing and spends far too much time doing it but wouldn’t have it any other way.

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N.R. Walker was voted 2019 Goodreads M/M Romance Members’ Choice Awards All-Time Favorite Author

and 2020 Goodreads M/M Romance Members’ Choice Awards Hall of Fame

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After being dumped by his long-term boyfriend for being overweight, Henry Beckett decides to make some drastic changes. In a vain attempt at getting his boyfriend back, Henry does the most absurdly frightening thing he can think of. He joins a gym.

Reed Henske is a personal trainer who isn’t sure he’ll ever be ready to date again. He’s sick of guys who are only interested in the perfect body image, never seeing him for who he really is. As Reed tortures Henry with things like diet and exercise, Henry enamours Reed with recipes and laughter.

As the friendship lines start to blur, Henry is convinced there’s no way Thor-like Reed could ever be interested in a guy like him. Reed just has to convince Henry that life isn’t about reaching your ideal bodyweight. It’s about finding your perfect counterweight.

** Second Edition 2024: New cover and new formatting only. There have been no content changes to the book.

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5 STARS!!!

Henry has just been dumped by his boyfriend of 8 years for basically being overweight and complacent. He signs up with a personal trainer to try and win back his ex. Before long that mission is forgotten about and morphs into one of growth and self discovery.

Reed the personal trainer, may seem self confident and put together but things from his past left him venerable and a bit guarded. When the absolutely hilarious Henry enters his life,
Reed seems to enjoy spending time with him. But when Reed puts himself out there, Henry seems to doubt Reeds intentions because of his own self worth issues and is bound to ruin this thing before it can even begin.

This is my 2nd time reading this book. The first time I read it, this time I listened to the audiobook. Joel did a great job, as always, with the different people’s voices. I listened to it nonstop from start to finish. This is one of those feel good stories that I can for sure see myself reading or listening to it again and again.

N.R. Walker is an Australian author who loves her genre of LGBTQIA+ romance. First published in 2012, she now has over 70 books, many which are also audiobooks, and numerous translations done in nine different languages.

She loves writing and spends far too much time doing it but wouldn’t have it any other way.

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N.R. Walker was voted 2019 Goodreads M/M Romance Members’ Choice Awards All-Time Favorite Author

and 2020 Goodreads M/M Romance Members’ Choice Awards Hall of Fame

Read more on nrwalker dot net

Happy Pride Month everyone!  Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I had fun coming up with this years set of questions.  We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights  as well as my reviews for  some of the LGBTQIA  books I’ve read this year.  Check back daily to see what’s going  on and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.

Quin Hunter likes the quiet life. He runs his gallery, forges famous art, and operates a fence where black market buyers get fakes and the real pieces get returned to their rightful owners. Nice and simple. He doesn’t do field work. But a call from his twin thrusts him into the action, and now he and his brothers are racing the clock to steal a painting from someone who never should have had it in the first place.

Dimitri Crysanthos is no stranger to mistakes. All he wanted to do was make life easier for his sister. Instead, he ended up making everything harder for both of them. With his life and his sister’s hanging in the balance, he has no choice but to do whatever one of the most ruthless men in Amsterdam tells him to do. All Dimitri wants is to stay alive…until a stranger changes everything. Now Dimitri craves something terrifying, something that will put him and his sister in even more danger—his freedom.

The stakes of the heist have changed, and Quin refuses to quit until Dimitri is safe for good. Can the ORCA team get the art and Quin’s fated mate out of Amsterdam, or are the odds too stacked against them?

Full Color is book three in the Organization for the Return of Criminals and Assets (ORCA) series, featuring an orca shifter art forger who isn’t keen on field work, a chameleon shifter with a lucrative secret talent, and a heist where the target is far more valuable than a stolen painting!

Quin Hunter likes the quiet life. He runs his gallery, forges famous art, and operates a fence where black market buyers get fakes and the real pieces get returned to their rightful owners. Nice and simple. He doesn’t do field work. But a call from his twin thrusts him into the action, and now he and his brothers are racing the clock to steal a painting from someone who never should have had it in the first place.

Dimitri Crysanthos is no stranger to mistakes. All he wanted to do was make life easier for his sister. Instead, he ended up making everything harder for both of them. With his life and his sister’s hanging in the balance, he has no choice but to do whatever one of the most ruthless men in Amsterdam tells him to do. All Dimitri wants is to stay alive…until a stranger changes everything. Now Dimitri craves something terrifying, something that will put him and his sister in even more danger—his freedom.

The stakes of the heist have changed, and Quin refuses to quit until Dimitri is safe for good. Can the ORCA team get the art and Quin’s fated mate out of Amsterdam, or are the odds too stacked against them?

Full Color is book three in the Organization for the Return of Criminals and Assets (ORCA) series, featuring an orca shifter art forger who isn’t keen on field work, a chameleon shifter with a lucrative secret talent, and a heist where the target is far more valuable than a stolen painting!

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Quin is a quiet man. He runs his art gallery and is a homebody for the most part. He has searched for The Evolution of Man painting his entire career. It has surfaced and caused quite a stir. He and his ORCA brothers plan to steal it and as they work through the “hows” of their plan Quin not only gets an invite to the gala Dassaler is throwing but also will be staying at Stefan Dassalers Estate.

Dimitri is being held prisoner for a certain talent he has that is very useful to Stefan Dassaler. He tells himself every day he is doing this for his sister. The poor chameleon shifter is resigned to his fate. He knows once his usefulness runs out, he will more than likely be offed by one of Dasselar’s goons.

Quinn and Dimitri meet and immediately know they are fated mates. Over the coming days the pair grow closer. As they navigate this new thing between them they must also keep each other safe if they want to get out of this house alive once the auction is over.

Book 3 in the series complete. I’ve loved getting to know these ORCAs and their mates. They all have a special talent to add to the ORCA Organization. I’m so looking forward to seeing how this con is going to play out. This is book 3 in the series and you MUST READ the other 2 books before this one or you will not understand what is going on in the story within this story.

Vinni George has been a lover of romance novels (of all shapes, sizes, and colors) since she first got her hands on one of her grandmother’s Harlequins and has never looked back. She lives in Ohio with her two favorite guys (her husband and son) and, hopefully—one day—a dog. When she’s not writing, Vinni can be found working for her family’s business, which provides plenty of plot bunnies. In her spare time, Vinni is a soccer mom who dabbles in performance art, quilting, and various culinary pursuits and enjoys traveling.

Vinni’s debut novel, Hold the Door, was a finalist and runner-up in Contemporary Gay Romance in the 2020-2021 Rainbow Awards.

Happy Pride Month everyone!  Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I had fun coming up with this years set of questions.  We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights  as well as my reviews for  some of the LGBTQIA  books I’ve read this year.  Check back daily to see what’s going  on and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.

I only wanted a one-night stand. I didn’t expect to fall for him too.

My best friend is in love with me.
Instead of trying to make things work with him, I decide to have a one-night stand with someone else.
I try making it last for only one night, but my stupid heart gets in the way and I end up falling in love with him.
What makes it worse is that he’s my father’s business partner.

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Brady and his friends own a local business. Everyone thinks Brady is working too hard and say he needs to take a moment for himself. Reluctantly he takes himself on a solo date.

Cam can be accused of the same thing. He works hard and has no time for anything more. Then a sexy man in his establishment has caught Cams attention. So much so Cam does something completely out of character, leaving his waitress baffled. Before the weeks end, what started as a quickie between strangers rapidly turns into something more.

When I found out JM was writing a MM series I was psyched because thats my jam! Cam and Brady’s story did not disappoint. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.

J.M. Walker, a Canadian author, writes stories across several different genres. She’s passionate about traveling the world with her husband, reading all the books, training for that next race, coffee, and all things spooky. She can be found with a coffee in one hand and a book in the other.

“Above all, be the HEROINE of your own life…” ~ Nora Ephron

Professional Inquiries:

I am represented by SBR Media. For inquiries regarding foreign rights, audio, and other media outlets, please contact Stephanie Phillips.

stephanie @ sbrmedia . com

Happy Pride Month everyone!  Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I had fun coming up with this years set of questions.  We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights  as well as my reviews for  some of the LGBTQIA  books I’ve read this year.  Check back daily to see what’s going  on and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.

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Spencer Cohen Series Book Four

When Yanni Tomaras is kicked out of his family home, his parents’ final words are religious insults and an order to never return. Homeless and desperate, he’s lured in by Lance—charming on the outside, an evil predator underneath—who abuses Yanni until he finds the courage to leave. Yanni should feel free. But by the time Spencer Cohen finds him, he’s resigned to being handed back to Lance and once again being caged by fear.

Starting school and a part-time job, Yanni begins to reclaim his life. But a love for silent films leads him to Peter Hannikov, a man with a kind heart but who’s twice his age. An unlikely friendship between them blooms into so much more. Neither man knows what he wants, at first. Finding out exactly what he needs is Yanni’s story.

“I’d spent years as a bird, caged with my wings clipped, tormented and beaten. I thought I’d escaped when I’d left my abuser, but in hindsight, I could see that I was still caged, this time by fear and self-doubt. Spencer and Andrew, and Andrew’s parents, opened the door to the cage that confined me. But it was Peter who taught me how to fly.”

120,000 words. Can be read as a stand alone.
Trigger Warning: Descriptions of violence, suicide, and sexual assault. Reader discretion advised.

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**Please read the trigger warnings there are things mentioned in this book that may not be for everyone.

Yanni is basically just trying to survive each day. He’s tired of running. Tired of hiding. He has no choice though. If his ex ever finds him, he will more than likely kill him. Yanni is staying with Andrew’s parents, The Landons, while waiting for a room to come available. He is enjoying his time with them so much. Since his parents are no longer in his life, it is nice to have parental figures. And the Landons love him like one of their own and he is beyond grateful for that.

If you’ve been paying attention, we met Yanni when Spencer found him for his ex, thinking he was doing good but soon found out that was not the case. Spencer is also the reason for Yanni and Peter meeting. The 2 meet up as friends for afternoon matinees and chats over coffee for a while and both find themselves wanting more with the other. Peter is so patient. Giving Yanni the time he needs to work through the trauma caused by his ex.

Some swoonworthy lines from Peter…

“What do you need right now? Do I give you some space rn or do I give you a hug? I dont want to get it wrong.”

“I wanna hold you and tell you it’ll be okay but I dont want to scare you off.”

Peter is also a Daddy looking for his Boy. Now normally that would turn me away from a story because its just not my thing. But this book is by N.R Walker. I’ve loved all the words I have read by them so I trusted the process and I’m so glad I did.

Yanni was broken before Peter. I don’t know that he could have fully healed without Peter. Peter makes Yanni whole. He is the other half of his soul and Yanni needed all of Peter to heal. Especially the Daddy side. This was a beautiful story.

Happy Pride Month everyone!  Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I had fun coming up with this years set of questions.  We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights  as well as my reviews for  some of the LGBTQIA  books I’ve read this year.  Check back daily to see what’s going  on and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.